User talk:The Blade of the Northern Lights/Archive 7

Unblock request decline reason in the case of Rapide

Notwithstanding the fact that Rapide (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) clearly breached WP:NLT in his unblock request here, I just wonder whether the reason you gave for declining the request conforms to WP:CIV. I am obviously not disputing the block or the unblock request decline. ISTB351 (talk) 21:09, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

I have rather limited patience for those kinds of games, and this isn't the first time Shakinglord has tried that tactic on us. Polite messages don't seem to have gotten the message across, so I wanted (as a one-off experiment) to see if something a bit stronger would work. Not something I plan on doing much, but I I wanted to see what would happen. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:13, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Fair enough. The user appears to have contravened WP:SOCK and has flagrantly contravened WP:NLT. If this is an example of lta, then the exceptional course taken seems fully justified under the circumstances. My apologies. ISTB351 (talk) 21:17, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

No problem; I never have any hesitation discussing my admin actions. I'm always happy to reexamine things on request. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:20, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Query

I'm having difficulty following your latest comment on AE regarding the post started by Gatoclass. Are you saying there that I have been blatantly pushing to misrepresent sources and information or that, perhaps, you see the problem with Gatoclass lack of collaborative effort and use of AE as a weapon?

If you believe the first, then I am having difficulty following how you've come to that conclusion following my latest explanations - [1] and extra input on the chain of events between May 2011 and Feb 2012 here [2].

Regards, Jaakobou^{Chalk Talk} 00:56, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

What I mean is that I'm a bit unsure of what to do next; I'm thinking on it. While I saw and read your explanations (which is why I'm definitely not pushing for an indef ban), I'm also somewhat sympathetic to Tim's view that something's not quite right; it may not be intentional, but something still isn't sitting right. Give me until tomorrow; you got me right in the middle of trying to figure out the maze at SPI (on an unrelated topic), so I'll approach things sometime tomorrow and give you my full take on it. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 01:00, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

I really don't understand why I'm being treated like a troublesome editor here considering I've already corrected my only error, which was restoring the wrong version after not looking at the page since May 2011. The something which is not right here is that (a) Gatoclass portrays my phrasing as if it is hyperbolic, prejudicial, and intentionally misleading, when it is not, and (b) that Palestinian Media Watch is being falsely portrayed as a non-reliable source by a few politically motivated editors. That Senator Hillary Clinton and a multitude of mainstream media publications consider them reliable is enough of a counter argument. Lastly, I am being attacked on a personal level with, among others, the allegation that I plan to edit war?! The basis for the claim is what exactly? A single diff presented by an editor who was already blocked due to edit warring on that page.

Any result which will not address the last patently false allegation, will be a gross miscarriage.

Cordially, Jaakobou^{Chalk Talk} 08:05, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

See also: [3] - Jaakobou^{Chalk Talk} 23:23, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Austereraj SPI

I think your "dammit duplicate" may have been misguided. Would you care to review? I, too, am mightily confused at the moment! - Sitush (talk) 01:01, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

I think what happened is JanetteDoe filed an SPI, and without looking I filed one of my own accord. I've moved my statement in with the original one; if something's wrong, someone more familiar with the procedures there can sort it out, as I think I've made enough of a mess for one day. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 01:04, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Yeah. You can make your own mind up which of your sentences I am agreeing with. <g> I got an edit conflict at 3RRNB recently, reporting the same person. Now that is a bummer, because setting the thing up is darn near as slow as doing a merge proposal ... and to then find that someone has got there a few seconds earlier. Arggh. - Sitush (talk) 01:11, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Ugh; I hear you. I'll quietly go and whack myself with a few trouts now. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 01:12, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Sorry about all the confusion, Too many brewers spoil the beer etc. I need one, and I offer you one. Sitush (talk) 01:21, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, and one right back at you! I actually just cracked open my last bottle of 麒麟一番 (Kirin Ichiban; not easy to get here in the US, but great stuff), so it was well timed. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 01:27, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Well, you can raise a toast to this image. What do we do? - Sitush (talk) 01:41, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Oh god, where do we even start? The citation needed template next to the caption pretty much says it all. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 01:53, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Well, I'll delete the image from the article now - promotional, no obvious relevance and inserted by a known spammer. I'd still rather that the thing was deleted from Commons but I guess that the chances of that happening are zero. - Sitush (talk) 01:58, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

If I'm bored in the next few days, I'll open something up over there; I've been trying to get this deleted there for over a month, and I've gotten nowhere. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 02:02, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

+1. Piece of cake. Which reminds me, Salvio giuliano noted a few hours ago that Cake is protected until 2015. Crumbs! - Sitush (talk) 02:11, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Ouch, must have been a lot of vandalism. Thanks for the comment over there, too; the article was one of the most hilariously bad excuses for a Wikipedia article I'd ever read. Right up there with some of the Indian village articles; WP:Articles for deletion/William Andrew Dunckelman (2nd nomination) is a funny read (that was my first AfD nomination too, though I had one MfD before for some equally hilariously unencyclopedic claptrap). Thanks again. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 02:15, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

I am off to bed, having just taken my Tramadol. However, some time tomorrow I must dig a bit deeper. Not regarding that article but rather re: how someone gets to be an admin when their first AfD nom is barely a year ago and they've just admitted to little experience of SPI! Probably, you did a lot of work at NPP etc and, regardless, I can't fault your decision making. Is it in the genes?

Regarding Austereraj, I think that I may have to add some keywords to my occasional searches, eg: I delete refs relating to "joshua project" and to "jatland.com", to "ram swarup joon" and "bhim singh dahiya" periodically (I know exactly which ones count and which do not). I think that I need to add "smt. shanti devi" and "raj kumar yadav" to those periodic searches (the last is awkward but there is a huge difference between the actor and the spammer). None of these catch everything, but they keep a grip on awkward situations. Although I will admit that the joshua project one is a long term job: there are hundreds of the things, despite WP:RSN consensus. Thanks for your help today, and previously. - Sitush (talk) 02:26, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

You guessed right; I did a lot of NPP (I still do it sometimes, I'd like to do it a bit more) and searching the new user log. That's almost all CSD tagging, which I was very good at. Any chance of getting the links you're talking about on the blacklist, or are they too diverse? Sometimes the blacklist is enough to ward them off, but other times it doesn't seem to be as effective; I'd check myself, but I'm not terribly familiar with how that all works. See you around!! The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 02:32, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Kana

I am enhancing articles with infobox kana. Please do not revert including my edits about the infobox. Double check first, please! --Octra Bond (talk) 17:51, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

You also rollbacked my correction about Shi article too... Don't do that again. --Octra Bond (talk) 18:14, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

I was trying to remove some completely unrelated edits by IPs, and I can only use blunt-force instruments from my iPhone; I was intending to clean all of it up later today. Relax. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:27, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

That's all right. I just finished recovering my info back. You should have manually checked between versions before using your tools (Iphone is not hard to do.) --Octra Bond (talk) 18:35, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. IPs have been plaguing these articles since August, and I find it extremely frustrating, so I got a little... overzealus. Thanks again. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:44, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Advice

Thank you for your intervention. You wrote: "There are several people currently warring on that article (Martinevans123 is also at, but not over, 3RR)". I am, therefore, one of those guilty of edit warring? I had thought 3RR was there to stop people edit warring. Do you not agree that the edits of that other editor were contentiuos? I was trying to be as reasonable as possible. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:00, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

It was only a statement of fact; you had 3 reverts. I entirely agree the edits you were reverting were contentious, which is why I didn't give you a warning. Having 3 reverts isn't a problem, so I didn't think I needed to warn you. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 19:09, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

OK. No, I didn't think I needed a warning either. I misunderstood the parentheses, without any full stop, to mean I was an example, and thus a bad example. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:20, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

No problem; glad I was able to clarify things. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 19:22, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Hey Blade -- nice haircut!

[4] EEng (talk) 21:32, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

It was getting to the point that it was taking a long time to load; I archive my talkpage whenever I feel like it's gotten a bit long. Good luck trying to get me to cut my hair IRL, though... shoulder-length and still growing. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:39, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Edit protection removal request

Can you please remove the protection on Hyderabad, India? The article is in peer review and needs to be unprotected. The matter of dispute is being discussed in the talk page. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 22:42, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

I see discussion, but I don't see anything like a definitive resolution. The protection will expire In ~18 hours anyways, so there's not much harm that can come I waiting a a little; I don't want to start handing out blocks, which is what I'll have to do if warring resumes there. If you want another admin to look at it, put in a request at WP:RfPP. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 23:04, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Oh, I did not know the protection is going to expire within a few hours. Of course there is no harm in waiting some more hours. Thanks for answering. Regards :) --Dwaipayan (talk) 23:26, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

No problem; for future reference, to see how long a page is protected go to the history tab and click the "View logs for this page" button. The protection length will be there. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 23:50, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Ok, that's a good tip. Thank you. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 00:52, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome; glad to help. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 00:53, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

BLP unreferenced

Hello, The Blade of the Northern Lights. I noticed you removed the BLP unreferenced tag from Rawlins Cross. Musicians and Musical groups are both considered BLP's. That's why both are bannered with the Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians on the article talk page. The Unreferenced BLPs taskforce wants them tagged that way. Can you replace the ones you've removed? Thanks Argolin (talk) 07:46, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for blocking that editor whose behavior up with we should not have to---and thanks to you we do not have to---put.

