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Your message "Copyright issues"

This tangentially relates to this guy, again

Hello Demiurge. I've received your message on my talk page under the heading "Copyright issues"

>Don't crow too quickly over apparent mistakes made by Roger; it does indeed appear that he took a few too many liberties with the work of a third party, but it's a common mistake and the details are so simple as not to merit much indignation. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 23:35, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

I am not quite sure what this is about. Assume it refers to Roger Pearse, with whom I've certainly had a number of issues this year. But the most recent issue was several weeks back, and it was about sock-puppetry and "good-hand, bad-hand" tactics, and not about any copyright issues. Would you like to clarify what you think I may be inclined to crow too quickly about? Kalidasa 777 (talk) 02:07, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I guess you may have moved on to other things. Anyway, there was a notification of a copyright problem on his talk page. However, as that account seems not to be in use any more, there's probably nothing to be done in terms of discussion there. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 13:21, 28 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for explaining. I suppose I've moved on, in the sense that I'm not that interested in Roger's past or present activities, except those that relate to the Mithraism page, which he seems to have left alone for the past few weeks. I've heard he is working on a statement about Mithraism in his own blog, which I actually think is an excellent idea.

Regarding those copyright issues with the George Kedrenos page, this is something I knew nothing about before today. If I did have anything to say about that, I assure you that I would sign my contribution as Kalidasa 777 – I do not use multiple accounts. If you feel the notice about the George Kedrenos thing should not have been put on Roger's talk page, perhaps you should discuss with the account-holder who put it there – User: the Man in Question. Kalidasa 777 (talk) 00:15, 29 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No, I was not suggesting either of those things. I may merely have been pre-emptively damping down a possible conflagration that was actually never going to happen in the first place. I probably need to be a bit less imaginatively pre-emptive in future :-)

I wonder if the Mithraic mysteries article might make it to GA status one day. There's certainly plentiful coverage of the topic in there. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 19:52, 30 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm glad you see merit in it, Demiurge. :-) I don't know much about the GA process, but have just been glancing at pages about GA nomination, criteria and reviewing. A GA review at some point might provide interesting feedback, anyway. Kalidasa 777 (talk) 08:05, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've now read what you wrote on Sept 9 about the Mithraism content dispute, after I wrote to you about the SPI, which I had unfortunately overlooked before.

I can relate to what you wrote then. I agree that Roger is a very intelligent person, who has made serious contributions to providing knowledge through the net. He is also a campaigner. This is not in itself a bad thing, except that it seems to me that in relation to the Mithras article, he mixed up the roles of campaigner and information-provider, and eventually fell into what you've termed "inexplicable impetuosity"...

Anyway, I look forward to one day reading the planned essay you mentioned about situations like this. Kalidasa 777 (talk) 07:44, 2 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

1st Airborne Division

Thanks for you help the 1st Airborne Division Good Topic has now been been completed. The nomination is here Wikipedia:Featured topic candidates/1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)/archive1 if you want to participate. Jim Sweeney (talk) 09:29, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Fantastic, I'd read about featured topics but I'd forgotten that good topics were possible too. I guess there might one day be a similar one related to 6th Airborne Division? --Demiurge1000 (talk) 01:45, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

September barnstars

	The Working Man's Barnstar
	This barnstar is awarded to Demiurge1000 for copy editing articles totalling over 8000 words during the GOCE September copy edit drive. Thank you very much for your help! Dianna (talk) 05:06, 2 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

		Leaderboard Award—5k articles—5th Place (tied)
		This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to Demiurge1000 for copy editing one article of 5000 words or more during the WP:GOCE September 2011 Backlog Elimination Drive. Thank you so much for your contributions to the project. -- Dianna (talk)

Ooh, thanks Dianna! I didn't realise there were awards based on copyediting longer articles, that's great. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 01:45, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar for you!

Barnstar of Diligence

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For your ongoing help with the NNU class project!Njnu-ban-xueshenghao (talk) 03:03, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! --Demiurge1000 (talk) 01:45, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Tapani CSD

Hi Demiurge - I removed the A7 from Tapani Koivuniemi. He definitely has the level of coverage necessary to meet the GNG. There are two sources from Helsingin Sanomat (the largest newspaper in Finland) already in the article, and there are plenty more available. Kevin (talk) 01:09, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Article is a WP:COATRACK, he does not even come close to meeting WP:GNG. Taken to AfD, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tapani Koivuniemi. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 01:45, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please look at

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GOCE drive newsletter

Guild of Copy Editors September 2011 backlog elimination drive report

Greetings from the Guild of Copy Editors September 2011 Backlog elimination drive! We would like to thank all who participated in this drive. Here is the end-of-drive report.

Participation

There were 58 editors who signed-up for this drive, of which 42 participated. This is a slight increase from the July 2011 drive participation, where 39 out of 50 people that signed up participated. Thank you to everyone!

