User talk:The Blade of the Northern Lights

In support of the Karen National Union and their ongoing struggle against genocide.

User:Maxi1992

The user continues to created unreferenced BLPs (eg. Miguel Angel Gamondi and Alain Michel, despite your warning [1]. Also, he tags every edit as minor, when almost all of his edits are not minor. User clearly still doesn't understand the basics of creating BLP's and referencing. Please do something about it, I'm getting fed up with cleaning up after him every single day. Thanks. TonyStarks (talk) 06:30, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, indeffing now. User needs to acknowledge all the problems that have been raised, and warnings don't seem to have helped. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 09:53, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

PC RfC result

*Tips cap* Can't have been an easy decision, but I commend you and your fellow closing admins for taking on the task of closing the RfC. Helps that I supported the option that was chosen in the end, too. ;) —Strange Passerby (t × c) 03:26, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, and perfect timing; you got me about 2 minutes after I archived my talkpage. I'll say that it was quite an experience. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 03:28, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

I've congratulated User:Fluffernutter already, so I should probably congratulate you and the other closers too. I'm glad you took as much time as needed to close it properly. It's more important that we get these kinds of things right than we hurry the process too much. Thanks for closing an RfC on an important issue that, well, it isn't exactly controversy-free. —Tom Morris (talk) 12:43, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

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It appears that you have prevented me from contributing. Why? My talk page says "This account has been blocked indefinitely from editing Wikipedia." It seems to say that you have blocked me.

I am new to wikipedia. I would like to contribute in my field. Perhaps I am just confused about how things work here.

Can you please help me?

Best Regards,

Dave (D.L.) Robertson (talk) 19:56, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

Re: Your RfA nomination statement

I received your email and wanted to say go ahead. SwisterTwister talk 02:48, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Would you please transclude the nomination for me? I visited the "nominate" page but continued having troubles. SwisterTwister talk 21:36, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Nair ban

Your comment here doesn't seem to quite align with your log entry here. The former has the appearance that VS is banned fro Nair article + talk, while the latter appears to include cats, user talk etc. Or am I being dense? - Sitush (talk) 16:53, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

No, the density is with me. Let me rectify that. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 17:28, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

No worries. That's user's pedantic style is rubbing off on me! - Sitush (talk) 17:53, 25 June 2012 (UTC)

Pending Changes Protection Requested

I don't know if you're able to add it yet but, could you PC-level 2 protect my bots run pages. I know it's not supposed to go live until December but I don't see any harm in doing so as they are not public pages.—cyberpower ^Chat_Absent 03:23, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Deleted article "Jihae" question

Hi Blade of the Northern Lights, I have a question about an article you marked for deletion several months back, "Jihae". I want to resubmit it with proper sourcing, but I can't find a copy of the article on my own computer. Is there any way to recover the content of the article so I can make edits where necessary, rather than just starting from scratch? I'm having trouble finding information in the documentation, so I'd really appreciate your advice. Thanks! - trafficattic trafficattic (talk) 12:13, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for moving it to my page. I've updated the Jihae article to include a print source. Would you mind taking a look at it? If it looks good, I'd like to re-publish it. Again, thanks for all your help. Trafficattic (talk) 20:45, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

WT:Pending changes/Request for Comment 2012

Anything I've said so far you'd like to push back against? Any preferences for things you do or don't want me to talk about in the near future? - Dank (push to talk) 00:59, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Nothing that I've seen so far, really. I'll take a closer look once my Yankees finish off the Indians, but I can't think of anything I've read yet that I don't agree with. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 01:09, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Blade, hope I'm not disturbing your thread here (and feel free to move it if it is), but my comment's related to the same topic.