:)

Cheers,  Kiefer.Wolfowitz 11:01, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Not a problem; as AE goes, that's as open and shut as they come. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 11:44, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Austereraj: the return

I am sure that Austereraj is back, using multiple IPs + a new registered name:

• User:117.225.210.42
• User:117.225.174.246
• User:Researchfir
• User:117.225.234.60
• User:117.225.168.166

I am reverting mainly on the grounds that the images are unsuitable. One is just crap and the other is a clear derivative of an image uploaded previously by Austereraj but without the appropriate annotation to indicate its derivative nature. The articles in question are, at present, Ram Phal Hooda, C. P. Sheoran, Smt. Shanti Devi School of Nursing and Smt. Shanti Devi College of Management & Technology. - Sitush (talk) 17:56, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Oh wonderful. I'll block the most recently used IP and the account, and zap his upload. If he keeps up, I'll semiprotect whatever he touches for extended periods of time. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:12, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

The above four articles are now semiprotected for 2 weeks; that should help things, if not completely resolve them. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:20, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. See you in a fortnight! <g> - Sitush (talk) 18:27, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

IP is back at Rajus

The protection has expired at Rajus and one of the IP editors is back with uncited stories of a glorious past. Request semi-protection, again. JanetteDoe (talk) 17:16, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

You got it; this time for a month. I'm thinking about whether or not to block the IP for edit warring as well. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 17:20, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

If you want to remove the unsourced couple of paragraphs the IP seems intent on forcing in, I wouldn't consider it edit warring; removing overtly promotional, unsourced material doesn't count in my book. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 17:25, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Pending changes/Request for Comment 2012

		The Admin's Barnstar
		Thank you so much for volunteering to coordinate this. I know you guys will do a great job. The RFC has been moved out of my sandbox to the location in the header and is awaiting any tweaks the coordinators would like to make to it before going live. Thanks again! Beeblebrox (talk) 17:29, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! Hopefully I won't make things any worse. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 00:43, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

YOU DELETED MY DJ BONICS PAGE, WHY!?

it seems like you deleted my post, but why? i understand i am new here. but i was not shamelessly promoting him or a band. it was pure facts. He is a famous radio personality in pittsburgh and is the main tour DJ for grammy nominated hip hop artist Wiz Khalifa. i provided references with valid links to major articles written about DJ BONICS.

Please explain in detail what went wrong? why did you delete my post? and how can i make a new page with out it getting deleted?

thank you for your time

• EDIT*

i am not related to DJ BONICS

RehabNYC (talk) 07:23, 29 February 2012 (UTC)RehabNYC.

(Talk-page stalker) Probably there wasn't enough notability. Dipankan ^{Meet me here!} 09:42, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)To be honest, I actually agree with RehabNYC. While that article had some formatting problems and wasn't neutral, on a quick look I think it might even pass WP:GNG, and certainly (for me) passes A7. Note, in particular, This article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and this one in the Pittsburgh City Paper; there were 2 more, but they were more borderline. It also contains what I read as claims of importance, like being the top night DJ in a local market and nationally touring with another notable artist. I'm not going to guarantee the person is notable, but it seems close enough that it should have a full AfD if that seems necessary. Qwyrxian (talk) 11:40, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Upon another look, I suppose that A7 part could be met, but I'm a little more leery of the NPOV issues; it struck me as rather obvious advertising. But since you request it, I suppose giving it another couple week isn't going to do any harm. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 19:05, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Rehab, make up your mind. At first, you posted "My brother is DJ BONICS and he asked me to make a Wikipedia page for him." Now you've removed that part, and say "i am not related to DJ BONICS". Which of those is the lie? --Orange Mike | Talk 20:50, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Orange Mike Look I am not related to DJ Bonics i am just a big fan. I posted that because i thought my source of facts were in question and maybe it would help. ( it did not ) yes i lied, fine you got me. but that does not discredit the online references i have given. I am very new to wiki and was not aware of all the rules. The formatting of wiki page is a bit tricky and challenging. Thank you for your feedback. I am trying my best to make his page under all the correct guidelines and formats. it is hard because many of the tutorials are hard for me to follow. Can you please teach me how to upload a pic and can you also check the current DJ Bonics page for any discrepancy? your feedback and help would be greatly appreciated. RehabNYC — Preceding unsigned comment added by RehabNYC (talk • contribs) 21:46, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Funny I never thought about this before, but goshdarn, I don't think Wikipedia actually has a "no lying to gain the upper hand in arguments or discussion" rule. See, it's kinda like a universal rule which you really should have learned way before arriving at WP -- say, in childhood or something. I don't want to seem harsh, but really...

Lying doesn't discredit the references you supply, but it does drain away others' desire to invest precious time in looking at what you have to say. I think it would be best if you just retired to the background for a few months. Then come back and try again, starting with a topic other than one of which you're a "big fan" -- which is what tempted you to get into trouble in the first place.

In the meantime the DJ Bonics article might get deleted. So what? If he's notable someone else will make a fresh start on the article, with better references. If you really want to help Wikipedia (instead of helping DJ Bonics, which is not a reason for being here -- we're here to build an encyclopedia, not promote people and things we think deserve promotion) then just let this one go for now.

EEng (talk) 02:13, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

P.S. There's another reason you should consider for just walking away from this. Have you thought about how DJ Bonics might feel about someone coming here, saying he's his brother, and then making a jerk of himself trying to get the article kept? If I were him I'd be pissed as hell at you. Stuff like this sometimes gets reported in the mainstream press and that would be doing your fave DJ no favors at all, I think you can see. So again, why not just let this go? Come back again in a few months, and edit some other stuff -- you'll be very welcome, I assure you, and no one will care about this little incident. Good luck.

Procedural decline

I don't think anyone needs to take File:Promises JM.jpg‎ and File:Jayne Mansfield and Tommy Noonan in Promises Promises.jpg to FFD. These two orphaned non-free images are going to get deleted anyways. As the original uploader I just wanted to speed it up. Since the bureaucratic practices would have it in a round about way, I'll leave it at that. Cheers. Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 08:07, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

User Nassiriya

Hello I think User:Nassiriya should receive official notification about sanctions in I/P area.The user was blocked by you for edit waring in January.In on my opinion he last edit[5] is POV push(removing Jordan occupation) and not civil(calling other edits as ignorance).--Shrike (talk) 07:40, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

About Colleges in Shahjahanpur

May I know that why you removed my page Colleges in Shahjahanpur — Preceding unsigned comment added by Merajsoft (talk • contribs) 09:49, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

1RR ban

Dear Blade. I am the subject of a 90 day ban from the Israeli-Palestine conflict. Does this include commenting on talk pages, or just posting to articles? It has been suggested to me that the Fundamental rights agency page comes under the banned topic, as it includes a section on this organisations working definition of anti semitism. I believe that it is wrong to link the two, as it would appear to me to imply that only Palestinians, and I presume, by implication, their supporters can be anti Semites. In particular I wish to improve the article by adding text and references that show that the working definition has been described by the FRA themselves as work in progress. This has seen me accused of trying to 'downplay' the definition, which is not correct. Please advise if I should continue to pursue the addition of this declared work in progress update, or wait until the topic ban is expired? I.e is a definition of anti semitism regarded as being a topic of the I-P confict? Ps do I get a notification of its expiry, or do I count the days? Regards, and thanksDalai lama ding dong (talk) 18:18, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Apologies for double postDalai lama ding dong (talk) 18:19, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

I'm not ignoring you, I promise; RL caught up with me yesterday. Give me a few hours, and I'll answer you when I get back from work. Your patience is truly appreciated. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 15:14, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

You seem to be asking two questions, and I can answer one. Your ban covers talkpages as well, although you're still allowed to revert blatant vandalism should you see it. For the second part, I need an article link to make sure, so if you could give me that I'll gladly clarify. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:31, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you, here is the page in question, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_Rights_Agency,

and some related ones http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_antisemitism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Monitoring_Centre_on_Racism_and_Xenophobia#Report:_Rise_in_antisemitic_attacks_in_the_EU Dalai lama ding dong (talk) 22:30, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Those are fine, as long as you don't edit anything specifically to do with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Those are so tertiary that they're not a problem. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 22:32, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Many thanks for the reply.Dalai lama ding dong (talk) 07:51, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

New Page Triage engagement strategy released

Hey guys!

I'm dropping you a note because you filled out the New Page Patrol survey, and indicated you'd be interested in being contacted about follow-up work. This is to notify you that we've finally released both the initial documentation about the project and also the engagement strategy, which sets out how we plan to work with the community on this. Please give both a read, and leave any comments or suggestions you have on the talkpage, on my talkpage, or in my inbox - okeyeswikimedia.org.

It's awesome to finally get to start work on this! :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 02:55, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Ditto the last sentence!! The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 04:04, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

(and please do let me know what you think of the engagement plan!) Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 04:25, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

More

Another suspected sockpuppet: Wongsathorn (talk · contribs). ༆ (talk) 05:33, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Please check back at those Burma articles that I and User:Hybernator having edit wars with those sockpuppet accounts, there are also TWO IP addresses (starting with 118 and 182) making the same edits in supporting the banned users too. We should block those pages for a short time. ༆ (talk) 19:48, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Edit Counter

Hello, Blade. Hope you're all well and fine. As an admin, you have to check edit counts of users who request permissions. This is a script, developed by me. It adds a edit counter link in your personal toolbar (in the top right corner of the screen). This script have been verified by TestWiki, and there are no bugs found. I think this will help you a lot. If you've tried it, give me a feedback about how you liked it. Thanking you, Dipankan ^{Meet me here!} 06:10, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Citations Provided

Hello, Blade. I have provided some citations in Rajus page which are taken from famous hostorical books from famous historians. There are more historical books which give more mistory and glory about this Kshatriya Raju caste, but due to time constraint I am not able to pick them all. It is unfortunate that Mr Sitush is removing citations from historical persons, and citing some odd quotations from infamous/ left out historical books. Mr Sitush has removed citation from The History of Andhra Country, Yashoda Devi. Yashoda Devi is a famous historian. Please check about Historian Yashoda Devi and her book.

Its seems there is some allergy for Mr Sitush in accepting Rajus as Kshatriyas which is making him to remove valuable historical content on Rajus page. Please cross check the WP you would come to know.

I request you to go through my citations provided and protect the Rajus wiki page. I always feel genuine things prevail.

Thanks Indianprithvi (talk) 12:07, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Rangeblock?

