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Frankfurt School permission

When you get a chance, would you please look at what I did on the Frankfurt School page, under References, and see if it seems OK to you? Jeremy J. Shapiro 21:07, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedians with articles

Hello there. Let's, at the outset, acknowledge each other as relatively dedicated and good faith editors, shake hands, and now thrash out this disagreement with all due efficiency. I've made a suggestion at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedians_with_articles#Purpose and will not remove any further names until we sort this out.

--bodnotbod 09:34, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

As they say in my hometown, "Awesome, let's thrash." -Willmcw 09:47, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

OK, I've edited the header text to accurately introduce the list. Please add the other purposes for the list to it and soften if you really must ;o) --bodnotbod 10:59, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

Hi there. Well, I'm content with the page now. Good working with you. (doffs cap and goes back to attending to articles about comedy...) --bodnotbod 20:24, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your involvement. Many hands make light work. Cheers, -Willmcw 01:28, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your support

Hi Will, just a quick note to thank you for your support on my RfA. I was pleased to see so much support, especially from people such as you who I do not know very well, if at all. Now that I am an administrator I will do my best to please the community’s expectations. Best regards, Sam Hocevar 17:13, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

Bureaucratship

Hi, Willmcw. Thank you so much for your support and kind words on my bureaucratship nomination. Unfortunately, it didn't pass, but I intend to run again soon. If you'd like to be informed next time around, please let me know on my talk page. Thanks again! Andre (talk) 05:16, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Zephram Stark

I have filed Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Zephram Stark. Please contribute to it. – Smyth\^talk 18:53, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Sun Yat-sen

Thanks for clearing that up. A bit of a bummer that that piece of text had gone undetected for a year; most of the wikipedia mirrors have that piece of propaganda now. Borisblue 02:55, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

Santa Catalina Island, California

I deleted your sarcasm at Talk:Santa Catalina Island, California. If you had taken time to actually read the Catalina article, you would have seen that section was very unclear on the status of the Bison and needed clarification. BlankVerse ∅ 14:37, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

I've ocassionally gone over the boundaries of civility, but I try to save my cynicism for regular editors instead of relative newbies (see here for me at my most cynical and sarcastic). Most of the times, however, I behave myself.

Recently I have gotten very discouraged about the level of discourse on the Wikipedia, and with seeing very good editors leave and new editors get bitten (see the comments on my user page for further amplification). Because of that, I've started occasionally playing Miss Manners in the little corners of the Wikipedia where I do most of my editing. BlankVerse ∅ 15:47, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

24.141.149.226

Congrats go out to Wilmcw, for reverting a large number of correct edits without any real purpose or motivation.

JEZZZ Willmcw, besides the "Jewish Americans" ones, what exactly was the point of taking out "Polish" from Chloe Sevigny? Her mother is Polish ("my mother's family is Polish" - http://www.latinoreview.com/films_2005/foxsearchlight/melinda/chloe-interview.html) and her French ancestry is minimal at best. You just assumed I was wrong and took it out on principal. Well, I am never wrong about the family background of famous people. Ever. Get it?

Don't ever revert any of my edits unless you can provide explicit and reliable proof that I am incorrect - and that is something which will be near impossible for you to do, obviously. I hate it when people don't check their facts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.141.149.226 (talk • contribs) 06:09, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

If you used the wikipedia:edit summaries and supplied sources, then your edits might be easier to decipher. Some of your edits seem based on the concept that people cannot be Jewish and Latvian at the same time. -Willmcw 05:49, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

Well, since I edit so many articles, both large and small size, it would take a tremendous amount of time to re-research all of the articles containing "sources" or "proof" and post it in the history of every article, especially many of the articles are almost never edited by anyone else, and most edits I see by other people don't contain sources. If you have a question about a specific edit (or a few) tell me (especially now that I have an account) and I will give you a source. They're not that hard to find.

Now, narrowing this down to the "Jewish Americans" thing. Well, all the "??-American" categories refer to, in my understanding, the cultural/ethnic heritage of whoever. (I am not getting into an argument over whether "Jewish" is an ethnicity or not with you, in case you say it isn't - I will state that it absolutely is and that the Wiki article for Jew mentions the term ethnicity in the first sentence).

Anyway, all of the people to which I added "Jewish American" are Jewish by ethnicity, the large majority are also Jewish by religion, and all of them are culturally Jewish. Most are the children of early 20th century/late 19th century immigrants to the States (I notice most famous 3rd or 4th generation Jewish Americans simply refer to their background as "Jewish", and don't even specify "German Jewish", etc.). Historically speaking, most Eastern European Jewish immigrants from that early time period lived in isolated all-Jewish villages, had little to no contact with outside culture, and a large majority didn't even speak the mother tongue of whichever country (i.e. Latvia) they were born into - I sincerely doubt the majority of these people would consider themselves to be "Latvian Americans" - they are Latvian only by nationality, really. "Latvian" is usually not their cultural and definitely not their ethnic background. I guess it's OK to list people as "Latvian Americans" if they were born in Latvia, but when it comes to 2nd or 3rd generation immigrants - they would have lost any trace of Latvian culture that their ancestors may have had, and would pretty much be "Jewish" in most senses of the word.

To use some of the examples that I did on the Scarlett Johansson board - you could list half of the Jewish population of the States as "Russian Americans" because some of their ancestors may have been from Russia - but obviously any connection to anything Russian is minimal - and they aren't Russian ethnically, either. And again I use the example of ethnically English people born in India, Ireland, wherever - they would be "English Americans" - it'd be pretty silly to list them as "Indian Americans".

