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adoption???
hello, im new to wikipedia. i have had some help with my editing so far, and could use some more. Any chance?? Thanks. NHCLS (talk) 09:30, 20 January 2013 (UTC)
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RfA: thank you for your support
Thank you for your kind words and support during my RfA, Swarm. It meant a great deal coming from an experienced editor such as yourself. Regards, Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 02:05, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
RFA
I replied back to your comment in my RFA, I been ignoring it for the most part, and not caring, but I felt I had to reply here in a proper fashion. Thanks Secret account 04:32, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
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Help Request
Hi Swarm. I got your name on the Adopters page. I'm a new editor and you offered to help in any way at all. That's why I'm contacting you. I signed up with Wikipedia because a particular page (titled "BDSM") has some inaccurate, original research information on it related to the etymology of the term. I would like to replace those inaccuracies with sourced, verifiable information.
I began by reading up on Wikipedia editing procedure. Next, I marked original research passages as citation needed and opened a discussion on the BDSM Talk page titled "Etymology". There, I have been in discussions about editing the Etymology references and section on the BDSM page. Two other editors have joined in that discussion. It seems to be a difficult process to develop a consensus. The folk etymology is well seated in the minds of some people. Even though I have found dictionary references that correct the folk etymology it seems difficult for some people to accept that.
I have made some progress, however. One editor agreed that the existing passages are in need of citation. There has been agreement on some points. But a full and complete consensus seems to elude me.
I know that the Verifiability page suggests removing unsourced material quickly and immediately but I do not want to start a flame war or appear to be overstepping. By contrast, I noticed today that some people have removed the citation needed tags from some of the passages in need of citation, even though we have a discussion going on the Talk page. So, other people do not seem to be as sensitive to creating a consensus or to replacing original research with verifiable citation as I am. Some of those people - from their pages, it seems like the only thing they have ever done (and/or one of the few things they have done) is remove the citation needed tags I placed on some of the original research passages.
Of course, I could revert them and restore the citation needed tags, but is that a good thing to do at this point? Not achieving a perfect consensus, do I allow original research to stand or do I replace it even though there is not a consensus?
Your guidance will be very much appreciated. :) SailinStuff (talk) 03:23, 15 March 2013 (UTC)
- Hi SailinStuff, I'm not a quarter as good in such things as Swarm, but if you like, I can offer help or give an external opinion on that discussion. However, maybe you could summarize the current state of consensus and the open questions (best on a sub-page of that talk page, not here), because it has grown terribly large o.0. I've dropped a note on your talk page, like some others, too - have a look! Se'taan (talk) 07:41, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
Earlier Adoption Offer
Hi Swarm,
some time ago, you were so nice to offer to adopt me (well, it's roughly... 2 years ago o.0°). First of all, thanks for that, and sorry for not replying. I was something of a Wiki-... Undead, still on the wiki, but not alive, if you know what I mean.
I'm trying to get back to editing and would mainly need someone to point me to relevant guidelines / tutorials / help pages when I don't know where to start looking for them (or, how they might even be called). I'm not on a deadline, laid-back answering approach would be just fine :-)
I'm not sure if you have the time, but if so (and also if not, of course ;-) ), a reply anywhere is appreciated very much! Se'taan (talk) 07:00, 23 March 2013 (UTC)
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Notice of WP:AN discussion
Hello Swarm, this is notification of a WP:AN discussion regarding an editor you have dealt with. The thread is: WP:AN#Community ban for BLP-violating, sock-hopping conspiracy theorist from Hyogo, Japan. Appreciate your input, thanks! Zad68 18:09, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
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Mentorship
Hey there Swarm! I was wondering if you are still open to being a mentor. Found your name listed on the list and thought I'd ask. --Syed Kazim (Talk | Contribs) 12:34, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
Mentorship
Hey there Swarm! I was wondering if you are still open to being a mentor. Found your name listed on the list and thought I'd ask. --Syed Kazim (Talk | Contribs) 12:34, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
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Comment requested
Hi Swarm. As a former contributor to this, you may wish to take a look at this. If you do, please read it carefully in order not to miss the explicit objective. Comments on its talk page. Cheers, Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 00:58, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
Nomination of Chagos Islands national football team for deletion
A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Chagos Islands national football team 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/Chagos Islands national football team (3rd nomination) 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.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.
