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Re:I replied on my talk page. Thanks for the note. I think it would be useful if we had a template of all the different possibilities like this. ~ Wikihermit 05:02, 1 July 2007 (UTC) Scribe, there's a photo on Striptease of a Burlesque performer and there's an IP who continually re-inserts the name and the club where she performs at. This seems to me to be a pretty clear-cut case of advertising; neither she nor the club are notable. Could you weigh in with your opinion? --David Shankbone 13:09, 1 July 2007 (UTC) Rename clerkingHi, is there a page that explains how a rename clerk is supposed to act? Is it a special position, or just something that can be done by someone when it needs to be done? Until(1 == 2) 19:28, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
Thank you. Until(1 == 2) 15:07, 1 July 2007 (UTC) MediationI hate to be a bother, but Anberlin's Mediation over genres has been inactive for almost two weeks. I'm sure you have a lot of things to do on Wikipedia, or you may have forgotten about it, but could you check up on it? Thanks. -- Pbroks13 00:08, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Landmark Education MediationThanks for your offer of assistance. I don't have any direct requests because I am not sure where to go to next because we are stalled. From my POV several people have attempted to offer reasonable solutions and then certain editors just come back with all the same things again and again and over whelm the rest of us with content. I can't engage on the same points over and over again at the volume those editors seem to pour it out. I know this is MY POV but I am unsure of what to take as a next step except perhaps to move it up to the next level of arbitration. I don't have any direct requests but thanks for offering though. Alex Jackl 14:56, 1 July 2007 (UTC) Happy Will's day!
Thank you! Fuller reply at User talk:Phaedriel... WjBscribe 11:51, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
My RfAThank you for participating in my RfA. It was successful, and I am now, may God have mercy on us all, an administrator. Look at all the new buttons! I had heard about 'protect,' 'block user,' and 'delete,' but no one told me about 'kill,' 'eject,' and 'purée.' I appreciate the trust the community has in me, and I'll try hard not to delete the main page or block Jimbo. -FisherQueen (Talk) 17:45, 2 July 2007 (UTC) My recent RfBThank you so much for your participation in my recent RfB. Though it closed with 72% support (below the required 90%), I'm still quite pleased at the outpouring of support shown by a fair percentage of the community. I'm currently tabulating and calculating all opposing and neutral arguments to help me better address the community's concerns about my abilities as a bureaucrat. If you'd like, you can follow my progress (and/or provide additional suggestions) at User:EVula/admin/RfB notes. Thanks again! EVula // talk // ☯ // 03:56, 3 July 2007 (UTC) Signpost updated for July 2nd, 2007.
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Candidate for DeletionHi WJBscribe! Could you please take a look at Hollywood Zombies. Looks like product promotion to me. I placed PROD tag, but some anon removed it. I am still in the learning stage, so I could be wrong. Thank you. Zondi 00:41, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
(edit conflict) Yeah it probably is - its a borderline speedy deletion for blatant advertisement (see: CSD G11) but its written fairly neutrally so I'll give it the benefit of the doubt. I've nominated it for standard deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hollywood Zombies. One way or another without more assertion of notability and some sources it needs to be deleted. Don't hesitate to get in touch if you have more questions in future. WjBscribe 18:56, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Lots of Crat NomsSince you've been away you might not have seen it, but a lot of admins are going up on rfb and a lot of people seam like they're not going to pass, so I had a big think over all of the admins I know or have seen around and you are in my opinion the best admin that could become a crat and I would like to nom you if you want to be nomed just leave a message on my talk page and I'll create the rfb subpage. Bye. --Chris g 10:25, 5 July 2007 (UTC) Also one of the top crats thinks you'd make a good crat (only just saw that now :) --Chris g 09:06, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
See my comment below below to Cecropia. I have to say that I instinctively agree with Titoxd here - I have in fact only been an admin for just over 3 months (see [1]). Frankly that doesn't seem to me like enough time to establish the necessary level of trust to act as a bureaucrat - RfBs turn on the ability of a candidate to perform the most difficult part of the job (deciding to promote or not in controversial borderline cases) not ability to perform renames. I think any RfB from me would be premature - though I am grateful for the interest. If you think I would make a good crat now hopefully come some time in 2008 you would still hold that at least that opinion. Cecropia has raised an interesting point which makes me want to think this over a little longer - but I suspect it is still way too soon. WjBscribe 22:31, 6 July 2007 (UTC) Mediation queryHey there. I've been following the Anberlin mediation for a while, and was wondering if it's considered appropriate for interested observers to provide comments at all? I was going to weigh in with some thoughts, but wanted to be sure it was okay to do so while remaining an outside observer. Let me know - thanks! Tony Fox (arf!) review? 17:53, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
