Of course Satish Kumar and his companion used ships to cross the channel and the atlantic, something I know all about myself; see Pet passport. I have changed the article but I think people can figure out for themselves that Satish did not cross water, no more than Jesus, so please do not vandalise my site--Scuiqui fox 20:52, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Wikipedia is no more "your site" than it is any of ours. And that was a valid question - people have walked on water (with the help of large flotation skis). Zetawoof 22:33, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Kumar could not have walked across water in the sixties on Flotation skis because they had not been invented. Besides which you could have asked not 'did they walk on water?' but 'did they cross water on flotation skis?' If they had done so in the sixties across the Atlantic we would all know about it. At the very least your comment was absurd, and your excuses lame. It is not my wiki, but I have the right to keep it clean--Scuiqui fox 13:41, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 2000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:
To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:
Option 1
I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:
{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}
OR
Option 2
I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions to any [[U.S. state]], county, or city article as described below:
{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}
Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" with "{{MultiLicensePD}}". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. -- Ram-Man (comment| talk)
I just wanted to draw your attention to a matter of style. We don't usually include a person's titles in the article name - so we have Winston Churchill and not Sir Winston Churchill. Therefore we already had an article at Thomas John Barnardo which covers his life and work in some detail. What I've done is made your article Dr Thomas Barnado a redirect, so that anyone who goes to it will automatically be sent to the existing one. (also note the spelling error).
All the best with future edits. DJ Clayworth 15:26, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
"...hit on the back of the head with a machete..." Wow!! I hope you're doing ok! Meanwhile, I just want to welcome you to Yasser Arafat. It would be nice to get it tidied up. Some have recently begun going through it to pare it down, but so far we've only gotten through the introduction. --MPerel( talk | contrib) 21:47, Feb 8, 2005 (UTC)
There was a revert war shaping up because of some new edits, so I gave it a little time-out and let the things be discussed on talk. GeneralPatton 17:35, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
I edited only to fix the photosize (i.e. the cache still showed the bush photo at 200px). BTW, where was I involved in an editorial dispute there? GeneralPatton 17:49, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Er, I didn't get involved with 'editing the article, I just talked about the situation with one of the involved parties. As far as I know its perfectly fine for admins to talk with other users and help them out a bit. GeneralPatton 18:17, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
The reason for protection was revert war/vandalism, see for yourself [4]. GeneralPatton 20:47, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
You might want to elevate your request on the Policy page - make it its own subheading so people will see it - and you could always raise the issue at the Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard (actually I think Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents is the proper place to make an open informal complaint over the behaviour of an admin in the event that felt this was serious enough to make a complaint about. Guettarda 16:40, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Oops - my mistake: I must have misread today's date. I apologise profusely: I honestly thought that its 5 days was up. I will move it back to WP:RM immediately. We are all human. On checking WP:RM, I see that my error arose because Rastafarianism → Rastafari was listed under a header which read February 13 whereas the first comment was made on 14 February.
However, I don't think I deserved the remark "outrageous power tripping from a sysop" on Talk:Rastafarianism. I do happen to be an admin, but anyone can cut and paste a debate from WP:RM onto a talk page. Assume good faith.
For the record, I think the debate is pretty evenly divided between maintaining the status quo, with a page at the common usage "Rastafarianism", and changing the article's title to something that Rastafarians will find less offensive. I think the parallel with mormons and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is quite relevant.
However, to avoid any further issues, I will move the discussion back and not move it when its 5 days are up. -- ALoan(Talk) 17:49, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the response, and I apologise again for the misunderstanding. Your comment may as well remain in the record. -- ALoan(Talk) 18:03, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Anarion's contribution was signed with his real name, Jordi.
Wikipedia policy is to use most common name. People know it as Rastafarianism. RickK 07:36, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
Compare Mormonism: Mormons tend to prefer Latter Day Saint theology for their religion (and Latter Day Saints instead of Mormons), but since Mormon is the better known term the article is there. -- Jordi¿…? 07:45, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Since it is likely to be a disputed point, I asked him to clarify his vote at RM - I suspect that he will vote no, but I think it's best not to end up arguing about who meant what. Anyway, don't let this get to you too much.
I added some links at Wikipedia:Requested moves. Hope they help. Found them by searching for Rastafari AND "ism" using Altavista. The same search with other search engines might yield some more useful results. I think it's lost now, but what bothers me more than that is the quite astonishing attitudes some users have revealed. But there, that is the way it is. Mattley 17:55, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Ok, I think I give up. I think i have made a pretty good case that Rastafari is the more common usage, as well as the one that they would prefer, and I have spoken to most of the opponents, but it seems to me that people have made up their minds. Misconceptions not based on data are the hardest ones to correct (someone said something like that, can't remember whom). You are probably doing a lot more good simply by editing the article. Maybe another day. Guettarda 02:51, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for dropping by my page. I haven't been following this debate and haven't been a member of the Wiki community long enough to know how things work (I'm just one of thousands of nobody editors, so I haven't paid much attention, frankly, to Wiki processes and procedures). But, as I indicated on the discussion page, I support the use of "Rastafari." Let me know what, if anything, I can do to help bring about the name change. (I read your personal page and was horrified to read of your run-in with a machete-wielding local. If you don't mind my asking, how did you come to live in Guatemala -- and why on earth do you stay?) Are you an activist there? deeceevoice 21:14, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
OT question - you mentioned you suffered a concussion after being hit in the head with a machete - I am guessing (hoping!) you were hit with the flat of the blade and not the edge? Anyway, if so, is there a word for that in Honduras? In Trinidad we call it "planass" but I have no idea what the root of the term is. Guettarda 18:31, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Unfortunately it was with the sharp edge, and with the full strength of the attacker behind it. The word here is machetazo, as I quickly learnt (machete being the same in Spanish but with a hard ch). Months earlier my partner's brother had his left hand cut off in a similar incident, and I am very glad I only received the one blow.. My vision was so out I couldn't read for several weeks as I could not see an entire word due to distortion on the right. I am getting a lot better now.
Incidentally once of the best sources of Rastafari when I was first interested 80/81 was a magazine from Trinidad for sale in England. --SqueakBox 01:33, Feb 19, 2005 (UTC)
Just some info on the role of admins and the list of admins. It's worth getting to know how the system works. It's also worth knowing that admins are in no way "better" than average users - they just have a few additional powers, and that they are anything but a monolithic group.
The move looks lost for now though - unless you can find some additional support for the idea. Anarion's opinion could be interpreted as being the same as RickK's. Guettarda 18:05, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for restoring Islam. I know its hard to believe, but they do indeed believe in the second coming of christ,. Their doctrine clearly varies otherwise, but that part is quite similar. Cheers, and good luck w your various battles, beanfield, Honduran and otherwise. Cheers, (Sam Spade | talk | contributions) 16:53, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for moving the discussion from WP:RM to Talk:Rastafarianism - I would have done it myself, if I hadn't said that I wouldn't. No-one (me included) seems at all motivated to clear up any of the requested moves that have passed their 5 days, but, as you see, you don't need an admin to do the vast majority of wikijanitorial work: thanks for helping out. -- ALoan(Talk) 17:08, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments at the pump about consensus decision making. I've noticed that some people have already been working on Wikipedia:Consensus. I think the page needs to be expanded and then linked all over. I hope you can contribute. --Samuel Wantman 04:35, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Hi there SB. I've been recently reading the problems with the Javier Solana article and I'd like to offer help if that is needed. I know quite a bit about the whole "666 Antichrist" movement within evangelical Christianity simply because I am one myself. Fortunately I don't go in for all that conspiracy theory nonsense and I certainly don't believe that Solana is the antichrist! The article should be purely objective in its intention. If the Solana/antichrist thing becomes big in the next 12-18 months then it might probably be good to actually have a separate article if needed. Anyway, give me a message if you need some help. --One Salient Oversight 08:08, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Er, maybe not. Now that there are actual votes, I don't know what the best thing to do is. :o) Android79 00:18, Mar 5, 2005 (UTC)
Looks like you may have repeated your earlier VfD mistake(s) with Barcelona Conference. I removed it from the main VfD listing because I can't figure out how to fix it. I'll take a closer look, if you like. Android79 03:36, Mar 11, 2005 (UTC)
I think I fixed it, though it looks like someone else munged up the same page with two more malformed VfDs! Sigh... :o) Android79 03:45, Mar 11, 2005 (UTC)
Permanently protecting the redirects isn't necessarily a solution, and in the case of Solana it's not really possible, since I have changed that from a redirect to a disambig page. And the user could always create infinite variations (lowercase, etc), or modify other pages such as the Number of the Beast numerology page to add Solana-related material. Some vigilance is needed. Encouraging people to add pages to their watchlist is one way to go about it (you can use the {{article}} template for that.
Which comment are you referring to? It should be in the page history of that page. It seems we had an edit conflict while editing at the same time. -- Curps 01:55, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Do you have an email or other link where we can communicate privately? If so, could you please email it to me at cumbey@gmail.com? Thanks! Yes. i will send it to you. --SqueakBox 20:25, Mar 5, 2005 (UTC)
I'll try to take a look. -- Curps 01:19, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Sorry for not replying earlier, the site seems very, very slow at the moment. I will be keeping an eye on the page. -- Curps 02:15, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I got your latest message, I see you've been working hard, and I'm still following developments on the page. I guess we'll have to see what happens in the near future. -- Curps 18:05, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)
From Constance Cumbey quoting SqueakBox
"Went to Nottingham University to study philosophy, didn't like it, could not get to grips with logic, and so dropped out after a year." NOW THAT I COULD BELIEVE!! SPELLING AND GRAMMAR MUST ALSO HAVE BEEN DIFFICULTIES! User:Cumbey.
This was put as a vandalism by Cumbey on my home page.--SqueakBox 16:31, Mar 14, 2005 (UTC)
Honduras, huh? I first learned of the Garifuna community when I did some local relief work for hurricane Mitch. Interesting. (I love the Internet!) I speak Spanish, too -- and not too badly. I live in a multicultural community in D.C., and I'm frequently mistaken for a Latina -- even when I speak Spanish, because I do so without a "gringo" accent. But I'm far from fluent, and I really need practice just listening, listening. I'd love to become fluent and have considered spending some time in a Spanish-speaking country; I think it's the only way to really develop fluency. But work is here, so I've put that aspiration on hold for the time being. *sigh* I envy you. But one of these days.... Peace. deeceevoice 22:03, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Please ask for help rather than violate the 3RR. There are enough people in Wikipedia who are impressed enough with the contributions you have made to help you out if you are genuinely fighting POV-pushing/vandalism. If it's as clear-cut as you say it is (I haven't looked at the diff's, but I'll take your word on it) it's far easier to ask around for help. There aren't a lot of people here who would be very happy having Javier Solana described as the anti-christ. Guettarda 16:50, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I'm trying to struggle through the diff's - can you give me a brief explanation of what is going on (not only is the RfC page a mess, I think your RfC is in the wrong place, but since there are two versions of the page I don't know what's going on). Guettarda 17:02, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Looking through the Talk page. Nice mess you found yourself in. It's not apparent from the diff's, actually - her article "looks" OK (to someone pretty ignorant on the details) until you dissect the discussion. That's when it gets interesting. You have on your side her admissions of Original Research and POV. But the RfC needs to be presented properly, and a nice, simple, short description of the issues. I suspect though that you are getting to personally involved in this - it's just Wikipedial it's not real life (granted, I have gotten so angry my hands shook in disputes in WP, but usually I managed not to write until I calmed down a bit - and that was with a lot less provocation). I'll do what I can to help out, but I do need to educate myself a bit. Guettarda 17:28, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
(Wrote the last bit as you were replying to me). I'll try to figure out how RfC works...but that page is a real mess. Fun, fun - I'm glad I do most of my edits on Trinidad and Tobago stuff - no one else could care less what I write :) Guettarda 17:33, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Couldn't fix the RfC - the page is "pseudo-protected", whatever that means. Will try again later. Guettarda 17:59, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
RfC is Wikipedia:Request for Comment. You have an RfC against Cumbey on record, but it isn't listed in the right place. I tried to fix that, and fix the format, but the page is having some problems or disputes of its own. As for the 3RR, I'd rather saty out of it and let the admins decide. You reverted three times - people have been blocked for reverting 3x even if someone is sticking in factually inaccurate material (it seems that that true "vandalism" is fairly narrowly defined (Wikipedia:Vandalism). What Cumbey is doing is POV-pushing, not vandalism. Trivial difference sometimes - the rules are against you, but some admins might be willing to see things your way. Whatever you do, don't do anything to antagonise an admin, because any of them could ban you. You need a mixture of sympathy and disinterest. Of course, 24 hours off Wikipedia would probably do most of use good :) Guettarda 18:17, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Hi, and sorry for giving you a hard time. If i see it correctly, you have not been blocked for the 3RR, and there seems to be enough support for your case that you either will not be blocked or may be blocked only for a shorter time. I also changed my mind and no longer support a block of yours even though you technically violated the 3RR. I know how frustrating it is to fight a POV pusher/vandal, and hope this won't dampen your spirits. (I have been through similar stressful times, too). If you see Cumbey doing more than 3 reverts in 24hours, feel free to list her on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RR. I'll also keep an eye on Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User:Cumbey. Good luck, and again sorry for the trouble. -- Chris 73Talk 23:16, Mar 11, 2005 (UTC)
That link you gave me is of an outside mirror of wikipedia. If it would be on Wikipedia, I would love to help, but I do not even have a login there. Also, a clarification of the 3RR rule: You can revert three times. Only the fourth revert gets you in trouble. Again, thanks for your understanding -- Chris 73Talk 23:23, Mar 12, 2005 (UTC)
An apparently legitimate user has come in and reverted many of your changes to the Javier Solana article. In the process of editing, he made some rather disparaging comments about you in the edit history. I have left him a message at User talk:Aris Katsaris explaining that his comments may not go down too well. I have assumed that he has come in and edited the article with no knowledge of what is going on - but I am obviously suspicious of his motives. Despite his rancor, I suggest that you don't respond by calling him names either! I'm hoping he made an innocent mistake based on ignorance, rather than being another sockpuppet. --One Salient Oversight 06:44, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)
There is an official policy: Wikipedia:No legal threats. You should read it carefully because naturally the policies apply to all users equally including yourself. In general, of course, Wikipedia can't prevent any user from pursuing litigation if they wish, nor can anyone here offer legal advice. -- Curps 01:38, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
These threats were received by email. User:Cumbey claims SqueakBox is hacking into the wiki database. She is going to demand the hard discs from Jimbo Wales so she can get me put down for a long time because of my alleged hacking. She accuses me of having a stash of janja (sic) she means ganja, in my possession, and that she is going to tell the Honduran police about it. She is going to write to Jimbo demanding he reinstate her version of this article. She is very unhappy with the new contributors. She thinks they work for me and I work for Solana.--SqueakBox 14:42, Mar 14, 2005 (UTC)
Yes I was involved in the discussion. I am not affiliated with global elite. I was there only to point out that there needs to be recognition of Wikipedia as the source of Wikipedia articles. You can find this even on all those sites that use Wikipedia articles and plaster the site in Google ads, such as SearchSpaniel.
I wasn't urging Cumbey to join Hierarchypedia. I was simply suggesting she might want to. I am going to keep out of this squabble that is going on between you two. Although I would say that it appears you are being victimised and a propaganda campaigned carried out against you. She is an attorney, but doesn't know about basic Wikipedia policies, and is now planning to “publish columns on various popular websites independent of either about these antics and tactic”. I was also accused of threatening the admin at Global Elite, when the message I left was just a polite note about having to give the source of the article.
If you are being victimised I would advise you get an admin involved. I find User:Angela is always very helpful. Also if you would like information about tagging articles you could try contacting User:Davidcannon, although he is busy at the moment.
I hope this can be sorted out soon --Hierarchypedia 18:46, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
If you are seriously concerned about the threats Cumbey is allegedly making against you and your family, then you really ought to consider reporting that to the police, not just to a wiki page. Other than that, I think you have taken all the correct steps, such as the request for mediation and the request for comment. The issue is also on the admins noticeboard, so a lot of people are aware of the problem. It might be best to take a break from the articles yourself until others see the RfC and help out there. Mediation can be a bit slow to start, but I hope it will be useful to you. Angela. 21:51, Mar 14, 2005 (UTC)
With respect to the Wikipedia allegations, I don't think Cumbey has any grounds, and if she tried to sue anyone it would be Jimbo and not you. I'd worry a little more about the police in Honduras, but again, my guess is that unless she had connections it would be hard for them to take her seriously. Anything about Wikipedia though - rather than get worried, you should pity the level of paranoia. Don't let her get to you. She is getting to you, so she is succeeding in what she is trying to do. You should write a letter to the bar association in Michigan (she is in MI, right?) Keep her emails, Wikipedia has documented what has happened here - she has far more to lose than you - after all, she is engaging in slander. I don't think that is behaviour becoming of an attorney. Guettarda 00:31, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
The more that person says things like that, the more ridiculous they seem. This is kinda my last message as a contributor (I'm leaving the project), but don't worry about it. Wikipedia admins are pretty sensible, really. - Ta bu shi da yu 08:30, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for your support of Hierarchypedia. It takes a long time to get a wiki up and going. You seem to be right about Cumbey. She is the first conspiracy theorist I have come across who actually is paranoid. Contary to the belief that most conspiracy theorist are paranoid, I find they are the exact opposite.
I noticed that you are from Honduras, so I was wandering if you could give me a bit of information. I study the importance of ancestry in the rise to power. This has generally been confined to the US, but recently I have expendade it to Central America. In particular Costa Rica, where almost all of the Presidents and Chiefs of state are descendants of a conquistador called Cristóbal de Alfaro. There are also a few descendants in other countries including Honduras, but I haven't studied them enough to make a judgement. My question is, are the people of central america aware of this? --Hierarchypedia 01:11, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Spiffing work you've been doing on the Guatemalan people and places! Just one comment: I feel sorely tempted to relocate Two Erres to Dos Erres -- part of the name, shouldn't be translated, etc., etc. The untranslated form is a whole lot more common: for instance, take a look at this Googlefight. Any strong feelings on that? Cheers, –Hajor 02:19, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC) (I've been watching a bit of the Solana business, too... dude, mis respetos...)
Heh. Sorry if I've given you the impression that I've been following you around, but you've been covering some very interesting stuff. Excellent decision there with Dos Erres. Guatemala -- it's been so long since I was there; must get back one of these days. Cheers, –Hajor 04:46, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Machete to the head? That sounds nasty. Yup, Mexico City – which explains my strange obsession with finishing off the list of stations on Mexico City Metro (but not the fact that others have emerged from the nothingness and helped me out with it... this is a special place). –Hajor 05:16, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Hi SqueakBox (good name!) - just noticed your two recent articles on places in Guatemala. For further reference if you're planning to do more, you can give places from Guatemala (in fact, anywhere from there to Panama) Template:CentralAm-geo-stub rather than just geo-stub - it makes them just a little easier to find for editors. Cheers - Grutness|hello? 04:52, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
:) that explains the name. Perhaps I should have named myself after my cats and been User:Nut&Bolt!
I don't think so many people being descended from Alfaro is a conspiracy theory. It is merely information that can be interpreted in many ways. Thanks for your offer to look up for Cristóbal de Alfaro. There is no biography for him on the internet and a book I have on central america only gives him a passing mention. --Hierarchypedia 20:38, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the information. I don't know much Spanish. I will write an article at some point. I liked the Whore of Babylon article. I think I would go for Liz the 2nd out of all the choices. Have you thought about adding why she is thought of as the Whore? I would imagine it would be as she was the Queen of Jamaica. Jamaica has gone from colonial to corporate (FTZ) --Hierarchypedia 21:59, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Vinicio Cerezo -- sorry about that. I wanted to check whether there was a redirect or not; after doing so, I forgot to put it back. Ooops. Oh, another thing: have you seen the "dates" section on Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)? It explains why it's a good idea not to put -th, -nd, -st, etc. after the days of the month (in case you're wondering why I'm following you around and stamping on them). Slds, –Hajor 03:52, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Looks like he was just a reincarnation of the autofellatio redirect vandal. This guy is one of the more successful trolls we've seen to date. – ClockworkSoul 04:55, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
As per your request, I've unprotected the article about "what's his name". However, I'll be keeping a close eye on it to make sure the revert war doesn't start up again. Good luck with the rewrite. Mgm|(talk) 08:38, Mar 21, 2005 (UTC)
thanks! It doesn't look like we'll get entirely rid of it anytime soon, but I do encourage you to continue to voice your opposition on the relevant talk pages, and to be on the outlook for deletion votes. I'm really sorry people have to put up with this. regards, dab(ᛏ) 07:02, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I love the look of your dog too. ;-) SlimVirgin 18:20, Mar 26, 2005 (UTC)
I'm sorry about Boddhi. They are very human; or perhaps, we are very dog. Whatever it is, there can be a real understanding. SlimVirgin 18:35, Mar 26, 2005 (UTC)
Why on earth would people who consider themselves Christian even THINK that redirecting pages to Jesus will somehow lead people to seriously consider Christianity???
Why are you reverting to the Beast version and not the correct version of Solana?
I just checked the history—I have twice reverted the edits of 65.4.16.211 to what I believe is the correct (non-beast) version of the article. If some of the beast nonsense has snuck through, then we need to revert to an even earlier version. I must be doing OK though because 65.4.16.211 also vandalised my user page. JeremyA 02:46, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
OK, I think I can see why the revert I made may not be to the version that you like. Earlier this evening there was vandalism by 68.159.159.208 this was reverted by Dcoetzee, who then partially undid their revert because they thought that some of the previous edit was good. I know nothing of Javier Solana so I don't know if the correct information is displayed in the current version of the article but it seems to have been vandal-rv-vandal-rv... since Curps last rv on March 27, so I am happy to take it back to that version if you think that it is the most correct version. JeremyA 03:01, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I think that Dcoetzee restored some of the beast version because without the overt beast references the rest of the changes looked kosher to him/her. JeremyA 03:05, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Why did you revert Javier Solana to a beast version. That is not the current or the consensus version. lots of people, most of them not beast believers, have put a lot of edits to create the current version. The old version is riddled with inaccuracies. You had absolutely no right just to revert to a very outdated version. Why did you do it? --SqueakBox 03:06, Mar 30, 2005 (UTC)
I undid my own revert, because I wasn't confident that it was justified and didn't really have time to look at it closely. Is this not acceptable? Feel free to revert it again — I do not favour the version I reverted to in any way. Deco 05:23, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
It so happens that at that particular time, I was very busy with some much more important tasks. I am deeply offended that you are angry at me for reverting my own change. I didn't revert to that version because I believed in it, or even read it, just because I was doing some RC patrol and I felt like I might have acted too quickly in reverting it and didn't have the time to look at it more closely, and don't really care about the topic. I don't know what warped kind of etiquette you're operating under where this behaviour is unacceptable, but I am very upset about your reaction. If you just reverted it appropriately that would have been totally okay with me — I never would have even noticed. I don't see why you're angry. Deco 21:01, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Those "more important tasks" you mock are related to my career and the well-being of myself and my family. I did not "make a mistake." I didn't do anything wrong, I don't care about this article you're so possessive of and the ridiculous politics surrounding it. Perhaps I can make this clearer with this diff:
I continue to hold that I had every right to my actions, and don't appreciate being assaulted for two actions whose net effect was to delete an offensive paragraph, as you can see. Now please, stop this mudslinging. Deco 21:48, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Sorry for editing your talk page. I can never figure out where to leave comments anymore, everyone does it differently. I didn't mean to be aggressive, I really just don't understand how you can deny someone the right to undo their own edits. I hope your conflict over that article is resolved — I won't touch it again. Have a good day. Deco 22:18, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
No clear consensus on my adminship - so I was removed[edit]
Thanks for your comments and support. One Salient Oversight 08:12, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Slow mediation? After 10 days at Wikipedia:Requests for mediation I gave up. I have replaced the demand because Cumbey is still making wild accusations, and blaming me for what I see as her religious persecution of me (what do you expect you are a rasta type remarks, all at User talk:Jimbo Wales). Is there any way to hurry the mediation process, 10 days with no response is taking the mickey. --SqueakBox
Sorry for my delayed response. Have you tried WP:RFC for the Javier Solana problem? That might be the only option if no one is willing to mediate. Otherwise, you could try contacting one of the active mediators listed at WP:MC#Active. Angela. 01:31, Apr 1, 2005 (UTC)
Much as I'd like to see a Latin American pope, I'm more than a trifle worried about the possibility of a connection between Solana Madariaga and Rodríguez Maradiaga. Cruz, cruz, as they say here to ward off evil. Sleep easily, if you can... –Hajor 21:56, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)
See my reaction on the VfD page. I think we bot stepped over the line. I with reverting and you with deleting after three hours of discussion. Gangulf 06:46, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I still don't think you were right by redirecting it within 3 hours you started the vote on Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/List of political parties in Honduras (the first message was yours at 19:06, Mar 31, 2005 (UTC) and you made the merger at 22:32, Mar 31, 2005 (UTC)). You cannot say that there is a consent within 3.5 hours and only to persons voting next to you. Furthermore, If we had this vote on Honduras, please don't try it again with each other country. Gangulf 18:40, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Stop reverting my edits there is no copyrighted text in there, I checked my sources.
And please stop reverting that anecdotal Rastafarian tripe.
Hey SqueakBox, thanks for your work in removing those copyright violations. User:69.141.70.196 added a more copyright violations, which I explained at Talk:Jamaica. I reverted but lost your edit; feel free to re-add it and I apologize. — Knowledge Seekerদ 01:17, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I am contacting people who previously helped to vote to delete a generally objectionable photograph by a vote of 88 to 21, and who might be unaware that immediately after that image was voted to be deleted someone posted another which was very similar in content. My objections to this, and the previous image that was voted to be deleted might be based upon reasons far different from any that you have, but I do object to it, and consider the posting of such images to be acts of asinine stupidity, which burdens the project and its major educational aims in ways that they should not be burdened, and can be extremely detrimental to the acceptance and growth of WIkipedia's use and influence. Thus far those who I believe to be in the extreme minority of Wikipedians who would like to include these images, many who have been channeled to the voting page from the article with which it is associated have dominated the voting, 23 to 12 (as of the time that I composed this message). I would like to be somewhat instrumental in shedding a bit more light upon the issue, and if possible, helping to turn the tide against its inclusion. It might also be necessary to begin making an effort to establish an explicit Wikipedia policy against explicite photographic depictions of humans engaged in erotic, auto-erotic, or quasi-erotic activities. To my limited knowledge such images have not been accepted as appropriate anywhere else within this project, and frankly I can agree with those who are casually labeled prudes for opposing their inclusion, that they should not be. Vitally important information that might be unwelcome by some is one thing that should never be deleted, but un-needed images that can eventually prevent or impede many thousands or millions of people from gaining access to the great mass of truly important information that Wikipedia provides is quite another matter. There are vitally important distinctions to be made. Whatever your reasons, or final decisions upon the matter, I am appealing for more input on the voting that is occurring at Wikipedia:Images_and_media_for_deletion. ~ Achilles† 01:23, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Hi. I wouldn't have thought it meant anything, as they are from different countries. I did notice information on Solana's ancestry on the article, and I will probablycheck his ancestry out one day. There are still quite a lot of heavyweights in Europe that are of royal descent. I have only briefly looked at European figures, I mainly concentrate on the US, and have done a fair bit of research on Central America. From Europe that people who are of royal descent are: Agnelli, Spaak, d'Esting (sp?), Davignon, Bismarck, and a few others. I would very much like to look at others such as the PM's of Italy and other countries, but I don't know where to look for the information.
On the Maradiaga, the Dictionary of American Family Names says it is a chiefly Central America name. I don't recognise it though. The most important is Alfaro, and also Vázquez. --Hierarchypedia 11:05, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
PS: I didn't bother contacting Jimbo, as I thought he would have better things to do than to deal with Cumbey.
I took the comment as a joke - I wasn't really concerned about supplying more info to the trolls - they'll probably find it on their own anyway. Guettarda 17:03, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Just wanted to give you something to mark your hard work and to balance all the personal attacks. Thanks for all the hard work. Feel free to fiddle with the format and display it with pride. Guettarda 17:16, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
You only copied part of the text. You can alter the right/left command if you want it somewhere else on the page. Guettarda 18:01, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
There is absolutely no reason for the only list of cardinals on Wikipedia to be of living cardinals,or for there not to be a list of distinguished past cardinals.--Louis E./le@put.com/12.144.5.2 18:40, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
OK,better have List of deceased cardinals than nothing.However,I don't think it should include every deceased cardinal,only particularly important ones...not sure how best to convey that.The place for a listing of every cardinal ever is in the Cardinals Category,assuming it's added to every cardinal's bio.--Louis E./12.144.5.2 01:59, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Sigh. Maybe it's time to get the admins involved. - Jersyko 01:19, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
Please stop your pattern of harassment. You have been dogposting me for days. Your most recent violation of Wikipedia was to change my words on a Talk page. He follows me (that is called stalking or cyberstalking) and makes edits solely for the purpose of harassment.
Pointing out violations of the law is not harassment, nor it is threatening. I am a Florida resident, and protected by the laws of my state. SqueakBox my not be in Florida, but his behavior remains in violation, and he is a Cyberstalker.
In Florida Statutes 784.048(1)(d), Florida has now (October 2003) defined the crime of "Cyberstalking".
784.048 Stalking; definitions; penalties.--
(1) As used in this section, the term:
(a) "Harass" means to engage in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that causes substantial emotional distress in such person and serves no legitimate purpose.
(b) "Course of conduct" means a pattern of conduct composed of a series of acts over a period of time, however short, evidencing a continuity of purpose. Constitutionally protected activity is not included within the meaning of "course of conduct." Such constitutionally protected activity includes picketing or other organized protests.
(c) "Credible threat" means a threat made with the intent to cause the person who is the target of the threat to reasonably fear for his or her safety. The threat must be against the life of, or a threat to cause bodily injury to, a person.
(d) "Cyberstalk" means to engage in a course of conduct to communicate, or to cause to be communicated, words, images, or language by or through the use of electronic mail or electronic communication, directed at a specific person, causing substantial emotional distress to that person and serving no legitimate purpose.
(2) Any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows, harasses, or cyberstalks another person commits the offense of stalking, a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
(N.B. 775.082 (4) A person who has been convicted of a designated misdemeanor may be sentenced as follows: (a) For a misdemeanor of the first degree, by a definite term of imprisonment not exceeding 1 year;
(3) Any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows, harasses, or cyberstalks another person, and makes a credible threat with the intent to place that person in reasonable fear of death or bodily injury of the person, or the person's child, sibling, spouse, parent, or dependent, commits the offense of aggravated stalking, a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(4) Any person who, after an injunction for protection against repeat violence or dating violence pursuant to s. 784.046, or an injunction for protection against domestic violence pursuant to s. 741.30, or after any other court-imposed prohibition of conduct toward the subject person or that person's property, knowingly, willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows, harasses, or cyberstalks another person commits the offense of aggravated stalking, a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(5) Any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows, harasses, or cyberstalks a minor under 16 years of age commits the offense of aggravated stalking, a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
(6) Any law enforcement officer may arrest, without a warrant, any person he or she has probable cause to believe has violated the provisions of this section.
Signed ==> Agwiii 17:31, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
Not that you were particularly worried about it, but Agwiii's claim that you are guilty of any crime is patently ridiculous. I know he (dubiously) claims to be some kind of law student or professor or such, but I'm the real deal, and you certainly haven't done anything illegal. I recommend ignoring his claims as there is no possible way he can substantiate anything. - Jersyko 15:21, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
I've never heard of the group, but they appear to be somewhat legitimate. It is difficult to say they are a fully legit organization, however, when half of their leadership team is made up of 20 something "freelance writers." He appears to be one of the group's main leaders. Anyway, it seems our friend has been using Wikipedia not only to advance his abortion agenda, but also to advance the cause of his organization by raising awareness (to put it mildly) of "cyberstalking." - Jersyko 04:20, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)
Why does none of this surprise me? It was also pretty obvious that few if any of the claims he made about himself on his User page were true. He seems to have disappeared now, at least in that guise. It shouldn't be too difficult to spot him again... Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 20:39, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Yes, almost no doubt at all. Peculiar that he should use a pseudonym here, then use it on the Net in such a way as to give away his identity. But then he didn't seem any brighter than he was self-controlled. I'm astonished that his qualifications are what he claimed, though — and his employers should be even more worried... Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 21:07, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Who is trying to intimidate you? Arbitration is a diplomatic approach, something you obviously could care less about. I put that in because I know I'm not going to be able reach a compromise with someone like you. I've given you my sources, lets's see yours. You don't have a right to take out facts that you don't want. Would you like it if someone just randomly deleted information you researched, and adds relevance to the article? probably not, so think about it. LibraryLion
I have not been vandalizing your page. I never engage in that sort of thing, so please don't accuse me of it. Back to the article, what I want is one paragraph that lists specific documented crimes. The MS-13 members were convicted of the rapes, so this isn't some 'word-of-mouth' type crime. The other crimes in the article are police documented. Now if you want to counterbalance the article, you find information perhaps on MS-13 members who say there is bad in every group, and these crimes are indicitive of what MS-13 is about. But you don't delete what is factual. Yes not every little fact of everything needs to be in every article written, sometimes you can be deluged with facts, but I feel these specific crimes give an indication to the reader of how dangerous some (stressing some, not all) MS-13 members can be. So this paragraph I want kept in. I should specify it's the one paragraph that begins "The gang is quite brutal....", (this perhaps should be reworded to "A few gang members are quite brutal....) The paragraph before this I did not write, so I don't know of its accuracy, so it can be left out. On a side note regarding the vandalism of your page, which vandalism is always inexcusable, you need be real careful what you delete, because some people rather than discuss and talk it over, will resort to this. For some, deleting their material is real personal and there is no common ground when dealing with them. I don't have this problem, because I generally want as much information as possible, and I always cite a source if correction something, but you on the other philosophical side, need to be cautious of this. Didn't mean to write this much on your home page, but in short, we can end it here if you agree to the one paragraph I cited to stay in. LibraryLi
My mistake, I meant to put my comments on this page originally. But calling what I wrote by mistake on wrong page "vandalism" is quite hyperbolic. Claims that I'm a vandal are about as reliable as finding WMD's in Iraq. Anyway, back to article, it's the paragraph that includes the rapes of the two teen girls. the bus shootings, and antother crime was listed I believe. I don't think it matters where these crimes were committed per se, and really I don't think further documented crimes are necessary unless one is going to greatly expand this article. I've noticed in your comments you seem to have a real anti-American slant that really shows through. Why does it matter that the crimes were committed in the U.S.?, crime is crime. Not sure what this is about, but it certainly diminishes your viewpoints, and makes your editing have questionable motives. LibraryLion
I am trying to find users who will help me determine a NPOV aproach in the article. Lots of users I asked to join in refused because article was "too contraversial". I alone cannot declare what is POV and what isn't. I need an objective view. --Cool CatMy Talk 05:24, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I would be interested in assisting you with your RfC in this matter. Please contact me as shown at my talk page. KC9CQJ 10:50, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
No, Cumbey didn't request a reversion. I did because it was premature of me to work on your RfC without your knowledge and I didn't have a grasp of the evidence at hand. Now I do have an accurate picture of what's going on, and your permission, and now I'm willing to help out :-) KC9CQJ 09:03, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
In addition, should the RfC fail to gain attention or solve the problem, I'm willing to bet that ArbCom should be our next step. You might want to withdraw the request for mediation at this point in time, until we see what happens. KC9CQJ 09:30, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I trust the above explanation is satisfactory. I was reverting the edits by User:Kc9cqj at User:Kc9cqj's request. I have since explained to that user how to make reversions themselves. - Mark 14:58, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Upon reflection, my edit summary wasn't very good at explaining what I was doing. In future, I'll try to be clearer to avoid such confusion. - Mark 15:06, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Do you have IRC or AOL IM? We need to talk 'face to face'. KC9CQJ 20:45, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
You have e-mail at your hotmail(dot)com address. KC9CQJ 21:04, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Please review the RfC. Cumbey has been blocked for 24 hours following her posted comments for personal attacks on you and legal threats. If you have questions, please contact me ASAP. KC9CQJ 06:19, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Let's de-esclate this for the moment. I feel that we are on the brink of solving all issues at hand; ending all the vandalism, the anonymous IP's editing Solana, and the bad blood. Take a break for a few days from worrying about this - my real gut feeling is that this is all a huge misunderstanding, and I need a day or so to follow up on every angle that I've worked in the last 24 hours. KC9CQJ 08:36, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Um, yeah. Well. No real following up on every angle since someone hasn't responded to my queries for information as of yet. How's it going? I was on wikivacation for a few days. KC9CQJ 07:58, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
You reverted a vandal recently. When doing so please don't forget to look at other contributions of the editor. This one turned out to be quite prolific. In addition to vandalizing, he created a bunch of nonsense pages as well (I deleted them already). Mikkalai 18:11, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
A little to coincidental for my reckoning. You were looking at my past contributions and trying to discredit what else I wrote. Your own words for recommending the article for deletion "is this true?" imply that I somehow made up this article, and didn't do any research on it. This is quite an insult to anyone contributing information. If you would have just taken some time to yourself to verify it yourself, then you wouldn't have recklessly recommended it for deletion, especially given the fact it is a true. If you think it needs deletion because of a lack of information, I can accept, but that wasn't your stated reason. LibraryLion
Yes your comments make sense but I think people would have come upon it anyway and made improvements. I don't claim to be good technical writer, I'm just a researcher, so I don't mind how anyone eidts information I add. My impression, maybe incorrect, was the vfd process is more for aricles with dubious facts, or facts that can't be verifed. I actually stumbled on this article reading a book on word and phrase origins. I have no idea why the author of the book put this obscure little piece of history in this type book, because he makes no reference to any new word or phrase that came out of this war. LibraryLion
Well, he's gone now. Because I'd been reverting him y'day -- thus an involved party -- I wasn't sure whether I could block him or not. I need to read up on my 3RR protocols. –Hajor 21:49, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Minor edit. Changed "vandalsie" into "vandalise". Like your dogs. My dog was poisoned in Santa Fe, near Granada, Spain. He too liked living in a van. Keep up the good work.--El.tula 17:31, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Hi! Somewhere in the Madrid article, you said "Madrid is the largest hub in Spain for university life, though the academic centre is in Salamanca".
I have been living in Madrid for all my life (and going to a Madrilenian university for 6 years) and I've never heard about Salamanca being the academic centre of Spanish universities. Are you sure about that? Perhaps I'm wrong and I'm just a bit unculturate :) Sarg 15:45, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I think Salamanca is by far the oldest in Spain. It is also one of the oldest of Europe. I have heard several times that Salamanca was the academic centre of Spanish universities when they were controlled by the Church, but nowadays each university has its own politics and rules. As far as I know, there is no organism with power over all of them (well, barring the government!). But, again, I might be utterly wrong :) Let's see if someone with more data posts at the talk page! Sarg 16:51, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Hi. I just went onto hierarchypedia and checked the recent changes. To my surprise there were a few (there are usualy none). It says that it is User:SqueakBox, but I believe it to be none other than Mrs. Cumbey. On your user page it says "Englishman living in Honduras. 42." On one of the IP's it says "Love that pot" and on another it simply says "Fuck".
I propose that we use this as evidence for another longer ban of Cumbey from Wikipedia if possible, and I will also permenantly ban her from Hierarchypedia. You can view the pages in question here: http://www.hierarchypedia.com/wiki/index.php/Special:Recentchanges
She is obviously a crazy mofo. One of those people who go crazy if you don't agree with them.
Because of the growing irrelevance of Wikipedia and the SqueakBox crowd, I haven't bothered coming around here and this time I have read the incredible filth placed above by "Hierarchypedia" (interesting how none of you care to reveal your true identities. The f___ word simply is not and never has been in my vocabulary. I have NEVER posted the "love that pot" message. That type of low class street talk comes from others! I think retractions and apologies to myself are in order! Posted April 6, 2006 by Constance E. Cumbey.
Thanks for signing up. The article is fine. I will upload the wikified one at some point though. The IP is from the US, and since it included the usual accusation of you being a pot lover I think we know who it is. Where should I go to post about continuing Cumbey vandalism and abuse? --Hierarchypedia 21:48, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I think it is best to leave her alone, as you suggested. I have been accused of being a member of Bohemian Grove (she really means Bohemian Club). This is ridiculous, as I have never been to California. --Hierarchypedia 22:55, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Ok. Constance says on her blog that she would like to end the fiasco. I think it would be a good idea not to contact her any more. Here's an interesting connection I just found:
Harry Truman to Tam Dalyell. I have never seen such a close relation between an "American" and a Brit, 6th cousins. The nearest is Bush to Churchill - 9th cousins that I know of. I am also going to look at the Central American Presidents a bit more as well. There is one who has ancestor from America, which may have interesting connections. I would like to look at the Sandistas too, and maybe some drug kingpins, but that would be difficult. What country is it you live in? --Hierarchypedia 01:12, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
In addition to contacting me, please cease and desist all editing within the following articles: Javier Solana, Javier Solana Antichrist allegations, Constance E. Cumbey, and any other articles that center around this dispute until you have contacted me and I have given you further instructions and information.
Ok, well, let's see here. I asked you not to post to her blog, you didn't listen to me, I asked you to wait a few days to see what worked out, you didn't listen to me. Are you going to listen? You want to edit the article, and I'm asking for you to stop running around rampant, placing comments here and there, and allow this to cool off for a few days or so. If you're going to run around and accuse me of making the situation worse, that's fine, and I will withdraw. I asked BOTH users, you and Cumbey, to stop editing and baiting each other into arguments, because that's what you're doing right now. You are both right - and you are both wrong. I've generated an entire timeline of this dispute, I've had outside parties read the entire history, and they all mainly agree that this is the case. Will you please just stop long enough for me to explain???? KC9CQJ 15:46, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
In your defense, I see you removed the rude message from my User:talk page. I think Wikipedia is being flakey, and it may have appeared like I added that obnoxious "Wikipedia is Communism" line that vandal's seem fond of. I have nothing to do with than, but the page history seemed corrupted recently. Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters 22:17, 2005 Apr 29 (UTC)
Um, he's Pope John Paul II's successor... so he is real... or is that not the point of your statement? Master Thief Garrett 23:49, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Squeak, I see you've been vacationing for the last ten days or so. :) - Lucky 6.9 23:54, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
What i meant is that the article had disappeared completely; the work of WC. See my User page. --SqueakBox 23:57, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC) (from Wikipedia:Vandalism in Progress)
Your reverts on Alleged Bible discrepancies entry[edit]
Why do you keep removing a link to the post-resurrection chronology? It's VERY relevant. Are you just pushing your POV, again?
Link: Some advocates of Biblical inerrancy have gone to great lengths to harmonize the four accounts jcsm.org/Apologetics/Post-ResurrectionChronology.htm,
The dispute tag was there because there was a dispute, and remains a dispute over content. Someone moved part of the text and in the process either removed or moved elsewhere the reason for the dispute. But the article is littered with unsubstantiated POVs. FearÉIREANN 00:11, 2 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Squeek,
never suggested that you acted in bad faith. Just that you did not know that there was a serious issue with that page. I had left a detailed note explaining the POV issues previously on the page. Basically the page tried to do two things: cover the attempted coup and do it in a page on one of the coup leaders. I pointed out that the page was POV and it was meant to be a biographical page but had two paragraphs on the person and the rest a POV account of the coup. Whomever responded moved the 23F still en bloc to a new page, with the dispute tag, but didn't bring along the talk page stuff outlining the problems. That was their error, not mine. I was rushing out the door when I saw your change and had not time to trace back the talk page stuff at that stage but there was a serious POV error with the page. It was far from the encyclopaedic standard one could expect in an encyclopaedia. FearÉIREANN 03:02, 2 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Any reason to keep editing my Fidel Castro remarks? You a Castro accolyte? Tell me how Forbes saying he has 500 million dollars is not factual information worthy of being on the guy's bio?
Give me a good reason why you keep reverting my xxxx, if you can't do that just please leave it the xxxx alone. Already asked once in the Fidel Castro talk page and nobody had the decency to answer why they keep reverting to that biased bull.
Kapil 05:48, 5 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I have also asked KapilTagore to apologize, however don't you think that Who do you think you are? might not be the best thing to attach to a comment asking someone who has wronged you for an apology. Its certainly not on the scale of what was said to you, but still. Also what are your objections to the Castro wealth ref? -JCarriker 17:06, May 5, 2005 (UTC)
Let's try to continue to assume good faith until KapilTagore responds, he's apologized for using such language before and I know he responded postiviely to my request after I reverted his assretion that South America was a subcontinent rather than a continent. This may be as simple as case of wikistress and mistaken identiy combined, of course it may not. Either way it's I think it's best to wait for his response before drawing conclusions. -JCarriker 17:50, May 5, 2005 (UTC)
Yep, you certainly do attract interesting characters. Guettarda 20:26, 5 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Seconded! No problem, by the way, and yes, I have a cocker spaniel, called Jarvis. It made me laugh anyway :) Cheers. Anilocra 20:30, 5 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
How is "intense and sometimes brutal political repression" a sentence that doesn't fit? Stop editing other people's stuff, it's an universal truth that Castro's Communist Cuba is politically repressive, and that this is where tensions with the US stem from. So you shouldn't remove it again, rather, explain why you're removing it before doing so. This is exactly the kinda thing I was talking about. Kapil 01:06, 6 May 2005 (UTC)
Also, the word "shit" appears below your cat's picture. Don't fret as much about the word cunt, they're both Wikipedia articles.[reply]
Alright, sorry about calling you a Castro accolyte. Kapil 03:00, 6 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I'm out on wikivacation for a few days. If you need anything drop me a line through my g-mail account. Should be back around May 10 or 11. KC9CQJ 05:34, 6 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
You seem like a pretty knowledgeable user (and have provided some objective edits on Cold War figures I might add -- good job) so I thought I'd point you to the question I asked on Ramon/Ramón Grau. J. Parker Stone 07:50, 10 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
On vandalism, evidence is presented that he vandalized Adolf Hitler. I am pretty much in agreement with you that POV pushing is not the problem. He's rude, but (although my politics are very different from his) he's a pretty good editor most of the time. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 18:44, 10 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
There's a problem at the Nicaragua article... (not vandalism)[edit]
The problem is an anon. user. While not a vandal, it appears that this anon. user is making changes to the article that include non-English text, and in one case I had to revert the article because the edits by the anon. user had resulted in a major drop in the quality of the article. The first two times, I assumed that it could be vandalism or what it actually turned out to be: someone who appears to not to be native to the English language. I've already done two reverts, but the user keeps editing. The first two times I didn't know for certain what I was dealing with, but since it isn't vandalism, I don't think I can deal with the situation properly. There's a very good chance that there may be a language barrier problem, and I'm not very good when it comes to understanding Spanish. I've got some experience... but not enough. What I'm worried about is that this user will end up ruining the article in what they think is actually their attempts to fix it. I've already had one incident where I mistook somebody like this for a vandal (and I've kept the rebuke for another user on my talk page to remind me of this) and I'm afraid that somebody else might make the same mistake. --Chanting Fox 01:21, 12 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Read your message about this guy. Thanks for the info. --Chanting Fox 01:32, 12 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Why have you deleted the piece of information I included yesterday to help you with your mistake (you know, that thing of It's or Its)? Everybody makes mistakes. Why cannot you have a more collaborative behavior? You cannot remove a contribution to your talk page only because you do not like it, specially if it can help other people with your same problem.
Let's give peace a chance. I can forgive you, but you must make an effort.
you're right. We should talk, because I found more evidence outside the current RfC. I think we ought to reinstate it. I'll give you a Skype when I get back from Chicago. KC9CQJ 21:17, 15 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
My latest comment at Javier Solana was not intended nor directed towards you, it was directed towards the other disputant. Sorry for the confusion. KC9CQJ 03:39, 16 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I'm back. Let me know when a Skype session would be appropriate. I'm available tomorrow morning and Wednesday all day. KC9CQJ 22:31, 16 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Squeak. I'm leaving my current company for greener pastures on the 8th, so I'm kind of riding softly on the Wiki for now. Please keep me informed of any major developments on CEC or the affiliated documentation and I'll be sure to add it to my list. Cheers and greets, KC9CQJ 08:50, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for certifying the RfC. -- Viajero 01:18, 17 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks again, I added it. I feel strongly that this kind of behaviour is completely unacceptable on Wikipedia; it poisons the atmosphere and should not be tolerated. If Kapil doesn't quickly shape up, I will bring him to the ArbCom. Anyway, now back to more creative and satisfying things, like writing articles. -- Viajero 01:34, 17 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Squeackbox - you can duplicate link spam as much as you like, I don't care, I DID notice the problem is unavoidable on articles like abortion. No productive work is possible on these articles as I have said noumerous times before, that is why I do not work on promotion articles like this any more. As for the removal of the links - that wasn't me. I have moved them to where they belong before, approximately two weeks ago, I think, that is true and probably your reason for bothering me with this. And at the time no one _NO ONE_ opposed. Calling me a vandal for this is a personal attack. Have a look at wikipedia policy and leave me alone.--Fenice 04:28, 18 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I have not attacked you in any way. Please explain your accusing me of having done so? --SqueakBox 04:48, May 18, 2005 (UTC)
See the talk page of abortion, you call this vandalism, and you mean me. And there is something else that just illustrates my point: Calling me "he" on the discussion page of abortion...Have a look at Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias, that might just widen your horizon a little. And do leave me alone with this issue. As I said, as far as I am concerned, all these pages are open to whoever wants to promote their views there, I will not be there to oppose. --Fenice 04:52, 18 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
You wrote: "You apologised to me for your ridiculous assertion that I am a Cumbey sockpuppet. will you please also apologise to Cumbey, and take a look at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Cumbey. Can you also tell me why you highlighted my contribs in your edit summary at Constamce Cumbey. Why are you continuing this senseless and aggressive campaign towards me?"
What? I don't know what you're talking about! I've had nothing to do with that article lately except to revert one or two edits. I think I reverted one of your edits because I disagreed with the removal of her published books (as I explained on the talk page); apart from that, I've had nothing to do with it. I did NOT "highlight your contribs" in my edit summary; I hit the revert button and DIDN'T MAKE an edit summary. I've said absolutely nothing on the Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Cumbey since my original comments, for which I apologized. I apologized to you; I saw no need to apologize to Cumbey as the allegation was made against you, not her. I realized my mistake and apologized to you. If you think I should apologize to Cumbey also, I have no ill feelings about doing so - it just hasn't occurred to me as necessary until now. As to your claim that I'm continuing "a senseless and aggressive campaign" towards you, I honestly dont know what you're talking about. Maybe someone has stolen my identity? I haven't looked yet - I'll do so now. David Cannon 20:11, 18 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
By removing your name from Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Cumbey (with an explanation that's difficult to follow, to say the least) you've left all those who supported you in a difficult position. By adding your support to the wholly spurious Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Whig, with no explanaion for your action, and despite all the comments made by others, you've divested yourself of yet another layer of credibility. What's going on? Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 21:33, 18 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
To prevent a revert war going on, I was trying to include a more NPOV version. Seeing as how Grace Note keeps reverting to his/her version, I disputed the article's neutrality, seeing as how there's no data or reliable, neutral outside sources that call the literacy increase as "great" (and Grace Note hasn't provided one yet). What do you think? He/she's probably just gonna remove the NPOV tag, as it happened the first time. Kapil 01:11, 19 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I just wrote in the discussion page the reasons why I think the article is biased. Am I completely oblivious to something or is this the proper procedure? Kapil 01:23, 19 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I'm writing in regards to your withdrawn endorsement of the RfC and your comment that you agree with my styles generally but not how I am going about them. I'm not in favor of using styles. I don't think we should prefix "His Imperial Majesty" to the Haile Selassie article, though I do believe that this style should be contextualized within the page. HIM is a very important style to Rastafari, and deserves appropriate and neutral treatment. I would like to know, however, what it is that you disagree with as to my "going about" things, in order that perhaps we might work constructively together to make the coverage of Rastafarianism, Haile Selassie, Jah, etc. more complete and NPOV. Whig 01:47, 19 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
When is a decision taken on the RfC? I'm getting tired of Mothperson's constant personal attacks against me and his false claims about my behaviour, and really will not have any of it if the RfC is merely a window in which users can attack me with impunity, with no users stepping in to give a neutral point of view. Your thoughts? Kapil 00:45, 21 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
It's not helping that you support trolls -- who are not having a "consensus-building" discussion but it's clear to see are simply badmouthing anyone who disagrees with them and reverting their edits on sight -- and call decent editors "vandals". Perhaps you could try a more constructive approach to getting your POV represented? Grace Note 01:36, 21 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I am absolutely mystified that you are supporting Trey Stone's version of the page. Disgusted, in fact. He has opposed the consensus at every point, included his own POV, completely unsourced, and you support that? Why? Grace Note 01:44, 21 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't realize known facts like the Cuban-American population and Castro's Sovietization needed to be sourced while items of disputable quality like literacy and healthcare don't. J. Parker Stone 06:43, 21 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Then revert to the version I am supporting, but take out the smoking photo, okay? But don't replace it with the one of Castro that says "I am a nasty commie". And don't revert to Trey's POV, please. Grace Note 01:46, 21 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
The neutrality of the article was agreed upon in the discussion, if you have any objections discuss them before reverting the version we reached by consensus. Also, you're approaching your third revert. Lastly, any references to us as "rightwing trolls" or "rightwing povistas" don't help your case. Kapil 01:47, 21 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
To SqueakBox: Please note how my answer was directed at Grace Note. The problem is I thought I was in the Fidel Castro discussion page and not your own talk page, this is where the confusion stemmed from. But do relax, I feel there's some kind of witch hunt at every single comment I make and I will not stand for it. Kapil 06:37, 21 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I just noticed that the Zapatero was listed on RfC and I took a look at it. Whew. It needs a lot of work. I just copyedited the first two sections; I'll have a look at the rest later on. Reading the talk page, I saw that you have been having problems with Zapatancas. If he continues to be a PITA, an RfC might be in order. I realize preparing an RfC is time all of us would rather spend on more gratifying tasks, but I have done it now a few times and I can help you. An RfC obviously has no binding force to it, but sometimes it can be effective. All the best, -- Viajero | Talk 11:35, 22 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Damn. They got one past us. And I thought everyone knew the new Antichrist is Zapatero. Heightened vigilance in future. –Hajor 19:48, 22 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, all I can say is sorry for that Dalek edit. I appreciate you not making a large comment about irresponsible actions, etc, because as I'm sure you know I've been told quite a few times. I've since withdrawn my request for adminship. I'm now sending a personal apology to all those who've opposed the adminship because of my actions. - Ta bu shi da yu 02:28, 24 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I commented on this with the redirect. The article was basically an orphan that had almost no information. By moving it to the main city article, it should get more notice and has a better chance to get someone to provide more information so that it can become a better article. This also avoids another editor putting a VfD tag in there again and having another discussion about keeping the article or not. If you have more information feel free to add it. If you get it into better shape and move the text back, add a {{cleanup-school}} tag at the top so that others can help finish the cleanup. Vegaswikian 19:26, 27 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Please don't get bent out of shape about Ríos Montt; it isn't worth it. Complaints about "reverting my material" aren't so helpful even though I understand your reaction. The best course is not to revert immediately, but simply to correct obvious errors and sort out the rest on the Talk page. There were, IMO, only a couple of major differences between the two versions, and I am sure we can iron those out. 172 knows a lot of about general history and political movements, and you are well-informed about contemporary politics, so the end result should be a great article. Cuídate, -- Viajero | Talk 12:37, 28 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Once again, I think you are taking the wrong attitude. Once you hit the "Submit" button, your edits are fair game for anyone. There is no point in taking a propreitary attitude about an article. It doesn't work here. And comments about 172's personality and ArbCom stuff are equally counterproductive. Anyone could have come along and edited that page; 172 or a newcomer. As I said above, the best (and IMO only) strategy is to fix the obvious errors and take the rest to the Talk page.
When I laid out the diffs several days ago, I thought you responded to all the points that concerned you, particuarly with regard to the intro, and that the changes were merged. If not, our only recourse is to repeat the process. I am going to archive the Talk page in a moment; let's start over with a clean slate. If you still have issues with the content, copy the text to the Talk page and we will discuss it, clause by clause if need be. This is the only way forward. Thanks, -- Viajero | Talk 10:50, 30 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I believe I received an automated(?) message from you. Perhaps you (SqueakBox) are a part of a Wikipedia welcoming committee?
If so, thank you for the welcome!
Also, I would like to note that it would have been nice for the message to have explained itself (i.e. where it came from). Thanks, Djbaniel 01:56, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
I got this welcoming message too -- I didn't have any problem with it. Thanks! WLight 04:21, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for uploading Image:Roberto weiss in rome with his sister.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then there needs to be an argument why we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then it needs to be specified where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.
If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then one should be added. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, consider reading fair use, and then use a tag such as {{Non-free fair use in|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.
If you have uploaded other media, consider checking that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.
SqueakBox, thank you for your vote of confidence on my recent successful RFA, it was much appreciated. I will work to demonstrate that your trust was well-placed. Fawcett5 19:45, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hey, I only just saw your comment of May 21 to me on Fidel Castro. Look, I'm sorry we had a few words that verged on the harsh. You didn't deserve that. I appreciate that you were working for the good, as I think you do around Wikipedia. Your point about Castro's smoking was entirely compelling. I thought the smoking picture was cool, but if the guy doesn't even smoke...! Happy editing and hope next time our paths cross, we do it with smiles. Grace Note 12:38, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
You are not a deletionist, you are a Wikipedia obsessionist and vandal. You are writing lies about me and anything/one that I support. In your distorted view of the world, you think I have multiple identities. This is simply one of your lies. You are absolutely and completely not a notable person, although I am sure your sockpupets and sycophants will fly to your aid. Proudly and accurately written by Rex Judicata 13:02, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
It was CesarB and not me who pointed out your sockpuppetry. Being not notable is just how I want it. I don't write articles about myself or my activities at wikipedia. I have written no lies. Please don't remove my comments from now on or accuse me of vandalism or libel. It was you who impersonated me and threatened to see me deported to Florida, SqueakBox 15:24, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
Practically everything Squeakbox has written anywhere is a blatant lie and I am happy to see that others here see it! I proudly sign my name as CONSTANCE E. CUMBEY.
Hi, I noticed on the now-deleted Grayson Walker article that you had linked from that page to a couple of user: pages. We don't link to user: pages from articles (in part because many people who take database copies only take the article space, but in general it's also just Not A Good Idea). Noel(talk) 05:40, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
There is an ongoing problem in the Mizrahi_Jew article (see Talk:Mizrahi_Jew) with user Jayjg (an Administrator) refusing to include elements into the article which have been proven with sources he had earlier demanded. This lead to nothing, as he doesn't care for the countless sources and evidence I provided, which can be seen by his continuing to dismiss the other side (which needs to be represented) as still being irrelevant. The fact that after sources and evidence he still finds it irrelevant is his POV. The article, as Jayjg edits it, removes any mention that some Mizrahim from Arab countries (whether many or few) espouse and promote "Arab Jewish" identity.
I have already asked for mediation from other administrators, but they say they haven't the time. I asked for mediation from one administrator that even blocked me (because of Jayjg and the problem at Mizrahi Jew) but when I wrote to the administrator asking him that he read the talk page to see why there was a problem, he said he had no time. I am begging an administrator to find the time!
Jayjg is unwilling to include the fact that some Mizrahim espouse "Arab Jewish" identity (which would ensure the article’s neutrality), noting that it does include references relating to Mizrahim that oppose “Arab Jewish” identity and discourse. He is intent on only presenting one side of the “Arab Jewish” discourse, while utterly discounting the other side, and at times outright inferring the other Mizrahim that are pro-“Arab Jewish” identity are wrong (which is not for him to decide and constitutes a POV) and in his utter bias also labels those other Mizrahim as a “phenomenon” for being Jews that identify as Arabs (which is his POV).
It has been made known to him, that despite many Mizrahim today not identifying as “Arab Jews” or espousing a revival of "Arab Jewish" identity, there are (as has been quoted to him in sources) a growing number of Mizrahi scholars and non-Mizrahi members of Israeli academia (and laymen) that support do, but because of modern Arab (ie. Palestinian) and Israeli (ie. Ashkenazi Jewry) political relations (stemming from the creation of the state of Israel) the idea is that it is impossible to be both Jewish and Arab at once (which is a European Jewry understanding, and as such a POV). Both sides must be addressed for neutrality.
To quote Yehudith Harel, an Israeli scholar, writer and peace activist. These are the phases I see Arab Jews as having gone through: First, coming to Israel, being discriminated against, looked down upon and humiliated because they were "Arab Jews" -- ie belonging to Arab culture and yet practicing Jews; trying their best to integrate in many ways, among others by "forgetting" and repressing and denying their Arab cultural roots, sometimes even turning against them by adopting "Ashkenazi" (quasi-Western and secular) ways of life and strong anti-Arab positions in order to differentiate themselves from the despised and feared "enemy".
This sentiment is shared by a growing minority, and as such must represented, or how can we say the article is neutral? I myself don’t mind indicating that they are in fact a minority within the Mizrahi community (for ethno-political reasons, espoused by the Ashkenazi institution running Israel, already mentioned above), but Jayjg opposes even this, which is the very reason this school of though is growing. And it's not a recent "phenomenon" as he insesitevely indicates and which I have also shown him;
To quote Prof. Sasson Somekh, Author, translator and researcher of Arabic literature. "We are Arabic Jews just as there are American Jews - it's a historical fact. But people did not use that definition, because the Israeli society didn't like it. I am not afraid to use it, and there are others like me, such as the author Shimon Balas or Prof. Yehuda Shenhav."
If you review the recent behavior of SqueakBox, you will see he has stalked Rexjudicata on Wikipedia, and made changes to any page edited by Rexjudicata. He has claimed that Agwiii and Rexjudicata are the same person. They are not.
SqueakBox has written on the Parents Without Rights page that Grayson Walker has had his parental rights taken away by the court. This is not true. Beyond that, it would be impossible for SqueakBox -- in Honduras -- to have access to private records of a Florida family law case. The fact that he would write such a libel shows his intent is to harass and not contribute.
It is important to note that SqueakBox knows nothing of these topics, and the sole purpose of his changes have been to harass Rexjudicata. As SqueakBox is an "old" member of your clique (aka Wikipedia community), he rallied his friends for support and they joined him.
Your code of conduct notwithstanding, the fact remains that the behavior of SqueakBox is a violation of the Cyberstalking Laws of Florida, many other states, and a growing number of other countries. Your Wikipedia S.O.P. is in conflict with these laws, and that should give you pause. Why are your members allowed or even encouraged to break the laws in a growing area of International regulation?
If you can get past the fact that SqueakBox is "allowed" to make edits -- as are all Wikipedians -- and examine why and what he has been editing in his attack on Rexjudicata, you see that he has used your rules as a vehicle to harass Rexjudicata. The choice is yours -- ignore the stalking and harassing by claiming the rules permit SqueakBox's behavior -- or look at the unethical behavior of his stalking.
Consider what we call the ethics transparency test. Ask, "Could I give a clear explanation for the action, including an honest and transparent account of my motives, that would satisfy a fair and dispassionate moral judge?" SqueakBox's behavior fails this test.
Consider what we call the ethics Golden Rule test. Ask, "Would I like to be on the receiving end of this action and its potential consequences? Am I treating others the way I’d want to be treated?" Again, SqueakBox's behavior fails this test. If Rexjudicata had behaved as SqueakBox did, he would have gone to all of the substantive pages that SqueakBox edited, and made changes to them -- this did not happen. Instead, he posted his complaint about being cyberstalked and erased harassing comments made by SqueakBox on his page.
The choice is very clear. You may intervene and stop the unethical, stalking behavior of SqueakBox, or you can stand behind a technical interpretation of your rules, ignoring the fact that they permit unethical and illegal behavior. This is not about suggesting that SqueakBox or any other Wikipedian stalker be prosecuted, but about the fact that your rules are increasingly out of step with both ethics and laws. Philanthropists and investors are very careful about such issues.
How do you manage to attract these sorts? :) I won't criticise you for "feeding" them, but I wonder if in some cases it mightn't be better to just raise your "ignore" threshold a tad. Not that I can speak from personal experience - I have a habit of falling for trolls myself. Anyway, hope all is well with you in the world that really matters, and congrats on the job. Guettarda 15:36, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I was just going to say - you seem to attract all kinds of strange people. It might be helpful if you just delete my section on your talk-page ("your attacks"). It's been the second time someone tried to build on that in order to heat up a conflict.--Fenice 16:17, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for that. Goodness me, you seem to get into all kinds of unusual scrapes... I think I will strenusouly try to avoid editing "weird" or "potentially weird" articles, you never know who you'll attract if you do! Cheers for the New User Greeting, anyway. --TheGrappler 21:39, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Thanks too for the welcome you sent to me - much appreciated. I'm a big fan of cult British TV, so it seems we may have some things in common! HowardBerry 09:06, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the invite--Sara22 23:44, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the friendly welcome, what drew me to your attention?
Winckle 14:23, 19 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
According to "a ghost", IP 172.197.228.222 is being used by a bot program. He asked me to report this because he needed to take care of the vandalism the bot was doing. --Chanting Fox 20:45, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Whoops! Wrong IP address. I'll get you the correct information in a moment. --Chanting Fox 20:47, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
It's 134.161.244.202. I can definitely see why.... all the edits are related to Creationism in one way or another... and I should have read more carefully... ghost told me that I reverted the bot on the Creationism article.
Ugh, mistakes ALL around. Ghost made the assumption it was a vandalbot, and he left a note on my talkpage asking me to report it, but another user checked it out and figured that it was more of an NPOV problem than vandalism, and told ghost that on his talkpage. I did my own investigating and discovered that the IP was registered to the University of Northern Iowa, and that seems to be a further suggestion that this wasn't a bot. I've added a shared IP template to the talkpage for that IP to prevent something like this from happening again. --Chanting Fox 21:17, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
VANDALISM??? Why did you delete the box out of the schubert article??--CanadianPride 19:21, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Ahem, that was editing not vandalising, SqueakBox 21:03, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)
So editing means deleting half of the page and not substituting it with anything... Well, if that's editing then O.K. --CanadianPride 02:41, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
There is nothing to replace. Schubert had no family, so the whole thing is an elaborate hoax, SqueakBox 02:44, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)
How is there no Schubert Family??? There is Schubert wine, Von Schubert Wine, and even Rafal Olaf von Schubert. I know you like you stupid american google so look up "Von Schubert Wine" and you'll see it exists.--CanadianPride 03:00, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Who are you calling American. Apologise immediately, SqueakBox 03:01, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)
I called google American, while i dont car what you are. Stop deleting the information on "Schubert Family" site.--CanadianPride 16:30, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I will if you stop using sockpuppets and stop deleting Vfd notices, SqueakBox 17:35, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)
What are sockpuppets?--CanadianPride 00:04, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I am not sockpuppeting the Schubert Article, if thats what you mean. Thanks for the definition. I only work on the "Schubert Family" site because I want to help with a creation of a article (better than some others, like digimon articles).--CanadianPride 00:55, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
re:I think you are using sockpuppets. We could ask for a sockpuppet check, and any not from Toronto would then be considered accounts in their own right, SqueakBox 01:46, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC) "What do you mean by any not from Toronto would then be considered accounts in their own right? Why toronto? are you insisting I'm from toronto? I don't get it--CanadianPride 23:41, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Get a Life sqeakbax--24.103.215.43 19:19, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The whois link you added to User:SqueakBox does not work. It would be better if instead you said what to search for (so it can for instance be searched with the command line whois command on Unix). --cesarb 22:08, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I was referring to nothing as awful as what I have just read. I am somewhat speechless now. Uh, I need some time to think. Small can of nightcrawlers just turned into "Jeff" (List of fictional worms). By the way, you have gorgeous kids, very nearly almost as gorgeous as mine. Especially Boddhi, who must be semi-closely related to at least three of mine. --Mothperson 16:39, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
On List of places in Buckinghamshire, if you read the top bit, it says that places that used to be in Buckinghamshire are listed in italics. Slough is one such place, which was moved from Bucks to Berks in 1974, hence why it is listed on the list in italics. -- Francs2000 | Talk 18:23, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hi, im user:CJ2005B. I dont go round trying to make enemys with anyone! all i asked is that you and other wikipedia users be fair. so far you have not been! all i ask is that be fair when editing/deleting my post. thanks you.
See this, and all in the defence of this. What's your game, mate, SqueakBox 01:19, Jun 27, 2005 (UTC)
I would rather wait for Theresa or someone else to delete it. It isn't doing any damage for the moment, and I don't want to turn into a "rouge admin" just yet. One block and two page protects, all yesterday, are enough for my first week as an admin. I would rather wait a while amd hope someone else will delete. Or do you think it is doing harm as is? Guettarda 01:14, 27 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Hello, thanks for the welcome message after reading through your message i found you posted on another bored that you think im someone else. im not this person! i would like to say that i intend to be a good Wikipedia user who gets on well with other users and i do not intend to vandalise pages! if i find that this other user vadalises my pages what sort of action should i take?
once again, Thank you for the welcome and i look forward to enjoying the wikipedia experience. User:Agent003
Hi again, I’ve left a friendly warning on CJ2005B's talk page asking him to leave me and my pages alone. I hope this doesn’t make more trouble for you or me! I really don’t want other users vandalism to affect me, so do you think this will help keep this user from bothering me? -- User:Agent003
Hi, just to let you know that the list of UK participants at the UK notice board was getting rather long, so I have replaced it with the above category which I have added to your user page. -- Francs2000 | Talk 30 June 2005 20:55 (UTC)
PS I didn't realise you were from just down the road from me... -- Francs2000 | Talk 30 June 2005 22:46 (UTC)
Ok, After a chance meeting with agent03 at a bwfc party yesterday, he was telling me what a nice user you are! so im going to say Sorry to you for being a jerk and Sorry for vandelising your user page. i've also apologised to agent03 for the inconvienience i caused him. user:CJ2005B
Hi again thanks for forgiving me i think the best thing to do is just edit a page if it needs imporving not to promot my websites. thanks and sorry again - user:CJ2005B
Hi SqueakBox, I notice you've put some CSD requests on Image:Marijuana male.jpg and Image:Wild cannabis.jpg. I'll happily delete them, but is there a reason? Stewart Adcock 19:11, 11 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that towns and cities deserve articles. Heck, I just wrote about two vacant California ghost towns, specifically Rice, California and Eagle Mountain, California. However, your article as it stands isn't much more than an opening sentence that someone researching the subject might already know which is why I thought a redirect was a good idea. Is there any more info you can add? Best, Lucky 6.9 19:08, 13 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I noticed that after I left my last message. I figured that's what you had in mind. Sorry to trouble you. :) - Lucky 6.9 19:21, 13 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
You're adding short, one sentence stub articles to Wikipedia. Why not instead create something like List of Nicaraguan Presidents, and create redirects to that list, and put the same information you're putting into many seperate articles into one article. Then, if more information is later added to Wikipedia, those redirects can then be upgraded to full articles, instead of being one sentence stubs. EvilPhoenixtalk 09:17, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
All that is in the President of Nicaragua article is a list of Nicaraguan Presidents, with the dates of their terms, and nothing more. All you are doing is copying this information and pasting it into myriad stubs that do not give any additional information than what is already in the President article. I am all for adding information about other countries, which I believe contributes to Countering systemic bias, but I object to adding stub after stub after stub. I think that you should instead make each article a Redirect to President of Nicaragua, and then if you have enough information and content to expand the article, do so, but I dislike the adding of all these stubs. EvilPhoenixtalk 15:57, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
I disagree with redirecting those pages to the list of presidents of whatever country. However, perhaps instead of writing so many stubs on South American leaders, you should write more detailed articles after researching more infformation on them. In the mean time, I have been addingg more infformation to a few off them, at least their birth and death dates and party affiliations, and will continue to do so. Academic Challenger 05:34, 16 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your comment. There are some crazy problems on the wiki regarding cliques, personality conflicts, article quality and edit wars... What I have discovered is that while I can usually handle a single rude anon or new user, a united team of users or an admin is pretty much insurmountable, and I'm forced to move on. Probably not the best thing for the article quality, but there is only so much hassle I can tolerate. Thanks for lending a hand, ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 02:18, 17 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
ive been reverting vandalism to Bolton Wanderers all week. thanks for giving us a helping hand. if the person that i keep catching continues to vandalise this page, can i refer the problem to you? so you can take the appropriate action.
I much appreciate the welcome and info from you. I'd been trying to remember how to sign my name, but hadn't gotten around to searching much for it yet.
You know, it's funny, but I'll be in La Ceiba in a couple weeks. How random is that? I don't even live in Honduras.
Hi, SqueakBox. sorry to bother you but this i.p will not accept that a player has signed for bolton & that Liverpool are part of the top 4 not everton. can you keep an eye on him please? - Agent003
Good catch, I nearly popped you one : P. I thinking about making a petition in my user space to ask sam spade and felonius monk to settle their greivances outside of wikipedia. You intrested in helping?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tznkai/Petition--Tznkai 18:02, 26 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
FM left a charming comment there. You may want to take a look at it.--Tznkai 19:30, 26 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the welcome. I'll do my best at being a "good" Wikipedian. I initially put my "thank you" on your talk page proper, but now see it's better to put it in here. Kind regards, (Twisturbed Tachyon 13:55, 28 July 2005 (UTC))[reply]
SqueakBox, the title says it all. You definitely have done more of your share of vandalism fighting. Please let me know if you are interested in a nomination. Apologies if the edit to the archive format at the top of the page was unwelcome — feel free to revert. Fawcett5 01:17, 29 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Allright, it has been setup — please complete the nomination here. Cheers, Fawcett5 01:49, 29 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, please accept my apologies for unintentionally dragging you into that unfortunate situation. I think that the treatment you received was unjust. You have frequently dealt with the worst sort of trolls, POV pushers, and users with bizarre agendas. Under such circumstances anybody with an 8000 edit history will have one or two moments of which they are not too proud. And I simply couldn't believe the whole Batpedia thing and the ridiculous accusations of racism. In any case, I'm sincerely sorry. Fawcett5 05:11, 30 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
with your moves on departments you are creating double redirects. doon't do this in the future Tobias Conradi(Talk) 21:33, 29 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
don't do what
as said above : creating double redirects
breaking WP = breaking the ability of a reader to read without further clicking an aricle when clicking on a link that finally ends up in double redirect.
if creating entries such as "El Porvenir" it might be usefull to check Special:Whatlinkshere/El_Porvenir Yielding that there is also El Porvenir in Chiapas and in Panama. Spanish placenames are very likely to produce disambiguation pages. I seconded your request for "Honduras-geo-stub". I think in the future every country will get a <countryname>-geo-stub. I would also support to create more of this stub-cats in advance, to avoid restubbing needs. Tobias Conradi(Talk) 09:15, 31 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! I have the task of going through Category:Geography stubs once a week, taking out the ten or so new stubs that haven't been correctly stubbed and putting them in their appropriate places. Ten a week, normally. Only in the last 24 hours 212 new ones have arrives, all of which should be stubbed with {{CentralAm-geo-stub}}. Are you trying to give me a hernia? I mean, good work on the stub creation, but... Grutness...wha? 23:18, 30 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
S'alright - it was just a bit of a shock... leave it for a day or two - I'm trying to push through a separate Honduras-geo-stub at WP:WSS. With about 250 stubs for that country now there should be no real problem with it, and it will save re-stubbing them if it does. Grutness...wha? 23:25, 30 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. As I said above, a new Honduras-geo-stub is likely to be made as a result of the suddent population increase in that category. I'll let you know when it gets made, so you cannuse it on any new articles you make! :) Grutness...wha? 00:55, 31 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps some reasonably useful collection of websites could be established when the page is protected and then enforced. I am finding it bit absurd such page is /so much/ spammed - it cannot THAT financially atrractive to sell IP lookup. (Of my 2,500 pages on watch this got spammed most.) Pavel Vozenilek 01:36, 2 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I am out of context for this link. Pavel Vozenilek 17:28, 2 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I see but this effect is possibly only imaginary. If I remember correctly Wikipedia implemented nofollow atttribute to eliminate this effect. Pavel Vozenilek 20:23, 2 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
How well do you know Guatemala? I'm asking because of your proposed move. Picking Escuintla as an example, it's currently at Escuintla Department. You said it should be moved to "Escuintla department". I have a question - is it better to move it to that, or to "Escuintla"? Please let me know on my talk page, I'm trying to get this as accurate as possible. Thanks! --Golbez 03:19, August 3, 2005 (UTC)
Are you adding those Central American places using a bot? If so, how about requesting a bot flag? I currently feel you are flooding the new pages list a bit. --IByte 22:33, 6 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
No I am not. I am just using tabs and organisation. Much as I would like to learn about bots I don't know how to use them, SqueakBox 22:36, August 6, 2005 (UTC)
Hi - there are now separate stub templates for Honduras and Guatemala: {{Honduras-geo-stub}} and {{Guatemala-geo-stub}}. The speed with which you're making Central American stubs, we'll probably need some for other coutries in the region soon, too! Grutness...wha? 02:16, 7 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
why do I have phreaks obsessed with me? Its really very creepy. This never happens in real life, only on the disgusting internet... People need to find a way to kill each onther online, it would solve so many problems. Sorry for the rant, and thanks for your input, let me know if I can help you sometime. Cheers, ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 05:35, 7 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Having read the bot page link you sent me it may be that my editing style brings up similar issues to those of bot users; server strain, unchecked results (ie I don't check everyone), and perhaps this issue should be brought up somewhere, as I know 16 edits a min is fast even for just 2 or 3 mins. Some of the Colombia departments contain 120+ municipalities, and the way I do it (for efficiency) I set everything up and then push the edit buttons as the final task. So you may want to flag this somewhere, SqueakBox 16:49, August 9, 2005 (UTC)
In response to your message, I suggest discussing concerns about the bot-like impacts of your edits at Wikipedia talk:Bots. (I cannot set flags for you as I am not myself an admin or steward.) If you want help with bot development/usage, Wikipedia:Bot requests appears to be the right place to ask.
Great job on the cannabis related articles man. That thing is correct to a T, and in part thanks to you. I'm pretty baked righ now as you may be able to tell Lol. Tell me, when was your first experience with weed like? I do quite a few edits myself, satisfying yet tough is improving wikipedia...less' your a walking encyclopedia yourself, heheh. Peace out! - User:D-Katana
Wow so you smoked with the earl of Beaconsfield, thats cool...how many stoners can say they've done that!? Well..all the earl's mates i suppose o_O- User:D-Katana
I would like to delete our talk in the beginning of Talk:Departments of Honduras - it's not important for the departments itself. But maybe you want to preserve it. saludos Tobias Conradi(Talk) 15:35, 13 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
As you saw, my only answer was on Beltch's page. I have apologized. It was a regretable but recoverable mistake--Tznkai 15:55, 13 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I withdrew for the reasons I stated, and for no other. Withdrawing in face of legitimate crititicsm is a sign that you can't take the criticism, not that you're aware ofit.
As for this mistake, I explained it, and wanted that editor to restore it. Maybe he/she changed minds, reconsidered, wanted to do it themselves, etc. I don't like taking a choice out of someone else's hands. You may disagree with how I handled it, and that may be correct, but understand I did it because I thought it was best he/she handled it themselves.--Tznkai 16:05, 13 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I should've left a note asking if Beltch wanted me to restore it, or to do it himself, yes. Atleast thats how I think I could've handled the situation better. still, when mistakes do happen, other person's "restorations" can sometimes cause accidental screw ups, atleast in my opinion.--Tznkai 16:27, 13 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
dear SqueakBox, the current redirect to your user page is in my opinion confusing. The only page linking to him is Janko group and obviously it intends to link to a non-existing page about mathematician (who knows, perhaps you and he are the same person?). If you do not mind I will remove the redirect so that the invitation to write an article on the mathematician will be up at that page again. (i am not qualified to write anything about him). kind regards, --Lenthe 11:44, 15 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
You have contributed to Buckinghamshire in the past, so may I invite you to contribute to a dispute that is breaking out. Some guy who is obsessing about the traditional counties has plonked a great big infobox in the article. It's not useless stuff, but in my view it belongs in History of Buckinghamshire, not in the current main article. But I'll leave you to make your own mind up. Have a look and contribute to talk:Buckinghamshire, please. --Concrete Cowboy 23:07, 17 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Re: your response on my talk page. I am currently attempting to gather Wikipedia community input on how to develop a proposed wiki-stalking policy in light of a recent Arbcom decision making this a bannable offense. In order to get community input I simply did a search of user pages to find places where wiki-stalking is mentioned. The message I posted is a generic notice for participation that is identical to the one I sent to dozens of other editors and was made without taking any side in existing or previous disputes about stalking, so no - this isn't an attempt to stir up any of your old enemies. It's just a notice about the proposal. I apologize if you construed it as something else, but it was not intended to be. Please review Wikipedia:Assume good faith. Rangerdude 19:37, 19 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I just removed it from Agwiii's page. Rangerdude 19:46, 19 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox - I appreciate your contributions on the Stalking proposal, however for reasons stated on the talk page I believe I am on solid ground in stating that Uninvited Company's addition of the "rejected" tag was severely premature. According to the provisions accompanying this tag, a demonstrated lack of consensus occurs when an impass is reached involving three editors. While there has certainly been opposition voiced on this article's talk page to portions of the proposal, I have seen no evidence of an editing impass and indeed several editors who have stated objections to the proposal (yourself included) have made agreeable edits and substantial contributions toward fixing the portions of the proposal that are objectionable. It would be highly premature to declare the policy "rejected" after only 4 days time for consideration and while edits and discussions of the sort described are still ongoing, and I believe that in the case of Uninvited Company's decision to add this tag his purpose was nothing more than to "kill" the proposal for personal reasons while it was still under consideration. I am not a fan of revert warring unless absolutely necessary, but I strongly feel that additional work remains to be done on this proposal. If you will agree and restore the proposal listing until a time arises when either consensus is reached or a genuine impass prevents further work, I will not hold any 3RR complaints and will not revert war on that subject. Otherwise I will consider filing an RfC against Uninvited Company for user behavior regarding the inappropriate application of this tag. I appreciate your contributions to date and consider them generally beneficial even though we both originally viewed the issue from very different perspectives, and hope this can continue. Regards. Rangerdude 23:07, 19 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for doing this the proper way by poll. I've also given some thought to possible alternatives for a guideline and wanted to get your input. Rather than having an existing guideline that spells everything out (which seems to be the source of most of the disputes) I posted an alternative bare-bones version that starts only with the Arbcom's official definition of wikistalking at Wikipedia_talk:Stalking/Revision1 and links to the cases. Two possible alternatives on approaching this type of revision also seem to exist. (1) We could simply make the Arbcom definition itself the only guideline material and then say nothing more interpreting it or applying it. (2)We could start from the definition and build any interpretation of it from the ground up, rather than starting with a full proposal. Please take a look and post your thoughts on the revision talk page. Thanks. Rangerdude 23:40, 19 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, SqueakBox. Look, let's not waste our lives in a sterile edit war over the Spanish language article. Your POV is that it's upsetting to leave out, I presume, Honduras from a list of Spanish-speaking countries, while including the States. However, the States is a leading hispanophone nation, and your edits give the appearance of supporting the rather jingoistic Americans who don't like Spanish programmes, or the notion of Spanish's one day becoming a national language of the US. That's not company you belong in.
Look, your rationale for changing the list is thin. If you want Honduras in, why not simply extend my list until it includes Honduras? I don't have any problem with that. But I do have a problem with purposely excluding the States. Can't we both be accommodated by my solution? Clair de Lune 03:33, 21 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I don't want to make a big thing about this and I hesitate to bring the matter up because I know I've made errors of judgement in the past. This is a policy issue, however. I notice that you've made a series of edits to User:Cumbey's user page, deleting personal attacks against you. I fully sympathize; I remember once asking her to remove her personal attacks from her page, with no response from her.
Cumbey is wrong to use her user page to make personal attacks. One former well-known Wikipedian was asked to leave, partly because of the same issue. However, it is also against policy to make alterations to another user's user page without their consent. Corrections (for spelling, punctuation, etc.) are considered in order, barnstars are okay, but content changes are questionable. What you're supposed to do is call in the mediation committee. You can call their attention to the fact that she has ignored requests to remove her personal attacks. They will attempt to persuade her, and if she proves uncooperative, you can then call on the arbitration committee, which is empowered to make decisions and enforce them. I have no doubt that they would rule eventually in your favour, as Cumbey's attacks defy Wikipedia policy and rules. But I don't think it is proper to unilaterally touch another user's page, however good our reasons for doing so may be. David Cannon 21:21, 21 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your prompt explanation. That satisfies me. If she comes back, however, taking the matter further with the mediation and arbitration committees will probably be in order. Have a great day. David Cannon 21:51, 21 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Don't always want a notice when I have new messages[edit]
I have disabled my yellow message, and wish I could do so in a more straightforward manner than creating a separate account to redirect my talk page to. It irritates me no end, affects the page layout when it comes up while editing as you can't reach the bold text etc horizontal line without scrolling, doesn't switch off if you access your talk page through diffs (from the watchlist, which I always do after somebody redirected my talk page to an obscene picture). Does noone else feel the same way? Is there an easier way to disable it? If not could one be added to preferences, SqueakBox 02:47, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
You can simply change your user stylesheet (if you are using the Monobook skin, it's at User:SqueakBox/monobook.css) and add a rule to not display these messages. I believe the correct rule to do so is ".usermessage { display: none }" (without the quotes). See Help:User styles for more information. --cesarb 17:58, 19 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
hey thanks man. i'm not gonna be around cuz 1, i spent far too much time here this last year, and 2 i'm gonna be adjusting and focusing on more important things in college and i don't want to be distracted by something like this.
Thanks! Your help is greatly appreciated. Long story short, by the time I realized the full efect of my edit, I tried to ammend by recreating (had a copy open) - only to see it disappear again for lack of content. Lesson learned.
Hopefully my stay at Wiki will cause more good than harm, and as time goes by I should be able to avoid messing up at all. This will be one of my last posts with an IP number as I am moving to a login account.
By the way, I am looking for the correct guideline/format/template/infobox for a ship's career - I may have got Huáscar (ship) wrong (inserted a second flag in the box to represent service with second navy), but cannot find the right guideline to confirm this.
"Echando a perder se aprende," Cheers, 213.46.232.205 09:40, 23 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Stop reverting my talk page. I control what goes there, I can clear things out periodically. You are being obnoxious, and the same actions I did just once on User talk:SlimVirgin caused her to threaten to block me... Do you agree with her that those actions should cause someone to be blocked (if so, please go get her to block you) or do you agree that she was abusing her power? Or do you think admins can make their own rules and do whatever they want? DreamGuy 17:47, August 23, 2005 (UTC)
Please let an admin make the decision. I fyou are right it will not be deleted but you are heading to break the 3RR rule, SqueakBox 22:31, August 22, 2005 (UTC)
No, I won't break the 3RR rule, you can count on that, but I'm sure lots of other people will start removing the speedy delete tag if you keep putting it there. DreamGuy 23:45, August 22, 2005 (UTC)
You admiot the Rfc was in bad faith. It does not have 2 endorsers. What are you doing exactly, SqueakBox 00:34, August 23, 2005 (UTC)
It does have endorsers, where do you come of claiming that it doesn't? I wrote an outside view saying that it was in bad faith but that doesn't mean I want someone to come along and delete it outright on a false claim that it wasn't endorsed. You yourself removed two names from the page, so you know it was certified. They had the endorsers so deserve to have the issue discussed to whatever end it comes to, not just have it be deleted by someone not following the rules. DreamGuy 00:37, August 23, 2005 (UTC)
Those 2 sigs weren't legitimate in that place as they had been imported from somewhere else and were from 4 days before the Rfc. If they had been legit sigs the individuals would have re-signed. 2 people did then endorse but the second more than 48 hours after the Rfc began. All I am trying to do is help and enforcing policy. Please stop stating I am making false claims, esp as you could not prove this with diffs. Nor did I delete the article. I asked an admin to do so, SqueakBox 00:43, August 23, 2005 (UTC)
It has been deleted now. please stop giving me or others a hard time for janotorial work at wikipedia, SqueakBox 00:46, August 23, 2005 (UTC)
If they had been legit sigs the individuals would have re-signed. Did it ever occur to you that they may not even know or think about the concept that they had to resign it? Or that maybe you should have contacted them about it and given them the opportunity to do so instead of just erasing it? I am not giving you a hard time for doing janitorial work, I am giving you a hard time for blatantly violated the rules in the process. That RfC was signed, and even if I am personally opposed to the particular RfC, I am still not going to sit by while someone erases signatures. The fact that you got an admin to go along with you, especially one who has been frequently stepping into anything I am dealing with and basically doing just the opposite of what i am arguing solely out of bad faith, does not mean that you were correct to do so. I will take this up with other admins if I have to, but you started off with a mistake and then compounded it by ignoring what a neutral outside observer was telling you and by invalidating signatures for no good reason. This is exactly why so many people think admins here are making up their own rules on a whim. You can't just kill off an RfC that had four signatures. DreamGuy 00:59, August 23, 2005 (UTC)
Well this has left a sour taste in my mouth, whatever our views on other matters this is pretty rotten and I'll support you if you wish to take it further, I honestly can't fathom what SqueakBox's problem but I'm off to bed now, night.--ElvisThePrince 01:16, 23 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Did it never occur to you to inform Vinylgirl of the Rfc. You could also have informed the other editors yourself. There is no onus on me to do so. There is no policy about Rfc's being able to be validated on a talk page, so what you are saying about doctored signatures doesn't stand up to scrutiny. What you are saying would grind wikipedia to a halt with other editors being forced to chase up entirely spurious claims. No editor should have an rfc if they only done 20 edits, let alone one they don't know about, but you seem unaware of Vinylgirl, and that she has the same rights as other editors. I can assure I too have a nasty taste in my mouth after the shennanigans of today, and spouting rubbish about me breaking wikipedia rules simply not true. In future please check with whom you are edit warring before jumping to the conclusion that maybe they are a sockpuppet, as the information is available, starting in the user page. If Slim has been intervening around you I am sure it is for good reasons, especially after how you have behaved today. I am left questioning what your real motivation is SqueakBox 04:12, August 23, 2005 (UTC)
Yeah, and there you are breaking even more policies. Wikipedia:Assume good faith for one, probably Wikipedia:Civility as well. I don;t know who all you are talking to, as you seem to be replying to two people at once without specifying, but USer:SlimVirgin's harassment of me by breaking policy and outright taking sides encouraging an extreme problem editor who should have been banned months ago and encouraging him to use sockpuppet accounts, not blocking him for periods she agreed to do so, and treating me as if I were the one being disciplined instead of him are just some of the nonsense she is pulling, not to mention her protecting articles the way the soon-to-be-blocked editor wants them, instigating his revenge RfAr against me instead of following normal conflict resolution steps, and so forth. There are some bad, bad admins here who are loose cannons, and from your actions on this RfC it looks like you are one of them too, as you simply were not following policy, and your rationalizations that the process would grind to a halt if you took a teensy bit of responsibility and did not remove valid signatures for not reason simply do not wash. DreamGuy 14:05, August 23, 2005 (UTC)
PLease explaion how signatures from Talk:Encyclopedia Dramatica are valid on an Rfc; ie quote the policy to me. Otherwise leave it be or I will start to think you are trolling, SqueakBox 15:58, August 23, 2005 (UTC)
Please don't blank this conversation. Archiving is fine. As you spend so much time telling others to follow policy perhapsd it would be a good idea to do so yourself, SqueakBox 17:41, August 23, 2005 (UTC)
he gets angry, and pouty , and starts getting progressivly ruder. please note that this sort of behaviour has gotten him so fr three accept votes for an RFAr, and it seems like there will be more. feel free to add this incident to the evidance.Gavin the Chosen 18:42, 23 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I see from your talk page that you're in the habit of making vague threats about people "getting into trouble", as you now have to me in your latest (unsigned) comment on my talk page, Please do take this to Wikipedia:Resolving disputes if you wish; as I understand this, rather than making vague threats of "trouble' is the WP process for resolving disputes. Regards Tonywalton | Talk 18:00, 23 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Just out of interest did Andy Mabbett ever say that one had to be born in brum to be a brummie? please note User:G-Man/POTW RFC in preperation. Nick Boulevard 00:47, 24 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I see what you've been up to with the Guatemala articles... excellent effort. One question: Is it worthwhile at this stage in WP's evolution to have separate articles for (eg) Rabinal (the town) and Rabinal, Baja Verapaz (the municipality)? Most cases, the headtown shares a name with the municipality. I'd be inclined to merge the two articles, saying something along the lines that "XXX serves as the administrative centre for the surrounding municipality of the same name" (done that a lot on Mexico-geo-stubs, where the same situation applies). Or maybe you just created them bang-bang-bang one after another, without realising the overlap was there? (Machine-gun editing, yeah? loads of fun).
(As a general rule, too, I think "cities" are a bit more interesting than "municipalities". Changing the focus of the municips' articles to the headtowns would also help fill out the Category:Cities in Guatemala.)
Of course, while doing all that, you seem to have established a de facto standard for the naming of Guatemalan geographical articles, using the "city-comma-department" format. Well done, that man! If you're feeling really bold, you could include it on the naming conventions page.
