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Conspiracy theory vote

Please consider voting at:

Wikipedia:Conspiracy_theory

to rename articles that use the pejorative term "Conspiracy theory" to denigrate the content of the article.

Do the titles of WP articles generally pass partisan judgment on the subject under discussion? Should they? BrandonYusufToropov 02:19, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

Page moves

Kevin, what you're doing is tantamount to page-move vandalism. I haven't been involved in editing these pages, and so I don't know the full background, but from a glance at the talk pages, it seems that a number of editors have been moving several of these pages back and forth recently to the great frustration of other editors on the page. As a result, Cberlet started a discussion and vote at Wikipedia:Conspiracy theory to resolve the issue, and yet here you are moving again before that vote is over. If you continue to move this or related pages before the voting is finished, I will protect the pages from further editing, but I hope that won't be necessary. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 01:04, May 7, 2005 (UTC)

I am not valdalising. You are moving the page against consensus. That is vandalising. The relevant vote lies on the talk page of the article, and it has been stable for a long time. Also you micharacterize when you say "again". You are not allowed to use your adminstration powers on the page, because you are involved in the dispute. You are obliged to recuse yourself. I would appreciate it if someone protected the page form your page move vandalism. Kevin Baas^{talk: new} 01:08, 2005 May 7 (UTC)

Kevin, I'm not involved in that dispute, and have never edited the page. However, I will consider recusing myself as you request. But could you explain to me first where the consensus is to move that page, because I know that recent moves of this and related pages have caused other editors a great deal of frustration, and I don't see the point of continuing to do it. However, if there has been a consensus that I'm not aware of, please let me know. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 01:13, May 7, 2005 (UTC)

Talk:9/11_domestic_conspiracy_theory#Title_vote_.28various_options.29 is a simple majority. And it is the main vote as concerns that article. The page cberlet created is not effective policy, and even if it were, would not supercede resolutions on specific pages. The main vote as concerns the article in question is on the article's talk page. The vote has been dormant for some time. A move from majority support to minority support is controversial, at best, and it is for this reason that i take issue with your move from complicity to conspiracy. Kevin Baas^{talk: new} 01:24, 2005 May 7 (UTC)

I didn't move the page from complicity to conspiracy; I only reverted your move. The reason the vote at that page is dormant is that the vote is now taking place instead at Wikipedia:Conspiracy theory. Also, if you look at the dormant vote on the article page, I think it's about even numbers wanting conspiracy in the title as compared to not wanting it. The best thing to do is to argue this out on Wikipedia talk:Conspiracy theory. As you'll see there, there's a convincing consensus to retain conspiracy, so your moves had almost no chance of surviving anyway, which is why I wondered what the point was. Perhaps leave it until Monday when more editors are around? SlimVirgin ^(talk) 01:36, May 7, 2005 (UTC)

Went ahead and did it anyway, I see.  ;-) Well, I recused myself as an admin as you requested so I won't revert and protect it again. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 02:03, May 7, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

For all your good work on the "Conspiracy theory" mess. Hope we can keep in touch. BrandonYusufToropov 12:26, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

"tenability"?

Hi Kevin, just to clarify, what exact context did you have in mind for your "tenability" post to my talk page? zen master T 14:41, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

"conspiracy theory" voting

Hi Kevin, I think the additional proposal and vote option distracts from the core issue at hand. Namely the ambiguous multiple definitions of the phrase which are being used to discredit. Decide on case by case basis is effectively the status quo as the POV pushers already have "conspiracy theory" in place on every article they want it. zen master T 03:23, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

Conspiracy theory

A discussion whose topic is

Conspiracy_theory

appears on User talk:Jerzy/Conspiracy_theory; the following points describe the discussion:

• 6 msgs, 18:44, 8 thru 05:45, 12 May 2005 (UTC)
• 3 participants: Jerzy~t~*; User:Zen-master~t~*; Kevin Baas~t~*.
• general topic(s): Use of that phrase in article titles; definitional terminology.

