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“ I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking. ” — Woodrow Wilson

28th President of the United States

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Coca-cola

actually, jossi. the coca-cola page was hacked and there was no code with the hack on it so i guess it was some like fixed hack thing. sorry you missunderstood.

i have a wikipedia account its ryryion theryes nothing wrong i would never mess wikipedia up its helped me with alot of papers.

thanks

ryan..

(screen name (aol) westoceanlove16)— Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.255.183.240 (talk • contribs)

Jossi, please look at Generation Rescue talk page

We think we have materially improved the citation, and that problems have been created by people who violently disagree with Generation Rescue and want a very slanted entry. All we want is a Wiki page that is neutral and presents BOTH sides of the organization.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Staff Writer Wiki (talk • contribs)

Request for Comment: Regarding subcategory title

Please give your comment / suggestions regarding this in the Sathya Sai talk page. I have also requested comments from other editors. Wikisunn 22nd February 2007

You comments relating to an edit on Leonardo. 1. I bow to your editorial skill 2. I believe you are in error and obviously uninformed on recent theories regarding DaVinci's Mona Lisa. Therefore I would request you retract you comment of Vandalism as it is unwarranted. There was no nonsense in the comments appended. If you still believe there was, please be specific. I thank you for you concern and applaud you contributions but I do not want you to believe there was nonsense or malice. I would be pleased to have had the opportunity to append cites to support my comment had you not voided them. I would hope that actions were not homophobic and assume you are not involved in art history. I am university educated with an art history minor from Columbia University, N.Y. and studied in Italy as well. In any event, best regards. denidoc@gmail.com

Prince Henry

I will try to follow your suggestions. However, let me point out that the first to insult with vulgar terms like "asshole" was Dr. Lisboa. And it is difficult not to attack a poster who is constantly wrong, refuses to acknowledge his errors, and simply persists in them or drops one error and creates new ones. In short, how gladly must one suffer fools?

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professional historian who has corrected Dr. Lisboa's many errors.

Another "Dr" Lisboa on Prince Henry the Navigator complaint

This has nothing to do with the content of the article, but simply the unneccesary insult directed toward me on the talk page. I noticed your post there, and this seems to be the only way of contacting you. I refuse to take abuse from another person, virtual or otherwise. Thank you.

Calligraphy

Hi Jossi. I note tonight that someone put a spam notice at the bottom of the Calligraphy page. I hope it was not you ? I have done most of the editing recently- I have contacted some 3rd parties about their own sites that I have put links to. My judgement is that the assistance and educational value of the ones chosen is significant. There are a number of editing decisions that I have made that exclude content on the basis of it being an invitation for all and sundry to post their own sites or books. I recommend that if someone has a specific objection that they make it public. Otherwise I think we're on the right track. What do you think about the prominent calligraphers list ? I don't think that it is useful and again poses a threat to the credibility of the main site. ayou may wish to read my recent contributions on the discussion board regarding some of the things I have had to correct- one example includes changing a short, direct quotation from a reputable source into a misquotation. Can we have a look at introducing some new images and perhaps removing "Urkunde" ? Please respond on my talk page. Regards.≈ Furminger ≈ 19 April 2007

I did not touch that article for a while. For an guideline on what is acceptable as an external link, see WP:EL. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk)

IRC cloak request

I am jossi on freenode and I would like the cloak wikipedia/jossi Thanks. --~ ≈ jossi ≈ (talk)

Wheel War

Removed. Information is in History. I have said my peace. This is a refactor. I would normally scratch it out, but the issue is no long requires this to be present. SanchiTachi 21:42, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

I really do not know what is the issue and why you seem so upset. Let it be for a while. The article is now under OTRS review, and the page is protected. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 21:46, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Removed. Information is in History. I have said my peace. This is a refactor. I would normally scratch it out, but the issue is no long requires this to be present. SanchiTachi 22:00, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Btw, the protection is about to expire and I'm sure that it will open up into a revert war. I'm not going to change the page anymore, nor edit the main page at all. I just wanted to warn you that it expires soon and will probably need to be monitored or protected again. SanchiTachi 22:03, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Protection extended indef pending OTRS. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 22:45, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Removed. Information is in History. I have said my peace. This is a refactor. I would normally scratch it out, but the issue is no long requires this to be present. SanchiTachi 02:33, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