Is this coherent? Did you at least enjoy reading it? Cheers, –Hajor 02:58, 24 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
If you find DreamGuys behaviour to be rude or unsavoury, feel free to visit the requests for arbitration page and add evidance to the charges aboutr his incivil nature. hes only one vote away from arbitration.Gavin the Chosen 10:17, 24 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the message. Do the locals think of Quetzal as a separate town from Puerto San José, or is it just the name of the port complex (à la Seaforth container terminal, Tilbury docks, etc)? I kind of assumed it deserved its own article (even a lousy stub) for no other reason than both are marked on our standard Guatemala CIA map. Cheers, –Hajor 16:15, 27 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
And thanks for the clarification. I'll remove the "cities" cat, then. –Hajor 16:34, 27 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I've recomended that 0waldo take this to the talk page; until he does, I'm happy to keep reverting. I thought I'd let you know, as, if he does, you might be interested in the discussion. Thanks for your work on the 'pedia! JesseW 19:24, 27 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I've blocked 0waldo for two hours, long enough to chat with him. I would have considered longer, but I feel your tone and actions in this were provoking him. Dispute resolution means a lot more than reverting until you get the outcome you like. Dragons flight 01:05, August 28, 2005 (UTC)
Sorry about that revert, went to the wrong version. If you look at the history you'll see I was reverting the insulting vandalism by Siegfried Waldgrave (talk·contribs). (who is also enjoying commenting on my talk) Thanks for catching it. Wikibofh 17:32, August 31, 2005 (UTC)
I have a question, though - Why is your specific objection to GetMyPC.info? If it were added by someone other than 0waldo, would your objection fade, since it seems to be predicated on the fact that it's HIS site? Or is it simply on principle that he thinks that because he donated, he has the right to use Wikipedia as advertising (A site without any income method, I note)? --Golbez 17:49, August 31, 2005 (UTC)
"Dear Sir, you obviously mistook my humor and a 'threat' of legal action as serious. It was a joke (I added their names to the site to show the total insanity of the entire issue ) for my two friends JesseW and SqueakBox :) Promise." I just got this email from 0waldo. He's probably serious, his original statement was not a typical threat, but the point had to be made. --Golbez 18:04, August 31, 2005 (UTC)
Would it be okay if I added the link to the end of the list (It is useful, it mentions us, and it has no ads, after all - and it's gotta be useful to some people (It got the right country for me, at least)? Iff he removes the mention of you and Jesse, since that's obviously false. This just seems the best option all around - it stops the war, and it puts up a vaguely useful site that, while it may be spam, isn't getting him any recognition or income. --Golbez 18:11, August 31, 2005 (UTC)
Greets SqueakBox :) I left you a suprise gift over at the talk IP_address ;) 0waldo 22:34, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
You know that this is rather ironic that I would ask you this - How do I stop 84.9.203.30 from deleting the link? thanks pal. 0waldo 12:41, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hi SqueakBox :) I've been removing useless ext links over at ip address. It's appears that I'm being chastised by [[User:JesseW/sig|JesseW, the juggling janitor] for doing so. Any feedback?
Greets SqueakBox: what's up with ex.t links at IP address? You promised not to delete the link to GetMyPC.info.! Alas, all is well: I'm willing to forgive and forget because I just added it back ;) 0waldo 22:40, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hi SqueakBox: I'm not quite sure that I understand what you mean.... 0waldo 00:21, 10 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I'm feeling like burnt spam right now, pardon the pun and I just don't feel like messing around with it at all to be honest with you. I really meant it when I just wanted to put the link (getMyPC.info) there to supplement the article. I did not really have any objections to the other links you and I kept reverting back too ( the five or so links ). Anyway, there you have it ;) have a nice weekend! 0waldo 00:35, 10 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, my friend, what's up on deleting the new link that I placed on IP address? It's not a service like JesseW whines about, it's pure information concerning IP address, no advertising, no links, just detailed infor concerning IP address... I'm assuming that you did not even look at the page?
0waldo 02:26, 13 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, my friend: at least you're not giving me hell (that I know of) 0waldo 21:59, 13 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
An encylopedia is written from a historical perspective. In the birth and death lists, you would have to put "former" in front of everyone's description except the people who are still active in whatever they do or did and then change it when they retire or die. That is the reason that I think it should never be there. Instead, you list the thing for which the person is most known, with the understanding that they may no longer be doing it. Ksnow 15:24, 2 September 2005 (UTC)Ksnow[reply]
Hi, just wanted to say thanks for supporting my RFA nomination and to let you know I've accepted and answered the questions. --Angr/tɔktəmi 15:43, 3 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hi I see you keep deleting both Jabbasworld where i am a moderator and finalgear another site with fans of Top Gear and Fifth gear. I don't fully understand your reasons for doing so, we were not even aware of out listing there until recently when a member pointed us to a topic on finalgear.com where in typical fashion they were leaving sad little comments and persistantly removing our link. I feel myself and some other members acted within the spirit of wiki in editing them back in, i've been checking back as have some others and simply editing it back in. Don't want to get in to the politics of it but theres some bad blood between the two sites for some stupid reasons.
Anyway hope you understand we are not trying to advertise our site as such just if we can be useful to top gear fans I feel we should stay there, just recently we added dedicated sections as a result of one guy from from wikipedia removing the site as not relevant as items were harder to find mixed in with all the other topics. Anyway while i respect that you feel right to edit out our and the other sites link i feel you are doing it for the wrong reasons, we are not commercial, there is no advertising and certainly the owner of the site has put in a great deal of money for no return, check around and see the cars he's owns and you'll see he's not in it for the money! Your comment of "2 sites not connected to th prog asnd owned by same US co rm)" is even more confusing, they are merely registered though go daddy, you can pay extra to conceal your details i believe so that you don't have some random person knocking on your door. I can tell you for sure registrant of those domains/ owners of the servers are in no way related and are even on different continants, hope this clears everything up.
Paisa (short for "paisano"=fellow contryman), refered to culturally Antioqueño, is by no way offensive to them. See es:Paisa for an article in Spanish language wikipedia.
— Carlos Th(talk) 03:24, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
an enthusiastic user has [8] edited the page, and it desperately needs a copyedit. i'm fresh outta time between school and work; do you think you could do it? it would make me just squish with joy. Avriette 03:38, 16 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hello - I noticed you reverted someone trying to edit Charva post-vfd. I just caught someone trying to put the same content into the older Charver redirect. I thought I'd bring it to your attention. Apologies if you're not interested. -- Jon Dowland 15:36, 16 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Squeak! I was just perusing the cannabis cultivation article, which seems to be a fairly popular page for editing lately (as indicated by Avriette), with many adding in little facts and figures from time to time. I read through the whole thing, but overall at the close of the article I was somewhat miffed with regards to the actual cultivation of the plant, and various parts appeared somewhat vague. Now, I found this little gem of an article a couple years back which in my view totally wipes the floor with the Wikipedia article and is very useful overall. We could align Wikipedia's article to that somewhat, to improve the overall depth of the article, as its pretty easy to imagine some potential growers wish to use the article.
I propose, we map out the entire growth cycle of the plant in two new sections : Vegetative Growth & Flowering starting after the "Overview" and prior to the "Botany" sections. We could mirror the external article by including useful information regarding pruning, feeding solutions and general techniques here rather than later in the article as is currently the case. Further, we could add in a "Growing techniques" section, and simply transfer "Sea of green, Hydroponic, Outdoor, Indoor growing" to that, as it seems said methods are less revelant to the botany of the plant, and would serve better within a section of their own.
After this, it would be wise to grant "Detection" its own section, as it's currently only relevant to rural outdoor areas, as opposed to indoor grow-ops which are generally very common nowadays. Extending it by covering light leaks/smell detection etc would add a lot to the article, possibly making it more relevant and informative to the readership as a whole. "CO2 enrichment" could be transferred to the proposed "Growing techniques" section. This would increase its relevance somewhat, as it is a complimentary method to ones growing.
I suggest putting "Curing, Drying, Extraction and Hashish" into a new "Post-harvest" section - As it is probably better that than one very large umbrella-type section (the current Extraction, Curing, and Other Harvest Processes). Lastly, simply merging the info on "CBD and CBN" with the proposed new "Flowering" section would be practical, as it is pretty much out of place at the end of the article.
I wanted to inform you of these proposals as you modify cannabis-related articles on a regular basis, more than any other dude i'm aware of :). Could you inform me of whether you approve of these proposals? If so, I could go about putting them in place thereby making the article more useful for everybody! If not, we could discuss the whole shebang further. -- D-Katana 19:28, 17 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I think the information is very useful, but lacks structure. YOu're probably right on this one. I just don't have the time to do it. Avriette 02:49, 19 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I managed to put in the place the majority of the changes to the article, its a pretty good guide now and much less jumbled up than it was. All that remains to be done is a moderate expansion of the "Detection and the law" section. -- D-Katana 19:43, 19 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, I'd just like to thank you for the PM you sent me :) You've got a great page and I enjoyed reading it. I'm totally new to here, I only realised you could edit articles on here yesterday without registering!! Hope to talk to you soon! Rach 86.130.242.242 21:03, 19 September 2005 (UTC)user:XYaAsehShalomX[reply]
Before you go complaining about the annoying watchlist warning, make sure you're not part of the reason for it: I've noticed that Image:Haile selassie 13.GIF, and possibly other images you've uploaded, do not have source and copyright information. They may be tagged as having {{no source}} or being of {{unknown}} copyright status. Images given those tags can be deleted 7 days later without further warning. To prevent this, provide accurate copyright tags for all your images and provide their sources. For a list, see your upload log. If you have questions or need help, post to my talk page. Thank you for your cooperation. Superm401 | Talk 05:00, 25 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Only joking! This is realy just a quick note to let you know that I don't want any bad feelings to develop between us over this issue. Taking it back to AfD was probably the best solution and I'll abide by whatever consensus develops there. --GraemeL(talk) 17:20, 25 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I've (stillnotelf) been lurking around for a while, I'm wondering what I did such that you noticed me? I did poke around some of the Haile Selassie pages clarifiying links to Judah; was that it? Stillnotelf 04:00, 26 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I know it's just a technicality but it's something that I beat my head against a brick wall over with other users on a regular basis. Officially settlements in the UK are defined thus:
If it doesn't have a Royal charter but has a charter of incorporation (a traditional permit to hold a market or fair) then it's a town
If it doesn't have any form of charter at all but it has a parish council then it's a village
If it doesn't have any of the above it's a hamlet
I couldn't say about Naphill because I don't know the place at all well (though I do know someone that lives there) however the idea that a settlement's size defines its status is an American principle that has no place in British officialdom. Milton Keynes is still a town no matter how big it gets; likewise there are some places that are very very large hamlets. Why am I telling you all this? I don't know. Just thought I'd get on me soapbox randomly... -- Francs2000 22:34, 27 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hey. I'm very interested in your comments about the draft introduction I put up at health issues and the effects of cannabis, especially since you can provide a perspective from outside the States. Hope all is well. Drop you comments on the article's talk page at the bottom. Thanks. --Howrealisreal 23:07, 27 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I moved this out of WP:ANI because it was getting off-topic.
It really is immaterial who rules what. Under that rule, Israel has more valid claims over the West Bank than the Palestinians. We both know that's not quite true, especially in the international view.
I agree that the issue should be resolved in the Sovereignity of the Falkand Islands page, but discrediting a claim just because the country doesn't have territorial ruling is naive, especially since the territorial ruling IS the basis for the claim. If Argentina had sovereignity over the islands, there would be no claim to speak of.
Yeah, saw that an answered there.... One of the reasons I left Argentina is because of the culture us Argies have. Political corruption, thinking we're smarter than everybody, etc... I wouldn't wish that on the Falklanders, they have enough to deal with as it is. I am a proponent of: "Let them decide", and they already made plenty clear what they want. But aside from that, the fact that the islands are currently British, Japanese or Norwegian shouldn't bear in the discussion other than to explain the status quo.
Thank you for supporting my masters RfA. He appreciates your support and comments and looks forward to better serving Wikipedia the best he can. Of course I will be doing all of the real work. He would have responded to you directly, but he is currently out of town, and wanted to thank you asap. Thanks again. --Who's mop?¿? 20:57, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Saw you there on my watchlist; splendid work. Don't think twice about dropping us a note if you need any help with admin-only moves, etc. –Hajor 18:43, 1 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
You've made some recent comments that were rather flattering to myself, and I'd like you to know that your support is now, and has been appreciated. Perhaps more importantly, I have consistantly found your edits to be of high quality. Let me know if there is anything I can help you with, or if there is an article you feel is in need of my attentions, Sam Spade 11:30, 2 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Squeaks-- Thank you for your support on my RfA. I don't have much time to write a long thank you note, but I hope you know of my gratitude. Thanks. --Lord Voldemort(Dark Mark)|My RfA 14:02, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Glad it's all cleared up. Yes, as I suspected I failed to include the source. I appreciate your catching it, and apologize for the menacing tone I originally took. You're obviously a valuable asset here, and I wish you all the best!
For the several wonderful things you have done for me on Wikipedia. I'll start back contributing, but I have a pretty crammed schedule, so it can't be much anyway. You are a true friend.
Truly take care (I left you a note on the Spanish site, by the way) See you around Molotov (talk) 21:44, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
The UDA is proscribed as a terrorist group in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Jim Gray was a brigade leader of the UDA. That's what a terrorist is.
Tnx for deleting my changes of that article. You beat me to it by a few seconds when I realised I edited the wrong person. :) Garion96 16:59, 5 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I wrote about 8 paragraphs offline until I noticed [9] and [10] -- I think these speak for themselves :-) Let's enjoy the rest of 2005 as we welcome 2006! --HappyCamper 22:37, 31 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, would you like the honour of closing the poll? It's easy - you add a "this poll is closed, please don't edit it" sign and pronounce the result. Izehar 20:30, 1 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you sir, for your patience over at voluntary simplicity. You showed good grace and reason with this discussion and although I was annoyed at the original NPOV concern, it is definitely a better article for your help and efforts. Happy New Year! Rorybowman 02:25, 2 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Why are you suggesting it should be deleted? He has been renominated as was suggested could be done at the RFA that was brought against him. What basis do you have for deletion?Gateman1997 21:30, 2 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Actually no voting should be taking place yet since he hasn't accepted yet. But beyond that there is little wrong with him being renominated. And obviously he has a good number of supporters when he does accept it.Gateman1997 21:54, 2 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
From alf, thanks for the support on making the San José more objective. I'm new to wikipedia and i'm unsure about when to edit, crop, change or delete other people's contributions. The Climate section of the article says the province is blessed. Is that neutral? Should it only say the region posses a mild weather. Some people might actually find this weather overly humid and hot most of the year though. Blessed just doesn't sound encyclopedic to me. Should I edit it? alf 15:21, 6 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I give you seven days from now to ask for a mediation process. If you don't and you don't recognize explicitly that your behavior has been unjustifiable then I will be forced to use every mechanism to have you blocked. Zapatancas 17:36, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, everything that happens in the Wikipedia is registered. Never forget that. You have destroyed articles unjustifiably, you have started edit wars by introducing spelling and grammar mistakes you recovered as soon as they were deleted (remember how scared you got when Katefan0 protected the article), you have insulted other users, you have introduced NPOV tags without reporting a single disputed passage no matter how many times you were asked, you have not respected the result of an AfD, etc. I could go on but it is too tiring.
It is you who must start the mediation process because you have never explained why you attack the article and those editing it. I could not start it myself. Why do you want me to say? To improve the article on Zapatero is impossible as the User SqueakBox deletes things, destroys extended articles or introduces mistakes on purpose. He also likes to insult those working in the article. He has been asked why he behaves like that. No answer. Please, help is needed to reach an agreement about a conflict whose cause nobody knows.
Furthermore, I must remind you that in spite of your four million edits you are not an administrator because the community does not believe you should have that responsability. Don't forget everybody always leaves you alone. It has happened recently, during the AfD. Tell that thing about how much respected you are to other. I know you.
Regarding my opinion about your mental health, I can only say that I cannot lie. If a person says in his user page that other user wants to attack him, and that other Wikipedians must warn the police if something happens to him (how can wikipedians who live thousands of kilometers away know if something has happened to that user? as usual, no answer), I think what everybody else would think in that situation.
To end, I want to make clear that I am simply giving you the last opportunity to justify your behavior (1), apologize (2) or face the consequences of your actions (3). Nothing else. Zapatancas 18:30, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I don't want ot be an administartor, the community has not, for the record, made a judgement on the matter. But save it for mediation or the arbcom as your are, IMO, giving a very distorted, one sided view of the process. Mediation has been initiated, now I suggest we wait for that. I am very aware that everything anyone does here is recorded, SqueakBox 18:35, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
And if you want to defend User:RexJudicata be aware he has been permanently blocked for death threats. SPAA also made deathb threats against me, and both he and SPAA are also permanently blocked, and that if it is dioscovered you were behind SPAA's death threats it is not difficult to guess what will happen, SqueakBox 18:41, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
If you want my advice (sorry for butting in like this BTW), do NOT request Arbitration as you both could end up with unfavourable sancitons. Come to WP:MEDCAB, I do some work there, we'll fix you up with someone - or you could go to WP:M. Izehar 19:01, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I agree arbcom is not the ideal answer. Have made a request at WP:M, if you could fix us up wiuth somebody I think mediation would be a hugely good idea in this case, SqueakBox 19:50, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm a WP:MEDCAB mediator - I could oversee a mediation, that is assuming Zapatancas doesn't object. My mediations are usually quite bureaucratic (I'm already involved in two cases), but a result is guarranteed quicker. If you don't want me, there are many other mediators as well - I can ask. Izehar 22:55, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The final outcome was (70/5/0), so I am now a bureaucrat. I seriously didn't expect so many good comments from everybody and I appreciated the constructive criticism from those that gave it. If you have any queries, suggestions or problems with any of my actions as a bureaucrat then please leave me a note. -- Francs2000 22:12, 9 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, about the suspected sockpuppets. I know that an IP check probably wouldn't help, but there is a notice board: WP:RFCU, where you can report suspected sockpuppets. It's worth a shot. About mediation, have you decided yet? Izehar 23:26, 10 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the link, SqueakBox 23:45, 10 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I reverted your edit of Dish Network today, since the article had been replaced with contents of ABC Family. I'm guessing you did an external edit of the ABC Family article and then cut-and-pasted it into an open editing session of Dish Network by mistake. --QuicksilverT@ 01:51, 11 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Let's give ourselves a second opportunity (well, perhaps it is the fourth or the fifth)[edit]
SqueakBox, I am going to do one thing: I am going to remember that there is a Wikipedia Policy called Assume Good Faith. It is very difficult for me to believe you are acting in good faith but I will try. Because of that, I will give you a last chance to solve the problem through dialog. If you do not like mediation, as it has become evident, choose the method you prefer.
But, please, explain your behavior for once. To help you, I propose these points of your behavior I think you have to explain if an agreement is to be reached:
Why you have accused the article of being non-NPOV and myself of being a POV warrior if you have never reported a single disputed passage.
Why you started an edit war by introducing the same mistakes no matter how many times they were corrected.
Why you substituted the articles with redirects even after your request for deletion was archived.
Why you do not apologize for all your personal attacks against the people working in the article (you know, this is a pile of cr*p, this is a disgrace and all that).
Why you slander me accusing me of vandalizing your page when I have told you it was not me (remember Assume Good faith) and there is no evidence supporting that (if there was, you would have given it to an administrator long ago).
If you cannot explain any of those things, I will accept an apology. But you cannot continue the current situation.
Give yourself another opportunity. Zapatancas 15:21, 16 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. You put a deletion notice on Image:Federal.gif. I believe I have now licenced it as {{logo}}, I certainly recognise the motif and it is genuine. Can you make sure everything is okay and either dispute my licence (and let me know) or remove the deletion notice. Cheers, SqueakBox 14:02, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for tagging that, I thought it might be a sports logo but wasn't sure. It's fine too, we are allowed to use logos :D - cohesion★talk 19:06, 17 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, I am not against a peace treaty and I also think that perhaps all the problems between us come from a bad start. But I believe that signing peace for the third time is not a solution by itself. I think we both must recognize our mistakes. In my opinion, the solution is that we express explicitely the behavior we have disliked in the other and we check if we really can work together by accepting that our behavior was not correct (because maybe I believe something is not correct but you think it is valid and vice versa). On my part, I have disliked mainly:
Your accusations that the article was NPOV without reporting disputed passages (I think everybody has the right to claim an article is not neutral if he/she explains why but not to repeat again and again that it is not neutral without explaining why).
Your introduction of mistakes repeatedly before Katefan0 protected the article.
Your removal of passages without taking them to the talk page as the Wikipedia rules recommend.
I have also disliked your accusations of me vandalizing your user page and your unpleasent comments about my English, but I believe that what you have posted in my talk page is enough.
So, I expect you to recognize that your behavior was not correct in regard to these points. That is, I don't want you to recognize you acted on bad faith or anything like that, simply that you accept that that behavior is not right and that you are not going to repeat it again.
Besides, I want you to recognize explicitely that I have never behaved like a POV warrior (at least, until now).
On my part, to be honest, I don't believe my behavior is objectionable as a whole but I recognize that I have been harder than necessary too many times. Regarding my "critics" of your English I must tell that it was never my intention to offend you but I am sorry if I did. If you have any other complaint I will apologize if necessary.
For the rest, if you accept these conditions I believe we can forget the past. Zapatancas 15:12, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I did not know you were done edit warring with User:Zapatancas. The easiest thing to do would have been to request unprotection. Although I see no evidence of having come to any sort of consensus on any of the respective talk pages, I've unprotected them for you. howcheng {chat} 16:44, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
And really, you need to assume good faith. Throwing out accusations that I'm keeping them protected out of spite or in defiance of policy or any such nonsense does not make me want to help you. howcheng {chat} 17:55, 20 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi again, in my opinion calling him disgraced is endorsing the idea that what he did was disgraceful, which is a value judgement and violates WP:NPOV imo. Are we going to put perverted at the top of gay peoples articles or idiotic at the top of George Bush's article just because that is what a lot of people think? I changed the wording to "suffered public humiliation" which is a factual statement rather than a value judgement. Arniep 02:50, 1 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
On the Chase thing, do you not believe that the merge is already done? I wasn't sure how to interpret your comment. Friday(talk) 14:41, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, please, stop. This time will be no more warnings. You have shown a disruptive behavior for long enough. Zapatancas 15:11, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, remember that you must be civil and nice. Be more polite to other users. Zapatancas 15:17, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, stop this. Why aren't you more civil and take a look at the information I have given in the talk page, in the copyright problem page, and now, thanks to you, in the bulletin board? I said that I accepted your peace proposal if you apologize for your past, unjustifiable behavior. You have not done that. Now, you have insulted me again. Apologize for this, although I cannot believe you have not realized before starting this attack that there were not copyright problems. If not, I will have to seek the help of the Wikipedia community to stop your disruptions. Zapatancas 15:35, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, please, apologize. You will feel better. You cannot spend all your life accusing other people without reasons. Zapatancas 15:57, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed your post on the Administrators' noticeboard. Actually, the article is not a copyvio- the site that you referenced copied it from us (legally). Ral315(talk) 15:41, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You ask why I let him remove an obviously incorrect notice, without "authority". I ask: why not? The notice should not be there. Anyone can remove it, unless the notice actually belongs there. fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 15:59, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed. There's nothing wrong with someone removing a notice like that as long as they have reason to. In this case, it was wrongfully added. Ral315(talk) 16:15, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I only had Zapatancas' word for it, which is not enough as I assumed he could have been lying (if we don't assume people can lie about copyvios we will quickly gertn infected). Zapatancas made no attemopt top prove it wasn't a copyvio and I asked him to get someone else to cjheck it ouit. According to him that is beijng disruptibve but his poor explanation was not. Do you 2 want copyvio's on wikipedia. If so I hope you are the first in line to be sued, SqueakBox 16:21, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Please try to stay civil. The source that was marked as copyvio was clearly marked as "Wikipedia encyclopedia". Remember that it's important not to blindly revert- make sure that the original copyvio notice was correct first. Ral315(talk) 18:56, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, if you had remembered WP:AGF and you had taken a look at the "supposed" source this problem would habe been avoided. If you had simply exposed your doubts in a civilized manner the problem would have been solved very quickly and you would not feel now as you do. Thank you. Zapatancas 16:56, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hello again, SqueakBox, and thanks for your latest epistle. It's not as civil as I'd have liked it to be, but hey, you're the one writing it, not I. Mate, I never said — or came even remotely close to implying — that you had added the copyvio notice. I simply said that the website in question had copied from us, not the other way 'round. You and User:Zapatancas obviously have a history here on Wikipedia, but you must not allow that to colour your perception of other users. Because if you can't stop yourself being rude to other users simply because of your dislike of Zapatancas...(censored attack fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 11:39, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, I referred to it as "The article SqueakBox linked to", which is a pretty strong implication that you did add the notice. My apologies for that comment; it was wrong. 'Course, the bit about civility stands. fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 11:46, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hello SqueakBox I was wondering if you might be nice enough (not that you haven't been nice) to help me sort out problems with some of the pictures I've uploaded. I was also wondering which images I've uploaded are allowed. Many thanks...(Chupu 23:33, 2 February 2006 (UTC))[reply]
I never stated that you were the first to put it on. All I said was that it was wrongfully added; I never said that you were the first to add it. Ral315(talk) 20:25, 4 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you, and have a wiki wiki day! bd2412T 02:45, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, must apologise for the confusion. You did right by adding info about the TIME article itself into the article, I just didn't notice it. Oops! - Ta bu shi da yu 17:22, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I vehemently object to being called a troll, and your removal of my perfectly legitimate question is inappropriate, and I will restore it. People who disagree with the objections are allowed to comment on other people's comments, I have a perfectly legitimate right to comment on the comments of those voting support. Do not remove my comments again, doing so is a blocking offense. User:Zoe|(talk) 00:24, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
An RfA is a discussion of a nominee's qualifications. I was commenting upon Sam Spade's qualifications, which is an entirely appropriate thing to do on an RfA. User:Zoe|(talk) 16:18, 20 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I just wanted to add that I think you're being a bit oversensitive here. If I (for example) thought someone was too immature to be an admin, and they were up for RFA, it's likely I would say something like, "oppose, too immature". Saying that they're immature in this context is not a personal attack! We should all be adults here - we can criticize people's behavior without it being a personal attack. Friday(talk) 15:58, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yes well I tend to stay away from Rfa because I think the process is fundamentally flawed because of this. For a teenager to tell a mature adult (which Sam isn't by age) they are immature would be a rather silly attack but a personal attack in the real world all the same and I cannot see how this kind of negative comment is in any way constructive. How about the people who have left after a negative Rfa, and thus don't contribute further. And because other people are not willing to be civil, SqueakBox 16:24, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It sounds like you see any negative statement as a personal attack. Would you prefer people oppose and not explain why? I don't see how any rfa-like process can work if we can't make critical comments. In my book, there's a big difference between criticizing someone's behavior ("This editor makes biased edits") and a personal attack ("This editor is ugly and smells bad."). One is constructive, one is not. Friday(talk) 17:02, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well that's why I mostly stay away from Rfa, SqueakBox 03:11, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hiya, Squeak. I was wondering if you'd like to work together to tighten up the hashish articles. They have a very jocular tone that I'd like to tighten up some, add links where appropriate, and as somebody hinted at, "bring them up to sync with the rest of the cannabis articles." What say you? ... aa:talk 07:57, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hey there. Just letting you know that the War on Drugs article has been nominated for improvement. Perhaps you may want to add your supporting vote or a comment on the process. Thank you and take care. --Howrealisreal 18:14, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm. Please don't engage in reverts over my page, I suggest people leave it as it is the way I left it. Thanks, SqueakBox 14:06, 2 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I did leave it as you left it, the rogue admin who subst'd the template was trying to delete Category:pro-cannabis Wikipedians. He got blocked, BTW. If someone else vandalizes your page, should I leave it? StrangerInParadise 20:28, 3 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
From what I can tell, the message was from a user who'd been spamming Panama complaining about my recent revert. The page got deleted (I recreated it with a short notice, since it's linked from my talk page); was there anything more serious that you could see? æle✆ 00:52, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
All right. Thanks for giving me the heads up. æle✆ 02:09, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I saw that you and Zapatancas requested mediation a few weeks ago [12], and I was just wondering if you are still interested or if you have gotten mediation already. If it's not needed anymore, let me know so the request be removed, otherwise I'm offering to mediate the discussion. -- ( drini's page☎ ) 04:01, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
ok, let's start then, I've cleaned the request page so we can work there. Please read my inroduction and write what you think are the core issues that need to be mediated -- ( drini's page☎ ) 01:16, 9 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I made a comment on the discussion page a while back for the Jah article. (Regarding possible influence of Freemasonry on Rastafarianism) You responded that it was a credible idea but needed to be cited. I've just added a bit to the main article and since this kind of editing is new to me, I was wondering if you could check it out to see if I've done it justice. My addition is at the bottom of the page. Thanks! --Adkins 12:38, 17 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the assistance....I'm starting to get a little more adventurous with my edits....gingerly.... :) --Adkins 09:50, 18 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I haven't interacted with you in a long time, so when you popped up on my watchlist today I thought I'd swing by and see how you are doing. Hope all is well with you, here and in the real world. Guettarda 15:27, 21 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
How've you been, etc.? I had two questions: One, where did your Spanish userboxes go? Two, what do you think of the whole userbox imbroglio (UPP, etc)? StrangerInParadise 23:29, 24 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Although I don't support user:IP Address's statements, you shouldn't say things like "desist with your disgusting behavior". Please try to remain cordial in future. Thanks. DS 17:47, 30 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
So, SqueakBox, I was glad to see you added the info about Dennis & his coke use & succumbing to AIDS. I wanted to add it when I first read this article, but I knew that people would cut it out and I was surprised to see that I could not find any other sources. I was supposed to DJ with him at the UCLA Jazz/reggae festival a few days before he passed. He was a no-show, and all we were told was that his visa had been denied when trying to leave South America. Now, it is not usually a surprise when a reggae musician misses a show, but I was very surprised at how seriously Freddie McGregor and the other artists reacted. I had long heard rumors that he was HIV positive, but within Jamaicen reggae cirlces it was quite well known as fact—it always came with acknowledgements for his wife who stayed with him through out. As far as his coke use, unfortunately many successful reggae artists went that route during the 80's, and although he was not known as the heaviest user he was certainly known as a user. I do not think that he was a crack cocaine user, as that method of cocaine use did not really infiltrate the reggae world as much as powder and freebase, nor do I think that it quid pro quo led to his HIV status (certainly most of his peers who were using still live, and many still tour!). I do, however, think that this is important information to acknowledge in the article. And I am aware that what I just typed is "original research," but I think that often wikipedia's reliance on citations leaves articles in areas traditionally ignored by academics somewhat lacking (sadly, this is most noticeable in articles that involve people of African descent or other products of the African diaspora). Reggaedelgado 07:14, 1 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know if Gibraltarian answered your query, but Gibraltar definitely does use British snd not American spelling. (Although some spell in a way that bears no resemblance to either!) The education system is based on that of England and Wales, more or less following the English national curriculum. British cultural influence is much stronger in Gibraltar than it is in overseas territories like the Cayman Islands, which are more influenced by the US. Quiensabe 16:02, 3 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, I hope you will understand that this is the time of solving the problem once and for all. I will not deny I have made mistakes, but I have not acted in bad faith like you, I have harassed nobody and I have not damaged an article quality to hurt other user's feelings.
In regard to your "proof of vandalism", the fact is that I can only be blamed for enforcing the WP:NPA. You are insulting other users calling them "strange", and this is not allowed even if in that ocassion you were successful in expelling them from the Wikipedia. All user pages can be edited by everybody for reasons like that.
(what you mean a reason like, I don't like your medal, how can someone like you deserve a medal), it was as clear a case of vandalism as I have ever seen and crucial eveidence that you are SP and SPAA. Who is going to see your side of that one, user page vandalsim is treated with the contempt it deserves and your trying to justigfy your vandalsim is a sign that you haven't changed. Don't touch my user page again even to revert someone else's vandalism, SqueakBox 14:33, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
But I want the community, represented by the Arbitration Committee, to decide. I have spent a lot of time trying to write good articles and I deserve to have your behavior and mine judged. Zapatancas 09:21, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You haven't actually edited that much, a good 60-70% of your "work" here has been pursuing your vendetta against me, SqueakBox 14:33, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You have also spent a lot of time making false accusations, vandalisng people's user pages, etc./ You are wasting your time and mine. I donm't have any time for a vandal, vandalism is not justified by WP:NPA, how exactly is having a medal on my user page aWP:NPA violation? SqueakBox 13:45, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
it is simply not true you didn't harrass me, the evidence of your harrassment with diffs is in front of the arbcom. How is telling me tio fuck my dead dog not harrassment? Accusing my wife of having affairs not harrassment. Threatening to erase me not a death threewat. I have no doubt in my own mind that you are not coming from a good space and that your only objective is to cause me harm. You have already harmed my real life so please just stop the bullshit, stop faking being a nice person when you only have the intention to be as nasty as you can to me por tu imaginaria ajuste de cuentas, o sea que le motiva la venganza y nada mas. Estoy harto de usted siempre molestandome y sembrando tantas mentiras. Como se puede vivir con si mismo? Pues, asi es, pero habra un dia en que la justicia va a funcionar y luego ya veremos, SqueakBox 14:04, 6 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, whenever you accuse me of being the real user behind those sockpuppets that vandalized your page a year ago, you are only breaking WP:AGF and WP:NPA for accusing with no proofs. And you have spent a year doing that. Zapatancas 14:58, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
No, you are guilty and the evidence is abundant, partly that you forgot you were Zapatancas one time you vandalised my user page. So calling you Vandal:Zapatancas isn't an attack it is the truth based on real diffs. Your lowdown accusation that I would vandalise my user page is so absurd no one will take it aseruiously whereas the fact that you and SP used the same style, he admitted being in Madrid (and we know you are Spanish) and he came onto the scene within minutes of you and I arguing with his first edit to Talk:Zapatero (so it wasn't a coincidence) are stacks of evidenceall of which I will lay out clearly with the arbcom tomorrow. Have a nice weekend, SqueakBox 15:10, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
All that is very beautiful but your user pages is being vandalized all the time. Whenever you get in problems with a user, you have enough recent attacks to accuse him. You'll have to explain why you have insulted me so many times with those accusations when you have been unable to demonstrate them in one year!!! I am not very intelligent, but I would never create a sockpuppet (that is, I would never try to hide my real identity) to start an attack in an article I had worked on. You are simply offering circumstantial evidence and that is not enough to justify one year of insults. Zapatancas 15:45, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Your assertions are not credible. I haven't insulted you more than once, maybe twice as telling the truth about your sockpuupets is not an insult./ Remeber that SP is connected to the case as his/her first edit was at Talk:Zapatero so you cannot claim SP was a coincidence. You were very angry at me for editing your work and then SP is calling me a piece of shit, etc. Then later on you vandalsie my user page in the same style. Claiming it was an invention of mine is a pathetic excuse you are using to try and get away with your sockpuppet vandalism. People have been convicted of sockpuppetry on far less than that and this whole case hinges around SP. If you hadn't created SP none of this would be happening, I am sure, so please just take some responsibility for your past actions and stop attacking me currently, eg false claims of vandalism for an edit that nobody else thinks is vandalism, just you. Wonder why? SqueakBox 17:20, 7 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I say it is inapropriate and inaccurate, Rory069 insists it should be there, and reverts my attempts to remove it. Discussion is here. Could you please weigh in. -SM 11:40, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
SqueakBox, I don't mean to be rude, but can please I ask you why you blanked the entire Tim Tolkien page (excluding its links) on March 5th? Avador 03:53, 8 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well spotted. I did it completely by accident and didn't know I had till you pointed it out today. Whoops indeed. I was in the same class as Tolkien at school for four years so I am a bit gutted at what I did as basically I am very pleased to see his article here and indeed was trying to improve it (with a link to a pic of him as I wanted to see how 27 years had changed him and he was unrecognizable) when this accidental deletion occurred. Thanks for pointing it out to me, SqueakBox 14:56, 8 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
NP, I figured it was probably something like that. Avador
It has been identified that User:Burgas00 is the puppet master of sock puppet User:Cassius80. The sock puppet has been used primarily to persistently reintroduce content previously proposed by Burgas00’s which had already been opposed and deleted by the community. The account also serves as a re-reverter of articles that have already been un-reverted by other users of Burgas00’s reverts. The sock puppet’s sole vote for deletion was made in the same vote for deletion attended to by Burgas00. You’ll notice on the history of Cassius80’s contributions that almost every one of his less than 200 edits have been in the shadow of user Burgas00. All talk page contributions made by Cassius80 have been in the form of quick sentences of agreement to Burgas00’s arguments. Cassius80 does not actually actively engaging in discussions, and appears in talk only to agree with Burgas00’s when no one else will.
I noticed you haven't seen to the sock puppet concern. Wishing to know if you will look into it or if there is another way of reporting it so it can be looked into. Thanks. Al-Andalus 18:55, 17 April 2006 (UTC).[reply]
When there is no consensus, the rules must be followed. Please read the MoS careful. It says nothing about "first spellings". The real rules are, summarized by me: respect the spelling you find if it is predominant (you found American English see here). That simply proves you have gone against the rules all the time. And not only that, if there is no predominant spelling (what is not the case) the spelling of the first major (not only the first) contributor must be used. The first major contributor used American Spelling (if you don't believe it see this diff).
You should not try to impose your wishes no matter what. Zapatancas 08:41, 11 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Nor should you, SqueakBox 14:47, 11 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the invite but i will decline the offer, feel free to use the txt of the discussion though in your proceedinges unless it is used detremental or aginst me in any form. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 02:48, 13 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well iets just say i am not a fan of arbcom, among other things but thats an entierly different issue. My dealings with the user in question were a while ago, so i dont recall what exactly happened, but i think that he stopped not long after that msg . --Boothy443 | trácht ar 03:42, 13 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. You have indicated that this article should be speedily deleted. You have not however supplied a reason other than 'copyvio'. Please give a reference as to where the article was copied from. Also please do not blank articles when you add a deletion tag. Thank you. DJ Clayworth 18:48, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
OK I've checked out the history and that seems to be fine. It would be helpful in future if you added a reason for CSD markers - "recreation of previously deleted material" would probably be best here. DJ Clayworth 18:58, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed I will, SqueakBox 19:09, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hey there. Can you provide the source from which this article is a copyvio? I doubt it can be deleted without this information. Thanks. --Icarus 19:39, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Personally, I don't think that template space is an appropriate place for your personal welcome message. I have moved it to User:SqueakBox/welcome. Regards, Mike Rosoft 17:45, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I hadn't used "video clips" myself, because Google Video doesn't restrict the length of files and "video clips" might suggest that one can only upload rather short movie snippets.
Sorry for bothering you about this minor change, but it's a nice opportunity to get to know the talk features. ;-)
Unfortunately, I don't have time to deal with Roblefko (talk·contribs) right now. You might drop a note on WP:AN/I asking someone else to look into it. I'm going to be busy for the next couple of days, and I can't keep on top of the situation. Unfortunately, I don't think that blocking disables the user email feature—and anon IPs can email anyway. If he won't quit, someone might have to contact his ISP. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 02:49, 21 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Squeak, I was randomly browsing when I came across your userpage. It looks cooler now than that of months ago, those new pics have done a lot for the page. However I have a small gripe with your headline quote...
Inspiring though it is, what with racism and such being a despicable phenomena - how can one's race ever be declared as of the same significance as one's eye colour when we frequently observe racial characteristics in many important fields in life. Take athletics, where some black persons show a great prowess - exceeding contenders of other races in some events. I would think of other examples...but the hour is late and weariness has set in.
Anyhow, is it really impossible for athletics coaches to not at least acknowledge this particular characteristic in a profession towards this particular race, and as such be inclined to conduct their selection and/or training differently? Selassie's quote, to my cranky self, seems vain and quite hastily uttered when one truly gets to the reality of life - that the diversity of genetics across all races means that race will always be considered more important than eye colour, in a professional atmosphere if nothing more. -- D-Katana 02:31, 24 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm. I find there is much less awareness of skin colour here in Latin America than in the UK and, I am pretty sure, the United States. I think I believe if all the races can mix we can make a world where race really doesn't matter. Re the sport I just watched a major boxing match with the white East European beating the Afro American and breaking that tradition that black people make the better boxers. Of course race does make a difference in this world and it being more important than eye colour is a fact that I fully accept (living amongst black Hondurans but very connected to the white middle class English people with whom I am daily in touch I move in both worlds). I am not religious but I like the Rastafari movement and indeed its incredibility (unbelievability) is what makes it a religion, I prefer it to the Christian faith I grew up with, SqueakBox 03:00, 24 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed, the US is still possessive of shades of racism, probably more so than the UK. It was only 40 years ago that African Americans were fighting for their civil rights after all, and less than 30 years from when the Rainbow coalition was set up. It certainly seems however, as racial minorities in the US slowly gain more and more of a foothold in terms of social class that future generations of Americans will grow up thinking in less discriminate manners.
On a related note, I recall watching a Louis Theroux documentary a couple of years back, in which he went to California to interview various groups of neo-nazi racists. Near the conclusion of the film, he visited what at first seemed a perfectly normal family. Even a few minutes into the interview with the mother, you wouldn't really sense there was anything wrong - until he began questioning her about other races, and her attitude towards them. It was here we found out that she basically fed her kids propaganda regarding the superiority of whites/inferiority of everyone else, and even giving them computer games in which one basically roves through suburbs of Los Angeles shooting black people while avoiding killing the whites. It was striking how zealous these people were - it was almost like a fanatical belief in one's football team's ability to triumph, except much more morbid, and altogether more sickening. What is also disturbing is that there are people worldwide who share this viewpoint. Until the system of dysfunction is broken, there will always be these fringes of soceity.
Racism is mostly a sociological phenomena originating from fear. Groups like the BNP thrive on people's fear of immigrants taking all the jobs away. So much so that they pledge to deport as many immigrants as they can - despite the fact there are so many skill shortages that we in Britain actively need employees from abroad. Again, with the "cocainized nigger" moral panic of the early 20th century - a trumped up total falsehood. And again with the traditionalist view of segregation and subjugation which still lingers on amongst some of the more reactionary right in America. So too with the neo-nazi idealogies active in Germany. The day governments/press/politicians stop playing up fear from false pretences will be a great one for all humanity. Note that, in Latin America fear-phenomena tied to race has been nonexistant, only in countries where it is/was prevalent do we see significant racist movements and opinions. -- D-Katana 13:24, 24 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
My reversion was not inexplicable, since I clearly explained it. The posting was made by the sockpuppet of a user who has been blocked for making personal attacks. Revert if you think it will do some good, but do not call my reversion inexplicable. User:Zoe|(talk) 03:40, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It was inexplicable to me at the time but I then had the bright idea of looking at your contribs and then I did indeed understand your action as may be clear from my edit (if you saw it) to the afd on Tramper. I have removed my comment and this socks too, SqueakBox 03:48, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, The point about the Jeremy Clarkson page is that Jeremy has said two things that are untrue and very offensive to Americans. 1. That it MACHINE GUNS are legal and 2. That you have to obtain and carry a passport if you want to buy alcoholic drinks. This is untrue. ID would have been correct, needing a passport sounds ridiculous as it is supposed to and it is a lie.
Jeremy's false quotes were included on his Wiki page but they left it open so that anyone reading it would be mislead by the misinformation. Myself and a few other editors had edited the comments out as they were UNTRUE and MISLEADING. The JC supporters kept putting them back in.. so we ammended it by adding:
"In Actuality, you do not need a passport to buy a drink in the USA and "Machine Guns" have never been legal."
So they kept removing it and leaving the MISLEADING version. Yes, The administrators are leaving the page misleading on purpose. After changing it countless times to RELFLECT the truth, the administrator named 'The JPS' left the mis-information intact, locked the page indefinitely and then started to go after all of my edits and contributions and just undid everything that I've ever done and marked 2 articles for deletion. Another ADMINISTRATOR, Zoe did the same... just followe me around deleteing everything...
I typed in 'The JPS' on google to see if anyone else had had similar experiences with this crooked administrator only to be direct to his ebay listings where the ads all point to wikipedia articles that he has spiced up... check the dates, check the ads... its true... they all refer to wikpedia pages that he has spiced up to sell more ebay stuff.
I have NO idea who to complain to about being stalked by this person as the ADMINISTRATORS dont seem to take it very seriously... Is it such a crazy idea that a guy whose trail proves that he is using the pages for his own political purposes, his own ebay and for revenge on people that alter his misinformation campaigns.
I agree with you SqueakBox, there is NOTHING wrong with being anti-American, but when you have to mislead, lie and delete stuff to further your cause, then what the hell is your cause?
I wasn't that bothered that they deleted the two pages I had contributed last night. I really didn't care much. I was just desperately trying to point out that the person that had marked them for deletion is the same person that I had a dispute with about a totally different page and discussion a week before... the chances of the same administrator finding MY 2 pages in a sea of millions of pages and marking them for deletion is to big a coincidence... it is an admin bullying someone who disagrees with his politics...
Please respond before they delete!
Thanks - Repmart/ J.Smith--86.29.121.15 16:16, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well without an identity card a passport is identity, as I know being an ex pat. Clarkson isn't believeable, he makes stuff up to make us laugh, that is how he is, 18:07, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Am i not being concise?
Look... the page has misinformation on it and when people try to put the truth on there it is removed by 2 or 3 editors who have now locked the page. You want to debate how funny Jeremy Clarkson is... guess I've come to the wrong guy. I just saw that you had a concern last night that my REASONABLE question on the JEREMY CLARKSON discussion page was removed... it was NOT removed because I am a sock puppet or whatever... it was removed becuase they don't want the mis-information to be corrected.,.. look how many times they took away the statement that clarified the truth.
If Hitler's page said that he hosted the 1936 Olympics but didn't mention that he as a genocicdial maniac... I would add it. Then if crooked editors/administrators didn't want people to know the truth, they would remove bits they didnt like leaving mis-information... then lock the page.
This is what they've done.
HAVE A LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THE PAGE, SEE WHAT THEY ARE REMOVING!
Oh dear... never mind. and the machine gun quote? jeremy being cute...
I see I'll have to take this to the US administrators.
By the way, since you are the first Administrator to have the simple courtesy to reply to me, COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO REPORT AN ADMINISTRATOR WHO IS STALKING ME ON WIKIPEDIA AS NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW.
I will see these crooked bullies taken down one way or another.
Well I am not an admin nor even a popular user. Try Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. I am a fan of Clarkson though as a humorist not an ideologist. For me being from britain and being in Honduras is 2 reasons to dislike the US establishment though as I have US cousins and my wife's Honduran family have family in the US I am certainly not against the people of the US. If the US stopped the illicit cocaine trade I would personally have a lot more sympathy for the country but while they refuse to do so, preferring to pursue businessman like the NatWest Three (an article I began) and invade countries like Iraq my own feelings also harden (lots of "businessmen" with their machine guns here purely thanks top US dollars). Instead of striving for a united Americas the US build a wall to divide the continent. In terms of the article the only thing that counts is whether it is NPOV and accurate, SqueakBox 15:27, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I have edited a bit to try to make it clearer he is a humourist, certain editors who hate him take him much too seriously which is what creates the problem of people actually think everything he says is true and 100% serious. This problem has been going for a long time, look at the history and my previous involvemnt in the article. As a beardy, sandal wearing cyclist who doesnt own a car (apparently a group who resents having the piss taken by him according to some) I find him always entertaining, SqueakBox 15:40, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I think the only solution is to make it clear overall that outside of cars (a subject in which I have neither knowledge nor interest) Clarkson isn't to be taken seriously, i have tried to do that a bit but he arouses a lot of anger in people (obviously including yourself) so this article is alwaysd controversial, SqueakBox 22:48, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm interested in what you found offensive about the material you deleted; I'm going to let your deletion stand as it was probably not encyclopedic. But offensive? --Guinnog 02:34, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
With its slur on mixed race children and comparison of Rastas with apes it seemed deeply offensive in a rascist way to me. Especially given this poem was written by a holocaust denier. What was so good about his book? Thanks for not restoring it. SqueakBox 13:53, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I see you spent years in Botswana. perhaps I am missing something, SqueakBox 22:46, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I thought that the exposure of Irving's slur on mixed-race children was one of the most revealing aspects of his trial. It showed him to be a dyed-in-the-wool racist. I enjoyed his book though (I bought it for 50p in an Oxfam shop out of curiousity); as I said, it seemed well-written and well researched. That kind of racism wasn't as unfashionable when Irving was growing up as it is now, and I suppose he let his perception of his own fame and (perhaps) persecution complex lead him to believe he was untouchable by the laws of society. It was very clear from his trial that he believed he was standing up for truth and free speech.
I find the whole case fascinating as the idea of truth interests me. Should, for example, Irving's undoubted bad attitude be allowed to discredit the idea of properly and scientifically examining facts about the Holocaust? Or is it proper that left-of-centre liberals (like, I suppose, me) should rejoice in the imprisonment of someone for speaking their mind, even when what they were saying was a vile lie?
It's a can of worms.
How fo you like Honduras? I've never been to Central America and would love to go some day. --Guinnog 15:27, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I am not entirely comfortable with Irving having been imprisoned for his beliefs and indeed found the poem revealing myself. I certainly understand what you are saying about beliefs having been different when he grew up and I tend to have quite right wing beliefs myself in terms of personal responsibility etc (I'd probably vote Tory). I guess denigrating Rastas is distasteful to me, and my partner is black which isn't an issue here but I feel would be were I to take her to Britain as rascist attitudes are held by many more people than here and Irving's poem seemed to symbolize all that I dislike about white UK rascists. Honduras is great, just bought a house here on thursday so after nearly 3 years outside the UK I am really committing myself to being here, and given the close connections I have with family and the UK media (news, radio etc) I dont want to go back. Dont think I could have been happy here in the pre-broadband age, though. SqueakBox 16:07, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi SqueakBox, Raul hasn't become temporary President of Cuba. He is "assuming the duties" of head of the council of state as per Cuban constitution. Fidel is still President of Cuba.--Zleitzen 15:56, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with the former more than the latter. According to the BBC he has given up all positions, "Fidel Castro cedió todos sus cargos" [13]
After reading your arbitration case more closely, it states that if any user, either you or Zapatancas, edit José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero-related articles, either using their own account or a sockpuppet, users may be blocked. You have violated this agreement by using User:Skanking as a sockpuppet account. Repeat violations may result in another block, if not longer. Think more closely next time. Iolakana|T 18:44, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
What, like this you mean? If you believe Skanking shouldn't have made this edit perhaps you would care to revert it, though if you do I will go to the Spanish press as wikipedia has a bad reputation for insulting living people, this edit had been in place for an hour and twenty one minutes and this man is the President of Spain so if you insult him you insult Spain as a sovereign country. Maybe you would like to think of the implications of this before denigrating Skanking, SqueakBox 19:54, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Sockpuppets are not allowed to edit Wikipedia, and all of the edits have been reverted. Why are you referring Skanking in the third person? The edit has not been in place for one hour and twenty minutes, but 29 days ago.
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though if you do I will go to the Spanish press as wikipedia has a bad reputation for insulting living people, this edit had been in place for an hour and twenty one minutes and this man is the President of Spain so if you insult him you insult Spain as a sovereign country. Maybe you would like to think of the implications of this before denigrating Skanking.
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Is this a legal threat? Stop editorializing people. Iolakana|T 21:45, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
How can going to the press with a piece of vandalism be a legal threat? I dont editorialise people and dont have a clue what you are on about. I note you didnt revert the Zapatero edit, perhaps because Skanking was revertrting some vandalism as calling the President Robber of the Dead is offensive to a living person and to Spain and after one hour and 21 minutes there were no wikipeida editors willing or bothered to remove such offensiveness. My simple question was what is more important, the integrity of wikipedia or the arbcom, and you have clearly answered. Why would I not refer to Skanking in the third person? he is some black guy from Belize from what he said (which I believe is the real reason why he was blocked given the general air of elitism and rascism prevalent in all aspects of wiki[pedia). I hope you enjoyed your little game, I was actually just minding my own business and you came along to ruin my day, SqueakBox 22:06, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You should also remember that what the arbcom decides is not legally binding and indeed if the wikipedia system of justice were to be used in any country in the world it would be assumed that every case was a miscarriage of justice. Neither you or I have been shown any evidence that I am Skanking so please dont ask me why I would refer to him in the third person. Anyway, part of my job is to find out what young net savvy English speakers are thinking, and you are a fine example of the American spirit. It would have been nice to have been informed when and why I was blocked and for how long as is your responsibility as an admin. If you want to add blocks please inform me here, otherwise I would rather you didnt make any comments because I am no longer interested in any opinions you have and your duty is to be sensitive when blocking or dealing with a blocked person. All I want to do is make constructive edits to wikipedia in a peaceful manner. Thanks, SqueakBox 00:33, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I have had to unblock you prematurely, due to way too much collateral damage and too much autoblocks. I hope you can now contribute to Wikipedia in a normal, correct and calm manner. Do not create any more sock puppet accounts, as you will be blocked again, and it will be longer than five days. Iolakana|T 19:59, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
That was the now banned Google Accelerator, SqueakBox 18:14, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am not surprised. Wikipedia located me about 3,000 miles from where I live according to the IP address that came up on my blocked message, somewhere in California. I am still getting the block message sometimes when I edit on a block not related to me but if I reload the page a couple of times it always clears itself. And for the record I was contributing in a normal, correct and calm manner when you decidded to block me. Whatever you may think of Skanking re-introducing errors into the encyclopedia is not acceptable practice [14], I am someone who thinks that kind of thing matters as our primary and really only goal is to create a good, accurate encyclopedia, SqueakBox 00:44, 6 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Requested move of United Provinces of Central America[edit]
Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly on the page Pedro Carmona. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia under the three-revert rule. Please stop the warring, the POV disputes and all of this hassle. Please just accept that Pedro Carmona was president for a day, even if you don't think this is so; this is the introduction of false information and should be removed immediately. Please just stop; if you continue to do this, you will be blocked—again. Iolakana|T 13:06, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You appear not to know the first thing about Venezuela. Pursuing your whatever with me and making that more important than the encyclopedia will only have one result, SqueakBox 17:58, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I am ten steps ahead of you, because and I am aware of the "conflict of interest", but I am not involved in the wars as such, so if I were to block you, it would fall under the blocking policy. Iolakana|T 19:12, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Ten steps ahead of me in what? In knowing who was President of Venezuela. Please dont leave nonsensical statements on my talk page as the fact that I cant understand your messages may cause me some distress, SqueakBox 19:14, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
They are not going to cause you distress, unless you can't understand them. Pedro Carmona is listed as a president on List of Presidents of Venezuela and on a template, VEpresidents; why can you not just accept this? You are the one adding in POV and false facts when all of references, like the BBC, here, state otherwise. To quote:
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But his time in office was short-lived - only 48 hours - and Hugo Chavez was restored to power on 14 April.
”
It may have been a short time, but he certainly was president. Iolakana|T 19:23, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
A number of people disagee with this, not just me. You have one dated ref proving it and you are using that to rewrite history, which probably makes you a Carmona supporter and your claim that you arent really involved in this dispute is self-evidently not true. If you think I haver added in false information please provide diffs or dont claim such a thing, SqueakBox 19:27, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This isn't even a dispute; it's the difference between a fact and a lie. And you source is wrong: count how many "presidents" it thinks VE has. I counted 50, but {{VEpresidents}} gets 61? Hmm... I wonder who's wrong? We have more sources to prove me and Sandy are correct than you have to prove us wrong. Iolakana|T 19:31, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yes but you shoul;dn't be editing and being the admin. The fact that you claim the Chavez viewpoint is a lie shows you are a Carmona supporter. Why only allow the cCarmona viewpoint and suppress the viewpoint of the Venezuelan government and its supporters. of course there is a dispute and I am not alone either in thinking that or in believing that you are using wikipedia to rewrite history, SqueakBox 20:24, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well done on picking up that POV. I hadn't noticed it. But you are right. Whether or not Brian Chase committed libel against John Seigenthaler Sr. is conjecture. In my opinion he did not. Legally, he did not, since he has not been prosecuted and has not been found guilty, and indeed Seigenthaler has stated that he will not prosecute him. I think that it is very much debatable whether saying that "someone once thought" can ever be classed as libel, since most likely someone did at one point think that - or anything else for that matter. And libel isn't just about saying something that is untrue - it has to lower someone's reputation. It also has to cause financial loss. Given that nobody noticed it, I think he'd have a mighty hard time suggesting it was libel. We can perhaps say "libellous" to suggest something that is potentially libel and may hypothetically have led to a conviction of libel, but its not actually libel. We can, however, state that it was reported in the New York Times as libel. Very good point.
I think that its been written elsewhere as libel as well, when its not. Do you want to check through those and fix that up too? Zordrac(talk)Wishy WashyDarwikinianEventualist 13:36, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Wait on. Why do you think that Brandt is against internet freedom? He is one of the world's leading campaigners FOR internet freedom. Its basically his life's work. I think you must be a bit confused. The criticism made by some is that he is hypocritical, but his stated aim is very clearly FOR internet freedom. He argues that Wikipedia exploits vulnerabilities and hurts people. That's the whole point to his Wikipedia Watch web site. If you personally believe that its all a ruse, then that's fine. But he's certainly been doing this kind of thing for a pretty darn long time, and the press seems to think that he is a fighter for freedom, not against it. Zordrac(talk)Wishy WashyDarwikinianEventualist 16:07, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Removing me from Missing Wikipedians in the first place was rash in itself and bad enough. I reinstated myself, and that's where the matter should have ended. But you then proceeded to remove me again, claiming I had made something like three edits in total. Based on this, how the hell did you arrive at that conclusion? I'd appreciate a reply either on my talk page or, if you prefer, on your own. --HighHopes 23:10, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
After leaving this message I saw your conversation with Tantalum - he/she is spot on, I feel, and I've left a message on their talk page that you might want to look at. I didn't return as a troll; upon returning, I got going as usual before becoming fed up with everything. --HighHopes 23:18, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
You left me that message when I hit Show Preview for leaving the message above. I'm trying to leave, I was just signing off, as it were. To be honest, I saw the removal of my entry as a form of censorship, which annoyed me deeply, so I 'returned' just to make sure it was there before leaving properly. Once I've been included on that list and I've said what I'd like to say (and note my comments on Tantalum's page), I'll leave and not edit under this name again. --HighHopes 23:22, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, read the other comment. Go well, SqueakBox 23:23, 9 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I reverted your edit here. The original was consistent with both studies and annecdote. If you remain concerned, I can find where the non-psychoactive metabolites are discussed. The mechanism is discussed here, which is actually, as they say, where I came in. =) -SM 18:15, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
Please do not remove AFD notices from pages unless you are closing it as an admin. Please also consider not marking edits other than typos and the like as minor. Thanks! Stifle 00:18, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I removed it because it wasn't a legitimate Afd as it hadn't been logged, and nor had any reason been given and IMO the person who put it on 3 articles was trolling, one of which was drawn to my attention when someone else beat me to reverting it. Whatever it was not a legit Afd. My revert was made using a rollback, so it was automatically marked as minor by wikipedia not me. I am not quite sure what your point is? I also made the effort to leave a note on the editors talk page explaining the situation, so really you have nothing to censor me for, SqueakBox 03:53, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Usually, when someone nominates a page for deletion and does not log it, Crypticbot or someone else adds it to the AFD page later that day. If a nomination has been made in bad faith, the AFD votes will usually have dominating keeps and it will often be changed to a speedy keep. In any case, I don't always agree today with what I wrote yesterday (or early this morning :)) and I would have been quite likely to do the same or a similar thing myself.
As for the minor edit issue, I was not aware of that Wikipedia feature and apologise for picking you up on it. Indeed my intention was not to censure you, simply to let you know that I slightly disagreed with you :) Stifle 11:43, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Happy to help - if there's any kind of vandalism on Wikipedia I particularly loathe, it's that of user pages! Cheers. --PeruvianLlama(spit) 00:09, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
You know, I'm in a bad mood, I'm on the . I really is like being a celebrity. The only problem's he's got my name wrong. My name isn't John Doe, it's ***** ******. Izehar (talk) 19:02, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
My userpage doesn't have anything of use to them THANK G-D. If he' smart, he may be able to pick out that I'm from the UK. Izehar (talk) 19:25, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I noticed the message saying you're a World Citizen, I would like to invite you to add {{User world}} to your user page if you wish to proclaim it in a more effective way, and this template will also add you automatically to the Wikipedians with World Citizenship category. :) --Mistress Selina Kyle 23:54, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
We don't use Afd to decide on merges. Afd is about deletion. Nobody is deleting the article, and no information is being lost. Do you have a reason related to content why the merge is a bad idea? Afds are not meant to "bind our hands" on how to edit the article after the Afd is over. Friday(talk) 16:35, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I just looked at some of his recent edits. It seems he has returned as a troll. :-( --TantalumTelluride 19:41, 8 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Wait. I'm confused. He hasn't really returned since he added himslef to the missing list. If he doesn't want to come back, why should he be taken off the list? He certainly has anti-wiki feelings, but isn't the purpose of the page to remind us why other users have left? I think he should be on the list. --TantalumTelluride 19:48, 8 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Yes but he has been editing lately and so we should wait a month IMO, and even then not include his long statement, SqueakBox 20:21, 8 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I suppose you're right about waiting a month. He might decide to come back. Still, when he is listed, we should probably include at least part of his statement. You and I both disagree with him, and it does reek of trollism. But it still is his final statement as a frustrated Wikipedian. It's his reason for leaving. --TantalumTelluride 22:57, 8 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
You've accused me of vandalism in my talk page, but you didn't say what it was about. I use Wikipedia with the intention of contributing to it, and I wouldn't post anything I felt was vandalism. Could you please point out what I did that you consider vandalism? Thanks. Some guy 18:26, 20 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
It took me a long time to piece together what happened, but I figured it out. After User: 212.205.76.134 erased the old entry for Thumbshots when he added some information to the Democracy and Nature section, I was following his edits through his contribution list to see if he vandalised/accidentally deleted anything else from the page. It appears that when I finished checking his edits, I decided to nominate thumbshots again, but I forgot to switch from his last edit to the most recent version of the page. The version I edited can be found here. As you probably know, making changes to an old version of a page erases all changes since then. You can see that the parts of the page that were removed or moved around during my edit are all of the parts moved or added after the version I've linked above. I'm extremely sorry about this mistake on my part - it was an accident, but it was stupid and it shouldn't have happened. My apologies. Some guy 05:36, 21 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks much for the Zamora help. Weird, yesterday I decided I was going to put on my user page a similar assortment of flags of countries visited, listed in descending order of time spent there, if only I could find the template. Mind if I borrow your template for this? And your idea? The really odd thing is, Honduras is the country I have spent the least amount of time in, of all those I have gone through, about an hour. Bruxism 04:08, 22 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there SqueakBox, Im Moe Epsilon. I saw your name to the list of drug-free Wikipedians. I created a template and category for it at Template:Drug-free. You can add it to your babel if you want. Hope you use it! — Moeε 23:22, 26 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
You removed me from the list of missing Wikipedians on the basis that there was no message. An ever-so-quick glance at my history would have shown a clear notice why I have left this disastrous project (more the shame as it's a very good idea). I've reinstated myself on the list. I hope that's OK with you. --HighHopes 22:43, 4 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your note. I actually just logged on to self-censor my note, as, while I don't take back what I said, I agree with the anonymous poster that my "language" was not acceptable. But maybe it's better to do as you did and just remove the whole thing.
Hi there SqueakBox, it's Moe Epsilon. I saw the edits to my talk page. Cognition does make a good point about you being "Pro Pot" and all. Hey just look at the picture on your user page.....just kidding. :-) On a side note, Cognition shouldn't make edits to other contributors edits though. Im not taking a side here, I think it is something you two need to fix between yourself and Cognition. Thanks to coming to me though! Cheers! — Moeε 22:15, 7 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
It didn't fit with the other 2 edits from the IP address, which I assume were you. I am not an admin, but I have reported it at the vandalism page. I wouldn't normally bother but this kind of vandalism is particularly nasty, and brings wikipedia into disrepute. See [1]. Cheers, SqueakBox 20:36, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
Okay, this is my personal "original research" if you like, insight in to Daniel Brandt.
Daniel Brandt was fighting for various causes, as he always did, mostly about war and injustice and stuff like that, and he protested the war in Iraq, talked about government-controlled media and all of the rest, and was generally a bit of a conspiracy theorist who nobody paid much attention to.
Then when Google came out, and everyone was worried about how closely linked they were to the CIA and such, Daniel Brandt went a lot further than anyone else, and he first protested that his web site was listed on Google without him asking them to list it. See, he was so paranoid about people spying on him that he had refused to allow his web sites to be listed on Yahoo or any other search engines, but when Google came along, they forced his company to be listed. He was worried that the CIA might be trying to spy on him.
So Daniel Brandt wrote a letter to Google asking them to take his web site off their list. They refused to. So he then got out a court order to force them to remove his web site. They still refused, and his legal action failed.
So then he decided to set up Scroogle, which was a version of Google that doesn't use cookies. It has been modified over time, and at one point it was Scroogle news as well. But yeah.
And of course then Google sued him over brand name infringement. And they lost. So then Brandt set up Google-Watch. Again Google sued him for brand name infringement, and again they lost. See, the name "Google" isn't owned by Google - it is actually a real world that means 1 with 100 zeroes after it - its a number. So there was no brand name infringement.
So after various attempts to sue him, all of which failed (they also tried to sue him for libel, but that failed too), they then set up Google-watch-watch, to try to protest his activities.
When Yahoo was bought out, Brandt decided that Yahoo was no good either, and he set up Yahoo-watch, as a similar kind of thing.
Brandt is well known in the activist community and in the conspiracy theoriest community. Some people think he's a kook, others think he is a great campaigner for rights and an exposer of truth.
He was using Wikipedia to document various conspiracy theories, when it turned out that someone had up and written a page about him. Now, considering how upset he was about Google listing his page on their search engine, you can imagine how upset he was at having someone write a page about him. And of course, the page was an attack page. Still is. Its always been an attack page.
And of course the whole reason why the page was set up was because there are certain segments of the community that think that he is irrationally paranoid and making people upset about things that are not important.
Go and look on his web page, particularly the massive namebase.com which has a conspiracy theory for basically every single thing in the history of the universe.
One of his most serious causes is privacy. He believes that big brother is spying on us. But thanks to Google, everyone knows his name, so he says his real name everywhere now - he never used to.
Some people see his writing on Wikipedia Watch as hypocritical, since he is trying to find out the real names of people. Others see it as very good, and very consistent with his aims.
He is somewhat underground, or at least he was before his Wikipedia entry was written. Only people in certain circles knew about him.
If you want to talk to him, send him an e-mail. He'll write you back and tell you more about himself for himself. As for the real reasons for why he was treated so badly on Wikipedia, that's something that we might never know. He was treated like a king on livejournal, and has been well respected in other internet communities he has been a part of. Why they didn't like him here I don't know. He claims its because of Wikipedia's link with Google, but I am not convinced. I think it was more a bunch of people who thought he was a crackpot and wanted to smear his name. Slashdot and Cruel and the like are always attacking him for being a crackpot. His article, of course, is about as biased an article as you will find here. But don't worry about that. His web pages are also biased. Look at both and you will see something in between, which is likely what is really going on.
As for my personal opinion, well, I am not a big fan of conspiracy theories. I think that conspiracy theories are pushed by the government themselves so as to distract us from what's really going on. I think that what's really going on is 90% truth, but just with a tiny bit of something else. And sometimes that tiny bit flips things over the other way. But I think that what's really going on is usually pretty obvious. So in short I think that Brandt is a bit naive. But maybe I am wrong and maybe Big Brother really is everywhere! Oh no! Better not use Google again! Zordrac(talk)Wishy WashyDarwikinianEventualist 16:45, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
My reversion was not inexplicable, since I clearly explained it. The posting was made by the sockpuppet of a user who has been blocked for making personal attacks. Revert if you think it will do some good, but do not call my reversion inexplicable. User:Zoe|(talk) 03:40, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It was inexplicable to me at the time but I then had the bright idea of looking at your contribs and then I did indeed understand your action as may be clear from my edit (if you saw it) to the afd on Tramper. I have removed my comment and this socks too, SqueakBox 03:48, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, The point about the Jeremy Clarkson page is that Jeremy has said two things that are untrue and very offensive to Americans. 1. That it MACHINE GUNS are legal and 2. That you have to obtain and carry a passport if you want to buy alcoholic drinks. This is untrue. ID would have been correct, needing a passport sounds ridiculous as it is supposed to and it is a lie.
Jeremy's false quotes were included on his Wiki page but they left it open so that anyone reading it would be mislead by the misinformation. Myself and a few other editors had edited the comments out as they were UNTRUE and MISLEADING. The JC supporters kept putting them back in.. so we ammended it by adding:
"In Actuality, you do not need a passport to buy a drink in the USA and "Machine Guns" have never been legal."
So they kept removing it and leaving the MISLEADING version. Yes, The administrators are leaving the page misleading on purpose. After changing it countless times to RELFLECT the truth, the administrator named 'The JPS' left the mis-information intact, locked the page indefinitely and then started to go after all of my edits and contributions and just undid everything that I've ever done and marked 2 articles for deletion. Another ADMINISTRATOR, Zoe did the same... just followe me around deleteing everything...
I typed in 'The JPS' on google to see if anyone else had had similar experiences with this crooked administrator only to be direct to his ebay listings where the ads all point to wikipedia articles that he has spiced up... check the dates, check the ads... its true... they all refer to wikpedia pages that he has spiced up to sell more ebay stuff.
I have NO idea who to complain to about being stalked by this person as the ADMINISTRATORS dont seem to take it very seriously... Is it such a crazy idea that a guy whose trail proves that he is using the pages for his own political purposes, his own ebay and for revenge on people that alter his misinformation campaigns.
I agree with you SqueakBox, there is NOTHING wrong with being anti-American, but when you have to mislead, lie and delete stuff to further your cause, then what the hell is your cause?
I wasn't that bothered that they deleted the two pages I had contributed last night. I really didn't care much. I was just desperately trying to point out that the person that had marked them for deletion is the same person that I had a dispute with about a totally different page and discussion a week before... the chances of the same administrator finding MY 2 pages in a sea of millions of pages and marking them for deletion is to big a coincidence... it is an admin bullying someone who disagrees with his politics...
Please respond before they delete!
Thanks - Repmart/ J.Smith--86.29.121.15 16:16, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well without an identity card a passport is identity, as I know being an ex pat. Clarkson isn't believeable, he makes stuff up to make us laugh, that is how he is, 18:07, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Am i not being concise?
Look... the page has misinformation on it and when people try to put the truth on there it is removed by 2 or 3 editors who have now locked the page. You want to debate how funny Jeremy Clarkson is... guess I've come to the wrong guy. I just saw that you had a concern last night that my REASONABLE question on the JEREMY CLARKSON discussion page was removed... it was NOT removed because I am a sock puppet or whatever... it was removed becuase they don't want the mis-information to be corrected.,.. look how many times they took away the statement that clarified the truth.
If Hitler's page said that he hosted the 1936 Olympics but didn't mention that he as a genocicdial maniac... I would add it. Then if crooked editors/administrators didn't want people to know the truth, they would remove bits they didnt like leaving mis-information... then lock the page.
This is what they've done.
HAVE A LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THE PAGE, SEE WHAT THEY ARE REMOVING!
Oh dear... never mind. and the machine gun quote? jeremy being cute...
I see I'll have to take this to the US administrators.
By the way, since you are the first Administrator to have the simple courtesy to reply to me, COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO REPORT AN ADMINISTRATOR WHO IS STALKING ME ON WIKIPEDIA AS NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW.
I will see these crooked bullies taken down one way or another.
Well I am not an admin nor even a popular user. Try Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. I am a fan of Clarkson though as a humorist not an ideologist. For me being from britain and being in Honduras is 2 reasons to dislike the US establishment though as I have US cousins and my wife's Honduran family have family in the US I am certainly not against the people of the US. If the US stopped the illicit cocaine trade I would personally have a lot more sympathy for the country but while they refuse to do so, preferring to pursue businessman like the NatWest Three (an article I began) and invade countries like Iraq my own feelings also harden (lots of "businessmen" with their machine guns here purely thanks top US dollars). Instead of striving for a united Americas the US build a wall to divide the continent. In terms of the article the only thing that counts is whether it is NPOV and accurate, SqueakBox 15:27, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I have edited a bit to try to make it clearer he is a humourist, certain editors who hate him take him much too seriously which is what creates the problem of people actually think everything he says is true and 100% serious. This problem has been going for a long time, look at the history and my previous involvemnt in the article. As a beardy, sandal wearing cyclist who doesnt own a car (apparently a group who resents having the piss taken by him according to some) I find him always entertaining, SqueakBox 15:40, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I think the only solution is to make it clear overall that outside of cars (a subject in which I have neither knowledge nor interest) Clarkson isn't to be taken seriously, i have tried to do that a bit but he arouses a lot of anger in people (obviously including yourself) so this article is alwaysd controversial, SqueakBox 22:48, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm interested in what you found offensive about the material you deleted; I'm going to let your deletion stand as it was probably not encyclopedic. But offensive? --Guinnog 02:34, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
With its slur on mixed race children and comparison of Rastas with apes it seemed deeply offensive in a rascist way to me. Especially given this poem was written by a holocaust denier. What was so good about his book? Thanks for not restoring it. SqueakBox 13:53, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I see you spent years in Botswana. perhaps I am missing something, SqueakBox 22:46, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I thought that the exposure of Irving's slur on mixed-race children was one of the most revealing aspects of his trial. It showed him to be a dyed-in-the-wool racist. I enjoyed his book though (I bought it for 50p in an Oxfam shop out of curiousity); as I said, it seemed well-written and well researched. That kind of racism wasn't as unfashionable when Irving was growing up as it is now, and I suppose he let his perception of his own fame and (perhaps) persecution complex lead him to believe he was untouchable by the laws of society. It was very clear from his trial that he believed he was standing up for truth and free speech.
I find the whole case fascinating as the idea of truth interests me. Should, for example, Irving's undoubted bad attitude be allowed to discredit the idea of properly and scientifically examining facts about the Holocaust? Or is it proper that left-of-centre liberals (like, I suppose, me) should rejoice in the imprisonment of someone for speaking their mind, even when what they were saying was a vile lie?
It's a can of worms.
How fo you like Honduras? I've never been to Central America and would love to go some day. --Guinnog 15:27, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I am not entirely comfortable with Irving having been imprisoned for his beliefs and indeed found the poem revealing myself. I certainly understand what you are saying about beliefs having been different when he grew up and I tend to have quite right wing beliefs myself in terms of personal responsibility etc (I'd probably vote Tory). I guess denigrating Rastas is distasteful to me, and my partner is black which isn't an issue here but I feel would be were I to take her to Britain as rascist attitudes are held by many more people than here and Irving's poem seemed to symbolize all that I dislike about white UK rascists. Honduras is great, just bought a house here on thursday so after nearly 3 years outside the UK I am really committing myself to being here, and given the close connections I have with family and the UK media (news, radio etc) I dont want to go back. Dont think I could have been happy here in the pre-broadband age, though. SqueakBox 16:07, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi SqueakBox, Raul hasn't become temporary President of Cuba. He is "assuming the duties" of head of the council of state as per Cuban constitution. Fidel is still President of Cuba.--Zleitzen 15:56, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with the former more than the latter. According to the BBC he has given up all positions, "Fidel Castro cedió todos sus cargos" [15]
After reading your arbitration case more closely, it states that if any user, either you or Zapatancas, edit José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero-related articles, either using their own account or a sockpuppet, users may be blocked. You have violated this agreement by using User:Skanking as a sockpuppet account. Repeat violations may result in another block, if not longer. Think more closely next time. Iolakana|T 18:44, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
What, like this you mean? If you believe Skanking shouldn't have made this edit perhaps you would care to revert it, though if you do I will go to the Spanish press as wikipedia has a bad reputation for insulting living people, this edit had been in place for an hour and twenty one minutes and this man is the President of Spain so if you insult him you insult Spain as a sovereign country. Maybe you would like to think of the implications of this before denigrating Skanking, SqueakBox 19:54, 1 August 2006 (UTC)== Re: Range block ==[reply]
Okay, I unblocked the user for now. Sorry if it messed you up. Thunderbrand 04:24, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Please do not make personal attacks on other people. Wikipedia has a policy against personal attacks. In some cases, users who engage in personal attacks may be blocked from editing by admins or banned by the arbitration committee. Comment on content, not on other contributors or people. Please resolve disputes appropriately. Thank you. Please don't call me a rogue admin; some admins may take this as humorous, others do not. Consider what you are saying before you make such judgments. Iolakana|T 11:52, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well I am sure people can judge for themselves whether locking a page and then editing it is exclusively is the sign of a rogue admin or not, as they can look at this edit and draw their own conclusions. Please dont presume I dont think before I speak, you sound like somebody inauthority whereas the reality is you are just a kid and as I made clear before I have no interest in anything you have to say. It just goes to show what happens when you give someone without experience power, this is a net issue that clearly needs addressing. Please stop being patronising and grow up a bit if you wish to be effective but fair in the position of (relative) power in which you find yourself. BTW I use the am not an admin box to let people know, you would be surprised how many people ,assume I am one and it helps avoid misunderstandings, SqueakBox 17:21, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Nothing to do with me as the case clearly shows. You on the other hand changed my signature to that of Pura Paja here showing you are not a credible user or willing to abide by the rules of the wikipedia, SqueakBox 03:50, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You've been blocked for another week under your personal attack parole, for this attack on another editor. --Tony Sidaway 13:35, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Adopting a commonsense approach to identification, the administrators of Wikipedia have decided to enforce the provisions of this case against anyone who exhibits behavior similar to that of SqueakBox and Zapatancas, to wit: Hagiographer and Pura Paja, and anyone else who engages in warring, tendentious edits, personal attacks and harassment related to José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and related articles.
Pura Paja has been blocked indefinitely because of his username.
The ban on editing José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and related articles will now be applied to Hagiographer, as will the personal attack parole, because his involvement in the mutual harassment campaign closely resembles that of Zapatancas and it is reasonable to treat him, for the purposes of this dispute, as if he were one and the same person. For good reason, any administrator may extend the article ban to other editors exhibiting substantially similar behavior.
It has also been established that you, SqueakBox, evaded an arbitration committee ban of one month using the sock Skanking(talk·contribs·deleted contribs·page moves·block user·block log). Accordingly, the one month ban is hereby reset and this will be added to your current one week block. --Tony Sidaway 10:34, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Okay. Please can you get Hagiographer, who has forged my signature, to stop editing my user page. I would prefer to see the page locked. If you would like me to remove anything from that page please ask here and I can get one of my workers, who are not banned, to do so. If Hagiographer wants peace he needs to leave my user page alone as IMO it was his vandalisation of that page that started this. If he stops editing Zapatero and harrassing me this situation will be sorted, all I want is fairness. Thanks, SqueakBox 15:18, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Let me know (by email, I'm really not around these days) if you want your user page unprotected. Guettarda 20:57, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks a lot. I'll write to you when my ban is over (late September) and I can try and put all this behind me. Que le vaya bien, SqueakBox 21:05, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It appears you added a link, "2003 article, ic stand against crack" ... I'm not sure what you mean by "ic", nor how to correct it properly. [[User talk:Dragon Dave|Dragon Dave] when I can be bothered to sign in.
Hill just died. I just found out. Gutted! One of my favourite artists. those were the days back in 1980 chilling out in the Red Cross knight listening to Hill chanting Jah Rastafari and how he took a spliff this morning of the international herb, SqueakBox 01:33, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for welcoming me to Wiki. Since you invite me to ask questions, here is one: Why does my name still appear in red?--dunnhaupt 15:45, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Can you take your comments off the Tela page? they've been there for about 6 months. I didn't steal anything from a tour guide; I just put in a bunch of specific stuff about where to eat and stay because there is a fairly steady, if small, flow of gringos through town, and I thought they could maybe use the information when they go there. If it really offends you, then take it out. But it isn't a copyright violation; I wrote it myself, based on my own time in Tela.
Hello SqueakBox. I've had List of search engines on my watchlist. The Info.com service DOES have an article, though its notability may be uncertain. Lately the creator of the info.com page added a link to it back onto List of search engines. At [16] you had removed it. We could remove it again, but what is the rationale? Did you mean in your comment that it's not really a search engine? I notice a sparsity of mentions of info.com in paper publications, though it does show up here and there on the web. In 2004 the company was said to have 10 employees. EdJohnston 20:03, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I notice you moniter Cannabis related pages. You may be interested in the popular use section of 840 an anon keeps adding it and I cannot revert without violating the three revert rule. ReverendG 23:10, 27 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I just added an image to Corinto, Morazán Department and saw your response to my Talk-page comment, "There's a line in Spanish I need to come back and remove ... will do so as soon as I finish this minute's project of adding stub tags. (Have 31 windows open at the moment!)" You replied, "31 windows? Shouldn't you be using tabs?" The answer is — I really wouldn't know. If you mean that I should use Mozilla, I'm still getting the hang of how to get tabs there rather than new windows. (I also don't get how to get it to do like IE does and give me a copy of the current page when I open a new window/tab.) If that's not what you meant, now I'm really confused.
On the bright side, I'm getting the hang of a lot of Wikipedia and trying some new things... just uploaded my first three images to the Wikipedia Commons, I've created a couple of templates/navigation boxes, I'm learning how to do multiple references, etc., etc., etc. Check out my user page and talk page and see for yourself. And just think: You were the one to welcome me first! :) Lawikitejana 10:57, 4 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:P001.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in its not being deleted. Thank you. -- Nv8200ptalk 03:31, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:P008.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in its not being deleted. Thank you. -- Nv8200ptalk 03:31, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:P012.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in its not being deleted. Thank you. -- Nv8200ptalk 03:35, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hehe, I assure you that was a mistake[17]. I don't even talk like that outside of wikipedia. HighInBC(Need help? Ask me) 04:47, 14 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi SqueakBox; thank you for welcoming me to Wikipedia. I noticed a vandal on the Education reform page; I reverted it once, but the vandal did it again. What can be done? Thanks for your help!
--Kearnsdm 15:20, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
What is wrong with you? You told me to cite it, and I did. The New York Times is credible, if you want a different cite, than tell me, but don't just take things down that are the truth, you just don't want them up there. This is a site that is supposed to convey what IS going on in the world, not what you want the world to see. I like George Bush, and this statement isn't the least bit defamatory, but rather what he actually said. You are biasing the article to what you want to see, and that is not what Wikipedia is about! Stop removing him from the list, he should be on there.
--PTPete25 14:41, 20 November 2006 (MST)
Thanks for the signature. George W. Bush isn't a notable cannabis smoker is why I delete it, SqueakBox 21:45, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You're wrong, he is a famous cannabis smoker. He is famous, and he was a cannabis smoker, those are the two qualifications for being a famous cannabis smoker. Just because that is not what he is best known for is not a reason to keep him off of the list. None of those people on the list are famous for the sole reason of smoking cannabis, is Bob Dylan a notable cannabis smoker? He's a notable folk singer, who also smoked cannabis. Are The Beatles, notable cannabis smokers? They are notable artists, who also smoked cannabis. Is Prince Harry a notable cannabis smoker? He's a notable member of the British Royal Family, who also smoked cannabis. All of these people are notably famous, and also smoked cannabis. George Bush, a notable cannabis smoker? He's a notable President, who also smoked cannabis. He belongs on the list.
--PTPete25 14:59, 20 November 2006 (MST)
They have all been famous for smoking cannabis, eg Clinton's didnt inhale quip became world famous as did Harry's antics. Bush isn't in the same class, perhaps a famous cocaine user but not famous even for a day as a cannabis smoker, SqueakBox 15:29, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
For reverting that revenge warning[18] from that anon who was reverted at 840. Appreciate that, you got it before I even saw it. I have never recieved a warning(legitimatly) and I do not remove even bad faith warnings in the knowledge that another editor will, I appreciate not having to ask. HighInBC(Need help? Ask me) 00:01, 21 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I find it hilarious that you would say "What English speakers think is irrelevant".
The last time I checked, my country, Belize, is an English speaking country. We are part of the Central American subcontinent and so is Mexico, regardless of what the The EU or UN's definition is. This is a geographical fact, just look at the map people!!! 20 November 2006 07:07 (UTC)
As pertains to marijuana page comment, anything containing carbon, when burnt, gives off carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. More of the latter in cases of inadequate oxygen supply since carbon dioxide is energetically more favorable to form.--Loodog 22:05, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I think it should then be explained in the context that all living organisms give off Carbon Monoxide when burnt SqueakBox 22:16, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I am curious, which article is this about? HighInBC(Need help? Ask me) 22:12, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This one, the right one as smoking cannabis is definitely about it as a drug, SqueakBox 22:16, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well, certainly it's not particular to marijuana smoke. In general, people inhaling smoke = not good.--Loodog 02:04, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I made a minor change on your talk page, moving the table of contents down so it was flush with the page. I hope this was not out of line, if so please revert the change with my apologies. HighInBC(Need help? Ask me) 22:17, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed and it was fine. Have a nice weekend high in British Columbia, SqueakBox 22:20, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I have every right to request that the user stop altering content in order to provoke edit wars. Plain and simple I have asked him to stay out of other articles I am at work on. If you problems with the policy take up on the discussion page at WP:HA (Simonapro 21:01, 25 November 2006 (UTC))[reply]
Aah. I thought that might happen. Making lots of enemies of a group of users wont hellp your argument but perhaps clarifying it would. I am wikipedia experienced enough to know you cant go demanding other users dont work on articles you are working on. My experienced and well intentioned advice is dont go down this path, SqueakBox 21:45, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
To the British ex-pat living on the edge of a Caribbean city in Honduras with the photos on the profile page and all that. If you really want to go about letting users attributed copyright statements and sources incorrectly while blaming users who point it out as not being helpful then I suggest you explain why. Because wikipolicy has never supported such a thing. You solve it then if your so good at editing and working here. Explain why a cite is being moved to answer source who never made the statement and why the main source's article page is being vandalised by the same user. (Simonapro 07:33, 26 November 2006 (UTC))[reply]
Well since you have reverted it is up to Green I guess to find out why Small is cited for Green's copyright text now. (Simonapro 07:35, 26 November 2006 (UTC))[reply]
Please explain what you are talking about as I dont have a clue. Your threats against chondrite make me think not very highly opf you as a user so pleaser change your behaviour, SqueakBox 07:37, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It's not going to be easy, but we'll have to try. Thanks for helping out!
About Macca/McCartney (thanks for your work) He grew plants on his farm in Scotland, and he was caught by the Police! Bugger... --andreasegde 00:38, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Joke: I'll bet Lady Mucca never had a spliff. (Doh!) :)) (People in glass houses shouldn't throw.... whatever it is.... :) --andreasegde 00:50, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
P.S. You gotta archive your talk page! Floaterfluss 18:00, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Definitely not. Not only can I search through it much easier with it all in one place but it lets people know I have been here a while, SqueakBox 18:17, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This user is a sockpuppet of blocked user User:The hobgoblin, identical user page and interest in Mulatto, SqueakBox 22:47, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You should tell William M. Connelley since he just gave The hobgoblin a short block for 3RR. He might be interested to hear about the sockpuppetry. —Wknight94 (talk) 22:50, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Ran across this via WP:PAIN, saw some discussion about it on IRC, later. I've indefblocked hobgoblin, per investigation and checkuser results. Let me know if you have any further problems with this person. Luna Santin 00:37, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Just to let you know, I'm changing the celebrity picks on this article to unfamous people. According to Wikipedia Editors, famous pictures are only allowed on that individuals article and are not permitted on articles that aren't soley about them. I'm surprised they haven't commented on it yet, but I made them aware of their own policy.Americanbeauty415 02:14, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I have recently created a portal of El Salvador. I was hoping, because of your Salvadoran-related contributions, that you could help me make the Portal better by adding something I have not already posted. You see, I myself had lived there, but I have not been in the country for a while, so I am writing to you in hopes that you could expand some of the sections (particularly Quotes and News), and others if you wish. I am confident you will make a good decision, so we can bring knowledge of El Salvador to wikipedia, and the world. I am confident you will make a good decision. BashmentBoy
They are on the watchlist. Only spent a week there but have known various Salvadoreans here and in Guate, SqueakBox 04:19, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much.BashmentBoy 14:28, 30 November 2006 (UTC)BashmentBoy[reply]
Hello SqueakBox, I reported that sock (User:SqueakBoxx) that was vandalizing your page to an administrator. Hope this helps.¤~Persian Poet Gal(talk) 00:38, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Update: Sock was blocked by an admin, hopefully that will ward off the troll :P.¤~Persian Poet Gal(talk) 00:40, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I had no idea. I thought I was engaging some kid who felt he needed to "prove himself"... Damn. I'm sorry. --Mhking 03:47, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It's unfortunate that it's come to this, but I've been forced to give their entire ISP a soft block for three days. No anon editing, no new accounts; hopefully this doesn't cause too much collateral damage, and I've included instructions on registering an account for the legitimate editors in there. If this doesn't solve the problem, we'll try something else; no matter what happens, though, I won't tolerate this sort of trolling directed at anyone, so do let me know if you continue to have problems. Thanks for your time, don't let this guy get to you. Luna Santin 06:44, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I've also sprotected your user and user talk pages, following another attack. This means that all anonymous users and new accounts will be unable to edit those pages at all. In the case of your user talk page, this can cause a problem, especially if you find yourself needing to communicate with new users on any frequent basis. Let me know if you'd like me to remove protection, or if you'd prefer that I take any other course of action. Thanks. Luna Santin 17:01, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Will do. I check fairly often, since my talk page has pretty high traffic. Luna Santin 18:59, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Just curious . . . why is web crawler a better choice than Google (regarding your change to Search_Engine)? It seems kind of arbitrary. I think Google is the most familiar search engine and fits well because of its clarity due to the uncluttered main page; if you have a problem with Google maybe you could replace it with the very first internet search engine? Nobody mentioned Google in relation to NPOV on the discussion page; it would be good for you to make a post there. --Whiteknox 14:11, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You're better off motivating your edits with something other than hasted assumptions of intention. A summation of slang terms, a de-capitalization and a very practical link to Wikisaurus doesn't constitute a provocation.
See the history of the article. Cannabis is not grass, SqueakBox 22:40, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Slang synonyms are fairly common on Wikipedia, I'd say. I was trying to improve the lead, not screw around with short-tempered wikicolleagues. You don't seem to be overly keen on assuming good faith.
I was referring to the edit not the editor (who wasnt even you anyway) and this type of edit has proven highly contentious in the past. We are not writing a US encyclopedia so adding US centric terms that only describe marijuana can indeed be described as contentious, SqueakBox 23:51, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hello!. This information it must go more down... (sorry i'm en-1 ;)--Yakoo 23:30, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Pues habala mi en espanol, y digame porque? y por favor deja la gente escribirte si queres continuar aqui, si no es injusto lo que haces, SqueakBox 23:37, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks/Gracias ;)... Una observación, quienes contribuimos en diferentes proyectos, tratamos de centralizar la llegada de mensajes en uno solo. Ello no es injusto, y no produce inconvenientes... De hecho es bastante habitual...
Respecto a Pinochet, creo que la información de los juicios y el arresto en Londres no debe ir en la introducción, pues en esta se coloca lo más relevante, la fecha y lugar de nacimiento y muerte, profesión/actividad y su relevancia, en este caso, los cargos o funciones que desempeñó.
Lo demás debiera ir más abajo, en las secciones correspondientes... --Yakoo 23:45, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
No veo inconvenientes en indicar, en un mensaje en es:wikipedia, que existe algún conflicto con una edición hecha en en:wikipedia respecto a alguna política de en:wikipedia ;)...
Por otro lado, te agradecería que el punto en discusión lo plantearas en Talk:Augusto Pinochet, para que más pudieran opinar...
De todos modos no fueron tres reversiones, pues no revertí tu contribución, tan solo la ubiqué más abajo (a lo más fue una o dos veces despues de ello)...
Saludos, --Yakoo 00:06, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
No estoy incumpliendo ninguna política al redirigir mi "User talk" a la página de discusión que tengo wikipedia en español... Si existe una política al respecto en esta wikipedia (en inglés), te agrdecería me lo informaras, de lo contrario, por favor, no reviertas mi cambio......
