User talk:Diannaa

Skip to the bottom  ⇩  · Where this user is, it is 3:00 pm, 18 August 2024 UTC [refresh]. Page Deletion Hi Diannaa - I am new to Wikipedia so forgive me for any mistakes etc please but you recently deleted a page I created for Danny Guba on the basis of copyright infringement and notability. I wrote the material myself to ensure that it was different from that of Danny Guba's website and I also have permission from him to create the page. Furthermore, Danny has featured in numerous martial arts publications, documentaries etc and is one of the foremost Doce Pares Eskrima practitioners in the world. I think it is only right that he has his own Wikipedia page as he is world-renowned and very famous in the UK. Please can you advise me how to create this page without it being removed? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NXKMartialArts (talk • contribs) 09:38, 11 March 2015 (UTC) Thank you for your interest in creating an article for wikipedia. There is actually more than one problem with your submission. There was still some copyright material in the article, as the general information about Guba Doce Pares International was copied from http://www.docepares-europe.com/History.html. In addition to the copyright issue, the second problem is notability. You don't have multiple independent sources that demonstrate that Mr Guba notable enough, as Wikipedia defines it, to have an article. We require write-ups in reliable third party sources such as newpapers, magazines, or online publishers to establish notability. The only source that is independent of the subject of the article is this one, which is an interview with Mr Guba. However, it states that he is a world champion. For some reason this information did not get into the article. In what year did he win the title? Have you got any more sources that substantiate that claim? -- Diannaa (talk) 13:55, 11 March 2015 (UTC) Hi Diannaa, Thank you for the explanation, I will ensure that I have more sources prepared before producing the page again. Yes he is a 5 time world champion and has DVDs etc which I can link to the page. I will amass my sources first and remove or modify the Guba Doce Pares reference next time. Also, I would like to add an image to the article if possible? Thanks again. Regards, NXK Martial Arts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.240.17.66 (talk) 15:12, 11 March 2015 (UTC) Please don't upload any photos that already appear elsewhere online, unless you have the copyright holder's permission to do so and they are prepared to release them to us under license. Please see WP:consent for instructions if uploading someone else's photos for which you have permission. For photos you have taken yourself, the best thing to do is to upload them at the Commons. commons:Special:UploadWizard. It's not too hard, trust me -- Diannaa (talk) 22:24, 11 March 2015 (UTC) Username Hi Diannaa, I got your message about my username and I'll change it as soon as i figure out how to... :) ...btw...I found GettyImage's picture on Zimbio, and I would like to upload it, but I don't know if I can. I assume that you know the answer... :) Thanks in advance and best regards, MilosOfficial (talk) 20:58, 11 March 2015 (UTC)MilosOfficial Please don't upload any photos that you find on the Internet or elsewhere. Photos that you find online are copyright, and we are not allowed to display them on this wiki. Changing your user name: there's instructions at Wikipedia:Changing username/Simple -- Diannaa (talk) 22:19, 11 March 2015 (UTC) Time Series Database Re: User talk:Diannaa/Archive 38#Time Series Database It takes several years and many man-months to build a specialized database management system, so this list is destined to be finite. I would agree that 20 years from now the technology will mature similar to relational database: Relational database. Right now the list of database implementations is useful in its diversity because the article itself doesn't contain sufficient information on time-series transformations, storage schemas, and query languages supported by time-series databases. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rodionos (talk • contribs) 20:50, 11 March 2015 (UTC) More disruption by an IP you've warned before Hello, This IP has gotten three warnings by now for disruption, yet he's continuing as of recent on Parthia and Ancient Near East. It's extemely disruptive, unsourced and annoying. Orangesaft (talk) 18:09, 12 March 2015 (UTC) I have issued another more blunt warning. Please let me know if the activity continues. -- Diannaa (talk) 18:22, 12 March 2015 (UTC) Thanks :) Btw, here's another editor who's only making disruptive unsourced bogus edits. [1] [2] [3] I reverted some of it for now, but it's annoying and deserves for sure a warning. Orangesaft (talk) 14:07, 17 March 2015 (UTC) The Signpost: 11 March 2015 Special report: An advance look at the WMF's fundraising survey News and notes: WikiWomen's History Month—meetups, blog posts, and "Inspire" grant-making campaign In the media: Gamergate; a Wiki hoax; Kanye West In focus: WMF to NSA: "stop spying on Wikipedia users" Traffic report: Wikipedia: handing knowledge to the world, one prank at a time Featured content: Here they come, the couple plighted – Op-ed: Why the Core Contest matters Read this Signpost in full Single-page Unsubscribe MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 20:26, 12 March 2015 (UTC) Brazzabelle Hi Dianna - I am not an expert at Wikipedia however you deleted my page Brazzabelle which meets Wikipedias Music bios criteria, Brazzabelle has appeared on national television on the Young Hollywood Awards, has music charted on national charts, and released on credible labels such like Interscope and Atlantic Records. I have listed my IMDB Profile as well as press articles as reference is this not enough? If so could you please help me find out what I need to do to avoid deletion and better prove I meet guidelines? --Twenty20below (talk) 02:05, 13 March 2015 (UTC) References The article was deleted as the result of a deletion discussion in 2012, and again in 2014. I reviewed the new article and the subject is still not notable enough, as Wikipedia defines it, to qualify for an article at this time. For musicians, the criteria can be found here. I searched on http://www.billboard.com/ and there's no record of any of your music charting on any of the charts that they track. IMDB is not considered a reliable source, as it is user-generated content. Sorry, -- Diannaa (talk) 02:15, 13 March 2015 (UTC) smurderer I would like to change my username I guess. Even though smurd is just drums backwards... Yeah, and Redrum is murder backwards. It's up to you I guess; the current user name is not wildly offensive. -- Diannaa (talk) 14:46, 13 March 2015 (UTC) So much vandalism (inappropriate content) in sandbox