User talk:Duff/Archive 1

re: just a howdy

You're welcome! Go ahead and co-opt anything you want from my userpage, I stole borrowed most of it from other users as well. I've never been to Christmas Valley, but I know that's a big change from southern Cali! If you find out anything else interesting, properly sourced and not original research, of course, be sure to add it to the article. And thanks for the compliment--I try! Happy editing! (P.S. Be sure to sign your posts with 4 tildes (~~~~)). Katr67 18:34, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Hey, I take it back. Co-opt, but for goshsakes change it around a little! I was kind of shocked to see my exact wording and layout on your page. I know I've released all my stuff to the public domain, and that I don't actually own my layout, but maybe you could tweak yours a little to, you know, make it your own. (I mean, do you plan to tag any articles with {{NorthAmNative}}, etc?) Thanks for considering it! Katr67 07:20, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Airport infobox

Well, it wasn't really an invitation, but I put it there... there's one on every US airport now that has an article, as of a few days ago anyway. You've done some pretty good work with it, though typically "in good condition" doesn't go in the infobox. If you feel so inclined, you could always do a facilities sections to put the condition, width, etc of the runways. Great job! thadius856_talk 16:55, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

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Head On Radio Network

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Notability of Bob Kincaid

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Notability of Bruce Burch

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Jon Fox

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Welcome back

Hi Duff, welcome back to WP and especially Wikiproject Oregon (and welcome to Oregon, too!) I saw you're part of the Airports group, too, and thought I'd suggest you take a look at Tillamook Air Museum and Evergreen Aviation Museum. They both could probably use some help from someone knowledgeable. (And if you ever get over to this side of the Cascades, they might make interesting destinations…I've only been to Tillamook, but it was a fun visit.) Good luck with your move, and happy editing… -Pete 06:17, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for signing up to help with the Oregon Open Content initiative (or whatever we decide to call it!) Haven't done much recently, but it would be good to keep things rolling.

Also, I notice that a few of your articles (above) were deleted during your absence. That's a bummer, since it looks like you weren't around to make a case for keeping them. In case you weren't aware, such articles are actually kept in the database, and administrators can retrieve them for you; so if you want to get back to work on them and bring them up to "keepable" standard, all is not necessarily lost. -Pete 07:30, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes, welcome back. And thanks for changing your userpage. It's hard to explain why, but seeing my exact words on your page kinda creeped me out, which I'm sure wasn't your intention! See you around the wiki! Katr67 13:43, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Duff, to access deleted content, I believe all you have to do is list each article (separately) here, and an administrator will take the appropriate action (temporarily undeleting, or emailing you the content, or something else - not sure exactly how they handle it.) I've never done it before, but it looks fairly straightforward - let me know if you have any trouble. -Pete 18:52, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

state legislators

Hi Duff, I hope you got the above sorted out. I'm curious what you have in mind for state legislators - I posted my question at Wikipedia:WikiProject Oregon/Government so that others can participate. Please take a look, and maybe let us know what direction you see this taking. -Pete 07:15, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Still sorting, as time permits. I posted on the project site in that discussion. Thanks for the poke! Duff 03:08, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Wow- you sure ain't shy about taking on a daunting task! Keep up the good work at Oregon's statewide elections, 2006. I'm impressed! -Pete 05:29, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

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Post-TOR-installation blockage problems

This blocked user's request to have autoblock on their IP address lifted has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request.

Duff (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

72.148.54.247 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)

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• Blocking administrator: Raul654 (talk • blocks)

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Decline reason: Both of these (TOR and proxies) are serious issues and it appears that I shouldn't lift the IP blocks. Instead, I suggest that you try getting a different IP through your ISP. You might have to restart your computer and your modem. If that doesn't work, we can go from there to try to find a different solution. I'm sincerely sorry about this. I know it is a real hassle.— Chaser - T 01:06, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

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Duff (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Decline reason: see above— Chaser - T 01:06, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Uh-Oh. Well, I may be saying goodbye to wikipedia, sadly, based on what I've learnt today about other good folks, such as User:ArmedBlowfish who've also been banned. I've wasted a lot of time on this topic today, learning that a whole lot of other people have also wasted a lot of time on it too! In a nutshell, I am now banned, since even after a couple of years of good editing, I have lost my posting rights after having today installed a Tor/Vidalia/Privoxy combination that is apparently untenable even though both TOR and Wikipedia seem to wish there was a better solution. Regrettably, I was not aware of the enormous and octopusine controversy that surrounds anonymity on Wikipedia. Others of like merits have discussed it in depth. There seems as yet to be no solution, and I can't really engage any more time in helping to hash it out; time better spent writing articles or planting trees and food. I suppose I needed to get busy with my real life anyway, so in parting, I'll try to post a few good links here to the crux of the matter, for those who come after.

• Armedblowfish's detailed odyssey
• failed nomination for Adminship in effort to release TOR ipblock ArmedBlowfish
• and another failed nomination CharlotteWebb
• One user's failed attempt to develop an effective bot for TOR (apparently now they do have one, because it got me)

• Discussion between founders of TOR & Wikipedia in 2005
• It seems that even though Wikimedia Foundation Board Members use anonymising proxies, there's a lot of resistance to it, based on established policy at NO OPEN PROXIES and some editors and administrators serious concerns about sockpuppetry among trusted admins.
• [http://www.templetons.com/brad/watched.html A Watched Population Never Boils
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Armedblowfish/Normal_colours#Destructive-editing-resistant_Tor_unblocking

I want to say this: This: US Court Says Warrantless Web Use Monitoring OK is why I got TOR today, and I think I'm going to keep it, though my service out here in the desert, completely off the grid, and cellular only, is so painfully slow that I can't share any bandwith at all with the TOR project, so there'll be no node. I have nearly the same reason that Chinese dissidents are using TOR, I now realize.

I'm not paranoid, but I'm pragmatic and practical, and I value my inalienable right to privacy more highly than my alienable right to work on the world's greatest dictionary, no matter how much I enjoy that work. It's an American principle. I'm an American. I swore to protect & defend the Constitution of the US and by gum I shall, from invasions such as this [[1]] and this [[2]] and too-numerous recent others.

Apparently the discussion continues to present day, at

• [3]
• [4]
• [5]
• [6]

all indicate that there is still much debate about this so-called policy.

And I have more research to do on this topic at

• [7]
• [8]

and these are the ip addresses that I have now been banned at:

72.148.54.247 71.193.195.108 81.169.137.209 64.157.15.26 195.71.90.10 88.198.14.249