From your blocks, it may be a good idea to just hit many birds with one stone and simply block 198.228.201.128/25 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · block user · block log) or just 198.228.201.0/24 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · block user · block log).Jasper Deng (talk) 19:59, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

I may take you up on the latter one; I'm trying to learn how to get a good rangeblock down, but I don't feel quite confident enough to do it yet. I don't want to do what one admin did and block an entire country by accident (he managed to block the entire UAE). The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 20:04, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

The order of magnitude of these are much smaller than that, and I've checked the WHOIS to confirm that it's just 1/256th of that ISP's address space, so you shouldn't worry.Jasper Deng (talk) 20:07, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Done; hopefully that'll keep them away for a while. It was a nightmare cleaning all of it up. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 20:10, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Don't forget to disable the individual blocks, now that you've covered them all.Jasper Deng (talk) 20:13, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

I'm lining them all up in my tabs so I can do them all at once; should be done in a minute. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 20:14, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

unblock on hold at User talk:Bloope

Totally solid block, user is indicating they will not make such posts again if unblocked, WP:ROPE would seem to be the only way to find out if he can do that. Beeblebrox (talk) 20:21, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

He seems to get it now, so I'd have no problem with an unblock. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 20:23, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Block of Lazyfoxx

Could you elucidate further the rationale behind you block of Lazyfoxx at the 3RR page? I don't see four reverts there and I don't understand your comment about his/her editing being "particularly toxic". Thanks. Tiamut^talk 19:59, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

I saw it as bringing a quasi-I/P dispute to the Jesus article. Bringing the obvious battleground mentality there was clearly disruptive, especially as discussion had started on the talkpage. One doesn't necessarily have to hit 3RR to be edit warring, and from what I could see Lazyfoxx was edit warring. The toxicity of his edits is what I alluded to above; it's not the first time I've seen people attempt to fight the I/P fight on articles involving historical figures from modern-day Israel or Palestine. We don't need that kind of battleground mentality on an article that's already prone to disputes. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 20:07, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Could we have this discussion at the page where you delivered the sanction? There were two reverts maximum by the way, and its a first offense. Its not evidence of a battleground mentality to try to make an article reflect what reliable sources say (assume good faith remember?) S/he discovered the lack of this information at the Jesus article by way of the discussion at Palestinian people and itsnatural to try to correct what one sees as a massive oversight. Tiamut^talk 20:17, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Fine by me; I've left another note at User talk:Lazyfoxx of my own volition, and if we can work something out I'm more than happy to reconsider. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 20:20, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Your comment at Talk:Rajus

Hi, please could you clarify at whom your comment is directed? - Sitush (talk) 10:17, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for that - even I thought that it might be directed at me! Any chance that you can take a look at recent contributions by User:Pal subhojit to Kulin Kayastha? They are desperately trying to eliminate a lowly historic ritual status from an article in which it is likely that they have a COI. - Sitush (talk) 11:12, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

No problem; I'll have a look. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 11:19, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

After review, I've indefinitely banned Pal subhojit from that article, as I don't think there's any chance of productive editing from him there. If the disruption moves elsewhere, I'll block him. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 11:30, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. Dramas over for the day - I am off out shortly! - Sitush (talk) 12:12, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

User:ERIDU-DREAMING

• ERIDU-DREAMING (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Hello Blade. Since you recently lifted the one-week block of this editor, you should be aware of Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive742#Soapboxing, personal attacks and edit-warring which concerns his behavior since the block was lifted. I don't know yet whether the new complaints have any substance. The ANI report includes some old diffs, so it would take some study to determine whether ERIDU is abusing his unblock. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 21:39, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

OK, I'll have a look. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 22:03, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Noticing template

As you'd read in User talk:EyeSerene about me, I have 2 second accound Waorca (talk · contribs). So what template should I put into on the top of the talk page to inform other users about it? Cheer. ༆ (talk) 21:04, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank, but you're an admin? ༆ (talk) 21:14, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Could you delete page edit history? If yes, I would like ask a favor. As I reverted the edits by the sockpuppets, those users warned me on my talk page with FALSE accusations as if I'm the one who vandalized. So, could you delete those edit history and summary by those sockpuppets from my talk page's history, just so when other people see it they won't get the wrong idea. Cheer. ༆ (talk) 21:21, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you very much. ༆ (talk) 21:52, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Caporales and User:LucMar

Hi Blade, sorry to bother you again with the Caporales article. The user, User talk:LucMar, is again reverting the information without any sign of actually willing to discuss the situation. I am not sure what action should be taken at this point, but I trust your decision. Best of wishes.--MarshalN20 | ^Talk 21:05, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you Blade. Yes, hopefully the user will finally decide to use the talk page, but I doubt it.--MarshalN20 | ^Talk 21:25, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

LucMar definitely does not want to use the talk page. He's at it again in the Caporales article ([6] and [7]). I refrained from bothering you again with this on his next-to-last reversion (and asked him again to discuss matters on the talk space), but he refuses to even reply to any of our comments. So, my apologies for bothering you with this matter again. Regards.--MarshalN20 | ^Talk 14:53, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Dalai lama ding dong's topic ban

Regarding your discussion of Dalai lama ding dong's topic ban above, what he has failed to note is that the section in question he is editing/discussion is about the FRA's definition of antisemitism, and states:

Examples of the ways in which antisemitism manifests itself with regard to the State of Israel taking into account the overall context could include:

Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor.

Applying double standards by requiring of it a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation.

Using the symbols and images associated with classic antisemitism (e.g., claims of Jews killing Jesus or blood libel) to characterize Israel or Israelis.

Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis.

Holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of Israel.

However, the document stated that criticism of Israel similar to that leveled against any other country cannot be regarded as antisemitic.

The material is obviously related to the I-P conflict; indeed, that has been the sole reason he has spent months trying to downplay and debunk the FRA definition. The ban extends to Talk: pages and discussions of related articles. I've already explained that to him, though he didn't point out that discussion to you. Perhaps you could clarify that with him. Jayjg ^(talk) 20:16, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

I'll leave him a message at his talkpage. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 20:20, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

please take a look at my entry above, and you will see that I explicitly refer to the FRA definition of anti semitism, and I clearly stated exactly what I intended to pst about. The material I have posted is clearly not related to I-P, unless as I have stated the claim is that only Palestinians and their supporters are anti Semites. JJs claim that stating facts about the work in progress status of the working definition is 'downplaying', and debunking' is clearly OR, and clearly shows a prejudicial attitude. JJ should be asked to demonstrate why a European bodies attempt to define exactly what is meant but anti semitism is related to I-P. it is not. Take a look at the definition, and you will see that it is not related to the I-P conflict. I have not 'failed to note' anything, and the claim that I have done so is not correct.Dalai lama ding dong (talk) 20:35, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

The whole FRA definition of antisemitism is obviously related to the I-P conflict; at least half of it is specifically about Israel. That's why you're interested in and have been objecting to it, and bringing material attempting to downplay it; any claim to the contrary lacks credibility. Jayjg ^(talk) 20:44, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Also, here is your very first edit on this topic, and your 17th edit ever. Intended to debunk and downplay the definition, your edit includes the statements this definition was not “in line with the theoretical arguments” in the report. ‘Indeed, those experts cited in the original report who distinguished sharply between antisemitism and legitimate opposition to Israel were not included in its drafting and If the entire document is intended, then 'it is not only unwieldy but also untrue to the original report which clearly differentiates political criticism of Israel from antisemitism. The document leans towards conflating them. The entire insertion is sourced to an article on a pro-Palestinian website that is almost entirely about the I-P conflict. A few edits later you modify the text on the FRA definition on the Criticism of Israel article, and then on the New Antisemitism article. It beggars belief that you would now claim "it is not related to the I-P conflict". Jayjg ^(talk) 20:58, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

This is really getting tiresome. Now he has reverted someone on an edit obviously related to the I-P conflict. Do he really imagine something that discusses Netanyahu's visit to the White House and Iranian reactions could be about anything else? Jayjg ^(talk) 21:06, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

OK, that one was really clear. After I deal with the issue directly below me, I'll figure out what to do with this. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:08, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Much as I hate to have to resort to blocking, I don't see anything I can do short of a 48 hour block (and that's being very lenient) and a reset of his topic ban. I thought about jumping to 72 hours, but in the interest of fairness my direction probably wasn't completely clear above. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:24, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Another caste problem

I've got another problem: contributions of Aswinjerry. Including what I think is a fourth revert at Kongu Vellalar. I suspect that they are a sock but am not yet 100% and will try to have a word with SpacemanSpiff because he has a lot of past dealings with the sockmaster. - Sitush (talk) 21:06, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Oh, there are comments at their talk page and mine, as well as at Talk:Kongu Vellalar. - Sitush (talk) 21:08, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

I'm hearing some pretty loud quacking, and combined with the general disruption I can't really see what gain there is to keeping him around. SpacemanSpiff's comments are certainly appreciated, but I'm blocking anyways for overall asshattery and probably being a sockpuppet. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:16, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

OK, thanks. I've left a note with Spiffy anyway but am aware that they are on-off wiki at the mo. - Sitush (talk) 21:34, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Advice, please

I do not want to draw you into the content issue at Talk:Kaul, nor do I want to draw in any of the other admins who are trying to stay uninvolved in the general sphere. However, perhaps you know of someone who might be able to assist me in explaining the situation to Ambar wiki by contributing to the discussion? I feel like I am going round in circles and I think that Ambar is probably well-intentioned but is not being terribly well assisted by my attempts at explanation. I have been "accused" by some admins of being too patient in the past. Perhaps I have got it all wrong and there really is an underlying issue with Ambar.

