User talk:Volunteer Marek

		The Barnstar of Good Humor
		"happy that we finally got a 'self-described neutral observer'" - that made me laugh. That was a positive add. Rockypedia (talk) 00:02, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

A beer for you!

I was wondering why I saw you clearing your talk page. Drmies (talk) 04:49, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Gandy orders a second round. Cheers to one of our best! Gandydancer (talk) 15:21, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

*hic* here's another :) sláinte! ——SerialNumber54129 15:27, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

	A Resilient Barnstar
	I’m very sorry to see the harassment you have faced. Stay strong Volunteer Marek! starship.paint (talk) 16:00, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Hevrin Khalaf

On 16 October 2019, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Hevrin Khalaf, which you updated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 07:34, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Help needed in disupute regarding the text in aftermath section

Hi,

I have a dispute with another editor and I would appreciate your help. In an article about the 1941 unsusccessful attempt to capture Kruševac (Attack on Kruševac) within its aftermath secion I presented information what happened when eventually communists managed to capture Kruševac at the end of WWII. That section is tagged as off topic. I would appreciate your opinion there. Do you think that it deserves off topic tag? Best regards,--Antidiskriminator (talk) 12:04, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

I think that if you could get better sourcing then this info in some form could go in there. But you need more then there is now.01:31, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

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DYK for Hevrin Khalaf

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SPI

Re: the Icewhiz SPI, I only looked at what was presented in the case. I’m fine with someone presenting a clear behavioural analysis (i.e. clear comparison of Diffs), even after my closing as I agree the account in question is not new.. TonyBallioni (talk) 08:06, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

@TonyBallioni: Has VM contacted you regarding Icewhiz? François Robere (talk) 09:43, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

He sent an email because I closed the SPI. I don’t consider contacting the CU who closed the recent SPI on someone who has been harassing you privately to be a violation of the intent of the IBAN, and heck, I’d actually encourage VM to get it lifted so we aren’t in this bizarro world where he can’t even mention the name of his harasser on-wiki when he has legitimate concerns. (I’ll go ahead and ping Worm That Turned and Premeditated Chaos in case they disagree with me on the first point.) TonyBallioni (talk) 12:21, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

I'll confirm that VM emailing a CU in this (or similar instances) would not be something I'd consider a breach of an IBAN. Worm^TT(talk) 12:56, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) @Worm That Turned: What conceivable purpose does this IBan serves now? Don't you think it should be amended away? Would you encourage VM to ask for such an amendment, per TB's comment above? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 13:15, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

Piotrus, when one party of an iBan is removed from the encyclopedia, there is grounds to consider the removal of the iBan. Given the length of time that the iBan has been in place (read, not long), I'm not sure would personally support it's removal as I think there are still benefits to having the iBan in place. That said - I'm aware that other committee members do not agree with that point of view, and given Icewhiz's behaviour since the iBan came into force I might make an exception. I think taking this to ARCA would be a reasonable thing for VM to do. Worm^TT(talk) 13:47, 25 November 2019 (UTC)