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Cm_punk.jpg

I saw you deleted this image due to the actions of Atticus SVU however there was a free use image before Atticus uploaded his version over the top of this one that is now gone too. Could you undo the deletion of this image so I can rollback to before Atticus' additions to the old free use image? –– Lid(Talk) 16:23, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

The only other version was uploaded by Mikedk9109. --Yamla 16:43, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Sorry but I also need to note your block of User:Mikedk9109, you blocked him based off a Randy Orton image from photobucket. Photobucket is a website in which anyone can upload images to, similar to imageshack, thus the copyright listing seems odd as the image could've been uploaded by anyone. –– Lid(Talk) 16:33, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

This was not the only reason for the block. This user has a history of image problems and has been blocked for these in the past. Given that we found this image elsewhere with a copyright notice attached and given that many of his images are quite dubious, I felt it reasonable to block him and to mark the images as missing a full source allowing us to verify the status. --Yamla 16:43, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
The image problems he was blocked for, which you blocked him for in fact, show that he was blocked for REMOVING tags from wrestling articles. I'm guessing that that was during the period where there was a crackdown on fair use images with no fair use rationales that resulted in others deleting the fair use deletion notices. The "elsewhere" was on a website where anyone can upload images too, thus it can be deducted as that the image could be on a free licence elsewhere and taken from there, or that the image is all over the internet and thus is featured on copyrighted websites and free use websites. The fact photobucket is the source here is an issue to me as anyone can upload images to photobucket. –– Lid(Talk) 16:51, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
A copyright violation has most certainly occurred. Given the number of similar pictures on the photobucket source, all containing the same girl, it seems reasonable to believe that it was Mikedk9109 who committed the violation. Do you have any specific reason to believe otherwise? --Yamla 17:02, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
I wonder why I never found this before.
I wonder why I never found this before.
Pretty much simply good faith, images and the rest of the internet outside of wikipedia are a landmine. The images could easily be elsewhere under a free license due to that the rest of the internet pretty much doesn't have the stringent image use situation of wikipedia and thus free license in one place may be copyrighted in another. –– Lid(Talk) 17:12, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
If this was just one picture on that site, AGF would apply. But given that the owner of that photobucket site has many, many such images, most of which have her in it, the balance of evidence is squarely against Mikedk9109. --Yamla 17:13, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Which is an issue as he ceased editted in ferburary, also just a clarification Miked was never blocked indef for copyright violations before this, the most he was ever blocked for was 1 week for image tag remova (trivial I know, but clarifying). –– Lid(Talk) 17:32, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Heh after all this I managed to track down another CM Punk free use image anyway. –– Lid(Talk) 17:38, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Just note that you deleted the Samoa Joe image Image:Samoa Joe.jpg which I have tracked down was from flickr under a shared licence. Could that image be re-added? –– Lid(Talk) 02:17, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Sorry left out the file name. –– Lid(Talk) 02:42, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
No. That image is available under the CC Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs license. Both the non-commercial and the no-derivative-works parts conflict with Wikipedia requirements. --Yamla 15:32, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Image:finisher-rko

I took the picture on March 5, 2007 at Monday Night RAW in Phoenix, Arizona. My cameral model is a Sony. Zenlax 14:48, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you, my apologies for making you jump through hoops. --Yamla 01:29, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey, also, I wanted to tell you that Image:McMahon-shane.jpg, I got that from a website, and it doens't have a license, so that's why I put that license

GFDL Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. Subject to disclaimers.

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Zenlax 16:22, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

If it doesn't have a license, we can't use the image. Essentially, unless a license is specifically given, there is legally no license offered. I'll make the correction here. --Yamla 01:29, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

So do I have your permission to put the image back on Randy Orton's biography? Also, do I have your permission to reload Image:RandyOrton-05.jpg? Its mine by the way. Zenlax 16:38, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

I do not believe I removed the image in the first place, though this is at least plausible. Yes, you most certainly do. RandyOrton-05 was deleted because it was not being used anywhere. If you can find a place to use it, please do upload it. Please understand that we have a great deal of problem with images, particularly (though not exclusively) with wrestling images. People take images from websites or from t.v. shows and claim they own the image or that the image is freely licensed which is simply not the case. Also, WP:FU is much stricter than most people expect on what can and cannot be used. None of this matters if you really did take the picture yourself, of course, I'm just trying to let you know why we are suspicious of new images we can't verify. --Yamla 01:43, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

The RKO picture I put in Randy's section of In Wrestling. And next thing I know its GONE. Image:RandyOrton-05.jpg, I put that in Randy's main picture, since there was no image there available. But, yeah, it is MINE. Also, its April 14th already? Zenlax 16:50, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey I have a question! I borrowed my friend's camera and went to a wrestling event and took pictures. Does that mean those images belong to me? Zenlax 17:28, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Block

This is to let you know that the block you imposed on my talk page has expired and it is time to unblock. Miaers 16:16, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

It was already unprotected. --Yamla 16:21, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Images

Yamla, I've jsut logged on to Wikipedia, to find I'm being bombarded with messages trying to say I've put the "wrong" tag on images, and they've all come from you. You're really confusing me. I've labelled it under the proper license (most I have got from WWE.com [as specified by the tag on the images]), so what's the problem. Yamla, you've really put me under a lot of pressure for unnecessary reasoning. Also, WHY ARE YOU ONLY TARGETING ME? It's like as if you're threatening me. Yeah, look under Category:WWE Promotional Photo. There's lots more images, LIKE MINE WITHOUT TAGS ON. Davnel03 17:25, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm not only targeting you. I have tagged hundreds or even thousands of images when they do not meet Wikipedia requirements. Please read WP:FU which explains these requirements to you. If you find other images which violate our policies, please tag them yourself. Thanks! --Yamla 17:47, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Yamla, I don't mind if the non-WWE images are deleted, but all of the WWE photos have come from WWE.com. By the way, I also stuck the {{WWE-photo}} template on also, how can that not make it alright? Also, do I just need to say where it's from, and it won't be deleted? Davnel03 17:51, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
The information you provide must be verifiable. Please see WP:V. That means that you must provide a link to the page on WWE which provides this image. Also, as I have pointed out, images must adhere to WP:FU. That means only freely-licensed images, not WWE promotional images, if the subject of the image still exists (that is, if the person is still alive). That means providing a detailed hand-written fair-use rationale justifying any fair-use images, as also pointed out by the WWE template itself. But remember, no fair-use images to depict living people. And please don't claim I am threatening you or personally attacking you for making you adhere to Wikipedia policies. --Yamla 17:53, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
So what about all the other images under the same category where the person is still alive, hey? By the way, I've sourced the WWE related images, so you can remove the templates that are no longer relevant. Davnel03 18:02, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Please tag any fair-use image you find being used solely to depict a living person with {{subst:rfu}} to indicate that it is violating WP:FU. It gives people time to resolve the problem if possible and if not, the image will be removed and then deleted by the appropriate people or bots. --Yamla 18:11, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Are my images (the WWE ones) OK now that I've put the appropriate link on them. Sorry about the comments earlier - I got very heated up about seeing tonnes of them on my userpage. Can you remove the templates, then? Davnel03 18:14, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Most of them are still replaceable. That is, they are still being used to depict living subjects, so they still violate WP:FU. If you aren't sure why, please ask and I'll try to explain in more detail. And no apologies necessary, I know sometimes being hit with a large number of warnings can be quite frustrating. It's a little difficult because if I don't warn people about each tagged image, I get attacked for sneakily deleting people's images without giving them a chance to fix them. And if I don't tag the images, they never get fixed! --Yamla 18:17, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
If you aren't going to remove the tags, why don't you add the tags to every single photo that falls under Category:WWE Promotional Photo, then? Davnel03 18:19, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
Because I monitor a little over 10,000 pages. That's well under 1% of the articles on the Wikipedia. I'm not responsible for fixing every problem everywhere. If you find images which violate WP:FU or some other policy, you are expected to tag them appropriately. --Yamla 18:21, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
By the way, the reason they aren't replaceable is because WWE ban people taking in digital cameras to the arena, especially if their right near the front. Same goes with video cameras and mobiles as videos can (and mostly do) escape to YouTube. Davnel03 18:23, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
This is insufficient grounds for living people. Additionally, many people have been able to create freely-licensed images regardless of any camera ban. --Yamla 18:25, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

hi

{smile}qwertyukiller 23:13, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Deleting a Page

I made a page, and need it deleted - now, what do I do? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Southluver (talk • contribs) 01:20, 15 April 2007 (UTC).

If you believe the page was deleted in error, please read WP:UNDEL. Without knowing which page was deleted, I can't say what the problem was but often, articles are deleted because they fail WP:NOTE. --Yamla 01:22, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Page Deleting

The page was not deleted, but I want to delete it...what do I do? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Southluver (talk • contribs) 01:25, 15 April 2007 (UTC).

Oh, sorry. If you created the page and want it deleted, place {{db-author|Reason why you want it deleted (change this bit, obviously)}} on the page. Someone will be by within 24 hours to review the request. --Yamla 01:27, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Yet another user

User:Candicesfan and his sock 206.148.160.115 have repeatedly inserted copyvio images with no Source or Fair Use Rationale. The user has used his IP sock to continue to insert the uploaded images to the article and avoid breaking 3RR. Now both him and his sock have broken it. Just wanted to bring this to your attention.-- bulletproof 3:16 01:34, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Now he is removing unsourced and fairuse unknown tags [1]-- bulletproof 3:16 01:36, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
He is using a new IP sock now with 89.149.226.147.-- bulletproof 3:16 02:08, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Gah! Okay, I'll look into it. Then I'm going to bed. --Yamla 02:10, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

right after you left he came back with a new IP. See this nice little comment he left for you.-- bulletproof 3:16 03:30, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank You

Thanks for your help, I placed it, if you could delete it for me that would be great, I really want it deleted. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Southluver (talk • contribs) 01:39, 15 April 2007 (UTC).

User:Candicesfan

I hope my editting did not get the above user blocked. You'll see on User talk:TJ Spyke that I am clearly a different user. 69.89.27.245 02:21, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

You'll also see that the above user's uploaded image Image:Rawlogo.gif is of lower resolution than the original at Image:RAW.jpg. It also includes better sourcing. There is a lot of newbie biting and WP:OWN going on at WWE Raw. They are for example, tagging the cleaner, lower resolution, better sourced image as a CSD, when in fact it should be the older image which is being made redundant and {{furd}}ed or {{orfud}}. 69.89.27.245 02:25, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Query about an image

Hi. I have been working on Category:Indian musicians as I noticed that many of them have fair-use images with no proper rationale (like using album covers to illustrate a person, etc). I came across Surashri Kesarbai Kerkar which uses Image:Kesarbai Kerkar.jpg. I tagged it as fair-use disputed. The the uploader of the image removed the tag and inserted this sentence in the article. The image still does not have any rationale, and I have re-inserted the fair-use disputed tag. I would like to know whether adding a small sentence like this about an album entitles us to use the album cover under fair-use. The clarification would help me to tag future images. - Aksi_great (talk) 07:37, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

A fair-use image may not be used solely to depict a living person, as is clearly the case here. If the image was not in the infobox but instead was used to provide critical commentary on the album, that would be a different matter. But that's not the case here. --Yamla 14:51, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

I need your opinion and help

Dear Yamla, there's this new user called User:Hedgehog Kanna and he continuously keeps inserting fake citations into all the article's he's edited. For example, the Billa (2007 film page. I looked through the page and EVERY SINGLE citation in the article is fake. And the Robo (film) article which I've already nominated for deletion. I've also spotted another user with the same edit pattern, a user who also keeps adding citations having nothing to do with what they're cited to, i.e. Sivaji: The Boss, User:Universal Hero. I really don't know what to do. I think they're both sockpuppets of User:Prince Godfather because they both edit in the same way. And they're both obsessed with making film articles look life the V for Vendetta (film) article. Could you perhaps have a word with User:Hedgehog Kanna? -- Hariharan91 11:04, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

I took a look at this and I'm sorry to say that I don't have enough understanding of the subject matter to be of much use. You may want to ask for a checkuser request at WP:CHECK or bring the matter up on WP:AIV. --Yamla 19:39, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Navy Photo in Public Domain

Good morning, Yamla.

The photo of Edward L. Beach, Jr. that you templated on 1 April 2007 is in the public domain. From the Wikipedia article, "Work of the United States Government," I quote:

    A work of the United States Government is, as defined by United States copyright law:  "a work
    prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's
    official duties."  The term only applies to the work of the federal government, not state or
    local governments.  Such works are not entitled to domestic copyright under U.S. law.

The photo of Capt. Beach (my uncle) was taken aboard the Triton by a navy photographer in 1960, in connection with the sub's underwater circumnavigation of the earth.

Sincerely,

John Beach

--Desertcenter 17:15, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I have no idea which image you are talking about. --Yamla 19:36, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
The article is "Edward L. Beach, Jr." There was only one photo "EdwardLBeach.jpg" and it was removed by OrphanBot on 6 April 2007 after being templated on 1 April for not being in the public domain. Thanks. --Desertcenter 21:52, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
Okay, you are talking about Image:EdwardLBeach.jpg. You claimed that the image was released to the public domain but have provided no verifiable evidence of this or of the person who took the photograph. The source indicates that there is permission to reprint but that is completely different from being in the public domain. Please do so and the image will not be deleted. --Yamla 20:59, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
I understand what you need - legal justification. I'll be at the Naval Institute in June and can get a statement from the Navy. However, in the meantime I'll also look into legal justification for the general case of "Work of the United States Government" which will have much wider application. --Desertcenter 22:14, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

User Page Edit Deleted

Hi Yamla! Earlier today, I edited my user page, but now that I have just been on it I have seen that it has been deleted. I was on a different computer, so has someone thought I was someone else vandalising my page, or has someone else deleted all that stuff just to be annoying? Thanks Georgehoward 18:02, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

I think you are confused. The only edit to your user page today was from you and has not been deleted. See [2]. --Yamla 19:38, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Might want to take a look at this

There is an edit war going on at WrestleMania III with a user using sockpuppets to add some cruft. 81.145.241.67, 70.246.100.204, and 81.145.242.146 as IPs to dodge final warning and user account to restart edit war as User:Boblough.-- bulletproof 3:16 22:19, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

He also needs to know that you don't call someone a vandal just because you disagree with their edits. I can't remove the cruft without violating 3RR myself. TJ Spyke 23:00, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Umm...

You sent me a message telling me to stop vandalizing... I fail to see how editing a page and adding a picture of the actual person in question is vandalizing. So, I'll disregard your comment. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 60.228.167.87 (talk) 06:45, 16 April 2007 (UTC).

This would be a mistake as you were violating WP:FU. --Yamla 14:42, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Please Help

There is a vandal here that is trying to get me blocked, I don't know why but he is, User:Glfootball92...Help please.

Southluver 12:50, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Which specific edits are we talking about here? That is, why do you think he's trying to get you blocked? What pages is he editing? --Yamla 14:44, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Verdict

What are we going to do about him? We can't keep these pages protected forever, and he won't stop creating socks. Bmg916SpeakSign 15:31, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

I truly don't know. His ISP has been less than forthcoming and Verdict is able to work around an indefinite block on his entire ISP. --Yamla 15:34, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
Should we alert Jimbo and/or the ArbCom? Bmg916SpeakSign 15:35, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
There is, unfortunately, nothing they can do about it either as far as I can see. May be worth bringing it up on WP:AN to see if anyone else has any ideas, though. --Yamla 15:37, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Image Question

I'm looking for and finding images on Flickr licensed under the Creative Commons License. How would I go about properly uploading and properly displaying all necessary info for use on Wikipedia? I don't want to violate WP:IUP or WP:FU in any way, shape or form. Bmg916SpeakSign 15:44, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

They need to be licensed in such a way as to allow modification and commercial use. That means only some of the licenses are acceptable. cc-by-2.0 and cc-by-2.5 are the most commonly acceptable licenses, I believe. The non-comm and no-remix licenses are unacceptable. When you go to the image upload page, it lets you choose the license; any bad licenses are immediately marked for speedy delete. Make sure you have the source identified properly and you should be good to go. Note that acceptable cc licenses are considered free licenses and so these images can be used to depict living people. If you like, upload an image and point me to it and I'll check to make sure everything looks good.
Thanks, there's info on Commons that's helping a lot too when it comes to uploading from Flickr. If/when I get an image I'll point you to it, thanks for all your help! Bmg916SpeakSign 15:53, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Why do we need that?

you want to remove the trivia and I don`t let you so stop it you. You think that if you`re an admin here you can do whatever you want, but no. stop it!!!!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.229.91.112 (talk) 16:33, 16 April 2007 (UTC).

That article has too much trivia in it and is tagged appropriately. --Yamla 16:46, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Rani Mukherjee

Please see Rani`s page. She has more Trivia Than Preity and you`re doing nothing. It is not fair.

Then please tag that article appropriately. --Yamla 16:51, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Images

Hi, I saw you left a message at User talk:Adamsammler. What do you think about his images? They are listed on Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images but I am not sure if they are a copyvio or not. There is also one at Commons. Garion96 (talk) 19:20, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Book and magazine cover photos

How is the book jacket picture of this author Image:Lahiri2.PNG OK, but not Adrienne Barbeau's? WP uses hundreds of magazine cover photos of article subjects. Are magazines different than books? I suspect that you'd agree that WP application of policies regarding photos is inconsistent just as interpretation of image copyright laws is complex and often subjective. Has WP ever received compliants about use of magazine or book cover photos? Many articles (such as Jhumpa Lahiri's so please don't delete it) benefit tremendously from a photo. If someone has gone to the work of uploading a book or magazine cover photo to illustrate the article's subject person, why delete it? It seems counterproductive. When different fair use policepersons apply different standards, the seemily arbitrary outcome can be especially agravating for rookie image uploaders. Ghosts&empties 22:33, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

That image is not okay. It's a fair-use image used solely to depict a living person so is in blatant violation of WP:FU. I would agree that a large number of fair-use images violate WP:FU and that it is a huge job tagging all the images accordingly. As to why we should delete the image if it violates WP:FU, that is because Wikipedia is trying to build a free encyclopedia. It's one of our core policies. Using fair-use images where a freely-licensed image would suffice is in direct contradiction to that core policy. --Yamla 22:45, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
As an admin you can quash me, but you need to forge a consistent application of Wikipedia FU with your fellow image arbiters. An inconsistent policy is better than none at all because yeoman editors draw conclusions from existing pages and get frustrated when their similar image is deleted. The so-called Exemption Doctrine Policy is nebulous to most users and the clearest statement would be to apply it consistently. In your user page, you profess an intention to do no harm, but discipline without fairness is repugnant. But if being consistent results in fewer images, than please ignore the above. Ghosts&empties 17:14, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: The Unblocking of WackaduXanadu2

My name is Sara and I have a great intrest in this case since it was published on several pro-wrestling news sites. This is attracting huge 'negative' attention in the Pro Wrestling World in Australia and would love to see some positive news! All the evidence is in the previous 'report' proving that WX2 was seeking assistance when unfairly blocked (I have seen people unblocked by the Arbitration Committee for more major "charges" with less evidence)! Go back and check all the evidence and you will see that WX2 was asking for help and got nothing but a boot up the a#s! I know you'll do the right thing as a responsible Wiki-Admin! 60.226.158.198 01:44, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

I have requested your relationship with this person but so far you have not answered this question. Additionally, please note that I am not the blocking admin. I declined the block because the user falsely claimed no violation of WP:NLT when in fact, the user did blatantly violate our policy on legal threats. This was apparently sufficient for this user as the user did not ask for the permitted second review of the block. --Yamla 02:05, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Email

Mate, Do you have an off wiki way i can contact you. DXRAW 06:08, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeap. Go to my user page and click on the "E-mail this user" link in the toolbox on the very left edge of your screen. --Yamla 14:54, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Question

Hey I have a question! I borrowed my friend's camera and went to a wrestling event and took pictures. Does that mean those images belong to me? Or my friend? Zenlax 10:05, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Provided you were not taking the pictures for your friend, the images belong to you. If the "payment" for taking the pictures is that you give the pictures to your friend, this would be a work for hire and the copyright would rest with your friend, though this is debateable. If your friend paid you to take the photographs, there's no debate, the copyright rests solely with your friend unless there's some other contract in play. --Yamla 17:13, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

No, he didn't pay me!!! I just asked HIM if I could borrow his camera, so I can take pictures, since I left mine in the states. But, I was just still wondering. Cause I uploaded Image:DX-06.jpg.Zenlax 10:17, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

No problem, then. Please note where and when you were when you took the photograph. --Yamla 17:19, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Done (i think)

After three database errors and a database lockdown, I believe it has been completed correctly. - auburnpilot talk 04:27, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Hahaha, thank you very much.  :) --Yamla 04:42, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: admin noticeboard

This may interest you, if you're not aware of it. --Deskana (fry that thing!) 21:30, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! --Yamla 21:40, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Brock Lesnar

There's been a request to unlock this article. I went and did, but it seems the user is probably just another sockpuppet, so I reprotected, and I'll leave for you to decide. Btw I really think you should unlock this talk page, at least down to semi. Majorly (hot!) 15:41, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Unprotected, it's been a week, hopefully the worst has passed. And yes, I agree that user is another sockpuppet. --Yamla 15:42, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Copyvio Image

Hi Yamla, could you please delete The Hardys WTTC.jpg ? It's a blatant copyright violation (it was taken from WWE). Thank you. Bmg916SpeakSign 17:35, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Will do. --Yamla 17:36, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks much! Bmg916SpeakSign 17:45, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

User:Asad Aleem

Hey Yamla. Just wanted to inform you of something that caught my attention. User:Asad Aleem seems to be using Wikipedia as his own personal online encyclopedia. He has been creating many articles with his name about non-existing/fake subjects. He has also been creating hoax articles such as Qasim Tariq and Mega World Rumble among others. This is really not helping WP:PW when we find hoax articles under our project’s name. Could you help us deal with this user?-- bulletproof 3:16 22:33, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Not much more I can do, the user has already been warned lots of times and pointed to the appropriate policies. Let me know if he continues, though, and I can block him. --Yamla 22:47, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
No problem. It seems his only contributions on Wikipedia have been to his sub pages. He created the Qasim Tariq hoax today though.-- bulletproof 3:16 22:52, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Picture question

Hey, I have a question. Can people on wikipedia go and look at the images other individuals have uploaded and edit the image to "make it better"? Zenlax 22:37, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, provided the image license permits it. That is the case with everything except fair-use images. --Yamla 22:46, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

User:Adam1090

He has posted many fair use pictures on his page. He has ignored your final warning. Peace, The Hybrid 00:56, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

This dude is really doing a bad job at editing images. I mean look at HBK's picture of him doing the DX "X" and also the RKO picture. I'm just saying. Zenlax 18:22, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Page move

Hello. I noticed that you recently moved Aishwarya Rai to Aishwarya Bachchan. I know that since the former article has not yet been edited since the move that there are no technical limitations that would prevent me from moving it back, but given that you are a respected admin, and I consider myself very above board, I would much rather discuss the situation with you than take a unilateral action. Please let me first state that I do not have a particular high interest in the article and have no real biases in this article. You will note that I have only ever made 6 edits to the article and one to the talk page, mostly maintenance in nature. Obviously, the subject of the article has gotten married and I note that there are 3 sources for the name change at the very start of the article. However, I think that the article should remain at Aishwarya Rai based on WP:COMMONNAME. There are many fine examples at this link that explain why articles such as William Jefferson Clinton, Anthony Charles Lynton Blair and James Earl Carter, Jr. redirect to Bill Clinton, Tony Blair and Jimmy Carter, respectively. Despite the fact that the longer names are more "correct" or "proper", they are simply not going to be used in searches as frequently as the shorter, more common names. Just a bit of data here.... when searching for Aishwarya Rai on Yahoo gives 10,900,000 hits vs. Aishwarya Bachchan 1,950,000 hits, and "Aishwarya Rai" gives 5,040,000 hits vs. "Aishwarya Bachchan" 1,410 hits. Please consider returning the page to the more common name. I'll watch this patch for your reply. Respectfully --After Midnight 0001 01:43, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Sounds like this really should be discussed on the article's discussion page itself. I have no problem if this is the consensus of the other articles. I have only a very weak opinion on this matter at all. My understanding from reading the citations is that she will be known as Bachchan from now on, but even if this is the truth, it does not necessarily mean that the appropriate article title is with that last name. Could you please bring this up on the article's discussion page? --Yamla 01:45, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
Done here. --After Midnight 0001 04:07, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Yamla

I was trying to ask you a question a few days ago but your talk page was fully protected so I couldn't edit it. Anyways what does Yamla stand for? Is it your first name or your last name? King Lopez Contribs 08:12, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Neither. It actually stands for a mailing list, one I used to run about 14 years ago. I stopped it sometime before 2000, I think. It just happens to be a generally available alias.  :) --Yamla 15:21, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Moved from user page

Yamla - I don't understand why you feel it is necessary to threaten new users, hoping to be constructive to the Wikipedia community, in such a manner. I was not "vandalizing" the C++ page, and I'm not even sure how this idea came to you. Just because you want to perpetuate this self-image of being this "champion of anti-vandalism" doesn't mean you need to resort to Mcarthiest tactics to boost your ego. Think about your job as an administrator. your job to the community. you are a SERVANT of Wikipedia, and as a benevolent administrator you should seek to be kind and constructive whenever possible, not a power hungry, threatening little man hiding behind a computer screen. As an administrator, you have power, and that power should NEVER be abused to make you feel better about yourself, as you clearly were doing when issuing me a "final warning" when I never had a previous warning, and in fact did not even vandalize the site! My only intention was to make the C++ "Hello World" example more accurate for people interested in the language. As I have been coding in C++ for over 10 years, across embedded systems, from Windows to Linux to Solaris to operating systems themselves, I felt that my contribution to the article was both accurate, and would help users new to C++ by showing them a much more sane introductory program. If you don't feel the same way, feel free to discuss it with me, but don't just bitchslap me with a final warning and a threat. That just reeks of self-indulgence through a power trip, which is a trait I feel is fatal to being a good administrator. Is there a way to vote that an administrator be stripped of his privileges? If so, please explain to me how I may go about doing so. Your actions show that you are clearly not worthy of this position.

