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June 2008 Thom_Wolf_(educator)

Thom Wolf (educator) and vandalism. Actually, this was a good edit to correct vandalism that went unnoticed. The revert_id has been reported. Usernow (talk) 20:19, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I understand that not all page blanking and removal of content is vandalism but you didn't offer an edit summary to explain your actions so a warning was given. For such large edits including removal of content, I recommend discussing it in article's talk page to gain a consensus beforehand. ——Ryan | t • c 20:24, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Heads up

User talk:Manipal study center (creation) is probably a promotional username, I'm going to go block it... Make sure you're reading the names before you create them please :) SQL ^{Query me!} 18:49, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh dear my apologies, thanks for the heads up ——Ryan | t • c 21:15, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dispute with another administrator

I am contacting you about a dispute I am having with another administrators.

Bobak's block of the Minnesota Law school page constitutes an abuse of administrator privileges. I have added edits about staff changes in the university and he continually removes them. The personal changes at the CPDC and the general opinion of Mondale Hall in the legal community are valid items to include in Wikipedia and do not constitute vandalism. Both items are more relevant than the fact that a poker champion earned a j.d from the school. Items such as these are common throughout Wikipedia. Wikipedia is information inclusive and he is attempting to exclude information he does not like.

Among the people who look at school pages are prospective students, who would find this information useful. It is telling that no other person has removed this information but Bobak(an alum of the university). It is telling that no other administrator on the site felt that these edits constituted vandalism. Bobak is abusing his privileges as an administrator. He had no right to block this page.

Finally on a personal note he insists on posting my home building on the internet. I do not feel this is appropriate behavior from an administrator and I am asking you to look into the matter both with regards to whether my disputed edits are appropriate for wikipedia and to tell him to desist with posting my home address. In spite of his behavior, I have refrained from posting his home and work contact information, he should do the same with me.

If you are not able to handle this matter could you please direct me to the appropriate person. Thank You —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.231.197.118 (talk) 00:10, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know why you're contacting me about this, I'm not an admin, however I will give you my take on the issue. The material you persistently tried adding to the article (I'm assuming it was you, though your IPs are different) didn't constitute vandalism but it did violate the policies Bobak put forward WP:OR and WP:NOT#NEWS. You didn't provide any references for your additions so it merited a deletion straight away. Like I said, there's nothing I can do, but if you wish to take it further, try bringing it to the attention of the WP:ANB/I. On quick inspection, it looks as though Bobak violated the WP:3RR as an admin, he should know better ——Ryan | t • c 09:46, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I see the individual is "forum shopping". The confusion I had is that this anon is using several different IP addresses and I only recently realized its all the same person. It appears to be someone associated with the law school (from my own experience as a lawyer and graduate, this is almost certainly a current or former student) who is angry about employment. As I said, that's fine --there are plenty of people (including myself) who were not impressed by the job placement services at the Law School, but this person seems to want to use Wikipedia as his/her own personal soapbox. I'm sorry you were pulled into this. --Bobak (talk) 18:39, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think the reason he contacted me was because I reverted some vandalism on the article that same day, perhaps he thought I was a figure of authority. Anyway, I'm not familiar with the article so I'll leave all that to you :P Regards ——Ryan | t • c 21:15, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry

I re-read my comment on the Days of Our Lives cast member page, and it did sound meaner than I wanted it to, so I apologize. This particular IP has been changing and changing this name to the WRONG spelling, and removing references and administrator warnings. I can't get them to stop. So, I changed the warning. Thank you. If you can offer any assistance, I would be VERY grateful. Rm994 (talk) 22:00, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Your note here is far more appropriate than your previous one. Also, it might be an idea to bring it to the attention of the IP at fault by leaving them a message on their talk page. ——Ryan | t • c 22:10, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have tried that repeatedly. The IP changes everytime by a few numbers, so I do not think that they are recieving my messages. Someone has removed my civil comment, but I replaced it. Thanks for your help :) Rm994 (talk) 22:16, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well I haven't reviewed the article entirely but if the IP's edits constitute vandalism and they insist on making pointless edits, you can request that the page is temporarily protected which will prevent an IP from making any edits whatsoever. However, this is a last resort. Also, ensure you don't make 3 reverts on the same article within a 24 hour period otherwise you may be blocked. ——Ryan | t • c 22:20, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

IP Editor

Actually I'm not asking you to resolve a dispute, having tried to engage an IP editor only to be ignored and for that guy to embark upon an entirely illogical edit war and then to stalk me about wikipedia, I'm asking your advice. Justin talk 22:56, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest bringing it to the attention of the Administrators' Noticeboard. WP:AIV is for reporting persistent vandals not to resolve disputes and edit wars ——Ryan | t • c 22:58, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Dorftrottel

You commented in this ANI thread, so I figured you may be interested in the RfCU I've filed about myself. If you can find the time, your input would be highly appreciated. Everyme (was Dorftrottel) (talk) 10:08, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Gulp

Ryan,

I see you removed the template at the WP:AN discussion. I was sure, based on your previous comments on that thread, that you were kidding (being intentionally overdramatic, to make the point that nothing bad had happened before) with the wording of the template; now I'm mortified to think that you might not have been joking, and my continuing (I thought) your joke was seen as a serious criticism. I certainly didn't mean to offend, and although I think such a notice isn't necessary, I would never have worded my comments that way if I thought it would cause offense. Sorry about that, I'll be more careful next time. --barneca (talk) 20:59, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Haha no offence taken whatsoever. I created the template with the intention of adding it to the config page because I thought that's what everyone seemed to be proposing, however, your comment pretty much opened my eyes to the dangers of adding such a template. You were absolutely right :D ——Ryan | t • c 21:05, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh good, worried for nothing then. Cheers. --barneca (talk) 21:06, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh and by the way (for future reference) it's spelt 'panicky' :P ——Ryan | t • c 21:07, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that certainly looks right, but I remain wary, as I don't trust the spelling judgement of anyone who spells "spelled" as "spelt". --barneca (talk) 21:13, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What's wrong with 'spelt'? ——Ryan | t • c 21:15, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind, just a (failed) attempt at US/UK humor. It isn't used much over here, I was trying to make one of those dumb "my English is right, your English is wrong" type jokes. I know I'm not funny, and yet I still try. --barneca (talk) 21:23, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ohh sorry, I didn't realise you meant it as a joke ——Ryan | t • c 21:31, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jane Addams Help

Shep had replied to my first comment about the Jane Addams Entry. He somehow changed the name for me. I had tried to do that , but it would not accept the change. In his comments he said for more help to leave a message on his help page. I tried, but could not figure out how to make the "CLICK HERE" work. It just would not move off the page and I did not know whether I should Edit the page in order to leave a message or not.

About the info box, On the school project page, and on the "Talk: Jane Addams Business Careers Center" page when you read about the entry, the talk page indicated that the page for Jane Addams BCC needs an infobox. It is a box along the right side of the page that summarizes important information.

I put one in by looking at other schools. If you look at the entry for Jane Addams, you will notice that text is on top of other text. Not sure why or how--it is just there on top of some of the text.

I wanted to add the picture to see if that would help fix the page. I also wanted to find out about how to remove, clean-up and the comment that the information may not be reliable.

I have added references.Teala1 (talk) 22:47, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]