I think it's best to keep the categories as tight as possible - notice how confusing it got with Johansson's various categories (and hers is one of the simpler backgrounds). It is much more authentic to list, under say Russian Americans, people who are ethnically and culturally Russian (or part Russian) - i.e. Natalie Wood, Michelle Trachtenberg who I recently added to that category (she has a Russian Jewish father and a Russian-Russian mother). Or at least people of whichever ethnicity who were born in Russia and have lived there for several generations. V 5 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for correcting falacious and slanderous vandalism to my talk page and elsewhere. I honestly do not know what to do about Steve espinola :-/ All I did was revert several hundred of his vandalisms to the cleanup process about a month ago and now he's just outright attacking me. Is there a way to limit him — only — from editing my page or is this not possible in the site's current implementation? I was just ignoring him but what's next? — HopeSeekr of xMule (Talk) 16:29, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

I blocked the latest two abusive sock puppet accounts. However the person behind the effort is not banned. I am not aware of any way to keep him from editing a certain page. The best solution may be to revert any mischief. Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia, I'm sorry about the behavior of others. -Willmcw 16:53, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

Spamming talk pages?

I don't know what the protocol is regarding deletion of inappropriate information from article talk pages, but I want to point out that barbara Schwarz has posted a defamatory press release to Talk:David S. Touretzky. The press release is bogus; it's signed by a non-existent group with no email address, and a physical mail address (found in another copy of the press release) that turns out to be a Hilton hotel. Just the latest in Scientology's ongoing smear tactics. But the entire press release doesn't seem appropriate to the article talk page. -- Touretzky 17:41, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

No, it is not appropriate. Since there is a functional link, there's no need to copy it on the talk page. Thanks for pointing that out. -Willmcw 17:47, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

los angeles

why did you delete my entry Originally named "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles del Río de Porciúncula", as a native angeleno i feel everyone should know the origins of the city name.

I deleted it because that information is already in the article, and does not belong as the first line of the article. Nobody has called it that in 200 years, so it is trivia. -Willmcw 20:09, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

PS, compare with New York City, where the reference to its original name is handled in the history seciton. -Willmcw 20:10, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for the barnstar, minor though it is. Everyking 11:10, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Thank you. :)

Thank you for your welcome and for the helpful links. :) Grandiloquos 16:33, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

My apologies. This was a double post. I received an error message after posting the first "thank you" and didn't think it went through. Grandiloquos 16:40, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the barnstar!

We are getting these controversial topics filled out pretty nicely lately! I am heartened to see so many differing viewpoints working together as well. Jokestress 18:05, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Just a thought.

Will, I was wondering. Since we're having this edit war with some anonymous user regarding "The Nordish Portal" and "Skadi," do you think it's a good idea if we temporararily locked up the White supremacy article? Again that's just a thought. Regards, --Gramaic | Talk 21:49, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

I've thought about the same thing. This anon doesn't show signs of giving up, but perhaps a few days of not editing the article would make him lose interest. If you want, why don't you add an entry to wikipedia:requests for page protection. I wouldn't be able to protect it since I'm an involved admin. -Willmcw 02:14, September 8, 2005 (UTC)

Just added an entry, like you advised me to. Here it is;

Wikipedia:Requests for page protection#Request_to_protect_White_supremacy. Let's see what happens next. Thanks, --Gramaic | Talk 06:44, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Espinola

If you don't mind, I'll post all replies on HopeSeekr's Talk. Cheers, --Sn0wflake 03:08, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the support on my RfA. I was very pleasantly surprised to see so much support throughout the week. Please do keep an eye on me and my logs, especially while I'm learning the ropes with the new buttons. Thanks again! -Splash 23:59, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

Biff Rose

Hello, Willmcw! Recently, Jonah Ayers left me a message seeking my opinion on the Biff Rose page. Here's my thoughts on the article:

First, Jonah claims that you revert him on sight. If so, please stop doing that. While you may not agree with his edits, the point of a temp page is so that you all can discuss the changes on the talk page. The very point of a temp page is to have meaningful discussion and avoid edit conflicts and edit wars. While I can see both sides would want to remove or add material, I strongly recommend all the involved parties not remove any content, and instead discuss any major additions or deletions of text in the talk page first.

In addition, I reiterate my encouragement to all of you to discuss things before adding or removing any text (or quotes). Also, it might be good to cite your sources; the first step is to prove that they are valid quotes. If they are, then all the editors should discuss whether they add to the article, and whether they should be included.

Finally, I urge all of you to tone down your arguments; remember that you should avoid all personal attacks. Stay civil, even if the other person may seem hostile. Remember that being antagonists will do nothing, and will not help toward creating a successful article.

Hopefully you all will start having productive discussions, and create a wonderful article. Thanks! Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 01:10, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

RfA

Will, my RfA nomination has become a platform for some editors that are discontent with my performace to criticize me as an editor (I am really trying hard to use nice words to describe this...). We have had our discrepancies but I think that we have managed to overcome most of these in an attempt to make articles better, so I will appreciate your vote be it for support, oppose or neutral, and some feedback from your experience in dealing with me. Thanks in advace. --ZappaZ File:Yin yang.png 17:29, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

My RFA

Thanks so much for supporting my RFA. It meant all the more coming from you. · Katefan0^(scribble) 21:56, September 12, 2005 (UTC)

Good faith

Yes, I agree that it's funny -- particularly coming from an unregistered user writing as "TS". Seeing the humor in such situations is the only way to stave off Wikiburnout. JamesMLane 05:28, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

Magdoff

Sorry to bother. I have posted a Request for Comment for the pages Talk:Harry Magdoff and espionage and Talk:Harry Magdoff. Endless revert wars and edit conflicts. Input welcome. --Cberlet 22:28, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

LaRouche

Hi Will, I saw the Duggan edit but didn't even notice it was that IP address. It's clearly right that he should be blocked. I'd probably advise against you being the one to do it, because you were in a content dispute with him and took him to the arbcom, and I shouldn't do it for the same reason. I was always happy to block Cognition because I didn't feel he was H, but that IP address is almost certainly H (or Weed Harper if they were different people). Perhaps Snowspinner could be contacted? As for the IP address, we're not supposed to block any IP address indefinitely, as I understand it. A month block might be safer there. My recommendation would be to unblock both, and ask Snowspinner to look into it. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 07:30, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks, I'm sure you're right. -Willmcw 07:36, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Did you speak Snowspinner? I see H is still editing. [1] SlimVirgin ^(talk) 00:01, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