Sincerely, Peter Norvig. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.207.127.254 (talk • contribs)

It appeared to me that your contribution to C++ was deliberate vandalism. Here's why. Your change converted a program that was correct according to the C++ standard to one that was not correct according to the standard. However, I do agree that it would work in all or almost all current compilers. You removed a line which had a comment specifically indicating that it should not be removed. And you removed a line that is specifically discussed in the article's discussion page. Furthermore, the reason I left a vandal4 templated warning was because there were previous warnings for vandalism from that address. As it is an IP address, though, these may well not have been targeted at you. Now, with all of that in mind, I believe it is reasonable to leave a vandal4 warning. Had there been no warnings on that talk page before, however, a vandal2 would have been more appropriate. Please understand that what I am trying to do here is to explain why I left the vandal4 warning. I am happy to discuss any part of this if you wish me to expand on it. If you still wish to have me stripped of my administrator privileges, let me know and I can explain about our dispute resolution procedure and point you in the right direction. --Yamla 17:41, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Yamla - please don't just revert my change again. I did not just revert to my change. Instead, I reached a compromise that adheres to the C++ standard while avoiding the potentially damaging code in which ostream.h is included twice (once in iostream, once explicitly) without #ifndef checking, resulting in compilation errors. The new code still adheres to the standard by avoiding the use of the endl symbol, and instead making use of an escaped newline character.

Your change does not address the fact that std::cout is only defined in ostream, not in iostream, according to the standard. Please rather than trying to alter the article away from established consensus, please discuss your change on the article's discussion page. Thanks. --Yamla 19:55, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

When I See U

Hello. Yamla, can you remove protection from the article When I See U? I am asking this because I want to move another page, When I See U (song) to the former because of the no need for disambiguation, but I am unable to. Can you help me? Admc2006 22:14, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Please take this to WP:RFPP. Thanks! --Yamla 22:48, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Help Needed

Hello Yamla, if you have time a group of editors could really use your advice at Talk:Pikachu over an image dispute. MelicansMatkin 22:32, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

We got another one

User:Rated R Cutting Edge has recently been uploading numerous untagged copyrighted images to replace free images in WP:PW articles. Seems familiar. -- bulletproof 3:16 00:31, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Reliable sources

Since when are Rolling Stone, Christian Science Monitor and Harpers not reliable sources at Wikipedia? And why? FeloniousMonk 15:30, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm not saying that, I was only saying that they are not making the claim that Monaghan is a dominionist, only that he donates money to them. --Yamla 15:32, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
That's a distinction without a difference. The article is clear and does not support a block for violating BLP: "While the dominionists rely on grass-roots activists to fight their battles, they are backed by some of America's richest entrepreneurs. Amway founder Rich DeVos, a Kennedy ally who's the leading Republican contender for governor of Michigan, has tossed more than $5 million into the collection plate. Jean Case, wife of former AOL chief Steve Case -- whose fortune was made largely on sex-chat rooms -- has donated $8 million. And Tom Monaghan, founder of Domino's Pizza, is a major source of cash for Focus on the Family, a megaministry working with Kennedy to eliminate all public schools."[3] I'm astounded at your reasoning here, the content is clearly supported by the source, and particularly since you felt it necessary to leave an anon blocked for returning the content to the article. FeloniousMonk 15:56, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
Just to be clear, he may be fundamentally opposed to Dominionism in all regards except one, and be donating money to support that one clause. Or heck, he may be opposed to Dominionism in all regards but perhaps his wife supports them, for example. The articles did not make this clear and relied on us to come to a conclusion. As such, they are not appropriate citations. I could be wrong, though, and I suggest you take this to the BLP noticeboard. --Yamla 15:34, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
Hmmm, that sounds like original research, Have a source for that? FeloniousMonk 15:56, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
FeloniousMonk, the Christian Science Monitor and Harpers do not mention Monaghan. Tom Harrison Talk 16:26, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Young Money Entertainment

Can you unsalt this page? It's a record label owned by Lil Wayne, a very notable hip hop artist. I'd like to rewrite it to assert notability. Thanks, Rockstar (T/C) 00:54, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

This should be unsalted now. If not, let me know. --Yamla 03:39, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
Nope, it's good. Thanks so much! Rockstar (T/C) 15:29, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Suspected sock puppet

Yamla, I noticed that the Copa Airlines site has been vandalized with incorrect information by a user called Edcoan. In one of the discussion board, he has identified himself as a "friend" of the blocked user Cpzphantom. He is contributing the same mistaken information and point of view statements. Can this be investigated?--Schonbrunn 01:45, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

If it's not a sock, then it could be considered a meatpuppet. Bmg916SpeakSign 01:57, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
Blocked, blatant meatpuppet at the very least. --Yamla 03:45, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Copyright vio

Hardyz WTTC.jpg (different image this time, but still, a copyright vio nonetheless) The user uploaded it to commons first. Bmg916SpeakSign 01:57, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Nothing I can do about images on the Wikimedia Commons, sorry. --Yamla 03:46, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
I have, however, blocked the user account here. Nothing but vandalism and copyright violations. --Yamla 03:50, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. Yamla, you are a quality admin and I appreciate the opportunity to work with you. This is why I feel I should tell you that I am becoming more and more inactive as of late as I start to lose faith in the project the more I see hypocrisy, double standards, abuse of policy interpretation to push a personal agenda and successful gaming of the system. I'm trying to stay as active as I can, but it seems everytime I come back to even revert some small vandalism, I end up seeing one of the aforementioned reasons for my increased inactivity. I can't seem to take a complete wikibreak, and I'd rather not leave the project, but some of this is just getting ridiculous. Sorry for venting, but thanks much for listening. Bmg916SpeakSign 05:08, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
Please feel free to send me an email, I'd be happy to discuss this with you. I don't wish to do so in public, however. You can email me by clicking on 'E-mail this user' in your toolbox on the far left of your browser. You may need to configure an email account of your own in Wikipedia, however. If you don't wish to do that, let me know and I'll find some other way to get my email to you.  :) --Yamla 15:43, 29 April 2007 (UTC)


Simoes (talk · contribs)

Hi Yamla. Thanks for contacting Nick about Simeos's block. To me it did look like he was trying to revert constructively, and I truely thank you for assuming good faith when you unblocked me as well.--U.S.A. cubed 02:23, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, looked that way to me, too. Even when we are on our toes, mistakes can happen. I've certainly made my share of them. --Yamla 02:52, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

User:GAYroute™

GAYroute told me by e-mail that he would change his username (I've explained WP:USERNAME to him) if I unblocked him. I hadn't seen you had denied the request for unblock (don't believe you had done it yet), so I unblocked, provided that he change his name. Is this alright? (I'm still a new admin, so I'm not too sure if I'm doing things correctly.) · AndonicO Talk 12:20, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Absolutely, not a problem. I didn't block him initially, of course, but my only complaint was his username. --Yamla 15:12, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Okay, and if he chooses to create a different account, rather than change the name of this one, do I block it again? · AndonicO Talk 15:15, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
That's a reasonable option. It only needs to be done if he goes back to editing with that account name. Sometimes in this situation, it's best to make them tell you what account name they want ahead of time, such as via {{unblock-un}}. --Yamla 15:16, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Alright, thank you. · AndonicO Talk 15:25, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

User:Multitech dave

Sock of Verdict (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) Bmg916SpeakSign 12:40, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Blocked by Chrislk02. Bmg916SpeakSign 15:16, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know! I was just investigating. --Yamla 15:17, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
The Whack-a-mole Stuffed Tiger Prize
I, Bmg916, award Yamla this whack-a-mole stuffed tiger prize which rewards sysops who tirelessly reblock returning sockpuppets at Carnival Wikipedia for a wonderful job done in dealing with a certain banned vandal and his 100+ abusive sock puppets, and all while keeping a cool head! Congratulations! Bmg916SpeakSign 19:46, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Woo woo! I like the tiger. Thanks.  :) --Yamla 19:57, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

vandalism by 207.207.127.254

Since you are both an admin and familiar with the "hello, world" <ostream> issue, I was wondering if I could take a shortcut by asking you to intervene rather than explaining the somewhat obscure <ostream> problem to a random admin on the incident board.

What would be the appropriate way to stop 207.207.127.254 (talk • contribs) from vandalizing my user page? Four times now he has issued me a "last warning" about the <ostream> thing, as he keeps putting it back after ATren and myself revert it. Any ideas? Thanks, Xerxesnine 23:19, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Easiest approach is to simply ignore it. I've had a few last-warning messages and if you just leave them, or remove them after a week or so, the people generally lose interest. Of course, you may not want to do that. I'm not sure me intervening will make much difference as I was unable to reason with this editor about the C++ issue. We can semi-protect your talk page for a few days; this would prevent anonymous IP addresses from leaving comments but would allow established users with accounts to still contact you. There may be other options, of course. --Yamla 02:20, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Book Reference

Hey, how is it possible to give reference when you know some, I guess you would call "Trivia" or unknown info about someone, that you read from a book or something? Zenlax 17:03, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

You can read how at WP:CITE. --Yamla 02:20, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Don't mean to intrude on Yamla's talk page, but I would generally steer clear from useless trivia in articles. bibliomaniac15 02:41, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

User:Claxson

Hello Yamla,

I feel that you are being too harsh with your reasoning behind my unblocking as Claxson. As I mentioned before, I am a newbie to Wikipedia and therefore not an experience editor such as yourself. I wanted to make a genuine edit, (the comment I added to the page is fact). However you dismissed it; then when I tried my best to source it which was very difficult for me, you harshly critised my referencing.
Subsequently warning other administrators about me which leads me to suspect that you may be holding a grudge towards me. I am to believe that personal grudges towards users on Wikipedia are frowned upon.
Your Userpage stated that you welcome users to tell you if you being too harsh on them so this is my comment.--ClaxsonKíng 09:45, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Your continued violation of WP:SOCK and WP:BLOCK pretty much proves the point. --Yamla 13:59, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

User:Stokebjorre - notice

Apologies about his edits - he blocked the entire school off.... as it is I'm new to Wikipedia, here to edit football-related stuff and whatnot...

the IP on his talk page is our school's one, be careful about blocking it! --Scebredd 13:50, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Mark Calaway

Yo, I just wanted to know if you can lift the full protection from this page, the thing is that there is this user Neldav, he has added references to a number of wrestling pages and I asked him to reference the page but he is to new to bypass the full protection, I know he posseses the required refs and the lack of them is the reason that I putted the article's GAC on hold please notify me of what can be done, thanks for your time. -凶 16:33, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

This page has been unprotected. Note that if there is any hint of the banned vandal, Verdict (talk · contribs), I may have to reprotect that article for an extended period. Neldav's English is clearly far too good to be this particular vandal, however. --Yamla 17:18, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, I will keep a close eye on it. -凶 17:24, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

My (Selket's) RfA

Thank you, Yamla, for your support on my recent RfA, which recently passed 54/1/1. I hope I can live up to everyone's expectations. I will certainly take the constructive criticism I recieved to heart. Please, if you have any comments or complaints about my actions as an administrator, leave a note on my talk page. Thank you again· --Selket Talk 18:25, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Dave Bautista

Hello Yamla. I need help, because Batista's page is fully locked, and it needs a lot of updating, plus I think the name should be changed from Dave Bautista to Dave Batista (or just Batista) because of the fact that he is more well known by that name.

Thanks for your help, Kris 22:28, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

This page, too, is targetted by the banned vandal named Verdict (talk · contribs). Your best bet is to copy the page to a subpage and make your changes there. When you are happy with the new version and others have had a chance to look, as for the old version to be replaced. --Yamla 22:37, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Dear Yamla

First, I would like to apologize for calling you a moron earlier. I admit that Wikipedia is merely a pasttime in my life, thus I know little about how it's run behind the scenes, and when I originally received the message that I had been blocked, I had assumed you were a bot, or something of the sort (I've had previous experience with these in other sites, so I'm very cynical when I receive messages such as the one you sent).

However, I would also like to inform you that you made a mistake by accusing me of editing an article that I had never before seen in my life until you sent me your message. I'm referring to the "Cougar" topic. You claimed that my IP address came up, however that is impossible, as I have never visited nor edited this particular page (I even checked my history, and no "Cougar" topic showed up). Somewhere, somehow, whether you want to believe it or not, your system made a mistake. And your having blocked me for your system's mistake is irresponsible and unacceptable.

For a year now I have contributed to hundred of Wikipedia articles without any problems whatsoever. I have no interest in causing trouble, and I want to believe that you and your administration have no desire to do the same. Thank you.

EDIT: IP - 75.60.222.121 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.60.222.121 (talk) 23:39, 1 May 2007 (UTC).

Looks like you are on a dynamic IP address as I have never left a message for you at 75.60.222.121. --Yamla 00:01, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

User:AmendmentNumberOne

Hi. Would you mind explaining how that user was acting in bad faith and deserved a permanent ban? His contributions only show what appear to be good faith edits. Agree or disagree with his argument, it is not a reason for banning, especially with no warning and no reason. I believe he was unjustly banned. - JNighthawk 04:36, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Why can I not see anything in his contributions other than posting in the AfD? - JNighthawk 13:24, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
He has been posting the HDDVD/Blu-ray DVD decryption key number which has been causing the MPAA to issue legal warnings, in an apparently deliberate attempt to get Wikipedia sued. --Yamla 13:42, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
MPAA warnings are generally blusters that have no connection with the law. I think he was merely trying to publish the information because he felt it was worthy of being included, or possibly with the intention of testing whether Wikipedia would allow it, rather than maliciously attempting to provoke legal action. Remember to assume good faith. --Afed 14:26, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Why am I unable to see any creation of such articles in his contribution log? The user himself denies this. I'm not trying to be hostile, but as a neutral third-party that was not involved with this issue, it's looking like you and DS are acting in bad faith. - JNighthawk 23:58, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
I did not block the user originally. If you believe he should be unblocked, please discuss with the blocking admin. I would not oppose an unblock if you feel it warranted, I just saw nothing warranting such. --Yamla 01:05, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

block 218.186.8.12

Dear Yamla,

it is true, people should not vandalize at all. The problem seems at least to me is, that there are about 300.000 user behind this single IP-adress. StarHub. So I agree that sometimes it might be necessary to block this IP for a short time. But right now the block is set for 1 year. This means that a huge portion of a country cannot participate anonymously (it is the largest internet provider of the country). I think this is overshooting. Better report the incident to Starhub as mentioned in the header User_talk:218.186.8.12. But if you still think 1 year to be reasonable, why not just block forever? Of course there will be always more or less vandalism from this IP. Long time blocking just doesn't seem to be the appropiate answer. Andreask 14:40, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

I did not place the block, only declined the unblock. Note, though, that we block all of China and do so with a hard block. If the country will not allow us to block the vandals, I'm afraid we really have no choice.  :( --Yamla 15:08, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Corcoran

Hi admin looks like you are doing a good job on wikipedia, so therefore as just a regular user I'm asking you a favour to help protect the Corcoran page from vandalising and disruptive editing, there is an editor that keeps deleting my and other editors' information about the surname and puts in all this useless and false information about the surname Corcoran.This vandal says it is a British surname pre-dating the Roman Empire and his sources and demographical information are BULLS**t.Please forgive me for using such words but this nonsense enrages me.~Anywat if you are not sure about the background of Corcoran contact a historian or genealogist and they will tell you its an Irish/Gaelic name.Please reply back.Odran Corcoran 19:26, 2 May 2007 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by HolyChristianWarrior (talk • contribs) 19:26, 2 May 2007 (UTC).

Brock

You don´t know me but you can get a little about me here - http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=RockAway360 - Regarding the Brock Lesnar page. There's no edit war, no vandalism, no wikipedia policy violations. Therefore, the protection of this page violates WP:PROT and it should be unprotected. -- User:Predisposed

You are blatantly violating WP:BAN. You are not welcome here. --Yamla 15:34, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Vandal

User with IP 69.253.39.132 continually vandalises Corcoran he blanked the talk page on it because his information is useless and the sources are crap.He claims in his edit summary it was vandalsim (it obviously was not).And he reverted the article back to his view of corcoran.I RECEIVED A VANDAL WARNING from 63.3.20.2 and would like an explanation!!!.This guy has a lot of vandal warnings and still has not been blocked from editing!!!!!!!!I have asked other admins to resolve the situation.NOTHING has been done about it............... Odran Corcoran 08:37, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Please report it to WP:AIV. --Yamla 15:32, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Claxson again

He tried to pass his new sock KingClaxson (talk • contribs) off as a doppelganger of yours. I think it's time to call in Checkuser and block his IP directly. --  Netsnipe  â–º  18:48, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

There's a good chance (though this is far from certain) that this user is an abusive sockpuppet of the banned vandal/sockpuppeteer, Verdict (talk · contribs). If true, the user edits from open proxies which makes stopping him rather difficult. Though it does identify open proxies for us, giving us a chance to block them. --Yamla 19:00, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

I doubt very much that Claxson has anything to do with Verdict. Claxson first appeared on my radar back in March after he created Special:Undelete/Claxson and started making silly disruptive edits to Doctor Who related articles. Just another immature kid who thinks WP:SOCK is a game. --  Netsnipe  â–º  20:52, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, the only connection seems to be through me. Some days, I wish I had never heard of sockpuppets. --Yamla 20:57, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism? Please.

My apparent vandalism which resulted in a warning on my user page.

While it seems like you have done some fine efforts in removing vandalism, this is a little overboard, don't you think? --Mr. Vernon 02:45, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

You removed a warning which told you that promotional photos were not permitted. The warning noted that this would be a copyright violation. You were told to read our policy on fair-use. Yet with all of that, you went ahead anyway and placed an image in violation of our fair-use policy and in violation of its own license. Given that you were specifically warned against doing exactly this, the vandal3 template appeared appropriate. --Yamla 02:55, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Promotional photos are used on other pages such as Hugh Laurie and Omar Epps. Both image pages have rationales about why they fall under Fair Use, but you reported me as a vandal before doing investigation and letting me add that to the image. The Wikipedia page on Wikipedia:Vandalism explicitly says that "Any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia, even if misguided or ill-considered, is not vandalism." The segment on copyright says "Uploading or using material on Wikipedia in ways which violate Wikipedia's copyright policies after having been warned is vandalism. Because users may be unaware that the information is copyrighted, or of Wikipedia policies on how such material may and may not be used, such action only becomes vandalism if it continues after the copyrighted nature of the material and relevant policy restricting its use have been communicated to the user." The picture wasn't even a new one, just pointing to an existing one for the character like the pages I referenced above. Vandalism level 3 isn't even close to being justified. --Mr. Vernon 03:08, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Craig Roger Gregerson

Looks like User:Chadbryant is back, based on the way the LDS category is being removed and replaced with Category:Former Mormons, and based on the talk page you're more than familiar with this. Thanks. One Night In Hackney303 04:34, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks (for the unblock)

Dsmith1usa 08:37, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks for your quick action. I sent an e-mail to the mailing list that might have gone through about the time you unblocked me, so please ask the rest of the admins to disregard. If you like, I'm happy to send a disregard message, but I also want to avoid spamming. Please let me know. Thanks again, MalcolmGin Talk / Conts 15:16, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Unblock

i would like to know where you get your internet lie- detector. You obviously have one that you used on User:Falconslayer. if you do not have one than i would appreciate you not call people liars with no evidence. falconslayer's request to be unblocked should have been accepted. He never adited of created a Rudy and the Gays page and you did not even tell him who he was a sockpuppet of. if you immediately delete this post then i will know that you are embarrassed and that alone wil make me happy. please talk it out with me on my talk page. we can be friends if you admit that you were wrong and unblock falconslayer. --Mercilesschaos2 15:36, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

See also, [4][5][6][7][8]. HighInBC(Need help? Ask me) 15:38, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Abusive sockpuppeteer blocked. --Yamla 15:58, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Musselyuk's image uploads

I noticed that you warned a user called Musselyuk for his fraudulent public domain claim on an image here. I've found this image of Chris Cornell uploaded by the same user, which seems to have the same problem. However, I'm not 100% sure what to do in a case like this - could you kindly advise me? Cheers, -Panser Born- (talk) 20:42, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

As the uploader clearly does not own the picture, best to tag with {{subst:nsd}} and {{subst:nld}} and make a note on the image page itself indicating this. If you can find the image elsewhere on the Internet and so have proof, that's another matter. Then you mark it as a copyright violation using {{subst:copyvio|url here}} or something similar. --Yamla 21:50, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Re: Copyvio

Sorry about that, I didn't know how else to cite it. I've got the copy of the magazine right here in my hands. Almost every website about a celebrity has a section on magazine scans. If they were copyright violations, wouldn't that be prohibited? Starcross 23:40, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

You can learn how to cite the magazine itself by reading WP:CITE. Yes, almost all websites with magazine scans are violating copyright. Many are shut down for doing so. --Yamla 23:43, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Wow, I didn't know that. Thanks for the info. :) Starcross 23:50, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

You might want to check out this page

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fucking_pieces_of_shit_who_butcher_anime&action=edit --Coconutfred73 22:56, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Could you check this out?