This is an article previously delete at AFD (twice) that you restored so giving you a courtesy notice that I have taken it back there. GiantSnowman 09:44, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
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A question
How am I supposed to contribute when my edits are deleted and if I revert those deletions I get blocked? As I have explained, the users opposing my edits insist on 100% deletion even though they generally refuse to make any specific comments on what they do not like. They generally only respond haphazardly at all and have by and large simply ignored any effort I make to compromise.
CJK (talk) 20:05, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
- That is not true. My replies to CJK have been very detailed and specific. Until today, I have only reverted monolithic edits which replaced the views with which CJK disagrees with those he wants to have included. I have spent hours trying to work on compromise proposals which add his favored views to the article without deleting those he dislikes. EllenCT (talk) 22:41, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
CJK on Iraq war
Hi Swarm, you blocked CJK for edit warring on Iraq war for a day earlier in the week, and since his return, in my opinion he has been much worse, making outright misleading statements on the talkpage and replacing lengthy sections with a few sentences citing only the single source supporting the very minority viewpoint he agrees with. He continues to fight against the consensus of all the other editors on the article, at least five or seven editors now. I don't want to see him blocked again, but I've repeatedly asked that he seek some kind of dispute resolution procedure which can help him create better compromise texts. At one point he was getting pretty close to some compromise proposals with which I almost agreed, but it wasn't enough for him so he started accusing me of having no support for my opinions, and started claiming that not responding to him after a few days signals agreement with him.
Is there any way you can give him a choice between further sanction and participating in a collaborative dispute resolution procedure aimed at working on mutually agreeable compromises which include his views without deleting the views he disagrees with? I've never used the dispute noticeboard or looked closely at anything much more than third opinion requests, and this is way beyond that now, so I really don't know what to do. Thanks for any help you can provide. EllenCT (talk) 22:39, 27 July 2013 (UTC)
Potential Adoptee
Hi, I've recently registered and there's a lot I don't know. I'm not likely to create many articles, but have been trying to do the minor edits suggested. They're mostly on subjects of which I know little (though my general knowledge is pretty good if I may say so) but I'm sometimes unsure what's best to do. I've also built up a file of questions which a WP expert could probably answer in seconds, and imagine I'll generate more. I'm familiar with HTML syntax though no expert, and unfortunately don't have easy access to a good reference library to check secondary sources.
Would you be willing to adopt me? I'm a quick learner and hopefully won't be too much of a burden. Chrismorey (talk) 02:13, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
DYK RfC
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question on changing account name
Hi Swarm, One of the admins said they don't like my account name. Now that I have a little experience with Wikipedia, I get that this account name sounds sort of sanctimonious in debates. WP:Account says "User accounts with few or no edits might not be renamed, as it is quicker and easier to simply create a new account." How do I determine if I have few enough edits to create a new account? If I create a new account, is there anything I need to do (besides never accessing the old account) to avoid any appearance of sockpuppeting? Thanks for any info -Truthwillneverdie (talk) 01:02, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
- Yeah, you can change your username at Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple. That quote's meant to imply that you can just create a new account if your old one is unused. Since you have nearly 200 edits and are active, it doesn't really apply and I think they'd certainly rename your account. Alternatively, you absolutely have the option to abandon this account and start with a new one (you can learn the proper way to do this at Wikipedia:Clean start). As long as you use only one account in good faith, you should never have to worry about the 'appearance' of socking. Swarm X 18:26, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
GOCE July 2013 copy edit drive wrap-up
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GOCE Blitz wrap-up and September 2013 drive invitation
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Memories; worth remembrance!
