User talk:ResidentAnthropologist/Archive 2

Latest comment: 12 years ago by Homunculus in topic A request for input

re Very informative Chart edit

Thank you, very much, for your kind and positive comments about my recent edits. Regarding Quantumsilverfish (talk · contribs), yes, I do think this is most likely a throwaway sock account WP:SPA used in an attempt to disrupt and make a Featured Article Candidacy fail. It is most unfortunate and a perversion of the FAC process. -- Cirt (talk) 18:46, 16 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

ResidentAnthropologist, what do you think should be done about this account? -- Cirt (talk) 18:56, 16 February 2011 (UTC)Reply
No, Idea I am tempted to run an SPI on it but as you are the expert on CoS Socks I wanted your opinion on it whether the profile fit well enough to be worth it. The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 19:19, 16 February 2011 (UTC)Reply
You first brought up the concern, so perhaps you should run the SPI. ;) -- Cirt (talk) 19:20, 16 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Longevity edit

An arbitration case regarding Longevity has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following remedies have been enacted:

  1. Standard discretionary sanctions are enacted for all articles related to Longevity (broadly interpreted);
  2. Ryoung122 (talk · contribs) is indefinitely prohibited from editing, commenting on, or otherwise participating in any Wikipedia process related to articles about longevity (broadly interpreted);
  3. John J. Bulten (talk · contribs) is banned from Wikipedia for a period of one year;
  4. WikiProject World's Oldest People is urged to seek experienced Wikipedia editors who will act as mentors to the project and assist members in improving their editing and their understanding of Wikipedia policies and community norms;
  5. Within seven days of the conclusion of this case, all parties must either delete evidence sub-pages in their user space or request deletion of them using the {{db-author}} or {{db-self}} template.

For the Arbitration Committee, AGK [] 22:05, 17 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

WP:BN/R Question edit

Hey RA, perhaps you can help with this as I have gotten zero response from X!. I use the WP:BN/R template on my talkpage with the |left code in place to push it to the left of the screen. This has worked just fine until I just archived my talkpage last time around. When I don't have the code hidden, it is now right and the |left code isn't working. I have looked at the WP:BN/R template (no changes then or now). I looked at User:X!/RfX Report, no changes other than an update from the bot. So I am unsure what would have caused the problem and why it would have happened only when I archived my talkpage.

Would you take a look at the pages and see if something or someone goofed the code that is not allowing |left to work on the code? Thanks. - NeutralhomerTalk • 02:55, 18 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

I am profoundly ignorant on such things. Everything I know about Template and such comes from Reverse engineering what other people have done. Wish I could be of more help. I looked at the diff and it looks like just text was removed. The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 03:06, 18 February 2011 (UTC)Reply
I have learned the same way. Watching other people's work and seeing how and what they do and then just tinkering the hell out of it. I asked a couple other people who I have been previously told were pretty good coding people. If I figure it out, I will let you know, then we will both know. :) Take Care...NeutralhomerTalk • 03:14, 18 February 2011 (UTC)Reply
{{done}} ;) Jack Merridew 03:26, 18 February 2011 (UTC)Reply
As you can see, Jack took care of it. Wondering how he did it? Lookie here. - NeutralhomerTalk • 03:33, 18 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

ANI proposal edit

  • Hi. I'm impressed with the initiative you took in this. Still, I have a few concerns with a few bits of it - which I think they can be resolved. See also this. Regards, Ncmvocalist (talk) 08:59, 18 February 2011 (UTC)Reply
    • I've made another comment here - I note that the second bullet point in particular is probably worth adding to the line about 1RR. Ncmvocalist (talk) 11:03, 21 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

Thank you very much for your recent comment at BLPN edit

Dear ResidentAnthropologist, thank you very much for your recent comment at BLPN relating to what you described as another user's behavior, "crossing the line here into WP:HOUNDING territory" Also, your statement here: "Cirt has proven to be more than capable of learning and improving from criticism. You very clearly are unable to as I have talked with you twice already on backing off from Cirt. Cut it the next time you turn content dispute into a kangaroo court of Cirt bashing I will take you to WP:AE and seek remedy under the the creation of hostile under the "Editing environment (editors cautioned)" clause." is truly very much appreciated. Thank you so very much, -- Cirt (talk) 15:26, 18 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

Cirt, We have an interesting relationship to say the least but I certainly have come to respect you and your contributions to Wikipedia. I argue content issues when I feel you're "in the wrong" and gladly defend you when I feel you are be unfairly criticized. (or in this case attacked). The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 15:40, 18 February 2011 (UTC)Reply
I fully agree one hundred percent with your assessment of the recent situation. Thank you very very very much. I appreciate your words and your recent actions. A lot. A great deal, actually. I hope you are doing well. Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 15:45, 18 February 2011 (UTC)Reply


Ruby edit

Jewellery. http://www3.telus.net/linguisticsissues/BritishCanadianAmerican.htm - am I missing something. Off2riorob (talk) 17:54, 22 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

I had not realized the spelling had been changed again since this edit. Apologies for my confusion. The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 17:59, 22 February 2011 (UTC)Reply
No me neither, I was going to look and see who altered it and have a word but its not really worth the trouble. Without my spellchecker my spelling is rubbish and getting worse in this online world. No problemo, best regards. Off2riorob (talk) 18:10, 22 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

my talkback vs. your talkback edit

I was trying to make a constructive edit on Affirmative Action. The statement made was clearly a biased statement and the top of the page indicates weasel words are/have been in use on the page. At the time, I considered editing the statement to make it more reliable but having not read the source material, I was not comfortable in changing the words, so I deleted it and then clicked save forgetting to submit a 'reason' for my edit. I am also a resident anthropologist, so I urge you to please be constructive on Wikipedia as well, even if it means contacting another member/user prior to accusations of vandalism. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Calray18 (talkcontribs) 05:21, 23 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

I am not great with Talk yet, sorry edit

Oh, also I did take your advice and made an minor edit to help neutralize the unreliable language on the page. Thanks, I'm learning. pls don't delete me — Preceding unsigned comment added by Calray18 (talkcontribs) 05:26, 23 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

Curious edit

Hi! I am curious about this warning. At first I thought the editor had vandalized Church of Scientology again. Looking closer I see the editor hadn't made any more edits since his previous warnings when you issued yours (though he was likely in the process of vandalizing Forever Dusk's user page at the time). Aside from the usual procedure of not continuing to issue warnings without further vandalism; since I had already warned him about the Church of Scientology edit within my welcome template, why would you warn him again for it? —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 00:46, 1 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

Merely a mistake on my part; I failed to see it inside the Welcome template. I knew they were possible to give out in theory but had never actually seen one used. In the future I will keep an eye out for such messages on in the Warning in the Welcome template. The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 02:32, 1 March 2011 (UTC)Reply
Thanks! I picked up the idea of formatting it that way some time ago, I don't recall who it was that I decided to steal the idea from. I've run across a few others with similar habits over time. The main reason I do it is because it doesn't seem right to complain about people not following the rules when we never told them where to find the rules. It also seems to stop a large number of vandals in their tracks - apparently welcome templates with gentle warnings aren't the usual food trolls expect and they get confused. Every once in a while I even "convert a sinner" and we get a new productive editor. Of course some, like this guy, refuse good advice - still he didn't vandalize my userpage despite the fact that I'm the one who reverted and warned him first and more than anyone else! —Elipongo (Talk contribs) 02:57, 1 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

Talkback edit

 
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Query edit

I apologize in advance, for obtuseness. I've read "nom, nom, nom" as mocking my efforts to improve the WOP WikiProject, with a prior AE request, an RSN thread, and an MfD nom. Others have counselled me that I've read too much into it.

I appreciate when anyone offers me popcorn, virtual or otherwise. Thanks.