There's a dispute going on between me and an IP (63.249.27.66) regarding the removal of cited information that has been verified by a reliable source and replaced with an un-verified claim made by this IP. The subject is about the unification of two championship belts. WWE.com official states in this link that the WCW Cruiserweight title and the WWF Light Heavyweight title were unified. This user claims that the championships were not unified, yet he has failed to provide a reliable source to support his claim. I know that you may not be familiar with the subject but this dispute is strictly about cited information, verified by a reliable source that has been removed and replaced with an un-verified claim made by an IP. This pretty much violates Wikipedia:Verifiability and Wikipedia:No original research. It would be really appreciated if you could take a look at this and comment. -- bulletproof 3:16 00:23, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

As I'm looking at the history pages of each article, I looks like he's also been using IP socks to revert the verified info as well.-- bulletproof 3:16 00:33, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
Looks to me like you have a good citation there. I've left a message for this user, please let me know if this continues. --Yamla 02:13, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
He has continued to revert the pages as 216.229.65.133. -- bulletproof 3:16 20:54, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
I seems he only uses IP socks to revert. He's been at it all month long. Could you Semi-Protect WWE Cruiserweight Championship, WWF Light Heavyweight Championship, and List of WWF Light Heavyweight Champions? -- bulletproof 3:16 20:59, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Help requested at Aishwarya Rai/Bachchan

Hello. I hope you remember our recent discussion. The page was moved back to Aishwarya Rai following 5-6 days of the poll opening with consensus of 3-0. Earlier today, another editor moved it back to Aishwarya Bachchan, basically stating the WP:COMMONNAME and WP:CONSENSUS were irrelevant here. I don't want to start a "page move war" on the article. I am hoping that you would consider involving yourself in the resolution of this matter. Regards. --After Midnight 0001 03:10, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Lacey Chabert

Hey Yamla its Simpsonsman18. I tried to edit Lacey Chabert by putting a picture of her, as one was missing. I wasn't sure how to place the image so i did my best an i failed. This wasn't my mistake so it shouldn't be counted as vandalism OK. I know when I made Jose Garcia and VIncent Porras Pages I was tryin to be funny but Lacey Chabert shouldn't be counted as vandalism. It was simply a mistake. I should get an Anti-Anti Vandalism Medal because you misjudges my error. YOU CANNOT BLOCK ME BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO JUDGE VANDALISM! VANDALISM IS WRITING CRAP ON A PAGE OK! I SIMPLY MADE A MISTAKE! I SHOULD NOT BE BANNED!—Preceding unsigned comment added by Simpsonsman18 (talk • contribs)

  • I may not have the full story behind this (and his/her message above is a bit pedantic), but at first glance the high warning level seems a bit harsh for a single offense in six three months. Just my two cents. :) -- LeCourT:C 14:52, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

For this. It's good to know I'm doing the right things with my new buttons! --Steve (Stephen) talk 04:46, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Might need help

Hi Yamla, sorry to bother you, but I may need some assistance. I have been currently putting a lot of work to make the article Delirious (wrestler) into a good article, but for some reason member User:Lakes keeps removing one of the moves, Diving hurricanrana, just because he has never seen the said wrestler use it (the wrestler in question does not wrestle on television, so matches of him would be limited considering you could only view him on DVD). The point being, at some point in his career he used this as a signature move. Even if he doesn't currently, or if Lakes has never seen him use the move, that isn't a reason to keep removing it. I would appreciate if you could talk to Lakes about this.

Thanks, Kris 08:46, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

All information in the Wikipedia must be verifiable (see WP:V). That does not mean you need to provide a web link, but you do need to cite information appropriately. If you have a DVD where he performs this move, you should be able to add a citation (see WP:CITE) for this DVD. Once you've done this, if the information is removed again, please let me know and I will be happy to help out! --Yamla 14:11, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
I do have a source stating he did this move though [9]. Is that enough for me to add it in? Kris 16:11, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
I could be wrong but I do not believe this meets the criteria outlined at WP:RS. --Yamla 16:18, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
I am curious, what do I need then? You asked for a cite, and I gave a link saying he has used the move as a signature move. Kris 16:21, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
Please see WP:RS for the requirements for a reliable source. --Yamla 16:21, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
I think it is a reliable source. It is used in virtually every wrestling related article as a source. I don't see why it can't be used here also. Kris 16:24, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
The information it presents is not peer reviewed and is not cited. It falls far short of our criteria for WP:NOR. --Yamla 16:29, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
Again, then why should OWW be allowed for all other wrestling wikis as a source besides this one? It is a very reliable site, and I don't see under what grounds you can say it is not cited, or unreliable. Kris 16:34, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
Just because it is used incorrectly elsewhere does not mean it should be used incorrectly here. You say that you believe it meets our requirements under WP:NOR and WP:RS. Can you please point out whether it is a primary, secondary, or tertiary source? How many staff do they have to verify their information? What are the qualifications of these fact checkers? What sources does the site use when making its claims and where are these listed? Who are the people who perform peer review? I cannot find any of this information on the site and so I do not understand why you believe it meets our criteria. Now, I'm not saying the information is incorrect, only that I do not believe the site meets our criteria. It may well be, however, that (for example) their claim that Delirious uses the Diving hurricanrana is actually cited correctly on their web site, etc. etc., and I just missed it. Alternatively, if you have a DVD where this move is performed and the announcers state which move it is, you can certainly use that as a WP:CITE. --Yamla 16:40, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
Fair enough, but if you can not find out the information about how they cite and such, you could always contact them. Kris 16:47, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
Actually, that's your responsibility if you wish to use that site for citations. --Yamla 16:51, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
I sent him an email asking the questions, with the website recently moving and all it might be a little bit, but hopefully he will get back to me soon so we can clear all of this information up. Kris 17:04, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
Great, good to hear! --Yamla 17:08, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Edit protected request

Just to let you know, I've been working on the Brock Lesnar article for the last few weeks and have made an editprotected request at the talk page. Hopefully, this can be done smoothly. -- Oakster  Talk   22:30, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Nope. Didn't work, he's back as I ll Nino0 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log). I don't think you're online right now, so I'll see if another admin can block him. -- Oakster  Talk   09:28, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
He's back again as Undisputed01 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log). Ugh. -- Oakster  Talk   16:04, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Merge complete, sockpuppets blocked, sorry about the delay! --Yamla 16:10, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Thankyou, very much. I really appreciate it and I'm glad to get that out of the way. As a reward, here's another barnstar for you:
The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
For continuing efforts at defending Wikipedia from sockpuppets and copywrite violations.  Oakster  Talk   16:22, 7 May 2007 (UTC)


Image:6ixtynin9.jpeg

Hello, Yamla. An automated process has found and removed a fair use image used in your userspace. The image (Image:6ixtynin9.jpeg) was found at the following location: User talk:Yamla/Archive 6. This image was removed per criterion number 9 of our non-free content policy. The image was replaced with Image:Example.jpg, so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. Please find a free image to replace it with. User:Gnome (Bot)-talk 01:42, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

User talk:James Callahan

You blocked for possibly being comprimised, and the user has responded (+24 hours after the vandalism edit). I'll leave the call up to you. Cheers, Daniel Bryant 02:09, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Unblocking

Thanks a lot Yamla, I appreciate it. =D James Callahan 04:08, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Bob Backlund

Hello Yamla. You have always been a very kind admin, and you seem to have a soft spot for Wrestling, so I thought maybe you could help us out.

Bob Backlund's article has been completely blanked and locked (even though people have agreed that this should not be done just because of lack of resources). Could you possibably unlock it, so the members of the Wiki Project Pro Wrestling can add sources?

Thanks, Kris 21:10, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Your message

Hello,

I have received a message from you regarding a supposed vandal act on my part, based on my IP address. For the record, I would like to state that I have never in my life made any edits to Wikipedia, though I consider it a valuable tool and was considering contributing in my areas of expertise (which, incidentally, centre on medieval literature). I had also never heard of Trisha Krishnan until your message pointed me to the article devoted to her.

I apologise if this reply is in the wrong place or irrelevant altogether - as said, I am not part of the Wikipedia community and don't know my way around it. I was simply surprised at your message and thought it might be prudent to post a reply.

Frankly, if you block my address from editing it won't make any difference to me whatsoever, seeing as I never edited anything in the past and don't really mind giving up any plans for doing so in the future. But I thought you may want to know that whoever you're after is on what you called a dynamic IP address.

Greetings, M. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.76.37.190 (talk) 21:20, 7 May 2007 (UTC).

In recognition of your sense and kindness...

The Barnstar of Diligence
I award you this fabulous barnstar after putting me to rights after I was unjustly blocked. The reason was that I edit from home & college (shared IP) and I was senselessly blocked because some vandals created an account from that IP. Many thanks. Lradrama 18:41, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

FYI - ANI discussion mentioning you

FYI, your name is mentioned in an ANI discussion here, regarding your decline of an unblock review on an SPA that was posting to the DRV on "that number." Just a heads up in case you wish to comment. Regards, Newyorkbrad 01:06, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. --Yamla 01:09, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism with Eve Myles

Apologies if I am wrong, but I fail to see how connecting a publicity image of a role Eve Myles plays to her profile constitutes vandalism, since the image (and many similar publicity images) have also been uploaded concering the television programme she appears in.

electric cynic 14:46, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

As you were already asked to do, please see WP:FU. We may only use freely-licensed images to depict living people and you removed a warning about that. --Yamla 15:08, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Blythewood High School unblock denial

I appreciate your speedy response to the unblock request, but if you would recend that denial and wait until alphachimp has a chance to view it. I put the unblock template there basically as a beacon for him in case the link on his talk page for some reason was to give him problems. I appreciate it though, and have a great day! --Amaraiel 18:42, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

Unblock

Thank you. For a second, I had no idea whether the block had anything to do with what I said to User:Ssault. Esperanza Ortega 21:05, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

RE: Autoblock

Thanks for sorting out the autoblock for me, this happened because a user on another computer on our college network (which only has one external IP) was vandalising pages. SteveMcSherry 08:46, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Hi Yamla

Image:Chainsaw7.jpg

I have made an Opps on uploading this image about a month ago and it got removed from the page.

Can you delete this image. I have no use for it. Thank you. King Lopez Contribs 10:06, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Done. --Yamla 13:46, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Hi

Why there is some unwanted information on Rani Mukherjee and Preity Zinta's Page about the various polls.Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai have been on many polls more than them then why not theirs —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 202.63.160.206 (talk) 11:31, 11 May 2007 (UTC).

I'm sorry, I do not understand what you are saying. --Yamla 13:47, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

He's back!

Hi Yamla, I'm sorry to say that Cpzphantom is back again doing disruptive edits to the Copa Airlines page. After you blocked his sockpuppet Edcoan, he's back doing the same sort of edits under the name Dowebs.

Here is the link of one of the edits Edcoan did a couple of weeks ago: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copa_Airlines&diff=prev&oldid=126666442

And here is the link of the edit Dowebs did yesterday: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copa_Airlines&diff=129936286&oldid=128951284

It's exactly the same wording. He is disrupting the site with biased information that adds no value. Can anything be done?--Schonbrunn 12:59, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I blocked that account indefinitely. --Yamla 13:50, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I noticed. Thank you--Schonbrunn 14:04, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Re your comments on my user-discussion page

I quote:

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did to Eva Green, you will be blocked from editing. --Yamla 15:48, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

I object in the strongest possible terms to this unwarranted accusation of vandalism. I carefully edited the page to use an image already in use on another Wikipedia page; how is that "vandalism"? If the image is suitable for use on one page, why is it not suitable for use on another? I am not interested in your dedication to Wikipedia, if you fling insults like this at established editors/contributors, you are destroying the very collaborative institution of Wikipedia itself. Furthermore, if you are so concerned about rights and legal issues, then why do you not identify yourself and instead hide behind a pseudonym? I will not be threatened like this by some faceless coward afraid to even show their own identity. You are a bully. Liam Proven 13:16, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Your edit here specifically removed a warning that stated you were to read WP:FUC before adding an image there. It noted that promotional images and Casino Royale screenshots were inappropriate and would result in an immediate block. You specifically removed that warning and replaced it with a promotional image from Casino Royale. It is hard to imagine this was anything other than a deliberate violation of our fair-use policy. Your personal attacks are in violation of WP:NPA and if they continue, you will be blocked. --Yamla 13:53, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

User:Hdt83

That is now three of us who have queried this block, which is quite clearly mistaken. Should one of us go ahead and unblock, or wait for a response from blocking admin? I ask because I am fairly new, and you have been here for ever--Anthony.bradbury 22:26, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

I'll go ahead and lift the block. --Yamla 22:26, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

User talk:DamnCartoonGuy

You denied an unblock to this user, who was blocked for uploading a lot of screenshots. As far as I can tell, although he's uploaded a lot of screenshots, they're all appropriately tagged, with FU rationales, and are used in articles in line with what seems like standard practice on Wikipedia, and he didn't have a warning or any discussion. Is there something I'm missing? Mangojuicetalk 17:22, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

He seemed to not be familiar with WP:FU and that cartoon screenshots may only be used for critical commentary, not solely for illustration. If you are reasonably happy that he is aware of our policies, I would support you unblocking this user. --Yamla 17:27, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Purple Star.

The purple star: you should have one after the full-protection of your user/talk pages. Acalamari 19:15, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
The purple star: you should have one after the full-protection of your user/talk pages. Acalamari 19:15, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

You received so much vandalism a few days ago, you had to fully protect your user and talk pages, which is very rare. Have this purple star, as it's the appropriate gift. Acalamari 19:15, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Woo woo! Thanks, Acalamari! --Yamla 19:33, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
You're very welcome. :) Acalamari 20:09, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

JKrantoski

Despite numerous warnings (including 2 final ones), he continues to execute page moves of wrestlers without any discussion or consent from other editors to whatever he feels they should be under (whether it be their first ring name or most current name). Could you please block this person for their ongoing behavior? And also, could you please merge the edit history of Daniel Rodman into Daniel Rodimer, I accidently screwed that up when trying to move Rodman back to Rodimer after this user did a malicious page move. Thanks! Bmg916SpeakSign 19:49, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Could you also undo any page moves he has done that haven't been undone lately, I'm sure there's more, but I can't move them back. Bmg916SpeakSign 19:50, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppet of banned user

Hi Yamla,

I notice that you were responsible for indefinitely blocking User:Davnel03 on April 14. I think he might be back, as User:Neldav. I noticed the "new" user when they edited articles on my watchlist and the username rung alarm bells. The interests listed on the userpage of Neldav match up with those of Davnel and judging by comments on the talk page, my gut feeling is that they are one and the same person.

I've left you a message because to be honest I'm not really sure what to do in this scenario. I'd appreciate any input you could give. Readro 22:20, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Blocked indefinitely, seemed to be a fairly obvious abusive sockpuppet of a blocked user. --Yamla 22:55, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
I've been following the debate on Neldav's talk page, and I've seen the fact that he's asked for a checkuser. If any evidence is needed then here is something significant. Compare a Neldav uploaded image (Image:Brabham BT19 1966 Germany.jpg) with a Davnel image (Image:SimtekS9411994.jpg). The wording is near word-for-word, and it seems a fairly random image to copy and paste from. Readro 19:38, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
I'll back readro to the hilt on this. The term sockpuppet simply isn't sufficient here, sockclone would be more accurate. Not only is his edit pattern identical (and I do mean identical, not just similar pages but the same pages), but his tone, attitude, methods and use of language are also spot on. Also familiar is the wide streak of arrogance that creates pointless work for others (e.g. performing a checkuser, or having to go back and manually review bot edits that he couldn't be bothered to check persoanlly). Even if whoever they are has changed web servers, or moved house, or is editing from a public computer rather than at home, and so by some miracle might pass a checkuser, I'd be happy to put a wad of my hard-earned on it being the same person. Pyrope 15:38, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

User:Adam1090

You gave this user a previous final warning about copyrighted material on Wikipedia. Seems he didn't care to listen as all the messages below yours (and there's ALOT} are one's from orphan bot, then of course there's this edit here where he inserted a copyrighted image into the Sting (wrestler) article. I gave hime another final warning, but I figured you should know because it doesn't seem as if this user is ever going to understand the severity of their actions. Bmg916SpeakSign 23:48, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

User has been warned enough, I blocked him indefinitely. --Yamla 00:17, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Okay, thanks! Bmg916SpeakSign 01:34, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

COPYVIO

Is this a possible copyvio image? It has no license. I'm only good with images that are old or created by me. --Endo(Exo) 01:20, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

User Page

Hey let me know if you need help on redesigning your user page. It looks more like an encyclopedia article rather than a user page. I can help you with the font syles, colors, html codes, and a custom signature. It's nothing personal it is just a suggestion. King Lopez Contribs 08:16, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Why I have been warned??

Hello, I don't understand anything at all! I just wanted to add the link to my Winnie-the-Pooh-Page which contains many interesting facts about Milne's famous Childrens Book, and as a result I have been warned (!) to be blocked...!! — What IS Wikipedia? A place where only some "VIPs" can insert some texts? I AM REALLY DISAPPOINTED!

ACHIM:-( —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Achimthepooh (talk • contribs) 15:05, 16 May 2007 (UTC).

Vandalism

What vanadalism do you speak of? Please stop making false accusations. thunderous503 17:40, 16th May 2007

What are you talking about? I have never left a message on your user discussion page. --Yamla 16:43, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Your six month block

Why on earth have you put a six month block on 129.12.200.49 ??? A standard block is 24 hours. Your six month block is, frankly, ludicrous. How many of the edits from this page are vandalism? If you bothered to look, not very many. Of the last FIFTY edits from this address, only FOUR can possibly be considered in bad faith. All four of these bad edits were to the same page over a four minute period- Hardly the biggest vandalism problem ever. Over the last ONE HUNDRED edits from 129.12.200.49 [10] the only things which could possibly be described as vandalism are two groups of edits: [11] and possibly [12], although the latter does not appear to fill the "deliberate attempt to compromise integrity" criterium of wikipedia:vandalism.

So that means that essentially for four minutes vandalism, to one article, out of six weeks of edits, you have put on a SIX MONTH block. This is surely excessive.

In addition to blocking the IP address, I am finding that the block is preventing me from logging on to my own bona fide account from those computers.

I hope you will reverse your ridiculous six-month block immediately, since it will be tiresome to have to take this further.

N-edits 17:02, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

This is an address with a long history of vandalism with six prior blocks. This particular block is a soft block so will not stop you from logging in to your account and editing from that address. Six months for schools with a long history of vandalism, as is the case here, is considered standard for the fifth block. --Yamla 17:22, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

University IPs should not be treated the same as those belonging to K-12 schools. Some of best anonymous editors have academic backgrounds and we need to assume good faith in these cases. 129.12.200.49's block log lists short blocks spread out over a long period of time and in my opinion definitely not grounds for a 6 month one. --  Netsnipe  â–º  19:43, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

So, are you going to tell Yamla that you reversed his block, or just be vague about it? --Iamunknown 19:48, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
(edit conflict) Netsnipe, how long do you think would be appropriate here for a sixth block against a university IP? I'm asking both specifically and generally. My general policy has been if a school (including a university) has a long history of vandalism, it should be blocked anon-only. Netsnipe, please feel free to replace that block. I do not consider such actions wheel-warring. The only time I have a problem is if I'm blocking an abusive sockpuppet or if the reversing admin is unsure why the block was placed in the first place. Neither is the case here. --Yamla 19:51, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Universities are always going to have immature vandals -- that's a sad fact of life and there'll be an influx of new students every year. In my honest opinion, blocks on tertiary institutions should only be long enough to prevent the current vandal from editing and discourage them from returning any time soon. We really need to careful that the block isn't so long that it ends up being collective punishment against every student and academic on that campus. If it's a real serious problem, then file an abuse report with their IT staff who I've found on average very responsive. --  Netsnipe  â–º  20:17, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

How long would you normally block for in a situation like this? Are we talking about a 24 hour block? One week? Three hours? What about the situation where you can see nothing but vandalism from that address even though it is a university? I know you and many other admins agree with long-term blocks on grade school addresses but you have convinced me about the strong possibility of legitimate edits from universities. --Yamla 20:30, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

I need help on a few things

Hello my name is Sir Drance and I am talking to you on behaf of my school. I have bn a user of Widipedia for some time now but have resently ben forced to make an acount because of your block on my High Schools IP adress (205.213.111.51). don't get me rong, the acount is great to have, but now students here can't even make one as we are blocked from dooing that as well. i would like you to reconsider your block. I know that this is not the way that is recomended to go for this, but it is the fastest way I know. granted, if you do unblock us and the morons from my school vandilise it again, I won't apel again, but plese reconsider the block. Thank you Yamla.

also if oy could help me make a better user page I would be greatful. contact me on my talk page.

P.S. pardon my spelling. I am sort of dislexic.

I Know 7 18:00, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, no. There's been a long history of vandalism from that address and I could not find a single legitimate edit. However, the page the users are presented with when they try to make an edit gives instructions on how they can get an account even though that particular address blocks account creation. So it should not be a great problem. --Yamla 18:15, 16 May 2007 (UTC)


thank you for looking into it. I didn't know that it had given instructions. I'll spred the word.

I really could use some help on my user page if you are willing. If not I will stop contacting you.

I Know 7 19:20, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

You're on my page...if that's ok

Hey, I have a few words about you on my User page. Check it out, if you're okay with it tell me on my discussion page. If not, let me know and I'll take it off.

I'd like to verify if this is true. I can find no user page by that name (not even a deleted one) but perhaps you mean that something should go in the "..." bit. If so, please let me know. You can email me if you wish to keep it private. If true, I have no problem with you leaving that information on your page. If it is not true, I would like it removed. Let me know! Thanks. --Yamla 22:33, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
  • I think he means this. -- LeCourT:C 00:21, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism?

