User talk:JohnInDC

Alexandre

Hi,
thanks for your message. I knew Alexandre was active (so to speak) on en: but i never figured out that, yes, it could be helpful to cross en: and fr: data. He uses quite the same nicks on fr and en. From 3 random nicks, 1 was first created on en, and 2 on fr. I had a look at District Nein but we don't have such nick on fr.

I tried to have a discussion with him once but he answered something quite confused, some parts seem to mean he doesn't like the constraint of being only one person/avatar and that he tries to end identity by deconstructing himself. Wheeee.

I'll have a look at whether he's simultaneously active on both wikipedias or switches back and forth. I'll keep you posted on the next sock (i doubt smn will block him because i say so here). I also wonder why you don't block the whole ip range he's in, i heard it was pretty well defined and narrow. There is probably not that much en: users on that range. Yours, (:Julien:) ✒ 14:19, 27 September 2009 (UTC).

2 new socks : French Messiah and Messie Français. (:Julien:) ✒ 13:26, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, which reminds me that I owe you a response here! At some point in our long history with this sockmaster, one of the editors here had the bright idea to check fr:, which was very fruitful. Periodically since then I have been looking in to see what names he has been using. His edits are so characteristic that we have little trouble obtaining blocks of his socks here, but it is always helpful to be able to point to the identical names on fr:. It is even more helpful to hear about his socks before I notice them! About 8 months ago an entire range of IPs was blocked on en: - see here - but I am not sure it made a difference. Ah well. He may be reinventing his name every few days but he can't seem to reinvent his interests, and he is easy enough to spot whenever he reappears. Thanks for the help. I will endeavor to do the same for you. JohnInDC (talk) 13:35, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

I'm glad to see that you're on top of the situation, John. He's been a busy little bugger lately, hasn't he? Deor (talk) 20:49, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

He has! I think he needs to take up model shipbuilding, or another offline hobby - JohnInDC (talk) 20:59, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Awesome keepup with the good work - User:Prince of France (talk) 14:36, 5 october 2009 (UTC)

Mystical pentagram-like object

		The Invisible Barnstar
		For behind-the-scenes diligence in monitoring unwelcome visitors from Remulak France. Deor (talk) 14:51, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Removal of PROD from The Last Word (2010 film)

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Romm

He was elected as a Fellow of the AAAS, writes, lectures and testifies before Congress on scientific subjects, and he describes himself as a scientist. I can't understand why these editors are working so hard to discredit him. -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:21, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Keith Haring

If you learned that he is an 'artist in residence', why not just add that fact instead of deleting all mention of him? I think all students are called 'artists-in-residence', but I'm not sure; the great thing about Wikipedia is that we can collaborate -- if you know something I don't, you can add it and visa-versa. My understanding is that the general guideline is that if we see an error, we should improve it rather than delete the content altogether. 66.92.53.49 (talk) 18:21, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Doh! I read about the meaning artist-in-residence in the Wikipedia article itself: The school continues to be known for its apprenticeship method of teaching, in which a small group of students, usually only 10 to 16 per class (150 students for the total of ten departments), study under a single artist-in-residence for the duration of their curriculum. I suppose that makes him faculty? I'll leave it to you to do whatever works best with Keith Haring. Certainly a notable alum/faculty/associate/whatever! 66.92.53.49 (talk) 20:20, 12 October 2009 (UTC)