User talk:Orduin

• I will most likely use the {{reply to}} template if I reply on my own page, but I am a fickle creature, so add it to your watchlist anyway!

Rojocube

Its not harassment. Its called a joke..you need to lighten up. It's not even close to harassment.. You made me laugh for real though. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rojocube (talk • contribs) 22:13, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

@Rojocube: At the very least, your edits constitute as disruptive editing. Your discusions should have taken place on the talk page. -- Orduin ^⋠T⋡ 22:19, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

Antarctica

Hellow! On my opinion we need Antartic flag on Antartica, as universal and common international symbol of this continent. The Graham Bartram design can be changed (Antarctic Treaty Organization variant, but thats more then nothing. Bartram is more common on the web and this fact can be explained). each region should have the association with something in people's minds. Thank you anyway,

--Andrew J.Kurbiko (talk) 19:36, 26 November 2014 (UTC)

As far as I am concerned, the flag of the Antarctic Treaty Organization holds more credit as being the flag of Antarctica, as it is being used by the official organization that controls Antarctic activities. Also, the fact of the Graham Bartram design being more popular is not cited, and opinions should not replace official facts (even if the opinion is widely accepted). As well, "The Graham Bartram design uses the flag of the United Nations as its model." -- Orduin ^⋠T⋡ 18:32, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

thank you

Thank you for the tip

Adnan (talk) 20,20 , December 13 — Preceding undated comment added 20:21, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

User's talk page

Hi, I just wanted to mention that a user is not obliged to keep warning on this talk page, the assumption is that if they deleted it, then they read it, so they should have learned from it. It is certainly true that an admin may overlook the warnings in the history, but *we* know they were there and can mention them. Thank you for placing the warnings, we are now in a position to request a block on that signon if they do not mend their ways. Best wishes, Sminthopsis84 (talk) 22:11, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

@Sminthopsis84: Good point, but I only put that because I have had trouble with it in the past. -- Orduin ^⋠T⋡ 22:13, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

Yes, this is getting nasty. I think you might want to just stop editing for a while, so that the sockpuppets can't legitimately turn their crimes back on you, perhaps take a break for a day or two. It's very weird. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 22:53, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

I'll only be on for a little while more anyway, I just want to keep things until someone else can help get things sorted out. -- Orduin ^⋠T⋡ 22:54, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

@Sminthopsis84: Well, It looks like I will be taking a forced 2 day break! I really don't mind it though, I quite needed it (read below). Good luck, and stay out of trouble (unlike me)! -- Orduin ^⋠T⋡ 02:18, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

December 2014

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 48 hours for edit warring, as you did at B-baria City, Bangladesh. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the following text below this notice: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. However, you should read the guide to appealing blocks first.

During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection.  De728631 (talk) 23:31, 17 December 2014 (UTC)

I was expecting this, and I accept it without question. I needed the break, I will be reviewing my conduct towards users who vandalize, so as to not become a problem myself. (I should just leave it once he has been reported, and then clean it up). Well, best wishes! -- Orduin ^⋠T⋡ 01:54, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

Though Orduin accepts this block. I would appeal for a review. Not because, what he did is the most ideal thing to do; but he fought well and is a victim of Geographic.location's persistent attack. It could have been me, who broke 3RR. In honor of Orduin's vigilance, he could be granted an unblock. – nafSadh did say 03:31, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

Not to mention, attempts to ask Geographic.location to talk did not work. He never discussed. But Orduin acted in accordance to general consensus. – nafSadh did say 03:32, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

Yes, Orduin fought well and with logic. Unfortunately, fighting doesn't work well here. It is a short block, though, and I think the admin who applied it used good judgement. It could be viewed as a sort of protection for the blockee, preventing them from responding to what was, I'm sure, intended to be provocation. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 04:09, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

Agree. The appeal from me is more of a gesture. – nafSadh did say 04:33, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

I have been using this period of time to review my previous actions, and decide how I should act better if I come across this again. I am also reviewing the WP:Policies, and other pages describing actions that should be taken, so that any further actions will not appear as breaking the 3RR.