WP:Sandbox has been vandalised so many times. I found that last edit with 100 000 bytes which is trolling. Can you see the history page? -- Pikachu2568 (talk) (please {{re}}) @ 13:56, 13 March 2015 (UTC) @Pikachu2568: There used to be a vandal who specialized in sandbox edits. I wouldn't worry about it too much as there's two different bots that patrol the page. -- Diannaa (talk) 14:45, 13 March 2015 (UTC) Page Deletion Hi Diannaa, I'm a very new Wikipedia editor, and I noticed that you deleted a page I was working on. I completely agree with your decision; I was in the middle of building a page about cellist Leyla MacCalla, left the editor box open, and must have created the page by accident before I was ready. I'm now working in an outside editor to finish the page, making sure to include independent sources to affirm notability, removing any text I'd temporarily copied from news articles into the editor box for reference, and attempting to contact the artist for permission. Once I finish the page and re-create it, I hope you'll take another look and let me know if there are any problems. FYI, I started working on the page at a Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon held by the group Art and Feminism. The page was on the group's task list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Tasks Cheers, Fixomatic (talk) 21:15, 13 March 2015 (UTC) Hi there Fixomatic. Thanks for your interest in contributing to Wikipedia. Sorry the page had to be deleted. Unfortunately we can't host copyright content on the site, even temporarily. Please feel free to let me know when you have a new version ready. -- Diannaa (talk) 22:06, 13 March 2015 (UTC) Thanks! Coincidentally, it looks like someone else (probably from the same event I attended) jumped in the other day and created the page instead of me: Leyla McCalla Fixomatic (talk) 19:26, 16 March 2015 (UTC) Oh that's very cool. -- Diannaa (talk) 22:26, 16 March 2015 (UTC) Delete my Article Hello: until now I do not know why my article deleted (Emirates Transport )? The page content like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirates_%28airline%29 regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by Appteco (talk • contribs) 01:17, 14 March 2015 (UTC) The article was deleted because most of the content was copied from https://www.et.gov.ae/ and https://www.et.gov.ae/ETMediaKitLibrary/ET+Annual+Report+2013.pdf, which are copyright documents not in the public domain. The photos were also deleted, as you copied them here without any evidence that you had permission of the copyright holder to upload them here. Prose and photographs you find online is almost always copyright, and cannot be copied here; it's against the law to do so. All prose must be written in your own words. There's more information about copyrights and how it applies to Wikipedia at Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright. If the copyright holder wishes to release this material under license to Wikipedia, please follow the instructions at WP:consent. -- Diannaa (talk) 01:22, 14 March 2015 (UTC) Thanks for WIKI admin Thanks, for sugession on Gandhi Teerth. Deletion is speedy way, we need to enhance WIKI. Also page is related to India and within the scope of WikiProject India. Matter copied from Gandhi Foundation web is about public place. Text published, I am authorise to publish about it, and not have any copywrite. Text copied is about Foundation and Place. For more info, there is Gandhi musuem - currently this place is visited by more than 500 guest's per day (includes indian and forigners) to study etc. Have gr8 browsing and keep it up. -- MahajanDeepak (MahajanDeepak|talk) Mahajandeepakv Mahajandeepakv (talk) 07:41, 14 March 2015 (UTC) If you have permission of the copyright holder to publish the text here under lincense, you have to get an OTRS ticket. Please see the instructions at WP:Consent. -- Diannaa (talk) 13:48, 14 March 2015 (UTC) Disambiguation link notification for March 14 Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Nuremberg Laws, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Reichstag (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject. It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:45, 14 March 2015 (UTC) Mein Kampf The current statement "He believed only one race would survive this struggle, so to ensure the survival of the German people he proposed the extermination of the Jews." needs to be changed. There is nowhere in the book that Hitler speaks of exterminating Jews or a future plan to exterminate Jews.--Hashi0707 (talk) 18:22, 14 March 2015 (UTC) Sorry, the reason this reversion was not included in my edit summary, for lack of space. The citation is Kershaw 2008 pages 148 to 150. At the bottom of page 149, Kershaw quotes Hitler as saying in Mein Kampf, "The nationalization of our masses will succeed only when...their international poisoners are exterminated." Kershaw states that the fact that Hitler envisioned this creating additional living space for the Germanic peoples indicates he meant literal extermination. Kershaw page 150, states "its inherent genocidal thrust is undeniable". -- Diannaa (talk) 18:36, 14 March 2015 (UTC) Non-sequitur. Kershaw speaks on Hitler's words the 'removal of the Jews' and then gives his own interpretation of his words. Kershaw concludes that various statements had a genocidal vision but does not say that Hitler proposed for a future plan to exterminate Jews. The fact remains that nowhere in the book does Hitler speak of a future plan to exterminate Jews.--Hashi0707 (talk) 23:19, 14 March 2015 (UTC) Okay, understood. I have taken that sentence out. In the future, could you please post article comments on the article talk page? That way if anyone else is interested in commenting, they will see the discussion. Thanks, -- Diannaa (talk) 23:30, 14 March 2015 (UTC) Maurice TCO's manifesto changed the way I edit Wikipedia. Do you know exactly what year Emil was sacked for a having a fling with Geli? Jonas Vinther • (speak to me!) 18:29, 14 March 2015 (UTC) No I don't. The exact year is not stated in either Kershaw or Görtemaker. Sorry, -- Diannaa (talk) 18:37, 14 March 2015 (UTC) On another issue, I significantly improved Pact of Steel and Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday a few days ago, with the purpose of getting them both to GA-status (like yourself, I've also decided that my time is spend best by improving articles to GA-status and then move on to the next, instead of fingerling with FA-candidates). If you would glance over them (not really long either of them) and do some copyedits I'd appreciate that. Jonas Vinther • (speak to me!) 20:01, 14 March 2015 (UTC) The turning point for me was when user:TCO published a powerpoint critique of the featured article process back in 2011. If I can't tell the difference between FA-quality prose and GA-quality prose, I'm sure our audience can't either, so for the readership in our topic area (primarily high school students studying WWII for the first time) it's not worthwhile. It seemed to me instead to be quite important to get as many articles as possible on core topics up to a minimum standard for sourcing and comprehensiveness. It's the kind of hobby that we can be proud of, a very worthwhile contribution. I will try to get your copy edit requests completed today or tomorrow. -- Diannaa (talk) 21:53, 14 March 2015 (UTC) No rush. :) Jonas Vinther • (speak to me!) 22:03, 14 March 2015 (UTC) Photos Deletion My name is Rolan Duvvury, and I am the creator of the Wikipedia page on "Mulalo Doyoyo." These pictures were provided to me by Dr. Doyoyo for use in his Wikipedia page. The following is the source information that I have for each photo. 