User talk:The Blade of the Northern Lights

In support of the Karen National Union and their ongoing struggle against genocide.

Unblock request decline reason in the case of Rapide

Notwithstanding the fact that Rapide (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) clearly breached WP:NLT in his unblock request here, I just wonder whether the reason you gave for declining the request conforms to WP:CIV. I am obviously not disputing the block or the unblock request decline. ISTB351 (talk) 21:09, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

I have rather limited patience for those kinds of games, and this isn't the first time Shakinglord has tried that tactic on us. Polite messages don't seem to have gotten the message across, so I wanted (as a one-off experiment) to see if something a bit stronger would work. Not something I plan on doing much, but I I wanted to see what would happen. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:13, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Fair enough. The user appears to have contravened WP:SOCK and has flagrantly contravened WP:NLT. If this is an example of lta, then the exceptional course taken seems fully justified under the circumstances. My apologies. ISTB351 (talk) 21:17, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

No problem; I never have any hesitation discussing my admin actions. I'm always happy to reexamine things on request. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:20, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Query

I'm having difficulty following your latest comment on AE regarding the post started by Gatoclass. Are you saying there that I have been blatantly pushing to misrepresent sources and information or that, perhaps, you see the problem with Gatoclass lack of collaborative effort and use of AE as a weapon?

If you believe the first, then I am having difficulty following how you've come to that conclusion following my latest explanations - [1] and extra input on the chain of events between May 2011 and Feb 2012 here [2].

Regards, Jaakobou^{Chalk Talk} 00:56, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

What I mean is that I'm a bit unsure of what to do next; I'm thinking on it. While I saw and read your explanations (which is why I'm definitely not pushing for an indef ban), I'm also somewhat sympathetic to Tim's view that something's not quite right; it may not be intentional, but something still isn't sitting right. Give me until tomorrow; you got me right in the middle of trying to figure out the maze at SPI (on an unrelated topic), so I'll approach things sometime tomorrow and give you my full take on it. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 01:00, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

I really don't understand why I'm being treated like a troublesome editor here considering I've already corrected my only error, which was restoring the wrong version after not looking at the page since May 2011. The something which is not right here is that (a) Gatoclass portrays my phrasing as if it is hyperbolic, prejudicial, and intentionally misleading, when it is not, and (b) that Palestinian Media Watch is being falsely portrayed as a non-reliable source by a few politically motivated editors. That Senator Hillary Clinton and a multitude of mainstream media publications consider them reliable is enough of a counter argument. Lastly, I am being attacked on a personal level with, among others, the allegation that I plan to edit war?! The basis for the claim is what exactly? A single diff presented by an editor who was already blocked due to edit warring on that page.

Any result which will not address the last patently false allegation, will be a gross miscarriage.

Cordially, Jaakobou^{Chalk Talk} 08:05, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

See also: [3] - Jaakobou^{Chalk Talk} 23:23, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Austereraj SPI

I think your "dammit duplicate" may have been misguided. Would you care to review? I, too, am mightily confused at the moment! - Sitush (talk) 01:01, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

I think what happened is JanetteDoe filed an SPI, and without looking I filed one of my own accord. I've moved my statement in with the original one; if something's wrong, someone more familiar with the procedures there can sort it out, as I think I've made enough of a mess for one day. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 01:04, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Yeah. You can make your own mind up which of your sentences I am agreeing with. <g> I got an edit conflict at 3RRNB recently, reporting the same person. Now that is a bummer, because setting the thing up is darn near as slow as doing a merge proposal ... and to then find that someone has got there a few seconds earlier. Arggh. - Sitush (talk) 01:11, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Ugh; I hear you. I'll quietly go and whack myself with a few trouts now. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 01:12, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

A beer for you!

Sorry about all the confusion, Too many brewers spoil the beer etc. I need one, and I offer you one. Sitush (talk) 01:21, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, and one right back at you! I actually just cracked open my last bottle of 麒麟一番 (Kirin Ichiban; not easy to get here in the US, but great stuff), so it was well timed. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 01:27, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Well, you can raise a toast to this image. What do we do? - Sitush (talk) 01:41, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Oh god, where do we even start? The citation needed template next to the caption pretty much says it all. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 01:53, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Well, I'll delete the image from the article now - promotional, no obvious relevance and inserted by a known spammer. I'd still rather that the thing was deleted from Commons but I guess that the chances of that happening are zero. - Sitush (talk) 01:58, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

If I'm bored in the next few days, I'll open something up over there; I've been trying to get this deleted there for over a month, and I've gotten nowhere. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 02:02, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

+1. Piece of cake. Which reminds me, Salvio giuliano noted a few hours ago that Cake is protected until 2015. Crumbs! - Sitush (talk) 02:11, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Ouch, must have been a lot of vandalism. Thanks for the comment over there, too; the article was one of the most hilariously bad excuses for a Wikipedia article I'd ever read. Right up there with some of the Indian village articles; WP:Articles for deletion/William Andrew Dunckelman (2nd nomination) is a funny read (that was my first AfD nomination too, though I had one MfD before for some equally hilariously unencyclopedic claptrap). Thanks again. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 02:15, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

I am off to bed, having just taken my Tramadol. However, some time tomorrow I must dig a bit deeper. Not regarding that article but rather re: how someone gets to be an admin when their first AfD nom is barely a year ago and they've just admitted to little experience of SPI! Probably, you did a lot of work at NPP etc and, regardless, I can't fault your decision making. Is it in the genes?