Hello, not to sound rude, but I've received your message regarding me vandalising James Spader page. How exactly did I vandalise it by putting a picture of him? —Preceding unsigned comment added by MoonChild1 (talk • contribs)

Please see WP:FU which the comment on the article specifically told you to do. --Yamla 17:06, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

He's back again.

Verdict's managed to come back again as Manfredoo (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log). The guy never stops. -- Oakster  Talk   12:58, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Never mind. Bmg's sorted it out for me. -- Oakster  Talk   13:25, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

User:Adam1090

Now that he's been blocked indef., we should probably block his sockpuppet as well. User:Spyke Jonze. Bmg916SpeakSign 13:44, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

216.206.39.91

Thanks for warning that user. I ended up edit-conflicting with you. :) Acalamari 22:15, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

A Vandal's Returned

You may recall a while ago that an anonymous user repeatedly vandalized the page Southwood Secondary School, and then created several accounts in an attempt to impersonate me. I believe that this person has returned, under the account User Talk:Wendel67. While some of his edits to other pages (Pokemon (anime) and Chobits among them) appear to be good faith, I feel it's worth noting that the user's first vandalism edit to Southwood was to add "Jamal Aburaneh - Actor, (Little Mosque on the Prarie) which is what the incident last time stemmed from. I am going through the vandalism warning templates and will report to WP:AIV once I have gone through them all, but I figured that I should bring this to your attention. MelicansMatkin 20:17, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Autoblocks

Should be back up and running now. The restart on reboot system isn't working for some reason and rather helpfully the logfile is empty. --pgk 22:51, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Need a little help

Hi! As I have seen, you really know about images stuff. So, I'd like to upload one of these images for Joss Stone's article, but I'm not really sure how to do it. Would you mind helping me out? Funk Junkie 14:51, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

It is probably not going to happen. You need to track down the copyright holder for these images (which is almost certainly not Dan Madison) and then you need to get them to relicense them under a free license. Instructions on how to request copyright permission are available at Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission. --Yamla 14:58, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
I'll try it then. Thanks! Funk Junkie 15:05, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Image question

Isn't image:Dx-sig-pose.jpg a World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) photo? ThinkBlue 17:11, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Do you have a URL with this image on it, on the wwe.com website? --Yamla 00:50, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
No, but its on the back of my DX DVD. ThinkBlue 17:58, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
If you can specify exactly which DVD this is (ideally with the ISBN), I will block the user for fraudulent image uploads. Probably tomorrow, though, as I'm going to bed now (sick). --Yamla 01:00, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
The image upload was valid, a separate user, Wwesuperstar101 (talk · contribs) uploaded a fair use version over the free use version without changing the licensing or rationale. I have reverted the image to the free use version. –– Lid(Talk) 03:39, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

MostWanted05 again

The user MostWanted05 has continued to place disputed images in Wikipedia articles again? Haven't you warn this user before? LILVOKA 01:20, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Matthew

This guy is keeps reverting my edits to David Tennant for something that is none of his business!! It is very annoying! Kurabal 20:37, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

We do not tolerate personal attacks or edit warring. --Yamla 20:38, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Explain me then

Explain me this then; How can we create a Category were all movie with a rape theme can be united, like the already existing category of films with a pedophile theme? I mean, why some categories are accepted and other not?

Well, the main problem here is that "whit" does not mean what you think it means. Your category was nonsense. After that, though, you'd want to gain consensus with the other editors. --Yamla 20:50, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
Inconceivable! ;) -- LeCourT:C 21:00, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
Take a look at the contribs of Thulian...see anything familiar? - auburnpilot talk 21:15, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Bu away, I honestly don't think that some of the movies in the Films about rape category are correct. For example Cannibal Holocaust, the rape is not the central theme. This category shut be for movies like A Case of Rape, don't you think? Thulian

Possible new sockpuppet of Davnel03

Hi Yamla,

After the discussion we had about User:Neldav being a possible sockpuppet of User:Davnel03, I have spotted a new user who I think is another sockpuppet. User:Daviiid has a near-identical style, identical interests and is editing the same sort of articles even using the same editing javascript. It could be a coincidence but I think we have another sockpuppet on our hands. Readro 17:41, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

And another... Landev. And he has reverted to vicious, spiteful type (see here) so my hope that he might have seen the error of his ways is completely mistaken. I seem to remember reading of a block method whereby not only is the user account blocked but the last IP address from which that account was accessed too. It is plain that unless this person is denied access to Wikipedia by some relatively permanent method they are simply going to carry on creating flaming sockpuppets. Pyrope 10:43, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Hello!

Hi Yamla. I'm sorry for not removing the image in Preity Zinta's page. I don't really understand in these issues and terms of images, commercials etc. That's why I kept the image there when the user uploaded it and didn't remove it. Best Regards, --Shshshsh 23:08, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

User:Zucchini Marie uploaded a copyvio image. the link of the copyvio image. Is this okay? Or should it be deleted? --Endo(Exo) 02:04, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

That guy with all those socks

I refuse to say his name per WP:DENY but he's got a new sock Paiyn. All contribs are exact ones he always makes to Brock Lesnar. Bmg916SpeakSign 13:44, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Blocked by User:Chrislk02. Bmg916SpeakSign 13:54, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Hi Yamla, a question

Do you errase some articles about characters from the Cool Devices series? And if you do, why?

Several wikipedian worked in diferent articles for Cool Devices's character and this are constantly errase.

If you aren't please tell me to inform of vandalism.

My e-mail just in case; spockdg@yahoo.com

I'm sorry, I'm not sure what you are talking about. Which articles are you referring to? I'm not aware of having done so but it is entirely possible, I have rather a lot of edits. --Yamla 04:08, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Star Wars

Greetings, Yamla. You recently told Ggell100 (he does not have a User Page, but he does have a Talk Page) not to add any more links to wcbstv.com. Well, he's done it again, this time to Star Wars. I just thought I should let you know. -- -- Gravitan 14:29, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Matrix17 (talk · contribs) at WP:ANI

Since your name is being mentioned as the blocking admin, I thought I'd inform you of this.--Isotope23 16:55, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Could you talk a look at this?

There's a dispute going on in Big Gold Belt. Two users (User:King Of Cable and User:PT Sandman) have been repeatedly adding unverified information and original research to the article. Every time I remove the nonsense the users have been reverting and using their IPs to avoid 3RR violation. I warned User:King Of Cable about adding info without sources on his talk page, but he quickly reverted that too saying it was a "bogus warning" when really no citation was provided [13]. This pretty much violates Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:No original research, and Wikipedia:Sock puppetry. It would be really appreciated if you could take a look at this. -- bulletproof 3:16 05:57, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

It appears these users come from a forum [14] that seems to have a vendetta against users from WP:PW, including User:TJ Spyke and myself. It is really getting annoying to have these users revert and revert while adding even more nonsense and theories to these articles. Now they're even bringing "flaming" to Wikipedia. The last thing WP:PW or Wikipedia, for that matter, needs right now are a bunch of net trolls.-- bulletproof 3:16 04:58, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Brock Lesnar's #1 fan

sock User:Yarood. Also alerted admin User:Chrislk02. Bmg916SpeakSign 20:11, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

I'll grab it. --Yamla 20:11, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. Bmg916SpeakSign 20:15, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
User:Jtgflo Also made legal threats. Bmg916SpeakSign 20:19, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
Oh, he long ago stated he was suing me. Just idle threats from a banned vandal. --Yamla 20:32, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

I noticed you protected Brock Lesnar, I filed an RFPP if you wanna follow up on that since you just protected it. Thanks. Bmg916SpeakSign 13:59, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Done, thanks. --Yamla 14:04, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

He's done it again!

Yamla, once again I'm sorry to say that the blocked user and proven copyright infringer, Cpzphantom, has created another sockpuppet under the name "Kokaflores" and he's using it to edit once again the Copa Airlines page with incorrect information. Can this username be blocked? Thanks a lot for your help.--Schonbrunn 20:12, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll investigate. --Yamla 20:16, 25 May 2007 (UTC)


sock

Hey Yamla, I suspect that this user maybe a blocked sock..Just curious Image:confused-tpvgames.gif ..--Cometstyles 15:26, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Barbara Walters Picture

Hi. I just wanted to alert you that there was a picture put on the Barbara Walters page of some 95 year old Hindu looking woman. I reverted it back and I figured I would let you know because I noticed that you removed a picture also. Zackfins54 17:12, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Album covers

Can you explain how the album covers shown on the Corbin Blue page violated Fair Use or MUSTARD? Thanks, Rockstar (T/C) 22:28, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

"Do not use album covers in discographies, as this is an unnecessary use of images and is not compatible with Wikipedia's fair use policy." It is marked as disputed on WP:MUSTARD but clarification has recently happened on WP:ANI or WP:ANI. Besides, the license requires that an album cover be used to provide critical commentary. Using it without any critical commentary in a discography is in violation of this. --Yamla 23:30, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Jennifer Morrison

Hello mr Yamla. I am Jagzthebest and you warned me that i will be blocked from editing if i vandalize the jennifer morrison page. I assure you that it WAS NOT VANDALISM. i was trying to upload a picture of her as the article needed one. i copied a license and summary from her picture as allison cameron from the house tv article (already on wikipedia) so if this violated anything i am extremely sorry for this but i assure you once again this was not meant to be vandalism i was just uploading a picture of her on her own article. I think that it is better if you help me on how to upload pictures with the correct information. sorry for the confusion and thank you.--Jagzthebest 19:51, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Copyrigh Vio

Please delete Image:Dykstra-WWE.jpg when you get a chance, it is an obvious copyright vio, and was being used to depict living person Ken Doane. Thanks! Bmg916SpeakSign 18:31, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Done. --Yamla 18:35, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks :-) Bmg916SpeakSign 18:36, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

JJ WHO?? WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?

excuse me i just created an account on here no longer than 2 weeks ago, but 4 some reason i am blocked. it said something about my ip address was vandalizing or something, which doesnt make any sense to me because you can clearly see a difference in my contributions, and the alleged ip address vandal, which by the way go back way longer than i've been on wikipedia. and then i see you assume....and u know what they say about those who assume, that i'm someone called jj sockpuppets or something and my request to be unbanned was declined??? this sucks. i have no idea what you are talking about or who you are talking about for that matter. this is utterly rediculous, and totally unfair. PeAchBaCon 04:47, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

PLEASE STOP SHOUTING. If you are able to edit my talk page, you are no longer blocked. --Yamla 13:59, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Hasan Hasanie

Thanks for blocking. You beat me to it. I just noticed what he was doing. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 15:34, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

No problem.  :) --Yamla 15:38, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Image copyright question

The question that I'm asking is that my friend owns an image of John Cena and Shawn Michaels as the Tag Team Champions, but since it isn't mine, what license can I uploaded in?  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 23:15, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Any free license, such as GFDL or some of the CC licenses. We'll need evidence that your friend has released the image under that license. WP:DCP has more (and WP:COPYRIGHT generally). --Yamla 23:50, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
Well, I haven't uploaded it yet!!!! Cause I wanted to know the license first!!!! You want me to e-mail him and ask him if I could use the image on wikipedia?  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 00:38, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
WP:COPYREQ is the best page to read. If it's your friend, you don't need to be so formal but WP:COPYREQ outlines the requirements. --Yamla 01:04, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Brock Lesnar

User:Iamaloco, is his #1 fan. Bmg916SpeakSign 14:14, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

don't worry, it's been
Resolved.
Bmg916SpeakSign 14:38, 31 May 2007 (UTC)


hi

i put a final block waning on user:jagzthebest for vandalising user:tatsulerator a numerous amount of times. i was wondering whether you should block him from editing as if you look at his contrbutions some are vandalism. many thanks. do whatever you feel is right. MasterEditor99 17:52, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Biography template

Is there a template for Biographies?  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 23:24, 01 June 2007 (UTC)

Once again

Hi Yamla, you are probably tired of me. Cpzphantom is back disrupting the Copa Airlines and Tocumen International pages. Now that all the pages he usually disrupts are semi protected and blocked for unregistered and new users, he creates new usernames and waits until they are able to edit in order to once again add information that adds no value. Now, he's using "Langosto" as a username. I appreciate once again if you could investigate and block this sockpuppet account.

Once again, I appreciate and thank you for your help.--Schonbrunn 01:13, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Emnx

Hi, do you have time to look at this sockpuppetry case? I've post on WP:AN/I but have gotten no response. The suspect has admitted the use of multiple accounts/ips but pretends he did nothing wrong. At least somebody should have a word with him? IPSOS (talk) 13:30, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi, I did post a reply here but figured the dispute would erupt all over this page so I have since removed it. However, I have copied this post and my reply to my talk page as a more fitting place of discussion. I would welcome you there as a NPOV but I fear you will not wish to become embroiled in this 'war' being waged by IPSOS. --Emnx 02:34, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Images

Evening Yamla, could you take a look over at User talk:Q Original? The user has a history of uploading bad images, and they "declared war" on me today[15].

Recently multiples of their images were speedied per the CSD, but not they're now revision warring to upload their incorrectly licensed (and imo utterly poor) image (see Image:Space- Above and Beyond - Chig (2).jpg).

Their previous account was blocked indefinitely for uploading copyvios and using sock puppets (and he also made death threats from it), I'll provide the account name privately should you wish to know it (I suspect it's their real name, so in the interests of privacy won't reveal it on-wiki). Matthew 17:14, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

The image has been protected. Matthew 17:33, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Revert war

This user has begun a revert war removing picture of GDP distribution. [16][17] [18] The image was simply a replacement of a previous colour coded map. He alleges the CIA info as fake. Anwar 18:20, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

*Barnstar*

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
For your long work in preventing illegal image copyright and seeing through the deception of vandals when requesting unblocks, I award you this barnstar for preventing vandalism in Wikipedia. Keep up the good work! PrestonH(Review Me!) • (Sign Here!) 05:22, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Blocked user Cpzphantom

Hi Yamla, sorry to bother you again with this. Cpzphantom has created another sockpuppet (Langosto) and has been editing the Copa Airlines page. This user is also using other anonymous IP's to edit my talk page and his last comments posted were offensive to me and he's way out of line for someone who should not even be editing.

I'm trying to avoid edits that add no value from a user that has already been blocked for sockpuppeteering and copyright violations. I would appreciate your help with blocking the IP's that he is using to edit my talk page and his new sockpuppet account (Langosto). Please, let me know if you need any further evidence. Thanks in advance--Schonbrunn 17:34, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

The account is already blocked. If you let me know which IP addresses you believe are related, I will check into it. I'm sorry you are being targeted by this vandal. --Yamla 19:18, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Yamla, thanks for the help. I saw that another user has already blocked the Langosto account. The other related IP's are 194.169.192.106, 64.72.126.134, and 201.218.67.206 Should you need evidence of this, please see my user talk page. You will find that Cpzphantom has sent me messages through these anonymous IP's. Thanks again.--Schonbrunn 21:10, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Done. --Yamla 21:45, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Still images

Hello. I wanted to know something. Can you add a still from a film to a living person's article to provide some sort of commentary on that person. I had a look at the Diane Keaton article which has many stills from films which provide some sort of insight into her role such as the still from The Godfather. I was going to add some to the Bollywood articles but I thought I'd ask you first. Thank you. -- Pa7 20:32, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

You can use a film still if you are using it in an article to provide critical commentary on that film. So, you could not use a series of film stills to show how a person has aged, for example. Nor can you use them solely for illustrative purposes. There must be a non-trivial mention of that particular still in the article and there must be critical commentary. Most of the images in Diane Keaton violate policy as they are being used solely for illustration, not critical commentary on the film. --Yamla 19:36, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

MattOwnsYou

Thanks I was just about to report both users :) Wikidan829 19:48, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

No problem.  :) --Yamla 19:49, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Please see this. Awfully familiar. Wikidan829 23:46, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Chloë picture

quote: "Please stop. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did to Chloë Annett, you will be blocked from editing. --Yamla 03:00, 4 June 2007 (UTC)"

Err... vandalized? I put a picture of the actress up, a face picture even, what do you mean vandalized?

You were told only freely-licensed images could be used to depict living people. You were told to read WP:FU. You specifically removed this warning. The image itself noted that it may only be used for critical commentary on the t.v. show and its contents and that any other use may be copyright infringement. Seemed fairly straight-forward. --Yamla 03:25, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

But Honestly

I got that picture from google.TaylorLTD 01:12, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

STOP IT

You Block my IP address for NO reason, and Im sure you blocked many other Users/IP address FOR THE FUN OF IT.But seriously, don't Fuck with me.Oh, and unblock my schoolTaylorLTD 00:25, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Thought

Given that the types of Wiki-work that you seem to tend to like to do seem to involve a fair amount of "reading between the lines" (which I consider a key ability in determining consensus), would you be interested in becoming a bureaucrat? - jc37 06:21, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Should I take lack of response to mean:
  • 1.) You're too busy to think about this right now.
  • 2.) You're thinking about this.
  • 3.) You're not interested.
  • 4.) Other.
Any of the above is welcome, I was/am just curious, and felt/feel that you would likely make a good bureaucrat : ) - jc37 01:30, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
It's a combination of 1 and 2. That is to say, I'm frantically busy with work and I'm thinking it over. I'm not normally quite so busy, there's a major event happening this week at work that is requiring a lot of my time.  :) I do promise to get back to you, though, and I thank you very much for thinking about me with regard to this. --Yamla 01:33, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

HELP! HELP!!

Let me begin by saying that I really appreciated the help you rendered when I was struggling with image uploads (I keep a record of those troubles at User talk:Aditya Kabir/Archive 2). And, that is exactly why I'm turning to you with a trouble I can't handle myself.

One of the images I uploaded - Image:Riya Calendar.jpg - was tagged by User:NAHID for violating fair use guidelines (WP:RFU#I7). He has been doing this to me for a long time now (see Talk:Lou Schuler or Talk:University of Science & Technology Chittagong where I pointed out two silly edit-wars; see User talk:^demon/Archive3#Jayne mansfield images, User talk:Anetode/archive 8#Re: Image:Ananthabhadram Kavya.jpg, User talk:Zsinj#Image:Ananthabhadram Kavya.jpg and User talk:^demon#Image:Ananthabhadram_Kavya.jpg: A misundrstanding? for discussions on his vendetta against my uploads). I am ready to put a db-self tag to any improper uploads I make, but I am not ready to watch my honest hard work going down the drain standing.

I have not been always very tactful in dealing with this particular user, but I tried hard in the past (I keep a record of my failure in Wikilove at User:Aditya Kabir/Wikilove/failure). It is particularly a matter of pain when he follows up his tagging with a warning attached with a post script that says - Please Stop uploading deleted fair use image (replaceable).Use your common sense. I have enhanced that article on the model in the image to incorporate much critical description of the work, and I also have created a whole article on the photographer of image (a part of the project to create a ring of articles around one article, like I did with Shahbag, an FA).

Yes, it is a version of an image deleted earlier - Image:Riya Book.png - but that was tagged for having a wrong license tag, and I couldn't resolve that. This time the tag is simple - it is a piece of photographic art, and tagged as such. Would you, please, take a look at the case and advise (both about the fairness of the image and the tagger who hasn't explained yet why my rationale is no good). Please, respond to my talk page. Aditya Kabir 15:47, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, I'm extremely busy at work right now. It looks reasonable to me but you probably want to try WP:3O. I'm truly sorry I can't help, I'm right in the middle of crunch time at work, working weekends and evenings at the moment.  :( --Yamla 17:17, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
I can identify with working through the weekends thing perfectly, have been doing that for about three years now :(. Well, will it be possible for you to take a look at the debate at Image talk:Riya Calendar.jpg‎? Aditya Kabir 06:06, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you.

Somebody in this office may caused the autoblock... Rupert Horn 18:11, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Brock Lesnar protection

Hi there. Just wanted to notify you that the Brock Lesnar article needs to be urgently updated. I am happy to put up the info if you can remove the protection. It's concerning his MMA debut win at K-1. Thanks. Smitharoo 08:26, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Hello, about your message to me about editing the lisa kudrow article i was just about to discuss it and ask someone of how to make a citation, but the last thing i wanted to do is to vandalize anything.In this case such as all cases when i edit wikipedia, i do not write down any incorrect information, or any information whithout any relaible sources who can prove it, but i promise to discuss this on the discussion page.thanks..User:Zivb2006

Hey, can we do something about this full block... the article as of June 2nd became extremely out of date as Lesnar fought and won his first MMA fight... I don't care who does the edit, and I hate socks too, but need to update this. DMighton 21:03, 6 June 2007 (UTC)~

Jaakko Sivonen

Hi Yamla, sorry to bother you. Jaakko Sivonen that has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia is using IP (88.114.251.68) to edit en.wiki. Here is evidence: [19].I hope you appreciate my tip. I have not created an account because my English is too bad to edit anything in en.wiki. I contribute in sv.wiki. Here is my IP 213.114.75.158 00:01, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

You are a terrible person

I can't believe you wouldn't unblock Mrfggc88west, when all he wanted was to keep doing Wikipedia a service by adding "fucking cunt" to televangelist articles. I'd think you'd be more grateful to him for telling the people The Truth. You're nothing but another rouge admin. -FisherQueen (Talk) 15:54, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Oops, I removed this, but when I realized it was sarcastic I returned it. (H) 16:00, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Haha, no problem.  :) And FisherQueen, I'm always stunned that people like this expect to be unblocked. I mean, how can we possibly survive without this commentary? --Yamla 16:04, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
When I read his unblock request, which essentially amounted to, "but he IS a fucking cunt,' I laughed out loud. -FisherQueen (Talk) 16:07, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Brock Lesnar

The IP you just reverted is User:Verdict, it's the exact same edits he was trying to do with his last round of socks, I would block it as an open proxy and sock puppet. Bmg916SpeakSign 16:01, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Image uploaded by User: Hhhbk2010

This user uploaded some WWE images of Randy Orton, with the filename that I named it; I revert it, but on a userbox that I created, has the old image that the user uploaded. Just wondering if you can delete the 2 images that the user uploaded!!!  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 19:06, 07 June 2007 (UTC)

You are saying that the old image is still showing up? That's caused by caching issues, either on your browser or on Wikipedia's end. It should clear itself up shortly. --Yamla 19:19, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, the image went to the original!!!!  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 20:19, 07 June 2007 (UTC)

user:halodrol

hi i want to post. i dont know why i am banned i think its open proxy and some other ppl use the same ip to post nonsense. i use a very big isp in my country, probably thousands or more share same ip. but i have signed up an account so i thought i should be allowed to post now, pls hit me back, thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by halodrol (talk • contribs)

We do not permit editing through an open proxy. However, if you are able to post on my page, you are obviously no longer blocked.  :) --Yamla 17:06, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

does that mean i can edit and create articles yamla

sock

This editors is a sock of an Editor that was blocked recently ..--Cometstyles 20:13, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Loureid (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Been a while since we last communicated (I think it was over Tcatron's images). Anyhow, regarding this vandal you might want to read both my talk page and User talk:Harryboyles. – Chacor 13:02, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

June 07

Please do not delete content from articles on Wikipedia, as you did to Mosquito. Your edits do not appear to be constructive and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use Wikipedia:Sandbox for test edits. Thank you. VanTucky 02:03, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

That page contains copyright violations. Please do not undo the copyvio notice unless and until you have resolved the copyright violation. --Yamla 02:05, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
Uh, did you not know that sites like about.com regularly copy direct content from Wikipedia articles? It's called mirroring, and it's extremely common as Wikipedia is licensed under the GDFL. It's not a copy vio.VanTucky 02:10, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
I know a lot of sites do but that particular page claims to have been written by Anne Marie Helemstine and the page indicates the copyright belongs to The New York Times Company. The text has been on that page since 2003 and was only introduced into the Wikipedia in the past few days. Are you sure that they are mirroring the Wikipedia article? It does not seem to be the case this time. --Yamla 02:13, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
Slapping a copyvio tag on a whole page is pretty heavy-handed editing, and could lead to the deletion of a lot of previous work. I have reverted the page to a version before the copyrighted material. Pollinator 02:25, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
Fair enough. I couldn't figure out exactly where it started (I'm in Windows now and not using my regular browser). --Yamla 02:44, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

The latest Ashley Tisdale image

Thank you for confirming what I thought I saw in Image:AshTis.jpg: an image that looked way too professional to not be a copyrighted publicity shot. I probably assumed a little more good faith in the uploader than I needed to. :) But that's why I tagged it, so I wasn't the only one arguing the case. Again, thank you! —C.Fred (talk) 14:08, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Ciara

I dont mean to sound offensive, but how did i vandalize the Ciara article. All i did was add a picture that was availible. Please clarify this for me

-Frizzoloopa

You removed a comment that stated, "Only freely-licensed images, not promotional images, not album covers, may be used to depict living people. Please see WP:FU before adding an image here." You replaced this with a blatant copyright violation. One which is not freely-licensed and is in blatant violation of WP:FU. You are well aware from reading WP:FU that only freely-licensed images may be used and the comment specifically stated that. Additionally, even if we were to allow fair-use images there, it would require that you add a detailed fair-use rationale to the image, which you did not do. Seemed fairly straight-forward, particularly given that you have been warned about our fair-use policies in the past. --Yamla 16:00, 10 June 2007 (UTC)


Okay so i was not supposed to remove the comment and the picture was not of fair-use right? I am very confused. I rread WP:FU, and I didn't really understand it. I thought the image would be okay to use since it was previously on another page. i am sorry and it wont happen again.

