User Name

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I like my user name, I doubt anybody thinks that I am a dead Secretary of State. Dean acheson 14:32, 23 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

IRC cloak request

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I am ugen64 on freenode and I would like the cloak wikipedia/ugen64. Thanks. --ugen64 04:36, 11 May 2007 (UTC)Reply

Footballer Notability

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I agree with you regarding the deletion of the article on Fran Mérida. I am not happy with the current criteria (first team appearence requirement) of notability of youth footballers and have started a discussion on the Wikiproject Football talk page. I have only gotten two replies (wich both, in my opinion, miss my point). I am hoping for a discussion and hopefully a more flexible criteria but the discussion at this point seems to be less than heated. Perhaps you would be interested in posting a comment? Best Regards! Sebisthlm 21:59, 1 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue XV (May 2007)

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User:Cryptfiend64

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Salut! You might want to check that page, it is prodded but I wanted to give you a heads-up. -- lucasbfr talk 23:36, 9 June 2007 (UTC)Reply


Kermanshahi (talk · contribs)

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User owns several sock-accounts, and has much connections to several sockpuppets. this might be interesting? He is also did some rather useless edits, and marked several articles for blocked users for deletion, without even watching sources. He also triedv to change his own RfA, months ago. here, connections with the vandal Murlock can bed found. I think, you'd better ban the user indefintelt now; he has got away with it to often. block him indefinetly, and protect his talk-page, so that he cannot svae his ass this time. Just the way you blocked Haggawaga - Oegawagga aswell. Randalph P. Williams 11:48, 29 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

Welcome back

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Good to see you editing again, Ugen. Raul654 02:02, 5 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter: Issue XVI (June 2007)

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Fran Merida

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Thanks for the heads-up, much appreciated. Qwghlm 22:53, 12 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Deleted image

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Hi Ugen64, I uploaded an image and it was deleted on the premise that it was unused, however it was being used in a very normal appropriate manner. The image was File:Mykinda.jpg/Image:Mykinda.jpg and was deleted by User:^demon (here's the deletion listing). Another matter is that the deletion wasn't nominated, leaving no chance for editors to debate prior to its deletion (though I don't know what the administrator rules on the subject are). Could you please restore this removal and reinstate the image (if it can't be done, I can re-upload it). --lincalinca 05:25, 19 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for swift response. It was in use on "My Kind of Scene" (the link remains there to allow it's speedy restoration). The title "mykinda" is because the song was entitled "My Kinda Scene" for the M:I 2 soundtrack. --lincalinca 05:29, 19 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

C.W. Schultz Deletion

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Hi Ugen64,

I created an article for the author of Yeval, and it was deleted while I was in the process of updating it. I am doing my best to come up with sources. Although I understand this author may not be "notable" quite yet, the fact that he has a novel available at bookstores doesn't mean anything? Should he not get at least a stub?

I request that you restore this article and give me a week to build a better article out of it. I understand, and agree, that Wikipedia is not a "crystal ball". But it is difficult for me to build an article on someone when I get deletion notifications every time I try edit the article. I apologize if my way of building a wikipedia article is unusual, but I'm still learning. Please give this article immunity from deletion, just for the time being. Thank you. YevalPro 05:58, 19 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Speedy Delete tag on Diego De Souza Gama Silva

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You're right, that is notable. I was unaware of that criteria; my profuse apologies! Have a great day, and thanks for informing me! =David(talk)(contribs) 06:00, 19 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

What the hell, bro?

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You deleted the Devon Ford page (factual, not attack) and I don't know why. What if I deleted your stubs, huh? How would you like that?

I had a link to the website that sold his porn video (http://www.hotstuds.com/model_details.php?model_id=171&nats=) furthermore, I know him personally. I think you should choose words wisely before you insinuate that I'm childish. Some more snobby wikipedia editors have been known to belittle other (well-meaning) editors whom they mistake for vandals.

Lots of other adult film actors of whom I've never heard have articles on here. I'm not so much upset that you deleted my article because the notability was unclear. I do, however take offence at your condescending tone. If you could please tone that down a notch that would be great. This is everyone's encyclopedia.