No I hadn't. I undid the blocks and rationalized (hoped) that the activity was a fluke, though the anon IP edit to Jeremiah Duggan was pretty bad. This latest talk of "WikiCliques or POV posses" seems to be rather pointed, though he won't cite any specifics. I'll go ahead and drop Snowspinner a note. The ArbCom decision was unequivocal about the IP being an unpermitted sock/meat puppet of HK. -Willmcw 00:09, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

There's no doubt about that being one of the two main IP addresses used by H/WH/CC, but particularly the first two. I believe it was thought to be their home address, so that they were either the same person or living together, but that's from memory: I've changed computers since then and all my H stuff is on the old one (though I can retrieve it quickly if I need to), and some of the info should be on the evidence page. El C might be prepared to do a block. He was online when I last checked. As for POV posses, yes, I saw it. ;-D SlimVirgin ^(talk) 00:15, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

Karl Rove

Will, if you have time, pop by Karl Rove won't you? A very new and very aggressive editor is making some questionable edits backed up by such inflammatory rhetoric that it's difficult for other editors to concentrate on content, and has been difficult for me to steer the discussion toward a more fruitful goal. Understand if you don't have time, but if you do, your presence would be much appreciated. · Katefan0^(scribble) 20:30, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Gold Watch

Thanks, Will. That's the nicest thing anyone's done for me here for as long as I can remember. (-: sniff, choke, sob :-) --Uncle Ed 01:33, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

That was nice. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 01:38, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

math

Why, silly old me, so it is! I don't know nothin' 'bout dividin' no numbers! .... If you have any thoughts on the unrelenting attempts to get AR's article to read as though AR wrote it, I'd be anxious to hear them. - Outerlimits 22:07, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

edit summaries

I will try to use them. :)

signed CD

info

I preemptively blocked the editor you mentionned on my talk page, on wikicommons and wikiquote. I did not do so as a steward, who is not allowed to do it by himself. I did it as a board member. For now, the consequences are 1) that the editor reverted my messages on his talk page; 2) that the editor send me mails, calling me a fucking bitch; and 3) that Aphaia is questioning the validity of the block on wikiquote and might revert it in a few days. If you feel like leaving a message over there, you are most welcome. I will be away (and offline) for a week, leaving tomorrow. Cheers. Anthere 12:03, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

Your view is requested

I am contacting logged-in users who have taken an interest in, or edited, Wikipedia_talk:Assume_good_faith, and asking them to respond to a question I have placed on that page which goes to the policy of WP:AGF.

Thanks in advance. paul klenk 23:47, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

from Paul

Willmcw, thanks for stopping by to say hi. I was giving Jonah, a newbie, a hand to ease his peace of mind and bring an outside view to the situation. I do recognize your user name, but don't recall any correspondence with you or anyone on the page; I also kept my view of the Biff matter very focused.

It does seem a bit odd to me that an article with such a small body of text has so many disputed external links. I would think it would be easier to work on the article by harvesting some Google searches and compiling a nice profile on this guy. He is a bit obscure, but I say, if you're going to include him in the Wiki, then go ahead and really document everything you can, and make it interesting.

I left Jonah messages on his page which may be of interest to you. Also am happy to help you out in any way I can.

One more thing: Going over the reverts is time consuming, and I now understand why many times in a 3RR violation no one takes the time to actually review the reverts. I have some ideas, software wise, that could make it easier if I knew of a developer. Let me know if one springs to mind. paul klenk 09:40, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

I just read some remarks in the history of the talk page that indicate there were reversions going on there, too, in the form of deleting comments. If you think I should review that page for violations as well, let me know. paul klenk

You said, "The peripheral issues seem to be multiplying, but they are all based on one article so it doesn't seem to be a major problem for the project." I agree. I have found, however, that if I can sharpen my own skills and help other users, that is incentive enough for me to do some evaluations such as the one I made on Biff. By the way, I would appreciate any criticisms or error-identifying of my evaluation. I don't claim to be an expert, but I think I'm getting a firm grasp on reversions. It really isn't that complicated. paul klenk 10:15, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

Gross Discrepancies

I find the article Pensacola Christian College to contain discrepancies with what actually goes on within the campus of PCC. I am currently a junior there, and there are things said here that certainly do not happen. I will certainly protest these inconsistencies, and will edit them myself. Pensacolaboy 00:33, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Nobs Redux at Talk:VENONA project

Someone, not I, has consolidated the discussion over the Venona documents and how to represent them (prompted by the tect written by Nobs on many pages) onto a single page: Talk:VENONA project. I hope you will join us in trying to resolve many of the issues that keep cropping up across Wikipedia in this matter. Thanks.--Cberlet 12:52, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Toxic Waste

Why did you delete

It can also relate to waste.Yeast die from the waste they produce (alcohol). Humans also die when their numbers produce too mush waste.

By George

The "Melissa Joan Hart"/"Sayville" anon is back...

He's re-adding poor-quality external links to The Amityville Horror (it may be him, or one of his friends, who also added and re-added links on how to actually find the house) and he's back to his old tricks of trying to stir up Zappaz against me[2]. (I just have to ask, how is it that every weirdo with a bug up his butt finds his way to Zappaz's page and starts pouring out complaints there?) However, this time he pulled something new, by starting a vague RfC against me here. While I am not overly concerned with the effect an anon's vague allegations will have on my reputation, I do not want this to hang around forever. Could you make sure it gets handled appropriately? ("appropriately" would seem to me to be deleting it as invalid, as the anon clearly did not follow the required steps for user-conduct RfCs; however, I want it to be clear that I didn't just ask "delete this for me" or for anything else out of process.) -- Antaeus Feldspar 18:17, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