-Frizzoloopa

Image:Selma Blair as Cecile Caldwell.jpg

The copyvio tag you used on this image states: 4 May 2006, is claimed to be used under Wikipedia's fair use policy but has no explanation as to why it is permitted under the policy. It may be deleted seven days after it was uploaded. Please remove this template if a rationale is provided.

However, that image was uploaded in 2003. Is there another tag to be used for images prior to 4 May, 2006? —Gaff ταλκ 23:50, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

The image was indeed uploaded back then but is currently being used in violation of WP:FU (that is, it is not being used to provide critical commentary on the film). --Yamla 13:42, 11 June 2007 (UTC)


I see you were looking for a better picture on the Fergie (singer) page - I have uploaded a new one :) Talk to symode09's or How's my driving? 13:40, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! --Yamla 13:42, 11 June 2007 (UTC)


Ha

You anti-Christian, you. ~ Wikihermit (HermesBot) 20:37, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Hahaha, I've been called worse. At least this troll made an amusing claim of having had a death threat uttered against him or her. Shades of Doctor Who.  :) --Yamla 20:42, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

DEET

Hello,

You reverted an article on mosquitoes and DEET because: Quote: plagiarism question. You don't say where or what you believe was plagarised or from whom; so its damn hard to correct it--if it does need correcting. Be a little more informative. I did not intentionally plagiarize anything; but we all make mistakes.

Cheers,

D'lin 22:26, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

The assumption (and the reason the template warning does not contain a source) is that you know where you have copied the information from. One of the edits I was specifically concerned about was this one which appears to be, in large part, a direct copy-and-paste from here. These are clearly not your own words which is why I noted the plagiarism. --Yamla 22:47, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Yamla

  • Yamla, I noticed that you reverted my first edit as of the internal-link of Supercouple in the Tom Cruise article. I hadn't noticed before I switched the placement around of the word Supercouple within the See also section of that article, but I just wanted to know why you reverted my first initial edit in concerns to that article?

I think that you're the first editor here at Wikipedia to revert one of my edits, which will definitely serve as memorable to me. Anyway, you seem like a great editor, and I'd love to work with you here at Wikipedia at some point as I improve here as a Wikipedian editor. Flyer22 16:04, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

I checked out the article and from the introduction and the first half, it looked to be solely about soap-opera couples. By the time I realised my mistake, you had already readded the link. So no worries.  :) --Yamla 16:07, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
  • The images for Buffy and Angel, and Mulder and Scully -- Those aren't really in violation of Wikipedia policy, are they?

I mean, they were both there as subject of those two couples being addressed, just as the other images within the supercouple article are. Or an image within any article that is being used as subject of demonstration for what is addressed. Flyer22 16:23, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia's fair-use policy is more restrictive than U.S. law requires. t.v. and film screenshots, for example, may only be used minimally and only to provide critical commentary on the t.v. episode or film. We are not permitted to use fair-use images solely to illustrate the subject. See WP:FU, WP:NONFREE. --Yamla 16:35, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

User:Rockamania

I've unblocked the user you emailed me about, as there really isn't anything I can find to show me their story isn't true. Regards, --Fire Star 火星 16:40, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Screenshots

  • I'll add a screenshot of Buffy and Angel to the supercouple article in the context of the tragedy being addressed. Flyer22 16:55, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
Only if you are providing significant and critical commentary on that particular episode in the article and only if the image is necessary to depict this (that is, the text alone does not suffice). You cannot simply use it to depict the couple, for example. --Yamla 17:05, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
  • The other images in the J.R. and Babe article and or the Zach and Kendall article -- a few of those images were in depicting mention of context of particular instances, sort of how the Spike (Buffyverse) article does, or the Titanic (1997 film) article does.

Surely, I can add a few of those images back to the J.R. and Babe and or Zach and Kendall article, Yamla. I might have went overboard in how many were used in the J.R. and Babe article, but a few should be fine. I notice that your reasons for deleting the images were..."(Rationale must specify which article it is for and specifically justify the use in that particular article)..." Do you mean that I actually need to state: This image is for this or that article in the fair-use claim? I'm tutored sometimes by User:Elonka, she's great, and she didn't mention anything about an image problem. Will you clarify on this matter for me, Yamla? Flyer22 18:23, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Those are not good examples. Please see WP:FU which is our policy on this. You may also want to check out this which is the Wikimedia Foundation tightening up the issue of fair-use; we used to be a lot more permissive. And yes, you need to specifically state which article the rationale is for, why the image must be used in that specific article, and how it is being used to provide critical commentary on the film or t.v. episode (if it's a film screenshot or t.v. episode), and several other elements. See WP:FU. Let me warn you right now, images are a huge pain in the behind here. Wikipedia strongly discourages the use of any fair-use image and makes you jump through hoops if you want to upload one.
  • Yamla, I wish you hadn't wiped out all of my image-edit history, some of those were actually fair-use, no different than what I see in even some of the good articles here on Wikipedia. Now I have to add back the ones that were within reason, such as displaying the notable role of an actor, as I've seen good articles do that. Thank you for the tip. And I will be more cautious with uploading fair-use images. Flyer22 18:57, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Are you keeping me from uploading images

  • The screenshots that depict an actor in a notable role are within fair-use claim.
  • The fair-use rationale clearly depicts the screenshots' intent.

I need to talk this over with Elonka.

Because I just don't see any reason for all of the images I've uploaded to be scrapped or to have some type of prevention from being uploaded. Flyer22 19:28, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Please see WP:FU. We are not permitted to use fair-use images to depict living people. And the license on t.v. screenshots specifically state that they must be used to provide critical commentary. Once again, all of this is covered in WP:FU. I'm not stopping you from uploading images but fair-use images must adhere to WP:FU. --Yamla 19:34, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
  • I just now saw your message, Yamla.

Yes, I know about the fair-use claim not being used to depict living people. I was more so addressing characters. The fair-use claim applies to them. Flyer22 20:16, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

  • Also, I mistook you for having possibly blocked me from uploading certain images. I'm sorry about that inquiry. It was off, of course. You deleted all of my image-edit history, but you weren't specifically blocking me from uploading images, if that's even possible. Flyer22 20:20, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Images that display characters at the introduction

With articles such as InuYasha (character) or Peter Petrelli, those are fine to display a screenshot for without commentary about that specific screenshot, right? Every television topic on Wikipedia is like that for its characters, where the indroduction displays an image as to serve for informational purposes on the character being discussed. That is the only type of image that's allowed without it as a part of commentary, right?

Images such as those are significant to illustrate the notable role. Flyer22 20:32, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Neither are appropriate, both are missing the mandatory detailed fair-use rationale. Now, your larger question is whether a screenshot can be used to depict a fictional character. The answer is somewhat confusing. The answer is, unfortunately, probably not since the restrictions have been tightened. However, we have in the past often allowed this provided that there's a detailed fair-use rationale and provided the entire article talks about the character from that specific t.v. show. So a character that appears in several different t.v. shows or movies (such as, say, Peter Pan), we could not use a screenshot solely to illustrate it. But, say, the article on Peter Petrelli probably could use that image as the character only appears in Heroes, provided there was a detailed fair-use rationale. --Yamla 20:48, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Open Proxy

I'm not using a proxy...? Quanticles 21:00, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

You are also not blocked if you are able to post on my page. --Yamla 21:06, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your help, Yamla

Yeah, I checked the introduction images for those two articles I mentioned above and saw that they didn't have a fair-use rationale. But some other fictional character articles do as given reason why it is fair that they display the image. I make sure that the images I upload have a fair-use rationale. I'm giving even more detail within the fair-use rationale for the images I upload due to your comments. Thanks again. Flyer22 21:51, 12 June 2007 (UTC)


Cheerleading

Cheerleading is commonly referred to as a sport. It is placed under the categories 'Sports culture' and 'Team sports'. A sport is defined as an "athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature". On , http://cheerleading.about.com/od/skillsandabilities/a/031002a.htm, it is stated that such is a sport if:

   * A physical activity which involves propelling a mass through space or overcoming the resistance of a mass
   * A contest or competition against or with an opponent
   * Is governed by rules which explicitly define the time, space and purpose of the contest and the conditions under which a winner is declared
   * The acknowledged primary purpose of the competition is a comparison of the relative skills of the participants .

See Also:

Maddie was here 02:00, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Please see WP:RS. None of these fit the bill. --Yamla 02:01, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Tricia Helfer

I didn't vandalaize the article, I changed it, as is the perview of editors... --DashaKat 12:50, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

What are you talking about? Near as I can tell, you have never edited that article and I have never warned you about it. --Yamla 14:20, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Jgamer509

Earlier today, you set an indefinite ban on Jgamer509 after he made two vandalism edits to C++. As a real-life friend of this user and a long-time Wikipedian (though I have just returned from an extended Wikibreak), I would like to request on his behalf that you change the indefinte ban to one of definite length, whatever you think he deserves. As somebody who used to patrol Recent Changes, and a former Mediation Cabal cabalist, I understand the frustration of dealing with users that commit acts of vandalism. However, I assure you that I have had a serious discussion with this user about vandals and the annoyance of dealing with them, and he has expressed regret for what was by his own admission "a stupid joke". Although I do agree that he should remain banned for a period of time, I would request that you change it to reflect a fixed-length punishment. I will place this page on my watchlist, or if you prefer you may leave a comment on my own user talk page at Firestorm. I would like to thank you in advance for considering my request. Firestorm 23:36, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Any chance I could egt an answer on this, either yes or no? Firestorm 03:18, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
This user has not disputed the block. If they wish to be unblocked, I would consider it, probably via Template:2ndchance. --Yamla 14:13, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your time, I will alert him of this. Firestorm 04:18, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Fair Use Rationale for GeForce newlogo.jpg

The fair use rationale notes that:

This is the new logo for the GeForce line of GPUs from NVIDIA.

and that:

This logo is used by NVIDIA for people to identify its GeForce brand worldwide. Hence its usage in Wikipedia stands justified. Furthermore, it also illustrates that the article wherein it is used is that of the product mentioned.

Furthermore, how can you claim that it is copy-paste when I took some of my own time to write it? Perhaps you could explain what you mean by "article-specific and not copy paste"? The fair use rationale clearly states that it is the logo of the GeForce GPU and it is used within the article on GeForce. It even provides a link to the page as well. rohith 18:59, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

The fair-use rationale does not identify which article the rationale is for, or why it must be used in that article. For example, it is used in GeForce 8 Series but I can find no reference to that article in the rationale. Also, although you link to GeForce, you do not state that the rationale is for that article. I did not mean to imply that you copy and pasted the rationale, only that you would not be able to copy the same rationale for GeForce 8 Series as for GeForce because this would not explain why the logo had to be used for that specific article. --Yamla 19:33, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
Please understand that NVIDIA does not have two different logos for GeForce and GeForce 8, however this was the case in the past. In fact, this new GeForce logo now denotes the GeForce series in general, the GeForce 6 Series, the GeForce 7 Series and the GeForce 8 Series. Here are links to the above products at NVIDIA's website. Notice that this logo is being used in all product pages.

GeForce 6, GeForce 7, GeForce 8 and GeForce Family. Also, I have updated the fair use rationale and it now mentions specifically that the logo is used to denote the GeForce series in general and more specifically the 6, 7 and 8 Series. rohith 19:57, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

User:Good_friend100's unblock request

I noticed you declined Good_friend100's unblock request since he did not provide a reason. He has since added a reason which makes your response look a bit out of context. For whatever reason he had originally had a reason here, removed it, waited for you to deny it for lack of reason, and then added back a similar reason afterwards.

Since this change doesn't put him back in the unblock request pool, I thought you might like a note in case you wanted to alter your wording. --Cheers, Komdori 19:28, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Fair use deletion notifications

Hello, I have noticed that you tagged a couple of images for deletion with {{no rationale}} without notifying the uploader - Image:Radioheadjust.jpg and Image:Jonnyelectronic.jpg. Please remember to assume good faith on the part of the uploader and notify them when tagging an image for deletion. Thanks - Alex valavanis 23:28, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, thanks for the notification. --Yamla 01:42, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Please spare InuYasha

I hope you do not find it necessary to remove Image:Inuprofile.PNG which is the illustration of InuYasha in InuYasha (character). I find it hard to imagine that we could get a better picture (if any picture) of him, and casual readers need to know what he looks like. It also helps to make it clear that one has found the correct article. JRSpriggs 07:19, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

The image is in violation of WP:FU. We are not permitted to use fair-use images like this without a detailed fair-use rationale. --Yamla 13:25, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

User:Adam1090

He has lied to you and learned nothing Image:Rey-eddie.jpg he tried to claim as his own, but he took it from the same place User:Atticus SVU took his. See third row, third picture from the right. I think this user should be indef. blocked again, for pretending to care about fair and free use policies and then lying to you. I also think any images this user uploaded should be deleted, just in case. Thanks Yamla. Bmg916Speak 11:18, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Has now removed the free license tag, so it doesn't have any copyright status, but still uses this summary, "I took this picture personaly when I attended WWE's 21st annual WrestleMania PPV event." I still think an indef block is appropriate per this users past. Bmg916Speak 12:49, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Found another, stolen from the same place, Image:OrtonPose.JPG, see first row, third picture from the right. This user is deliberately placing wikipedia in legal jeopardy. Bmg916Speak 13:04, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
I have blocked this user indefinitely. --Yamla 13:29, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks Bmg916Speak 13:34, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Copyright Vio Image

Could you please delete Image:470741_33d54823b9_m.jpg, it is an obvious screen capture from WWE programming that a user uploaded and provided only the rationale "I found it on google". Thanks! Bmg916Speak 14:10, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Will do. Right now, I'm clearing up the images uploaded by Adam1090. --Yamla 14:11, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks a lot. Hopefully that won't take to long, but I somehow doubt it. Peace, Bmg916Speak 14:12, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Re: Thank you

Absolutely, no problem. So Adam1090 was blocked indefinitely this morning for yet another fair use violation? Wow, this kid just doesn't get it. -- bulletproof 3:16 16:35, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

The problem was, he was uploading images claiming he took the photograph but we found a number of these images on commercial sites. This after he was previously unblocked after repeated WP:FU violations. Seems he simply decided to start lying about the image sources to avoid having to write up a rationale. --Yamla 16:36, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Oh I see now. He found those images from the same site User:Atticus SVU got his. Adam might have been his sock. -- bulletproof 3:16 16:40, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Nah, I don't think Adam was his sock, to much difference. Adam had a sock (User:Spyke Jonze) that was basically the same user as him. Bmg916Speak 16:43, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Right, I remember his User:Spyke Jonze sock now. He used it to give himself a barnstar. -- bulletproof 3:16 16:45, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Yea, now that was amusing. Bmg916Speak 16:46, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Woh... whats up with him? [20] -- bulletproof 3:16 17:12, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Sleeper Sock

This got me interested and so I investigated and I think User:Futurefighter01 is another sock. He seems to eerily similar. Being a supposed relatively new user knowing about RfPP, obviously watching our debate about un-protection on the Brock Lesnar article, and being into all the body building and MMA stuff. Something stinks here (oh yea, socks). Bmg916Speak 16:57, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

That edit on wikidudeman's page was his very first. He's a sock alright, I have no doubt now if that was his very first edit. Bmg916Speak 16:59, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Yeap, looks likely, blocked indefinitely. --Yamla 17:07, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Image:Cenastfu.jpg

When you went around deleting Adam1090's images, you accidentally deleted one of mine along the way. He only cropped it to make it clearer. Can you put it back? --Maestro25 17:21, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Sure thing. Should be back in a few minutes. I tried to catch myself before I did that but it looks like I missed this one. --Yamla 17:24, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
You did the same thing with Vengeance 2007.jpg. I originally added the pic. I've already re-uploaded it and put the FUR back in. TJ Spyke 21:48, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

user:Bfissa

Hi there; are you really saying that this user should be given a further chance? You, compared to me, have an amount of experience before which I can only bow in awe. And if you would like an admin other than yourself to unblock this user, then at your guidance I will happily do so. If that is in fact what you were saying at WP:UNBLOCK, let me know. But in the light of this user's previous edits, I would require specific advice before doing so.--Anthony.bradbury"talk" 22:40, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I'm mostly just recusing myself. However, you may want to check out Template:2ndchance which may be appropriate here. --Yamla 23:12, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
OK. That's down to you rather than me, is it not?--Anthony.bradbury"talk" 23:23, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm too ambivalent today. And suffering from a profound lack of caffeine. --Yamla 23:26, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank You

For unblocking me. I was pretty shocked to find out I was blocked in the first place. I never knew about the whole proxy server thing. I have an AOL account, so maybe this is why my ISP number mirrored that person that was blocked?Giantdevilfish 00:59, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Just a note...

...it appears you blocked Ceddy06 on May 30th for a week. The next day Ceddy87 appeared and began editing the same articles and uploading images that are copyright violations. IrishGuy talk 16:21, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Grrr. Thanks, blocked. --Yamla 16:29, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
No problem. Gotta love those socks. :) IrishGuy talk 16:31, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

Question ?

Yamla, how many times did you block me?  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 22:26, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

In total, three times. You can see here. Nothing for more than four months, though. --Yamla 22:43, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
Well, there goes my chances to WP:ADOPT a user!!!! Thanks for letting me know!!!  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 22:54, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

thanks

thank you for reverted a vandalism on my user page :) HoneyBee 20:05, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Megastar

Hi Yamla, I am the one who changed the article on megastar to add Chiranjeevi from Indian Cinema. If you actually look Chiranjeevi up, there are many sources that cite him as "Megastar." I think he deserves to be on this article. If you could please put him there that would be great. Thank you.

In that case, please find a citation that meets WP:RS. Remember, blogs and such are not reliable. Thanks. --Yamla 03:39, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Image:Nancy Peep Show.png

Noticed you deleted the image, not entirely sure why, since I added a fair use rationale to it almost immediately after uploading. In addition, I'm sure I placed it on the Peep Show page and saved the changes, but that change seems to have vanished along with the image. Just wondering why the image was deleted, or if it was deleted before I had a chance to add the rationale (from the logs it shows a few hours before you deleted it, and I definately added the rationale within five mins) Hurball 19:56, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Please see WP:FU. Fair-use images may not be used to depict a living person. No rationale is sufficient and this was a blatant copyright violation, being used in disregard for the image's license. --Yamla 15:06, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
How about I change the rationale to suit the character in question, not the actress? It was a screen from one episode of Peep Show, and therefore there will be a suitable rationale for it. Hurball 10:09, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
If you are using it to provide critical commentary on that particular episode of the t.v. show (that is, not simply for illustration), that would be fine. --Yamla 13:52, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Please don't remove content from my talk page.

You recently erased a users edit from my talk page. I would prefer you not remove anything from my talk page even if the editors are sockpuppets. I can take care of my own talk page and since it wasn't 'vandalism' there was no need to remove it. WP:DENY is not a policy or a guideline but an "essay". Thanks. Wikidudeman (talk) 22:15, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

It was vandalism. It was a comment from a banned vandal deliberately trying to stir up a conflict. --Yamla 15:04, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
I've never seen any evidence it was from Verdict.Wikidudeman (talk) 21:16, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
No, but I assure you that such evidence exists. I am prevented by privacy policy from showing you all the evidence we have. --Yamla 22:19, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
Evidence exists but you can't show it to me? Wow, Image what would happen if a prosecutor said that in court? "I have evidence that this man is guilty but none of you can see it!" Supposedly this person uses Proxy IP's. If this is the case then you couldn't determine their identity that way. Which leaves only the commonality between their and Verdict's edits. The person only made a single edit and I saw absolutely no relation between their edits so that can't be evidence either. So where exactly does that leave us?Wikidudeman (talk) 22:32, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Wikidudeman, please stop. Yamla is an administrator who can see deleted info that the public can't. Take it as it is, and move on, otherwise it's trolling. Thanks. Wikidan829 22:37, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Please WP:AGF. I am assuming good faith with Yamla and not jumping to conclusions, please do the same towards me. If Yamla can see deleted edits then that would have nothing to do with Privacy policy.Wikidudeman (talk) 22:38, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia is not a court. Administrators are not permitted to reveal all information they have, sometimes because of our privacy policy, sometimes because doing so would compromise the project. Verdict has a long history here and his modus operandi (excuse the spelling) is well established. We have performed numerous checkusers on this banned vandal, though the specific results are not open to the public. I wish I could tell you more but I'm afraid I cannot do so. --Yamla 22:41, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
If he's using Proxy's then what good would a user check do? You can tell me that without violating privacy policy. "Modus operandi" means mode of operation, I.E. habits. This would have nothing to do with a check user but to do with the said users actual posts. The said user had only 1 post and it wasn't enough to determine anything. This means that either there are posts that he made that aren't visible or were deleted from the database somehow or his being banned as s sock of Verdict had nothing to do with the content of his posts. If it's the former then that has nothing to do with privacy policy and if the latter then nothing to do with anything.Wikidudeman (talk) 22:46, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm sorry, I cannot discuss this with you any further. If you are concerned that my action here was inappropriate, please find an administrator you trust and have them contact me. I will explain the situation to the administrator and this would allow me to avoid violating privacy and disclosing how I knew this user was Verdict without placing Wikipedia in danger of further vandalism from this user. --Yamla 22:50, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
So you're halting all discussions here as you did on the talk page of Brock Lesnar? I see. I asked questions who's answers wouldn't violate Wikipedia's privacy policy but it seems you're unwilling to answer them either. Wikidudeman (talk) 22:57, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
If your goal is to verify that my actions were appropriate, I have provided you a means to do so. --Yamla 22:59, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Another sockpuppet

Hi Yamla, Cpzphantom continues to create sockpuppet accounts in order to get around his permanent block. His new account, Necroneos, has started doing the same disruptive edits in the Copa Airlines page. Can this account be blocked? Thanks for the help.--Schonbrunn 19:51, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks--Schonbrunn 00:09, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Tagged Images

Rational provided.