Dear WjBscribeI thank you for your heartwarming comments on my talk page, I have realised that the uncivil users rule this place and make it a nightmare, but you however are different and you bring joy here, thank you dear friend..... Qst 18:39, 6 July 2007 (UTC) RfB?I have held you up as an example of someone who is on the road to 'cratship, and there is sentiment to launch an RfB for you. You may see what is being said at WT:RfA(. You would be the first person I ever supported for RfB in my years at Wikipedia. Read over the stuff and I know a lot of Wikipedians would be interested in whether you would accept or not. Cheers, Cecropia 20:06, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Your question on my RfBI answered your question on my RfB, if you'd care to look at the answer. Thanks. --Deskana (talk) 21:04, 6 July 2007 (UTC) Thanks!Thankyou WJBscribe! You reverted the vandalism on my user page. It's pretty funny because I never noticed it until right now. H irohisatTalk Page 07:16, 7 July 2007 (UTC) CHUI'll go with what you said, considering that you've clerked a number of renames and those were my first ones. Thanks for the advice. Sr13 18:24, 7 July 2007 (UTC) Thank you for your comments in my recent RfA. However, it was unsuccessful. I am in no way disheartened, and I am working on all the constructive critisism I have received. If you have any further suggestions or comments, feel free to drop me a line on my talk page, and I will be happy to respond. Matt/TheFearow (Talk) (Contribs) (Bot) 04:40, 8 July 2007 (UTC) Followup/Foundation notification on legal threats?Greetings! I just blocked a User:Suud Vaastereimergraadt who made an attack page and then threatened more vandalism via a comment on my user talk page. He then made an unblock request which included a legal threat.[2] Besides upholding the ban, is there any follow-on action that needs done for the threat? I didn't see anything at Wikipedia:No legal threats to suggest where to report it. —C.Fred (talk) 20:48, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
Isnt the wiki process so wondeful :) yes I think we should simply let it go for now. Thanks Taprobanus 01:40, 9 July 2007 (UTC) SLCW MediationThankyou for your efforts in this mediation, I don't think there's any reason to pursue this seeing as it has resolved quiet nicely. --Sharz 04:16, 9 July 2007 (UTC) You've got mail. (Qst) :-) 84.70.208.169 15:25, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
DeletionHi WJBscribe I want to delete my WIKI account completely: charlotte@uk-mediagroup.com. Including the USER and TALK page. Can you please facilitate this for me. Thanks
Vote on RFAHi, I removed your vote on Cometstyles's RFA because the RFA expired an hour you placed your vote, shown here. Cheers. Miranda 18:29, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
CHU clerkingHi, I noticed you seem to be the most active clerk at WP:CHU. I had been hoping to volunteer as a CHU clerk, but the assistance page lists quite a few clerks, and seems to suggest that there isn't a need for more clerks. Would my assistance be any help, or are there enough clerks already? WaltonOne 19:57, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
Re: Wikipedia:Random picture of the day RFDThis RFD actually included two redirects (see the 2nd para of the nomination). Wikipedia:Random picture of the day/template either needs to be have the RFD tag removed or deleted as well. Could you please do that since you closed the nomination? -- JLaTondre 19:57, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
Judicial system in presidency towns before 1726Hi. I was sorting stubs and don't know what to do with Judicial system in presidency towns before 1726. What would be the most appropriate tag for this article? It's poorly written. Thanks! Zondi 03:03, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
Re:Okay, thanks! Sorry! ~ Wikihermit 04:09, 11 July 2007 (UTC) I am here to do something productive.I want to do something productive. I want to make important contributions. R-1441 is my account. I created that account on 9th July 2007. Hemlock Martinis blocked that account based on poor evidence. I created this account on 10th July 2007. And, I hate controversies. Once this controversy is over, I will do someting productive. Thank you. Ravi. RaviJames 04:45, 11 July 2007 (UTC) Thank you!Thanks in part to your support, I am Wikipedia's newest bureaucrat. I will do my best to live up to your confidence and kind words. Andre (talk) 09:37, 11 July 2007 (UTC) P.S. Be working with you at WP:CHU shortly :) QuestionHi Wjb! I need your admin wisdom. ;-) I'm itching to delete this section, as it has nothing to do with the article itself and it's basically a user venting about being blocked in es:Wiki. Do you foresee any problems if I do go ahead and delete it? Cheers Raystorm (¿Sí?) 11:25, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
QuestionAren't all pics from Wikimedia Commons kosher for use on wikipedia? I thought that was so. Anyway, I am wondering about a pic of Farah Pahlavi, which Abu budail (sp?) the little image twirp, keeps removing from her article. The pic is of Farah during nixon's visit in 1972, which would make it free use (no copyright problems) on Wiki. Apparently, Iran only has a 30 year statute on copyright for images. Abu keeps removing it, saying that there is no source. It's in Commons, and I don't know how to source it, except to say that it is on Farah's own website, saying it was taken during Nixon's visit. Please advise. In the meantime I'm adding her official State Portrait, taken from the time she was Empress of Iran. I assume a government photo conforms to wiki copyright guidelines, It's crap like this that keeps me from participating more fully here. Jeffpw 11:31, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