Childish... snobbish... two different things. (I suppose I can be rather childish, can't I.) I apologise for any unencyclopedic content I may have inadvertently added to wikipedia and look forward to continuing my work on improving the English Wikipedia. I just wish that my first article would have stayed up... I was really proud to have an article.

Minorities in Country Music

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I didn't see the article before it was deleted, but I'm wondering about what it said, in that it's unusual to see a decision made so quickly after a nomination. Was it overtly racist? I write because I'm in the radio business, and one of the only problems that I have with country music is its lack of diversity. The same could be said, of course, for heavy metal. Anyway, just curious about what made this one such a quick delete. Please respond when you can. Thanks Mandsford 23:55, 21 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

3rr Violation

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Thanks for the information. It's the first edit war I've ever run across. If I hit another, I'll be sure to report it properly. :) Moonriddengirl 13:32, 23 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Gerak Khas

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Per the discussion on Ten Pound Hammer's RfA, I've started the deletion review on Gerak Khas. If you want to respond, join in! Groggy Dice T | C 17:03, 23 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for being bold

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Thanks for being bold and decisive in the ANI about Cat:Rape Victims. If we have more admins like you, we will have much less trouble contributing tio the project.Taprobanus 18:09, 23 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Liftarn

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I realise what you're saying, but I'm not convinced that a block would have helped the situation. Liftarn is a very-long term user with a long history of decent edits (he actually, if I remember, pretty much mediated an edit war I was involved in as a newbie), and this edit war is messy on all sides. From the diffs I saw, Zora had been edit warring just as much as he had, and I dare say that Dbachmann had been more uncivil. Heck, I think I'd have been moved to incivility if some of the things I saw from him on ANI were aimed in my direction instead.

That said, I'm seeing some behaviour here that definitely warrants concern - reverting edits to the RfC is not on, and I couldn't find the sockpuppets diff to review it, but if the allegation was bogus, that too would be a problem. He needs to knock that sort of thing off - which is why I strongly warned him (and the other two parties) to get their act together or risk getting blocked. Rebecca 00:12, 24 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

precision

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This edit was not extremely helpful. In fact it created the impression you were a vandal or in league with a vandal. It would have been better if you had spelled out what was not true, ie that the vandal in question was not warned recently. Happy editing! -- Agathoclea 13:38, 24 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Why...

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..Did you report to WP:UAA when you are an administrator?  . — Rlest (formerly Qst) 14:26, 24 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

More nonsense articles

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Hello... thanks for cleaning up the Ron Hill nonsense. Garubaman, LuauLarry1969 and now 65.101.29.234 appear to be - if not one and the same - at least working in concert to create hoax articles. If possible, could you please look over Space, Arizona (no such place appears to exist) and Shawn Q. Leonard Anderson, both of which are from "LuauLarry", and Image:Ron_Hill.jpg ("Garubaman", for the "Ron Hill" article.) Thanks... please let me know if you need any further information. --Ckatzchatspy 05:33, 25 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Fair enough - thanks for doing what you can. (It is certainly frustrating having to clean up after people like them.) --Ckatzchatspy 05:39, 25 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Fran Mérida

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Congrats, hopefully he'll get some playing time this year at Atletico or wherever he'll be loaned out so people don't question his eligibility for an article. :) Gooner Yonatan 23:46, 25 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Well we'll have to just wait and see. If he's half as good as Fabregas is then we'll have earned ourselves one hell of a player. Yonatan talk 06:12, 26 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

MartinBot

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Replied on my talk page - thanks for bringing this to my attention! Martinp23 14:59, 26 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Thank you

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  Thank you
Thank you for your support of my recent unsuccsessful rfa, which concluded today with a final tally of 22/15/3. The comments and suggestions from this rfa, combined with the comments left during my first rfa, have given me a good idea of where I need improvement.
TomStar81 (Talk) 05:02, 28 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Fair use rationale for Image:Firefox Delicacies.png

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Thanks for uploading or contributing to Image:Firefox Delicacies.png. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is not a suitable explanation or rationale as to why each specific use in Wikipedia constitutes fair use. Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale.