Gracias... Saludos, --Yakoo 02:07, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Done. :) I've unprotected your user and user talk pages. If you run into any problems like this, in the future, don't hesitate to let me know. Cheers! Luna Santin 01:22, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm the one being mobbed by wild dogs. Rhode Islander 23:13, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You are not helping things. Mind your own business. Rhode Islander 23:19, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm talking about the etiquette. Keep it to a discussion of the subject, rather than ad hominem nonsense. My statement, that you objected to, was to maka an example of what their position sounded like to me and my concept of our heritage. Their stances are mobbish and insulting at the same time. I don't need you to chide me, but to bring helpful information into the topic. Rhode Islander 23:25, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I think I agree with the other users that you are trolling, so I warn you to keep my family out of it, SqueakBox 00:09, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I was comparing two numbers in regards to the honduras edit and misread the honduras GDP as ten times the GDP of Chile when it was really the other way around and corrected it before double checking. Sorry about that. 68.89.124.151 00:00, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Manthro I find hard to believe is an editor. I had to teach him how to post comments on a users page. If he was an editor, I wouldn't have had to do that. Secondly, even if he is, which I doubt he is...he can still be reported for harassment and vandalism. Thank YouAmericanbeauty415 05:02, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Please stop making silly claims, SqueakBox 16:27, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
E. Sn0 =31337= Talk has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing! Smile at others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
Love what you're doing with the article, m8. :) E. Sn0 =31337= Talk 21:13, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I can appreciate your hard work, but a couple of points. I never said "cannabis is exclusively marijuana", I said "cannabis is a plant genus". I said that "cannabis (drug)" is quite awkward, and may not be ideal according to Wikipedia naming conventions. I called for a discussion, and am quite astounded by the arrogance and cavallier attitudes of you and others who a) removed the merge tag, b) were hostile to a DISCUSSION of the issue, etc. Much of what Wikipedia is has to do with discussion, persusaion, and consensus building. I was met with "I am opposed to debate", and "please don't get in the way". Thanks for pointing out that "marijuana" is a predominantly American term. If I might also point that Wikipedia does not belong to you, and you should be open to a discussion, and not meet other Wikipedia members with overt hostility. --Bill Huston(talk) 14:35, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well I didnt remove the merge tag and I did engage in debate with you, making my reasons very clear, and hopefully persuaded you (a) that cannabis is considered a drug and (b) that marijuana is an exclusively US term for some but not all of what cannabis users consume when they take this plant as a drug. You seem to be the one who is narked not me, SqueakBox 17:25, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Any chance you could more accurately cite the source for Nationwide? I wasn't even born at the time! I've added a [citation needed] tag by the word 'seventies' to this effect. Matthew 00:18, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
If you mean can I give a date, then no I cant. I doubt very much if there is a source but I know it happened and that it happened in the seventies and it was Michael Barratt in charge and Staurt Hall and someone whom I cant remember from Birmingham, who won. TV is a difficult one to source, though like books the fact that only one or 2 people can source it doesnt of itself illegitimise it. Shame I dont haver a date, could have been anytime between 74 and 79, 00:29, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Thought the answer might have been something like that - after all, we've all got ready access to archives of 1970s television, haven't we? :-) I think some kind of reference - even with the vague dating - needs to be put in, in case someone comes along and changes it because he doesn't understand the context and thinks 'what was special about the 1970s?'. Matthew 01:17, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Please don't call POV edits vandalism especially when they are semi-plausible (such as the recent ones you have been reverting). It helps much more if you just revert and explain to the user in question why you are reverting. JoshuaZ 21:33, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry, I didn't notice the presence of other socks. JoshuaZ 21:38, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thus is my suspicion, which now means I'll be attacked on Hivemind any day now. Do you know what IP addresses Brandt has use din the past? User:Zoe|(talk) 23:01, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Nah, I just don't touch Brandt's page with an account identified to my personal one so Brandt doesn't go nuts on my hivemind profile. Jimmy knows who I am, the account is hardly being used in bad faith, let's leave it at that. -- Just another editor 23:14, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure I believe you. if you were to drop me a line and tell me who you were I might. If you are Daniel Brandt please can you remove me from your Hive Mind, SqueakBox 01:18, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not on freenode, SqueakBox 01:38, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I can assure you that User:Just another editor is not Brandt. I have spoken to the editor, who confirmed his identity to me. Danny 01:55, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Look, I am sorry for the false accusation, but I believe that you owe me an apology also for your heavy-handed response. If you take a look, I am here to make an effort to improve this place also, and this is probably the first mistake in my 2,000 edits since coming here. I hope that you wouldn't go after new users like this, because we should be inviting here, not self-serving. This is a collaboration, not a project of personal bests. Merry Christmas to you also. :: Colin Keigher(Talk) 10:20, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Because people like Brandt bother me, I have taken steps to ensure that if for whatever reason he includes me in his listing of editors (I have the article watched) that he cannot use my photo in his god-awful page. :: Colin Keigher(Talk) 10:24, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I don't appreciate you referring to me as a vandal; you may want to check out my userpage. Please read my reply to your comments and the comments on the Bong page before reverting it again. Also be aware of the WP:3RR rule. OhNoitsJamieTalk 19:31, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It is vandalism to remove cites. Just give references, dont remove the cites as I assume it means you cant source and therefore if you remove them again I will follow policy and remove the unsourced material, SqueakBox 19:33, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'd quit reverting the legitimate edits to bong, you're far past 3RR, and if you continue, I WILL report you to the admins. Thank you. 71.147.39.11 20:30, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox is not in violation of 3RR. I only mentioned it earlier because I asked that he read my comments before reverting again. While I didn't think the cites were necessary, they meet WP:Reliable sources in the context, and it's better to err on the side of caution. OhNoitsJamieTalk 20:38, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The sources I put in the intro, about Pinochet as a polarizing figure, mention both the condemnation and the defense. One of them is the same article you cited regarding Pinochet's motives for Operation Condor. Gazpacho 20:36, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
No, I keep it deliberately that way, SqueakBox 02:38, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Why? It just took me 25 seconds to load it. You should consider those of us who don't have the benefit of broadband. 308 kilobytes is a bit much. — AnemoneProjectors (talk) 13:39, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
25 seconds isn't a lot; if I archive then I cant find anything, my own connection isn't that fast and I have to download pages at least twice as large. I am persoanlly not in favour of archiving any talk pages and while I recognise I am in a minority I can at least control my user talk page. I have found at times that with a few items on the talk page a trollish editor can pick up on stuff and misuse it, that has stopped with my enoprmous page so its a protective mechanism too (EE isn't controversial but a lot of political articles I edit are), SqueakBox 18:11, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough, it's your talk page, you can do whatever you want with it. It took 31 seconds to load this time though. Also, you don't have to archive by date, you could archive by subject. Do you remove unimportant messages? Do you really need to find stuff from 2004? — AnemoneProjectors (talk) 20:39, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Please do not accuse and article written by thousands of Wikipedians from almost all possible countries worldwide "pro US" or "pro Western" without showing some proof. This is a frequent problem when one yells NPOV and distracts the others from working. Please, think about what I said and do not label NPOV our best articles (this is my personal view). Thank you and have a good day, (Eddie 18:50, 30 December 2006 (UTC))[reply]
I put the tag on before he was executed and have given reasons. I have also made a number of edits to NPOV. The tag is entirely legitimate, if you think it is a fair article that is fair enough but I dont. Coming not only just from a western but a por Bush point of view is not NPOV, and most press are giving this hanging a fairer coverage than wikipedia, SqueakBox 18:58, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, you censored the word "morons"? Calm down and evaluate what's goin on. -Yancyfry
Come on moron was a personal attack, people seemingly cant bear any criticism of the Bush approach to Iraq. And I am shocked as normally it is the poress who stitch people up but not ion this case. Wikipedia is doing a terrible job with saddam right now, removing mainstream press criticisms and calling people who try for NPOv morons, trolls, stupid, etc. Agghh! SqueakBox 20:44, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I apologize for my recent outburst. It was unacceptable. I hope you can forgive me. -Yancyfry
How was it possible that the article was locked with an inappropriate tag? An admin should remove it, please!
SqeakBox: The article is NPOV. You have made edits in another article defending another dictator, Fidel Castro. When you write “With the West encouraging racial divisions” this strikes me as paranoia. You say you have a level 5 in Spanish. If that is true you could understand poetry. Here are the words of Octavio Paz, the main debunker in Latin America of stupid anti-West sentiments:
Thanks for pointing that out. I hate it when that happens to new users; it's especially bad if they see it before we do. Love that cat pic on your user page, by the way. Happy new year, Antandrus (talk) 16:06, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I don't support you in exploiting the poverty of the thirdworld, SqueakBox. (For others, see at its home page). Jahowk 16:19, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Lol, well I'm not. How is investing in the third world supporting its poverty? SqueakBox 16:32, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
And how are you helping the Third World? By not investing in it? By spending all your money in the first world? Because if people dont invest in the Third World it just gets poorer and poorer. Have you ever been to the third world? Seriously, dont make off topic attacks against other users when things arent going your way, SqueakBox 16:35, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The problem (the RSS topic) is that you don't provide any reason for your vote. You should. About your personal home page, I wonder what you want exactly? Strange. Jahowk 16:41, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'll respond to your first question at RSS. I want to build up a large offshoring business taking hundreds or thousands of jobs from the media world away from the rich first world UK, US, etc and bring them to the poorer Latin American country I am in. So far from exploiting I want to bring more money here and take it away from the UK, and if enough people do this wages will equalise and the first/third world distinctions will disappear. Still got a long way to go to get that far, SqueakBox 16:47, 31 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
As requested in your last edit summary, I've explained my removal of your POV edit in Talk:Saddam Hussein. Please think carefully before reinstating comments like this -- similar edits of yours have been reverted by multiple users over the past few days. -- Jim Douglas(talk)(contribs) 17:54, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I know this won't count for anything, but I'm not American, and I'm not pro-George Bush. My interest is in writing a neutral article, and it seems apparent that your political opinions are driving your editing. I'm asking you to consider this. -- Jim Douglas(talk)(contribs) 17:59, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
"I added Discussion on to your section title as it looked like everyone was reverting edits I had made to the talk page."
I just noticed this welcome message to a new user. Just a minor procedural suggestion; templates should usually be subst'd to (1) slightly reduce the load on the servers and (2) to make it appear more personalized to the user (so he doesn't see an obvious template on his page). I went ahead and subst'd it. -- Jim Douglas(talk)(contribs) 18:24, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, SqueakBox 18:27, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The contents are in Category:Rastafari stubs
Well now I just got informed that I made the stub without permission and that it will probably be listed for deletion for that reason. I had no idea permission was required, but if you want to help make a case for the usefulness of the stub, please visit WP:WSS/D. Thanks. ፈቃደ (ውይይት) 03:34, 3 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You could have made your point without the taunt ("they already are and they are always going to be English"). -- Jim Douglas(talk)(contribs) 00:10, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Whoops, I agree, SqueakBox 00:13, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please stop posting to that user's talk page. Throwing petrol on a fire is not productive. -- Jim Douglas(talk)(contribs) 00:25, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I certainly agree I should have explained why I removed his comment from the talk page, though what I said on his talk page was clearly far less provocative than what he said at talk Falklands, and not making me deserving of this person's rascist abuse, SqueakBox 00:34, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The problem is that you responded in kind to his initial off-topic post on the Falklands talk page. He said they're Argentinian; you said they're British. Which doesn't in any way justify his racist abuse, but it didn't help matters. You should consider using standard templates whenever possible to let people know that they have violated Wikipedia policies. That keeps everything impersonal, and reduces the likelihood of this sort of escalation. -- Jim Douglas(talk)(contribs) 00:42, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes I am aware of the templates and normally I do, SqueakBox 00:54, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, thanks. I think I've got him sorted out now. He's apologized for the racist comments, and I've explained to him that continuing to compare the Brits to Hitler isn't a useful approach. -- Jim Douglas(talk)(contribs) 00:58, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed you put a citation request in the introductory article of Little Black Sambo. There seems to be substantial discussion and citations later in the article - are these not sufficient for you? (John User:Jwytalk) 20:20, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Beettr to bring the citations up, no? Thanks for drawing this to my attention, SqueakBox 20:22, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
ok, since those citations seem enough, I'll just make them more apparent up top. BTW, I intended to leave this at the bottom of the page - I must have hit an edit link on the page before it completed loading or something. . . (John User:Jwytalk) 20:30, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Cool, I do think the citations at the top will make for a better article, SqueakBox 20:33, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm, the best citation is already there, in my opinion. The wiki page Sambo (racial term) seems to cover it. I'm not sure what else to move up. (John User:Jwytalk) 21:10, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
We cant use other wikipedia articles for citation purposes, SqueakBox 21:14, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
Perhaps that is so, but shouldn't we make some mention of his possible death and the confusion that surrounds his current state, so much so that a national television station states it as their main story on a main news bulletin? --Candlewicke Consortiums Limited 21:27, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What you did was fine but I dont think we should mention it in the opening yet, SqueakBox 21:29, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Nice to hear from you. While I understand that you and many other Rastas may feel that any besmirching of H.I.M.'s divinity is blasphemy, you must understand and recognize that there is a sizable community of people who respect Selassie, but do not consider him G*D. There is no "Ifficial" dogma of Rastafari. Selassie himself denied his divinity. That should be enough for most people.
My opinion on the matter is not important, but I feel that if he was the Messiah or Jah Incarnate, he would have fulfilled the prophecies. We haven't had 1,000 years of peace... we haven't even had one solid day of peace. And while he WAS crowned "King of Kings & Lord of Lords," he was not made King of the world.
My only statement is that there ARE quite a few people who identify themselves as Rastafarians who do not proclaim Selassie I's divinity. This is actually the fastest growing segment of the world-wide Rastafari movement. With the Emporer's dethronement and death in the mid 70's it was difficult to convince people that he was Jah. Of course, many people proclaim Jesus' divinity despite his being dead for 2,000 years and not fulfilling the prophecies of the moshiach (Messiah in hebrew).
Anyway... Jah guide, provide, and protect I-tinually!
JahSun 10:57, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry to butt in, but I would most definitely dispute the assertion that he ever denied divinity. A careful analysis of his recorded statements reveals that he never clearly denied this. And by your logic, the fastest growing segment of Christians since the year 33 would have been those who deny Jesus' divinity. Wonder why that's not so? ፈቃደ (ውይይት) 13:27, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with Codex. I also dont want to get into a debate as to whether or not Selassie I, or anyone else, is divine, but I do think that those people who dont accept Selassie I's divinity arent Rastas any more than those who dont accept Jesus' divinity can really be called Christians. I am not sure what a Rasta who doesnt accept Selassie I's divinity would actually be, except not a Rasta. I also have worries that if you take on Rastafari culture without Selassie I it just becomes youthful rebellion and herb smoking, and I dont think that in itself is Rastafari, SqueakBox 16:31, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Respect to your opinion, and I can see it comes from a good place. Still, we are now discussing semantics. These words obviously mean different things to different people. Seeing as there is no Council of Rastafari, or any recognized authority on Rasta dogma, belief, or practice... the point is fairly well moot. People will continue to identify themselves however they please. Some of them will embarrass you. This is a given. H.I.M. was an Ethiopian Orthodox Christian. Based on his repeatedly stated beliefs, he could not have been what most Jamaican Rastafari venerated him as. He was in his own words "rather confused" by this curious religion that has grown up around him. Whatever you or I think of this, the world at large will continue to view everyone with dreadlocks as a Rasta. Kids will still hang pictures of Bob Marley on their bedroom walls, and smoke until they're redder than red. That's life. The new Rastas tend to focus on Ital food, Ital living, Reasoning with bredren, and meditations on Jah. Many of them do not even smoke ganja. This is not something to be discouraged simply because they can't find it in themselves to worship a dead man as the ever living G*D. IMHO JahSun 17:49, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Is "rather confused" really his own words? I find that hard to imagine. Do you have any cite that he said this? ፈቃደ (ውይይት) 17:57, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
One thing that strikes me is that Selassie addressed very deep spiritual and moral questions, so he certainly created a body of teaching in the same way that say The Buddha or Jesus did, and in a way that say Queen Elizabeth II or Juan Carlos of Spain haven't done. I am sure there are people out there focussing on diet, etc, but that doesnt make them Rastafari. While obviously back in the thirties declaring Selassie I divine meant something that is arguably not relevant now (eg he isn't on the world stage anymore) I believe that if Rastafari has a future (in the sense that Christianity had a future 1900 years ago though nobody could have said so for certain then) its future is absolutely bound up with the personality of Selassie I, and without Selassie I it would just become a rather irrelevant cult as memories of Marley etc fade. I also think a wider recognition of the spiritual value of cannabis would be very helpful but you donty have to identify with Rasta to use herb spiritually. Perhaps you dont find Selassie I as an individual inspiring but I do, and I also perceive that he made no deirect comments on the validity of rastafari as a way of life bound up with HIM, SqueakBox 18:19, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I also think that what I have issues with is the idea of any human being as divine, but if we accept that idea then Selassie I is clearly a prime candidate, SqueakBox 00:15, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
True, one can also use Plato's Allegory of the cave... How can it be proved that all is not really shadows or apparitions, maya? Well, if we were to assume so, then we could say that one is definitely no ordinary apparition like all the rest, so it must "know" something...! But then he assures us that reality is real after all... cho! 70.16.247.100 00:34, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I was educated in Plato too and his ideas of say dog and cat make me ponder a lot and make sense. What I am saying is the deep issue of whether God is an individual made divine is one I cant even begin to answer. On the other hand the symbology of what Selassie I and Rasta represents is definitely a religious inspiration. I certainly dont claim to be a Rasta, there is a bit in the Afrocentrism section that says "in order to further their identity as Ethiopian" whereas I make a lot of effort furthering my identity as a Honduran and Latino, the society which I have adopted. For me Rasta is something from much further back in my life, perhaps made more real by new married family here in Honduras, SqueakBox 01:22, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am slightly surprised that you consider "The Malvinas War" to be POV - how can it be POV if I supply SIX references to is, ALL from BRITISH websites including a Cambridge Universtity paper and the BBC, there are also 22,000 hits for Malvinas War on yahoo and 37,000 for Malvinas War on Google. By stating that "the Malvinas War" is POV then you are ignoring fact and simply showing your own POV. If you can explain how the alternative name of "The Malvinas War" does not exist then I will be happy to hear it but if you cant I would appriciate if you would self revert otherwise I will report you for vandalism for deleting referenced material.--Vintagekits 20:01, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It may exist but it isn't notable enough to be included in the opening, I have never heard of it and it sounds thoroughly obscure given most people either call it The Falklands War or use spanish and call it "La guerra de las malvinas" which we do include in the opening. I am not the only one who thinks this, and the problem with Malvinas war is it gives credibility to the nname Malvinas in English, which I dont believe it has. Please dont threaten to report me for vandalsim as you will be considered acting in very por faith making what you know to be a false claim, edits need to be notable and not merely referenced, and anyway the article is protected, so much for alleged vandalism (lol), SqueakBox 20:15, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Squeak, thanks for stading up for me in VK's talk page, I appreciate it. However, I believe it's a waste of good time. :) Sebastian KesselTalk 16:53, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry if I offended you. I wasn't trying to suppress your view.....I just posted the new section to go along with the suggeted merge. Peace. Zachorious 18:40, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The message you posted on my discussion page made no sense to me, sorry. Could you please word it better? I cleared all the vandalism off the Black page, reverting it to an older version then removing the vandalism from that version. Zeuron 21:52, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I certainly wasn't criticising in the sense that I see your intentions are 100% positive. Do you use a watchlist? Do you know how to work with diffs? This is a diff, you need to find the diff with the last unvandalised version, press on that revision and then edit that page. When you have the page to edit (and it will say you cant because it is an outdated version) eg this. You then go Ctrl A to highlight all the text and Ctrl C to copy. You then go back to the current (and vandalsied version), go Ctrl A (which will highlight all the text) and then Ctrl V which will overwrite the current version with the older pre-vandalism version, then you save the page, SqueakBox 22:11, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Falklands War surrender: split it off or not?[edit]
I removed the entry because content disputes are not vandalism. I would like to point out though, that the actions of the anon user were also not vandalism. Please read WP:VANDAL#What_vandalism_is_not, it says
Some users cannot come to agreement with others who are willing to talk to them on an article's talk page, and repeatedly make changes opposed by everyone else. This is regrettable -- you may wish to see our dispute resolution pages to get help. However, it is not vandalism.
I have posted a link to WP:V and WP:NOR to the user, and have removed the vandalism warning. Now that the user is aware of these policies I will block the user if he/she continues to reinsert the non-verified information. HighInBC(Need help? Ask me) 20:52, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
His only vandalism was sticking an NOPV tag on my talk page, not anything else. Regards, SqueakBox 21:03, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
oops, it was on your talkpage? That is vandalism hehe, sorry, I thought it was put on the article. I will return the warning. The key distinction being that on your talk page it is clearly a bad faith action, whereas on the article it is not so clear. I need some coffee. HighInBC(Need help? Ask me) 21:11, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I returned the warning, and added a diff. I will keep an eye on the user. Sorry for the confusion. HighInBC(Need help? Ask me) 21:13, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Your comments posted on the recent violence in Cochabamba were inaccurate. Maybe you should try doing some research before posting some un-referenced half-wit opinion. Wikipedia is about facts(or as close as possible).
Not a clue what you are on about. I made a small edit to Evo Morales correcting grammar but those opinions wern't mine. I suggest you follow your own advice, lol, SqueakBox 20:51, 14 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
stop changing the into to Gary Glitter. You seem intent on makign his article read like tabloid junk press. Your point about Tony Blair is not valid. There is a differnce between career and private life. Your point abouit OJ Simpson is also invalid, as there was never a claim he was found guilty, but a correct statement a cival court found him liable. 74.65.39.59 00:57, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The reversins that you've been making today to Gary Glitter have been restoring not only POV entry, but also two instances of inappropriate tone in the article (a reference to the film Spice World being "terrible" and a joke from the film Sliding Doors). Furthermore, you are violating the spirit of WP:3RR. --Stlemur 11:49, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi SqueakBox. While the true origins of a counterculture are difficult to pinpoint precisely (everything affects everything else), it is pretty clear that the defining characteristics of what came to be known as the 1960's counterculture were pretty much American in origin. I've added one reference, though I certainly could have added many more, a 2005 film "Rockin' at the Red Dog" that chronicles the beginnings of hippiedom, starting with Chan Laughlin III's revelation during the 1961 Cuban Missile Crisis and moving forward through the very beginnings of psychedelic awakening in 1962-63, the developing psychedelic rock scene of 1964 and early prototypical development of psychedelic rock at the Red Dog Saloon during the summer of 1965. One could argue that the Beatles became countercultural during approximately the same era, and indeed there was a cross-pollination of ideas, style and so on from one side of the Atlantic to the other; more certainly needs to be written on this theme. At this point the "Hippie" article is pretty good and offers commentary on antecedents and early history.Apostle12 23:53, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hey man, this is J.Alonso (now Dúnadan). I had participated in expanding the 1994 economic crisis in Mexico article, probaly 6 months ago. Recently, a new user pops up (two users, actually, but I really think it is the same user) and accused me of "violating ethical guidelines for intellectual honesty and offering readers an unabashedly promotional view of the group that claims to be non-partisan"". A very strong accusation. Could you please review the article and the discussion that followed up? If I have cited the work improperly, would you please fix it, and tell me how am I supposed to be paraphrasing and citing stuff (which I did). The only mistake that I possibly made is that on one particular (and controversial) section ("causes of the crisis") I only used one source (properly paraphrased and properly cited). My accuser says that by not providing more sources I engaged in copyright infringment. Could you please take a look at the article and the Talk page and help me sort this thing out? Thanks, --Dúnadan (formerly Alonso) 02:52, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Its on my watchlist and I will keep a good eye on it, SqueakBox 17:39, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please give some good reasons fopr your attacks on me on the Falkland Island talk page, and explaion why you object to this edit so strongly.
I am not interested in ad hominem arguments, so I never discussed (let alone attacked) you but particular topics. As already explained, the idea that the islands "have been the subject of a claim to sovereignty by Argentina since the early years of Argentina's independence from Spain in 1810" is factually untrue; neither did Argentina claim independence in 1810 nor did it claim the islands in 1810. Apcbg 21:54, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Er, I got the bit about independence from the Argentine page, where the first date under independence on the info box is 1810, I said absolutelty nothing other than that was the date of independence, I certainly made no other claim, SqueakBox 22:07, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
In your text "since the early years of Argentina's independence from Spain in 1810" the independence appears as an accomplished fact in 1810, which is untrue. You have taken '1810' out of its context; in that infobox '1810' is the date of an event (the May Revolution) that preceded even the declaration of independence (1816 as given in the infobox) let alone the recognition of that independence (wrongly given in the infobox as 1821; the treaty between Spain and Argentina recognizing Argentina's independence was only concluded in the 1860s). The year '1810' was not "the date of independence". Apcbg 22:58, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
yes, but we are hardly debating that edit that hasnt stood in the last few days anywway and certainly isnt an issue right now. What of that edit do you currently object to with such vehemence? SqueakBox 23:01, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
We already discussed that and you ended up stating that “claim implies dispute and there is no evidence of a disputed claim to sovereingty before 1833”. Well this statement of yours is untrue, for there were conflicting claims before 1833. First, Spain specifically reiterated its claim in 1811, and did not resign its sovereignty and claims in the region until 1860s; second, Britain protested against Argentina’s activities in 1829 and reiterated its own sovereignty claim which, Britain reminded, had never been given up; and thirdly, the US Government explicitly rejected the Argentine claim and the Argentine attempt to establish effective control by force in 1831, and responded by force in December 1831 - January 1832. Apcbg 23:33, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, source and add. I'm really not trying to stir controversy, my edits were in good faith. I am a Brit who lives in a Hispanc culture, and who believes that both the invasion and the war were wrong but that the first led inexorably to the second. What Galtiri was doing metiendose con Thatcher God alone knows but once she discovered that the reoccupation was politically feasible there was no stopping her, y ademas she was clearly overall a hugely positive influence on the UK. I dont feel my edits were in contrary to what you are trying to say but do think that facts are better than generalisations, I only reverted what someone else had already reverted, add it well sourced and vamos a cambiar el opening and make it better, SqueakBox 02:38, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
"... source and add ... vamos a cambiar el opening and make it better"?
I would rather not, for "Better is the Enemy of Good Enough" in this case I'm afraid. If I do it, I would be changing unilaterally the wording that was agreed as a compromise between a number of participants having different (all of them sourced) views as to what should be in the preamble.
The wording "... have been the subject of a claim to sovereignty by Argentina since the early years of Argentina's independence from Spain" is good enough for a preamble, all the (important) details about 1811, 1816, 1820, 1831, 1833, plaques, formal protests, arrests, use of force etc. have their proper place in the main text that follows the preamble.
"... but do think that facts are better than generalisations" — not in the opening of an article, which is precisely the place for generalizations rather than detailed facts.
In any case, I wouldn't support any change in the consensus text of the preamble without a new debate with more participants from among the regular contributors to this article. Apcbg
Hi, i hope you can help me. Im having a big problem with an administratorcalled thejps. When i joined i didnt know what i was doing and broke a few rules. I wasnt abusive but went about changing articles the wrong way. I was banned for 2 weeks which i completely agreed tp. Since i have come back i have followed all the rules, discused everything, have not edited 1 article and been overly polite to everyone. Wherever i start adiscussion on the discussion page thejps keeps following me and telling everyone to ignore me,that my POV is wrong and calling me a trol! All i want to know is how do i report him and warn him off. I enjoy reading articles and have only started a few discussions, yet i feel i am being taunted to react so he can ban me again. He has really taken it peronnaly, how do i stop him? Iwould appreciate any advice, thanks a lot. My email is daveegan06@aol.com cheers
Las Malvinas son argentinas (or at least many Argentinians think so)[edit]
Please read again Talk:Malvinas (disambiguation). I thought that there was enough proof that the name of all those places reflected "the Argentine claim of sovereignty over the Falklands". How can that be biased? Regards, User:Ejrrjs says What? 10:46, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, SqueakBox, I implore you to calm down. Uncle G is a particularly fine editor, whatever your feelings on the merits of the term his rewrite reflects exactly what the sources say. Your best bet is to work with him, not attack him. Incidentally, the article on Ras Tafari is excellent, a fascinating read. Guy (Help!) 20:27, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I do not like the article either but I agree with Guy. Please take it easy. Asteriontalk 21:51, 20 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Could you do me a favor and take a look at this and let me know what you think? Thanks. futurebird 00:21, 21 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've put the various articles on my watchlist and that will give me a sense of what is happeniong over the next few days, SqueakBox 17:33, 21 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What do you mean my test worked? If it worked why was it reverted? I am sorry if I messed antything up, I just thought it would make it easier if there was only one page.
70.67.221.48 06:41, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
That was the talk page you merged inot the article page, definitely not a good idea though I hear you were well intentioned, SqueakBox 16:39, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Just FYI, I reverted this. Administrators are allowed to close AfDs, provided there is a consensus to keep. I do agree with Yuser31415's assessment of the situation; there has been substantial improvement to the article since it was nominated for deletion. Should you wish to renominate the article, perhaps on different grounds, feel free to do so, but please note that it could be viewed as continually nominating an article for deletion until you get the consensus you want, which is defeating the point of AfD. I hope you understand my actions here. Thanks. --Deskana(request backup) 20:49, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well I've removed it from the article now. Thanks for your participation. :-) --Deskana(request backup) 21:08, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have blocked you for one week for violating the no-attack parole that was imposed in Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/SqueakBox_and_Zapatancas. Please note that the Arbitration Committee ruled that "after 5 blocks, the maximum block shall increase to one year". Bucketsofg 23:44, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You appear to be blocked for a week by Bucketsofg for violating your attack parole. I know this because I was on my way over to do the same thing. You are confusing two issues: I share your distaste for the term brown people, but like nigger and many other less acceptable epithets it is a verifiable term used by numerous sources, some of which are cited in the article. Unfortunately you have chosen to extend your antipathy towards the subject onto Uncle G. This is unacceptable and really terribly unfair; Uncle G is an excellent editor who has done his best to document the term in a way which does not give any impression of endorsing it, only of showing how it is used. Please use the time to calm down and consider how to work with this respected Wikipedian in order to make the encyclopaedia better, rather than making it a battleground. Guy (Help!) 23:45, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What makes you think he is a respected wikipedian and I am not? As ever my own contributions are being mashed up. It was User:SquealingPig who took me unilaterally to arbcom, and later edited as User:BlackApe so you can imagine what I think of the arbcom, and that wont change, obviously. Perhaps you would care to watch Honduras for a week cos I know nobody else will, SqueakBox 23:50, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Welcome back, SqueakBox. I have been keeping track of any unexplained or dubious edits at Honduras over the past week. Now that you are back, I will probably remove it from my watchlist. I just don't have enough knowledge about all things Honduras in order to be certain of content changes as opposed to simple vandalism. ju66l3r 04:14, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah I saw that and thanks, both for that and the message, SqueakBox 14:59, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Squeak, I know you said don't leave messages, so feel free to delete this. I noticed your comment here, and it sounds like you might have misinterpreted the reference. A straw man isn't a person; it's a kind of logical argument. Anyway...I don't know what the disagreement is in the brown people article; I haven't looked at the article or the afd discussion. But, FWIW, there's a significant South Asian population here in the Vancouver area, and my niece tells me that Indian and Pakistani high school kids commonly refer to themselves as "brown people". -- Jim Douglas(talk)(contribs) 05:20, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Jim beat me to it. Straw man is a rhetorical device, not a personal characterisation. See logical fallacy (interesting reading, find out the real meaning of begging the question, a phrase so routinely misused that incorrcet usage is probably more common than corrrect). Guy (Help!) 15:14, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Here where I live (and in Mexico etc) a straw man is a "wanker", different language I guess, SqueakBox 17:11, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting! Is it Spanish slang (hombre de paja?), or does "straw man" have the same idiomatic meaning in English in Latin America? -- Jim Douglas(talk)(contribs) 17:36, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
According to the article it is the same indeed. As far as I am aware paja just means straw in Spain but in Latin America it means what I said before. Hence un hombre de paja is also a man who wanks, which in macho culture would be saying they are a straw man and not a real man (not something I agree with), SqueakBox 22:47, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting, thanks. I did notice that es:Falacia del hombre de paja doesn't mention an idiomatic meaning for hombre de paja, but that probably just means that the editors who worked on the article aren't aware of Latin American slang. If you have an account on the Spanish Wikipedia, it might be worth mentioning it on the talk page. -- Jim Douglas(talk)(contribs) 23:06, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I had thought about that then changed my mind and added something to [paja] instead, SqueakBox 23:20, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry for bothering you. I was talking about Wikipedia:Requests for investigation of which a history view shows a buggy display including your editings. I only changed the {{vandal|Tokyo Watcher}} section, and the system displays correct differences between my edit and any revisions except the last one of mine, so I hope you would see no vandalism occured. Thanks. --Excavator 17:37, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please read WP:FUC and the copyright notice for album covers carefully. The image I removed (2nd time), is in a section devoted to the artist and not the album. True, it mentions the album, but that's not sufficient. Perhaps you might place this album down to the discography section? Rklawton 01:16, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi! I have a question fror you, "If Spanish is not spoken in the Phlippines, where does this statistics come from ("According to the Phlippine Royal Academy of the Spanish Language, there are rouhgly 3,180,000 million speakers in the islands"). Don't tell me that all of this are fake, hey vato.
And also I think 0.01% is good enough source to be added in the info_box because, Spanish is still spoken in the islands as a 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th language in the population. It is however used mainly by Spanish, Latino expatriates and Filipino-Spanish mestizos despite the small percentages. It wouldn't be breaking the law, since there are percentages and total amounts to support the case. It still counts.. The arguement issue is based upon where the language are spoken; It is not about how many speaks it. There's nothing wrong with it. And besides, the Philippines is a member of the Latin Union Organisation, whether you like it or not... So what seems to be your problem about Spanish in the Philippines? Saludos. --Ramírez
Done. I do agree with you but avoid 3RRing too much myself. I think Ramirez is wrong in that there is no chance of the Philippines remaining, SqueakBox 16:34, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. Please have a good long look at the whole debate about "Paul Hewson KBE" at Talk:Bono#How to introduce Bono, and please do not delete the KBE without at least discussing your reasons with the rest of the community and gaining a consensus. Cheers. JackofOz 01:01, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi SqueakBox. In English (American or British) there is no such word as "spellt." "Spelt" does exist, and it refers to a certain sort of wheat grown mostly in Europe.
One can refer to the U.S. Supreme Court without assuming that all readers are American. Perhaps a good way to provide a larger perspective would be to refer to legal attitudes towards miscegenation in other parts of the globe.
Hippies did begin in the U.S., and a source is provided for that.
Thanks for your caution: I'm aware. I advise you to read the introduction to the Mexico article and related talk page again. The version you reverted to implies that Mexico is separate from Central America, despite some sources which place some or all of it in Central America (or Middle America), whereas the prior (and more accurate) version indicates that said countries in Central America lie directly to Mexico's southeast. In absence, remove mention of Central America entirely: i.e., just include Belize and Guatemala. Thanks. Corticopia 18:25, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! I will revisit the article in the next day or so, though, since the prior revert eliminated authoritative references I added (Columbia Gazetteer) about the country's location, etc. Corticopia 18:35, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks again! I hope we can all sleep easier now. :) Corticopia 18:44, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I know you are a very experienced user so I want to ask for your cooperation. I believe user Corticopia is using you to start a new edit war about the issue if we should name "central american" the nations of Guatemala and Belize in the article Mexico. Why is he doing this? Well, because he wants Mexico to be included in CA for his own biased reasons (he wants Canada and US to be let alone). Both you and me know that Mexico is not considered CA and that only some geographers (not all, as he tries to show) consider that physically the region of CA starts at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
Well, historically, geographically and geopolitically Mexico is not CA but he want to mix that with the physiographical thing. He is the one that proposed the version that says "Central American countries of Guatemala and Belize" and now it seems that he's using you to remove what he proposed. Again, why? Because he want the users to believe Mexico is considered CA.
He's a well known user and I can prove it, please read this [20], it is a message where I exposed all the evidence. Perhaps you remember the long edit wars in the article North America and Central America. Corticopia is "E Pluribus Anthony", "Ex Post Factoid" and other old accounts. Since he retired himself both articles were not involved in edit wars, I'm pretty sure you remember that. Now that he's back, everything is a mess again because of his biased edits.
I kindly ask for your support and experience to stop this. It would be nice if you can check all his edits (since he created that account) and the info he supports in those articles. I think you didn't know what was going on. Thanks in advance for reading this. Oh and by the way, I'm sure you will have soon a message from Corticopia here because he is watching my contributions list. AlexCovarrubias( Let's talk! ) 20:30, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ooh err. I certainly agree CA is not Mexico, I go for a tight definition of the traditional 5 countries. My box of matches, made in Guatemala, says CA with a map of CA and definitely only includes the traditional 5 countries. I'll be keeping a careful eye on this one but will take great care before further editing the article. lets all keep civil and chilled out, eh? SqueakBox 20:43, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Todavia amo a Zapatero - el heroe mas grande del siglo XXI
Si, lo respeto yo tambien, su postura contra Aznar y Iraq era superfantastico cuando ultimamente estuve en Espana en el 2003, SqueakBox 20:46, 2 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I want to thank you for trying to intervene in the Peru article. Unfortunately those two users have caused two articles already to be protected due to edit wars. I have warned both of them that they could be blocked if the activity continues. Hopefully they will stop this dispute immediately. Again, thanks.--Jersey Devil 00:08, 4 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If you'd spent more than two weeks in the UK in the ten years Blairs been in power you might be qualified to have an opinion on him. As it is you just seem deeply misinformed and very confused. SmokeyTheCat 17:08, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Err, please remain civil. I read the Brit news and listen to UK radio and speak to Brits every day. How am I confused about him? or anything else? Sounds to me like you have no arguments so you engage in personal attacks instead. Please refrain, SqueakBox 17:18, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, is the material you added regarding simultaneous development of hippie culture in the United Kingdom and elsewhere supported by the Hirsch reference, or do you need to add additional references to support this claim? We are talking specifically about the period prior to summer 1965 when U.S. hippies began to come into being as a distinct social group. "Rockin' At The Red Dog" documents this development in great detail. Apostle12 05:09, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I neither have books nor access to them right now so am unable tor ead up the reference, and no we definitely need to reference the early UK and elesewhere development of the hippy movement, SqueakBox 16:19, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think you should be able to provide real references before adding the material. I have no doubt that hippies flourished in the U.K. soon after the U.S. beginning; what is in dispute is whether there was simultaneous development at the earliest stages. By the way, the film I mentioned "Rockin' at the Red Dog" is available through Netflix and Blockbuster in the U.S.--not sure about the U.K. I'll be moving this discussion to the hippie talk page and deleting the added section until you can reference it. Thanks.Apostle12 06:46, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for participating in the poll in Talk:Mexico. We are trying to use this system to avoid an either-or voting system, that is, we want to know your opinion on all proposals, and you can support or object more than one or all. Could you please express your opinion in all possible proposals? Otherwise, your opinion could be interpreted as opposing all proposals but one. Thanks. --the Dúnadan 16:48, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, not immediately (I need to think on the other proposals) but definitely beforwe the poll shuts, SqueakBox 17:00, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
OK -- sorry, I'll correct. Thanks! :) Corticopia 18:29, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
User 'One Night In Hackney' has just undone an edit I made on Jeffrey Archer. I deleted the 'of Western-super-Mare' part from his title on the opening line.
The reason I did this was to be consistent with other wikipedia pages of Life Peers.
For example, Lord Coe (of Ranmore in the County of Surrey), Lord Levy (of Mill Hill in the London Borough of Barnet), Lord Hattersley (of Sparkbrook in the County of West Midlands), Lord Attenborough (of Richmond upon Thames in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames) and Lord Puttnam (of Queensgate in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) are all described as Baron X on the opening line of their respective pages - and not Baron X of X.
I did this to be consistent with other wikipedia articles. John Sainsbury and David Sainsbury also are inconsistent in this way with other wikipedia articles.
Yes, you seem to be right, SqueakBox 18:53, 7 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I came here to mention something else, but I'll mention this here too. If you check the Members of the House of Lords page, it has a full list of the members. A large number of them have the full title in the lead (I don't mean the page name, just the lead), for example:
While I fully agree Wikipedia articles should be consistent, it is possible that what you think is the correct format is incorrect so it's better to check first. The style manual states that Rule here is, "So-and-so, ordinal (if appropriate) title (of) place" for members of the hereditary Peerage, then goes on to state Life peers (ie, people who have peerages awarded exclusively for their lifetime but who neither inherit it nor pass it on to anyone else)¹ use the same standard as for hereditary peers. So by my understanding of it, we are supposed to include the place name. One Night In Hackney 20:54, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Just a quick note above the move of this page for future reference. If you check what links to the page you'll see about 100 pages still link to Jeffrey Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare. When moving a page you're supposed to fix the double redirects, as they slow the server down. Apologies if you've started doing this and I haven't spotted it, but I haven't looked through your contributions. I'll make a start on fixing them soon anyway. Thanks. One Night In Hackney 21:00, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Those are the single redirects, I fixed the double redirects by going to that page (500 ing it) and serching for redirect and finding them all and correcting them my contributions. Cheers, SqueakBox 21:26, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. The reason I was so aggressive in reverting that section is because oversimplifies a very complex question. I had proposed the following summary instead:
Because of the enormous inconsistency in how the term "black" is applied around the world, it is difficult to arrive at any numbers. Anthropologists who define racial categories more precisely have come to the conclusion that the human population is 55% caucasoid (West Eurasian (including South Asia) and Middle Eastern (including North African) ancestry), 33% mongoloid (East Asian and Native American ancestry), 8% negroid (sub-Saharan ancestry), and 4% australoid (Oceanic ancestry including the negritoes)[1]. The negroid figure may be a little low, for example, journalist Jon Entine, claims persons of sub-Saharan African ancestry comprise 12 percent of the world's six billion people[2] and the population of sub-Saharan Africa alone was estimated at 767 million as of 2006[3] (though some sub-Saharan countries include millions of non-indigenous people and Ethiopia includes considerable admixture from the Near East[4]) If one equates negroid with black (negroid is a modified version of Negro, the Spanish word for black) one can come to the conclusion that blacks are 8%-12% of the world's population (524-787 million people)-a figure consistent with reports that Nigeria's 120 million people are one fifth of the global black population[5]). However australoids (4% of a world population now at 6.555 billion) are also considered black in some cultural contexts (indeed anthropologists who invoked the traditional three race model didn't recognize them as a fourth race until recently and historically classified them as either negroid or an archaic form of caucasoid) so if one adds the world's 262 million australoids, the worldwide black population rises to between 786 million and 1.049 billion. However even this number may be too low for those who extend the black category to include individuals who are anthropologically caucasoid, such as many of the dark skinned peoples of Southern India (population 233 million)[6] and their descendants around the globe. In short, depending on how precisely or braodly one applies the term "black", the black population vacillates between roughly half a billion and well over a billion people worldwide. Additional problems with the above estimates is that anthropologists no longer use racial termononology so some percentages may be outdated, and despite the enormous increase in interracial mating over the last several decades, there is no multiracial category, hence huge segments of the world population were assigned to one race or another by an unspecified arbitrary rule that doesn't apply cross-culturally. Iseebias
I suggest rather than reverting that you try to edit the new material and add to it. And leave in Ed Poor's edit as well unless there is a strong reason not to, SqueakBox 22:16, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the welcome. I'm a big fan of Wikipedia and intend to spend a lot of time contributing to the project as a publication of record.
Please drop me any tips if I've overstepped - I saw on my userpage that I may have added categories to a page I created a little too eagerly.
Later. Sholto.mac 04:17, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I know how to do it. I have a tool that automates creation of AfDs for me, and at the exact moment I submitted the AfD, the database was locked, so I had to wait about 3 minutes before I could finish submitting the Afd. I'm well aware of the process involved in nominating an article for deletion, it's just the timing got a little screwed up for technical reasons.⇒SWATJesterOn Belay! 22:37, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Okay. I read your bit in the other cannabis article and then couldnt find the afd notice or the log, chasing around looking at your contribs and then suddenly it weas sorted. An edit conflict, SqueakBox 22:39, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah and I got edit conflicted at the log page too to slow it down even further. Eh well. BTW your talk page is almost 400KB, you should consider archiving. ⇒SWATJesterOn Belay! 22:42, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I deliberately keep my archive page that way but I am thinking about giving an explanation at the top of the page. I wish everyone else did as archived pages are difficult to search through. IMO while humans like short pages computers like long pages, so say in a years time I want to find what you said I just type in the word Jester and I will find your comment, SqueakBox 22:47, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
While you can easily use Ctrl F in this manner, the problem is that everytime someone loads this page, it takes almost 400kb of bandwidth to load it, and quite a bit of processor power (for instance, it takes a while to scroll through the page on a top end MacBook Pro). If you archive by year, you could cut each page into a much smaller size, and still have enough size to effectively use Ctrl+F. Trust me, archiving doesn't eliminate the ability to find things, not to mention that I generally don't get the need to look through my archives often anyway. However, your page is at the size where even the wikipedia software is complaining that it is too big. I'd very strongly consider archiving everything before June 2006 onto a seperate page....that would significantly cut down on the size of your talk page and make it much easier to navigate. ⇒SWATJesterOn Belay! 22:57, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Squeak Box thanks for the welcome, do assist me with the Violence against men article, that someone subsequently removed. I have put it back though. --Oblong-Square 22:59, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I don't see why you deleted my "extremley exotic bong" addition. I was just trying to add some spice to the page. I've even seen two of the three that were mentioned in the addition. Pyromancer102 17:27, February 15, 2007 (EST)
Sorry for not giving an edit summary. I should have said revert unsourced please source and re-add. Please read Wikipedia:Verifiability. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:31, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You might be interested in this discussion on the topic of removing the category of users who are not administrators. Just an FYI. Anchoress 23:36, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
A couple of weeks ago you reverted the article of Peru under the grounds that Wikipedia should not become a place for hate or bias against politicians. Very well, the same user keeps adding his POV against former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori everywhere, attacking ad hominem and using Red Herring fallacies against other wikipedians that don't agree with his POV. The dispute now is in President of Peru, and even though there is a discussion going on in the Talk Page of the article, User:Bdean1963 is disruptive the article with his intolerant behavior. If possible, I would like you to help the article to achieve a NPOV consensus. Thanks. Messhermit 17:23, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. Its on my watchlist. I am not very well informed about Peru but I do have respect for Fujimori and also believe we should keep to WP:BLP. Vamos a ver, SqueakBox 17:26, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your quick response. If you take a look at the recent events on the President of Peru article and the Alberto Fujimori article, you will notice that User:Bdean1963 has some sort of political agenda against the former Peruvian President and that (specially in the last one) its not respecting neutrality. It's something odd that he claims to be a University professor but in some ways he behaves even worst than a high school student. Messhermit 17:34, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for welcoming me to the fray. I've added proposed edits of the Cannabis article to the discussion page, but I guess the other editors are on Spring break or something. Do you think I should wait around until they notice me, or go ahead and make the changes? Can I blame you if they get upset? LOL GeorgeLTirebiter 20:53, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
My internet is down so I cant really look at this until it is up later today but absolutely my advice is to do the edits you want, SqueakBox 15:27, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I apologise. I simply left in the default message after clicking the "undo" option without thinking about how it might look. In case there was any confusion, I didn't think that your edit was vandalism or intend to imply that it was. EALacey 22:15, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much for helping fight vandalism! Hello and thank you for your participation in countervandalism. Please subst your warnings to vandals by simply adding subst: (Example {{subst:test1}} instead of just {{test1}}). Doing so will replace the contents of the template into the talk page instead of just transcluding the template. Thank you. - Hairchrm 23:43, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for that cogent explanation. Of course I will, SqueakBox 01:28, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. Would you please come and help (again) in mantaining the neutrality of the article Central America? User Corticopia is again trying to include or at least give the impression that Mexico is included in CA. He's wrongly including physical and geological information in the Human Geography section, falsely arguing that geopolitically part of Mexico is in CA. We both know that geopolitically a country is never divided. Thanks! AlexCovarrubias( Let's talk! ) 11:23, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
AlexCovarrubias[reply]
False. I added the citation from Britannica when I finished the moving of the info to the proper section. The information from Britannica is clearly naming the 5 states as a reference, it is not saying those states are geopolitically considered CA. That would be highly wrong, because no country in the world divide its territory to geopolitically play in two regions. States are an internal geopolitical division. International geopolitics are different. Mexico, as a whole, is not geopolitically in CA. AlexCovarrubias( Let's talk! ) 12:28, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
False again. The only thing that is wrong is you -- details on talk pages. Your continuous removals of cited, verifible information leave much to be desired. And read again -- not only is Middle America used in the CIA World Factbook (alongside the map of Mexico, also from the World Factbook in the Geography of Mexico article), but the term also appears in the Oxford English Dictionary and Merriam-Wester's Collegiate Dictionary Next ... Corticopia 16:21, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have problems in them office right now but willt ake a look later, CA being where my home is, SqueakBox 14:17, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
By the way, if you are aware of an ArbCom or something on this, please do e-mail me. I am on a "wikibreak" because WP has sort of frustrated me as of late, but I will break out of my shell temporarily to make my comments. Thanks. :: Colin Keigher(Talk) 19:26, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You talk about my civility? Please, if you want to talk down upon me, at least do it somewhat directly towards me, please. Thanks, Yanksox 21:00, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Remember when I used that rude word at you? You did it again here. If you can't treat him with respect and assume his good faith, you should avoid communicating with him. I have reverted your blatent violation of WP:CIVIL. You must stop, and you must stop now. Hipocrite - «Talk» 22:10, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well it lookled like a joke to me., You have just made your own petition meaningless, SqueakBox 22:13, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Blocked for a week for personal attacks Jarandawat's sup 23:00, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Per consensus on ANI, I've unblocked. Despite this, the comments you made were not helpful, and the block may be reapplied if they continue. – Steel 23:28, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think you got right close to the edge of the cliff here, particularly as your parole "is to be interpreted broadly to include unwarranted assumptions of bad faith." Your last comment was a bit of inappropriate cheerleading at Yanksox's desysopping; if it had gone any farther I would endorse a block, and if indeed goes farther I will block per the previous arbitration case. Fair comment is fair comment and vigorous discussion is (usually) healthy, but don't need users dancing on each others' graves, so to speak. Thatcher131 02:17, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry but what persdonal attack are you referring to? SqueakBox 15:16, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Found it. For the record I am still in Honduras and have never edited wikipedia outsiode this country, SqueakBox 15:25, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Squeak, I'd appreciated it if you wouldn't make comments like this about me. He has been very irritating, yes, but he has never "got me scared," because I have no reason to be "scared" of him. Many thanks, SlimVirgin(talk) 01:52, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am glad he doesnt scare you. He chased one editor off wikipedia by threatening to lose them their job and the editor left! So it wasnt a personal attack as much as concern. h3e doesnt scare me either but then he cant get me sacked, SqueakBox 17:03, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, thank you. Another point worth making is that, even if he did scare me, I wouldn't vote to delete his article for that reason, or do anything else on WP because of it. But anyway, thanks for your concern. SlimVirgin(talk) 01:06, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry for misreading/mistyping your name - that was careless and rude. However, I have been made aware that 'squeeze box' can be offensive in some cultural contexts. If you have taken offence, can I assure you absolutely none was intended. Again I apologise for mistaking your name.--Docg 19:35, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please see the Ivor Bell article- the libelous remarks about Margaret Thatcher you commented on [[21]] have been added to this article now. Astrotrain 23:23, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
See WP:NPA and please don't restore a personal attack against me. Personal attacks don't help the project. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:18, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No, they don't. But I am familiar with NPA, and censoring personal attacks is controversial to say the least; Yanksox's various lapses are relevant material to the Arbcom case and the DRV. If you wish it removed, you should ask Yanksox to retract it. --Gwern (contribs) 23:23 26 February2007 (GMT)
I spoke to Yanksox (see his talk page) and he said I should strike the comment above (fantastico etc) which I did. Freak has re edited the comment in a way which I think is better. I dont wish to strike Yanksox's comment but nor do I believe I have to tolerate being called a prick on wikipedia. if someone wants to add it as evidence at the arbcom theyy can but I wont right now myself, SqueakBox 23:27, 26 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It was in an edit summary [22]. I think this is pretty clear and I responded by striking my comment and apologizing for any offence caused so I think that indeed gave the green light to act on WP:NPA, SqueakBox 01:33, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
FYI, that was a quote that you edited in the first sentence, despite the comment. I reverted that part back, and fixed the ref. link. Josephgrossberg 22:43, 1 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Man, you are on a mission to get Americans to say "cannabis" instead of "marijuana". :) Josephgrossberg 17:01, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I dont know about a mission but I do know that wikipedia has used the generic term cannabis since before I edited here 2 and a half years ago. The main issue I have with the word marijuana is that it only describes herbal cvannabis and cannabis also includes its preparations, particularly hashish, which is more common in Europe than marijuana is, SqueakBox 17:05, 2 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Use of Cannabis to mean marijuana and hashish[edit]
Please see "A good article?" section on the Cannabis (drug) talk page and leave comments. GeorgeLTirebiter 20:30, 3 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You moved this article with the comment that we should not have Spanish titles. I am trying right now to mediate a dispute about this very point. It is more complex than you think. Please see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Scouting/Translations mediation and the articles listed near the top of that page. Please feel free to comment on that discussion. Also please do not move any more Scout Association titles until the Scouting Project has resolved this matter. To give you an idea of the debate, how do you know it should not be translated as Association of Scouts of Honduras? Do you know whether the Honduras Scout Association uses an English title in any of its documents? --Bduke 04:45, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I hear your letter. My interest is in Honduras. If I find anything relevant I will comment though I am intrigued. We wouldnt write Al-Qaeda in Arabic (to give an example of a different type of organisation) for obvious reasons and I am not at all sure we should be writing scout organisations in their own languages. Presumably we dont for Russian scout groups etc, SqueakBox 15:54, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I do not have strong views. I am trying to mediate. I think we should use English where possible, but some people tell me that two different organisations in those countries that have several Scouting organisations could be translated into the same English title as the language has more than one word for Scout and often uses more than one word that we would translate to "Association". That is why I asked you whether you know if the Honduras Association uses an official English translation. If it did, we would clearly use it. Is there any way you could find out? --Bduke 07:41, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Squeak. I see that you striked your comment next to your vote in the North America (Americas) article. Would you please just edit it? Because another user striked his vote and comment and I'm affraid the administrator will not count yours as a valid "keep". I don't know, I just don't want the article to be deleted because of a lack of votes. ¡Gracias! AlexCovarrubias( Let's talk! ) 23:57, 7 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
First of all, thanks for your words about my loss, I really appreciate it. I didn't think it was so hard for a person to get a transplant in Honduras, I'm really sorry to hear the tragedy of your friend.
Yes, I was thinking that the result of the nomination should be no concensus, due to the fact that the opinions are really divided. I really hope that the article doesn't get deleted, after all and speaking the truth, it was not the result of a POV forking. Thanks for your advice about what can be done in case it gets deleted. AlexCovarrubias( Let's talk! ) 14:54, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Squeak. Finally (and sadly) the debate was closed and this admin considered the result was "delete". I think his reasons are very vague since he's obviously ignoring the fact that the article was improved a little and most importantly, several verifiable sources were included. Also he's ignoring the definition of POV fork. I just asked for a deletion review. I hope I did it ok, since this is my first time. Now what's next? AlexCovarrubias( Let's talk! ) 17:23, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well done, looks like an out of process deletion to me with the adnmin deciding to ignore the people who want to keep the article. Lets see how the DRV goes and if that fails decide what to do then, SqueakBox 17:37, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Saw a recent edit on the Cannabis (drug) article where the edit notes are:
"much beter hashish ref that makes it clear is a resin and estimates 2 thirds of UK cannabis consumed is hash hence we need hash in opening"
Do you really think that is a good reference? It is chalked full of Google Ads and appears to be a for profit witness firm for court proceedings? A paid witness/expert company is a good, neutral, reliable reference? I really don't think it is. I do think Hashish must be mentioned in this article and be more accurately described, particularly it's relevance in Europe. I'm working on several revisions of this article and hopefully they will encompass much of what we all want to see. In the mean time, be well, and I too will try to remember that at the end of the day, it is only a wiki article. After all, I'm a dog lover too. be well- Testerer 05:23, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Nothin wrong with Google ads or for profit IMO, the ref seemed much clearrer and refenced very clearly that it is perceived as resin within the UK, something very obvious to any Brit. I've been around the cannabis articles longer than anyone and have seen what changes and what doesnt. And I am very happy to see your input, SqueakBox 05:27, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Would you like to have a go at trying to insert the relevant information as stated in the discussion about Dowler.--Lucy-marie 00:15, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Okay I'll look at this one and try to sort it over the weekend (looks too concentrated a task for while I am working), SqueakBox 17:40, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I was hoping we could discuss this. I've seen some of your work on the Spanish language page and like what you say.
Frankly, I am new to Wikipedia and it has been a frustrating experience. When trying to make something accurate it seems to be quickly reverted just because someone feels like it. I mention this not to accuse you of such, but because I feel relieved that I can sensibly discuss something with you.
The only reason this is important to me is because I've tried very hard to make the geographic distribution section as accurate as possible. To that end, I have painstakingly searched the internet for citations to justify my revisions. The Japanese Peruvian section is not something I wrote, by the way, but in terms of Asia I feel a cited notation of 50,000 is worth at least the one sentence mention. Perhaps it and the Philippines should not have subsections but instead be merged into one "Asia" heading, but I still think that sentence should be included. I hope that we can discuss it further via message or the talk page.
Also, if you have any additional input on the map I know I personally would appreciate another reasoned voice. I may leave certain academic sections of Wikipedia shortly after this and limit myself to the less controversial pop culture articles. Thanks. SpiderMMB 01:50, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Aah, to me controversy is the spice of life at wikipedia! Yes, I agree that if you merge the subsections the sentence can go back in. I'll try to weigh in on the map tomorrow, SqueakBox 01:53, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi!, do you read german ? according this google translation [23] are some sentences quiet interesting: remember is an automatic translation :)
The fact that Argentina was equipped with French war material, was a large load for the British, since the Frenchmen were already at that time very closely allied with the British in Europe. Also France was in the dilemma, since it had to watch, how the own war material caused large damage with one the best allied one (the Britisher). That was also a reason that many Europeans did not take position clearly for the British.
Among other things resolution for the resumption of British-Argentine negotiations over the future of the archipelago, supported brought in from Argentina in the UN-general assembly on 4 November 1982, by the USA, caused disappointment in the British government and is considered as the first diplomatic defeat in the conflict.
At the end of January 1983 granted Great Britain of the Argentine government a credit over 170 million Pound.
Do you know who and why people are aloud sign that section?--Vintagekits 22:59, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It doesnt violate anything in wikipedia policies as a part of Kitty's user space, to the best of my knowledge, and if you think there is anything in her user space that violates policies go to WP:ANI. If it were outside her user space it would be different. The best thing to do in this situation is to remain as calm as possible as that is the only way you'll get sympathy etc. Regards, SqueakBox 23:03, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for signing it by the way - I shall not forget your kindness!--Vintagekits 23:05, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well do chill out, I am certainly not into hounding you and it isnt yyet in the wikipedia space, SqueakBox 23:07, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
you censored my comments about Cameron pretty darn quick.
I take my hat off to you.but you have admit it is the truth?
I have read your page, you seem decent chap? (animal lover and all that)so i will not hold it against you.
the trouble is the young dont rebel anymore, so i have to carry the torch, otherwise we are turning into automatons accepting this crap as so called politicians
btw sorry about your dog. I know just how you felt.
I noticed you put a warning against user 89.216.185.122
It appears to me that this user is introducing subtle, but intention vandalism on Bukharan People's Soviet Republic by changing the dates ever so slightly. (I assume it's vandalism, but I'm not 100% sure, since I'm not an expert on this country.)
I'm not sure how to go about warning or banning this user...
What you wrote was purely POV, you had no references, and UnCut is by know means known privatly as AOLs rip of of YouTUBE. I am more then aware of AOL UKs existance as I actually do work for them, and have done for some time know. I used the revert system to its proper intention, to revert an unneeded, unreferenced, POV edit.
Just a good will note, you may want to consider archiving your page, feel free to ask if your not sure of the proper protocol for Achival. Ferdia O'BrienThe Archiver And The Vandal Watchman 23:14, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What? Your response, other than its poor grammar ("have done for some time know") makes no sense to me but anti-vandalism tools are not to be used to roll back good faith edits even when you happen to think they are POV. Its a way of saying to other users, look at this person's contribs, they are a vandal, and that is a personal attack. It was clearly an improper use of that technology and I am concerned at your failure to see that. What POV was I pushing? If you know AOL UK exists what are trying to achieve?
I deliberately dont archive my page but do know how to, but thanks for the offer of help, SqueakBox 23:25, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Check your own edit my friend, the edit I reverted had nothing what so ever to do with the existance of AOL UK, and I am more then aware of its existance, because if it doesn't exist then I really cannot fathom were my payslips come from. The edit I reverted claimed that UnCut is known privately as AOLs rip off of YouTUBE, and made allogations as to the dissatisfaction of users on the same service, this is unreferenced, and Purely POV based. I apologise for the grammer of my last message but I have more to be getting on with then responding to messages on my Talk, that don't even reference the revert I made, visa-vi the above. Oh, and likewise on the grammer, from your edit to my talk: "You treared me" "AOL UK still xists". Ferdia O'BrienThe Archiver And The Vandal Watchman 03:17, 15 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Huh? That is not so. My edit was this, that sounds like someone else's edit, ie this. Your reversion of mine to which I refer is this. If you workl for ASOL we are on the same side, SqueakBox 14:52, 15 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Misunderstanding understood, your message came after the one I reverted so I hope you can see where I was coming from with the edit I thought we where discussing, because that one was purely POV based. You have my apologies. (Although they did buy the entirety of the company, AOL UK merely remained an independent operation, under CPW's ownership.) Ferdia O'BrienThe Archiver And The Vandal Watchman 16:50, 15 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You have been temporarily blocked for violation of the three revert rule in regard to the article Spanish language. Other users in violation have also been blocked. The timing of this block is coincidental, and does not represent an endorsement of the current article revision. Please feel free to return after the block expires, but also please make an effort to discuss your changes further in the future on the article's talk page (Talk:Spanish language).
Well that is odd as I certainly did not revert more than 3 times nor have I been involved in the extended edit wars, precisely because I respect the 3RR rule. I can t see the point of a block that achieves nothing as I am not edit warring, SqueakBox 22:06, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I counted 4 in the last 24 hours, quite a few more if we count the previous days. I have gone through the entire edit history of the article for the last 72 hours. Please remember that reverts do not necessarily have to be of the same part to be counted. Regards, --Asteriontalk 22:13, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, thanks for your response. It would be nice if you were to unblock me or to shortern the block as I have no intention of further edit warring but that is really up to you. otherwise I'll just go and edit conservapedia, eswikipedia etc, SqueakBox 22:15, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I would gladly unblock or shorten the block for any user who is willing to give calmed discussion a chance. You are a veteran wikipedian indeed. Could you then please give Requests for Comments a try? Thanks, --Asteriontalk 22:21, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough. You should be unblocked now. I have left a note at the article talk page about all this. Off to bed now. Thanks, --Asteriontalk 22:47, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Replace this template with one of the following:
This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).
as I have been unblocked but am still unable to edit due to ip autoblock I think as can edit other office machines
Decline reason:
Please try now. I believe you were autoblocked. — Yamla 22:59, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.
As far as I can tell, Guettarda put a departure message on his user page, then redirected his talk page there so that people would see it. He subsequently blanked his user page; perhaps he forgot about the user talk page redirect, or perhaps he didn't care. Either way, I think it exceedingly unlikely that he wishes his user page to be used as a talk page henceforth. And I also think it unlikely that Jimbo was aware he was posting on a user page - how about respecting Jimbo's wishes by reposting his message where it will trigger a big orange "you have new messages" bar for Guettarda? Hesperian 22:50, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It doesnt look like that to me, it looks like Guettarda wanted to redirect his talk page, which he did, and that Jimbo wished to respect that which is why he put the message on the user page. We should make our suppositrionsd at least fitt he facts and not just our hypothesis. Finally Guettarda will get an orange message anyway if he chooses to come back. Why not write and ask him as he is email contactable. Cheers, SqueakBox 22:55, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
He will now that we've both edited his user talk page. But in general, an edit to your user page does not trigger an orange message box, irrespective of whether or not your user talk page redirects to it. Hesperian 22:57, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Which is a bad thing in my opinion, SqueakBox 22:59, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Gave yourself away! "rv anon blanking"! You're bloody biased against anonymous editors! You're absolutely bloody biased like all the other [censored] on this encyclopaedia! You can have your bloody McKinnon article if this is the way you're going to play it. Didn't even look at the bloody talk page either, did you. --84.68.162.114 22:59, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I created an account in October 2004 but I shouldn't have to log into it just to satisfy your ridiculous prejudice. I no longer care about McKinnon, since I can see progress isn't forthcoming with you around. And if you're going to quote policies at me, then WP:AGF is a cracker of a read, Squeaky. --84.68.162.114 23:37, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You are wrong in that I dont hold prejudices against you or other so-called anon editors (though only editors with user names can actually be anonymous, I know where the copmputer you are using is located) nor have I assumed bad faith on your part, it was not a bad faith edit. Progress means a better article and I dont see how removing information will achieve that. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:46, 20 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Rastafari movement is a UK spelling article so you shouldnt have changed the correct imposter to the incorrect impostor. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:52, 22 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, my apologies. I didn't realise this was one of those cases where British and American English differ. I've removed that rule from my bot, thanks for pointing it out. Cheers, CmdrObot 22:58, 22 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No problem I thought that might be the caswe. i didnt know it was spelled like that in American myself, SqueakBox 23:00, 22 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please stop adding unsourced, tendentious material. Adding perspective is fine, but making stuff up seems counterproductive to this and other editors. Apostle12 22:35, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Stop making ridiculous allegations purely in order to promote your own POV, SqueakBox 03:35, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I just wanted to let you know I am sorry if it seemed like I was singling you out-- I wasn't... the frustration of (seeming) double standards re the banning/blocking situations as the last piece of the previous drama had just gotten to me somewhat. I hope you aren't mad at me and look forward to working with you later, Squeak. - Denny 05:59, 24 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content which gains a consensus among editors. Thank you. --Guinnog 18:12, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am hereby banning SqueakBox (talk·contribs), Davidpatrick (talk·contribs) and Pigsonthewing (talk·contribs) from editing this article; I am implementing here a "soft-ban" - as the article history shows the edit war exists only between these three participants, and thus the article may be unprotected in the event of these users being banned from editing. Upon the event of these users violating this soft-ban, administrators may, at their discretion, implement blocks from editing Wikipedia in enforcement of this. This is made in line with ArbCom precedent that editors who perform fixated edit warring upon an article may be banned from editing that article, such as in Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Regarding The Bogdanov Affair. Should anyone have any questions or concerns relating to this, please do contact me. --NicholasTurnbull | (talk) 01:09, 27 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sign up for werdnabot or something. Holy cow! That is a lot. -- TheHybrid 04:27, 27 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm resisting, deliberately nothing to do with not being bothered etc, SqueakBox 15:25, 27 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Dude, really, archive this. Out of courtesy to fellow editors. It's ridiculous to get through your Table of Contents. DoomsDay349 23:50, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Dude(s), really, if editors didn't post here with signatures longer than their comments his frappin talk page wouldn't be so big. ;-))) Anchoress 09:09, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well isnt that what the scroll bar is for. My issue is with the whole way archiving is done here at wikipedia. Its not transparent and it buries things. I have a slow third world connection but even so it only takes a few seconds tillt he page loads. As far as I ma aware there is no policy on archiving, and if my talk page could encourage such a discussion that would be great. I could argue I am showing respect to other editors precisely by allowing easyy search of my talk page, and certainly that is why I have left the message envelope at the top, SqueakBox 01:16, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Have you seen User talk:Ed g2s? His archives aren't entirely buried. In fact, their headers are quite visible on the page. Anyone who wants to see a discussion and click on the header and go there. Or you can take the time to write a page summarizing discussions in archives. That is, having a table filled with information like the number of the archive, a link to it, and a summary of the discussion. There are alternatives, believe me. GracenotesT § 02:07, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia likes to keep things at around 30 kilobytes a page if at all possible. You talk pages is 418 kilobytes long. That is precisely 13.9333... times longer than recommended. Peace, -- TheHybrid 02:19, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Peace indeed! I really feel uncomfortable with the whole wikipedia attitude to archiving. If my talk page can spark a debate about that, and a really solid, non-acrimonious debate, that is something I would welcome. My approach to internet/computing is entirely based on search (and I work for a search engine as well) and I would like to see archives that were search friendly, which is not the case right now. I am being transparent to the extent that whatever irregular expressions you pump into searching on my page will give a good result. Its images and especially videos not text that create real digital space issues so one way and another you could say my talk page is a statement. And very happy to receive any kind of feedback re this issue and to engage in deabte. What do you think?, SqueakBox 03:28, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Archives exist to prevent clutter for many technical reasons. First, generic subsection headings like Reply are commonly used, and when duplicates exist the links in the table of contents may become confused. This may happen even if there are only 2 of that name, so when people leave messages on their talk pages, to a level such as your page especially, if duplicates are used then there is almost no chance of hitting the correct area of the page. It is also difficult to navigate manually. The scroll bar in inefficient for navigating a page of this length. Simply pulling the bar is inaccurate, and using the arrows is slow. Second, people such as yourself with primitive internet connection may have trouble as the user in question acquires barnstars and other such items containing images, videos, ect. You must also remember that there are far more primitive connections being used. In some cases entire regions are served through one server and/or IP address through an unreliable internet provider. 418 kilobytes of memory may be more than they have on their computer itself, even. Third, the majority of Wikipedia understand how to navigate archives. There are many different ways to organize them, name them, ect. You can name them by date, topic, user(s) who sent the messages, ect. You can even do combinations. You are the one who decides how convenient your archives are to navigate. Also, you will learn how to navigate other people’s archives by setting yours up. That is how I learned to do it. Experience is the best teacher. Cheers, -- TheHybrid 04:07, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
IMHO most users neither know how to navigate archives or the internet properly. This opinion is based on an abundance of evidence. Most people still use their eyes in order to search. I did archive in the past until I concluded this was a better system. And if my "primitive" connection still downloads the page in under 10 seconds I cant see a problem, SqueakBox 16:58, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You're the one who called it "Third World", so I paraphrased. Anyway, I haven't seen anyone who has had a problem, even brand new users. For the reasons previously stated archives is a better system. The problem is having all of it bunched together. The index can't function correctly in this situation, and having to use the scroll bar takes more time than flipping through archives. That is not an exaggeration. I'm dead serious. -- TheHybrid 23:46, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I can see you are serious. And yes I would describe where I live as Third World. For me it is the ability to search through the one document that makes it so easy. Essentially having 7 archives disables search ability, and that is a tendency I oppose believeing that we should encourgae people to use search buittons more not less, SqueakBox 00:19, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I believe that America should use the metric system and switch to Celsius. However, that will never happen. The English systems of measurement have been the standard for a long time, so I conform to it in order to fit in. On Wikipedia, archives have always been the standard way to organize past discussions. This is due to the technical limitations mentioned earlier. It will cause problems as this page gets longer. Peace, -- TheHybrid 01:15, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Dont agree with your example. IMO people will learn to search documents much more as search is something that is growing considerably on the internet all the time. Whereas Centigrade/Fahrenheit is an either/or thing. I learnt fahrenheit as a child and then switched age 12 to centigrade and immediately forgot fahrenheit and continue not to understand it but actually both are just different ways of interpreting the skill of understanding temperature using a number system whereas learning to search using the computer is a new skill that more people are adopting day by day, hence my comment at the top about using Ctrl F, SqueakBox 03:17, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I know and understand both, but I believe that America should conform to the ways the world works, just as I have to conform to the way America works. I believe that you should conform to the way Wikipedia works, as I do with America, even though you think that it should conform to the way the internet works. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Also, the technical limitations of Wikipedia prevent long pages like this from working successfully as the page grows over time. It may work for you now, though it doesn't work for me who hasn't seen this page grow from one message to its current size, but eventually it will just stop working entirely. Wikipedia has its limitations. -- TheHybrid 05:30, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am aware of what you say. I was wondering last night if there is a list of big articles in wikipedia, and if there are number bigger than this talk page, SqueakBox 14:08, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Articles are divided up into multiple pages long before they reach this size. I don't think that there is a list, as those who edit the articles regularly are trusted to maintain the articles in this matter. Peace, -- TheHybrid 22:45, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hm. Maybe you could have one archive for all old posts, followed by {{User talk:SqueakBox}}? In my humble opinion, that would be amicable (and better than the current set-up). GracenotesT § 04:00, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I saw your request on AN/I. Did you honestly not know what "to get away with murder" meant? It's a valid idiom in pretty much every version of English. I tried to assume good faith but ended up thinking you were just trying to be difficult with a person who did not agree with what you were trying to do. Mike H.I did "That's hot" first! 07:50, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Not sure what exactly you mean by that. A valid idiom for what, and especially given the context. If you look here it doesnt help so perhaps you would care to source your claim. If not then do assume good faith on my part and contemplate how you would feel if someone said murder has been committed and you had got away with it etc, SqueakBox 15:26, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm curious about your removal of the speedy tag here. You may be convinced of this guy's notability, but the article still makes no claim of it. Even if it weren't a speedy candidate for no assertion of notability under WP:CSD#A7 (and I still think it is), it's obviously still speedy-able under WP:CSD#A1 (no context). I'm holding off on re-applying the tag for now, but I see no reason not to do so. --Finngalltalk 15:26, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I just followed speedy tag instructions. I have tried to imporve the article and Mabe does appear notable, SqueakBox 15:31, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Could you have at least bleepin' waited until I got the AfD formatted via the template before you stepped on it? Jeez... --Finngalltalk 17:34, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Not while my comments were being misrepresented no I cant. Format properly and re-add to the log, SqueakBox 17:35, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I protected rather than semi-protecting firstly because the way ChrisO's solution was set up means that it doesn't actually stop anyone from participating in talkpage discussion, and secondly because I suspect that the anonymous editor is in any case a sockpuppet of Gibnews. --ⁿɡ͡b Nick Boalch\talk 19:08, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Heh, I didn't notice that. Must've been accident. I'll reinstate your comments. —Signed, your friendly neighborhood MessedRocker. 18:02, 6 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
David Boothroyd is a regular editor on Wikipedia, whose name I won't reveal though you can find it in the history. David has repeatedly edited his own article, so if he wasn't gay he would probably have removed the two LGBT related categories which are there. The entire talkpage was deleted because David keeps changing his name on Wikipedia so that his username is not associated with his real one - apparently he keeps being abused offline because of what he does here. So I was pointing out that if he really wants to keep his identities separate, he really ought to stop editing his own article with edit summaries indicating its his article. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 16:43, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What David does as a user is not relevant as we are talking about a main space bio subject to BLP. This is not his user talk page it is a page on wikipedia and there is no evidence that he is gay on that page. if you can source that he is gay that would be fine but till then we casnnot make that assumption based on what he does as a wikipedia user (one I am familair with), SqueakBox 16:56, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Who's assuming anything? If David wasn't gay he would have removed those categories, as he has removed and updated much of his article. So that's not a problem. It's not against WP:BLP to put up information about a person which is true and which the subject has actually looked over himself. WP:AUTO says "you should feel free to correct mistaken or out-of-date facts about yourself", and David hasn't. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 17:04, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I strongly disagree. We need a source for this, and that is that. BLP says "Unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material — whether negative, positive, or just highly questionable — about living persons should be removed immediately and without discussion from Wikipedia articles[2], talk pages, user pages, and project space." so please provide a source. Boothroyd cannot work from personal experience any more than the rest of us and his failure top remove the cats means precisely nothing. Please source, SqueakBox 17:10, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, what are you on here? I can't go on personal experience of me being gay to confirm where it says in my biography that I am? Utterly bizarre. But Dev920, please don't accuse me of constantly changing my account name. I took a decision last summer that I wanted privacy and a separation between my real life identity and my wikipedia name. As I was also going through the ArbCom trouble I also wanted a separate account which would remain unblocked just in case I needed to correct errors of fact in my biography. This was accepted at the time as legitimate. Once I had reached a settlement in the ArbCom case I then arranged to change my usual editing name once, and once only.
This has not been entirely successful as people continue to break privacy policy and connect my real life identity to my username, which is why my contributions are limited. I am trying to resist this connection being made. The reason this talk page was started again was that it was deleted by an admin because an IP editor had persisted in adding a link. The previous deleted page included some of my comments on sources which might be used in the article. I would ask you to acknowledge that I have not broken WP:COI (which did not exist then) on the page. DavidBoothroyd 00:10, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hello David, I am certainly aware of your arbcom run-in and for me there certainly has been no conflict of interest. I support the subject of any BLP article being able to contribute in a healthy way. I didnt know you were gay and was being cautious. Best wishes! SqueakBox 02:31, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Why was it allowed to remove the "Criticisms" section from the Alice Bailey article?
Bailey's anti-Jewish views should not be hidden because they are not a trivial matter. If the paragraph needs to be rewritten, I will undertake to rewrite it.
kwork
You have to source the criticism, SqueakBox 19:41, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Okay. Thanks.
By the way, my daughter brought this keyboard back from Denmark, and it does not have "squiggles".
kwork
I just took another look at the "Criticisms" section that you removed, and there ARE sources, although it could have been done a little tighter. All but what I copy below (from Criticisms) was just rebuttals to the one single paragraph of criticism. kwork :
<Bailey wrote that the Nazi atrocities against the Jews had come about because "The Jewish race, who loved the possessions of the world more than they loved the service of Light, joined ranks with the rebels against God" and therefore "... the law of racial karma is working and the Jews are paying the price, factually and symbolically, for all they have done in the past." She further claimed that "the Jews are the reincarnation of spiritual failures or residues from another planet..." and that "the word 'love' for others is lacking in Judaism... The Jew has never grasped the love of God." (Esoteric Healing, 1949) She also wrote that only "when selfishness in business relations and the pronounced manipulative tendencies of the Hebrew people are exchanged for more selfless and honest forms of activity" would anti-Semitism cease and that "the Jewish problem will be solved by intermarriage; that of the Negro will not." (Esoteric Healing, p. 263 et. seq.)>
<You havent referenced yourself and this wholoe section is likely to be removed if you dont do so pronto. Original research is unacceptable in this encyclopedia, SqueakBox 15:38, 7 April 2007 (UTC)>[reply]
What now? Everything there is sourced. Everything. There may have been a problem using the computer commands which I do not really understand, and that may confuse what are the sources that I do have there.
I am starting to think that the questions of AAB's antisemitism may really belong elsewhere than together with the article on her. Perhaps together with the Antisemitism article. I understand that her present followers want this to be dignified and as good as possible and. Putting criticism of Bailey elsewhere, for those who are actually interested in the problem, might be the better plan. What do you think?
As for removing what I wrote, I have it saved. But I do not understand what you want, or what needs to be changed. There are many quotes, and every one has a source. If you have some time to explain I would really appreciate it.
Many thanks - yes, I do have a bit of an obsession with switchins s for z... A good Easter Day with your parents and others...JJulien Foster 23:45, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Since when? The man was a prat.--Crestville 19:46, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Charlatan? Tax Cheat? Embezzeler? Murderer? C'mon He's worse that Maxwell! It's people like this who make the West an ocassionally unpalletable place to live. It's entirely for us to say, and I'm pretty sure that we've just to be neutral in the actual article. Admit it, my Carrabian ex-pat friend, you're glad kharma got him in the end.--Crestville 20:00, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, that always made me wonder to. I think it was Eddie Izzard who pondered why that happens. Pol Pot too I think. All I can think of is a) Stalin's bed was really really uncomfortable; b) he was really nice in private; c) Kharma is too busy killing London buisnessmen in ironic ways; or d) Stalin IS kharma. Each one worth its weight in gold.--Crestville 20:05, 10 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the greeting and the links, will come in handy. btw if you spot any screw ups can you let me know stat? Thanks again Sparkyboi 01:31, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I did try to find somewhere simple to put the photo but there wasn't anywhere obvious, and if you check the talk page I was making a note of it so someone else could restore it. One Night In Hackney303 17:16, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Wil you agree to mediation, given this completely out of order accusation it is, IMO, entirely necessary, SqueakBox 17:49, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The only mediation needed is that you stop challenging everything I write all over Wikipedia endlessly. Re: my harassment statement -- I posted a question on the BLP page. You per the edit logs had never touched that page before you replied to me minutes later, your first edit ever there. I don't care if you're following my contributions to contest me at every step of everything I do--your right, I suppose. But be honest about. :) And don't be surprised if it goes on for weeks or months if you find yourself on the other end of arbitration/ANI for harassment. Your jousting against anything I do lately is amusing but if you keep this up much longer it will not be. - Denny(talk) 17:59, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Is that a yes or a no? You suddenly start attacking me with serious accusations and I have not been attacking you. Please calm down and answer the question. I've had BLP on my watchlist for longer than you have been editing here and you have no right to claim I cannot edit there. Your aggressive thrreat in your response and your failure to answer my question are not shoiwiung any good faith towards me, SqueakBox 18:04, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am concerned that every single time I write a single sentence related to the Brandt or attack site issues, you swiftly come after what I wrote. For the BLP page. You've had it a long time watchlisted, ok. Why did you NEVER touch the BLP talk page until I posted THAT question? Please answer that question. And please, please, please start doing indents like everyone else on WP does. You don't need to outdent every four seconds. - Denny(talk) 18:09, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I take it you are refusing mediation then? SqueakBox 18:06, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I will address any mediation questions after you answer my question about the BLP page, based on your answer. Why did you NEVER touch the BLP talk page until I posted THAT question? - Denny(talk) 18:09, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You what? I can make no sense of your question. I watch BNP because of Brandt, and I only post when I have something to say, SqueakBox 18:11, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've added myself and User:Crum375 to the case, based upon this diff. Mangoe 03:35, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
That's what i figured to. My feeling is if he doesnt edit wiklipedia within the 7 day mediation limit that I absolutely will not take thaty as a rejection of mediation. Though actually I wish him the best and dont believe he is coming from a bad space, ie for me asking for mediation was not a hostile act but a genuinne wanting to resolve differences, SqueakBox 04:18, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You, more than anyone else, deserve this one[edit]
And it's the first ever "baer"star I have awarded. —AldeBaeruser:Kncyu38 19:03, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Looks good on your user page, and I regard it as an honour you put it up there. —AldeBaeruser:Kncyu38 22:20, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If you notice on the first table, there are table controls where a user can sort by any of the columns (including population)... therefore, the second table is redundant and unnecessary. Cheers. Rarelibra 21:03, 12 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Of course it is only 'unexplained blanking' if you ignore the explanation I just wrote on the talk page. And of course 'rv - don't edit-war' is an edit summary that just can't be beat. Tom HarrisonTalk 17:15, 13 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I dunno; I clicked the link and it pretty much matches my memories (and some of my current wardrobe). Is it really spam? --Orange Mike 03:45, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
okay put it back if you want. By the time I was a hippy the dress code was somewhat different (mostly just scruffy and hairy, both of which I was good at), SqueakBox 03:47, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
1. Replaced removed referenced material is not considerd a revert, 2. Even if it was the first edit was an edit not a revert., 3. Stop removing referenced material to push you British POV and bias - it can be considered vandalism and I am getting pretty tired of it to be honest.--Vintagekits 22:37, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Of course it is covered by 3RR because Malvinas is such an obscure term in English thta it isnt common usage (ie 99 out of 100 wouldnt even have heard of the word) and other editors clearly agree with me that the only one POV pushing is yourself. Make all the vandalism claims you want, it wont do you asny good as generally when people claim that sopmething they disagree with is vandalsim they get ignored. And IMO you are far too experienced a user for this mkind of POV pushing with fake claims, SqueakBox 22:42, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Not if the first edit is an edit not a revert! Secondly the Falklands may be the majority term used by British people but the Malvinas is a common term used for the islands by English speakers outside of the British spectrum. How many referenced do you want added before you leave your POV to one side - just name a number!--Vintagekits 22:50, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well right now you inserted the info once and reverted it three times so I am sure you will agree it is best not to revert again. You tried this before and it diodnt happen and I dont believe it will this time either. Give me a ref that Malvinas is a common usage English term (which you havent managed till now )and I will reconsider. I would remind you I dont live within the British spectrum, and of the English speakers here I am the only Brit, SqueakBox 22:56, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Dont you line in a former colony?--Vintagekits 22:58, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I live in a former Spanish colony in Central America, SqueakBox 22:59, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I will add that I am a historian living in the Americas, well outside the "British spectrum" (indeed, I have been accused of Anglophobia once or twice), and the only time I ever hear the archipelago referred to as the Malvinas is when someone is explaining the former Argentine government's position on the occupation. --Orange Mike 15:58, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
One result of living here is that I watch a lot of US television, SqueakBox 16:05, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think it would be good would you like to help on the article. I think the new trial which opened today (19/5/2007), should also be incorporated in to the article. I think the easiest way would be either as the case is going or at the case conclusion.--Lucy-marie 17:04, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
where are you getting this info that there were 200,000 Rastas at Norman Manly Airport. Many sources including Frommers guide, Rasta Heart, and the film Bob Marley and the Wailers all say there was between 1000 and 2000 people there. Video I have seen clearly shows that there could not of been that many people and since the population of Jamaica is currently a liitle over two million and it was much less back then. It would have ment there was over ten percent of the population of the island at the airport (which is'nt and was'nt that large. Also only about 1 to 2 percent of the population even claims to be Rasta. I want to change all the pages that sight this number to the correct one.
You merged the two definitions but they are distinct. One refers to distinctly African American hair and the other is general and refers to any race. African Americans aren't the only ones who can have "Nappy" hair. The 3rd definition covers all bases by also pointing that out. Can you change it back?Wikidudeman(talk) 03:39, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
At this point Wikipedia:Attack Sites needs to be left as a proposal. MONGO isn't letting it go rejected (which I think is a problem, but after a few days we can address that again); it obviously isn't accepted; and back when it was an essay, it was being used as if it were a guideline anyway. If someone goes and rewrites it in the form of an essay, it can be relabelled that way; but at the moment nobody is editing the text of the proposal, so it should stay proposed. Frankly, I think the essay route is being taken to avoid admission that there is no consensus and isn't going to be any. Therefore it should really be labelled "rejected". Mangoe 18:40, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I notice that you're back editing this article. This is okay as far as I'm concerned as long as you don't engage in disruptive editing again. --Tony Sidaway 02:58, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I am quite happy for you to be following my edits, and especially to pull me over if I get overly frustrated, contentious, etc. Regards, SqueakBox 03:30, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well just so you know, I'm not tracking your edits, but I did notice your recent edits on the article which is on my watchlist. --Tony Sidaway 04:11, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Cheers. I noticed you had edited Townshend and didnt mean to imply anything more specific, SqueakBox 04:27, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am trying to take a discreet administrative action to protect real human being from distress and harassment and danger in real life. I am acting in accordance with the MONGO ArbCom ruling, which said that this action could be done without regard for 3RR, and that people who persisted in undoing it could be blocked. If you undo it once more, or if you persist in drawing attention to something that may lead to real life harassment of your fellow Wikipedians (you may not mind for yourself, but you do not have the right to expose others to that risk) I am going to block you. If you wish to protest that you have the right to violate the ArbCom ruling, please do so in a private e-mail to the ArbCom. Thank you. Musical Linguist 18:22, 24 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Reply to messages on my talk page and at signpost[edit]
Hello, SqueakBox. First of all, with regard to my message that you removed, you're welcome to do so (though I would have liked to change "human being" to "human beings", as that was a typo), but I think it's ironic that you would do so, when you talk so much about censorship. Which is worse — having a message displayed on your talk page where an administrator threatens you with a block, or having a link displayed on another page, read by hundreds of people, which may enable someone to find out the address of someone and start stalking her?
Now, I'm sure you'll point out first that that site doesn't contain the hivemind pages any more, and secondly that you were listed there yourself. I am aware of both those facts. I think you know, as I've mentioned it elsewhere, that I have been a victim of a mentally ill, sexually deviant stalker for over a year. It's not going on right now, but sometimes there's a break for a month or two, and then it starts again. He had some kind of obsessive fixation with me, and seemed to spend long hours every day researching me and everyone connected to me. He gathered and publicized information (including addresses and phone numbers) about my parents, my colleagues at work, my teachers, my pupils, my father's pupils, etc. There were phonecalls to my workplace, and phonecalls to what was then my parents' house. There were e-mails about me to public figures in Ireland. There were numerous pornographic, threatening messages to me. Now this man occasionally took down his pages about me, or removed my name from his website, then, a few weeks later, he'd decide to put them back. During the time that they weren't there, I still did not want links to his site posted on Wikipedia. (The site has been taken down now, perhaps as a result of a complaint to his ISP.)
By far the creepiest stuff on his site related to me, but he also had things about other female admins. I'm thinking of one in particular about whom he posted of his fascination with her teeth, and his speculation about her menstrual cycle. I do not think that she would have had the right to oppose the removal of links, just by pointing out that he was targetting her as well. If she had been the only one targetted, she could have said that it's okay to link to it, but she did not have the right to authorize the publicizing of personal information about me. (I hasten to add that she never tried to.) In the same way, I don't think that you can take the decision that it was okay to link to stuff that had the names, photos, and contact details of other victims, just because you're a victim yourself. Different people are affected in different ways. Not all the people who have been "outed" were sexually stalked. Some had their jobs threatened. I was embarrassed by the numerous calls to my superior, the director, her secretary, the office girls, the porters, but my job was never in any danger. That wouldn't give me the right to say that it was okay to have other people's work details publicized — "if I can put up with it they can".
The WR people seem to think that harassing people and violating their privacy is okay, because they have to be answerable for their crimes. I did not deserve what happened, and even if I had, other people close to me, but with nothing to do with Wikipedia, were also targetted. I was not in any way a trigger happy administrator. I wasn't controversial. Nearly all my blocks are for vandalism, stalking, or obvious sockpuppetry from a banned user. In all my time as an administrator, I think I've made one personal attack block, and have made fewer then ten 3RR blocks. I never blocked my stalker until he started stalking me, was banned, and came back with numerous IPs and sockpuppets. The campaign against me was not because I was an abusive admin; it was because, according to him, I was "beautiful" and "kind", and he couldn't help falling in love with me. The people at one of the so-called "attack sites" encouraged him; one member even suggested a way to taunt me.
That I was on Brandt's site was of little significance. Brandt, I believe, got my details from my stalker. I had already been "outed". It matter greatly, little, or not at all to others that they were listed there. Some of the people there were my friends; others were even people I disliked. But there was not one person whose identity I wouldn't have wanted to keep private, assuming that the person himself/herself was not voluntarily revealing it.
As I said, I had every intention of coming to the talk page after I had reverted. You reverted again before I had a chance, and in full knowledge that there is considerable controversy over linking to Brandt's site. Regarding rollback, I never use it in content disputes, but I do use it for such things as violation (not ignorant, innocent violation) of an arbcom ruling. Your edit summary didn't say that the site wasn't an attack site; it said that WP:BADSITES was not policy. I knew you to be already familiar with the Brandt controversy, and with the ArbCom ruling. If the ArbCom ruled that editors could be blocked for linking to attack sites, I think I can certainly use rollback to revert such edits. It didn't imply that your edit was vandalism, but it did imply that this was more than just a disagreement about whether the link was relevant or not.
Opposing making WP:BADSITES a policy is fine. Opposing the removal of links to websites that harass editors is not fine. I have removed many harassing links and PI edits in the past, in an extremely discreet way, as I mentioned elsewhere — a quiet removal, an e-mail to the innocent user who put it there, everything ending amicably. But when editors insist on reverting removal of links, while knowing that they are being removed because the person removing them considers them to attack or endanger other editors, they make it very difficult to be discreet. Remember that I have followed your comments on this issue, and I know that you keep opposing the removal of sites that out editors, and point out that you're on one such site. As I've said, you may have the right to expose yourself to risks, but there are others on Wikipedia who are affected by this and who do not want links to remain. Since you were aware of the background of removal of links, and have actively opposed it, I didn't think of you as an innocent newbie who posts something without realizing the damage it can cause, and who then sends back a polite apology in response to my friendly e-mail alerting him as to why I've deleted something he posted from a page history. If you think there's any way that I could have removed the link discreetly, after you reverted twice, I'd be interested to know. My feeling is that you made it impossible for me to do it discreetly. You knew from the previous editor's summary why it was being removed.
I find it interesting that you say you don't really have issues with the link not being in the article. Yet you reverted the editor who removed it on the basis that it was an attack site. Do you not understand that there are people here who feel threatened and violated when people post those links? And I don't mean "threatened and violated" the way you might feel over being told that you could be blocked for linking to a site run by someone who has made it his business for over a year to publicize the personal details of our administrators. I mean threatened and violated by the fact that this is the website of a man who has used that website to harass them. I think it could be okay to link to a website that used to publish such things and had removed them if the site had been taken over by different people with different principles, or if the owner had had some massive religious conversion and had publicly repented of the harm he had done. But not if it's a temporary measure while he's engaged in negotiations that might break down at any moment. If you don't have an issue with the link, and if its existence in the article might distress people who have already been through a great deal (I'm not referring to myself), then why insist on restoring it twice? The article is fine without it, and I'm sure you can't say that you feel positive that Brandt regrets the suffering he has caused to innocent people (Kate never blocked him and never edited his article), and would never publish their details again.