Greetings Swarm. Once again I have recalled a memory, reminding me that I have missed earlier times when I had the good fortune of seeing your editing activity regularly; and often. Nevertheless, with each tomorrow I am blessed to enjoy, of certainty it will culminate as a day closer to the one when I will remember my friend and colleague, Swarm; and will, on that day, pay homage to your talk page to remind you of my debt which remains! The gift of things remembered continues to empower my endurance and my ability to sustain; even prevail. I hope my greetings reach you in the midst of a joyous occasion; finding you prosperous and well. And I look forward to the future when I will remember you again; and say thanks. With esteem.—John Cline (talk) 21:30, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
GOCE September 2013 drive wrap-up
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GOCE Blitz wrap-up; join us for the November drive
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GOCE December 2013 Blitz wrap-up and January Drive invitation
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The December blitz ran from December 8–14. The theme for this blitz was articles tied in some way to religion. Seven editors knocked out 20 articles over the course of the week. Our next blitz will be in February, with a theme to be determined. Feel free to make theme suggestions at the Guild talk page! The January 2014 Backlog elimination drive is a month-long effort to reduce the size of the copy edit backlog. The drive begins on January 1 at 00:00 (UTC) and ends on January 31 at 23:59 (UTC). Our goals are to copy edit all articles tagged in October and November 2012 and complete all requests placed before the end of 2013. Barnstars will be awarded to anyone who copy edits at least one article, and special awards will be given to the top five in the following categories: "Number of articles", "Number of words", "Number of articles of over 5,000 words", "Number of articles tagged in October and November 2012", and "Longest article". We hope to see you there!  Coordinator election: Voting is open for candidates to serve as GOCE coordinators from 1 January through 30 June 2014. Voting will run until the end of December. For complete information, please have a look at the election page. – Your drive coordinators: Torchiest, Baffle gab1978, Jonesey95 and The Utahraptor To discontinue receiving GOCE newsletters, please remove your name from our mailing list. Message delivered by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:24, 23 December 2013 (UTC)
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GOCE 2013 Annual Report
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March GOCE copyedit drive
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 14:59, 21 February 2014 (UTC)|} March 2014 GAN Backlog DriveIt's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:
Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish. More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page. I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone! --Dom497 --MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:58, 22 February 2014 (UTC) GAN March 2014 Backlog DriveThe March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on April 1, 2014! Sent by Dom497 on behalf of MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC) An RfC that you may be interested in...As one of the previous contributors to {{Infobox film}} or as one of the commenters on it's talk page, I would like to inform you that there has been a RfC started on the talk page as to implementation of previously deprecated parameters. Your comments and thoughts on the matter would be welcomed. Happy editing!
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GOCE July 2014 newsletter
Orphaned non-free image File:Relativity media logo 2010.jpg Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Stefan2 (talk) 17:25, 29 July 2014 (UTC) Hi Swarm Can you please help me with a Revision Deletion? I may have gotten carried away with my comments and it was scene by a coworker. Any help would be greatly appreciated I am referring to the 3 times I made an EDIT SUMMARY on this page regarding our real names and safety concerns. Thank you! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Duran_and_the_Morning_Show — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.209.23.146 (talk) 17:53, 5 August 2014 (UTC) Please forgive my typo in my last post where I typed SCENE instead of seen. WikiProject Good articles Future GAN Backlog DriveHello everyone! Hope you've all been having a great summer! TheQ Editor recently proposed the idea of having another Backlog Drive in either September/October or November/December of this year. For those of you who have participated in the past two drives you know I was the one who organized them, however, come September, this will be my most important year in school so I will not be able to coordinate this drive (if it happens). TheQ Editor has volunteered to be a coordinator for the drive. If any of you would like to co-coordinator, please notify TheQ Editor on his talk page. If you would be interested in participating in a Backlog Drive sometime before the end of this year, please notify TheQ Editor. Also, make sure to specify what month(s) work best for you. At the time this message was sent out, the backlog was at 520 nominations. Since May, the backlog has been steadily increasing and we are currently near an all time high. Even though the backlog will not disappear over one drive, this drive can lead to several others which will (hopefully) lead to the day where there is no longer a backlog. As always, the more participants, the better, and everyone is encouraged to participate! Sent by Dom497--MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 16 August 2014 (UTC) GOCE July drive and August blitz
GA CupHello everyone! We hope you have all been having a great summer! As we all know, the recent GAN Backlog Drives have not had any big impact on the backlog. Because of that, me (Dom497), Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor have worked on an idea that could possibly finally put a dent into the massive backlog. Now, I will admit, the idea isn't entirely ours as we have took the general idea of the WikiCup and brought it over to WikiProject Good Articles. But anyways, here's what we have in mind: For all of you that do not know what the WikiCup is, it is an annual competition between several editors to see who can get the most Good Articles, Featured Article's, Did You Know's, etc. Based of this, we propose to you the GA Cup. This competition will only focus on reviewing Good articles. For more info on the proposal, click here. As a FYI, the proposal page is not what the final product will look like (if you do go ahead with this idea). It will look very similar to WikiCup's page(s). The discussion for the proposal will take place here. Please let us know if you are interested, have any concerns, things to consider, etc. --Dom497, Figureskatingfan, and TheQ Editor MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 01:29, 31 August 2014 (UTC) WikiProject Good Articles - GA Cup
