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I uploaded Image:ShawTheOtherLeague.png. I received a message saying "Image is being used for decorative purposes only, and does not add encyclopedic value to article." I would like to know the Wikipedia definition of "decorative" as opposed to "illustrative".

Encyclopedias for centuries have elaborated on text explanations with illustrations of the subject involved. How can it be argued that A PHOTO OF THE SUBJECT "does not add encyclopedic value to article."??? The photo displays a VISUAL aspect of the subject that no amount of text can express. In other words, "A picture is worth a thousand words." SugnuSicilianu 23:26, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use Image:Matthew roloff mugshot.jpg

Regarding Image:Matthew roloff mugshot.jpg, can it be said that the image is beng used for decorative purposes only, and does not add encyclopedic value to the article? If not, why not? SugnuSicilianu 23:34, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

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Paul Wilkinson image

Dear Cholmes, I got the picture from Paul Wilkinson himself, he sent it through his secretary Gillian, if you personally email me, I will give you Paul Wilkinson's telephone number at St. Andrews, Center for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, you can contact him or his secretary directly to inquire about the image given to Cyril Thomas to upload in Wikipedia. Thanks --Cyril Thomas 12:36, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

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Am i allowed to remove vandalism warnings, copyright image notices, etc, from my user talk page? User:Yamakiri user has threatened to permanently protect my user talk page so that i cant edit it. Can i remove copyright image notices at least? i hope you see this soon. thx Modelun88 00:23, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Getting of tired of going behind him... Anyways, he's removed block notices, and I'm not an admin so I just requested that his page be protected and that he get a block. P.S. he's copied and pasted this on quite a few pages now.Yamakiri 00:44, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Stop

• Stop with the consistent harassment. Just leave people the hell alone. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.148.83.96 (talk) 02:20, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

  I'll stop with the "harassment" when you stop with the sockpuppetry. --cholmes75 ^{(chit chat)} 13:39, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

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possible Alterego269 sockpuppet

As you are familiar with Alterego269 (and his IP alteregos) I thought I might ask that you take a look at the contributions of Rock Soldier (talk · contribs). I've thought for quite a while that this users edits were, off and on, somewhat similar to those of blocked user Alterego269.(who BTW, is also editing as User:Heavymetalis4ever...but I digress) As for Rock Soldier, my suspicions grew long ago simply from comparing 'time of edits' when one came online... the other was sure to follow... when one finished... so did the other one Both used the same style of edit summary for a while too But over time Rock Soldier started to shy away from the copy-cat edit summaries. Now lately... especially over the last 2 or 3 days, Rock Soldiers edits have become glaringly familiar in style to those of Alterego269. Perhaps I am wrong. I would not pursue any type of RCU without asking someone else familiar with Alterego to take a look and cast a second opinion. Thanks for you help. Have a nice day. 156.34.218.39 03:15, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

• Well at first glance it certainly seems suspicious. If nothing else, I have warned him about our WP:3RR policy. Subsequent violations will result in blocks. Thanks for the heads up. --cholmes75 ^{(chit chat)} 03:27, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
• Also, if you can point me in the direction of some diffs that show similarities between the accounts that would help a lot. --cholmes75 ^{(chit chat)} 03:33, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick peek. I am good at spotting Alter-IP-egos... I was actually starting to build up a little AGF on young Mr. Soldier... up until the last few days anyways. I was hoping I was wrong on that one... time will tell. Now "Heavymetalis4ever"... he was so obvious it leaped right off the screen... :D . You'd think he'd learn to use different edit summaries? Rock Soldiers recent activity on the Rush article is what raised my eyebrow recently. This sudden pre-occupation with band member tables n such. As for the time sharing edits... that happened back when Rock Soldier first started to edit... and ALterego269 appeared right around the same time. Both started out editing the same articles.(Def Leppard, Ramones... all the usual "Alterego-IP" haunts) But then very quickly Alterego went strictly for band member lists and re-arranging infobox information(something you should be more than familiar with with regards to the Kiss article)... and Rock Soldier began to focus on Song and album information. Edits that were, when he left his POV out, very helpful. He even got some kudos from Wiki-alf for his efforts. Alterego eventually got blocked... by... oh... someone :D... And Mr S continued about his usual modus operandi. My AGF remained good until the sudden flurry over the Rush content. Suddenly it was like he forgot which editor he was.... and his edit summaries almost became mirrors to A_ego's and HM4ever's. Perhaps I am being too paranoid? After 20000 edits as a logged user and another 20000 anon edits after I rejected my old login.... all the edits begin to look the same :D . Again thanks for your time. Good night. 156.34.218.39 03:48, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

I don't think you're paranoid. If nothing else, you might consider listing Heavymetalis4ever and RockSoldier on WP:SSP. If they can be tied together that'd of course be a big find. Tying them to Alterego might be tough because that name's been blocked for awhile now. Just a thought. As a side note - what username did you have if I may ask? --cholmes75 ^{(chit chat)} 03:52, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