Abu badali, could you explain to me the issue you have with this image which you removed from Farah Pahlavi - the Iranian {{PD-Iran}} tag looks fine and is used on Commons. What more than "official government portrait" do you believe our policies require as a source? WjBscribe 14:31, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
I have recreated GNU (disambiguation). I looked for a disambiguation page today and discovered you has just deleted it after Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2007 July 4. Do you agree the new page with more entries should stay? Did the deleted GNU (disambiguation) or Gnu (disambiguation) ever have any content I'm missing? Is it OK if I redirect Gnu (disambiguation) to GNU (disambiguation) and change the top of GNU and Wildebeest to link to GNU (disambiguation) instead of to eachother? PrimeHunter 16:21, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
BlockHey, do you think you could block User:Mufapylly for me? They've only made two edits, yes, and they were a couple of days ago, but it's taken me that long to get a translation of what he said. Needless to say, it was totally uncalled for and vastly inappropriate - considering I don't even know who the person could possibly be. Though I don't know Wikipedia's policies on blocking people (Nor do I really care. I'm here as an editor only and don't wish to be involved any longer with what goes on behind the scenes here), on the Wiki I run, if people do something like this, they're out, end of story. Anywho, please consider my proposal. --~|ET|~(Talk|Contribs) 19:12, 11 July 2007 (UTC) You have.......email. Please reply on your thoughts. Fpt 18:58, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, but IMHO you are very very wrongDear Mr. WJBscribe. I sincerely believe that there is a serious problem of WP:COI in the article Spanish Wikipedia. As I proof I put the lack of any argumentation against. (even in your reprimand to me!, I must say) I stated a clear reference that shows that the explanation on the split is incomplete and that keep silence on any criticism on the es:wiki administrators. In the talk page I exposed that data and nobody has show an explanation, neither a reason against them. Instead of this I've received many arguments 'ad hominem'. User Raystorm behave in a manner I do consider to be impolite, with many wordings as "pathethic" "you are very sad", "thought I wouldn't find out?", "insulting is second nature to you. How unfortunate for you that I do read Spanish. This explains everything"; personal attacks and distortions. When I asked Raystorm to discuss the data and not about me the answer was: "You just repeat what I told you. This is useless" not a word on the data. My comments on user Raystorm were not any kind of badmouthing. Raystorm insulted and launched personal attacks against me, kept silence on my arguments and data, and even accused to me. That's what she did, and that's what I commented in the hu:wiki. IMHO, she can't prohibite to me to explain her impoliteness against me, specially when what she has written in the es:wiki contradicts some of her assertions). (and by the way, in her reference to my comments in hu:wiki she very seriously distorts my words; outstanding but not unexpected I must say). By the way, can you explain why the data I afforded [5] is not relevant to the article? Everybody dismisses my claim, but nobody has bothered to give a reason. This is what I asked for repeatedly, but I received 'ad hominem', distortions and impolite comments. I still believe that the wording of the article is biased. Do you really believe that commenting the biased quote of a reference, mentioning only the obsolete reasons but keeping silence on criticism on the es:wiki administrators is a Forum talk ????? I don't see how? I didn't discussed the article's merits, but its mistakes, hoping someone to correct them. If you can't reason why the data I afforder doesn't show a biased wording in the article I beg to you to rectify it yourself with the same zeal with which you come to reprimand me (IMHO wrongly!). And if you want to see how in the es:wiki there are administrators and users (as Ecemaml and Igor21) who discuss on how to change the content of the article Spanish Wikipedia read this: Propaganda de Wikipedia en castellano en la Wikipedia en inglés and answer whether there is interference and WP:COI or not. Ask yourself if this is how you want the WIkipedia to be. --Dilvish 10 words 16:32, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
A Mild QuestionRegarding the article User:Rfwoolf/Evidence which was speedy-deleted and subsequently placed in deletion review, I see you added the {{drv}}. UnwatchedpagesThat sounds like a good idea, and from a technical point of view there is no reason it couldn't be done. However, it would be a lot more intensive then creating a cached list as is currently done. Creating a watchlist as big as this would be on Wikipedia would probably bring the whole thing crashing down. If I recall correctly some users have actually hit the limit where their watchlists will silently fail, and this would be thousands of times that size. So this could be viable on small to medium wikis, but on a wiki as large as Wikipedia, it probably would have to be disabled for performance reasons. Prodego talk 21:15, 13 July 2007 (UTC) Please unprotect this redirect page. The Hero (disambiguation) and Heroes (disambiguation) pages have now been split as per no objections on the talk page for months. Heroes should redirect to the plural form disambig page. --Hasdrabion 13:07, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