If you have a chance, could you look at Talk:St._John's_College,_U.S.. There is an IP address that keeps trying to add a personal website to the page. The person doesn't understand that the objection is primarily over personal websites not allowed in the external links section. SanchiTachi 02:46, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

I could not see such a link. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 03:49, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

User:Frondelet has removed it. Check the history or look at the talk page. It comes up quite a bit. "Once again, I am putting my web address up on this page. Suppressing the opposition is not winning the argument. Please be reasonable, Johnnies. PT" Thats just one quote by the fellow admitting to the link being his own personal website. I was just wondering if semi-protecting would fix the problem, as the person refuses to use a registered name. SanchiTachi 03:55, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Note: the 3RR violation was dealt with on the 3RR page. This issue is resolved. SanchiTachi 04:39, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Removed. Information is in History. I have said my peace. This is a refactor. I would normally scratch it out, but the issue is no long requires this to be present. SanchiTachi 20:35, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

backdrop on Stephan Sinding pages

how are you, i was at the help desk and couldn't find stuff on taking down a photo just 4.11 Uploading a photo. I wasn't the one who took down the "Kjærlighetspar" photo on the intimacy page, i just signed out of my accout to post a myspace and youtube vandal pic hoping someone would take down all the pics seeing how none of the pics are specific to the intimacy sentences. it worked, but on the Stephan Sinding page the back frame and caption for the pict "Kjærlighetspar" ("Loving couple") is still up just like on the intimacy article. i think the pics were deleted by you since User:Jossi was the last undo, and a administrator. can you send some pointers on how to get rid of that backdrop on Stephan Sinding pages and not just take them down Please.

pict frame backdrop on Stephan Sinding pages

Help

Hello. I notice you recently welcomed user:DoubleNine to Wikipedia and that you are also an administrator. He left me the following note "22:22, 10 May 2007 DoubleNine (Talk | contribs) (1,950 bytes) (rv no need to it was restored)", so I am not sure he is actually "new". Nevertheless, please check his recent edits against me for I believe he is trying to censor me. In particular, please view my "missing" post to User talk:Woohookitty - he unilaterally removed it before the intended recipient could respond and attempted some sort of cover up. You can add Etherroyal to that list of puppets as well. I'd like to hear from an impartial voice. Please advise! Thanks, Mariokempes 19:22, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Pleasure to be here Jossi Pleasure indeed. (DoubleNine 19:26, 22 May 2007 (UTC))

Please do not delete other user's comments. If you need help with your disputes, I am willing to lend a hand. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 19:29, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Okay. Thanks. I wanted to deal with it my self I guess its time for others to help me. I already had asked User talk:Woohookitty to help, but she did not find any problem. (DoubleNine 19:32, 22 May 2007 (UTC))

First things first... I believe all these users are puppets. They all sign off with a "(" before their name; they all make the same English spelling mistakes (I could provide a list); and they all have the habit of editing their own edits multiple times in a short span (including editing each others). This is more than a coincidence, since their purpose all seem to support (poorly at that) XGustaX's agenda. My experience with them has been on Talk:Argentina and Talk:Demographics of Argentina. I won't take this further myself, I'll leave it with you, but I ask that you help monitor the situation on the Argentina websites. Thanks!! Mariokempes 19:52, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Mario, can you give me a lists of all these suspected sockpuppets? Thanks. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 00:15, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Jossi, I left a list with User talk:Woohookitty. Mariokempes 16:43, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

SanchiTachi

Dear Jossi:

Can you help in a problem with User:SanchiTachi, with whom you are already acquainted? Based on several messages from others beginning 29 April 2007 that he thus far has not deleted from User_talk:SanchiTachi, I am not alone in having objections to his behavior on WP. In case he has purged more criticism form his Talk page by the time you look at it, here is his current Talk page as archived.