These actions will include:

• Opening a discussion on the talk page (I will use the user talk page if it is a wide-spread dispute, and the article for simple ones);

• Invite others for their opinion in the discussion;

• Leaving the users contributions stay until they are blocked;
• Not allow myself to be drawn into irresponsible actions (Sminthopsis84 is right in assuming that it was acting as a provocation);
• Follow the advice of others, and the procedures suggested on WP:Policies (and similar pages)

A short block is most reasonable, it gives the user the example of what they should not do. Best wishes -- Orduin ^⋠T⋡ 14:00, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

I'm sorry that you got dragged into this edit war/move war which turned out to involve a number of sockpuppets too. Sometimes even a good cause has to be delayed due to the established rules. But now that I've seen your statement above and your future plan for not trying to break the 3rr limit I have unblocked you. Please note also that I have blocked a number of involved account, so next time you see an edit like this feel free to revert it and note the block evasion in the edit summary. If this occurs you may also drop a note to any admin and point them at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Geographic.location. De728631 (talk) 16:18, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I will take this into consideration. Also, I will be cleaning up the double redirects left over from this event. -- Orduin ^⋠T⋡ 16:56, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

Thanks Orduin for summarizing your realization. I can keep those in mind too.

Thakns to De728631 too for pointing out about evident block evasions. – nafSadh did say 17:34, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
	Your act to defend attacks by Geographic.location on Brahmanbaria related articles should be honored. – nafSadh did say 03:35, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

Mike Cahill (director) discussion

I think that it is completely ridiculous that you will not let me delete the Background section, even when it is at the request of Mike himself. I don't understand - please clarify.

I have started a discussion on your page (with the warnings), please review that information, and all other information on your page. If you want it to be more widely discussed, you may open this discussion on Talk:Mike Cahill (director), so that others will input their opinions too. Also, can you simply continue this on your own page so that it does not confuse me. -- Orduin ^⋠T⋡ 22:52, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

Let's Talk! Programme

Dear Orduin, thanks for the message Please don't delete my page, because i currently work for it. I also need some advice to make my page better like the wiki standar. Please be advise...

Regards,

@Wahyudi Aulia: I have removed the tag for now, please edit the content so as to no longer require the advert tag. I will be checking in on it later, so if it is not fixed within a reasonable time frame, I will add the deletion tag again. -- Orduin ^⋠T⋡ 17:15, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

@Orduin: Thank you for understanding, I will as soon as possible to edit the content of the page

Maxwell

Orduin, you said, 'the earliest discussion on his nationality, four years ago, came to the conclusion that his nationality should be British'. Do you have a link to that discussion? Martin Hogbin (talk) 18:55, 21 December 2014 (UTC)

@Martin Hogbin: Talk:James_Clerk_Maxwell#Nationality. It is at the top of the section. -- Orduin ^⋠T⋡ 19:07, 21 December 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. Martin Hogbin (talk) 19:56, 21 December 2014 (UTC)

Orduin, there is now a move at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Proposed_topic_ban_of_Martin_Hogbin. You do not need to become heavily involved but could you just point out that I am not a lone crazy editor but one of a group who disgree with the current content and that I have now proposed a compromise solution. Martin Hogbin (talk) 23:48, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Patrolling a page with a potential copyright violation

Hi!
I saw that you had curated Saif Adam by tagging it as {{unreferenced}} and {{uncategorized}}. However, the page in question had already been marked by CorenSearchBot as a potential copyright violation ({{csb-pageincluded}}). If you come across a page marked as such, don't just tag it for other problems and leave it - check if it's a true copyright violation or a false positive (the bot can only point out potential violations). If it is a copyright violation and there's no content worth saving (like in this case, where it was a full page copy), the page should be tagged for speedy deletion under WP:G12. Kolbasz (talk) 23:57, 21 December 2014 (UTC)