Incase.....you missed my earlier message just to inform you that you have email. Rlest 19:08, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
RE: Excuse MeHi. I wanted to explain to the user why, in my opinion, the block did not change the advice that I had given to him - but I did not really want to question you on your actions. This is partially because of a lack of time, but also largely because I have had recent problems with other admins who have responded in a far less constructive way than you have. Neither of these are valid reasons for not having contacted you, and this was an error of judgement that I apologise for. I do think that the contributions history of the IP shows so little activity in the last 6 months that a block was not appropriate after the vandalism stopped, and that an initial 72 hour block was not appropriate either - this is partly because I prefer to attempt to rehabilitate users where possible (I am perhaps too lenient in this matter). However this is just my opinion and it doesn't change the fact that I should have discussed this with you directly, which I again apologise for. Cheers TigerShark 12:29, 15 July 2007 (UTC) Re:RfaI was willing to give another shot sometime later this summer of before the end of the year, as probably I don't have quite enough WP pages edits just yet, although I've improved a lot over the past few months especially with the AFD's and the Twinkle tool for reports. Thanks! I will think about that pretty soon.--JForget 02:12, 15 July 2007 (UTC) Thanks! I'll drop it here when I'm ready for it. Also, for the 209.xxx section, apparently there was a small server lag somewhere which explains that your block 5 temp contribution (22:55) on the IP appeared before your block contrib (22:54).JForget 15:41, 15 July 2007 (UTC) Bless you... Neranei T/C has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
*'brien1000Cheers for knocking that vandal on the head. Question is, who was he? I saw that he was a sock of another user, but not much to explain what caused the user to go rogue, and go rogue on my user pages. Thewinchester (talk) 05:04, 16 July 2007 (UTC) Thank you very much for your help. I tried twice as it was written in the tread you pointed me out (Checco's problem). Unfortunately I had twice no answer from Brion. There was about four or five weeks between the two emails. As ln:User:Bombo I have about 1000 edits and now as IP ln:User:160.85.2.50 more than 100. The problem is not the user name, but the admin status connected to this user and the fact, that LN-wiki has only to admins who translate the interface to ln and fight spam. One of them is blocated since 27th of april as you know. As I asked to Brion, if he could put my eMail adress (from en or fr or de or als account to the ln account) as he did for Checco, the problem would be resolved. To read the two emails took probabely more time then put the email adress or send me a "no" as answer. Or does he not read the his eMails? If you know an other step I could try, it would be great. I recieved just today a long list with interface translations from two linguists from the Congo... Thank you anyway. --Eruedin 18:37, 16 July 2007 (UTC) Edit warring over non-free policyThank you for intervening and calming the dispute regarding the wording of WP:NONFREE. I think most of the participants are willing to discuss things and reach consensus. If you have a chance, would you mind taking a look at WP:NFCC? One of the participants in the edit wars, an administrator, is trying to expand the dispute by reverting quite a number of changes that have been made in that page in the past month. If possible, could we please protect that one too in the form it was in before the attempted edit war so that any further changes will first be discussed? Thanks. Wikidemo 21:25, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
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HP7 protection levelHi - I noticed that you had commented on this, and I don't know if you were aware, but one of the admins apparently decided to ignore both the discussion and the RFPP decision and full protect the page anyway. I've lodged a complaint with the admin, on ANI, and the article talk page, but no one seems to even respond. Being as you're an admin, would it be possible for you to rollback to semi-protection - at least on the pretext of allowing us to finish determining consensus? I believe that the current discussion seems to be more in favor of keeping semi-protection anyway, although I could see it being no consensus. In any case, I don't see the needed support for a full protection being voiced in ANI. Many thanks, Girolamo Savonarola 06:58, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
Don't rush things - things happen by consensus, lets see how the WP:AN/I discussion develops. WjBscribe 07:59, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
ThanksHey, thanks for letting me know about the support/oppose/neutral thing. Useight 09:39, 18 July 2007 (UTC) I'm unclear on what you wish me to respond to; is it the issue of "hunting weapon" being standard English? I believe it is, do you want my supporting arguments and evidence? scot 14:44, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
Comments...Replied to at WT:WOTD. Rlest 18:39, 18 July 2007 (UTC) Hi; this user, who you have given a 24-hour block, appears from his own page to be a self-confessed sockpuppet of, as he says, a banned user. I would have indefblocked him. Why would I have been wrong? --Anthony.bradbury"talk" 00:53, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
AfD Non-admin closureHello. I just closed this AfD discussion as keep. Did I do it correctly? It's the first time I close an AfD discussion, and I want to know I did it correctly. Happy editing! --Boricuaeddie hábleme 16:23, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