His User page has a provocative entry entitled "The Following Words are Not Personal Attack Terms" (his User page begins, "If you are reading this, please remember the most important Wikipedia rule: Wikipedia:IAR. :)", but that is another matter). The words that it endorses using are "dick" and "bully", based on a misreading of two essays that his entry wiki-links. Without changing anything in his entry, I added a signed response underneath it.

While I was composing an explanation for my action on his Talk page, he posted User_talk:Finell#Please Do Not Vandalize My Talk Page on my Talk page, and he reverted my response to his entry (I did not re-revert). I replied on his talk page, he replied on mine, and I replied on his. He expunged the exchange from his Talk page, with the edit summary "Goodbye, Trolling", but it is archived here. While I did not do a detailed exploration of SanchiTachi's edits of his own Talk page, I quickly found this recent prior instance of his deleting several criticisms of his conduct.

To the best of my knowledge, he did not "[send my] name up for review", as his last post on my Talk page threatened. I actually wish he had (and even urged him to do so), as that would have resulted in a review of the matter by neutral third-parties.

Beyond simply WP:AGF, I truly believe that he is well-intentioned, but he is clueless about how to behave. He is hyper-aggressive and has a dual standard about WP policies as they apply to others' conduct versus how they apply to his conduct. Ironically, what he really needs to do is to follow the language that his own User page quotes from Don't be a dick.

I hope that you can come up with a constructive way to intervene. Thanks.

Finell (Talk) 01:34, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

I do not know what I can do, really. He is already getting substantial feedback from many editors. If he persists with such aggressive behavior, a user RFC may be appropriate. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 02:23, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Please don't feed the Finell, Jossi. The above person came and vandalized my user page, which is clearly allowed to cite essays from Wikipedia. I never met that person before, but it is obvious that they would come to my page and then complain here that he is either following me back to my User page to vandalize (a violation of wiki policy) and/or is involved with (either association to or actually is) one involved on the on going dispute, in which other random users are accusing me of being a nazi, or other such things. Below is proof. SanchiTachi 03:49, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

1. The attack from Talk:Shane Ruttle Martinez: "SanchiTachi is being very immature, one should question his motives in editing this, perhaps he is a nazi and enemy of this shane person. --user:CmrdMariategui" note, the person is a brand new name and choses me as his first target

2. The user Finell acted in the same manner and edited my user page without my permission, and then proceeded to attack me for removing his unfair criticism.

3. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:SanchiTachi&oldid=132607084 as you can see, this was clearly not warranted

4. I am allowed to delete items on my talk page. They can be viewed in the history. I don't care to archive such things, because I only want things that I am actively involved in on my talk page. The above user coming to you to criticize me on removal of information of my talk page is harassment.

Thanks. SanchiTachi 03:49, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

User Someguy0830 has currently been Wikistalking me. He has come to a new page I created based on an expansion that will be done by the Wikiproject I am a member of. I am a member of the Warhammer 40,000 Wikiproject. We are currently expanding a new section to collection works titled "Graphic Novels" by the Warhammer game under one grouping to clean up other pages of the project and to help with organization. Someone from the comics section came and started complaining about the use of Graphic Novels (even though the page is designed only for what Warhammer 40,000 describes as "graphic novels" and is part of the warhammer page). Regardless, Someguy0830 decided to move the page and claim that it defied naming rules, even though our conventions are established on our wikiproject page Wikipedia:WikiProject Warhammer 40,000 that allows for proper nouns to be followed by (Warhammer 40,000), see here or here for examples.

This is the third place that user Someguy0830 has followed me. The 1st and 2nd involve you, as it was here on your page and on the Village Pump Page. Moving a page without consulting the original Wiki project, nor respecting the naming conventions of that group, and wiki stalking are three big offenses. Can you please ask him to stop? Yes, this actually troubles me. SanchiTachi 16:04, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Please post a notice at WP:ANI ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 16:06, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Dear Jossi: They posted notices against each other. Here is the one directed at SanchiTachi:[1]. It has attractied a lot of activity very quickly. Finell (Talk) 05:17, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you...