I noticed you seemed rather pissed off in the reply you gave me to my comment after the close. Granted, I certainly didn't pull any punches in what I said, either, so I'm not getting after you for that, just hoping for something that'll help me get it. I don't really recognize DQ, but all the other names I saw on that close (you, Dank, and Fluffernutter) would be about as close to who I'd hand pick to close a tough discussion, because you're all very levelheaded and have excellent judgment. So I was rather astonished to see a close that seemed to be for a different discussion than the one it appeared above. I don't think that's just because I was against the result, either—I've seen discussions go against me before, but agreed that they indeed did. Dank's comment regarding fear of admins being a primary factor makes me even more curious. Taking the first 20 comments in each section as a sample, both option 1 and option 2 had 6 sysops (who presumably do not fear sysops) of 20 commenting, and I don't think the ratio's that different for the rest of the discussion. At a very casual look, I even saw a couple arbitrators commenting in option 1—not exactly people you'd expect to have that kind of fear. I saw that as a very minor point.

I was also rather disappointed in the structure of the RfC, where bulleting was encouraged and discussion was not. Something this big should've been primarily a discussion, and rather than having a default and a deadline, if we can't come to consensus on how to use this thing, we shouldn't use it. There wasn't, like normal RfCs, a chance to add new positions that better expressed one's unique views, but rather more a "ballot question." Risker's concerns that clear issues with PC were not brought up during the discussion were germane to this—essentially, "Too broken to use" (which would be best phrased as "Fix it before we'll use it") wasn't even permitted as an option. Whether or not the Foundation would do it, people should've been able to state that as their desired position. If people wanted it fixed before enabling, and the Foundation was unwilling to fix, that would mean that either A: Someone or someones would have to volunteer to do the fixes (it is open source, after all), or B: We won't use it. Instead, a determination seemed to have been made that the Foundation is the only possible maintainer of open-source software, and what was previously a very popular option ("Seriously flawed, fix before any possible use") was totally suppressed.

Anyway, like I said there, I'm not trying to get this overturned—never be consensus for such, so it'd be a waste of time. What I would like to be able to do is to learn from this experience, so that perhaps we can design the next big RfC so that people don't get out of it with the impression of being hit by a steamroller, and to that end we can perhaps have more discussion/less voting. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 06:05, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

I'll respond to the rest tomorrow, but I'll say now my response was intended to be tension- breaking, not tension making; I have a sense of humor, and I was trying to be a bit facetious (though I actually did read that). Sorry that didn't come off right; I have no objection to anything you said there. Bluntness is somewhat refreshing at times, and nothing here on Wikipedia gets me too worked up. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい)

No troubles, such is communicating in text. And I won't argue on bluntness, either—I certainly don't mind if people are nice but honest, but I'd rather have someone straight off tell me to fuck myself than think so but not say so. I will be interested to read the rest of your response when you have the time to post it. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 06:55, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

We don't know for sure yet who the closers are ... by convention, people should be given a week to respond to anything ... so I'm going to wait til Saturday before I respond on the "admin culture" point. - Dank (push to talk) 11:46, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

OK, the rest of my response. First, I'll start by agreeing with Dank above. Also, the structure of the RfC wasn't our work, it was the idea of Beeblebrox; we probably could have changed it, but we didn't. The "improve it first" option wasn't available because the devs said they weren't going to put more work into it until and unless the community here indicated they were going to use it. I don't know if anyone would be able/willing to work on the platform outside of the WMF, although in hindsight we could have asked. I also learned, somewhat the hard way if you remember, that pissing off the devs isn't a good idea, so we didn't want to do anything that might lead to that result (and that's also why we picked November 1 and December 1 as dates; the devs didn't want to be working on this over the holiday season). As to people stating their positions; I actually thought that worked out reasonably well, as it didn't seem like anyone felt so constrained that they felt their arguments were truncated. We also did have the discussion section, which again in hindsight I think we should have put above the actual voting; not the typical way of doing it, but it couldn't have hurt to try. And finally, the close (the part that most directly involved me). It was a pretty close call for all of us, though we independently seemed to reach the same conclusions. Now that I've stepped back from it for a few days, I do think the closing statement makes the consensus appear a little stronger than the RfC shows. Our thinking was that it'd be better to write something that looked more definitive; if it was too delicate, we were afraid that would lead to questions of whether we really meant what we wrote and/or people demanding a new RfC with a more definitive close (or something fairly similar). I hope that at least clarifies things a bit. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 15:00, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

I've been trying to think of what we might do to keep things moving over the next 4 months, and increase the chances of a favorable reaction to our close, but with maximum guidance from the participants and minimum guidance from us. I'm going to react to what's going on from time to time; the clearer I can be, the fewer "Where did that come from?" comments I'm going to get after our final closing statement. Feel free to adopt a different style. I'm not going to push anything that you're not comfortable with, including in the final closing statement.

