User talk:Tariqabjotu/Archive Forty-Nine

Spitsbergen, again Hello Tariq You dealt with a slow-burning edit-war here recently (and thank you, BTW, for that). I think it is kicking off again; can offer some perspective? Thanks! Xyl 54 (talk) 19:47, 25 August 2010 (UTC) Um... sure. You're edit-warring. Stop. -- tariqabjotu 13:49, 26 August 2010 (UTC) Block of ReaverFlash Regarding the 48 hour block of this editor for edit-warring, I agree that the demand for a warning before an AN3 filing is silly. However, he did stop edit-warring once the issue was escalated to AN3. The purpose of a block is to stop the edit-warring, which self-correction seems to have (belatedly) done. So here's a compromise proposal. We unblock him and topic ban him from those two articles until the issue is resolved on talk. If he edits them before that point, then we re-block him for one week instead of the original 48 hours. What do you say?--Chaser (talk) 02:05, 27 August 2010 (UTC) That's fine. Is there an ArbCom case that allows us to topic ban him? I thought there was some discussion not too long ago saying that topic bans were normally not within our discretion unless there was an ArbCom case to support them. But, either way, I don't mind if you do that. -- tariqabjotu 07:20, 27 August 2010 (UTC) The Signpost: 30 August 2010 News and notes: Most linked websites on Wikipedia, New York Wiki-Conference, and more In the news: Agatha Christie spoiled, Wales on Wikileaks, University students improve Wikipedia, and more WikiProject report: Studying WikiProject Universities Features and admins: Featured article milestone: 3,000 Arbitration report: What does the Race and intelligence case tell us? Technology report: Reusability of MediaWiki code, Google Summer of Code: Interwiki transclusion, and more Read this Signpost in full · Single-page· Unsubscribe · EdwardsBot (talk) 16:23, 31 August 2010 (UTC) Reply Nothing is unclear, although it would have been original research to have said that the wind speed indicates a lower category storm. I simply requested a source confirming the downgrade, especially since the rest of the article had no mention of it. I went ahead and added one in the Meteorological history section. EricLeb01 (Page | Talk) 19:46, 2 September 2010 (UTC) West Bank Tariq, I get a feeling clone wars are trendy. Maybe some administrative eye could help to stabilize the article. 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You are receiving this message either because you received a similar one before and didn't object, or you requested to receive a similar one in the future. If you don't wish to receive this message again, then please let me know either on my talk page or here. Afghanistan article intentional content disruption and vandalism... Dear Tariqabjotu, I write to you because you already have experience with the user Jrkso. He is blatantly and repeatedly trying to disrupt the content of the main Afghanistan article. We have had the following discussion, with the attempt of mediation by the user Torchwood Who?see here. Unfortunately, it failed. I have given dozens of very reliable sources for my Afghanistan edits, but he keeps removing them, restoring his unsourced version.Here you can see my latest very well-sourced version and this is the version Jrkso keeps restoring, removing academic and other sources as well as changing content. It goes so far that he repeatedly restores the wrong spelling of names. For example Hekmatyar's surname is "Gulbuddin" see here, he keeps restoring "Gulbadin". This has been going on for days and I do not want to further waste my time with someone obviously keen to engage in an edit war and keen to hide realities of Afghan history or call sources such as Human Rights Watch "dubious". I will have to revert once again, and that ain't no fun.—JCAla (talk) 9 September 2010 (UTC) The Signpost: 13 September 2010 News and notes: Page-edit stats, French National Library partnership, Mass page blanking, Jimbo on Pending changes In the news: Public Policy Initiative, Houellebecq plagiarism?, Article revisions as book Public Policy Initiative: Experiments with article assessment Sister projects: Biography bloopers – update on the Death Anomalies collaboration WikiProject report: Getting the picture – an interview with the Graphic lab Features and admins: "Magnificent" warthog not so cute, says featured picture judge Arbitration report: Tricky and Lengthy Dispute Resolution Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News Read this Signpost in full · Single-page· Unsubscribe · EdwardsBot (talk) 20:38, 13 September 2010 (UTC) Main page I really, strongly, believe you should reconsider your position on describing Karachi as a "town" or "hometown". I sense there may be a difference over definitions - but I can assure you that, in the UK and I am confident in other parts of the world as well, the words "town" and "hometown" will be seen as demeaning to what is, by any stretch of the imagination, a major urban area and major city. Essentially, a city is large and important; a town is not. The article on Karachi refers to it as a city, and that should be the case with the main page as well. Please reconsider. Regards, Ghmyrtle (talk) 22:59, 17 September 2010 (UTC) Replied on WP:ERRORS. Summary: Karachi is not a town, but it can be a hometown. They're different words, with different meanings. -- tariqabjotu 23:20, 17 September 2010 (UTC) WP:ERRORS From a WP:ERRORS stalker, good job with handling everything that comes that way over ITN. Hello, Tariqabjotu. Please