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:15, 14 December 2014 (UTC) Hi I came across your page as you are requesting adoptees?Hi, my name is Daniel Ward and I live in Huddersfield, England. I am interested in and consider myself fairly knowledgeable in world geography, sports, chess and music. I would like to create new pages and add pictures to articles without them, especially geographical ones as I notice there are many European and world places, rivers and mountains for instance that only have stub articles or don't have articles in the English Wikipedia at all but do have pages in other languages. I am not too tech savvy so you may have to be patient with me. Would you be able to help me get started? Thank you, Danny. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Huddsblue (talk • contribs) 22:22, 15 December 2014 (UTC) GOCE holiday 2014 newsletter
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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:54, 2 January 2015 (UTC) February 2015 GOCE newsletter
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:52, 7 February 2015 (UTC) February 2015 Wikification driveGreetings! Just spreading a message to the members of WikiProject Wikify that the February drive has been started. Better late than never! Come on, sign up! :) Grinding, grinding, grinding... what are we finding, finding, finding... (talk) 00:00, 9 February 2015 (UTC) fyiThe John Daley sockpuppet is back Saturn star (talk) 23:46, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
They seem to be a pretty active sockpuppeter and its not the first time they have edited like this and they also put a false ban template on my userpage I just wanted the admins of the site to know hope you don't mind Saturn star (talk) 23:50, 23 February 2015 (UTC) Whoops spelled the name wrong I meant John Daker they are also putting false compromised account things on my userpage Saturn star (talk) 23:55, 23 February 2015 (UTC)
Random question...Hello, Swarm! Random question here: are non-Admins allowed to do non-Admin "closes" (e.g. {{Archive top}}, etc.) of threads at noticeboards like WP:ANI, or are only Admins allowed to do that? If regular editors are allowed to "close", under what circumstances would a non-Admin "close" of a topic be considered "OK"? I only ask, because I saw a couple of topics on WP:ANI yesterday that looked like they had resolved, but they never ended up getting "closed", so I wondered if regular editors were allowed to do "closes" in situations like that... Thanks in advance! --IJBall (talk) 19:22, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
ANISince the thread was locked before I could make a response, there are a few things I think need to be cleared up. I mistaked their edits for Original Research, and didn't realise my error untill the ANI report was filed. And I've always been one who focuses more on the actions rather than the motivation. I never realized my mistake untill it was too late, and I apologize for that. I shoud've talked about assuming good faith on their talk page, but I got too used to ANI that I made the wrong decision. I apologize for my immature behavior. Weegeerunner (talk) 01:23, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
Nonsense blanking in talk page:SmukkrukkjujjIt has been apparent that Smukkrukkjujj has been blanking his own talk page to replace the block template with blatant nonsense characters. He has been blocked for creating nonsense pages (i.e., blocked for abuse of editing privileges), but he just conceals the block template and he probably harassed me on his own talk page by dropping the F-Bomb twice on one of his nonsense edits on his talk page. Would it be possible to change the block into a hard block or just modify its level so he wouldn't be able to edit his talk page while he is blocked? Thank you. Snowager-Talk 01:42, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
Maureen O'Connor changethanks for adding the line about dismissal of charges against Maureen O'Connor. I've found one published (internet/tv) source for that info, and have added that as a reference. There are a number of inaccuracies (slight) remaining in the existing page, which I'll try to get to as time permits. Theoldgringo (talk) 20:59, 25 February 2015 (UTC) vandalism of Edinburgh AcademyI just posted a RPP with twinkle requesting the page be protected. The entire 50 most recent edits were all vandalism or reporting vandalism. Most of the edits were made by new accounts, after an IP address was blocked for vandalizing the page. Not sure how to go about CheckUser requests, but it seems fishy. @NDKilla^^^ 21:55, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
Bosnia and HerzegovinaThanks for lowering the protection level as I requested. I have finished updating (completed all fields of the Infobox). Please raise the level back to full, for some time at least, until emotions cool down. Thanks. Sevvyan (talk) 06:04, 27 February 2015 (UTC) Infobox Electoral ReformHi Swarm, I noticed you closed some of the very old TfDs of november 29. Thank you for that. One of them was the infobox electoral reform, used on Electoral reform in Virginia. After closing the discussion, the page now has a deleted infobox on it. What is the suggested action for that page? Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 06:59, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
Template:QuotationPlease explain your reasons for closing Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2014 November 29#Template:Quotation as "no consensus". Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:48, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
HanSangYoon continues editwarhttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Busan_Metro_Line_1&diff=prev&oldid=649197550 Your criticism failed, CG. What's more, I have well explained on both your talk page and the criticism page of why your image was a degradation. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 13:30, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