It is a lonely furrow that I am ploughing. Could this be a candidate for WP:3O? I am perhaps unnecessarily wary of throwing what is actually quite a complex issue into a lottery. Alternatively, would it be worth me suggesting that Ambar try to develop the article in their sandbox and submit it for some sort of review by people other than myself. I mean, I'd take a look at it but hopefully others would also, although I am not quite sure of the best way to obtain that audience. If even replying to this would cause you to become involved then please do not! - Sitush (talk) 15:38, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

I should be OK since this is about user conduct issues. I think talking to Ambar wiki about getting a mentor would do well, because I think he could use the guidance. I don't think he's hopeless at all, but as you say is still having some issues grasping basic policy. Asking him to work on his articles in userspace is also perfectly reasonable, I've asked that of several editors before and it usually works out better for everyone. As to getting more people involved; I don't know what the situation is at WP:INDIA, but that may or may not be a good idea. The best I can think of is Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Geopolitical, ethnic, and religious conflicts. Hope I was somewhat helpful. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 16:54, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. I have left a note on their talk page and we'll take it from there. We desperately need good, regular editors for India-related topics, but they all have to start somewhere. - Sitush (talk) 17:30, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Saini

You should note that {{pp-dispute}} is for pages that are fully-protected only, as noted on the template documentation itself. I do understand that you may have semi-protected Saini when you intended to full-protect it.

While I am not an administrator, (and I am not denying that you have administrator permissions, of course.) I just wish to let you know of this, just in case you have not known this before. (you can use {{Protection templates}} as a reference if you wish.) (Also, I don't mind if you respond here, as I will likely notice eventually, if I don't see it within a day or two due to not visiting Wikipedia on a daily basis as much anymore.) Thanks. LikeLakers2 (talk | Sign my guestbook!) 19:10, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

The situation there is a bit unusual, although common in Indian caste articles; the content dispute consists of anons adding unsourced puffery and experienced editors having to repeatedly remove it. Next time I'll pribably just use a customized message, though; not a big deal. Thanks. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 19:44, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

No problem. I actually was careful of what I said, as I didn't want it to come out as, say, me telling you how to be an admin, as I am sure you know very well how to be an admin. (or, at least, I hope you do. :D ) I'm pretty sure I coulda used the edit summary instead, but meh. :) LikeLakers2 (talk | Sign my guestbook!) 19:57, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

No offense taken; if I make a mistake I'd rather know about it. See you around! The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:21, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview for Admins

Dear The Blade of the Northern Lights,

Hello my name is Steven Stark, I am a student at Michigan State University working on an exploration of the Wikipedia adminship process. I want to start by thanking you for agreeing to answer a few questions about your experiences being a Wikipedia administrator. These questions should take no more than 30 minutes to answer.

Just a reminder that these interviews are anonymous, and while we are using your user name to keep track of responses, your name will not be used in any of our reports. If you have questions at any time, please feel free to let me know.

Please do not post any of the questions, your responses or any of our correspondence on-wiki at this time. This is to protect the integrity of the interview process. If you would like to post this material online, please wait until June 1, 2012 to do so. You can email me at: starkst3@msu.edu

Thanks so much!

Please delete the revision here

Hello, Blade, this is to notify you to delete a revision in a user page of a user who gives out his personal number, age, etc. Here is the diff: 1. If done, please notify on my talk. Be sure to give me an editor review here, the last time you forgot about it. Dipankan says.. ^{("Be bold and edit!")} 06:45, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Austereraj block evasion

I think that Austereraj is back as User:117.243.1.133, a mere three days after your semi-p expired. - Sitush (talk) 07:45, 15 March 2012 (UTC) (talk page stalker) Why not give an indef range block? Like this: 117.243.1.133/100? It's only a few, less than 10/500 of the ISP? Austereraj is full set to disrupt the project, so to save it, you need to block in a range, isn't it? Dipankan says.. ^{("Be bold and edit!")} 09:28, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

I'll check it over when I can get in front of my computer, but I may try a rangeblock. It'd have to be temporary, as IPs change fairly frequently, but I'll try to find something. If all else fails, I'll just put the semiprotection back indefinitely. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 13:09, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Given that the badly behaving addresses are (117.225.168.166, 117.225.174.246, 117.225.210.42, 117.243.1.133), if I am doing my decimal math right the rangeblock would have to cover 117.224.0.0/11 which is quite huge and probably a bad idea. JanetteDoe (talk) 17:49, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Why does everyone seem to understand rangeblock calculations better than me? And, yes, I did once read the article. - Sitush (talk) 17:52, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

I barely do; I use this to do the work for me. The software won't allow me to block beyond a /16, so I guess it's semiprotection again. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:18, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Please look at the reverts at Kamma_(caste)

Dear Blade,

Please review the reverts at [[8]] by Mr. Kumarrao. I have given ample time almost one and half year for providing reliable sources, but it was not the case, Mr Kumarrao always considers a Caste book as authenic History book :p. again a week back gave proper sources to clarify that its false claim. I have clarified the author that non english sources are not reliable. Request your help in clarifying the wiki policies.

Indianprithvi (talk) 05:24, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Dalai lama ding dong again

A few days after returning from his two day block for violating his ban on I-P related topics, Dalai lama ding dong has made this edit, which is to the Jerusalem article (an I-P related article if there ever was one), and this revert (to an article about an Israeli bus line, where he re-added Category:Women's rights in Israel). It seems astoundingly obvious to me that these, for him, forbidden edits. Jayjg ^(talk) 07:38, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure those are actionable; the first is some wording changes to a part of the article that doesn't have anything to do with the I/P conflict itself, and the second seems to be more of an issue with just Israel. I agree that he's definitely close to the line, but I'm not sure it's quite over. However, if you want you can start an AE thread and see what kind of response you get; I'm still fairly new to the administrative side of AE, so perhaps I'm being a little too narrow. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 11:13, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

I'm a bit confused; Jerusalem has a giant "WARNING: ACTIVE ARBITRATION REMEDIES. The article Jerusalem, along with other articles relating to the Arab–Israeli conflict, is currently subject to active arbitration remedies, as laid out during a 2008 Arbitration case, and supplemented by community consensus in November 2010. etc." notice on it. If the entire article is under ARBPIA restrictions because it is I-P related, then how could edits to them not fall under the restrictions? Jayjg ^(talk) 20:55, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

I would also point you to your recent statements here and here, which seem to apply directly to this situation too. Jayjg ^(talk) 21:32, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

I promise I'm not ignoring you; I'll take a look at it when I get home, which should be ~5 hours. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:50, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

You've edited quite a bit since then... Jayjg ^(talk) 22:40, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

And he's since edited an article regarding a statement made by the Israeli Prime Minister. Jayjg ^(talk) 22:42, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Yeah, let me take care of it now; I got a little sidetracked earlier dealing with a couple other issues. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 22:44, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

And for clarification, I also will say I agree that if I'm to oppose the lifting of Chesdovi's sanction, I wouldn't have any reason not to do the same here; you are correct. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 22:52, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Good, because he's actually been reverting another editor on the statements of the Israeli Prime Minister. Jayjg ^(talk) 22:57, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

I'm going to try to redirect his interests to someplace where we actually need hard-nosed, stubborn editors. I think he has the potential to be a productive editor, but the I/P snake pit isn't the best place for his talents; if I can get him on board for editing Indian caste articles, I think he'll fit in there quite nicely (persistence and willingness to fight the good fight there can actually be a plus). The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 23:01, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Boomerang?

What are you saying at that AE case was a boomerang? I didn't file the report, nor was I the one who tried to use the case to push for anyone to get topic-banned. All I did was respond to comments other editors made about me to clarify what actually happened.--The Devil's Advocate (talk) 04:58, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

I'll amend accordingly; I was interrupted in the middle of typing, and interruptions occasionally cause me to write things that don't make much sense (it's an issue I've had pretty much all my life; I can't multitask at all because of it). I probably would have noticed when I checked back in the morning, but I'll fix it now. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 06:13, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

I have suggested an alternative to topic bans at the AE case.--The Devil's Advocate (talk) 17:22, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Chesdovi AE appeal

Could you please reopen the case? Chesdovi has requested a new statement to be moved to AE. I believe it would be best for everyone if he could be allowed to have his final say. --Frederico1234 (talk) 12:17, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Censorship of user-talk pages

I'm not sure why you've come to make this revert [9] to my user-talk page, but I hope you'll trust an involved admin's judgement on whether and how to censor his own talk page, rather than making the judgement for me. Deryck C. 00:26, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

BLP -- speedy + oversight needed?

Am I missing something? [10] EEng (talk) 04:50, 21 March 2012 (UTC) P.S. On second thought I don't mean oversight but that less-strong-type-of-suppression-whose-name-I-forget revision deletion, but anyway it's not needed since simple deletion will remove the material from public view.

Probably you are trying to mean Revision delete tool? Dipankan says.. ^{("Be bold and edit!")} 05:26, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Yes. EEng (talk) 10:52, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Gladly I'd do it, but I really don't want my 'nads to end up in tomorrow morning's soup. When one admin declines it, unless it's a copyvio or something like "John has AIDS!!!!" without any sources other admins are basically required to step back. I do agree with your tagging, though. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 05:12, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

When I didn't hear from you for a while I tried good ol' JamesBWatson -- I think he's got it right -- see [11]. EEng (talk) 13:48, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Instantnood block evasion using IP sock?

• 119.237.156.246 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
• Strange... Aren't BANNED editors supposed to stay away from Wikipedia? Thoughts? Please reply here, thanks~! --Dave ^{♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®} 20:06, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Reblocking for a week; I've looked over a few of Instantnood's past socks, and this one is particularly obvious. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 05:09, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Possibly involved at AE case

I found this edit you made to the 9/11 CT article, which removed the phrase "alternative theories" from the lede. The "alternative theory" vs. "conspiracy theory" dispute is a pretty common one in the topic area. Since the editors most vociferously arguing for me to be topic-banned are all accusing me of being a conspiracy theorist it would seem on this question you might be involved.--The Devil's Advocate (talk) 15:54, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

IIRC, I made that change only because it sounded a bit redundant to say the same thing twice in different words in the same sentence; nonetheless, I will ask in the necessary venues whether or not I would be considered involved. Until that time, I'll move my comments into the general discussion section (give me 20 minutes; I'm on my way out to quickly do something and my iPhone battery is almost dead). I don't think my objectivity is compromised, but I'd rather be sure I'm not considered involved. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 16:04, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Request for clarification filed; we'll see what happens there. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 17:17, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Mmk.--The Devil's Advocate (talk) 17:28, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Technical procedure goes boink

Hey, Blade. I think you were supposed to put this at the top of the page, under the instruction box, not at the bottom. —chaos5023 (talk) 17:21, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Fixed; thanks. I hate it when I do that (and I love that Calvin and Hobbes cartoon; I wish I could have made 5 clones to attend school for me). The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 17:23, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Topic ban

I don't want to break any rule, so I'd like to know the scope of my ban, because an user is removing all my editions (see my recent contributions here, here, here, here and here). Thanks and greetings.--AndresHerutJaim (talk) 15:29, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

I think I am that user. I didn't remove all your editions. I removed the ones that I think are topic ban violations until I realized you had apparently forgotten about the ban.