1.) Doyoyo2.jpg: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, 2008. 2.) Hydrogenbike1: Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa, 2011. 3.) Biaxial1.jpg: photo by Joshua Word, Ultralight Systems Lab, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, 2008. 4.) Cenocell2.jpg: photo by Gary Meek, Georgia Tech Research News, Atlanta, GA, 2008 5.) amoriguard.jpg: picture taken by Ryan Purchase, Dekro Paints, Cape Town, South Africa, 2013. References Please let me know if I need to provide any further information. If not, I would appreciate if you could please restore these five images that were deleted. Thank you and sincerely, Rolan Duvvury Rduvvury Hi Mr Duvvury. What you need to do is get the copyright holder to send an email to the OTRS team giving permission to Wikipedia to publish the photos under license. There's instructions how to do this at WP:Consent. -- Diannaa (talk) 21:56, 14 March 2015 (UTC) Betti-Sue Hertz Dear Diannaa, I am new to Wikipedia so forgive me for any mistakes etc. You recently deleted a page I created for Betti-Sue Hertz on the basis of copyright infringement and notability. The material that overlapped with the Yerba Buena Center page on Betti-Sue Hertz was just a list with dates of where she worked. I can rewrite it and also have permission from her to create the page. Please can you advise me how to create this page without it being removed? At this point it looks like I need your help in proceeding. Thanks, Lisa — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lisebloca (talk • contribs) 19:16, 15 March 2015 (UTC) (talk page stalker) Hi Lisebloca. I would be happy to teach and help you in creating new articles to Wikipedia. If you're interested, come to my talk page with questions and what not. Best, Jonas Vinther • (speak to me!) 21:35, 15 March 2015 (UTC) Hi Lise. The main problem with the article was notability; for people, the notability requirement Wikipedia:Notability (people) states that there has to be in-depth coverage (not just mentions) in several sources independent of the subject. Another good benchmark is whether or not the person has won any awards. As far as I can tell, Betti-Sue Hertz does not seem to meet the notability requirement at the present time. A good place for you to ask questions is at the WP:Teahouse, where there's editors experienced in helping new users. Thank you for your interest in contributing to the encyclopedia. -- Diannaa (talk) 21:58, 15 March 2015 (UTC) vomit I vomited two new articles already. Both need much work, but it's a start. See, I am not a bad person. Silly Banana Sad (talk) 00:31, 16 March 2015 (UTC) It's still a silly user name, what if you want to be an admin someday? People will not vote for someone with a silly username as admins are sometimes the face of Wiki, or its ambassadors. Your articles are okay. Thanks for your interest in contributing to the encylopedia. -- Diannaa (talk) 00:40, 16 March 2015 (UTC) Page Deletion Hi Diannaa, Just received notice of the Plastic Pollution Coalition page deletion. I have made sure that the source site now specifies the type of Creative Commons license used for the content in that paragraph. Is it possible to undelete? Thank you. Revolute (talk) 07:13, 16 March 2015 (UTC) Sorry but according to the foundation's law team, 4.0 is not backwards compatible with 3.0. Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright#cite note-2. You need to release it under CC by SA 3.0 please. -- Diannaa (talk) 14:24, 16 March 2015 (UTC) Thank You very much for the help ! Good Morning Diannaa! First of all a big thank you for the final edit of the page Che in paona bazaar , Really I was so depressed yesterday for the harsh behavior of one of your colleague. I have joined Wikipedia this year only, with the interest of writings, but I am not the computer student and being very much new in this area, I feel uneasy when I write about something because of wrongly put computer languages most of the time but if you all help me then I can be able to solve my problems in near future, I bought few books like Che in Paona bazaar via flipcart, read it and found it interesting to write on Wikipedia, before that , I wrote about the author Mr. Kishalay Bhattacharjee, We Indians are ardent fan of him because of his enlighten news and he is one of the finest story teller about the veiled part of North East India, So after finished writing and got edited by so many wikipedia editors, because that was my 1st topic, I was so excited and asked google team when it would be appearing in the google 1st page, might be its a silly questions to you all... but remember how did you feel when your 1st writing was seen in google page ? I do Not know that journalist personally, only seen via television , and how would you be feeling if someone charge you that you are the journalist in disguise and try to sell your book via wikipedia ??!! Its so embarrassing !! Yes we have some cultural variations, but we do not behave like this with an unknown person. Have a heart dear ! Its not the continent to continent problem not with the countries, its on you , depends on people's upbringing, how much they care others or how much they have the quality to teach others , everyone cant be the teacher , Right ? Anyways, God is there to judge those arrogant. If I have any bad intention of book selling then I argue with you for the massive change of the page, But as a learner I should respect you as a teacher. God Bless. Gargi 12:34, 16 March 2015 (UTC) Thank you for the message. -- Diannaa (talk) 14:13, 16 March 2015 (UTC) User:Thetanmancan Hi Dianna, regarding the above, I don't think User:Thetanmancan1 is an impersonator, I think it is the same person who can no longer access their original account. Feel like it would be a bit odd to impersonate a an editor with only a few hundred edits who hasn't edited in 5 years--Jac16888 Talk 17:47, 16 March 2015 (UTC) I suppose that's a possibility. If so, he can say so in an unblock request. -- Diannaa (talk) 