User:Uniquark9Since you were the blocking admin, once Uniquark9's block was over he immediately reverted the edits by User:Rajmaan which consisted of 3 different articles.[3][4][5] All these reverts removed references and referenced information and all had edit summaries stating, "Restoring to a version before Rajmaan's edits". Clearly an attempt to make the issue personal. Just thought I would let you know. --Kansas Bear (talk) 19:31, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
Self blocksAs your name appears on Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to consider placing self-requested blocks, you may sign at the newly revamped Wikipedia:Block on demand page, along with comments and a link to your requirements page, if any. I hope I did not err in sort of reviving that page. Thanks, SD0001 (talk) 15:07, 2 March 2015 (UTC) Unblock review conflictHi, It appears that we've conflicted on the 80.X IP block. As the block was only for the legal threat, I planned on unblocking it with a word of caution. My original unlock message is as follows: With the legal threat retracted, I've unblocked you. A few words of caution, please be careful with how you conduct yourself on Wikipedia. If you do so in a disruptive manner, you may face another block. Any additional legal threats will result in the block being reinstated, no matter the account or IP. If you wish to re-block it, I don't have a strong opinion here. Best, Mike V • Talk 00:23, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
HelloHello. Do you mind taking a look at this? I don't feel like explains in great detail despite it already being done on the article itself. I would prefer to sleep. AcidSnow (talk) 08:15, 8 March 2015 (UTC) User accusing me of being a sock puppet of HGAHi, It appears that user talk:64.134.157.208 has accused me of being the "sock puppet" of user talk:Hga, which is not the case. I have asked him to cease but he has now spread this to the discussion page for the AfD for Hoplophobia. He is falsely accusing me of this activity and trying to sway opinion on the discussion page. I removed the accusation from the AfD page and he has put it back. Is there anything that can be done to stop this?99.242.102.111 (talk) 01:35, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
FYI regarding Joseph PrasadJust so you know, blocked editor User:Joseph Prasad is trying to recruit at least one other editor to proxy/meatpuppet for him at the Seth MacFarlane talk page discussion where he was edit warring (see here: [8]). I tried to explain to him (firmly) that such a practice is verboten, and add some advice regarding his block (see all the comments from me and him here [9]), but he wouldn't hear of it and deleted the comments as "harassing". Maybe you will see a need to let him know that such behavior (recruiting meat puppets) is against policy? Thanks,-- WV ● ✉ ✓ 00:41, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
Regardless of the merits of the unblock request and your accept, courtesy and policy "require" that you check with the blocking administrator before accepting the request.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:30, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
Thank you! . . .and questionHello Swarm, Thank you for your prompt response to the issue which I posted on the Edit Warring Noticeboard regarding the Glengarry Glen Ross (film) page. [[10]] That was my first time on an administrator noticeboard and I had no idea what might happen. I hate to bother you with a question: I see that User:LawrencePrincipe has been blocked. Would it be appropriate for me to now restore the material that he was deleting? Or must I leave it alone? Thank you again, Xanthis (talk) 07:22, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
RPPAs a follow up from the recent 3RR block you performed ([11]) letting you know I have requested page protection at the article Drake Discography (see here: [12]). The RPP was requested prior to the block of those two editors. Additionally, another editor whose edit warring block will expire shortly was also edit warring at that same article before his block. There is a current content dispute there that has not been addressed at the article's talk page. Based on this [13] I think it's entirely possible the editor to be unblocked shortly might take advantage of the other two editors being blocked from editing. The RPP is purely preventative and I think that even though the other two are now blocked from editing, there will still be problems there. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 03:33, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
That isn't the impression you left with any of us. But I think you already knew that. -- WV ● ✉ ✓ 00:31, 13 March 2015 (UTC)
Discussion on Taylor SwiftCan you take part in a discussion on Taylor Swift's talk page under the heading "Image"? Thank you in advance. -- Joseph Prasad (talk) 03:01, 13 March 2015 (UTC) Explanations.I was merely reverting as concensus was making it clear that until the WWE announced it on the official website that Daniel Bryan wasn't in the match. Furthermore when I was insulting the editor that started after on the first revert I said "Hell No" regarding the adding of Daniel Bryan in the event before official announcements. Then of course he later said I had power (I am not an Admin and I've never sent an RfA.), Resulting in me saying that the wrestlers were smarter than him. (Infact all my mockings were based on John Cena quotes from his "I Quit" Match at Over the Limit (2011)). Then I tried to communicate with him to resolve matters resulting in him calling me annoying, a dumbass and to not contact him there. That is my explanation for my edits. Thanks! TheGRVOfLightning (talk) 03:02, 13 March 2015 (UTC) User abusing rollback privilegesHello, I noticed you recently granted rollback privileges to User:ToonLucas22. He/she violated the rule "Rollback should be used to revert clear cases of vandalism only, and not good faith edits." at [18], leaving this [19] comment incorrectly stating that I had removed content without stating why, when in fact, I left a detailed edit summary [20] explaining why trivial nonnotable traffic incidents do not belong in a BLP. Dngmnglr (talk) 20:45, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
Another discussion with ChealerHello! Regarding the account blocking discussion that recently took place in User talk:Chealer § March 2015, I'd just like to let you know there's a past discussion with Chealer that you might want to have a look at: Talk:Linux distribution § Information on GNU/Linux. To me, that was a pointless and really painful debate, which back at the time I've characterized as "bordering with trolling". — Dsimic (talk | contribs) 05:27, 15 March 2015 (UTC) A barnstar for you!