But would you be willing to indicate whether "nom, nom, nom" is meant to be derisive or not? If you would be willing to offer the indication, even if the answer is that you do view my efforts as meriting at least mild derision, would you please do so? I'm not looking to complain to anyone, anywhere, about a personal attack. I'm a smart-ass and some mocking in return comes with the territory. What I'm looking for is a "reality check." If you can help me understand, even if the message is indeed meant to be at least faintly derisive, you'll be doing me a great kindness. I just can't figure out if that's what's happened here or if my skin is becoming waaaay too thin. Thanks. David in DC (talk) 23:18, 2 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

Om nom nom the eating of Popcorn. Considering we just go done with the Longevity Case I figured AE side show would be interesting to watch.  :-) The Resident Anthropologist (Talk / contribs) 23:31, 2 March 2011 (UTC)Reply
Thanks. Not a direct answer, but any article quoting Cookie Monster is worth the price of admission. David in DC (talk) 02:31, 3 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

Online Ambassador Program edit

Please take a look at this project page and see if you can be a mentor to one of the many Areas of Study. If you can, please put your name in the "Online Mentor" area of the Area of Study of your choice and then contact the students you will be working with. As the Coordinating Online Ambassador for this project, please let me know if I can be of assistance. Take Care...NeutralhomerTalk • 04:10, 3 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

Sept. 11th Talkpage edit

You might wish to pay a bit more attention next time, you stuck your Welcome to the Jungle comment in the middle of another user's comment. I have since moved it for you.Soxwon (talk) 21:27, 3 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

talkback:minsainiac — Preceding unsigned comment added by Minsainiac (talkcontribs) 02:26, 6 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

Well done edit

Thanks.  Frank  |  talk  00:15, 7 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

I like to think I can recognize when I make a mistake. Too few editors around here are able to recognize that much less offer an olive branch. The Resident Anthropologist (Talk / contribs) 00:19, 7 March 2011 (UTC)Reply
I didn't use the m-word :-) I was just appreciating the gesture. I agree that too few know how to be mature around here. I'm glad to interact with those who do.  Frank  |  talk  00:24, 7 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

L. Ron Hubbard edit

Thank you for your participation in the featured article review of L. Ron Hubbard. I agree that it is a pity to lose useful material, but I have decided to follow Newty's suggestion in the review and have spun off the largest piece of excised material into its own separate article, Early life of L. Ron Hubbard. I will do some more work on this article to develop it more fully (I am using Early life of Joseph Smith, Jr., a featured article, as a model). I hope this goes some way to resolving your concerns about losing the material.

L. Ron Hubbard is currently being considered as a candidate for the day's featured article on March 13, 2011, on the centenary of Hubbard's birth - see Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests#March 13. You may have a view on the matter. Helatrobus (talk) 00:47, 7 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

Scott Card - BLPN edit

Hi Resident, theres a thread at the BLP noticeboard here - seems like a mid point addition might be possible, anyways it would help if you specified any objections there, regards. Off2riorob (talk) 23:05, 7 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

Thank You edit

Thank you for welcoming me to Wikipedia, and I will try to follow the rules you have layed down for me. I have one question...I've heard that many users often get blocked from Wikipedia for reasons I don't really know about. Is it possible for me to get blocked? And if so, how do I avoid it? Thanks! Finallyunderstood (talk) 00:12, 10 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

Indeed one can be blocked for bad behavior, I seen some of what you have done so far and most seem constructive contributions. We have alot of polices and guidelines that can pain to learn. I think to start I would recommend our Mission statement for the community the Wikipedia:Five pillars. Most time people who are blocked often are acting disruptively, if they solely Vandalizing, they may be blocked permanently. Usually however you will receive a notice for behavior that is incorrect and then depending on wether you continue that behavior a block may implemented. Blocks are meant to prevent further disruption NOT as punishment, a first block will usually be for 12-24 hours and may escalate from there into longer blocks. However if you follow the rules I have given you, you shouldnt have any problems. You are new here and people should understand that allow for a learning curve. Let me know if there is anything you need assistance with. :) The Resident Anthropologist (Talk / contribs) 00:23, 10 March 2011 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for your help. Please let me know if you see any negative behavior in my editing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Finallyunderstood (talkcontribs) 00:27, 10 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

PC edit

And what if the proposal does not reach 66%. Do we than just return to further discussion? Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 05:14, 11 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

Spring Break edit

{{vacation3}}

And Back The Resident Anthropologist (Talk / contribs) 18:12, 19 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

Question edit

Do you think you could do a peer review on the Frank Buckles article? I have it at PR but it is really backlogged. If so, please let me know. - NeutralhomerTalkCoor. Online Amb'dor • 18:09, 19 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

Sure, but probably not till tomorrow some time... its spring cleaning today! 18:25, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
Excellent, much appreciated! :) Look forward to working with ya on this. Take Care...NeutralhomerTalkCoor. Online Amb'dor • 18:28, 19 March 2011 (UTC)Reply
User:Wehwalt, another user I asked, said he could get to it today, so I am going to let him to the PR. But since you agreed, please feel free to put in your 2 cents wherever you like. :) Take Care...NeutralhomerTalkCoor. Online Amb'dor • 19:57, 19 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

SPI case? edit

I've removed this edit because it was malformed and I had no idea who the master was supposed to be. — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 23:36, 23 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

WP:ARV malfunctioned Lovely The Resident Anthropologist (Talk / contribs) 23:44, 23 March 2011 (UTC)Reply
Okie doakie take two The Resident Anthropologist (Talk / contribs) 23:52, 23 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

Ivana edit

You might want to inform that user's sock, also. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 20:01, 26 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

Image search edit

Just wondering what you would consider a reasonable search for a free image. I usually use FIST, which did not reveal any free images. Are there other resources you would recommend? Gobonobo T C 05:07, 28 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

It said right in the article he had just had White House ceremony in November! Took me two minutes of browsing WhiteHouse.gov to find an suitable image. If all you are using is Magnus tool as your sole resource for finding free images then that is concerning. There are many internet resources for free images that Magnus is unable to include in the search tool. I am very concerned about the large number of images you keep uploading of significantly public figures who recently have recently died when most could feasibly have a free image solicited. For example Joe Rosenthal the Iwo Jima Photographer cetritanly has a DOD PD photo some where in the maze of .Mil and .Gov sites. The Resident Anthropologist (Talk / contribs) 18:34, 28 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

Noleander ANI edit

I don't think it was so great to have archived the ANI sub-page. It's not an evidence collection page; there was evidence presented, but also productive discussion and analysis going on, which was relevant to whether arbcom should accept the case. Now there's noplace to continue the discussion other than the arb request page, which isn't all that suitable for it. 75.57.242.120 (talk) 05:41, 29 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

Discussion at ANI are theoretically designed to bring about resolution. Arbcom is intervening there its out of ANI hands thus further discusion would be merely a WP:FORUM. As to the discussion on the sub pages as to whether Arbitration should occur is null and void since it has been requested and three arbs have accepted. The Resident Anthropologist (Talk / contribs) 05:50, 29 March 2011 (UTC)Reply
Well, there's a case if and when one actually opens. 3 arbs accepting is no more than a sign of which way the wind is blowing. Arbcom has asked for community viewpoints about whether to open a case or first have an RFC. I'm planning to submit a viewpoint, but I haven't decided what it will be. I do see the dispute as between two schools of policy and process, and only tangentially about the conduct of a specific user. I mentioned some of that in my ANI post about the David Duke quote in one of Noleander's articles. I would like to have gotten more discussion of that issue, which might have brought more understanding to the dispute. That's not FORUM-like though it might be more suitable for RFC than ANI. 75.57.242.120 (talk) 06:18, 29 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

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Speedy deletion nomination of Lacunae Expanse edit

 

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Thanks for giving the article a chance. I added some stuff and put it back out there to see how it does. I remember when creating new articles was not such a gauntlet. Qchristensen (talk) 06:12, 31 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

Article incubator mentoring - Thanks! edit

Um edit

I really hope that's an April Fools Day joke, as I almost blocked you as having your account compromised again... — HelloAnnyong (say whaaat?!) 02:18, 1 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Indeed it is. I been waiting 9 months for this idea The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 02:19, 1 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
Good one!  Rmzadeh  ►  02:25, 1 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
@HA blocking censoring me would have only proved you are Jimbo too,
@Rmzadeh, I actually was surprised no one had ever thought of it before, but hey MuZeMike found socks lol The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 02:32, 1 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Socking edit

 
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As you've destroyed everything for everyone... edit

...the following seems appropriate! ;) --candlewicke 04:06, 1 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

  The Destroyer of the Wiki Barnstar
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Vandalism on AN/I edit

Please don't undo vandalism reverts, especially as you're the one doing the vandalising. I'll remove it again, please don't put it back. BarkingFish 04:08, 1 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

jesus its a joke, every one else is laughing. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 04:09, 1 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
Yeah, come on, lighten up. Connormah (talk) 04:09, 1 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
Vandalism of any sort is not a joke. Keep it on the main page, but out of the rest of the encyclopedia if you want your april fools fun. BarkingFish 04:11, 1 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
You don't need to piss on everyone's parade here - just let us us have fun - it's nice to just loosen up a bit. Connormah (talk) 04:15, 1 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
Oh boy I smell a chance to be on join the THE HALL OF LAME! The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 04:18, 1 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
Connormah, no. You may also smell a fantastic chance to wind up on AIV too. BarkingFish 04:23, 1 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
And you have done. Welcome to AIV. BarkingFish 04:27, 1 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
Might I remind ya'll are edit warring against at least 8 years of established consensus? The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 04:28, 1 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

right back atcha edit

 
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Re: Do you speak Polish? edit

Yes, but I was very busy and just catching up on stuff. I suggest you leave a request at WT:POLAND, we have many active editors there. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 17:13, 4 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Situation was taken care of by a talkpage stalker. Thank you very much for taking the time to respond The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 17:14, 4 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