I don't think we've done this before on Wikipedia, but then, I don't think we've ever done a good job of un-fubar'ing totally fubar'ed processes, so it's time to experiment. I'm thinking of encouraging people to create a page in either the form WP:PC/(your username) (with a commitment to at least participate in the main threads that arise there), or in the form User:(Username)/PC (with a commitment to moderate discussions that arise there in a responsible and effective way). These pages, not the main talk page, are the ones that I'd prefer to look at when trying to decide which positions seem to have enough momentum to warrant a mini-vote. That puts the burden on the participants, if they want to be heard, to take the initiative in arguing their positions and in offering reasonable compromises on the main talk page designed to attract more discussion to their personal page. Thoughts? - Dank (push to talk) 18:50, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

I think the subpage idea is great, because that will help make it clear exactly who's saying what. It'll make our lives that much easier, and I think other people will generally appreciate it. Your suggestion about closing and how to respond is also a good idea, in the interest of both transparency and clarity. Hopefully that will lead to less general gnashing of teeth; no guarantee it will, but it's worth trying; better to try and have it fail once than never to try at all. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 00:04, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Level one user warnings

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Level one user warnings. (This invitation sent because you signed up as a member of WP:UWTEST) Steven Walling (WMF) • talk 18:21, 27 June 2012 (UTC)Template:Z48 Steven Walling (WMF) • talk 18:21, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

Kunbi

Please could you advise an appropriate remedy for the tendentious anon contributions at Kunbi. The contributor(s) is using the 117.269.* range but with 117.269.67,*, 117.269.68.* and 117.269.69.* all in the mix it is my uninformed guess that the range is too big to block. Thanks. - Sitush (talk) 09:58, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

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Do I hear crickets?

There's been little activity so far over at the PC talk page other than criticizing what went on the past ... It's Canada Day today and July 4 in, well, 3 days :) ... so I'm not worried, but if we don't get much activity for a week or so, then I have to consider becoming more pro-active. At some level of activity, then either I should back off and let you close, or we could both become more active, try to push things forward, and then turn the process over to other closers to run an RFC after inviting the larger community to approve or disapprove of ... whatever we've got ... before Nov 1. I'm easy. - Dank (push to talk) 17:20, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Okay, we've got a little more activity. Adjwilley was fielding a question about what the devs would allow; my understanding is that you guys and Beeble were in contact with the devs at various points, and that the devs will be making whatever changes we need ... as long as we only ask once. Is that your understanding? - Dank (push to talk) 21:27, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. They'll make enhancements to fit with the policy we put in place, and what those should be will be the subject of the discussions over the next several months; when the community has hashed those out, we go and make our requests of them. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 22:19, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

One more quick thing since I see you're talking over there ... check out my last comment at Getting started. Does that look okay? - Dank (push to talk) 16:19, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

Looks fine to me, yeah. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 16:21, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

GLAM Night Out at Wikimania

On the night of Thursday 12 July in DC at the Newseum near the Wikimania conference, Consumer Reports and the GLAM-Wiki US Consortium are hosting a social event and a panel on health information and Wikipedia. I would like to invite you to attend. Please RSVP here if you want to attend either or both the social event or the panel. I am sorry you could not attend the NYC Wikimedia election and I hope that I can meet you at the DC conference. Blue Rasberry (talk) 18:19, 1 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you.

Thanks for the extra help.

I appreciate it!

Dave (D.L.) Robertson (talk) 03:22, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

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Six months is completely absurd.