PNACKindly note the repeated insertion of BLP violations at Project for the New American Century [21] et seq [22] et seq (new editor "Dbdb" suddenly appearing making same edits as Ubikwit in the past) [23] (many edits includingBLP violations following) [24] third Ubikwit revert within less than 24 hours. In describing the Bush's primary advisors, including prominent PNAC members Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and Armitage, scholar Guy Roberts has noted that Colin Powell was the only to have military experience, and presents a passage in which PNAC co-founder Robert Kagan attempts to differentiate between the policy positions of Powell and those of the neoconservatives in which Kagan characterizes Powell's approach as ruling out "almost every conceivable post-Cold War intervention".[1] Some scholars have drawn attention to the influence of Albert Wohlstetter on the intellectual origins of PNAC. Alastair Finlan indicates that Wolfowitz had been a graduate student of Wohlstetter's, and states
In discussing the PNAC report Rebuilding America's Defenses (2000), Neil MacKay, investigations editor for the Scottish Sunday Herald, quoted Tam Dalyell: "'This is garbage from right-wing think-tanks stuffed with chicken-hawks -- men who have never seen the horror of war but are in love with the idea of war. Men like Cheney, who were draft-dodgers in the Vietnam war. These are the thought processes of fanaticist Americans who want to control the world.'"[3] Sources which are not on point for PNAC, or which specifically violate BLP do not belong in the article - and I am exceedingly disappointed that I am now unable to actually remove the damn accusations of living persons being "draft dodgers" from an article.
I suggest you read the reverts and insertion of BLP violations and material which is not directly related to PNAC but SYNTH connections of "the source says this about this person as an individual, so we can extend the argument to all of PNAC" etc. And note that the consensus on the article talk page was against such inclusion - especially since sources did not link PNAC as a group to having draft-dodgers be key players. Cheers. and try to do the right thing please! Collect (talk) 11:21, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
Ubikwit has also posted at Talk:Dick Cheney iterating the criminal charge of draft-dodger, etc. and is specifically adding BLP violations on the PNAC article -- including such violations as saying specific people "studied under" the same person - which is blatant OR and SYNTH on his part, etc. He has a standing warning from Robert McClenon for his editing on BLPs and I suggest that instead of yelling at me for edit war where my edit summaries clearly noted the applicability of WP:BLP that you note Ubikwit's blatant and continued violations of policy. [25] and [26] more than adequately show his disdain for the policy on the Dick Cheney article. And his use of WP:CRYBLP as his excuse for such violations is wearing thin. Cheers. Collect (talk) 15:09, 11 March 2015 (UTC)
Which is about as absurd as Kafka might wish. Read my post at WP:BLP/N. Saying that a person is a "draft-dodger" is a criminal charge. Sourcing it to a publication of AK Press does not work as that is not a "reliable source" under WP:RS. Cheers. Collect (talk) 15:25, 11 March 2015 (UTC) Yup. Here I added references-tags to Collects's quotation, so they don't get adopted by another post on this page. LLAP, ArbitrationI mentioned you.[27] Dear0Dear 23:45, 18 March 2015 (UTC) Chealer's comments on archived AN3I'd like to bring your attention to these edits: first edit, I reverted, and then Chealer restored. EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 00:45, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
ThanksThank you, a thousand times thank you! I greatly appreciate your help Swarm! AcidSnow (talk) 03:50, 19 March 2015 (UTC)
Revdel pleaseI saw you were active today at ANI, so I am coming to you with a request for revdel including edit summary. [28] Thank you in advance! Binksternet (talk) 21:31, 20 March 2015 (UTC) |