It seems incredible to me that you didn't know that Brandt's site was considered an attack site. I don't think it's normally necessary to stir up new interest by removing things from archives that nobody is looking at. I have not been following his article, and don't have time right now, but his sites were blacklisted until early last month, and when they were removed (against the wishes of several administrators), it was not meant to be seen as okaying their addition. It was because they're not, strictly speaking, spam. They can still be removed, though, and should be in many cases.
Given the scenario that Elinor painted at the BADSITES talk page, of someone being reverted when removing a harassing link, and then being forced into a public discussion which involves lots more people seeing the link, I'd really like you not to hinder the efforts of an administrator or user to deal with these cases discreetly. If someone discreetly removes the link and then you promptly revert, demanding that the person give reasons on the talk page, are you not automatically taking away the power to deal with it discreetly? Wouldn't leaving it there and sending a private e-mail asking for clarification be a lot better, if you're trying to spare stalking victims further distress? In this particular case, the photos of admins are gone, for the time being, but supposing they hadn't been? Did you look before you reverted? (I didn't, but my point is that we can't trust him not to put them back if Jimbo annoys him.) You could be forcing someone to publicly post something like, "KillerChihuahua's name and phone number are at the bottom of the page if you go to the second link from the left." If someone claims that the link is an attack link, surely you shouldn't immediately replace it and insist that it stay there for everyone to click on until the person has explained exactly what and where the attack is! Would you have put back my stalker's personal website until someone had shown you where exactly you could find my father's phone number and the comments about my breasts?
I may not be posting much in the next few days. But I'd like you to think about what I've written. And remember in particular that while you may feel safe with the hivemind pages gone, others may not. It's not as if it's a new webmaster with a completely different set of moral principles. It's the same man, temporarily trying a new approach. What if he decides that his new approach doesn't work? Musical Linguist 01:37, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Squeak,
Just visted the unmentionable site and had no idea Brandt put up the Hivemind site as a result of this controversy. I guess he decided "his new approach doesn't work." How about that?
Hi SqueakBox. Your insistance on adding the "Globalize" tag really is getting pretty annoying. Another editor (not Viriditas, not me, quite independent) removed it about a week ago with the comment that the article seemed to have quite a few examples of international hippiedom; thus he felt the "Globalize" tag was unwarranted. Of course Viriditas and I agree.
Why don't you just add what you want, sourced of course, and stop being such a pest! Apostle12 05:29, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Pest is personal attack,please dont engage in such a thing, that is really annoying and makes your irritation fade into insignificance. The article needs globalisiojng as is very US dominated still and why are you getting annoyed at a perfectly good use of a perfectly good attack. if you think such a tag is an attack on the article you m,isunderstand the nature of tagging, SqueakBox 15:11, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
But I thought you had more respect then to stoop to scoring cheap points like that to be honest!--Vintagekits 20:00, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oh come on this has nothing to do with you. As I have stated recently eg here I believe we should be making it easier to have bios of living people on wikipedia and I think Sir William is a good example. This has moree to do with Daniel Brandt than Sir William or you, SqueakBox 20:07, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
With regards this edit here what POV am I pushing?--Vintagekits 16:13, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Both your edit summary and emphasising that it was an inherited title from his father (makes him sound like he never did anything for himself). Do you deny you are anti the British nobility? SqueakBox 16:16, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I do deny it, how many Vicounts, Dukes or Earls have I proposed for deletion? Its only the only ones which are not notable that I am conerned with. If you are going to stand up for these people at least find out the difference between these people.--Vintagekits 16:26, 28 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No answer eh? If you want to stand up for Baronets (something that you yourself admitted that you didnt even know what exactly it was) then fine but dont accuse me for being anti British because you are too ignorant to even educate yourself on the subject that you want to argue about.--Vintagekits 19:12, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Another personal attack, eh? I am finding all this pretty unpleasant, your behaviour is way beyond acceptability, SqueakBox 19:15, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Stop edit waring and removing referenced material to push you POV. I have proven its usage - over 50,000 ghits prove its common usage. You are embrassing yourself this week and losing any credability that you had with you POV actions.--Vintagekits 12:25, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Lol, what utter rubbish. Your POV pushing is what is losing you credibility. Please stop trying to push your hatred of British culture on wikipedia, its not what the project is for,SqueakBox 18:58, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Listen I am getting pretty [censored obscenity] off with you stating that my motivation with regards my editing is based on hatred of Nritish people or British culture. Either you withdraw that or I am going to report you. Like above when your argument was the same you refused to answer me when you realised you were wrong. If you cant learn to have respect for opposing views then dont edit on wiki. I am happy for you to robustly question and query my edits but I dont not appriciate your accusations.--Vintagekits 19:04, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am basing myself on your behaviour at the Arbuthnot afd so I dont think you are going to get any sympathy from anyone. You do have a really strong anti-Britishj POV and that is getting on a lot of people's nerves. Your claim that I was wrong could easily be construed as a personal attack, as indeed could many of your contribs. if you dont want my criticism stop leaving aggressive notes attacking me on my talk page, and if you report me expect your agressive attitude to be under scrutiny and if you want a withdrawal withdraw your comments about me, SqueakBox 19:09, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You have accused me of "editing is based on hatred of Nritish people or British culture" - can you show me the exact edit. Where I have done this? If you cant stop making these accusations--Vintagekits 19:27, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Your labelling Lady Thatcher a prostitute is a good example [25] as is your edit comment here on its inevitable revert. Your campaingn against Brit editors defending Sir William's article is another, your claim that Malvinas is an English word is a third as is your whole attitude towards those British editors who disagree with you, yopur multiple edits to the Sir William afd being a good example, SqueakBox 19:39, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If you are going to straight out lie then you should not reply. 1. I didnt not label "Lady Thatcher a prostitute" - please provide diffs if I did! 2. "Malvinas is an Enfglish word" it is I provided references! - And even if I did this, how does this equate to being a racist of being motivated through hate? If you are going to accuse please provide diffs as evidence!--Vintagekits 19:44, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I havent said you are rascist, and no, Malvinas is a Spanish word, I know that as I speak Spanish fluently. What am I lying about, your campaign against ediotrs wanting to keep the Sir William article, your labelling of Baroness Thatcher as a prostitute or what? Just quit using my talk page to express your frutration in the form of personal attacks such as liar etc, which you know is just blowing in the wind, SqueakBox 19:48, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The word Malvinas is used plainly in English - I provided you the references a thousand time - therefore you have no right ot say I am motivated by hate. 2. My campaign as you call it is based on WP:N - he simply isnt notable - the AfD shows there are many who agree. 3. I did not call Maggie a whore a well known world leader, Quaddafi did - it is again referenced. You are so blinded by your pro British POV that you think that anyone that disagrees with you must hate all British people! absurd!--Vintagekits 19:56, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If you arent motivated by an anti Brit POV why so many claims that I have a pro-Brit POV? Why try to push Malvinas as an English word (something you have lamentably failed to prove) when you know that by making it an English word you insert the Argentine POV that the islands should belong to them? And mostly why the outbursts att eh Sir William afd, behaviour that I have no time at all for, SqueakBox 21:02, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
We are going around in circle and you are beoming less and less reseaonable. 1. Like a said the "Sir William AfD" is based on policy - he is simply not notable - again have I nominated any Dukes or Earls for AfD. 2. As for "when you know that by making it an English word you insert the Argentine POV that the islands should belong to them?" That is simply incorrect - many people use the terms for various geo-political or political reason but the issue is that it is used - in excess of 50,000 ghits on English language Google prove that. To censor the term is absurd and highlights your pro-Brit POV this is in contrast to my fact based perspective.--Vintagekits 09:26, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You have quoted precisely nothing and if you start calling me a vandal for following policy and making edits that have been consensualised be my guest but you do know better and everyone knows this. False vandalism claims for POV pushing are always empty claims, SqueakBox 16:29, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, could you please explain on the article's talk page why you consider it goes against NPOV.
Cheers.
Philip Cross 19:04, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I thought I already did. Using an obscure name when the common name is available is, IMO, making for a POV article (and there are plenty of entecedents for using this tag for naming disputes, eg Rastafarianism, SqueakBox 19:11, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The last "consensus" was Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas). Gibnews then altered this here [26] (without any discussion on the talk page), and then you slightly modified it. [27]. I see no suggestion of this on the talk page. Therefore, the state prior to Gibnews' alteration was the last consensus. The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick 23:58, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
(ec)I managed to misread what you reverted to before, my apologies (my eyes arent always so good, and especially today though this must have been a brain problem, being sloppy) and yes I am very happy with this version, SqueakBox 00:02, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Brandt is a banned editor again. Replying to him on Wiki is counterproductive. In the future, please do not reply to him and please do not restore comments of banned editors that have been removed. Thanks. JoshuaZ 01:19, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I strongly suggest you refrain from removing my comments as you have no justification for doing so, SqueakBox 01:21, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Are you suggesting that you would not object if only Brandt's comments were removed leaving a completely nonsensical remainder of a conversation? Use some common sense please. JoshuaZ 01:24, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Actually I strongly object to removing the Brandt comments given that Brandt was unblocked by Jimbo recently and IMO restoring his comments is done with the best intyerests of wikipedia at heart. But for the record I may not have the right to restore DB's comments but I do have the right to restore my own. Your assumption that I am not using common sense is bad faith so please dont make such an assumption as doing so will make your judgement of me wrong. Regards, SqueakBox 01:35, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Two distinct issues: 1) should Brandt's comments be removed- I have trouble seeing how the answer isn't "yes". Jimbo's reblock by any reasonable defintion constituted a reconfirmation of Jimbo's and the community's bans. What I meant by common sense was the matter of having pieces of conversations left lying around when other elements are left. All that does is leaves a gaping wound on the talk page and doesn't accomplish anything. JoshuaZ 01:44, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well IMO removing DB's comments isnt helpful at all when his comments in themselves are harmless (no legal threats etc) and useful. Given the restoration of HM and BLP and HJimbo's block/unblock acts I think we should give DB space when he behaves. As I dont agree with your deletion I think a gaping whole is better than wholesale deletion and worse than not reverting the comments. If you delete the comments again I wont restore the DB comments but will restore mine and WAS's. Best wishes, SqueakBox 01:52, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It is entirely unacceptable to delete a good reference from an article and then delete material alleging that it is unsourced.--Runcorn 22:39, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You clearly have neither learnt to reference nor to be civil to other users. if you cant get it together to learn how to edit wikipedia and you then accuse of others of vandalsim I suggest you read policy and learn how to do things like everyone else. your template was an unacceptable personal attack and has ben removed. please desist, SqueakBox 22:42, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The next time you remove a warning notice from your talk page, you will be blocked. Please abide by WP:Civil.--Runcorn 23:02, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Its my user page and I have the right to edit it as I see fit. If you put unsigned templates on the page of an experienced good faith user with no reference as to what I am supposed to have vandalsied expect it to be removed but anyway the consensus is that people have the right to remove unwanted material from their user pages without being blocked. I have remianed civil throughout and dont understand your be civil notice, indeed I dont understand any of this, I saw a badly formatted reference and removed it. If you can format it in the text I wont remove it again but i have never seen a reference placed in the ref section, ever, SqueakBox 23:37, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your response. I have to admit my shock over such a reaction like that. I may just keep an eye on things and see how it goes but I am the friendlier type and try hard to stay away from stressful things that take the fun away. Have a good night, --Crohnie 00:17, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've never been as good as others at counting reversions that amount to violations. Does it look to you as if there's a problem at Child sexual abuse?
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It appears to me that all of these are reverts, though not all revert the same info. -Will Beback · † · 01:23, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think not, and I have actually given it a good look. They are just too disimilar other than the last 2I'll put this one on my watchlist though I would hope with this subject, as opposed to the activism article, that the weight of evidence and users isnt going to be on the side of users like Vob. I suspect if a user like Vob keeps editinmg in very difficult ways then dispute resolution is probably going to be the only effective, long term answer. I have no idea if the arbcom have ever dealt with cases in this area before, SqueakBox 02:20, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, he went ahead and reverted again, so I've filed a report. He's not just reverting, he's doing blind reverts back to some older version. Certainly an aggressive editor. -Will Beback · † · 05:30, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes I see he has an 18 hour block for that, SqueakBox 05:33, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The suggestion here is that Voice of Britain is banned user BlueRibbon but I have no idea of the veracity of this other than that both appear to be British, SqueakBox 06:24, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm going to assume that you're not aware that the comments you restored on WP:BLPN were posted by the banned User:Gibraltarian, who has an appalling and long-running history of vandalism, sock-puppeteering and abusive conduct (for which he was banned in Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Gibraltarian). Please don't restore them again. -- ChrisO 17:23, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You are right there. While I didnt agree with his vandalism comments re yourself I saw nothing wriong with the complaint and am baffled as to how Juan Carlos can be considered King of a place where the Spanish absolutely do Not have soveriegnty. But no, I didnt know anything about Gibraltarian and wouldnt have restored his comments at BLP if i had known. if you had put that in your edit summary at BLP I wouldnt have reverted you. Cheers, SqueakBox 17:34, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Box_and_I.JPG, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. User:Gay Cdn(talk)(Contr) 22:15, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hey SqueakBox! I saw your well-reasoned post regarding to pedophile users, and I do agree with you on many points. On one issue, however, I have strong reservation about, that whether pedophile editors who have not committed any crimes should be allowed to self-identify as pedophiles. On one hand, they might attract trolls; on another hand, however, we are establishing a precedent that we can prohibit some viewpoints of users from being self-identified. In the future, we might see ban of users who self-identify as "ultra-liberal", "very conservative", "anarchist", or having other controversial views. How do you view on this dilemma? Thanks! WooyiTalk, Editor review 23:14, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think we are on safe ground with peadophiles because of the illegality of the expressed desire whereas I dont think that is so for political views. The other issue more similar, IMO, is cannabis. I also think people should only be banned for refusing to remove contentious material and never for merely expressing it in the first place, SqueakBox 02:38, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
But currently pro-cannabis userbox is allowed and generally tolerated. Myself has a userbox that express my opposition to War on Drugs without specific mention of cannabis (well, I don't use cannabis, but that's off topic). I don't think "this user is pro-cannabis" is offensive or inflammatory. Also, the scope of "illegal activity" is overbroad. If a user say, like, he is a libertarian, it would imply that he support the legalization of many things currently illegal. Or if a user say he's an anarchist, an admin would well ban him based on the possibility that the user wants to violently overthrow governments. So prohibition of expression in support of an illegal activity shouldn't be banned, either. WooyiTalk, Editor review 03:24, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, you will no doubt have noticed my name appearing in the above discussion. I note that you provided a link to Pedophile activism below an anon post below one of mine. I trust I am right in supposing that this in no way reflects an interpretation of my motives in tempering an emotive discussion by noting what is and what isn't illegal as regards the subject? I would be grateful if you could confirm my understanding. Thanks. LessHeard vanU 14:19, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No, I was seeing if anyone wanted to join in editing that page and certainly wasn not thinking of you in particular at all nor do I distrust your motives from what I see of your user page, SqueakBox 18:52, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Cool. I'll have a look at the mentioned article. I am unlikely to contribute since I know little and care less about the subject but my ultra-liberal tendencies may get me mis-interpreted. While this does not unduly bother me I think the subject matter needs a certain distance. LessHeard vanU 20:02, 5 May 2007 (UTC) ps. Would you like me to make you a talkpage archive, or are you fine with your contents list?[reply]
Oh, well! So much for good intentions. I'll watch it for a while in case of responses to my edits/talk, but then I'll let it drop. If you think I can contribute further at any stage, let me know. LessHeard vanU 21:33, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hey SqueakBox probably you didn't notice my original message on your userpage, since LessHeard posted a message just below mine. WooyiTalk, Editor review 22:19, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
[Child sexual abuse] article and [User:Voice of Britain][edit]
This user continues to engage in aggressive editing, ignores others, and engages in multiple reverts. I see he has been blocked again for several hours. What other steps can be taken to stop him. He is a very disruptive influence on this article and disregards what others have to say. I do not see him showing an interest in building consensus. Your suggestions would be apprecited. Thanks. DPetersontalk 03:23, 6 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I see that DPeterson filed a User Conduct (see article talk page for Child sexual abuse). I also see that Voice has a "hit list" on this talk page with several names (mine just added) along with yours and I find that intimidating. SamDavidson 01:08, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Other than the RfC what other options are there to stop this behavior and the POV pushing? DPetersontalk 18:00, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The next step is Wikipedia:Request for arbitration. IMO we have a strong case, and especially as JonesRD was accused of making an illegal statement in an edit summary today, SqueakBox 19:17, 9 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Look at the section I pulled out, and how many times Merkey is namedropped, who is editing in good faith, but the whole section is Non-NPOV, not sourced properly, and fails verifiability and riginal research
Well I didnt restore the Merkey bit as no connection between the 2 users has been demonstrated but do feel that we should do our best to make something of the rest of this new section through reffing it etc, SqueakBox 20:29, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
My apologies if I'm being stupid: I've replied here. I'm just a bit confused, but I'm sure we'll clear it all up.
By the way, are you sure you wouldn't like to archive this talk page? It's very big. Cheers, MoreschiTalk 17:39, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am sure about the archive, and hey I dont have any issues with you as an ediotr but just am not sure enought o give you my support right now, though unless I provoke a snowball you clearly will get those extra buttons, SqueakBox 17:51, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. I'm glad we could clear that up. Cheers, MoreschiTalk 18:03, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The definition of edit warring is to repeatedly revert a page, which you are doing despite there being reasoned talk page objections to your changes from multiple editors. From a policy/3RR standpoint, the warning applies equally to both of us since I am acknowledging the edit war and therefore my awareness of the rules against continuing it.--tjstrftalk 23:37, 8 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
From Willbeback? Sort of. But what he said, and I believe we can all agree with, is that articles should include the views of those who criticize/oppose their subjects. What you are trying to include is not about the pedophile activism/"childlove" movement, but rather a person who is standing against child prostitution in Mexico. While it's great that she's doing that, unless there is something to her work (or her book) in which she specifically was speaking out/acting against pedophile activism, it really doesn't belong in the article.
Just to make myself clear, since this may be a misunderstanding caused by how you were writing your addition, I'll phrase it as a question: In her book, does Lydia Ribeiro address the ideas of the pedophile activist/childlove movement specifically? If she does, then probably those parts of her book could be mentioned in the article somewhere. If not, and she simply is in opposition to child prostitution, then she's not an anti-pedophile activist.
Remember, while a person may be an activist against pedophilia in the sense of child molestation, that does not make them an anti-pedophile activist in the sense of the article, both since it uses pedophile to mean the attraction rather than the related crimes and because the subject of the article is pedophile activism as a specific movement.
In short:
Activist against "pedophilia" as a crime: not relevant to article.
Implying that "guys who like younger guys" are disgusting is offensive and bigotted. Please don't. -Jillium 02:11, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It says " The place for young guys who like younger guys" which IMO is disgusting, SqueakBox 02:14, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I guess my point got lost somewhere along the way... -Jillium 02:56, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What is so offensive about a 23 year old man who is friends with a 22 year old? AT is among the milder of the sites concerned, anyway. --Jim♥Burton 01:45, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
18:52, 10 May 2007 SqueakBox (Talk | contribs) moved Decriminalization of marijuana in the United States to Decriminalization of cannabis in the United States over redirect (using generic wikipedia wide term
I reverted your move per talk page dicussion; please do not move the page again or please dicuss your reasons for wanting to move the page before doing so. Thank you. —User:Christopher Mann McKay 02:40, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well you shouldnt have. All the cannabis related articles use the word cannabis in the title. That you failed to fix the redirects "because it was too much work" is bad as it creates Wikipedia:Double redirects. Also you reverted my linking to cannabis (drug) to relink to the article about cannabis the plant. yet cannabis a s a drug is absolutely the relevant article for legalization isues. Please dont do this again, SqueakBox 17:24, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I shouldn't have reverted your edit, which changed cannabis to cannabis (drug), my mistake, but all your other edits were valid reverts. I know the policy regarding double redirects, but it would be too much work for me to change all the re-directs you changed, why don't you change them back? —User:Christopher Mann McKay 18:19, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Your comment, "All the cannabis related articles use the word cannabis in the title"
Please read the Wikipedia: Manual of Style, which says, Articles that focus on a topic specific to a particular English-speaking country should generally conform to the usage and spelling of that country. For example: American Civil War: American English usage and spelling; Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings: British English usage and spelling. Cannabis is refered to most often as marijuana in the United States, so marijuana is what these articles should use. Other articles are named cannabis because they are not about the United States.
The articles all are called cannabis. Your slap happy attitude combined with false vandalsim accusations rubs me up the wrong way. Please desist, SqueakBox 18:27, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It is not false vandalism, instead of following Wikipedia:Requested moves#Requesting a potentially controversial page move, you decided that you should move three articles without any dicussion or Template:Move and when I reverted your edits and told you why, you continued to move the articles, instead of dealing with the controversial move in the proper way. This is considered vandalism, as you are ignoring the proper way to deal with controversial page move. I don't understand why you don't get this, why would there be a Template:Uw-move3 if not for this exact reason? —User:Christopher Mann McKay 21:07, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It is absolutely not considered vandalism. Edit warring (both of us) and POV dispute, yes, but vandals wreck the encyclopedia and even your failure to address the double redirects is not vandalism. Making up bad faith rules or rules to suit you isnt how things work here, please accept that this isnt vandalsim or seek advice from someone else or just read the guide to vandalsim pages, SqueakBox 21:17, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, I think you are right. We are writing an international encyclopedia so we need to use internationally acceptable terminology. Cannabis is the correct international term. While the U.S. government use the term "marijuana" and give notoriously harsh penalty on its users, it does not mean the international community has to do the same. The term "marijuana" is racially derogatory (taken from Spanish to stigmatize Mexicans). Also off topic, "Hemp" is the traditional American term before its criminalization, so in this sense "marijuana" is un-American :-) WooyiTalk to me? 21:23, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Wooyi- are you saying the Wikipedia Manual of Style should be ignored, even when in the first sentence of the article is says "marijuana (also referred to as cannabis)" to prevent confusion? Since when were Wikipedia guidelines ignored? —User:Christopher Mann McKay 21:28, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Since when does MoS suport slang terms. We are absolutely not saying MoS should be ignored, it should be adhered to whichh you are not doing, SqueakBox 21:28, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Looks to me like you're edit warring over this, SqueakBox. Since there's controversy over these moves, please advertise them on Wikipedia:Requested moves and discuss them on the talk page to reach a consensual decision on what to do about these pages, rather than warring over them. --Tony Sidaway 19:55, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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I was very confused by what an obvious vandal was doing but it has now been fixed, SqueakBox 21:31, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
My curiosity was aroused by your complaints about an edit on the Margaret Thatcher page. The passage that you removed was unnecessary because the "human rights abuses" by Pinochet were already referred to earlier in the same sentence. It was not, however, POV, since the things mentioned indisputably happened. And since when has torture, murder, etc. been "utterly irrelevant" to someone's attitude toward the person responsible?
You were correct to edit out the passage, but your comments in the edit summary were ridiculously POV. Please do not in future ram your tendentious attitudinizing down other Wikipedia users' throats. 81.145.240.181 00:34, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
There is an extensive and ongoing dispute on the talk page for this article. One editor seems to feel very strongly about his POV and a number of others disagree. I think a cool head would be beneficial here (I know it would help me too). If you would look in here and comment or make a suggestion, that would be great. DPetersontalk 01:49, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Could you please stop accusing me of being racist. On one occasion, you actually removed the 'racist' material, which created the obvious problem of making it look like your accusations had any merit at all.
Although you seem to be of an absolutist mindset, you should at least be expected to understand and tolerate those of a relativist outlook. Hypothetically justifying racist abuse by bestowing honour upon the dirty object with which the individual is compared is obviously one pertinent way of demonstrating relativism, as opposed to racism --Jim♥Burton 12:14, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
man this guy's a prick (with apologies to the wiki spirits for any karma upset) - you're way out of line burton mister, and squeakers here deserves much kudos man for calling it as it is. get gone jim burt. Why oh why not? 23:53, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If you wish to raise a point regarding my edits or complaints, without making insults or flames, you are free to write to my talk page. Jim♥Burton 02:34, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
And what is your point? Jim♥Burton 00:41, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Obvious, mate, SqueakBox 04:11, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'll pre - empt your objection as a complaint that I'm using 'anti vandalism' (auto revert/undo) technology to dispose of your edits. This is not an attack, since I would perform exactly the same edit without that option. On the other hand, accusing others of racism, agenda, activism and the systemic promotion of promotion pedophilia and 'child rape' is most certainly an unjustified attack. Jim♥Burton 05:24, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I never said you promoted child rape. What are you on about? You did compare black people to a crock of shit which in my eyes absolutely makes you a rascist, SqueakBox 21:36, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
'another step on the road to allowing our children to be molested', 'trying to make pedophile activism look like the best thing...' or somesuch. You may want to read the archive before accusing me of making that comparison. I did not compare. I hypothesized about a situation in which one could compare without being a racist. Jim♥Burton 07:33, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It's probably a bad idea to get involved in an edit war over this. I strongly advise you to steer clear of it because of the likelihood that your edits will be misinterpreted as trolling. --Tony Sidaway 18:48, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
There was a tremendous confusion at the beginning as my attention was drawn by a vandalism. Its been put through Rfc and I wont add this to the GNAA page again but will let due process unfold, SqueakBox 18:51, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I agree the appearance of edit warring is false, due to someone reverting you to a vandalized version. HighInBC(Need help? Ask me) 20:08, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please look at the Discussion Page for the article on Pedophile activism. In the history of that page you will see where I have offered an explanation of the deletion that I think should be made within the main article. Homologeo 05:04, 15 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, now the group has filed an RfC on me and you might want to look at it and comment, if you feel so inclined...Supporting it is Voice of Britain and a related party! The RfC is at: [[34]] regards. DPetersontalk 12:23, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, may I suggest that you start archiving your talk page. It is currently 503 KB long (very big for a bunch of text on a page). Also it loads slowly and uses up a lot of memory while typing on it--Cadet hastings 13:37, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes I just wanted him to know that Spaniards and Latin Americans at least most with the expections of Argentines and Uruguayans are very different. We hardly ever use Gringo. We use the term Yankee.(XGustaX 20:03, 20 May 2007 (UTC))[reply]
I am in Central America where again things are very different. We use yanks a lot to describe Americans in the UK though I was always told that yanks are specifically East Coast Americans. Never been to the south cone (hope to one day) but I know Spain and never heard the woprd Gringo there. Here in CA it is used, SqueakBox 20:06, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, Yeah I have heard of that. Yeah, we are like Spain in that we hardly ever use Gringo and much more use Yankee. In fact we get that because most Europeans as you know call Americans Yankees. Yeah I mean in the US Yankee means someone from the North it is used normally in the South of the US. Great chatting with you. Cheers. (XGustaX 20:11, 20 May 2007 (UTC))[reply]
How d'ya figure? Plenty of folks who don't know better start at his talk page without it being trolling. - CHAIRBOY (☎) 00:51, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I had a look at the user's talk page and took my call from there. Whatever, it didnt look like the kind of stuff Jimbo should spend his time investigating, just another angrey person, and it was his comments in his contribs that provoked my comment to be honest, SqueakBox 01:09, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I haven't really kept up with things lately as I should. I guess I'm kind of at a low energy state right now and when my watchlist is lit up with like 60 changes apiece to several articles it's like ohhh noo. I really appreciate you stepping up to the plate and taking on V of B. Herostratus 12:39, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Let's take a moment to examine the situation... I asked him "What the heck happened yesterday What did you do to accidentally block all of wikipedia?" (I don't understand how you could think I was implying he did it on purpose since the word "accidentally" is clearly in the sentence but in any event). He ignored me. I gave him 2 days and checked his activity to make sure he had been on wikipedia and seen my question so I tried being mildly sarcastic... I wrote "Thank you for (not) answering my question... how administrator-like of you.". I didn't call him a name... I didn't post a non sequetor remark (although if he had ignored it at that point I would've dropped it). He responds by calling me a TROLL. Like I'm just posting on his board to see me own text (i.e. hear my own voice)... Three questions...
Why do you and he assume my initial question was not serious?
Are administartors supposed to help explain thigns to people? (maybe the answer is no... you tell me)
For humiliating him after he made a simple mistake and suggesting he should be de sysopped for it. Leave the man be, SqueakBox 15:54, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
For one thing, I didn't make a mistake - the block was valid. The mistake was made by the developers. Second of all, I'm hardly humiliated by it, I found the whole thing hilarious; what annoyed me was, when I didn't respond within 3 days (my edit history shows I've not been very active lately), he said how "administrator-like" it was of me to ignore him, and THAT is what set me off. --Golbez 18:14, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I share your sense of hilarity, lol, SqueakBox 03:18, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Humiliating him? How sensetive is this place. I just wanted some information. It certainly wasn't my intent to humiliate him but perhaps he needs to develope thicker skin. It also might've helped if he actually had tried to be helpful to me. Perhaps showing remorse for making a mistake might've also helped.--Dr who1975 16:15, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If he is so concerned with huiliating people how come I';m the guy with the word "Troll" on my discussion page. Damn that's hypocritical.--Dr who1975 16:19, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't delete your comments... I moved them... you deleted my response to your comment with your revision.... perhaps I should've said something in my edit summary.--Dr who1975 16:28, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
thanks for the (very fast) reaction! i have edited the page before and now im just whacking in a few references from the links section - shame that the person who left the "fact" tags couldnt have done that himself or herself ... Mujinga 18:58, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I read your comments at the Merkey RfC - I know what you're saying, but I think you missed the point rather. We'd all like Merkey to contribute (carefully, since by his own admission he is strongly biased) within his fields of expertise; the problem arises when anybody has even a slight difference of opinion. He then goes off the deep end quite spectacularly, and spreads his dissatisfaction far and wide in the search for a sympathetic audience. I am coming to the view that he does not engage in calm debate with his opponents because he can't, not because he doesn't want to. He sees SCOX trolls under every bed, and discounts every disagreement as being a personal vendetta against him. I honestly have no idea how to fix this, but do feel free to make some suggestions on his Talk page if you can think of any. Guy (Help!) 13:40, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please don't vandalism the article Britain and Ireland again. It DOES NOT already exist. It is under construction. (Sarah777 00:13, 30 May 2007 (UTC))[reply]
Dont make vadalism allegations you cant back up. I have db'd it, SqueakBox 00:14, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You blanked an article I am creating. That is vandalism. (Sarah777 00:18, 30 May 2007 (UTC))[reply]
No I did not, I redirected it [36]. Blanking would have been vandalism but redirecting clearly involves a content dispute. This article will go to afd so i suggest you improve it for that if you can, SqueakBox 00:20, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, that will give me some time; last time it was gone before I got started. You aren't helping btw - can you cite where the article so far lacks neutrality? If not you might PLEASE remove your tag. Thanks (Sarah777 00:24, 30 May 2007 (UTC))[reply]
I have tried a different redirect but wont revert you again on this tonight. The whole article is a POV fork as I shall say in the afd if you do revert me agin. Cheers, SqueakBox 00:26, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
And I shall say your redirects (which blank the page) are manifest vandalism! Goodnight. (Sarah777 00:33, 30 May 2007 (UTC))[reply]
Sorry I missed that you'd also wikilinked the continent in your edit. I reverted "nations" as there are states, nations and other entities in these discussions. The term "jurisdictions" is a nicer umbrella term.
We're trying to keep the lead paragraph consistent across all the Ages of consent in..." articles. I'm toying with the idea of making it a template. Passing the template the unique name ("North America" or "Africa").
Good idea to wikilink the continent though, I'll add that to the others now. Cheers Squeeky. --Monotonehell 05:32, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Are you sure?
The geographic map is simply a arbitrary division for the Ages of consent in... pages. Otherwise people have endless conversations about whether Turkey is in Europe or Asia, and so on. Even that map was selected from one of 7 different geographical continent models just because it spit the World up into roughly an equal number of countries/states. Without it it's a potential free for all as to which page to list on. --Monotonehell 01:21, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for responding to my call. I was thinking speedy deletion, but I'm not well-informed about policy. As there is already an entry on Whitest_Kids_U'Know, what about a merge? To me, the new Hey There, Kids page does not seem notable in and of itself. -Jmh123 19:35, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds good to me. I have several mergers in mind myself, SqueakBox 19:36, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hello SqueakBox. I have reverted your last edits to Olivenza. Your edits removed information that is factual and makes this article comply with WP:NPOV. This town is de facto Spanish, but de jure Portuguese (in limbo, if you will). Although it is administered by Spain, Spanish sovereignty over it is not recognized by Portugal, and the international border in that area has been disputed by both countries for centuries. Thus this article should not refer to Olivenza as solely being in Spain. Furthermore, Portugal recognizes it as being a municipality of the district of Évora, so it has a rightful place in Category:Municipalities of Portugal. I hope this explains why I reverted you. Best regards, Húsönd 00:33, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry I missed that you'd also wikilinked the continent in your edit. I reverted "nations" as there are states, nations and other entities in these discussions. The term "jurisdictions" is a nicer umbrella term.
We're trying to keep the lead paragraph consistent across all the "Ages of consent in..." articles. I'm toying with the idea of making it a template. Passing the template the unique name ("North America" or "Africa").
Good idea to wikilink the continent though, I'll add that to the others now. Cheers Squeeky. --Monotonehell 05:32, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Are you sure?
The geographic map is simply a arbitrary division for the Ages of consent in... pages. Otherwise people have endless conversations about whether Turkey is in Europe or Asia, and so on. Even that map was selected from one of 7 different geographical continent models just because it spit the World up into roughly an equal number of countries/states. Without it it's a potential free for all as to which page to list on. --Monotonehell 01:21, 1 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Just wanted to let you know that I opened an RfC on myself in response to the concerns raised during my RfA over my actions in the Gary Weiss dispute. The RfC is located here and I welcome any comments or questions you may have. CLA 12:41, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I can here to ask you to remove your Afd of the Monster Pig article. I think your reason of "Fails notability and includes non rlevant info about other hunted pigs also not notable," doesn't work with this article. The subject has been reported on by CNN, Fox News, the AP, MSNBC, ect. All of which are major news outlets. See [37][38][39][40][41][42][43] Also, could you archive your talk page? Thanks, IdeologyTalk to me£ 17:09, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think the article will clearly survive and is in much better shape than before. I wont remove the afd as I would rather wait for an admin to do so but am happy to see it closed and the article retained, SqueakBox 18:09, 2 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Thanks for that. I couldnt find the licence details on wikipedia, it was on the commons and I have now put the same licence on the croppede image, SqueakBox 21:45, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I havent but I have asked someone else to as it is entirely inappropriate on wikipedia and in the nappy/diaper article, SqueakBox 23:56, 6 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The word "stupid" was unnecessary. "Irrelevant" would have been better. Discussion Pages are clearly marked as being for discussing improvement to the article. They are not a forum for POV chit-chat. Conval 19:34, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes but what you missed is that our conversation is helping improve the article. I have already added the link Gustav gave me and our thread contains other good, useful info for the article, so I would dispute the irrelevant (though obviously my civil note was re the stupid comment)SqueakBox 19:39, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not a wiki editor, just a wiki watcher, (still learning the ropes by lurking); but I just wanted you to know people who care about child abuse issues really, really, appreciate the efforts editors like yourself, Herostratus, DPeterson, and Jmh123 make to keep those articles NPOV. It's a valiant, thankless, job, I expect, and fraught with a lot of trolling and difficulties, but greatly appreciated. Eats, shoots & leaves 17:53, 9 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am not ignoring your comments, I have just promised SlimVirgin to leave the debate until tomorrow at the earliest. There aren't many people who would describe me as a newbie- I am an administrator, and have been a heavy contributor for well over a year. If you want to raise an issue with me, hit me on my talk page. J Milburn 18:32, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No, I did take them on board- I have not commented since recieving them. I am also not attacking you. J Milburn 18:35, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
oops I think I misread the year onn your oldest contribs, I see you have been around a while, but you are still very young in life and your comments werent appreciated re accusing me of trying to tip the balance on the afd while trying to do so yourself. I am happy to debate the rights and wrongs of the DB article in an adult way, SqueakBox 18:39, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
My age isn't particuarly relevent, it doesn't stop me from being an experienced Wikipedia contributor or having valid opinions. I did not accuse you of that, I simply threw it into the equation- whether or not you were trying to do it, it may have had that effect, so I just wanted to make sure that it wasn't happening subliminally. Also, I was not trying to tip the balance myself- I did exactly what you did. I put myself in the role of the closing admin and reviewed the discussion. My point was that what you were saying was not clear-cut at all. No hard feelings were meant. J Milburn 18:48, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Squeak, could you please stop commenting? You've posted eight times already; it not only makes for an aggressive atmosphere, it's probably having the opposite effect to the one you intend because it annoys people. It's best not to fan the flames when feelings are running high. Cheers, SlimVirgin(talk) 18:36, 10 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Simple request - Can you please learn to indent correctly, it helps editors follow the discussion and avoids others having to format your comments. regards--Vintagekits 21:08, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Also can you archieve some of these discussion - if you need a hand doing it I can help.--Vintagekits 21:14, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Its been left unarchived deliberately and in the name of transparency (me being a transparent kind of a guy). Someone tried a fix but it didnt work so i removed it. Thanks for the comment but I dont need any help thanks, SqueakBox 21:17, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. I saw and closed the report that Vintagekits filed on you there. While technically in breach of WP:3RR I understand fully that you were acting to remove a comment on your supposed motive for contributing to the debate. I suggest that if anything like this ever happens again you should ask another user to remove the offending comment for you. Even though you were acting quite properly to remove something unhelpful, edit-warring is always bad. Nest time, please ask for help. Incidentally, do you have any plans to archive this talk page? It's getting rather long. Best wishes and happy editing. --John 21:22, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I see you changed your name. Yes, I hear what you are saying and willt ake that on board. No I dont have plans to archive this talk page, SqueakBox 21:29, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Please make a special effort to interact civilly (or not at all) with User:Vintagekits. --John 22:07, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think not at all isnt an option (given I dont want him permanently blocked) so the special civil effort 'll be how I go with this one, SqueakBox 23:27, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If you ever need a hand, let me know. DPetersontalk 23:39, 12 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I just stumbled on your talk page as a result of your recent ANI posting (via convoluted route). Have you considered archiving? This page was so long that it froze my browser for a good 15-20 seconds, and I dread the wait after I submit this comment. Please consider. PouponOnToast 18:39, 13 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Do you think Vintagekits is using TamB as a sort of "call one's bluff" sockpuppet? As he voted against himself there. --Counter-revolutionary 00:55, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Squeakbox. I wonder if you and OneNight could keep British/Irish dispute that seems to range across the whole project off Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Vintagekits. There is little point in arguing with suspected socks about their motivation, the point is to determine whether they are the same editor as another. Lets keep this focused, please, before it turns into another example of endless bickering. Thanks. Rockpocket 04:28, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, both laprensahn.com and laprensa.hn are correct. Either will get you to the newspaper's web site. I think the laprensahn.com is the older of the two domains, and may be being phased out, but I've seen no notice of that. Rsheptak 00:18, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Simply using profane or strong language is not a personal attack. I did not label any individual, call names, or directly accuse anyone of doing or being anything. I was speaking in generalities about my view on the nature of being a public figure and the responsibilities it entails. 01:46, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
Well do it without insulting and PAs. Your comment is for the most part still intact, SqueakBox 01:48, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Again, my comments do not attack anyone. They mention no specific individual and make no accusations. VanTucky 01:49, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
That's your opinion, its not mine, I think you attacked Angela, SqueakBox 01:50, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have come to think that while what I said wasn't an attack (I certainly don't want to attack Angela, I don't even know the woman) it was irrefutably personal. So of course it doesn't belong in any discussion. Thanks for giving me time to cool off. VanTucky 23:23, 17 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I was wondering if you knew what mix your dog Boddhi is. I have a dog who is IDENTICAL to yours. When I saw his pic in the mix breed section, I thought it was my dog!!! If you could email me and if you know, let me know. My email: piperk1980@aol.com
Boddhi was very much a mongrel. He was born on a farm in southern England and I think his recent ancestors had been working sheepdog, although his mother (who had the long furry features as well) was a pet of new age travellers rather than a working dog. People always asked what breed he was and he simply wasnt. One of his older brothers was completely different and unnotable whereas of his 2 known children one was short furred and the other looked very similar to him but was much smaller. Your dog looks nice, too, and as similar to Boddhi as his mother was, SqueakBox
SqueakBox, I read on an external website about the pedophile's Wikipedia campaign. http://www.corporatesexoffenders.com/wiki/Wikipedia_Campaign. You may have already seen this, but I found it a fascinating and disturbing read, it really sheds light on what you're dealing with here. --MichaelLinnear 00:52, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi SqueakBox and thank you for your welcoming message. I see from your profile that you are a very busy wikipedian, however, if you happen across any of my edits that you feel I could use some advice on or you have suggestions for me, please feel free to mention it to me. Thanks again. --Migglesworth 22:51, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. Please stop!!! explanations coming in two seconds. Pascal.Tesson 23:56, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. I'm reverting all of your removals of this category and I have removed the speedy deletion tag you placed on the category. The latter I have done because "BLP violation" is not a good rationale for speedy deleting a category. I understand (though I probably don't quite share) your concerns about how appropriate this category is but in any case, this is something that should be properly debated. For that very same reason, I am reverting your unilateral decision to remove this cat from all articles that it contained. This is quite simply not the way to go about resolving the issue you may have with its existence. Please start a cfd nomination and if consensus is reached in deleting the category, a bot will take care of its removal. Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 00:00, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
So I see you have chosen to revert all my reverts. Look, I don't want to get into a revert war with you on this whole thing but please be reasonable. Start a proper discussion and, in the meantime, leave the category as it is and leave the categorization of these articles as they are. Otherwise, it's impossible to hold a proper discussion on the subject. Pascal.Tesson 00:03, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You seem to have left for the day. In the meantime, I will revert again the deletion of the categorization tags. Please let me know if you have a problem with that. Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 00:41, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes please take it to XFD dont indulge in mass moves like this. Thanks Taprobanus 15:56, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Probably a good idea to remove the house nunber from the article, but did you know that it is in the linked article on Connaught Square? --BrownHairedGirl(talk) • (contribs) 19:19, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes I just discovered that, SqueakBox 19:21, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I ws attempting to remove your move of the page, because I think contentious moves (like this will be) needs more time before going ahead with the move. I have brought it to ANI, but removing your comment was unintended and I apologize. SirFozzie 21:01, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Moving articles (especially those moves likely to be contentious) is best done after a consensus-building exercise, as you know very well already. Please don't move it again until that takes place. And please archive your talk page, it's getting ridiculous. --John 21:13, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This should not be controversial as Ireland is an island not a state so I felt that having made this clear on the talk page there was no need to gain consensus. Its a very straightforward mistake that needed rectifying and because some people ghave passionate opinions about the subject should not be a reason to not fix a simple error, SqueakBox 21:50, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Some editors don't agree with you though, thus making it a controversial move. --John 21:55, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes but disagreing isnt enough. of the two opposers one focussed entirely on attacking David and I for getting involved and the other said that ireland was the name of the state which is of course incorrect on wikipedia as the state is called RoI and the island Ireland. Wikipedia shoudl not succumb to opinions, we arent a democracy and we are trying to build an accurate encycloepdia and making glaring mistakes is not good, it just weakens our credibility as an acvcurate source of information and in this case that is obvious, SqueakBox 22:02, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The three working languages of the European commision are...[edit]
English, French and German
Yes. I found it surprising but it's true. I guess it's one of the working languages as it is the most spoken language in the EU when you just look at native speakers. English is only the most spoken language in the EU when you look at first and second language speakers. German is one of the three working languages of the European Commission, along with English and French. ...
Why did u delete my question on the discussion area of the article Honduras national team? That kind of information must be verified. Unless u proove brazilians made that jokes at Honduras, the citation must be deleted. Digodf 21:23, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Whoopos! My apologies, I misunderstood what you had actually said, and have removed the offending item from the article, I thought you were saying honduras' football team is a joke, SqueakBox 23:32, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm only aggressive because you keep editing referenced material or making illogical edits. I don't want to be in conflict with you, I think that on the page of the Nartional Front Nordicism and white nationalism are rather conradictory. That is why I insist on it being Nordicism and ethnic nationalism or just Nordicism.
If we ignore the banned users and the SPA newbies I absolutely think there is a consensus and Jmh herself was one of those in favour of the merge so I am surprised she has doubts, SqueakBox 20:45, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I would just assume her doubts had to do with ensuring that form and practice were followed so that there would not be a basis for challenging the merger. My count is that there is a clear consensus for merger (but not total agreement). I see enough support for the merger that going ahead is within bounds, so to speak. At least that is my opinion. DPetersontalk 21:23, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Your assumption is incorrect. My objection is that you asked for a formal proposal to merge, then ignored the results and did as you pleased. Four established users opposed and four supporting is hardly clear consensus. I am fully aware of the difficulties that pro-pedophile editors have presented and how frustrating it can be, but this is not the proper response. It damages the reputation of the project when members act against established guidelines, and the project is losing respect because of it. I can't be associated with this kind of behavior, and have left the project. -Jmh123 17:47, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Squeakbox, I realise that protected versions of pages are not endorsed, but I am concerned that the protected version preserves the preferred version of the sockpuppet of a banned neo-Nazi whose version is rejected by all other editors. He has no incentive to build consensus if his version is preserved by the protection. I am hoping you will contest this protected version. Paul B 22:06, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Sadly, it's too late to suggest I don't contact the admin. Already done! Paul B 22:28, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well you could point out that the edits of banned users should be reverted regardless of content rather than because of the poor quality of the content, SqueakBox 22:37, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Special:Contributions/SqueakBox Please don't redirect a mass of articles without consensus. I'm reverting them back to the agreed upon versions.--Flamgirlant 22:22, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please. There is enought of a consensus to do the redirection...Let's work to make a good article. DPetersontalk 22:38, 3 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The closing admin said no consensus, that is what I am going by.
In the past you and I discussed archiving your talk page, with a few other people joining in, of course. I was just reading through some articles, and I noticed something that would make a great compromise. The purpose of archives is to keep a page from growing very large, as I stated previously. You don't like archives because you feel that they make it hard to navigate through past discussions. Well, how would you feel about the addition of a scroll box? Here's an example:
As you can see, this keeps the page from growing too long while still allowing the past discussions to be navigated in the same way. You would use a much larger scroll box, of course, and you would probably have to remove the images, as these things don't work well with them, but it would be a nice compromise. After doing some research I decided that the memory/loading thing I brought up before was a non-issue, as you said all along. Well, what do you think of the scroll box idea? I would be willing to set it up for you, as this thing makes you fight it to get an accurate preview if you don't get it right on the first try. Cheers, The Hybrid 06:46, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Feel free to impose your system on my talk page and I will try it. I tried Hipocrite's system but it didnt work (I was losing messages etc) and if after a few days I didnt like your system I would get rid of it. Okay? SqueakBox 23:22, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The box just couldn't handle that much text. I've restored all of the images, and made sure that all of your conversations remained in tact. Sorry for clogging up you page history. Peace, The Hybrid 05:41, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Simple, one would spell Alan with one l as the default and spell Johnson without the t as the default (as I did when looking for him here). Or is that just my English prejudice? SqueakBox 22:09, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think my comment needs to stay with tjstrf's comment, feel free to move them both. This is the link, I'll put it in, SqueakBox 23:16, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks much. I'm noticing the discussion you're linking is about the Wikipe-tan lolicon, which is off-topic in the current RfC. Is it okay to just delete this entirely? Both the deletion request and commons:User talk:Jimbo Wales show the same thing, that consensus wasn't achieved and Jimbo ultimately deleted Wikipe-tan, but Jimbo had no objection to the current image.
Also (and I'm sorry to be a pain here), it would be helpful if you could archive some of your talk page. I'm on dialup and this page takes several minutes to complete. I'm clicking Save now, but won't wait for the result to come in — it's just too much of a time-waster. / edgarde 23:33, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think best leave the comment be. You are on dial-up? sounds painful. I am getting a fix to the archive issue, see a couple of threads up, SqueakBox 23:35, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
An admin unilaterally decided to keep the image even thought he consensus ...
This is very misleading to uninvolved editors because "the image" to which you refer is not the image being discussed in this RfC. It would be helpful if you removed this comment entirely — it is off-topic and confusing.
If I knew up front you were referring to lolicon Wikipe-tan, and not the current image, I'd have simply suggested you remove it from the RfC.
Not to make you responsible for my problems, but it's has taken me half an hour (including 1 edit conflict) to type this conversation with you. I'm kind of hoping I don't need to plead my case further. / edgarde 23:49, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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No problem; by the way, you may want to take a look at my archival solution, which just involves one big archive for old stuff, making it easy to search. I got the idea from Durin. -- nae'blis 05:39, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Seeing as you're currently opposing me because of my lack of article writing, I would appreciate if you looked at this. I hope you don't mind me posting this on your talk page, but I know some people probably don't watchlist everything they ever edit. Thanks, RParlateContribs@ (Let's Go Yankees!) 02:03, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You reverted the page move we discussed earlier. Since you hadn't replied in over 20 days I took your silence as agreement. So I moved the North America page to "North and Central America" as you quite rightly pointed out Central America, although included as part of North America in the 7 continent model, had become somewhat of an orphan.
Once again;
The "Ages of consent in..." articles are sub pages of the Age of consent article.
They were created solely because there was too much text for a single article.
We needed an arbitrary way to divide the World up into several articles with roughly the same number of jurisdictions in each.
That division needed to be well defined.
It was decided to use the 7 continent model as only one country (Russia) falls over a boundary and we can use a clear colour key so that people may find the page they need.
The term "Latin America" stands separate from any other division of the World. It does not form part of a holistic demarcation we can easily use.
From the article; "There are several definitions of Latin America, none of them perfect or necessarily logically consistent". As well as not dealing with the rest of the World, this model does not provide a clear and understandable definition within itself.
What possible logical reasons can you have for this move? Disrupting this set of articles in this manner damages the project as a whole. --Monotonehell 21:07, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have already made my reasons abundantly clear. Chopping the real entity of Latin America in half is unacceptabl;e and reflects terribly on the articles (that is why Central Am,erica has been ignored. You know this already and my reason is abundantly logical. Your comments make me think you know little and care less about Latin America, SqueakBox 15:15, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Again I ask you to consider the set of articles as a whole. Consider the reader trying to find an article. How likely is it that someone looking for a particular country would enter the terms "Latin America"?
Do you intend to nominate other divisions for the rest of the World where there are significant cultural differences? You say that this is the reason why there are few articles regarding Central America. Why then are there few articles regarding South America? Or Africa? Or Asia? I suspect the inherent bias of en.wikipedia rather than what page name they appear on. You complain that Central America is being left out and yet you reverted my page move to North and Central America.
How does it reflect terribly on the articles? Why is it unacceptable? All you've provided so far is emotive normative statements. Give me something I can identify with and I'll consider it, I may even agree with you.
Attacking my imagined political position about Latin America is not helpful at all. I could ask you why are you so intent on this objective separatist kind of division? As opposed to a more inclusive World view where all jurisdictions are treated equally? --Monotonehell 04:40, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The reader is exactly who I am considering and all are the other divisions are fine. I was responding to your earlier comments and your resistance to Latin Am,erica as a concept and yoyur sdesire to arbitrarily split Latin America in 2, something that doesnt occur anywhere else in this series of articles, SqueakBox 17:36, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Seeing that you don't seem to be able to be swayed with logic on this I've made a new map and fixed all labels for the links that the move has disrupted. If anyone complains about this scheme I'll refer them to you to defend it. ;) --Monotonehell 22:14, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The thing is, there are other continents which have similar situations where the cultural differences (across Asia for example) are even more vast than from Latin countries to the US. Canada and most of the US have a fairly wide gulf in AOC laws despite their similarities. When we first split the article up into 6 parts we decided to go along completely arbitrary lines to avoid such political/cultural arguments.
Of course now that you've made yourself known, I expect you to contribute well referenced discussions of the laws of the countries that are missing from Ages of consent in Latin America - :) :) Cheeky grin :) :) --Monotonehell 22:28, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oh indeed and starting with Honduras (I got involved because of my paedophile watch involvement). Asia is actually very different, different areasd there are glued together whereas with LA the region was torn apart, SqueakBox 22:46, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I would also like to comment on this. SqueakBox, you are correct that having a North America and a South America article would break Latin America in half. However, if we have an article on Ages of consent in Latin America, what countries are included? Are Belize and the Bahamas included? Mexico? Jamaica? Suriname? Guyana? If not, then where do they go? Suriname and Guyana certainly aren't in North America, and the others I mentioned (and more) are all disputed. No, using Latin America as a region when the subject is not about language is unnecessarily problematic. Also, Monotonehell rightly brings up the question of other regions. Ages of consent in North America currently suffers from an incorrect name, because it excludes Mexico and Central America. This is confusing at best, and it doesn't need to be that way. Using the standard North America and South America is the best option, because it eliminates all questions of POV, is used internationally, and has uncontroversially delineated borders. I advocate reverting Ages of consent in Latin America back to Ages of consent in South America, and moving the content about Mexico and Central America (there still seems to be none, so much for the switch allowing Central America to not be ignored) into Ages of consent in North America. -kotra 21:15, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
We could call it Latin America and the Caribbean. I would strongly opose an arbitrary breaking though my preferred solution wopuld be to have one AoC for the Americas which has a relatively small population (less than either India or Africa), SqueakBox 23:49, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Calling it Latin America and the Caribbean still wouldn't solve the problem of countries in the same region that do not speak Spanish or Portuguese, nor would it solve the problem of the North America article still being incorrectly named, nor would it be consistent with the other regional AoC articles, which are all geographic/political continents, not perceived cultural or social regions. As for your suggestion of one Americas article, that would be a solution only if population was relevant to the AoC articles (and if Australia and Oceania was ignored). However, population isn't relevant to the laws regarding age of consent. What would be more relevant is the number of legal jurisdictions. North and South America each have a comparable number of jurisdictions to the other continents. -kotra 00:53, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
So lets have an AoC in the Americas, though there is no question that Latin America is considered a political region while North America is not, encompassing as it does 2 different regions, one very rich and English s[peaking the other (a third of Latin America) a very poor, Spanish region. Actually Africa, Asia and Europe all have as amny or more states than the Americas, eg Africa has 61 and Asia has a similar number, and that is nearly double the number in the Americas as a whole so your asswertions are incorrect re the number of territories, SqueakBox 00:59, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Personally I think that the 7-continent model is the more political model, because it is used to describe political entities more often. For example, Mexico (a political entity, not a geographic entity) is almost always described as being primarily in North America, not Latin America.[46][47]. Cultural is irrelevant because the article makes no claims about how the age of consent relates to the culture or cultures of the region. The laws are the only thing these articles should describe, and despite your claim to the contrary, some Latin American countries have similar age of consent laws to those in Canada and the US (Argentina and Brazil, for example). Therefore, the Latin America/Anglophone North America model groups the regions by their age of consent laws just as badly as the South America/North America model.
As for treating the United States as one entity, that doesn't make sense in this situation because each US state's description is as long as that of other countries, as it should be because of how the US's laws are set up. The whole purpose of splitting the age of consent articles by region is because having a single article for all the countries would be too long. The reason is length, not cultural division. Probably not even political division either, so the entire Political line of discussion is probably moot anyway.
Since you have said you live in Honduras, I wonder if you are pressing this point because you don't want your country to be in the same category as the United States and/or Canada. I hope that is not the case because that's not what this should be about. The AoC articles make no claims about how the countries are 'similar' culturally, politically, or otherwise. The only things being discussed are the laws. -kotra 03:45, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I forgot to add something: if the previous model didn't work, then the current model doesn't work just as much. There still aren't any sections about Central American countries. -kotra 03:48, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
BTW if we assume the uS contains 50 states we have something over 60 in North America and only 13 in Soyuth America so that doesnt work either. I'll see what I can get together for the Central American states. I dont want my (adopted) country to be in the same page as the US/Canada, not because I am against these countries (I certainly am not that) but because I recognise the culture here is a Latin culture very like South America and not at all like Canada and the US, so be assured it isnt prejudice against the US or Canada that motivates me here or in life (some editors would dsya I have a pro Brit POV but that isnt the same thing at all). But I am pro Latin America and if I have a prejudice here it is not wanting to see it split in two. I am of the opinion (developed during our discussion) that one article for all the Americas would be best, which of course would mean Honduras and the US ont he same page butt hat is okay by me). I dont agree that culture is irrelevant in AoC, quite the opposite I would sday and nor do i agree that Mexico is not considered a part of Latin America but instead a part of North America, that is simply not the case, SqueakBox 19:24, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I don't see why it wouldn't work with over 60 in North America and 13 in South America. There's nothing that says each section has to have the same number of jurisdictions. As I said earlier, the point of breaking the AoC list into regions was so that the articles wouldn't be too long and unwieldy. I don't think North America or South America is in danger of that anytime soon. However, a single article for all the Americas would probably be too long, and it wouldn't fit with the other AoC articles either. Consider North Africa, which is very similar in culture to most of the Middle East. Or Malaysian and Indonesian culture's similary to that of Papua and West Irian Jaya. The areas aren't divided culturally because culture isn't the focus of Age of Consent. It's just a legal topic, nothing more. I don't understand your view that culture is relevant enough to this subject to determine the way the regions are sectioned off, because there aren't any claims made about culture in any of the AoC articles (I might be wrong on this, because I haven't read all of them). But even if it were a cultural subject, drawing borders around cultural areas is extremely difficult and problematic, and needs a well-though-out discussion before changes are made, and anyone who says otherwise is completely ignoring the complexity and unavoidable subjectivity of culture. But if you want to go that route, at least keep it consistent. All the other AoC articles must be reexamined and revised to meet some sort of objective cultural map that reflects some sort of consensus. In my opinion, that's nearly impossible.
As for Mexico not being part of Latin America, I think I was misunderstood. I said that Mexico is described as being primarily part of North America (as the dictionary definitions I linked support), not Latin America. Latin America is noted only secondarily, if at all. Sorry for being unclear there. -kotra 21:19, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You just seem to be justifying splitting Latin America into two whereas I dont think any of your arguments do justify such a split and such a split merely harms the set of articles. There are avrious soluitions thta dont involve splitting this region up and we should use one of them, I think you underestimate how much of one region Hispanic America is, the idea that Brazil and Colombia are in one region and Mexioc, honduras etc in another region simply fails to reflect the reality and there is consistency of AoC in spanish speaking Latin America as attitudes are very similar, SqueakBox 21:24, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I am justifying breaking Latin America in two, but for good reasons: (1) the definition of Latin America is vague at best, (2) both the Latin America/North America model and the Americas model are inconsistent with the other AoC articles, (3) Age of consent is a legal issue, not a language or cultural issue, and (4) the purpose of splitting the AoC articles is for length, not to group them into similar regions. I have provided examples backing up each of these arguments. I have no problem with Latin America, and I'm not totally ignorant about it, either. I work for a nonprofit organization that is devoted to economic development in Latin America and the Caribbean through venture capital and private equity (lavca.org). My work requires good knowledge of LAC and its diversity. But I know when the more universally accepted continent model should be used, and that is the case here. I welcome you to prove me wrong, because I would prefer to leave the articles alone if I was convinced they were better that way. -kotra 22:13, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well I disagree, and AoC is very much of a cultural/political issue, I see you are knowledgerabl;e ont he subject which, from my POV, makes your argument less comprehensible, SqueakBox 22:18, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Could you please explain this edit? The biography section is fully sourced and contains no controversial or libellous material. Why did you remove it? It passes WP:BLP standards. The article is useless without that section.
Secondly, the kidnapping section should be a summary of the kidnapping, which was what was there, not a one-sentence "He was kidnapped on X and released on Y".
If you think it should be removed, please start a discussion on the talk page (or if you really think it's that serious, WP:BLPN) instead of unilaterally removing it. Thanks. –Chacor 01:21, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No the kidnapping section was a lot more than just a summary, it was paragraphs of material already at teh kidnapping article. We should be like everyone else and respect Johnston's privacy right now which giving personal details of his life is not doing, and thus the material is controversial, SqueakBox 18:50, 8 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
That's nonsense. I'd challenge you to go to BLPN - there would be no consensus to agree this is controversial whatsoever. Since when has Wikipedia censored content for privacy of others? Daniel Brandt doesn't count, he's not notable. This award-winning journalist is. –Chacor 01:47, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Your argument seems to be that you can delete the material because it is "controversial." A BLP argument does not give you the power to remove material merely because it is controversial, it must be both unsourced and controversial. Such is not the case. This is a very famous individual, the information is widely published, there are no privacy concerns here. Quatloo 01:57, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If unsourced then controversy is irrelevant, I am surprised to see you brin gn those 2 together. But the real question is "how does the material I removed improve the biogrpahy" and "how does its removal make for a worse encyclopedia. Johnston was not notable either until a bunch of criminals/terrorists made him so so his notabaility is as a kidnap victim and not as a journalist while he has made a very clear statement of wanting to return to obscurity. Are a few anonymous wikipedians going to stop that? IMO the bio should be merged into the kidnap article as has happened with many victims of British crimes only notabl;e for that reason, eg Murder of Sarah Payne and I am mulling over whether an afd is the answer (given the precedent of merging victims of British crimes inot the bio of the crime itself. At the end of the day I can delete because that is how things work round here, its called the edit button and there are no policies against that. People like to quote imaginary policies to justify opposing deletion of material but I have never come across a real policy that says this is unacceptable), SqueakBox 16:57, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
In the arbitration case involving Attachment Therapy, etc. an editor has requested an injunction so I cannot edit any pages. See: [[48]]. Just want you to be aware so that if that is done you don't think I've lost interest in the various Pedophile related pages. DPetersontalk 22:16, 10 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hey SqueakBox, Melbourne is further south than Auckland. The coordinates are on their respective Wikipedia article pages. In any case, it doesn't matter. As it was pointed out though by Dentren, the discussion of the southern most city is kind of pointless given that it depends on criteria.--Just James 01:34, 11 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry for the delay in replying. (I lost my first reply in a browser crash.) I'm British and I would also spell it Alan by default (which is supported by 206 v. 56 ghits); that is exactly why the hatnote should be on Alan Johnston as people hearing the name would expect it be spelled that way. The spelling of the surname is irrelevant as they are both Johnston; I decided not to disambiguate Alan Johnson in the hatnote as his name is pronounced differently, albeit slightly.
Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesleytalkcontrib 12:40, 11 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sex Games is exactly right. Have you read the book recently? Tony 22:48, 12 July 2007 (UTC)Tony[reply]
That is a matter of interpretation. To call child sexual abuse sex games is bizarre to say the least, downright abusive, IMO. Of course I have never read the book, what you think such filth gets sold where I live, SqueakBox 16:06, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
you deleted Ganja Butter: Eatable oils are used for extraction of the THC from large amounts of Cannabis leaves. The resulting oil is often used in baking cakes.
I was trying to add useful information. I am sorry but "Ganja Butter" should be included. My link page well ok I should have made it better before saving it, I will get a better brief page about that. The leaves are not smoked I was talking about an extraction process using food grade oils, this is commonly done on leaves.
How about we get it right instead of you just deleting my stuff. Thanks.
Please source, SqueakBox 16:07, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Why do you feel his involvement in Transformers is not of interest? Zanimum
Because the subject doesnt want it and I think we should always listen to the subject of a bio, SqueakBox 17:05, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Did you actually read what I had just added, or did you just freak out when "OMG, zanimum edited, must revert!"? Because I was adding about how he empowered Transformers fans to have a legitimate say in the movie, such as the exclusion and appearance of characters. I see absolutely no reason that he wouldn't want to promote this level of communication and fan participation. Murphy has only spoken out against references to Tarantino. -- Zanimum 17:13, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Murphy has spoken out against the article as a whole. And I had never come across you before today so the idea that I would revert because you made the edit is utterly not so. I think the problem was the other editor who revetred my efforts on the article and described me as a committeee. If you revert me I certainly wont revert you again, SqueakBox 17:50, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Murphy has pointed out that the article is illegal but that doesn't seem to matter so you should add it FoolsRushIn 05:27, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What's up with trashing the page with that venn diagram? Also it turns out that diagram is under mediation on the psychoactive drug page: (the diagram is unreferenced and false; plenty of people oppose it; it can and will be removed in accordance with WP:V until it is sourced)
199.125.109.99 23:05, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Re: Second city of the United Kingdom - Request for Rational Debate[edit]
As a recent, and possibly significant, contributor to the Second city of the United Kingdom article, I'd like to direct your attention to this edit on the Talk Page regarding a Request for Rational Debate on the subject of the article. All the best. Sprigot 15:12, 21 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, SqueakBox. I'm wondering what your reason is for removing category:Rape victims from the Sally Yoshino article. You cite "trolling" in your edit summary. It's a legitimate category, and Yoshino says in interviews that she was a victim of rape (it's cited in the article). So, unless you have a reason that Yoshino should not be in this category, I'll add it back later. Regards. Dekkappai 18:42, 22 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I saw that you removed some pictures and categories saying rm trolling. Why was that? :) I don't know about other articles but those Sri Lankan articles which you removed Category:Rape victims, I feel we should keep the category as it is. --♪♫ ĽąĦĩŘǔ ♫♪walkie-talkie 18:44, 22 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What do you have against child molestation and rape? Many of these people are victims of rape In the case of Charlie Keever they found semen from his killer in his mouth? How do you suppose that go there???? his genitals mutilated. I am reverting your edits. What you are doing is trolling. Fighting for Justice 19:47, 22 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What have I got against child molestation and rape? Quite a lot actually. Thanks, SqueakBox 06:18, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I am reporting you to an administrator you are using wikipedia to make a point. THis is not about supporting victims. This is stating facts, everyone who knows these cases knows their perpetrator was convicted of raping the victim. Wikipedia is not your soapbox. Fighting for Justice 20:08, 22 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The category is outing rape victims, that is not acceptable on wikipedia, we are not here to troll the subjects of our articles which is what this category does, SqueakBox 20:09, 22 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
So your issue seems to be with the category, SqueakBox, not its inclusion in particular articles. I'll revert your edit to Sally Yoshino then (who "outs" herself in interviews, by the way), and you can put the category up for a deletion discussion if you wish. Thanks. Dekkappai 20:14, 22 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No body is outing anybody. We are telling the facts concerning the case. This "outing" stuff is in your mind. You can not go around unilaterally removing a valid category just because YOU don't like it. Wikipedia is not a place to prove a point; doing so is disruptive behavior and it may lead to being blocked. Fighting for Justice 20:20, 22 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I suggest that the issue is with the category itself, not its placement on particular articles. If it is placed on an article without a reliable source to back it up, certainly it should be removed, as with any unsupported, controversial claim. But as for removing it from all articles, whether the sources support it or not-- that indicates that the category itself should be brought up for a deletion discussion... Nevermind, I see someone just deleted the category... Dekkappai 20:43, 22 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
All right. If it is deleted then so be it. I had no clue this had happened. Glad to put the issue to rest. Fighting for Justice 20:49, 22 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What definition of 'trolling' are you using here? How is it you feel the category you removed does not apply? Valrith 23:16, 22 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Exactly. You can't go around accusing people of trolling. It puts users on the defensive. Had you told people the category was deleted and that's why you're removing it people may have been more understanding. The assumption of good faith works reciprocally. I'm sure the person who made the category was not trying to "out" anyone like you say. The majority of articles under that category was of people who are already dead, so BLP is invalid. Oh well, that's a different topic. Fighting for Justice 01:01, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
She's alive. See WP:BLP, the category has been deleted as a hopeless blp nightmare that should never have existed, the cat was, IMO, trolling which explains my thought out edit summary, and even dead people deserve our consideration. If the person was being well intentioned it still created a bad product whose end was precisely to out people. Online is real life too and we all have to behave responsibly. If you are really on the side of victims and their families I hope you will support blp on this project, SqueakBox 01:03, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
But the cat wasnt specifically about the dead, and if it were my wife/child/parent who was dead dead I wouldnt want that eternally made public on wikipedia, SqueakBox 03:48, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well if they are WP:NOTABLE and we can write about them in Wikipedia, there is nothing you can do to stop the world from knowing about it. Facts is what we write in Wikipedia not someone's fantacy as to what and what should not be. Thanks Taprobanus 16:19, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, the fact that someone erroneously added it to an article about the living doesn't mean the category is wrong. I realize people misused it and for that I'm glad the category is gone. It appears like no one set any strict rules for the category, and some people went carte blanche using it. That's unfortunate. The name of the dead can be included so long as there is fact, supporting they were raped and murdered, and there is secondary reliable sources. What you or I want is not important here. What is important is enforcing and following wikpedia's criteria and policies. Wikipedia is not censored, nor does it have to change itself to make sensitive people happy. Fighting for Justice 05:00, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have rectreated it and have asked an ANI finding that it should be listed for XFD, not a speedy. Just that you know [[49]]Taprobanus 16:17, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there, I've noticed that you have deleted the category "child molestation victims" from the Axl Rose article a few times with the rationale that it is a blp vio. I do appreciate your concern for wanting to keep blp violations out of Wikipedia, but I don't think that this qualifies as one. Rose himself has stated in several interviews, cited in the article, that he was abused, he's talked about it onstage, he's written lyrics that refer to it, and he has also stated that by going public with it he hopes to help others. I would say that because he has been open about it in major media outlets, it wouldn't qualify as invasion of privacy, and that because the information comes directly from him and there's proof of that, it's not unsourced either. If there are thoughts I'm missing on this and a rationale for leaving it out of the article, please share them. Thanks and best wishes, DanielEng 21:30, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I still think it shouldnt be in a category though I agree that in this case to mention it in the bulk of the article is okay. At the end of the day I got rid of any doubtfuls and if this isnt a doubtful I guess you can return it, SqueakBox 21:38, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Instead of calling the addition of Category:Rape victims to this article "unsourced spec" you could have simply asked for a source. A source has now been provided which specifically states that this woman was a victim of kidnapping, murder, and rape. Simply asking for a source or providing one yourself is certainly better than labeling something as "unsourced spec." --MatthewUND(talk) 22:17, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds nice but contradicts our policies and I am not willing to see people labelled as rape victims here for even 1 minute without a source. We are in the real world and we must all start behaving more responsibly in these delicate issues. if it were my sister/mother/daughter I would be appalled especially with a wrong label, SqueakBox 22:27, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You miss the point totally. Asking for a source in a matter like this is absolutely a good idea. It would also be wise to remove the contested material (which you did) and then ask for a source (which you didn't) before the material is added again. On the other hand, it is a very bad idea to call something in an article "unsourced speculation" simply because it lacks a source and you don't know if it is true or not. By acting as though a thoroughly documented and publicized fact such as Sjodin's rape is "unsourced speculation," you show that you clearly are not familiar with the subject of this article. Also, please don't act as though anyone would mean harm by including this category in an article like this. Unfortunately, Sjodin is famous because she was kidnapped, raped, and murdered so a category like this in an article like this is a no-brainer. You also act as though Sjodin's family would be upset to see this category in this article when, in fact, they would obviously be far more hurt seeing an editor call their daughter's brutal rape "unsourced speculation." I would also point out that your interest seems to only be in this particular category and not the body of the article itself. You removed the rape victim category from the Sjodin article, but you did not remove any of the rape victim text from the article itself. If you feel that something is so "speculative" in nature, your interest in the matter should move beyond the category to the body of the article itself. Again, asking for a source is a good idea...labeling something which you are clearly not familiar with as "speculation" is a bad idea. --MatthewUND(talk) 06:29, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia is neutral. It does not attack, nor does it coddle anybody. Get over yourself and stop trying to act like a victim's advocate. Fighting for Justice 23:06, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Get over yourself? What gibberish is that? How old are you? You may believe that wikipedia is neutral and therefore we can stalk or out whoever we want but many people dont believe such superficial stuff, hence our BLP policy. Its you who are claiming to be a victim advocate while acting in ways that troll victims and their familes. I am not a victim advocate (although I am a serious crime victim having been macheted a few years back and nearly died from the skull fracture) but I am an experienced wikipedian and I absolutly believe that we must be careful and sensitive towards the subjects of our articles, and many, many others believe this as well. Heard of Daniel Brandt? He is the individual who has drawn the stalking nature of wikipedia to the attention of many like myself who were unaware of it before. That you havent got to that point yet is lamentable and hopefully you will do eventually and that you wont damage too many people in the process. By coddling are you actually admitting you dont care about victims and their families? So no wikipedia is not magically neutral, it may be so if we make a huge effort but to assume it is so anyway is naive, and dangerously so, SqueakBox 23:38, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The information in my user page refers to the notion that criminals are held accountable and deserve a punishment befitting their crime. The only people, who attacked or hurt the victim are the criminals. I find your use of the word "troll" to be highly offensive as it suggest that you think I'm on the same level as their perpetrator. I'm not a stalker and I don't know any stalkers. You're going all carte blanche on this term and it is way out of line. You are being way more offensive to me then anything I'm saying about crime victims. I did nothing to them, and these are articles are doing nothing to them. As far as the category is concern it should only apply to people who are dead and if there is credible evidence to support that they were raped. Fighting for Justice 23:57, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I certainly do not mean to imply you are in any way the perpetrator of any of these nasty crimes, apologies if you really think that. I dont feed real trolls and am trying to dialogue as your user page stronlgy implies good faith. But we have genuine issues here at wikipedia. People like Brant consider that articles on people who dont want them is itself stalking those people and I am genuinely trying to minimize harm done and not sensationalise these cases or violate the privacy of victims and their families. To have a child raped and murdered and then for that to appear on wikipedia (which anyone with access to the interent can edit) must be extremely distressing, dont you think. Its taken me years to get to this position, others here feel the same (hence Zscout deleted it as a blp nightmare). If it survives the deletion debate will you then support me in changing the name to decesaed rape victims or some such so we can ensure no living people are involved. This is an important area in which you have an interest and your help would be apprecuated. Same with changing bios to x murder case, this is all donme to protect victims and their families, SqueakBox 00:08, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia has strict policy on what makes a person or event notable. So long as they meet that they can have an article and I find your term "stalking" as exaggerating. We are not giving away their address, we are not giving away their phone number. Wikipedia does not advocate making articles on people who don't want one. None of the article's are sensationalized and if you find one that is; change it. I've written some of them myself and I always use very formal wording. Furthermore, plenty of victim's families have gone publicly and spoken about their loved one's murder. Some have written books or formed victim advocacy groups, so you're partly wrong if you think these people don't want their stories to be told. Marc Klaas, Mark Lunsford, Erin Runnion, Sharon Rocha, John Walsh, Magi Bish, and more are people who've made books or established foundations about the death of their loved one's. Fighting for Justice 00:36, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
For the reasons you outlined I dont oppose the rape victims advocacy category which is appropriate for these cases. It's not me who coined the term stalking for wikipedia articles and it took me a while to agree that this is the case. Wikipedia may not actively advocate articles on people who dont want them but cases such as Don Murphy and Barbara Schwartz indicate these do happen in spite of peoples objections. As I said yesterday I got started on this by wikipedia review, and I am trying to protect the privacy of individuals and their families, SqueakBox 00:41, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, whoever it was that coined the term is very wrong. All it did is allow people such as yourself to abuse it and describe people who are innocent of stalking. Fighting for Justice 01:03, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sharply disagree and if you think I am abuising anything I am wasting my time and we are getting nowhere. How trying to get rid of an outing/stalking cat like rape victims is abuse is completyely beyond me and I dont kn ow how you can say this if you really are a good faith user. I think this conversation is over, please dont continue it on my talk page, SqueakBox 01:19, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Your redirect of Megan Kanka to the Timmendequas article[edit]
A few months ago I proposed that it be done the other way around, but now I see that your way is best. Thank you. I have changed the Timmendequas article to get rid of all the 'allegedly's and bring it more into line with Megan's. --CliffC 01:23, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
changing the title of articles or making redirects, and removing categories is not proof you are on the side of crime victim's. None whatsoever. Fighting for Justice 03:50, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
My overall edits are, whatever you claim. And you clearly are not on the side of victims, you seem obsessed with outing them and I have wasted too much time trying to persuade you otherwise. using wikipedia to advance yoyur lets out victims agenda is not acceptable behaviour on wikipedia. I believe there are going to be efforts to contact the press and organisations like AI (not by me) by people pissed off with this trolling of the victims of crime. Ya basta. IMO the sooner trolls like yourself are outed the better, SqueakBox 03:53, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The only one pushing an agenda is yourself. You obviously came here thinking you can censor wikipedia. This outing stuff is your opinion, not a fact. Fighting for Justice 04:04, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, right, I've only been here a month and I dont really give a shit abiout vidctims, I'm just here to troll you. And if you believe that...now please go away, and if you want to edit here do so in a constructive manner and not with a fierce determination to out victims. If you really believe your own waffle I feel soruy for you but one day you'll have to grow up and take responsibility like the rest of us. Your agenda appears to me to be to troll victims, that doesnt make you a perpetrator but you arent much better and you disgust me personally because of your actions. Now please go away, SqueakBox 04:29, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'll go away as soon as you seize from this sanctimonious attitude you have. Wikipedia does not need anymore self-appointed do-gooders. Real crime activist are legislating tougher penalties for first time sex offenders. Those are the real people caring about crime victims. All you're doing is disrupting articles and deleting and renaming anything you don't like. Fighting for Justice 05:04, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. I have started this thread about your behavior of the past few days. Please do take the time to comment. Thank you. Pascal.Tesson 18:16, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think you have taken it to the wrong place. Glad to see you recognise there are ethical considerations and if you start making unsourced claims that anyone was raped then wiould be the moment for AN/I, SqueakBox 18:43, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I can't escape the feeling you won't care but I find your accusations and insinuations both petty and hurtful. I have not, never have, never will support the inclusion of unsourced claims that person X was raped. I do not support hunting down rape victims and plastering their face all over Wikipedia for enjoyment and I cannot for the life of me imagine how you could get that impression. I do care deeply about Wikipedia and I think your actions are being detrimental to the project. It's great to have ideas for how to make Wikipedia better. We all do. However, most of us recognize that what seems like a great idea might not be seen as a positive change by others and we accept the need to make our case first, open a discussion and remain open-minded. In the very little interaction I have had with you I have seen you completely lose track of WP:CIVIL, I have seen you refuse to discuss with me or anyone else for that matter the depopulation of the category for rape victims (until after the fact of course), I have seen you call for sanctions against other editors when clearly simple dispute resolution avenues can still be sought. You claim on your user page to be a grown man: please start acting as such. Don't go on crusades: you've been here long enough to know that it won't get you anywhere. Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 20:57, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I havent claimed to be a grown man, you can judge that one for yourself, all I do on my user page is say who I am and where I am coming from, though acting like a man is vital to my work not just here but throughout my life, nor to the best of my knowledge have I sought bans on anybody re this issue and certainly not on FfJ for his user name. Depopulating based on policy vios doesnt need disciussing first, just afterwards. This cat is causing a lot of controversy and I am very unhappy that Zscout's speedy was reverted. I also take great care with civil so I see your comment as more of a rant than anything serious to be honest, please get your facts, provide diffs for your accusations etc etc. FfJ is blocked right now while this is what our founder thinks about this case, SqueakBox 21:07, 27 July 2007 (UTC) SqueakBox 21:06, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If diffs are what you want then I'd say that this and this qualifies. So do most of the diffs I cited at ANI. But all of this is besides the point and you may just be able to hear what I'm saying if you took the time to cool down and listen. I'm saying: don't go on crusades and don't start labeling everyone who disagrees with you as a troll or an imbecile. This is a collaborative project and it is not viable if editors forget about what this entails. Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 22:10, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
P.S.: thank you for the Jimbo quote. However, I prefer to think on my own.
Good you can think for yourself! Me too. And I am very calm and if I do get worked up I go offline. I disagree that I am on a crusade but I do take privacy concerns very seriously and like many other people I dont believe wikipedia has the right to stalk or out its article subjects. If people give me a hard time (as they are) re this cat it just shows I am doing my job and I really think if we dont get these issues sorted the long term viability of the project is seriously threatened. This lis no lame eidt war, this is real life and the subjects of our articles are/were real people and that demands our respect. You might care to take a look at this forum page, SqueakBox 22:20, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
See here it is in a nutshell. I'm not here to tell you your opinion on the category is worthless. We do have a slight disagreement on it, although not as deep as you seem to believe. What I am trying to say is: unilaterally and aggressively enforcing changes which you know are likely to be controversial is completely unproductive. You chose to depopulate the cat first and ask questions later. The result was a couple of revert wars, a couple of complaints on ANI, a trading of insults with Ffj (which of course deserves his full share of the blame), a lot of explaining your point to 10 different people who complained about your actions, lots of ill will and lots of comments on the CfD. Now think about it for a second: what would have happened if you'd taken my advice a month ago and created the CfD? That's right: none of the above except the "lots of comments on CfD" part. Added bonus, you would have had more credibility when arguing about the cat's deletion. As a side note: I've said it before on ANI (and oddly you seemed to agree) discussions on Wikipedia Review cannot replace discussions taking place on Wikipedia. I know you are a big believer in the Brandt Gospel but you simply can't assume that conclusions reached in a thread in the WR forum should dictate what needs to be done on Wikipedia. Pascal.Tesson 22:47, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah but I wasnt a Brandt admirer, I really had to learn that one, SqueakBox 22:54, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I guess it takes two sides to create an edit war. As I remember, I don't exactly agree with your world or wiki view - but you have always been someone who argues their case rather than just pushes. Remember, if it ain't worth fighting for it aint worth nuffink. the one pulling down the barricade you are manning! :~) 22:18, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, it looks like you wasted your time. No body there thinks my name is inappropriate. In addition, the very day I started posting here under this name a really well respected administrator was welcoming me. He made no comment about my name. Are you just doing this as payback for reporting you to the 3RR board? That's very disappointing if you are Squeak. I thought you were more mature then that. Oh well. Fighting for Justice 04:08, 26 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Of course it wasnt payback and if the community thinks its fine that's cool by me, SqueakBox 19:38, 26 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Dont accuse me of vandalism for removing unsourced statements, you need to act in a good faith way, SqueakBox 23:17, 26 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I assume good faith until another editor starts acting in bad faith. While this category is being discussed, you're de-populating it. For the third time. That's bad faith. — Malik Shabazz (Talk | contribs) 23:24, 26 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Actually enforcing our policies around that cat is good faith and ignoring our policies and accusing me of vandalism is bad faith. Desist from your bad faith allegations, SqueakBox 23:45, 26 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe, maybe not, but it sure is awfully suspicious how he suddenly jumped in specifically to make a controversial edit that you were arguing for just moments before. It's even more suspicious how quickly you noticed his sockpuppet label.
Regardless, you accused me of being a sockpuppet on far less substantial grounds than this. I will be going through all typical procedures to determine whether this "new user" is a sock of yours or not. Mike D78 04:00, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No I didnt and I am a far more experienced user and cos Im not in the first world it woulod be harder for me to have a sock anyway, I'm in a very small country and if you go through the procedures expect the results that will inevitably happen. You have a record of trolling me (4 fake AN/I reports in one day etc) and I have litle patience for pedophile activists who want to use wikipedia to promoter there "lets fuck children agenda". Now go away, SqueakBox 04:32, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Your accusations against me grow more deranged and distorted everytime you bring them up. I have not trolled you, and the three (not four) AN/I reports I made concerning you were for three separate incidents over the course of a week. Apparently you still feel that revert warring and calling me a "wanker" and a "pervert" was appropriate conduct on your part, though?
Anyway, an admin agreed with me that the actions of the user were highly suspicious and blocked him as a suspected sock, so it's a moot point now. Mike D78 06:55, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
At least 2 anons have expressede their disgust re this page within the last fortnight. Random, I hardly think so. You trolling? definitely. But a sad day for wiklipedia with admins suppoerting pedophuiles who want to get everyone in on the act and nmolest our children (ie pro pedophile activists), SqueakBox 17:50, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Squeak, your emotionalism regarding this topic prevents you from even coming close to approaching it with a proper attitude. A couple of anonomous users having a problem with a controversial article is no justification for anything. You need to learn quit treating editors with whom you disagree with such contempt. Mike D78 21:23, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Emotionalism? Nah, not on this subject. Maybe about Jah Rastafari, my newly adopted country or things concerning my work but not about pedophilies, SqueakBox 21:25, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Greetings. I notice you've done some image cropping for Wikipedia, and that can really improve the visual appeal of articles. I've been adding pictures from the Commons to articles on birds, and many of them would be good pics, but really need to be cropped. If I post a list here, could you crop these and reupload them to the Commons? Thanks, – Quadell(talk) (random) 01:32, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, and if time is a bit tight I can always get one of my employees to do it (practice is good), and I have a commons account already (but dont leave messages there as I hardly ever open it). I look forward to your list, SqueakBox 01:51, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Excellent! I've got lots. Lots. These images vary widely in quality: some only need a minor crop, while other need more significant changes. You may judge that a few are best as they are, and I'll gladly trust your expertise. If changed, they should probably be uploaded under a different name; some are nice compositions as artistic photographs, but should be cropped for use in a taxobox. Thanks! – Quadell(talk) (random) 03:06, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm moving them to here please keep it on your watchlist and add more and comments there. I wont start until next week but I will let you know when I am on the case. Cheers, SqueakBox 03:07, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for going the extra mile on AN/I and being willing to consider how you come across to others, whatever your intentions. I think speaking multiple languages on an international encyclopedia is reasonable, but others, apparently do not, and your willingness to look at it from multiple perspectives shows you know the value of language. KP Botany 06:45, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
please can you explain why you gave the following warning:
"Thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you may want to do. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. SqueakBox 18:48, 29 July 2007 (UTC)"[reply]
Danielspencer91 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! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
Quick clarification needed, you've asked me to avoid "start[ing] a new thread on a talk page"
I'm not sure which page this is about, making it difficult to check what you're asking me to avoid. Any chance of clarifying? A diff or page link would probably be enough to let me check what you'd like.
Its on the history of wikipedia talk page [53]. I made a thread about it right above yours, perhaps you didnt see me? SqueakBox 22:49, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I went straight to "+ new section", so I didn't. I see you've re-merged the two, probably a good thing. Discuss there? FT2(Talk | email) 23:09, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Cool, and yes we do have a disagreement that has nothing to do with this so lets keep discussing, SqueakBox 23:11, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, see you on that page for that question (the documentary).
In general so's you know where I'm coming from, if ever relevant, I try to work from a point of view of strict neutrality, which means (tongue in cheek) if both sides are convinced I'm working with the other, I'm probably about on track. (See also, m:The wrong version.) My main focus apart from authoring and cleaning up articles is addressing mis-use of policy, so for example, messy AFD debates where the policy related issues need examining, messy policy pages that don't help users to understand what's meant, and problematic editing that harms the editing environment in a way that policy doesn't support. On the flip side, I also bend over backwards to support and explain to well meaning folks what's up, since the best way to get good work done is if we help others to do so too. More on me, is on my user page, if you need to check.
Don't know if it's edit conflicts or something but you seem to be reverting to incorrect versions of the page. My last 2 edits have restored correct info. Exxolon 00:18, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
My edits are absolutely good faith round this brilliant actor in this sad time, diffs might help but there has been a shit load of vandalism today and if I am making mistakes please let me know, SqueakBox 00:22, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sure thing. This edit put Sean Slater instead of Frank Butcher back as his EE char - [54] as did [55] and [56]
and this edit put a 'spam' template on the page - [57]
The rest of your edits are absolutely fine. Exxolon 00:29, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Addition - this edit I've already mentioned also readded fake film roles - [58]
Not surprisingly, I agree with you for the most part about moving entry's from "Victim's Name" to "Murder of Victim's Name," unless they have enough verifiable and encyclopedic biographical information to warrant an entry on their own. I reached out to El_C for advice on how best to accomplish a mass move like that, and am waiting to hear what he has to say. To me it's obvious, but as you've no doubt seen, murder victims (especially kids) really incite people's passions and they can put on blinders and refuse to see logic. Anyway, I think I'm going to be working on this for the next few weeks, and hope I can get your support if I'm able to get the proposal off the ground. AniMate 01:31, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah I certainly wouldnt dream of suggesting we move Ian Gow to Ian Gow murder et al but for unnotable people I think it shows respect and we need to do it if we are to construct a serious long-term online encyclopedia. And its the poor departed kids who are the most important. El C has my full confidence as an admin. You are on my watchklist and lets stay in touch, SqueakBox 01:37, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry about that - I didn't realise it was templated like that. You may want to think about subst: ing your welcome template in the future to avoid hassles. Sorry again, WilyD 22:08, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I always subst it when adding it to new user talk pages, SqueakBox 22:10, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, sorry. It wasn't you who did it. I hope you can understand why I was confused. Cheers, WilyD 22:15, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I was somewhat concerned you didnt like the template content but I see that wasnt the case, SqueakBox 22:16, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Just because the person is living doesn't mean the user name has to be removed from the title of a subsection. If you notice her user name was used more than four times throughout the discussion. I didn't see you remove those mentions. Why not? Your rationale would seem to apply to those as well. Also, Jimbo along with a number of admins commented there and had no problem with the title. I think you are overreacting. I would like you to put the title back to its original state. KnightLago 02:11, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Squeakbox, I noticed you removed the cat we discussed from the Axl Rose article again, claiming it was "unsourced and not even in the text." I was under the impression we'd already talked about this. If you had taken the time to read the very first paragraph in the "Early life" section of the article, you'd have noticed that the information is right there, and that two references from reliable third party publications, in which Rose describes his abuse in his own words, are listed. The editors who have worked on Axl's article have made a concerted effort to ensure that everything written, linked or categorized has been sourced. I do appreciate your zeal against unfounded claims of abuse, but please take the time to actually read the article and check the references before you say something is unsourced and delete it out of hand. Thanks. DanielEng 03:28, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I read it and could find no specific reference to this event, so instead of telling me to do what I have already done please poin t out where specifically in the text it says he was molested, SqueakBox 17:23, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Then you weren't reading it very carefully, because it's right there and I don't see how anyone could miss it. And I already told you where to find it: the very first paragraph of the "early years" section, but if you need even more handholding than that: Axl Rose was born as William Bruce Rose Jr. in Lafayette, Indiana to parents Sharon E. and William Rose. His father left the family when Rose was two years old. As an adult, after recovering repressed memories in therapy, Axl publicly stated that he was sexually abused by his biological father.[2][3]DanielEng 21:04, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well I believe the cat is already deleted, eitehr that or will be soon based on the cfd, SqueakBox 22:55, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This is a controversial article, and a controversial and abhorrent group to many (including me). However, this is an encyclopedia, and they are notable, and boldly redirecting it just because you feel like it is not acceptable. Please don't do that again. Georgewilliamherbert 19:00, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Its going to afd, I had to try the redirect first though, SqueakBox 19:02, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, you can AFD if you want, but I predict a speedy keep. You're not doing yourself any favors here... Georgewilliamherbert 19:03, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, nor are you, and we are not here to promote pedophilia. You are not doing yourself any favours is much closer tot he mark esp if you find this group abhorrent, I know exactly what I am doing which is trying to puirge pro pedophilia POV from this encyclopedia. If you want to oppose that toppth and nail people will draw their own conclusions, and I hope you actually also support our NPOV policy SqueakBox 19:07, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If you start deleting encyclopedic content out of process, I'm going to block you, as much as I hate the pedophiles myself. What you're doing is not NPOV. Stick to AFDs, please. Georgewilliamherbert 19:10, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You what? Blocking me would be a very bad idea, especially for inititating an afd, please stop. It appears you hate me more than pedophiles, eh? and that makes you very biased, and blocking me for being BOLD woulkd aloso inevitably lead to a review of your admin actions. You cant just go around blocking good faith users or threatening to do so, now please back off. IMO your threat is letting power gop to your head but you are taking on the wrong person because of my good faith in all my edits and my good understanding of our policies and my considerably greater experience of wikipedia than yourself. But if there is a specific policy that prohibits redirecting articles while invoking WP:BOLD please let me know, SqueakBox 19:12, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I wouldn't do anything to anyone for doing an AFD. That's letting the community be heard. You appeared to threaten above to take further BOLD actions. I told you, and am telling you again, that you overstepped with the first redirect/deletion, and to be careful in further actions here. It doesn't matter how much you or I hate the organization and pedophiles - they're famous and imfamous, and their notability is clear. We don't censor Wikipedia. If you start taking your personal bias to delete the encyclopedic and accurate content, without taking it to community review, that's bad for the encyclopedia. If you start damaging the encyclopedia, it's a blockable offense, and I'll block you and submit the block to ANI for review. If you stick to AFD and talk pages for proposing stuff, and don't damage the encyclopedia, there is no issue.
There isn't a policy against BOLDly redirecting. But you didn't just do that; you effectively deleted a whole large encyclopedic page in doing so, and did so out of process, without any discussion on talk pages and without an AFD or anything first. That is not blockable by itself, but it is out of process and damaging the encyclopedia. Talk first, if a deletion action may be, or especially if it becomes controversial. You didn't discuss anywhere.