The guy who said this is my first real warning was right. Before, with the incident involving Cooper, the issue was repeaded editing. And what we were editing over had NOTHING TO DO WITH AA. This time it was about expressing opinion in edit summarys. No one ever really told me I shouldn't do that, they just linked a page to rules without explaining which one I was breaking. Six months is unfairly wrong and I'd like it to be much shorter or none at all, which would make sense because three days is plenty for a first offense. Am I still able to edit the talk pages of AA articles? --TheShadowCrow (talk) 20:48, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

The only problem I see was I voiced my opinion in the summary. Besides that, there was nothing wrong with my edit. It was actually an older edit, but after some time azeris began to put speculation (or more acctuaratly, denial) that the chess player said anything racist. They imply he was wrongly quoted but there's no proof to that anywhere. Grandmaster even told me in a previous debate that we have to go with the reference even if have have reason to believe it's wrong. So no, I don't see any problem. This was the first offense I have had on a AA page and to ban me for six months over it is completely zealous. --TheShadowCrow (talk) 22:37, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for participating in my RFA! I appreciate all of your comments. Zagalejo^^^ 06:34, 3 July 2012 (UTC)

Appeal

I don't see where I'm supposed to do that. --TheShadowCrow (talk) 18:22, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

"please copy the text below to the appropriate forum"

Where is that? --TheShadowCrow (talk) 18:41, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Yeah I know, I was already on that page, that's how I quoted it. I thought it wanted me to copy the template nd put it somewhere else. Do I just have to fill it out on that page and that's it? --TheShadowCrow (talk) 18:49, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm bolding this so you can see it better. Below is what I have so far. It appears something is wrong with the Sanction being appealed part. I don't know what to put. Do you? --TheShadowCrow (talk) 02:43, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

RfArb

You are involved in a recently filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests#Pending Changes RfC close and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the following resources may be of use—

• Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests#Requests for Arbitration;
• Wikipedia:Arbitration guide.

Thanks,

TheShadowCrow's arbitration enforcement action appeal

For your information and to complete his submission, I am notifying you of the appeal which is now located at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#Arbitration enforcement action appeal by TheShadowCrow. CT Cooper · talk 11:55, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

AE

You have some familiarity with the involved parties. Comments appreciated. Ankh.Morpork 16:25, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

EDIT BAN

I'm sorry but I think you've got the wrong end of the stick, to suggest an edit ban when I haven't violated any revert rules or anything of the sort? Am I missing something? Ottomanist (talk) 01:31, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Incase you missed it:

• I said: "Regarding the actual criticism: I requested arbitration for the Albania page before, right here, following procedures. I also tried to contact the user in a friendly manner my self to try and resolve the issues. As for the Serbia page, we had a good discussion which didn't go Athenean's way. I am not on here to perpetuate nationalist myths, and if this means debunking nationalist claims, then so be it."

-Ottomanist (talk) 01:38, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Moreover, the Albania page is also in the process of being arbitrated. The Serbia page also ended with a long discussion. The main points of contention seem to be my edits on the Greeks page, which, again, is properly sourced. I personally think you've been very rash with your judgment without even reviewing what I said or having a look properly at the case made against me. All you saw was many diffs without the actual content and many hours spent discussing with many users about many different subjects. - Ottomanist (talk) 01:47, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

All I'm saying is that I would like a fair chance to remain a committed user in this wonderful wikipedia project without having my name tarnished. - Ottomanist (talk) 01:57, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

You don't sound like the cavalier kind of guy, though unfortunately you've prejudiced my chances quite a bit with what I consider a rash comment preceded by three rather unfavourable (!) users' comments. You also sound smart enough to understand the ramifications of that. I genuinly hope that perhaps you will be able to somehow remedy this. Good day - Ottomanist (talk) 02:08, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

After reviewing the ARBCOM page concerning the Balkans, it seems as though your suggestion is so extreme when considering the things I am accused of (which, if followed through by clicking on the links provided by the said user who opened the case, will reveal nothing of the magnitude suggestive in the opening remarks). Again, I urge you to consider your statements in light of both my comments on the case page and to you personally. Suggesting a three-to-six-month-ban is looking like an extreme overreaction. - Ottomanist (talk) 02:23, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Such a suggestion is, to say the least, very intimidating. - Ottomanist (talk) 02:27, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