Progress report

During the drive, we reduced the backlog by 146 articles, or by about 4%. Overall we did well, especially considering the exceptionally large number of articles that were tagged during September. Thus far we have reduced the copy edit backlog by 4854 articles, or by about 58%. If we keep up our current rate of copy editing, the backlog should be reduced by 65–70% by the end of this year. End-of-drive results and barnstar information can be found here. Barnstars will be handed out this week.

Once again, thank you for participating in the Guild's September 2011 Backlog elimination drive! Our next drive will be in November, and we hope to see you there!

Your drive coordinators – Diannaa, Chaosdruid, The Utahraptor, Slon02 and SMasters

Sent on behalf of the Guild of Copy Editors using AWB on 04:15, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

		The Good Article Barnstar
		Thanks Demiurge1000 for helping to promote 3rd Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom) to Good Article status. Please accept this little sign of appreciation and goodwill from me, because you deserve it. Keep it up, and give some a pat on the back today. Sp33dyphil ^{"Ad astra"} 04:52, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! --Demiurge1000 (talk) 12:56, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Zoom Interface to help coordinate article improvement

Hi Demi! Will you make a link to planning so others can find it? Best, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:27, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Done (oops, this was a while ago.) --Demiurge1000 (talk) 12:56, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

Hello, Demiurge1000. You have new messages at Elekhh's talk page.
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FYI :) Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 09:34, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Perfect, problem solved :) Thanks. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 12:56, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Dragosh

I don't think he has an account on Ro.Wikipedia. From what I talked to him, he edited only on En.Wikipedia. I personally explained to him what he did wrong, but he didn't understood. I even tried to help him, but with no use. I think he is yet too young to be an editor. And yes, I will translate the explanation, but Andrei already put one on his talk page, in Romanian. Alexynho (talk) 12:10, 8 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for doing the translation. Stay hopeful for the future outcome in a year's time! And I suppose you'd better keep an eye on ro.wiki in case he does follow the advice, and just ends up creating chaos there :) --Demiurge1000 (talk) 12:56, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Talk:Harriet Harman

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Help

Can you create my vector.js and vector.css page? I want to put up a message box to convince the boneheads here to stop messing around. I will have to talk with the IT director to find the source of these edits, kids shouldn't be making these edits instead of doing their work.

Also, an English teacher found a number of errors on a few articles, mabye I can get him to highlight them.

I'm so sorry for the conduct of my classmates. I have an account which I will not state for privacy reasons. I thank you for your help.--207.99.40.142 (talk) 12:07, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Umm! If IP addresses are unable to create vector.js and vector.css pages for themselves, there's probably a fairly good reason for that. Let me know what you want to be in the message box (on your IP's talk page, presumably?) and I'll put it there.

Encouraging teachers (or others) to make constructive edits, such as spelling or grammar corrections, would be a good way to avoid the IP address getting blocked permanently. Or, I suppose you could encourage them to make accounts instead. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 12:56, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Now that is a coincidence

Hello Demiurge 1000. Having just seen your edit summary here [1] I thought you might like to see this one [2] that I posted a mere matter of minutes before yours. The design change in keyboards is one reason that I like this User:Mufka/Userboxes/typewriter userbox. Thanks for being part of a fun, for me anyway, coincidence and cheers. MarnetteD | Talk 17:30, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ha, I've used a "real" typewriter as well... but only just! I doubt I'd manage very well with one now - apart from anything else, I'd forgotten the very considerable changes in the height of keys they had, from the front to the back of the keyboard. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 17:19, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

NNU student

Hello, i wrote an article, can you give me some suggestions? Thank you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/Yu_Yu Nnu-12-22100562 (talk) 08:38, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Demiurge 1000! Olympe 404 (talk) 08:50, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I notice that this article is about Peggy Yu. The present article is only a one-liner, though. Should the student move her content there? Njnu-ban-xueshenghao (talk) 10:10, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I think that's probably the best idea. I've suggested this on the student's talk page, along with a couple of other ideas. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 17:19, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

breaking into wikipedia

Mike is a notable Wikipedian mainly due to a court case that ended up in this building.

hi demiurge

thanks for help. i finally think i got to your user talk page. i want to break into editing but, as discussed, not sure where and how to begin.

now when you respond to this post, will it show up on my user talk page? If not, is there any way you can respond to me by email so that i know what you have said (either msiris@solomonsiris.com or mikesiris@gmail.com). i am assuming that isnt allowed but i just want to insure that i see your response

as i said before, it seems like there is a lot to learn.

are there gradations of editors?

for instance, i guess i am an "editor" in the sense that anyone can edit an article? but how is the hierachry set up? obviously, you have gradations. not anyone can post a tag of , say, a COI at the top of an article. who decides who those people are? how do they get to those positions?