If you have uploaded other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on those pages too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free media lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. After Midnight 0001 20:06, 28 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Block of 76.26.214.149 (talk · contribs)

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Hi, I was making a comment about this user on AIV when HBC Helperbot edit-conflicted me. It looks to me like this is a content dispute regarding South Carolina Educational Television, and technically both this IP and User:Blueboy96 (the reporting party) appear to have technically violated 3RR. I'm not questioning the block, but you might want to notify Blueboy of the difference between vandalism and content disputes. --Ginkgo100talk 03:45, 29 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

3RR?

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I was under the impression that removing material that violated BLP was exempt from 3RR ... otherwise, I wouldn't have hit the rollback button as fast. Blueboy96 03:54, 29 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Image:Firefox Delicacies.png

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Of course it was taken from my computer. :-) As you can see in my talk page, I was bothered by the fair use rationale requests as well…--minghong 15:58, 31 July 2007 (UTC)Reply

Trixie Koontz?

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Hi, I noticed you were the closing admin on the Trixie Koontz deletion redirect discussion here two years ago. I've been reading up on Trixie and believe that she, now deceased, and the "author" of two books, should have her own article, and I'm willing to write it, if I get the go-ahead. How does a person go about re-opening that discussion?CindyBotalk 05:07, 1 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

I did up a bit of a draft of what I have in mind in my sandbox here and I'm assuming we can scoop up a fair use image of her book covers from Amazon or somewhere. Dog articles aren't my usual line, but I like the story. Sorry to be bothering you with it, if I'm supposed to be taking the suggestion elsewhere.CindyBotalk 08:05, 1 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Allegations of Chinese apartheid AfD

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Following your recent participation in Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 July 30#Allegations of American apartheid, you may be interested to know that a related article, Allegations of Chinese apartheid, is currently being discussed on AfD. Comments can be left at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allegations of Chinese apartheid. -- ChrisO 15:28, 4 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Military history WikiProject coordinator selection

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Template:Succession vary1

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Template:Succession vary2

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Everton importance

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I suppose by the criteria you are looking at we might deserve shoving down into the mid range but when you look at the club's historical achievments we certainly take a place in the upper echelons. Depends where the cut-off point is really.RoyalBlueStuey 10:01, 10 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

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The Duke of Grafton is currently the only British Prime Minister whose picture does not appear in the List of PMs. It was deleted from the Commons a few days ago because it had no source information. I notice from the log that you originally uploaded it to Wikipedia and it was then transferred to the Commons. Could you upload it again, with propoer source information and so on? - 172.159.231.122 14:36, 13 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Ditto that. Undeleting the image isn't an issue, but we need some kind of source. Mackensen (talk) 12:15, 14 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Military history WikiProject coordinator election

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Thanks for your suggestions...

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...but what makes you think they're worth paying any attention to?—DCGeist 03:57, 23 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

What?! Huh? 3 revert rule?!? What's that?!? I just joined Wikipedia oh...er...yesterday. Managed to write six Featured Articles in the last 24 hours...but I'm still an innocent babe. Could you please explain to me how this rule works and how I can tell when an edit is not a "good faith edit" so I can revert the bloody hell out of it? Thank you so very much.—DCGeist 04:15, 23 August 2007 (UTC)Reply
Look, mate, you support Arsenal. I've got no idea how to deal with you. Me, I've cast my lot with Sunderland. Peace, Dan.—DCGeist 04:22, 23 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