... for your polite and straightforward language in clarifying the use of the "Unbalanced" tag, at Talk:Mind Dynamics. You could have used harsh language, stated that one editor was wrong or another was right, or admonished someone. But you did not. Instead, you simply addressed the issue at hand politely, with appropriate language. This is most appreciated. Thank you. Yours, Smee 20:27, 23 May 2007 (UTC).

moved from PSI Seminars talk

Dear Smee, yes, we all make mistakes, and we can afford ourselves and others the possibility to learn from them. As for your requests for "politeness", I would argue that is our actions and not just our language that need to be polite and respectful. Edit warring is not polite, busting 3RR is not polite, exerting ownership over articles is not polite, biting the newbies is not polite, etc. After a few months in Wikipedia, the public identity we create through our edits emerges, and we are then held accountable for our actions. Read WP:WRW#Wikipedia_keeps_an_Akashic_record. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 20:36, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Jossi, yes, thank you for pointing these things out. I would argue that I do exhibit, at times, some of those characteristics, and not others. I would also point out that you yourself exhibit many of these characteristics at times, and at times not. It takes two to edit war, however I am working on myself not to do this in the future. However, it is always SO much easier to deal with people if they are polite on talk pages, and virtually impossible to deal with them when they are not. Thank you for acknowledging that we all make mistakes and can give ourselves and others opportunity to learn from them. Smee 20:42, 23 May 2007 (UTC).

Thank you for being objective !

Concerning your good faith when you said that you would grant me unblock etc, I appreciate that very much. It's just that things are more complicated than they seem. I agree that Wikipedia is not and should not be a battleground between different ethnic groups, but unfortunately Duja's ban was guided by his prejudice against Bosniaks, most likely because I run blog which counter-attacks Srebrenica genocide denial. Duja is offended by my right to free speech, but I am not giving it up. Srebrenica Genocide Blog will continue to publish material which counter attacks claims of Srebrenica genocide deniers. You have acted in good faith and I do thank you. I do have every intention to stay away from conflicts; hopefully Duja and other Serbs do the same. It's time for peace. Bosniak 05:07, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Peace is good. Be well. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 05:19, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Stephan Sinding pages, thanks.

sorry for that long letter since you werent even the one who undid the last message. i didnt even notice the Click here to ask your question about editing Wikipedia on the New contributors' help page. if your the one who got intouch with User:Ziji to take down the back pict frame on the Stephan Sinding pages, thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.175.95.66 (talk • contribs)

Sandy, Oregon

I see you quickly reverted yourself, but any way I can prevent my removal of a large amount of inappropriate content being interpreted as a bad edit in the future? Thanks! Katr67 23:30, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

That was a mistake on my part, I though it was vandalism. No worries. Maybe a better edit summary such as "removing unsuitable content added by anon XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX" will be helpful. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 00:28, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

How do I ask for protection on (a) page(s)?

How do i ask for protection on a page?

Please reply on my talk page

Thanks

Thanks for taking the time and effort to provide a 3rd opinion on Talk:Shakti mantras. TheRingess (talk) 20:28, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Hi Jossi. I'd like to thank you for your support of my RfA. It was closed at surprising 75/0/0, so I'm an admin now. MaxSem 22:43, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism?

Since when has it been the policy of wikipedia to classify "relevancy and truth" as vandalism? (76.1.35.153 02:38, 26 May 2007 (UTC))

I'm gona jump in on this one and take a guess... that your contribution wasn't sourced? Lsi john 02:40, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

What contribution? ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 02:42, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm assuming this one. Lsi john 12:56, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Peacent's Rfa

Hello, Jossi. Thank you very much for your kind support in my recent Rfa, it succeeded! I feel thrilled and hope to live up to your expectations. If you see me doing anything inappropriate, please do tell me. Thanks once again. ~ Best regards, PeaceNT 04:58, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Sure... Hope to see you around spreading good.... ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 14:30, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for the advice! Take care :) PeaceNT 17:45, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Luis Posada Carriles