18:57, 16 March 2015 (UTC) Nuremberg Laws D-- while the "flag law" part is interesting, I don't believe it should be included; but if you decide otherwise, I would suggest it be re-added as a footnote (with book cite). Kierzek (talk) 20:19, 16 March 2015 (UTC) So you're saying it's a little off topic? I will think about this. By the way I got the photo of Christa Schroeder today. It turned out good. I will upload it tomorrow, because I forgot to get the source info out of the book, which is on my desk at work. -- Diannaa (talk) 22:32, 16 March 2015 (UTC) Well I guess Jonas has already uploaded a pic of Christa Schroeder. I think the pic with Hitler is colorized, and would prefer to use one that is not. I will send you by email a copy of what I found in the book, so you can help decide what to do next. -- Diannaa (talk) 22:39, 16 March 2015 (UTC) A footnote would do then for the "flag law", if you wish. As for the photo, I reviewed it and the b&w one is more unique. Kierzek (talk) 02:44, 17 March 2015 (UTC) I think we can omit the details about the flag law altogether. It's already discussed at Flag of Germany#Nazi Germany. Thanks for your input on the photo. -- Diannaa (talk) 02:47, 17 March 2015 (UTC) I removed the last "flag" comment from the lede. If you think, for completeness sake only, it still needs a mention you can add it as a "See also". Up to you. Kierzek (talk) 13:13, 17 March 2015 (UTC) Replacement image You deleted File:TcshAndShScreenCapture.png, suggesting that cropping to eliminate the Apple UI elements at the top and bottom of the screen would make it acceptable. I've done that and uploaded the new image at File:TcshAndShScreenCaptureCropped.png. It's used in the C shell and Unix shell articles. I would appreciate if you could review my submission to confirm that you find it satisfactory. Msnicki (talk) 04:06, 17 March 2015 (UTC) Hi Msnicki. It looks fine. Thanks for taking the time to look after this. -- Diannaa (talk) 08:59, 17 March 2015 (UTC) 101.160.175.244 101.160.175.244 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) 124.181.107.97 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) Blocked by vsmith I think this one will just change IPs. Repeatedly changing "Palestine " to "Arab", deleting "Palestine " and denying Palestine exists: [4] Abusing talk page after block. 1 2 3 Thanks for all your help! Jim1138 (talk) 10:07, 17 March 2015 (UTC) It's actually okay for users to remove block notices from their talk page, pre WP:REMOVED. Thanks for your help cleaning up, -- Diannaa (talk) 10:33, 17 March 2015 (UTC) List of Adolf Hitler's personal staff Per your comment on my talk page, I've allowed myself to be inspired by List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves recipients (1943) and added a bunch of notes to each person of the overall list. If you unshakably insist on doing some copy edits, I can't stop you. :) Jonas Vinther • (speak to me!) 13:24, 17 March 2015 (UTC) Looks like Kierzek already did the copy editing, so no worry. :) Jonas Vinther • (speak to me!) 13:58, 17 March 2015 (UTC) Diannaa still have a look-see. And Vinther, a common presentation style is still needed; some are listed by first name alphabetically; others by last name, etc. Kierzek (talk) 14:05, 17 March 2015 (UTC) Yes, you told me that yesterday I believe. Will get to it ASAP. Jonas Vinther • (speak to me!) 14:33, 17 March 2015 (UTC) Done. Listed alphabetically per the first letter of their first name. Jonas Vinther • (speak to me!) 14:50, 17 March 2015 (UTC) Margaret_Gelling You deleted a picture I uploaded of my aunt, whose sole heir I am, which I created by scanning her expired passport which is among her effects and thus mine. Oddly someone had generated a PNG of the JPEG I uploaded, and the deletion seemed to go backwards from that. I did remark on the image page - which already had provenance on it - to this effect. I suspect the process is broken. Midgley (talk) 23:02, 17 March 2015 (UTC) Hi Midgley. Both images were nominated for deletion together, at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files/2015 February 25#File:M gelling 1965.png. The problem is that it's a passport photo of unknown provenance, and there's no evidence that you are the copyright holder and have the right to release it to Wikipedia under license. There's no evidence that the image was published elsewhere before being uploaded here, so it's not eligible for fair use. -- Diannaa (talk) 23:08, 17 March 2015 (UTC) Image tagged for deletion The way I see, it could be used as a support image further down the article or it should just be deleted altogether. Jonas Vinther • (speak to me!) 23:30, 17 March 2015 (UTC) We are only permitted one non-free image on the page. -- Diannaa (talk) 23:31, 17 March 2015 (UTC) Oh. Well, in the case I say just go ahead and delete it. Yours is much bigger and better. Jonas Vinther • (speak to me!) 23:33, 17 March 2015 (UTC) Your GA nomination of Nuremberg Laws Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Nuremberg Laws you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Calvin999 -- Calvin999 (talk) 11:20, 18 March 2015 (UTC) Request for some copy edits Significantly improved Broken heart with the purpose of getting it to GA-status. Would appreciate some copy edits whenever you feel like it. Cheers in advance, Jonas Vinther • (speak to me!) 18:12, 18 March 2015 (UTC) Page Deletion Hi Diana A little while ago you deleted my article as an administrator on Deep Ocean Minerals https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Deep_Ocean_Minerals&action=edit&redlink=1 and since then have emailed administrators twice to address the copyright issues that was raised. I explained that I had been given permission to use a word document as the basis of the article - and some of this word document was used in a printed online article. So there was some confusion on my part as I am new to all this. He very helpfully explained that a form needed to be filled out by the author of the article which has been done (see text below). I still haven't heard back from administrators yet even though the copyright has been released so any issues are covered..... Extended content I hereby affirm that I, Anthony Philip JACOBS, am the creator and hold the original Word Documents of the exclusive copyright of http://www.harnisch.com/uploads/tx_harnisch/wfe_0314minerals_and_trace_elements.pdf I have provided the Wikipedia Author, Thaiso, permission to use this material for a Wikipedia article on Deep Ocean Minerals. I agree to publish the above-mentioned content under the free license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported and GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts). I acknowledge that by doing so I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product or otherwise, and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws. I