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WP:CHU\UI'd done a {{CUU}} note for Wikipedia:Changing username#UsurpationWanderer ← War-hammer. I did this because I noticed no one had done it. Shortly thereafter, when you did a check for deleted edits, you overwrote my note. I was just wondering if I was out of line, and should've put my name on the list of people willing to clerk before I did anything. I haven't because I haven't really planned to be active at it, I've just done it once or twice when they've been sitting there. So again, I'm sorry if I was out of line. I (said) (did) 03:10, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
A question about your blockWhy did you block 68.229.217.15 after only one edit? — $PЯIПGrαgђ 00:53, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
My RfAThank you for participating in My RfA which closed successfully. I am honored and truly more than a little humbled by the support of so many members of the community. It's more than a bit of a lift to see comments on my behalf by so many people that I respect. I'll do my best to not disappoint you or the community. On a personal note, I'd like to thank you for the very kind comments. - Philippe | Talk 07:18, 21 July 2007 (UTC) Where do you want me to make the editBut, yes, it's me, Matt Sanchez Blue Marine. I also have another one I don't use named MattSanchez. Matt Sanchez 17:47, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
BlockHello, I have contacted you before about permanently blocking a member who's account was created solely for the purpose of personal attacks. I come to you again because these two IP users, user:4.225.34.246 and user:4.252.85.75, whom are more than likely the same user, have only made edits on my page as personal attacks. As such, I would appreciated it if you could block these two IPs in attempt to stop the attacks which so frequently occur on my page. --~|ET|~(Talk|Contribs) 16:54, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
Your noteThe whole thing is bizarre, and not the first of its kind. I will e-mail you. SlimVirgin (talk)(contribs) 20:28, 22 July 2007 (UTC) Something oddCan you take a look at Miss Understood? When I go there, it is just a blank page, but if I go into edit function, the whole article is there. I don't understand it. Thanks, and hope you're doing well. :-) Jeffpw 08:46, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
Request for Information.Hello, Today, I found out that I was unsuitable for adminship. Have you any suggestions on how I can change that? Any constructive feedback would be greatly appreciated. Cheers, --Aarktica 16:26, 23 July 2007 (UTC) Thanksfor blocking User:70.53.110.96. This IP kept vandalizing my user talk page as well as others. Did you get this IP from WP:AIV or how? NHRHS2010 Talk 20:13, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
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You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot 07:02, 24 July 2007 (UTC) Warrantless threats are an abuse of your adminship.There is simply no reason for your extremely rude threat on my talk page concerning the reference added to Matt Sanchez.. Making reference to verifiable source such as a nationally broadcast news program can not be construed as vandalism. Although I know Wikipedia is sensitive to libel issues with living persons, this does not mean that public figures should be free to use Wikipedia as a public relations tool. Past interviews and statements are not opinions, are not libelous, are not "I heard it somewhere," they are facts. Your revert also appears to ignore consensus. Typing monkey 01:11, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
Deewar (TV serial)Why did you delete this page Deewar (TV serial) and leave the links to the page intact, rather than to change the page to a redirect page to the new name of the article Deewar (TV series)? Dbiel (Talk) 08:00, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Do you think...You could delete my userpage so that I wont be clogging up my contribs with userspace edits as I'm going to re-design it now and many admins delete there own userpage regularly. Regards, — Rlest (formerly Qst) 16:53, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
UndeletionCan you undelete this image for me please, if only temporarily? It got deleted but I don't know why and it might be worth putting back for the Austin Nichols FARC. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 21:04, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Greetings, I've posted a similar request to this now on both User:JzG and User:violetriga talk pages, however I didn't realise that they were involved in some sort of dispute with each other at the time. In any case my request has gone unanswered so now I turn to you! To save my explaining all over again, if you could read my comment regarding this article on User talk: violetrigaI'd really appreciate it. Thanks in anticipation! Liverpool Scouse 23:14, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Pardon MeJust to let you know, I just sent an email to you. I'm having some difficulty. -WarthogDemon 02:07, 25 July 2007 (UTC) ElonkaI would think its pretty clear from Elonka's old RfA that there are a lot of people opposed to Elonka being an admin and they have many genuine concerns and nothing will change this time from the last time.--Matt57 (talk•contribs) 14:54, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
Committed identity doohickey-thingamajig?Allo. (this is going to sound sooo professional and schtuff)