• Calling Palestinian Black September a terrorist group
• and again
• editing the 1948 Arab–Israeli War article
• editing the Mossad article although I'm not sure this really counts as a topic ban violation. Staying away from the Mossad article may be advisable though.
• adding details of IDF attack on commander of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas

I didn't revert this edit despite it being to the First Intifada article because the edit was unrelated to the topic in my view.

At that point it became clear that you had apparently forgotten about the topic ban and were going to carry on, so I contacted HJ Mitchell.

Sean.hoyland - talk 18:30, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Looking at AndresHerutJaim edits after your message on his talk page, it seems clear that he doesn't understand when an edit is related to the topic. He is editing as if there is no topic ban (see this edit for example but there are several others). If he does not desist I will be filing an AE report. It's nothing personal but the topic area obvious can't function properly unless people comply with the restrictions imposed on them. To his credit he is not using sockpuppetry which makes a change for the topic area. Sean.hoyland - talk 04:45, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Please don't block me. I'll respect the topic ban, I won't edit Israel-related articles anymore.--AndresHerutJaim (talk) 01:26, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

AE closure

Might wanna log that too ;) ~~ Lothar von Richthofen (talk) 04:23, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Block

The wrong IP? Why? Drmies (talk) 04:06, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

• Well, never mind. I'm signing off; the wiki won't break because of some ANI vandalism. Also, the Lady is still on call. Drmies (talk) 04:16, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

  Two IPs hit ANI at the same time, I guess; I must have gotten confused for a moment there, which is a rather common occurrence. I was aiming for the one who wrote "Right now I'm fapping to JAIL BAIT!!", and I must have thought I got a friendly IP by mistake; this is when I know I'm getting tired. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 04:25, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

• This IP restored the other IP's edit and in the process made a holy mess out of the page. I was thinking, for a moment, that it might be some concerted attack. But nothing happened since, so there's little point in blocking now. On the other hand, I still have block buttons, so I guess I haven't lost my tools yet! ;) Drmies (talk) 13:10, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

IBAN discussion

Hi. Since you commented at the AE request, in light of User:Timotheus Canens comments there, please see the discussion here [12] (related to my comment here [13]).VolunteerMarek 16:21, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

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Deletion of REDIRECT Zhirinovsky's ass

Thanks! Mootros (talk) 08:13, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Copyrights (grammar)

Hi, you actually introduced a grammatical error here. In your text, "unless they either fall into the public domain or their copyright is explicitly disclaimed" resolves to two alternatives: "they... fall into the public domain" and "they... their copyright is explicitly disclaimed". The second is clearly grammatically incorrect.

The prior text, "unless either they fall into the public domain or their copyright is explicitly disclaimed" was correct, with the two alternatives being "they fall into the public domain" and "their copyright is explicitly disclaimed", both of which are grammatically and logically correct.

It's a protected page, so I can't reverse the edit. TJRC (talk) 20:42, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

75px|left (smack) EEng (talk) 22:54, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Note; I linked to the file because it's destroying the display on my screen; fish is still fish. Yeah, yeah; for some real good ones, go to rationalwiki.org's article on Citizendium (specifically the section on their charter). I guarantee you'll laugh. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 00:13, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Attacks

Given your fairly recent involvement at User talk:76.125.76.20, you might not be surprised to see that they are continuing in a similar vein. The issue of self-identification per WP:BLP is one that I should have mentioned and did not because I mistakenly assumed that, as with most such articles, I had previously referred to it. As such, my response is not great. However, the asshole response is completely inappropriate. I will amend my own response. - Sitush (talk) 01:14, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Blocked for a week; I'll issue an article ban notice when I get back in front of a full keyboard. You're more than entitled to a frustrated response every so often; even I'm occasionally prone to them. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 01:23, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

I'm tired of hearing the iPhone excuse, so we're all pitching in to buy you a portable keybaord. Sheesh! EEng (talk) 22:49, 30 March 2012 (UTC) P.S. "I cried because I had no WiFi, until I met a man who had no laptop." -- Old Russian proverb

Ok, thanks. I have now tried to explain. It took me some time to clean up the article for the person who is named in that thread! It was as far away from WP:BLP as is possible without actually libelling the guy. - Sitush (talk) 01:36, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

April 2012

Please stop introducing jokes into articles, such as those you created at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. Wikipedia is a serious encyclopedia, and contributions of this type are considered vandalism. Continuing to add jokes and other disruptive content into articles may lead to you being blocked from editing. The same applies to core parts of Wikipedia processes that are regularly visited such as AN/I, especially since new users with editing issues may well use these processes. I appreciate, of course, you may have been attempting to have some fun, and there's no harm done. Tristessa (talk) 00:18, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

Whoops. I forgot what day it is. I also monumentally violated WP:DTR. Arghhh. So sorry. Peace, --Tristessa (talk) 00:22, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

No worries; if I was worried about getting yelled at, I wouldn't have done it. I'll wait till midnight my time, I think that's when the Main Page changes; did you see what I did to RfA? The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 01:29, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

That's much better. I can't explain exactly why, but it is. :) --Tristessa (talk) 01:34, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

Less of a space constraint, so I had a lot more room to work with. Editnotices are a bit trickier, but I've never seen anyone mess with one so I wanted to try. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 01:46, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

User:SternComradeLoyalFascist Sock of User:DavidYork71

Any chance you could take a look at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/DavidYork71 and make a ruling. I appreciate that he has already been blocked, but I believe his behavior needs to be documented and SternComradeLoyalFascist identified as such. I set up the sockpuppet investigation several days ago, and unfortunately no admins have gotten to it yet...it would have avoided so much disruption if they had. I guess not many people understand DavidYork and his 200+ puppets.Coffeepusher (talk) 04:32, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

ok, it was yesterday that I set up the investigation...Coffeepusher (talk) 04:47, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

he is back, any chance we could get a block? [[14]]Coffeepusher (talk) 01:43, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Obvious sock blocked. Acroterion (talk) 01:49, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you everyone.Coffeepusher (talk) 01:50, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

You called it. You should get a cookie for that, even if it was an inverted call. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 03:27, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

This looks like the same guy, same edit to David Miscavige, I'm not sure who I should be alerting: DianetixWholetrackLifeMastery -- BTfromLA (talk) 08:40, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

The April Fool award

	The April Fool award
	Enjoy your April's fools day by eating some sushi and enjoying Udon. Dipankan says.. ("Be bold and edit!") 05:04, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

How did you know I prefer udon to soba? ;) The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 05:06, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

AndresHerutJaim

Indefinite is too harsh as User:Dalai_lama_ding_dong was blocked several times for several days for similar offences.--Shrike (talk) 05:15, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

I'm not going to block him indefinitely, I'd block him for a month. The reason is that AndresHerutJaim has a history going back literally years, including prior blocks and bans for the exact same problem, but Dalai lama ding dong is a relatively new user who hasn't had nearly as many sanctions. That being said, I'm going to sleep on whether or not a 1 month block is helpful in light of what Andres said above; if he's true to his word, a block wouldn't be preventing anything. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 05:18, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

Inclusion of Touré's surname in his article

Hi. Since the matter of whether to include Touré's surname has come up again, can you cast your vote here? If you're new to this matter, and not familiar with the arguments for and against doing so, you can read them just above that section, or click here. The discussion is of considerable length, but not too long to get a gist of the primary arguments for and against. I really appreciate it. Thanks. Nightscream Nightscream (talk) 16:46, 1 April 2012 (UTC)

Instantnood IP

Is leaving his talk page access up a good idea? Don't think he's going stop continuing his tirade... —Strange Passerby (talk • cont) 14:17, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

Austereraj again

I think that User:117.224.51.64 may be Austereraj again. The usual insertion of photos that show him, with captions that name him. - Sitush (talk) 17:43, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

It's either Austereraj or someone so like-minded that it doesn't make a difference. Blocked and article semiprotected indefinitely (I've seen far too many of those sorts of articles that have literally years of history without a single constructive contribution from an anon or new user, and I'm not waiting this time). The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:52, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

I understand, and it is not pre-emptive because the crap contributions have already been happening. Thanks very much for giving it some attention. - Sitush (talk) 19:02, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Is it worth semi-ing Ram Phal Hooda also? - Sitush (talk) 19:07, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, one month didn't do it, so I'll get that one too. Good catch. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 19:08, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

John Chung

You posted on the Help Desk about the desire to research and write an article on John Chung. I believe that is already covered by the article on Plainfield Teacher's College. Correct me if I am in error. (This has always been one of my favorite hoax stories.)    → Michael J Ⓣ Ⓒ Ⓜ 03:03, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

It would seem you're correct! I'll create John Chung as a redirect to it; thanks for that. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 05:00, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

New contributor who is not getting it

I feel as if I am going round in circles with a new contributor at Talk:Varna_(Hinduism)#External_links. At one point, they seemed to place some weight on having the opinion of an admin. You may not wish to be involved but this is a basic policy issue and I am hoping that either you or one of your admin stalkers might care to take a look and comment. I might be wrong, after all!- Sitush (talk) 18:06, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