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Muhammad bin Qasim

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Maybe you can help regulate the dispute. I have been involved in a protracted talks with the initial contributor of the content, even doing the devils advocate edits, but he continues to merely want to turn the page into large tracts of quotes. User Arrow740 then stepped into middle of that and simply reverts things that is all. No real constructive edits or additions at all. If you want to help break the impasse and help in making the page a good one I would welcome it.--Tigeroo 22:33, 26 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Sure. I believe they are trying to show his conquest as "bad" or horror event. Typical fare for all conquest stories, good guy conqueroring hero vs. bad guy horrible invader type problem. I created a section that deals with various items and tried to integrate it into the flow. I guess it is not prominent or does not take up enough such space for them. The newer edits don't try to integrate the material into the article, or even check to see if they have already been mentioned. They have a tendency also to be large block quotes slapped under some leading POV heading. Can't seem to govern the quality of the editing here at all, tried integrating it for them as well before giving up.--Tigeroo 22:46, 26 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Regarding the block of Tylaw

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I contest a 24 hour block and propose and indefinite block. He has only made obvious vandalism edits with his account. Cheers,JetLover 23:33, 26 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Re

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He was removing warnings. Read here please. SLSB talkcontrib 00:00, 27 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Nick Bussey

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When you deleted this page what did you mean by "Idiotic guideline?" The sunder king 18:44, 27 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

There was an AFD on that page you know, but its obviously over when I put it up for CSD. So can you close the dicussion. The sunder king 18:49, 27 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

your deletion

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"Nick Bussey" ‎ (G7 + an idiotic guideline) — you don't have to respect a G7 request if you disagree with it. Clearly the request was made because the contributor was pissed off, not by merits of the article (while I may argee that in may deserve deletion). Per GFDL once the article is here, it does not belong to the contributor. `'Míkka 19:05, 27 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

This is a simple question

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ok this may seem newbish, but how do you com about getting those little avatars in your profile that i see so moany people have, like the one that says "10000 edits" and the like, i just want to know so i can add some to mine that fit in... thanksREexpert44 01:39, 29 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

thank you very muchREexpert44 01:43, 29 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Request Assistance

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Dear Ugen64,

I seem to be receiving some harassment and incoherent vandalism from User: Griot. Please advise as to best course of action. Your assistance is appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Sincerely, SquidSwim 17:54, 29 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Talk pages

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As I recall, there are exceptions for when users maliciously remove warnings, no matter how poorly phrased they may be. Regardless, I won't restore it again. — Someguy0830 (T | C) 22:00, 29 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Tell me some good indie rock songs pls

I will download

Thx

Kızılsungur 22:20, 29 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Article

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That article was about against Atatürk and it is propagation. Atatürk was not a Jew. Pls. Correct it.

Thx

Kızılsungur 22:22, 29 August 2007 (UTC)Reply

Image:6th Earl of Mayo.jpg

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Is it possible for you to provide more information regarding the source of this image & its date of creation? Right now it only says public domain without any additional explanation. Thanks, --Jh12 14:47, 4 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XVIII (August 2007)

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Chrisjnelson situation

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I wanted to alert you to the fact that this situation is the result of a 6 week on going problem. There is an ArbCom involving myself and CJN as well as a RFC on CJN. Amongst many of the issues, Chris made a religiously/culturally insensitive remark in one of his edit summaries (although he has said this was not direct at anyone and therefor okay). Additionally, he attacked other users and been remarkably uncivil. I have had a number of problems with him and that is why we are at the place we are at. Just thought you should know. I'll mark this for watching in case you need any more information from me. JmFangio| ►Chat  21:05, 5 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Ankush 135

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Have reported my block for arbitration —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.224.91.131 (talk) 19:43, 6 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Guess should have added it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#Involved_parties —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.224.101.109 (talk) 20:44, 7 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Chrisjnelson situation

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Ugen64, what do I have to do with this current situation? You say "Every time you (Durova) and Ksy92003 try to post something against Chrisjnelson's point of view, I read it and become more inclined to agree with Chris," but I have no idea why you need to say something about me when I have nothing to do with this discussion. Ksy92003(talk) 00:25, 7 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Okay, clarification was all I needed. The way that I interpreted your comment was that you were insinuating that my behavior and comments to Chrisjnelson was responsible for Chris' behavior. Whether or not my behavior altered Chris' behavior is one thing, but I thought that your comment was implying that I was responsible for the recent block.
Truth be told, I wasn't expecting Chris to be blocked for WP:POINT. Honestly, I felt that he deserved a block for continued incivlity. I don't understand why he was blocked for WP:POINT, but I think he at least deserved a block for WP:CIVIL.
Anyway, thank you for clarifying your comment for me. I appreciate it. Ksy92003(talk) 02:11, 7 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Recent block of 90.241.49.191 (talk · contribs)