Regarding Austereraj, I think that I may have to add some keywords to my occasional searches, eg: I delete refs relating to "joshua project" and to "jatland.com", to "ram swarup joon" and "bhim singh dahiya" periodically (I know exactly which ones count and which do not). I think that I need to add "smt. shanti devi" and "raj kumar yadav" to those periodic searches (the last is awkward but there is a huge difference between the actor and the spammer). None of these catch everything, but they keep a grip on awkward situations. Although I will admit that the joshua project one is a long term job: there are hundreds of the things, despite WP:RSN consensus. Thanks for your help today, and previously. - Sitush (talk) 02:26, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

You guessed right; I did a lot of NPP (I still do it sometimes, I'd like to do it a bit more) and searching the new user log. That's almost all CSD tagging, which I was very good at. Any chance of getting the links you're talking about on the blacklist, or are they too diverse? Sometimes the blacklist is enough to ward them off, but other times it doesn't seem to be as effective; I'd check myself, but I'm not terribly familiar with how that all works. See you around!! The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 02:32, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Kana

I am enhancing articles with infobox kana. Please do not revert including my edits about the infobox. Double check first, please! --Octra Bond (talk) 17:51, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

You also rollbacked my correction about Shi article too... Don't do that again. --Octra Bond (talk) 18:14, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

I was trying to remove some completely unrelated edits by IPs, and I can only use blunt-force instruments from my iPhone; I was intending to clean all of it up later today. Relax. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:27, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

That's all right. I just finished recovering my info back. You should have manually checked between versions before using your tools (Iphone is not hard to do.) --Octra Bond (talk) 18:35, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks. IPs have been plaguing these articles since August, and I find it extremely frustrating, so I got a little... overzealus. Thanks again. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:44, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Advice

Thank you for your intervention. You wrote: "There are several people currently warring on that article (Martinevans123 is also at, but not over, 3RR)". I am, therefore, one of those guilty of edit warring? I had thought 3RR was there to stop people edit warring. Do you not agree that the edits of that other editor were contentiuos? I was trying to be as reasonable as possible. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:00, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

It was only a statement of fact; you had 3 reverts. I entirely agree the edits you were reverting were contentious, which is why I didn't give you a warning. Having 3 reverts isn't a problem, so I didn't think I needed to warn you. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 19:09, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

OK. No, I didn't think I needed a warning either. I misunderstood the parentheses, without any full stop, to mean I was an example, and thus a bad example. Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 19:20, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

No problem; glad I was able to clarify things. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 19:22, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Hey Blade -- nice haircut!

[4] EEng (talk) 21:32, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

It was getting to the point that it was taking a long time to load; I archive my talkpage whenever I feel like it's gotten a bit long. Good luck trying to get me to cut my hair IRL, though... shoulder-length and still growing. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:39, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Edit protection removal request

Can you please remove the protection on Hyderabad, India? The article is in peer review and needs to be unprotected. The matter of dispute is being discussed in the talk page. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 22:42, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

I see discussion, but I don't see anything like a definitive resolution. The protection will expire In ~18 hours anyways, so there's not much harm that can come I waiting a a little; I don't want to start handing out blocks, which is what I'll have to do if warring resumes there. If you want another admin to look at it, put in a request at WP:RfPP. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 23:04, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Oh, I did not know the protection is going to expire within a few hours. Of course there is no harm in waiting some more hours. Thanks for answering. Regards :) --Dwaipayan (talk) 23:26, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

No problem; for future reference, to see how long a page is protected go to the history tab and click the "View logs for this page" button. The protection length will be there. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 23:50, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Ok, that's a good tip. Thank you. Regards.--Dwaipayan (talk) 00:52, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome; glad to help. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 00:53, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

BLP unreferenced

Hello, The Blade of the Northern Lights. I noticed you removed the BLP unreferenced tag from Rawlins Cross. Musicians and Musical groups are both considered BLP's. That's why both are bannered with the Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians on the article talk page. The Unreferenced BLPs taskforce wants them tagged that way. Can you replace the ones you've removed? Thanks Argolin (talk) 07:46, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for blocking that editor whose behavior up with we should not have to---and thanks to you we do not have to---put.