Image:Gamini.jpg Image:Malini.jpg.

--Lanka07 17:53, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

TheReferencingGod

Is there any reason to believe that TheReferencingGod (talk · contribs) is the same person as User:Davnel03 who has been blocked indefinitely? Burntsauce 20:25, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes. They appear to edit the same sort of articles. That is, wrestling articles (and possibly, car racing articles). However, this alone is not sufficient to show this account is an abusive sockpuppet. What made you think of Davnel03? --Yamla 20:29, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Please see IP reference here and here. Cheers Wikidan829 20:33, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Hhhmm. Given the similarity of edits, it seems reasonable to believe that TheReferencingGod (talk · contribs) is indeed the blocked vandal, Davnel03 (talk · contribs). I'll see what he has to say. --Yamla 20:35, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Forget it, I've looked into the contribution history in more detail. Clearly an abusive sockpuppet, blocking and reverting all contributions. --Yamla 20:38, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Looks like the unblocking admin beat you to the confrontation anyway :) Wikidan829 20:40, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Stacy Keibler

Please see Stacy Keibler (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) when you have time. Burntsauce 20:50, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

200.11.200.170 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) is a sock of JB196. He is always letting Burntsauce know when his stubbings have been reverted, and is constantly trying to stir up trouble in the Wrestling Wikiproject. Could you please block? Thank you. Bmg916Speak 21:03, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
216.218.252.40 (talk · contribs) also a sock of JB196 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log). Bmg916Speak 21:12, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Scanning now. --Yamla 21:13, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
(edit conflict) SirFozzie got them as open proxies. Bmg916Speak 21:14, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Yeap, I see that. JB196 is particularly abusive. --Yamla 21:15, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
Just another starved for attention guy with way to much time on his hands. Bmg916Speak 21:17, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

JB

So far he had just made 1 post (at WP:PW), but another IP of JB: User:74.123.97.186. TJ Spyke 06:05, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Just for the heck of it, this IP 64.53.248.158 seems to be related to User:La Parka Your Car who was banned as a sock of this user. -凶 06:09, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for reverting my user page!Arnon Chaffin (Talk) 13:01, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Eweridge and Fortitude

With all due respect, he should remain blocked. He was impersonating other people in an attempt to get an article deleted. He was trying to get Barats and Bereta deleted by claiming to be part of the duo. As noted above, I asked him to prove he was who he claimed to be. He left (removed spam) this post on their message forum as "MrBarats". That is his first post on that forum. The actual Barats appears to post as "Barats" as can be seen (spam removed) here. Additionally, here he claimed to be Barats just as in that forum post, but in your his first edit he claimed to be Bereta. Troll. IrishGuy talk 19:42, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I'll go change my message. --Yamla 19:43, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

WP: FU explanation

Thank you for catching my mistake. Upon reviewing the Fair Use guidelines, I realize that I did not truly understand it. Is it because I posted a picture of an actress in her role on her personal page and is therefore out of context despite a caption that says that it was Katherine Heigl as Isobel "Izzie" Stevens from the show Grey's Anatomy? Darthjarek 08:11, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Speaking on behalf of user: Bucketpronouncedbouquet

This user was blocked from making contributions to wikipedia. Speaking on the users behalf I’d like to say that he has made valid contributions to wikipedia articles such as that of “Billy Sharp” and “Colin Kazim Richards”, hence I believe that, although he has made some violating contributions such as to “Keeping Up Appearances”, he is truly sorry, and promises it will not happen again. In reality, his positive and valid contributions outweigh the violating contribution made. Thank you, Chris C. Nichols.

I can find no account with that name. Are you sure you have the spelling, capitalisation, and spacing correct? --Yamla 13:53, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

I did not intentionally "vandalize" Keri Russell's page. All of the news reports that I saw about her having a baby were dated June 19 and made no mention of the date the baby was born. Therefore I assumed the baby was born June 19. Upon further investigation I see that it was born June 9, and I had made a mistake, but it was NOT intentional vandalism.

There was already a citation for the June 9 birthdate attached right to that sentence. You changed the date so that it no longer matched the citation, without providing a reliable source indicating your new date. Before making such changes again, please see WP:V, WP:RS, and WP:CITE, all of which you violated. --Yamla 14:07, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Image:Randy_Orton_.jpg

Can I replace it with another image?  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 15:13, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, provided the replacement has accurate source information and is freely licensed. --Yamla 16:06, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
Thank YOU!!!!  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 16:22, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Need your help, Yamla. Urgent

  • Yamla, a problem is going on at the EJ Wells and Samantha Brady article. User:Antigone28 refuses to go by the Wikipedia policy of heading articles, and has even lashed out at me with name-calling on my talk page, when I was only bettering the article.

Help me out with this, Yamla, when you can. Flyer22 18:24, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Done. --Yamla 18:39, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Yamla - question about your removal of fan site link

Hi Yamla - I was just going through the recent edits on the EJ Wells and Samantha Brady article and I noticed you removed both fan site links that I had included. I read the policy you referenced and I understand why one of them was removed (it requires registration) but the other page is actually just a generic EJ and Sami reference page that I created that does not require registration. It simply provides some useful info such as addresses for fans to write to and it also has some links to completed fan campaigns. I felt that this would be of interest to people who had an interest in the EJ Wells and Samantha Brady article. I am going to add back in that one link but if I've missed something in one of the policies you cited, please let me know. Thanks! Radiantbutterfly 23:48, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

WP:COI prohibits linking to your own site. Additionally, Wikipedia does not really want external links unless they are to official sites. See WP:EL and WP:SPAM. --Yamla 00:43, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

hey

just figured id let you know that user Tenebrae is trying to use your name to get me blocked. TheManWhoLaughs 00:24, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Sri 1988

Hi Yamla. As soon as your block on Sri 1988 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) expired, he uploaded a very suspicious image, Image:LA Skyline.JPG. He added it to the city infobox on Los Angeles, California even though there are ample free images available, and tagged it with {{Non-free television screenshot}} even though it's clearly not a TV screenshot. (I suspect it's a scan of an L.A. postcard.) I have tagged the image as disputed and warned the user accordingly. szyslak 12:26, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

I should also mention that he added the image to the Los Angeles article using the IP 59.92.62.47 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • WHOIS • RDNS • trace • RBLs • http • block user • block log). szyslak 12:32, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Reblocked. --Yamla 14:08, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Mary Kate and Ashley

I just thought a picture would add a little something to the article, I didn't have bad intentions or anything, nor did I upload the picture. It's all good though --JennicaTalk 14:34, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

You are still required to adhere to WP:FU. --Yamla 14:36, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
I don't understand what I should be looking for and I don't know what I did wrong. --JennicaTalk 20:59, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Block

It wouldn't be annoying if there wasn't another party that warranted a block, and the blocking admin even attempted to warn the user. The prior "relationship" with that user on the Dragon Ball Task Force also bugs me, as well as a very POV reason for blocking (continuing an argument - in which the other user was assisting in continuing it pretty well). - A Link to the Past (talk) 17:50, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

dumbass

i was just using the information from IMDB —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.36.185.217 (talk • contribs)

imdb is not a reliable source. See WP:RS. You were replacing existing cited information with your own which contradicted the citation. Additionally, personal attacks are inappropriate, see WP:NPA. Any more and you will be blocked. --19:48, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Autoblocks

Looks ok to me, any specific ones you can't see? --pgk 20:12, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Hhhm. I was looking up an autoblock in response to an autoblocked user requesting an unblock-auto. I agree, seems to be okay. Sorry for bothering you. --Yamla 20:36, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Website

This website has your username on it. Just tellin you.

    • Well, so am I! - don't worry about it. It's just a spam site which is sucking up wikipedia content, userpages included - Alison ☺ 04:27, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

hey

Francisco Tevez has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Hi Yamla. Have a nice day! Francisco Tevez 17:20, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

First time and last time

I'm going to say this once I am out clean up articles not vandalize them and if you touched my user page I will have you blocked from editing. Alright "inforcer".TonyWWE 22:16, 22 June 2007 (UTC) TonyWWE

You are not permitted to have fair-use images on your user page. Please see WP:FU. It is not vandalism to enforce our policies. --Yamla 22:22, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

User: 89.243.231.130

Please do not accuse me of vanadlising this page http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jojo&action=history as you can see there is no edits by me. The edit on Mr. Magic page was the first edit by me to Wikipedia! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.243.231.130 (talk • contribs)

Please see this page which shows the contributions from that IP address. You will see quite clearly that there were three contributions from your address to the article on JoJo (singer). --Yamla 23:05, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Well it was not by me and I would know of no other user of this PC who would edit this page. I have never even heard of this singer. I am nowe having my edits to a page of Mr. Magic being reverted by another admin which is invalid as the lyrics I posted up were in an unreleased version of said single. I have an mp3 of this as reference.

Quick on the draw

I was just about to drop you a note that Zac Efron was being Barneyed again (since you lifted the protect today), and while I was writing that note, you blocked the vandal. Nice. Tlesher 03:48, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

I had high hopes but it just wasn't meant to be. At least the vandals were self-consistent this time. --Yamla 03:49, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Drinking habit of chimps

Can you advise on whether this was an appropriate adding for the vegetarian page please. I thought it was since the original information leaves out some important information on omnivores chimps who use the lips to drink. But two vegetarians have removed it, one citing that it is not appropriate. What do you think? http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vegetarianism&curid=32591&diff=140175578&oldid=140174235

Are you referring to the following: "Chimpanzees also drink with their lips, and also eat meat." It's not clear to me if it fits in that paragraph or not. It certainly doesn't fit right at the end but I think the general point, if rewritten, may possibly be appropriate for that paragraph. --Yamla 16:07, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Yamla - problem with user. Can you help?

Hi! I'm having a problem with a user editing the EJ Wells and Samantha Brady page in a manner that does not respect the neutrality of the article. There is a particular debate raging over a scene on the soap and I have addressed the controversy in a separate section but user Myolo (I'm sorry, I don't know how to link to Myolo's user page) insists on editing the article by referring to the controversial scene as something that not everyone agrees it was. I won't get into specifics but if you read the controversy section of the article, you will understand the issue.

No official comment has been made by the soap executives during any interviews regarding the writers' intentions in the scene - fictional dialog is not, in my opinion, proof of anything and given that the debate is still very heated among fans of the soap, I think the article needs to remain neutral and not refer to the incident in such a specific way. The way I have written it does not make a statement one way or another - it is vague and allows for update if the show's executives choose to clarify the issue.

I would appreciate any help you can give me with this because I'm getting tired of re-editing the page. Thanks!! Radiantbutterfly 13:39, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, this one is really out of my league as I have never watched a soap opera. Sorry.  :( --Yamla 16:09, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Ciara discography vandalism

A user named Tymeek continues to vandalize Ciara's discography and it is very annoying. Is there something you can do? He or she needs to be blocked. Charmed36 14:56, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Blocked. --Yamla 16:13, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Likely sockpuppet

I'm starting to believe that TheManWhoLaughs is a sock of TheClownPrinceofCrime. "TaTa" given at the end of each message, see TheManWhoLaughs' and TheClownPrinceofCrime's, is really a giveaway. TheManWhoLaughs has just lefted the same borderline harrassing and intimidating comments at my talk page that ClownPrinceofCrime had done before he was blocked. You seemed to have dealt with these two users, should I provide for more circumstantial evidence? Lord Sesshomaru

thats complete bull. Ive never even heard of that user. ssessharrashu or whatever is just trying to get me off wikipedia.TheManWhoLaughs 15:18, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

It's clear that TheManWhoLaughs has something against me, see here. That statement, "Im sure youre the reason why i was blocked" is rather incriminating. Lord Sesshomaru

Uhuh well if you go to my page historys while i was blocked he tried to vandalise my pages several times.TheManWhoLaughs 15:24, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Should be noted that he just removed the warnings. Lord Sesshomaru

I didnt remove them i archived them. Also hes calling me a troll and he says hes not trying to fight when trying to get me blocked which to me is fighting. but Im done with the fight so whatever its not worth getting banned.TheManWhoLaughs 15:43, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

This plus other abusive behaviour sealed the deal. --Yamla 16:01, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
Are you aware that he is blocked for being the sock of Wrestlerlover (or something like that) and not TheClownPrince, as Sess accused him of being? It seems odd since they don't really share the same contribs.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 16:19, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
Nevermind, I see where ClownPrince is accused of being the sock of the Wrestler guy.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 16:19, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
Yeap. :) --Yamla 16:20, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
Would it be safe to tag TheManWhoLaughs' user page with {{Sockpuppeteerproven}} for earlier abusing of Goblin420? Lord Sesshomaru
The talk page is already tagged so it's not necessary, I think. --Yamla 16:26, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
Earlier I attempted to do so, but I was told it may inflame the situation. Now that he is blocked, may I? It keeps the sock lists well organized. Lord Sesshomaru
I'll place it on his page. Unless, you have some objection? Lord Sesshomaru
I have no objection. --Yamla 16:47, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Related IP block

Yamla, can you clue me into the reasons for suspicion of 207.144.215.42. It would help me do a better review of the unblock request.--Chaser - T 19:55, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

This IP address came up on one or more unblock-auto requests from known Wrestlinglover420 (talk · contribs) sockpuppets. As another sockpuppet of that account was blocked today shortly before this unblock request, it looks likely that this vandal is trying to create a new account. --Yamla 20:00, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
Which sockpuppet(s)? I believe you, I just want diffs to stick in the unblock denial.--Chaser - T 20:03, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
TheManWhoLaughs (talk · contribs) was on the same subnet (User talk:TheManWhoLaughs/archive01). I can search the archives if it would help, one of the sockpuppets in Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Wrestlinglover420 made an unblock-auto request with that address. --Yamla 20:11, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, we really need the evidence of which sock it was for the block to have sticking power.--Chaser - T 20:17, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, I can't find it right now. If you are going to unblock, though, please don't allow account creation, at least until the editor proves he is not this vandal. --Yamla 20:30, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
Was it this?--Chaser - T 20:46, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
No, definitely it was specific to that IP address (that is, .42). For the life of me, I can't find the reference though.  :( --Yamla 20:51, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
The WHOIS indicates it is dialup, which means it's probably dynamic. I'd suggest shortening to a few days to a week and I will leave a detailed unblock request denial explaining the situation. I'm similarly hesitant to unblock it outright.--Chaser - T 21:07, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

FYI: [21] Do you want to reduce the block? Or what do you think?--Chaser - T 01:39, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

I'll reduce. --Yamla 04:49, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you fellow Wikipedian

I understand now you have a reason to protect Wikipedia. I'd be protective if someone was messing up what you helped to build. Next time, I'll make sure any picture I use is a free use image. You are a true Wikipedian thank you for your dedication to this site. If you delete this comment or don't reply I don't mind or blame you.TonyWWE 21:42, 24 June 2007 (UTC) TonyWWE

Wikikidboy

Per this, I have also blocked Wikikidboy indefinitely on Commons. WjBscribe 22:32, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! --Yamla 22:33, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Once again, another sockpuppet account

Yamla, I hate to say that Cpzphantom does not give up. He's back doing the same disruptive eyes under the sockpuppet account "Rareeyes". If you see his edits, you'll see that it is the same. Can this account be blocked? Thanks for the help.--Schonbrunn 23:04, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

No problem. Blocked. --Yamla 23:06, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Jennifer Aniston editing???????

Hi Yamla, What are you talking about? I did not vandalise Jennifer Aniston!!!!!!!!!! I merely added in her birth name, Jennifer Linn Anastassakis. Shouldn't that be something included in an article, the birthname of someone??????

Robert 2302

That's a fallacy actually. bibliomaniac15 BUY NOW! 00:55, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Re: Susumu35.jpg

I've speedied the image and replaced it with a lower resolution copy at Image:Susumu35.png. Additionally, I've replaced the fair use rationale with what I believe is a stronger one. Could you please check it out and tell me if it is satisfactory? Please reply on my talk page. east.718 03:00, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

No, sorry, this is no good. See the image page. --Yamla 15:06, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
I've posted my concerns on the image's talk page. Thanks for taking the time to help with this, as I know a lot of the regular dfu/rfu/etc. taggers don't bother to follow through. east.718 17:00, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikiboykid

Wikiboykid (talk · contribs). Self-explanitory. I'll also report at sockpuppet. Sancho 06:22, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. Yeap, fairly self-explanatory. --Yamla 15:06, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Block on MrClaxson

With all due respect I feel your comment on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:MrClaxson regarding the user not having made any useful contribution to Wikipedia to be in error. As examples I would cite: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ann_Widdecombe&diff=prev&oldid=139655561 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Sound_of_Drums&diff=prev&oldid=139398885 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Simm&diff=prev&oldid=138816397 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Utopia_%28Doctor_Who%29&diff=prev&oldid=138815152

By definition, every edit made by a sockpuppet of a blocked user is vandalism. See WP:SOCK, WP:BLOCK, and WP:VANDAL. --Yamla 17:26, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Autoblock locator

Not much I can do about that one, the database on the toolserver seems pretty flakey at times, it's just a case of waiting for it to come back to life again. --pgk 18:12, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

user Hkelkar

I think that you just missed the shot with User gr8india. It is clear from the users contribs that he was just masquerading user Hkelkar. (reply here only, i.e. if you do).--nids(♂) 19:30, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeap, that's why I declined his unblock request. --Yamla 19:45, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
Oh, wait, are you trying to claim that this person is not Hkelkar (talk · contribs)? If so, nobody is buying it. --Yamla 19:51, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
Well you dont need to buy it. Anyways, Hkelkar is banned for life so it probably doesnt matter. I just thought that i tell you what i thought. Sorry for bothering you.nids(♂) 20:04, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
Chowk (talk · contribs) is showing similar behaviour as that of Hkelkar. But i think it is some another user disparaging hkelkar.nids(♂) 01:17, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

FYI: There's an ANI section at here about imperonsation of Hkelkar. Since you extended his ban to indefinite based on the Gr8India case, I thought I should notify you. I initially unblocked Gr8India based on some checkuser info [22], but actually it's ambigious as to whether this person is an impersonator or Hkelkar. Seems like a lovely mess.--Chaser - T 04:04, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Nevermind. It was Martinp who extended the ban. My bad.--Chaser - T 04:49, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

I think the user gr8india should be indef'd as a troll, but NOT as a sock of hkelkar. Its obvious the user was an impersonator. Hkelkar has not edited for quite a while. This account is clearly being used as an amped-up straw man puppet meant to try and prove user AMbroodEY (talk · contribs) a liar on Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Hkelkar_2 for saying he had ended Kelkar puppetry (which he has).Bakaman 16:01, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Hey

I think I might of found your friend, Adam1090. Acting as User 007XXX. Cause the same image gallery that Adam had; 007XXX has the same thing. I may be wrong, but who knows, maybe I'm right!!! Just dropping with this.  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 22:00, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

I'll take a look. --Yamla 22:01, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
Not enough to block on. He's definitely related to Adam1090 but they could just be classmates. --Yamla 22:10, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
Maybe. Cause he could have other internet access and get a new account!!! But, we'll see when some images get either cropped or zoomed in!!!! But, hey, I just wanted to let you know!!!!  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 22:13, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Doctor Who--"Dimension" vs. "Dimensions"

I put into the introductory paragraph of the article Doctor Who a note concerning the change of the word represented by the letter "D" in TARDIS from "Dimension" (singular) to "Dimensions" (plural). You then undid it. Why? Certainly the article should not flatly say that the word is "Dimension" when it was in fact soon changed to "Dimensions," and I can see no reason why what prompted the change should not be indicated as well (one thing can be "relative" only to something else, hence the plural was absolutely mandatory; I consequently strongly suspect an actor's fluff caused "Dimension"). Please explain your action. Thank you. Ted Watson 19:53, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

Please discuss this on the article's discussion page. In Doctor Who, it has more than once been referred to as "dimension" rather than "dimensions". Your claim is also dubious; time is a single dimension (well, except for some rather extreme theories in quantum mechanics) and there's no clear reason why it would be incorrect to say "dimension"; it could be referring to a single dimension relative to time and this would be perfectly correct. Indeed, that is what was posited by Stephan Hawkings if my memory serves. --Yamla 19:57, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
It remains a fact that "Dimension" singular did not last, and therefore the article should not flatly say that's what the "D" in "TARDIS" stands for. As this is a dispute between you and me, according to Wiki regs, this was the appropriate thing to do. However, now that you have requested throwing the issue open on the article's talk page, I will do so. Ted Watson 20:33, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Problematic image uploads

Hello, can you please take a look at the image related contributions of The-real-zeus (upload log)? He has been notified on numerous occasions about Wikipedia's image use and fair use policies, but he persists in uploading copyright images with no source details and incorrect license tags. It's getting to the point where administrative intervention may be necessary. --Muchness 05:08, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Blocked. --Yamla 13:24, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi there

Hello. Is there any chance you can sort out this user, A31lover (talk · contribs)? This guy has so many copyvios I seriously can't be asked listing all of them and by his talk page, it looks like he doesn't know image use policy at all. Thanks in advance. -- Oakster  Talk  16:12, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Eddie Brock

Can you explain on the image's talk page why it still does not meet the fair use rationale? I've made the adjustments on Spider-Man 3, since the Effects section has details about the character's design, and the image serves to illustrate them. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 17:20, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Since your most recent changes, the rationale is now sufficient. --Yamla 17:38, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

FYI

User_talk:Chaser#New_Account.3F. Thought you should know.--Chaser - T 18:51, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

WP:COI warnings

Hey Yamla, may I suggest you tone down the language of your WP:COI warnings and instead of scaring away all potential contributors from editing in their areas of interest, just advise them of the implications of editing with a conflict of interest. WP:COI is not a blanket ban on editing, and if someone is willing to abide by the rest of our policies and guidelines I see no need to give them the Wikipedia equivalent of a "get lost". Thanks. --  Netsnipe  ►  19:24, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Hobblehobble

See User talk:Hobblehobble. The user has had the account for over six months. I don't know if it was a misunderstanding, but Hobblehobble is saying that his account was hacked today. Per the request at [23], I have shortened the block to two weeks. I'll see what this user will do after the block expires. Nishkid64 (talk) 20:07, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

UFCevents

The template you Deleted was better then the one I had created, could it be put back as I had re-directed {{UFC Events}} there, have undone now, but the one removed would be useful. Thanks --Nate1481(t/c) 08:41, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Hi

Could you explain? Am I missing something? Addhoc 17:15, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Explained. --Yamla 17:16, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Confused

I'm a little confused are you a guy or a girl? —Preceding unsigned comment added by RHINO IS GOOD (talk • contribs)

I'm male. --Yamla 23:07, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

THANK YOU THAT CLEARED UP A LOT

Bye

I am retiring, so I'm just going around to thank people who helped me around the site. Thank you TonyWWE 23:32, 28 June 2007 (UTC) TonyWWE

Sorry to hear that! Good luck in your future enterprises. --Yamla 00:24, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Catholics

okay just like to say do you know dominic Monaghan? he's my friend i grew up next door to him we attended Roman Catholic Church together how dare you inform me I cannot put that information about him! what do you have gainst Catholics? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bitethedust (talk • contribs)

This is insufficient. Please reread WP:V, WP:CITE, and WP:RS. --Yamla 18:45, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

RE: Your message

Yes, I changed it because it was untrue that Nickelbacks genre of music is pop or pop rock. It's Alternative Metal, Hard rock, Post-grunge and Soft rock. There are just two songs which are pop (Far Away and If Everyone Cared).

