A request for mediation has been filed with the Mediation Committee that lists you as a party. The Mediation Committee requires that all parties listed in a mediation must be notified of the mediation. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Falun Gong, and indicate whether you agree or refuse to mediate. If you are unfamiliar with mediation, please refer to Wikipedia:Mediation. There are only seven days for everyone to agree, so please check as soon as possible. --Fire Star 火星 14:04, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Concerning your oppose of my RFA, no I haven't written any featured articles. Could you please clarify on the page why that is a factor in my request for adminship when I intend to use the tools for other areas? Thank you. Cowman109Talk 23:17, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi, are you saying that an admin must have a FA without any alternative, or are you referring to User:Mailer_diablo/1FA?
Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 23:51, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
The problems with those terms. "Revisionist" makes people think that they're out to deny the whole event. "Fake" makes people think that it is claimed they're doctored - that's only the claim with different ones. You have to think what people will assume, unless it is explained fully in the article. John Smith's 12:00, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
I understand what you mean. It is what people will assume by looking at the article. So I think we shouldn't use such terms until any photos are fully discussed in the article. John Smith's 09:45, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for taking part in my RfA! Ultimately, it ended with a final result of (62/23/7), and with only 73% support, no consensus was achieved. To tell you the truth, I hate the 1FA voting scheme. But I will definitely look into your comments and get more involved with my contributions. Thanks again for your constructive criticisms.
While I would certainly more than support much more escalation of the block time than the 24 hours you chose, I'm pleased you blocked this 3RR violator. Can I nudge you, however, to place the corresponding notice on User talk:Kmaguir1 to document your action? LotLE×talk 19:53, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
Hmm... immediately after your block expired, Kmaguir1 resumed the same destructive reversion he was blocked for: [1]. It's not 3RR again, but perhaps a nice firm nudge (or kick) from an admin can head off the next violation at the pass. LotLE×talk 19:43, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
Do you just sit around complaining to sympathetic admins all day? Why don't you actually do something for a change. Goodness--you attack me with a vigilance, you find out my university, investigate departments, students. I mean, really, is this the Securitat? Please, you know, just leave my private life out of it--I never dragged yours into it. And stopped whining to admins everytime there's a problem you can fix on your own. -Kmaguir1 08:10, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
Hey Mib, just a quick note to let you know I withdrew my RfA at 13/11/10. Unfortunately I don't think an FA under my name is ever going to happen, but I'll keep trying :) Cheers --james(talk) 11:32, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
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I did not see that you were joking the other day, and thought you were mocking the work that has been done on the military project, and I owe you an apology. Sometimes this stuff gets too serious...Sorry!old windy bear 21:53, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi, Fnhddzs has changed the title of the Suppression of Falun Gong page to Persecution of Falun Gong. Can you revert that and warn him? Thanks --Samuel Luo 08:36, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
Thanks so much for your taking your time to vote on my request for adminship! With a final vote count of (82/5/0), it succeeded, and I'm now an administrator! Although 1FA is not a criteria I believe in personally, I respect others' rights to use it. I assure you, though, you have nothing to worry about with me being an admin. I'll be very careful/conservative at first, so I don't accidentally do anything wrong. Feel free to contact me with any comments/suggestions in the future! —Mets501 (talk) 13:25, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
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Thanks for your comments on my rfA, in the end I did manage to become an admin. Please let me know of anything I do that you've got an issue with! Thanks/wangi 00:46, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm getting tired of this conflict between us, so I'd like you to get off your chest whatever it is you want to say about me. Or would you prefer we keep trading insults? John Smith's 23:10, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
I'd still prefer to talk it over rather than "duel it out" on the NM talk page. John Smith's 23:33, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Well if you're not even interested in discussing things then your respect is obviously not worth having. Which is a shame, because personally I don't see why we can't resolve our differences. John Smith's 20:24, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
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Hi Miborovsky, thank you for supporting me in my RfA, which was closed as successful today with a finaly tally of (56/0/3). I will be very careful at first to avoid any mistakes. Please feel free to leave a message in my talk page if you have any comments/suggestions about me in the future. Once again, thank you! --WinHunter(talk) 09:12, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Informal mediator WikieZach| talk is preparing to move the Falun Gong mediation case to the Wikipedia:Arbcom. I have been asked to alert concerned (to the best of my knowledge) editors about this matter. Thank you. --Fire Star 火星 22:55, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Something from a Jung Chang reader who doesn't know how or can't be bothered to start a new sectionedit
The CCP is still communist. Authoritarianism is still the rule of the day, until that changes, Chinese people will continue to live in mental and physical slavery, and will be incapable of soliciting respect from any other nationality- save the Iraqis, the only thing stopping them from killing each other being Saddam! Pathetic people, absolutely pathetic!