88 89 110 90 Competition with CNN

I edited to "Conyers, with 87 other members..." 87 + 1... -SV|t 23:30, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

• LOL - the impression I got from the previous (long version) was that totalled 88. Good catch -SV|t 23:58, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

90. OK, got it. -SV

"You did not change the "In the news" section to reflect the truth, as I pointed out, and as corroborated by CNN... I hope that in the future, we can, instead of doing worse than CNN, do better. This is not only my hope, but my endeavor. I hope that others on Wikipedia share this ambition. Kevin Baastalk.

Certainly! - But where did you suggest that I do the changing? I hope its not still there - or am I just assuming that you have access to do it? Yes, its indeed embarrasing for all of us when one makes such a prominent mistake. -SV|t 05:11, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

Hm. Next time strike while the iron is hotter. :) TTYL -SV|t 06:04, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

Bush incident

I agree with your edit summary in your edit to the George W. Bush article: "rv. -the info on the skull-and-cross bones society incident is not substantial enough to merit inclusion". I hope the pro-Bush folks appreciate how we're bending over backward to accommodate them.  :) JamesMLane 03:00, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

What if....

putting 2 and 2 together here,

What if:

• "Bolton documents"
  • [1]
  • [2]

and:

• "career staffers feeling intimidated and pressured to justify the push for war"
  • [3]
  • [4]
  • Downing Street memo: "intelligence facts being fixed around the policy"

were connected?

How would that play into

• User:Kevin_Baas#The_case_for_impeachment_of_President_George_W._Bush

as elaborated by

• [5]
• [6]

inspired by the Downing Street memo?

Wouldn't that be silly?

Kevin Baas^{talk: new} 07:15, 2005 May 27 (UTC)

Uh yeah, but wtf do you want, Cheney as our president?  ;) --kizzle 00:35, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

Did I call it or what?

• [7]

Galloway is my new gay lover

(Which is surprising, given my hetrosexual orientation.) [8] Kevin Baas^{talk: new} 22:23, 2005 May 28 (UTC)

And I masterbated to this video starring him: [9]. Kevin Baas^{talk: new} 22:29, 2005 May 28 (UTC)

whats up

Need a little feedback :)... I'm currently fleshing out the voting machines section on my userpage, take a look at the organizational structure. I first introduce HAVA, give a brief primer on the different types of voting machines and the process from a voter touching the screen to the vote being added to the main count. My current version then goes directly into describing Diebold, which I have a frickin mountain of information. The only problem is, I'm discussing several different conclusions (like partisanship, insecurity, centralization of power over votes, lack of quality auditing procedure) which apply to all the other companies, so when I get to describing ES&S, I feel like I'll be repeating what I said before. But if I describe all the voting machines at one time, I feel that it will be too much information overload for the viewer, its somewhat better in my opinion to go through each company separately so that the viewer can digest the info. Also, keep me honest and tell me if you see anything that has been refuted/updated or is plain wrong. --kizzle 20:42, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)

Also, if you have some time to research, I'm trying to find the last-known vulnerability report on Diebold, because citing the Hopkins report and others when they were written a year or more before the election leaves it open that Diebold actually fixed the problems, although highly unlikely considering that most of the known vulnerabilities between reports weren't fixed. --kizzle 20:38, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)

Awesome, people need to know the truth about the memo, keep it up :) --kizzle 22:03, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)

New account

I suppose you're moving this to fix the B in your username. Could you please register the account first and edit this page with it? I almost blocked you for impersonation. At least a note on the top of the page to explain what's going on would be helpful. Mgm|^(talk) 22:51, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)

Image:Spoilage.jpg

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NPOV vs. TotallyDisputed

That Saddam/Al Qaeda article's accuracy is indeed highly disputed. Not sure why you made that change despite the action in 'talk'. -- RyanFreisling @ 04:44, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hi there - I saw you removed the 'TotallyDisputed' tag again, without explanation. Why? -- RyanFreisling @ 18:58, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I'm sorry, i just assumed it was vandalism. my bad. Kevin Baas^{talk: new} 20:57, 2005 Jun 9 (UTC)

September 11, researchers

Kevin, would you consider weighing in on the Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/September 11, researchers debate? Ombudsman 16:24, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Ed Poor has been kind enough to nominate me for an adminship

Anyone who is interested in voting one way or the other is invited to the discussion here. BrandonYusufToropov 17:08, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

FOX News

Would you mind checking out Talk:FOX News and helping us in our conflict? I don't care what your FOX alignment is, or what your opinion is on the issues there, I'm just trying to bring more editor attention there (and I saw your username as one of those making archives in the talk page, so I figured you were on there). Thanks. — Ilγαηερ (Tαlκ) 28 June 2005 23:37 (UTC)

whats up

I see we both have our pet projects :). What are you planning on doing with yours? --kizzle July 5, 2005 23:48 (UTC)

poll you might want to check out

NPOV tag on Senate Report of Pre-war Intelligence on Iraq?