@Kolbasz: Ok, thanks for the tip! I generally skim through the content, and tag it as necessary. However, I am quite new at doing so, and have probably made other minor mistakes. When I come across something like that, I should be checking the source more thoroughly. -- Orduin ^⋠T⋡ 00:35, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

WP:G10

Hello. A user putting "WHAT THE F*** IS THIS?" into their own sandbox does not really fall under the attack page speedy deletion criteria. It is not an attack on anyone rather an expression of confusion and frustration by a new user.

I removed your warning from this users talk page and replaced it with a welcome and an offer to help them understand the wiki better.

I hope you are not upset at me removing the speedy delete template and your warning but I feel it is important to not bite the newbies. Swearing itself does not indicate bad faith and for all we know this user could be a productive editor once they get past the confusing wiki interface.

That being said the users page is on my watchlist and if it turns out this user is disruptive I won't hesitate to react.

Peace. Chillum 02:23, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, I wasn't really thinking straight with that tag, at the most, I should have courtesy blanked the page (similar to what I did to the above text), but even that could be considered extreme. Until the user makes any action, I agree that no action should be taken against him. -- Orduin ^⋠T⋡ 02:37, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

Request for help

Hi Orduin, not sure how to respond on this talk page? I did not see how to use the sandbox to start development so I just created the full blown Wiki page. Now, I copied the info from the page I created and put it into the sandbox. But, I am ready to start uploading images that I drew. Seems I need to wait 4 days, ?and/or? do 10 edits (did one today 12/24/2014) before I can upload my drawings? Your help would be appreciated as there is a lot of stuff to wade through. If I can e-mail you, please let me know how? Thanks! Engineeringfridge (talk) 18:03, 24 December 2014 (UTC) Engineeringfridge (talk) 18:43, 24 December 2014 (UTC)

@Engineeringfridge: You can use this to email me the images, which I can upload, and then give you the link to use.

Also, if you want, I can get the page deleted until you are finished with it in your sandbox.

If you have any more questions, or specific issues, please feel free to ask! -- Orduin ^⋠T⋡ 20:25, 24 December 2014 (UTC)

However, I noticed you are nearly autoconfirmed. You will be able to upload the images yourself soon if you continue to make some edits. -- Orduin ^⋠T⋡ 20:33, 24 December 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for your help, I will do some edits and then start uploading the images. What is your suggestion? Would you prefer that I copy the contents into the sandbox and we delete the page until I make more progress?

I do need some help with my images, some of the drawings which I am converting to JPG I would like to do an attribution. I can not seem to figure out how to do this on my end within the image properties. Can I do this when uploading the images?

Merry Christmas Engineeringfridge (talk) 18:20, 25 December 2014 (UTC)

@Engineeringfridge: Just curious, what attributes do you wish to implement? I may be able to help with that. -- Orduin ^⋠T⋡ 19:57, 27 December 2014 (UTC)

Highly speculative content within the article. lacks creditable sources.

highly speculative article that lacks creditable sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Akwillis (talk • contribs) 21:03, 27 December 2014 (UTC)

Hello Orduin. I want you to know that I have reverted a threat by this user and blocked them indef for that threat. It can be found here[1]. Sorry you have had to deal with this. Chillum 21:10, 27 December 2014 (UTC)

Hi Orduin, I was tagged for what I assume is sharing an opinion, and rightly so. I removed the section on residential refrigerator installation and then deleted the tag. Please confirm that I did the correct thing?

Also, if you take me under your wing I can get this page up faster. I spend a lot of time on the drawings I am about to post. They are my engineering drawings, I am a professional engineer. I am having a hard time putting a metafile on my drawings that will show in the file properties to the uploaded file (jpg or png) that they are copyright with attribution for free use. If you have any comments I would appreciate them.