The Butchering Bastards

It's fine that you took it off. I was just trying to somewhat advertise, so I was pretty much mis-using wikipedia. I am extremely sorry, therefore if you think I should be blocked, then I guess you should do so. The Fascist Chicken 23:03, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Well thanks, and also I want to tell you. That I'm the writer of the screenplay, I just use a different name when I write screenplays. I'm sure you assumed that, but yeah, I thought that maybe someone would read it and then rate it at its site, because I need to know what's wrong with it so I can rewrite it. I am working hard to get it made into a movie, but right now, I'm beginning to think it has no chance. And thanks again for understanding. The Fascist Chicken 23:19, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Okay well I guess I might not re-write it then, since it seems pretty pointless from what you've explained to me. I'll just figure out something else to do with any "talent" I could have. Since I'm sure that my screenplays suck anyway. Well thanks for enlightening me about that. The Fascist Chicken 23:45, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Since I guess I'm done with screenwriting. I would like you to atleast read and rate my most likely final screenplay. It is 8 pages, I made it short, so you wouldn't have to waste too much time reading it. It's somewhat based on something that has happened to me. It'll be up in a few days. It's called "Stephen and Steve", It has bad language, incase you care. If you want to read it I will tell you the address once it is on the website. But if you don't want to see it, just tell me. The Fascist Chicken 21:31, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Fairness

Willmcw: in the interests of fairness, after this edit [3], I humbly request you, as a neutral & fair third party, to remove usernames from the heading here Talk:Harry_Magdoff#Nobs_has_once_again_misrepresented_sources_in_his_espionage_paragraphs. Kindest regards for being fair. nobs 17:05, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

I looked, but you'd already made the change. -Willmcw 21:50, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Image:Telegraph Cucamonga and Ontario Peaks.jpg

Hi Willmcw. If you are the author of Image:Telegraph Cucamonga and Ontario Peaks.jpg, would you mind changing {{PD}} to {{PD-self}} to make that clearer? Mike Dillon 16:26, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Our friend

Willmcw, I have noticed User:216.175.112.9 has a "suspected sockpuppet" tag on his page, identifying him as (possibly) Jonah Ayers. I believe this can now be changed to "confirmed," and thought I'd run it by you and get your opinion.

Jonah has come to me for help in the past. I tried my best to do so, but he increasingly ignored me, when I didn't take his side (I guess).

Today, when Jonah made a very substantial edit at the Biff page (logged in), he marked it as minor and failed to make a note in the edit summary. I caught this, and gave him a lesson on the "minor" on his talk page, and left it on the article's page as well. (It turns out it was a reversion, but it still shouldn't have been marked as minor.)

He left a message on my talk page, anonymously, taking credit for the edit, and chastising me for my remarks. Do you think this statement constitutes enough of a confirmation to change the tag from "suspected" to "confirmed"? paul klenk ^talk

Well, the puppet has now been blocked. What about the puppeteer? paul klenk ^talk 21:54, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

By the way, I removed both mentions of my name from Jonah's talk page, as they were personal attacks (listing me under "trouble makers and vandals"). I don't take changing another's user page lightly, but I checked policy on this, and believe I am entitled to do this. paul klenk ^talk 22:57, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Category Removal, Edit Summaries

Willmcw, thanks for your note about including edit summaries. I realize that I should do so, and I will be more diligent in the future. Just in case you are wondering, an administrator told me that the policy for Categories is not to include an article in both a subcategory and its parent category. I had previously made the mistake of doing so and wanted to correct the errors. While I was at it, I corrected a few others that I found in error. Logophile 07:08, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

That's actually only part of the policy; there are exceptions to that rule. You can check the policy for yourself at WP:CLS. -- Antaeus Feldspar 17:45, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Castro Cult dispute

You've been active at Talk:Cult of personality#Fidel_Castro. After a long discussion I've now written an abbreviation that, in my view, settles the matter. Maybe you'd like to have a look and have another say on the subject. I've written a text for the article on 16 September, but that keeps on getting removed and put back again. So some more input is needed (possibly a vote?).

I've also sent this message to the other previous contributors to the discussion, Cryptnotic, TJive, Mihnea Tudoreanu and Joolz DirkvdM 09:08, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

screenplay

This is the link to my long screenplay http://www.scriptbuddy.com/community/?p=4291529028&t=&pg= , my other short screenplay which I said something about, hasn't shown up on the site. So I don't have a link for that one. Private Butcher 02:07, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

24.0.91.81 and sockpuppets

Hi. 24.0.91.81, along with a seires of new accounts, has been inserting a dispute tag in the Cold War article for days without offering a single explanation on any talk page. I just found out that you had to warn this editor about using sockpuppets about a month ago. [4] Since it seems like this account has been associated with a fairly long pattern of sockpuppet activity, it's probably worth an admin's attention. If you have time, could you please take a look? Thanks, 172 | Talk 00:47, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the help! 172 | Talk 20:42, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

I've added the sockpuppet template to User:24.0.91.81 --Viriditas | Talk 06:09, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

Concerted and vociferous personal attacks :-//

Hi! xMule and aMule have been at odds since the aMule project was started on the day in 2003 when my internet access was blocked by the MPAA due to my development of xMule. I have largely moved on with my life and the war has largely ebbed since January of this year. Today I noticed on Talk:xMule a very vitriolic attack of my character among other disturbing things.

First, a person emailed me about 2 weeks ago asking for xMule screenshots and wondering why xMule appeared dead. Now, this letter (posted by Kry of aMule (it's leader)) has been posted on wikipedia as a personal attack on my character. How Kry got the email is beyond me, why he felt it appropriate to post on wiki as an attack is typical if yet egregious (it's worse than the main page says it is).

I don't know what I did to deserve being called "a demented freak" in the eyes of that guy but I find it very unpleasant and stopped reading from that point on, so it's likely it just degrades from there. I seek to have him and Kry banned for personal attacks on me (Kry personally attacked me on wiki before just when I was an anoynmous user).

I really want that talk page comment stricken from wikipedia too because of the libel it employs. — HopeSeekr of xMule (Talk) 21:10, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Tom G Palmer

Dear Willmcw: I am appealing for your intervention in the case of the Tom G. Palmer page, and don't know how else to get in touch with you. Please visit that page and reference the discussion. Your edit is being systematically vandalized. -Rothbard 12:40, Oct 1, 2005 (UTC)

I'll try to take a look when I've got a chance. -Willmcw 21:36, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

CfD

I'm on the prowl for competent editors who are coming up on recent changes to take a look at the CfD for a nightmare category. If you have time, please take a look. Thanks. 172 | Talk 23:54, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Metrolink (Southern California) map link

Hi Willmcw. I noticed that you added back the transit-rider.com map link to the Metrolink article. While I support the idea of having a direct map link in the article, there is a technical problem with the link you provided.