I'm curious what you'd consider necessary to change in Senate Report of Pre-war Intelligence on Iraq in order to remove the NPOV-dispute tag. I wrote the bulk of what's currently in the article, and was striving for NPOV while doing so (in part because I thought the previous version of the article, which basically just quoted Sen. Roberts' Bush-friendly whitewash from the press conference announcing the findings, was itself highly POV in the pro-Bush direction).

From what I can see of your edit history, you share an interest in a lot of the same subject matter I find interesting, and seem to have a point of view fairly similar to my own. (See my personal weblog, http://www.lies.com/, for a sample of my unrestrained-by-concerns-for-neutrality perspective.)

I only found one of your recent edits that I thought needed reverting, and did so just now, with an explanation on the article's talk page. Otherwise, I think what you've done is fine, and hope we can continue to improve the article, to the point where you no longer think the NPOV-dispute flag is necessary. Thanks. -- John Callender 01:09, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

As you may have noticed I don't have that much time lately. I'd consider it reasonable that the NPOV-dispute flag be considered "expired", and removed at the discretion of others, such as you.

I'm pleased to find such a cooperative voice. :-) I'll take a look and discuss when I have time. Perhaps an RFC would be more fitting, if for no other reason than because an article of such central political importance deserves more attention from the community than it seems to be getting. Cheers! Kevin Baas^{talk: new} 02:26, July 26, 2005 (UTC)

Image:Liddle analysis3.gif

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Image copyright tags

Thanks for uploading Image:Ohio demographic.gif, Image:Ohio long lines.jpg, Image:Ohio machine problems.jpg, Image:Ohio reg.jpg, Image:Ohio reg mult.jpg, Image:Ohio turnout increase.jpg, and Image:Ohio vote mult.jpg. I noticed they currently don't have image copyright tags. Could you add one to let us know their copyright statuses? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GFDL, or {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) Thanks so much, ABCD✉ 00:46, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Please don't move "Saddam Hussein and Al-Qaeda"

Hello Kevin, You've moved Saddam Hussein and Al-Qaeda to Saddam Hussein and Al-Qaeda conspiracy theory twice without any discussion or vote. As you probably know, that article causes heated emotions, and the current name compromise was the result of a lot of discussion and several votes. If you think that such a move would not be controversial, you're certainly wrong. If you wish, you are welcome to go through the proper procedure for a controversial move, namely discussion followed by a vote on Wikipedia:Requested moves. Please do not move the page again without doing that. Sincerely, ObsidianOrder 09:21, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

Kevin - PLEASE move the article back to 'conspiracy theory'. PLEASE. -- RyanFreisling @ 13:49, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

Please review Wikipedia_talk:Conspiracy_theory/archive2. A discussion that you were involved in. You took the position, against considerable opposition, that among other things, "conspiracy theory" is a NPOV phrase; that it does not stigmatize or prejudice an article. Thus, clearly, you do not have a POV dispute with the move. So what do you consider controversial about the move? Kevin Baas^{talk: new} 02:12, July 26, 2005 (UTC)

Impersonator?

Is this you? Mr. Billion 00:17, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Yes. That was me. I haven't looked over it thoroughly, but i remember writting that somewhere, and that's something i would say. Kevin Baas^{talk: new} 13:23, July 23, 2005 (UTC)

Plame affair article

Kevin, I've observed you to be a good and temperate editor on other articles and wanted to invite you to have a look at Plame affair an article I started initially based on Karl Rove (now blocked pending resolution of issues). The Plame affair is developing into a major issue of current history which is larger than any one individual similar to Watergate, Iran-Contra affair and other such matters. We seem to have a good group of editors at Plame affair and I'd appreciate your input and contributions there, if time allows. My best, Calicocat 18:49, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Saddam/Al-Qaeda article