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Flyer22 (talk) 22:19, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Interaction ban

You said you were not sure something else shouldn't be done as well in the interaction ban discussion. Do you mean that I should be topic banned or what?--RJR3333 (talk) 02:48, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

If I knew, I'd say it, but I'm not sure yet. When I finish examining things, I'll see what, if anything, I think is warranted. I do a lot of this sort of thing, so I tend to be able to come up with the least draconian, most effective solution to a problem. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 03:23, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Flyer22 says that virtually all of my edits to the age of consent/age of majority articles have been bad. However, I think it is only my edits to the Chris Hansen article and the To Catch a Predator article that were bad. I think most of my edits in the age of consent and age of majority articles were good. And in the marriageable age article I added a lot of citations for previously unsourced statements. So perhaps an article ban from the Chris Hansen article and the To Catch a Predator article would be more appropriate than completely banning me from the age of consent articles. --RJR3333 (talk) 05:07, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

I did not state that virtually all of your edits to the age of consent/age of majority articles have been bad; I've barely interacted with you on those articles. How many times do you have to be told to stop speaking about me? And to especially stop speaking about me if you are not going to report things accurately? Stop it already. Flyer22 (talk) 08:58, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

Ok, I understand that you don't want me speaking of you, but at the same time you are the primary editor, other than Malke, who hasn't really been here since May, who has criticized my work. I'm trying to point out that someone has a problem with my edits, I don't want to cause offense to you, but how else am I supposed to communicate about the issue. And you have said before that MOST of my edits to the age of consent/age of majority articles were bad, you told Legitimus "I don't know what to do about RJR3333's edits at the age of consent articles, they are erratic, sloppy, careless, and unsourced" and I believe you did not qualify any of those statements with "sometimes" or "usually" and you said you were considering a topic ban for me, you didn't only say an article ban for those two articles, something which incidentally I have already basically agreed to. --RJR3333 (talk) 09:05, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

The point is that I did not state "virtually all of your edits to the age of consent/age of majority articles have been bad." When stating "People eat pizza," does that need to be qualified with "some"? That is a no. Except for those whose competency ability is significantly diminished, no one is going to think that all people eat pizza.

There is no need for us to interact until there is a need. You have been trying to get me to interact with you because I stated that I was considering to propose a topic ban on you, and, before that, barred you from my talk page. You acted like I had already proposed a topic ban or that my belief that you should be topic banned should be debated between us or taken to the Wikipedia community. If I had proposed one at the appropriate venue -- Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents -- it would have been even more inappropriate for you to go around asking others about this. That type of WP:CANVASSING is a no-no, even with you not asking anyone to take your side. And as you were told at the Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard, it is my right to believe what I want. I didn't have to debate this with you. And there was no issue of a topic ban because I had not proposed one. But, no, in the days before that, you just had to go berserk, pushing and pushing, and finally forcing my hand to discuss something that I quite obviously did not want to discuss at this time. If ever. And don't state that "I didn't have to comment." Yes, I did! Because it concerns me and our interactions. Instead of a topic ban, you took the matter to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents after an interaction ban was suggested on my talk page by an editor. Not to mention, you proposed article bans on yourself at another noticeboard, even though the issue is still going on at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents...which is why the latter instance was shut down. If it's not already apparent to you, I don't like discussing anything with you. And you have no one but yourself to blame for that. My tolerance level for you has dropped exponentially because of your actions this past week. You just don't know when to stop, no matter how many times I or others point out your WP:DEADHORSE antics. Here you are again, having brought me up on yet another editor's talk page and are using that editor's talk page to debate me yet again. You couldn't just leave it at what The Blade of the Northern Lights stated. You just had to take this time to comment on our disputes at another talk page. The only reason you haven't been blocked several times over is because the To Catch a Predator and age of consent articles are not highly-watched articles. I don't want to read your "I don't want to cause offense to you" contention. Because, quite frankly, it's bull crap. Either that, or it's more of your WP:COMPETENCE issues showing. Flyer22 (talk) 11:40, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)I came here from something I saw elsewhere concerning RJR3333, and with due respect to Blade and his talk page, I'm going to add my two cents here. The first thing in all the dialogues and actions between you two, and the comments about you both, is the undeniable lack of maturity that you both display. My advice to either and/or both of you, is to really take a Wikibreak until you have grown up and can come back and behave like the kind of mature adults who engage in serious activities such as building an encyclopedia. Threats to retire will almost invariably be met with 'Go on then, what are you waiting for?' So please leave the schoolyard mentality off this project, and if either or both of you already happen to have reached the age of majority, then shame on you both, we need editors who can lead by example - good example. Let's please not hear ANYMORE of it, here or anywhere else and before blocs and bans, or talk of them start flying about - there are more important things to be done. Thanks. Kudpung (talk) 12:10, 7 July 2012