:)

Cheers,  Kiefer.Wolfowitz 11:01, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Not a problem; as AE goes, that's as open and shut as they come. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 11:44, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Austereraj: the return

I am sure that Austereraj is back, using multiple IPs + a new registered name:

• User:117.225.210.42
• User:117.225.174.246
• User:Researchfir
• User:117.225.234.60
• User:117.225.168.166

I am reverting mainly on the grounds that the images are unsuitable. One is just crap and the other is a clear derivative of an image uploaded previously by Austereraj but without the appropriate annotation to indicate its derivative nature. The articles in question are, at present, Ram Phal Hooda, C. P. Sheoran, Smt. Shanti Devi School of Nursing and Smt. Shanti Devi College of Management & Technology. - Sitush (talk) 17:56, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Oh wonderful. I'll block the most recently used IP and the account, and zap his upload. If he keeps up, I'll semiprotect whatever he touches for extended periods of time. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:12, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

The above four articles are now semiprotected for 2 weeks; that should help things, if not completely resolve them. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:20, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. See you in a fortnight! <g> - Sitush (talk) 18:27, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

IP is back at Rajus

The protection has expired at Rajus and one of the IP editors is back with uncited stories of a glorious past. Request semi-protection, again. JanetteDoe (talk) 17:16, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

You got it; this time for a month. I'm thinking about whether or not to block the IP for edit warring as well. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 17:20, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

If you want to remove the unsourced couple of paragraphs the IP seems intent on forcing in, I wouldn't consider it edit warring; removing overtly promotional, unsourced material doesn't count in my book. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 17:25, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Pending changes/Request for Comment 2012

		The Admin's Barnstar
		Thank you so much for volunteering to coordinate this. I know you guys will do a great job. The RFC has been moved out of my sandbox to the location in the header and is awaiting any tweaks the coordinators would like to make to it before going live. Thanks again! Beeblebrox (talk) 17:29, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks! Hopefully I won't make things any worse. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 00:43, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

YOU DELETED MY DJ BONICS PAGE, WHY!?

it seems like you deleted my post, but why? i understand i am new here. but i was not shamelessly promoting him or a band. it was pure facts. He is a famous radio personality in pittsburgh and is the main tour DJ for grammy nominated hip hop artist Wiz Khalifa. i provided references with valid links to major articles written about DJ BONICS.

Please explain in detail what went wrong? why did you delete my post? and how can i make a new page with out it getting deleted?

thank you for your time

• EDIT*

i am not related to DJ BONICS

RehabNYC (talk) 07:23, 29 February 2012 (UTC)RehabNYC.

(Talk-page stalker) Probably there wasn't enough notability. Dipankan ^{Meet me here!} 09:42, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

(talk page stalker)To be honest, I actually agree with RehabNYC. While that article had some formatting problems and wasn't neutral, on a quick look I think it might even pass WP:GNG, and certainly (for me) passes A7. Note, in particular, This article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and this one in the Pittsburgh City Paper; there were 2 more, but they were more borderline. It also contains what I read as claims of importance, like being the top night DJ in a local market and nationally touring with another notable artist. I'm not going to guarantee the person is notable, but it seems close enough that it should have a full AfD if that seems necessary. Qwyrxian (talk) 11:40, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Upon another look, I suppose that A7 part could be met, but I'm a little more leery of the NPOV issues; it struck me as rather obvious advertising. But since you request it, I suppose giving it another couple week isn't going to do any harm. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 19:05, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Rehab, make up your mind. At first, you posted "My brother is DJ BONICS and he asked me to make a Wikipedia page for him." Now you've removed that part, and say "i am not related to DJ BONICS". Which of those is the lie? --Orange Mike | Talk 20:50, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Orange Mike Look I am not related to DJ Bonics i am just a big fan. I posted that because i thought my source of facts were in question and maybe it would help. ( it did not ) yes i lied, fine you got me. but that does not discredit the online references i have given. I am very new to wiki and was not aware of all the rules. The formatting of wiki page is a bit tricky and challenging. Thank you for your feedback. I am trying my best to make his page under all the correct guidelines and formats. it is hard because many of the tutorials are hard for me to follow. Can you please teach me how to upload a pic and can you also check the current DJ Bonics page for any discrepancy? your feedback and help would be greatly appreciated. RehabNYC — Preceding unsigned comment added by RehabNYC (talk • contribs) 21:46, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Funny I never thought about this before, but goshdarn, I don't think Wikipedia actually has a "no lying to gain the upper hand in arguments or discussion" rule. See, it's kinda like a universal rule which you really should have learned way before arriving at WP -- say, in childhood or something. I don't want to seem harsh, but really...

Lying doesn't discredit the references you supply, but it does drain away others' desire to invest precious time in looking at what you have to say. I think it would be best if you just retired to the background for a few months. Then come back and try again, starting with a topic other than one of which you're a "big fan" -- which is what tempted you to get into trouble in the first place.

In the meantime the DJ Bonics article might get deleted. So what? If he's notable someone else will make a fresh start on the article, with better references. If you really want to help Wikipedia (instead of helping DJ Bonics, which is not a reason for being here -- we're here to build an encyclopedia, not promote people and things we think deserve promotion) then just let this one go for now.

EEng (talk) 02:13, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

P.S. There's another reason you should consider for just walking away from this. Have you thought about how DJ Bonics might feel about someone coming here, saying he's his brother, and then making a jerk of himself trying to get the article kept? If I were him I'd be pissed as hell at you. Stuff like this sometimes gets reported in the mainstream press and that would be doing your fave DJ no favors at all, I think you can see. So again, why not just let this go? Come back again in a few months, and edit some other stuff -- you'll be very welcome, I assure you, and no one will care about this little incident. Good luck.