It looks like Transit-Rider.com's web server is not set up to serve PNG images correctly. They are being returned with a generic MIME type of application/octet-stream, instead of the correct MIME type of image/png. What this means is that that link is only directly viewable in Internet Explorer (since it ignores the HTTP standards and uses the file extension to guess the file type). Mozilla-based browsers (and I suspect Opera (browser) and Safari (browser) too) will show a "download this file" dialog instead of displaying it.

There is nothing you can do about this per se, but it might be nice to notify transit-rider.com of the configuration problem to allow users of non-IE browsers to easily view the image. Mike Dillon 00:19, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Perhaps this is due to a setting in browsers. The page come up fine for me in Opera 8.5. Firefox exhibits the behavior you mention. Too bad there is problem, it's a good map. -Willmcw 00:27, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Glad to hear it works in more than just IE. However, I don't think that Mozilla-based browsers have a setting that will allow them to display the image. Are you interested in contacting Transit-Rider.com about fixing their server configuration, or would you like me to do so since I'm already familiar with their problem from a technical level? Mike Dillon 01:03, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Could you please? Thanks, -Willmcw 01:11, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

The MIME type thing is not a problem when the URL is in an HTML image tag (as it is on the Transit Rider site), so I think it would actually be better to link to http://www.transit-rider.com/ca.losangeles/metrolink.cfm?id=map instead of directly to the PNG. Mike Dillon 01:34, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Yes, that loads perfectly in Firefox. -Willmcw 01:36, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Cool, I've updated the article to point to the page instead of the image directly. Mike Dillon 02:00, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Ethnic labels

What is this stupid cat called "Category:English_Americans"? And putting people like James Garner, Carrie Fisher, Jane Fonda, Peter Fonda, Robert Redford, Ashlee Simpson, Jessica Simpson, Tom Cruise, Chevy Chase, Johnny Cash, David Cassidy, Tom Hanks, etc., etc., etc. This User:Vulturell putting people like this in that category is a joke. I can see people like Cary Grant, Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, etc., who were born in England, but then spent the major portion of their life in the U.S. in the cat, but not these other people, this is silly. WikiDon 20:34, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

I agree. You might drop User:Vulturell a note asking him to use more restraint. He is apparenlty in a project to assign ethnic or national labels to every celebrity. -Willmcw 20:38, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Christmas

In case you don't revisit the Political Correctness web page, here's the link to UC Berkeley, that noted Dec. 25 as "Winter Holiday". [5]

Ronnie Earle

The crooksandliars link was there because people starting to call Earle a "Democrat party agent" and they act like no jury was involved in Delays inditment.

I added it back with a description. -Willmcw 01:43, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Overtaken

Now SlimVirgin 16,854, Willmcw 16,941: spooky. Does this mean we're more than just a POV possé, but now actually the same person? ;-D You've done many more edits to articles than me, though. I spend too much time on talk pages, desperately trying to justify myself. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 18:15, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

What do you think about User Rangerdude contributions?

Hi!

I used english Wikipedia to get information about James M. McPherson to create an article in german Wikipedia. I wonder if the mentioned critic Thomas DiLorenzo is reliable. The article about him tells that he's related to the League of the South. Have you read the wikipedia information about this organisation? I don't know whether they are harmless or extremist. The relation of DiLorenzo to such an organisation does not automatically conclude not reliable statements about McPherson but the mentioned DiLorenzo predicitions I've read in the McPherson article are IMHO POV, disproportionate or absolutely not true. Especially that marxism-allegation. I've just read Battle Cry of Freedom, but this several times, and I found absolutely no appearance of Marxism. Seems more like an "MacCarthy"-style accusation.

What do you think? Should I mention this DiLorenzo guy in the german article?

I tried do mention DiLorenzo's relation to the League of the South so the reader himself can judge the reliability of this critic, but user Rangerdude is watching this article like a guard dog to defend his as I guess POV contributions, so I had no chance and didn't want to start a edit war without knowing more about DiLorenzo criticism.

E^(nix) 18:20, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

I don't think DiLorenzo is an especially notable critic of McPherson's, so his inclusion should depend on the length of the article. Rangerdude is zealous on issues concerning the confederacy, neo-confederate, and related issues, and his contributions should be viewed with care. -Willmcw 19:25, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Hi Willmc!

I see you are fighting now for that member of the League of the South sentence. But sorry, I didn't read the DiLorenzo article carefully enough. It can't be assumed that he is a member. It's not his one and only job but he is also working for a institute owned or supported by the League of the south. IMHO it should be better to discuss the academic dispute about DiLorenzos thesis if there is one our remove that selective not true-wikipedia-style "fact-showing" but "fact-creating" highlighting of criticism.

It's always the same with these political articles, for one word in the article one hundred words or even more on discussion pages are spend. That's why I favour to write technical articles like I did on wikibooks.

E^(nix) 10:33, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

I temporarily deleted the crosstar image

I temporarily deleted the crosstar image as a courtesy to our hosting facility, who received an apparently properly formatted DMCA complaint. I am working with our legal team to formulate a proper response, so that the colo has no legal liability, and then we'll put it back up. Please spread the word to anyone who you think would like to know about this. :-) --Jimbo Wales 21:18, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

And so it begins... Kaldari 22:04, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

BJU

You may want to revert even farther back (possibly to my version) as the page is still messed up. I'm out of reverts for the day. --Viriditas | Talk 05:46, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

There's probably more improvements that can be made, but there's always tomorrow. Not to worry. Encyclopedia are long term projects. -Willmcw 05:51, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

True. BTW, see my comment about User:24.0.91.81 above. --Viriditas | Talk 06:08, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

User:24.0.91.81 is most likely the same user as User:155.84.57.253, who has also used a dozen names and a few other IPs. I'll certainly admit that the editor makes many helpful contributions, but unfortunately also makes too many unhelpful ones, including edit warring. The sock puppetry has gotten to be a problem as he's been using different accounts to skew the consensus on article and deltions. Any 3RR situation or talk page consensus issue that this editor is engaged in will require additional consideration. -Willmcw 06:42, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

Let's write this up for the Admin/incidents page so that others can be aware. -Willmcw 07:06, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

and what's the relevance of toe licking?