Your comments and edits in this thread are looking rather emotional and engaged. I don't know what brought this little crusade to purge Wikipedia on, but I urge you to calm down and follow procedures and consider that you may be violating NPOV here. Thanks. Georgewilliamherbert 19:30, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia did unquestionably get infiltrated by pedophiles promoting their POV, and they are still here. You may not realise it but I have been involved in trying to remove the POV excesses of these pedophiles for months so to describe it as a little crusdae is plain wrong, its an enormous ongoing NPOV promoting crusade and we are being watched by outside interested parties. IMO how we handle this issue is critical to our future as a project, this is something very much ongoing. I have no problemmwith being engaged in this and while I do have emotional feeliongs specifically about the promotion of pedophilia as a cause (rather than say treating it as an illness with therapy etc) that isnt just here today but every day. I am a well known wikipedian, a regular here with 6 times the edits you have and I dont see that I have done anything that would warrant evenm the threat of a block let alone a real one and your warning looks to me not to be in good faith. If you want to help with PAW you would be very welcome, but please dont play into the hands of pro pedophile activists as that would damage the project, SqueakBox 19:45, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
(un-indenting for readability) If there is a real problem you need to raise awareness and get some consensus behind a wider cleanup. Going after the NAMBLA article like this (it was just closed as a SNOW for keep) does nothing but make you look like a lunatic.
I don't know if there is a problem with promotion of pedophilia here or not; it's not something I pay much attention to in general. I can assure you that if you can show people that there is a wider problem then you'll get support for a cleanup. This was not the right way to do it. You went too far today.
Can you start assembling evidence to support your claim that there is a wider problem, on a subpage of your user talk page or some sort? Once you have something assembled, let me know, and post something to AN. If you have a credible case I'll raise it on the wikien-l mailing list for review as well. Georgewilliamherbert 19:51, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have speedy closed the AfD. There's quite simply no valid reason (note that censorship does not count as valid) to have this article deleted. As for your previous redirect it was correctly reverted. You are letting your own convictions get in the way of the project. I should also note that once again you are defending your actions by not so subtly insinuating that anyone who disagrees with you is a pedophile supporter. Please stop. Pascal.Tesson 19:53, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
By the way, I just re-closed the AFD because Squeakbox reverted the close. You're not entitled to reopen it after an administrator closes it. You have to take it to Deletion Review. Please don't do that again. Things like this are what are making you look unreasonable and irrational right now and why I warned you. Georgewilliamherbert 19:55, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Pascual is not an admin, as I am sure you knwow, so dont accuse me of reverting an admins closure. of course it goes rto DRW as you both voted and controversially speedy closed which is completely out of process and a further abuse of your adnmin poowers (as was calling me a lunativc). keep digging! SqueakBox 20:00, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, Pascal is an administrator. i(said)(did) 20:02, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed, I am an admin. (and my name is Pascal not Pascual) (oh and I did not vote on that AfD) Pascal.Tesson 20:03, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You may think I look like a lunatic but that merely confirms my belief that you arent being good faith. Doubtless you think El C a lunatic too? That, at any rate is a personal attack which doesnt strengthen your case4, please remain civil if you are going to post further messages to me as otherwise I'll take your insults directly to AN/I. The snowball was out of process and I suggest you threaten to block that user as well. This issue is already being dealt with in an off site arbcom case, I suggest you contact the arbcom for details. I dont want your help in any way, thanks, SqueakBox 19:56, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please do not take this to deletion review. This article will not be deleted, and should never have been nominated. Friday(talk) 20:05, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Be my guest and take it to DRV. I'm not quite sure why you think I don't expect opposition. I do. I also expect experienced Wikipedians like you to know what a frivolous AfD nomination is. Pascal.Tesson 20:32, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well El C and I are about as experienced as one can get and he certainly did not consider it frivolous. We arent here to promote the fringe beliefs of pro-pedophile activists (who wrote the article) and so at the least this should have been allowed to run 24 hours, not quite sure why you think it was a snowball or how an article like this by a bunch of extreme minority trolls (ie NAMBLA) deserves any consideration here. Wikipedia as a corporate sex offender is merely confirmed by your action. And if you think there is anything frivolous about propmoting pedophilia perhaps you would care to explain it, SqueakBox 20:36, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I suppose two editors can be simultaneously misguided. You are truly deluding yourself if you think you will get this article deleted through AfD and I firmly believe that this is what just about every admin will tell you. Pascal.Tesson 20:47, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I strongly object tot he idea that my actions are misguided, and actions can absolutely be the opoposioite of misguided without gaining the support of the whole community. Some thought my actions in getting rid of the rape victims cat was misguided but that was a success from my POV and naturally i only expect success in some of my fd actions, SqueakBox 21:30, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Squeakbox, you are incorrect that there is any Arbcom mandate to remove any article connected with pedophilia or pro-pedophile organizations. Non-notable organizations and articles that cannot be sourced to reliable publications can of course be deleted, and articles can be rigorously pruned of pro-pedophilia, non-NPOV content and violations of the BLP policy, but NAMBLA at least is a very well-known organization, even if you or I would rather the organization had never existed. Thanks, Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 21:27, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I dont think I implied that, indeed its clearly nott he case as they would have been salted in March if that had eben the case, but there is a behind the scenes case re the actions of editors and it was to this that I was referring. Thanks, SqueakBox 21:30, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
For the last time SqueakBox, stop accusing everyone of being pro-pedophilia. Wikipedia is not a corporate sex offender and I never said that promoting pedophilia was frivolous. You know this full well and your remarks are insulting to me and to the rest of the Wikipedia community. You have been blocked previously for violating WP:NPA and were put on npa parole by ArbCom. You are quickly exhausting the community's patience. Pascal.Tesson 21:39, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You completely misunderstood me. See Criticism of wikipedia#Fanatics and special interests, its not me who coined that term and to block me for quiting a wikipedia page would be a misue of the blocking tool from soemone who has already showed prejudice against my work here, SqueakBox 21:44, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not exactly sure how one can understand "Wikipedia as a corporate sex offender is merely confirmed by your action." any differently. I'm not showing prejudice against your work as I have tried many many times to explain but I do have very serious concerns about your modus operandi, so did the arbitration committee, so did Georgewilliamherbert and Morven a second ago. Now you can of course choose to ignore this for a little while but it is incredibly counterproductive both for the project as a whole and for your own goals here. Pascal.Tesson 21:57, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well the arbcom case was completely different and involved an SPA who was pursuing me for months after making vicious attacks against my wife and was a long time ago, best forgotten. Note that Google is considered an active corporate sex offender (something I totally agree with though they are better than they were) and the passive is what I would see as misguided actions by some editors here who clearly arent pedophiles or even supporters of pedophiles, SqueakBox 22:02, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like we've been outnumbered, which isn't the first time. And should not be taken as representative outside of Wikipedia. El_C 02:56, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Representative of what?! Those who don't want factual information about a contemptible group to be known? After you wipe Wikipedia clean of all the pedophile groups it seeks to report on in a NPOV, will you then move on to murderers, rapists, gays, Operation Rescue, NORML, feminists, and all the other groups that one self-anointed protector of public decency or another wishes wouldn't exist? That's not why we are here. You all hurt your cause more than help it. --David Shankbone 03:04, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Long live hyperbole! El_C 03:08, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
"Love live ignorance!" -- El C. --David Shankbone 03:11, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
And you signed my name and everything. Touché! El_C 04:05, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Squeakbox, pretty much every response by you under this heading involves you saying someone else misunderstood you. Perhaps this indicates you should take a lot more care with what you say, so that you cannot be so easily misunderstood. You seem to be repeating the error again and again of saying something in a needlessly inflammatory and/or ambiguous way and then getting upset that others take offense.
Yes, Wikipedia needs to be rid of pro-pedophile content for the good reasons that it is certain to be failing NPOV and sourcing to solid sources. Editors who state that they are pedophiles or pro-pedophilia are a problem, as are their edits. However, some topics related to pedophilia are (unfortunately, perhaps) important, and you are doing yourself no favors by trying to get the NAMBLA article deleted or in warring with editors who are quite sensible and certainly not in favor of pro-pedophile content remaining in Wikipedia. Thanks, Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 22:04, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please don't archive active discussion; this is not very helpful[edit]
You archived a current discussion on this page which was quite active, simply because (it seems) you felt uncomfortable about it and wished it gone.
Please don't do that. It doesn't do you any favors and doesn't make you look good at all.
I reverted your archiving once but I won't do it again, for now at least; however, archiving as a "I won't talk about this anymore" statement is not very collegial or useful. Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 22:08, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I dont think there is anything else to say really. i feel thoroughly attacked for what I consider good faith edits and am being told suddenly after 30,000 edits that I am allegedly exhausting the community's patience in a few hours (code for we'll get you blocked indef if you keep disagreeing with us). There are better things for us all to do on wikipedia and this discussion is actively harming the project, besides I have nothing more to say on the issue but will continue to do my best to promote NPOV re pedophilia and all sex related issues, SqueakBox 22:11, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Refusing to agree with you about deleting the NAMBLA article is actively harming the project? That seems a little presumptuous on your part, although you are entitled to your opinion. I must reiterate that even if you wish to say nothing more on the topic, removing the entire section of your talk page at that point does not do much good for others' perception of you and your willingness to communicate with regards to your editing. Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 22:14, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
(ec) This entire discussion not merely other users part in it is what harms the project, IMO. People are welcome to disagree with me about NAMBLA or any other action I take but threatening me with blocks for good faith edits etc is damaging as is any insinuation that my afd was made in bad faith. If you were going to revert this thread you needn't have reverted other threads too and it is all archived on a page anyone can read and which I link to at the top, SqueakBox 22:19, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
To add: I at least was not threatening to have you blocked, indefinitely or otherwise, coded or otherwise. I would, however, request that you examine your own behavior and communication, which is not helping you. I would have hoped that after 30,000 edits you would have learned to communicate with your fellow editors a little better than this. Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 22:17, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I generally have an excellent relationship with fellow editors, and unquestionably have learnt to communicate ebtter than in my earlier days here as my contribs, block log et al clearly show, SqueakBox 22:19, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You call that a block log? This is a block log! :) El_C 02:43, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I sent you an email. Oh and by the way, El_C is just cheating. Half his blocks are self-imposed and I'm afraid he's suffering from blocklogitis. :-) Pascal.Tesson 03:03, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it's true, I'm not very good. :/ El_C 03:09, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Admit it, you've been doing it to yourself on purpose, haven't you. Georgewilliamherbert 03:12, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm incompetent, not histrionic. El_C 03:15, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Too pisssed to contribute right now but happy August to everyone, SqueakBox 04:26, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Meh, can I ask then that perhaps you wait until you're not quite as pissed before sending me email? Would be much appreciated. Cheers and good night. Pascal.Tesson 04:29, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Pissed has too meanings, and I am not doing anything rigth now, SqueakBox 06:01, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have seen from your statements and edits that you very interested in victims rights,especially victims of rape and sexual abuse, which I think can be a great asset to our project. While I agree that Wikipedia should not be a place foe memorials I think that some editors take this to far and delete even the most basic facts of a victims life. I hope that you can help us to keep this balance between not making memorials, but also, not making it wikipedia just a biography of criminals. If you would post some of the crime related articles you think should be made or articles that you think need work on the project talk page we can try to get other people interested in these articles to help you out. Thanks, Jmm6f488 07:01, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
In the UK the american spelling for computer program has become standard, programme is now only used for television and theatre programmes, so I'm reinstated my Iplayer changer Vicarage 16:54, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Microsoft have tot ake some of the blame, methinks, eg program files, SqueakBox 18:27, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I keep seeing you around, but don't think I've ever said hello. Hello! I don't understand the speedy request at User:UnclePaco/Sandbox2. It's Paco's user space and no other criteria under speedy apply. Am I misunderstanding something (always a distinct possibility). Carlossuarez46 01:20, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, its that my edits are also in his user space. Here you can see that some of my edits to the Oduwole article are now those same edits are recorded in Uncle Paco's user space. I dont know what the GFDL considerations are but I am unhappy about this. There may be bLP concerns too but at the very least I'd like my edits deleted from this page. Thanks, SqueakBox 01:38, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Moving an article from main (article) space to user space has the affect (as in this case) of making it appear that those who editing the article did so in user space (if looking at the list of their contributions); only when someone looks further (at the article history) will it be apparent that the edits took place in main space.
Unfortunately, I don't think you own your edits (in the sense of being able to withdraw them if you decide you're unhappy with their use), regardless of their location on Wikipedia.
Regarding BLP concerns, that is still a valid policy for an article that isn't in main space (because it's indexed in Google, and because it's still visible, in general). In this case, the article seems to be pretty BLP-defensible (at least from my quick look) - the small amount of text looks like it is sourced, and the word "allegedly" is used. If in fact the citations don't support the text, or there is additional (sourced) information that is missing that changes the basic thrust of the article, you might try further editing of the article to improve it. (A user doesn't "own" a draft of an article, even in his/her userspace, though generally other editors are polite and leave it as is, but BLP should issues override politeness concerns.) -- John Broughton(♫♫) 21:33, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Kind regards, Anthøny 13:51, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yep, that was my fault. I should have counted and will take greater care in future. I wasnt aware of having done it but I recognise that is no excuse and that edit warring does the project no good, SqueakBox 21:31, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I merely linked to it from the original for GFDL purposes and dont support the way he is developing this in any way, shape or form. Mike and I tend not to see eye to eye on pedophile issues, SqueakBox 23:06, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
As I've gathered. I to have problems with this article. I have no problem with the topic itself being presented, just in the way some of the scientific studies are presented. I am concerned that many of these studies have not been through the proper process of peer review. Anyone can make a sociological study say anything. At least in my opinion a study should be able to be duplicated by many other researches and achieve the same results. For instance I bet if I flipped a coin enough I could get it to land up heads five times in a row. This would not mean that may experiment should be given much weight. If the process was opened to peer review, researchers would find yes, it is possible for a coin to land heads up five times in a row, but it is more scientific to say that a coin will land heads up and tails up the same amount of time provided the coin is unweighted.
I think an encyclopedia article should give weight to minority opinions but that to keep it encyclopedic they should be given the proper weight. I feel that certain people on this topic are giving non-peer reviewed hypothesis each weight to those that have gone through the peer review process and had their results duplicated many, many times. Certain studies are citied for example that say, sexual activity between adults and children have no ill effect on children. Even proposing such a study seems to be in itself unscientific. By ill effect what is meant? I'm paraphrasing from the article of course, but this seems to be the gist of what is being said.
I think that if everyone could get together and establish what criteria should be used to cite a study or scientific source, on both the pro and anti sides, then maybe some of the present disputes could be settled. Jmm6f488 23:45, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am sorry that SqueakBox doesn't like the way my draft of the article is coming along, although that is by no means meant to be the final version. The intention was to gather several relevant sources together, then choose the best ones, referenced in the most concise way, to include in the final article. I have asked several people specifically to help me in doing this. I believe that the way I have reorganized the information, however, when compared to the current state of the article, is definitely an improvement.
In response to Jmm6f488's comments, the scientific studies mentioned are peer reviewed, and I thought that including the opinions of other academics, such as ethnologists, sociologists, etc., that activists commonly cite would be relevant (Harris Mirkin is a person frequently quoted by activists, as are some of the other individuals mentioned). It may be that things could be balanced better, however, and as I said, I have specifically asked others to help me improve this draft.
Giving the proper weight to minority viewpoints is certainly important, but when the article itself is dedicated to a minority viewpoint, then most of the article is obviously going to be concerned with the arguments related to that viewpoint (similarly, the article on marijuana decriminalization is mostly concerned with arguments supporting a pro-cannibis position--the arguments against decriminalization are rebutted by pro-legalization viewpoints). Mike D78 10:07, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, didn't notice it wasn't about public holidays... BTW, nice dogs! (and nice wife - definitely not a dog ;-)) --Targeman 23:49, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
hope you're good! - I'm not sure if we've met before, but I thought I'd ask for your advice on the Jonathan King page - mainly because I've noticed a) that you're uncompromising in the way you deal with what you feel is right, and b) because you've been involved in discussion about how to deal with pro-paedophile perspectives.
There are issues on the page with the weight to apply to his convictions, and also some issues perhaps around the regular editors of the article....... your thoughts would be cool... Purples 00:45, 4 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've decided to drop the DB redirect proposals, mainly because someone took the time to explain properly. See my comment here. Carcharoth 01:52, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Re your revert in Alice Miller (psychologist), can you discuss it in talk page? I am going for a trip; won't pay my internet service and won't be editing WP on a daily basis for a long time. I wish we could address this issue before the weekend. —Cesar Tort 14:41, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please read the talk discussion if you haven't. I haven't looked at your diffs, because this edit warring is not okay. It's rather embarrassing that people are doing it on founder of Wikipedia's bio. He confirms that the cited Oregonian article is correct. VanTucky(talk) 20:13, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've removed the date completely, I wont revert anyone who undoes this byut given the talk page comments it doesnt look inappropriate, and nor does the totally disputed tag, SqueakBox 20:25, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The problem is that US and British spelling has diverged in the spelling of some words. No matter which is used someone will get annoyed. Kwork 19:29, 9 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your support, surprised and a little shocked by it but it was welcome. Thanks for that - genuinely, thanks.--Vintagekits 20:53, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Here is the link I promised. I may add this and another one if I see some positive info about Aleman in it. I scanned the first part, and it seems like a detail deal of what happened. To summurize, Aleman hoped to control Bolanos, use him as a puppet and pull a Somoza-style of being president every other period. But Bolanos managed to go loose (with aide from the FSLN.) The FSLN helped becuase with Aleman in prison, Ortega gained much power. He negotiated prison benefits for Aleman in exchange of politcal favors. I hope you enjoy the piece. If you have any questions ask me. Finally, I placed an unbalance tag on the Aleman page. See the talk and I await your comments.Brusegadi 04:18, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
A video. Keep in mind it is recent, by that time the media had turned its back on Aleman. Begin watching at 7:10 (seven minutes and 10 second.) That is where the relevant stuff begins. I add it because Aleman says one of the things that he is quoted saying in the link above (about Bolanos "breaking the code of politcal ethics of Nicaragua." look at minute 8:00 of the video for that.) I will add to the main talk if deemed necessary. Feel free to do the same.Brusegadi 04:27, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You added that it was important to the article to mention that Jonathan King was a convicted sex offender. I'm not saying that you were wrong. I am just wondering your reasoning behind it? Is it that because they both have desires that are illegal and that King feels that some how Shipman is a victim of society just like him? (I put it in quotes because I know from your edits that we both realize this would be just absurd pity on there parts--"society tells me that material goods are good officer, its not my fault I robbed a bank and shot the teller its societies.") This article is under our watch at the Serial Killer task force, so that's why I ask. If you could please give a good reason for its inclusion I will gladly defend the edit if other editors want to change it. Jmm6f488 17:20, 11 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry but there really are two separate individuals named Joseph Owens[edit]
Hello SqueakBox -- Today you changed the stub I was creating on Joseph Owens, 1908-2005 (the longtime medieval scholar at the Pontifical Institute in Toronto) to a redirect to the Father Joseph Owens (apparently still alive) who is a social worker and author in the Caribbean. They may both be Catholic priests, but they cannot be the same person. The Toronto Owens was a highly theoretical philosopher, specializing in the study of Aristotle and Aquinas and he did not do social work in the Caribbean. Here is the obituary of the Toronto Owens. I would be grateful if you would please revert your edits and restore my entry. Respectfully -- WikiPedant 18:26, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
We need a source for this. I know for a fact that the writer of ther Dread book was interested in Aquinas. Can you give a source that there are 2, its a coincidence that stretches toof ar otherwise IMO, SqueakBox 18:42, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It is no surprise that any Catholic priest will profess an interest in Aquinas. He is one of the seminal thinkers behind the Church. It is also no great surprise that there should be 2 with the rather unexceptional name of "Joseph Owens." Anyhow here is some good evidence that these 2 are separate. Cumulatively it seems to me to be quite compelling.
Have a look at page 13 of this PDF copy of a Jesuit magazine. This is the Caribbean Owens. He got an MDiv in 1971, comes from Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Massachusetts USA, and is clearly a much younger man than the Toronto Owens (who was born in 1908 and received his PhD in 1951). The Toronto Owens received all of his education in Canada.
The middle initial of the Caribbean Owens is "V" (see external links in current Joseph Owens article). So far as I know, the Toronto Owens never used a middle initial.
They belong to different Catholic orders. The Caribbean Owens is a Jesuit (with SJ after his name). The Toronto Owens was a Redemptionist, belonging to the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (with C.Ss.R after his name).
Try a Library of Congress search. Select AUTHOR and search on "Owens, Joseph". The result shows 4 separate authors named Joseph Owens. The Caribbean Owens shows 2 books on Rastafarianism and the Toronto Owens shows 18 philosophy books.
This letter was signed by the Caribbean Owens. It is dated May 22, 2006 and concerns a local matter relating to Boston College (Weston Jesuit School of Theology is an affiliate of Boston College from which the Caribbean Owens graduated in 1971 [see bullet 1 above]). The Toronto Owens died a year earlier, in 2005 (at the age of 98), and was never educated or employed at Boston College.
On top of this, I can give you my assurance that I am a philosophy professor right here in the Toronto area. I did not know him personally but I do know that the Toronto Owens was a lifelong academic who did not work in the Caribbean and who did not do research concerning Rastafarianism. Respectfully -- WikiPedant 19:37, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am a bit swamped under with work right now but I will respond to this and if there are indeed 2 then we would have to make Joseph Ownes into a disambig page, please give me a few hours or until the morning. Cheers, SqueakBox 19:47, 13 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Squeakbox -- You're right, I don't have an email connection. Wikipedia is public and I prefer to avoid offline discussions. Frankly, I'm surprised that you are struggling with the obvious -- the Toronto Joseph Owens and the Caribbean Joseph Owens simply are 2 different men, roughly a generation apart in age. I discovered today that there was some rather nasty discussion of this on the Joseph Owens talk page last year and that you accused those who disagreed with you of purveying nonsense and of being vandals and trolls (which is unfortunate, since they were correct).
The Toronto Owens was a fulltime academic and medieval philosopher of considerable renown in his day. His interests were a thousand years in the past and lightyears from Rastafarianism, dreadlocks, or the mystical reveries induced by the mighty ganja weed.
But, frankly, if you can't see that these are obviously 2 different people, I don't know what else I can say. Think it over and do what you think is best. I do not have the time or the inclination to become embroiled in a discussion with such an acrimonious history. -- WikiPedant 14:29, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The acrimony was entirely based on how it was done, some editor just trashed the article I and others had written about the author of Dread. I cant open the pdf document right now cos it makes my web browser crash. Certainly until this sisue is sorted we should just keep one article and if that is only about what is known of the author of Dread then so be it. This could be a different Joseph Ownes as the Dread author did not use the Joseph V Owens so it really is still open to debate. You obviously havent read the book Dread, it isnt a Rastafari tract but observations about their beliefs from an outsider. If you can show me that the author of Dread was a Jesuit that would be proof and I'll see if I can read that. I hope you realise that we mustnt be wrong about this and right now by just having an article on the Dread author we are at least not wrong, SqueakBox 18:21, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, sorry to butt in but your talk page is still on my watchlist and you're being entirely unreasonable about the whole thing. One of the fundamentals of Wikipedia is trust in other editors' judgment and frankly if you can't open the PDF document than just trust that others have. You certainly have every right to complain that the article should not have been replaced but now you're just holding a grudge. Splitting in into a disambiguation page was a perfectly reasonable solution and your revert of it is absurdly stubborn. Pascal.Tesson 19:02, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm definitely not holding a grudge and certainly Pedant's behaviour has been impeccable. I am actually taking active steps tor esolve this one and if necesary I will ring the University of Managua (I live in Central America and speak Spanish). My only concern is we get this right and I wont let this one rest in its present state. If we do confirm there are 2 Joseph Owens' we need to sort them by their catholic order (the philosopher could equally apply to both if there really are two. You are welcome to butt in and keep me on your watchlist (you are on mine along with many other users). Being based in Canada [perhaps you could shed some light on this one? Regards, SqueakBox 20:07, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I hope for your sake that you are pulling my leg with your last retort, but even then it is a degradation of Wikipedia culture. We are here to drop ego, not to beat our breast. Haiduc 03:16, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I was referring tot he journalist (who doesnt have an article here) and not to Kilfeddy. I dont believe dropping our egos is a part of our work here nor a requirement for being here and stand by my statement, SqueakBox 18:06, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Its been deleted, I didnt even know it was up for cfd but that is that, SqueakBox 18:00, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I see that now. At the time of the above linked edit, it wasn't yet deleted and therefore it didn't make sense to me. -- Fyslee/talk 18:04, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
FWIW, I agree with you about the edit summary and edit bits. What's raised concern is his stated intention to harrass users he believes to be pedophiles or pro-pedophilia. If editors are pushing such a POV, then it can be dealt with, but linking to attack pages as such on other editors' real or assumed identities and so forth isn't tolerated. I understand the difficult job that countering the pro-pedophilia POV-pushing editors is, and it's not one I envy.
Look, I'm not the one that blocked him (either time) and his fate is not now my sole domain or anything. Any admin can undo his block, I'm just the only one who's shown any interest in this. I will not without some substantial dialogue with him first - others may feel differently. You're free to bring the issue up at the community sanctions board, or the Admin's noticeboard, or any other place you may feel is appropriate. Until I hear from XavierVE, though, I'm just going to wait and watch. WilyD 20:42, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I just responded on his page, and I am absolutely not criticising your current stance on this. Regards, SqueakBox 20:45, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, Xavier's responded, and it was ... not what I'd hoped. I'm confident there's no way he'll get any unblock unless he calms down, sees why we can't allow the kind of things he was doing, and agrees to work within the system. I don't want to see anything that's helpful to pro-pedophilia POV pushers, and neither do you, but nor can we allow Wikipedia to become the kind of battleground he envisions. If you want to see him unblocked, you're probably going to have to talk to him - I know he runs pervertedjustice.org?, and could probably be contacted by email. You might wish to pursue this avenue - he may listen to you. Beyond that - I don't see what I can do for him.
On a related note, there really isn't any reason you should have to put up with long term pro-pedophilia POV pushing - certainly things just cross the realm from content disputes into trolling. I'm sure you could find an admin who'd block anyone persistantly adding "alledged" in front of "Holocaust", and I'm sure you could find an admin who'd block anyone who was persistantly inserting pro-pedophilia, unbalanced material (albeit it'd probably have to be egrarious for a single person to act, for long term subtle stuff consider WP:RFC). Anyways, if you have any better ideas, I'm all ears. WilyD 21:13, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I'll give this one a few days thought (both the Xavier block and your interesting comments re pedophilia as a whole on wikipedia), SqueakBox 21:30, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Squeak, as someone who also been blocked for violation of 3RR, I urge you to please discuss the birthdate section that you have been reverting. I have stated my thoughts on the end of the talk page. All the best, VanTucky(talk) 20:53, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Done already. Cheers, mate, you are certainly an editor I respect, SqueakBox 20:56, 14 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I don't want to name the other person I suspect is involved in this, but would be prepared to e-mail who I think it is to you if that helps.--padraig 00:06, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, I am very email friendly, SqueakBox 00:11, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Being orphaned is not a CSD category. Neither is one editor's opinion that their own image is better. For all I know, the person who uploaded this image is going to be upset by its deletion. I have to consider all sides, hence my adherence to WP:CSD where it might seem overly pedantic to you. IfD would be fine, or you could leave a note on the uploader's talk page to request deletion himself/herself if he/she agrees that your image is more appropriate. Take care! --But|seriously|folks 01:59, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I am concerned for the policeman but I'll ifd it. As the licence allows for cropping I am not concerned about my making this image an orphan and the uploader hasnt been on-wikipedia a while so ifd is what I'll do, SqueakBox 02:06, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
100% agree with you in your allegations of Hameo. We must stop this user from becoming an administrator! I will be happy to work with you in any campaigns to try and convince others to vote against this user. Mattbroon 13:13, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am glad there are people like you prepared to make the net a safer place for kids. I have no tolerance whatsoever for paedophiles.
Me neither, SqueakBox 22:56, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Mud sticks and you've flung just about the filthiest mud it's possible to find, but unless you have more evidence than you presented there, I think you've scored a real own-goal at the RfA.
Could it be that you made a horrible mistake... and owe the candidate one heck of an apology? --Dweller 14:29, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well if I have you are right so please persuade me, I havent seen any evidence so far and none of you are worjking ont he ground on these articles (someone like Will Beback, who is, would have more value in saying this without backing it up but I've never even met you before so why do you think I am wrong), SqueakBox 00:27, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
For what it's worth, I strongly echo Dweller's comments. The diffs you provided are completely innocuous and once again, you're showing extremely poor judgment in accusing a fellow editor on such thin evidence. You don't seem to realize how hurtful it can be to be wrongly accused of supporting pro-pedophile activism and this has got to stop. Pascal.Tesson 15:13, 15 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
At an RfA? I made it clear it was my opinion that he was supporting a particular POV not that he was anything persoanlly and while after the attacks I received I have removed the RfA from my watchlist on the other hand I think if we cant express our opinions about editors at an RfA then where can we? I do have genuine concerns with this editor but am willing, obviously, to engage in debates that arent slanging matches. And supporting a pro-pedophile view through articles (not user space) is not a bannable offence nor does it mark one as a pedophile (which I have never claimed Haemo is) but it gives me doubts about this users suitability to be an admin and as long as we have a porcess we should stick to it.
In life I dont see any evidence to suggest your judgement would be better than mine, Pascal, why do you think that may be so? More experience of wikipedia? more experience of life? better standing in your local community? Yopu certainly do not have any experience whatsoever from what I can see of the ped articles. So why is your instsinct to not trust my judgement. I hope you arent making bad faith assumptions about me merely because I didnt respond in the way you wanted when you first made a comment on my page while somehow magically expecting me to know you were an admin in spitye of the fact that you werent on the admin list or available on email or with anything on your use page to indicate you were an admin (all of which made it clear to me at the time that you werent an admin). I am open to any debate on this RfA issue but dont appreciate my comments being tampered with by a supporter of Haemo, as happened last night and if that has continued it'll be matter for the bureaucrats (I intend to rewatch the RfA on the 20th). Cheers, SqueakBox 00:27, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You're a serious editor and your RfA comments deserve to be taken seriously. Please note I'm not an editor of pedophilia articles, so I don't claim any special knowledge. I also agree that you are not calling Haemo a pedophile.
However, an allegation of pro-pedophilia activism is still a major claim and the links you provided don't seem sufficient to make the case. That doesn't make your comment false (or true), it just means more evidence is required to convince others that this is sufficient to oppose the RfA. Do you have any additional material to support your claim? Euryalus 03:06, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I will try to respond whn I re-put this RfA on my watchlist on Monday, SqueakBox 23:06, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know how good your judgment is in real life. On the other hand, accusing Haemo of supporting pro-pedophile activists when all you can provide is a link to a disagreement with you on a merge is the sign of poor judgment on Wikipedia. You seem to be oblivious to the fact that such accusations can be quite hurtful. You should really take a look at that RfA again: besides Dweller, VanTucky and myself, others have called your comment there as "troll[ing]", "a very serious, and quite baseless accusation", "ludicrous, hyperbolic and unfair accusations", "ridiculous accusations", "traumatic elements of this RfA", "serious allegation (...) not supported by the links that he provides and directly contradicted by the analysis done by User:Sirex98 [that] currently looks like nothing more than a nasty personal attack", "conclusions [not] supported by the diffs" and "outrageous". It's great to have self-confidence in your judgment but at some point you do have to ask yourself "did I make a mistake? Do I owe Haemo an apology? Should I substantiate my claims?" Pascal.Tesson 14:54, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well as I said I'll take a look come Monday (its my birthday tomorrow and I am trying to ease up on any commitments right now until then). My judgement is good enough to survive and even prosper here in poor, violent, Spanish speaking Honduras, I do know that, plus completing 45 years, well I am a middle aged man as of tomorrow. I figure to not get too overly involved in the RfA controversy should be a sign of my good faith right now. I am willing to admit if I am wrong generally speaking so lets just see how this one goes, eh? And if Haemo has any issues with me he is welcome to bring them here, SqueakBox 23:01, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
As far as the article is concerned, I would be happy to have a simple, short, statement in the criticism section, and the links already there previously. One or two sentences, as was there previously - perhaps it was your edit of a few months ago (or was it someone else?). It could be settled in a few minutes. Kwork 00:44, 17 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have your edits on my watch list, in case you haven't noticed, I hope you don't mind. Anyway I agree. Pedophiles always try to say that pedophilia is a "sexuality" just like homosexuality. Except a gay man that loves a gay man at 25 will still love him at 85 just like heterosexuals. A person that only loves people till the hit puberty is not really in love with them. It would be like me saying hat I love a women but once she hits 30 I am no longer attracted to her. (of course at least she is able to make an adult decision about me) but still I would not find this love but only a sad version of lust. Jmm6f488 05:36, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
FYI, User:XavierVE chose that word you changed here "retaliate". You can actually verify that in both the edit history and the talk. I was actually opposed to its inclusion (I also thought it was POV). I just thought that was interesting. Vagr4nt 05:39, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You've made some serious accusations against me. Please back them up with facts so I can refute them, or withdraw them in the interest of civility. I've bolded the words you have used to describe me and my edits so that I can answer the charges, even if no evidence has been presented.
I (& others) should get my act together and crop the lead photo to your liking. I've refuted this factually & in detail on the article's talkpage. In short, you removed the name of the website from the image, which breaks the chain of ownership (for fair use purposes) and hides the photo's origin from readers of the article.
We are not an attack site here to attack Berry - I'm not attacking Berry. I'm providing both sides of the story, using reliable sources. If Berry says he does X and a third-party source says he does Y, then both should be reported, per BLP, as long as both are germane to the topic.
Our task is to write an encyclopedia, it isn't to make statements that harm an individual's reputation - I'm not here to harm anyone. I'm here to tell the truth, as established by sources, per policy. Do the biographies in Encyclopædia Britannica omit statements that harm an individual's reputation? Of course not. Wikipedia biographies should not be feel-good exercises for their subjects. Further, your assertion doesn't stand up when tested against some of the most highly contentious biographies on the project, where, presumably, any change is watched by many eyeballs. To wit:
When were you planning on removing those sourced negative statements, two of which are about living persons, two of which are libel per se, and one of which appears in the lede of its article? Hopefully, you weren't planning to do so, since negative material belongs in biographies just as well as positive.
The recent changes to BLP don't empower us to ignore sourced, factual information just because it doesn't toe the line and agree with Berry's self-serving account. This isn't kindergarten; Not everyone gets a gold star. Berry has done some good things, done some bad things, and had some of both done to him. All of that is part of his story, and all of that should be part of this article. The way the article now stands, people will look at it and reach a biased conclusion. This is thanks to your and Phil Sandifer's actions, well-intentioned as they may be. In your version, we mention Berry's good points but not bad points about the issue for which he became notable. Is that maintaining a neutral point of view, or is that an unintentional form of POV pushing?
I've done a ton of work on this article, beating back the pedophiles and hagiographers alike. For you two to show up together, out of the clear blue sky, and selectively eliminate negative information about Berry is simply beyond the pale. This is an encyclopedia. Pointless scandal-mongering about Berry must be eliminated, but sourced refutation of his self-serving statements is not pointless; Rather, it is the point of policies like NPOV, AUTO, COI, and BLP. Otherwise, we should head right over to the biographies listed above and remove all the sourced negative material there too, so future generations will know that these people have never done anything wrong, unpopular, or controversial. Except that they have, and so has Berry. Check my contributions and you'll find that I've been here all along to improve this encyclopedia, not to attack Justin Berry or harm his reputation. Content disputes are best handled by discussion, consensus, and compromise, not unilateral scorched earth actions.
If you think I'm as bad an editor as you've painted me, then RFC me. Otherwise, please either defend your attacks on me & my work, or withdraw them. --Ssbohio 20:14, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think your comparisions of Berry, who is marginally notable, with public figures such as W.Bush, the Pope and Stalin is plain wrong and we should nott reat him like a public figure. I also fail to see how his making a business allowing people to use the internet while ensuring privacy has anything to do with his anti-pedophile activism and your basic assertion that these 2 are incompatible I find an astonishing piece of original research. Re the pic my concenr is the Mexican employee from McDonalds which IMO is not fair use and particularly to have here face oin this article. Do we have her written permission for this? I think bnnot and that is a poor interpretaion off air use. I was merely following up on Phil's work. I've seen him around as a good editor for the almost 3 years which I have been editing this encyclopedia and I do support his stance re both BLP and pedophilia issues (eg he did the same to child pornography recently). The thing is the public hasd a right to know about negative sides of the Pope and W. Bush even though they are living while Stalin is now a historical figure but Berry is marginally notabvle so just to find bad stuff about him and put it in the article on the grounds of NPOV is not, IMO, acceptable for wikiepdia to be doing, and especially where the justifications for the material's inclusion on NPOV grounds is original research, as I have just outlined. BLP does empower to protect marginally notable people, SqueakBox 20:34, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oh and by the way I ahve no intention of taking you to Rfc nor can Isee that I have attacked you personally in any way, though I am sorry if you have taken it that way, SqueakBox 20:35, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Your describing me as comparing Berry to the Pope, Josef Stalin, or President Bush is mistaken at best, disingenuous at worst. I made (clearly, I thought) a limited use of those three people to refute your assertion that we must omit statements that harm an individual's reputation. You did not limit this assertion to people who manufactured their own notoriety like Berry. I cited the most incontrovertible examples where your assertion fails to produce encyclopedic content, which is what we're here to do.
How is it that you describe a published article from a third-party source as original research? Did you read the article? Did you read the other sources? I didn't write the article. I didn't write Berry's commentary on the other sites. The article was researched, written, and published. For backup to that published article, I included references to Berry's own advertising, both on one of the sites he operated and on the auction site where he sold these sites. The allegation of original research does not stand up to even cursory examination. Citing a published source is not original research, by definition. Wikipedia contains the research done by the authors we cite. How is this original research? You've raised the novel claim (that wasn't made in your original rationale) of original research without citing facts, while I've cited my sources showing that the research is not original to me. Further, BLP doesn't say to throw the baby out with the bathwater. If you felt there was OR in that paragraph, you could have deleted something less than the whole thing & still eliminated the OR you perceived.
You assert that my action is just to find bad stuff about him and put it in the article when I have specifically and explicitly stated how the material is relevant to Berry's current activities as a speaker and Internet safety expert. He has simultaneously told parents of the value of monitoring their children's internet use while at the same time giving those children a way to circumvent monitoring and filtering software, both at home and away. On top of this, he was actually profiting from playing both sides of the issue, first as a public speaker, and second as the operator & salesman of these open proxy sites. Since you assert that I'm just trying to put irrelevant bad stuff about Berry in the article, do you believe I was lying every time I asserted otherwise? If I'm accepted as being truthful, then you necessarily have to admit that my reason why I make an edit is more accurate than yours, since I'm the one who made the edit.
Now, as to the "public figure" question: What would you call a person who has professional representation and charges a $5,000 honorarium (plus expenses) to give public speeches and presentations, if not a public figure? Berry made himself a public figure, first through his multiple pornography businesses, then through his dealings with Kurt Eichenwald, and now through his work as a paid public speaker. A figure doesn't get a lot more public than one who voluntarily and continually thrusts himself upon the public stage. He's not sitting in his bedroom in Bakersfield anymore.
I am sympathetic to Justin Berry. His abuse at the hands of his father and other men shocks my conscience. However, it does not drive me to mislead Wikipedia readers by giving them an inaccurate, partial, sanitized version of the story of which even Pollyanna would approve. The article cannot be NPOV if it bases almost everything on how Berry tells his own story. Plenty of other people were there and have been interviewed, a great number by Debbie Nathan for her feature article in Counterpunch. Have you read it? I have it on PDF & would be glad to mail it to you, or it should still be available on-line. Read the sources and you'll see that they support my position on this. I know you're only trying to do what's right, but burying Berry's activities and allowing his self-serving statements to gain the "Wikipedia seal of approval" is no way to write a neutral, factual encyclopedia, which is what we both want. --Ssbohio 22:33, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi I saw you mention it on the talk page of Ippy. If you want to be a dear, you could help find some sources for the Breathwork and Rebirthing-Breathwork articles.Merkinsmum 02:20, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'll see what I can do about the rebirthing-breathwork, I was really inot the breathing (but more scepticval of the Orr based philosophy) 88-91, SqueakBox 19:34, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Shakti looks like my newest addition, Fluffin. I don't really know how to upload pics though. Anyway, what a lovely cat!:)Merkinsmum 02:56, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I would second that award! docboat 03:59, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, moving to user page, SqueakBox 17:50, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah she has a new best friend in my 11 month old niece, 14 still going on strong. I must get some pics of my current 3 cats as poor Cookita died from eating rat poison (a big issue here), SqueakBox 19:36, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I read a comment from you here: User talk:Swatjester/archive11#Xavier in the talk archives of the moderator who initially banned Xavier for a day. The one he was actually responsible for doing this against was me (although someone has misled people by saying it was someone else). While an insult against this person would be completely unwarranted, I believe that Xavier does legitimately believe his libelous personal attack to be true when used against me. I believe he trusts very much in the competancy of his staff at Perverted-Justice, and they indeed have profiled me as a 'known pedophile' on their 'corporatesexoffenders' wikisposure. My edit in question was in regards to this organization, and believing the entry about me to be true, jumped to the conclusion that I was trying to create an inaccurate wikipedia article out of personal bias. While this isn't true (nor is much of what is said in the wikisposure article on me), I don't think Xavier should be held at fault for jumping to this inclusion. A 24-hour cooldown period was certainly warranted until this was sorted out, but definately not a permanent ban. Swatjester asked that you contact User:Kurykh (the moderator who instated the indefinate ban on Xavier) regarding your thoughts on this. I'm about to go check out his talk page now after writing this, so hopefully you have and I can join in helping you get Xavier unbanned, since his ignorantly insulting me was the thing that apparently ignited this whole debacle. There do seem to be other issues related to this, so I don't feel this alone is at fault for his indefinate ban (something about "stated intent to further disrupt Wikipedia via more frivolous allegations, incivility" according to Kurykh) so I'll look into this before deciding that the ban was a total mistake, but if Xavier legitimately did not believe his allegation was frivolous (even though it was) I don't think he should be punished forever by being banned from Wikipedia. He seems to have been a dedicated editor after all, and once he does realize that I am not a pedophile and that his Wikisposure co-workers have made a mistake, he would have no reason to continue allegating that I am a pedophile or be uncivil. If his account is unblocked, then he would have no further reason to disrupt Wikipedia by making additional accounts or to promote other posters on the Perverted-Justice forums to do so. He should be given this chance to make amends. In the meantime, while his namecalling was unwarranted, the removal of the paragraph I added really wasn't. A tag would have been enough because it could have been fixed up or sourced eventually, but removing it doesn't do any harm. I'll be submitting better sourced information later, but that can be organized off the main page and done on talk pages beforehand. Tyciol 16:58, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. This is in regards to your comment at Phil Sandifer's talk page (he apparently doesn't want the discussion to continue there so I'll come here...). I found a quick mini-discussion where Deskana (talk·contribs) explained about removing vandalism and how it's bad in regards to GFDL: User talk:Wknight94/Archive 9#Re: GFDL violations. His example pages are where I got the idea that you could not remove vandalism edits unless they were the last edits in the page's history. Of course your scenario goes a step further where there is more serious vandalism and WP:BLP violations in the edit history... —Wknight94 (talk) 20:50, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am extremely confused by your most recent message on my talk page... I noted that WilyD had fully protected the page User talk:XavierVE, which makes sense because a) the user in question is indefinitely blocked, and b) the user in question made a lot of people angry prior to being blocked. So in other words, the only people who would possibly have an interest in editing the page would be people trying to attack the blocked user.
Similarly, I thought it would make sense to fully protect the page User:XavierVE because, again, the user in question is indefinitely blocked, so therefore there is no one other than an administrator who could legitimately edit the page... XavierVE cannot edit the page because he is indefinitely blocked, and no other non-admin user has legitimate reason to edit the page. The only reason a person would edit the page would be to vandalize it. So therefore it seems logical to me that it should be fully protected.
Perhaps I should have reserved my comments about my personal disdain for XavierVE, as they are not directly relevant to whether the page should be fully protected. You are probably right about that. But your message really confused me... I did not write to WilyD to attack XavierVE, I wrote to WilyD to protect his former user page from abuse! --Jaysweet 23:12, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You refactored so I think you know what is going on and well done for doing so. I reserve my disdain for the pro-pedophile activists (and the child sexual abusers as well of course though we dont see that directly happening here, at least I hope not and am unaware of anything like that here but very aware of what to do were it occurring here), SqueakBox 23:24, 20 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. I'm uninvolved in the current RfA of Haemos, but have noticed the recent issues on the page as part of watching RC.
While your personal attack parole has recently ended, it would be wise to assume that this sort of behavior has not been approved of in the intervening year. Specifically, when you're dealing with other human beings, one or two diffs does not make someone pro-paedophile, nor does it give you just reason to accuse someone of such vileness.
I've noticed others have redacted portions of the opinion and would request that you not edit-war over this. While it may well be an important issue on-wiki, it's neither proven to be the case in his situation, nor is it worth dragging someone's name through the mud simply to garner more opposing votes in an RfA.
I appreciate your consideration of the matter. ~Kylu (u|t) 01:43, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am aware of the now out-dated parole (based on a dispute with a user who insulted my wife and eventually got completely removed from the site after the setting up the BlackApe account, the kind of trolling that wouldnt be tolerated in 2007, and the arbcom are certainly aware of my activities. This is an RfA so the normal rules of good faith dont apply as we are trying to figure out good faith and IMO my behaviour has not in any way been disruptive in the RfA nor remotely similar to anything that brought me to arbcom (by one individual who should ahve been troll blocked from the start for squealingPig offensiveness that you cant even begin to compare to any edits I have made, something I am sure the community would endorse. So nothing to look at here, SqueakBox 01:49, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Anyway given haemo's anti ped declaration i have withdrawn my oppose and struck my original statement, SqueakBox 02:11, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Edit-conflicted trying to post that statement and its reply here. :)
Please be aware that Google and other sites mirror and copy our writings here, so when you refer to someone whose real name is listed here, it causes irrevocable associations with those people. I personally abhor linking anyone's real name with any unverified assertations, and even implying something as grotesque as paedophilia with someone's real name could cause them real-life suffering. While I sympathize with your plight at that time, trading personal attacks certainly isn't the way to cause these problems to go away, and furthering that sort of incivility is in fact pointing all of Wikipedia in exactly the direction we don't want to go.
I'd beg you, a long-time user and certainly aware of the rules of conduct here and of polite society in general, to please keep in mind that what you're doing to others may well be what you objected to having done to you in the past. My apologies that you had to undergo such cruelty in the past and that I was unaware of it at the time, however.
I certainly hope you (nor anyone else here) has to suffer that sort of indignity.
Best wishes. ~Kylu (u|t) 02:14, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am very aware of BLP issues, indeed some would say I am obsessed by them. Cheers for making contact anyway, SqueakBox 02:17, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You say so, Squeakbox, but the fact is that you are still quite willing to jump into accusations against your fellow contributors that are not supported by the evidence. I confess myself quite disturbed that after being repeatedly warned about this in the strongest terms you have not changed your behaviour. Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 04:26, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Its an RfA and I was giving my opinion, nothing more. I then withdrew it on the basis of Haemo's clear statement. Nothing to look at here and certainly not to bve compared to any event in my past editing here. Though I would say the day we try to stop experienced editors giving their considered opinions on an RfA (which is a violuntary process for those submitting to their peers' judgements) is the day the RfA process becomes meaningless. lets not allow that to happen, SqueakBox 19:17, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've had similar challenges in dealing with you, SqueakBox. Do you assume good faith in my editing? The cumulative effect of your allegations makes it difficult for me to continue to assume the assumption of good faith on your part. I will state, categorically, that I am not a vigilante who needs to get his act together. As far as your comments above, regarding your personal attack parole, I'm not sure that saying (in effect) "the other guy was worse than I was" mitigates your personal attack on him, as defined by ArbCom. Just as two wrongs don't make a right, two personal attacks don't cancel out to civility.
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Wikipedia's articles are no place for strong views. Or rather, we feel about strong views the way that a natural history museum feels about tigers. We admire them and want our visitors to see how fierce and clever they are, so we stuff them and mount them for close inspection. We put up all sorts of carefully worded signs to get people to appreciate them as much as we do. But however much we adore tigers, a live tiger loose in the museum is seen as an urgent problem. -- Wikipedia:Beware of the tigers
I dont appreciate being called a tiger, I'm not an animal, SqueakBox 19:20, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
While man is an animal, I take your point. Please accept my apology. It wasn't my intent to say you were actually a tiger, but rather to make a metaphorical comparison within the meaning of Wikipedia:Beware of the tigers. Rest assured, I don't think you're a tiger. --Ssbohio 23:28, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I am fascinated by wild animal programmes and we certainly are a type of animal and I sometimes wonder how different we really are (as much from the herbivores as from the carnivores) but you undertood my point which is cool, SqueakBox 23:34, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've been the same way for a long time... When I was a child, I used to watch a program called Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. It's the first documentary-style animal show I can ever remember seeing. There was also a fictional series, Daktari, centered on an African wild animal hospital and sanctuary. In any regard, it's nice to just take a minute to become acquainted as people; It might smooth any rough spots we encounter while editing the same article. I'm just an ordinary guy trying to increase the availability of knowledge in the world, or something like that. --Ssbohio 03:26, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Just a reminder that it's disruptive to delete Wiki guidelines and policies based on POV or WP:IDONTLIKEIT, especially those intended for administrators. As it says on the page itself, When editing this page, please ensure that your revision reflects consensus. When in doubt, discuss first on this page's talk page. You can't just delete a policy point because you personally disagree with it. Since you're neither an admin nor do you have any demonstrated consensus on the Talk Page for your change, and you've been on Wiki long enough to know how policies and guidelines here are developed, you must know this edit was completely out of line. DanielEng 04:34, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well there was an edit button, and my edit was, IMO, definitely for the best of the project. To edit war over such a line without a lot of consernsus or even with it would be completely unacceptabl;e but not only did nobody revert me in days but I wouldnt have reverted in this case under any circumstances because it is policy, albeit a policy that I think is deeply wrong and that gives admins a bad idea of their responsibilities here. I would also remind you that admins do not have special editing rights on policy [pages according to curent policy so I am not sure why you imply that could be the case, SqueakBox 19:14, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, there was an edit button, but that wasn't any old article. The point is, you can't delete something on a Wiki policy page that offers instructions for administrators based on your own personal opinion. It wasn't "just a line," it was part of a set of instructions that apply to every single user.
The page explicitly states that anything that is changed must be done so with the consensus of the community. Asking for a consensus if you wanted to change that part of the policy would not have been instigating an edit war, it would have been the right thing to do. If you really feel the policy is "deeply wrong," it behooves you to start a discussion about it and see if anyone else shares your opinion. If there are others who feel the same way, well, they'll support you. If not, you'll have to accept that the policy exists for a reason, and its existence is justified. Your own personal beliefs don't carry enough weight to change policy for every editor on this site.
As to the "well, nobody reverted it for a few days" defense, it's baseless. As you know, disruptive edits and vandalism can sometimes sit on this site for days before they're picked up. I doubt many people think to watch the guidelines page.
I'm really not going to argue about this with you anymore. You were wrong to change a policy page without asking for consensus, you've been here long enough to know better, and if you do it again, I'm making an ANI report about it. I do consider it disruptive editing. DanielEng 06:34, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oh I agree that reverting it would be disruptive and as I stated have no intention of getting into edit wars over policy pages so this wont be going to AN/I, SqueakBox 16:05, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
For anyone reading what I deleted was When in doubt, don't delete.[59], SqueakBox 00:54, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
That seems like a good guideline. Since an administrator's deletion can't be reviewed or reverted by ordinary editors, if the admin has doubts about the deletion, it probably is best not to delete. The admin can always edit content the normal way. Use of admin tools is not actually required. --Ssbohio 03:43, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
To me it seems like a guideline that respects our editors more than the subjects of articles (or like PJ, people who surface in articles about things) and while I appreciate what you think, Ssbohio (obviously, given our conversations) I do believe those mentioned in articles should be our first priority. Just as we do actually delete copy vios and unfair images if there is doubt so this policy needs to be extended to all living people if not well beyond to all semi-notable articles. I am reluctant to get involved in a policy discussion as the last time I did it sucked up a lot of my time, SqueakBox 19:37, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It was your suggestion not mine. I note a "German" solution was talked about, to be implemented within the year and that is only a month away now. I dont know who the anarchist group WAS (who started the BLP page) was referring to but IMO an anarchic structure sums up many of the problems of wikipedia today and I would oppose such an anarchic group (if it exists) in the strongest possible way. Perhaps Jimbo has changed his mind over the last year given the various events we have seen, SqueakBox 21:59, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I meant your suggestion that I post it to WP:BLP. :) --PTR 00:14, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You should do, the fact that it was spoken about 11 months ago in one tiny thread makes no difference to that, SqueakBox 00:15, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Semi-protection by default is antithetical to our being the encyclopedia anyone can edit. If an article is problematic, then semi-protection or even full protection would be called for. When I first got here, I thought we shouldn't allow IP editors at all, but only let logged-in users edit. However, from everything I've seen here, it's a good thing that anyone can edit this encyclopedia, therefore articles shouldn't be protected by default from editing. I know it's more work for us, but we're either the project we claim to be, or we aren't. --Ssbohio 04:54, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think before Citizendium we could have dont hese things more easily (insist on a proper registration process etc) but now it is too late but these are worrying issues with no easy solution, SqueakBox 17:38, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I still don't see any valid arguments for deletion in your !vote, just WP:IDONTLIKEIT mixed with WP:JNN. But, whatever, if you think you've said something clear maybe somebody else will get it.
In any case, what do you think about my reduction of the article to essentials, here? I agree that the article the way it stands is pretty pretentious, but that a reason to tag the article for tone and/or other things, not for deleting it. Care to critique my effort to NPOV it? (Let's keep it off the AfD page). IPSOS (talk) 01:24, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Squeak, sorry, looking at your User page you seem to be a really nice guy and I would like to have a coffee with you in real life. So I am surprised by my reaction to your views - there is a mismatch. I must be missing something, so if you want to chat on email or my User page, please do. And I will buy the coffee. docboat 02:21, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The BLP page says that there must be consensus to undelete material deleted via BLP. I haven't seen any information stating that the guy's real name should not be revealed. In any even, Von Xavier is very much a public figure, and the name has been revealed. He is no longer a private citizen. If a reliable source covers his name, then the name should stay. WhisperToMe 03:04, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Why? Its off topic, doesnt make the article better, there is no consensus to have it and the subject is opposed to its invlusion, SqueakBox 03:17, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
On the other hand, those aren't the criteria for removal of content under BLP. He's a public figure, and his legal name is not private information. Also, we're not here to do the bidding of the subjects we write about. I think this comes down to an ordinary editing question, not a BLP issue. On balance, I'd keep his name in it. He sought & courted publicity. Now that he has it, it's hard to argue that he really wants to be a private person. --Ssbohio 03:51, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hello SqueakBox -- Thank you for your help cleaning up the Joseph Owens situation. The disambiguation page looks good to me and each article now describes the appropriate individual. As time permits, I'll expand the article on the redemptionist Owens. Thanks again -- WikiPedant 18:17, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You're welcome, SqueakBox 18:25, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You didn't notify me, but my return wasn't advertised! One Night In Hackney303 22:32, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, it's only a flying visit for the ArbCom case, plus maybe an edit here and there while it's ongoing. I knew all about the case, I've already made my statement. One Night In Hackney303 22:46, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Squeakbox, how long do we have to post a statement on this.--padraig 23:48, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Not quite sure but my guess would be not less than a week, these arbcom cases are mostly very slow. But the sooner the better, SqueakBox 23:52, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If its about a week that plenty of time, I hope to get it done in the next couple of days, just I have a busy day most of tomorrow.--padraig 23:57, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am sure a couple of days wont be a problem. The guy to ask is User:Newyorkbrad as he is a clerk for the arbcom and could give you much more precise advice, SqueakBox 23:59, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
thank you for your civil, although slightly condescending, response. i'm sorry my addition was not agreeable for you, but it was not a test. have a good day. -g
He isnt dea yet, if he was it would be all over the news, SqueakBox 20:04, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
"rv silly we dont fact tag common sense common knowledge" - Oh well, I thought what I was doing was correct, but nevermind. ScarianTalk 20:44, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Its just too obvious for a fact tag, itd be like saying "water is necessary to maintain human life[citation needed]", we need fact tags for anything that might be disputed or incorrect but this is not neither. Cheers, SqueakBox 20:46, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah. No worries here. ScarianTalk 20:51, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This is being covered by NBC now, so it might be worth undoing this edit and adding it, however I have no interest in getting involved in this and if it is real it will show itself soon enough, so I'll leave it up to you --lucid 21:43, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think its in safe hands now, and the rumour is building apace but we musnt anticipate and I'd accept rumours as rumours but not as stated fact int he opening. if he is RIP, I say, and hopefully this country can now better integrate inot the region (which is in n o way a suppor to the US position), SqueakBox 22:20, 24 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I wouldn't worry much about them, he clearly isn't familiar with the policies actually I would love it if he opens a RfC asking for an apology, that would be hilarious. Bilingue? cuidate mano. - Caribbean~H.Q. 00:48, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Claro que si, que soy bilingue. Pues soy un ingles pero aqui en Honduras la gente habla espanol, y yo tambien. Y no estoy preocopado por nada en este caso, SqueakBox 00:58, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ah ya veo, no ahi razón para preocuparse lo que el esta pidiendo va en contra de WP:HARASS de todos modos. - Caribbean~H.Q. 01:16, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The only land between me and my beloved home country is, at it happens, Cuba. Vamos adelante todos, digo yo, SqueakBox 02:04, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You undid changes without giving any reason why those changes were bad. "Bad faith editor" does not say why my changes were bad. ("Hitler wore a moustache. So wearing the moustache is bad."…) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nnemo (talk • contribs) 22:52, August 25, 2007 (UTC)
You called Laurie Pycroft a wanker in the article space as well as on his user page here. That makes you a bad faith editor and all your edits need to be scrutinised and if there is the slightest doubt they need to be reverted. TYhje only reason I havent reverted the Dolphinium edit is because I was able to verify its veracity. You have brought this on yourself, SqueakBox 23:32, 25 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding “all your edits need to be scrutinised and if there is the slightest doubt they need to be reverted”, you should read Help:Reverting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nnemo (talk • contribs) 00:16, August 26, 2007 (UTC)
Dont be crass. Wanker is an insult and you well know it. Your response merely confirms your bad faith attitude. Please change your attitude if you wish to stay here as other editors dont need to suffer your abuse while your vandalism of our encyclopedia is completely unacceptable and your lame excuse merely compounds that unacceptability, SqueakBox 00:27, 26 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
“Wanker” doesn't mean anything bad. Wanking is healthy and relaxing. You should do it more; it would help you stay cool. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nnemo (talk • contribs) 01:36, August 26, 2007 (UTC)
That is total rubbish. Masturbation is healthy etc especially in the young when a sexual relationship may not be appropriate but wanker in British English is an insult, and a serious insult. See WP:NPA, this was a serious violation of that policy, equal to calling someone a motherfucker in American English. Your vandalism of the main space and your repeated attacks after being warned against this user are a fact, now either start editing properly or dont at all, but do not try to play smart or cocky with me or any other editor here, SqueakBox 18:54, 26 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes I just saw that and see my name mentioned and as someone close tot eh AAB teachings, which is of course not the case as I hadnt even thought about her in well over a decade until I got involved inn the wikipedia article. I am going to think about this one before I comment and/or decide if to endorse the basis for the dispute. Cheers, SqueakBox 19:21, 26 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I guess 'El Jigue' has taken over those article's talk pages (again), using them for 'rumor updates' & 'commentary on Cuban events'. I guess, he'll never quit. GoodDay 17:34, 30 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hey SB. No no no, I'm not here to complain about your edits. Well maybe a little bit, but that's not my main point. I'm just here to ask you to keep cool when arguing against MoritzB: he has been involved in a number of edit wars and I don't think raising the tone will do much good. He's already recruiting ammunition for these disputes [60][61][62] and you can do more interesting things than falling into that trap. Best, Pascal.Tesson 03:31, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well I was reading the wikipedia review topic and I waltzed on up to a person who can communicate for me. I can't register an account because I don't have the time or money to go and get a paid e-mail account. If I e-mailed a response to all readers could you post it for me? It is completely understandable if you couldn't, but I would really appreciate it. Not being able to tell your side of the story is incredibly frustrating. If you agree to, please send an e-mail response. Yours, SaturdayContribs 07:24, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Check your email, SqueakBox 18:38, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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How is nomming an article for deletion trolling? Bravedog 17:34, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
We cant be wasting our time with silly nominations of articles that clearly wont be deleted. Please dont waste other editors' time. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:42, 31 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Squeak, I know we've disagreed in the past, but I know that we both vehementely disagree with MoritzB trying to conflate homosexuality and pedophilia. I unfortunately have to be someplace without an internet connection until late monday, so I fear this crap is going to get placed in the article if I'm not around to be my usual noisy self. I would appreciate it if you could keep an eye on this debate for me while I'm gone. Muchas gracias! VanTucky(talk) 04:21, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Not to butt in but you may want to share your thoughts on the ANI thread about MoritzB. He's been a one man wrecking crew all over the wiki... Pascal.Tesson 04:26, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, and hey, VanTucky, we also have had agreements, no? SqueakBox 18:07, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Although we have our differences (and oh! what differences they are), please accept my concerned thoughts and lapsed Catholic prayers for your safety and that of your loved ones, canidae, felidae, and hominid. Rest assured, I have it on good authority (it was published in GenerationQ -- kidding, kidding!) that Felix will deposit on your doorstep an entire shipping container of Marmite. Anyway, I've been concerned at your absence and wanted to check in. --Ssbohio 00:14, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Everything is fine here, the hurricane has passed to the south of us and while their is lots of rain the wind is mild, no power cuts and am just on the computer less because we havent really been at work today. Its more worrying in the capital and much less worrying here than it was, SqueakBox 04:04, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
While it is unfortunate that this hurricane had to go to ground anywhere, I am relieved to hear that it's left you relatively unscathed. I look forward to your renewed contributions at Talk:Justin Berry, though I'd look forward to it even more if you suddenly started agreeing with me. :-) --Ssbohio 04:11, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Glad you're all right, SB. --John 04:12, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've reverted your edit here because at this stage of ArbCom case you will need an Arbitrator to list/delist parties. If you have a question, feel free to post to my talk page and ask there. - Penwhale | Blast him / Follow his steps 20:25, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, thanks for fixing my mistake, SqueakBox 20:27, 7 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't attack you. I just corrected one small edit you had made. It isn't accurate to write "GNR (Portuguese police)" because GNR, a National Guard or gendarmerie (a military body charged with police duties among civilian populations), is usually known as the Guard (Guarda) and the designation "police" is almost always used for the PSP - Polícia de Segurança Pública. Finally, the PJ - Polícia Judiciária is known as the Judiciária. I didn't know we can't use the "undo" button - if that was what you tried to say to me. Cheers. Page Up 03:03, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry I am a bit stressed, I do know gendarmerie is a french word but your new edit was cool. Perhaps I am getting stressed cos I dont like the Portuguese police and judiciary and feel desperately sorry for the McCaan's (my own dislike is personal and as far as that isnt acceptable here at least I am admitting my prejudice), I see you are Portuguese or at least a native speaker, SqueakBox 03:08, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
And stop accusing editors in good standing of "trolling". Take a break, SqueakBox. You're too experienced and too good an editor to behave like this. --ElKevbo 03:18, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Removing a POV tag is trolling, adding it isnt, simple as that. And templating the regualrsd is not acceptabl;e, donmt do it again, SqueakBox 03:20, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Dude, your spelling is atrocious, your attitude bizarre, and your behavior intolerable. Seriously - I know you're better than this as I've seen you around quite a bit. You're obviously not yourself tonight. TAKE A BREAK. --ElKevbo 03:22, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
And this dispute has now been (erroneously, IMHO) posted on ANI. :( --ElKevbo 03:25, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Spelling. That's so 20th Century, its called typos and it has nothing to do with spelling. All I want is for the NPOV tag to stay, its a reasonable request and its not asking too much as the article is POV. Best wishes. Cheers for the heads up re AN/I, SqueakBox 03:26, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Bah. Spelling is important when the medium being used is written. :)
I don't understand why you are insisting on having a separate NPOV template instead of allowing the issue to be noted in the "Multiple issues" template that is already in the article. Can you please explain? --ElKevbo 03:28, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oh I dont doubt the importance of spelling, its typing I find difficult. This article is so POV, I do intend to seek out some other refs but NPOV demands both sides are prevsented and as I made clear on the talk that isnt happening in this article. That some rascist editors are targetting it (eg the banned fourdee) is ample evidence of that. I am baffled as to why anyone would remove the NPOV tag, I never do that before resolving the issue, SqueakBox 03:35, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please answer the question: Why do you insist on a separate NPOV template when the other one communicates the exact same idea but with less clutter? --ElKevbo 03:38, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I removed the blue tag. I want the orange tag there and I have fully explained my reasons. The article presents one side of an argument and not the other. I dont understand what the controversy is as I removed the unnotable blue tag, SqueakBox 03:44, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No, I'm afraid that you haven't answered the question. I don't see a need to for multiple templates when one easily suffices. --ElKevbo 03:50, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Nor do I. That is why I have removed the blue tag. An orange NPOV tag was created for a reason and it should stay as an orange tag. What is the problem? Anyway I see others are now edit warring, i wont touch the article till teoimorrow but gibvenm editors like fourdee have edited the article its POV status is inevitable, SqueakBox 03:52, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You removed an alumnus from Chaminade with a strange comment addressed to (??? somebody you called "you" ???) about outing concerns. Also strange, removing him because he doesn't want an article seems opposite to your position on the articles for deletion page - and before a decision was made on deletion. The guy is a public figure with his own web page & yet says he does not want anyone to write about him?!? I am confused.--JimWae 05:31, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The chap is Don Murphy and he strongly objects to his article, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Don Murphy (2nd nomination). While the article will likely remain given his objection and that his notability is as a film producer it feels like a good idea to not have the school he went to, which has nothing to do with his notability, recording the fact. Its a highly problematic article and the guy is very pissed off with wikipedia. Hope this helps and am willing to discuss further, SqueakBox 23:43, 8 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The edit you reverted was actually me, carelessly logged in under an alternate account, as my userpage explains. Sorry! I don't intend to create the impression that there are several of me. DanB†DanD 18:00, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oh! That's cool then, SqueakBox 18:05, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Just now you wrote here: "Oppose No reason why good faith editors shouldnt be ab,le to revert PA's or BLP vios re VK and his talk page,"
What are (is) PA's or BLP vios, please?
You should realise that I'm still trying to learn about all these abbreviations. Sorry to trouble you. W. Franktalk✉ 01:34, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If you stick up a WP: in front of these terms it should make it clear, ie WP:BLP and WP:NPA]], SqueakBox 01:42, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the quick and helpful response, SqueakBox - it's appreciated and sorry to be so dense! W. Franktalk✉ 01:56, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oh I do like wikipedia and its precisely because I want a good project that I ahve made my comments. 3 million articles is just plain silly and we clearly need editors and admins who nop better and who dont see us as "we can do what we like and out who we like" project. People who pursue the endlessly more articles approach are not people who love wikipedia, I am certain of that, and your claim to the high ground, Springer, is both tragic and silly, as is you r toast to 3 million articles…
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Would you rather me toast that we dwindle back to 1 million? — $PЯINGεrαgђ 19:09, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No, I think we should stay with 2 million more or less, and as I said I was making a serious point not wanting to be a party-pooper, and hopefully Jimbo will read my serious popint and take it on board. I was an inclusionist but evnets this year have made me a deletionist, Daniel Brandt, Don Murphy etc. I feel its preciselty because I love wikipedia that I feel this way though I do ioncreasinly feel I am involved in damage limitation. I guess att he end of the day how many sourced, notable article do we need to reach the aims of the project to cover knowledge in the world is a valid question, if we do actually need 3 million articles I wopuld rather it happened in 2032 than in 2009. Cheer, SqueakBox 19:18, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, if we have 3 million articles, and 2 million of them are good (NPOV, sourced, &c.), then ⅔ of our work is already done. We are always growing of course—that's why we have backlogs—but as the total number grows, the number of good articles, as well as the number of (officially) Good Articles grows as well, and it will be impossible to have all of our material top-notch. — $PЯINGεrαgђ 19:41, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
¡Hola! thanks for participating in my request for adminship, which ended with 51 supports, no opposes, and one neutral. I hope to accomplish what is expected of me and work to help those that lent me their trust. Your help when the Castro rumor broke and the integrity you show when trying to keep the articles bias and speculation free is also appreciated, take care. - Caribbean~H.Q. 23:58, 11 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
A couple of references have been added. The reference to the McCann's friend involvement in launching the false kidnap thesis was taken out due to not having enough time to dig for it. --Mecanismo | Talk 18:03, 12 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Actually the link in that very paragraph is a source for the mother's name,
and [[63]] is Jimbo himself trying to make the correction to his article, after prompting from his mother. He and his mother don't seem to think they're privacy violations. I'd recommend putting them back. --AnonEMouse(squeak) 20:46, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Image:justinpicture1.jpg listed for deletion[edit]
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:justinpicture1.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. DanB†DanD 00:07, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I guess this notification is a bit redundant as you've already commented on the nomination! :)
Best to stick to process, though, eh? And as I have said elsewhere I fully endorse this deletion, SqueakBox 00:08, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It's an excellent example of gaming the system to gain the advantage. Both of you knew (or should have known) that I was responsible for the uploading of the image, yet both of you took no action to notify me of this action. It's amazing the extent to which foundational principles of wiki can be trampled in order to satisfy one's personal perspective. --Ssbohio 01:54, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, and I agreed with your cropping the picture, once you discussed it & gave justification. This is entirely different, becuse the image is to be deleted, not replaced with a different version. You knew, for a fact, who was responsible for putting that image up in the first place. You chose not to inform me of the deletion nomination. Coincidentally (or deliberately as the case may be), it was to your advantage that I not be told, as I would surely object. It was, to say the least, convenient for you to "forget" where the image originally came from. Under GFDL, the image page should have reflected the origin of the original picture, since attribution and . It didn't. Again, that omission worked out to your advantage. Things either fortuitously went your way, or deliberately so. It strains credulity to assume that omissions you made helped your cause by accident. --Ssbohio 03:50, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well my apologies, it wasnt deliberate, I'm too old a hand to ganme the system especially re an image (look above and see the 2 fair image deletion requests that I am myself very unhappy with (Lincoln Thompson being one of the few articles I am genuinerly passionate about here). I think if I had ifd'd it myself you'd have a point...well you have a point, I certainly dont want to exclude you and my apologiers but it was not deliberate. I live in Honduras in a poor area so Im genuinely sympathetic to the Mexican worker but also I am happy to engage in arguments and diiferences with you but dont want to game the system to gain an advantage. I see from your user page that you are a mature and responsible adult, wish you the best and am happy to listent o anything you have to say, SqueakBox 19:45, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm glad for that. I feel that you're an exceptionally skilled editor, but that you believe in your position so strongly that it sometimes distorts other issues. I can sympathize with that. I have the same problem when editing on LGBT issues & aviation issues. What is your opinion as to Berry's notability? Hopefully, we can at least both agree that there should be an article on him, even if we disagree about its contents.
Looking at it from the economic orientation you used above, what fo you think we should do considering the number of relatively poor Mexican women who Berry paid to appear in pornographic videos for his website? To me, it has the same feel as those pornography studios who go to eastermn Europe & take advantage of economic conditions there to find "new meat" for their movie productions. What should the article say about Berry's actions in this regard? It currently says nothing. The issue has been covered in court documents, in CounterPunch, and (I think) in the NY Times. --Ssbohio 22:14, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You began to list this article for deletion on 12 September but did not complete this properly. Please either correct the afd listing (following the instructions at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion#How_to_list_pages_for_deletion, in particular the instructions for listing articles that have already had an afd using ((subst:afdx))) or remove the tag. 84.64.25.108 12:23, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Er, no, the article was deleted in March, SqueakBox 00:00, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Since the article was re-created post-March, for it to be deleted again it would have to be nominated (again) for AFD or prod'd via WP:SPEEDY. There is nothing (except salting) on Wikipedia to prevent an article's recreation, this is encouraged as there is always a chance the newer version will be better. 84.64.25.108 00:09, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No it doesnt, it means you are trolling. Now go away, SqueakBox 00:12, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry, I thought I was being perfectly reasonable in pointing out that you may have made a mistake. Since you don't appear to appreciate any guidance or criticism in respect to following deletion procedures on Wikipedia - I'll leave you alone. Foxhill 00:52, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, there are cases where procedure would be speedy or afd but given the subject matter and the previous afd this isnt one of them, SqueakBox 18:48, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I don't want to break the 3RR any more, or so I assume, than you do, and so rather than risk getting myself or both of us blocked, I had to take it to AN/I. I hope you understand. — $PЯINGεrαgђ 03:28, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
We have age consent laws for a reason, and it certainly isnt ageism, the very idea that you8ng people suffer from ageism is political correctness gone mad, they just have to wait to grow up, SqueakBox 14:51, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Wait to grow up. That's comforting to hear. I'll have to tell my seven months old daughter that. She probably won't look forward to over seventeen years of discrimination. — $PЯINGεrαgђ 00:57, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed she probably wont like to here it but for the next 17+ years she cant buy alcohol (hopefully not cigarettes either as there is a law change in the pipeline), vote and if she contracts debts you will be responsible for them. And as he rf ather I am you will be setting your own limits as all good parents do (no you cant stay out till midnight at 14 on a school night).
Why I oppose discrimination against blacks or women is because that is inherent to their nature whereas one grows out of youth, and soon enough too. All young people want to grow up as quickly as possible but when you get to my age you want to slow it down. As Benjamin Spock said "dont be in such a hurry to smoke and drink, you'll have plenty of time when you are an adult. On the other hand I oppose ageism against old people much more, if you are told you are too old to work at 60 or 65 there is no wating for that sentence to pass, you are stuck with it forever, SqueakBox 01:06, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with not buying alcohol or tobacco, in fact, if I could I would pass a law making it illegal for anyone, but I can't. As for voting, that is mostly understandable in that they are probably not quite mature enough to understand that the person they would want in office will affect perhaps the entire city, county, state, or even country. This maturity comes for some at 13, some at 15, some maybe later, but the law had to be set somewhere. The detriment of staying out until an ungodly hour on a week night is obvious, and it is only the hardest-willed and most rebellious children that I have seen who cannot see the reason after it is explained to them.
I oppose ageism toward the elderly fully as much as you do, and the only reason I would not hire one (if I, for example, owned a business, which I do not) is if he or she was not physically fit for the job. Obviously there are very few 80 year old men who can build a house. For a desk job that might be different. However, notice how very few older people actually still do work; they are retired and most of them want to enjoy that.
This would probably make no sense and be extraordinarily annoying to you if it did not have to deal with the current subject, that is, sexual feelings in children. For reasons you will probably understand, I will not tell you how old I was when I first had sex, but it was younger than 18, to be sure. Without digging a deeper hole for myself, I will say that when I say that children can have sexual feelings, I speak from experience. You have clearly read all the age of consent &c. articles much more than I have, and so I assume you have noticed that some jurisdictions have close-in-age exceptions. They are there for a reason. And really, you have to consider that if you changed the word "children" to "black people" or "homosexuals" in the opening sentence of the article, and removed the word "feelings" with the rationale you provided, someone (not me, but still someone) would get you for discrimination. Thinking about that usually helps when editing controversial child-related subjects. — $PЯINGεrαgђ 01:25, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes well I was older than you are when I first had real sexual expericence (not snogging) though I have made up for it since.
But I think we are possibly confusing the word feelings. I had sexual sensations as a child but my feelings towards the opposite sex (not being gay) didnt awaken till I was 14 and looking back on it the reasons I didnt lose my virginity till much later are because of a mixture of a Christian upbringing (that I still took seriously when I was young even when I "converted" to Rastafari (and I am not religious any more)) and just not being ready. I realise that people are ready for sex at different ages, but it was the emotional feelings I was assuming we were talking about in the article. I and any of us regulars have the right to demand that any info is sourced, perhaps I should just have said "rm unsourced" but I did think an explantion was warranted and I dont believe your last point is valid as I dont believe anyone would think I was discriminating agaisnt children for stating such a fact. I know children and teenagers tend to think they are an oppressed class but equally most middle aged adults think that is completely not so. Also there are far too many young, pregnant girls (12 upwards) here where I live in Honduras and abortion is illegal (I fervently support abortion and as a result I dont edit that article, Pascal take note if you are reading this thread). Anyway thanks for taking the time to debate this issue which is certainly both interesting and relevant, and as you can see my own take is no less full of grey shades than anyone else's. And, hey, good luck being a Dad, SqueakBox 03:17, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I have a little mixed feelings with this now, and it sounds as if you don't want to argue anymore, so I'll try not to make it sound like it.
Perhaps we should put a reference after the word "feelings" in the article (not a source, but a reference as you will see), which says something along the lines that feelings could mean several different things, and maybe try to clear that up.
I do agree with you that children and teens are not an oppressed class. Subject to a little discrimination here and there, and every so often you hear of harrassment among themselves, but that isn't really oppression I think.
As you can see I gravitate towards controversial subjects, and of course that always has the risk of being misunderstood; I have had heated arguments even with close friends about such things as pædophilia, homosexuality, &c. &c. but, thank you for the well wishes. I appreciate it. — $PЯINGεrαgђ 04:54, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure I understand exactly what you're saying, but if the bot is clogging your watchlist, you can click the "hide bot edits" link above the namespace selector, and the Signpost edits will disappear. Ral315» 06:43, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Its not so much my watchlist as it just seemed foolish for one bot to follow another thus, SqueakBox 18:41, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
That wasn't happening, as far as I know. Another bot delivered it last week, because my internet connection was unstable, but other than that, I'm the only one who delivers the Signpost. Ral315» 22:07, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ahh that explains it. I know all about unstable internet connections and having to meet deadlines. Anyway thanks for your time and keep up the good work, I keep it on my user page and it replaces itself automatically which is pretty cool, SqueakBox 22:09, 19 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
"Claim what you like but to say that Cleopatra wasn't African is to have a poor level of geography, SqueakBox 19:52, 9 September 2007 (UTC)"[reply]
Cleopatra was African because Egypt was in Africa.. She just wasn't black like most Afrocentrists claim. Most Egyptians are non-black and related to Semetics. Cleopatra was a Caucasian Ptolmeic Greek.
Intranetusa 19:27, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes I dont believe I claimed she was bl;ack, many Afircan arent as the common definition of black refers to sub-saharan people but Egypt is a part of Africa so she was African. Africans are people from Africa or with ancestors fronm Africa, not black people as we commonly use the term in English, SqueakBox 19:30, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure what I may have posted about Cleopatra since it was a long time ago but I pretty sure that's what I meant when I edited it. Intranetusa 02:55, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please refrain from violating [WP:CIVIL]] and WP:NPA in your edit summaries. Calling the editors who work on the page "abusive" and threatening RfC or mediation action if anyone dares to revert your personal edit is both uncivil and disruptive. For what it's worth, I don't know who added that cat and it does appear to be inappropriate to the article so I don't mind its removal, but I didn't think the edit summary diatribe was necessary. Not to mention that a request for mediation or RfC in this case would be laughed out the door, since you have absolutely no grounds. As I recall, previous reversions to your edits of Axl's article were when you made disruptive edits and removed information in the text that was both apparent and clearly sourced. DanielEng 21:06, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The cat was deleted so actually I think my edit summary was fine. And your claim that this abuse of the cfd would not be accepted by rfc , mediation etc is probably correct as it is simple case for deletion and pointing out to the person who inserted it the reasons why, then if they do it again subjecting them to warnings, blocks, etc. Thanks, SqueakBox 21:10, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
IO also note you made a PA against me without a shgred of evidence to back yourself up (ie no diffs). Good idea to let me know if you want to post about me at AN/I, and please spell my name correctly. It appears to em that you disagreee with my edits, wehich is fine, and then engage in PA's and opther justifications for me simply being BOLD which is not fine, SqueakBox 21:26, 18 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Greetings, there is a user who has been edit-warring and now arguing on my talkpage that Mengistu Haile Mariam should be listed in the boc as the "successor" (de facto) to H.I.M. Haile Selassie I. This is of course legally and factually incorrect both from the Imperial Constitution POV, but also from the opposing POV of Marxism, which is why the Marxist Derg never proclaimed Mengistu as a "successor" to His Majesty. Besides, if anything, you'd think Teferi Banta might have been called His Majesty's immediate successor from the Derg POV. Regards, Til Eulenspiegel 14:19, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think its been fixed, if you think otherwise give me a shout, SqueakBox 20:41, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The image I changed on your user page was a fair use image. They are not allowed on user pages. However, I tried to leave a link and something that looked decent enough. If you would like, I can play around with the box a little more to change it if you don't like it. Mahalo. --Ali'i 19:32, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, I removed the entire image, fair use is important, SqueakBox 19:36, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Mahalo nui... that works too. --Ali'i 20:13, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think you have a misunderstanding of the BLP policy. It does not apply to neutral information, such as a famous person's name. It applies to poorly sourced, or unreliably sourced negative information. When a piece of information is sourced by MSNBC, New York Times, and Rolling Stone that establishes both notability and reliability. ⇒SWATJesterDenny Crane. 23:48, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes but how does it help the article to include the information and how does it hurt it to exclude it. Surely BLP is also about taking the subject's views into consideration and Xavier has made it clear to me in a private email (and I know it is him) he doesn't want his birth name included. So it is not an RS issue but it is a notability issue (and I others dont think this info is notable enough for inclusion, SqueakBox 23:58, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It helps the article by establishing the name of the director of the organization. As for notability, the fact that it was covered by the NY Times, MSNBC, and Rolling stone, as well as dozens of other sources, is clear proof that it is notable. As for what Xavier sent you in a private email, is irrelevant. If he has a problem with it, he can contact the Wikimedia Foundation. ⇒SWATJesterDenny Crane. 00:33, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
"An important rule of thumb when writing biographical material about living persons is "do no harm". Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a tabloid, and as such it is not our job to be sensationalist, or to be the primary vehicle for the spread of titillating claims about people's lives. BLPs must be written conservatively, with regard for the subject's privacy.
When writing about a person notable only for one or two events, including every detail can lead to problems, even when the material is well-sourced. In the best case, it can lead to an unencyclopedic article. In the worst case, it can be a serious violation of our policies on neutrality. When in doubt, biographies should be pared back to a version that is completely sourced, neutral, and on-topic."
This kind of sums up why this info should not be included. I am not interestsed in back-door deals re this issue and certainly dispute that the subject's views are of no importance tot he editors of the article. Merely because something is in the NYT etc does not mean we have to include it or indeed that the information is notable enough for our purposes. I certainly agree we need to recognise the founders but we have done that in my version too as Xavier is clearly identified by his legal name. Unless there is a serious reason for this inclusion (ie that it makes the atrticle better) it should be removed, and as Xavier is clearly identified already by his legal name and has never publicly been known by the birth name its incvlusion does not make for a better article nor its inclusion for a worse article. This is not a conservatively written sentence, its a radical, sensationalist sentence, SqueakBox 00:52, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
He is a public figure. The paragraphs you cite do not apply...the information is well sourced, not unencyclopedic, neutral, and on topic. It does no harm, it is not sensationalist, it is not a "titillating claim", and there is no good reason to exclude it. It makes the article more complete. It fits in with our other articles on people who have changed their names: we use their original names too. It does not matter what is currently his legal name. We are not writing this article for him. We are writing it for the user who is reading this and wants to know more about PJ and its founder. And we're using the information given to us by some of the most notable of all sources. This information BENEFITS the article.⇒SWATJesterDenny Crane. 01:10, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm going to bed for the night, we can continue this tomorrow. ⇒SWATJesterDenny Crane. 01:45, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah I'm going off now too. Cheers, SqueakBox 01:46, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
While I think that it's poetic justice to have his personal information on the Web, that's no way to make decisions about what goes in an encyclopedia. The standard you propose above, SqueakBox, seems to me to be higher than the current community consensus standard for such an inclusion. While I disagree with your view that BLP tells us we mustn't have his name in the article, I can see an argument being made about whether it adds to the article. Ordinarily, in an encyclopedia, when the real name of a person who uses an alias is known, it is reported. In this case, what harm is the inclusion doing to someone who has sought and courted media interest and publicity for his project for years? On the other hand, what contribution is the information making to the article? These are primarily, to my mind, editing questions, not questions of BLP. Could mediation, a third opinion, or a request for comment help move the article past the impasse? --Ssbohio 03:05, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Work took me longer than I thought, now I'm headed to bed. Ssbohio, yes I agree, so long as a fair and random supply of reviewers get brought in. ⇒SWATJesterDenny Crane. 03:59, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Why do you have such a huge talk page archive? Wouldn't it be easier to split it up into sections of 20, 25, or 30 headings? — $PЯINGεrαgђ 03:28, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Nope cos I use a search buttion to search and searching 10 archives ior whatever would be tedious in the extreme. I used to have an enormous talk page but was eventually persuaded to archive it. I have no intention of making more than 1 archive page, we should be designing wikipedia for computyer friendliness and I think the current archive policy, which makes search well nigh impossible, is what needs changing as search buttons like big pages, SqueakBox 19:08, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I figure that its not fair to make my talk page huge because people use it whereas my archive is only occasionally used so it seems fair enough to me, SqueakBox 18:37, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I owe you a big thank you for supporting me in My RfA, which was successful with 67 supports and 20 opposes. - Penwhale | Blast him / Follow his steps 23:56, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Many people have strong feelings about him but this does not mean that we should expose Wikipedia to a possible libel action. Langham, through his lawyer, made a statement stating he was not a paedophile but trying to purge his own demons. Neither the professional assessors who saw him pre-sentence nor the judge who sentenced him expressed the opinion that he was a paedophile.He was convicted of downloading child pornography: this is an offence, whatever the reason behind it (clinical research, curiousity, prurience etc). It is not necessary to spell these things out: people will form (and have formed) their own judgement. --ROGER DAVIESTALK 18:48, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm taking my first Spanish class in college and I was wondering if you'd be at all interested in conversing with me, in simple form, to improve my skill? --Ssbohio 03:05, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Tal vez, SqueakBox 19:08, 21 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Pero no se comop conversariamos y yo, como los hablan espanol; como nativos, lo hablo bastante rapido a pesar de mi acento gringo, SqueakBox 18:38, 22 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think the gist of it is that I won't like it because you speak Spanish fast enough (quickly?), unimpeded by your foreign accent. Am I close? --Ssbohio 01:38, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yep, and while my accent is not perfect (not a good one to imitate) I am understood by people here where I live. Learnign a foreign language is great, it was the best thing I ever did and utterly transformed my life (I was 35 when I started), SqueakBox 23:14, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Tengo treinta y cinco años, también. 96% of the people in Ohio are monolingual. I'm already a homosexual; Once I become bilingual I could be in a fraction of 1% of the population for unusualness. :-) --Ssbohio 05:41, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If, say, 10% of people are homosexual, and the fraction of homosexuals that are bilingual is the same as that of non-homosexuals, then you'd be in a fraction of 10% of 4% of the population that are both bilingual and homosexual, which is 0,4% of the total population (I think). You would be in a fraction of 1% if, for instance, 25% of the population were homosexuals and the percentage of homosexuals that are bilingual were the same as that of non-homosexuals, or 10% of people were homosexuals, but being bilingual were three times more common among homosexuals than among non-homosexuals (I think). A.Z. 05:56, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
On the other hand (and I hope A.Z would agree with me) the great thing about learning another language is the ability to communicate with people you would have been unable to communicate with before. I reckon that the level of homosexuality (open or otherwise) is similar in Latin America to what it is in the English speaking world, with much higher concentrations of openly gay people in less provincial places, that anyway is my experience. Certainly it was speaking Spanish with my wife that really got me to grips with the spoken language (albeit having previously studied it much more on a written level) and having a partner and speaking their foreign language with them is the besty way to learn, SqueakBox 20:49, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
English is a special case, because it's currently the lingua franca, so it's very satisfying to learn it and be able to know that you can read all important things that are published, and communicate with a third of the living human beings. Other than that, I enjoy the learning itself, and achieving higher levels of understanding, and realizing that today I can understand something that I couldn't yesterday, and that I watch a movie without reading the subtitles. Of course I also want to learn Spanish, and able to speak it when I travel to other Latin American countries and Spain (I intend to go to these countries one day, but I've never been to them before), but I feel that Spanish will be considerably less exciting than English and other languages, because it's so similar to Portuguese and, frankly, there's not that much to learn besides pronounciation. A.Z. 03:19, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I see this as destructive behavior that can affect other editors, Wikipedia, and people that read Wikipedia. I suggest that you refrain from editing pedophilia-related articles. A.Z. 06:58, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It isnt acceptable to either claim my attempts at NPOVing a totally disputed article are destructive let alone that, in your opinion, I should desist from editing pedophile related articles. Check the history of the PPA article for some background on the endless socks of banned users that have made the article into such a POV mess but do not tell me what articles you think I can or cannot edit, especially given I am a regular editor and mature adult (what we in English call a grown-up) with substantial experience on the project not some newbie who doesn't know what he is doing. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:11, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I believe people don't access Wikipedia's articles interested in your rants. That page shouldn't be protected: you were the one causing trouble and you should be the one blocked, so people who are interested in writing an encyclopedia can edit the page. That you are a regular editor is yet another reason why your edit was so incredibly unacceptable: you certainly had a lot of time to learn how to write a decent article. If after 30,000 edits you weren't able to do it, I feel other editors have no reason to keep trying to teach you while you disrupt Wikipedia like that. Your comments on your alleged maturity, your comment regarding your age, your comment on experience on the project, and you teling me that I don't know what I'm doing and that I'm a newbie all back up my feeling that you should be banned. It's people like you that make Wikipedia not so great. The next time you add something like that to an article, I will ask an administrator to block you. A.Z. 21:40, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You are just demonstrating your bad faith and if continuie like this you are likely to be the one to be blocked. Admins do not block people for disagreeing with you and given you havent made a single constructive point I assume your comments to be pure trolling from a user who appears not to understand good faith. I'l,l be keeping a good eye on your edits from now on, now please leave my talk page in peace. I certainlyu did not say you were a newbie and have already checked out your edit count etc.. To accuse me of causing the page lock is plain silly, check the 3rr page and the admins comments for an understanding of why the page was actuially locked, but then empty acusations filled with seething anger apear to be your speciality. Any further atempts to write top me here on this subject will be treated as hostile as you have shown a serious lack of good faith. if you wish to edit the pedophile article like anyone else you are welcome to do so, if you just want to block users who disagree with you you are in the wrong place, while if you think you can iontimidate me with your bad faith rant you have chosen the wrong person to troll, SqueakBox 21:56, 24 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'll preface this by saying that some of my differences with SqueakBox run so deep that a week's work with a shovel wouldn't fully unearth them, but, in other areas, he & I are on the same page. So, take this for what it's worth:
SqueakBox edits the lede to begin Pro-pedophile activism or Pro-paedophile activism (Commonwealth usage) encompasses pro-pedophile organizations and activists that argue for certain changes of criminal laws and cultural response in order to allow pedophiles to abuse children. The obverse movement is anti-pedophile activism, which aims to protect children from predatory pedophiles. Much as I sympathize with his sentiments, such emotionally-charged terminology is sure to generate more heat than light. It doesn't sound like a neutral approach to the subject (and the subject doesn't sound neutral to begin with, but that's a separate matter).
Instead, try this on for size: Pro-pedophile activism or Pro-paedophile activism (Commonwealth usage) encompasses pro-pedophile organizations and activists that argue for certain changes of criminal laws and cultural response in order to remove barriers to what they see as sexual freedom and youth liberation but what the vast majority define as child sexual abuse. The counter-movement is anti-pedophile activism, which acts to further what it sees as protecting children from predatory pedophiles, but what pedophile groups have viewed as harassment, intimidation, and entrapment.
Is that language less strident regarding pedophiles? Of course. Is that a problem? I think not. The vast majority of us already know that in Western culture, an adult having sex with a child is a form of abuse, without needing to be told. Sometimes it's better to neutralize the emotional appeal in the language when it's clear that the message has already come through loud and clear. No one is going to read the second version of the lede and suddenly reverse their thinking about pedophilia. The same change of tone can be applied to the rest of the edits, as well. --Ssbohio 02:09, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ssbohio, I do not see how an adult having sex with a child is necessarily a form of abuse. I realize that people can abuse children, and adults, and old people, and I find any form of sexual abuse repulsive, including that of children, but children certainly don't dislike all things sexual, and they could, I think, find someone older than them to be sexually attractive.
Let's be clear: It's not the age of the child that matters -- don't jump to conclusions yet -- it's the ability to give informed consent that matters. If you slept with a 35-year-old (my own age) who was inacpable of informed consent, either through illness, developmental delay, or intoxication, my response to you would be the same. It's wrong, objectively, because it imposes your wishes on someone incapable of consenting. A child (and I'll speak strictly of children, leaving edge cases like teenagers aside) isn't in a position to grant or withhold consent for much of anything. Could there, somewhere, at some time, have been a consensual relationship between an adult and a child? Given a large enough sample set, every outcome is represented, even that. So, in strict language, it isn't a necessity that it be abuse. The thing to understand is that society regulates itself not on the basis of outliers but on the basis of the median. By analogy, simply because one or two may be able to drive safely at 100 mi/hr, that doesn't in itself argue in favor of repealing the speed limit. We have to legislate in away that protects the vast majority in the middle, even if it restricts the liberties one might otherwise take, especially with a child. --Ssbohio 21:05, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I can see that, and I think I agree with you. Do you have an opinion on which way would be the best to legislate, I mean, which legal age of consent for having sex would be the best in order to protect the vast majority without restricting more liberties than necessary?