That move to the "conspiracy theory" version of the name waswas based on a "vote" with a grand total of 4 for, and 3 against, so there was hardly a consensus for the move. Also, on the talk: page for that article, there was in the recent past an extensive discussion, and vote, on what to call the article, one that attracted on the order of 50 votes (don't recall without looking at it). Given this pair of facts, I have no compunction at all in saying that the move was not appropriate, and reverting it. And I'll do it again if it was moved back (haven't looked yet). Noel (talk) 16:12, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

PS: If there is agreement to do the rename, I'll cheerfully do it myself, but short of rough consensus on the move, I maintain that the results of the previous extensive vote should hold. Noel (talk) 16:19, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

No. The move was based on a policy established by Wikipedia_talk:Conspiracy_theory/archive2. Kevin Baas^{talk: new} 20:18, July 26, 2005 (UTC)

Having now had a chance to review not only Wikipedia talk:Conspiracy theory/archive2, but also Wikipedia talk:Conspiracy theory, Wikipedia:Conspiracy theory, AIDS conspiracy theories and Talk:AIDS conspiracy theories, I am in a position to flatly dispute that your interpretation of that vote is correct.

First, the actual vote was on "Rename 'conspiracy theory' and similar titles" (i.e. to something without "conspiracy theory"). Voting for or against that does not mean people were voting to rename articles to "conspiracy theory".

Second, many people really preferred a case-by-case handling; note the "yes" vote (!!) which said I don't think one catch-all renaming policy is necessarily apt. Renaming should be on a case-by-case base, not to mention all the "no" votes saying things like Decisions should be made on a case-by-case basis, on a case-by-case basis, not as a blanket rule, Decisions can be made on an article-by-article basis.

Your persistent claims that this vote was a vote to add "conspiracy theory" to article titles is at best tendentious, and at worst lends credence to those who say you're merely violating WP:POINT. Noel (talk) 20:42, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Hmmm... I don't see any refutation of what I said in there. BTW, the decide-on-a-case-by-case was informally counted by yours truly, and even if those votes are subtracted from there respective totals, case-by-case does not gain a plurality. In fact, it is second-last, second-last to an option with only one vote. The reason I counted them up is because I, like you, would prefer not to have articles titled ".... conspiracy theory". As you can read on the relevant pages, i consider this term to be POV and to prejudice an article, and simply to not belong in titles. However, my opinion, as apparently is yours, is among the minority. So although I would vote "no" on the vote on the "Saddam Hussien and Al-Qaeda" discussion page were it a matter of my opinion, it is not a matter of my opinion - it is a matter of established policy that, like it or not, I have a civil obligation to follow and protect. Kevin Baas^{talk: new} 00:53, July 27, 2005 (UTC)

Hi

Just saying hi and thanks for your great work. If you didn't have a barnstar already, I'd give ya an anti-propaganda award. -- RyanFreisling @ 18:24, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Article

Holy crap, that's awesome news. :) Forward it to Olbermann. --kizzle 00:41, August 18, 2005 (UTC)

Psst.

[10] -- RyanFreisling @ 01:34, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

2004 U.S. election voting controversies, Ohio

After perusing the Ohio article and making a few changes I have seen a number of questionable assertions, presentation of opinion as fact, and mistakes. Hoping to improve the article without angering anyone I would like to ask how changes that I see as necessary can be made/discussed. I don't want to step on anyone's toes and I see that you are the originator of much of the article, so I thought I would ask you. Would it be okay with you if I made some changes and then set forth reasons on the talk page? That is the way I've made a few changes, as you can see. I recognize that this is a controversial topic and my hope is to add context, clarify facts and opinions, and do general houskeeping (such as the removal of an article about Franklin County, Indiana). I'll be out of town for a few days, so feel free to take your time with any recommendations/requests. I would like to thank you in advance. Rkevins82 - TALK 05:47, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

Featured picture - comments requested

My photo of the bust of Antinous, currently under comment for featured picture

[11] I'm nominating one of my photos for 'featured picture'. Voting isn't for two days, but I'd appreciate your comments if you feel to add them. -- RyanFreisling @ 15:56, 23 August 2005 (UTC)