Procedural decline

I don't think anyone needs to take File:Promises JM.jpg‎ and File:Jayne Mansfield and Tommy Noonan in Promises Promises.jpg to FFD. These two orphaned non-free images are going to get deleted anyways. As the original uploader I just wanted to speed it up. Since the bureaucratic practices would have it in a round about way, I'll leave it at that. Cheers. Aditya^{(talk • contribs)} 08:07, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

User Nassiriya

Hello I think User:Nassiriya should receive official notification about sanctions in I/P area.The user was blocked by you for edit waring in January.In on my opinion he last edit[5] is POV push(removing Jordan occupation) and not civil(calling other edits as ignorance).--Shrike (talk) 07:40, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

About Colleges in Shahjahanpur

May I know that why you removed my page Colleges in Shahjahanpur — Preceding unsigned comment added by Merajsoft (talk • contribs) 09:49, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

1RR ban

Dear Blade. I am the subject of a 90 day ban from the Israeli-Palestine conflict. Does this include commenting on talk pages, or just posting to articles? It has been suggested to me that the Fundamental rights agency page comes under the banned topic, as it includes a section on this organisations working definition of anti semitism. I believe that it is wrong to link the two, as it would appear to me to imply that only Palestinians, and I presume, by implication, their supporters can be anti Semites. In particular I wish to improve the article by adding text and references that show that the working definition has been described by the FRA themselves as work in progress. This has seen me accused of trying to 'downplay' the definition, which is not correct. Please advise if I should continue to pursue the addition of this declared work in progress update, or wait until the topic ban is expired? I.e is a definition of anti semitism regarded as being a topic of the I-P confict? Ps do I get a notification of its expiry, or do I count the days? Regards, and thanksDalai lama ding dong (talk) 18:18, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

Apologies for double postDalai lama ding dong (talk) 18:19, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

I'm not ignoring you, I promise; RL caught up with me yesterday. Give me a few hours, and I'll answer you when I get back from work. Your patience is truly appreciated. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 15:14, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

You seem to be asking two questions, and I can answer one. Your ban covers talkpages as well, although you're still allowed to revert blatant vandalism should you see it. For the second part, I need an article link to make sure, so if you could give me that I'll gladly clarify. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:31, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you, here is the page in question, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_Rights_Agency,

and some related ones http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_antisemitism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Monitoring_Centre_on_Racism_and_Xenophobia#Report:_Rise_in_antisemitic_attacks_in_the_EU Dalai lama ding dong (talk) 22:30, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Those are fine, as long as you don't edit anything specifically to do with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Those are so tertiary that they're not a problem. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 22:32, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Many thanks for the reply.Dalai lama ding dong (talk) 07:51, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

New Page Triage engagement strategy released

Hey guys!

I'm dropping you a note because you filled out the New Page Patrol survey, and indicated you'd be interested in being contacted about follow-up work. This is to notify you that we've finally released both the initial documentation about the project and also the engagement strategy, which sets out how we plan to work with the community on this. Please give both a read, and leave any comments or suggestions you have on the talkpage, on my talkpage, or in my inbox - okeyeswikimedia.org.

It's awesome to finally get to start work on this! :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 02:55, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Ditto the last sentence!! The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 04:04, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

(and please do let me know what you think of the engagement plan!) Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 04:25, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

More

Another suspected sockpuppet: Wongsathorn (talk · contribs). ༆ (talk) 05:33, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Please check back at those Burma articles that I and User:Hybernator having edit wars with those sockpuppet accounts, there are also TWO IP addresses (starting with 118 and 182) making the same edits in supporting the banned users too. We should block those pages for a short time. ༆ (talk) 19:48, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Edit Counter

Hello, Blade. Hope you're all well and fine. As an admin, you have to check edit counts of users who request permissions. This is a script, developed by me. It adds a edit counter link in your personal toolbar (in the top right corner of the screen). This script have been verified by TestWiki, and there are no bugs found. I think this will help you a lot. If you've tried it, give me a feedback about how you liked it. Thanking you, Dipankan ^{Meet me here!} 06:10, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Citations Provided

Hello, Blade. I have provided some citations in Rajus page which are taken from famous hostorical books from famous historians. There are more historical books which give more mistory and glory about this Kshatriya Raju caste, but due to time constraint I am not able to pick them all. It is unfortunate that Mr Sitush is removing citations from historical persons, and citing some odd quotations from infamous/ left out historical books. Mr Sitush has removed citation from The History of Andhra Country, Yashoda Devi. Yashoda Devi is a famous historian. Please check about Historian Yashoda Devi and her book.

Its seems there is some allergy for Mr Sitush in accepting Rajus as Kshatriyas which is making him to remove valuable historical content on Rajus page. Please cross check the WP you would come to know.

I request you to go through my citations provided and protect the Rajus wiki page. I always feel genuine things prevail.

Thanks Indianprithvi (talk) 12:07, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Rangeblock?

