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I obviously was mistaken

... when I made this proposal, which is fine. I note in the past that you have put in very hard and productive work to standardise categories such as this in bulk, albeit for a different tier of education. The reason for this message is to ask your opinion, not on the individual proposal I made, but on this class of categories and the format of the category name in general. Fiddle Faddle (talk)

Buckinghamshire North (UK Parliament constituency)

Hi! You recently created a redirect, Buckinghamshire North (UK Parliament constituency), but unfortunately it appears to loop back to itself. I'm sure this wasn't your intention, but I haven't been able to identify an alternative target and fix it myself. Please could you take a look? Thanks, – Wdchk (talk) 20:43, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for spotting that, and for letting me know. That was sloppy of me, but it's now fixed. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 21:01, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks for the pointer. Both issues now fix. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 11:29, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks for the pointer. I thought that I had done that, but apparently not.

Now fixed. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 07:34, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

Re:Bot to add links to National Portrait Gallery, London

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Is this irritating cursor: not-allowed in your signature intentional? Bulwersator (talk) 16:32, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

Yes, it was intentional when I added it about 5 years ago. Nobody has complained about it before, but maybe the joke has worn a bit stale now, so I may remove it. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 16:34, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

The Olive Branch: A Dispute Resolution Newsletter (Issue #1)

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Steven Zhang's Fellowship Slideshow

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• Background: A brief overview of the DR ecosystem.
• Research: The most recent DR data
• Survey results: Highlights from Steven Zhang's April 2012 survey
• Activity analysis: Where DR happened, broken down by the top DR forums
• DR Noticeboard comparison: How the newest DR forum has progressed between May and August
• Discussion update: Checking up on the Wikiquette Assistance close debate
• Proposal: It's time to close the Geopolitical, ethnic, and religious conflicts noticeboard. Agree or disagree?

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DYK

Thanks for the nominations of Paul Bedson's articles. I see he's taken them in good spirit, but I think he should know better. He has a huge COI in this area. And, as I see you noticed them through DYK, I should say I've been unhappy with most of his DYK nominations as the ones I've encountered have pushed the same fringe pov. Not hard to do with DYK when editors don't know an area. Dougweller (talk) 06:14, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Glad you found the AFD for the two articles.

Paul's response is, as you say, in good spirit. However, I find the reply unsatisfactory, because either Paul Bedson (talk · contribs) is incapable of making any reasonable assessment of what are reliable sources and what constitutes notability, or he is disingenuously trying to feign surprise in order to limit the damage. Given his history of sockpuppetry, I fear that the latter may be more accurate ... but either way, I am alarmed to see how many articles he has created on related topics.

I see from his talk page that you have been keeping an eye on this stuff for over a year, but what I see alarms me even more. It seems that his editing here is entirely focused on pushing a POV about near eastern archaeology, and that he is systematically using Wikipedia to promote original research. Whatever is going on here, it seems to me that his work needs a huge amount of scrutiny, and his conduct needs some restraint.

I don't have time to do either of those tasks myself, but I particularly am concerned how DYK seems to be functioning in this case as such a useful tool for promoting his theories. Is there any lightweight mechanism to ban this editor from using DYK? --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 08:35, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Sigh. I can't disagree. You can see I've been concerned about this edits, his use of sources, etc etc. I don't know of any lightweight mechanisms that can be used and dealing with a prolific editor is time consuming. Maybe we need to go to WP:FTN? Unfortunately though archaeology doesn't often interest people there, but it might be worth a shot. Dougweller (talk) 08:51, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

I sympathise with your sigh. This sort of POV-pushing can take a lot of work to unravel.

I had not heard of FTN before, but it seems worth a shot. I suspect that archaeology is in general an under-scrutinised area, and it looks like this chunk of it needs a lot of scrutiny ... but we gotta start somewhere. Would you be able to draft something? I haven't seen enough of Paul's work to point much much further than the stuff around the two articles at AFD.

I suspect that whatever initial steps we take, it's going to need an RFC/U to apply any serious restraint. In the meantime, I am going to ask Paul to apply some self-restraint. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 10:30, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

• I have just done more scrutiny of Paul's editing, and I don't like what I have found. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edward F. Malkowski See User talk:Paul Bedson#Fringe_theories.2C_unreliable_sources.2C_irrelevant_citations (permalink). --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs)
  • Thanks. Barton's notable, but he really should have spent time referencing it. Dougweller (talk) 15:03, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
    • Yes, I thought that George Aaron Barton might meet WP:PROF, but I'd want to see some evidence. However, there are real probs with Paul's sourcing. Even where he does add refs, they are often very dodgy. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 15:08, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
      • My Grandad used to call me dodgyboots, but that is sadly off-topic. You will find that the one form of constraint you guys have over me is the enormous respect I have for you both and high value I place on your opinions. Doug (my Grandad's name was Doug) practically taught me everything I know about Wikipedia and I certainly bother him a lot less lately (although I do miss our discussions!) I can but simply assure you that my interests generally are in Lebanese Archaeology and my intentions on Wikipedia are to document all 88 Beqaa valley tells, all the surface sites, and ruins, drawing all the flints and make a conservation map to see what's left of the prehistoric archaeology there. I do have to admit to recently starting a Facebook Group called Save Beqaa Heritage which might be slightly affiliated with Save Beirut Heritage and the Association for the Protection of Lebanese Heritage, but any COI arising from this really should be covered by a mutual interest for recording and preserving archaeology. I'd really rather discuss this than the tired old, fringey stuff about O'Brien, which I have demonstrated I am quick and gracious to acknowledge if I do make a mistake. Also, if you do need any advice on archaeology or related subjects, I have lots of sources here and am always happy to help out. :) Paul Bedson ❉talk❉ 18:53, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
        • Paul, you may well prefer to discuss other things than "the tired old, fringey stuff about O'Brien", but the fact remains that a) your userpage makes it explicitly clear that your primary purpose in editing Wikipedia is to promote the fringe theories of your friend Edmund Marriage and his late uncle Christian O'Brien; b) your edits reflect that POV-pushing. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 18:58, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

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Thanks! All three are now fixed. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 12:19, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Talking to a bot now? :-) Dougweller (talk) 13:57, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Yes, but only as a note to myself :) --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs)

This may seem stupid but im wondering how do you create a new page, with a topic of your choice. For there are a few things I wish to do.