Kudpung, I can understand your dismay at the above. But I don't believe that I have been immature on this matter or that I need some extensive Wikibreak, as has been made clear (and is still being made clear) by other editors regarding RJR3333's behavior during our interactions. I have no doubt that most editors in my position would have responded to him in the same manner after having been, and still being, subjected to what he has subjected me to this past week. There is a time for civility and there is a time to tell an editor to stop the bull crap, which is what I did above. And if by threats of retiring, you mean my "considering to retire" tag on my user page and talk page, that is not a threat. I have not made any "threat" to leave. There is no WP:DIVA on my part in the least. The only person out of the two of us who has repeatedly claimed "I'm going to leave" has been RJR3333, and he did leave for a few months. But, as you can see, he is back. And according to most others, he has been back in a most disruptive manner (especially regarding his interaction with me). I am not the one who needs a lecture on how to act appropriately/work with others on Wikipedia. Flyer22 (talk) 19:38, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

I crafted the text of the above message to address both of you on an "if the cap fits' basis. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:54, 8 July 2012 (UTC)

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RFA

Hello, I read the listing that you are one of about 20 people who are willing to nominate others for RFA. I also notice that you take particular exception to those who are New Page Patrollers. I create articles here and there, but other than that, my edits are all from the NPP Keystoneridin (speak) 02:51, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

NPP vs User retention

FYI, and the thread that immediately follows it. I may bring this up in DC. Any advice? --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 13:34, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Powder Hound 3000

What's the connection between the accounts? That unblock request has been sitting there for several days. I'm inclined to decline it but I can't see the connection between it and the alleged sockmaster (Feel free to use email if you want to keep that confidential). Daniel Case (talk) 15:16, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

My attention was first drawn to Powder Hound 3000 during this AE request against ZScarpia. Basically, both accounts pushed the same POV, and both of them tried to use AE as a bludgeon against their opponents. After looking into Nableezy's comment, I found some remarkable similarities and decided the two were almost certainly connected. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 15:23, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

The connection goes a bit deeper than that. Here goes:

You can see his continuing obsession with Ceedjee, as seen in the SPIs opened as Foo Bar Buzz Netz, (Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Noisetier/Archive), his discussions with FT2 as HupHollandHup (here) which FT2 later referenced. This latest sock has taken to tagging Ceedjee's user page and a newly registered account by that user (here and here) as well as follow the new account around to revert him (here and here) Another connection is the coordinated reverting with other NoCal socks:

Two for the show: [2]

Powder Hound 3000: [3]

Two for the show: [4]

Also compare Powder Hound and Rym torch. Let me know if you need anything beyond that. nableezy - 16:28, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Marketing person