I just want that the people can find a lot of information about Nickelback on Wikipedia and I don't want to vandalize. I don't do that.

Armin

In that case, please discuss your changes on the article's discussion page, as the article asked. You will need to cite your information; see WP:V, WP:RS, and WP:CITE. --Yamla 19:25, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Deano91

Yamla, I was wondering what you think should be done with regards to Deano91 (talk · contribs); I know you've had to block him more than once in the past. Well, his last block expired just a few days ago, and already he's back inserting unsourced and poorly sourced content into articles, adding what he reads on message boards etc. Every time I ask him to read the relevant policy and guideline pages and start abiding by them, he just ignores and stonewalls me. I'm not sure what to do - is this covered under the blocking policy, or would it be considered disruptive editing? What should be done? I'd really appreciate your assistance here, thanks. Extraordinary Machine 15:52, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

This is certainly covered under the blocking policy. I will investigate. --Yamla 16:01, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
Okay. WP:V is policy. WP:RS is a guideline, but there's no doubt that uncited forum posts aren't sufficient to verify information. There's no doubt this user is violating policy. And there's quite a substantial number of prior blocks. I see the user has not edited today, though, so I suggest waiting until the next set of edits. If you find continued violations of WP:RS, I would suggest blocking indefinitely. After this many prior blocks, unless the user shapes up immediately, my patience at least is exhausted. --Yamla 16:07, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
Okay, thanks for the quick reply. I really hope he starts listening so I don't have to block him - he's not editing in bad faith - but at this point his behaviour is generally hindering and disrupting Wikipedia rather than helping it. Thanks again. Extraordinary Machine 16:14, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
It may be worth doing an indefinite block but with a sort of Template:2ndchance sort of thing. I've had good luck with that before and it would give him a chance to be unblocked as soon as he gets the picture. --Yamla 16:17, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
Well, after your message he returned to insert yet more unsourced and inaccurate information; when I called him on two instances, he responded, only to subsequently add unsourced and/or inaccurate information to other articles (e.g. this crystal ball-gazing edit to JoJo discography). Then, when I was reading a Hilary Duff forum, I found a comment by him in which he referred to the editors here as "those bastards". I think that speaks volumes about his general attitude towards the project and the community; as such, I've blocked him indefinitely, and have left a variation on Template:2ndchance on his talk page. Extraordinary Machine 17:35, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
That's a shame, he obviously has a lot of energy, but you are right, his contributions just weren't helping and he obviously hasn't been willing to modify his behaviour. --Yamla 20:36, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Anonymizer IP addresses

I've downloaded and installed the software, and I'm compiling a list of IP's at User:Nwwaew/Anonymizer. So far, I've got 207.195.246.98 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log). Care to block it for me? Thanks! Nwwaew (Talk Page) (Contribs) (E-mail me) 18:13, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Awesome! Thanks. --Yamla 18:37, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
No problem. Additionally, do you want me to bring all Anonymizer IP addresses I find to you, or just report them to WP:AIAV? Nwwaew (Talk Page) (Contribs) (E-mail me) 20:03, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm monitoring User:Nwwaew/Anonymizer so you can just place them there. If you find one that hasn't been blocked after sitting there for a day or two, poke me.  :) --Yamla 20:19, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
Okay, no problem. Unfortunately, I'm unable to get the IP provided to me to manually change, so it may be a little while. Nwwaew (Talk Page) (Contribs) (E-mail me) 04:37, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Your message

Hi!

You sent me a message and I want you to know that I don't vandalize, because Nickelback is my favourite band. The guy(s), who writes articles about them too, often write things which are untrue or forget improtant details.

I do not want to vandalize ;-)

Armin

You changed the genre of music when the article specifically asked you not to, at least not without discussing your change. In the future, please discuss such changes on the article's discussion page. Thanks! --Yamla 19:05, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Hello, you sent me a message about "vandalizing" Brenda Song's page. For one, I don't even know who that is, I've never visited, two, I don't change anything on this site unless I see information that is obviously false and the works of other vandals. Thank you very much and do not send me that crap again. I don't know if someone hacked my account or what, but I have never and will never vandalize any page on this site, please don't send me any more messages and get over yourself.

Martin

Please see the contribution log. --Yamla 23:58, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Then someone did hack either my page or my IP address. I still have never heard of Brenda Song before now and hadn't signed onto my account on Wikipedia for several months before yesterday. I can assure you that I did not make that edit, I would never edit a page to make every word in a sentence a "link" as the contrib. log shows was done, I'll change my password now. Now, once again, get over yourself, just because you've gotten a bunch of Wikipedia "awards" doesn't make you special.


The message specifically asked me to stop vandalizing, which I have never done, it said nothing about an IP address. Rather than asking me to stop vandalizing, you could have just alerted me to the fact that the IP address I now or have recently used has vandalized a page, rather than accusing me, which you did. Later

Take a look at the page before you blanked it: [24] See how there's a warning for vandalism? See how there's a message immediately below which explains about IP addresses changing? See how my warning was on that page rather than on your discussion page?!? --Yamla 02:01, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Susumu35.png

You can go ahead and delete the image, I've found some suitable free replacements. Also, I did not remove your {{dfu}} tag out of malice; I simply thought that since five days had passed without a reply, you had ceded. east.718 03:02, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Which other image did you find? And I hope no hard feelings about my reversion of your removal of the dfu tag.  :) --Yamla 03:04, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Semi protection

If you see lots of anon IP's vandalizing, you can request semi protection. This will stop the vandals some. --Matt57 (talk•contribs) 07:11, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank You!

Wow a barnstar from Yamla! I don't know what to say. Thank you so much! I enjoy being on wikipedia. Georgia Peachez 21:40, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Another thing, you know how to keep an article clean (T.I.) and then someone comes and add bullshit and makes the page look messy?? Georgia Peachez 00:48, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Not much you can do other than keeping on reverting the vandalism.  :( Probably a good 30,000 of my edits have been reverting vandalism or warning about vandalism. --Yamla 02:12, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Congradulations!...and sorry about the misspell

BE PROUD!--I HEREBY AWARD YAAMLA THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE! 02:24, 1 July 2007 (UTC)e

They, and User:I HEREBY AWARD YAMLA THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE got username reported by me, I was going to tell you about them, but I see you've already found out about them. Anyways, are you going to accept it? Nwwaew (Talk Page) (Contribs) (E-mail me) 02:28, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Not sure I can. I mean, it's a fair-use image and all, not permitted in user space.  :) --Yamla 02:29, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Darn. Ah, well. They're also hitting Deskana as well, so I'm going to keep an eye on the user creation log. Nwwaew (Talk Page) (Contribs) (E-mail me) 02:48, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

I got you a replacement:

The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
Just looking at your contributions shows a lot of anti-vandal work. Thanks for keeping the spray paint off the articles on Wikipedia! Nwwaew (Talk Page) (Contribs) (E-mail me) 02:51, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Editt requesst

Hi Yamla i did worked on a new version to Brock´s article yesterdaay. heres it is- Talk:Brock Lesnar/Temp if you are unsure to make it tell another admin to look at it but its all there.--Rekatj2 16:11, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

By the way im sure that edit will calm down the desputes on the talk page.--Rekatj2 16:17, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Are you sure that you are done editing that page? I'm happy to move the changes over if you are. --Yamla 16:33, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Yapp im pretty sure thats the best i could do so feeel free to make the change thanks.--Rekatj2 11:47, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

A little help, please

I need help in settling an argument, at the moment I find myself in an dispute over the Trivia section on Latin American Exchange, I haven't created an account here but I have been an user for a long time and I know that all that is on that section is Fancruft, I have been reverted by three different users claiming that this was vandalism even when I justified my edits on the edit summaries.-63.245.39.122 04:31, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Autoblocking

Hello Yamla

I'm not familiar with the exact reason for which this IP was blocked. But I can tell you that the blocked IP address is belonged to Haifa University and it's shared with alot of other computers.--Gilisa 14:01, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

As you are able to edit my page, the block must no longer be active. --Yamla 14:03, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

It's from my pc, at my house...it's not the same IP address--Gilisa 14:05, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Well, there's nothing I can do to investigate the problem without the blocking admin and the exact block reason. --Yamla 14:07, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

The one who put the block, as far as I remember, is zzuuzz (this name also means move in Hebrew), is that what you meant? Any ways, I don’t think that there is any reason for blocking entire university-it is really like to block a city.--Gilisa 14:35, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

The autoblock is undoubtedly User:Checmate. I will lift the autoblock, this time. -- zzuuzz (talk) 15:45, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Image:Mimi mariah carey.jpg

I've requested a deletion review of Image:Mimi_mariah_carey.jpg. Since you speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Addhoc 16:30, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Reversion of edit to St. Albert, Alberta

I ask more out of personal interest than anything else, but why did you revert the insertion of Stand by Me to the list of bands to come out of St. Albert? Is it not true (I have no idea whether it is)? It was certainly unsourced, but so is the immediately previously mentioned band, Social Code. You certainly don't seem like the kind of editor to arbitrarily revert things, and given your history it would be pretty absurd to accuse you of vandalism, so I'm sure you had a good reason. I'd just like to know, for my own edification, what it was. Sarcasticidealist 19:03, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

As far as I can find, there's no even remotely notable band none of Stand By Me. The other band is probably not notable but at least has its own article. The main reason I reverted it, though, was that Stand By Me is a link to a disambig page. --Yamla 19:18, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Nikola Smolenski

It appears he's blown off what we've all said about linking to copyvios. Please see Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2007-07-02 Bruce Borland - your comments would be appreciated. -- ChrisO 19:48, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Image:Jfh125.gif

Yamla,

The owner of the image has emailed Wikipedia. Also, he sent me an email saying that he'd share it under CC-by-SA-2.5. :-). Thanks. --danlock2 | talk 13:32, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

*nudges you*

Theres two IP addresses to be blocked as Anonymizer proxies right now. Nwwaew (Talk Page) (Contribs) (E-mail me) 16:31, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Verdict (talk · contribs)

I have a sneaking suspicion Rekatj2 (talk · contribs) is a sock puppet, see his "new" version of the Brock article (almost entirely unsourced btw), then take a look at Verdict's previous edits to the article. Bmg916Speak 16:46, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

It'll be interesting to see what the checkuser results are. At least one of those, I had already taken a look at and considered it unlikely that the account was a Verdict sock. But I've been wrong before. --Yamla 17:17, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
This person's first edits were to write the new Brock Lesnar article on June 30. And it's almost to the t, the same edits Verdict tried to do, I'm not entirely sure, but I do think it is a sock. Do you have a link to the checkuser? Bmg916Speak 17:19, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
For the record, Rekatj2 was not the editor I investigated.  :) As to the checkuser (not yet performed), see Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Verdict. Worth adding to your watchlist, there's often new traffic there. --Yamla 17:21, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
How can they prove it in the checkuser though, if he uses open proxies? Bmg916Speak 17:26, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
If the edits are made from open proxies and if there's other evidence that the account is related, that is sufficient. --Yamla 17:26, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
Works for me. Added checkuser to my watchlist, why doesn't it surprise me that there's often new traffic on this particular case? Bmg916Speak 17:28, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
Rekatj2 (talk · contribs) was confirmed by the checkuser. Bmg916Speak 18:10, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
Yeap, and I see from some of the contributions that it was obviously Verdict. Blocked, etc. --Yamla 18:21, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Hope to be posting in the right place..

Yamala, im very sorry if i was spaming or putting images with no source, im new at uploading images and i should have asked someone first. I understand what i did was bad, and i will not do it again, but to help me, will you mind showing me a way i can upload images and do it so it is not considerded a bad thing, thanks - Editfriendly22

Please let me know which image you plan on uploading and where you plan on using it. I'll offer you some suggestions. --Yamla 03:39, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Hate to say it, but Cpzphantom is back again

Hey Yamla, he created another sockpuppet account (Riseofthegales) and he has edited the same disruptive and unfounded information in the Copa Airlines page. Can this user be blocked? Thanks--Schonbrunn 21:35, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Blocked. --Yamla 22:06, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Thanks once again.--Schonbrunn 22:21, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Hi Yamla, CpzPhantom is back, he created a new account: DoctorDrama, he has created a new article about Playa Blanca, Panama with the same content that was deleted before from the Farallon, Panama article. This guy is persistent, what can we do about it?--Metalclaus 13:23, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I'll block him. --Yamla 13:39, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Lex94

All the images I have posted from wwe.com, are because I cant find them anywhere else. But, leave the Orton-source ones, because they are free! They have no copyright infringement on them. They were posted on the site so they can be traveled across the internet. As for the others, WP:FU states that images that cant be replaced stay, which is the case with the ones of wwe.com. WWE.COM hast perfect images, the exact ones to describe the moment depicted in the article. You mentioned earlier to replace the DX vs. Rated RKO image, with any image of Rated RKO. The problem is, that the importance of the paragraph isn't that Randy Orton teamed with Edge, but that Randy Orton defeated DX. No other image can replace the image of him defeating DX to depict him defeating DX.

  • This is the same case that goes for all my imagesLex94 15:46, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
They are not free. You yourself claim they are not free. You state the image "is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program." orton-source does not own the copyright on the television pictures as has been repeatedly explained to you and so has no legal standing. wwe.com states "all rights reserved" and has granted no permission to Wikipedia to use the images. And fair-use images may not be used solely for illustration, as you have been doing, but only to provide substantial critical commentary. The images are inappropriate. --Yamla 15:49, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Like I said, these images were taken using a TV Set. So, the pictures are owned by the owner of the TV set who clearly says they are public. Lex94 16:56, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Already responded on your talk page. This is false. --Yamla 16:56, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Ok, I have an idea. You know that I know that you know that there is a way to keep these pics. I just have to write some specific things. Please tell me what they are, and I will write them.

National Film Awards

Hi, could you please help me to insert the National Film Awards to the Template: infobox actor? It is the most senior, important and pretigious award given in India. It's given annually by the government of India. Filmfare Awards already exist there and we all use that, but I think National Film Awards have to be there too, even more. I've added that, but when I tried to display this on an actor's infobox, it didn't work. I turned to administrator who worked on this page but apparently he is busy. Please help if you can. Thank you, --Shahid • Talk2me 16:29, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

I didn't vandalize Hugh Laurie,I don't even know who he is.My IP isn't on the history...

It is not the case that your IP address is not in the edit history. See the contribution log. --Yamla 17:38, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
What? my IP? I just turned to you for National Film Awards...--Shahid • Talk2me 18:51, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, that's a response to someone else's comment. I'll see what I can do about your request. --Yamla 18:51, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
Okay, in this case you first need the consensus of the other editors at Template talk:Infobox actor that this award should be added. Once you have this, let me know and I'll modify the template (or quite likely someone else from the discussion will be happy to do so). It looks likely that the award is notable. --Yamla 18:54, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
Oops sorry I just didn't notice his line. OK thanks, thanks for the guidance. Best regards, --Shahid • Talk2me 19:12, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Other Images

What I dont understand is that I posted these images in one day and you already began to go on my case all day, while other images have been on wikipedia freely for some time now. Examples: Image:MysterioRey22.jpg, Image:Cena22.jpg, Image:Undertaker23.jpg, Image:Trump at WrestleMania 23.jpg, Image:Cena23.jpg, Image:Hogansummerslam06.jpg, Image:Dxss06.jpg, Image:Cena06.jpg... and much more

  • Check out the Big Four for every year to see
I monitor 12,047 pages. There are 1,864,330 articles on the Wikipedia. That means that I monitor less than 1% of the pages here. In fact, it's much less, many of the pages I monitor are user talk pages. --Yamla 18:48, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

HeadMouse

Do you have any suggestions for dealing with HeadMouse (talk · contribs)? While I have no doubt that he honestly wants his articles to be the best possible encyclopedia articles (which is in-and-of-itself part of the problem), his startlingly forceful obstinance and refusal to read (let alone follow) Wikipedia guidelines and policies has left me at ... a bit of a loss. --Kralizec! (talk) 20:42, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

I truly wish I knew. It is clear that the user is not reading much of what we write. I have offered to help by email but he or she has not yet taken me up on the offer. I really don't have any ideas.  :( --Yamla 20:53, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
This is nuts. Is there a block that prohibits uploads? Yes, we have all tried very hard to help him, negotiate with him, and calm him. Wikipedia does not need users like this violating every policy, severely harming the project and community. Also, please explain to him about colored text (Wikipedia:Accessibility#Color--trey 21:12, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Ok, you can upgrade my confusion condition from "a bit of a loss" to "completely dumbfounded." I do not understand how one person can so persistently not get it. --Kralizec! (talk) 23:14, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Conversion of User:Nwwaew/Anonymizer into a table

It doesn't look that bad, actually. Nwwaew (Talk Page) (Contribs) (E-mail me) 01:11, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

It's my first table. Strange but true. --Yamla 01:13, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
And I just farked it up while adding another IP. Nwwaew (Talk Page) (Contribs) (E-mail me) 21:46, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Please help

I just turn to you to report on User:Benbrattlover or this IP: 75.46.13.248 (now he has a new one). This user changes his IP. He keeps adding a copyrighted synopsis to the Veer-Zaara page. I'm reverting and he sends me very unpleasant messages requesting me to stop reverting his edits. Please help, I've already warned him in his previous IP, but it's tiresome. I keep talking in a good manner, but he calls me "idiot" in his talk page saying I can't speak English well. Please help. I'm waiting for your message. Best regards, Shahid • Talk2me 05:20, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Look what he has done: You really need to take an ENGLISH class before you try to edit other people's posts. You really don't deserve to be an editor of this page or any other for that matter. I removed this message. It's so offensive! --Shahid • Talk2me 05:25, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
Where do you believe this editor is copying the synopsis from? I can't find it online. --Yamla 13:29, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
No, now no. He conceded now to add the copyvio synopsis, since I didn't allow him to add it and reverted his edits. Now he is satisfied by removing only the end of the story. The previous versions were copyrighted, because they were copied from the official site. The synopsis looked like a fansite plot, (ie rhetoric questions), without any notable information about the film. He was just copying, switching paragraphs order, changing some words and that's all. The original synopsis was accepted by many users. User:Grenavitar reverted the version when he first did that. Now the synopsis is put in my version (I mean, the original version, before being changed by him), but he keeps on removing the end of the story, which is important. I had one little mistake (by instead of with) and he sent me a message, insulting and offending me. I just turned to you to ask for help. His messages are so unpleasant. Best regards, --Shahid • Talk2me 15:01, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

User_talk:Davnel03#Unblock_Request

Hi Yamla As the blockinga dmin can I ask you to look at this? He was apologised for his actions and withdrawn the legal threat and seems to have a couple of thousand good faith edits. He is asking for a second chance 0- what do you think? Spartaz Humbug! 15:16, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

As I mentioned (edit conflict) on that user's talk page, I am quite happy for you to extend a second chance to this user via the 2ndchance template. If you do not wish to go that route (some admins do not), I would be happy for you to unblock provided you occasionally monitor the user's contributions. That's my opinion, I am on record stating that I do not consider it wheel warring for an admin to overturn one of my blocks provided they have reason to believe the user has reformed, and you could make a strong case here. --Yamla 15:20, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
Thanks Yamla. I'm going to take a (2nd) chance with him but will re-block him immediately if I catch him swearing at other editors again. Thanks again. Spartaz Humbug! 17:35, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Page Move Vandalism

Could you please move WWE's Crappy Version of ECW back to Extreme Championship Wrestling, and delete all the re-directs? This is just ridiculous, as the article in question is about the original promotion and not the WWE version as it is. Dammit, vandals piss me off. Bmg916Speak 15:47, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Will do. --Yamla 15:51, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, much appreciated. Bmg916Speak 15:54, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
I think it's done. Let me know if something's still not right. --Yamla 15:55, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
Looks good, WWE's Crappy Version of ECW still needs to be deleted, I think, though. Bmg916Speak 15:55, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
I think I can trust you not to hand it out, especially after the bs you went through when your privacy was invaded. I'll shoot you an e-mail now. Bmg916Speak 15:59, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Unblock

You declined the block of Sosomk, who is the victim of a tricky system, but have you seen how an admin and his fellow tried to impose their point of view? Do you agree with that? I asked also on WP:ANI, admins to look deeper into it, not just to resume to simple remarks.--Tones benefit 14:25, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

That's a different matter. That should be resolved via WP:DISPUTE. The blocked user's claim is that 3RR does not apply because he only made three reverts. That is not true, particularly not when a user has been edit warring in a particular article for quite some time. --Yamla 14:27, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
You see, that is not true, that's only partially true. That is just their argument, after one month they will do the same, they will say "sosomk has a history of edit warring" and he will be blocked longer. Nobody cares to look into the details of their trick. An admin and his friend makes the rule on that article imposing the russian point of view.--Tones benefit 14:29, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Please see WP:DISPUTE. If this is the case, sosomk needs to start dispute resolution. Or you could. --Yamla 14:30, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I ask people to support a mediation, will they accept it? I doubt. But now Sosomk really needs to be free.--Tones benefit 14:31, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

copyright

thats the thing. i made that page. go to Khali's Fan-Site and i for some reason i cannot download that software.!!! Thedeadmanandphenom 19:08, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