am aware that this agreement is not limited to Wikipedia or related sites. I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be claimed to have been made by me. I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project. Anthony Jacobs Authority : Original Author and Copyright holder 01st Feb, 2015 Leichlingen, Germany If you can please get back to me that would be much appreciated. Deep Ocean Minerals are really important and of interest to human health and just of interest in terms of oceanography. Thanks Sharon — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thaiso (talk • contribs) 23:09, 19 March 2015 (UTC) Hi Thaiso. Sorry I cannot help with this problem, as I am not a member of the OTRS team and do not have access to their email queue. I am therefore unable to tell you whether or not the submitted proof was adequate or not. I think the best thing for you to do is to post at the Wikipedia:OTRS noticeboard so one of them can check into it for you. -- Diannaa (talk) 23:41, 19 March 2015 (UTC) Thanks Diannaa I will give it a try. Cheers Sharon — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thaiso (talk • contribs) 23:55, 19 March 2015 (UTC) User talk:Communist-party-van Hi Diannaa. With regards to this block, I can't see how the username is a violation of the policy - it's abundantly obvious that he doesn't represent the Communist Party, and I can't locate any organisation called "Communist Party Van". The username is a portmanteau of "Communist Party" and "Party van" (a 4chan meme referring to FBI surveillance vehicles), not a group name. I'm planning to lift the block unless you have any objections; please let me know if I've overlooked something. Thanks, Yunshui 雲水 08:55, 20 March 2015 (UTC) Hi Yunshui. Sounds okay to me. I have gone ahead with the unblock. --Diannaa (talk) 14:35, 20 March 2015 (UTC) Thanks Diannaa! Yunshui 雲水 08:39, 23 March 2015 (UTC) The Signpost: 18 March 2015 From the editor: A salute to Pine News and notes: SUL finalization imminent; executive office shake-ups at the Foundation In the media: NYPD editing articles regarding allegations of police brutality and misconduct Op-ed: Does the Wikimedia fundraising survey address community concerns? Featured content: A woman who loved kings Traffic report: It's not cricket * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:34, 21 March 2015 (UTC) . Username MichUCC While patrolling using Igloo, I noticed on their talk page that you had blocked a user with the name MichUCC due to a policy against usernames that give the impression that an account represents a group, organization, or website. I'm just wondering what organization(s) you believed they gave the appearance of being affiliated with, as none crossed my mind. I'd appreciate clarification, as I am certain you have a completely understandable rationale that you can give me. An explanation would be much appreciated! SecretName101 (talk) 01:54, 22 March 2015 (UTC) It's the Michigan Conference of the United Church of Christ (UCC). -- Diannaa (talk) 01:55, 22 March 2015 (UTC) A kitten for you! Thank you for your work on Wikipedia! Now enjoy the cuteness! :) SecretName101 (talk) 01:55, 22 March 2015 (UTC) Tis my favorite wiki-kitteh ~! --Diannaa (talk) 01:58, 22 March 2015 (UTC) Java secure coding practices Shiteshsachan (talk) 02:02, 22 March 2015 (UTC)Username Shiteshsachan Shiteshsachan (talk) 02:02, 22 March 2015 (UTC) Request to recover "Java Secure Coding Practices" Hi Diannaa, I have rights to publish that content as per OWASP "Content is available under a Creative Commons 3.0 License" and this license clearly states that "I am free to copy and redistribute the same content" http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/. Please do not delete the page. I will add reference section in bottom of my page. Okay I have restored it and removed some copyright material that came from elsewhere. Attribution has been added at the bottom. Your article remains unsourced and has some serious formatting issues. Sorry but I have had to delete it again, as large swathes of test were copied from http://www.computerweekly.com/tip/Cross-site-scripting-explained-How-to-prevent-XSS-attacks and a site I can't list here because it's black-listed. These articles are copyright. Sorry, -- Diannaa (talk) 02:23, 22 March 2015 (UTC) IP disruption - warning? Hello, I think a warning notification is needed here. On the nationalistic tour : [[5]] 84.241.196.87 (talk) 06:34, 22 March 2015 (UTC) Spam no spamming intended but i believe these changes are useful. also the quality of the links is good. please change/edit them according to the proper format. thanks and best. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wyk1ng (talk • contribs) 14:38, 22 March 2015 (UTC) Replied on your talk page. -- Diannaa (talk) 14:47, 22 March 2015 (UTC) George Reich Hi Diannaa, forgive my ignorance, but what's the difference between using WP:OTRS as opposed to WP:CONSENT for these kinds of copyright issues? Thanks.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:39, 22 March 2015 (UTC) Hi Bbb23. There's a few links that can be offered: WP:OTRS, WP:CONSENT, or Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. I like to use WP:consent because it gives clear instructions as to what needs to be included in the permission email, suggests a layout for the email, and offers a link to a list of compatible licenses. -- Diannaa (talk) 16:45, 22 March 2015 (UTC) Got it, thanks much.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:56, 22 March 2015 (UTC) CG 4 Hi Dianna, Can you please run a copyedit on CG 4, specially in the structure section? I failed many a times and the no. of threads in Template:Did you know nominations/CG 4 increase just because I don't do good copyediting. Please....-The Herald the joy of the LORDmy strength 04:20, 23 March 2015 (UTC) Hi there. I am going to decline. After reading over the DYK nomination, it's my impression that the contradictory bits will need to be resolved by someone knowledgeable about the subject matter. Sorry, -- Diannaa (talk) 23:45, 23 March 2015 (UTC) Cest fine Dianna. I'll get someone in. Thanks.. -The Herald the joy of the LORDmy strength 02:33, 24 March 2015 (UTC) Justin P. Wilson Hello. I see you blocked this IP address before. They keep adding that Justin P. Wilson has two sons from his first marriage, but I haven't found a reference for it. I have had to remove it several times and it is getting annoying. One edit history said, "I am the first wife and mother of the first two children and aborted child", another one "I am Mr Wilsons First Wife-- Donna Danner Wilson from 1973-1981. We had two sons during this marriage and were expecting a third child that was aborted at Mr Wilson's", etc., but that's not a reliable source obviously. It might be true, but without a reference I just don't think the