Dispute resolution on Food IrradiationI would like to pick your brain as how to best proceed on an article stuck due to edit warring. There have been verbous disputes on the Food Irradiation article that led to edit protection. The disputants then agreed to enlist the help of the Mediation Cabal and despite a strong effort by the mediator there were no converging viewpoints. Please see the mediation page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Food_irradiation/Mediation_discussion for an overview of what was going on. In my viewpoint the core of the issue is one of due weight of minority opinion that is causing this article to be in distress. My question to you would be with regards to how best proceed moving forward. There has been a proposal to move this to formal mediation but my gut feeling is that the mediation failed not due to lack of process or mediation abilities on behalf of the Mediation Cabal but rather because of a lack of good faith assumptions by some of the contributors. I would like your opinion on whether formal mediation might help despite previous efforts in that direction, whether arbitration is the way to go, or whether there are other options to puruse. Thanks RayosMcQueen 22:59, 25 July 2007 (UTC) RyulongPlease see User talk:Ryulong[9] where I asked for an apology, in the conversation you participated in regarding his WP:BITE and WP:BLOCK, for blocking me for a week without cause, and instead of apologising, he redacted my post seconds later. 121.208.181.37 23:14, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
I have no idea whether you are a sockpuppet or not, but I strongly urge you to stay away from Ryulong's talkpage. I do not find your block as problematic as other issues. WjBscribe 23:30, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
WJB-I admire you for asking Ryulong to step down-he didn't deserve adminship in the first place.--Xterra1 00:11, 23 July 2007 (UTC) Xterra1 has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! Happy day!--Xterra1 20:35, 26 July 2007 (UTC) WJBscribe, three weeks ago you moderated an argument regarding Anberlin's genre, stored Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Anberlin here. Now, User:Skateremorocker is refusing to abide by this mediation. I'm unsure how to move forward -- I've reverted twice, but I don't want to escalate this into an edit war. Skateremorocker has reverted 3 times in the past 24 hours, once while not logged in, but I'm not sure whether it's my place to put a 3RR warning on his talk page since I'm the other party in the reversion attempts. A request for mediation seems to be redundant, since you just resolved this earlier in the month. Jpers36 18:40, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
Admin questionHi sorry to bother you, however I saw you were an Admin the other day, and I just wanted your advice on ssock puppets? I had always thought that someone who posts both as a registered user and as an IP user could be classified as a sock puppet on wikipedia? In this talk page Talk:English people#Obsessive vandal IP user - User:68.110.8.21 who also seems to be User:Lord Loxley given their responses and recent edits, claims that IP users cannot be sock puppets, stating that, "an IP address is never classified as a sockpuppet". Is that correct as I am sure I have seen instances of IP users being identified as sock puppets. They are quite clearly one and the same user, and they have used both accounts to revert edits on that article in what to me seems like an edit war with another user User:TharkunColl who between the two of them seem to have reverted each others edits over and over the past few days on the article. I really do have no wish to be even slightly involved in any disagreement with Lord Loxley/68.110.8.21 having previously come into contact with them on here, as they don't take criticism or disagreement with their view well. However something needs to be done on that article by an Admin in my opinion. I don't know the rights nor wrongs of either of their views I must admit, but just wonderd if you could, as an Admin, have a look at the 3RR and about the sock puppetry issue. Thank you. ♦Tangerines♦·Talk 21:10, 26 July 2007 (UTC) Just to point out...On the CHU/U board, you said that Linux had been notified of the request, and he had not. I know the requets was denied, but I just thought I'd let you know. i (said) (did) 04:14, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
Hi, on 20 July you removed this under CSD-R1: talk page of a redirect to a non-existant page. Unfortunately, the original article has been the subject of several erroneous moves, and I've just moved it back to the original name. Could you please restore the talk page? Thank youErrabee 07:44, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
Request to UndeleteForgive me, but I'm really REALLY new at this. We had an article on Wikipedia on the HBDI, Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument, which the deletion log shows you deleted due to it being redirected to a non-existent page. Our website was recently redesigned and that is probably the reason the page no longer existed at that URL. Would you please undelete it and I will update it so that it directs it to our new URL? Will you let me know if and when you do this? I would GREATLY appreciate it. 16:55, July 20, 2007 WJBscribe (Talk | contribs) deleted "HBDI" (CSD R1: Redirect to non-existent page) Thank you. --Brenda D. Weaver 16:45, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
