User talk:EdJohnston

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Wesley Mouse (talk) 11:32, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Re: Verman1

Hi Ed. How are you? I'd like to draw your attention to the recent edits of editor Verman1, whom you topic banned from editing articles related to Armenia/Azerbaijan on January 4. Since then, however, he has made a few edits in the mainspace of these articles. Perhaps he has forgotten about the ban or is testing its limits? I don't know, but I figured that you could take a look at it. Thanks. Regards.--Marshal Bagramyan (talk) 22:43, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Don 2

M.EdJohnston I understand that you're only trying to protect the article of Don 2 from edit waring, but as the main contributer to the article and the one who has been working on it extensively for the last 3 months, I don't think full protection is a good idea. The article is terribly outdated and a simple edit request for the accolades section has been hanging for 2 days without an answer. So, would you, please, either try to give more attention to the article or return it to its semi-protction state. Thank you. --Meryam90 (talk) 15:45, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

Possible edit warring in Russophobia

Hi EdJohnston, I'm here to ask for an advice on what to do with the Russophobia article. There are several users, many of them which were at some point either close or part of the WP:EEML, and now try to delete an image of a Finnish concentration camp and all the section text talking about the policy of Finnish occupational administration in Russia. I tried discussing the section with them, but reverts continued: [1], [2], [3], though I found sources explicitly claiming concentration camps were part of racist policies. I want to ask you to have a look at the article/ talkpage, and advice on what to do. Thanks! FeelSunny (talk) 17:41, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Stopping discussion and avoiding answering the questions is hardly an attempt to reach mutual understanding on what the content should be. As stated repeatedly the camps section has its own page, yet there is strong urge in certain people to duplicate the information on the Russophobia page even when there is no sources to link them. Racist issues do exist however that does not mean it would be automatically related to Russophobia. Also the image in question has been proven to be staged so it should not be in the article in the first place, unless clearly noted as being a propaganda photograph. - Wanderer602 (talk) 18:15, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Ok, I would not engage in any discussions on a user's talkpage.FeelSunny (talk) 18:21, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear EdJohnston,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:

• Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
• Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
• All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
• All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
• The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.

Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 18:15, 9 February 2012 (UTC)