info should be added. What do you think?Zigzig20s (talk) 05:11, 23 March 2015 (UTC) It can't be added without a secondary source. Primary sources are not okay for information such as this. And of course we have no way of knowing whether they are who they say they are. This has been going on for years; see for example Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2012 October 23#justin p wilson. I will put something kind on their talk page later if you don't get to it first. -- Diannaa (talk) 14:24, 23 March 2015 (UTC) This is getting old. What can we do? I have not reverted it yet because it is simply annoying and they may add it right back if I do.Zigzig20s (talk) 20:47, 23 March 2015 (UTC) The IP is really stable, they've had it for years, so I have blocked for 6 months. -- Diannaa (talk) 20:52, 23 March 2015 (UTC) JohnnyUtahNo9 Username followup question Hello again and thank you for your timely response to my administrator help request. I realize it was unlikely but was making one last attempt to retain my contribution history. Actually, my en-wiki account was not compromised, but rather for some reason Wikipedia allowed an ru-wiki User with the same name (when it was Thisfireburns) to take it over when that person applied for a global account. Subsequently, I lost access when my 30-day log in expired (the reason it has not been used since October 2014). I tried having the Username of the en-wiki account changed and merged with a new account I created (JohnnyUtahNo9) through the Stewards, but that did not work; it just applied the "self-usurped" tag to this one. Is there any way then to terminate that account to free up the Username so that I may recreate it (and have an en-wiki account with my unified JohnnyUtahNo9 login)? Regards. JohnnyUtahNo9 (self-usurped) (talk) 13:22, 23 March 2015 (UTC) Hi there. Sorry, I don't know the answer to that question, I think it's unlikely unless you have the password. Try posing your question at meta:Stewards' noticeboard. A simple solution would be to create a new account; what say you make like Gretzky and use #99 since #9 is already taken? -- Diannaa (talk) 14:16, 23 March 2015 (UTC) Attrib Hi Diannaa, Would you have a look at this section of Bonny Hicks? It's something I don't recall seeing before, although I understand the reasoning if copied over directly from citizendium.org. I plugged away at some copy-edit stuff for a while, and Twofingered Typist also made some significant improvements to it. As there's been some significant (IMO) changes made, does that notification need to stay on the article? I know you're pretty up-to-speed on this kind of thing, and was hoping you'd have a look. Thank you. — Ched :  ?  00:26, 24 March 2015 (UTC) Hi Ched! I checked using the copyvios tool, and there's still a huge overlap, so I think it should stay. However I am not convinced that it needs to be in Bold and Italics :) -- Diannaa (talk) 00:32, 24 March 2015 (UTC) Thanks Diannaa. It doesn't really bother me that it's there, I just hadn't noticed things like that before. I know there's usually a note in an edit summary if you're starting an article from another source though. Thanks for the look. Much appreciated. (I'll add that tool to my set if it's not already there). Cheers. — Ched :  ?  00:42, 24 March 2015 (UTC) Deleted image with pending WP:OTRS request Dear Diannaa, Thanks for your efforts on Wikipedia. The file File:Multinet Wireless Virtualization.jpg had a pending OTRS request in the OTRS system - could I ask that the file be reinstated, or if you could please let me know steps I can take to assure Wikipedia that adequate permissions have been granted by the creators of the image? The creators of the image have sent mail that should be in the OTRS system. Kjamieson78 (talk) 18:23, 24 March 2015 (UTC) Hi there. Sorry for not noticing the image was tagged as OTRS pending. There's instructions as to what should be included in the email at WP:Consent. Sorry, I am not an OTRS team member and don't have access to their email queue, so I can't say for sure what is happening with this file. -- Diannaa (talk) 18:44, 24 March 2015 (UTC) John T. Lupton II Hello again. I don't want to edit-war, so I have not reverted this edit again. But I think it should be removed for two reasons: 1) the reference links to an unreliable website, so it could be made up 2) It's a long quote, which is not really standard on Wikipedia and does not seem particularly critical to the article. Do you want to keep the quote or would you like to remove it and explain to the other editor why it is inappropriate please? Thank you.Zigzig20s (talk) 22:04, 24 March 2015 (UTC) It includes the oh-so-encyclopedic thought, "Well, they were full of s---, as far as I'm concerned.". I hope you can do something!Zigzig20s (talk) 16:47, 25 March 2015 (UTC) User:Diannaa: Can you please do something about this? I am not sure who else to ask. Thank you.Zigzig20s (talk) 08:12, 27 March 2015 (UTC) Why don't you try explaining to th euser on his talk page why the content is not suitable? still a red link -- Diannaa (talk) 13:37, 27 March 2015 (UTC) Please delete image File:Photo collection of notable Vinther's on Wikipedia.gif. Cheers in advance, Jonas Vinther • (speak to me!) 18:46, 25 March 2015 (UTC) Verdammt! Please delete this also File:Collection of Wikipedia images of notable Vinther's throughout history.gif. Sorry, got a whole thing going on here. Jonas Vinther • (speak to me!) 23:21, 25 March 2015 (UTC) Both are done; relax. -- Diannaa (talk) 23:26, 25 March 2015 (UTC) Request for some copy edits Vinther. Very short article/list. Glance over it? Jonas Vinther • (speak to me!) 01:45, 26 March 2015 (UTC) Rick570 Hi Diannaa, I can't find out where I could have my say on the "serial copyright violator" accusations. Out of the 200+ articles I commenced on wikipedia over the last 8 years, my accuser thinks he has found 5 violations. I think they can be corrected. Most of them, however, relate to userpage articles which is where I do my "rough copies" and collect material before producing the final article for publication. The two recent deletions are examples, both from my userpage under a heading "under construction". Once I have published an article, the User article is redundant. I should nominate them for deletion. But I am unsure how to do that. Perhaps I should do all my rough work in Word. My accuser says that my usepage is replete with copyright notices. But I can't find them. Most of the notices relate to notability concerns of BLPs and disambiguation. I would be grateful if you would let me know how and where I can state my case and any other information I should be aware of. Kind regards,Rick570 (talk) 02:32, 26 March 2015 (UTC) Hi Rick570. Sorry for the alarming news. Making copies of copyright material is not permitted anywhere on Wikipedia, including in sandboxes and userspace