PS The IP STAY vote on the Rush band members AfD.... uhhh.... You know who. :D 156.34.218.39 03:55, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

• Yeah, good catch. They all seem to resolve to SBC/AT&T in Dallas. --cholmes75 ^{(chit chat)} 04:06, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

PPS I never invoked my right to disappear when I went anon. I simply saw a growing anti-IP trend happening and felt this went against what Wiki was all about. I thought that there should be at least one IP range that was noble and trustworthy... my own... so thats what I did. I haven't logged in for over a year and I still feel OK with what I do around here. Maybe someday I may decide to go back to my login. So I wish my own 2 "alteregos" remain separate until such time should that time ever happen. There are probably of few admins and editors who know exactly who I am :D. But for now... Wiki alf and a few others have nicknamed me "Libs" (because I am a librarian) So you may call me that too. "156.34" 156.34.218.39 04:10, 8 September 2007 (UTC) "Libs"

• Good enough for me. I'll see if I can get the time (in between home renovation projects and football watching) this weekend to put together a case against our Alterego friends. --cholmes75 ^{(chit chat)} 13:08, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Based on what I've been able to piece together, I have blocked User:Heavymetalis4ever permanently as a sock of Alterego269. The IP address he used to vote in the AfD discussion is blocked for 24 hours. At this point I don't feel comfortable taking any further action with Rock Soldier. But by all means if you can provide some firm evidence I'd be happy to take a 2nd look. I will monitor his activities in the meantime. --cholmes75 ^{(chit chat)} 14:12, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

FYI Keep an eye on Metal Head 4 life (talk · contribs). Strange creation of a template for the pop band Poison when one already exists?. Alterego used to frequent that template a bit. Mental Head may also be a logged name(for page creation purposes) for IP 24.76.120.37... who has been around for awhile and frequents many Alterego watering holes. The 2 are likely unrelated but the small similarities are enough to keep them low on my radar. Also... the template:Poisen???? thing can probably be Speedy D'd :D . Ahoy! 156.34.221.175 22:01, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

User:R n R High Another one. New account. Immediately going after Member lists. 156.34.220.123 10:35, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

PS He probably entered via IP 68.88.71.191. 156.34.220.123 10:37, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

• Blocked and blocked. --cholmes75 ^{(chit chat)} 11:45, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

This strange preoccupation with adding a table here is not typical behavior. Same with template fixations [1] [2] [3] [4].. and a sudden use of "CAP LOCK hollering" when he disagrees with something [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]. All very Alterego-ish... but all so sporadic that I can't really make a proper judgement either. It's almost like he forgets who he is??? A {sock|Alterego} template was placed on his talkpage. For someone who knows how to use an edit summary... he removed it without so much as a peep. It was replaced Is that baiting? :D and it was not removed after that. I know if I was being accused of something I would be very vocal about defending myself... wouldn't you? But it's almost like he doesn't want to draw anymore attention to it. Aside from being "music genre impaired"... and this bizarre new fascination with adding a member table to the Rush article(which BTW was deleted previously by consensus as "not wanted")... his edits have been pretty much valid. I ask again... am I being wiki-paranoid :D ? I see Alterego's daily IP has decided to confront you in an uncivil manner. Which is not Mr. S's modus operandi either.(minus some recent CAP LOCKING comments) What's your take on things? 156.34.220.123 00:05, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Tough call. There are definitely similarities, as you've noticed, but there are enough differences that it could just be coincidence. I agree that if I were accused of being a sock I'd fight it pretty hard. If I had to answer, I'd say that RS is not an Alterego sock, but that it's worth monitoring. As long as RS doesn't start getting combative or disruptive I'm inclined to let him be for now. --cholmes75 ^{(chit chat)} 13:32, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

My AGF is thin and weak... but I will grasp it for all I can :D . He doesn't make it easy though... with edit summaries like this... something just doesn't add up. 156.34.225.235 22:28, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

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Writing.Com page deletion?

Dear Cholmes57,

I recently decided to see the entry for a website I really like, but it says that you had deleted it. Why did you do that? I'd like to know, so please respond.

Many thanks, Ashyen —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ashyen (talk • contribs) 22:55, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

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My wiki-paranoia about our on again/off again sockpuppeteer

My AGF is thin to none on our young Mr. S. Can you remember Alterego269's fixation with putting band members in a certain order. I believe he called it member priority. Mr. S added a very interesting edit summary this evening that melted my already thin layer of AGF. I ask again, am I being wiki-paranoid here? Is it improper protocol to ask him directly why he does seemingly valid edits as RS and also edits under numerous names and IPs with a different agenda? 156.34.230.90 01:44, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

PS THE Alterego has another IP. It's 69.148.83.96 (talk · contribs). Just in case you hadn't caught that one already. 156.34.208.227 10:03, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

I had blocked that IP for a week, but as soon as it ended he went back to work. I blocked it for a month. As for RS, that's a tricky one. The most I think can be done for now is to make sure he doesn't violate any Wikirules. --cholmes75 ^{(chit chat)} 13:06, 19 September 2007 (UTC)