I also have another question: don't parents always do things to children without their consent, as in making them do things that they didn't decide to do, such as taking classes that they don't wish to take, going to places where they wouldn't want to go, spending time with people they don't like, eating things they don't like? What I mean is: why is having sex with a small child, in order to obtain sexual pleasure for yourself, without their full consent (that they can't give because they don't have the cognitive skills needed to make such a decision), more abusive than teaching the child your own religion without them having consented, than making the child wear clothes that they didn't choose to wear, than taking the child to a school they may not like to go, so you are happy and you feel pleasure because they will learn your religion, look good to you, and go to a school that you like, etc? Many adults may not like you to hug them, but people hug small children even though they didn't agree with that (because they are incapable of deciding whether they want to do that or not), and they do it so they and the child feel pleasure. What is different with sex? A.Z. 03:38, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, I think I was too disturbed by your edit, and it made me see you as an evil person that should be banned from here. I made up my mind, and every time I thought of trying to converse with you, I remembered of your edit and I thought that the kind of people that inserts without any sources, nor consensus, their own personal opinion, and an attack, in the introduction of an article, being an experienced user, was someone with whom there was nothing else to be talked. Being capable of writing "falling in the hands of pedophiles" after 33,000 edits made me think you were a lost case. You were, to me, using Wikipedia as your soapbox, and I was sorry that other editors had to deal with what I thought was such an obvious disruption from an established editor that had years to learn that what he was doing is wrong. I am not sure now whether I was right about you being evil. I am sorry for the way I acted, and I hope you forgive me for accusing you of being destructive, and suggesting your block, without even hearing what you had to say about the matter first. A.Z. 02:37, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well thasnks for that. Of course I am not evil, well all humans contain good and evil to some degree but I am a law-abiding guy trying to generate some money in this poor Caribbean Latino city in which I live and integrating into the local culture, SqueakBox 19:59, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ssbohio, I appreciate the suggestion. Here's my two cents on the matter:
The majority of users working on editing the article have actually agreed on the version of the introduction that exists now. You might want to offer your input on the current version of the intro, which reads, in part: Pro-pedophile activism or Pro-paedophile activism (Commonwealth usage) encompasses pro-pedophile organizations and activists that argue for certain changes of criminal laws and cultural response associated with pedophiles and adult-minor sexual relations.... Some pro-pedophile activists advocate social acceptance of adult sexual attraction to minors and legalization of adult-minor sexual activity, which is currently defined as child sexual abuse. The movement stands in contrast to anti-pedophile activism, which aims to uphold and apply more rigorously current laws.
I think this version does a good job of briefly laying out the subject of the article while remaining neutral. I think it's best to save a more detailed description of the views for later in the article, where they can be explained better. I think if we try to go into too much detail in describing the views of both sides, as it were, in the introduction, we risk distorting and oversimplifying them (for instance, it's not only pedophile groups that consider some aspects of anti-pedophile activism to be entrapment).
Let me know if you think the current version of the introduction is a good solution. Mike D78 04:11, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Here's my view, Mike: The language above is objectively neutral. However, this isn't a situation where the median point is at the center of the spectrum. Far more people believe that adult-child sex is harmful and represents a danger to children than believe that it is an acceptable practice. In order to avoid giving undue weight to a minority view, the lead has to more closely reflect the more-widely accepted view. I don't think the version above necessarily does that as well as other language could. --Ssbohio 21:05, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Do you not feel that the clause "which is currently defined as child sexual abuse" reflects the widely-accepted view? Mike D78 23:06, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No I am not happy with the current version and intend to re-edit it freshly when it gets unlocked. I will, though, make sure I reference new material I add. There is clearly not a consensus re the opening, that is why the article is tagged as totally disputed and if we exclude the indefinitely banned users I see very little consensus. I think the opening is critical and needs to have some fundamental criticisms of the movement. Certainly the kind of people who wrote Megan's law and tried to pass Sarah's law in the UK would not be happy with the PPA view bnecoming law, and that is to say the very least of it, SqueakBox 19:59, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
That was directed at Ssbohio, not you, Squeak. You've already shown that you don't intend to cooperate with the majority of users editing this article.
And don't think that referencing some news article that states popular opinion about pedophiles is going to justify any introduction that is worded similarly to the one you tried to force into the article previously.
I would suggest you post your proposed introduction on the talk page of the article so other users can collaborate with you on it, rather than unilaterally deciding how the introduction should read.
"There is clearly not a consensus re the opening"
What are you talking about? Most users have clearly stated a preference for the introduction as it reads now. Mike D78 22:48, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Err, this is my user page so its a good idea to expect me to repsond what you have to say here. You simply are not going to get your way, ie keeping the article POV from a PPA perspectiove and your threats make that no more of a likelihood. The article is totally disputed and when the edit button re-appears I dont believe I need to get your permission to use it. You can state till you are blue in the face that most users support your beloeved version but once we remove the banned users from the equation there is no consensus of any sort and this sounds tome like a POV pushing tactic on your behalf. I am committed to an NPOV article and most importantly an NPOV opening so that we can remove the totally disputed tag. You only seem interested in pedophilia articles from your contribs which makes you an SPA and POV pushing SPAs are not popular on wikipedia for obvious reasons. Users like me, A.Z, Homologeo and Ssbohio are not SPAs and therefore are far more worthy of respect because we care about the project overall and not just our little agendas within it, and you would do well to keep that in mind. We have been around the block several times with this. As they say round here "Basta ya", SqueakBox 23:28, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
"You simply are not going to get your way, ie keeping the article POV from a PPA perspectiove"
I never suggested this was my goal, nor do I believe the article has the shortcomings you claim it does. FightingForJustice has stated that he thinks the article is for the most part fine as it is now; I hardly think he's a pedophile apologist.
"your threats make that no more of a likelihood."
What threats have I made?
"when the edit button re-appears I dont believe I need to get your permission to use it."
Quit distorting things; many users have disagreed with your edits, not just me. You obviously don't need persmission from anyone to make any particular edit, but you do need consensus if you wish for your edits to stand.
"once we remove the banned users from the equation there is no consensus of any sort"
Haven't the banned users already been dealt with? And yet a majority of users still dispute many of your edits, because they are bad, inappropriate edits to any objective user.
"You only seem interested in pedophilia articles from your contribs"
I have a limited amount of time to devote to Wikipedia, and unfortunately, a large amount of it has been devoted to defending myself against your accusations.
"Users like me, A.Z, Homologeo and Ssbohio are not SPAs"
So why have you repeatedly simply dismissed their concerns with your edits?
"therefore are far more worthy of respect because we care about the project overall and not just our little agendas within it, and you would do well to keep that in mind. We have been around the block several times with this."
Indeed we have, but you seem to have learned little, as you repeatedly arrogantly suggest that the fact that you have edited here longer means that you can disregard what I and others have to say. That is simply not the case. Mike D78 20:44, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
A.Z. I hope you did not seriously mean that you cannot see how an adult having sex with a child is a form of abuse, considering it is a felony crime in the United States. ⇒SWATJesterDenny Crane. —Preceding signed but undated comment was added at 04:31, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It is also a serious crime in the UK and in Honduras where the penalties are very stiff. I imagine it is no different in Brazil, SqueakBox 18:01, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm the last one to carry the banner for pedophilia, especially considering my personal history, but I do have to point out the logical issue here. It's a case of cause & effect. Sex with children/adolescents is illegal because it's wrong, not the other way around. Its illegality is caused by its being inherently wrong, so the illegality can't be used as evidence that it's wrong. If the pedophiles had their wish fulfilled and all age of consent laws were abolished, pedophilia wouldn't become right, because it's inherent flaws are unchanged: there is no informed consent, so the act itself can never be ethical. The reasoned debate comes in the "edge cases." In Ohio (my home state - Go Bucks!), the age of consent for male-male sex used to be 21. Even so, that doesn't make someone who wants to have sex with a 20-year-old into a child molester. That's what I mean by an edge case. Just like it wouldn't be unethical (in my opinion) to be intimate with that 20-year-old, by the same logic, it would be unethical for me to be intimate with someone younger, even if the age of consent were lowered or abolished. Legal & illegal intersect with right & wrong, but they're not the same thing. It may be too late in the night for it, but I hope I'm making sense... --Ssbohio 05:22, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Bucks? What is that referring to? There is a US case of a 17 year old boy serving 10 years for having had a 15 year girl give him oral sex. That is an edge case and totally ridiculous but if someone your or my age were in his position, Ssbohio, IMO, the full weight of the law should be applied, SqueakBox 17:24, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Bucks are The Ohio State UniversityBuckeyes, particularly the familiar name for the University's American football team. As far as your contention, I generally agree -- 15 is awfully young to my 35-year-old eyes. However, in terms of the bell curve and normal distribution of population, a more than trivial number of 15-year-olds may be capable of informed consent. In Ohio, 16 is the age of consent, so 15 isn't far-fetched. In other states, the age of consent is 18, and in yet others, 14. Other nations have even wider age of consent variations. While I still think it's a particulrly horrid idea, I don't necessarily see it as rising to the level of illegality. --Ssbohio 21:05, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Its just I grew up in the original Bucks, SqueakBox 23:18, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You make a lot of sense. A.Z. 05:26, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It's an interesting discussion, Ssbohio, but these talk pages are typically for discussing improvement of articles rather than the subjects of the articles themselves, so I'll refrain from adding my $0.02 and taking this further off topic.
What is your opinion of the introduction of the article as it currently stands? Mike D78 14:37, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Actually Mike this is my talk page and the comments of Ssbohio are entirely appropriate, we dont have to keep strictly on the topic of an article here, just on the topic of wikipedia as a whole, which we are doing so please don't maske such comments on my talk page discouraging discussion or trying to guide discussion in any way. My opinion is that the opening is totally disputed and needs changing, SqueakBox 17:24, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Um, this discussion clearly is not "on the topic of wikipedia as a whole."
Regardless, it's been deemed in the past that these kinds of discussions are disruptive and that arguing a particular viewpoint is enough to get one banned from Wikipedia. So a fair discussion on this topic is obviously impossible, and at any rate, discussion of actual strategies to improve articles is obviously far more productive.
Finally, my question was aimed at Ssbohio, not you. As long as you continue such conduct as forcing major edits on articles without consensus, then edit warring when several other users challenge your edits, your opinion on this matter will mean little to me. You need to learn to play by the rules.
"My opinion is that the opening is totally disputed"
This opinion simply has no basis in fact. I can show you edits where several other users have supported the intro as it stands now, and edits where at least six users have disagreed with the version of it you kept edit warring to restore. I see almost no support for your stance. Mike D78 19:07, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Mike, wide latitude has traditionally been given to comments in Userspace, as opposed to article talk pages. A discussion of issues surrounding pedophilia would generally, in my undeerstanding, be ok on this page, but not, for example, on Talk:Child sexual abuse. Or at least, that's how I see it. --Ssbohio 21:05, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Mike, if you want to ask Ssbohio questions do so on his talk page, not mine which is not a general discussion page but my talk page for discussing things releeavnt to me. Your comment "Regardless, it's been deemed in the past that these kinds of discussions are disruptive and that arguing a particular viewpoint is enough to get one banned from Wikipedia" seems like troling to me and I would ask you to be civil on my talk page if yopu want to remain welcome here, nobody is going to get blocked for the discussion we are haviung and your continually trying to threaten to block people is the only disruptive thing hapening on this page right now. You have absolutley no authority to see anyone blocked on wikipedia and the louder you shout about your precious, albeit totally6 disputed, version the l;ess likely you are to see it stay, SqueakBox 19:13, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
"Mike, if you want to ask Ssbohio questions do so on his talk page, not mine which is not a general discussion page but my talk page for discussing things releeavnt to me."
The issue of the introduction is obviously relevant to you and asking a user a question related to a Wikipedia-related topic already under discussion here is entirely appropriate. I wish you would quit wasting my time with such petty nonsense; you're so obsessed with making dubious accusations of trolling and inappropriate conduct against me and others that's it's no wonder so little is ever accomplished with you in editing these articles. All you are doing is playing the system, making petty accusations against users you disagree with rather than actively seeking consensus with them as you should.
"nobody is going to get blocked for the discussion we are haviung and your continually trying to threaten to block people is the only disruptive thing hapening on this page right now."
Either you've misunderstood my comments or you're diliberately distorting them. I never threatened that anyone would be blocked. What I said was that arguing a particular point of view on this subject is frowned upon, to the extent that users have been banned in the past for arguing points of view that were deemed to be "harmful to Wikipedia's reputation." So a fair discussion is obviously impossible. Nowhere did I try to discourage anyone else from offering their opinions here; I just gave my reason for not entering into the discussion, and instead tried to steer things back to the original subject at hand, which has yet to be resolved.
"the louder you shout about your precious, albeit totally6 disputed, version the l;ess likely you are to see it stay"
This seems like a far more malicious comment than anything I have said here. I've already offered to show you evidence that a majority of users support the introduction as it stands now; do you intend to provide any evidence that the intro is "totally disputed," as you claim? If not, I would again ask that you quit wasting my time with such petty discussion, as I'm sure we both have better things to do. Mike D78 19:50, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If you wish not to waste your time then I suggest you do not post here to my talk page again, but in all honesty I think you are wasting your own time and then blaming me for it. I am happy for you to ask Ssbohio questions here but unhappy when you get narked at me for answering any question on my talk page. You are certainly right that self-identifying paedophiles get blocked but I am unaware that people supporting a pro-paed line get blocked, indeed I am certain that is not the case, wikipedia tends to stamp down much harder on La Rouche supporters who can self-identify but cannot actively use wikipedia articles to promote the La Rouche cause, SqueakBox 19:58, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
"in all honesty I think you are wasting your own time and then blaming me for it"
I'm not supposed to defend myself when you accuse me of trolling, being a sockpuppet, etc., etc.?
"I am happy for you to ask Ssbohio questions here but unhappy when you get narked at me for answering any question on my talk page."
Well, I think you've already made your opinion about the current introduction clear, and I wanted to get Ssbohio's input on it, since he was posting about the subject here.Mike D78 20:14, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No problem, and you are certainly welcome to continue commenting on this page and I respect your defending your viewpoint, SqueakBox 20:41, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Excuse me, but what are you doing to all of my edits regarding {{rasta-stub}}? It was decided here that rasta-stub would be deleted, so I am removing it from the articles. Please stop reverting me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amalas (talk • contribs)
Ahh I did not know that. I checked that the stub had not not been deleted by checking the previous version and didnt have a clue as to why you were removing the stub. It seems that it has been deleted because that is what Grutness wanted as nobody else expressed an opinion. I unfortunately missed the debate and very strongly oppose the deletion so will take it to DRV. I stronlgy suggest that in the future you delete the stub first instead of assuming people know what you were doing. This has been handled incredibly badly, SqueakBox 21:12, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict)I am sorry that you missed the debate. However, I'm pretty sure the deletion is going to stand. I know that there were 58 or so articles (which is close to 60), but many of them had very little to do with Rastafarianism as a religion. Most of the articles were about bands or musicians who just happened to be a Rastafari. (Also, apologies if I'm using the terms incorrectly. I'm fairly ignorant of the terminology) Note that we don't put {{Christianity-stub}} on every article of someone who happens to be a Christian. If you can come up with 60 existing articles that are related to Rastafarianism as a religion, then you might get it reinstated. Sorry to step on your toes. Have a great day and happy editing. ~ Amalasrawr=^_^= 21:19, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) I did not delete the template first because I do not like leaving red links on articles. A lot of times, I can't go through and remove all the templates right away, so the red link would end up sitting there. Sorry for that confusion. ~ Amalasrawr=^_^= 21:19, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The problem I have is that this was discussed without resolution months ago and while I kept an eye on the category for weeks I then assumed the decision to try for deletion had been abandoned. Grutness is not consensus and he knew vvery well my opposition to the stub being deleted, SqueakBox 21:23, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The discussion had been closed for a long time. I closed it on the 20th (diff) so why didn't you say something then? Grutness was the only one who voiced an opinion, so 1 vote of delete is still more than any other votes. ~ Amalasrawr=^_^= 22:36, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If i had known it was up for fd I would have commented and had been watching for this for weeks after the discussion. The first I knew that someone had decided to fd was when I saw you removing the stubs. I have DRV'd it with my reasons, I should have informed you of that as I now see you are the closing admin, I have a large watchlist and the cat just got missed by me, much to my frustration as I expressed a number of reasons in the initial debate as to why this cat should not be deleted, SqueakBox 22:49, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Typically, we only inform a template's creator when something goes up for SFD. I did noticed the DRV and I have already added some things to the discussion. ~ Amalasrawr=^_^= 22:54, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Actually it was now retired Codex Sinaiticus who created the stub, not me, and asked me to opine when the stub was first debated on a page whose name I forgewt where dodgy stubs are debated. My frustration is that we had that debate and I was expecting the stub to be fd'd but then it never was and I assumed because my arguments as to why to keep it were accepted, and thus for it to suddenly be fd'd months later and then deleted with no debate when it was known that there were counter arguments that should have been considered. Unlike most stubs on the page where it was first flagged this one was strongly disputed and it seems to me that these concerns were known about (certainly by Grutness) and yet not brought to the fd debate, and I had no idea it was up for debate. So I am unhappy about the deletion, believe if I had had my say it would not have been deleted due to lack of consensus and that this is what should have happened. It feels like the arguments I made in the first palce were disregarded and thus pointless and if Grutness had tried to go for an fd when this stub came up for discussion (as he should have done) then the deletion would have failed. So Im ma defionitely unhappy about the turn of events, SqueakBox 23:12, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Squeak, as part of the loyal opposition, I have to say that I have felt your frustration. I understand why you did what you did & I might have done the same, but doing it is still a problem. Looking at this 2-hour span of time, you apparently reverted edits 4 times. Even though the 3-revert rule isn't a hard and fast kind of thing, you went pretty much over the top in exceeding it. You and I both occassionally need to defend against our own passions when it comes to this topic area, as do others, since issues like this one are seen as an urgent problem.
From one perspective, you let the rightness of your cause get away from you. From another, you let yourself be stampededover the cliff by the actions of others. For me, when the tension I feel from my most-edited article or any other part of the project gets to be too much, I go over to my watchlist or to recent changes and do some ordinary housekeeping work. I add stub-tags, I copyedit, I fix issues with the wiki markup in tables and infoboxes. In short, I do anything other than work on the article that's stressing me out, until the stress has passed. I'm not always successful, but I know I have to distance myself from the issue with such busywork. This is just my perspective, and I hope it's taken in the spirit in which it's offered.
To reviewing admin(s): this is a good, passionate editor. While I see the rationale for the block, if there is an option to shorten or lift it, I would support such a decision. --Ssbohio 16:09, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with Ssbohio. There have apparently been many banned users working on this site and I would suggest that this is a set-up job involving the anonymous 82.45. Look at this comment http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3APro-pedophile_activism&diff=160720203&oldid=160661999. This looks like a very dodgy statement to me and by blocking Squeak wikipedia are actively taking the side of the paedophiles, and not for the first time.Pol64 16:58, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have made a check user request against 82.45 here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/Case/User:82.45.15.121. If he is the sockpuppet of an already banned user as appears to be the case you would have been completely justified in reverting him from what I understand of the rules here. He certainly should not have been reporting you either if he is in fact already banned. I will let you know how the case goes as if the check user comes out positive you could probably argue to be unblocked on that basis. Thanks for the welcome message which contained many useful links to pages about wikipedia policy. I have been reading up and also on the whole drama that has been taking place here with the paedophile articles. Very interesting.Pol64 18:16, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have unblocked SqueakBox per evidence that convinces me that User:Mike D78 is the sockpuppet of a banned user. Reverting edits by banned users is an exception to 3RR. This is not meant to be any criticism of the original block, but I do not think it needs to stand given the conclusions of investigation into the user he was reverting. WjBscribe 18:28, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I wont edit anything related to pedophile articles or their talk pages until the block would have ended as a sign of good faith, I wasnt going to contest the ban because I was wrong to edit war, SqueakBox 18:38, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Just to let you know - I also looked into this editor. I am informed they are unrelated to User:Mike D78. WjBscribe 19:54, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, though obviously there could be other explanations such as soembody on holiday or starting college in a new city but I have always said that check user is better at proving guilt than innocence. Cheers, SqueakBox 21:19, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Just wanted to thank you for helping to defend against the IMHO flawed proposed changed of Myanmar to Burma. I'm retiring from that 'discussion' because of the time it's taking and I'm also finding it somewhat depressing reading some of the comments. I largely agree with you that ultimately the official name is what matters although as I've also pointed out, the idea that Burma is the most common usage also seems flawed. Nil Einne 18:02, 29 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed. And while I am certainly not unsympathetic to the protestors cause I dont push my political opinions here at wikipedia. I agree it is a very depressing thread, and I think the real point is that as the official name Myanmar is inevitably the common usage term too. The oposing arguments would be like the Spanish wioikipedia calling the UK England because the majority of Spanish speakers think the country is called England (in my experience), SqueakBox 18:11, 29 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've been keeping an eye on all this drama, and adding a tag is still not harassment, just as adding a notice that you're being accused of sockpuppetry is not harassment. Honestly, would you rather not know that there was a sockpuppetry case opened about you, regardless of how many others were opened? Also, please do not attempt to tell me what to do, when I am in no way breaching any policy. Thanks, LychosisT/C 19:45, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What is harrassment is making a new clainm when the old one isn't closed yet, and as Dyklops has done that he is harrassing me, especially as it is the 3rd identical allegation in one week. Anyway a fat it will do Pol64 top know as he can't edit, being blocked. This is a violation of my privacy givent he request has been declined twice, so please do not collude in that harrassment, SqueakBox 19:48, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I believe it would have been started as the last one, started by the IP, had been rejected, if I'm not mistaken. Something about it having turned into a debate. Now, how is this a violation of your privacy? Sorry, if I'm missing something, but that just doesn't make any sense. Thanks, LychosisT/C 19:56, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
BLP and a knowingly false accusation, I have the right to privacy and given this case has been declined trying to link me to som ex-copper in London and a UK IP address is absolutely a violation of my privacy. Editors have the right to edit here without harrasssment and Dyklos is using this toi harrass me. One supicion fine, two looks like trolling and 3 (as Dyklos appears to be the IP) is clear harrassment. Our policies protect our editors and just because an admins have blocked all Dyklos' friends is not a justification for him trolling me, SqueakBox 20:11, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
How do you figure that they're the IP? Could you point me towards some evidence regarding that? Just kinda curious as to how you're drawing that conclusion. Thanks, LychosisT/C 20:13, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No I cant and I have not made any proper accusation but read the case and I am sure you can figure it out for yourself, this isnt a case for Sherlock Holmes but one of simple harassment of an innocent user, SqueakBox 20:17, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've read the case, and I don't see the resemblance between the IP and User:Dyskolos. Also, I don't understand why you wouldn't just let this blow over. Let them look into it. If you're not using sockpuppets, your name is cleared. Isn't that less complicated than continuing with the drama that's already started? Thanks, LychosisT/C 20:24, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It's already ben looked into twice and this user is, IMO, both a banned user and probably this IP for ther reasons I gave on the page. Check user has been done, certainly re POL64, and there is nothing else to do. I edit from Latin America and always have done, if Dyklos wants to request anopther checkuser opn me he can but this kind of trolling cannot continue on and I have had plenty of it befopre from now banned PPA supporting editors which in itself is aenough evidence that Dyklos is a banned user and therefore all his edits can be subject to revert according to our policies, SqueakBox 20:31, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Let me see if I read this right. What I got out of that was, "People have trolled me before, and that is evidence that Dyskolos is a banned user, and also a troll." Did I read that paragraph wrong? Thanks, LychosisT/C 20:34, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If you want to read the whole case be my guest but I am not willing to explain anything more to you. Seen how many socks have been blocked re this issue, Farenhorst, Voice of Britain, Jim Burton, Mike D78, Samantha Pignez to name a few so i have every right to make assumptions after all the endless bullshit from these troll users and please dont come here and challenege me on this agin. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:37, 30 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I've posted a major update to the biography. It contains new sections and a reorganizing of headings and subheadings in way that more closely approximates AAB's life and work. It is throughly referenced and with some new references throughout, together with quotes and paraphrases that closely matches the citations. It includes many new details and documentation on her life and conflict with the Theosophical. Kind Regards to all. James 16:00, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
They've now come up with a reinterpretation of Wiki rules to support the hypothesis that AAB can not be cited at all. Imagine that... James 21:30, 3 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
To adress the talk page of the Pinochet article, among others[edit]
You call anyone that tries to remind people of all the crimes of Pinochet, and you refer to them as "Leftist POV-Pushers", among others (slightly hypocritically, I might add, seeing as you yourself gave a wish to have more "Pro Pinochet POV" in the article, rather than have it written from a Neutral Point of View).
My point is, SqueakBox, you can't just omit uncomfortable facts about the man because you think they may damage his reputation as a hero that "Brought democracy to Chile and "saved" it from Communism". There are two sides to every story, nothing is ever as black and white as it seems, etc. etc.
So come on, let others get their argument in as well. 172.141.167.35 18:05, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Err I am anything but pro Pinochet but I believe we are here to write an encyclopedia not to push our political views, and I removed the dicrtatorship bit again but I did not write the article. Margaret Thatcher is another matter, great lady but I still edit her article following NPOV, SqueakBox 18:10, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, yes, but I may remind you that "Pro Pinochet POV" and "Left wing POV pushers" were direct quotes, not an exaggeration on my behalf. Check it for yourself if you're still in doubt. Anyway, you're quite happy to omit uncomfortable facts about the man, so how are you "Anything but pro-Pinochet"? 172.141.167.35 18:13, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Because I am trying to write an encyclopedia and we don't just do down people we dislike on wikipedia. Besides he was the legiotimate ruler of the country for 15 or so years and I am agreat respecter of legitimate governements in my editing here, SqueakBox 18:16, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No, we don't down people we dislike, but whether we dislike them or not, you can't just pretend that certain things didn't happen in order to create an incredibly positive view of them in the wake of all the arguments in the case "against"! Wether or not, as well, that they were legitimate doesn't mean he never did anything wrong.172.141.167.35 18:21, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oh I certainly don't think he did nothing wrong, it was very sad that he actualised a coup against the Americas first democratically elected socialist, though it is true that I am not a socialist. We should treat Pinochet with the same impartiality as we do Castro, SqueakBox 18:30, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I (partly!) understand your point. However, the Fidel Castro article is better that way, because it clearly states that he has evoked both "praise and condemnation", not just "praise" or "condemnation". If anything, the Pinochet article only teeters in the line of "praise". (i.e, the actual amount of people tortured and brutally murdered under Pinochet is very rarely mentioned, as if it was unimportant, and that notion is utterly bonkers). Also, you view Thatcher as a "great lady". I don't mind that and am quite open to the political views of others. However, my problem with THAT article is that it rarely mentions her relationship with Pinochet, as if (AGAIN!) it was unimportant, and that notion too is totally bizzare. It was a major news story for...I don't know how long. My point is, imagining I got a transcript of her interview on ITN (where she explained her point of view of why Pinochet should get away with being evil and murdering/torturing anyone who's opinion differs from his), and put it on the page, explaining in great detail. Would it stay? Fat chance. Only because some people want to delete anything that hints that she would not be a "great defender of Liberty and Freedom!" I too disliked Pinochet's attitude to democracy (his idea of democracy is torturing and killing people, not allowing freedom of speech, but then going backwards in his views and allowing freedom of speach and other personal liberties, thereby confusing and scaring the hell out of his people into not wanting to speak out against him anyway!), and believe that Salvador Allende was much better for Chile than him. We need to get both sides of the argument (on all articles mentioned), or the arguments "for" and "against" will last forever on the talk pages. 172.141.167.35 20:08, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I consider the line "poor black neighbo(u)rhood" to be extremely racist. By including "poor" it stereotypes all blacks as poor. CO2 22:44, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I dont believe it does, if you check my user page you will see what I think of rascism but for me it is an adequate description. I would more tend to the theory that those who were trying to delete the article did so because it is about a poor, black neighbourhood and they don't believe that can be notable, shame on them. Cheers, SqueakBox 22:49, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
There are poor neighbourhoods for every race. There are a number of communities that are all-black, or all-white, etc. That's reality. There's nothing racist about that. Nishkid64 (talk) 23:53, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
re: List of banned users → Wikipedia:List of banned users[edit]
Deletion of that redirect may be appropriate but speedy-deletion clearly was not. The page history shows that the page has existed without controversy for over two years. It did not fit any of the deliberately narrow criteria listed at WP:CSD. Please trust the discussion system to work properly. Rossami(talk) 03:59, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Absolute rubbish, I'm not even going to bother to say why as its a no brainer, and if you want to be part of the project please learn a modicum of our rules, SqueakBox 16:50, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
For what it's worth, Squeak, I was at redirects for deletion, saw what you did, and wanted to let you know that I fully support your deletion of this redirect. Cross-namespace redirects are almost always deletable on sight. In my view, you did the right thing. --Ssbohio 03:12, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Squeak, please respond to my argument: can you comprehend the problem with the term child sexual abuse? Roman Czyborra 22:17, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I can comprehend the problem but actually think the phrase CSA is entirely appropriate. Neutrality or NPOV should reflect society's views on this matter and if society is not neutral in a scientifically objective sense then nor should we be, ie if CSA is the common use term, as I believe it is, then we are duty bound to use it, SqueakBox 17:32, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the explanation. I beg to differ, though: An encyclopedia is a collection of knowledge and its purpose is to educate folks who do not have the knowledge yet. Therefore we should stick to latest scientific findings instead of society's superstitions. If you wanted to get consent from the entire society before publishing scientific findings you would get nowhere. I cannot share your trust in widespread enlightenment. Society is not neutral on certain matters but quite retarded often times in history. Or would you say that the German society's view on the Jews in 1938 was neutral? Roman Czyborra 08:54, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, you can add to the section whichever references you have that say that adult-child sex is necessarily child sexual abuse. I and the other readers are interested in reading those. Just please do not remove the references that say that some people think that adult-child sex isn't child sexual abuse. This would be censorship. I typed "adult-child sex" in the search box, and I saw there was no article. I wish to have a neutral and verifiable article/section on Wikipedia about the subject. The more references there are, the better. And the more information there is, the better. The current section does not support in any way the view that adult-child sex is not psychologically harmful. All it says is there are two people that think that it may not be harmful. The readers of Wikipedia interested in learning more about the subject will understand that the information currently there is not nearly enough to have an informed opinion on the subject, and won't use that information alone to develop such an opinion. The section alone will not make anyone intelligent suddenly change their opinion about adult-child sex. More information is needed, that says what their opinions are based on, and how old are those children that they talk about, and what people with different opinions have to say about it. More references are needed, so we can read the books that they wrote, but not fewer references, nor less information. a.z. 19:12, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What is disruptive is the creation of the sub-section to HSB which is extreme ped POV pushing without trying to gain consensus fiorst for what is a piece of OP. Creating this redirect, which I have rfd'd, was also disruptive, SqueakBox 19:52, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, I have addressed those concerns on my post above. I am sorry that's the way you react, calling me disruptive. All I want is to improve Wikipedia, and I am doing this. I don't think content should depend on consensus (I believe you have said the same thing before), but, in this case, there is consensus for that section to exist. a.z. 20:11, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Since you guys are talking here, I felt that I would jump in. That section should be clear that by "children", it does not mean a late adolescent such as a 17-year-old, and that while those two peope feel that actual child-"sex" may not be harmful to children, that view (obviously) goes against the widely-detailed documents that state that it is harmful to children...or that section shouldn't be there at all. Right now, it acts as though Age of consent is actually usually applied to an actual child. If it means adolescents as well, then that section should either have the words child (or children) and adolescent (or adolescents) in its heading, as well as its text...or should have the word "minor" (or minors) in its heading, while it also distinguishes between children and mid-to-late adolescents in its text. Flyer22 20:16, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You have an excelent point, Flyer. If one incorporates 17 year olds as children then it is easy to say in some cases children can have sex with adults and not in any way be harmed by it if by some you refer to 16 and 17 year olds (16 is the Age of Consent in the UK) without drawing a tight line but that would be being profoundly dishonest as younger children being coerced into sex with adults (coercion being an absolute in these cases) is harmful and we must not confuse our readers, SqueakBox 21:38, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Exactly. Flyer22 04:37, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think children have way more intelligence then you two are willing to give them credit for. Fighting for Justice 04:49, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I know that response was probably more so directed at SqueakBox, considering that I didn't mention the subject of coercion (even if I did/do acknowledge my feelings to being a lot like SqueakBox's on this matter), but I do give children plenty of credit intelligence-wise, and I also know that children (I'm not talking about 16 or 17-year-olds here, obviously...though it's not exactly absent there either) can be coerced into sexual situations. And even when that child says "yes"...I would not consider it as sex in the sense of two older adolescents or two legal adults having sex, but rather as sexual abuse. Flyer22 00:31, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The idea adult-child sex thus necessitates two ideas: child, and sex. The child page says "[a] child (plural: children) is a boy or girl who has not reached puberty, but also refers to offspring of any age." The first one clearly applies. Pedophilia is a mental condition, and thus satisfies neither, but child sexual abuse does fulfill both things. A.Z., I think that a historical, sociological, and cultural look at adult-child relationships should not go under any page titled adult-child sex but rather adult-child relationships. Moreover, I think that much of it has already been covered by child sexuality. Flyer22, I think that Wikipedia also is not to make any judgments on the existence of non-harmful child sexual abuse.--A 01:32, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
That phrasing, "non-harmful child sexual abuse", even sounds wrong to use. If it's non-harmful, it shouldn't be called abuse. Do you feel that I was making judgment on whether an adult (or adolescent, for that matter) engaging in a sexual act with a child could actually be considered non-harmful to that child? If so, well, I don't feel that it was truly judgment, but was rather about what is widely documented as harmful. Wikipedia follows this, and any material we add to Wikipedia challenging that, I feel should be judged. In fact, we're judging that now...on how, what, if to include this material due to its controversial matter. Yes, my personal feeling is that an adult or older adolescent engaging in a sexual act with a child is sexual abuse, but I'm not letting that get in the way of my pondering on where or if to include the issue cited above on Wikipedia. I'm not trying to go for censorship. Flyer22 04:16, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This is not my discussion, but I feel compelled to note that a.z.'s comment above, "I don't think content should depend on consensus" is just about the strangest thing I've heard in quite some time. What else should content depend on? Dadaist poetry technique? Fluctuations in the ionosphere? Wait... don't answer that, unless this is your talk page. Squeak, have you actually said something like that yourself? I'd be surprised if you did. Eaglizard 10:23, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't see you had added a new reference. I thought it was the same as before. Sorry. I'm going to read the reference now. a.z. 21:48, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You are welcome, always check what you revert before doing so, SqueakBox 21:49, 7 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Dyskolos has apologised to you on his talk page. They have also retracted their comment about baby rapers. Do you think they should remain blocked? a.z. 03:24, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that wasn't an apology, SqueakBox 16:49, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Congrats again, this time on Lundiaka, and Dykolos been awhile since I could comment, but hey, it looks like you're just down to needing to off User:A.Z. and User:Fighting for Justice and you can finally have your way.
P.S. You may see this as a blatant trolling attempt and... well, it is... but that doesn't change the fact that from this outside observer's vantage point you appear intent of cramming 'your' (somewhat POV) version of an article intro down people's throats without seeking consensus, because in your opinion they're all socks or PPA's... despite you showing you're, if not a APA, a big supporter of their movement.
Also, I do have a current, unblocked wikipedia account, before you dismiss me as a banned user, etc. I just refuse to use it on this subject, I'll stick to music and videogames, thank you very much. I don't feel like dealing with on site wiki-stalking and real life retaliation. 70.123.189.59 00:07, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Actually and for the record my commitment is to wikipedia and making an impartial encyclopedia for our times, SqueakBox 02:25, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hiya SqueakBox! I was coming by to say thanks for helping with Krotona, but then I noticed that involved discussion about child sexual abuse and ... oh my. It had simply not occurred to me that the NAMBLA types would be yet another faction on WP, although its certainly obvious now, in retrospect! I don't envy you that battle. (Rev. suggested by my inner attorney: I do not here mean to imply that any editor[s] above are now, or have ever endorsed or been associated with NAMBLA, only that I am certain some editors somewhere on WP are.)
And speaking of battles, I hope you won't hate me if I take the risk of being a bit presumptuous, giving personal advice to a relative stranger and all. But as I was looking over a few of the diffs and discussion above (and you're right, that was not an apology!), I noticed something in your comments that made me want to share with you something from my own experience. Specifically, I have found that, when I am typing rapidly, and then I look at the preview and see a half-dozen "fat-fingered" typos in my text, this is a sure sign that I am becoming emotionally heated, and that I need to cool off before continuing. In fact, I now routinely abort my comments when I find this happening, and simply come back and start over after a few hours of doing something I enjoy. This has helped immensely in reducing the number of posts I've made that I've been forced to regret and/or apologize for. Which is not to say you've made any such posts. It's just my experience, for whatever its worth, with cash value not to exceed $0.02US. :) Eaglizard 10:08, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately it doesn't just happen for me when I am emotionally fraught though that does make it worse and what your message indicates is that that is how people interpret these typos. I have finally resigned myself to using Mozilla spellcheck and though it drives me mad when I am writing in Spanish and I dislike when it tries to get me to spell in American I am getting ot grips with it and it does spot my typos. So hopefully no more, SqueakBox 15:49, 10 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, I understand. I just noticed in particular those typos that come from typiong wortds tooo fast, you see? :) It's hwere you hit two keys at once, or reverse common letters.... lol And yes, on a serious note, I think my interpretation won't be uncommon. On the other hand, it's just more a less a "don't forget to have a nice cuppa" sort of comment, and your many contributions to WP speak for themselves. :) Eaglizard 08:50, 11 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, cuppa sounds very English, like a cup of tea, something I haven't had in years, not that I am complaining! And cuppa is the only word in this paragraph that my new found spell check doesn't like, SqueakBox 04:39, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Given your stance on BLP, it surprises me that you allowed unsourced material, including a photo of a child, to remain in the article. If you look at the uploading editor's contributions, you'll see that this is probably a subtle form of vandalism and a libelous attack on another person. Please be more careful about what you allow in an article, even if the material happens to match your personal standpoint on a subject. Jeffpw 06:45, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I was working late after a massive internet outage all day and missed what you say but wholeheartedly agree, SqueakBox 17:09, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
And I noticed above that you also use Mozilla spellcheck, and it drives you mad when you type in Spanish. I, too, use it, and have it installed for both English And Dutch. if you go to Mozilla extensions, you can install a Spanish dictionary, too, and toggle back and forth, depending on which language you're using. Hope that helps. Jeffpw 08:35, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I'll look into that, SqueakBox 17:09, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your good grace in accepting my crabby feedback. I know you're a conscientious editor who makes solid contributions. I shouldn't edit before my coffee kicks in. Always a pleasure editing with somebody I trust, even when I do not always agree with their positions. Jeffpw 18:18, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Did you see SqueakBox's latest contributions to the article on pro-pedophile activism and the respective talk page? They may be in good faith, but they don't seem solid to me. He had been reverting back to his consensually rejected version time after time, although he seems to have stopped now. That version said something like "the pro-pedophile movement wishes to change laws and society's perceptions in order to allow pedophiles to abuse children". A.Z. 18:44, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No evidence my version has been rejected and anyway to replace a sourced section with an unsourced one is not acceptable, SqueakBox 18:55, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have explained to you at least three times that your version is not referenced. The evidence that your version has been rejected is that not one single other editor supported your version. I personally don't think that the number of people who support a version is as relevant as whether it is referenced or not. A.Z. 19:19, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Consensus does not trump policy so I agree with your last statement but it is simply false that I am the only editor to support my version anyway and inserting false statements (whether unintentional or not) is unhelpful, please take care in what you say. And the version Fighting reverted to today was unreferenced, SqueakBox 19:23, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that any version should have references, so much that I disagree with Wikipedia's policy that only "assertions that are likely to be challenged" should be referenced because I think all assertions ought to be referenced. I'm sorry that I had inserted a false statement. I just saw, when looking at the edit history, that Pol64 supports your version. A.Z. 20:04, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
All challenged material needing refs is a pragmatic approach given the vast quantity of unref'd material, especially in stubby articles, SqueakBox 17:45, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I made a minor change to a post of yours. When I first read the comment, it looked as if I were the author. I hope you're OK with that. A.Z. 22:56, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Looks fine, thanks for the heads up, SqueakBox 22:57, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I hope you don't mind that I undid your undo; just since it was Jimbo's talk page I thought that if Jimbo wanted it off he (well, or maybe an administrator) could remove it. If you still want it off though I would not be opposed to asking Yamakiri if it is fine with him if we remove it. — $PЯINGεrαgђ 03:00, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Not at all, SqueakBox 16:52, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for cleaning up my introductory paragraphs at illegal drug trade. Of course, the introduction as well as the rest of that article could still use a ton of improvement!
You might enjoy using Firefox for a number of reasons, one of which is that its built-in search (Ctrl-F) also will search through textareas (e.g. the box in which one edits Wikipedia content). It's a useful feature, and Firefox comes packed with lots of other useful features, and is open source software.
By the way, you've got a pretty wife!
Thanks again for the help with the article. --Daniel11 07:51, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
See the Talk page of History of West Eurasia. If there is such a place as "West Eurasia", wouldn't there be a Wikipedia article about it, before a "history" of it is written. Please help, instead of obstructing progress in building a reputable encyclopedia. What is next, "History of Northeast Oregon"? Libertyvalley 19:13, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I suggest you learn how to do an afd properly if you wish to afd the article. Your lack of ability to do this probably means you aren't yet ready to be nominating articles for deletion. Please do not accuse me of obstructing when I am working clearing up your mess. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:17, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please point me to the Wikipedia page about "West Eurasia". I would like to know WHERE this mythical location is before I help to improve the HISTORY of the location. Libertyvalley 19:19, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well read the article, SqueakBox 19:21, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your help. I am beginning to understand now. Libertyvalley 19:32, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If you follow the afd instructions on the page I gave you then it will be perfectly valid and the community can vote on it, SqueakBox 19:33, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I was going to give you a "heads-up" about your appearance (your debut?) in article space at West Eurasia, but it would appear you're ahead of me! Regards, BencherliteTalk 19:59, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Certainly my debut in that part of the world, SqueakBox 20:00, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
And you've been deleted... still, I doubt you're disappointed!
Hey, just droppping you a note that I volunteered to mediate this case. It looks like everyone's willing to work out a solution, and I look forward to working with you. I've noticed the case has been open for a bit, so I just wanted to ask you to weigh in when necessary. Thanks. justice 21:29, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, I feel I should apologize for the statement I made before you had weighed in about thinking you were wrong. (I will post this message on the case page as well) While it is my personal opinion that some of your edits have violated wiki's policy, the statement I made, especially in the way it was phrased, made it appear I was 'taking sides', which is certainly not my place as a mediator. While I do retain my opinion personally, please understand I will make every effort to set it aside as we sort through all this, and I believe everyone should have every opportunity to provide evidence in their favor. I will make every effort I can to ensure that your side of the issue is examined carefully, and all evidence you bring is gone over. The same goes for everyone else involved. Please remember, though, I'm human, and it's impossible for me to not come to a conclusion about this ;). I have already stated my current opinion, but it was made on a face-value judgement, and it will change if reasonable evidence is brought against it. Thanks. justice 02:20, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well let's see how it goes. I certainly do not believe I have violated any policies whereas those who oppose me contain editors who have been indefinitely blocked multiple times for serious policy violations, basically cheating using socks. Mediation is not about content disputes and I would like some background as to why you think I have broken wiki policies and whether you think those who are opposing me have also done so, ie I have issues re your neutrality already and that is not good, especially given the mix of your lack of experience and the issues involved here. I also think you need some background to the case and should try to talk to someone on the arbcom re the 20 odd indefinitely banned users (not all different people) who have been banned re this issue and inappropriate editing. Thanks, SqueakBox 15:39, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Why did you remove the prod notice from this article? --Orange Mike 17:05, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't, someone else did and any editor can do so so the person who placed it originally was in the wrong to replace it, SqueakBox 17:09, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
? I thought it was taboo to remove such notices, and that the proper response was a "hangon" tag? --Orange Mike 17:11, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Prods are meant to be deleted by anyone (that's how you contest them). Hangon is for Speedy Deletions (CSD or DB tags) ⇒SWATJesterDenny Crane. 18:06, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Exactly, and it wasn't me who actually removed it, I reverted its replacement by the person who originaly put it there, SqueakBox 17:15, 18 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed I have now voted to delete in the afd, so I was following procedure not expressing my own view, SqueakBox 20:11, 18 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed you had been doing some work on the Kurt article, and thought I'd mention that this Friday on NPR, Kurt is going to reveal why he forgot to mention the $3100 he gave to Berry.
In a story to air Friday on NPR's All Things Considered, Eichenwald reveals a secret that he had carefully guarded for more than two decades. His epilepsy had triggered so many and such severe seizures that, according to his neurologist, he suffers from "severe memory disruptions."
Did you know that you cropped a thumbnail instead of cropping the original? [65] Can you re-do this so that the original resolution is maintained? 199.125.109.21 13:54, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Except that you don't have to change the name, just upload to the same filename Joints1.jpg with the new version. 199.125.109.21 15:58, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think you just missed my note of how I think the MedCab wasn't getting anywhere, and we might have to move to formal mediation. Are you willing to participate in that? Martijn Hoekstra 16:16, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What is formal mediation? I am only willing to mediate with people who do not act as meatpuppets for banned users or who are socks of banned users, SqueakBox 16:18, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I will not at this time comment on the subject of meatpuppets, as it's a very difficult one, and as far as I know, there is no policy on meatpuppets of banned users, nor is it easy to determine if someone is a meatpuppet, unless self-identified. You can read more about formal mediation in WP:RFM. It is usualy seen as the next step when RFC or the MedCab fail. Martijn Hoekstra 16:23, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Policy is that if someone acts as a proxy of a banned user they may be blocked, and this or these PA user(s) who wont say no and return many times and are under arbcom restrictions is a good example of where such a policy is likely to be enforced. IMO S***/82/Richard were/was deliberately disrupting the mediation and you failed to act so you are at least somewhat at fault for the mediation crumbling. I think some people believe this dispute resolution can be used to bring the blocking of PPA activists into an open arbcom case and therefore wish to see it disrupted (whereas I believe you are doing the mediatiion in good faith, as I was) so let me assure you that such a plan to take this to arbcom to provide a platform for this/these banned users will not work. I see no reason to up the mediation when all that is needed is for you to remove the comments by S***, Richard and 82. I suggest we wait till Justice comes back online before deciding what to do next if anything, unless you remove those comments in which case I will be up for continuing mediation, SqueakBox 16:32, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The advantage of formal mediation, is that it follows fairly strict rules, and is far less easy to be disrupted. In our case, i think that that might just do the trick. Also note that RfM is not an arbcom case. Martijn Hoekstra 16:37, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well avoiding disruption sounds good. I think we need to wait for Justice to return but I am certainly not saying no to formal mediation as long as it only involves established users such as yourself, Homologeo, Fighting, A.Z etc. I will not work with socks of banned users, SqueakBox 16:42, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If you put a RfM in, I'd certaily be willing to mediate the dispute for you if everyone is OK with that? Ryan Postlethwaite 16:46, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Okay by me, I suggest Martijn lodges it with RfM then, SqueakBox 16:49, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
A request for mediation has been filed with the Mediation Committee that lists you as a party. The Mediation Committee requires that all parties listed in a mediation must be notified of the mediation. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Pro-pedophile activism, and indicate whether you agree or disagree to mediation. If you are unfamiliar with mediation on Wikipedia, please refer to Wikipedia:Mediation. Please note there is a seven-day time limit on all parties responding to the request with their agreement or disagreement to mediation. Thanks, Daniel 07:55, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You may have your ups and downs, but you stick with it and you have an absolute passion for fairness. For this reason, I present you with the original barnstar. Keep hanging in there. Guy (Help!) 20:33, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, to the best of my knowledge, even if a user is banned, if his or her comments are not disruptive, their contributions are usually not removed. Your unilateral action does not further the goals of this project. Of course I will not get into a revert war over this with you, because that would be pointless, since you never seem to back down from the course of action you want to pursue. However, I would like to stress to you that, usually, one needs to have the support of other involved editors before deleting non-disruptive comments, even if they're made by a banned user. Also, if you can, could you possibly point out how the comments you deleted are disruptive? Lastly, if there are disruptive comments, why not simply remove those, and not all commentary made by the banned user? ~ Homologeo 20:52, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You are wrong, Mike never had the right to edit and all his must and will be removed along with those of all other proven socks in this case. You shouldn't get into an edit war because I have the right to ignore 3rr in this case and you have no rights to act as a Mike D78 meatpuppet. When are you guys going to learn to stick to the rules? SqueakBox 20:54, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure if you saw my response to your last comment on the Anti-pedophile activismTalk Page, but could you possibly point me to the policy that supports the unilateral removal of non-disruptive commentary. Thanks, ~ Homologeo 21:15, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I inquired of an admin on the policy you seemed to be referring to - what he said could be viewed here... So, you're right in that one can remove commentary made by a banned user. However, another editor has as much right to revert such an edit. Maybe it would be best for you to explain why you think the comments you're removing do not belong on those Talk Pages, especially when they're often at the center of various discussions. ~ Homologeo 23:18, 21 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Banned users returning are by definition disruptive and therefore the comments must be removed. The fact that you and Fightinjg restored those comments doesn't look good in terms of mediation and trying to fix the problems. The problem is someone reads the talk pages and gets a false idea of the debate because one banned suer has chosen to diss wikipedia by cheating. You do not have the right to restore comments of a sockpuppet under any circumstances, and your doing so looks to me like a bad faith action given you know the circumstances of the case and the huge trouble this banned user has brought to our site,. Persistent support of and aiding a banned suer to have influence on the site is in itself extremely disruptive and makes it almost impossible to collaborate with you, 15:43, 22 October 2007 (UTC)SqueakBox 15:43, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If you haven't noticed, I only undid your actions once, while you, on the other hand, have removed the comments in question repeatedly. Also, unless you can point to a policy that states the restoration of removed comments by banned users is never allowed, please stop claiming that Fighting for Justice and I are acting against policy. As I explained above, you do have the right to remove the commentary of banned users. However, other editors are allowed to bring those comments back. It is usually advisable to seek consensus whenever there is disagreement on whether or not comments by a banned user should remain on the Talk Page. Furthermore, it was never established that Mike D78 was in fact a sock puppet of a banned editor - this was only suspected, and (as I have pointed out) the justification for that block is being inquired into at this very moment. Howbeit, even if Mike D78 was banned legitimately, there is definitely no consensus among the editors involved in editing the pro- and anti- articles on whether the this editor's commentary should remain. In fact, everyone who has expressed his opinion, except you, has been in support of keeping these comments on the Talk Pages. Likewise, please remember that editors other than the banned editor can vouch for the comments made by the latter. This is exactly what Fighting for Justice has done. Also, you have still to address the point, already made twice by separate editors, that your removal of commentary has resulted in a disrupted flow of thought and discussion on the Talk Pages - it is now almost impossible to make sense of numerous sections of text because of your edits. This is definitely more disruptive to the project than the perceived "cheating" supposedly carried out by Mike D78. Lastly, why not, instead of edit warring over whether or not the commentary in question should remain on the Talk Pages, engage the issues of the articles head-on. This seems to be a much more reasonable and productive way to proceed. What harm is there from directly addressing points of view that you disagree with? At this point, the words of John Stuart Mill come to mind:
... the peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error. (On Liberty)
Your comments indicate you are not acc3epting the reality, which is that Mike was an abusive sock. With actions like those of yourself and Fighting it is hard to see how mediation will work, and those comments are still subject to removal and their restoration subject to meatpuppet claims. Mike's comments must be purged from the wikipedia, a scorched earth policy is the only realistic way of combatting this highly abusive user, and neither you nopr others can continue aiding, abetting and supporting this and other banned users with impunity. THis is not about censorship, it is about addressing the issue of banned users, wikipedia is not a public service and nobody has a right to edit, it is a privilege that Mike D78 never had, nor Farenhorst. Others such as Dyskolos are suspected socks so i left their comments intact whereas there is no question or doubt concerning Mike's guilt, read the block log. Your cvlaim the block is about to be removed is unsubstantiated, SqueakBox 21:07, 22 October 2007 (UTC) SqueakBox 21:07, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have no foreknowledge into whether or not Mike D78's block will be removed, and do not claim anything of the like. All the while, I am still perplexed by the reasoning behind this block, and am indeed inquiring into the situation by requesting more information. Also, as I stated before, I will not undo your edits again for the time being, because I want to get the input of others first, and wish to avoid another edit war (which, unfortunately, already seems to have started between you and another editor). However, it is looking like all other editors who have voiced their opinion on this issue are disagreeing with your course of action. ~ Homologeo 21:40, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Editors do not decide whether sock comments should stand, if a number of editors wish to aid and abet banned editors than those same number of editors are exposing themselves to genuine criticism of their actions as alleged consensus does not supersede policy which clearly allows me to remove those highly disruptive edits of already banned users. We simply cannot continue on with established editors supporting banned socks over other legitimate users and this will end in tears if it continues. Mike was not only obviously a sockpuppet from the beginning but a highly disruptive one who, engaging as a banned user, reported me to AN/I and edit warred with me. We are about to edit formal mediation and the issue of not only how we deal with socks but also how we deal with those who aid and abet socks is obviously the primary issue with which we have to deal and your comments are not in any sense an acceptable solution to that problem, ie what we must all do is accept that Mike was an ilegal sock and remove any trace of his former presence from the site. Only then can we address the NPOV issues, SqueakBox 21:48, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I think it is now obvious that you and I disagree in our interpretations of Wikipedia policy. I have already directed you to the summary an admin has provided for me of how commentary by banned users is generally dealt with. You're free to argue with this interpretation, but I'm simply going with what I see to be self-evident from the policy and from what has been explained to me by an experienced editor/admin. However, you are right in that it is very important that we figure out what should happen to such commentary - this is key to making mediation work. ~ Homologeo 22:08, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes I read that, it is the opinion of one admin and was broadly confirming what I have been saying. What is certain is that Mike had no rights to edit because of previous bad behaviour that resulted in an indefinite block and now you are claiming that this does not matter, that we need his comments, etc. Restoring these comments in this situation is pure meatpuppetry with no alleviating circumstances such as BLP concerns, SqueakBox 22:11, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm curious to know what do you SqueakBox mean by "this will end in tears"??? Sounds to me like a threat, something that is disallowed on wikipedia. But to me fair I'll give you a chance to explain yourself. Fighting for Justice 01:33, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It could not possibly be interpreted as a threat under interpretation of the English language so no need to explain, thought I would like an explanation as to why you have been helping a sock of a banned user by restoring his comments to the talk PPA and APA pages, that makes me want to cry! SqueakBox 03:32, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well at the very least it could be considered less then civil. So I recommend you choose your words more carefully next time. I know you care a lot about civility as you scolded A.Z., of lacking civility, for telling you things you didn't like to hear/read. Fighting for Justice 08:00, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It wasn't even vaguely uncivil, stop making insinuations that don't exist in objective reality. Yes, civility is very important but if you think that was uncivil we don't seem to be talking the same language, though as I said the suporting of socks of banned suers in evading their bans is enough to make any good faith user cry. Now please answer my question if you want to post here, don't just come to harass me over ridiculousnesses, SqueakBox 14:46, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
harassment??!?!?! exaggerate much? I wrote one message nicely asking for clarification on a statement you made. You offered nothing so my confusion remains. If it was so harmless then you'd have no objection to clarify it. I do not believe for one second that Mike was a banned user. His comments were constructive and he put up with a lot. Fighting for Justice 20:57, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What is going on here? Why are you using so many exclamation points? El_C 21:01, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Fighting, I have already clarified myself. No attack, just a comment about what is going on. As Ijahman once sang, "I shed tears without shame", SqueakBox 02:35, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, since this article survived its deletion debate, I was wondering if you were going to take this to a deletion review or just leave that alone for now? I ask...because having "gotten to know you" somewhat, I know that this probably isn't a done deal for you, and that you may nominate it for deletion again in a month or two, probably two, and I'd rather know now what you plan to do or not to do about the outcome of this deletion debate, since I want to follow-up on this matter, if it isn't the end of it.
Given how controversial this article is, I doubt that it would be the end of it, whether from you or not. Flyer22 05:21, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think the result was a step towards an impartial encyclopedia for our times. ([66] ) A.Z. 05:47, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am not quite sure how, to me it looks like a POV fork for our times, SqueakBox 01:04, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I agree, Flyer. It looks like twice the delete to the keep votes. If the DRV fails wec an take it again next month but this is clearly the first step, SqueakBox 14:49, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Have you considered merging it and turning it into a redirect? This can be done easily at any time without having to wait on a deletion review. Given the rationale of the close, I think it was reasonable so I suspect it's unlikely to be overturned. Friday(talk) 14:55, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think it is an excellent idea, Friday, but (a)I have already started the DRV and (b) I am sure thaty A.Z abnd others would revert a redirect, especially if it was done by me, SqueakBox 14:58, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Something to try afterwards, perhaps, depending how the deletion review goes. Friday(talk) 15:00, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yep. We have been here before, of course, remembering Brian Chase, and on reflection based on my greater wikipedia experience I now think you were right there and certainly that you are here too, SqueakBox 15:06, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, Squeak. Thanks for letting me know your plans on this matter. Flyer22 17:50, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I responded to your question on the Alice Bailey discussion page under the above title. Sparklecplenty 01:21, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the heads up, SqueakBox 01:23, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well Kwork sounds knowledgeable to me, but whatever, I certainly do not consider myself ignorant on the subject having spent the best part of a decade seriously studying AAB, drawn there by the astrology which was a youthful passion of mine. And some of the ideas I gleaned from AAB have so profoundly influenced not just me but my perception of the world and particularly from the esoteric astrology and treatise on cosmic fire books so while AAB is not my life neither dfo i consider myself ignorant on the subject though I am also a substantially experienced wikipedian, as are others less knowledgeable about AAB, like Gordon and Mouse. Regards, SqueakBox 01:31, 24 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi SqueakBox. I noticed that Sparklecplenty told you I "hate" Alice Bailey, and I am sure you have already noticed that I am not happy about elements of Bailey's books. Nevertheless, I do wish it was easier to disagree without being an enemy. I know that I can be abrasive, but disagreements do not automaticly produce enemies. I have noticed, for instance, that John Kennedy and Barry Goldwater were actually friends even though the were political opponents.
Goldwater was an unwavering supporter of Wisconsin's Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy to the end (one of only 22 Senators who voted against McCarthy's censure). He was also friends with Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts; in fact, Goldwater anticipated that a contest for the presidency between John F. Kennedy and Goldwater himself would have been an enjoyable experience, with lively debates between them, one of which was to be held on board a plane in flight. Goldwater was grief-stricken by the assassination of Kennedy and was greatly disappointed that his opponent in the race would not be JFK, but instead Kennedy's Vice President, the former Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas. Goldwater disliked Johnson (who he said "used every dirty trick in the bag"), and Richard M. Nixon of California, whom he later called "the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life." It is believed Goldwater, then a Senator, forced Nixon to resign at the height of Watergate by threatening to vote in favor of removing him from office if he did not. The term "Goldwater moment" has been used to describe a moment when members of Congress from the President's party disagree and go against the wishes of the President.
To me this seems good. Two people who were very opposed to eachother's views, but still were open to the humanity of the other, and could still maintain a personal friendship while opposing the ideas of the other. In fact Bailey herself warned many times against becoming fanatical in one's beliefs, a view with which I agree. Kwork 21:59, 24 October 2007 (UTC) BencherliteTalk 20:02, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am Jewish but some of my best friends are Antisemitic, Thy are not Nazi's but they are what I call mildy antisemitic. I think we can work this out without an edit war unless your motives are to help James sell his books. I don't think they are so lets work this out the talk Bailey talk page OK.
I think some of my family are "mildly anti-semitic" as you put it and too anti-Israel for my liking but they are not at all Nazis, but I will openly disagree with them on this issue. Obviously I have no connection with James so no interest in selling his books and no COI on this article. I too hope we can work this out amicably. I was a fan of AAB's but many years ago and hadn't thought about her in more than a decade till I came across the article and I personally don't believe she is either anti-semitic or anti black people (I am married to one) but her style was dreadfully old fashioned and anachronistic when it was written and tends to get misinterpreted, SqueakBox 00:25, 26 October 2007 (UTC) SqueakBox 00:25, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What does "A Rastaman feeling kind of red" mean? That looks like possible vandalism to me.-- Mumia-w-18 15:56, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
That is pretty clear from the link, no? It means feeling kind of stoned (red being a Jamaican/Rasta word for stoned). Never heard of anyone vandalisinf their user page, lol, SqueakBox 18:40, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Not to have a search feature available when editing hurts. I sometimes copy the entire text into a text editor and use its search features.-- Mumia-w-18 16:10, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
In Mozilla you can search the html text whereas you could not before, you can't search and replace. I would use another text editor to do that but rarely do whereas various times each day I use Ctrl F to find text in the editable page, SqueakBox 18:40, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Squeak, I hope when you wrote "your assumptions about my ignorance are remarkably wrong" that you were referring to cat, and not to me. I make as few assumptions as I possibly can — it's been a central focus of my entire life, in fact. I was merely responding to cat's allegations in a way designed to use them to convince her of my point. Where you actually were educated (or the question of your alleged ignorance) never entered my mind. To be clear, I don't consider you ignorant at all.
While I don't think you've expressed your point regarding the phrase in question particularly effectively, my response was to try to help you make your point, I believe. In fact, I have been skirmishing around this issue w/ cat and others for months now. I'm convinced that subtle misinterpretation and the use of loaded phrases like this one (and like "new world order") are the biggest threat to NPOV in this article, and I've been nursing a long, subtle strategy to prevent that in this article for months now. So, I certainly agree with you on this issue. (For instance, the new section on Shamballa is unintentionally POV simply because, trying to "locate" the Hierarchy in some definite spot, it completely fails to understand that the lowest point of the Hierarchy exists on the higher mental plane, where space-time simply does not apply. This is basic DK 101, but we can't expect this to be clear to everyone. I believe patience is our best friend, here. :)
How the Wikipedia process eventually solves all this in the article text remains to be worked out, of course. :) Eaglizard 20:11, 26 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The above named Arbitration case has closed. The Arbitration Committee decided that [a]ny user who hereafter engages in edit-warring or disruptive editing on these or related articles may be placed on Wikipedia:Probation by any uninvolved administrator. This may include any user who was a party to this case, or any other user after a warning has been given. The Committee also decided to uplift Vintagekits' indefinite block at the same time.
SqueakBox, please don't continue removing the discussion. The general norm is, as I'm sure you know, that editors may decide when to remove content from their talk pages unless something very objectionable is discovered. My guess is that JzG thought his removal would be uncontroversial, in which case it would be a perfectly justified way to avoid drama. But if some editors really want to have a discussion, it's only courteous to allow it (well, IMO, anyway), absent libel or what not. Thanks. — xDanielxT/C 01:04, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think Guy was completely right, and I know he won't appreciate what you did. If you keep edit warring like this the page will be in danger of being protected, and the person that would hurt is A.Z., Thanks, SqueakBox 01:10, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed you removed this section from the PAW talk page with the comment that it was a thread by a banned user. I checked the block log and didn't see blocks for either Clais41 or Homologeo, and I was wondering if you could clarify who wrote in this section that you believe to be blocked. Thanks. Enrico Dirac 22:42, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I referred to Clais as a likely sock, and anyway this material is being removed from wherever it sprouts right now and certainly not just by me. I thought my apologies to Homologeo made it clear I do not consider him the sock of a banned user. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:49, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, while I accept your apology for deleting my comment, I cannot believe that you're at it again - please back up assumptions that someone is a banned editor with appropriate evidence. You're well aware of the channels that can corroborate your concerns about an editor's eligibility to editing privileges, and these channels are readily available for you to use. There is currently no justification for deleting Clais41's comments from the PAW Talk Page. This individual voiced some legitimate concerns and deserves to be heard. If it is later established that this is a banned user, then you may be justified in removing his or her comments at that point in time. However, you have not yet sufficiently explained why the comment in question should be removed, and thus I will shortly revert your action. Once again, please go through the proper channels to address your concern that this may be a banned editor before removing his or her commentary again. Also, while ArbCom is free to protect individual User Talk Pages from editing and to request that the issues brought up in the section that you deleted be kept off particular User Talk Pages, there is nothing wrong with voicing one's concern over what is happening with editors who edit pedophilia-related articles on the Talk Page of the Wikiproject dedicated specifically to this very same set of articles. Thus, if comments are posted by a legitimate editor with full editing privileges, there is no reason to avoid or remove such commentary. ~ Homologeo 23:04, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
My advice is to not revert that particular thread. If it were purely a case of suspected banned suer that would be one thing but this is a case that the arbcom have made clear do not want discussing on any of these pages and I believe we need to respect that. Going against the arbcom doesn't do anyone any good in the structure of wikipedia, especially right now (referring to the encyclopedia as a whole right now and not this specific issue, eg Rfc/Jimbo Wales, BADSITES etc) so I ask you not to revert for that reason.
I think how we respond to suspected banned users needs to be a theme of the mediation but that your suggestion is not how wikipedia deals with banned users with a history of sockpuppets. Thanks, SqueakBox 00:19, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Even if you insist on having place holders (for which there is no consensus, and most of the people who wanted off the list specifically stated they didn't want a place holder in their stead), you forced people back onto the list, including me, who do NOT want to be on the list. Please revert yourself. --Durin 19:44, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Whoops, my apologies and have removed the names I added. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:36, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
How have i included my personal experiances on pages?? please tell me i would be interested to know. Stay away from my account. When i want you to comment i will ask you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Police,Mad,Jack (talk • contribs) 19:55, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I was referring to this. Please do not ask me to "stay away from your account" when I am only trying to be helpful. Thanks, SqueakBox 06:14, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Excuse me, dont tell me what i can and cant say. And how have I included personal experiances please give me a quotation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Police,Mad,Jack (talk • contribs) 23:14, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You put in "to my knowledge" in an article as re the diff, do not do so again and do not tell me that I can or cannot criticise your editing when it is inappropriate. How will you learn if you won't accept criticism? Wikipedia is not interested in what is to your knowledge or not, obviously. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:08, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for that. I guess this edit of mine is okay then as at the least there are England and Wales courts but not English ones. A very common mistake in Latin America and perhaps elsewhere is to confuse England with the UK. Thanks, SqueakBox 21:20, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I never thanked you for standing up and putting the Neutrality dispute tag on the Alice Bailey article. Best to you, Sparklecplenty 00:40, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Squeakbox,
I removed your username report of User:Smartypants1001 from the UAA board. How did you think this username was inappropriate for Wikipedia? Which of the 5 general categories does it fall under? Please make sure when you make username reports that you clearly specify why the name is unsuitable for Wikipedia; you may want to check out the username policy on this one. Perhaps you meant to report the user for vandalism at WP:AIV? Thanks, ~Eliz81(C) 18:08, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I know what I am doing and is clearly disruptive. Thanks, SqueakBox 18:10, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The report was removed again. I strongly suggest taking a look at our username policy before making any other username reports. ~Eliz81(C) 18:20, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have made many user name reports, pleases top being patronising. Thanks, SqueakBox 18:29, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I had similar question... I posted the question to you on UAA, but it was removed. I needed to know why it was disruptive prior to block, because I can't read your mind. :o) Regards, Mercury 18:25, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Is it not self-evident? Well it is to me. Pants refers to underwear and smartypants is an insult. Thanks, SqueakBox 18:29, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Now I understand where you are coming from. To me, in my area, pants would be, outerpants, with that context, I assumed the username was self referring. I'll keep an eye on the contribs. Best, Mercury 18:36, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think this a classic UK/US issue, I'll repost with an explanation. Thanks, SqueakBox 18:37, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi SqueakBox, thanks for posting the explanation on my page and I'm truly sorry if you felt patronized by my comments. 'smartypants' is used stateside as well, but is not considered to be offensive or insulting, any more so then say 'nyah nyah' or 'doofus'. I'll be sure to let another editor handle this report, so that more people can weigh in on the issue. ~Eliz81(C) 18:54, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please take it to WP:RFC for further consideration. ---J.S (T/C/WRE) 19:40, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have no problem with the result, its been analysed by various editors and found to be okay, I just wanted to clarify the confusion caused by my own poor initial edit summary. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:42, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the welcome message. You seem like an expert editor, so I'd like to invite you to read my new proposal for a process to identify expert editors, like yourself. I might put you in charge of approving other experts, if I had such authority (and if such a process existed in the first place). CanIBeFrank 04:39, 5 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Your The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar box on your userpage[edit]
It looks all weird because it extends over many other objects on your user page. Just wanted to let you know. Regards, A 23:34, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm, it looked okay actually but while I can't write code I can fiddle about with it and managed to fix the problem. Thanks, SqueakBox 00:13, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
On User_talk:Albert_Wincentz, you left a warning for 3RR. It's helpful if you also mention the edit warring policy WP:EW in warnings like that. New users may not realize that edit warring is the problem that 3rr is meant to address, or that they can be blocked for edit warring even if they don't violate 3RR. Putting a link in the warning is an easy way to make sure they are aware. — Carl (CBM · talk) 02:28, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes I saw on Albert's page the blocking admin commenting on this other policy and fully agree. Thanks, SqueakBox 02:56, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your edit on St Agnes Place. I'm not sure what happened as I didn't intend to revert the edit in the first place. I've just installed Ubuntu Gutsy and it was a weird glitch.. Secretlondon 22:44, 11 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Your full of it. The list of animals displaying homosexual behavior is in the process of being sourced so you decide to delete everything they haven't got to yet? Instead of removing content you don't like perhaps you should read the article "No species has been found in which homosexual behaviour has not been shown to exist, with the exception of species that never have sex at all, such as sea urchins and aphis. Moreover, a part of the animal kingdom is hermaphroditic, truly bisexual. For them, homosexuality is not an issue."
I thought common sense was a rule on Wikipedia?
Well if all creatures display homosexual behaviour as you say we should delete the list as it will be included in lists of all species. But I suspect you cannot source said claim. You source then you add. And I am full of what?03:06, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your message. I'm aware of the meaning of rv, and used it intentionally. I don't think your edits to the article have been helpful or constructive. All the best. SP-KP 20:30, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Removing unsourced material is always a good idea and in this case I was fulfilling a request made by our founder, Jimbo Wales. And as I say, your edit summary reflected badly on both you and I. I hope you can see what a huge improvement my enforcing this has made to the article and thus your claims that my edits haven't been helpful or constructive are evidently the opposite of the truth as the article looks so much better. I am serious about removing other unsourced material if it is not sourced within a couple of weeks. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:53, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for this further reply. You really don't need to worry, however - Benjiboi and I have this in hand. You're clearly enthusiastic to contribute - I hope you find somewhere useful to channel that enthusiasm; there are lots of articles out there in need of work. All the best. SP-KP 21:25, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oh I don't lack areas to contribute to. I make a habit of following Jimbo's edits as a part of my work here which is what brought me to this page though I am aware there are some similar articles with the same problem. Thanks, SqueakBox 21:33, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
...thank you for your participation. I withdrew with 83 supports, 42 opposes, and 8 neutrals. Your kind words and constructive criticism are very much appreciated. I look forward to using the knowledge I have accrued through the process to better the project. I would like to give special thanks to Tim Vickers and Wikidudeman for their co-nominations.
In no way am I asserting that you are related to Pol64, although from the backlog of checkuser requests it is as clear to me as it is to anyone else that a lot of suspicions have been raised, based on may I say particularly intriguing patterns. For example, your last session stopped and began directly before and after Pol64's, repeating a pattern that was identified in one of those earlier checkuser requests. I will not be drawn here, but IMO, you have something to prove.
As for your implication about myself, I'll assume that was just heat (as it was when I was accused of being you!). I suppose everybody gets accused at some time by you (inspired, it seems by any form if disagreement). But despite the obvious flimsiness, maybe it would be a good idea to retract that comment. GrooV 22:26, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have nothing to prove whatsoever re Pol, nor am I responsible for when he edits though I would point out I edit a lot. I don't think I need to retract any comments but will say that any new accounts appearing on the PAW articles are bound to raise suspicion, this air of paranoia I blame entirely on those blocked users who have chosen to return as socks. There is no question that both DPetersen and Pol64 have also used socks, so this isn't exclusive to the PPA editors. If you are a genuine editor please accept my apologies for wondering if you are a sock and hope, from the above, that you understand why. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:44, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry for that! I must've aborted the twinkle script thinking the task was finished. It won't happen again! Spellcast 02:39, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I thought it was a mistake. Thanks, SqueakBox 02:40, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
That was a particularly yuck story, glad your edit happened as we do not want someone like that seen as notable enough for our pages. Good edit. Thanks, SqueakBox 02:49, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
That was a horrible story. It's a good thing he was at least sentenced and that we don't have an article on him. Spellcast 02:55, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, right. Thanks, SqueakBox 02:56, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Haha don't worry. Your "vote" will always be there in spirit :) Spellcast 03:11, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Someone who lives in our house (my sister-in-laws boyfriend) didn't return from work yesterday. He had to spend 23 hours in the sea (in diving gear) before being found and rescued. And there was me saying to people that here there is no rescue service like in the UK or US but I was wrong. They even had a helicopter looking for him. He is weak but back here and he is going to be fine. It is times like this when one wants to thank God. Thanks, SqueakBox 03:01, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Eternal Father, Strong to Save, / whose arm doth bind the restless wave // Who bidst the mighty Ocean's deep / Its own appointed limits keep // Oh hear us when we cry to thee / for those in peril on the sea … Lord God, our power evermore, / Whose arm doth reach the ocean floor, // Dive with our men beneath the sea; / Traverse the depths protectively. // O hear us when we pray, and keep / Them safe from peril in the deep. I'm glad things worked out well. --Ssbohio 12:58, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, please can you explain to me what is wrong with the entries I made to the Stranglers page. It says on your talk page that you are not even Admin ?
Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seeourbee (talk • contribs) 21:26, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well what has not being an admin got to do with it? Please do understand that one does not have to be an admin to revert, well I think you know that already. If you are going to say revert John in your edit summary that is bound to attract the attention of an editor like me. I think John answered your question on his talk page. Thanks, SqueakBox 21:40, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, no he didnt, not yet anyway. His opinion was that I didnt improve the article. I beg to differ - I greatly improved it, and I acpet that John is not a member of the Stranglers fanbase so woudl not appreciate the changes I was making. Editors / Admins etc need to understand that they do not have total knowledge of everything, surely thats the whole point of Wikipedia isnt it ? I still stand by my edits and can only see improvement on the article which, again, is the whole point of Editing isnt it ? As for admin - I had assumed that an Administrator had spotted something that I had overlooked given there level of presumed expertise in editing. I do get the feeling that your reversion was there de rigeur rather than actually apprecating the points I was editing and asking me about them specifically.
Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seeourbee (talk • contribs) 21:47, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well I certainly don't lack edit experience here myself. I certainly looked at your edits before I reverted. While the Stranglers are considered a rock band back in 77 they were also considered a part of the new wave of punk bands (as I remember well), if that whole issue was made clearer it would be helpful. Otherwise your changes werer very sweeping, I suggest you make less sweeping changes and try to source everything you do. I don't know about John but I used yto love The Stranglers and wish I could get a copy of their truly classic first album again. Thanks, SqueakBox 21:58, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
But again I re-iterate, what did I say that was "sweeping" ? What I did was as follows - Made a point about the reunion gig; rearranged the chronological succession of band menbers (Mk II etc) and collated a section that outlined Popular references and usages of Stranglers material. How is that against the spirit of Wiki in any way shape or form. Neither yourself of John have actually quoted my "erroneous" comments. And what part were you referring to about sourcing. The band members have physically changed, I can ref to the the official Starnglers website if that suffices ?
You should really try to source all your changes and the Stranglers website would be a place to start. Again you can add a sourced statement about them having been a part of the New Wave music scene but do not remove the fact of them being a rock band. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:28, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
hi - but now I'm really confused. I've never edited anything to do with the paras. you allude to (New wave vs Punk vs Rock) etc. Thats always been a grey area in music and I wouldnt touch it with a barge pole. Just to clarify - I only made adjustments to the section entitled "Post Cornwell era" which explains what happened to the band since the departure of the then ledad singer Hugh Cornwell. If there's a mistake in that section (that I wrote) then I'm more than happy to accept edits etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seeourbee (talk • contribs) 22:34, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I refer to the first bit of your edit here, indeed it was your removal of this rock bit along with the rv John edit summary that inspired me to revert you. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:37, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi John - yes I would agree discussing New Wave / Rock issues there, but the whole reason I started "talking" here was because my minor changes were reversed - and as I mentioned in the above paragraph I only made small changes regarding (i) Band line ups changes (that are facts), (ii) the Rounhouse gig (another fact, I was there) and (iii) a much better presentaion of the popular refs after the band changes. The fact that the Stranglers are still going strongly after 32 years is a testament to the tenacity of the the band line ups over the years (16 years before Hugh left and 16 years after). Thats the only thing I edited. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seeourbee (talk • contribs) 22:42, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Squeak - I see that edit now. Let me confirm that that edit from "RocknRoll" to "Punk" was NOT me. I think when John reverted my edits (see above) he went back to "Griot" date (I dont know who that is) and presumably reversed the entry made on 14 Nov 09:35 by IttyBittyGrittyindaShteCiti (again, no idea who that is). Whether they have an issue with the going back to "Rock" is up to them (I certainly dont). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seeourbee (talk • contribs) 22:46, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, well you are obviously editing in good faith so i won't revert you again, anmd it was the first paragraph that raised my eyebrows as they clearly are a rock band, indeed rock music at its best. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:53, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Cheers - and for the record I totally agree. The Stranglers No.1 influence is The Doors and they certainly weren't Punk. I, presumably like yourself and most editors, like an Encyclopedia to be full of facts, and that's all I've ever edited into Wiki. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Seeourbee (talk • contribs) 22:56, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Squeakbox. Would you ask El Jigue to stop gossiping on 'talk pages'? He might not fully understand English. GoodDay 21:52, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
If this doesn't work, perhaps an Administrator should 'delete' EJ's gossiping from the talk pages, everytime he gossips. GoodDay 22:04, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I had wondered about that and it may be a solution. But admins aren't the only ones who can remove "trolling" comments, any editor in good standing can do so. I'll try and keep an eye on this as Cuba certainly interests me as a country. Its the only land between where I live and where I come from and deserves to be a part of an integrated Caribbean Spanish region. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:10, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your time & understanding. GoodDay 22:15, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
After having read EJ's response to you, I've lost all respect for him. Is there a way all editors at these Cuban related articles, can get permission to delete his gossip postings Keeping in mind, some of his posting are OK, perhaps we can set up a comittee of 'three editors', who can monitor his postings (then delete what's viewed as pure gossip). Afterall, it's no longer a lack of communication - EJ is (ironically) behaving like a Fidel Castro -his way or no way. His cries of censorship have become pathetic. GoodDay 20:56, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hello SqueakBox. You have reopened a move proposal at Talk:Burma which I had speedy closed earlier. You must not overturn my decision. If you are unhappy with it, then please report it to WP:ANI. Thank you. Húsönd 18:08, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Why musn't I? I have no intention of taking this to AN/I but it was a speedy nothing and your complaint, that it wasn't posted at requested moves, has been fulfilled. If you revert me I will just start it again at the bottom og the page, you can't just make th8is decision alone given the current lack of consensus. Thanks, SqueakBox 18:49, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, I've blocked you for 6 hours for what is quite clearly disruption in addition to edit warring. I know your work well enough to know that you know better. Tomertalk 04:07, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sigh. I was only following instructions. I hope people can see that the same person who proposed the move should not weeks later be speedy closing a debate on the subject. I guess I'll have to wait till the block ends before contributing to the AN/I thread but really supporting an activist on wikipedia closing a legitimatae debate about a subject he is biased about is extremely depressing. Thanks, SqueakBox 10:20, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Anyway Burma is off my watchlist. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:05, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'll accept your apology now. That was not me. Vegaswikian 01:26, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
"Err, when I receive your apology I will offer you something. My advice is don't assume you are in the right. Thanks, SqueakBox 01:35, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, but you need to learn to read. I did not post that comment. It is clear and simple. Don't try and attach me to posts I did not make. Vegaswikian 01:39, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
What? I dont know what you are saying. Please speak clear English if you want to post on this page (or Spanish). Anyting unintelligible is unwelcome. Why are you trying to troll me?. Thanks, SqueakBox 01:44, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps you would care to elucidate what I need to learn from a POV pusher who thinks he can do what he wants with impunity, you speedily closed as the most involved party of all of us in the debate, and you want crat powers? Sigh. Thanks, SqueakBox
Hi, I've suggested Pol64 contact you for a bit of informal mentoring. I hope you don't mind. I think you are likely to be on the same wavelength, from what I can make of his background, and your commitment to the project is absolutely evident. Guy (Help!) 18:23, 13 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yep, I'm glad to see both of us putting our efforts into improving Wikipedia. I think we both are trying to achieve NPOV in the articles we edit; it's just that sometimes our definitions of NPOV are not the same. ~ Homologeo (talk) 09:58, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, you need to calm down right now. Running around calling WODUP a troll is very incivil and will not be tolerated further. It's a joke. Jimbo started the joke. WODUP is quoting the joke. There is nothing trolling in this at all. Metros (talk) 23:40, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Claiming Jimbo lives with Bin Laden strikes me as unacceptable, and Jimbo's reponsse included the word troll, didn't strike me as a joke, and it was not me who started using the T word. Please stay neutral and don't encourage the exact same trolling Jimbo opposed, as I see you have already. Some people just can't resist, eh? Thanks, SqueakBox 23:42, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No, Jimbo called the asking of the question trolling for obvious reasons. See Special:Contributions/68.83.50.136, the user who posted the question in July. Jimbo decided to turn it into that joke. So here, WODUP did the same thing. It's definitely not trolling on WODUP's part. Metros (talk) 23:47, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
it still looks like it, check my record, I defend Jimbo and his page. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:49, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
And check WODUP's record and tell me why you think it's appropriate to insist that an admin on Wikipedia is a troll. Your immediate rising to calling any user a troll over this is totally inappropriate and needs to be reined in. Metros (talk) 23:54, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't know he was an admin.. I'd be worried if there was no opposition to the claim that Osama and Jimbo live together. And I am completely calm, just defending what I think is right. thanks for your intervention, there are hundreds of reverts to Jimbo's talk page every month. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:56, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I am not a troll, and I'm not the quickest server in the farm, but I don't think I'm stupid either. Your accusation of bad faith and incivility in this edit really surprises and disappoints me. I had seen you around and never thought that our first interaction would be like this. WODUP 00:03, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sigh me neither, seems like the wrong end of the stick, I was acting in good faith and am happy to recognize that you were too. Thanks, SqueakBox 00:07, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No worries, mate. Have a good evening. WODUP 00:14, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Mediation on what? Húsönd 01:53, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oh. On whether we should call the country Burma or Myanmar, not about anything else. Thanks, SqueakBox 01:55, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
That's not something that can be decided between two users. That has already been extensively discussed last month at Talk:Burma with the intervention of a large number of users. Please get over this for now and allow some time before proposing the article to be moved back. Thank you. Húsönd 02:00, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well I wasn't referring specifically to you. At least one user has suggested arbcom to which I replied that that cannot happen without other steps on the dispute resolution path, hence my suggestion. This is entirely about the naming, nothing personal. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:52, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You have scurrilously, with no foundation, posted a comment that I am "a likely sock". Clearly this is done because you are uncomfortable with the academic analysis that I have been providing. There is no basis for this. It is entirely disingenuous. I defy anyone to prove the link you have alleged, since it is entirely false. Retract and issue an apology. Strichmann (talk) 20:32, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It is my judgment that you are a likely sock, of Voice of Britain/Mike D78. If you want an apology it would want to come from the user(s) who have proven time and again their unwillingness to accept being banned from wikipedia by continuously re-incarnating as socks, it is these user(s) who are poisoning the atmosphere. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:41, 19 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Um, this isn't exactly acceptable behavior. I posted something to the talk page of the article. Read it carefully. - Penwhale | Blast him / Follow his steps 00:52, 21 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am not convinced your behaviour is acceptable, if you can't be bothered to study what is going on I suggest you go elsewhere but if as a new admin want to support PPA blocked users playing sock games please don't get me involved, I am tired of being trolled. Thanks, SqueakBox 01:12, 21 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, I don't want this to be personal, I'm out for the night right now but will be back, as ever. Best wishes and hope you appreciate I am not disobeying your requests. Thanks, SqueakBox 01:51, 21 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the clarification but please do not assume I cannot make accusations on the relevant talk pages, that is the place to do it and while I am not 100% accurate I am 95%; from your track record you are strongly opposoed to trolling on wikipedia so I look forward to co-operating with you in ensuring that no trolling blocked users (PPA or APA) troll the PAW pages ever again. Thanks, SqueakBox 02:50, 21 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Nothing florid, nothing fancy. Just thanks: for the compliments, and for the support. I'll try to wield the Mop-and-Bucket with grace and humility. --Orange Mike 04:08, 20 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hello SqueakBox. I was peeking at El Jigue's IP page (seeing how he was dealing, with his banned status); It's seems he's suggesting to someday identify those who he sees as 'Pro-Castro' editors. What's that all about? Should Wikipedian be concerned? GoodDay (talk) 01:04, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Can you give me a link and I'll take a look. Thanks, SqueakBox 01:05, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It's on his IP address page 208.65.188.149. Maybe I'm being paranoid (or EJ is), but this looks similier to the 'Daniel Brandt' troubles, Wikipedia was/is having. I hope I'm not over-reacting. GoodDay (talk) 01:13, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I wouldn't worry as no-one is going to listen to him re the press and certainly there is no evidence he is a shrewd operator in the way Brandt is. On the other hand it is an attack by a banned editor against another editor so ideally the page should be semi-protected to stop El Jigue editing on it. Thanks, SqueakBox 01:28, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I was starting to expect someday a masked stranger at my door, with a gun. Thanks for the reassurances. GoodDay (talk) 01:33, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, sorry about that! Is it ok if I upload that page again with all the references I have put it to prove its authenticity? Take a look at my user page to see. I’m a bit uneducated in what can be put up on wikipedia. I would like to contribute pages for other professional pipers also. I just thought I’d start with myself. See Jack Lee (bagpiper). This is one of the world’s best bagpipers. Can I just ask why his page is not deleted and mine is? Not being cheeky here, could you just explain it to me? There is not really much on wikipedia about piping so I would like to contribute. I also would like to create pages for piping terms etc. For example B March, which I have linked to a wikipedia page, would explain what B March is.
I will not upload the deleted page again until I hear back from you.
This probably seems like a pretty basic question, but how do you create a box for example to contain several lines of statistics, and how would you situate in the top right hand corner of a page? Something similar to the MMAstatsbox, in Ken Shamrocks page for example.
Also when adding references how do create the name of the page instead of the page address? When I put a page as [website address/name of page] the page doesn’t come up when you click on the link so I have just kept my references with the page address.
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Thanks, though it is a shame nobody felt able to restore the pre-copyvio version. I have re-created a stub and included the offending page as a ref but obviously without any hint of copyvio. Cheers fort eh ehads up. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:58, 25 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Okay, thanks for that, I have given a fair user rationale for all 3:
it is a historically significant logo of a notable album with its own article on wikipedia
the logo is only being used for informational purposes;
its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because it represents the subject of this article. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:24, 1 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I was wondering why you removed the link to Tim Pollard's Robin Hood Homepage? It's not spam, is of interest and relevance and is certainly as valid (and non-spam-like, if you'll forgive the term) as the Wolfshead Bowmen or the TV series fansite. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kurgan5 (talk • contribs) 13:29, 27 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Let me reiterate that I have a great deal of respect for you, especially your willingness to put up with a tide of POV-pushing concerning pedophilia-related articles. I'm sure your critics have considered asking you: ¿Por qué no te callas?. You've stuck yto your guns admirably. That said, I'm kind of concerned about something: I assume that your intentions were pure, but an edit like this could be seen as canvassing or worse. A blocked editor being requested to nominate an article to AfD (one that you had previously nominated), well, it doesn't look good, you know? The mess has been bad enough at Talk:Adult-child sex that I've mostly stayed away from it, but I wanted to mention this concern to you in the hopes that you'll see my point, which I present here without rancor.
As an aside, you and I have each had reason to become interested in the King of Spain recently. I backed into my interest because of Hugo Chavez, whose policies have been personally costly. I'm glad a head of state can react like any of us peasants, when provoked. :-) Gracias, Ssbohio (talk) 11:52, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I hardly think my comment to Angelocasio could be seen as canvassing given he has been blocked for a spurious afd, I was just being friendly and would much rather, for the record, see PPA go down the deletion road but this user couldn't even format an afd so I wouldnt worry.
I find your comment about Chavez about stimulates my curiosity, he has not personally affected me at all but I worry that he will. Certainly his inexcusable rudeness towards Zapatero (a politician whom not only do I respect but have had to pay a huge wikipedia price to protect his integrity) was unacceptable and gives the impression to cultured Europeans that all Latinos are rude barbarians) while his latests attack on Uribe and Colombia is equally unexcusable. Honduras is talking about contracting a $750 million debt to Venezueala over the next 2 years (the lifetime of the present government) which I find extremely disturbing and not a wise move, living in both the Caribbean and Latin America I worry that Chavez, because of his monstrous ego, could create huge damage to hundreds of millions of people including myself. Well this is my personal opinion, I will still be approaching his articlke with the samje NPOV I try to bring to all my work here. Best wishes. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:02, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This[67] is not "fixing vandalism." I realize you and I don't see eye to eye on a specific content issue--whether "marijuna" refers to cannabis (which it does!) or whether the word only refers to the drug's "herbal" form, but this is the sort of thing you discuss in edit summaries and on the talk page. You don't revert the lead to a much older (and I would argue incorrect version) and claim you are "fixing vandalism." That's very misleading.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back (talk) 12:33, 30 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Cannabis is an inclusive term, marijuana is not and the removal of hashish from the opening clearly was vandalism as hashish is cannabis, so my summary was not unacceptable and I stand by it as I stand by undoing the moving of the name to marijuana (drug) with a far more provocative edit summary. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:10, 30 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Having pondered this a bit I am mop\re baffled. I presume you are not claiming that hashish is not cannabis, if it is cannabis then its removal is vandalism even under the Wikipedia:Avoid the word "vandal" essay. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:04, 30 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi SqueakBox and thanks for your help in Colombia articles.. we've never talked before. Just one thing that I saw and I don't think you should do is erase the red links.. red links function as a reminder that there is and article to be written. Please read Wikipedia:Red link. Thanks again and cheers--Zer0~Gravity(Roger - Out) 01:06, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The thing with the Betancourt article is that I had redirected the red links back tot he article. That is why I removed them though in this case I do agree that these subjects are worthy of a separate article, especially the mother. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:21, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the vote of confidence. I think I'm going to present this on AN, just to get some more input and perhaps get a stronger sense of whether or not this user can be considered banned. Natalie 20:43, 30 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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I've requested a new peerreview because I think this article looks like it might be close to ready for FAC. —Whig (talk) 07:00, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You defended in the article that the group's classification in the third paragraph was probably the most balanced. I actually think it should go second, I didnt want to de-stabilise the article after the consensus had been reach.
Now you may or not be aware that de-stabilisation has happened already and classification moved down to the 5th paragraph by a couple of editors. After this, say, "downlisting", I am missing your comments defending its previous place as you did back in the day regarding its, say, "uplisting".
If it was a matter of fairness to keep it in the third, not second paragraph, I think the same fairness and balance justifies keeping this reference third, not fifth.