From your blocks, it may be a good idea to just hit many birds with one stone and simply block 198.228.201.128/25 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · block user · block log) or just 198.228.201.0/24 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · block user · block log).Jasper Deng (talk) 19:59, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

I may take you up on the latter one; I'm trying to learn how to get a good rangeblock down, but I don't feel quite confident enough to do it yet. I don't want to do what one admin did and block an entire country by accident (he managed to block the entire UAE). The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 20:04, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

The order of magnitude of these are much smaller than that, and I've checked the WHOIS to confirm that it's just 1/256th of that ISP's address space, so you shouldn't worry.Jasper Deng (talk) 20:07, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Done; hopefully that'll keep them away for a while. It was a nightmare cleaning all of it up. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 20:10, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Don't forget to disable the individual blocks, now that you've covered them all.Jasper Deng (talk) 20:13, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

I'm lining them all up in my tabs so I can do them all at once; should be done in a minute. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 20:14, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

unblock on hold at User talk:Bloope

Totally solid block, user is indicating they will not make such posts again if unblocked, WP:ROPE would seem to be the only way to find out if he can do that. Beeblebrox (talk) 20:21, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

He seems to get it now, so I'd have no problem with an unblock. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 20:23, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Block of Lazyfoxx

Could you elucidate further the rationale behind you block of Lazyfoxx at the 3RR page? I don't see four reverts there and I don't understand your comment about his/her editing being "particularly toxic". Thanks. Tiamut^talk 19:59, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

I saw it as bringing a quasi-I/P dispute to the Jesus article. Bringing the obvious battleground mentality there was clearly disruptive, especially as discussion had started on the talkpage. One doesn't necessarily have to hit 3RR to be edit warring, and from what I could see Lazyfoxx was edit warring. The toxicity of his edits is what I alluded to above; it's not the first time I've seen people attempt to fight the I/P fight on articles involving historical figures from modern-day Israel or Palestine. We don't need that kind of battleground mentality on an article that's already prone to disputes. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 20:07, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Could we have this discussion at the page where you delivered the sanction? There were two reverts maximum by the way, and its a first offense. Its not evidence of a battleground mentality to try to make an article reflect what reliable sources say (assume good faith remember?) S/he discovered the lack of this information at the Jesus article by way of the discussion at Palestinian people and itsnatural to try to correct what one sees as a massive oversight. Tiamut^talk 20:17, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Fine by me; I've left another note at User talk:Lazyfoxx of my own volition, and if we can work something out I'm more than happy to reconsider. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 20:20, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

Your comment at Talk:Rajus

Hi, please could you clarify at whom your comment is directed? - Sitush (talk) 10:17, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for that - even I thought that it might be directed at me! Any chance that you can take a look at recent contributions by User:Pal subhojit to Kulin Kayastha? They are desperately trying to eliminate a lowly historic ritual status from an article in which it is likely that they have a COI. - Sitush (talk) 11:12, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

No problem; I'll have a look. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 11:19, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

After review, I've indefinitely banned Pal subhojit from that article, as I don't think there's any chance of productive editing from him there. If the disruption moves elsewhere, I'll block him. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 11:30, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. Dramas over for the day - I am off out shortly! - Sitush (talk) 12:12, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

User:ERIDU-DREAMING

• ERIDU-DREAMING (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Hello Blade. Since you recently lifted the one-week block of this editor, you should be aware of Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive742#Soapboxing, personal attacks and edit-warring which concerns his behavior since the block was lifted. I don't know yet whether the new complaints have any substance. The ANI report includes some old diffs, so it would take some study to determine whether ERIDU is abusing his unblock. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 21:39, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

OK, I'll have a look. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 22:03, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

Noticing template

As you'd read in User talk:EyeSerene about me, I have 2 second accound Waorca (talk · contribs). So what template should I put into on the top of the talk page to inform other users about it? Cheer. ༆ (talk) 21:04, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank, but you're an admin? ༆ (talk) 21:14, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Could you delete page edit history? If yes, I would like ask a favor. As I reverted the edits by the sockpuppets, those users warned me on my talk page with FALSE accusations as if I'm the one who vandalized. So, could you delete those edit history and summary by those sockpuppets from my talk page's history, just so when other people see it they won't get the wrong idea. Cheer. ༆ (talk) 21:21, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you very much. ༆ (talk) 21:52, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Caporales and User:LucMar

Hi Blade, sorry to bother you again with the Caporales article. The user, User talk:LucMar, is again reverting the information without any sign of actually willing to discuss the situation. I am not sure what action should be taken at this point, but I trust your decision. Best of wishes.--MarshalN20 | ^Talk 21:05, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you Blade. Yes, hopefully the user will finally decide to use the talk page, but I doubt it.--MarshalN20 | ^Talk 21:25, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

LucMar definitely does not want to use the talk page. He's at it again in the Caporales article ([6] and [7]). I refrained from bothering you again with this on his next-to-last reversion (and asked him again to discuss matters on the talk space), but he refuses to even reply to any of our comments. So, my apologies for bothering you with this matter again. Regards.--MarshalN20 | ^Talk 14:53, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Dalai lama ding dong's topic ban

Regarding your discussion of Dalai lama ding dong's topic ban above, what he has failed to note is that the section in question he is editing/discussion is about the FRA's definition of antisemitism, and states:

Examples of the ways in which antisemitism manifests itself with regard to the State of Israel taking into account the overall context could include:

Denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, e.g., by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor.