A talkpage stalker? Sounds so evil! I was waiting for a reply to a question I posed on his talk page :) Ajh1492 (talk) 17:59, 4 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Your evidence edit

ResidentAnthropologist, I think you've misunderstood Tijfo098's evidence about the other Economic history articles. He's not accusing Noleander of anything there at all. Evidence need not only be about Noleander in the arbitration, but can also be about the activities of others who are involved in the mess. Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 18:55, 4 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Than the arbitration needs scope needs expanding, Currently arbitration is focusing on the conduct of Noleander and the conduct of those involved with him. Seeing as these individuals are not involved with Noleander it hardly makes sense to include that evidence in such away to indicate that Noleander is some how at fault for it. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 19:01, 4 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
They are indeed involved. Noleander created an entry called Jews and Money, which caused this ruckus. In response to Noleander's entry, and the ruckus at AN/I, USER:IZAK created two new entries to prove a WP:POINT. I intend, myself to include that example in evidence that those who chose not to follow dispute resolution, instead opting for the witch hunt/circus of AN/I are promoting a WP:BATTLEGROUND. Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 19:17, 4 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
I completely agree but as far I can tell IZAK certainly created those in to prove a point I am not disagreeing with anything you have said. Right now Tijfo098's presentation of evidence implies that Noleander should be held responsible for IZAK actions. I think IZAK needs to formally be added to this case becuase right now Is see no indication at all he is aware he has been brought up there. We require people to be notified for WP:ANI is there not the same thing for WP:ARBCOM mentions? The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 19:28, 4 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
Sent an email to Elen to ask about procedure on this stuff The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 19:32, 4 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
I see what you are saying. I have to say I'm very unfamiliar with this process. Let me know what she says. I would think that Jayjg and Slimvergin are equally involved as Slr, at least Jayjg. Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 19:37, 4 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
thats interesting move... The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 20:01, 4 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

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Re AE edit

Sadly I can see Miradre and his/her projects getting away with it. S/he has obviously a great knowledge of wikipedia politics and communication and a very well-planned strategy of harassing, standing off and tactically retreating. S/he is able to lead her/his struggle on multiple fronts/pages at the same time too. Jagiello (talk) 02:32, 5 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

eh lets see how it goes..... S/he has still not answered my question on what POV I am pushing.... here are two hints The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 02:41, 5 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
I do not understand your point clearly. I use reliable sources that have the number 5400 in it. If you have alternative views with sources, why not include them in the article. Please do not delete entire sections. Wikipedia is no place for censorship. I have always included alternative views. The article does not present race as a biological construct. There are valid sources that present race as biological reality, if you have alternative views please source them. I look forward to your contribution. Please stop your damaging editing. If I had programming skills, it'd be tempting to write a bot with that behaviour. Jagiello (talk) 04:02, 5 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Belated thank you edit

Thank you very much for the barnstar for the 2011 Religion meeting. I hope the meeting proves to be ultimately beneficial. I also very much believe your suggestion, in particular, may prove to perhaps ultimately be the most valuable aspect of it, and want to offer you my own thanks for it. I am very happy to see we do have some active academics here, and am very sincerely grateful for your continued participation. John Carter (talk) 15:40, 8 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Stupid question edit

Not so stupid, but answer is 'no'; however...they can pages in any talk namespace - ie "User talk:1.2.3.4/whatever", and of course "Wikipedia talk:/foobaabaz" - and that is the reason why AFC submissions are in "Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/...whatever" e.g. Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia: the Cure? - which was made by an IP.

I could've said this on helpdesk but...well, while it's not exactly BEANS it is close enough to avoid it there.  Chzz  ►  03:46, 11 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Thanx I saw an IP doing it and was quite perplexed as I didnt know it was possible. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 03:51, 11 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
No worries. I tried to be diplomatic in my answer over on HD, for these reasons; I know you know why it is good to 'create an account', I only mentioned it there...well, pour encourager les autres and pas devant les enfants and all that. I'm sure you understand. Cheers,  Chzz  ►  03:57, 11 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Re: edit

Hey RA, first - thanks for dropping me a note - I did reply by the way. I looked on the WP:SPI page when I saw your note, but didn't see his name there. I'll keep an eye open though. Thanks again. — Ched :  ?  04:46, 12 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Barnstar edit

 


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Thank you for your work on the September 11 attacks article! MONGO 23:23, 12 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
Uhm thanx what have I done recently there? The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 01:33, 15 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
I always felt that discussion was almost as important as editing so I wanted to take a few moments and thank those that discussed and or have made constructive edits to the article this year.--MONGO 22:28, 15 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

User:WLRoss edit

It appears that in the past, you have had some experiences with User:WLRoss (also known as "Wayne") on the 9/11 terrorist attack articles. I have started a Request for Comment on the conduct of WLRoss here and I would appreciate your participation in the discussion, if you can contribute anything regarding your experiencecs. Thanks. Phoenix and Winslow (talk) 22:38, 19 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

I can't find any direct interaction other then posting at on the talk page at one time or another. If you provide diff or an Archive where we have interacted I would appreciate it. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 22:55, 19 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Notice edit

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Thread name goes here. Thank you.— This, that, and the other (talk) 08:04, 20 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

... but not really. That notification was generated by the development version of Twinkle: you won't be able to use it yet, so I'm sorry to taunt you. But it's something to look forward to. — This, that, and the other (talk) 08:05, 20 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

"good faith" edit

The attack of the JIDF on the JIDF talk page was not a "good faith" edit. It was an attack on the organization. --109.123.99.46 (talk) 14:25, 20 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Dont take it personally Mr. Apple Tree The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs)

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Um.... edit

Did you say I was a troll, just because I have a self-mocking username? I created that world war II article as a quick laugh that would just pass by immediately afterwards. And you lost a lot of faith because of That?? well I'm sorry. - Another n00b (talk) 17:41, 21 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Criticism of Vladimir Putin edit

Thanks for notifying me of the article's rapid-fire and manipulative fast-tracking through the AfD process....for the third time, and after two prior attempts failed decisively. People never stop using the rules here to further their own "take" on the spirit of those rules until the desired outcome was reached. I don't really care, I'm no longer active here. All I can say, three months too late, is: "HEY, don't let me or common sense stop you."

But just as a FTR kind of thing, and as the originator of that article.....it was VERY amusing to see people attempting to ascribe to me a desire to smear Putin, when my real intention, one right there in the article Talk for all to see, was to give the edit-warriors and Russophiles/Russophobes an outlet to fight things out that would give the main article a chance to breathe and become a quality BLP article. That will NEVER happen now, as long as Putin lives or the present "consensus" on BLP "criticism" pages holds sway. Per user Sceptre, only .488% of WP articles are rated "featured" or "good", and it's not hard to see why.

But hey: thanks for helping prove my point that WP is quickly becoming an passive-aggressive anarchy behind the guise of well-intentioned rules, and overseen by people whose first allegiance is to those arcane rules, and NOT to the subject matter. This single event does more to further my personal criticisms of WP than anything I've ever seen. Thanks again! Ender78 (talk) 08:49, 27 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Peter Damian edit

He's admitted to it on the ASKE mailing list, so surely we can mention his name? I admit I really need more support on fringe archaeology articles, he does have a point. Dougweller (talk) 18:04, 22 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Also WR: [1]. Dougweller (talk) 18:30, 22 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
Its the whole WP:OUTING being pushed to the limit. One of the people on Jimbo's talk page got slapped on the wrist for indicating it was PD based on WikiReveiw post. It got oversighted and 36 hours later I do the same and its oversighted. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 22:25, 24 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
Weird. I guess you could say the IP claiming to be him and saying he didn't care about being outed was an imposter, although I know he doesn't care. I have some sympathy for him except for his false claim I tried to get him banned elsewhere. Dougweller (talk) 05:29, 25 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Megalithic yard at DYK edit

See the DYK entry at Megalithic Yard - not the first time DYK has been used to push fringe stuff. Dougweller (talk) 04:55, 26 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Jesus, thats bad pointy DYK, as side note have visited AE today there interesting stuff going down The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 23:10, 26 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
On a side not I am still waiting for some to attempt to refute my comment at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dalmore bone The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 23:15, 26 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
This may interest you: Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#Paul_Bedson - there's an ArbCom ruling on fringe articles, editors on 'both sides' have had it enforced against them. Dougweller (talk) 05:16, 27 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

BLP Deletion edit

Hi ResidentAnthropologist. I noticed that the article that you incubated/adopted had been deleted under code G6 by orangemike and was wondering if you knew this, or if you had gotten too busy to work on the article with me. I have been working on it on my userpage as I had sent you the link for it to look at in comparison with the article that was incubated. If you could kindly let me know if you abandoned the effort or if this was not what you wanted. Not sure how this works on wikipedia. I had thought that these articles were not to be deleted on user pages unless requested but if you decided to abandon it, that's cool, I understand. I will continue to work on the one I put on my userpage and if you have time to look that one over and leave me a message on my talk page about anything, I would appreciate it. Thank you again for your time and effort. Theonelife (talk) 21:15, 26 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

