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    Contradicting licensing

    See WP:Possibly unfree files/2014 November 16#Two files 3. What should be done here? --Stefan2 (talk) 19:25, 16 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

    Bernie Wolfe (politician)

    Possible case for OTRS re Wolfe. Dispute over POV, OR, copy/paste editing with apparent family member (or someone using a username to that effect) has resulted in the following message left at the top of the Wolfe page:

    "Original page has been vandalized by a self-proclaimed editor. Page now contains incomplete information which bears little resemblance to subject. Family of Bernie Wolfe CM,OB demands that this page be removed or the original page restored."

    I have no idea if this is really a member of Wolfe's family, but the resume style, copypaste, unsourced hagiography that I had to pare down to comply with BLP (recent death) and MOS was a nightmare (see this diff). Several times I requested the editor not to restore the unsatisfactory version; he/she refused to reply. I finally issued a warning re vandalism. I re-edited and the user now insisting the page be restored or removed actually assisted as the edit history shows. Everything seemed to be OK, until whoever this is decided he or she cannot abide by the current version. If he/she wants to cut off his/her nose to spite his/her face, so be it. I believe I have behaved appropriately and fairly with this editor (see here). Quis separabit? 13:33, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks for the note. Ticket:2014111610010233 possibly relates to this, but I am unclear. I'll keep an eye out. If they want to email us, info-en-q@wikimedia.org is probably best. --Mdann52talk to me! 16:52, 18 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

    Global OTRS members

    Looks like meta's global OTRS-member userright is assigned to all OTRS agents who has access to permissions queue. (example: Special:CentralAuth/-revi) Should we remove local rights here and rely on meta's list? — Revi 04:45, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

    Fine by me; the global right alone is all that is needed, right? I, JethroBT drop me a line 04:50, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, but I am unsure if the global rights works on local filters. — Revi 04:55, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    There's a bug under review at the moment to allow global rights to be used on local filters. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 02:24, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

    arlene francis

    peter gabel who is arlene francis son told me his mother died of complication of alzheimers disease and sepsis,and didnt have cancer.vince callea71.186.150.94 (talk) 11:50, 23 November 2014 (UTC)vincent callea[reply]

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