thanks--hope i am doing this right. i am going to use four 17:41, 13 October 2011 (UTC) but my name is mike siris Mikesiris (talk) 17:41, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

breaking into wikipedia

demiurge, here is a question, that relates on how to break into wikipedia, i am an attorney so i have many colleagues/friends who i believe should be in there but are not (conversely, i have seen some attys who are in who i dont think should be in). i might consider doing a bio on one of these colleagues/friends (and would ask the person beforehand) but then I run into the COI problem that is at the forefront (literally) of the article about me. i think, frankly, this is ridiculous. i know i am in a position to know if an atty is deserving enough to be in there (at least in the area in which i specialize). there has to be a way around this. for instance, let's say i got permission from a colleague i know and posted his bio, i could simply say as part of the post that i know the person but i dont think my neutrality has been compromised. i mean it is totally impossible to be competely objective and, indeed, an argument can be made that it is only because of your knowledge about that person and familarity with him/her that you are in a position to know about that person. That is, the person might be extremely worthy but, if i did not know him/her, he/she might never make into wiki--a disservice to wiki that makes no sense.75.99.90.234 (talk) 19:03, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Demiurge

I am back, as they said in Poltergeist--or similar words. Anyway, did you see my question regarding my creating a wiki entry for a friend/attorney who is a colleague and who i know is worthy? It seems ridiculous that I should be barred from doing so if the person truly is worthy and not included in wiki? What if I dislclose, in creating the entry, that I know the person. I have some friends in mind who I know deserver inclusion (and indeed who may not care one way or the other if they are in). It would seem like a good place/way for me to break in?? What say you? Thanks Mikesiris (talk) 20:26, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker comment:) Mike, if you have a potential conflict of interest then it isn't a good idea to create an article straight away. If you think that this person is notable enough then there are three possible things you can do:

write a userspace draft User:Mikesiris/sandbox
use the article wizard
request that the article be created

My suggestion is that you click that red link above & write the article that you want to write and then ask someone (Me, Demiurge1000 or someone else) to review it. Then we'll let you know how to improve it, or whether the subject meets the notability guidelines.

--Mrmatiko (talk) 06:05, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

demiurge

i had a message from your talkpage but it was from a "talk page stalker"---mr. natico or something like that. i take it from the link on tps that these are simply people monitoring your/my talk messages, making constructive suggestons sometimes? in any case, did you see his/her comment and do you agree? i would like to get started on editing (or creating) but dont want to make this more complicated than need be. i still havent gotten around to reading the various articles you suggested. thanks Mikesiris (talk) 11:38, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Hi Mike, sorry for the long delay; I've replied in detail to various of the above points, back on your talk page. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 17:19, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Help needed for a student class project

Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Classroom coordination/SFSU Class Project and consider adding your name.

According to the teacher's instructions, this group of students may not create a lot of new articles, but may instead focus more on improving existing articles. The scope of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Classroom coordination/SFSU Class Project is mainly concerned with new articles. So, there may be little for us to do in the way the Wikipedia:WikiProject_China/NNU Class Project required. The students, however, may call on us for guidance in other areas. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 09:10, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Anna, thanks for letting me know. I'm very short of time at the moment, but I'll try and look in when I get a chance. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 17:19, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

breaking into wikipedia

demiurge

wow!! that was a very thoughtful message. and, yes, i see your point about bios of living person--atty/colleagues (I wasnt actually thinking of anyone in my firm, as that would be an obvious conflict, but of colleagues who are friends but who I know are considered to be a "lawyer's lawyer"--that is, a lawyer who another lawyer would go to for advice.) i will think about what you wrote and certainly not rush into writing a bio of a colleague (whose permission i would seek in the first place). you certainly gave me plenty of other law-related topics to think about.

realizing all the wiki help that is available, including the live chattig (where i met you), what i feel i really need would be a wiki expert to sit down w me at the computer and help me get through some of this stuff by showing me. i wonder if there are such people out there. i went on google and type in "wiki expert" but didnt get anything. i might try "wiki lessons" which is what i am talking about.

getting back to law related material, the US Supreme Court Citizens Union case was a very significant development in the field of campaing finance law. i may take a look to see if there is an entry for that and, if not, i wonder if that is the type of case you are talking about. of course, there are many many cases coming down all the time from different courts so it is hard to decide why one particular one would be worth writing up but, for some reason, that case comes to mind (it is not in an area in which i practice but i have read about the case in the newspapers).