In that case, please modify that site so that it includes the following text, "I, (name), am the author of this article, (article name), and I release its content under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 and later." Until you have done that, we cannot use the content on the Wikipedia. Thanks. --Yamla 19:11, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Re Revert of Rhona Mitra Image

I was under the impression that my use of this image was fair use - it is also used in the Kit McGraw article.--ukexpat 20:38, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

As per WP:FU, we may not use fair-use images to depict living people. --Yamla 20:51, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Noted, and I have since edited several other articles of living people to remove fair-use images. --ukexpat 21:20, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Thanks! --Yamla 21:42, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Block on 83.24.133.185

Hello I just whish to inform you that this address is not an open proxy nor is this a zombie computer. It belongs to an ISP in Poland and comes from a pool of dynamically allocated addresses (I was allocated this address only yesterday). I was wondering if blocking it is necessary? Regards --filu 22:29, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

Pedigree

Hey, I found an image of the Pedigree and I got permission to use it in Wikipedia. And I don't know if it would be appropriate that Triple H is about to Pedigree Chris Benoit!!! Since all of this controversy occurred!!!! Do you think it would be appropriate to use it? --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 00:11, 07 July 2007 (UTC)

It is not sufficient to obtain permission only for the Wikipedia. WP:COPYREQ has the details.
) --Yamla 00:18, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
Oh, I sent them my e-mail verification!!! I yet to hear from them!!! But, my question is, would it be controversial to have the image up in Wikipedia with all that is going on with Benoit and stuff? --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 00:29, 07 July 2007 (UTC
Oh, I doubt that would be a problem, not if it is freely licensed. You may want to bring it up on the article's discussion page first, just to be sure. --Yamla 00:59, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
Alright, I'll do that!!! --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 01:09, 07 July 2007 (UTC)

External links

The links I added to the article, have to do with the article. They are the same links that are placed in the article in Spanish Wikipedia. They are not to promote anything. Where do you get the idea they are to promote anything?Callelinea 14:34, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Responded to on that user's page. --Yamla 15:53, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
Ok. The subject of the article is a hispanic legal and political figure that has little or no English articles on him with the exception of his relationship with a singer. He was notable before his relationship to the singer and will probably beso after his relationship is over with her.. since the only articles that speack about him are in Spanish they are included for that reason. Callelinea 15:57, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
Please see WP:EL, WP:SPAM. It is inappropriate to link to these articles. --Yamla 15:59, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
I must be dence.. But could you explain to me how they would be considered spam? I do not see it? Callelinea 16:00, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
Section 4.3, WP:EL. At least some of the links may violate other parameters set up in section 4 as well. --Yamla 16:03, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
The word may does not mean always. My links do not violate those parameters. I Edit hundreds of articles about Cuba and other hispanic articles and have been doing this for sometime and no other administrator has brought this to my attention. Could you re-check, perhaps with another Administrator, because if I and other in WP:Cuba are making incorrect edits we would like to know.. Most of our sources that we deal with are in Spanish.. Thanks..Callelinea 16:22, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
Your links are inappropriate for the English language Wikipedia. If you disagree, please bring it up on WP:WPSPAM. --Yamla 16:24, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
Where is it written that Spanish Wikipedia may not be used as a reference? I am not using it as a Source but as a reference for those that speak Spanish to use as a referenceCallelinea 16:34, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Since section 4.3 does not prohibit foreign language links, and since the links provided are to articles referencing the subject, I don't see how WP:EL or WP:SPAM apply in this case. Can you explain your decision in better detail? If not, I can see no reason why Callelinea should not be unblocked. Rklawton 23:08, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, whatever...

How about minding your own business and not taking a joke page that's going to be deleted soon anyway so seriously?

Moraima Secada

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did to Moraima Secada, you will be blocked from editing. Callelinea 16:41, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Spartaz

Hi Yamla, first of all thanks for letting Spartaz unblock me, I am very greatful, and promise to edit Wikipedia for the better. However, several members of WP:F1 are unhappy and have filed a request for comment on Spartaz. Feel free to participate in the discussion. One user, Pyrope is saying it will only become resolved if I become indef-blocked again. Just thought I'd let you know. Davnel03 21:02, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

I did, and I stand by it. As I understand your position Yamla, you stated that Spartaz should obtain positive proof of Davnel's change in character before unblocking. He did not do this, so I am strenuously abjecting to the Spartaz's actions, which I seriously regard as a breach of his admin powers. Pyrope 21:19, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

overturning block of Callelinea

I have overturned your block of Callelinea. I believe the edits in question were in good faith (and not spam) even if they were inappropriate. Also, I do not think it was appropriate for you to block someone you were in a conflict with. ---J.S (T/C/WRE) 23:27, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

See also my comments above. Rklawton 00:15, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

I think the key issue here is that Callelinea was trying to add general references to the references section of the article, not simply external links. Per WP:REF#How to cite sources, general references are perfectly OK. While he did perhaps add too many references for such a short article, and I have advised him that inline sources would be better, it seems clear to me that he was acting in good faith, and not a spammer. I concur with J.smith that you should not block someone you're in a conflict with; get an uninvolved admin to review the situation instead. Ƙɽɨɱρᶓȶ 03:09, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Another Verdict sock

Per this, I can only assume that User:Erikryo, who signed up 2 days after User:Rekatj2's block, is a sock of verdict. The Evil Spartan 21:32, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Moraima Secada

I wanted to ask you whether the references in this page are permitted. As per WP:EL it seemed to be unpermitted, so I removed them. And now someone reverted my edits saying they are permitted. It confuses me and I'm afraid to do some mistake in the future. --Shahid • Talk2me 22:01, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Fair Use Rationale

I have added an explanation to the images you mentioned, I hope they are satisfactory, if not, let me know and I will try and sort it. Now that I have added the explanation, I wasn't sure if I should remove the template you put up, so I have left it there for the time being. Thanks for pointing out to me about adding a fair use rationale, I will bear this in mind for the future when uplaoding new images. Normsky 18:39, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry of User:Cali567

I am reporting User:Cali567 for suspesions of sockpuppetry. I believed that this user might be used by User talk:Al-Andalus. Both have similar edit actions and can you please investigate the issue. Thanks! --Ramírez, July 10, 2007 (UTC)

Reply:: User Cali567 is using User:68.110.8.21 identified as a sock puppet of him. Can you investigate the issue. Thanks! -- Ramírez July 10, 2007 (UTC)
Hey buster, leave me the hell out of your bickering. I am not a Californian or Mexican. Just because I edited on two talk pages, (White Hispanic, White Latin American) doesn't mean I give a damn about either of you or your dramas. You can take your accusatory attitudes and shove them. You can see by the majority of my edits, a totally different interest in topics. Oh and fuck Mexifornia too. 68.110.8.21 13:34, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Hello Yamla, Cpzphantom is back

Hello, Yamla. Although I have read that you are on vacation, I'm letting you know that Cpzphantom has once again created another sockpuppet (Señorplayero) and he's back with disruptive and redundant edits in the Copa Airlines page. He has also added a copyrighted image clearly taken from Airliners.net without any authorization. Please, can you see if this account be blocked? Thanks again--Schonbrunn 18:30, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Back just for the day. I'll look into it. --Yamla 18:46, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

More sockage from Verdict

He really is pretty persistent: [25] (currently 3 deletions, and the page is live again). I'm wondering, looking at the history of this sock, if it wouldn't be better to actually try to bring up on ANI the possibility of allowing him back in. With ridiculous conditions of course. But I've been watching a lot of the recent sockage, and none of it appears to be much harmful, and he has sworn up and down that he's reformed. I know he vandalized, but is there a chance he might get a second chance? He did politely ask for one, and immediately has his talk page locked. I really have given this a lot of thought. I think a block any longer might not be the for the protection of WP (there are some other serious sockers who I couldn't say the same for, eg JB196 or even Light current, who, though being in good faith, was a notorious pain in the neck). Please give it some thought, thanks. The Evil Spartan 16:59, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Well over 100 sockpuppets, more created every week. Regular lying. Threats of legal action and physical violence. Continued copyright violations. Yeah, no. No chance. --Yamla 18:46, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

User:Nemo24

This user is attempting to add fair use images of Nelly Furtado to her article when we already have a freely licensed image of her. Once I nominated his first image for deletion, he uploaded another one.--CyberGhostface 13:11, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

xD

treySex Me has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

HeadMouse thinks we are sockpuppets of each other. treySex Me 13:15, 6 July 2007 (UTC)


Username

I just got a preposition from a user about my Username; (the fact that I go by "ThinkBlue" instead of Zerorules677). That he could make my userpage reflect my preference. Now, not to sound like a stupid question... what does that exactly mean? For my sake!!! --  ThinkBlue  (Hit BLUE) 00:13, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

If you are asking how to change your username, WP:RENAME gives you all the details! --Yamla 01:14, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Revert

No problem. It can be tricky! Tyrenius 03:14, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Cut-and-paste

Hello. I was wondering if you can fix this cut-and-paste edit that this user made. It involves the pages Whatever You Like and Whatever U Like. The contents of the former page was used to create the latter one, resulting in two page histories. Can you fix them? Admc2006 17:37, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

I'll take a look. --Yamla 17:52, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
Hello Yamla; I think I've fixed it for you for the most part: view the two edits here, and the edit I did here. Should "Whatever U Like" be (the cut and paste page) deleted, and "Whatever You Like" be moved to "Whatever U Like"? I can do these, I would just like to know if that's what I should do. Acalamari 19:02, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

BlueShrek (talk · contribs)

I've notified you of this user before. Does his comments [26] & [27] remind you of anyone? A vandal / sock in particular? Honestly, I've been having suspicions ever since TheManWhoLaughs was blocked indef on 16:00, 6/24; this BlueShrek account was made about three hours later on the same day. After a few of the first edits by this BlueShrek, he just happened to come to my talk page asking for userbox help (even though I thought it was strange at the time that this new user had prior knowledge of what many types of userboxes there were, see this) Now I don't have any hard evidence directly linking this user with prior trolls such as TheManWhoLaughs and TheClownPrinceofCrime, but maybe a CheckUser request can figure something out here? Lord Sesshomaru

I had, independant of this observation, come to this thought as well. Looking at the comments of both of them, they seem to have a very similar manner of speech, and a complete disregard for civility towards other editors. Also, they both seem to cry "harassment" at every turn. I think a checkuser might be the way to go. Sorry if I'm butting in where I'm not wanted, by the way. Also, he called you a troll? Lychosis T/C 21:16, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

(edit conflict) - Although blanking warnings is not recommended, he just blanked all the ones I gave him for his particularly disruptive edits and called them troll comments. Lord Sesshomaru

Correct Lychosis. If you ask me, it's a bit obscure for someone to react in such a "vengeful" manner. Have you seen this section? Lord Sesshomaru
Yeah, I kinda got wary of him, and started to keep an eye on him after my first run-in and his resulting incivility. I was keeping an eye on that bit, and I gotta say, it's pretty hard to assume good faith when he makes edits like that.  :x Lychosis T/C 21:34, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
That's exactly how I feel. In the back of my mind, I figured this was gonna be another sockpuppet or disruptive editor. So far, it turns out to be a trollish disrupter. Now we just need confirmation: if Yamla can figure out that he is a former vandal / sock just by looking at his contributions, he is blocked. If that doesn't work out, then CheckUser shall find out who he really is. Lord Sesshomaru

The Great Khali

Hey, I wanted to thank you for the help in keeping the page in good looks. I would have been buried without you. Killswitch Engage 01:48, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Template:Ciara

User:Cristian-Garcia is vandalizing Ciara's template by adding false information about her third album being released. The user should be blocked. This is not a rumor mill. Charmed36 17:21, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

The user is vandalizing other Ciara articles. Charmed36 17:35, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

I have permission for a image. (Hello by the way)

A friend of my cousin went to see T.I. last night and she let me borrow one of her images for wikipedia. The sad thing is I don't know what to do. Georgia Peachez 22:15, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

The cut-and-paste move

Actually, to inform you, I fully fixed that cut-and-paste move mentioned above: I deleted the page that was created by the cut and paste to make way for the move, and then I did the proper move. This now been sorted out, and the page that has the proper history is not a redirect. Acalamari 16:42, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I've been away on vacation on and off for the past two weeks and it's been hard to stay current.  :) I'm back now, though. --Yamla 16:44, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
You're welcome; hope you've been having a good vacation. By the way, was this okay? An IP did a good edit to your user page, but it sort of ruined the look of the page a bit, so I cleaned it up. If that wasn't okay, I'll revert my edit. Acalamari 16:49, 23 July 2007 (UTC)


Stop lieing!

Stop lieing or i am going to block you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CharliTa (talk • contribs) . I mean't stop lieing, i wasn't spamming anything, i was just putting one of her moves, the Suplex, so stop lieing about me spamming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by CharliTa (talk • contribs)

You are not permitted to link to copyright violations. Please see WP:SPAM, WP:EL, and WP:COPYRIGHT. --Yamla 19:27, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Blocking sock puppets

Following your declining to unblock Deathwatch2006 on June 30, 2007, that editor's sock puppets - Johnde517Mol, RICHARD GEOFFREY ASHTON, KarlDoenitz, Roderick Dadak, Tunbridgewellpsychopath, Sarahdarling, AndyArcher, Wilhelm Keitel and Parkstreet17 - have continued edit warring and vandalising a number of articles, mainly concentrating on Radio North Sea International. I believe their IP address (209.59.32.71) was used yesterday to vandalise my own user page. Is there anything you can do to block these sock puppets?Phase4 10:10, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

You are going to have to request a checkuser on this, I think. See WP:RFCU. --Yamla 13:55, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Another of these sock puppets (Psychodadak) has just down loaded an image of dubious origin to Talk:Radio North Sea International. Something should be done to prevent Deathwatch2006 abusing Wikipedia in this way.Phase4 16:21, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Yamla. I've now requested a checkuser on all Deathwatch2006's sock puppets, including the very latest: Warmaustunbridgewells.Phase4 20:14, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

I appreciate your help in lifting the block.--Rgfolsom 16:26, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

User talk:68.57.44.19

Hey - you might want to answer this unblock request to move it our of that category.[[]]

I can't, I placed the block. --Yamla 17:44, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

McBane420

I know you may have been busy these last couple of weeks but could you please respond at the very bottom of Acalamari's talk page regarding what I've said of this blocked user? Lord Sesshomaru

So it's possible to block the entire ip range but the ips can't be revealed? If so, I would like to do this task after the current CU report is finished. Perhaps a sysop is required to help handle such a report? Lord Sesshomaru
It is possible to block an IP address range used abusively without making it clear WHO is using it abusively. This is generally termed a "checkuser block". You need someone with checkuser permissions to do it, though; regular admins don't have that kind of access. --Yamla 19:59, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Hello, Yamla; I've responded to you both on my talk page. Acalamari 20:34, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Corbin Bleu

I see you've done a few reversions at Corbin Bleu. I think that page needs semi-protected, because it has become a habit of a few young girls to edit in information to have Wikipedia verify that they are his girlfriend or spouse, and for a few young boys to edit in information that he is either gay or a child molester. BLP concerns arise, and I'm just tired of seeing it pop up on my watchlist. I already reported User:Drea102 as a vandalism-only account, but not much I can do on the anonymous IPs. As best as I can verify (not being a Disney channel buff), the version that says he lives with his parents and sisters is the unvandalised version. Kww 21:14, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Semi-protection is only used for limited times, unfortunately.  :( If the vandalism gets too much to deal with, I'll look at protecting it. --Yamla 21:16, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

Harassment

Continued from BlueShrek (talk · contribs) section

BlueShrek is now harassing Dark Dragon Flame. See this, this and this. Lord Sesshomaru

The Standards for Harassment must be pretty High in wikipedia.TaylorLTD 03:32, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

i can't provide i was there and took the photos

i swear! im always travelling in india with my camera i was everywhere i dont have a proof i also work with fotoshop please believe me please i worked hard to achive all those photos and now when finally i could add it to wikipedia and is makess sense you shout what d u want? ive been posting some of the images to popular sites but not always it is there why dont u believe me? cause im an indian youre not being fair

i was even in allawrd ceremonies last year and this year iwas busy so i didnt attend screen awards but i bought the tickets for filmfare and saw all the actors on the red crpet and last year i was at iiiiifa and saw preeti zinta i swear please believe m i have more photos from ths year but they were blury even though rani was there more beatiful youu can also see i have a signature of salman but i didnyt took photo cause they didnt allow me there you beliee me now? they said in that parck event that they take alll cameras if we take pphotos

You have now been blocked for violating WP:SOCK and for continuing to remove tags from images without resolving the underlying problem. At least one of the images, you claim to have scanned from a magazine and others are film screenshots. --Yamla 01:13, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Unspecified source for Image:C plus plus book.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:C plus plus book.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, then you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, then their copyright should also be acknowledged.

As well as adding the source, please add a proper copyright licensing tag if the file doesn't have one already. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Wikipedia:Fair use, use a tag such as {{non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Wikipedia:Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 14:47, 25 July 2007 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. NAHID 14:47, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

  • A seperate headline could have solved the problem.Now please provide the rationale.--NAHID 15:14, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
The rationale is not required, it was uploaded before the change in policy. --Yamla 15:14, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
Additionally, I am not the one who added the image to that page. --Yamla 15:16, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
Ooops, looks like policy changed again such that rationales are required even for images which were initially grandfathered in (such as this one). However, I still did not add the image to that article and so cannot provide the rationale. You may want to track down the person responsible. --Yamla 15:17, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

Image:Stuart Semple.jpg

On User talk:Audioboy1980 you asked the uploader to confirm he was the author of the photo and had not found it on a web site. I wondered if you'd noticed he confirmed he was the author on the image page: "A portrait of Stuart Semple I took in his studio". [28] I suggest it be restored on that basis. Tyrenius 01:15, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Unprotection request for Brock Lesnar

Hi. FYI, unprotection has been requested for Brock Lesnar. You applied full protection on the article a few weeks ago so you may want to weigh in. —Wknight94 (talk) 12:57, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. --Yamla 13:53, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
I unprotected the article, I'm inclined to think that it's worthwhile to try unprotection. If this is a problem, feel free to revert my unprotection. :) Nihiltres(t.l) 14:02, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for letting me know, I'll keep a close eye on it. --Yamla 14:02, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Re: Naomi Watts

are you sure? there are a lot of references saying she'll play narcissa malfoy in the next harry potter movie. (: John Biancato 16:49, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

See here. All the sources indicating that she will appear to be based on a single source (though this is not necessarily immediately obvious). --Yamla 16:55, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

HungarianUrinalCakes

Should User:HungarianUrinalCakes for username? I wasn't sure enough to bring it to UIA, but felt I should still check. -WarthogDemon 18:57, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

I don't normally patrol the new users for username violations. Personally, I don't think that name is appropriate. Probably worth bringing to UIA. --Yamla 19:20, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

reqphoto

I am sorry but I don't see anywhere in the text it says this nor does the tags talk page say so. I've seen it on pages many times before I've used it many times before on heavily edit articles and this is the first time its been an issue. If you could provide something stating that they are for talk pages otherwise, sorry I know you are an admin and all but I fail to see why it can't be used on an article page. I got it from Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup and right at the top it says "The following tags should be added to articles that need a cleanup. Unless otherwise noted, they should be placed at the top of the article." And this one is not noted any different. I am not trying to be persistant or a jerk not by any means. I just want it front and center that the page needs a picture, which is what the tag is for. --Xiahou 21:36, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

See Talk:Billie Piper and search for "It is requested that a picture or pictures of this person". It's the third box from the top. --Yamla 21:40, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
I see that. I just don't know why it can't also be used on the main page your message to me gave the impression that the tag itself should always be used on talk pages and not on article pages and all the info I have says just the opposite. I just want to know if this is some off the beaten path hard to find policy I for sure don't know them all. --Xiahou 22:07, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
Truth be told, I cannot find the reference now. It could be that I am mistaken or that I am thinking of a related template. --Yamla 22:09, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
hey it happens. I should know, just now at work I did something similar. If you don't want it on the main page of Billie Piper, its good. But I will keep putting them on the article pages of others I find till I hear otherwise, ok. Thanks for your time and patience. --Xiahou 22:16, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Re: Image:Ladyday.jpg

Thanks for the notification. There appear to be a number of free alternatives over at commons from the Van Vechten collection, so this image is replaceable. I'll tag it as such and add a new photo to the infobox. The Gottlieb photo was beautiful and, luckily, restrictions on it will elapse in 2010. Hopefully Wikipedia could use it at that time. ˉˉanetode╦╩ 23:45, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Hi this is from bbsnetting

Hi Yamala I found you removed my two links and warned me to ban me too.Thanks you are doing a great job. ok tell me is it not good to add www.aishwarya-wedding.com in aishwarya Rai's page?, this is toatally a dedicated web to her.we don't do gossips there and don't do any bad words against her. While i cheked all the web sites which you and your friends allow are not promoting or making any money from this.If you are good you must go and see all the websites one by one before you compare my one. Secondly you warned for adding a tamil actor Vivek's information page in Tamil actor vivek's wiki and you warned for that you are going to ban me. That page is totally not a comercial page. ok i wait for your reply to further more to contct others. Human too can make error.

It is indeed inappropriate. Please read WP:SPAM, WP:EL, WP:NOT, and WP:COI. You are to refrain from linking to your own sites, for example. But the site generally is inappropriate. --68.148.89.74 01:40, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Help

Um... not sure how to introduce myself but I'll do my best. Well, I'm Omghgomg and we've had several encounters before. You'd blocked before because I'd accidently violated one of Wikipedia's image policies. Well, I just wanted to say that that block really opened my eyes, I suppose if that is the right phrase to use, anyway, to the increasing amount of vandalism in Wikipedia.

These last few weeks I'd been adding articles such as Naruto and its subsequent pages as well as my favourite artists and musicians onto my watchlist. It seemed that everyday or two there would be someone who would vandalise one of these pages. I'd like to keep them as vandal-free as possible, so I would revert them and leave messages on their webpages such as on this page: User_talk:91.4.208.186. But if that particular user wasn't doing it, then it would be someone else. And so, it became a hassle for me to keep on reverting it to its 'original' condition.

Anyway, I'm blabbing on... but my main reason for posting this message is that I want to help other users revert pages from vandalism. I noticed that there is a Counter-Vandalism Unit which aims at keeping Wikipedia as 'vandal-free' as possible. I am expressing interest in joining this unit. I was wondering if it is 'free' for me to join or is there some sort of condition? I know my past history isn't really that clean so I wanted to ask you first because you are part of this unit. So am I allowed to join or do I have to 'wait'? Omghgomg 01:36, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

Headline text

hi i would just like to say it s a bit unfair to ban me for tryni to edit the main page

oh i can edit now !! thanksss!!!! 86.137.24.224 01:01, 29 July 2007 (UTC)