Hey, Didnt know you were still interested in it or and had assumed it had been abandoned. I can get undeleted its no problem at all. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 21:16, 26 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
    • It's not necessary, if you would help me with the one I have on my userpage from the link I sent you on the talk page that would be better...I thought it had been cut up so bad and anyway, I have been working on the one on my userpage since that one was incubated. Thanks so much for your time Theonelife (talk) 21:21, 26 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
by the way, here's the link..;)[Almine Barton]Theonelife (talk) 21:26, 26 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
Thank you for reinstating the article, and since you thought I lost interest in the article, I was thinking it wouldn't be appropriate to make any changes of the work I had done so far on your userpage. Would it be okay if I apply the content of what I have onto the Almine Barton page of yours and that way you can maybe be able to help me more with it in this respect. I hadn't lost interest, only shy to make any changes but it would make sense to do this that way you have the full article of the content for it on here and it might be easier to do that way? I can do that and then we can work to get this article going and out of your hair. I am also working to get more resources on content that isn't in it right now, I have to dig for a newspaper article on an award she won and so that is in the works as well. Thank you for your time. Theonelife (talk) 01:22, 27 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
I'd request that you keep your local version up so long as Theonelife remains interested in the article, whichever version she elects to proceed from. The version local to her is essentially the article as it was first put into article space, whereas this one reflects the work of several other editors, and preserves the edit history and Talk page of the article while it was live. This version thus might be a useful go-by for fixes, etc., if and when the article is put back up. Thanks. JohnInDC (talk) 11:23, 28 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
Hi JohnInDc, I do beg to differ on the article on my user page is very different from the first article I posted. I have read alot, done editing on another BLP and polished up from the original article that I first posted. The article that I requested to be incubated I felt alot of the edits were done simply without the understanding of WP:COMMONNAME, WP:PRIMARYTOPIC , WP:NOR, and WP:SELFPUB . I am not asking for anyone to come to my user page and edit it, but perhaps look at it and initiate a dialogue on the talk page about parts they feel are not wikipedia standards. However ResidentAnthropologist wishes to go with the one he has incubated it can be archived or I can update it to reflect the changes I have made. I do appreciate all the hard work and help others have tried to contribute to the article, I just needed more time and in my newbieness posted it before it was ready unaware of the 'naked links' policy as there is nothing in references section that tells anyone about it. I learned a big lesson from this, and have started to feel more comfortable in editing other articles. My great appreciation goes to ResidentAnthropologist for this help. Since I can't comment on JohnInDc's talk page since it doesn't exist anymore, is why I have posted this here. Thanks in advance for your help and time.Theonelife (talk) 16:27, 28 April 2011 (UTC)Reply
I'm not sure why you couldn't find my Talk page, which is here: User_talk:JohnInDC. I'd still ask that ResidentAnthropologist hang onto this copy. Also for you, Theonelife - you might find it useful to look through the Talk page discussions that are still there, as well as the edit history and summaries, to get a sense of the sorts of things that were of concern to other editors (many of which, as best I can tell, remain in your current draft). JohnInDC (talk) 17:51, 28 April 2011 (UTC)Reply

TB edit

 
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Ding-Dong! edit

Jolly good. :) ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 04:35, 2 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

I was just nagging you at ANI about it The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 04:37, 2 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
I saw. I know it's morally wrong, etc., etc., to speak ill of the dead. But we've been waiting for this for over 9 1/2 years, so we need a day or two to get back to the moral high road. Meanwhile, "Ding-Dong! The son-of-a-[witch] is dead!" ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 04:43, 2 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

RfC request - 11-May-2011 - Intimate Relationship skills - Geoffjw1978 (talk) 00:20, 11 May 2011 (UTC) edit

 
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c of b edit

I doubt there will be consensus for that, but good luck - see how bad it was before I trimmed it to a third in June 2009. Off2riorob (talk) 19:07, 17 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

The Category:Criticisms of living persons articles is frankly a travesty of against our BLP policy. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 19:17, 17 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
Cool, well done. Than you for your leadership in helping to resolve this issue. Off2riorob (talk) 00:54, 31 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

Request edit

Hi Resident Anthropologist, I’ve seen that you have posted periodically on my talk page and have provided input in a few matters where I’m involved. Could you could assist in an editing matter? I just posted a response regarding an edit I proposed on the David Miscavige page. Could you check into http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:David_Miscavige#Tom_Cruise_section and provide some input? Thanks.NestleNW911 (talk) 23:31, 17 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

Hey Nestle, I suggest taking it to Biography of Living persona Notice Board I know a couple of people there who would take interest in it. I think There is a larger meta issue involved here in how we treat such material of "X says Y and then published by Z" with no analysis or attempt on the sources part to confirm or deny allegations. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 23:41, 17 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

Re: File permission problem with File:Logo Refugee campaign.jpeg edit

 
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Anthropology edit

I have a few questions about anthropology. If you are willing please drop me an email. (This is very loosely wiki related) --Guerillero | My Talk 02:43, 24 May 2011 (UTC)   Done The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 00:44, 25 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

What is "non authrative"? edit

Referring to your recent edit in Cult checklist, what is "non authrative"? How to determine whether a writing is "non authrative"? Do you mean that "non authrative" people cannot support Wikipedia? Thank you in advance. Ancos (talk) 06:23, 24 May 2011 (UTC) Furthermore, are you "non authrative"? Ancos (talk) 06:25, 24 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

Merely it seemed to be a random site within our WP:ELNO topic area. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 00:21, 25 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
How does this article misrepresents the work of scholars? When this article was written by several contributors, including me, we tried hard not to misrepresent scholars. Andries (talk) 18:09, 25 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

Thank you edit

Thank you, ResidentAnthropologist, for your close of the "Proposal to stub this article" at Santorum (neologism). Much appreciated. ;) Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 20:34, 24 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

No problem, It was open and shut WP:SNOW issue. For your next project can you find something that doesnt make your fanclub at the Wikipedia Review angry? The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 00:10, 25 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
That seems to be everything... ;( ... -- Cirt (talk) 00:11, 25 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
Yep, I know. There is a reason I don't post there as its a rather toxic environment that fosters drama. You do have habit of finding controversial topics... why dont you find something that not heavily BLP related or politically charged? I think that would help alot. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 00:17, 25 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
Thank you for the advice, I will consider it. -- Cirt (talk) 00:20, 25 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

Re: Edit Summary edit

Exactly. Now you know how I feel. SilverserenC 22:58, 25 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

Since you're now involved, you may want to comment on the discussion here. SilverserenC 01:02, 26 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
 
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Prior involvement edit

I'm bringing this to your attention because of your role as a neutral/uninvolved view on the Southern Adventist University article. This pov was made because Fountainviewkid canvassed for it. Wouldn't this be gaming the system, and what can be done about it? bW 00:31, 27 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

Looks like back to WP:ANI The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 00:32, 27 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
Ugh. Alright then! bW 00:34, 27 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
@BW, I have a feeling this might be Arbcom case if given time to fester. I am actually rather surprised we got the 1RR done so fast its unusually proactive for ANI. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 00:39, 27 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
Hey, BW's the one been reverting and adding more POV in. Fountainviewkid 00:39, 26 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
The fact you followed him here speaks volumes. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 00:41, 27 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
The fact he came here in the first places speaks even more volumes. Fountainviewkid 00:56, 27 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
The fact that you are gaming the system speaks the most volumes, as does your WP:BATTLEGROUND mentality regarding this article, as was evidenced by your replies to Mojo and everyone one else who does not agree with you. bW 01:02, 27 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
Look who's talking about gaming the system and WP:BATTLEGROUND? The guilty violator himself. I replied to them to help clarify and explain more details, things that Donald and others understand. Your repeated edits and warring on several articles testifies to your purity on these issues. Fountainviewkid 01:06, 27 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

BW has made another controversail revert adding Historic Adventist to the Southern article. This is an extreme description, that generally does not apply to official denominational schools. That is more than 1 RR in 24 hours. Fountainviewkid 01:19, 27 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