drafts. It's easy to nominate subpages in your userspace for deletion; just tag them with the template {{Db-u1}}. A list of your subpages can be found here. The place to respond to the copyright investigation is here. For some suggestions on responding, please see Responding to a CCI case. It won't be up to me to decide whether or not there's enough to warrant a case; that decision is made by the CCI clerks or uninvolved admins. -- Diannaa (talk) 02:41, 26 March 2015 (UTC) Thanks for your help.Rick570 (talk) 03:47, 26 March 2015 (UTC) CCI Hi Diannaa. I don't know how to add to the CCI investigation you have started on Rick570 so I'll post some more evidence here in case you're interested. A lot of Gerrard Beeson appeared to have been a copyright violation from the Rotary source in the article. Tim Garner appeared to be a very close paraphrasing of this source. Terry Locke was started [6] with text copied from [7] If you know how I can add this myself please let me know, if not can I impose on you to do so? Thanks. duffbeerforme (talk) 12:55, 26 March 2015 (UTC) I've added Terry Locke. For the others, the source links are irrecoverably dead and the articles were deleted, so there's not much to say. -- Diannaa (talk) 14:52, 26 March 2015 (UTC) The Signpost – Volume 11, Issue 12 – 25 March 2015 News and notes: Wikimedia Foundation adopts open-access research policy Op-ed: How my father's railroad image collection now benefits the world: the value of digitization Featured content: A carnival of animals, a river of dung, a wasteland of uncles, and some people with attitude Special report: Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Year 2014 Traffic report: Oddly familiar Recent research: Most important people; respiratory reliability; academic attitudes Blog: The Wikipedia Library Team reflects on its new Visiting Scholars program * Read this Signpost in full * Single-page * Unsubscribe * MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 03:24, 27 March 2015 (UTC) Special:Contributions/187.211.5.124 Andrewbf is return as a new IP and is back to the same editing. 115.164.190.189 (talk) 07:20, 27 March 2015 (UTC) It's him all right. Thanks for reporting -- Diannaa (talk) 13:42, 27 March 2015 (UTC) Talkback Hello, Diannaa. You have new messages at Calvin999's talk page. Message added 08:50, 27 March 2015 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.  — ₳aron 08:50, 27 March 2015 (UTC) The Bugle: Issue CVIII, March 2015 Your Military History Newsletter Project news: From the editors; awards and honours; contest results Articles: Last month's new Featured and A-Class content Book review: Recent external reviews Review essay: Nick-D on the Australian Fleet Air Arm Museum Op-ed: TomStar81 on submarine warfare in World War I Timeline: This month in World War I The Bugle is published by the Military history WikiProject. To receive it on your talk page, please join the project or sign up here. If you are a project member who does not want delivery, please remove your name from this page. Your editors, Ian Rose (talk) and Nick-D (talk) 09:37, 27 March 2015 (UTC) User:BrooklyUniversity This user attempted to make an unblock request, changing their user name. They transcluded incorrectly, and I tried to help them out, but I think I made a hash of it. Not sure if admins would be properly notified, so would you take a look? 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 13:20, 27 March 2015 (UTC) Thanks for assisting -- Diannaa (talk) 13:40, 27 March 2015 (UTC) Meow Meow! GA-improved Kitten a few seconds ago. Not very long article overall. Going to nominate it for GA-status and would appreciate some CE's. Cheers, Jonas Vinther • (speak to me!) 16:57, 28 March 2015 (UTC) Okay, fun. I will do it when I get home from the gym. -- Diannaa (talk) 16:58, 28 March 2015 (UTC) Nothing beats this File:Most adorable kitten on plant earth, Meow Meow!.jpg. Jonas Vinther • (speak to me!) 19:52, 28 March 2015 (UTC) Oh yeah??!! -- Diannaa (talk) 23:28, 28 March 2015 (UTC) Talk:Nuremberg Laws/GA1 Left a couple of comments for improvement. Jonas Vinther • (speak to me!) 21:07, 28 March 2015 (UTC) Orphaned non-free image File:Cosmo Oil Company logo.gif ⚠ Thanks for uploading File:Cosmo Oil Company logo.gif. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media). 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Stefan2 (talk) 23:31, 28 March 2015 (UTC) my edit on mathematics hi, i understand your point of concern, however i think it is also unfair that the editor ignored my warning in the previous edit. it is not appropriate to put some hindu prophet in the edits. it's not just hindu prophets, ANY prophet. why would someone put this prophet in the mathematics section? no one knew of the individual he was referring to. - i am from canada. i would like to think our public education was quite strong. i have learned of many mathematicians and philosophers during school. baudhyanana or whatever their name is, was not one of them. in fact, you could argue the page was PERFECT before (even _WITH_ alhazen). archimedes, euclid, thales, pythagoras. learned of all of them. i remember archimedes' principle of buoyancy being illustrated in my grade FOUR math textbook. baudhyanana? nope. i would like to think the multicultural aspect of my country did not lead to a blatant omission of baudhyana; maybe it was moreso because they did not contribute as much as the previous editor wanted to believe? i've never heard of either, and yes while i'm still learning mathematics, i do not think these individuals were such huge contributors (akin to Newton, Leibniz, Fermat, etc etc) that they deserved mention... i understand many Greats were religious, which is completely fine by me; that withstanding: Newton, Descartes, etc are not apart of 'Series on Christianity' (nor is Sir Wiles, etc) how is it fair to the field of mathematics when individuals insert undeserving individuals, let alone religious prophets, into the page where "The Greats" are? especially given that there is no protection on the page, anyone affiliated with a religious sect can just pop their favourite person into the page. in this case, no one was disputing his edit but me because not many people care about mathematics. i honestly find it hard to refrain from personal attacks when the individual clearly didn't want to discuss the edit at all. he was warned, and reverted without ANY reasoning. where is his warning? believe you me, i'm all about religious freedom and everyone has the right to practice their own religion. however, i have a problem with some people who insert their own bias into a topic. the page was fine. he disturbed it unnecessarily and inserted two individuals of hindu faith. was that coincidence? lastly: how is calling someone a hindu fundamentalist an attack? i do not feel it was an attack. 