Re your comment at Talk:Auslogics Duplicate File Finder. If you look at the author's contributions (TaraSwimms (talk · contribs)), it consists mostly of writing articles that promote Auslogics, which seems to be a non-notable small 5-person firm according to LinkedIn. There are several of these articles in the A7 speedy delete category right now, although A7 doesn't really work if the topics aren't web content. I am very close to indef blocking this account, as it seems to have the sole purpose of writing ads masquerading as articles, but what holds me back is the fact that the articles are decent and squeak by WP:CORP. ~Amatulić (talk) 18:47, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Hrmm... I'd probably support an indef at this point, for the reasons you gave above. As to the articles, I think they unfortunately don't qualify for A7, but at least some of them should probably be sent to AfD; I'll sort through them and nominate on a case-by-case basis. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:52, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Let's wait and see. I asked the editor about the apparent COI. He or she is capable of writing decent articles, so it would be nice if that talent could be harnessed for other topics. ~Amatulić (talk) 22:17, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Fine with me. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 22:20, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

Death of Azaria Chamberlain

The discussion of the hatnote ought not to have been "closed as keep" when there was a sensitive issue surrounding it. The discussion had been moved to another page. Ther appears to be a consensus that the Hatnote is offensive to the living and needs deletion. Biographies of living persons noticeboard. 01:56, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

I closed the RfD; if you don't like my close, you know what to do. I'm not convinced of any BLP issues, and in the discussion at BLPN I saw no consensus to that effect. I pretty much entirely agreed with the keep votes at the RfD, so that'll suffice for my rationale. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 02:06, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Even though the arguments in favour of the Keep were as stupid as "There is no absolute proof that the family would be offended"?

All we need is a little human decency. If the "Biographies of living persons" policy isn't to protect people like the Chamberlains, then who is it for? The fact that the offensive matter is in a hatnote, rather than the txt of the article, ought not make any difference.

The person who has made the most ridiculous justifications in favour of keeping the hatnote (see above) is the person who added it in the first place.

It is almost beyond my comprehension that people can be warned that what they have done is giving offence, and then be so absolutely determined to maintain it when there is so little to be gained by it.

Try weighing the value of the hatnote against the potential to give offence to the family. The value of the hatnote is so slight, given that the two words "baby and dingo" in the Wikipedia search engine will bring up this article, that it is pointless to keep it. There are plenty of argument or keeping it. But not a single good argument.

Amandajm (talk) 02:51, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Look, as I said there I really don't care that much about this. I only thought I should bring it up somewhere because I closed an RfD, and it seemed the consensus was that there were no BLP concerns; that was the next logical step to me. My views on BLP are obviously very different from yours, as I think a hatnote on a Wikipedia article is about the least of the Chamberlain's concerns, but we're allowed to disagree. Arguments appealing to ethos are the weakest types, because they vary so much from person to person; my views on Wikipedia ethics are more consistent with Robber Zhi (whose article desperately needs to be written, and I may do just that fairly soon) than Kongzi, and that's something we won't see eye to eye on. That's why I started a discussion on the talkpage, so I could get other opinions before doing anything. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 03:05, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Thank you

		The Holy Lance
		For a block worthy of a saint. Ian.thomson (talk) 04:58, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! It's been a while since my last crucifixion, and I thought tonight would be as good a time as any. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 05:04, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

message

Hi

I have placed in charge of writing a new article for Medicina Mexico. I will make sure that the article conforms to Wilkipedia standards. I will also make sure that their exists no spam or unauthorized linkage.

Can you please move the old article to my sandbox so I can work on it.

Thank you for your anticipated help. Also, can I call upon you for assistance when I need help?

Samuel Samuelmeza (talk) 08:48, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

WT:PC2012

Check out the section YRC started at WT:PC2012/Dank#Closer?. I would prefer to avoid even a hint of procedural problems. How would you feel about the two of us closing a series of votes on narrow, targeted questions, and then letting me back away completely at the end of September so that I don't participate in a final RfC in October that approves, disapproves or modifies any of the results that have come before? Inserting a "final approval" stage might possibly lower the volume during the mini-votes, and would deal with the objection that a closer was too involved in the discussions. If you like this plan, I'll run it by WP:AN. - Dank (push to talk) 14:35, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

If you think it'd be helpful, I'm all for it. Given the direction that thread might go, that seems like as good a way to head things off as any, really. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:33, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Upendra

Hi Blade, I've requested full protection as the content war content continues to be added (after a revert from User:Drmies). Hope this won't be a problem? Regards, Callanecc (talk • contribs) talkback (etc) template appreciated. 16:04, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