What do want me to do? The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 01:19, 27 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
I don't really expect you to "do" anything. This was more for information (or to combat false information). I'm keeping to my 1 RR on the Southern article, but it's hard because BW has already made several changes that are extremely POV and unsourced (more so than the whole "progressive" controversy). Do you have any advice though? Fountainviewkid 01:23, 27 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
Dont revert discuss on the talk page. Thats what is there for. I personally agree with it but thats neither here nor there The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 01:25, 27 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
I'd like to discuss, but he won't. He'll just keep on reverting through, or he'll make some off handed comment and try to defend his "reversions". So you really think Southern fits the category of Historic Adventist?? Because generally that category is reserved for the most extreme segment of the SDA church. Southern is a denominational school and such isn't truly "historic" as those institutions tend to be "self-supporting". Also he removed several valid references not directly related to the progressive. Fountainviewkid 01:30, 27 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
I think part the problem is that everyone is being extremely confrontational here as this thread demonstrates. The Label in question is potentially accurate, though I would agree its not the more extreme end the spectrum. I would advise starting Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal case. I think what is needed here is neutral third party to sit down and moderate of your conversations. That can be extremely useful. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 01:41, 27 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
While Conservative may fit Southern, Historic Adventist does not. I don't know how to do Med Cal, but I can try and work on it. Thanks. Fountainviewkid 01:59, 27 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

I'm sorry if I seem confrontational. That is not my intention at all. I am simply tired of controversy on what I expected to be a relatively simple task to take to good article, instead, it becomes a battleground for no good reason. I'm also sick of the repeating myself, over and over again, to an editor who doesn't come up with policy arguments and yet keeps insisting on his side. bW 01:54, 27 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

and that is why I think the mediation Cabal can help I dont think it would hurt to try. I think FVK has been equally confrontational in this which has caused the problem to escalate. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 02:00, 27 May 2011 (UTC)Reply
I'm just trying to keep the Southern article from having certain undue statements in it some of which are rather negative yet not very important. And why remove only my "personal attacks" but not anyone elses on here? I'm not the only one making accusations. Fountainviewkid 2:13, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
I'd be happy to do mediation, I have never gone through it before and it seems rather time consuming but I will participate as I can(finals! ack.). Do participants get any say in who the mediator is? I can't tell from a quick look... bW 02:18, 27 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

Good Article Review for Antoinism edit

 
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Move discussion edit

Thanks for starting a discussion at Talk:Views of Lyndon LaRouche and the LaRouche movement. You've made a number of assertions in the thread to which I've replied with questions, but you haven't responded with any answers. For example, you write that the article is a coatrack of material from opponents. I've asked you to identify that material and those opponents, but perhaps you missed that question. You've written that some material is irrelevant, but you haven't said which. It'd really help if you could participate more in the discussion to describe your concerns more specifically, since you initiated the proposed move.   Will Beback  talk  19:15, 1 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

Sorry, I have been getting ready to travel. I'll be over in the next few hours. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 21:46, 1 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

Reply edit

Sorry, ResidentAnthropologist, but I think it is more constructive to stay focused on this particular article with regard to the merits of retaining it on Wikipedia in generally its current form — rather than engaging in tangential debate about various camps involved. I think that is for the best at this point in time. The article had three AFDs, all before I performed any expansion or sourcing work on it — all three failed to get the article disappeared. Two proposals have been proposed on the article's talk page — to either stub the article or merge it and/or make it a daughter article of something else, or indeed, make the article about something else entirely — and consensus from the community of over twenty editors commenting appears to oppose both of those proposals. Best to focus on that for the time being. Thank you for your polite tone during this matter, I really appreciate it, very much, -- Cirt (talk) 00:13, 2 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

Christian anarchism edit

You forgot to change the template when you failed it. I changed it now. Moray An Par (talk) 08:30, 8 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

Same case with Antoinism. Please place the failed GA template on other articles you've failed. Moray An Par (talk) 08:33, 8 June 2011 (UTC)Reply
Argh I think there is a misunderstanding here The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 18:07, 9 June 2011 (UTC)Reply
I'm terribly sorry. I didn't know they were on hold. I thought you speedy failed them. Moray An Par (talk) 05:19, 10 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

Re: Good Article Review for Antoinism edit

 
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Thanx traveling this week, will get back to full editing in the next few days The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 03:18, 11 June 2011 (UTC)Reply
Hi ResidentAnthropologist! Please, do not review immediately the Antoinism article, as I'm finding other sources that can be used to improve the page. I will tell you when the work is completed. Thank you for your understanding and sorry for this message which contradicts the previous one that I had written... Regards, --Europe22 (talk) 21:47, 11 June 2011 (UTC)Reply
There is no deadline, quality is always the goal. I have been watching noticed you been busy so I will wait for your note letting me know when you are ready. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 21:52, 11 June 2011 (UTC)Reply
Hi ResidentAnthropologist! I think (I hope) this time the work on the Antoinism article is completed, so you can start a second review. Thank you. Regards, --Europe22 (talk) 21:12, 16 June 2011 (UTC)Reply
Hey, I have just done a skimmed it and it looks really good. Will do a full review soon probably by then end of the weekend. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 22:21, 16 June 2011 (UTC)Reply
Thank you very much for this, and for all the time you spent to review this article! Very happy. Regards, --Europe22 (talk) 21:26, 21 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

Ganas edit

They could use some help over at the Ganas article discussion page --Campoftheamericas (talk) 04:27, 11 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

Traveling right now so computer access is a little limited but I am aware and watching it when I can. I shot SilkTork an Email to explain my opinions on this case and the situation as a whole last week. Silktork is working very hard to mediate this and its in ya'lls court to work collaboratively together to fix it. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 20:40, 11 June 2011 (UTC)Reply
I wish I could help. My hands are tied with socks, because of fear of Voldemort. --Campoftheamericas (talk) 20:47, 11 June 2011 (UTC)Reply
Could you clarify your statement I am unsure what you mean? The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 20:49, 11 June 2011 (UTC)Reply
The Ganas core group believes, and so do I, and so do the detectives they have hired, that Eroberer IS "the name that cannot be spoken". They believe in appeasement, because they fear "the name that cannot be spoken". I have grudgingly agreed not to edit the Ganas article. --Campoftheamericas (talk) 21:05, 11 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

Your post to Jimbo's talk page edit

After all, ain't no power in the 'verse can stop us; can't stop the signal. --Orange Mike | Talk 12:48, 17 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

Need a ride? edit

My wife and I are located in Hillsboro Village and would be happy to give you a ride to the local picnic if you're relatively near us (my address and full contact information are all on my Davis Wiki profile). Plus enough established history and information to establish that we're not axe murderers, even if my Wikipedia history is thin. Leaving a message on my DW profile or the no-account-needed-to-edit GnomeHQ profile will automatically send me a message (or you can just email or call me).

Let me know. Either way, I hope to see you there. Thanks for your work in helping the world of open information.

-- JabberWokky (talk) 22:14, 23 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

I appreciate the offer but I'm in Chattanooga these days which is quite a ways me thinks. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 22:16, 23 June 2011 (UTC)Reply
Chattanooga's a bit farther than I was hoping. I do hope you find transportation. -- JabberWokky (talk) 14:35, 24 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

I get the impression that you enjoy science fiction edit

Ever been to Chattacon? --Orange Mike | Talk 23:39, 23 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

Chattacon here has been in decline in recent years, Con-Nooga far more popular locally. Chattacon has the more traditional feel of Sci-fi convention dealers, speakers, writers and such. What has pushed Con-nooga over the edge is their embracement of all things Nerdy, including Manga/anime, Video Games, American Comics, Sci-fi and all night parties. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 16:07, 26 June 2011 (UTC)Reply
Which is why I much prefer Chattacon, aside from the fact that I'm the only surviving person who has been to every single one, including the first (where there were less than 100 of us). If I wanted to go to a media or anime or comix con or an all-night party with music so loud I can't talk to anybody in the room, I'd go to one. I read science fiction. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:07, 27 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

ITN cancelled Tsunami warning in Alaska edit

FYI [2], so nobody else wastes time reading it. Revert if you disagree. Thanks.--Chaser (talk) 18:53, 24 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

Hell's Kitchen (U.S. season 9) edit

As someone who previously Prodded and nominated for AfD this article I wanted to provide notice that I removed the redirect and placed cited information back in the article location. Hasteur (talk) 01:12, 28 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

No worries, you have met the requirement of WP:V, the previous version failed this except of for a Casting call. Thanks for the note. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 01:21, 28 June 2011 (UTC)Reply

Talkback edit

 
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Deadminning edit

You should have messaged the inactive admins on talk page and by email, and waited a month according to the policy... now stewards have removed the rights of several inactive admins against policy. For that, sir, you deserve one of these:

 

Whack!

You've been whacked with a wet trout.

Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly.

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  Facepalm gar this is going to bite me in the ass The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 21:19, 3 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
That section header really needs a hypen after the de. I first read that as dead-mining. :p LadyofShalott 21:26, 3 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
I did too on my watchlist lol
Stopping by to express my personal trout slapping that it looks very bad for future proposals to disregard the safeguards in a change so soon after it passes and also poor judgment to leap ahead to implement without checking the accuracy of the list or which functionaries do the removal or if the policy was followed. Please be more careful in the future. MBisanz talk 17:17, 5 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
I was really surprised when I saw a message on El C's page stating that he had been desysopped, without a hint of an early warning in sight on the page. Another classic example of "Oh no, let the bot do it, following policy would take far too long", is it? I agree with MBisanz that I won't be so trusting of future proposals being correctly implemented. Whale-slapping indicated for resident anthropologist and the relevant stewards. Bishonen | talk 07:15, 10 July 2011 (UTC).Reply

 


Smash!