No problem; give me 45 minutes and I'll see what I can do. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:17, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for the comment. You are not the first to think that I have an excess of patience, but in this instance the well is now dry. That contributor is on their third revert and I am pretty sure that they were previously adding the link as the IP. I've reverted them twice in their registered user mode, which means that the link is still in the article at present despite the ongoing discussion. I am going to remove it again because the copyvio issue is significant per WP:EL. - Sitush (talk) 20:25, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Don't worry about 3RR here; removing links to copyright-violating websites doesn't count as a revert, for obvious reasons. If he adds it again, I'll block. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 20:33, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I was aware of the 3RR exception (as also for BLPs, although they say one should seek advice). I just didn't want to revert again without some fresh eyes on the conversation otherwise it might appear to be entrapment on my part. - Sitush (talk) 20:37, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Why did you delete Dominique Hourani page

Dear The Blade of the Norther Lights. Can you please tell me where is the G11 advertising claim in the article of Dominique Hourani. Can I get page back. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Walidelmusrati (talk • contribs) 21:25, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Yes please get it back

Dispute resolution survey

Dispute Resolution – Survey Invite Hello The Blade of the Northern Lights. I am currently conducting a study on the dispute resolution processes on the English Wikipedia, in the hope that the results will help improve these processes in the future. Whether you have used dispute resolution a little or a lot, now we need to know about your experience. The survey takes around five minutes, and the information you provide will not be shared with third parties other than to assist in analyzing the results of the survey. No personally identifiable information will be released. Please click HERE to participate. Many thanks in advance for your comments and thoughts. You are receiving this invitation because you have had some activity in dispute resolution over the past year. For more information, please see the associated research page. Steven Zhang DR goes to Wikimania! 23:06, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Done, thanks! The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 23:25, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Jill Kenton for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Jill Kenton is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jill Kenton until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

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Question about AE log and notification

Hi Blade. A quick note to ask whether you may have forgotten to record the recent AE result concerning AndresHerutJaim in the RfArb log for I/P articles? I see your post of 21:33, 11 March 2012 (UTC) to that log, beneath HJMitchell's post concerning the user, but nothing more recent. I also noticed that the notification you posted to his talk seems to have omitted notice of the extension of his I/P topic ban to indefinite. Thought you'd appreciate the reminder. Best,  – OhioStandard (talk) 13:33, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Damn, thanks for reminding me. Will take care of it now. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 13:35, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

In case you missed it...

on the helpdesk, in light of more comments this morning, I have filed a noticeboard complaint, here. I would however appreciate your view on the situation, an outside observer is always a welcome perspective. I don't think this would be considered forum shopping would it? My post to the helpdesk was before this morning's comments were made, but if you feel it would be tripping on other administrator's toes for you to get involved, or have an opinion, I can understand that too. -- Maelefique^(talk) 16:40, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Question

You say you speak a bit of Japanese.Could you explain what this http://www.ishiyaku.co.jp/search/details.aspx?bookcode=240110 is about, please? 2.96.44.146 (talk) 21:22, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Dalai lama ding dong again

I'm sorry to have to be here, but once again User:Dalai lama ding dong is making edits that violate his topic ban - in this case, this one, which is specifically about Zionism (or anti-Zionism) and Israel. Rather than avoiding the topical area, or even leaving Wikipedia for the duration, as he said he would do, he seems to be trying to skirt as closely to the edge as possible. I'm hoping you can deal with this quickly this time; in the past it has sometimes taken multiple reminders to get action, and while I am sure the accusations made during Shuki's recent banning are false, I would not like to give those who make them any ammunition. Jayjg ^(talk) 00:43, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Working on it now... The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 01:02, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

I have no choice but to agree with you that this is an obvious violation. I could ordinarily cut someone a little slack, except that it's patently obvious the section has to do with Arab people involved in the I/P conflict (the idea he removed is that which was being promoted by Mahmoud Abbas, and is directly linked to his political activities involving Fatah). I'm going to block for 8 days (double his previous block); I really wish he had taken me up on my offer. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 01:17, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a look. Jayjg ^(talk) 01:33, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Discussion on Meta involving you

Hello. I have opened a discussion at meta:Stewards' noticeboard involving BrandonSkyPimenta (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), whom you blocked back in February.--Jasper Deng (talk) 04:12, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

A "Metaphor"

Hello, Blade of the Northern Lights! I was the one who made the Thich Quang Duc reference: though, in hindsight, perhaps it should have been a simple link to the article Self-immolation. Or perhaps I should have linked to Seppuku. Same difference. It was just a "metaphor". Cheers :> Doc talk 04:15, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

It's really not a big deal, it's just a reaction I get that I don't have much control over. I've learned to live with it; carry on as usual. It's not going to kill anyone. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 04:19, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Magic wand

Do you fancy waving your magic wand to make the troublesome and frequent IP problems go away at Sandhu? - Sitush (talk) 08:09, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Semiprotected for 6 months; now comes the flood of talkpage complaints... The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 12:43, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. I think it is less people than it may look to be, but using dynamic IPs. I should be ok dealing with complaints on the article talk page. - Sitush (talk) 12:49, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Prem Rawat

Hi there, I noticed the Prem Rawat ANI thread and thought I'd come here and say hi. I mediated a rather long case on Prem Rawat back in 2008, and have been keeping somewhat of an eye on the article ever since. If you need anything at all, feel free to send a poke in my direction. Cheers, Steven Zhang ^{DR goes to Wikimania!} 08:55, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, I think I'll need all the help I can get. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 12:41, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Possible to get a comment/thought from you on the latest round of comments? There's now 3 of them telling me I'm wrong about this. I'm still of the opinion this is a straightforward civility question, the rest is mostly puff to deflect. Maybe I'm wrong. Either way, I would be interested in an uninvolved opinion, I've left a shorter, similar, note on Steve's talk page too, after seeing he made a comment here (which I had nothing to do with). -- Maelefique^(talk) 17:35, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

It seems all the other editors at talk:Prem Rawat are holding their breath waiting for a conclusion, since, for the first time in quite a while, no one (other than me) is suddenly speaking there. Are we just waiting for administrative procedure, or are you still reviewing the case, or "other"? -- Maelefique^(talk) 18:19, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

I think I'm pretty much done, just trying to write up something using an iPhone and trying to watch my Yankees at the same time. I should have it done pretty soon. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:36, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your help in this matter, regardless of your final decision. Go Yankees? :) -- Maelefique^(talk) 18:58, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

One last thing, incidental to the issue, can you tell me why I was unable to retrieve the diffs that I listed at ANI, regarding Youreallycan, I don't recall any notification that they were going to be removed, and despite his inappropriate language, I'm not clear on why they would be deleted (I remember when the discussion was hatted, but not deleted). The deletion log says it was the removal of some links that had personal info attached, and there was a post or two that had external links on them, but not from him, does that mean the entire conversation needs to be deleted? If necessary in the future, can admins still review content that has been deleted like that? (I guess that's really the question, otherwise it's hard to prove his past conduct). -- Maelefique^(talk) 20:06, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

They were revdeled because they contained some information about a subject in the article; admins still have access to them, so we can review them as necessary. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 20:13, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Two things, one could you please clarify whether you would consider a report about an insult that calls into question someone's sexuality and/or makes reference to genitals to be frivolous. And two, you say on PR Talk "NPOV and civility are not optional here; if people are having problems with either of them, they will very quickly face sanctions" But you didn't sanction PatW for his gross incivility and didn't even mention him in your AN/I conclusion but chose instead to single me out for something that happened over a year ago. How does that work?Momento (talk) 00:13, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

1 I would need some context, but I wouldn't dismiss it if it was backed up with diffs. 2 is because PatW's behavior is stale; nothing since March 31st. If PatW were to return and have another outburst, I'd have no problem with sanctions, but 2 weeks is a bit too far back to sanction someone. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 00:30, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

"PatW's behavior is stale; nothing since March 31st" so therefore no mention in your AN/I conclusion. "Momento behaviour is stale, nothing since August 2010" better mention it in your AN/I conclusion. Thanks for clarifying that.Momento (talk) 01:19, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

There is an archive of the Youreallycan discussion stored in an archive here, I skimmed it and didn't see what the redacted info would be, but if there's something there, I just thought I'd let you know so it could be removed as well. -- Maelefique^(talk) 15:40, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Thanks for your help with Anjulie! I was at a loss for what to do until you came along. Mr. Absurd (talk) 03:54, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Marouns (talk · contribs)

Yet another one, I guess. ༆ (talk) 22:21, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Reply

I have replied to you on my talk page. Rumiton (talk) 12:30, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

Anons at List of Jats

Would you care to review the anon contributions at List of Jats? I think that this may be a candidate for lengthy semi-protection. - Sitush (talk) 11:41, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Semiprotected for a year; hopefully that'll keep them at bay for a while. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 11:55, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Yes. I'd wager that it will do the job for one year and part of the succeeding day ;) Thanks. - Sitush (talk) 12:05, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

You're invited to Wiki-Gangs of New York @ NYPL on April 21!

Wiki-Gangs of New York: April 21 at the New York Public Library

Join us for an an civic edit-a-thon, Wikipedia meet-up and instructional workshop that will be held this weekend on Saturday, April 21, at the New York Public Library Main Branch. Venue: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building (NYPL Main Branch), Margaret Liebman Berger Forum (Room 227). Directions: Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street. Time: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. (drop-ins welcome at any time) The event's goal will be to improve Wikipedia articles and content related to the neighborhoods and history of New York City - No special wiki knowledge is required! Also, please RSVP!--Pharos (talk) 18:47, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

Shiatsushi

The SPA you indef blocked here: User_talk:Shiatsushi#ANI was unblocked here User_talk:Shiatsushi#Unblock under the condition that they would abide by certain restrictions such as 1rr and "On talk pages, feel free to express your point, but once it is clear consensus is not with your point of view, please leave it at that. Don't keep pressing the issue if people keep disagreeing with you". The SPA is now back at it Talk:Shiatsu#Some_recent_problems, his comments appear to miss the point and he suggests I have a vendetta against him (He appears to not realize it was 2 other editors who reverted his edits as well). The Admin who performed the unblock doesn't have time at present to look at the case: User_talk:Martijn_Hoekstra#Editor_you_unblocked_is_back_at_it. The user appears incapable of just discussing things on the talk page without posting in random other places like a cabal case he opened Wikipedia:Mediation_Cabal/Cases/11_April_2012/#Discussion and my talk page User_talk:IRWolfie-#Shiatsu. Here is the edit history for the article: [15]. It seems like this is only going to degenerate, is possible for some sort of topic ban? IRWolfie- (talk) 09:39, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Follow up for MSU interview process

Hello again The Blade of the Northern Lights,

Sorry I have some how lost your email address and cannot seem to find it. If you could re-email me again it would be much appreciated! Any time this week would work great to do the interview. Please let me know as soon as possible.