Do you know an other way?Thank you very much for your help. I tried twice as it was written in the tread you pointed me out (Checco's problem). Unfortunately I had twice no answer from Brion. There was about four or five weeks between the two emails. As ln:User:Bombo I have about 1000 edits and now as IP ln:User:160.85.2.50 more than 100. The problem is not the user name, but the admin status connected to this user and the fact, that LN-wiki has only to admins who translate the interface to ln and fight spam. One of them is blocated since 27th of april as you know. As I asked to Brion, if he could put my eMail adress (from en or fr or de or als account to the ln account) as he did for Checco, the problem would be resolved. To read the two emails took probabely more time then put the email adress or send me a "no" as answer. Or does he not read the his eMails? If you know an other step I could try, it would be great. I recieved just today a long list with interface translations from two linguists from the Congo... Thank you anyway. --Eruedin 19:57, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
Matt Sanchez talk pages personal attacksHi, I know you are somewhat familiar with Matt Sanchez commenting on the talk pages of the article about him. I feel he has again crossed the line into personal attacks and would appreciate you looking into it or advising me what would be appropriate steps to take. Thank you for your time on this. Benjiboi 20:56, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
Possibly my trollScribe, this User's behavior and demeanor is remarkably similar to my troll's behavior and demeanor Chichichihua (talk · contribs). They've already violated the 3RR. --David Shankbone 00:15, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
Thank youThank you for taking the time to add your thoughts to the discussion at my recent Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Angus Lepper RfA, which failed, with no consensus to promote me. However, I appreciate the concerns raised during the course of the discussion (most notably, a lack of experience, particularly in admin-heavy areas such as XfDs and policy discussions) and will attempt to address these before possibly standing again in several months time. Angus Lepper(T, C, D) 16:07, 28 July 2007 (UTC) My RfAI've answered your optional question, please see Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Giggy. Thanks, Giggy UCP 23:16, 28 July 2007 (UTC) Can a move end an AfD?Greetings! The AfD in question is Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wake Forest-Rolesville Middle School Dance Marathon. The event got nominated for deletion. An editor suggested that the content be merged into an article about the school. Since the article didn't exist, he moved the marathon article to Wake Forest-Rolesville Middle School and started expanding around the marathon. It stands to reason that effectively this is a new article, and the AfD should be closed as a merge (or at least relisted, since there's a fundamental change in the article under deletion). However, since I've already participated in the discussion, I don't feel independent enough to do a speedy close, or at least not without consultation. What's your read on this? Thank you, —C.Fred (talk) 01:02, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
Dunno what you think is the better option. Let me know what you think - I'll do either of the above if you think its better that you don't, though neither actions is that controversial (especially as your initial opinion was a delete one). WjBscribe 05:13, 29 July 2007 (UTC) Help with RfA nomHi Wjb. :-) Listen, I finally bullied Dev920 into accepting to take a second chance at RfA. I would appreciate it if, with your experience in these kind of noms, you could oversee that I've done everything correctly. I had to write my nom over a previous one by Jet123 that Dev did not accept and that for some reason hadn't been deleted, which is where my main concerns arise. Also, I was surprised to see there's only a week for voting? :S Anyway, I would appreciate it if you could supervise things a bit. ;-) Wouldn't want her to fail the RfA just because I'm not transcluding or whatever appropiately, sigh. Cheers! Raystorm (¿Sí?) 12:16, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
HiHello WJBscribe, I don't believe we've interacted with each other before, and I hope you will bear with my long message. I see you around, and admire your work in various aspects of Wikipedia, including the Mediation Committee and the LGBT studies WikiProject. I am concerned about a recent remark of yours; I hesitate to post about it, but it is something that has been on my mind lately. On Ryulong's talk page, you said,
Let me make it abundantly clear that I have a certain vested interest, in that I appreciate the work that Abu badali and Videmus Omnia do, in that I do similar work, and in that I have argued in favour of Abu badali on his RFAR. I hope, however, that my affiliations and opinions will not affect your consideration of my argument. Further, let me state my opinion about harassment: I disagree that the actions of Videums Omnia or Abu badali constitute harassment, but I understand and acknowledge that many editors do not appreciate their actions. I acknowledge that sometimes, especially when an editor feels that a large number of images by one uploader ought be tagged, more delicacy than a series of templated messages is required. This is even of further importance when the editor is involved in a dispute or when the editor has had previous communication with the uploader. Unfortunately, Abu badali and Videmus Omnia, among other people (including myself), have not been delicate where delicacy would be appropriate. We as a community need to be open, honest and engaged in discussion about these issues. There are many images which should not be included in Wikipedia, and others which should not be included or excluded without debate. Everyone, even editors with vested interests at any point on the non-free content-continuum, should be included. When editors engage in actions that may be perceived by