Things in written tend to go a bit disparaged so, dont get me wrong, this is just a friendly notice to friendly check your current position on the matter, nothing more, nothing less. • MountoliveJ'espère que tu t'es lavé les mains avant de me toucher 19:46, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Lolicon thing... you still have me very confused[edit]
I responded you at the arbcom election page: [68] though it may be better to continue this discussion via user talk pages. -- Catchi? 19:21, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
I'll see if I can find some better links. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:32, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have replied to you again. I have provided the link to the actual discussion. -- Catchi? 19:55, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
Oh and when I closed the case, I had reopened it just a full 12 minutes afterwards. -- Catchi? 19:57, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
I do support Jimbo's delete decision on this one. I also feel it is relevant to the arbcom election as I guess I ma looking for candidates who act very conservatively in this matter. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:08, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your support in my RfA. It was definitely a dramatic debate! I very much appreciate your ability to keep an open mind, and for my part, I definitely paid close attention to everything that was said, on all sides. Where possible, I will definitely try to incorporate the (constructive) criticism towards being a better administrator. I'm going to take it slow for now -- I'm working my way through the Wikipedia:New admin school, carefully investigating the admin tools and double-checking the relevant policies, and will gradually phase into the use of the new tools. My main goals are to help out with various backlogs, but I also fully intend to keep on writing articles, as there are several more that I definitely want to get to WP:FA status! Thank you again for your participation, --Elonka 07:27, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Richard. I just thought I'd drop by to see what you were up to. Far more active than I am, I can see. Well, I hope things are going well in your life these days. All the best. Guettarda 14:43, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yep, still here, ie in the Caribbean city I have been living in the last few years, still working and still involved in wikipedia, SqueakBox 16:04, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. I see you're still fighting, good on you. I've been away but I'll try to come back at least partially and help out. Herostratus 23:09, 2 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Wishing you and yours the very best of the holiday season. May the coming year bring you peace, joy, health and happiness. God bless us, every one!Jeffpw (talk) 20:02, 14 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
How does changing mentions of "co-founder" to "founder" fall under WP:NPOV? --Escape Orbit(Talk) 19:28, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
See Talk:Larry Sanger. I do not appreciate the SPA Bramlet stalking me. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:33, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No one is "stalking" you. They are protecting Sanger-related and WP-related articles from your non-consensus based edits. Mr Which??? 20:10, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well, gee, they got blocked for stalking. Sure looked like stalking to me, too. Jeffpw (talk) 20:15, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I happened onto the Sanger article in a random article search awhile back. I have no interest in the man or his article, other than to make certain it is in compliance with applicable WP policies. SB has attempted to remove "co-founder of Wikipedia" from the Sanger article lead, against all consensus, and in direct contravention of WP:V (many reliable sources call him that). Now he's taken the crusade project-wide, removing "co-" across multiple articles in the project, without consensus, and in contradiction to WP:V. Reverting such edits isn't "stalking" at all, in my view. Sometimes admins make mistakes, and I think this is one of those times. For me, it's not personal, I'm just trying to make certain that policy is followed with regards to the articles relating to Sanger, Wales, and Wikipedia. Mr Which??? 20:20, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for explaining. I have absolutely no axe to grind on this topic, but I have to say, it looks very like having failed to get consensus on one page, you've embarked on a whole bunch of other related edits in order to make a point. And quoting a policy that doesn't appear to have anything to do with it. That was what I asked about and what drew my attention in the first place, and I'm not sure your explanation has made it any clearer. --Escape Orbit(Talk) 00:32, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The policy I am quoting is entirely the correct one. I have no axe to grind on this issue either but I take NPOV very seriously and making claims of this sort, especially in articles that are not directly about either wikipedia, or Sanger, or Wales, is clearly an NPOV violation, poor edits should not stand, and lets face it thjis issue has been talked about in various places over a long time and NPOV has always been the relevant policy, so your claim that this is not so is strange. Thanks, SqueakBox 01:31, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No, actually. You're quoting a policy that is extremely important, but irrelevant to your argument. Mr Which??? 02:01, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No, you are wrong there, NPOV is my argument as it has been the argument of others before me ever since this controversy began more than a year back, merely claiming that NPOV policy is not relevant is simply not an argument. Why is it POV? Because it takes sides. This is also why there are BLP concerns, as we need to take a neutral stance between Sanger and Wales, whereas calling either of them co-founder does not a neutral view, it supports Sanger's view ina dispute. That is a clear violation of our neutrality policy, I am baffled as to why you would claim that NPOV has nothing to do with this dispute. It has everything to do with this dispute, and what I want is that we treat Sanger and Wales equally, and that is all I want. Thanks, SqueakBox 06:20, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Be "baffled" all you want. That you can't see that refusing to acknowledge what is verifiable through dozens of reliable sources violates WP:NPOV to a FAR greater extent than not doing so speaks LOUDLY to your own problems with POV. That Sanger is the co-founder is not "in dispute" anywhere but in Wales' own mind. Find reliable sources that say Sanger wasn't the co-founder (as there are PLENTY that call him that), and then we can talk. Until then, you're simply trying to enforce your own POV across the spectrum of Wales and Sanger-related articles. Mr Which??? 02:02, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Well I am certainly not baffled by your approach. Its called trolling. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:19, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Nope. Disagreeing with your POV does not equal "trolling", no matter how "baffled" you are or are not. Mr Which??? 17:23, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I do not have a POV on this subject and am solely interested in neutrality. If you cannot see the trolling don't expect me to clarify it for you. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:25, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, you do. And you tried to enforce it over the entire project on all Wales- and Sanger-related articles. And you should know that accusing someone of "trolling", when they're not doing so is a personal attack. Stop. Mr Which??? 17:42, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed, enforcing neutrality is my speciality. And in this case it looked as if 90% of what I was removing was not merely POV but also troling (ie on all the articles not specifically bios of Wales or Sanger or pages relating specifically to wikipedia, and especially the refs), and of course this issue is not finished. There is no impunity merely because this issue is about our founder. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:49, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry you had to put up with that, Squeakbox. If anything like that happens again, please feel free to message me for support. I started to revert that guy's edits, but see that it has been taken care of (what I checked, anyway). I'll poke through the rest of the diffs and clean up anything I see. Merry Christmas. We haven't always agreed on every issue, but you are a solid editor whom I respect a lot. Jeffpw (talk) 19:51, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Can we please have Talkpage consensus on this before *any* more changes are made? Thanks, BLACKKITE 20:07, 23 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Where? And removing a falsehood from wikipedia should be a top priority, then we can discuss it. Thanks, SqueakBox 01:27, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Personally I think it about time wikipedia did indeed follow this advice re people who keep doing this and don't make positive contributions either and hope that others who read this will do so. Havomg to put up with this is not on. Thanks, SqueakBox 01:39, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Just stop, SB. You're not "removing a falsehood", you're pushing your POV against consensus and WP:V. I would be shocked that you've not yet been blocked for it, but... well, never mind. Mr Which??? 01:59, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
So why do we mention this dispute everywhere we mention Wales, if not to push a point? I understand why this subject should be mentioned in wikipedia and the Wales and Sanger articles but in almost every article in which Wales is mentioned, and merely because he is mentioned? in articles in which Wales is only mentioned in passing? Clearly this is a WP:NPOV neutrality violation violation, why should I be blocked for trying to NPOV the encyclopedia in a good faith way, and invoking the policy while I do so?. Thanks, SqueakBox 05:38, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Let's put it this way: I expect experienced users to contact WP:RFPP and request a lock due edit warring. As far as I know, the co-founder/founder thing is a content issue and not a vandalism issue (after all the Jimmy Wales article states he is the co-founder of Wikipedia), and therefore you cannot keep reverting without warning the users and requesting a page protection. And as far as I remember, we rule ourselves by the Verifiability policy, where we need third party references to corroborate things, and not just personal comments (regardless of the respect I have for Jimbo). If we begin making exceptions for Jimbo, we may as well throw WP:V, WP:RS and WP:NOR to the bin. Cheers! -- ReyBrujo (talk) 11:29, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It is definitely not a vandalism issue which is why I invoked policy (and if I forgot in any particular case that was wrong of me) but I have certainly read and hear what you are saying, besides I have no intention of pursuing this or anything much that isn't fun here until the Christmas break finishes. I did, in my defence, post the issue at AN/I after Bramlet started reverting me in a large number of articles. I certainly think we should not make excepotions for Jimbo, this means treating him neutrally not worse than we do for other living biographies, or indeed better. He is, though, becoming too much of a soft target for my liking and I may create a page on thios whole issue once the short break is over. Feliz Navidad. Thanks, SqueakBox 15:21, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Re: revert of 179974490 by 66.99.0.82 (Cannabis smoking)[edit]
I am perplexed by your brief statement "unsourced evidence indicates all smoking is harful cough cough".
I will look for sourced evidence that 500-mg. paper-roll torches burn herb hotter than 25 mg. in a narrow-diameter one-hitter or minitoke. (See [[69]] for speculations why researchers may be afraid to publish on this subject. See [[70]] for several ways to make an anti-overdose utensil, a list of healthy, legal herbs to use instead of tobacco, and other information that is pertinent to cannabis).
Meanwhile, I added material under "bowl" (further up) attempting to warn users to burn at low temperature even if they mistakenly use a wide-bowl pipe. (The very word "bowl" is biased toward overdose because it implies bigness-- compare the Russian word Болшой.)
1. Youngsters consulting the "Cannabis smoking" article in pursuit of information how to consume cannabis should NOT be told all smoking is harmful (I never said that) but offered alternatives to the smoking methods that are harmful (hot-burning overdose). (Though I didn't correct it, you said "harful"-- maybe instead of "cough cough" you meant "har har"?
2. "Joints" have the utterly harmful effect that they initiate youngsters into the culture of overdose cigaret smoking which is the no. 1 genocide in the history of the planet. (It's not a cannabis overdose which is the issue here, but smoking overdoses of carbon monoxide and other toxins which can be largely avoided without abstaining from cannabis.)
3. This article should also strongly warn throughout against the practice, glamorized by rap singers who have allegedly received payments under the table by tobacco companies, of smoking "blunts" (tbe cigar wrap contains addictive nicotine), or "joints" which contain both cannabis and tohacco (unfortunately described in "cannabis" articles in various languages throughout the wikipedia, a betrayal of first order). The synergy of cannabis and tobacco results in tobacco addiction and further health consequences which lawmakers paid by tobacco interests can use as pretext to ban cannabis.
4. This article misleads children from the outset by showing a picture of a "joint" and some proprietary rolling papers (made, of course, by a subsidiary of one of the BIG TOBACKGO corporations), and of course a big-bowl pipe into which a gram can be stuffed.
Because I have noticed from some of your edits that you are pro-cannabis, I hope you will take these observations to heart and try to edit this article in such a way that it does not play into the hands of BIG TOBACKGO (5.3 million deaths a year, WHO2003). I understand that unlike myself, a natural-born coward typing from big-city library computers, you have entered your name and the assholes might be able to find you. Anyway please take another look at the situation and also at some of my reverted contributions to discussion pages (I will dig them out and list them here).
It was a typo, I meant harmful. I take our neutrality policy very seriousl;y and do not edit the articles in a pro-cannabis way, indeed while I am pro legalising cannabis I wouldnt call myself pro-cannabis beyond that and certainly do not buy that it is not harmful, etc, but as an ex-tobacco smoker (clean since 94) I wouldn't call myself pro-tobacco either. I'll certainly take your points to heart, happy Christmas. Thanks, SqueakBox 18:05, 24 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please reconsider your two reverts of this section as I was trying to edit my own earlier contribution (notice the 66.99 numbers-- a different computer in the same anonymous library) in view to improve its information value and actually take out some of the combative rhetoric I repented of including the "Apology of a natural-born coward". (If you found that last too charming to remove, I'll probably resurrect it elsewhere anyway.) I think I'll also revive the signature I've sometimes used, tokerdesigner.
Another guy also reverted part of the edits, again probably thinking I was tampering with somebody else's stuff, which I assure you wasn't the case.Tokerdesigner (talk) 17:47, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
P.S. What I'm asking you to do (above message) is edit in detail rather than just push the one button. Check out my edits of the earlier 66.99 stuff and maybe you'll agree it's an improvement.
Concerning your subsequent discussion with the Canadian research, here's another instance, I think, of the problem I'm trying to address. If you had the time (or the money, because it seems one has to subscribe to the magazine to read the research), I wonder if you wouldn't find that the Canadian research is based on how many hot-burning overdose "joints". 400 mg. and up, etc. What I'm trying to inject into these wiki articles is that if a non-overdose smoking method was used-- limit 25 mg. per toke-- close to zero health issues would result from either cannabis or tobacco.
By the way congratulations on quitting in '94, I'm particularly happy the assholes aren't getting any of your money to invest in trick propaganda to snare children into nicotine slavery.Tokerdesigner (talk) 20:01, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your message. My doctor warned me in 97 that the problem with smoking cannabis is that it burns too hot, and he was probably right, but tobacco closes the lungs down so you can't cough, horrible. I did try eating grass some time ago (fried in an oil) and while it was very strong it made my piss smell odd and I was left feeling it was probably a lot less healthy than smoking, and the ridiculous piece I quoted from the BBC about holding it in makes me think they were only testing poor adolescents from the first world (where the price is much higher). I always used to hold tobacco smoke in as my body was craving nicotine whereas the cannabis smoking experience is very different and one should hold the smoke in less (at my age one really has little choice lol). I'll try to not to get involved in edit disputes with yourself anyway. Happy holidays. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:12, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hey that's interesting about frying and after legalization maybe I'll be able to afford that.
Holding it in versus a Rebreather (air bonnet)[edit]
Recently Dr. Tashkin was quoted, maybe inaccurately, about holding in cannabis smoke too long. I'm not trying to needle you into vastly increasing your smoking, I'm against overdosing on carbon monoxide, but the system I'm talking about, which some Wiki editors keep erasing when I try to sketch it in, is (a) use the least amount, 25 mg. in a narrow crater, (b) suck as slow as possible (if you have a transparent tube you want to see the smoke meandering through it), and (c) (boy, they'll never let this in, but it's utterly harmless compared to serving extra tokes) breathe in and out of a one-liter sack several dozen times.
The point is-- you get more cannabinol (or nicotine, if you were still into that) on each additional inhalation, but no more carbon monoxide (the most damaging of all ingredients) because that was entirely absorbed on the first inhalation. I find almost no evidence on the internet that anyone is aware of this obvious physical issue, otherwise, maybe the "joint" and the big-bowl bong would disappear from history. I think all the psycho and motivational problems attributed to cannabis are due to overdosing on carbon monoxide (along with heat shock to the cilia etc. and the sedentary "culture" borrowed from cigaret ads about sitting around waiting to see what it feels like)-- entirely avoidable technical errors based on imitating whatever the tobacco industry teaches in its overdose advertising.
But when I try to inject any of this into the wikipedia, editors say "The Wikipedia is not a set of directions how to do something (especially illegal)." Meanwhile, if you check out certain articles, such as "joint" or "blunt" you can find paragraph after paragraph of minute directions how to smoke overdoses, and routine observations about cannabis that "It's usually mixed with tobacco". Kids reading the Wikipedia expect it to tell them how to use cannabis, and they take that "mix with tobacco" history as if it were advice. "This is how it's done" equates to "Here's how you do it." Each article has a picture of a big "joint", big bowl bong, etc. and youngsters take that as an indication what they are to do.
Well thanks for the New Year greeting and same to you.Tokerdesigner (talk) 22:25, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merry Christmas, my friend. May this find you in good health, good spirits, good company, and good finances. If any of these be missing, may God see fit to restore you in good time. — $PЯINGεrαgђ 05:16 25 December, 2007 (UTC)
Thanks a lot for the heads up, I have expressed my opinion. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:51, 26 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Encyclopedic treatment if Wikipedia founder issue[edit]
The issue of what to say in this wikipedia about who is the "founder" of wikipedia is an issue that is best finessed. Words have many meanings. Jimmy founded the WikiMedia Foundation. Bomis founded Nupedia. The Wikipedia community and encyclopedia were founded by Sanger in some ways, yet it is also true that he was an employee. But employees also create books and software and get credit for their creative work. Writing off Sanger now after he was given credit in the early years is like a company removing an author's name from a creative work after a falling out. Even where legal, it is unethical. Further there are other founders. The wiki software has a different creator. The idea of Wikipedia came from yet a different person. The idea of free culture has yet further fathers. Encyclopedias should be written thoughtfully, with attention to exactness. Please don't hurt our reputation by making this appear to be Jimbo's Blog. Thank you. WAS 4.250 (talk) 01:44, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I agree there are subtle nuances to this one. I also think we should not turn this encyclopedia into Sanger's blog, which is far closer to the truth. Thanks, SqueakBox 15:29, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, BS. You've been shown multiple reliable sources that verify that Sanger is the co-founder. Stop being obstinate. Mr Which??? 15:38, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
BS? Multiple sources do not justify what you and others are trying to impose on wikipedia, which is POV. I can get multiple sources that Hitler was a dictator but this does not mean that we have to call him a dictator every time he is mentioned in any article. You are fundamentally misunderstanding both our WP:reliable sources guideline and our more important neutrality policy in order to try to impose a POV solution that suports the assertion of one party in a dispute (Sanger) as if it were the only point of view, and over a range of articles that have nothing to do with this dispute. For you to call me obstinate based on your desire to be partial on this one is a completely unnecessary personal attack and if you attack me again on this page I will ban you from it as civility is important to me, and besides calling me obstinate won't achieve whatever it is you are trying to achieve. Thanks, SqueakBox 15:45, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I like how people throw around sources while very rarely reading them. For example, the link on AN/I to a google news search of "larry sanger" co-founder is cute, but this search for "jimmy wales" founder does much the same thing, with about the same accuracy. A mixture of press releases, interviews, and the occasional satirical piece. A google search, no matter how pretty, isn't a reliable source. There's a wealth of conflicting information out there, and while some could go through it all trying to make a case one way or the other, it'd be impossible to frame it as other than Original Research. Wikipedia is too close to this one, we've even been used as sources in this issue. We cannot take a neutral stance on founder/co-founder, we ought to distance ourselves. Don't go with Sanger's or Wales' perferred versions, just note the disagreement where proper, and move on. (see also Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation/Archive_2#NPOV for similar discussion) --InkSplotch (talk) 15:56, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for that, InkSplotch. My take is we must be neutral and nothing else, I certainly do not support taking sides in this dispute between Sanger and Wales, and as I said myself at AN/I I want to build up some more data on this one (especially how we treat the issue throughout wikipedia, ie where we treat it). Thanks, SqueakBox 16:07, 27 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi... As I read WP:BLP, all the rank speculation about the President being behind the assassination has got to go:
Unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material — whether negative, positive, or just questionable — about living persons should be removed immediately and without discussion from Wikipedia articles, talk pages, user pages, and project space. WP:BLP (bolding/italics mine)
What do you think? --Rrburke(talk) 16:30, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I fully agree, this kind of stuff has no place on wikiepdia. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:31, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Do you want to pull it? I can do it later, but I'll be away from the computer for the next little while. Be prepared for a good many angry responses, reversions, and accusations of "censorship". You may have to point editors repeatedly to WP:BLP and end up issuing some WP:3RR warnings and reports. Consider using Template:BLPrefactor. There may be a relevant warning template header to put at the top of the talk page to prevent the addition of similar material -- I just can't think of one off the top of my head. If you have the chance, also check Talk:Benazir Bhutto for similar comments. Cheers. --Rrburke(talk) 16:43, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Squeak, your edit comment of "err do not tamper with my comments that will not be tolerated although you are" was inappropriate in two ways. Firstly, the first half is a factual inaccuracy. I did not alter comments at all. I modified the heading to match already-existing headings. You don't like it, you can change it back, which you did when leaving the above inappropriate comment. Secondly, I see an underhanded low-level personal attack in your comment and that is uncalled for. I have not attacked anyone personally, in spite of your (and Will's) absolute refusal to even read the comments on the Talk page (as far as I can tell, since I laid out the policy verifications and rationale and still that's not enough). Let's assume that you and he do actually read them, you still act in an NPOV fashion and then leave these little tidbits. I find it uncivil. VigilancePrime (talk) 02:41, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Sigh. Thanks, SqueakBox 02:43, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have performed a quick selective deletion on that article (an IP showed up by mistake and the editor expressed privacy concerns). I'm sorry but I fear that removed a few contribs of yours. If you need to redo them just ask me and I'll provide you the text. Sorry again! -- lucasbfrho ho ho 16:43, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I just rewrote it again and no problem at all. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:49, 29 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please check out Talk:Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, a user has appeared who is arguing his own doctrine that Rastafari is supposedly "incompatible" with Haile Selassie I's own views as a Christian, even after I have advised him that this opinion is not neutral. Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 01:04, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the heads up, I have now cited the uncontroversial material that the fact tags demanded be cited. The Christafari POV (to put it one way) will always come up re HIM, I guess, as these folk believe strongly and like to use wikipedia to express that belief. But really, regardless of one's beliefs re HIM, this kind of material has no place in the article. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:06, 30 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
And greetings - I have offered to mediate on the cabal page at [72]- if you have any problems with that, please let me know. If not, I have left you some homework :) docboat (talk) 08:17, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have issues with the mediation as premature but, while not knowing you, I am happy to accept your mediation and go along with the process in spite of reservations. I am committed to researching for better and more substantial refs re the divinity issue. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:35, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Richard, I saw the spat at the Haile Salassie talk, I'm kind of hoping you can help out a bit by focusing back on content, in detail, without speculating on the motives of the source or the editor. Sometimes WP:ATT can help - "According to X, blah" - but sometimes not. I'm not clear as to whether the issue is of WP:UNDUE or not, but I am sure that Picaroon is not grinding an axe here, I think he genuinely wants to help (he is, in my experience, a good guy). Whatever, have a happy New Year in (checks watch) 26 minutes local, a bit longer in the sunny place where you are. Cheers, Guy (Help!) 22:35, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
And it all worked out well and amicably so I am sure Picaroon was there to help and I already knew this user a bit. Its not so much suny here, I expect we get as many clouds and as much rain as you do, but it is significantly warmer, I am still in t-shirt and shorts with all the windows open even though it is a very rainy, gloomy day, and like so many days here but the warmth is something else. Thanks, SqueakBox 21:11, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hello SqueakBox. There is a case open on the Patrick Haseldine article at the Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard. Since you have taken part in discussions on the Haseldine article, it would be good to have your input to the COI case. On paper it seems that it is now time for longer blocks, but I note that you have cautioned Socrates2008 about his behavior, so there could be more to the story. EdJohnston (talk) 17:04, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I have given a response, looks to me like 2 editors in a conflict and I am not sure that COI should allow one of the 2 to "win" the dispute. I am anyone disinterested and will certainly keep my eye on the article(s). Thanks, SqueakBox 17:26, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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I moved the Rusbridger (1991) citation into the Patrick Haseldine article. There is more to do there (a long list of suggested improvements). EdJohnston (talk) 14:23, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Edit warring on a users own page isn't helpful. I'm not sure his page is either, but I suggest you unwatch it and ignore.--Docg 02:09, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'll rfc this user tomorrow, I am tired of being insulted and he can't just use wikipedia to attack people. Thanks, SqueakBox 02:12, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
RfC'ing is better than edit warring.--Docg 02:13, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well exactly. Thanks, SqueakBox 02:14, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I strongly suggest that you disengage from this user. I have told them that I believe their comments are inexcusable. I also believe that your continued engagement will not help this situation at all. I hope that you will disengage immediately. - Philippe | Talk 05:26, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sure. All I want is for them to calm down and stop attacking. If this doesn't get resolved within a few days I will certainly go to rfc but I hope you can solve it satisfactorily yourself and will certainly not engage in any way with this user while this is happening. Thanks, SqueakBox 05:31, 7 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure where you proposed this merger. It wasn't templated on either of the two pages, and doesn't appear to have been mentioned on either talk page either. I've reverted it pending some sort of public discussion. Zetawoof(ζ) 04:31, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well that isn't helpful, edit warring never is. Talk:Cannabis (drug)#"in its herbal form"]] was the most recent, the other has been hidden in the archives. Why have you reverted. Thanks, SqueakBox 04:38, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Because there's a well-defined process for proposing a merge (see WP:MERGE), and this process wasn't followed. Additionally, looking at that talk page archive, there was never any semblance of a consensus to merge. Zetawoof(ζ) 07:14, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I think you are either misunderstanding or wikilawyering, the "well-defined" processes include what I did, without the slightest doubt nor was there any serious opposition to my proposal. You haven't explained your actions at all but hashish is cannabis, why have an article on hash and not weed. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:58, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Part of the merge process is placing a {{merge}} (or {{mergefrom}}/{{mergeto}}) template on each of the articles involved. With regard to the actual merits of the merge, hashish is a form of cannabis, just as chewing tobacco is a form of tobacco - they're separate products with different histories and uses; as such, and because the two articles are both quite long already, I see no reason to merge them. Zetawoof(ζ) 02:07, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
How is hashish used differently to grass. Thanks, SqueakBox 02:09, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not entirely sure, myself (as I'm not a cannabis/hashish user). However, the information in the articles hashish and cannabis smoking seem to suggest that there are significant differences in usage. (For instance, hashish is often eaten, whereas cannabis is not.) The fact alone that hashish has been recognized as a distinct product for 700-800 years - it was mentioned by Marco Polo! - should be sufficient, though. Zetawoof(ζ) 06:53, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Actually cooking with cannabis would contradict what you say, I believe, space cakes etc are certainly eaten, and bhang is not a product of hashish as the leaves are used. The main difference seems to be in geographical distribution, classic example being that in India in the tropical south weed is used and in the desert north hash is used. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:39, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please could you take time to pop over to the MedCom wiki so we can have a go at solving the dispute? It's been going on for a while now, and we really need to get cracking to come to an amicable end. Thanks, Ryan Postlethwaite 20:04, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Okay. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:58, 9 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Is that a private conversation, or are other interested Wikipedians welcome? --SSBohio 05:28, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
its closed, so yeah, private, but if you want to join you should ask Ryan, Thanks, SqueakBox 05:40, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I left some new alternatives. Could you take a look? Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 11:49, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sure. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:36, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please stop reverting and discuss your changes on the talk page. Any further reversions will result in a block for disruption. This message has also been placed on User:Homologeo's page. Nakon 06:18, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Whoops I reverted because I thought that was Homologeo. All I ma trying to do is make constructive edits and it is not helpful whenm any edit I make to the article is reverted by people with a grudge againstr m,e and whio apear to be engaged in pedophile advocacy. Thanks, SqueakBox 06:23, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
That's two unfounded accusations, one of which is a personal attack. Who do you accuse of having a grudge against you? And who do you accuse of pedophile advocacy? --SSBohio 22:02, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well if you don't have a personal grudge against me please don't act as if you do. And its never a good diea to be an advocate for anything on wikipedia. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:01, 10 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Your assertions are unfounded. I've refuted your untruths and put up with your insinuations of impropriety. That's self-defense, not bearing a grudge. Now, would you please answer my questions? --SSBohio 00:58, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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I've mentioned this before, but I think you have a very low threshhold for "personal attacks". Some people have been marginally/arguably uncivil toward you, but you have been to others too. Let me ask you this (to illustrate and hopefully to understand how you are looking at all this):
How is being called a coward any worse than being called a lout? (Or ather, calling someone either?) Per Merriam-Webster (using noun definitions, of course), a Lout is an awkward brutish person and a Coward is one who shows disgraceful fear or timidity. I want to understand how you see these and how you justify one being a personal attack and one not.
Calling me a coward is not marginally uncivil, it is completely out of order and one of the worst personal attacks I have had the misfortune to suffer on wikipedia. if I remember correctly you irritated me when you started implying that I wasn't using my brain, etc, which while not the same level of PA certainly showed that you were provoking me. Think of WWI, there was no worse insult than being called a coward and I don't think things have really changed. I consider myself a warrior not a coward, and thu8s it is. I have no idea who fiughting for Justice is but attacking from anonymity....is well....we can each figure that for ourselves, eh? Thanks, SqueakBox 06:20, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I think the two are close enough to similar. At least - looking on the bright side - you can understand why SS is so upset about his "honor being impuned". :-) (For the record, I wasn't saying you weren't using your brain, I was saying that it didn't take much brainpower to see my point, which means that it shouldn't be too exhausting for anyone, including me.) VigilancePrime (talk) 06:35, 11 January 2008 (UTC) And I do understand coward being a great attack, but just as bad as boorish in this context of Wikipedia.[reply]
I don't believe I have impuned Ssbohio's honour but his continuously calling me a liar is very tiresome to say the least, its the kind of thing people get sued for. Not that I am in any way saying I would (and my reputation where I live isn't affected by my identity as a user on wikipedia anyway) but you know what I mean, I am sure. Lout to me just means some young person who slouches a lot which is pretty mild. And actually I found it almost impossible to follow your girllover argument that night. Thanks, SqueakBox 06:42, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If you desire not to be called a liar, then you need to speak the truth about what I've said and done, instead of making untrue statements like those above & others. Also, it's a good thing I'm not more like you, or else I'd take your get sued comment as a legal threat, the way you took my beating me up comment.
Likewise to you, my reputation at home isn't affected by what happens here; However, my personal honor in this community is important just as it is in my hometown
Since, by your own admission, the term lout refers to the person and not their edits, would you agree that it is a (however mild) personal attack? --SSBohio 12:52, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that SS is getting tiring (in the "Lies! It's all lies! bit). He's passionate, I'll give him that. So are you. Just about different things. So am I, just about different things. Passion is good. The internet brings together a lot of us that have totally different views and that makes for a lot of friction sometimes too. That's what you and I have had a lot of and that's what you and SS have now. So is the way of the internet, eh?
When you say "that night" I infer that you have since followed it well enough. It doesn't matter much anymore anyway as it's totally moot. I'm enjoying my popcorn and watching WikiCNN... :-)
I do think that you tend to get offended far too easily online. I can too, but I do try to assume copious amounts of good faith and will write as much even. (Granted, sometimes it's in the form of "I'm sure you didn't really mean...") As for being sued for lying, that's almost always a frivolous lawsuit unless the offended party is in the public eye, and then even it's a rough sell to a jury (and harder to a judge).
Best of luck dealing with SS, working with me, and avoiding Justice. VigilancePrime (talk) 06:48, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Every time I read the phrase "avoiding Justice," it makes me chuckle. I know what you mean, but the juxtaposition of the two terms strikes me as humorous. Considering all that's gone on, I can also see where I might be somewhere behind Squeak in the lineup of people who are easily offended here. As Ambrose Bierce (I think) said: Infancy is the time of life when Heaven lies about you. The rest of the world commences lying about you soon after. :-) We would all do well to remember that any perceived lies, insults, or incivility should tend to reflect more poorly on the one dishing it out than the one taking it. I'm planning to increase the size of the grain of salt I take things with on this project; It may need to be the size of a salt lick to have much effect, however, given my devotion to personal honor. --SSBohio 05:06, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I know what you mean. I wrote that late at night and didn't even catch onto it until the next morning (or next night), and at that point, since nobody had seemingly noticed (or at least balked), I didn't want to draw attention to it by changing it. But it is funny. I think (hope?) that all three of us see it as a humorous misstep and not intended in the less benign interpretation of the phrase. Anyway, that grain of salt thing is certainly fitting. And no calling Dibs on honor... It's like Cooties, we all have it by the time we're adults. Long as you don't hang it out there like a pair of Fuzzy dice. I'm glad we're not all victims of the Hate Plague (oh wait, that one got deleted, thank God!). I'm just happy we're not all being so Vorpal nowadays...! VigilancePrime (talk) 05:44, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes I have certainly had good connections with SS in the past though not with fighting. I am looking forward to the Eric Volz (an article I have edited a lot) interview with Anderson Cooper on CNN tomorrow,just saw a preview, we get lots of English language US TV down here, thank goodness, and while I love Spanish TV, just not all the time. Thanks, SqueakBox 06:53, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, we've had good conversations in the past, and potentially in the future we can have good (if halting) conversations en español as my skill improves. I'm taking my second course and the additional verb tenses are kind of kicking me around, so it may be a while... :-) --SSBohio 12:52, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Good luck with improving your Spanish, for me it was 5 years of hard, frustrating work before I got the hang of it, now nearly 5 years later and it is becoming more fluid and natural SqueakBox 15:25, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks... I'm finding it frustrating in this class, particularly, because the video and listening exercises emphasize different regional variations, which is really slowing down my comprehension. Also, the professor wants me to buy a $115 on-line access code in adition to my book, workbook, study guide, & CDs. It might be cheaper (& more effective) to move south and learn osmotically. --SSBohio 15:34, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry for butting in, but that last remark just begged for a reply. When I moved to Holland, almost 15 years ago, the first thing I did was enroll in language school, as I had never spoken in a language other than English. It was frustrating and didn't help much. I finally dropped out, and just learned from watching the soaps on tv, and fracturing the language in the streets until I got my point across. Practice, practice, practice with native speakers is what I found worked the best. Just my two pesos. :-P Jeffpw (talk) 15:56, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I definitely just learnt the regional Spanish from Spain (as one does in England). While I was fortunate enough to have a Spanish girlfriend (and though we spoke in English I could always practice my Spanish with her) but my main way of learning in those first 5 years was reading newspapers with a dictionary. As Jeff says, it is practice that makes perfect. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:01, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'll assume good faith and that you were confusing User:Jimbo Wales with Jimmy Wales. Thanks, SqueakBox 00:20, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Wow. I just clicked through the entire day's edit history on that one-by-one. That looked fun. Too bad I couldn't get in on that... it would have been GREAT practice for the new rollback feature! Ah, see SqueakBox, I'm not that bad after all... (I at least registered!) Anyway, it looks like you've had an eventful day. VigilancePrime (talk) 03:25, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes well I wont be registering. I note some admins are offering the feature and others taking it away. And I find the undo feature quite adequate. Thanks, SqueakBox 03:39, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I meant registering on Wiki (rather than being an IP, like the guy you were fighting all day). I was not in favor of rollback, but asked for it to see how it worked. I tested it on my own pages first, and good thing as I learned it worked more/better/further back than I had thought/expected! Overall, though, I like it so far. Used it only a couple times. I can see a HUGE amount of room for abuse, though, and that of course concerns me. Still, sometimes (like today), it would have been both functional AND fun to use on IP's litte whine-and-vandalize spree! VigilancePrime (talk) 03:43, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oh sorry about that, it was because the script picks up innapropriate words, and it picked up 'nigger', i thought it was vandalism so i reverted it, i probablys should of checked what context it was used in first. Thanks. Sunderland06 18:13, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the explanation, this was a double entente of the N word which is, IMO, offensive, though depending on use. Thanks, SqueakBox 01:01, 12 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It was not bad faith, I nominated the article for deletion, as a useless redirect, you were the good user to revert the vandal move user's edits. That user was indef blocked just today, so as I nominated it, Twinkle saw you as the original creator.
Thanks for the explanation, sounds like their was bad faith but not on your part. I have never used twinkle but if it is generating such bad accusations against good faith vandal fighters then we have a problem and this probably should be posted on AN/I as some more thin skinned or less experienced user might well feel trolled and leave the project. And yes someone moved Brian Eno to Brian Emo and I reverted. To stick templates on anti-vandal users talk pages accusing them of vandalism is simply way unacceptable. Thanks, SqueakBox 18:44, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have posted at AN/I, not because of you but because of the automated process. Thanks, SqueakBox 18:51, 13 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Better source request for Image:HaileSelassieIthefirst.jpg[edit]
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Thanks. I now have changed the url to this. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:13, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. I think you have the right idea, but that link doesn't seem to work for me. All I get is "Temporary file open error. Display failed." Perhaps if you can describe to me the steps you take to get to the page containing that photo, I can help you figure out a URL that works. —Bkell (talk) 00:21, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there! I reverted the edits of "the country" to "Burma" because that's the country's name, and to simply repeat "the country" over and over again is a grammatical travesty. Also, you reverted my removal of useless sections, most of which consisted of simplistic lists of things not befitting of an encyclopedic article about a country. See India and Germany for examples of FA-quality country articles. I would appreciate it if you would undo your revision. Thanks! --Hemlock Martinis (talk) 23:55, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well edit warring certainly won't fix this but I am keen on finding a solution, see my talk comments. Thanks, SqueakBox 01:13, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi SqueakBox, no need for the welcome, i am a regular editor just using my I.P. to tag all the Nicaragua-related articles (don't want to clog up my main account. Well, can you let me know the |Nicaragua=yes addition does not fit the code? 71.108.114.128 (talk) 02:26, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hola, Nicoya. Que habido? Nunca me imaginaba que era usted, pero es que tampoco puedo ver como el codigo suyo sale en la pagina que vemos los lectores. Pensaba que era alguien diciendo como "Viva, Nicaragua", Nicaragua, yes" pero la segunda vez chequeaé los editos de su IP y asi veía que era alguien en serio. Pues mirá esto. Thanks, SqueakBox 03:00, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hola! Nada nuevo, de regreso en L.A., estuve en Nicaragua por un mes. Ya lo vi, pero que tiene? Really? Importance mid? Will you start tagging too? Heheh! -- LaNicoya •Talk• 03:22, 15 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Squeak, I just wanted to drop you a note and say "Hi". I had been reading around a lot lately and came across, among many things, this. While I disagree with you in many methods and manners of editing, I acknowledge that you've been run through the ringer by some. I can see why sometimes you come across as aggressive and not assuming good faith, and that's understandable. I thought that sockpuppet thing was ridiculous, and while I can see why it may appear like that sometimes, I have never believed you and Pol to be "related". I actually would expect the opposite, that based on my interactions with you on Wiki, I have no reason to think you'd use a sockpuppet, ever, and many reasons to disbelieve it. Anyway, I thought I'd just let you know that I see it and support you in that respect. Otherwise, just hope you're having a nice day. VigilancePrime (talk) 00:16, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Per your comments at the above discussion, please read WP:AGF. If you would have paid attention to the discussion above you would have seen that I withdrew the nom before you even commented within a few minutes of nominating it. Further, I left a message on her discussion page apologizing that I read it too quickly as I was going through multiple user pages. There was no reason to make an accusation of a bad faith nom. --Strothra (talk) 02:07, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
When I pressed the edit button you had definitely not with drawn your copmment and I am not accusdtomed to checking editable text for edit conflits nor had I seen that note when I edited. Thanks, SqueakBox 02:10, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Either way, Strothra, your own comment of "I was skimming a lot of these." lends credence to the view that you were haphazardly going about and looking for pages to delete instead of actually looking at the page's content as one would/should expect. I find Squeak perfectly justified (this time) in his view that you appeared to be acting in bad (or at least marginal) faith. This coming from someone he has incorrectly accused of bad faith before even!VigilancePrime (talk) 02:16, 16 January 2008 (UTC) :-)[reply]
I think its true to say Kitty and I see very little eye to eye, this was not a defence of a user I consider a friend (as happens a lot) but a genuine feeling that the mfd was very inappropriate. if all she did was spam that link into the main space then sure, but she doesn't. Thanks, SqueakBox 02:19, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
And I agree with you totally on this point (as one having been accused of bad faith, as I mentioned, I feel you were fully justified in this instance and wanted to voice as much). VigilancePrime (talk) 02:25, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note that the version I tagged for MfD was a clear violation of WP:USER, see [73] and was legitimately tagged. Also, I was not "looking for pages to delete." --Strothra (talk) 02:25, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I actually found the information extremely useful in giving me a sense of who Kitty really is, and admire her not being anonymous while editing the pedophile articles. So I found the information highly relevant to her work here on wikipedia. Thanks, SqueakBox 02:41, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding categorizing victims of child sexual abuse[edit]
You inquired in a (now deleted) edit comment about why I recreated an already CFD'ed category, i.e. Category:Child sexual abuse victims. Obviously I couldn't know about the existence of such a category as the previous one was named Category:Child molestation victims. Having updated myself on the deletion discussion, I perceive there to have been a significant minority opinion to keep that category. Since my opinion clearly is that a category of this nature is warranted and justified, I have done a little field work and compiled a table which I hope you will take some time to study. I welcome your reaction to this and hope for a constructive dialogue. __meco (talk) 15:00, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There are 2 problems. One is we don't want a list of child sexual abuse victims and the second is that they were not all impeccably sourced anyway. I'll take a look at your table when I get off work. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:17, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You are rapidly heading towards 3RR. The situation is this - a neutral admin made a determination (and to say there is consensus in *any* direction, for or against, at this time is just not in line with facts - the situation within the article and talk page is just short of war). You and a couple of other editors made some massive changes which upset that balance. I have restored it to exactly the version that neutral admin determined was the least-worst version at the present time. Should you continue to behave in a confrontational and non-negotiable fashion about your edits on this topic, you're likely to get blocked. Orderinchaos 17:09, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Didn't appear to be neutral to me and that was one revert I made whereas you made several. You wheel warred against another admin and used your admin powers on the article and then acted like a normal editor. I thought Penwhale was neutral but can't begin to say the same for you. I trust you won't be blocking people you engage in edit wars with, especially after your wheel warring. Anyway I have moved things along with an afd, lets hope that resolves it one way or another. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:20, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note in the above the "neutral admin" I referred to was Nakon, not myself. All I did was tried to stop an edit war and facilitate discussion which neither side seems remotely interested in pursuing, each side insisting it has consensus by some warping of the facts.
My statement above (I did word it carefully) did not say that I intended to block you - as I said at AN/I at the time, WP:BLOCK precludes such - I was more advising you that that was a likely outcome based on actions.
Also, please read WP:WHEEL carefully - my actions were most definitely not wheel-warring, and the actions I effectively reversed which were taken by Herostratus were a breach of Wikipedia's protection policy.
When I started to see some of the "proposed edits" by one side of the debate it took everything I had to stay neutral (you can read it on the talk page of the article), and I'm more than slightly offended at your characterisations of myself on that front.
I would like this matter to rest - I have never dealt with you before and this is not my usual editing area, and like you said, there is no reason for us to fight. Orderinchaos 12:10, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes I am very happy for this to rest. I did feel yesterday that certain people were trying to provoke an argument between you and I. Best wishes. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:08, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You accused Order of wheel-warring (among other things), Squeak. I think you did more than enough to provoke an argument without any outside help. --SSBohio 06:28, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there. Thanks for the answer there. Well, I still can't believe that the contributions will be held forever. I mean, I heard, that old contributions were removed. I also heard that contributions can get deleted by an oversight if someone has a serious request for that. Well, ya like Reggae too? You got a buddy! D@rktalk 22:14, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've placed a level-4 warning on his talk page, because it is apparent that he won't stop without a pretty severe warning, and probably a block or two.Kww (talk) 03:16, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yep, I saw. If you arent an admin you might want to post a thread about him on WP:ANI. Thanks, SqueakBox 03:18, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I was just going to go through AIV, but I put up an ANI notice. On a personal note, it's nice to talk to another English-speaking Caribbean dweller ... I'm about 2000km east of you, in Bonaire.Kww (talk) 03:47, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed it is, I am in La Ceiba, couple of years younger than you, and wouldn't change where I am for the world. Thanks, SqueakBox 03:56, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I seem to recall listening to a shortwavepirate radio station out of Bonaire, back before the Internet... I think I got a QSL postcard from them some years ago, and the picture on the card was of a beautiful place that well fits the name "tropical paradise." --SSBohio 04:33, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well I am half a mile from the sea but its too dangerous to go down there (gangs and that). Some paradise! But I'd rather have the internet than the sea any day, and I get to see the mountains facing south, awesome and 600 metres higher than the highest point back in Old Blighty. Thanks, SqueakBox 04:38, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I remember singing pub tunes with a guy from Southampton. Take me back to dear old Blighty // Put me on the train for London-town. Those were good times. --SSBohio 06:31, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You wanna Know something im living in Honduras too.So you should understand but i dont want to look for those pages again.As i said a million times the edits i did do my country of birth arent made up.There are in google and other wikipedia pages.For the black popoulation of honduras Im a black Honduran. -Editor652
Like my wife and family. Onde estas ahorita. Thanks, SqueakBox 04:25, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
¿Qué significa "onde estas ahorita"? Gracias, SSBohio 04:37, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Where are you right now? Onde is donde (pronunciation) and ahorita is ahora. Thanks, SqueakBox 04:39, 18 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Let me see if I follow: Donde is replaced with Onde (why is that?), tu is understood, and ahora is replaced with ahorita (Por que?), yielding where are you right now instead of donde estas which asks where are you. I think I have the basic structure down, but it's easy for a little change (donde > onde, ahora > ahorita) to derail me. --SSBohio 19:52, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It should strictly always be written donde, it would be a bit like writing waer for water, though obviously it makes more sense (Spanish people here know what written onde would mean), the first d just gets dropped and its just the local accent (I have heard it on Mexican tv but not in Spain). Ahorita for ahora is more slang, kind of like buenisimo instead of bueno, if I had been writing to a Spanish person (and they don't say ahorita in Spain) or someone not from here (South America etc) I would have written "Donde estas ahora?"I can well imagine the local idioms I am using would easily derail you, it wasn't that long ago that I was in the earlier stages of learning Spanish and it was the hardest intellectual thing I have ever done in my life. But at your age I didn't speak a word of Spanish or any foreign language and never imagined my life would unfold as it has, so there is plenty of time for you to become really good, and best wishes in doing so. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:10, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Why did you move a portion of the AfD's content to the talk page? Tijuana Brass (talk) 05:08, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
(later) ...okay, I see what you were trying to do here. I'm going to remove the content in question from both the AfD and talk page, since this AfD is not the appropriate forum for such a discussion. Tijuana Brass (talk) 05:16, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I put it on the talk page as a compromise but fully agree it had no place on the project page or its talk page. Thanks, SqueakBox 18:05, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Noted why the discussion is important (and Squeak should be happy that I'm voting for him and his Crusade. VigilancePrime (talk) 05:18, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The only crusade I am on is an NPOV one. While I think abusing children is unacceptable I am not on a crusade against pedophiles and welcome pedophiles editing both wikipedia and the PAW articles as long as they edit the latter in an NPOV way (as I try and do around cannabis, Rastafari, offshoring and other issues I am passionate about). Thanks, SqueakBox 18:14, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I beg to differ. NPOV wouldn't require the kind of tactics you've used here. NPOV asserts itself; If anything, it requires hard work to keep a particular POV in an article, as editors like Rookiee and A.Z. have found out. There have been pitched battles to keep out or remove practically every character that anyone wanted to add to this article, battles that you, me, and many others have been involved in. Where has it gotten us? The article is once more the subject of admin protection and a contentious AfD. After all the effort expended, we're just about right back where we started. For every possible reliable source supporting a fringe theory or systemic biase, there will be ten (or 100) refuting it. The marketplace of ideas could work, if allowed to. --SSBohio 19:42, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I will say my NPOV crusade goes beyond just the pedophile articles, I think it is very important in the bios of living people too, I really regret that A.Z. ever started the article, I was looking the other day and an editor (who participated no further) redirected it within 14 minutes and all that did was to trigger massive edit wars over where to direct it to until I rfd'd it, which was the only solution I could see at the time, but A.Z. disagreed and came up with another solution, ie to create the article, and so it has gone on. For me its the title that io find unacceptable, I honestly believe that allt eh material that has ever been in that article should be in other articles including CSA, AoC, age different relationships, etc. And to be honest i think the onl;y thing will achieve is to clarify that there is no consensus whatsoever re this article. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:17, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
SB, if I can make a suggestion, it would be better to not respond to comments such as those which you've identified as trolling or personal attacks over the past few days. I don't mean to suggest that it's right for anyone to take shots at other editors, but given your involvement and personal interest in this AfD, it tends to provoke stronger responses than if third parties step in to deal with them.
Please don't continue with this thread. It's not beneficial for either of you and just agitates the situation further. Another admin decided that canvassing took place and reverted it. Let's leave it at that. Tijuana Brass (talk) 04:09, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I have no problems with stopping, I'll stay away from this one right now, other than on my talk page, until the DRV closes. Thanks, SqueakBox 04:10, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, I appreciate it. As you already know, the strong opinions revolving around this article aren't mixing so well. I don't want to see the DRV descend into another flame war. Tijuana Brass (talk) 04:16, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
FWIW, I think I can set a good example by following your advice, and I mean a good example for the encyclopedia, and for other, perhaps including younger, editors. I have plenty else to be getting on with, I am definitely here for the encyclopedia overall and the more editors as a whole learn to take a step back from thorny issues the better. I did so recently at Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia which, God knows, is a subject I actually care much more about. Que le vaya bien, SqueakBox 04:31, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
When you have a few minutes, please visit MedComWiki and provide your assessment of the version of the introduction now under consideration. Many thanks, Welland R (talk) 14:47, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Okay. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:56, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Tlato, I am not planning on leaving but I am not going to edit PAW until the DRV closes. But I certainly will continue editing other non-related issues, so please can you not post to my talk page until the DRV closes. I will re-engage at that time. Thanks, SqueakBox 05:08, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. That's all I needed. There's really no point for immature edit warring in order to prevent civil communication when all I wanted was a serious answer from you. --TlatoSMD (talk) 05:11, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Okay. Thanks, SqueakBox 05:17, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I won't engage with you on AN/I, Tlato. What do you think of Jimbo being called co-founder of wikipedia? Of Myanmar being called Burma? Well I think these issues are also important but if you want to talk to me about sockpuppets please do so here. Thanks, SqueakBox 05:50, 23 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, and I read the thread. For the record I am only commenting on user talk pages re PAW (and vandalism patrol, obviously) until this DRV debate is closed so I haven't posted at this AN/I thread. The point that perhaps people have missed is that it was a safe bet because it is unprovable whether Tlato is a sock of VoB and/or BLueRibbon as neither have edited in more than 3 months, besides there is a thread at Grooming's talk that throws the whole validity of RCU into doubt, something I have long been aware of. For the record I would never sacrifice my editing privileges on the encyclopedia as a whole in order to promote NPOV at the PAW articles, though up till now nobody with the power to enforce and indef block has suggested that I need to make such a choice either. Thanks, SqueakBox 02:24, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Freedom, censorship, pics of naked abused children[edit]
The history of the full frontal nude pic of this naked girl who has been badly burned at the top of this article about her Phan Thị Kim Phúc might be relevant to your concerns on Jimbo's web page. WR is trying to stir up trouble by throwing mud everywhere and seeing what will stick. Frankly at some point the WikiMedia Foundation might have to sue some of these WR clowns for defamation. Greg in particular seems eager to defame Jimbo for financial profit. I thought he was smarter than that. Maybe he figures any publicity is good publicity, even a defamation lawsuit. WAS 4.250 (talk) 11:52, 24 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I find this kind of advocacy extremely sickening so much so that I signing off WP for today. Mrs.EasterBunny (talk) 17:02, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I take your point, it was the conversations on Jimbo's talk page that drew me in to edit the PAW articles in a more neutral way, and a year I am still here. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:08, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hello again, SqueakBox. I posted a while ago about Image:HaileSelassieIthefirst.jpg and requested a better source. You attempted to address the issue, but unfortunately the replacement link you provided was less useful than the original one (because the replacement link didn't work). So I've restored the original source link, and I also restored the better source request for the image.
If you can just explain the steps you take to find this image on the Library of Congress website, I will gladly do my best to help provide a link that is more informative than the one we have now. Please let me know how I can help. —Bkell (talk) 21:44, 25 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I haven't edit warred. I placed a cite needed tag, someone removed it without providing a source (and that is vandalism). If the term is spelled differently in the UK, that has to be sourced, period. TJSpyke 03:46, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sigh! No, no, no, no, no. Calling several good faith users vandals is not an argument and so wont help uyou if you revert again in the 3RR report. Thanks, SqueakBox 03:49, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Doesn't matter now, I have added a source (something that editor Barry refused to). I still know I was right though since you are not supposed to remove a cite needed tag without providing a source. TJSpyke 03:55, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No, Squeak is right. To be fighting over a spelling like that for a reference is ridiculous. That you started edit-warring and template-warning editors over a simple-to-find fact that is not controversial is just as ridiculous. VigilancePrime (talk) 03:57, 26 January 2008 (UTC) :-)[reply]
Squak, WTF is up with you removing the source? Once again the article has NO source for that alternate spelling since you decided to remove to source (and that IS wrong). TJSpyke 04:42, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well I could tag pedophile but that would be WP:POINT, remember all British people spell it this way and your spelling is as odd to us as ours is to you. And paedophilia, of course, does redirect to pedophilia. I strongly oppose referencing the British version spelling as it implies that the US spelling is more correct or more widespread, and it would be a really negative move for the encyclopedia to accept all US spellings and demand sources for all non-US spellings, such action would be highly disruptive to the encyclopedia and to US/UK relations on wikiepdia so lets not go down there. Thanks, SqueakBox 05:39, 26 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You have my email. if this kind of disgusting behaviour continues please let me know but I would urge you to take the PP's to arbcom as they are clearly here on a mission. I have some other ideas too. Pol64 (talk) 00:33, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the best laugh I've had all day.[75] I'm guessing you meant "planet" but were victim of a Freudian slip (no need to respond to that). Pairadox (talk) 02:12, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hehehehehe. I did mean planet but didn't have the heart to change it (laughing too hard myself). I am not the reactionary Christian conservative some think. Thanks, SqueakBox 02:17, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Haha thats great. Avruchtalk 02:18, 28 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Someone dedicated to making your day a little bit better! (talk) 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! Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.
That's too bad, cause 1. if it's my actual words it could hardly be personal attacks, 2. in my userspace it could hardly be called a personal attack, and 3. I really thought of all people you would be the most capable and have the most references for such a page. Of course, if there are no true personal attacks or name-calling, I could see the difficulty. If you change your mind, though, you are more than welcome to help me build hat page up. I would appreciate any help you could give. (Without critique and visibility, how is one supposed to improve and learn from the past, eh?) THanks, VigilancePrime (talk) 04:43, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Basically my viewpoint is this. I am happy to collaborate in article space with you (and its subsequent talk pages), I don't own any main space on this project, but I would rather not engage in this user space stuff or have you talk about me on a user page of yours, even in glowing terms. Anyway its on my watchlist. If I wish to gather information about other users I would do it somewhere like pbwiki.com, password protecting the page so Google cant see it. Its free and doesn't seem to crash. Thanks, SqueakBox 05:16, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
NP. Sounds like a plan. (Granted, last time we had a "plan" you came back to bite me again.) Feel free to reply as such to the DRV page where I laid out the "stay away" program and we can go from there. (Still, if you ever run across one of those diffs that proves your allegations about me, please provide it to me... only way to learn from the past.) VigilancePrime (talk) 05:20, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
BTW, of course it is... ("Anyway its on my watchlist") ...I would expect no less. That's the nature of watching someone's every move. VigilancePrime (talk) 05:23, 29 January 2008 (UTC) I'll have you unwatchlisted soon after this discussion finally and terminally ends, but that's just me.[reply]
Come on, I have over 4000 pages on my watchlist. That is the wikiepdia way and I would suggest anyone who doesn't like that shouldn't work here. Thanks, SqueakBox 05:29, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
4k? You need a hobby! (Other than Wikipedia, I mean.) VigilancePrime (talk) 05:40, 29 January 2008 (UTC) :-D[reply]
Perhaps I do though I am not convinced that more than one hobby is necessary in life, at least not when one is working full time, as I am, and where I live is very much not the first world so certain leisure activities are much more restricted. Thanks, SqueakBox 05:45, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi squeak, I would appreciate it if you could turn up your activity on the medition on PPA a notch. So far, you have made a total of 8 edits on the content there, while your point of view seems to differ the most from the other parties. It is difficult to mediate if a key party is not actively mediating. Your last comment on the content is already more than 2 weeks old. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 17:20, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I just commented there. I was a bit worn down by Fighting but he or she appears to nhave left me alone as of late so my issues with him or her are not what they were. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:28, 29 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
"Bad revert" means that the revert itself was wrong. It was not an assumption of bad faith. "Gibberish" means that I couldn't make out what was meant by "I mma editing this page sigh!" (It is unfortunate that we are not able to edit our edit summaries.)
To clarify my reasons for reverting: Jimbo has invited users to edit his page. Your edits were wrong because they were reversions, without comment, of good faith edits made by a user in acceptance of Jimbo's invitation to do so. To say "If he can edit, why can't I?" in this case is misleading, as your edits were nothing but reverts of Assassin Joe's edits.
I know that Jimbo states on his user page "Many Wikipedians watch over my user page and will edit mercilessly or even remove altogether any bad faith alterations made." I don't believe this applies to Assassin Joe's edits because they were not bad faith. Jimbo is free to undo or change any edits he doesn't agree with.
P.S. I think JustaHulk did a great job with this edit. Mike R (talk) 17:12, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hulk's edit looks great, I responded on the talk page as to why I think (and still think) AJ's was inappropriate. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:30, 30 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hello SqueakBox, I was wondering if you could take a look at the Perverted-Justice page when you have a moment. There is disagreement there related to the opening sentence and the inclusion of the assertion that PJ engages in harassment. As it reads now, it appears to make the claim that PJ engages in harassment as a rule. Here is a link to the discussion: Talk:Perverted-Justice#Harrasment
That addition made by Barry Jameson was reverted back by a few people, myself included. Then Swatjester comes in and threatens me with a 3R (although he neglects to warn Barry Jameson of the same offense, even though he had far more than 3 reverts). I pointed out that all of the citations being used are garbage (some point to comments on articles, others point to Corrupted Justice or quotes by Corrupted Justice - an unreliable source by all accounts). I'm not asking for agreement from either party, but Swatjester ignored what I pointed out, left all the citations, and insulted my lucidity. I'm not asking for sympathy, I'm asking for some assitance since if I do make any more reversions or changes I'll probably be banned. FrederickTG (talk) 03:29, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please stop inserting weasel words int o the Perverted-justice article. I know you know what they are, and that you know they are unacceptable. Because you have not shown any inclination to stop, I have protected the page. ⇒SWATJesterSon of the Defender 22:51, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well I trust you did so at the wrong version, otherwise its just fuel for an arbcom case, admions should neverbn edit and then protect ot their version. This isnt a warning its a promise (though I havent looked at the vesrsion you protected yet). You certainly canot be a responsible admin and endorse with admin powers the troling version that PJ is a harassing organisation and your endorsenment opf that killed the respect i| had for you. On average one admin gets desysoped every week and I hope when i look tomorrow I wont have to make sure you are one of them. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:05, 1 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I deleted two pages you tagged for deletion. I am confused that you seem to have recreated your user page. You can ask for your user page (not talk) to be deleted at any time, without moving it. But "right to vanish" only applies if you actually vanish, and recreating your user page seems to contradict that. — Carl (CBM · talk) 18:05, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Its simple I wanted to delete the history of the user page, while I give a little info a huge amount has been removed, probably did it unorthodoxly though, and perhaps caling the page the right to vanish was incorrect but I really do/did want the edit history of my user page removed. The talk page was just a mistake, I certainly do not wish to see my talk history removed or altered. Much appreciated. Thanks, SqueakBox 18:13, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You can tag you user page for deletion again at any time, under either the G7 or U1 criteria. — Carl (CBM · talk) 20:57, 2 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Are you leaving or staying? I noticed you were exercising right-to-vanish and thought it seemed like it would be a terrible shame to lose you as an editor. —Whig (talk) 01:03, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Its the history of the edit page I wanted to vanish not me. Thanks, SqueakBox 01:23, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please sign your messages on talk pages with four tildes (~~~~). This will automatically insert your "signature" (your username and a date stamp). The button, on the tool bar above Wikipedia's text editing window, also does this.
If you would like to play around with your new Wiki skills the Sandbox is for you.
Good luck, and have fun. --SSBohio 14:37, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Squeak, since you won't answer my question about why you had your userpage history deleted under WP:VANISH when you didn't intend to vanish, could you at least tell me why you're unwilling to answer the question? --SSBohio 04:42, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
He was probably thinking "right to privacy" instead of "right to vanish", from what I can gather someone has been posting personal information about him that he wants removed, which anyone should be entitled to do. Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 05:07, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If he was thinking right to privacy, he could've said so at any point, either when the deleting admin asked or when I did. He got the page deleted under WP:VANISH, a pretense, and I remain concerned about wholesale deletion of the edit history as potentially shielding it from public scrutiny.
From what I can tell, his first explanation was WP:VANISH. When that was refuted, he asserted that he was receiving threats. By advancing the first (false) reason to delete, it casts doubt on the second reason, as well.
I have no problem with an admin removing sensitive personal information, as called for by policy. What I have a problem with is an admin effectively being convinced to delete the entire page based on a false premise. I doubt that all revisions need deleted, and I doubt that the history was reviewed before deletion to see what needed to be kept, since that wasn't an issue under WP:VANISH.
I'm sympathetic to Squeak's plight, but I can't be blind to his use of speedy deletions to remove negative aspects of his editing history, and it's that pattern & practice that concerns me here. --SSBohio 14:37, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If you mean "why can he not simply do the deletion himself", SqueakBox is not an administraotr; only administrators have the ability to delete pages. Anthøny 19:49, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have a right to protect my privacy, believe me. This is the same old deletionist/keepist dispute of old, Steve. I don't want to leave wikipedia I want to edit anonymously (and not deleting my talk or anything similar). Thanks, SqueakBox 20:48, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Squeak, I'll defend to the end your right to protect yourself. My concern here is 100% with what else is being deleted/obscured, aside from actual personally-identifying information. It's not really a keepist position. You worked to get another page deleted that catalogued some of your less flattering edits, then you asked to have your userpage deleted per WP:VANISH, which isn't an accurate reason. Taken together, these weakened my assumption of good faith enough that I asked you what your actual reason for deletion was. In the interest of your privacy, please feel free to email me about this or anything else. I'm really not here to bust your chops, Squeak, only to find out what's factual and what's spin, and whether every single edit needed to be deleted, as opposed to the ones containing the problematic information. --SSBohio 04:47, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'll go one step further, Squeak (as I have mentioned a couple times already on the ANI page), and say that I support the deletion of your userpages and user talk pages. I have no issue with the page deletions, only with the hub-bub and abusiveness that the restoring admin has had to endure for following the letter of the policies. I think a better way to have gone about this would have simply been to use the {{db-userreq}} tag with "rationale=no longer want user pages to exist" rather than the so-called Right to Vanish. But regardless, I have and will continue to voice support for your right to delete your pages. Anyone who wants to bring to light your poor behaviors ("alleged poor behaviors") can do so without those pages, so they are somewhat irrelevant. Let me say this one more time: I support your right to delete your own user pages and user talk pages. VigilancePrime (talk) 04:53, 4 February 2008 (UTC) :-)[reply]
Yeah, what theye said. Though I want to echo it wasn´t a good idea to invoke the right to vanish, as it wasn´t applicable, and made things look dodgy. A lot of drama ensued wich could have led to the departure of IMO a good admin. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 11:23, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You are entitled to your opinion, I disagree, I was not creating any drama. Thanks, SqueakBox 15:14, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Is there a bot that can fix double redirects?--Lucy-marie (talk) 11:45, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Not that I know of. And come on, it only took me ten minutes. I do support a change to a more appropriate name, and if I can do it twice you can once, no? Best wishes. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:46, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I went and got myself quite obsessed with working over the Emperor's entry! Glad you like what I've done so far. How amazing is that picture of Ras Makonnen, in the entry? With lion-hair headdress, no less! Cheers, DBaba (talk) 21:46, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You and Til, when are we gonna make HIM an FA? I can probably get some help, indeed that would be my idea of fun. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:07, 3 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I am determined to take any measures available to ensure that your right to privacy and personal safety is protected on this site. All the best, El_C 00:16, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
We must, indeed, protect Squeak's privacy and safety, but "any measures avialable" sounds rather draconian. Some attention should be paid to removing only the edits necessary to preserve privacy and safety, rather than trying (& succeeding) to lose a chunk of Squeak's edit history, especially considering his previous efforts to remove record of his past negative comments. That isn't a privacy issue; that's an issue of editor accountability. The totality of circumstances here (the inaccurate speedy-deletion request, the previous attempt to delete part of his edit history, etc) leaves me to wonder, mouth agape, at the ability of the right moral panic to start a stampede around here. We can (surely) protect privacy without allowing a user with a checkered history to prune from that history the edits he doesn't want. --SSBohio 16:42, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I dont want anyone pouring through my user page edit history, and identifying info is in about 95% of the edits. I have exactly the same right to privacy as every other user. Wikipedia refusing to give me this right would go me no alternative but to publicise elsewhere. My Space were in trouble recently for their failure to delete a user account, this is a basioc human right and I simply will not have my security in the hands of unknown admins, who may not even be adults. I will point out that I live in a very dangerous place with a highly level of impunity, and to protect myself is my responsibility. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:03, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Could you please clarify something for ANI here? Are you actually exercising Right To Vanish and leaving WP and/or this username? Lawrence § t/e 16:59, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Nope, I am exercising my right to edit anonymously. Wikipedia does not insist people reveal their identity in order to edit here, and they are not going to insist I do so either. If necessary I would edit under another identity but I have no wish to do so. I won't post to AN but you are welcome to convey this information. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:03, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
OK, thanks. Then all that has to be done is your user talk history fixed since it's so broken, and any material you need Oversighted there oversighted. I'll link back to this thread, thanks. Lawrence § t/e 17:05, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
{Unblock|I am happy to see the talk page history restored or to move my archive to correspond with it, its only my user history not my talk history I wish to see removed from wikipedia, so can we please resolve this issue amicably}
Unblock request disabled. This account is not currently blocked. Sandstein (talk) 20:18, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, I left a pointer in this page's history, and then unblocked. It would be appreciated if you put an {{archivebox}} or something like it at the top of the page, but it's not essential, any more. Sorry about the problem, and please post here again if you're autoblocked. — Arthur Rubin | (talk) 20:23, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Do you plan on archiving all discussions that contain criticism? If so, this seems to lend credence to the worries of SwatJester, SSBohio, and others regarding your motives for having your userpage(s) deleted. It doesn't look good at all. BellwetherBC 15:37, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
What? I don't understand your point. I intend to archive all discussions, yes, and merely left the 14-M discussion here as unresolved, the other comments are resolved to the best of my knowledge. I used not to archive and got persuaded to do so, unlike most experienced users I have one archive for easy access rather than 20, which would be unsearchable. And for the record I have the same right as everyone else to edit anonymously, if people have issues with that those are there issues and they need to deal with them themselves. What actually happened is that adult child sex got deleted and IMO all this harassment I am getting is because of that. But we are here to build an encyclopedia, not try to out other users identities and any further attempt to out my identity will indeed create controversy as I am at the end of my patience with all this fake drama from people who appear to be more interested in drama than in writing an encyclopedia. Thanks, SqueakBox 15:42, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No one is trying to "out" you. You've simply had some editing disputes in the past that led people to believe you may be tyring to "cover your tracks" a bit. I was simply stating that so quickly archiving discussions regarding this matter did not look good. I don't have an opinion on the matter, and fully support your right to edit anonymously, if you choose to do so. BellwetherBC 16:06, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Restoring my user page was actually. And I am not trying to "cover any tracks" as I have an excellent editing record here which I am proud of, and wouldn't hesitate to use on my C.V. (already have done once). But, like every other user, I have the right to edit anonymously and that is that, end of story. I have an easily searchable archive which is very easy to find, that is not the action of someone covering tracks, which as I say I ahve no desire to do anyway. If Mr Bophio thinks there are issues with my editing he can go and follow normal procedure but as there are no issues with my editing I don't believe he would get anywhere so doing. To claim I ma a problematic user is a violation of our good faith policy and directly contradicted by the facts, eg my contribs. If I were an admin I would not be being harassed like this, take not. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:18, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No, it really wasn't. It was a good-faith attempt to adhere to policy. You asked for deletion per RTV, but you didn't intend to vanish. As such, the deletion was neither out-of-process, nor an attempt to "out" you. Since you intended to simply remove the userpage per privacy concerns, you simply should have asked to have it deleted, db-author. Now that the confusion has been cleared up, I would recommend that all sides (you included) assume good faith of the actions of the other editors in the disagreement. BellwetherBC 16:32, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It doesn't say about vanishing and I don't agree there was any good faith in it. SJ did not inform me of what he was doing and he locked my user page, reverting a good faith deletion from a charming admin,. I bey he didnt even inform the deleting admin that he was undoing his work. Good faith it was not. By claiming I should go to Mfd he was arguing the only right I had was to have people paw over my user page history, and I had received death threats. Policy does not say some uisers have no right to anonymity. Death threats. ooh let us make it worse and SJ's bad faith comments on AN/I that death threats against me don't matter etc are the real problem. Now can we shut this conversation down as it isnt going anywhere. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:38, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I was civil, polite, and even supportive of you, and yet you respond with a curt, even angry edit summary in removing my thread. Why would you do this? BellwetherBC 16:43, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Because I am not interested. I notice you edit anonymously, let me do so too without distracting me. Supportive of me would be to nopt bring this issue up at all. you are a newbie, please show me some respect. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:44, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
How is discussing this issue with you preventing you from editing anonymously? This is all a bit confusing to me. BellwetherBC 16:46, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Its preventing me from editing at all by distracting me. I have no wish to pursue this conversation so lets just leave it be. God luck editing, I see you are interested in education. There are 1001 tasks that need doing. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:49, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Would you mind including a link to your archives at the top of this page, then, so that if anyone is interested in reading our discussions (or the others you've archived) it would be more easily accessible. Regards, BellwetherBC 16:51, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Its in the history. There is no obligation to archive talkpages, he could (and has) simply delete the conversation. Avruchtalk 16:57, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hows about we just leave him alone on this issue? If he doesn't want to discuss it, that's his right, and frankly why people do personal things are personal, and none of our business. Lets not be wikibusybodies. I'd say pressing the issue any more past this point would veer into harassing. Lawrence § t/e 17:00, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm, did the same with me, even though I was supporting him. GrooV (talk) 17:30, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
People can archive their talk however they want within norms. Simply deleting comments or threads from the live page is perfectly acceptable. If he's short right now I can't blame him, given the stupidity he's had to put up with in the past 48 hours. Lawrence § t/e 17:38, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I worked so hard on this, it really pains me to see you disordering it and pulling it in a POV direction. You do not even seem to have tried to address my concerns, which I will repeat for you here:
There is a name section. Rasta names belong there, because they are no more important than any other names.
There are now two paragraphs implying that Haile Selassie is a religious icon, in the opening. One suggests merely that he is a religious icon, without mentioning that only a tiny minority of people believe that: Haile Selassie is simply not a religious icon in general, only to a fringe minority.
Your version states "movement was founded in Jamaica in the early 1930s" twice in the same paragraph...
without citing "1930s"--that's what needs to be cited.
Lastly, although you may be passionate about it, the Rastafarian religion is not Haile Selassie's central legacy. The man ran an empire for six decades; that's who he is. For this reason, mention of Rastafari belongs at the end of the opening, just as the Rastafarian sections belongs last in the entry.
Is there anything you disagree with, that I've stated above? Let's talk this out, and let's talk it out efficiently, so I can get back to serious work on the entry and not waste my time chitchatting. I know a lot of people like to chitchat on Wikipedia, but that's not my style... And I think you know I'm the best thing that ever happened to that entry, so I'm sure you don't want to waste too much of my time, right? DBaba (talk) 01:30, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Er, what I did is absolutely not pulling it in a POV diorection but quite the opposite, it is keeping it NPOV. Selassie is highly notable as the Rastafarian God, and the Rastafari do venerate him as God. You appear to want to sweep that under the carpet. Him being a religious icon for Ethiopians is completely different from what has developed re the Rastafari and there is no probable about how they see him. Your claim that it is not his central legacy is precisely that, a claim, and indeed only history will judge that but you cannot in the meantime claim that it is only a tiny minority who claim him as the messiah. Please also do not assume I have worked less hard on the article or that it pains me any less to see you pulling it apart on what is clearly a POV crusade. Also names should always be in the beginning, your naming section is contrary to our style guidelines. It is easily citable that Rastafari began in the early thirties. Why do you challenge that fact. Your final assertion just demonstates that you are pushing a POV, please dont do so. Thanks, SqueakBox 02:40, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Most of that doesn't really make sense to me. Let's leave the part about my "POV crusade", which has featured meticulous research and 400 edits that you've not objected to until now, and talk about the names section first. Why are you claiming the names section is unacceptable, but only framing the Rasta names in the intro? What about the Ethiopian names and the royal titles? Is it neutral to pick your favorite names according to your POV? Am I picking names according to my POV too, or are you the only one doing that?
It still says "movement was founded in Jamaica in the early 1930s" twice in the same paragraph: Doesn't that look really stupid to you, too? I don't know man, this is so weird of you, especially to accuse me of trying to "sweep under the rug" the Rastafari angle after I've argued to maintain it in the opening, I just don't know if you're really hearing me at all. DBaba (talk) 03:40, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Don't take any of that which is frequently thrown your way to heart. You're doing a great job, and you do it looking good. User:Dorftrottel 06:26, February 20, 2008
I know you are a powerful editor or admin of some sort. I noticed that you removed a link to a video on the Fidel Castro talk page. Was there a reason for that, i.e. is it against the rules to post outside links? I fortunately saw the link before it was removed and it was some very interesting historical footage by the National Geographic and other sources. Just curious, as I can never figure out the rules around here. Regards, Mattisse 01:13, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It would be better coming from a site that was not dailymotion or similar, eg could be a copyright violation, etc. I don't consider daily motion a reliable site. Thanks, SqueakBox 01:16, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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someone inists on using the word dictator to refer to joseph stalin on the article J Stalin would you please put some sense into them? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.180.37.2 (talk) 23:22, 24 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I believe there is a serious libel BLP violation at J Stalin. The source claiming he was a criminal drug dealer is his album notes. But its a non-notable album sold at his performances and out of his car. Its unavailable and unverifiable. Attempts to place the dubious tag were agressively removed by an editor with steadfast support of the article. WP:OWN issues.Icamepica (talk) 04:26, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Its not there now but I have re-added it top my watchlist. Thanks, SqueakBox 04:28, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for caring man.
user wikidemo reverted my removal of the selling candy on the bart train, and also removed my {{fact}} on the non contentious claim that he started rapping at age 13 which is cited based on unpublished album notes which cannot be found. this is on the J Stalin article, would someone intervene and revert and also discuss?Icamepica (talk) 07:52, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
user wikidemo has insisted on adding the drug dealing comments regardless of cnonsensus and blp and RS stating he doesnt care.Icamepica (talk) 20:49, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Re these comments by the two of you: "appears not to be acting in good faith either." and "Just what we need, a frequently blocked disruptive editor to jump in." etc. at Talk:J Stalin: Would you please keep your comments on the article talk page focussed on article content, not on editors? Thank you. I'm putting a similar message at User talk:Wikidemo. --Coppertwig (talk) 03:57, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have had enough of this and have removed all the connected pages from my watchlist, talk about being given a hard time for trying to help, and I am not referring to you Copper, but a certain editor is not being helpful. Thanks, SqueakBox 04:00, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry that you've experienced frustration in this matter. --Coppertwig (talk) 12:53, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, me too. Regardless of whether the sockpuppet allegations re Icamepica are true or not (and they were still allegations last night) this makes no odds re the article or the possible BLP violations concerning this Stalin fellow. Wikidemo claimed it was a part of his image, and if it were proven then I would be happy to include it (like Bob Marley for instance) but that has not been proven. What I find really disturbing in this case is that Wikidemo believes that because there is sockpuppetry that this means we can ignore BLP. Convictions for drug dealing can really effect people, especially marginally notable people, and this is why I am appalled at has been happening there. Thanks, SqueakBox 15:43, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. Regarding the recent revert you made to Jamie Oliver: You may already know about them, but you might find Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace useful. After a revert, these can be placed on the user's talk page to let them know you considered their edit was inappropriate, and also direct new users towards the sandbox. They can also be used to give a stern warning to a vandal when they've been previously warned. Thank you. Enigmamsg! 04:25, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You are a previous participant in the discussion at WP:AN/I about User:Mikkalai's vow of silence. This is to inform you, that I have made a proposal for resolution for the issue. I am informing all of the users who participated, so this is not an attempt to WP:CANVAS support for any particular position.
Thanks for the heads-up, definitely appreciated. I see it has gone to arbcom (thanks to your header) and will post here. I welcome emails about this case as I am interested and intending to be involved as much as I can. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:58, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, could you go to this link? I've created a proposal for the mediation to put new editors and SPA's editing the PPA page, and other related pages under the supervision of some neutral admins. Ryan Postlethwaite 02:30, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Happy editing, SqueakBox 22:35, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Resolution near (?) on how to entitle Tony Sandel's lists[edit]
Hard to say whether that will affect the afd, but I will certainly keep an eye on this one. Cheers for the heads up. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:57, 7 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I just wanted to say that it feels very good for us to be working together on an article. It's been too long. --SSBohio 00:08, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I see it is snowing a lot in Ohio. The rain of the past 48 hours here has gone and we are back to hot, sunny, even stifling weather. Thanks, SqueakBox 15:46, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
As part of the pro-pedophile activism mediation, I've created a mentorship page with appointed mentors for editors to report problems to. The mentors will be expected to keep editorial decorum on the pages and also help enforce policy derived editing on the pages. I would appreciate your input on the talk page. Regards, Ryan Postlethwaite 00:07, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
At least three sources state that his death may have been a suicide. I think we should at least say that much. HalfShadow (talk) 16:50, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Big deal, I ma sure you can muck-rake, these sources are speculation, the cause of death is unknown and we are an encyclopedia not a rag trying to make money out of the misery of others. If you cannot see that perhaps you should get another hobby. I am disgusted at these flimsy accusations appearing ion wikipedia. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:57, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
And perhaps you should step back and calm down. We're only reporting what others have said. Others have said it may have been suicide, and so far there is no immediate proof it wasn't. To be equally fair, there's no immediate proof it was. We're not saying it was suicide, we're just saying it may have been. If it turns out to have not, we just re-edit it. HalfShadow (talk) 17:08, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
We should not imply suicide when all we have is the musings of a few journalists, putting it on the Deaths in 2008 page is trolling and this kind of crap just makes wikipedia seem like a gossip rag, IMO repeating slanderous allegations is not something to calm down about, not that I was uptight, i just removed the offending material, perhaps you would care to help me. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:40, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Suppose this guy is never charged, or is charged and acquitted? We've labelled him a criminal and a particularly nasty type of criminal. How much do you think he would be able to sue the Foundation for? Answer in millions, please. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 18:02, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
We are not labelling him a criminal at all, I assume he is innocent until (if ever) proven guilty, and I take BLP very seriously. If this were an article on him (and I would oppose having one) that would be different but what we are saying is that the disappearance of Shannon was a crime and it is quite clear that that is the case, as with Madeleine the other little girl who has disappeared in strange circumstances. The huge resources expended by the Police show they clearly were thinking a crime had taken place, and indeed the disappearance of a child and a huge police investigation is ample eviodence that a crime has taken place but none whatsoever that this chap has committed a crime himself, the crime is in the disappearance and her discovery doesn't affect that. Thanks, SqueakBox 18:06, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your optimism, but I have practised law in the UK and his lawyers may disagree with you. He is clearly identifiable (or soon will be), and WP:BLP applies not only to the subjects of articles, but any person mentioned in articles. Sorry, it has to stay out until he's convicted. The huge resources expended by the police are normal for any missing child whether a crime has been committed or not. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 18:15, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well I am no lawyer myself but I am not going to edit war with you over this point either. I suggest when his name is published we redirect to the article, BLP its talk page and watch vigilantly to make sure nobody creates an article, I certainly do not want to be part of in any way harming this individual and fully agree that BLP concerns anyone mentioned in any article, even in a case like this where he has not been mentioned by name, and while I am not in the UK I support wikipedia reporting these cases as if we were. Thanks, SqueakBox 18:49, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Anyway this whole news has really cheered me up, not that I was down but you know what I mean. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:45, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed, it is almost unheard of for a missing child to be found alive after 24 days absence. The family are rejoicing this evening. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 19:47, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed. And according to news reports the family are not alone in partying. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:48, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Why is it OK to mention who he is married to, but not other details from his biography? RTFA (talk) 20:58, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Lets try and keep personal details to a minimum in this case, please, I would rather not even include who he is married to. Thanks, SqueakBox 21:02, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I was not sure if it was because the biography was from his official site, so he could present a date of birth to pass off as being younger. RTFA (talk) 21:05, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
For me the real issue is he objects tot he article existing at all. Therefore IMO if we just focus on his work (such as an opinion of his you added) I think that would be for the best, but as it happens I don't believe his website is a reliable source for anything concerning him. Thanks, SqueakBox 21:08, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I understand. I am looking at this right now and use it to add more detail about his professional career instead. I think a version of that link already existed in the article, but it was not well-used. RTFA (talk) 21:09, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, I would like to inquire why you made your most recent edit to the intro of the "Pro-pedophile activism" article. There already is an explanation of how adult-child sex is viewed by the majority in the very first paragraph, and the words are even wikified. Furthermore, most would agree that PPAs advocate for a number of different changes in mainstream legal, medical, and social takes on pedophilia. Taking this into account, why should the issue of child sexual abuse be singled out, and put ahead of everything else? Also, even if CSA needs to be mentioned earlier in the paragraph, shouldn't at least pedophilia be listed first in the sentence, considering that's what this movement focuses on? Then, from a stylistic perspective, if your addition of CSA at the top remains, one of the wikilinks to the article discussing it needs to go, because there's only need for one wikilink per paragraph, especially in an intro. The other question I had for you is in regard to you adding an attribute of "claim" to the statement that PPAs would like to change negative societal attitudes towards pedophilia and pedophiles - is there thus an implication that the PPAs are wrong/mistaken to assess the community attitude as being hostile? Wouldn't you agree with this assessment (that most people react in a negative manner to pedophilia, pedophiles, and PPAs)? I really don't want another edit war to start, and this is why I'm not reverting your edit, but instead decided to inquire about your contribution to the article via your User Talk Page. ~ Homologeo (talk) 21:23, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I believe it is needed to explain what PPAs want, and what they want is to revoke the laws and social attitudes re child sexual abuse. The problem with the PPA claim is that it may not be correct. Anyway i have respionded to Jack's proposal at PPA talk. I think any committed editor should be at least trying not to edit war and I certainly am committed to that. Thanks, SqueakBox 21:32, 16 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Last year (07 June), I behaved toward you in a very rude manner. You and another user had communicated on the Tony Blair talk page in what I took to be general chat rather than discussing improvement to the article. I chose to criticise this behaviour by referring to it as “stupid”(!) When you queried this disgusting outburst, I responded with an explanation of why I had objected but I did not bother myself to apologise.
On the principle of ‘better late than never’, may I now offer you my heartfelt apologies for my appalling incivility. I am very sorry (and very embarrassed) by my boorish behaviour. I have also apologised to ‘Gustav von Humpelschmumpel’, the other user whom I insulted. I am not normally given to this kind of conduct and I really do not know what came over me. There is simply no excuse.
Regards, Conval (talk) 12:14, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You're welcome. Thanks, SqueakBox 14:24, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm a bit confused. Last night you removed a James Bond villian succession box from the article with the edit summary stating "if you want to restore the Bod villain box you must mention it in the etxt witth refs etc". What exactly is in dispute regarding this if the role is already in the lead paragraph and is in the article further down, and once again listed in the filmography, as well as on the List of James Bond villains? Thanks. Wildhartlivie (talk) 16:49, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There is no mention in the article itself about this, my point is if we are to have the succession box we need to mention his role in Bond films or film in the text itself. I simply do not/did not know whether this was true or not but if it is it certainly means mentioning in the bulk of the article. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:02, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
But there is mention of it in the article. See the section entitled "Hollywood" which says This would be the first of several villains that he would portray.[11] He became Alec Trevelyan (MI6's 006), the major villain of the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye... which was the point I was making. Wildhartlivie (talk) 06:57, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
That is strange as I ran the string Bond through my search and the only result was for the succession box. If you haven't already I suggest you revert me. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:35, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Greetings, your change in North America ingnore that the Middle America region is not a pure North American region and may include South American regions, due this is the North America article, such fact should be informed. Cheers, JC 13:47, 20 March 2008 (PST)
I just found that article. As a Brit I have to say I have never heard of the term Middle America used in this way but the reality is that Venezuela and Colombia are never considered a part of North America in my opinion and therefore to restore that info you must ref it, verifiability being the name of the game. This is a difficult subject, I am aware of that so reffing any additions is necessary. Thanks, SqueakBox 21:50, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It is sourced see here: [76]. Off course Colombia and Venezuela arent considered North Americans, thats why their mention should be added. Cheers, JC 14:00, 20 March 2008 (PST)
You maintain that this minority notion should be included, even when many others clearly don't include those territories at all? The article is about North America, not what may or may not be in Middle America. Your rationale is as confused as your edits. Corticopia (talk) 22:03, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
This is rarely the case, as many other sources make no mention of these countries being in the region. You will continue to be reverted, J. Corticopia (talk) 21:48, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well, without verifiability. I think the problem is that all definitions of South America include Colombia and Venezuela, generally its where to place Mexico and Central America that is controversial. And sure, Colombia (the coasts) and Venezuela are east of Central America but we aren't here to describe how things are we are here to describe how they are seen, hence the verifiability element. Thanks, SqueakBox 21:53, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes: after all, the article is about North America and what comprises it, not what one of its regions (a region of the Americas which rarely includes countries from another continent) may or may not comprise. Thanks. Corticopia (talk) 21:55, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Per WP:LEAD, the break by her age is jolting for a reader, especially since it's stated on the next line. The lead is meant to provide an overview, which it does. Hope you don't mind. --Rodhullandemu (Talk) 22:13, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I saw that, and your edit looks great, there won't be any edit warring here. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:14, 20 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi. Why don't I rewrite the article on Kurt Krenn? Why should I? The Catholic Curch of Austria is not my field of expertise, but I have been living here long enough to be able to assert that there is no incorrect or libellous information in it. Knowing that is one thing; proving it is another, and there are certainly more competent people around who know where to look up the missing references.
However, my main problem here is an over-reaction by an admin; others might even call it a slight abuse of admin powers. All the best, <KF> 23:27, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I would trust Doc's judgement. We need an article that is thoroughly sourced and deals with the complex issue of his resignation in a fair way. And aren't we here to write articles? Well I am, not to contest the judgments of admins. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:30, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, thanks for starting a stub on Kurt Krenn. I don't know if you have read the deleted article, but now that I've reread it I cannot for ther life of me understand why it allegedly is a page "that serves no purpose but to disparage its subject or some other entity (e.g., "John Q. Doe is an imbecile"). These are sometimes called "attack pages"." Krenn is not attacked in the deleted article. The page serves the usual purpose of a biographical article and does not "disparage its subject", let alone only disparage it. The only shortcoming of the text is the absence of one or two, maybe three, references.
The Sisyphean task that has just started is to start from scratch without the help of the deleted text. My guess is that sooner or later a Wikipedian or two, supported by some casual browsers-turned editors, will come up with very much the same article again—just because there is nothing else to report about Kurt Krenn. Personally, I hate people working against each other, but if you are all happy with it, so shall it be. Happy Easter! <KF> 23:52, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I know nothing about this chap, or should I say I knew nothing about him, just noticed the thread on Doc's page. Feel free to email me the copy you have if you like. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:54, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Absolutely to the contrary, I am an independent editor who has never met Jimbo, and none of mys statements could be attributed to Jimbo. People like The Rolling Stones have thousands of hardcore fans. What Jimbo isn't even allowed one. And by supporting Jimbo I feel I am supporting the encyclopedia as a whole and while I mostly like to edit biographies and related subjects I also think a bit of mop work is a good idea. I work to gain money, wikipedia is just a hobby, and I am not not cash short right now to want to be paid in my wikipedia endeavours in a way that would be controversial.
In my work I understand some of the problems with counting the number of words without a major software overhaul which would include it in the programme but it would be an interesting challenge. Did you hear the other day somebody deleted the sandbox, and mid-afternoon US time when Western Europe was still awake, ie at the worst time, and the servers crashed for a couple of hours as you can't do that kind of thing, an admin either not thinking or simply didn't realise that you can't edit 4 years of history on a page which had I have no idea how many edit revisions but clearly enough to crash the servers. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:46, 22 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your reply -I wasn't aware of that crisis no- just goes to show how fragile the system can be. Anyway in regards to Jimbo I gather he is very busy, I just feel a bit let down that he doesn't take more time to respond to editors as individuals. It seems he only comments if there is some sort of outrageous claim or editor on the prowl. I've proposed things to him like a new Wiki Translation system which I thought was a good idea, but he didn't even utter a word in response and at least say why it wouldn't be. It seems that more often or not you are the one answering his questions so this is why I asked♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦$1,000,000? 11:24, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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I say Rajiv Mass Administrator on Hindi wikipedia and Ravi Jain are both one and same. Friend it is easy for you, where I do not know, good english to write you. I signed as vkvora. vkvora2001 (talk) 23:44, 22 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
signature of Administrator Rajiv mass and his dumy Account Ravi Jain is verified. Both are one and same. Regards . vkvora2001 (talk) 21:04, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
An editor has nominated Don Murphy, an article on which you have worked or that you created, for deletion. We appreciate your contributions, but the nominator doesn't believe that the article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion and has explained why in his/her nomination (see also "What Wikipedia is not").
You may also edit the article during the discussion to improve it but should not remove the articles for deletion template from the top of the article; such removal will not end the deletion debate. Thank you. BJBot (talk) 02:59, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Just to warn you that you added a vote after the nomination was closed, so other editor had to remove it [77], since you can't change an already closed debate. Cheers --Enric Naval (talk) 22:13, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Er no, that was me who reverted myself but I am glad I am commented anyway as I am one of the very few regulars at the Murphy article. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:16, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry about stepping on you there, I thought the software was supposed to stop edits like this when the page changes before I hit save page. *grumble* :) NonvocalScream (talk) 23:54, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The "Using this page" section of WP:PedMen instructs you to "notify the users involved in the dispute on their talk page." You failed to do this for your complaint against me. --AnotherSolipsist (talk) 00:45, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Whoops, that bit missed me entirely. Well at least you know now but my apologies for failing to inform you. Thanks, SqueakBox 00:47, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Your edit summaries are really hard to read and understand. — $PЯINGεrαgђ 03:29 24 March, 2008 (UTC)
Yes well that one was bad typos but don't generalise. Unfortunately edit summaries are both unfixable and unresponsive to spell check. Thanks, SqueakBox 05:13, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
What, you mean like "out hgead of sstate dictator is weasel". Thanks, SqueakBox 04:12, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Here are six examples from the most recent (as of timestamp) page of your contributions. These are not all in order, but mostly they are. There were also two edits that were mis-spelt that I did not include here because the mis-spellings were rather minor.
Generally my opinion and experience with edit summaries (as well as talk page messages, e-mails, &c. &c.) is that if I have to read them twice, and especially if I have to read them more than twice, then it is usually not worth reading anyway. Not to say that your edit summaries are useless (they aren't), but in others it is often the case. Just trying to help. :) — $PЯINGεrαgђ 04:12 27 March, 2008 (UTC)
Chill out, Springeragh. Point taken, and with total respect. I actually appreciate your thread (I wouldn't dream of removing it) and am taking what you have taken time to tell me on board, but don't expect instant results (long lasting ones are so much more important) so cheers for taking the time, and you might say my response was a revelation to me because I couldn't see what I had meant for the life of me. And my first teacher on this subject, El C, then posted a lovely card (he told me way back to always include na edit summary and I do now and for a while, so I will now work on getting my edit summaries right and interesting but always coherent. Thanks, SqueakBox 04:19, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't really mean to sound stressed or anything. I actually edited my original post (see page history) because it sounded somewhat dickish as well. — $PЯINGεrαgђ 00:35 28 March, 2008 (UTC)
And for the record i am developing a lot of pain in my right hand from RSI, I don't believe we are even close top replacing a mouse but a voice response keyboard is the way to go. Thanks, SqueakBox 00:37, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I can see no reason why you are attempting to remove relevant sources from an article. Please review [78]. There is nothing is wiki policy that suggests limiting sources to support a particular fact. There is nothing on the PJ Talk page that suggests a consensus to remove the extra sources for the Eide alias. Your removal of these reliable sources is unbecoming a wikipedia editor. Vagr4nt (talk) 05:55, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Policy? We are encyclopedia writers not wikilawyers and the factuality is not disputed nor ever has been so even one ref is the absolute maximum needed. Thanks, SqueakBox 05:58, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps you have not been editing this article very long, but if you have you would remember that this point is often challenged on the basis of relevance. The additional sourcing has been established to support the inclusion of this point.
Furthermore, I can't see why any wikipedia editor would deliberately remove sourcing of facts. It seems downright contrary to everything we're doing here. Vagr4nt (talk) 06:14, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No I ma someone who has challenged it on the basis of relevance over a long time. But the refs don't help notability which is why we only need one at most. If you can't see why editors would remove refs in this case where there are too many (to the point of WP:POINT) then you perhaps need to ope your mind a little. I have been editing far more than you and know exactly what I am doing so your assumptions about this contradicting everything we are doing is just plain wrong, yuou may need to get a better handle on what we are doing. Thanks, SqueakBox 06:28, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If you were reading the DRV at all, you might notice that the discussion is about the redirect not restoring the entire article. JoshuaZ (talk) 20:38, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I do realise that, Josh, ie it was the redirect that has been here months that was deleted. I was actually responding to suggestions of restoring the full article both on DRV and at the talk page. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:40, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Then I suggest you make clear that you aren't necessarily intending to endorse the deletion of the redirect. If you are intending to do so, I suggest you say so. JoshuaZ (talk) 20:45, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the advice and done. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:47, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Probably Tokerdesigner was right to remove that picture of the ludicrously large joint. ;) I dunno about his/her other edits, though...
Here is the thing with Tokerdesigner: He or she believes that joints are part of a giant conspiracy by Big Tobacco (or "Big Tobackgo" as TD likes to say for some reason) to sell people on an "overdose smoking method" that allegedly heats marijuana or tobacco, take your pick, to an extremely high temperature that denatures the chemicals and makes it harmful, and that everyone would just stop smoking this way and use vaporizers instead, then nobody would die from smoking tobacco or cannabis. I am not making this up, he/she has said as much on my Talk page.