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Don't you think a 1-month block is a bit harsh, considering that the user hadn't received a single warning, and that the issue seems to be lack of sources rather than outright vandalism? OhNoitsJamie Talk 17:05, 8 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Oh, wait....I see now that you suspect the user is a sockpuppet. Different story. OhNoitsJamie Talk 17:06, 8 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Unblock

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In situations like the Sapienz one, I would ask that you *please* show good faith towards the blocking admin when considering an unblock request. First of all, the person ironically asked for an unblock by personally attacking *in the unblock notice* another user with whom they have an off-wiki grievance, who actually has nothing to do with the situation they claim to be dealing with (and in which that user, as far as I can determine, is uninvolved). Also, if you look at the deleted edit, it contained "______ is Darren Smiths work place". This was not public knowledge and this line alone was the basis for my block. I don't believe in wheel warring so will post on AN/I for review, but suffice it to say I am not impressed that my concerns over the user's blatant harassment and privacy violation were not even given sufficient weight to leave a note on my talk page to let me know. Orderinchaos 02:23, 9 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Update - Posted on AN/I under "Review of block and of unblock decision". Orderinchaos 02:40, 9 September 2007 (UTC)Reply
I have reset the ban as a 48-hour, given the above, and after consultation with others to ensure that this would not be a technical violation of WP:WHEEL. The principle here is that we do not give free passes to users to conduct a harassment campaign, and that posting personal information is a VERY serious offence (others have been indef-blocked for it in the past). In future, I strongly suggest that you read the evidence, consult with the blocking admin if available, and if you do decide to act without consulting them, notify them. Orderinchaos 06:30, 9 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Unprotection of disruptive blocked users' talk pages

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Why did you reverse my protection of User talk:141.157.199.156, after I protected it for the duration of the user's block? This user had been disruptively spamming his user talk page with gloating, trolling, and personal attacks, and resumed his disruptive behavior as soon as you removed the protection. The protection policy explicitly states that temporary protection of a disruptive blocked user explicitly allows protection of blocked users' talk pages in the event that they are using them to disrupt, which is clearly the case here. --krimpet 03:48, 9 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Someone seems to be taking themselves too seriously - and it's not the IP. Honestly, protecting a talk page for such minor incidents is in poor taste. If the gloating/whatever offends you, then don't look at it. I see no violation of policy, and it must be something exceptional in order to protect a user talk page without an obvious policy violation. ugen64 04:56, 9 September 2007 (UTC)Reply
The IP is repeatedly violating policy -- no personal attacks. And the fact that this IP has been adding maintenance templates means that plenty of editors will get to view the personal attacks and childish gloating while browsing the cleanup categories -- which is clearly what this user wants. Saying "if it offends you, don't look at it" only gives him more exposure. --krimpet 05:20, 9 September 2007 (UTC)Reply
I see no personal attacks - all I see is immaturity, and last I checked that is no violation of Wikipedia policy (otherwise I would probably have been indef blocked back when I was an immature 13 year old editor). ugen64 05:21, 9 September 2007 (UTC)Reply
WP:BLOCK anticipates that users do not have free rein on their talk pages while banned. It should be used for obtaining reasonable assistance to unblock. If it is being used for abusive purposes I see no reason why not to protect until the end of the block. There is considerable precedent for this kind of action elsewhere on Wikipedia and it is in line with policy. As a real world parallel: if someone was to be locked up for an offence in the courts, for example, we allow them to appeal their sentences and full right to legal representation but we do not allow them to stand at the jail fence and yell slogans, that defeats the entire purpose of imprisonment. Orderinchaos 06:16, 9 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Deletion of COMINT metadata and Electronig order of Battle

