Warning edit

Publish private emails without permission again like you did at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Motions and you'll find yourself blocked, for a very considerable period of time. Ryan PostlethwaiteSee the mess I've created or let's have banter 13:33, 13 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

How typical of your arrogance. Based on which Wikipedia policy would this block occur? 08:23, 14 August 2009 (UTC)Tennis expert (talk)
It would occur based on this principle from the Arbitration Committee. Ryan PostlethwaiteSee the mess I've created or let's have banter 08:30, 14 August 2009 (UTC)Reply
As a former arbitration clerk, I would have thought you were aware that past arbitration decisions are of no precedential value. Try again. Cite the policy if you can. Tennis expert (talk) 08:32, 14 August 2009 (UTC)Reply
Nah, that's good enough. The Arbitration Committee have said that emails shouldn't be published without permission from the sender (there's also a copyright issue involved as the person that sent the email still holds the copyright) so I'm more than happy to act on the basis of that. Ryan PostlethwaiteSee the mess I've created or let's have banter 10:23, 14 August 2009 (UTC)Reply
Given your response, you clearly know virtually nothing about copyright law or about Wikipedia arbitration. But lack of knowledge certainly hasn't stopped you from acting rashly in the past. Tennis expert (talk) 23:51, 14 August 2009 (UTC)Reply
In the recent second Macedonia case, to which I was a party, a user was admonished for having posted an email from another user. That demonstrates pretty clearly that the committee is still actively enforcing this rule, whether you agree with it or not, and whether it's clearly written as policy or not (incidentally, the best wording I've found is here). I'm afraid your assertion that Ryan's been rash is contradicted by the facts. It's really just basic netiquette not to post private correspondence without permission, anyway. Heimstern Läufer (talk) 07:30, 16 August 2009 (UTC)Reply

Arbitration motion regarding Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Date delinking edit

Per a motion at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Amendment:

Having considered all the requests for amendment and requests for clarification submitted following the decision in Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Date delinking, the Arbitration Committee decides as follows:

(1) All remedies in the decision providing that a specified user is topic-banned from editing or discussing "style and editing guidelines" (or similar wording) are modified by replacing these words with the words "style and editing guidelines relating to the linking or unlinking of dates";
(2) All remedies in the decision providing that a specified user is "prohibited from reversion of changes which are principally stylistic, except where all style elements are prescribed in the applicable style guideline" are modified by replacing these words with the words "prohibited from reverting the linking or unlinking of dates";
(3) All editors whose restrictions are being narrowed are reminded to abide by all applicable policies and guidelines in their editing, so that further controversies such as the one that led to the arbitration case will not arise, and any disagreements concerning style guidelines can be addressed in a civil and efficient fashion;
(4) Any party who believes the Date delinking decision should be further amended may file a new request for amendment. To allow time to evaluate the effect of the amendments already made, editors are asked to wait at least 30 days after this motion is passed before submitting any further amendment requests.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Tiptoety talk 04:10, 17 August 2009 (UTC)Reply


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citation not needed edit

Regarding your March 16, 2009 edit to Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, where you added a "citation needed" tag... let me quote one of the citations provided from that very same sentence:


In other words, there already is a citation for the "Texas law prohibits collective bargaining by public employees" bit, despite your tagging to the contrary. As such, I've removed the "citation needed" tag TerraFrost (talk) 18:31, 16 September 2009 (UTC)Reply

Unreferenced BLPs edit

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Relationship to User:Striving4 edit

Please note the discussion here.  HWV258.  22:05, 3 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

Sockpuppetry case edit

 

Your name has been mentioned in connection with a sockpuppetry case. Please refer to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/70.253.75.221 for evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to cases before editing the evidence page. Fyunck(click) (talk) 05:14, 8 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

Sockpuppetry case edit

 

Your name has been mentioned in connection with a sockpuppetry case. Please refer to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/97.77.159.243 for evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to cases before editing the evidence page. Fyunck(click) (talk) 05:21, 8 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

SPI edit

  You are suspected of sock puppetry, which means that someone suspects you of using multiple Wikipedia accounts for prohibited purposes. Please make yourself familiar with the notes for the suspect, then respond to the evidence at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Tennis expert. Thank you. BenYes? 14:42, 19 June 2014 (UTC)Reply

Nomination for deletion of Template:WTA Ranking Points Distribution 2010 edit

 Template:WTA Ranking Points Distribution 2010 has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for discussion page. Frietjes (talk) 15:21, 8 November 2016 (UTC)Reply