I couldn't possibly say, but this edit summary made me laugh at any rate. · Katefan0^(scribble) 04:56, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

PinkMonkey.com

G'day Willmcw

Yes according to their contributions page, 70.247.196.80 has added the PinkMonkey.com link to To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Poisonwood Bible, Gone with the Wind, The Giver, The Da Vinci Code, The House of the Seven Gables, The Scarlet Letter and The Secret Life of Bees.

As of this post only the link added to the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn article has been reverted.

I have never visited PinkMonkey.com before. So I had a quick flick through the site and I found that they have "over 400 Free Book Notes / Study Guides / Online Chapter Summary Notes". However they also have a significant amount of advertising as well. In my opinion these links should be reverted and / or replaced with a more appropriate study guide site.

What do you think?

Cheers -- Ianblair23 (talk) 23:50, 10 October 2005 (UTC)

Correlating IPs

I was impressed with your work correlating other IPs and accounts to 155.84.57.253 at WP:ANI. I be interested in hearing more about your method sometime. FeloniousMonk 02:29, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

PS-- And excellent job on the Paul Williams article... you beat me to it. -- FeloniousMonk

will do

"Entries in List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people need to have the orientation of their subjects discussed in the biographies. Please add the info there first, then we can add them to the list. Thanks, -Willmcw 04:54, 11 October 2005 (UTC)"

will do.

grazon 04:56, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

fair enough

"wikify date, his rant included millions of people, don't pick out Bushes or ascribe feeling to Robertson"

guess I was just to confused by the madness of this statement to not point out its conflicting with his endorsements. grazon 21:11, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

Hi Will,

Thanks for your note. Well, Assume good faith you know. I was aware this editor has some history as an anonymous, but the fact he isn't any more, and he's open about his previous "anonymous" identity, and he was right about Satie makes me think he would kind of fit in the LGBT noticeboard WikiProject.

Anyhow, that's not why I came here. I was thinking, without knowing that would be a good idea, so I'd like to ask you because you're quite involved in that list, wouldn't it be better to make List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people, and the comparable list of List of gay celebrities, into an annotated list, I mean in the style of List of gay, lesbian or bisexual composers. Well, that list has still fully manual footnotes, present wikipedia:footnotes guideline has other techniques making the addition of footnotes with references less cumbersome.

Further, in Talk:List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people#I'm confused Grazon somewhere has a point about the risk of being circular with references: anyway your answer to that point was not completely correct: wikipedia:categorisation of people discourages to have a category added to a page if that category is not a reflection of the content of an article.

So having "direct" (i.e. not via other wikipedia articles) external references to any gay people list seems a good thing to me. What would you think? --Francis Schonken 08:42, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Well, anyway an intresting topic. Since I've been involved in some "referencing"-related topics lately, and also in Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and series boxes, I'm considering taking this up in Village Pump/policy. If I do so, I suppose taking the LGBT-lists is a good example to start the discussions. Is that OK for you (I mean, I would also represent your point of view when starting the discussion, while I think you have a point, although I don't know how to make that harmonise with my own present views)? --Francis Schonken 09:59, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

There's nothing "I want you to do". I just didn't know whether you were aware of Wikipedia:Village pump (policy). The issue I want to raise there is how we should go about with citing sources regarding lists. Presently the wikipedia:verifiability guideline does not distinghuish between "lists" and other pages in the main namespace. wikipedia:Cite sources sort of has an exception for subpages, see: Wikipedia:Cite sources#References in a "See also" section - subpages, but that doesn't *exactly* define wiki-pages named in a list & surrounded by double square brackets to be subpages, so I was wondering how the wikipedia community thinks about this.

So, maybe the implied question was whether you would object using the three LGBT lists mentioned above as example when I put the question before the community at village pump, while I wouldn't do that without referring to our conversation here and on my talk page.

And of course, implied is also an invitation to take part in the conversation at village pump, when it would get started there as a new topic! What do you think?

The reference to Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and series boxes I made was about that page trying to describe when to use lists and when to use categories. While, obviously, category pages don't give references why articles are listed in the category, it might be possible to change the CL&SB guideline so that henceforth lists would require external references, which would make a choice for categorisation more obvious in certain cases. You get what I mean? I only mean Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and series boxes is somehow involved when such things are discussed. --Francis Schonken 16:04, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)#Lists and references --Francis Schonken 07:38, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Gee, I wish I'd spent more time going over this with you...you're posting seems to deal with issues which we didn't address. -Willmcw 08:18, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Reply

Yeah, I always did like Shakespeare's rendition of Richard best, even if it wasn't really that accurate a portrayal (or so I've been lead to believe). But geez...that LaRouche guy sure has it in for a lot of people...