Nice racism going there. Perhaps you do not respect a lot of people, but then I doubt your respect is something I would want. Have a great day. -- Миборовский 23:23, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
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Like you, I am a requester of graphs, not a creator of them. If you read this discussion you will see that Tariqabjotu and Petros471 created them for us. Just looking at the numbers I see that new FAs are not growing nearly as fast as edits to the project. The question this raises in my mind is why are edits going up so fast? If it is due to vandalism, then the numbers of admins should be tied more to the edits than to the FAs, in the sense that the admins address the vandalism makers in the hopes of leaving the content creators free to work on content. Of course there are other ways to look at it, once the graph is made, you should start a discussion at WT:RFA if so inclined. If you get someone to create the graph you want (or ever find some other interesting ones), please let know or just add it to my admin graphs subpage for me. Thanks. NoSeptember 07:48, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
Not 100% sure, but it's a new account, with similar edits. I just wanted to notify you in case this really is another sock.[3]. - Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 16:53, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
Already a 3RR violation. I've filed the report[4]. - Hong Qi Gong (Talk - Contribs) 17:37, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
Could you give me a hint as to what this refers to? I've thought about it, but I don't really know which political event this refers to... —Nightstallion(?) 12:21, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
Oppose, 0FA. Articles listed in Q#2 are of insufficient quality. -- Миборовский 01:44, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
I noticed you added this to my RfA a while ago (and I think I previously asked for a more in depth explanation of why you think the articles I have worked on were of 'insufficient quality'), but haven't had a reply yet- could you please elaborate?
I'll be gone for a very long time, and would like to ask you for a favour. Please assist any editors who have dropped queries or requesting assistance on my talkpage, knowing that you're currently watching my talkpage. Happy editing, and hopefully FAs to come soon. :) - Cheers, Mailer Diablo 15:16, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
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I apologise for the drive-by RFA oppose. "Insufficient quality" refers to my criterion that in case an editor has no FA but several highly-evolved articles that are perhaps deserving of being FA, I could possibly consider those to satisfy the 1FA criterion. In your case, the articles you provided as your best work did not meet my standards. -- Миборовский 22:34, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
I can't say I agree with your need for a featured article- an admin's work is mostly maintenance-based.
Once I get more time I may try for an FA just for the hell of it anyway!
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Hello Miborovsky. Thank you for signing up for Diplomacy. As a fellow player, I would recommend that you input your e-mail address into Wikipedia so that secret negotiations can be made. Starhood` 23:36, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
All three accounts have made extremely similar edits in the Talk page. The first two accounts have made identical edits to this article repeatedly. All three accounts were created in the same 48 hour period.
They all sound like CPC stooges too. I don't know what's the normal procedure to dealing with suspected sock puppets. Can you help? --Sumple (Talk) 03:44, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
Please refrain from editing other's userpage. Userpage and talkpages are not part controlled by NPOV. Such edits/mass blanking can be interpreted as vandalism and a lack of respect for the userpage owner. Thank you--Bonafide.hustla 05:31, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
I have absolutely no intention of putting on racist comment on my page, but again I said I do not endorse the statement made on my userpage. The statement strictly act as a retaliation of User:Jiang userpage and talkpage, which said Taiwan=shame when he refused to remove such comments from his page. Other admins said it was okay to provoke racial hatred on talkpage and userpage, which I think is total B.S, but apparently that is how wikipedia works. But again, this is an example of double standard. I will not be removing that until Jiang remove his. If the content on my userpage troubles you then I strongly advise you to take a neutral stand and work out a peaceful resolution between me and Jiang.--Bonafide.hustla 04:44, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
What about the comment that says Dalai Lama owns slave? Taiwan=shame and comment that says President Chen should be executed definitely violated WP:NPA according to your reasoning. This is obviously double-standard. I also got a couple of thread/discussion that support my reasoning. see [[8]], User:Nlu clearly states this is a userpage, not an article. [[9]] [[10]]. I got lots more if you're interested. Meanwhile, please stop threatening to nominate my userpage for deletion on my talkpage. I already made it clear that until Jiang removed his PA and racist image toward Taiwanese I will NOT remove mine.--Bonafide.hustla 01:03, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
It's been 20 days now. No response.--Certified.Gangsta 09:17, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
I've decided it's a waste of my time. And your point is? I'm not bored enough to count the days someone wrote something on my talk. -- Миборовский 09:44, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
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Miborovsky, Who coined the adjective second? China and Japan had been competing at least since Tang dynasty.--Hillgentleman 04:08, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Hey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:John_Smith%27s is going after every article I've ever written because hes steamed about the Mao debate we had. The worst was the PVA article which I've spent months working on. He removed evry link that wasnt from the american military even though its an article about a communist chinese army. He even remove a webpage of an army veteran who had the memoirs of Peng Dehuai. This guy has a systematic antichinese bias and denies the rape of naking. Every single "contribution" hes made has been to bash China. Ive never had a conflict like this b4 and am not sure what to do. You were helpful on the talk page so I thought maybe you could help. By the way I Put up the 2 us army links because im not biased. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=People%27s_Volunteer_Army&diff=80866802&oldid=80722123--Gary123 18:28, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Awhile back I create {{Chinese myrthology}}, although I haven't seen its usage exactly take off. Which wikiproject about China would benefit the most from this template? Can you help me categorize it, and alert the right people about it? The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 21:09, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