You've been squished by a whale!
Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know you did something really silly.

I just became aware of this, and without adding to the deserved trouting and whaling above, can I point out that the thread on the bureaucrats' noticeboard was started by you, and contains criticism of the actions you took, but has no response from you. Not every will be aware of this trouting thread, so maybe you could post something over there to bring some closure to that? I started a clarification section where I raise this point. Carcharoth (talk) 10:45, 10 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

Actually that is interesting for me, I originally posted there saw the "To request your administrator status to be removed, go to Steward requests." Figured I was in the wrong place and self reverted. I subsequently placed a request at Stewards. Apparently an editor reinstated my deleted comment at the cratboard and neglected to notify of the threads continued existence. I dont mind the thread though I must look really arrogant to some people who may think I was ignoring it. Thank you for notifying me. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 23:02, 10 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
Ah, things start to become a bit clearer! I saw your removal, but assumed that you had posted a second notice that you meant to put at the permissions board on meta, and that you were removing that and had left an 'original' post in place. I completely missed that it was only one post and someone else re-added it for you! That's not something you see every day. FWIW, I also noticed the discussion further down your talk page (while I was looking for this one), where someone pointed out the 'accursed/accused' typo, and noticed a similar 'preformed/performed' typo in your post on this matter (the mass de-adminning). Might I (without checking what time you posted the de-adminning request) suggest the use of a spell-checker (well, actually, that wouldn't have helped here), less caffeine, or posting such things in the morning after some sleep? :-) Carcharoth (talk) 23:16, 10 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
Both are points are advisable; a large part of it too is my own laziness in reviewing my own writing for such mistakes. That's something that has recently become more aware of and thus I am striving to fix. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 23:30, 10 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

Blake Butler (author) and peacock tag edit

Hi RA, I noticed the tag you just added to this article, and I'm wondering if it may be because of my additions to the article. I have never read the man's work, and don't know squat about him beyond what's there. I happened upon the AfD, and looked to see if I could find sources about him. I added what seemed relevant, which was mostly, but not entirely, positive. (I had nothing to do with that last section of the article.) So. Suggestions? LadyofShalott 21:24, 3 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

I try not to play the blame game, whatPublisher's Weekly has called him "an endlessly surprising, funny, and subversive writer" struck me as overkill. I almost put NPOV. Having reviewed WP:PEACOCK its probably not the best tag but it struck me as excessive to put a full NPOV tag on it. Its the problem with barely notable people, these all discuss his writing with out much biographical informations other than some people think he has written some great books. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 21:42, 3 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
I've done a bit of rearranging. I don't know if that helps or not. I think the commentary on his work does make him notable, but I obviously can't invent details of his life out of thin air. :/ LadyofShalott 22:06, 3 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
I'm glad you thought that helped! :) LadyofShalott 17:20, 5 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

RFAR filing / LaRouche topic ? edit

Can you clarify where the LaRouche related discussion / controversy happened in this round?

I'm trying not to get down in the ugly mess there, but I couldn't remember any of that, and searched LaRouche in both the RFC and its talk page, nothing showed up.

If it's there that's fine, I just wouldn't want to burden a RFAR with everything under the sun if that topic wasn't actually up and going in this round of dispute.

Thanks. Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 07:33, 5 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

Its the same damn core of editors every one of these topic areas and it repeats itself again and again.
  • Jayen, Cla68, Scot Mac,Delicous carbcuncle,and Myself have issues with Cirt in Scientology and Church of Scientology topic area
  • Cla68, Jayen466, have issues with Slim Virgin and Wills actions in LaRouche topic area
  • Jayen466, TimidGuy, Little olive oil have issues with Will in the transcendental meditation topic area
  • Will takes issue with my alleged COI in being "overly positive" with the Twelve Tribes communities article which Jayen466 and Cirt have done significant editing on.
I can list even more bullets here of the longstanding conflict and the exact editors involved
I am being bold here and lumping them together but do you really think this animosity manifested in the RFC/U is really something recent? No its there because a group of the same editors in different topic areas keep getting together and duking it out. It needs to end as it is harmful to both the community and the encyclopedia. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 08:02, 5 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
Ok. I know it's the same editors, but I just wanted to be clear if the current RFC had brought out that topic or not...
Thanks. Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 08:32, 5 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
Its pretty clear which topic area Cla68 was considering a RCF/U for except for that one thing nothing else in the RFC/U. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 09:00, 5 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

Please take my name off your list of "involved parties". I'm not a party to any of your disputes involving cults, Larouche, transcendental meditation or anything else. Commenting on the evidence presented in the RfC/U does not make me a party to your own disputes - I don't think it's fair or reasonable to rope everyone who participated in the RfC into an arbitration case that I want no part of. Prioryman (talk) 09:13, 5 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. Prioryman (talk) 21:43, 5 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
Like Prioryman, I am not and never have been involved in the LaRouche/Scientology/TM/Osho area, and I don't have a long history with Jayen, Cirt, or any of supporting cast in their ongoing cultic disputes. Because my entanglement in this feud also only began with my talk page comments around santorum one month ago, and culminated with my posting a confessedly limited view at the RfC/U, I respectfully request that my name be stricken out of the list of involved users. Quigley (talk) 23:11, 5 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
I have to disagree there Quigley, unlike Prioryman's statement's your were quite venomous and quite disruptive. Edit such as [3][4][5][6] were particularly unproductive. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 23:21, 5 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
As was already pointed out, The nature of RfC/U is such that "An RfC may bring close scrutiny on all involved editors." Therefore, my discussion of Jayen466's and Cla68's conflicts of interest and other unwholesome conduct was not "disruptive" or "unproductive", but well within the pale of topical RfC/U discussion. Your judgment of the correctness of my opinions does not change the fact that I have little to do with the longstanding interpersonal dispute or its religious "factions". Quigley (talk) 23:45, 5 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
No, But as stated before the RFC/U was a cluster fuck. What I perceive to be bad faith assumptions were a large portion of the problem. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 23:48, 5 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

Offline edit

I am going to bed now all questions related the Request for arbitration can wait till then The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 09:07, 5 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

FYI edit

FWIW, your "As We all know the Santorum mess blew up several in the past month" is in need of some editorial attention. Rgds JakeInJoisey (talk) 17:36, 5 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

I urge you to do an editorial review of the whole thing. there are a number of minor issues, but surely you didn't really mean "accursed" editors. (Or maybe you did :)--SPhilbrickT 17:47, 5 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
ROFL. AndyTheGrump (talk) 20:36, 5 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
Doing that now, I spent a large chuck of 2:30 till about 4:30am filing this request. Running pure Caffeine often leads to numerous typos. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 20:45, 5 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

Psssst... edit

Point 8 of your initial statement in the Request for Arbitration - those would be "...accused editors" rather than the unfortunate typo you have made there. Cheers, LessHeard vanU (talk) 18:55, 5 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

Excessive tagging on Death of Caylee Anthony edit

Hello. The use of tags can be valuable, but excessive tagging is a disruption to the encylopedia, as is discussed in WP:TAGBOMB. Out of the several tags on the page, I hope you will at least consider using one omnibus tag to replace the three listed below (emphasis added):

  • This article's use of external links may not follow Wikipedia's policies or guidelines. Please improve this article by removing excessive and inappropriate external links.
  • This article may need to be wikified to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. Please help by adding relevant internal links, or by improving the article's layout.
  • This article does not follow Wikipedia's guidelines on the use of different tenses. Please consider copy editing to past tense if historic, present tense if not time-based (e.g. fiction), or future tense if upcoming.

Regards —Eustress talk 23:00, 5 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

Yes, very excessive indeed. I've merged them with {{multiple issues}} but some of the tags can probably be considered unnecessary, such as wikify. The article already has a fair amount of linking; it's certainly not at risk of becoming a dead-end article. I haven't used Twinkle/Friendly in a while, but I think there's an option to merge multiple tags into one, also, so I recommend using that. Gary King (talk · scripts) 23:14, 5 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
Normally I do use multiple issues option but forgot this time resulting in what I agree was an absurd amount of tags in one place. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 23:08, 10 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

FYI edit

FYI, I made reference to you in this comment, so I'm letting you know.--SPhilbrickT 12:36, 6 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

Information about discretionary sanctions for race and intelligence edit

  See this Arbcom decision: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Race_and_intelligence#Final_decision

In particular, "Both experienced and new editors contributing to articles relating to the area of conflict (namely, the intersection of race/ethnicity and human abilities and behaviour, broadly construed) are reminded that this is a highly contentious subject and are cautioned that to avoid disruption they must adhere strictly to fundamental Wikipedia policies, including but not limited to: maintaining a neutral point of view; avoiding undue weight; carefully citing disputed statements to reliable sources; and avoiding edit-warring and incivility."