Thanks again, User:Starkst3

Abuse Filter on the Article Feedback Tool

Hey there :). You're being contacted because you're an edit filter manager, At the moment, we're developing Version 5 of the Article Feedback Tool, which you may or may not have heard about. If you haven't; for the first time, this will involve a free-text box where readers can submit comments :). Obviously, there's going to be junk, and we want to minimise that junk. To do so, we're working the Abuse Filter into the tool.

For this to work, we need people to write and maintain filters. I'd be very grateful if you could take a look at the discussion here and the attached docs, and comment and contribute! Thanks :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 18:34, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Dear Mr Blade of the Northern Lights, thank you for opening my eyes about how free wikipedia is, and how impartial administrators are in dealing with disputes. I see IRWolfe wrote to you - without my knowledge - and asked you to threaten me with being blocked for this topic. It is good to see your impartiality by following his advice without even looking at the evidence. He says two other editors reverted my edits as well, which is not true since it was only one - yobol -. It is also incredibly impartial to have believed him when he said "The user appears incapable of just discussing things on the talk page without posting in random other places like a cabal case he opened". Anyone who reads the talk page can see I have asked SEVERAL times WHY he has undone my editing and he has refused. I have also explained my reasons on the talk page before resorting to mediation ( I did as a last resort because of the lack of answers). It is still there if you want to check (Do you?). It is also good to see that instead of mediating on the cabal, instead of checking the arguments for or against, you have threatened me. Good to see that wikipedia is all about agreeing with POINTS OF VIEW presented as facts. Don't worry, I won't edit the article any more. I won't edit anything in wikipedia any more, since it is all about how you can ABUSE your power. Shiatsushi (talk) 21:38, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

By the way, just one question, out of curiosity, Why does wikipedia say "help improve this article" when it should say "add anything as long as you agree with what the administrators say"? Shiatsushi (talk) 21:55, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

And I'm sorry, but I have to add that the best lie you have believed (without ckecking it of course) is "The text you added just isn't supported by the reference. IRWolfie- (talk) 11:32, 11 April 2012 (UTC)" when it is supported by the evidence, as anyone who reads the evidence, or the sentences I have quoted on the talk page can check. Actually, now I come to think of it, IRWolfie has changed several times his excuses for undoing my editing. I wonder, is it because he realised he hadn't even read the reasons for my editing, nor what the sources actually said, or because he knew he would have the support of "impartial" administrators? I don't know. Could you please enlighten me? Shiatsushi (talk) 22:46, 17 April 2012 (UTC

A cup of tea for you!

With compliments! Mootros (talk) 06:37, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

I'll copy verbatim your statement because I think it has enlightened me: "I'm not sure how you came to the conclusion I have any stake in the shiatsu article; my interests in Japan are rather far removed from alternative medicinal practices. I'm also unsure as to why you've decided I'm a mindless drone; I reviewed the subject myself, and came to pretty much the same conclusion IRWolfie- and Yobol did; that people are tired of having to repeat themselves doesn't mean they haven't answered you. And I'd also recommend that brevity is the soul of wit, if you catch my drift" I NEVER, EVER, EVER, said that you had any stake in the article, how you came to that conclusion is a mistery to me. I NEVER said you are a mindless drone either. What I ACTUALLY said is that you seem to have supported someone without checking the facts. I NEVER - repeat - NEVER asked neither Yobol nor IRWolfie to repeat themselves. First IRWolfie claims "The text you added just isn't supported by the reference. IRWolfie- (talk) 11:32, 11 April 2012 (UTC)" which is completely untrue as anyone who reads the reference http://cancerhelp.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/treatment/complementary-alternative/therapies/shiatsu can see, then as if this was not an excuse that I should have lapped up for no reason whatsoever except that I must believe him, he REFUSES to answer my question about being more specific. I have given two sentences in the source that support my statement. No reply from him. It seems my request for something which is not so vague, was not reasonable. But it gets better when he states "Sources are not always declared completely reliable. They are reliable for specific statements." IRWolfie- (talk) 09:27, 17 April 2012 (UTC) Does that mean that he can choose which part of the reference is reliable and which is not? And I can't? In which case, yes, I catch your drift. Whatever he says is right, whatever I say is wrong, only that you have expressed it in different terms. Any time you want, we can discuss these issues, if you allow me of course, since you have more power than me. Shiatsushi (talk) 16:07, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Dear Blade of the Northern Lights, if I am not concise, it is because some people in wikipedia keep harrassing me about my editing and apparently I must - unlike others - explain everything in detail. Even when I do so, they are allowed to undo my editing without giving much of an explanation. Question: if you are not a mediator nor an arbitrator, why threaten me? And finally, I have tried to deal with the issues I have with IRWolfie through mediation - as I have explained before, several times (it seems that I have to repeat myself although others don't, obviously), but not only nobody has volunteered to be a mediator, but I have also been threatened with being blocked BECAUSE I asked for mediation. Any suggestions for taking up those issues with him without being blocked? Shiatsushi (talk) 16:48, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

I must disagree with you about me pushing a fringe theory. I believe I'm pushing a mainstream scientific theory, valid for all research. When something hasn't been tested, or the tests have been inconclusive, we must suspend judgement. There is no proof of its efficacy nor of its inefficacy. Where is the fringe theory? Shiatsushi (talk) 23:10, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Harassment again

You have recently twice blocked User:76.125.76.20 for harassment. It would appear that they are not learning: they inserted a comment in Punjabi at Talk:Saini, I deleted it as non-English and then another contributor admonished them for their behaviour. The sequence starts here. I can find no Punjabi - English machine translator that works with Roman characters, but since the admonishing user is not exactly seeing eye-to-eye with me, it is probably safe to assume that the IP's comment was unpleasant! - Sitush (talk) 08:27, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Blocking for a month; at least this one's stayed on one IP. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 13:30, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Indeed. This suggests that it is a dynamic IP, which is unfortunate because you had already indef banned them from Saini and Talk:Saini but there is no reasonable way to block a dynamic IP for a prolonged period. - Sitush (talk) 13:44, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

If IP hopping starts, unlike most other admins I'm willing to semiprotect talkpages, so if it comes to that I will. I hope it doesn't, but I think it's when, not if. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 13:47, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Yet another attempt to handle the dispute at Nagorno-Karabakh

See my protection, and an effort to encourage the RfC. I'm writing to you as one of the admins who participated in the closing of the April 7 AE request. Any comments on where to go from here would be welcome. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 14:04, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Hopefully I can be of some assistance; I'll have a look. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 14:10, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your note on the article talk. EdJohnston (talk) 14:34, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons

Invitation to diacritics guideline discussion at WT:BLP

Hi, you were one of 100+ Users who has commented on a living person Requested Move featuring diacritics (e.g. the é in Beyoncé Knowles) in the last 30 days. Following closure of Talk:Stephane Huet RM, a tightening of BLP guidelines is proposed. Your contribution is invited to WT:BLP to discuss drafting a proposal for tightening BLP accuracy guidelines for names. In ictu oculi (talk) 00:04, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Feel free to duplicate this invite on the pages of others who have commented, for or against. In ictu oculi (talk) 00:08, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

List of Kammas

I think that List of Kammas may be another example of the "no constructive contributions by anons for aeons" genre. - Sitush (talk) 16:35, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Indeed. Semiprotection applied. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 17:24, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

Belated thanks. - Sitush (talk) 23:17, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Help?

I suspect Me-123567-Me numéro 2 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is trying to make people think it is me making those edits. Me-123567-Me (talk) 00:08, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Thank you. Me-123567-Me (talk) 00:17, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Self publishers

Hi, FYI, at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Wikipedia_reliability a drive to slow down self-published book references is getting starting. History2007 (talk) 21:08, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Ban

My I please be informed why I am being banned? Thank you. Soccershoes1 (talk) 02:22, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

ONEDHARMA

Is it a full moon? Toddst1 (talk) 19:16, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

One would think, geez. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 19:17, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

AutoWikiBrowser

Hi, on the requests for AutoWikiBrowser permission page, why did you skip over my name? –sumone10154^{(talk • contribs)} 20:51, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Epic Rant

Is there some kind of special Barnstar we can give for this epic rant ? SH 09:34, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Civility Barnstar
	Despite under incredible abuse and faced with an epic rant you managed to keep your cool. SH 09:35, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!! The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 17:58, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Since you reviewed the block,

I thought you might be interested in or have constructive comments at User_talk:Rannpháirtí_anaithnid#not_edit_warring. Toddst1 (talk) 20:10, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Varna (Hinduism)

Have you misread what has gone on today at Varna (Hinduism)? I see that you have semi'd the thing but in this instance I don't think that there has been a great deal of anon disruption - it is simply a very poor article. CorrectKnowledge is not an anon and meant well, but unfortunately was citing primary sources etc. I've been trying to explain on their talk page but I don't think that I am going to get very far. - Sitush (talk) 19:42, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

I looked a bit further back into the article's history; it's another case where anons really haven't been terribly helpful. Given that and the fact that the article really needs a lot of work, I thought it'd be better for them to work things out on the talkpage; I'm fine to reversing that if you think that'd be more of a detriment than a benefit, though. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 19:44, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

No, stick with it if you have done your research. I know that you usually do but was a little concerned by the timing. It is a mess and anon edits have not helped at all, although they are not as prolific as on some other articles that you have semi'd recently. - Sitush (talk) 19:56, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

OK. I'll also see if I can help straighten things out at the talkpage; not really expecting much, but it can't hurt to try. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 19:58, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