Applying double standards by requiring of it a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation.

Using the symbols and images associated with classic antisemitism (e.g., claims of Jews killing Jesus or blood libel) to characterize Israel or Israelis.

Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis.

Holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of Israel.

However, the document stated that criticism of Israel similar to that leveled against any other country cannot be regarded as antisemitic.

The material is obviously related to the I-P conflict; indeed, that has been the sole reason he has spent months trying to downplay and debunk the FRA definition. The ban extends to Talk: pages and discussions of related articles. I've already explained that to him, though he didn't point out that discussion to you. Perhaps you could clarify that with him. Jayjg ^(talk) 20:16, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

I'll leave him a message at his talkpage. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 20:20, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

please take a look at my entry above, and you will see that I explicitly refer to the FRA definition of anti semitism, and I clearly stated exactly what I intended to pst about. The material I have posted is clearly not related to I-P, unless as I have stated the claim is that only Palestinians and their supporters are anti Semites. JJs claim that stating facts about the work in progress status of the working definition is 'downplaying', and debunking' is clearly OR, and clearly shows a prejudicial attitude. JJ should be asked to demonstrate why a European bodies attempt to define exactly what is meant but anti semitism is related to I-P. it is not. Take a look at the definition, and you will see that it is not related to the I-P conflict. I have not 'failed to note' anything, and the claim that I have done so is not correct.Dalai lama ding dong (talk) 20:35, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

The whole FRA definition of antisemitism is obviously related to the I-P conflict; at least half of it is specifically about Israel. That's why you're interested in and have been objecting to it, and bringing material attempting to downplay it; any claim to the contrary lacks credibility. Jayjg ^(talk) 20:44, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Also, here is your very first edit on this topic, and your 17th edit ever. Intended to debunk and downplay the definition, your edit includes the statements this definition was not “in line with the theoretical arguments” in the report. ‘Indeed, those experts cited in the original report who distinguished sharply between antisemitism and legitimate opposition to Israel were not included in its drafting and If the entire document is intended, then 'it is not only unwieldy but also untrue to the original report which clearly differentiates political criticism of Israel from antisemitism. The document leans towards conflating them. The entire insertion is sourced to an article on a pro-Palestinian website that is almost entirely about the I-P conflict. A few edits later you modify the text on the FRA definition on the Criticism of Israel article, and then on the New Antisemitism article. It beggars belief that you would now claim "it is not related to the I-P conflict". Jayjg ^(talk) 20:58, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

This is really getting tiresome. Now he has reverted someone on an edit obviously related to the I-P conflict. Do he really imagine something that discusses Netanyahu's visit to the White House and Iranian reactions could be about anything else? Jayjg ^(talk) 21:06, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

OK, that one was really clear. After I deal with the issue directly below me, I'll figure out what to do with this. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:08, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Much as I hate to have to resort to blocking, I don't see anything I can do short of a 48 hour block (and that's being very lenient) and a reset of his topic ban. I thought about jumping to 72 hours, but in the interest of fairness my direction probably wasn't completely clear above. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:24, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Another caste problem

I've got another problem: contributions of Aswinjerry. Including what I think is a fourth revert at Kongu Vellalar. I suspect that they are a sock but am not yet 100% and will try to have a word with SpacemanSpiff because he has a lot of past dealings with the sockmaster. - Sitush (talk) 21:06, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Oh, there are comments at their talk page and mine, as well as at Talk:Kongu Vellalar. - Sitush (talk) 21:08, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

I'm hearing some pretty loud quacking, and combined with the general disruption I can't really see what gain there is to keeping him around. SpacemanSpiff's comments are certainly appreciated, but I'm blocking anyways for overall asshattery and probably being a sockpuppet. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:16, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

OK, thanks. I've left a note with Spiffy anyway but am aware that they are on-off wiki at the mo. - Sitush (talk) 21:34, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Advice, please

I do not want to draw you into the content issue at Talk:Kaul, nor do I want to draw in any of the other admins who are trying to stay uninvolved in the general sphere. However, perhaps you know of someone who might be able to assist me in explaining the situation to Ambar wiki by contributing to the discussion? I feel like I am going round in circles and I think that Ambar is probably well-intentioned but is not being terribly well assisted by my attempts at explanation. I have been "accused" by some admins of being too patient in the past. Perhaps I have got it all wrong and there really is an underlying issue with Ambar.