check your email; you've got mail! It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template. --Strange Passerby (talk • c •status) 06:34, 20 September 2010 (UTC) The Signpost: 20 September 2010 From the editor: New ways to read and share the Signpost News and notes: Dutch National Archives donation, French photo raid, brief notes In the news: Rush Limbaugh falls for Wikipedia hoax, Public Policy Initiative, Nature cites Wikipedia WikiProject report: All Aboard WikiProject Trains Features and admins: The best of the week Dispatches: Tools, part 2: Internal links and page histories Arbitration report: Discretionary sanctions clarification and more Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News Read this Signpost in full · Single-page· Unsubscribe · EdwardsBot (talk) 23:07, 20 September 2010 (UTC) A question A few weeks ago, you blocked me and AzureFury a couple of time for edit-warring. I tried to disengage from this user, but he continues to stalk me, just to revert my edits and make personal attacks against me. He stalked me to Women's rights in Iran, a page he had never edited, just to revert me, since then he has made a dozen of reverts on that page (four reverts in the last 24 hours [1]), and continues to canvass like-minded editors to help him revert, while making personal attacks against me calling me a "delusional editor"[2], a "lunatic"[3], among other personal attacks. If you study his talk page, he has had at least 3 warnings from other editors since his last block, to stop making personal attacks and edit-warring on other pages too. He seems to have made a habit of this, What can be done about this user?AlexanderPar (talk) 23:13, 23 September 2010 (UTC) The Signpost: 27 September 2010 News and notes: French million, controversial content, Citizendium charter, Pending changes, and more In the news: Wikimedia moves into India, critical conference, Vandalism detection contest WikiProject report: Designing WikiProject Architecture Features and admins: The best of the week Arbitration report: EEML amendment requests & more Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News Read this Signpost in full · Single-page· Unsubscribe · EdwardsBot (talk) 22:15, 27 September 2010 (UTC) MedCom Thanks so much for the MedCom nomination support, I look forward to helping out the committee and working with you. --WGFinley (talk) 22:13, 29 September 2010 (UTC) The Signpost: 4 October 2010 News and notes: German chapter remodeled to meet Foundation requirements, and more In the news: Spanish police pursues BLP vandals, Jimbo interviewed, advice for experts and spammers Book review: Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia, by Joseph Reagle WikiProject report: Hot topics with WikiProject Volcanoes Features and admins: Milestone: 2,500th featured picture Arbitration report: Tricky and Lengthy Dispute Resolution Technology report: Code reviewers, October Engineering update, brief news Read this Signpost in full · Single-page· Unsubscribe · EdwardsBot (talk) 01:10, 5 October 2010 (UTC) Wikipedia NYC Meetup Sat Oct 16 New York City Meetup Next: Saturday October 16th, Jefferson Market Library in Lower Manhattan Last: 05/22/2010 In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, review the recentWiki-Conference NYC 2010, plan for the next stages of projects likeWikipedia Ambassador Program andWikipedia Academy, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the May meeting's minutes). 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Arbitration report: Case closes within 1 month Technology report: Bugs, Repairs, and Internal Operational News Read this Signpost in full · Single-page· Unsubscribe · EdwardsBot (talk) 02:09, 26 October 2010 (UTC) The Signpost: 1 November 2010 News and notes: Foundation's finances, geodata milestone, interim counsel, museum conference In the news: Airplane construction with Wikipedia, lessons from the strategy project, logic over rhetoric WikiProject report: Scoring with WikiProject Ice Hockey Features and admins: Good-lookin' slugs and snails Arbitration report: Arb resignation during plagiarism discussion; election RfC closing in 2 days Technology report: Foundation office switches to closed source, secure browsing, brief news Read this Signpost in full · Single-page· Unsubscribe · EdwardsBot (talk) 04:54, 2 November 2010 (UTC) Israel-Palestine editing Hi Tariqabjotu, following the recent deterioration in editing of the Israel-Palestine set of articles, I've set up a page to discuss the problem and possible solutions at Wikipedia:WikiProject Arbitration Enforcement/Israel-Palestine articles. Your input would be appreciated. PhilKnight (talk) 15:17, 5 November 2010 (UTC) Wikipedia DC Meetup 13 You are invited to Wikipedia DC Meetup #13 on Wednesday, November 17, from 7 to 9 pm, location to be determined (but near a Metro station in DC). To keep up-to-date on local events, you can join the mailing list. You can remove your name from future notifications of Washington DC Meetups by editing this page: Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Invite/List. BrownBot (talk) 13:47, 7 November 2010 (UTC) Heyo I've sent you an email. JaakobouChalk Talk 02:08, 8 November 2010 (UTC) I'm not going to comment on the Gideon Levy article; I do not want to be involved in the dispute. --tariqabjotu 02:12, 8 November 2010 (UTC) I'm not expecting you to get involved. I would appreciate a private response to my query since I consider you to be a voice of reason. 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