Why did you tell me to see this article? It mentions and displays the declassified documents and provides links to Bosch, George H.W. Bush, Jeb Bush, and George Bush. Pistolpierre 04:19, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Because you asked about him in the George W. Bush page. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 04:20, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Request for Mediation

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Luis Posada Carriles

I was asking why there is nothing about Posada under the George W. Bush article. George W. Bush is protecting a known terrorist and violating his own Patriot Act and "Bush Doctrine" because he knows that his Dad paid him to blow up the jet in 1976. George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush are terrorists. The recently declassified FBI documents show the link between the CIA and Posada and the Cubana jet bombing. The whole world knows George H.W. Bush was the head of the CIA in 1976. Pistolpierre 04:54, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Question

Have you banned anyone lately? Someone took out your page. --Whsitchy 04:59, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, more than once. Someone's got a grudge. Banpei 05:00, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Nick Baker RFC summary

I wonder if you could have a look at this and give me your comments [2]. Thank you. Sparkzilla 15:30, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject on open proxies

As you are already an admin, this is just to verify technical acumen. The usual questions asked are: 1) Do you know how to check if a proxy is open, including scanning for possibly open ports and actually connecting via the proxy? 2) What method(s) have you used / do you use to check open proxies? 3) What experience do you have in the way of checking open proxies (i.e., have you worked as an IT or server admin, do you use open proxies yourself, etc.)? Even if you are confident of your technical competence, it is still good to answer them as they can clarify your own understanding and there might be particular advice that I could give based on the responses. —Centrx→talk • 20:49, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

I use several tools to check for proxies, including TOR check online tools, nslookup, whois, as well as other tools from VisualWare. I am familiar with some of the most common proxy systems such as TOR and JAP. As always, I would welcome to learn of new tools and processes. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 21:58, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

The other tool, the most effective tool is a portscan. You can use the online nmap provided my Amidaniel by contacting him for a username and password, or you can get nmap from http://insecure.org/nmap/ If you are at a university, business, or otherwise behind a firewall that might block ports, this may not be effective. Also, the Completewhois tool linked from the Wikiproject page is useful when judiciously interpreted for quickly detecting that a computer is an open proxy, though it does not catch many and if not read carefully will show false positives; for example, there will be red results, perhaps as many as three, if the IP being checked is a dynamic IP, but that is only because that is designed for checking against spam, and dynamic IP addresses generally should not be acting as mail servers so any such IP would likely be a spam server, but that is irrelevant for checking against open proxies because all dynamic IP addresses are then flagged by the Completewhois. —Centrx→talk • 02:48, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Developments on List of people from Ridgefield, Connecticut

I assume that after blocking edits at this article you've been monitoring it, but I'd like to point out what's been going on there:

• I attempted to engage User:69.118.129.76 (hereafter "69") in a discussion on the talk page to see if we could come to a consensus, but despite an overlong discussion, we got nowhere. You might want to note the quality of his "argument".
• I broadened the discussion by inviting people who had edited the page and the Ridgefield, Connecticut page to also comment and conducted a straw poll to see where we stand. (I looked over WP:Canvass to make sure I was acting within the bounds of those rules, and I'm sure I am).
• The result of the straw poll has been that a number of editors agree on keeping that section and four "editors", including 69, have supported deletion (one other editor supported deletion and I changed that editor's mind).
• The four editors supporting deletion are all anonymous accounts and, besides 69, they are all single-purpose accounts. I have filed a complaint at Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets against "69" and the rest (see the complaint page Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/69.118.129.76). The talk pages of all four Wikipedia accounts have been formally notified of the complaint.

I don't know what to do next. Any suggestions? Noroton 02:30, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

SHA-1

User:Hairchrm/sha1 - Hairchrm 02:54, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Changed to SHA-512 ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 04:02, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Anti-Vandalism Tool

Hi Jossi,

Please take a look at this diff [3]; and also please note that this user has not had any edits to the article or to the talk page recently. --Aminz 21:24, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Notice

• This is a notice regarding WP:COI, at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard. Smee 04:08, 30 May 2007 (UTC).

Happy Jossi's Day!