'lorentz loving loser' may have been an attack, and yes i went a little far. that was because the editor whom i reverted did not argue his points on the talk page (as the person he was reverting asked for a discussion, which went ignored). i was upset to see that one individual was exercising proper wikieditiquette, while the other blatantly disregarded it as he had some bias with respect to the content being edit (it was on lorentz' work, and the individual is an unabashed fan of lorentz) i am just trying to get some clarification. i didn't speculate on someone's religious faith. i just see no reason why someone would insert a hindu prophet into a mathematics page. i am having a hard time believing it's appropriate at all. i am not trying to stir the pot. i do not want to get banned. i just want to make sure we're all on the same page as i feel i have some use to this community (not as much as others though). thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.3.213.121 (talk) 23:39, 28 March 2015 (UTC) If you find it hard to refrain from personal attacks, Wikipedia is not the website for you. I repeat, speculating that someone is a Hindu fundamentalist is not on. Also, don't say rude stuff like this or this or this in your edit summaries. You will be blocked if you do. -- Diannaa (talk) 00:18, 29 March 2015 (UTC) hi, i would just appreciate if wikipedia protected certain pages involving mathematics. i found another edit on history of mathematics from someone with an indian IP that incorrectly tried to 'extend' the history of indian mathematics to start at 3000 BC: edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=History_of_mathematics&diff=653914682&oldid=653780326 ip range: http://www.nirsoft.net/countryip/in.html the cited text (p208 of boyer, edition 1) stated 2000 BC. even so, i left it at 2600-1900 to ensure a FAIR discussion happens before changing these dates back to 2000 BC. to me, this seems like someone from india wanted the history of indian mathematics to start as early as babylonians, and did not even cite it. i know that i came off as anti-hindu, so i will let you draw your own conclusions as to the probability of this editor being of hindu denomination. i am just stating that if the IP is from india, there is a 78.35% chance the person is hindu. it could be someone else for all i know, so i am not trying to jump to conclusions. i am just stating the numbers. since i am unfamiliar with wikipedia protocol: is it possible to point me in the direction where editing certain pages requires a 'passthrough' by someone with appropriate credibility/knowledge in the field? again, i understand that my conduct in the edit comments was wrong and i'm trying to be mindful of that as i state this ONE example (i know ONE case does not generalize, nor am i saying it does. it just worries me) as time goes on, i feel that people will try to edit these pages to bias/favour their own (i.e. the place form which they originated were the 'first' or 'earliest' to contribute to mathematics). tyvm for your respnose 174.3.213.121 (talk) 00:38, 29 March 2015 (UTC) Please don't speculate in your edit summaries or on talk pages on the motives as to why the user made the edit. If people are adding unsourced stuff, or not adhering to a neutral point of view, it can be removed for that reason. Just give that reason for removal in your edit summary. Or if you think they are not using reliable enough sources, say so, and open a discussion on the talk page as to why not. Protection: There's two main kinds of page protection. Semi-protection prevents IPs from editing; it's most commonly used to protect pages from vandalism. Full protection prevents anyone but admins from editing. It's most commonly used in the event of an edit war. There's no form of protection that can keep un-knowledgeable people from editing. That's just something we have to accept as part of the open editing policy, one of the five pillars, not likely to change anytime soon. -- Diannaa (talk) 00:50, 29 March 2015 (UTC) Orphaned non-free image File:Market Research logo.jpg ⚠ Thanks for uploading File:Market Research logo.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media). 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) 23:58, 28 March 2015 (UTC) RoyalMate1 is back Since you addressed the ANI regarding this user: Royalmate2 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 02:44, 29 March 2015 (UTC) Dealt with already, by Mike V. Thanks for notifying. -- Diannaa (talk) 02:47, 29 March 2015 (UTC) Lake Song For the complete list, see User:Diannaa/Soundtrack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cErckfwG_8 You know ;) Atlantic Wall. Whenever you feel like it. :) Jonas Vinther • (speak to me!) 12:36, 29 March 2015 (UTC) Deletion request Hi Diannaa, can you please delete the problematic user talk page (sorry for the trouble as well if I did). Thank you. DivineAlpha (talk) 22:20, 29 March 2015 (UTC) Other than in extreme cases, user talk pages are never deleted. -- Diannaa (talk) 22:30, 29 March 2015 (UTC) OK thanks, but I made a really bad mistake (should have reverted manually). DivineAlpha (talk) 22:48, 29 March 2015 (UTC) Barnstar for You! The Good Article Barnstar In appreciation of your brilliant copy edits which helped bring Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday to GA-status, I award you this barnstar. :) Jonas Vinther • (speak to me!) 22:40, 29 March 2015 (UTC) Bgwhite/OccultZone Hi Diannaa, I made a promise to stay out hands off from this topic, but I need to speak up in defense of Bgwhite as this is partially my fault. Technically Bgwhite only got involved on a mediational basis; he had unblocked a few people who had been on the page in question after a crazy situation, (which can be seen in OccultZone's talk page discussion with another admin Swarm higher up, and tried to mediate a compromise by providing an alternate writeup that was agreeable by most on the talk page, even by OccultZone. The only "influence" he practiced was of an admin keeping peace. Beyond that, Bgwhite only protected the page whenever the situation started getting out of hand again (once by my request, since he was the previous blocking admin). I hope this will not be taken against him. Zhanzhao (talk) 01:42, 30 March 2015 (UTC) I'm not sure whether the blocking admin could be construed as involved or not, but it was a bad block regardless, because OccultZone had already realized that the IP was permitted to remove the block notice and has ceased restoring it. See here, where OccultZone at 17:55 makes a dummy edit acknowledging that the content could indeed be removed. This diff shows me reiterating that fact at 18:25. The block did not occur until 21:06, three hours after OccultZone's dummy edit and four hours after OccultZone's final revert at 17:07. I have to log off now, see you tomorrow. -- Diannaa (talk) 02:50, 30 March 2015 (UTC)