OK, thanks. The debate with CorrectKnowledge has now moved to Talk:U. G. Krishnamurti. I may be wrong. I doubt it in this instance.- Sitush (talk) 20:17, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

And, sure enough, it does seem that I am not going to make much progress with CorrectKnowledge either at Talk:U. G. Krishnamurti or Varna (Hinduism). This could be unfortunate because they are clearly knowledgeable. - Sitush (talk) 11:48, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

User:Shiatsushi

The editor is back at it again now opening a formal meditation request Wikipedia:Requests_for_mediation/Shiatsu#Parties.27_agreement_to_mediation after my removal of undue material [16], instead of talking about it on the talk page Talk:Shiatsu#small_study. See User_talk:The_Blade_of_the_Northern_Lights#Shiatsushi and User_talk:Shiatsushi#Admin_note for the previous issue. IRWolfie- (talk) 11:18, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll have a look at it. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 11:21, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

List of Rajputs

You semi-protected List of Rajputs on 18 February. That expired on 3 March and the same anon rubbish continues. Sure, there are also issues with registered users but we could more than half the maintenance (much of which relates to BLP issues) if the semi was reinstated. How do you feel about that? - Sitush (talk) 17:07, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

I feel that any constructive edits can be requested on the talkpage. I'll semi it indefinitely, there's no sense in letting that continue. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 17:11, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, While you were doing that, I was trying to find a way forward regarding one of the issues on the talk page. In fairness to that particular IP, they were attempting to discuss whereas SubQuad is starting to look like trouble across quite a range of Rajput-related articles. Aside from BLP issues in the list, he has today, for example, incorrectly removed sourced info on the grounds that it was vandalism. They are fairly inexperienced as a registered user but have been pretty bellicose so far. Right now I can't be bothered speaking with them because I've seen this pattern time and time again & sometimes I give up! Maybe next time I will have a word rather than just fixing. - Sitush (talk) 17:19, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Especially given the edit summary, I think a fairly stern warning is in the works here; I just got done with CorrectKnowledge too. I'll handle that. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 17:21, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

I think it wud be better for me to discuss this[17] here (article Rajput). By using the word vandalism I was not accusing User:Sitush, but the one who initially added it. My objection to it was that it seemed to be unsourced. I cudn't find any citation. But now I have checked this Britanica page and found the matter here.[18] SubQuad (talk) 14:50, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Original Research

This is in reply to the warning given to me here. It is possible that my view on using primary sources is incorrect and WP:OR. However, I have seen primary sources quoted both directly and indirectly on many well edited articles on philosophy in wikipedia. Take for instance Idealism#Transcendental_idealism — this is a well edited section of an article with no badges of shame on it. It quite liberally uses a primary source 'Critique of Pure Reason' for both direct and indirect quotes from Kant. The editors also introduce these quotes in their own words, using their understanding on Kant. This kind of liberal usage is done also for John Searle in the same article. This is true for vast majority of articles on philosophy. Besides, such usage of primary sources does not contradict WP:Primary. It might also be worthwhile to note that the number of secondary and tertiary sources for Kant might be more than those for all Indian philosophers combined. I might be wrong, but it seems like you are imposing a standard for references that is non-existent in articles on philosophy in wikipedia. It is only fair that you let me know what your views are on this, before I get banned.CorrectKnowledge (talk) 18:09, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) The OR issue has been explained to you by multiple people, and over several very long, somewhat tendentious threads. As far as your comments here are concerned, the idea that other stuff exists applies. This is also something that has been explained to you previously.

BTW, there is a difference between being blocked and banned. The chances of the latter happening are particularly remote & I really would not worry yourself about being banned right now. A block is also eminently avoidable: just follow the policies etc & don't worry too much about the thousands of articles that do not follow the policies - we cannot keep track of all ca. 4 million articles here. - Sitush (talk) 18:19, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

Since The Blade of the Northern Lights' warning to me was related to me wasting time of other editors, I guess its reasonable to inform you that I am going to edit the Narayana sukta again using secondary sources (page from Swami Krishnananda's book). Hopefully, it won't be much of a bother.CorrectKnowledge (talk) 18:38, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

You would be edit warring - take it to the article talk page, please. - Sitush (talk) 19:22, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

I am not undoing any edit. This is different content. Let me post it first, if you find it troublesome we can go to the talk page.CorrectKnowledge (talk) 19:32, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

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Narma

Take a look at the history of the Narma article. Wow. Just ... wow. - Sitush (talk) 16:26, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

What the fuck happened there... semiprotected indefinitely. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 17:33, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Tony Hewitt page

Hi Blade

I have now cited a few reliable sources/references on this page and wondered if the removal/deletion tag could be removed?

Meow

Housecatz

 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Housecatz (talk • contribs) 06:04, 2 May 2012 (UTC) 

Please Remove Deletion Tag

Hello, I would have to politely disagree with you that the subject's significance was not explained on the Low Viscosity page. It talks about how he is changing the rap industry and doing something different. If you think that is not explaining the significance, I would just like to say that who are you to define what a subject's significance is?? It is opinion based. However, will you please remove the deletion/removal tag on the page? I will edit it so that there is more information explaining this.

Thank you --LowViscosity (talk) 19:07, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

SubQuad

SubQuad has now been blocked - sock of Mrpontiac1. I am not massively surprised. - Sitush (talk) 23:05, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Behavior noted; I'm sure this won't be the last one. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 23:08, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

query

Re [19], what's an SEO? (Or, if you prefer {in accordance with notice the top of your page} -- what the fuck is a fucking SEO?) Nobody Ent 00:03, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Search Engine Optimization providers. MBisanz ^talk 00:09, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

In the unlikely event you hadn't heard

Yankees closer Mariano Rivera declared Friday that his career was not over, and according to medical experts and peers who have come back from a similar knee injury, there is no reason to believe he will not be able to return.^(ref)

Cheers, mate.  – OhioStandard (talk) 08:39, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Yeah; let's just say that wasn't the mood Thursday or most of yesterday. Glad he decided to give it a run. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 12:38, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Incidentally, since you're a sane, rational person, would you mind having a look at either this or this AfD (or both, if you're really feeling adventurous)? I don't care which way you go on it, I just want them to reach some sort of resolution. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 14:54, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Yes, I sort of followed the reports, too. Since I know you don't like commiseration I would have welcomed the opportunity, in person, to call you a cunt and buy you a half-dozen pints or so at the local pub; sorry I couldn't, but the intention was there. ;-) Glad to have a look at the AfDs; I should do my part at the AfD board more regularly, anyway.  – OhioStandard (talk) 15:12, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Greatly appreciated on both counts (incidentally, you know it's not good when even Red Sox fans are feeling bad for you; that was a new level of strangeness for me). The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 15:13, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

Well, I admit I've heard reports that a few Red Sox fans might actually be decent human beings, but I'm inclined to discount them.  – OhioStandard (talk) 15:20, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

+1. And I also like the comparison someone made of the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry as being "much like the rivalry between hammer and nail". The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 15:21, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

It's not often that anything here makes me literally "laugh out loud", but that one did. I hadn't heard it before, but that's a great one.  – OhioStandard (talk) 15:25, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

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Dipankan ^{(Have a chat?)} 11:27, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Good stuff

...."calm down and just chill." in the same post with "Billy Martin". You made a good point but the juxtaposition made me smile. Tiderolls 02:01, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

I was wondering if someone would pick up on that; I guess I have my answer! I am actually watching his Yankeeography too. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 02:04, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Imma National League fan myself, but ya gotta love the pinstripes. Tiderolls 02:10, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

I should have been a Mets fan with my family, but I never looked back once I had the fortune to be at David Cone's perfect game. But every so often, I like to watch some NL games; much more interesting from a strategy standpoint. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 02:13, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks for your thoughts and comments at WP:AE. Buckshot06 (talk) 21:57, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

UTRS Account Request

I confirm that I have requested an account on the UTRS tool. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい)

I've approved and activated your account. Thanks for volunteering.--v/r - TP 02:34, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Wow, and I just got finished cleaning a bunch out of CAT:UNBLOCK! I'll be on it without missing a beat. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 02:36, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Haha, well I think you can handle 5 appeals on UTRS in the same time you can handle 1 on wiki or on the email list. Hope you like it.--v/r - TP 03:33, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, a lot easier there. Of course, there are also fewer admins there, so I guess it evens out. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 03:39, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

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Age as a "Competition"

The Boston Post Cane tradition in New England dates to 1909. "Old age" as a "competition" involves not direct persons competing against each other, but "finding someone older" than a current titleholder is a longstanding tradition. Waiting for someone older to die is another aspect of "longevity" as a competition.

http://web.maynard.ma.us/bostonpostcane/

This is tangential to the Goossenaerts AFD so I'm posting the message here. I agree that the Goossenaerts article is in a grey area and unlikely to survive long-term AFD. However, the real point is that "sports" on Wikipedia has developed rules on keeping articles that otherwise would not exist or survive an AFD...such as the "played one game in a major league" policy, which runs counter to Wikipedia policies on GNG and nontrivial coverage in multiple, independent sources ABOUT the person being covered. Indeed, a sports magazine feature on someone is "about" that person, but a score line in a newspaper is not.

Some of the "supercentenarian" articles that probably should have been kept have been deleted in the past, while some that should not have been kept have survived. There needs to be a more consistent policy on this. I would suggest that, in general, if someone ranks in the top 100 all-time and is covered in multiple, independent sources over a period of one year or more, they should be considered "notable."

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List of Reddys

List of Reddys may be another of the caste lists that could use your ministrations. The usual excess of unconstructive anon additions etc. - Sitush (talk) 13:35, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Ouch, that one was was pretty bad. Semiprotected indefinitely, on the off-chance an anon has an actually helpful edit it can be requested at the talkpage. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 13:38, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

IP 90.218.255.152 block

Hi, you recently blocked IP 90.218.255.152 for disruptive editing. It looked to me like an indefinite block subject to appeal and yet he is editing (and disrupting) again as of yesterday. I can't see a record of the unblocking. Could you shed some light? Thanks Span (talk) 16:34, 9 May 2012 (UTC)