It is a lonely furrow that I am ploughing. Could this be a candidate for WP:3O? I am perhaps unnecessarily wary of throwing what is actually quite a complex issue into a lottery. Alternatively, would it be worth me suggesting that Ambar try to develop the article in their sandbox and submit it for some sort of review by people other than myself. I mean, I'd take a look at it but hopefully others would also, although I am not quite sure of the best way to obtain that audience. If even replying to this would cause you to become involved then please do not! - Sitush (talk) 15:38, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

I should be OK since this is about user conduct issues. I think talking to Ambar wiki about getting a mentor would do well, because I think he could use the guidance. I don't think he's hopeless at all, but as you say is still having some issues grasping basic policy. Asking him to work on his articles in userspace is also perfectly reasonable, I've asked that of several editors before and it usually works out better for everyone. As to getting more people involved; I don't know what the situation is at WP:INDIA, but that may or may not be a good idea. The best I can think of is Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Geopolitical, ethnic, and religious conflicts. Hope I was somewhat helpful. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 16:54, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. I have left a note on their talk page and we'll take it from there. We desperately need good, regular editors for India-related topics, but they all have to start somewhere. - Sitush (talk) 17:30, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Saini

You should note that {{pp-dispute}} is for pages that are fully-protected only, as noted on the template documentation itself. I do understand that you may have semi-protected Saini when you intended to full-protect it.

While I am not an administrator, (and I am not denying that you have administrator permissions, of course.) I just wish to let you know of this, just in case you have not known this before. (you can use {{Protection templates}} as a reference if you wish.) (Also, I don't mind if you respond here, as I will likely notice eventually, if I don't see it within a day or two due to not visiting Wikipedia on a daily basis as much anymore.) Thanks. LikeLakers2 (talk | Sign my guestbook!) 19:10, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

The situation there is a bit unusual, although common in Indian caste articles; the content dispute consists of anons adding unsourced puffery and experienced editors having to repeatedly remove it. Next time I'll pribably just use a customized message, though; not a big deal. Thanks. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 19:44, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

No problem. I actually was careful of what I said, as I didn't want it to come out as, say, me telling you how to be an admin, as I am sure you know very well how to be an admin. (or, at least, I hope you do. :D ) I'm pretty sure I coulda used the edit summary instead, but meh. :) LikeLakers2 (talk | Sign my guestbook!) 19:57, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

No offense taken; if I make a mistake I'd rather know about it. See you around! The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:21, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview for Admins

Dear The Blade of the Northern Lights,

Hello my name is Steven Stark, I am a student at Michigan State University working on an exploration of the Wikipedia adminship process. I want to start by thanking you for agreeing to answer a few questions about your experiences being a Wikipedia administrator. These questions should take no more than 30 minutes to answer.

Just a reminder that these interviews are anonymous, and while we are using your user name to keep track of responses, your name will not be used in any of our reports. If you have questions at any time, please feel free to let me know.

Please do not post any of the questions, your responses or any of our correspondence on-wiki at this time. This is to protect the integrity of the interview process. If you would like to post this material online, please wait until June 1, 2012 to do so. You can email me at: starkst3@msu.edu

Thanks so much!

Please delete the revision here

Hello, Blade, this is to notify you to delete a revision in a user page of a user who gives out his personal number, age, etc. Here is the diff: 1. If done, please notify on my talk. Be sure to give me an editor review here, the last time you forgot about it. Dipankan says.. ^{("Be bold and edit!")} 06:45, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Austereraj block evasion

I think that Austereraj is back as User:117.243.1.133, a mere three days after your semi-p expired. - Sitush (talk) 07:45, 15 March 2012 (UTC) (talk page stalker) Why not give an indef range block? Like this: 117.243.1.133/100? It's only a few, less than 10/500 of the ISP? Austereraj is full set to disrupt the project, so to save it, you need to block in a range, isn't it? Dipankan says.. ^{("Be bold and edit!")} 09:28, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

I'll check it over when I can get in front of my computer, but I may try a rangeblock. It'd have to be temporary, as IPs change fairly frequently, but I'll try to find something. If all else fails, I'll just put the semiprotection back indefinitely. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 13:09, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Given that the badly behaving addresses are (117.225.168.166, 117.225.174.246, 117.225.210.42, 117.243.1.133), if I am doing my decimal math right the rangeblock would have to cover 117.224.0.0/11 which is quite huge and probably a bad idea. JanetteDoe (talk) 17:49, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Why does everyone seem to understand rangeblock calculations better than me? And, yes, I did once read the article. - Sitush (talk) 17:52, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

I barely do; I use this to do the work for me. The software won't allow me to block beyond a /16, so I guess it's semiprotection again. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 18:18, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Please look at the reverts at Kamma_(caste)

Dear Blade,

Please review the reverts at [[8]] by Mr. Kumarrao. I have given ample time almost one and half year for providing reliable sources, but it was not the case, Mr Kumarrao always considers a Caste book as authenic History book :p. again a week back gave proper sources to clarify that its false claim. I have clarified the author that non english sources are not reliable. Request your help in clarifying the wiki policies.