Ol Yeller (who put up the COI tag on the article posted about me) wrote on my talk page that he would take it down. i dont know if he has, but , if he hasnt and if you think it appropriate to do so at this point, that would be much appreciated.

btw, i hear what you are saying about talkpages and stalkers but i sure wouldnt mind talking to someone to help walk me through some of this stuff (as indicated above by my reference to "wiki lessons"). i take it that your schedule is such, and/or the rules of wiki are such, that that wouldnt be permitted? i dont feel in am yet in a position to be tutored (i need to read more background material) but, once i get a better handle on things, a one on one tutorial is something that i think could help me (make a contribution to wiki).

i had no idea that wiki was supported by donations and that so many volunteers like yourself are what makes it go. that is really mind blowing. i doubt that most of the public is even aware of that.

anyway, i can see i have a long way to go here.

thanks for your help, suggestions and encourage.

Mikesiris (talk) 20:57, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

breaking into wikipedia

demiurge

two specific questions:

1. let's say i decide to take a stab at a bio of living person i know and i want to disclose that i know that person. how would i indicate that so the the community would be aware of a potential conflict of interest?

2. w/r to questions such as above, am i better of posting them on my own "talkpage"--with a view towards inviting more responses--or writing directly to you in response to your message to me?

thanks ps in the event you are available to talk one on one to me, pls send me phone number.

21:30, 15 October 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mikesiris (talk • contribs)

breaking in

demiurge

at the risk of overburdening you w questions, here is one more:

i wrote to you a response about writing on the law and, on my talk page, there seems to be a response from someone beginning "heyo" (and he is a "fellow jurist"). but unlike the messages from you, there didnt appear to be a way to "talk" back to him--no link. if he is an atty and a wiki editor, he is someone i might want to speak to. indeed, he implied that i might be able to assist him w something.

if you see his message (i guess on my talk page?), could you let me know how i write back to him

thanks

Mikesiris (talk) 03:31, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Mike. I see Ironholds has now signed his post on your talk page. However, to check who wrote what and when, whether on a talk page or indeed on an actual article, you can click View History at the top of the page. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 22:17, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A cookie for you!

Hi Dem! I hope you enjoy this home-made cookie of mine as a warm greeting from a fellow Wikipedian. Sp33dyphil © • © 09:37, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! --Demiurge1000 (talk) 22:17, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ani-Matilda Serebrakian and notability tag

Isn't she notable for just participating in the Olympics per WP:ATH? Regards, --Bbb23 (talk) 19:07, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No, WP:ATH actually says "...the meeting of any of these criteria does not mean that an article must be kept. These are merely rules of thumb which some editors choose to keep in mind..."

However, in this specific case, some searches reveal that there is indeed significant coverage of this person (as one might expect, I suppose) so I've removed the notability template. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 22:17, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Most of the notability guidelines have that kind of language, but I imagine the more specific language about the Olympics would be cited to if the article was AfD'd and there was no other coverage. In any event, given your research, the issue is moot for this article. I'm happy to leave the article in your capable hands. :-) --Bbb23 (talk) 22:34, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Your DYK nom for Tim Guthrie

Hi Demiurge, I've reviewed your nomination at Template:Did you know nominations/Tim Guthrie and there are some issues with referencing and an image. Please reply at the nomination page when you get a chance. Thanks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:19, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

New pages

Thanks for your willingness to help me through this... What's your advice for the best, fastest way to get information up about an organization that doesn't currently have a page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wmetz (talk • contribs) 21:22, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

NNU

Hello, Demiurge 1000. I have moved my article to Peggy Yu. Thank you fou you advice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nnu-12-22100562 (talk • contribs) 08:07, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

breaking in

demiurge

can you give me some guidance on communicating as i am attempting to do here?

for instance, am i supposed to post something on my own talk page for the public at large to see/answer? or am i supposed to post/reply on your talk page a i am now doing? or does my reply to you show up on my own talk page?

in any case, i would like to start a draft of a friend, Louis J Schepp, who is a well known trial attorney in the NY metropolitan area. i understand this should be done in draft form on my own talk page?

thanks for any assistance here

75.99.90.234 (talk) 14:12, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Mikesiris messages

demiurge

i just wrote to you but using "edit"--was that not correct? I am now writing to you on your talkpage? anyway, i think i followed your instructions, uploaded a photo to wikiepdia commons, and then inserted the link to the photo in the article. hope i did it right. i will be quite proud of myself if i did as i sometimes am technologically challenged or impatient!!! ):

thanks

Mikesiris (talk) 23:05, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

(copied from userpage by HurricaneFan 25, hope you don't mind)
demiurge

i think i followed the instuctions on uploading photo and inserted the link to the photo in the article. you said you will be watching to make sure i did it right--thanks. so i am writing to you on your talk page??

thanks agaiin

Mikesiris (talk) 23:02, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Rebecca Reyes

i disagree with you. but in any event, how about you fix it yourself instead of bitching about alleged copyright violations? fix it so it shows all that information but in a way that u think is correct so u can show me how it is done.