Jossi has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as Jossi's day! For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian, enjoy being the Star of the day, dear Jossi! Love, Phaedriel 05:50, 29 May 2007 (UTC) A record of your Day will always be kept here.

Thanks... much appreciated. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 05:54, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Dear Jossi: What a treat! Congratulations. And with pentagrams, pentagons, and their golden ratios as a bonus. Finell (Talk) 02:56, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

:D ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 03:14, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Image:Datamatrix.png listed for deletion

An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Datamatrix.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Sherool (talk) 09:08, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

No problems. The SVG replacement is fine. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 12:46, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

thanks

thanks for voting on my Rfa, didn't work out though --Munkee madness 20:57, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Maybe too early for you... Happy editing! ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 20:58, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Hello

Hello, I think you over looked this report by accident: [4].Azerbaijani 21:59, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Anti-Armenianism

I understand and I apologize for my behavior. However, it's obvious that Scannie came to Wikipedia to harass other users (in particular Armenians). To us, for one to say that there is no Armenian Genocide is like someone telling a Jew that there was no Holocaust. Kindest regards, Aivazovsky 00:09, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

I know, I know. It is tough... but WP is that kind of place ... we get to engage with people that we otherwise would not. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 00:13, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Permanent Ban

Is it possible to have a permanent ban for unregistered edits from a specific IP address? Our IP serves an entire school and students take pleasure in vandalising anything they think they can’t be tracked for. If they had to sign in to edit, your lives as administrators could be much simpler. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stpatswiki (talk • contribs)

Sure. Give me the IP address and I will apply a block that will require users to register before editing. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 01:45, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Personal attacks

Thanks I agree but wrong page! You need to put this on Kellen, Lsi john and escpially Rockpocket who started it all Because it seems people can personally attack me but I am getting blamed for attack others which I know which I know is not true I am ANTI NPA--Migospia☆ 01:46, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Can you provide some diffs of these attacks? ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 01:47, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

In my archives and in their edit summaries. You put the box on my page under what grounds?--Migospia☆ 01:58, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

In response to your comments about "attacking back". If you do not have diffs, I cannot help you. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 01:59, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

I told you were the diffs were please tell me what diffs you have to say I was personally attacking someone because this is insane and double standard behaviour like this on Wikipedia gets me really angry and upset. What is this *attacking back* thing you are talking about?--Migospia☆ 02:07, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Since its "especially" me who is being accused, FYI here is the section in which she claims I am personally attacking her. Note, she sent few a few emails inbetween, one of which suggested I was a racist because I reverted the removal of a fair use rationale template. Amazingly, the reasoning for this was because the image was of a black woman. I chose to respond on-wiki for purposes of record. Note the instances where I am referred to as a "fucker". Note also the complete lack of personal attacks in return. I'll happily forward the emails on if you wish. See User_talk:Migospia/Archive_1#Image:Afropunkvol1.jpeg. Rockpocket 02:09, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

You're not doing that racist abuse thing again, are you Rockpocket? *Shaking my head in disappointment* SlimVirgin ^(talk) 02:13, 1 June 2007 (UTC) (It's a joke!)

C'mon SV, cut me some slack. The folks that upload the animal rights images are way too fair-use savvy, I have to get my kicks somewhere! Rockpocket 02:20, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Animal rights people are pretty savvy all around. I'm sorry you're finding them so intelligent; I can see that would be awkward. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 17:14, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

I am missing something here? That CD cover fair use is perfectly OK. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 03:18, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps.. (It's a joke!) was a clue for me. Lsi john 03:25, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

The fair use template there states that, in addition to that template, one should "add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline, as well as the source of the work and copyright information." I don't see any of those. Admittedly, I'm not totally familiar with fair use claims for compilations, but Betacommand seems to know a fair amount about such things. It was him that added the template. I simply reverted Migospia's deletion of the template because it says "Please do not remove this template; an administrator will review the claim of fair use." That, apparently, is sufficient proof to justify claims of racism. Rockpocket 03:29, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