reasonable people as harassment, or when editors label another editors' actions as harassment, the opportunity for reasonable discussion including everyone on the continuum is denied. I feel strongly about the importance of discussion, and it is why I now post on your talk page: not because I have an axe to grind, not because I wish to soapbox, not because I have a vested interest, but because I sincerely want everyone to have an equal opportunity to participate in discussion, acknowledge their biases and consider others' arguments based upon the quality and persuasiveness of their thesis, not their affiliations, biases, or unrelated opinions or actions. There is a difference between open, honest discussion, criticism and soapboxing. WP:SOAP says it best: "Wikipedia content is not propaganda, recruitment or advocacy; .... opinion pieces; .... self-promotion; .... [or] advertising." Nowhere does it say that an editor with a particular bias is disallowed from engaging in discussion related to his or her bias. It is by my foregoing argument that I ask you to please reconsider your statement on Ryulong's talk page. Abu badali does have a vested interest in the tagging of non-free images; I seriously doubt that he would deny that. But Abu badali does also have a right and an obligation to openly and honestly discuss these issues, and by suggesting that he should get lost because of the simple fact that he is not unbiased, because of the misplaced accusation of soapboxing, is, in effect, stifling discussion where we ought be promoting discussion, and furthering disingenuous and divisive assessments of certain editors' actions. Abu badali is committed to this project. I argue that Abu badali is also acting in good faith; he makes no attempt to hide his biases, he openly and honestly discusses his opinions with other editors, and he has been here for at least a year (upon a quick glance of his contribs). Absent damning evidence, one could not convince me otherwise; my interactions with him, his sheer volume of his edits, his commitment, despite terrible treatment by his colleagues, and my willingness and desire to assume that most editors on the project are acting in good faith, is enough for me, and I hope enough for you. I hope that I have not offended you, and I hope that you will seriously consider what I have said here. The Wikipedia community does not need more polarization of the sensitive and personal issues of image tagging and non-free content, nor will we benefit by precluding individual editors based upon their open biases and other opinions. We need help; we need opinions from all sides, including editors who think that the scope of non-free content should be broadened; but most of all, we need everyone to find the capacity to assume that their colleagues are acting in good faith. Without good faith, one cannot possibly enter into discussion with an open mind, willing to listen to the opinions of even the most different Wikipedian. Please consider this and your prior statement, and please help us. Thank you, Iamunknown 06:22, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
ThanksThank you for catching and reverting the vandalism to my user page, it's much appreciated. Trusilver 21:03, 29 July 2007 (UTC) Scribe, could you protect this article from new or unregistered users? For about a week now it has sustained heavy vandalism from a user who simply does not like the lead photograph. They have been reverted umpteen times. --David Shankbone 01:52, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
SignatureWJB-How do you keep and create customized signature?--Xterra1 19:08, 30 July 2007 (UTC) Ryulong RFCI don't believe it's canvassing to bring this up, as you mentioned something before, and I need a second person to sign off on it. I've reopened it: Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Ryulong. I've also not been able to complete it as fully as I would like; any input would be appreciated. The Evil Spartan 20:29, 30 July 2007 (UTC) Probable copyright violationHey WJB, I'm not sure where to report this, so here it is: Image:Quitaped.JPG is marked as being in public domain, but I'm about 99.999% sure that it has not been released to the public. The description given states: "Image is of the Quitaped, a fictional species of creatures created and owned by J. K. Rowling; scanned from my own copy of the book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them." Since this book was only published in 2001, there's no way this is in the public domain. (I have the book, and it has the standard no reproduction, blah-dy-blah, copyright verbage.) Aleta 04:07, 31 July 2007 (UTC) My RfAHi, WJBscribe, and thanks for your participation in my RfA. I've withdrawn it, and will be writing up an "analysis" of it, which will soon be available at User:Giggy/RfA/Giggy when it's done. Please come around when you get the chance, and give me feedback on how I can improve. Thanks again, Giggy UCP 04:32, 31 July 2007 (UTC) DoneI responded at Template talk:Done; in fact, you're making the same point I'm making about the use of that checkmark elsewhere, so we don't disagree. Regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 09:37, 31 July 2007 (UTC) ImagesHello. Two images uploaded by User:Mhart54com, Image:Asdsasd.gif and Image:Sasukesharingan0112.jpg are improperly tagged as public domain images created by the user, yet there does not seem (at least according to the options Twinkle is giving me) to be a relevant CSD tag to place. Do I change the license and tag accordingly for a lack of a fair-use rationale, or is there another option? Much appreciated. Sephiroth BCR (Converse) 23:54, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
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