Desist from further incivility as in this edit commentary: [7]

Miradre (talk) 05:32, 9 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

RfAr edit

RA, looking at the wikilinks you added to your RfAr statement, the third one after point 2 leads to a brief AE discussion in which I wasn't involved. However, two other discussion I was involved in were this one, which I initiated, and this one, where I participated. It probably doesn't matter much, as they're all linked somewhere, but I just happened to notice it. Best wishes. --JN466 23:25, 9 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

I'll look over it as soon as I can. I am swamped after the last holiday weekend. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 18:26, 11 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

edit warring: Miradre edit

You were mentioned in an edit warring report against Miradre: [8] aprock (talk) 06:27, 11 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

Twelve Tribes info removed edit

Hiya, you removed some church doctrine on the Twelve Tribes article that I had just put up because is wasn't sourced. I added citations and sources to the discussion page of that article but don't want to edit war with you. Could you please restore the info you reverted and help with proper citation? Thanks! 69.245.72.101 (talk) 04:15, 20 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

OK.. I added tons of stuff to discussion and one paragraph of stuff to the controversy section of the article. Please take a look. Some things I think are easily established 1. TT believes themsleves to be the restoration of Israel and the Christian Church. 2. Jesus' plan is for you to join a TT commune. 3. No personal property. 4. Income goes to the organization. 5. something about a strict dress code. .... I've provided articles from thier own site as well as articles from common media sources. Let me know what you think. :) 69.245.72.101 (talk) 06:33, 20 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
I have looked over there is some refining to do but General gist is there. I would like to contextualize some of that into their belief systems. Simple drive by accusations of racism are often poor substitutes for academic deconstructions. I tended to avoid the overly sensational in the article but layout balanced facts. I hope to discuss this more with you but right now I am traveling a bit and am only averaging a few edits a day. have you considered getting a user name to make it easier to communicate? The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 21:19, 20 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
I have considered it. Also I agree that accusations of racism need to be handled with utmost care. If accusations are notable, for instance a major paper calling the group's position racist, that should be noted accordingly. More to the point though, I'd like to have a neutrally stated and accurate description of their core doctrinal beliefs as outlined above. An article about TT without mentioning the need to live on a TT commune is like an article on Mormonism without Joseph Smith. What I need help with is sifting through the articles I listed for the appropriate ones to use in the article and citation formats. I like the way you organized the article. I'm just picking at some details. :) 69.245.72.101 (talk) 06:46, 21 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
IT's always a matter of WP:DUE of and WP:UNDUE weight. I have tended to leave it out as accusation that is a minority view point under the WP:WEIGHT clause. Compounding the issue is every time I begin is it all traces back to this site and interestingly enough the most damning document there as obviously been altered by a third party. "Elbert the weasel" is something that just would not be in a TT document. That same source you cited the article in the Guardian suggests they are part of the Christian Identity movement which if true would turn the state of scholarship on it's head. I threw out the material long ago because the more you look at it the stranger the accusations get. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 21:05, 21 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
I think it would be more fruitful to continue this conversation on the TT article talk page Talk:Twelve Tribes communities/Archive 2#Race issue. I have copied this conversation there. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 21:37, 21 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

I just wanted to add, thanks for continuing this conversation. I'm enjoying it and look forward to improving the article with you. 69.245.72.101 (talk) 22:37, 21 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

Chattanooga State Community College article edit

I have been editing the Chattanooga State Community College article in an effort to add factual, documented information and to remove any language that sounds promotional. Presently, approximately half of the references are college sources and the other half are newspaper, journal, and book references. I heard Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, speak at the American Library Association about the guidelines for editing Wikipedia. She said that they were not as stringent in prohibiting persons working for an organization from editing the Wikipedia article on that organization as long as the article was sourced and neutral in tone.

I have also been working with Wikipedian fetchcomms to try to make the article conform to Wikipedia style and guidelines.

Please review the article again and let me know if it meets with your approval. If so, would you remove the banners at the top of the article? If not, would you let me know what steps are necessary for it to meet with the Wikipedia guidelines?

Thanks so much.

Vicky102510 (talk) 20:10, 26 July 2011 (UTC)Vicky102510 Vicky Leather Dean of Library Services Chattanooga State Community CollegeReply

Speedy deletion template removal? Really? edit

I'm positive you know better than to remove a speedy deletion tag on an article you created. What's up with that? Toddst1 (talk) 22:44, 27 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

WP:CONCEPTDAB making an good faith but invalid tagging The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 22:47, 27 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
Looks more like an invalid DAB and proper tagging. Apple (disambiguation) doesn't point to Fruit as an entry. Apple is not a concept for fruit just as Christian Fundamentalism (religious movement) is not a concept for Religious Fundamentalism. Now if you wanted to go the other direction, then maybe it might hold water. More likely that's a "See also" in the article.
Either way you should never remove a CSD on an article you created. Toddst1 (talk) 22:55, 27 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
Having thoroughly reviewed WP:DAB I still respectfully disagree. Currently the Literature is split on the proper terminology with Religious Fundamentalism in it's Christian form is very different from the 20th century movement. There is no proper primary topic thus such page is appropriate. And why does the G6 template not showing the "Contest this" option. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 23:10, 27 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
Two different folks looked at it, one nominating it, the other deleting it, both coming to the same conclusion - that it was an unnecessary DAB. I'll be glad to restore it and take to xfd. Toddst1 (talk) 23:16, 27 July 2011 (UTC)Reply
Fair compromise it seems, restore it and let's let AFD sort it out. This is distinction that is lost on many. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 23:19, 27 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

MfD nomination of Christian Fundamentalism (disambiguation) edit

Christian Fundamentalism (disambiguation), a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Christian Fundamentalism (disambiguation) and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Christian Fundamentalism (disambiguation) during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Toddst1 (talk) 23:23, 27 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

Chattanooga State Community College article edit

Hello again. I am re-posting my earlier request about the Chattanooga State Community College article. Please let me know if there is something else I should do to improve the article. Thank you.

I have been editing the Chattanooga State Community College article in an effort to add factual, documented information and to remove any language that sounds promotional. Presently, approximately half of the references are college sources and the other half are newspaper, journal, and book references. I heard Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, speak at the American Library Association about the guidelines for editing Wikipedia. She said that they were not as stringent in prohibiting persons working for an organization from editing the Wikipedia article on that organization as long as the article was sourced and neutral in tone.
I have also been working with Wikipedian fetchcomms to try to make the article conform to Wikipedia style and guidelines.
Please review the article again and let me know if it meets with your approval. If so, would you remove the banners at the top of the article? If not, would you let me know what steps are necessary for it to meet with the Wikipedia guidelines?
Thanks so much.

Vicky102510 (talk) 15:38, 28 July 2011 (UTC)Vicky102510Reply

Delete after reading edit

Perhaps if Eve had had a ladder, she might have avoided the Serpent.... Sorry, couldn't resist. Peridon (talk) 22:23, 1 August 2011 (UTC)Reply


"...in popular culture" edit

I see you have nominated a number of "...in popular culture" articles for deletion, but you simply moved Latter Day Saints in popular culture to that title. Is there a significant difference between it and the other articles?   Will Beback  talk  23:21, 1 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Simple: Citations that gave discussed the phenomenon of "X in popular culture" under the WP:SIGCOV] part of WP:GNG. If the sourcing was extremely weak and was unable to find more substantial sourcing I sent them to AFD. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 20:54, 2 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
I don't see any citations like that in the article. Which cites are you thinking of?   Will Beback  talk  21:00, 2 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Nomination of Narcissistic abuse for deletion edit

Why only notify me of the AFD when nearly all the work was done by User:Jacobisq ? Apart from minor editing, about the only thing I did was start the article by copying and pasting text on narcissistic abuse as written by User:Jacobisq in a temporary home in abuse. Also the notification you sent me was faulty as the link given to the deletion discussion is a redlink. --Penbat (talk) 07:42, 2 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Yeah twinkle is weird sometimes, I clicked the Redlink and it took me there. The term seems to be only tossed around in Google Scholar and came up with relatively few sources that mentioned it in passing and none that discuss the phenomenon directly. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 20:52, 2 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Manipulation of BLPs opened edit

An arbitration case involving you has been opened, and is located at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Manipulation of BLPs. Evidence that you wish the Arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence sub-page, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Manipulation of BLPs/Evidence. Please add your evidence by August 16, 2011, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can contribute to the case workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Manipulation of BLPs/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, NW (Talk) 23:15, 2 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