And here laid out right in front of you, you will see...hmmm--Migospia☆ 03:34, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Fair use for that image is OK. Only a source is needed. I am sure that it will be easy to find and provide the source. Tagged accordingly. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 05:04, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Jossi, I don't mean to be a dick about this but as far as I can see the image clearly doesn't fulfill our legal obligations detailed at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline. I was under the impression we should be encouraging the use of {{Non-free media rationale}} for all uploaded non-free images. If I'm wrong here, or are some exempt, then thats fine but then shouldn't we update {{Non-free album cover}} to reflect that, since it suggests album covers must have the detailed rationale. Rockpocket 05:16, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Then explain that nicely to the user. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 13:50, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

God, how I tried! I just wanted to make sure I wasn't misinterpreting the Fair Use policy. As far as I'm concerned, if you - as an admin - accepted her claim then that is fine by me, its not worth getting embroiled in another circular debate with this user. Rockpocket 17:05, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Concerning Sylvia Browne image...

Please see [[5]].Wikidudeman ^(talk) 01:44, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Responded in talk. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 01:50, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Biography Summer 2007 Assessment Drive

WikiProject Biography Summer 2007 Assessment Drive!

WikiProject Biography is holding a three month long assessment drive!
The goal of this drive is to eliminate the backlog of unassessed articles. The drive is running from June 1, 2007 – September 1, 2007.

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RfC

Just wanted to let you know that I opened an RfC on myself in response to the concerns raised during my RfA over my actions in the Gary Weiss dispute. The RfC is located here and I welcome any comments or questions you may have. CLA 04:56, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:81.106.8.208

see here... [6]

I've looked over this user's request and I went ahead and accommodated it. I expect the user to follow the advice left by the both of us, and that there should be no other problems with sourcing in the meantime. --健次(derumi)^talk 16:41, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Sure. Thanks for the heads-up. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 17:06, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Please help

I thought we cleared the Afro-Punk Compilation Record Vol. 1 image it got deleted!--Migospia †♥ 17:31, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Re: Image deletion

Because the fairuse you cited wasn't extensive enough. ^demon^{[omg plz]} 03:16, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

I disagree with your deletion. A CD cover used on an article about the album depicted does not need more info that the one supplied. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 04:10, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Hello Jossi, Why don't we complain about this irresponsible behaviour of User:^demon with Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/User_conduct#Use_of_administrator_privileges

Huh?

Since when is edit warring not grounds for page protection? Did somebody change the policy while I was not looking? >Radiant< 08:18, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Four reverts edits does not warrant protection. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 14:39, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Eight, by my count. At any rate, kindly discuss such things beforehand. >Radiant< 09:13, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

No, sorry Radiant. Two editors editwarring and 4 reverts in a few hours are no basis for protection. Ding the involved users if you must. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 14:28, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Violation of Deletion Policy

Hi Jossi, The article you deleted on the Politics of J.K. Rowling had numerous citations by legitimate news sources and books. Possibly there were certain statements that may have required citations, however that does not warrant removal of the entire article, especially under a speedied review where few could assess the information. Please restore the content and tag the POV or citations needed. Libertycookies 22:41, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Your deletion section in NFC

Please don't just shove what you want to into an important policy page without first asking for feedback. It's most unsatisfactory in its current form. Tony 22:44, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

(a) Tone down your language in this page; (b) Address it that page's talk. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 23:45, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

The transclusion on the On the Jews page

You removed the link to this project that I was working on: On the Jews and Their Lies/primary text having "transclusion" in the edit summary. I am not disappointed because I want to follow proper procedure, and you seem to know what the proper procedure is being an admin. I wanted to supply to editors the original text of this document from a public domain work (published in 1920). Is doing this OK or should this be on Meta-Wiki? An electronic document of the German text would be preferable, but one could consult these jpgs. Your advice and assistance would be appreciated. I would like to see the Wiki community having access to this. I have a pdf that includes all 141 jpgs, but the size is a whopping 200 megs.--Drboisclair 02:54, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I did not remove anything.... It is still there... ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 03:50, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. Do you think that it is a good idea?--Drboisclair 14:23, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Image:Sneaky.jpg

I provided fair use for Image:Sneaky.jpg album cover, but the deletion tag is still there, I just was wondering if you can check the fair use to see if it is acceptable and if the tag still needs to be there because I don't want it to be deleted. BetacommandBot is the one that put the fair use disrupted, I contacted him but he has not gotten back with me, so maybe you can check it out?--Migospia†♥ 19:42, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

There is a big discussion about this at WP:NONFREE. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 04:02, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

About what?--Migospia†♥ 04:30, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

About CD covers art and fair use. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 14:28, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Can you please help me?