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before taking any further actions, please refere to the talk pages of these articles, or to this comment or perhaps, please contact me on my user page.
regards. Comint 07:50, 9 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

ANI thread

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Hello. In case that you haven't been informed (which, at a glance, appears to be the case), this ANI thread largely revolves around yourself. El_C 08:26, 9 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Image for speedy deletion

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I tagged Image:Jmmayor1.JPG for speedy deletion, which you changed. This image is a crop of an image that User:Kirkoconnell had uploaded, of himself and John W. Morgan. (See Talk:John W. Morgan). A vandal account cropped the image to the user's face, claimed copyright, and used it to vandalize the John W. Morgan article, by putting the user's face up as a photograph of the Mayor. I believe this qualifies as an attack CSD. The user who uploaded the image should probably also be blocked as a vandal only account. There has been some very strange vandalism on that article over the months, by a team of three editors out of Nova Scotia working as meatpuppets. They finally figured out how to get around semiprotection by making accounts. - Crockspot 17:35, 9 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Old pd images

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Do you happen to remember the sources for any of these images or for Image:Robert Peel.jpg? I'm assuming they all came from one location... --- RockMFR 23:08, 28 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XIX (September 2007)

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Hi Again

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Dear Friend,

 

What is the trouble about this image? It is written: has no explanation as to why it is permitted under the policy. It is just a promotion image. It is forbidden like those images?

Thanks bro

Take care of yourself

kızılsungur 08:44, 15 October 2007 (UTC)Reply

AfD/Paul Rogers (footballer)

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Hi there, long time no see. Here is an AfD you might be interested in commenting on. There is a reference to a certain discussion of the Notability criteria... Sebisthlm 01:54, 21 October 2007 (UTC)Reply

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XX (October 2007)

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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXI (November 2007)

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Stub Sorting

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Hi, I've noticed you've created a few stubs recently and marked them with an uncategorised {{stub}} template. It'd be very helpful if you could use a more specific stub template where possible, such as {{opera-singer-stub}} - a full list can be found here. Thanks, Jeodesic (talk) 10:59, 12 December 2007 (UTC)Reply

Merry Christmas!

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The Wessex Children

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Dear Sir, you are cordially invited to join a discussion on this matter at WikiProject British Royalty. Yours in anticipation, DBD 16:44, 20 December 2007 (UTC)Reply

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXII (December 2007)

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Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Xp-sp2-popup.png

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Request to REBLOCK User:Davidking24

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User:Davidking24 was not only blanking his own talk page, but also Talk:Rick and Bubba and User talk:Zpb52, which is a violation of Wikipedia policy. Can you reinstate the block? --Zpb52 (talk) 02:07, 23 January 2008 (UTC)Reply


Thank you Ugen, I wish to clarify that I was not blanking anything at Rick and Bubba or at Zpb52Talk. I was merely trying to delete My Own post that had been criticized by Zpb, after Zpb reported me the first time. I did repeatedly try to delete my post and then was reported again, but again, I only tried to delete my post.(Davidking24 (talk) 02:40, 23 January 2008 (UTC))Reply

Just wanted to toss in that, as a result of Davidking removing his edits, the continuity of the discussion in Talk:Rick and Bubba#Third opinion is rather broken, and it looks like Zpb was having a conversation with himself. — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 03:13, 23 January 2008 (UTC)Reply

Chicken or the egg

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Who decides "who's reverting who?" This all started because I saw a lot of contributors information was being removed by Zpb. He decided unilaterally that it was not relevant and deleted it. I thought surely this was not the way Wiki worked and tried to replace the information that had been put there by multiple other people. He deleted the information several more times then reported me. At this point, I realized that if this is the way wiki works it is not for me and began to try to delete my account. I thought the first step towards requesting my "right to vanish" was to delete my post and "my talk" page. Zpb then proceeded to report me again, this time for deleting my own talk page? Sorry for any confusion or problems that I may have caused, but I believe that the problem began with someone else's personal reasons or some private agenda. (Davidking24 (talk) 03:16, 23 January 2008 (UTC))Reply

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXIII (January 2008)

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