It seems to have calmed down; if it starts up again, I'll take care of it. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:31, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. Callanecc (talk • contribs) talkback (etc) template appreciated. 04:05, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

RfD July 1

When you closed an RfD discussion for July 1 you put the template round the whole day (Several discussions) rather than just 1 discussion. I don't want to second guess which discussion(s) you meant to close so have lefit it for now. 82.132.235.175 (talk) 16:49, 11 July 2012 (UTC)

ANI Decision

While I certainly appreciate your response to my ANI complaint about Ihardlythinkso, I don't think it will settle the matter. I don't know how much of my links you read, but Ihardlythinkso's MO is to behave normally for a spell, and then lash out when something upsets him. This was my first ANI complaint, and it was an annoying process that I would like to avoid. If Ihardlythinkso engages in more of the "asshattery" that you mentioned, does that mean I have to start yet another ANI complaint? Also, will I be told yet again, regardless of my actual responses in the links, that we're "both acting like a 10 year-olds", and have the complaint essentially ignored? All while the disruptive behavior continues in the WikiChess project? Keep in mind that Ihardlythinkso has been more than just warned before; he was even blocked indefinitely. It hasn't caused him to change his behavior one bit. Thanks in advance for your attention and reply.ChessPlayerLev (talk) 03:11, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Re your coupling

Blade, I really resent you putting me in the same teacup as User:ChessPlayerLev, first with "both reasonable editors" and second "10 year olds". I have nothing in common with this editor. I've oppose his aggressiveness and defined why I oppose his aggressiveness, more than say, other editors he has crossed (e.g., User:GFHandel and User:BashBrannigan). However, BNL, I'm quite aware you hang with admin User:Toddst1, therefore, I really don't expect any fairness from you. Ihardlythinkso (talk) 13:42, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Blade, question for you: I've read time and time again, ANI is a last resort option. Do you really think, ANI was appropriate venue for User:ChessPlayerLev in this case? (Because I don't; it was his voluntary decision to go there, and IMO it was done for one purpose only – a swipe at me by rolling the dice to see if he could get an administrator to block me based on prejudice-generating complaints. He was half-right too, since he got your attention, and as mentioned, you are WP-friend of User:Toddst1, my undesired nemesis.) Ihardlythinkso (talk) 13:49, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Blade, it appears that Ihardlythinkso has discovered our secret alliance. I hope s/he doesn't find out about the others! Toddst1 (talk) 14:31, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

I'm trying to keep them low-profile; how much fun is it to be in a backroom cabal if everyone knows about it? The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 14:37, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

It's hard to "discover" something, as obvious as a bloody nose. Ihardlythinkso (talk) 14:35, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

For the record, I have no nemeses, nor secret alliances on Wikipedia. Allegations thereof are completely delusional and indicative of other issues. Toddst1 (talk) 15:44, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

(Excited voice) Oooh! Oooh! Can I be your nemeses?? Pretty please with sugar on top? --Guy Macon (talk) 04:36, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

While you're here; is there a good reason I shouldn't just block now? The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 15:47, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

WP:NPA doesn't apply to talking about Admins. Yes, I agree there's TE going on - which is what I indeffed IHTS for a few months ago. So you have the backtround, IHTS appealed that block to Arbcom and after consulting with me, Arbcomm accepted his/her appeal with my blessing. Toddst1 (talk) 15:55, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

I'll reopen the ANI thread and see if someone else will intervene. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 15:59, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Toddst1, apparently in your book, defending oneself against false accuses is "tendentious editing", whereas making the false accusations in the first place, is not! Ihardlythinkso (talk) 16:17, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Lost section at WP:ANI

Could you take a look at the thread here? It seems to have gotten lost in the higher than usual drama level and has received no attention at all for ~36 hours as of this writing. Thanks. JanetteDoe (talk) 21:59, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Poor Man's Talk Back

Just letting you know I have replied to your post at ANI. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 00:56, 13 July 2012 (UTC)