Cheers,

Yossarian

PS: Humps aside, of course ; ).

wikipedians

Hello, i saw you were listed on the Wikipedia:List of drug-free Wikipedians, but as one of the funny ones, and i invite you to read this and add your name or something else if you want. You may also want to put your name here: category:wikipedians by fields of interest under drugs/drug addiction. cheers! --Ballchef 13:10, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Arbitration accepted

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Willmcw and SlimVirgin has been accepted. Due to the length and complexity of the original request it has been placed on the talk page. Please make brief statements regarding the issues at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Willmcw and SlimVirgin and place evidence at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Willmcw and SlimVirgin/Evidence. Fred Bauder 14:39, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Rangerdude has also been accepted and the cases merged into Rangerdude although the page Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Willmcw and SlimVirgin remains in use Fred Bauder 15:47, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Campo de Cahuenga

Thanks for your thanks on Campo de Cahuenga; I have a line on an old postcard with a photo of the original house; will scan and add as time permits. PKM 22:09, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Eli Siegel

Can you explain what you ment by your edit summary, "Being born in Latvia does not make one latvian"? -You deleted the "Latvian-American" category from someone (Eli Siegel) who was born in Latvia. Are there no such thing as Latvian Jews? Are Jews who live in Latvia not Latvian? Thanks, -Willmcw 22:08, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Latvian is ethnicity, like jew is ethnicity (not citizenship or smth. like that), one can not be at the same time latvian and jew. And Eli Siegel lived in Latvia only when he was an infant. AlV 22:31, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Latvia is also a nation, so "Latvian" is a nationality. "Latvian citizenship" must exist. Don't citizens of Latvia get Latvian passports? -Willmcw 22:43, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Not all poeple who does hold 'Latvian' passports are latvians. Pasport itself states clearly 'Citizen of Latvia', not 'Latvian', and on page 3 there is an specification of ethnicity, however now (starting from 1997 or so) it is possible to chose to select 'refused to specify'. There is no single word even in latvian for all people who are citizens of Latvia, regardles of ethnicity. AlV 23:04, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Maybe we should change the category "Latvian Americans" to the more general, "People from Latvia". That could include those born in Latvia regardless of ethnicity. -Willmcw 23:12, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

It will be better solution. In this paritcular case he shold be incloded then in two categories 'People from Latvia' and 'Jewish-Americans', and use categories 'People from Latvia' and 'Latvian-Americans' when specifying people who are ethnic latvians. Else it results to something like calling all citizens of United Kingdom 'english'.

OK, done. -Willmcw 23:33, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

Article Deletion

Hellow Willmcw

In relation to the article "Day Laborers - A Law Enforcement Blog", I do have to agree with you on this one. A person who may have been, or is a law enforcement officer that I had "ran into" recommended that this article be posted as a Public Safety article. I travel all over the USA as a prospector and as a Metal Detecting Enthusiast, and as a courtesy, stop by the police precincts and offer my services as a voluntary metal detector recovery technician when such services are needed, such as when a suspect has thrown out metallic evidence, usually a weapon, to avoid prosecution for such things as illegal weapon possession by a felon, murder.

Again, I do recommend that article be terminated. I do apologise for any inconviences caused by this matter.

thanks

I'm starting to doubt that I can be meticulous enough to be a good encyclopedist.

you've been cool though about all the stuff I've done though. 8)

grazon 01:34, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

reason for article placement

Its just that when a possible cop/active duty cop speaks to you, you listen or get arrested. Seen that happen on a lot of crime shows, COPS, that sort of thing.The claim was that the article was to be a public service. Hope this has'nt inconvienced anyone.

Appreciate the info. on what a sock puppet is. Any other names for a sock puppet, like "User Unknown" ?

Regarding public service - that is noble, but there are many public services that Wikipedia does not provide, like yellow pages, or how-to manuals. Our particular mission is to write an encyclopedia, not to assist law enforcement matters. Don't be offended if the article is deleted, we delete a hundred articles a day which don't match our mission.

I've never heard of a sock puppet referred to a "User Unknown". I suppose in certain articles there may be a suspicion that unknown users might be sock puppets, but that's just a guess. I don't know of other names. Cheers, -Willmcw 04:22, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

One other thing

One other thing, has anyone did any work concearning the 2012 matter ? It is related to the Mayan Calandar, and there is rumors and scuttlebutt all over the place on this matter ?

I'm not familiar with that. I see on 2012 that there is some discussion already. -Willmcw 04:24, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

155.84.57.253

155.84.57.253 (talk · contribs) is back again, wreaking havoc. Can anything be done? --Viriditas | Talk 04:43, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

I saw that he was back, but his edits seemed innocuous. I'd feel more comfortable with him if he'd own up to his previous sock puppeting. He still denies it, though weakly. (See recent entries at User talk:155.84.57.253). He is clearly energetic, and makes many helpful contributions. It's the other contributions that I worry about. What do you suggest? -Willmcw 05:02, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

I agree with your assessment. At the moment, he's annoying but harmless. I guess we'll wait and see. --Viriditas | Talk 05:26, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

2012

Appreciate the info. on the 2012 matter. Seen a documentary concearning some really weird things that allegedly takes place on or near 12- 20- 2012, and how do I go about 'signing" my name, and what are these "create account/log in" icons about and are these accounts free or pay accounts ?

Who or what is a "155.84.57.253" and what is this individual accused of ? I do'nt intend to be mistaken for some else.

No, I don't think that anyone would mistake you for user:155.84.57.253. However one way to make sure is to register for a username. Doing so is free and provides more privacy than allowing your IP address to be seen. Just follow the "register or log in" link somewhere on your screen. You can sign you IP address (and your name once you get one) by typing four tildes ~~~~. Cheers, -Willmcw 06:00, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

How do I go about "signing my name" and what are these icons: "Create Account/Log in", and are they a FREE account or is there a fee involved ? Others may also want to know this.

Creating an encyclopedia is a mentally demanding effort. If you cannot figure out how to register, then you probably are not "tall enough to go on this ride". Thanks anyway, -Willmcw 07:55, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

I suppose when you ask a silly question, you get a silly answer.Its just that some are worrying about the ole pocket book, some about identity theft, etc.,etc.