L Ron Hubbard hostilities edit

Your wholesale reversion of the substantial edit I did a couple of days ago at L. Ron Hubbard (and which received praise but zero criticism on the talk page) strikes me as unsubstantiated, extremely rude and quite possibly a symptom of WP:OWN. I don't get it--do you have any doubt that my editorial efforts there are in good faith? Why the hostility? -- BTfromLA (talk) 00:55, 10 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

I think it's disingenuous to WP:ABF at this point since I generally have agreed with you on the talk page up until now. I already pointed out that your alteration failed WP:SUMMARY Wikipedia:Summary style for the article it is supposed to be summarizing that is why I reverted. My resistance to changing is quite natural one considering its one the most comprehensive and neutral articles on the topic and model for other religion articles. Once more the community feels the same on that point.. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 01:36, 10 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

The ArbCom workshop page edit

Please could you keep remarks to your own section ("parties")? I do not wish to enter into a threaded discussion with you on the workshop page as it is unhelpful to arbitrators. It's fine on the talk page. Thanks, Mathsci (talk)

You removed a header on the arbitration workshop page. Please do not do so again. Indicate your reply by writing @Mathsci in your comment. Thanks, Mathsci (talk) 00:51, 21 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Your Arbitration evidence is too long edit

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MBLP workshop page edit

Hi. Please could you remove the header you added as it is difficult to comment at the moment. Also could you please move the comment to the parties section? Otherwise things get messy. BTW I think at the moment the ArbCom case is not about individual editors (eg you or Will Beback), just in case you were worried, but general issues (eg should there be an article for Spriggs?). If you could remove the title and move your addition that would save a clerk doing it. Thanks, Mathsci (talk) 17:43, 25 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

I have done the reformatting myself. Mathsci (talk) 17:55, 25 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Thanks edit

You make BelloWello, wherever he is probably very proud. That is why he gave you a free beer last time?--Fountainviewkid (talk) 03:16, 29 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

BellWello is blocked. Your civility issues continue. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 03:21, 29 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
Bello is blocked, but how do we know he isn't masquerading as an IP?--Fountainviewkid (talk) 03:22, 29 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
Need no WP:AGF, random IP makes a comment you accuse him of being BelloWello. Your behavior towards all editors there is deplorable. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 03:25, 29 August 2011 (UTC)Reply
I am not the first to make this assumption. Over at the Samuel Koranteng-Pipim page, semi-protection was granted due to new IP's doing the very same type of things that they were doing at the SAU article. I might also note that some of those IP's edited in both locations. There is definitely enough evidence to be suspicious that those IP's COULD have some association with BelloWello. Notice I never made an accusation, emphasis on the word COULD, rather than IS or ARE. You however have just made an accusation about me which is not in fact true. Oh and I don't believe I have behaved deplorably towards either Donald or Lionel, both editors who have taken an opposite position to the "tabloid" style IP requests.--Fountainviewkid (talk) 03:35, 29 August 2011 (UTC)Reply

Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Manipulation of BLPs closed edit

An arbitration case regarding of Manipulation BLPs has now closed and the final decision is viewable at the link above. The following is a summary of the remedies enacted:

  1. Editors who edit biographies of living persons and other articles referring to living persons are reminded that all editing of these articles must comply with the biographies of living persons policy and with the principles set forth in this decision;
  2. Administrators and other experienced editors are urged to take a proactive approach in addressing violations and alleged violations of the BLP policy, and to watchlist the BLP noticeboard and participate in discussing and resolving issues raised on that noticeboard;
  3. To the extent that parties to this case have been engaged in protracted disputes and quarrels with other parties, the feuding parties are urged to avoid any unnecessary interactions with each other, except to the extent necessary for legitimate purposes such as dispute resolution;
  4. If disputes concerning editing of biographical articles by parties to this case persist, appropriate dispute resolution methods should be pursued. To the extent possible, such dispute resolution should be led and addressed by editors who have not previously been involved in the disputes. If a specific serious dispute persists and other means of dispute resolution do not resolve them, a new and specifically focused request for arbitration may be filed not less than 30 days from the date of this decision.

For the Arbitration Committee, Alexandr Dmitri (talk) 15:25, 5 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

IP editing edit

Really don't want to risk being pulled into WP again. Edited ages ago, but don't have the time now. If I stay IP, it limits how much I can do. =)

Kirby image edit

Oops! Sorry about that. The file may be deleted. Thanks for telling me! Pinkstrawberry02 (talk) 19:55, 13 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

LRH edit

Hello Resident Anthropologist. I need your assistance on a certain matter -- user 173.167.1.129 has expressed concern over the attribution of claims on the L. Ron Hubbard article. The issue of attributing claims has been discussed on the talk page recently, and there seems to be a group consensus that this issue must be addressed. How do you propose to go about this? Thanks.NestleNW911 (talk) 22:05, 13 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

Honestly, I really am not sure. I suggest looking at the sources and attributing them where possible. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 23:13, 15 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

BATNA edit

Thanks for the decisive action on Best alternative to a negotiated agreement. There were two single-purpose accounts supporting retention of that content, which seems in principle verifiable (though it had no sources). I needed some way of getting some uninvolved editors to join the discussion so it wouldn't become a revert war of me against 2. Can you suggest a better way for the future? Thanks, --Macrakis (talk) 23:00, 15 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

Put it bluntly... keep reverting it as unsourced. Report them at WP:EWN if they keep it up. If they provide sourcing make sure that there are third party reliable sources that describe it as BATNA. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 23:11, 15 September 2011 (UTC)Reply
I try to limit edit/revert wars and generally go by the rule of one revert, then Talk. If I can get other editors of good will to join me on the article, this seems to produce a more sustainable, good-quality consensus version with minimal drama. --Macrakis (talk) 16:18, 16 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

Danish elections edit

There's nothing really complicated about it - she just has to make a team of ministers composed from members of the supporting parties and present it to the Queen who then signs it, making her officially prime-minister. There is no risk that she will not become prime-minister at this point, and she has already been congratulated by foreign heads of state.·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 01:15, 16 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

It seemed vague and contradictory to the news articles I was looking at. PrimeHunter's post reassured me enough that I reverted myself. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 01:28, 16 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

FYI edit

Hi, ResidentAnthropologist. Please take note of my comment here—I think that's a bad message to send to an inexperienced editor. Best regards, Swarm u / t 19:06, 16 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

I found it to be a sophisticated argument, albeit a provocative one. Compared to the usual "ITN Euro-American centric bias" complaints, it was refreshing. Seeing the some the stuff he has posted since then has been less than kosher. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 18:52, 17 September 2011 (UTC)Reply
Oh, dear. It appears I was spot on. Swarm u / t 22:58, 17 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

OR edit

I already provided the context you requested. If you feel it is inadequate and do not have the intention to provide advice on the question, please let me know so that I will take the noticeboard off my watchlist. Thanks --Bobthefish2 (talk) 21:52, 17 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

Article on Swami Budhpuri Ji rewritten edit

sir, the concerned article has been rewritten...please review it once and suggest improvements...thanks..you shall find it here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Swami_Budhpuri_Ji/TempSvechu (talk) 08:33, 22 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

TT commune edit

Whoever RA is, screw u. If I wrote anything defammatory about TT it is because I know it to be fact. Wiki is a place for facts not PC bullshit and marketing which is how TT uses wiki. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.234.190.237 (talk) 10:38, 4 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

Uncited Allegations of sexual misconduct are serious allegations. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 17:40, 12 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

AFD of article you contributed to edit

Please see: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of new religious movements BigJim707 (talk) 11:42, 18 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

A request for input edit

Hi ResidentAnthropologist, Your assistance is requested in resolving a dispute at Falun Gong. I am pinging you because you have some prior exposure to the topic (and NRM in general), but not so much that you have developed a discernible interest that might incline you towards bias. If you have an opportunity, I hope you can read the latest talk page discussion in its entirety, along with the page history from the last few days. Best, Homunculus (duihua) 05:06, 23 October 2011 (UTC)Reply

Thanx, I though my bias on the subject was well known. I would participate but I have inundated the past few months and have been spending far less time on Wikipedia. I certainly hipe we can resolve this latest flare up. I notice PPCP is the Catalyst for the recent issues there, (s)he was Topic banned for 6 months or so at (not sure on the time span) at WP:AE over similar issues. It might be time for an indefinite ban on the topic, of which I previously advocated for. The Resident Anthropologist (talk)•(contribs) 00:22, 27 October 2011 (UTC)Reply
I understand. There is a new AE case against PCPP, actually.[9] It's all pretty convoluted, and by now there is a rather massive volume of discussion. I certainly sympathize if you don't want to wade into it, but it helps to have people who are not so directly involved. Also, you strike me as...how do I say this...not intellectually lazy? It's a necessary quality when looking at a contentious topic like this, where there is a strong temptation to fall back on arguments to moderation—a temptation that must, at all costs, be avoided. Best,Homunculus (duihua) 03:44, 27 October 2011 (UTC)Reply