Indianprithvi (talk) 05:24, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Dalai lama ding dong again

A few days after returning from his two day block for violating his ban on I-P related topics, Dalai lama ding dong has made this edit, which is to the Jerusalem article (an I-P related article if there ever was one), and this revert (to an article about an Israeli bus line, where he re-added Category:Women's rights in Israel). It seems astoundingly obvious to me that these, for him, forbidden edits. Jayjg ^(talk) 07:38, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

I'm not sure those are actionable; the first is some wording changes to a part of the article that doesn't have anything to do with the I/P conflict itself, and the second seems to be more of an issue with just Israel. I agree that he's definitely close to the line, but I'm not sure it's quite over. However, if you want you can start an AE thread and see what kind of response you get; I'm still fairly new to the administrative side of AE, so perhaps I'm being a little too narrow. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 11:13, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

I'm a bit confused; Jerusalem has a giant "WARNING: ACTIVE ARBITRATION REMEDIES. The article Jerusalem, along with other articles relating to the Arab–Israeli conflict, is currently subject to active arbitration remedies, as laid out during a 2008 Arbitration case, and supplemented by community consensus in November 2010. etc." notice on it. If the entire article is under ARBPIA restrictions because it is I-P related, then how could edits to them not fall under the restrictions? Jayjg ^(talk) 20:55, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

I would also point you to your recent statements here and here, which seem to apply directly to this situation too. Jayjg ^(talk) 21:32, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

I promise I'm not ignoring you; I'll take a look at it when I get home, which should be ~5 hours. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 21:50, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

You've edited quite a bit since then... Jayjg ^(talk) 22:40, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

And he's since edited an article regarding a statement made by the Israeli Prime Minister. Jayjg ^(talk) 22:42, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Yeah, let me take care of it now; I got a little sidetracked earlier dealing with a couple other issues. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 22:44, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

And for clarification, I also will say I agree that if I'm to oppose the lifting of Chesdovi's sanction, I wouldn't have any reason not to do the same here; you are correct. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 22:52, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Good, because he's actually been reverting another editor on the statements of the Israeli Prime Minister. Jayjg ^(talk) 22:57, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

I'm going to try to redirect his interests to someplace where we actually need hard-nosed, stubborn editors. I think he has the potential to be a productive editor, but the I/P snake pit isn't the best place for his talents; if I can get him on board for editing Indian caste articles, I think he'll fit in there quite nicely (persistence and willingness to fight the good fight there can actually be a plus). The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 23:01, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Boomerang?

What are you saying at that AE case was a boomerang? I didn't file the report, nor was I the one who tried to use the case to push for anyone to get topic-banned. All I did was respond to comments other editors made about me to clarify what actually happened.--The Devil's Advocate (talk) 04:58, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

I'll amend accordingly; I was interrupted in the middle of typing, and interruptions occasionally cause me to write things that don't make much sense (it's an issue I've had pretty much all my life; I can't multitask at all because of it). I probably would have noticed when I checked back in the morning, but I'll fix it now. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 06:13, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

I have suggested an alternative to topic bans at the AE case.--The Devil's Advocate (talk) 17:22, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Chesdovi AE appeal

Could you please reopen the case? Chesdovi has requested a new statement to be moved to AE. I believe it would be best for everyone if he could be allowed to have his final say. --Frederico1234 (talk) 12:17, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Censorship of user-talk pages

I'm not sure why you've come to make this revert [9] to my user-talk page, but I hope you'll trust an involved admin's judgement on whether and how to censor his own talk page, rather than making the judgement for me. Deryck C. 00:26, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

BLP -- speedy + oversight needed?

Am I missing something? [10] EEng (talk) 04:50, 21 March 2012 (UTC) P.S. On second thought I don't mean oversight but that less-strong-type-of-suppression-whose-name-I-forget revision deletion, but anyway it's not needed since simple deletion will remove the material from public view.

Probably you are trying to mean Revision delete tool? Dipankan says.. ^{("Be bold and edit!")} 05:26, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Yes. EEng (talk) 10:52, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Gladly I'd do it, but I really don't want my 'nads to end up in tomorrow morning's soup. When one admin declines it, unless it's a copyvio or something like "John has AIDS!!!!" without any sources other admins are basically required to step back. I do agree with your tagging, though. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 05:12, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

When I didn't hear from you for a while I tried good ol' JamesBWatson -- I think he's got it right -- see [11]. EEng (talk) 13:48, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Instantnood block evasion using IP sock?

• 119.237.156.246 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)
• Strange... Aren't BANNED editors supposed to stay away from Wikipedia? Thoughts? Please reply here, thanks~! --Dave ^{♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫®} 20:06, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Reblocking for a week; I've looked over a few of Instantnood's past socks, and this one is particularly obvious. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 05:09, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Possibly involved at AE case

I found this edit you made to the 9/11 CT article, which removed the phrase "alternative theories" from the lede. The "alternative theory" vs. "conspiracy theory" dispute is a pretty common one in the topic area. Since the editors most vociferously arguing for me to be topic-banned are all accusing me of being a conspiracy theorist it would seem on this question you might be involved.--The Devil's Advocate (talk) 15:54, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

IIRC, I made that change only because it sounded a bit redundant to say the same thing twice in different words in the same sentence; nonetheless, I will ask in the necessary venues whether or not I would be considered involved. Until that time, I'll move my comments into the general discussion section (give me 20 minutes; I'm on my way out to quickly do something and my iPhone battery is almost dead). I don't think my objectivity is compromised, but I'd rather be sure I'm not considered involved. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 16:04, 23 March 2012 (UTC)