--66.112.107.8 20:07, 18 October 2005 (UTC)WARHAWK66.112.107.8 20:07, 18 October 2005 (UTC)--

Yes, totally free. -Willmcw 20:13, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

To User:66.112.107.8: FYI: As long as you don't use your real name for your User name, then getting a User account is usually more anonymous than editing by IP. For example, 66.112.107.8 is 66.112.107.8.dyn.centurytel.net, which is located in Edwards, Colorado (see here for more details on the location and here for the reverse DNS). BlankVerse ∅ 03:51, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

Human development

Will, please see my comments. Thanks. Uncle Ed 14:12, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Hurricane threat

Anyone out there tracking what has been designated as Hurricane Wilma ? Been through hurricane Rita. Got a "Self Powered" Radio, it got a real workout when Rita paid my area a unwelcome visit. It is a Grundig FR - 200/Recycle Power unit --66.112.107.8 20:22, 18 October 2005 (UTC)WARHAWK66.112.107.8 20:22, 18 October 2005 (UTC)--

Yes, indeed they are. You can find out more either by typing "Hurricane Wilma" into the 'find' box on your screen, or by putting brackets around the phrase to turn it into a link -> Hurricane Wilma. Glad to hear you're prepared. Hopefully this storm won't be as bad as the others. Cheers, -Willmcw 20:28, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Where is it now and how do I lose my "Borg"-like numerical designation, so that my signature will appear instead ?--66.112.107.8 20:32, 18 October 2005 (UTC)Warhawk

There's a link at the top right of your page that says "Create account / log in". -Willmcw 20:44, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Find contributions in the articles "Flashlight" and "Radio reciever" in which I discussed "Self Powered" radios and flashlights, given that there is a emergency situation going on, which goes by the name "Wilma", it will be a good idea to get one or more of these "Self Powered" lights and radios. Imagine your power went out, your batteries are dead,your 'old style' flashlight is damaged, bulb blown out or broken,etc. THAT is why I had added info. about this kind of equipment in the two articles. As stated, I have one of these kinds of radios, and this model has a built-in flashlight.--66.112.107.8 20:55, 18 October 2005 (UTC)Warhawk

One other thing, did anyone warn the Wikipedians in the areas to be hit by this hurricane ? --66.112.107.8 20:59, 18 October 2005 (UTC)Warhawk

Registration,talk page

How do I get to my talk page? Found out someone else has the "Warhawk" designation. I do NOT fancy myself being accused of using a "Sockpuppet". Ran into problems registering. My Mozilla Firefox will NOT allow "cookies" to be used. Hope this SNAFU has'nt inconvienced anyone. Even this signature may be no good.--66.112.107.8 21:39, 18 October 2005 (UTC)Warmaster

Firefox works fine, you just have to turn on the cookies. From the 'Tools' menu choose 'Options', then the 'Privacy' link, then find the 'Cookies' line and click on the little plus (+) sign. Check the box that says "Allow sites to set cookies". If you prefer not to get permanent cookies then under "Keep Cookies" choose "Until I close Firefox". That will throw out new cookies everytime you quit, meaning you'll have to sign in every time. -Willmcw 22:14, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Appreciate the info. Can you move this to MY talk page ?- and how do I access MY talk page ? How do I :sign in everytime" ? I used to get a LOT of some really disgusting SPAM, of which I'd NOT repeat here, or get labeled as posting really obscene,offensive material. I'm referring to some really bad stuff that'll make Larry Flynt sick.

The talk page that belongs to your current IP address is at talk user:66.112.107.8.

Appreciative of info

Appreciate the info. Really, I used to get some really obscene,disgusting SPAM that if I repeat even the "clean" parts of it, it may violate Wikipedian Policies regarding obscene material. Need a article posted in this Encyclopedia regarding to these matters. One other thing, where do I access "Talk User:66.112.107.8"? The Search Icon used to locate anything in this Encyclopedia ?

=Testing Access to Talk User Page

Testing entry to MY talk page............................................. Got to my page by using the SEARCH icon used to locate anything in this format. Will try it to get to your talk page.

Accessing other personnel's Talk User pages

How is this done ? Had to go through the 'backdoor' to get to your talk page. Went into the "history" section of a article that was edited by you to get to this talk page.

Once you are at a user page, click on the "discuss this page" link on the left or bottom to get to the talk page. The same goes for any article. Cheers, -Willmcw 06:10, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

Appreciate this info. Thought I was like a burglar. Down here where I'm at, they get shot, not coddled. By the way, did anyone warn the Floridian Wikipedia people to get ready for this hurricane ? Latest track of this thing that I've seen has it definately hitting Florida. This is why I had contributed to both the Radio-Reciever article,and to the Flashlight articles by reporting the existence of "Self Powered" flashlights and radios, of which in my case, came in handy when, as I had stated,Hurricane Rita had paid my area a most unwelcome visit.

That's not my department, so I don't know if they've been informed or not. Maybe you can do it. See Category:Wikipedians in Florida for a list. Good luck with the storm. -Willmcw 08:36, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

Obscene/Profane material: Wikipedian Policies

What are the policies for this ? Seen a possible inflamatory remark,possibly obscene in a article.Should I just remove it or report it ? The article had nothing to w/ the sick remark.

What article? -Willmcw 09:30, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

The article was "Flashlight". Will present the imflammatory/obscene material's location before I removed it,NOT what it said, or I might violate Wikipedian Policies, if any, concearning obscene, imflammatory material.

I found what you referred to in the article history. We usually just delete that type of stuff. If someone makes a habit of it then we might take steps. Even worse than what they added is the fact thay they removed information too. I found it (ironically, a section on self-powered flashlights) and integrated it with the material that you added. Cheers, -Willmcw 19:09, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

What are these "steps",policies ?

It seems I should merge the usernames I've used

Dear Willmcw:

Unfortunately, I have been accused of having a sockpuppet, Samivel. As you may remember, I withdrew from active editing in the Aesthetic Realism article under the username Aperey. I believed it would be proper to begin using another name, Samivel. I was under the impression that this would be OK. Michael Bluejay "detected" this. I did not go to any great lengths to try to conceal it. And now someone seems to have partially blocked my IP on the grounds that Samival is a sockpuppet. Of course it was never intended to be one.

As you can imagine, having my name (Perey) dragged through Wikipedia and future Google searches with the slime that has been attached to it in Talk pages is not too pleasant. Nevertheless, changing it to Samivel doesn't seem worth it.

I believe I should merge my usernames: Arnold_Perey, Aperey, my IP, and Samivel. Can you or someone else tell me how to do this?

Can you advise? or suggest who I can go to for advice?

Sincerely,

Arnold Perey