I am Wjs13, the person who got banned a long time ago for uploading untagged images. I joined wiki because a school which I relate to's page, Saint Ignatius College, South Australia, had un-necessary facts that were constantly being put on - relating Henry Keogh. This has been going on for months now, and I am getting annoyed. I dont think that Henry Keogh was at all notable so why should he be in "Notable Alumini"? I agree that it should be kept on his page and tried to ask the IP user who was putting Keogh's name back on to stop relating Keogh on the Saint Ignatius College, South Australia page but she/he can keep it on Keogh's page. I'm getting really annoyed now that its protected with his name all over it. Would you mind lifting the block perhaps, telling me when the block will expire and if the you cant lift the block, please make a few edits and get rid of anything to do with Keogh on the page. Thankyou for your time and sorry if it is a bit annoying, but your basically the most reliable admin I know. Wjs13 08:50, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I will take a look. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 14:29, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Semi-Protection request on Royal Bengal Airline & talk page

Hi, I noticed you reverted page blanking by an anon user on the following:

• Royal Bengal Airline
• Talk:Royal Bengal Airline

I have submitted a semi-protect request (Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection#Current_requests_for_protection) as I don't believe this will stop. It is likely to do with the fact that there is mention (currently only in the talk page) of a competitors trademark registration. There is no evidence either way as to the details which is why I personally have not incorporated it into the article apart from linking to the UK trademark registry in the EL section. Be grateful for any assitance you can offer. I have exhausted my 3RR count for today so I won't be making any more edits. Thanks. → AA ^{(talk • contribs)} — 18:18, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I have semi-protected the article. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 19:52, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Many thanks for your help. → AA ^{(talk • contribs)} — 20:04, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Mary Morrisey blog refs

I see you deleted the references to a blog, but not the material that the references supported. Is that what you meant to do?--SarekOfVulcan 01:10, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Any text that is not referenced needs to be removed, but I am not familiar with the subject to be able to do so. If you want, please make recommendations in talk and I will act on these if appropriate. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 01:39, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Article Protection

Please can you justify how issues regarding the trademark is relavant to the Royal Bengal Airline article? Please could you very kindly review this again and cut this out? Thank you.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Airphantom (talk • contribs)

Can you make an edit for me please?

Can you please erase anything to do with a person called Henry Keogh on the Saint Ignatius College, South Australia page. Can you tell me when the protection of the page will finish? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.136.99.142 (talk • contribs)

I will take a look. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 02:34, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Can you please restore the information about Henry Keogh on this page. Or at least contribute to the debate on the discussion page so we can understand why you removed interesting information.

For consistency, all the other alumni on the St Ignatius page (and other schools) need to be removed or tagged as unreferenced claims.

Thanks, 203.122.236.1 04:48, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

As per WP:BLP, contentious material about living persons are to be excised from articles if not sourced or if poorly sourced. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 06:10, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Thankyou jossi for doing that. It has been a long debate and I just have to hope that 203.122.236.1 stops doing that, however she has an administrator "friend" who seems to be on her side. Will the page ever be unblocked?

Ever notice that people in jackboots tend not to have a sense of humor?

Why threaten me with only a week block? Go for the whole show, ban me permanently. Could you hook me up with that? No, really, please, if you block me for only a day, or a week, or a month, it means nothing. But if you are strong enough to block me permanently it would be a huge favor, cause I won't have to worry about being bullied by admins anymore. Thanks!

Oh, and sorry, I'm not going to give you -any- barnstars even if you do permanently ban me, I don't think you are nice enough to deserve one. Etcetc 08:56, 9 June 2007 (UTC)