User talk:Jimbo Wales

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Assyrian people

Hey there! I didn't know where else to go so I will make this quick as you are probably really busy.

From the beginning of the Assyrian people's article we've had problems with the ongoing nameconflict. Some identify as Syriacs other as Chaldeans or Assyrians. We have had this nameconflict going on for two long, for years. I want to ask you to move the page from Assyrian people to Assyrian/Syriac people and lock it if able. Thanks --Yohanun (talk) 17:40, 21 November 2008 (UT

A Wikispecies dispute

Hello, I am a newly appointed Wikispecies admin. I am in dispute with mainly one other admin (Lycaon - who was also the only admin to vote against my adminship). I'm not sure if you are the right person to talk to about this, but anyway, it concerns my right to protect a single page that I created (http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Stho002/New_Zealand). My reasons for wanting to protect it are as follows:
(1 - minor reason) I am doing this (in the spirit of Wikispecies) without pay, but there are others here who are trying to extract funding for similar projects, and there could be "conflicts of interest";
(2 - major reason) Taxonomy is NEVER fully objective, and the page is my take on the relevant "facts" (though still based only on (my interpretation of) published sources). If others add their opinions to my page, the result would be chaos. SERIOUS BIOLOGISTS CAN NEVER TAKE WIKISPECIES SERIOUSLY UNLESS THERE IS SOME WAY TO BE CONFIDENT OF GETTING CONSISTENT/RELIABLE INFORMATION. I believe that protecting my page provides usefully consistent information to serious biologists, while at the same time not preventing others from expressing their opinions, for anyone can still create an alternative 'New Zealand' page (using a disambiguated title) and link it to the relevant taxon pages independently of me. From their perspective, it is as good as being able to edit my page. So, I am not trying to stop others from expressing their opinions, I am just trying to stop them from fiddling with my opinions!
Sincerely,
Stho002 (talk) 03:59, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving, Jimbo Wales!
As we all sit down at the dinner table and say our thanks today, I would like to give thanks to you for your wonderful contributions and wish you a very happy Thanksgiving. May your turkey and ham satiate you until next year! Kind regards, – Obento Musubi (C • G • S) 02:15, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]	A traditional Thanksgiving dinner.
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IRC

I don't see you on freenode. I know you have an account there, but why don't you go on it? Techman224^Talk 01:01, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

MediaWiki 1.14 alpha

Can you give me MediaWiki 1.14 alpha? 202.137.66.72 (talk) 01:10, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See this page from MediaWiki.org. Graham87 03:05, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oversight

Hi Jimbo. Are you aware of the oversight policy? There is an allegation that David Gerard abused his oversight privileges to remove embarrassing edits made by FT2 to unfairly aid his arbcom candidacy last year. Fred Bauder has confirmed the oversights took place. There are allegations that you were aware of it.

Could you please explain how these oversights were within policy, and if not, why Gerard still has the oversight privilege. Could you explain why another editor (who had contributed to the project for over five years) was banned for bringing it to light? --Duk 18:03, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have asked David Gerard and FT2 to fill me in about the history. I have reviewed the oversight logs, and read Thatcher's summary of the situation, which as far as I know appears to be factually accurate. It is evening here, and I am going to bed. I am leaving Europe early tomorrow morning for the US, and then I will be celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, and traveling by car to a meeting with a Brazilian Wikipedian on Friday. I don't expect to have substantial time to devote to my Wikipedia work until Saturday at the earliest.--Jimbo Wales (talk) 22:03, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for looking into this, and have a nice Thanksgiving. --Duk 23:29, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

When you can squeeze this matter in to your busy agenda, would you be kind enough to give us your opinion on the rights and wrongs of David Gerard's oversighting of FT2's edits in the middle of an election campaign. It is impossible to know how many others would have opposed his election had the oversights not been made, but at least once you have spoken and shared your thoughts, those that will be taking this unsatisfactory matter further will have an idea how to proceed. The problems of a registered charity are manifold, I wonder what the solution to all this is - what a pity those such as Gerard do not think before they act. Giano (talk) 19:37, 29 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I believe FT2 intends to say something about this early next week. I'll comment at that time.--Jimbo Wales (talk) 14:29, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is it for FT2 to comment on it? David Gerard's explanation might be marginally more interesting and probably of more use. Quite frankly FT2's explanations are neither here nor there, it happened. What are you, J Wales, planning to do about it? Giano (talk) 20:46, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- As I said, I will comment at that time.--Jimbo Wales (talk) 03:29, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Feature

Hey Jimmy I am unaware as to the politics of wikipedia at this time but I was wondering if you could take a look at this[1] --GlasGhost (talk) 21:25, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Administrative rights misuse

The abuse of Administrative rights is very rampant in Wikipedia. There is no mechanism in place to check this nuisance. The Administrators are not controlled and hence it results in the Admins indulging in vandalism and even blocking users without any valid reason. There is a type of Unionism of Administrators resulting in injustice to the contributors of Wikipedia. At present Wikipedia resembles the Third Reich rather than a free media. These are serious issues that hit the credibility of Wikipedia. So I hope that certain mechanisms will be put in place to prevent such type of issues from continuing. Thank you. Chanakyathegreat (talk) 04:34, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Show me an admin indulging in vandalism, and I'll hand out the block myself. There are a great many mechanisms for dispute resolution; I recommend that you pursue them if you have a serious complaint! :)--Jimbo Wales (talk) 04:41, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, no problem. Here is one such admin vandalizing the provenance of a Wikipedia article and violating the terms of the GFDL on January 2, 2008. We await your block. -- 76.98.14.41 (talk) 05:20, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]