Now, there is likely some merit to some of these claims. I dunno about joints being part of a "Big Tobackgo" conspiracy, but it certainly at least seems plausible that burning tobacco or cannabis at higher temperatures and with more contaminants is going to be more harmful to your health.
But whether I think the ideas are plausible or not, it's still all original research, and Tokerdesigner is pushing it hard. A lot of his/her recent edits to Cannabis smoking are WP:OR, are not verifiable, and none of them are sourced.
I don't want Wikipedia to become a place where people can push their own personal agenda. So I am very concerned when I see Tokerdesigner removing a picture of a rolling machine and calling it an "advertisement for overdose smoking". Is the picture of the rolling machine appropriate? I can see an argument either way. Is TD's reason for removing it appropriate? Absolutely not.
I rolled back a bunch more edits after you reverted me, but then I saw your comment and decided to undo my revert until we can get consensus. But just check some of TD's edits, keeping in mind what I have told you about the conspiracy theories, and let me know if you still think these are mostly constructive edits. I am very skeptical... --Jaysweet (talk) 21:45, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Also note that Tokerdesigner actually had the cajones to tell me that I should start going by my middle name instead of my first name, because when I tell people my first name is Jay I am creating a "propoganda effect" for "overdose smoking" and thereby benefiting "Big Tobackgo". I don't want to delve into ad hominem attacks here, but uh... Yeah, I dunno, take what you want from that exchange. [79][80] --Jaysweet (talk) 21:55, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the heads up, I'll do some looking around but not right now. I agree with the soapbox issue, and especially re cannabis, anyway I'll let you do what you think is best in the meantime. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:06, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Your more recent edits already caught some of TD's unsourced pov edits, and I moved his pro-vaporizer paragraph down to a subsubsubsection under the smoking methods, instead of being the first primary section in the article. I don't think it's situation-critical anymore as far as letting him have a soapbox, and the whole article needs so much work, it would be a little unfair for me to remove TD's unsourced claims and leave the other 500 unsourced claims in the article :D
BTW, I loved the pun about the "chronic" problems with the article, ha ha ha... Anyway, I gotta go, and this article has way more problems than either of us can fix in five minutes ;) So another time... Thanks, and keep up the good work! --Jaysweet (talk) 22:13, 24 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You are wrong about warnings. Our only goal is to create a good encyclopedia, even in Europe many young people do not start smoking tobacco just because they smoke cannabis and we are not here to deter people from smoking tobacco, its just completely off topic (and if we were to warn of the hazards of smoking we would surely wasn't to warn of the hazards of smoking anything but that is not our role). Thanks, SqueakBox 21:42, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
See, I followed Jaysweet's instructions and quoted the item to be answered, putting it in italics.
You are right, young people "do not start smoking tobacco just because they smoke cannabis"-- off topic, because rather, they get hooked on tobacco from following bad advice and mixing tobacco in with the cannabis. If you will check the article you will see as of 1 a.m. GMT Jaysweet has moved "Mixing with other herbs" to the top of the article, and changed the title to "Mixing with tobacco". As a former addict who got off the habit (something I haven't had to do), please think what it means when Google sends millions of youngsters around the world to this article seeking to find out how to smoke cannabis and the first advice they get is how to mix with tobacco.
I will be looking around to see if there is a policy on how to report or debate this, but it looks like censorship to me. Trying to be charitable, maybe Jaysweet is one of those who feel safer if the cannabis article has a facade of tobacco in front of it to protect against being cracked down on by the tobackgo police (read US Drug Enforcement Administration etc.).
I know you have been trying to be fair and impartial, but this is the one time when the exception probes the rule. If you want to follow it further, I will discuss it directly on the User talk:Jaysweet page and on the User talk:tokerdesigner page.Tokerdesigner (talk) 01:23, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I don't believe either Jaysweet or Until are pro-tobacco. You could just as easily say my wanting to move the joints section up the page is pro-tobacco as certainly in Europe the habit is to mix tobacco with cannabis. This is partly because until recently most cannabis was hashish in Europe and one cannot smoke hashish in a joint without mixing it with something. When I was young people who started smoking cannabis did occasionally get hooked on tobacco smoking cannabis but most people who smoked cannabis were already tobacco addicts. I then saw the next generation much more open to using pipes to smoke pure hashish. I thought Americans just smoked grass in pure joints, as Latin American do. Thanks, SqueakBox 01:32, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Doesn't this happen every spring? (1 == 2)Until 01:38, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ho hum. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:39, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please stop disrupting the progress of this user's still unlaunched RfA. Thank you. Húsönd 01:21, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Are you planning to restore my edit. If it isnt open it looks it, it also appears you are tam[pering with it, presumably with the idea that your support can be before others opposes, which smacks of cheating to me. I am posting at rfa talk. Thanks, SqueakBox 01:24, 25 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Without violating Wikipedia:Mediation#The_privileged_nature_of_mediation could you explain on or off-wiki the reasoning behind your position? Usually when you and certain other user disagree on something, I agree with you. So obviously, the fact that both of you were eager to vote in opposite manners in this RfA interests me, and right now, is the primary basis of my Neutral. I can accept and respect an answer like "Opposed due to things at privileged mediation", but if you could explain more, I'd appreciate it. MBisanztalk 20:45, 26 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Asking him to elaborate to inform your own decision is fine - if this thread turns into a call for him to do so in order to justify his vote, then that is inappropriate and folks should recognize that it is given to voters on both sides to make a decision without justifying it extensively or at all to the community. Avruch T 20:50, 26 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Obviously if I defend Kurt's right to oppose without being berated for it, I would never dream of asking a user to justify their vote. But yes, this thread is only to help me form an opinion, not to make him, make public his opinion (thats why I left open the option of an email). MBisanztalk 20:56, 26 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
(ec)Avruch, I see where you are coming from here, but I have the very strong feeling that it is the first: MBisanz is looking for more information to base his own vote on, not a justification of Squeakbox' vote. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 20:59, 26 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I know, that is clear from what he wrote. It won't necessarily be why anyone else follows on to add their own request for the same bit of background. Avruch T 21:01, 26 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I hear what people are saying, I am not well today but I will try to find something else to say, but probably not till tomorrow. I clearly know Martijn as we have done mediation together. Thanks, SqueakBox 21:15, 26 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Seems like its been said by everyone else, having looked at the Rfa. I find my interest is increasingly in making good article edits and not in too much drama, though the child sexual abuse articles will definitely remain very much an interest in the sense of the work to make them good articles. Thanks, SqueakBox 03:28, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. I've got doubts about the accuracy of Calendar year you are using and, as you will see, I've reverted a couple of your recent reverts that you sourced from it. Do you want to look at it again? Best.--Old Moonraker (talk) 14:28, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Do you have any specific reasons for doubting? I will look for another one, see if there are discrepancies. Thanks, SqueakBox 18:51, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I am very confident with Battle of Agincourt: the historian Juliet Barker has three pages in her account of the battle on how the day and date were calculated, and I have given her as the citation. Calendar Converter by John Walker, the source I used for Schubert, has worked accurately for me in the past (Siege of Sevastopol) and concurs with the edit before yours. I did not revert Beethoven, from Walker again, because there was no corroboration. Please check out Walker's page for yourself, I think you'll be impressed! Good luck with with your checks for other (or not) discrepancies. All the best. --Old Moonraker (talk) 19:21, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I'll take a further look. I find this stuff fascinating and really want to get it right, so thanks for your interest. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:30, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I hadn't seen the ELs at Calendar until your suggestion. There are some very useful ones there. Thanks.--Old Moonraker (talk) 22:53, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You left a newcomer welcome message on my talk page when I first joined a couple years ago and I never thanked you for it. So I'd just like to say, thanks for the warm welcome. :) Haddock420 (talk) 19:44, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for taking the time to work on this. Its my first and currently only article, so its nice to have someone else take an interest. --BrucePodger (talk) 23:18, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It was my favourite book as a young child (6 or 7), the first real book I ever read, and on many occasions, so it was a real pleasure to work on this particular article. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:19, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
My favourite at that age too. We were read it at school, and I insisted my parents got me a copy. --BrucePodger (talk) 23:24, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I remember being read Prince Caspian at school age 8 and getting my parents to buy me the Narnia books but my reading the Little Wooden Horse definitely preceeded that, and I imagine my dad's copy from his childhood as it was an old blue hardback book (whereas I had a paperback version of Gobbolino). Certainly Ursula Moray Williams was hugely influential in giving me that love of reading, and it was the first book nobody read to me, I did it all myself. Thanks, SqueakBox 02:18, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sanger initially proposed Wikipedia (originally a Nupedia wiki) as a feeder project[edit]
Here is a historical ref. --> Sanger initially proposed the wiki concept to Wales and suggested it be applied to Nupedia. * Sanger, Larry (January 10, 2001). "Let's make a wiki"(Email). Nupedia-l mailing list. Nupedia. Retrieved 2008-03-28. Sanger initiated Wikipedia. QuackGuru (talk) 02:02, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well if he did it while a paid employee of Wales that would indeed indicate they both initiated it. Anyway have a look at The Guardian reference I added. Lest just keep working at getting it right, eh. Thanks, SqueakBox 02:09, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
According to Wales, "Larry had the idea to use Wiki software." * Wales, Jimmy (October 30, 2001). "LinkBacks?"(Email). wikipedia-l archives. Bomis. Retrieved 2008-03-28. Thanks, QuackGuru (talk) 03:10, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There is text in the lead that is not verified by the citations. Can you fix it now.[82]QuackGuru (talk) 18:53, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Since its expansion he has been a public speaker and promoter of Wikipedia. <-- Here is the current version in the article.
I still think it belongs in "Roles of Wikipedia creators" section. The lead already says Wales is the de facto leader of Wikipedia. QuackGuru (talk) 22:27, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry SqueakBox, I was responsible for deleting March 28 on recent deaths. Someone vandilized it so on that occassion I removed the whole thing. Hope this clears things up. Raphie (talk) 03:00, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed it does. Thanks, SqueakBox 03:01, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If you feel what I was doing here is a blockable offnse, then take it to ANI. I sincerely doubt you'll find an admin who will consider what I or the bot did to be "tampering" or a "blockable offense", but you're welcome to try. I do find your objections to "tampering" with the posts of others extremely ironic, since adding "fact" tags to someone else's post is certainly that! I certainly doubt that User:Vgmaster posted the comments in April, then returned in June to add "fact" tags to their own posts! - BillCJ (talk) 05:27, 28 March 2008 (UTC
I did not say I wanted to see you blcked, please don't misinterpret my words. I made my complaint and directed it to the bot owner. The bot was inappropriately tampering with user comments, we dont use the tags on talk pages in order to maintain anything but to give examples and it was an inappropriate use of a bot. All the same interfering with user comments is a blockable offence, that is a fact,a nd of course by reverting you took personal responsibility for what your reverted to, if you check my first revert of the bot it was adding the maintenance to some tag examples that a user had added to a talk page, if on other occasions people were adding fact tags to user comments then that should always of course be reverted. Thanks, SqueakBox 15:57, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
This is a minor dilemma, because some of these tags put talk pages into categories. However the crux of the matter is that those which should be putting talk pages into categories need dating, those which shouldn't be, need to be {{Tl}}'d removed or otherwise dealt with, and those that don't, if they happen to be in the same page as one that does, will not be affected by having a date parameter added.
As far as you be "extremely pissed off" that you couldn't add and edit summary,just leave me messages in the normal way if it's that important to you. RichFarmbrough, 10:42 28 March2008 (GMT).
Well I will now but I didn't know who you were until after I had left the message, I was writing to a bot with an unknown owner, and yes leaving edit summaries certainly is very important to me. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:01, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
And for the record I think your bot does great work in the main space. Thanks, SqueakBox 21:04, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Heh, at first I thought your name was SqueakBot so I figured your edit there was just automated. Then I looked back and saw that you were a real person. So basically Im writing here to tell you that I am pretty sure the word there should be reusable. If you read the paragraph through it makes sense, and you can check it by reading up on the source. Basically, it comes down to this: plastic diaper manufacturers were getting scared when they saw environmentalist mommies buying into cloth diapers, so they put out some tricky pseudoscience showing that THEIR diapers were actually better for the environment. But they weren't; they were just twisting the numbers and using misleading statements such as comparing 1 cloth diaper vs 1 plastic diaper instead of 1 vs a whole truckload of them. SoapTalk/Contributions 00:25, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I looked after your revert against me and didn't revert you again cos I figured you are being genuine, your response just confirms this. Thanks, SqueakBox 00:32, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
In your edit summary you said that you sensed that something wasn't right about that poster. Well that same guy has been doing the same thing for several months now via IPs (blanking talkpage discussion on the pics, removing pics on Lima's surround slums and adding pics of Lima's more well-off areas). I've had to protect the article in the past because of him and he just doesn't seem to want to stop. There is not much we can do if this guy finds different IPs to work with to continue doing this all the time.--Jersey Devil (talk) 17:49, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
and your text is klunky, sorry. 72.0.180.2 (talk) 00:43, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
We are not writing for well informed Americans. Thanks, SqueakBox 00:44, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I think "United States" is almost categorically preferred to "America" when referring to the US and not the larger N. American or S American continents, or some subset of those concepts. 72.0.180.2 (talk) 01:20, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
See my latest. Thanks, SqueakBox 01:21, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. I don't want to immediately appear combatative by engaging you in an edit war. Can you please tell me what was "tendentious" about my editing, and why they are being removed by yourself? Furthermore, please do not refer to me as a "banned" user, as this is not the case. My earlier account was blocked and I was told to choose another username, that is all. Putting innocents at risk (talk) 17:14, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
We are not here to promote pedophilia activism or to claim that it is natural and harmless, especially without sources but you are very lucky not top have had this alternative account blocked given your stated aim her ebeing to promote pedophilia. Given your history, if you want to edit why not edit other areas of the encyclopedia, gain a few months experience and an idea of how we work and then return to the pedophile articles. If you had come saying you were promoting an anti pedophile agenda or a pro-cannabis agenda or really any agenda you would be told the same thing, wikipedia needs dispassionate editors whose interest is the encyclopedia as a whole. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:17, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
its just that way, i live there and i know how it works. how is there supposed to be a source for this?
maybe i can add "Mega-anecdotal evidence suggests that..." if you want?
ok i see you have answered me in my talk page.
but when the "Hookah" article saying this: "The Double-Apple (Persian:دوسیب,Do-Sib) is also a very popular flavour in the middle-east by the every day hookah-smokers because of the strength", i don't see a reliable source here! (BTW, ill tell you that its not true. the double apple flavour (made by Nakhla tobacco) actually is the most popular here in israel AND in the Palestinian territories, but its popular by taste- not by strength at all).
so what-to-do in a situation like this?
if that's called also "original research", i suggest you just remove this line from the "Hookah" article and then ill understand that i cant post what i wanted to in the "Bong" article.
Thanks!
79.177.159.149 (talk) 18:10, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sources do not have to be in English, a Hebrew source, for instance, would be fine. While I know we are not 100% consistent in terms of removing original research we do try our best, mega-anecdotal is not oaky as it isn't verifiable. Thanks, SqueakBox 18:16, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ok then so what if i just depict the Bong smoking method without linking it to a place (as Israel) as a fact, as is with the other methods? will this be accepted? Because these smoking methods cannot be verified as being true or have no scientific research about them. ill try and post it this way, and you'll see how it looks like. 79.179.112.203 (talk) 15:49, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The great Doctor, a "hero" of mine and compiler of the first encyclopedia, also allowed a few sly bits of humour to be published in that work. Clear the articles by all means, but allow the interested to realise that there are real people - with real problems in regard of perceptions of how funny they really are - who work at building the encyclopedia. It is likely to encourage more folk to join than it will dissuade (and who wants 'em, anyway?) In short; "bread and circus' "! LessHeard vanU (talk) 21:56, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Would you please remove the BLP tag you stuck on the children's rights talk page? I'd do it myself but don't want to misunderstand any point you might be trying to make about children's rights being alive... Thanks. • Freechild'sup? 23:43, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No, the article deals with living people so the tag should stay. Thanks, SqueakBox 04:34, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
What sort of reasoning is that? While children may be living people, Children's rights is in no sense a biography. In order to be a BLP, an article must both have living people as its subject AND be a biography (that is, it must contain information about specific living individuals). Otherwise, Human, all anatomy articles, and a good chunk of Category:Medicine would be considered BLPs. --erachimaformerly tjstrf 04:46, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Absolute rubbish, if you want to opine go do it somewhere else. Thanks, SqueakBox 04:49, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not able to follow your line of logic here either, and have also removed the tag. BLP does not == anything remotely related to living people. -- Ned Scott 05:49, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
To those with an anti-BLP agenda perhaps, but you could not be more wrong in reality, we don't respect living people in bios and not elsewhere and the bio refers to biographical information not a biography per se, this kind of behaviour and attitude is so tedious and just harm,s the project. Thanks, SqueakBox 06:04, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
We realize that BLP applies to articles which contain substantial or contentious biographical information about specific living people, whether they are formally "biography articles" or not. But Children's rights is not such an article. It's an article that discusses issues related to an entire class of people, and contains no biographical content about anyone specific. It's an article like Human, or Black people, or Women's suffrage, or India (the home of 1.12 billion living people, and counting!). Not like George W. Bush, or even like Essjay controversy. --erachimaformerly tjstrf 06:22, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well I am not going to edit war over this, for me the important thing is to expand our article coverage over BLP, if I made a bad call so be it. Thanks, SqueakBox 21:35, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Anyway on reflection I want to say, thanks chaps, I dont want to push BLP too far but I was experimenting and you 2 showed me where the line is. Funnily I thought that the {{PAW}} tag would be more controversial as there are fringe groups who want to assert pedophilia's rights over children as a part of children's rights and we need to be vigilant of this but I was wrong and your challenging has been cool and instructive. My BLP specific comments are elsewhere, that any article that contains any living person should be blp tagged and people without articles but mentioned in articles should be blp tagged. And children's rights fails this test. Thanks, SqueakBox 03:51, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I want to say I much appreciate your comment here, about my contribution to the discussion.
Thank you and best wishes, Wanderer57 (talk) 04:55, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
PS (Usually a PS is shorter than the main body of the message. Not this time.)
The recent discussion about the article Merle Terlesky was a real eyeopener for me about editor's attitudes. I was appalled.
The discussion was scattered widely. I'll insert links just in case you are interested to read it. (I intended to get the links together so I'll do so now.)
Hey, whats the point of making an image crop from Commons and uploading it to ENWP? Commons is supposed to be a database for images so all Wikipedias can use them, it would be greatly appreciated if you used Commons in the future notwist (talk) 19:40, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Okay. Thanks, SqueakBox 01:09, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Thanks for the heads up. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:04, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding you recent edit: removing the copyvio part of an article does not resolve the copyvio issue because the offending text remans in the history. This is why usually copyvio pages are deleted including the history. I assume that the correct way to do this is to have an administrator restore the page in its pre-coyvio state. Andreas (T) 22:37, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
We do not allow copyviolationists to delete articles by vandalsing them and if you wish issues with this please go to WP:Oversight and the revisions can be removed. But the article which is perfectly good cannot be deleted because of a troll or the trolls would delete thousands of articles. if this happened at Barak Obama the copyvio would be oversighted and the thousands of edits would not be removed because of one idiot. That is why we have oversight. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:50, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your help on this; I'd already decided to make those changes because I didn't like how they looked, but you beat me to it! I have added back the second woman because the BBC says in terms that she was arrested. BlueValour (talk) 22:54, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Detained is the word The Guardian are using, its how we format it it that is critical. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:07, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The Independent says arrested here and The Guardian here says arrested in the initial para. I think that the Grauniad's use of detained, later, is just to avoid using the word arrested too many times. I think everyone is working well on this page to pick a responsible path through a minefield of sensitivities. BlueValour (talk) 23:19, 4 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
As someone from the Philippines you really should no better than to prod an article that is the main news in Argentina and has received extensive international coverage. I would classify this as medium importance, there are hundreds of thousands of articles about less important American and British subjects, please go and prod one of them, this article would never fail an afd because it is so obviously about a notable subject. Sigh. Thanks, SqueakBox 06:58, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Have you seen my latest edit. Thanks, SqueakBox 18:32, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I think so. You just made one today? I have to go out but I'll look at it later.
Maybe instead of "adoptive parents" say "her parents of twenty-five years".?? Wanderer57 (talk) 18:58, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
PS I tried to use the Alta Vista translation on ref 2 but I didn't work. Have you a translation?
I can translate stuff from Spanish. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:05, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. What I meant and should have said is, have you a translation you can post here so I can read it? My knowledge of Spanish is very limited. Hola, adios, muchas gracias, and a few other fragments.
Ok, thanks, I will take a look but won't translate right now as I am bogged down with real life work, though Tibia means weak,, ie the sentence wasn't sever enough, its a word used to describe luke warm water for instance, and the fallo is the judgement so the headline complains the sentence wasnt harsh enough. . Thanks, SqueakBox 20:48, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Anyway having thoroughly read the article methinks the BBC article was takenm from this one but it contains a bit more info which I am slowly adding. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:12, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I also did a rewrite - you can see it in the history, but I reverted it after I put it in. Please take a look. Thanks, Wanderer57 (talk) 22:17, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, i only just caught your post above, mellowing out right now as I have to work tomorrow. Thanks, SqueakBox 22
I like that "See also" section you added. I followed your lead and also did the same for this film: Los pasos perdidos. I edit a lot of Argentinian films, especially films of the "New Wave" peridod that began in the 1990s. Best -- ♦ Luigibob ♦"Talk to Luigi!" 22:34, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Cool, I started learning my Spanish (years back) through good quality films, and still dream of visiting Argentina and the South Cone. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:43, 5 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Two discussions and other comments have gone in favor of "Personal legal issues/history" and no good argument (or argument at all, really) has been presented for your version of that section heading. You asked Phil if he has posted to the talk page, which he has - your last was March 13, and you have not commented since. I'm sure we would both appreciate it if you would explain your objection to a neutral heading on the talkpage before continuing to revert changes. Avruch T 18:02, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
This was an edit-conflict; I didn't intentionally remove your comments. Still, I think that RBI is the best strategy here; my own opinion. Sorry to accidentally revert you; please don't block me. :) -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 22:14, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No, its not problem. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:19, 6 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
seeing as you've just signed up as interested - I thought I'd better drop you off the general note about this week's conversation.... hope it's not too awful a time for you, and look forward to chatting!
Hi folks,
I've confirmed a time for the next conversation on Tuesday night, US time, (Wednesday, 02.30 UTC). Huge apologies that this isn't going to be good for Euro folk, and I know Anthony and Peter will likely be unable to attend therefore. It's possible we need a bit of a wiki effort at the project page to better organise and plan conversations - and I'd also like to encourage all interested folks to watchlist that page for updates / changes etc. which will probably be a smoother way of staying in touch than many talk page messages (though it's great that more people are expressing interest in participating...). With that in mind, if you'd like to reply to this message, please do so at my talk page, and I'll respond as soon as I can.
If you are able to attend at the given time, please do head over to Wikipedia:NotTheWikipediaWeekly#Confirmed_Participants and sign up - this is a great help in making sure everyone is around. We generally chat for about 10 minutes before 'going live' and the whole process takes about an hour, and I very much look forward to chatting to all!
No its actually a good time as I am on the "other side" of the pond, all I would need is to make the initial skype connection but anyway I'll sort it out tomorrow, knackered (from working) and off to bed. Thanks, SqueakBox 04:35, 7 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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yes I saw that and indeed weakly agree with the nominator although I have tidied it up considerably. Thanks, SqueakBox 00:03, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I searched for something more solid to add some substance to the article, but I could barely come up with anything. Regards, NonvocalScream (talk) 00:20, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I tinkered a bit, please take a look. The problem is it's hard to find coverage that is favourable:):) I have to go to sleep now but I hope one of us can come up with something from the google news hits I linked to on the AfD. Unfortunately a lot of them are subscription etc. only, but they are archives from real newpapers, so should be obtainable online somewhere. special, random,Merkinsmum 03:48, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Do you now wish to Keep the article, or do you Support deletion? Your comment in the AfD is a little unclear. PC78 (talk) 19:04, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, I struck my delete comment based on the changes made by Merkins Mum. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:08, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
if so - add me as a contact : privatemusings - and we can touch base / check the tech. side of things..... cheers, Privatemusings (talk) 00:11, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
or feel free to pop into the 'virtual room' linked to from Wikipedia:NotTheWikipediaWeekly - that's where we'll be having the conversation if it's stable enough.. otherwise, there is a Plan B.... cheers, Privatemusings (talk) 00:13, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lauren Harries[edit]
Hi, regarding the above AfD: you may wish to change your "vote" from "support" to "keep" -- it's not as if she's running for admin. ; ) --77.96.133.241 (talk) 16:34, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Lol. I am not a regular at either afd or rfa, just an occasional participator. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:04, 9 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I don't believe I need to do that. You need to provide reliable and verifiable sources not direct me to do some original research. This is a BLP vio for obvious reasons and will be treated seriously in the run up to the election, please let us discuss any additions on the talk page. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:02, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No problem :) I haven't edited that article for a while, and reading it felt like something was oddly missing from the first paragraph.... Cheers, DWaterson (talk) 00:04, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your support in my RFA, that didn't quite make it and ended at 120/47/13. There was a ton of great advice there, that I'm going to go on. Maybe someday. If not, there are articles to write! Thanks for your support. Lawrence § t/e 17:39, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes well you certainly got a lot of support. One can styill be an effective player without the admin tools, being well known helps, plus we all have to work all the time on being better editors and getting on with our fellow editors better. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:42, 12 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Whilst I respect there's still problems with the intro to the article, might I suggest that making edits which are obviously going to start an edit war might not be the best way forward? Would you consider filing an RfC? I think it could help here and get wider, neutral views for how to proceed. It's certainly worth some consideration. Ryan Postlethwaite 00:31, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Dear SqueakBox, I can understand why you feel strongly about this subject (most of us do), but let me remind you that we don't need to say that Hitler was a bad man. Also, we should avoid using emotional tabloid newspaper lingo just because we dislike a topic. In this edit you have equated "pedophilia" to "child sexual abuse", citing neutrality as the reason. But this is a factually incorrect statement. A pedophile is someone who is sexually attracted to children. Child sexual abusers are a subset of pedophiles who choose to act on this attraction. They are not the same thing. Cambrasa 14:09, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: this distinction is not actually corrct. A pedophile is someone who is sexually attacted to children, whether they are caught acting on it or not, is more accurate. The DSM does not make a distinction between pedophiles who merely obssess and pedophiles who are also prosecuted: it includes both. Where anyone got the idea that pedophile=nonoffender, I don't know. It may be accurate to say that not all pedophiles offend (or are caught offending) but it is not accurate to say that the definition of pedophile excludes offenders, because it does not. In additon, there are absolutely no studies claiming that there is a significant subset of pedophiles who are nonoffenders. The insistence I have seen around the pedophile articles on Wikipedia that there is a "large" subset of nonoffending pedophiles, that the definition of pedophile excludes sexually abusing, and that there is no link between pedophilia and sexual offending does not line up with mainstream views and research at all.-PetraSchelm (talk) 21:42, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I was very spooked last night. LCH and Ztep were clearly, IMO, troling socks whose sole purpose was to troll me. I suggest we unlock the article. Thanks, SqueakBox 15:22, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Squeak, thanks for your note. I posted a message that I think addresses your concerns re the songs article on the theater article page. (Eventually these should be bundled; I agree with whomever said that at the AfDs). Best, -PetraSchelm (talk) 21:42, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure what your edit to the Greif article was referring to - my edit you reverted never mentioned 'vandalism'...it merely stated that the material blanked was not spam and that an article re-write would incorporate the refereneces into the article via citations and persuant to the notice. A Sniper (talk) 23:47, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I think you should both start respecting Guy, a long term admin here whose editing I fully endorse, and rollback was being used to revert Guy's edits which are not vandalism as it happens. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:50, 14 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
That's fine but I don't know which user 'Guy' is, nor which edit you're referring to. Why not just tell me instead of blanking a whole section with no explanation? If 'Guy' is who removed all the links in the reference section calling them spam, then yes indeed I rolled it back, as did another user. It wasn't anything personal, but those references are needed there so that they can be cited during the re-write of the article. There isn't any spam in the bunch, according to his spam projects own essay. None solicit for anything, and all mention the subject of the article in question. No animosity intended. A Sniper (talk) 00:39, 15 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Guy is user JzG who deleted what he considered spam. I agreed with his judgment when I saw you had reverted him, and I trust his judgment more than yours on this issue. Thanks, SqueakBox 00:44, 15 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi SB - you seem to have missed my point. Petra removed all items from those lists - including any articles which had been correctly cited. There was no need for that, since by doing so it rendered the articles completely worthless. Certainly where there are BLP problems, the items should be removed, but in many cases hunting for citations and secondary sources was a far more logical way to go and definitely one that should have been attempted prior to the removal. I did not realise that she was a newbie (though it makes sense) - the way she was referring me to various policy pages made it sound as though she had been around on WP for years and simply needed to refresh her memory of some of the pages in question. My main point, though, is simply that removing everything from the lists, sourced as well as unsourced, was a mistake on her part. Grutness...wha? 02:04, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the clarification, Petra is new and she does need guidance. Thanks, SqueakBox 02:06, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Actually I note a couple of calls on her talk page for confirmation that she's not a sockpuppet. I think that if this hasn't been done it would be very useful; she certainly seems to be a SPA, albeit probably a legitimate one as opposed to a sockpuppet - over 80% of her non-usertalk edits (140 of 171) have been on paedophilia-related subjects. However, she arrived here with very fully-formed views on Wikipedia policy and process pages - 18 of her first 25 edits were to AfD, 21 if you include here three nominations. That's a level of knowledge of process that would be rare in a complete newbie. And even if you exclude my recent run-in with her, I'm surprised to see how disruptive many of her edits have been. Though assuming good faith is the acceptable thing to do, I must admit that some confirmation of that faith would be welcome. Grutness...wha? 06:52, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
How about some confirmation of your good faith, Grutness? Certainly if you are capable of looking up my edits and coming to ill-informed derogatory opinions about them that you post on others' talkpages, you are capable of looking at checkuser, where I have already been cleared of any sockpuppet accusations. Squeak is accused practically once a week of sockpuppetry by characters who frequent the pedo articles and don't appreciate them being made NPOV, so I imagine that will happen to me too.-PetraSchelm (talk) 13:05, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Is there anything in the above which suggests a lack of good faith on my part? All I have suggested is that if you haven't been checked, it would clear the air - several other users have accused you of sockpuppetry, and there are enough causes for suspicion in your early edits that producing evidence against it would be very useful. It is worth noting that SB's early edits were, like most users', characterised by working here and there on a large number of items, without launching into process pages the instant he arrived. From long experience here an early pattern of targeted process edits is often perceived as possible evidence of sockpuppetry - as such it is not "ill-informed". If you choose to regard my describing your edits as disruptive as "derogatory", that is your prerogative, though the comments generated on your talk-page certainly indicate thatt hey have been so. Similarly, if you think that my describing your account as single-purpose is "derogatory", then consider that I only did so because your account seems to be used for a single purpose only - as i pointed out, over 80% of your edits are to one topic only. That's perfectly understandable and quite common in users who have been on wikipedia for a considerable while; for new users it is quite unusual. If you do not want to be continually accused of sockpuppetry, the best way to stop that happening is to front up to the accusations as early on as possible. As such, asking someone who has been keeping closer track of your activities whether you have been checked (rather than going through the more formal approach check-user) is surely the logical and less offensive course of action. Grutness...wha? 00:26, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Or, you could just apologize for making the accusation, now that you know you are in error. Also, calling my edits re the naming "disruptive" is in fact derogatory. And it would mean that you are also calling JzG's edits disruptive, since I followed his lead.-PetraSchelm (talk) 01:23, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Um... what accusation do you think I've made? Did you actually read what I wrote? Did you note that I said that I considered you very likely to be a legitimate user, but was concerned that there were people accusing you of being a sockpuppet? It would appear not. There was no error on my part in that - you have been accused by others, and for your own sake it was necessary to clear things up before they got out of hand. If you feel that I've accused you of something, then I apologise - but please acknowledge the fact that I have never accused you of anything other than disruptive editing. As to my referring to your edits as disruptive, I only called them that for the simple reason that they were. I mean no offence by it, and am merely using the term as it is used for the purposes of Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Many of the comments by others on your talk page point to their nature - and if you have a look at WP:POINT and Wikipedia:Disruptive editing, you will see that many of the comments on your talk page relate to edits which fall well within the items listed there. However, given that this discussion seems to be going nowhere through your repeated misunderstanding or misinterpretation of what I have said, I see no reason to continue with this here, as there seems little point. Grutness...wha? 02:25, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Squeak, I don't know if you noticed but I moved them all back to the original titles, as I did for the songs list. I think that will help with sourcing and POV issues. Guy (Help!) 12:05, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know of any "page on WP" that says how the flow of conversation works, I just know by observation. On article talk pages, user talk pages, AfD discussions, and other types of discussion pages, users almost always use : or * to indent to show who they are replying to. With two exceptions noted below, I've rarely seen anything else. This convention was here well before I got here and from the looks of things it was at least partially in place when you started editing.
The two exceptions are user-page discussions and discussions that migrate to a user page, such as this one.
User-page dialogs usually either work like other talk pages, with back-and-forth and indents, or each person writes to the other person's talk page. The former preserves the flow of conversation, the latter gets the recipient's attention faster.
Discussions like this one that are no longer relevant to the original page they were on sometimes move to user talk pages. From there, they may stay on one page or get split between the two editors' user pages.
In the case of User talk:N1995w, I joined an existing conversation and I chose to use the keep-it-on-one-page format rather than going straight to your user page. Once I made that decision, I adopted the same format thousands of editors before me have adopted: using colons to indent so you know which edit I am replying to.
davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 03:48, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Mate, please don't accuse VoA of trolling. The bot does a necessary job, but it broke for some reason, maybe getting revisions out of step or something. "Bot malfunctioning, please stop it urgently" would have been fine, and you'd have been thanked instead of attracting a load of finger-wagging. Have you ever done RC patrol? The level of vandalism is mind-boggling sometimes, and even humans get it wrong. Guy (Help!) 12:04, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Point taken. Thanks, SqueakBox 12:59, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please stop mucking about with the photo size in this story. I wrote the article and provided the photo. Appreciate most of your edits, but there is no good reason to change photo size. 13:59, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
I will say the same to you, please lets reach a compromise, perhaps 250px, butt he pic without resizing looks too large and takes away from the article. Thanks, SqueakBox 14:01, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I tried to remove a ref that is not a reliable source for this article, and somehow screwed up the whole referencing format. Can you take a look when you get time? Tks. -PetraSchelm (talk) 15:35, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hello... I already made the repair. What happened is that when you deleted the references, you deleted the end part of a comment that went with the previous reference, and that left the comment bracket un-terminated. Comments are text that editors can only see when editing the page but that doesn't show up on the page when people read the article. Comments are made like this:
This is regular visible text... <!-- if this was a real wikitext-comment this part would be invisibile... --> ... and this part would be visible again.
So when you removed the second part of the comment, you blanked out the rest of that section. --Jack-A-Roe (talk) 16:40, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry about that! It didn't turn out as I had expected --Energizer07 (talk) 21:55, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I can see that, its a good idea to move said article given his new role but it has to be done by an admin, I suggest a proposal on the talk page. Thanks, SqueakBox 21:57, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ahh you see what I mean, I removed an unreliable source per JzG, nothing controversial there but you had already reverted JzG 4 times. Thanks, SqueakBox 18:31, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please actually look at the edit you reverted before commenting in future, and, in this case, undo your revert. Please tell me what the "unreliable source" is that you removed, as I am interested to know. Badagnani (talk) 18:39, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The one removed and identified as an unreliable sopurce, please see the link on the edit summary. Thanks, SqueakBox 18:48, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please actually look at the edit you reverted before commenting in future, and, in this case, undo your revert. Please tell me what the "unreliable source" is that you removed, as I am interested to know. Please give the URL of the link you removed, and explain why it is not acceptable at Wikipedia; I sincerely want to know in this specific case. Badagnani (talk) 18:51, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ask JzG not me. Thanks, SqueakBox 18:58, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You made a revert, blanking a link. I simply wish to know the URL of that link which you removed, and what about it is not acceptable. I asked you kindly three times to examine the revert you made and inform me why you did so. I don't believe you've done that yet, but do request kindly that you do so. The revert is here. Many thanks, Badagnani (talk) 19:03, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You know which link I have reverted and I did so because it is unreliable according to JzG and because you were on your 4th revert. I have nothing more to say, ask Jzg and be aware of WP:3RR. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:06, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It's much better if you actually examine the revert you made and tell me which URL you removed in your revert, and why you did so. I would appreciate it very much (and it would be less wasteful of the Wikimedia's bandwidth if I don't have to ask a fifth time). Badagnani (talk) 19:13, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have reverted Chief Illiniwek back to the previous version. The UIUC Library Archives are not on the User:JzG/unreliable sources list and are a reliabe source, therefore there is no reason to delete for the reason you have given. Thanks for trying to clear up unreliable sources, though! There are a lot of them out there... :) Justinm1978 (talk) 19:15, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
AfD nomination of Radical Party of Great Britain[edit]
I have nominated Radical Party of Great Britain, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Radical Party of Great Britain. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Docg 23:42, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Still POV in the first paragraph unfortunately. Sceptre(talk) 16:28, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I am sure, I was trying to improve it not make it perfect. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:33, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The solution is not to remove material sourced from notable sources like BBC and the Guardian and properly attributed like you did here [83], that's violating WP:UNDUE --Enric Naval (talk) 17:03, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well I disagree otherwise I wouldn't have made the edit. And let me assure you I have been working with this article for a long time (have you, Enric?) and knew exactly what I was doing. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:13, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't even know of the existance of the article until this morning. Fortunately, I don't feel any guilt about it since Wikipedia is free content that anyone may edit :D Even anonymous IPs can make the sort of reverts that I made, and not getting it reverted on sight if they provide good reasons from them.
Of course I suposse that you know way better than me what is in the article, and I normally respect that knowledge, but in this case it was removal of material sourced by notable sources that looked to me like trying to appease a disrupting editor an editor on very good standing that had decided to be disruptive on that article for whatever the reason he had in mind at that moment. Sorry for our first encounter being a clash on editing an article. --Enric Naval (talk) 22:30, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Could you please, please, please possibly consider just maybe making more substantive comments to the talkpage before edit warring? If I'm not mistaken, there is no requirement that all citations be to a website where anyone can grab it immediately. Citations to newspapers, books, professional journals etc. that are offline are completely acceptable. You do a lot of useful work, but when you completely ignore policies in order to push your goals for this article you sacrifice your credibility. Avruch T 19:29, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I am not claiming that all refs need to be to a website but if you cite a book that isn't out of print and unavailable on Amazon etc then I can go out and buy it but an old newspaper that is not online and that nobody is willing to send a screenshot of is unveriable to me and given the extremely controversial nature with BLP violation if not 100% true and given geni's track record of errors this is not reliable, for all we know Geni made a mistake. While not unaware of the subtle issues behind this case I am baffled as to why you are going so hard after GDS, especially given the endless afd comments about how we need to take care. We need to take care not be reckless and this unverifiable edit is completely the opposite of helpful. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:38, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Seriously - you didn't look for it at all. It is online, but that is irrelevant. It is totally acceptable to cite something that is a newspaper or journal or other periodical that is not readily available to everyone in the whole world. More importantly, if you had taken 10 seconds to google it, you could have found the electronic version of the article (I posted the link to the talkpage). Given that, don't you think you should be a little more thorough before you edit war removing something in an article like this? When you remove something as libelous, defamatory, etc. you are providing ammunition to any potential lawsuit - and you should absolutely not do that if you aren't even willing to take 10 seconds for a simple web search. Avruch T 19:44, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
And now that I've provided the link, and its clear that the removed section is sourced, will you restore it yourself and remove the disputed tag? Avruch T 19:45, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well I am not going to revert on the basis of this particular story. This was in the article before and the user Pnazionale said this was another person, not him, but nor will i edit war over this. For the record I do n ot believe editing this article as I do is in any way reducing my credibility other than that edit warring per se is not a credible approac h for an experienced editor. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:55, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Another person based on what? The article pretty clearly is describing this particular Giovanni di Stefano, not some other one. If you removed information from the article because you thought it was unverifiable (it wasn't) and subsequently it was made crystal clear to you that it is verifiable and verified - don't you think you ought to put it back, and remove the tag you placed describing the article as factually inaccurate? Avruch T 19:58, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There is simply no way I am adding that information, I bel;ieve strobnngly that even if verifiable we shoudl not be adding information like this to the article for reasons I explained above and which hopefully you are aware of anyway. We need to tread carefully around this article, if you add teh info yourself please do not remove the td tag. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:04, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
How can you possibly say that when a new person knows enough policy to defend themselves then they are not really new? Where is the policy document suggesting that --77.98.178.218 (talk) 22:06, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well I am neither a policy document nor a wikilawyer nor a real lawyer, nor was I biting you. Just expressing my opinion. Happy editing. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:10, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Since you have experience with BLP issues, your opinion would be welcome in this discussion. Thanks --Jack-A-Roe (talk) 05:54, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
My great passion is biographies, and increasingly so, i just love reading about people's lives and then fixing things as I go along but I think any long term regular here should also edit areas that maybe they aren't so interested in but which are crying out for attention. Thanks, SqueakBox 21:37, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, you may know me as a user who cammonts on Jimbos's talkpage. Not that it is a bad thing but, do you always say "Thanks," after (almost) all of your comments? I'm just curious. Also, can users add anything to Jimbo's userpage like some images of wikipedia, info about history, ect.?--RyRy5 (talk) 02:05, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have made my raw signature say . Thanks,SqueakBox. I would have thought that given the effort you and many others make to have stylish signature that you would have realized that. I just add the 4 squiggles without a space after the last word I write whenever I sign. Thanks, SqueakBox 02:22, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your time. Keep up the good work!--RyRy5 (talk) 02:51, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
And I do it because in the past I was given the feedback that I had incivility issues and its part of my attempt to redress that balance and become a better editor. Thanks, SqueakBox 02:25, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Squekbox,
I just stopped to briefly expand on my comment here.
I read the Doc pledge and would whole-heartedly agree with it if it was stated as a best practice, or as food-for-thought for editors who are/aren't editing under their true identities. However the part that disappoints me is where the the pledgees label other editors' activities as "unethical", "cowardly" (now removed, thanks), or even "against the educational and charitable principles of wikipedia." I don't think editors, like me, who do edit anonymously but try to uphold the word and spirit of WP:V, WP:RS and WP:Do no harm deserve to be looked down upon or be so labeled. It is particularly surprising that such epithets are included in an essay that is essentially a plea for holding ourselves to higher ethical standards, and being acutely aware of the effect of our edits and comments.
Incidentally, I don't edit BLPs too often, but you can judge my edits at say Ronald Kessler, Lisa Daniels, Ivor Catt, Nathalie Handal, R. K. Laxman, John Kanzius, Michael Jordan etc and decide if they are beneath wikipedia's highest standards or if wikipedia would be a better place if I stopped editing all BLPs. PS: I don't see how one can change a pledge after it is signed. Won't it be proper to remove all signatures and ask editors to re-sign if and only if they agree with the modified language ? (I assume most will do so willingly). Regards. Abecedare (talk) 02:27, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
What would be good would be just to make the proposal better but sticking to its original meaning. Thanks, SqueakBox 02:44, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for giving my spiel due consideration, but I'll leave the crafting of the essay to editors more involved with the issues and surrounding debates. Cheers. Abecedare (talk) 02:48, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Great. Thanks, SqueakBox 03:06, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm making good prgress anyway. Category changes are visible in Category:Cities by country, but it is necessary infrastructure to prepare for filling in new articles and also to cleanup what we've got to prevent villages with populations of 200 being called "cities". Basically it marks it as settlements in a given area which is far easier and simplified I think. Then of course infoboxes and maps will need adding to every places in the world which with a locator map for most countries now, things should come on leaps and bounds ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦$1,000,000? 21:11, 26 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
In light of the recent activity regarding this figure I have made some major structural changes to the article. It appears to be well referenced but perhaps covers too much of his "negative side" and controversies rather that actually documenting the bulk of his legal profession work to date. There is a tag and claims that it is inaccurate. Could somebody take the liberty and inform me just what is claimed to be false, is it his 1986 fraud case or what? The articles uses reliable mainstream sources BBC, The Guardian etc so an article on him using such sources mus thave some validity even if it is not written in a completely neutral and balanced way♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦$1,000,000? 08:19, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Invitation to participate in a discussion Food vs biofuel debate[edit]
Hi dear editor. Would you be so kind to visit Talk:Food vs fuel and give us your experienced opinion on that discussion. We need more editors to give their input on the proposed article's name change. Mariordo (talk) 01:37, 27 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You are right it that it wasnt an actual expulsion [85]. I still would like you to clarify the rest of your objections, or say if you are still holding them after my comments. I would rather answer them now than getting reverted two weeks down the road. --Enric Naval (talk) 16:33, 29 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hehe, this typo [86] was because I was using the word search function to look for "media", and I didn't notice that I had typed the first two letters on the middle on the article before the search box had time to open. I have made that same error like 3 times already on different articles. I'll try to be more careful with the damned search box, but I'm too fast typing --Enric Naval (talk) 00:47, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
(I looked at it again and, damn, the damned letters really landed on the worst place possible) --Enric Naval (talk) 00:49, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I did post the Adeyto article deletion to the Deletion Review like you suggested and it was a much better thing to do. Now it's here User:I Write Stuff/Adeyto and anyone can verify the text and see if the article is that much of a spam that deserves deletion. Please take a look if you have time! Tsurugaoka (talk) 13:35, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You and this editor apparently had a history at one time. I thought you'd like to be notified that he's back. So far, the edit's he's done have been constructive. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:03, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
My opinion was a kid with good intentions and little self-control, hopefully (if my assumption was right) 3 years should have matured him considerably, I have re put his talk page on my watchlist. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:06, 30 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Disambiguation pages are only supposed to link to entries that we have an article on, or are likely to have an article on. If you think this is a topic that we will likely have an article on eventually, then the entry can stay, but it needs to follow Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages). One link per entry, and no external links. I've commented out the external link, so it is still there but unviewable, and removed one of the links. --Xyzzyplugh (talk) 19:03, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well I only put the link in because you removed the entry, see new article. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:06, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Myself and several other editors have been compiling a list of very active editors who would likely be available to help new editors in the event they have questions or concerns. As the list grew and the table became more detailed, it was determined that the best way to complete the table was to ask each potential candidate to fill in their own information, if they so desire. This list is sorted geographically in order to provide a better estimate as to whether the listed editor is likely to be active.
If you consider yourself a very active Wikipedian who is willing to help newcomers, please either complete your information in the table or add your entry. If you do not want to be on the list, either remove your name or just disregard this message and your entry will be removed within 48 hours. The table can be found at User:Useight/Highly Active, as it has yet to have been moved into the Wikipedia namespace. Thank you for your help. Useight (talk) 17:56, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
OK, he won; It'll be interesting to see how he does. Isn't it amazing how your Conservatives make our conservatives look like raving ideologues? I think Paddick would have made an excellent Mayor, however, and even Red Ken would've been better for London. I hope Boris proves me wrong. Happy editing! --SSBohio 22:43, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
As a young man I supported Ken (when he was GLC leader) and he is clearly a politician of class, indeed probably the only classy politician Labour has after Blair's retirement but Boris is also a very charismatic politician. And of course I am conservative, I work for a small internet start-up, pure capitalism. When Hugo Chavez raised the minimum wage by 30% on Thursday to enormous cheers and others were hoping such a move would spread through the region I despaired at the foolishness of socialists, though Red Ken is clearly not a fool. And I would prefer McCain to Clinton to win the coming US election. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:02, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Boris has a way with people. He almost comes off as a caricature of the well-to-do British gentleman, which is endearing. Ken, who is leftist but not (AFAIK) socialist is a good man who's done a lot to improve conditions of the people of Greater London. Tony Blair, while an able politician, has as much value to me as a bucket of warm p***; Gordon Brown has half that much value. He's rather Tony Blair's own John Major. :-) That said, Paddick still seems to have been the one with the best plan and experience.
As far as conservatism & capitalism: I don't link the two. I'm a committed liberal & simultaneously I believe that capitalism is the best, most egalitarian economic system humanity have ever devised. We simply can't make ourselves wealthy without providing for the health, education, and welfare of all of our citizens. It's the definition of society.
Now, Hugo Chavez: I personally lost $2,000 of the money I was saving to buy a house when, on Thursday, the Chavez government went back on its word and denied final approval for the Canadian company Crystallex to begin gold mining under a contract already issued by the Venezuelan government. The had all the necessary permits. They paid all of the special fees and taxes that the Chavistas had come up with, they did everything asked of them. When their final permit was denied, the stock (KRY on TSX & AMEX) lost 2/3 of its value. It was a sucker punch, pure & simple. Chavez exemplifies all the dangers inherent in populism. His dream of a socialist paradise is an unworkable lie. You can't legislate prosperity. His nation could be immensely wealthy if he would only let it.
And the 2008 Presidential election: Has McCain been the Republican nominee in 2000, I would've voted for him; In 2008, he's shifted so far to the right, especially on social issues, and he's such an ardent backer of the Iraq war that I couldn't possibly vote for him. I don't think the Democrats have narrowed the field to the 2 best candidates; I'd have preferred to see John Edwards or Chris Dodd be our nominee, for example. However, considering the ones we're stuck with, either is equally appealing to me. --SSBohio 23:48, 3 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
An unrelated query: The disambiguation page at AMEX says that it's "a term used in parts of England when talking about the USA." Could you demystify that for me? Why would the USA be referred to as AMEX? --SSBohio 00:23, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ho hum. Thanks, SqueakBox 00:30, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ho hum? I shall endeavor to be less boring. :-) --SSBohio 23:25, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You are not boring, Steve, your culture is too different from mine for that to be so. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:38, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please don't revert repeatedly on this article. If a policy violation occurs, we (the community) will deal with it. JehochmanTalk 00:09, 11 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Last time I checked I was part of this community too, while any attempt to try to reason with Bramlet failed. If Erik ever becomes notable we can give him an article but Bramlet seems to be pursuing his same old grudge against the WMF, and Erik is not notable right now. But anyway I will restrict myself to one revert if we get a repeat and instead inform admins such as yourself. Thanks, SqueakBox 12:15, 11 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Would you go to the Talk page of the article the user doing weird edits changed the name to Food crisis without any consultarion. Mariordo (talk) 22:35, 11 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, I have been following him or her and fixing errors but that does not mean I endorse the name change. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:38, 11 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry I came down so hard on you. I respect your position on the adult film photographs, although I disagree with it. But I thought you were repeating the false allegations. Sorry. --DavidShankbone 21:58, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Can you keep an eye on it for BLP issues for the next few days? I will be scarce. Please be careful that no one removes any valid sourcing, however, in misguided BLP/BADSITES type nonsense--even decidedly unpleasant news from the perspective of or for Wikipedia is valid, even if it's a black eye for us, unfortunately. Oh, and Moller is indeed "Deputy Director". Lawrence Cohen § t/e 23:05, 12 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Not Deputy director of wikipedia though, we don't have sucha position, it is of the WMF. Thanks, SqueakBox 04:52, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, I appreciate your contributions but edit summaries like this are not necessary, I was only doing some very minor copy-editing tweaks. I will of course respected your {{wip}} tag. Cirt (talk) 16:27, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I have tagged for inuse, you are doing good work but I need to fix grammatical and style issues, i will only be a few mins, i ahve a slow connection amking me very vulnerable to edit conflicts. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:30, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ah no worries. Thanks again for your work on the article, good stuff. Cirt (talk) 16:30, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Not really a fan of the blockquoting, it doesn't look that great in the article. And also per WP:MOSDATE, single years should not be wikilinked in the article, only full dates. Cirt (talk) 16:45, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I think there are far too many quotes in the article, i have no strong opion on the linking of years not in dates. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:48, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Are you done with {{wip}} ? If so, I will shorten a couple quotes. Cirt (talk) 16:51, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I am now and the tag has been removed. I'll take another look later, please bring issues to the Moller talk page thanks. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:54, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Nice work on the tweaking overall. Cirt (talk) 16:57, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, I saw your request at checkuser for Bramlet Abercrombie and found it very interesting, as I had reported the exact same user directly above you (but as a sock of another user). You may want to check it out. Thanks, Happyme22 (talk) 01:42, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Cheers for the header. I have put it on my watchlist, and Ronald Reagan too. Classic Bramlet. Thanks, SqueakBox 02:28, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
While I accept that the Essjay Controversy revert was probably for good reason, I'm curious as to what that reason was, as I assumed that my link to his old userpage would provide more information to browsers wishing to explore the history of the controversy themselves; can you provide more info please? Ta! cojoco (talk) 09:41, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It is an interesting question. I always assume we do not link to user pages in the main space but I am happy to hear other input on this issue, as I said I don'tt hink it is a good idea but I may not be right. Thanks, SqueakBox 14:08, 14 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough in general, but Wiki's big enough now that references for these "Meta-articles" should I believe come from Administrative areas of Wiki itself: this was, after all, an article about the Wiki User themselves cojoco (talk) 00:37, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I note you (possibly watching the Irukanji disambiguiation page) may have witnessed and been a little confused by User:Mikkalai's
recent moving first Irukandji people => Irukandji, then Yirrganydji people => Irukandji.
You will note User:Mikkalai gives his reasoning here .. and I have both posted on his/her talk page and Talk:Irukandji explaining why we/Wikipedia should favour the article being named Yirrganydji people in preference to Irukandji.
I will wait a day or so, but propose to move the page back to Yirrganydji people for the reasons outlined .. and hope this doesn't cause any further confusion/ inconvenience?! Bruceanthro (talk) 21:50, 15 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
My interest is in the jellyfish. Lets see what Mikkalai, a user long known to me, says22:29, 15 May 2008 (UTC). Thanks, SqueakBox
“chained up inches out of reach of a bowl of food in 2007, and with the intention of repeating the performance in Honduras in November, 2008” is all WP:OR (except the date and place). Can you source it? It appears no where else in the article.
How do my edits to ‘’Exposición N° 1’’ amount to a WP:NPOV violation? I included more details about the exhibit (including the correct name). No violation of NPOV there. I even searched for, found, and included the original source for the claim that the dog died. Please explain your revert. Furthermore, changing “states” to “claims” is blatant POV-pushing.
On what grounds did you remove the awards? They are sourced and relevant; need I remind you that this is an artist’s bio? Please justify your wholesale revert. -- Irn (talk) 01:13, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
They are not sourced in a secondary sourced, which is what would be needed to be notable. I'll find the other sources in the morning but the alleged ref from the Guaradian, making him appear Mr Nice Guy in what was an article that portrayed him completely differently is just typical of the way the article tries to portray him very positively. Really we need to move the article so it just talks about the dog scandal, not this highly unnotable artist. Thanks, SqueakBox 01:29, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
My response is on the article talk page. -- Irn (talk) 01:53, 16 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I notice that you've put an "Article for deletion" notice on Cast of Characters vs. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen lawsuit, and I was wondering "why?", please. Clearly there are tensions being exhibited over statements that were made (perhaps inadvisably) and then subsequently removed by parties (party) involved in this case, but it is clearly very important as an issue and article: It was the straw that caused Mr Moore to withdraw full support for Hollywoodisations of his work. It caused the director to swear off directing, (albeit he is scheduled to be making a return this-or-next year). It caused the main star to officially retire. It called into question the moral character of Mr Moore, and highlighted oddities in how Hollywood cavalierly treats "adaptations" of works, adding, changing or removing characters, and maybe adapting in an untoward manner from materials they shouldn't. It helped cause Mr Moore & Mr O'Neill to withdraw their comic series from DC/WildStorm and take it to Top Shelf.
It's difficult to source: Mr Moore doesn't use the Internet. It was settled (allegedly, and "reportedly" - from the keyboard of the producer) behind closed-doors, and was thus ill-reported on. Sir Sean doesn't do many interviews. Mr Norrington doesn't do any. The only group who are really interested in the ultimate outcomes of the case are comics fans, and the comics industry's "investigative journalism" errs more on the side of "gossip."
However. I don't see that it should be deleted. How can it conflict with the policy not to defame living people? The only potentially-defamed parties are surely Mr Moore, Mr Murphy, Mr Cohen & Mr Poll and 20th Century Fox. Mr Murphy has been (instrumental in) excising things he wishes he hadn't said/doesn't want reported; Mr Moore is more defamed by the claims than mention of them/commentary on them; Mr Cohen & Mr Poll felt they had a case, and (allegedly) won a settlement to not comment further, so any critique of their case is academic. Fox is a company. A company which indirectly requested radical changes to the material, precipitating the lawsuit. Suggesting which individuals within the company were responsible for such decisions could very well be defamation. Nobody is doing that, however.
I'd be interested to here otherwise, though. :o) ntnon (talk) 01:08, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your comments. Thanks, SqueakBox 02:16, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox my point is that the voseo feature is just regional in, as you say Honduras and Guatemala, the official pronoun in those countries is and has always been "tu".
Cheers
--Fercho85 (talk) 22:44, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I hear you, but it is the language of the people, in El Salavdor and Nicaragua as well I believe. People are much more familiar with the vos verbs than the tu verbs, especially the less educated people, and toimply voseo is more prevalent in Argentina than in Honduras is bound to be a false assertion givern its usage. The image on the page indicates the voseo use in El Salvador and refs re its usage amongst the perople's of central America are easy to find. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:52, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed the comment you removed from my talk page. While I realize that you removed it after recognizing that you were mistaken in your belief that I had used a rollback on your edit, I am still concerned that you took offense by my revert. Please do not take offense as it was simply a disagreement over the removal of cited historical information. I did not state, nor mean to imply, that your edits were vandalism. --Ave Caesar (talk) 00:33, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Except it's not "cited historical information"--it's an OR inference from a fringe source, and you haven't addressed the talkpage discussion on that. -PetraSchelm (talk) 00:45, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The main reason for Burma to stay Burma has nothing to do with the ruling junta, but with the common usage of the name of that country in the English language. You've actively participated in discussions about the name of that article and thus should know this by now. the Portuguese may wish Olivenza was theirs? Nobody in Portugal cares about Olivenza, most people haven't even heard of it. Again, you're assuming POV agendas at random. Húsönd 17:29, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well somebody obviously cares enough about this Olivenza dispute to spread it over wikipedia. And since when did the common name directly contradict the official name in any country. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:32, 19 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Do you want the Wikipedia welcome squad Userbox? Here's the code: {{WWS}} Cheers! And thanks for supporting! WikiZorrosign 22:28, 21 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Cheers. I must restore my old user boxes and will certainly add this one when I do. Thanks, SqueakBox 21:14, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your comment on my talk page and I couldn't agree more. I've read that that most children who are molested are girls, and that about 20% of women state that they were molested as children. I would say in my life, about 20% of the women I've ever known have been molested, and to some with tragic consequences in adulthood. I've been a long time editor of Wikipedia, and I never even realized the extent of the problem of with the informatino on pedophilia until I read it for myself. I consider what you, PetraSchlem, now myself, and others is a public service, since Wikipedia is now at the vanguard of information dissemination, for better and for worse. Googie man (talk) 00:27, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Just to let you know I don't have any sort of bias against boxers of anysort and I'm sorry if you somehow ended up with that impression of me. I thank you for bringing the AfD to the attention of someone who knows more about the subject than myself though. Jasynnash2 (talk) 16:01, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It is bias against parts oft he world we cover poorly, such as Eastern Europe (or Africa or Latin America or large parts of Asia) that I am concerned about. I have no interest in boxing other than recognising it as a valid are wikipedia should cover. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:56, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I understand your concern. I'm thinking I may have read the comment too harshly and taken it as an accusation of bias against myself. I'm sorry about taking the comment that way. Jasynnash2 (talk) 08:16, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Actually it was a good call, you were totally right, ie it was a hoax. I know nothing much about either boxing or the countries of Russia and Ukraine but asking 2 experts, one in each subject, uncovered it very well indeed. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:01, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Let me suggest to you that our time here is best spend editing, and not attacking or defending personal territory. Haiduc (talk) 18:34, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I do not know what you are talking about but do hope you follow your own advice and refrain from attacking others in such a horrible way in the future, that is all. Thanks, SqueakBox 18:43, 23 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Do you actually have any real evidence that AnotherSolipsist is a sock? By that, I mean diffs showing similar editing habits (such as editing at the same time, making the same typos). Ryan Postlethwaite 22:37, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I would like an RCU check. There has never been any evidence of me using socks, other than Skanking to evade a ban, and I am not banned right now. I am a bit drunk right now (its gran carnival here) but am happy to compile a serious case tomorrow, but my intuition says this is a much more valid claim than the endless claims againt me by those who oppose my ped editing. I believe that AS is German and have long wondered where Roman (a somewhat notable German), a long term user, went. Happy to take guidance from, you Ryan, as I do trust you, that is why i went to mediation in the beginning. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:41, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Another sensitive editor in relation to paedophila[edit]
Hi. There is yet another complaint regarding yourself at ANI. While this is a not infrequent instance, I would comment that the discussion prior to this diff does seem to contain some assertions that are not backed up by sources/references - and some which appear to be opinion. As we both know, ArbCom have decided that any discussion/dispute regarding paedophilia and related subjects should be referred to them, and I feel that expressing an opinion falls within the meaning of that decision. I am therefore asking that you withdraw from the discussion at talk:Googie man. Cheers. LessHeard vanU (talk) 22:49, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Your link is red, and I have not posted at that thread in ages. I expect to see this situation resolved, pronto. What say you. And sure I will respect your wishes. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:54, 24 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Per the arb vote here the RFAR on User:JzG is now merged with this case and he is a named party. Also see my case disposition notes there. — Rlevse • Talk • 21:24, 25 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I *would* offer you the same support you've offered me, but there are two people in this disussion I simply won't adress anymore.
Here's why distress is tricky when discussing child sexual offenders. You'll see there is a high comorbidity with narcisissm, (i.e. solipsists) and narcissists don't feel distress over their thoughts and actions, and oblivious and/or indifferent to the distress they cause in others. What they really want is for all these people who are so worried about harm befalling onto other people, and children in particular to just shut up and mind thier own business. Googie man (talk) 19:27, 26 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It just isn't a normal day on Wikipedia without people attacking you on ANI for your brilliant work - well done for keeping it together, normal people would've gone Postal by now. Sceptre
Can you please be more specific regarding Haile Selassie/ Bob Marley undo[edit]
Hello. You said that my edit to the Haile Selassie article was reverted due to "poor edit summary". Would you please explain in what way the explanation of my edit was "poor"? It seemed quite concise to me. Can you explain to me in what ways Bob Marley has more to do with Selassie than say with the bands Culture or Israel Vibrations, among others, who also sing specifically about Selassie? It really seems that an image of Bob Marley on this page is gratitiduous. Thank you.Wowbobwow12 (talk) 23:38, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Bob Marley is far more notable than any other Rastafarian. Most people have never heard of Israel Vibration or Culture. This seems so obvious to me I wonder why you are asking. The article also suffers notoriously from born again Christians whop want to underplay the importance of Rastafari re His Majesty so including a picture of His most prominent worshipper seems entirely appropriate to me. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:40, 29 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Could you please cite a source that says Bob Marley is "His most prominent worshipper" and also explain in full detail why it matters who His most prominent worshipper was? Clearly you have an interest in introducing Bob Marley into the article, when proper form would suggest that the article should focus on King Selassie I, not famous people who worshipped him. I do not believe in getting into edit wars, so if you wish to go ahead with your agenda, I will not resist. Nevertheless, no one can deny that this article regards King Selassie I, and that mention of ANY specific reggae singers within the article, much less photographs of them, constitutes a divergent "factoid" inappropriate for a serious encyclopedia article. Wowbobwow12 (talk) 01:00, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
P.S. As a courtesy to you, you should know I've copied the foregoing debate to the Halie Selassie I Talk page so that others might join, if they so please. Also, please understand that I am not a Christian, nor do I have a Christian agenda of any kind. In fact, I am Hindu.Wowbobwow12 (talk) 01:17, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Err, it was not me who added the photo, read the Rastafari and Marley articles re prominence, and the article is about all aspects of Selassie, not just his political life. Thanks, SqueakBox 02:33, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I am aiming to nominate this article for GA and to be a FA on 21 June. If you can suggest any improvements to the article please let me know.--Vintagekits (talk) 12:35, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Its on my watchlist. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:47, 1 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
But it seems sensible to make sure. Can be a useful tool. Removed a direct link to NAMBLA, of all places, today. John Nevard (talk) 17:33, 2 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please check out Talk:Neil Goldschmidt#Sexual relations or sexual abuse. I'm not comfortable with the article's describing this older man's sexual relationship with a 14-year-old, but I've had some opposition in referring to it as abuse. Perhaps you could take a look and give your perspective? Maybe there's another way to go about it that I'm not seeing. --SSBohio 07:49, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I got reverted pretty quickly, and have done my revert and then added a comment to the talk page. Lets see how it goes. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:03, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You may want to remain civil in your discourse. Directing someone to chat sites shows you misunderstand the issue at hand, as I have clearly stated on the talk page numerous times over the months of hard work we took to get this to a more neutral state so that it then passed GA that what then man did was morally and legally wrong, and despicable, and I don't like him. Its misguided and comes across as uncivil and even a little of a personal attack. But there are issues with BLP and POV in the changes you advocate. Remember that a neutral POV is required.
That it was sexual abuse or that she was a child or that it was wrong is an opinion, one that I share. 14 years old is not a fact in any dispute, that it was illegal is not in dispute (3rd degree rape or statutory rape). Aboutmovies (talk) 23:18, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Nothing incivil about directing people to appropriate chat sites that fit their fringe views. On the other hand your accusation that I (and presumably everyone else who disagrees with you) misunderstands the issue would be difficult to back up. Be sure getting this neutral and fitting BLP is absolutely my concern, and failing to call this child sexual abuse is clearly a massive NPOV violation. Your claim it is all my (and every one who disagrees with you) opinions re your allegations that he did not sexually abuse a minor is simply unacceptable, and your arguments to prove this very unimpressive. I hope you will reconsider and recognise that when a man abuses a child, on wikipedia we call this child sexual abuse, and will continue to do so in spite of the former efforts others have made in the past to call this adult-child sex et al. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:44, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oh an dplease do not direct me to the edit summaries help page, such a move looks not merely patronising but is certainly considered bad form. Thanks, SqueakBox 00:26, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Then use the edit summary as it is intended, a summary of your edit, and not a place for commentary. Again, you are not understanding what I am saying. I've never said he didn't sexually abuse a minor. Minor does not equal child. In some instances it does, but not in all. As to fringe theories, I have quoted a variety of dictionaries that demonstrate this view, or is the Oxford American and Blacks Law dictionaries fringe? Again, we have been primarily discussing the term child, and thus your link to child sexual abuse. As to directing to chat sites, that's the last personal attack I'm taking. As I told you above, and as I have mentioned several times on the article's talk page, I do not support the actions of that person. I find it morally wrong what he did. But, per WP:NPOV which I quoted for you above and I suggest you read again, morals/values/judgments fail NPOV. Calling someone a child is a point of view, saying they are 14 years old is much more of a fact. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:54, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well I am clearly far from the only one who disagrees with you, and I find your patronising attitude hard to stomach. I suggest you read BLP before first making an outrageous attack on the girl rather than telling me to read NPOV, which clearly backs the claim of me and others and not yourself. Also try reading the CSA article, and on which I have worked extensively. Thanks, SqueakBox 13:27, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I don't ordinarily jump into frays on other people's talk pages, but felt the need to do so this time. In the 2 or 3 weeks I've been editing these articles, I can't tell you how many times I've been told that I am "not understanding" something. I think all of use here are smarter than the average guy at the sports bar, so I say, why don't you make yourselves more clear. As a matter of fact, this whole issue of pedophilia, child sexual abuse, and whatnot, is actually abundantly clear, very straightforward, and extremely simple. It strikes me that it's some people's Orwellian double-speak, obfuscation of facts, and abundant ad-hominems, that make the issue less clear, and hard for people like myself and Squeek, to figure out what in the hell it is you're saying, or want on Wikipedia. By the way, 14 years old is legally a child, and only a bit older than Lolita in Nabokov's book by the same name. The issues seem pretty clear to me. Googie man (talk) 14:49, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've so far provided five refs defining an adult having sex with an adolescent as child sexual abuse. The term is exact in its meaning. I don't see the argument as the old PPA/APA squabble; this seems more narrowly focused on protecting Goldschmidt from being called out for exactly what he did, which, by definition, is child sexual abuse. Whether it should be considered child sexual abuse is really irrelevant to the question of whether it should be called child sexual abuse in the article, since popularly and in reputable sources it is defined as child sexual abuse.
After saying all that, I do want to appeal for calm. The fact that we're all pulling in the same direction says alot about the validity of our position, since that doesn't happen too often. We need to concentrate on educating and explaining. Child sexual abuse is a term of art with a particular meaning separate from the meanings of its component words, in much the same way as SqueakBox himself is neither a squeak nor a box. --SSBohio 18:23, 5 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please note that Hillary has not withdrawn from or conceded the race yet. Thus, she is still a candidate. Wasted Time R (talk) 23:00, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I am not entirely sure it is her decision to make but do agree that such a word as was or formerly would need to be referenced impeccably. I'll see what I can do. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:02, 4 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Have you been following reggae lately? There is apparently an editor or editors who consider it "dubious" that reggae music is also known as "rockers music" in the Caribbean, even though that fact is referenced. Apparently they don't consider the reference reliable enough, therefore they suppose it is bad information that cannot be verified... ? Do you know of anything that could help out here? Thanks, Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 02:09, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If there is "abundant video evidence" then please cite those sources, that would probably be a helpful edit. At present, I feel that history is being re-written within this article, simply because there is so little information available that satisfies Wiki' standards (or what others claim those standards to be) concerning sources. Stephenjh (talk) 21:52, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The issues are to do with NPOV, this is not addressing that at all, the problem is when we take the convoy's side over that of the police, really we need to trim a lot of stuff but not this, and check the video reports already in the article. Thanks, SqueakBox 21:57, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi as I'm sure you know, AnotherSowhatever is accusing you of being me, or vice versa. I was amused at first but now I'm royally pissed. I'd like to blow his case out of the water but I'm not interested in getting into a prolonged fight over wikipedia especially with total strangers who I've never talked with. It's utterly ridiculous how he's treating me considering I've never done anything to him or knew he existed until the accusation. So my idea of blowing him out of the water is making very clear that we can edit at same time which means we can't be the same people. If you're interested, I'm on eastern standard time. Even if you're on the other side of the world, I'm sure there are times when we can overlap especially given that I don't need much sleep to get by. Why don't you tell me on my discussion/talk page when you expect to be on and I can try to do the same. My schedule is pretty flexible so chances are I can do whatever time you choose. I'd like to throw this in his face. Cheers. Burrburr (talk) 07:56, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I am on UTC-6 in Latin America but I am British! The RCU will come across as negative, the ISPs are tiny in this smallish city, there can be no confusion here. Thanks for your message, just ignore him I say and get on with editing when are where you want. Thanks, SqueakBox 14:34, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hola, SqueakBox. Muchas gracias por la bienvenida, y un saludo. Yo también estuve por tu página de usuario hace unos días, y me quedé preguntándome de dónde eras. Es un placer encontrar gente más cercana, sobre todo cubanos. Si entendí bien, aunque vives en Honduras eres cubano. ¿Es así, o eres hondureño "de raíz"? ¿El español es tu lengua materna?
Te agradezco por los enlaces, aunque no soy tan nuevo, al menos relativamente. Pero me son útiles, puesto que mi disponibilidad de conexión es limitada y a veces paso trabajo recuperando estas referencias cuando las necesito.
Otra vez, gracias por la bienvenida y el intercambio. Ya sabes dónde puedes localizarme, así que si me necesitas aquí me tienes.
Un saludo.
Alfredo J. Herrera Lago 19:27, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
No, te equivocastes, soy ingles, asi dije que soy compatriota con aquel otro usuario Beardo que si vive un Cuba. Y nunca ni he estado ahi, pero con familia Hondureña vivo aqui en Honduras. Y enrtre yo y inglaterra solo hay mar y Cuba. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:19, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Ahora sí, pedona, no mencionaste en tu mensaje que eres inglés y entendí mal.
Inglaterra es uno de los lugares en los que me gustaría vivir en mis próximas reencarnaciones. No sé si en realidad es así, pues muchos lugares dan la impresión equivocada a distancia, pero desde aquí parece ser un lugar bello y majestuoso, con tradición y brillo propio. Y quisiera reencarnar ahí para estar más cerca de mis héroes favoritos, que todos son compatriotas: Freddie Mercury; los otros de Queen (mis super héroes); los de Iron Maiden; Arthur Conan Doyle; Rick Wakeman; Alan Turing; John Lennon y los demás Beatles; Pink Floyd... y muchos que se me escapan ahora.
Un saludo!
Alfredo. —Preceding comment was added at 16:48, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I apologize for falsely suspecting you of puppeting Burrburr. --AnotherSolipsist (talk) 16:35, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
As I have said elsewhere I am on 2 small isps in a remote location. While I did once use a sock to avoid a ban way back I do not believe using socks to game the system is in any way appropriate and have never done so in my years at wikipedia. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:46, 19 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Another editor reverted your good faith addition, however I did some digging to see where you may have picked up this strange idea from. Ian Lavender never lived in Castle Bytham although he visited close family relatives there on a few occasions. Ian's father was born and brought up in Castle Bytham but had moved to Birmingham before Ian was born. Ian was born in Birmingham and lived there until he graduated from school and became an actor.
Ian was the senior monitor on my dinner table at school, we both attended Bournville School although he was three years older than I was. 21stCenturyGreenstuff (talk) 18:25, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the heads up. Thanks, SqueakBox 18:30, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi,
It looks to me as if the bit of code that appears below the introduction to your user page has not turned out as intended?
Cheers, Flonto (talk) 11:57, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, and removed. Thanks, SqueakBox 15:35, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
i just warned the user who was vandalising this page. May that be his last warning. Just tell me and I'll go straight to AIV if he comes again. --Meldshal42(talk) 23:01, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
His response was to try and out me linking to some rubbish he wrote off site. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:54, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
User blocked indefinitely for pedophilia-related disruption; talk page with attempted outing deleted. El_C 00:22, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi there. On March 29, you added the {{BLP}} template to this article's talk page, citing unspecified 'BLP issues'. As the main subjects of the article are dead, I don't see the problem here, and have removed the template. If you feel it still has BLP issues, could you please explain them and discuss the need for the template at Talk:Sid Vicious#Biographies of Living Persons? Thank you. Terraxos (talk) 21:44, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the heads up. Thanks, SqueakBox 21:51, 2 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I thought I had
sufficiently explained my removal of the text about that radio show (unsourced and of unclear relevance to the article's subject), but OK, I will explain it more thoroughly on the talk page. But I don't understand why you reverted all of my edit, including the link fixing - what advantages do you see in the broken link over the fixed one? Regards, HaeB (talk) 01:29, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Fixed. There is no question the paragraph you removed is a notable part of Rastafari history. Thanks, SqueakBox 01:44, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi SqueakBox. Would you mind taking a look at the discussion of the 14 March bombings in Madrid? I would very much appreciate your input in this matter. --theDúnadan 23:35, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, we need to keep a good eye on all this until after the elections as feelings run strongly. I agree that we should not have conspiracy theories about this in the Spain article. Thanks, SqueakBox 15:31, 5 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I appreciate your intervention in that matter. Indeed, I hadn't though of that myself, feelings are running strongly due to the proximity of the elections. If you feel so inclined, I would also appreciate your intervention at Talk:Demographics_of_Argentina#Controversial_Study (with "mirror-discussions" at Talk:White people and Talk:Southern Cone). A recent research study, conducted by the Genetic Department of the Univ. of Buenos Aires, confirmed by several other studies, and endorsed by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, shows that 56% of Argentines have an Amerindian ancestor. The study is endorsed by the government of Argentina as a "way to fight discrimination". Two users, but the most vociferous being Fercho86, oppose the inclusion of this information in the articles, because it is "racist". If you decide not to intervene or state your opinion, I understand.
Hi, could you pop over to the MedCom wiki and take a look at a way to move forward? I've copied over the introduction and would like everyone be bold an make changes to it, hopefully we should be able to thrash out a consensus. Take a look at this. Ryan Postlethwaite 20:04, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:20, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Because I agree with Sidaway, too much detail, and your trolling comment to him hasbn't helped your cause either. Thanks, SqueakBox
Please don't edit war about the Ashes to Ashes content. I've started a discussion about my proposal on the talk page. If you support my edit, fine, but let's discuss our opinions with Police,Mad,Jack. --Tony Sidaway 20:04, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, I think one revert from a new editor can be helpful but edit warring isn't. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:06, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Aah. I am English but I don't live in England, or anywhere near it. But we have been getting LoM (which I have been enjoying) and so imagine we will also get AtA. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:33, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oh well surely if they did LOM i'm sure they will be obliged by the tele channel to do A2A and its repeats as well, i'm sorry about all the no life stuff by the way :) Police,Mad,Jack (talk·contribs) 20:36, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Just in case you find you can't wait, the BBC has Ashes to Ashes on it's iPlayer here. --Tony Sidaway 20:37, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The player is only available in England, but the penultimate episode from 2006 is on next Sunday (I watched the one before that last night) so I am in no hurry. The time travelling idea deeply fascinated me as a child and of course I was a boy in 73. Thanks, SqueakBox 21:29, 11 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Missing Afd link AND "MIRROR PAGE" , Pedophilia and Child Sexual Abuse in Fiction[edit]
I think I've found the discussion you are looking for; I've provided a link on the Talk page of the article. I don't know how to restore it in the form of the dead link that you removed. SocJan (talk) 05:18, 11 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Not until just before you posted. When I have the time I will investigate more fully (probably tomorrow). Thanks, SqueakBox 21:51, 11 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
To be honest, I have heard the rumours that people like Pauline Quirke and Vernon Kay each have houses there, and when I'm in a better mood I'll look for the references that support that. But the Dick Turpin entry was just ludicrous so it all had to go! -- Roleplayer (talk) 21:22, 11 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Disputed fair use rationale for Image:21stcen.jpg[edit]
Thanks for uploading Image:21stcen.jpg. However, there is a concern that the rationale you have provided for using this image under "fair use" may be invalid. Please read the instructions at Wikipedia:Non-free content carefully, then go to the image description page and clarify why you think the image qualifies for fair use. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to ensure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
this article should not be merged this topic fully deserves its own page just as the many other methed of smoking cannabis do
the reason there are no references is because it is all firsthand info collected by myself Potheadpoet
in my extensive experiences with cannabis
thank Potheadpoet (talk) 18:55, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please go write a blog or something. First hand knowledge is not the way to build an encyclopedia, and indeed is strictly prohibited. Eg see our no original research policy. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:50, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Telling other editors to go write a blog or something is not very civil. Please don't do that. ⇒SWATJesterSon of the Defender 23:41, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, no problem, WP:BITE is indeed valid. I did then give a maturer response. Good to see you are still here, and look forward to collaborating with you in the future. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:44, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please don't edit war with another user on content in his userspace. Ask him to remove it - if he doesn't, bring it to AN/I or MfD (or notify an uninvolved administrator). Avruch T 21:56, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Okay. I am pretty staggered not at this user because it takes all sorts but of the endless tolerance of his attacks on fellow edits et al, I agree with will Scribe on ANI22:14, 15 February 2008 (UTC). Thanks, SqueakBox
Thank you for !voting in my RfA which resulted in the collapse of civilization with 92 (94?) support, 1 oppose, and 1 neutral. Blame jc37 and Hiding for nominating me, everyone who had questions or comments, everyone who !voted, everyone who tallied the numbers correctly, and WJBScribe who closed without shouting, "No mop for you!"
Seriously, your response has overwhelmed me. I am deeply grateful.
Thanks for adding the ref; you got there before I did. It takes me a long time to type anything. Did you go back and revert the reversion on February 16, or should I do that? I have known him since he was a teenager, and was called "Pat Bennett." I shall miss him. That still means I needed the ref, though. Thanks again. ៛ Bielle (talk) 06:35, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You can revert me if you like but it is now in Deaths in 2008. Thanks, SqueakBox 06:37, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Now it is in both places. Thanks again. ៛ Bielle (talk) 06:41, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have also corrected the date. He died on Friday the 15th, not Saturday the 16th, as I had entered. You got it right in Deaths in 2008. Thanks, ៛ Bielle (talk) 18:52, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Great. Sa about his death, he looks like I would have enjoyed watching him. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:30, 17 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the welcome back. I'm glad to see there's at least one who knows I'm not a vandalising sock-puppet! --Counter-revolutionary (talk) 18:59, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Take a fat hit off of this chronic, yo! Hey, can you help me with this template, by the way? Template:BluntRon Duvall (talk) 03:23, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
OH FUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK. Thanks, SqueakBox 03:25, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
That really explains a lot of nonsense edits. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.47.55.186 (talk) 17:31, 19 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
that I'm airing our past disagreements for all to see, but I wanted to use it as an example to the IP. I'm afraid that even though I said I wasn't, I might have been treating the IP like a child anyway. :| Also, I agree with the second half of your statement, which I hope you don't mind that I took the liberty of removing an extra ; from. :) — $PЯINGεrαgђ 00:09 10 July, 2008 (UTC) P.S. Could you maybe archive your talk page so that people don't have to wade through a very long TOC and a seemingly endless page?
The page locked trying to load, lol, sure it is time to archive. Mostly its young people who hold the rebel attitude, one would almost expect it whereas we middle age people tend to be much more conservative though I have to say even in my wildest days it was all anarchy and pot, the PPA beliefs didn't even cross my mind. My own belief is that predatory pedophiles online who groom minors etc are a serious threat to internet freedoms which is why I support PJ rather than PIE. Thanks, SqueakBox 00:32, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Do you mean "young people who hold the rebel attitude" posting on your talk page and making it long, or arguing in defence of pædophilia? — $PЯINGεrαgђ 00:38 10 July, 2008 (UTC)
The latter. Thanks, SqueakBox 00:44, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
When a site redirects to somewhere else do not restore the redirect, it makes us look sloppy and unprofessional. Thanks, SqueakBox 15:08, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
That is true but the way Hotmail works is that it requires users to login first - hence the link you posted is for Windows Live ID instead and is specific to your own computer's particular session at that time. As noted by someonese else already, that link you provided contains many parameters specific to your own computer only, and not to other Wikipedia users. The "official" link for Hotmail is either Hotmail.com, Mail.live.com or Hotmail.live.com. When a user access one of these, it will determine automatically the parameters and redirects the user to the login page. There is nothing unprofessional about these links. --Pikablu0530 (talk) 00:34, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Taking Mills' first marriage out of the Lead is a strange thing to do (being her first husband) because Alfie Karmal was then only referred to as Karmal in the whole article. I have fixed it. I thank you.--andreasegde (talk) 20:27, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Its not relevant to the opening where we do not put such info (except in gher case with PM because it was notable) and I have moved it lower down. the opening was full of info that should have been lower down and Iw as fixing it, it was much better before. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:55, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
"she married Karm but they were divorced in 1991"?? I will fix it.--andreasegde (talk) 02:07, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
What is going on here? I fixed your "On 6 May1989 she married Karm but they were divorced in 1991 During this period" (divorce mentioned twice, and bad punctuation) and then you reverted it. Are you doing this on purpose just to annoy? Please stop it.--andreasegde (talk) 03:53, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes of course I am doing it on purpose, my purpose being to prevent useless clutter in the opening. This is not where unnotable marriages get mentioned. Please do not post with attitude on this page again. Thanks, SqueakBox 14:22, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Of course, I didn't see your section. Sometimes the arcane programming of this place can be frustrating. :) OrangeMarlinTalk•Contributions 17:48, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It amused me you had sent a message with the same identical header like 3 days later. Its nice to see your good work here too. me I am off back to Old Blighty to bury my Granny before returning to my tropical home in a fortnight. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:52, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I lost my father in 2006; Please accept my (belated) condolences. --SSBohio 16:03, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It was a sad but not an unhappy occasion and gave me a rare opportunity to where a suit (see my user page) as well as return to Old Blighty for the first time in 5 years. Now back home again. Sorry to here about your father, both my parents are still alive and I am 10 years older than you. Thanks, SqueakBox 01:03, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, this is just a heads up to let you know I removed the note you left on this talk page, after comments from an IP at AN/I. To put an end to the complaint entirely, I invoked WP:TALK, specifically the allowance for the removal of comments (redacted ones tagged as "trolling", or the original comments) if they do not concern the article at hand. Hope you don't mind. All the best, SteveT • C 09:48, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the heads up, I removed more material from a troll making ridiculous accusations of law breaking on the part of other editors. Not based on any evidence but just on a trolling mentality of not being able to cope with being disagreed with. I hope these issues can be resolved amicably as these kind of stupidities profoundly damage wikipedia. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:20, 23 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi I've begun working on the municipalities of Central America and creating some templates. I noticed you started many of the El Salvador and Honduran municipalitiwes which I'll be developing over the next few weeks like Apastepeque I did earlier. Howver could you do me a favor and move the articles out of brackets in Category:Departments of Guatemala, Category:Departments of Honduras and Category:Departments of Nicaragua to ..... Department. Its a standard naming convention. I moved some of the Guatemalan ones earlier but many can't be moved because of double redirects. Could you help me? E.g Totonicapán (department) should be Totonicapán Department. Everyone except Santa Rosa (Guatemalan department). ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦$1,000,000? 20:22, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oh you can't do this because you arne't an admin? How come you aren't an admin??? Your;re probably thinking the same thing about me ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦$1,000,000? 20:37, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I am not going to become an admin either. I have more than enough responsibility in my real life. Back to CA tomorrow after 12 days back in Old Blighty. I will attend to your request when I return. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:35, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hum, maybe there has been a little miscommunication, I thought that you had been convinced already by my arguments, because you didn't reply when I prodded the page for objections 3 months ago [88] and didn't reply either when Geni said that nobody appeared to have objections [89], and you didn't reply after I linked to the thread to say that I had consensus per WP:SILENCE[90]. It seems that I misinterpreted your comments, sorry for my clumsiness.
Also, I see that you really oppose the inclusion of the NZ expulsion in any form [91], [92].
Also, I see you didn't contest directly any of my arguments of how the event is actually notable [93] and you didn't give any suggerence at all regarding the sourcing, and didn't review the draft that I linked, and you didn't say anything about the scheme I proposed to address the weight issues (see the same diff as before).
You also didn't propose me any alternative way to write about the event, you just appear to plain oppose the inclusion in any form.
At this point I would normally start a discussion with the other editor (you, in this case) to try to find a solution acceptable for both. However, given past miscommunication, and the lack of objective arguments that I can counter, and the lack of actionable objections that I can mend, and that other editors appear to support the addition, and that I don't want to start a revert war, I think that the only realistic alternative that I have left is making either a survey or a RfC in order to present my arguments on a single place and check if I really have consensus for this addition. I hope you didn't mind. It's nothing personal, I just happen to think that these events are notable and relevant. --Enric Naval (talk) 16:03, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I opened a RFC here. Please participate on the discussion. Please remember that it's a discussion and not a poll, so you should state reasons of why you think the events are not relevant for inclusion. --Enric Naval (talk) 17:20, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, opposing inclusion in any form is what I have long advocated and have mentioned on the talk page. I have been a serious editor on this article for a long time and have noticed your participation more recently and will try to engage you more on the talk page. This is a wikipedia bio and we do not need this level of detail when it is such a clear BLP issue. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:55, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hum, could you add your comment under one of the sections instead of replying to the summary? --Enric Naval (talk) 18:38, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Que? I just did the same as you, there are 3 options, you support the first and I support the third, or were you reading my version before I fixed it almost immediately afterwards. Thanks, SqueakBox 18:43, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Lol, I read it right before you fixed :D Sometimes I take a long time before replying because I open a few pages at the same time on different tabs and then I read them in order. Sorry for not noticing that you fixed it. --Enric Naval (talk) 19:04, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I made a way shorter version of the draft. This should remove all the appeareance of gossip. Please say if this version could be suitable for inclusion. --Enric Naval (talk) 20:39, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Heh, when that New Zealand RfC ends, I see that I'll have to open a new one for the US thing. --Enric Naval (talk) 23:29, 8 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
one should suffice. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:36, 8 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm curious as to why you feel his mother's date of birth should be stated and not his father's? Tom Green (talk) 21:20, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well spotted, I was unaware of her mother's info too, and this should also certainly be removed for the same reason. Thanks, SqueakBox 08:48, 30 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I wanted to thank you for your welcome back to Wikipedia. I will admit at first I was not sure how to take that line, as genuine or sarcastic, but then I realized that the thought itself was a holdover from before and in violation of Assuming Good Faith. I accept that it was truly and genuinely intended, and for that I genuinely thank you.
That said, I would also like to note that, as mentioned in email during the ban, I got a disturbing email during that ban. You know that I hate admitting when I am wrong, but I was terribly naive in believing that there was no true "organized" PPA movement. I'm disappointed with society in general, but after receiving an email offering to help me set up multiple more accounts so that "we" could continue our work... That was a bad day.
Anyway, you were right, and I see that now. I still think that your efforts are sometimes too extreme in one direction, but I have come to understand that it's nothing more than a difference in methodology. I hope to be able to build on those moments when you and I were working well together and dsregard those moments when we fought.
Lastly, I notced awhile back that you had made some minor changes to your profile page that had the potential to be read as troubling, and I just wanted to let you know that I did notice and hope that it was nothing more than simplifying the language on the page and not indicative of any negative events in your life. On the other hand, I wish you the best and that if anything is difficult going, that it looks up soon.
I think you should be aware, a certain editor has just listed Rastafari, as well as Persecution of Rastafari, at the "Fringe theory noticeboard" which is one of Wikipedia's uglier aspects, if not the very ugliest, since that is the place where a bunch of POV admins decide what ideas or hypotheses they consider "heresy" and therefore nobody is supposed to use wikipedia to learn much about them.
Regarding Rastafari, he wrote "The article is a treasure trove of bullshit" - citing as evidence, the fact that it mentions people of many races follow Rastafari. He also asks if perceived persecution is a "legitimate phenomenon". I am pretty sure Wikipedia policy prohibits him from making these kind of blatant attacks on other people's belief systems. Blockinblox (talk) 11:57, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The fringe theory noticeboard exists to prevent people from using Wikipedia to promote pseudoscience, such as homeopathy.
I mention that the racial claim is dubious, because Rastafari is a black nationalist movement. This would seem to suggest either one of two things: Either there are whites who are "proud that other people are black" (dubious) or there is a distinction between the black nationalist Rastafarians and their non-black counterparts? I don't doubt that there are white people and people of other races in America and Europe who claim to be Rastafarians, but the failure to distinguish these people from other other Rastafarians and the failure to even provide a source for their existence is absurd. ☯Zenwhat (talk) 14:22, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
First of all, aside from these quotes, take a look at how much stuff there is actually sourced. There are a lot of outrageous claims made with no sources there. Aside from that, would you say that these quotes here are appropriate for a Wikipedia article?
The messages expounded by the Rastafari promote love and respect for all living things and emphasize the paramount importance of human dignity and self-respect. Above all else, they speak of freedom from spiritual, psychological, as well as physical slavery and oppression. In their attempts to heal the wounds inflicted upon the African peoples by the imperialist nations of the world, Rastafari continually extol the virtue and superiority of African cultures and civilization past and present.
Characterizing America and the nation of Europe as the "imperialist nations of the world," is a bit POV, don't you think?
...in the 1930s, black people were at the bottom of the social order, while white people, their religion and system of government, were at the top.
On what basis do we call all the governments and religions of the 1930's "white"? Again, this opinion isn't sourced or attributed.
Rastas say that scientists try to discover how the world is by looking from the outside in, whereas the Rasta approach is to see life from the inside, looking out.
OK. Source?
In 1934 Leonard Howell was the first Rasta to be persecuted, being charged with sedition for refusing loyalty to the King of England George V.
Rastafari is not a highly organized religion; it is a movement and an ideology. Many Rastas say that it is not a "religion" at all, but a "Way of Life"
This quote is sourced. Similarly, I could derive another quote. On page 1 of Essential Buddhism by Jacky Sach, she says, "Just calling Buddhism a religion can cause argument, as many believe Buddhism to be an entire way of life." Putting this statement in the Buddhism article, though, would be as dubious as putting it here. The statement, "It's not a religion, it's a way of life," is a horrible cliche that has been used by countless groups to promote their beliefs as somehow being less narrowminded and more practical than others. In both cases here, we're not citing any particular facts about Rastafari or Buddhism; the claim "way of life," is merely a very common expression made by lots of people about their own beliefs.
The article is a soapbox. As you said, "it does not preswent rastafari as fact but it does present what rastas believe in".
Rather than presenting what Rastafari is from an objective perspective, 90% of the article is just rambling on about what Rastafarians say Rastafari is, without citations or with poor citations. Without attributing these opinions or providing citations for their origin, or by having poor citations, that is misleading. Imagine what the article on Christianity would look like if we allowed this there. ☯Zenwhat (talk) 14:10, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Part of the problem is that a certain editor has removed many sources from the rastafari articles, doubtless with the intention of creating articles that appear dubious. I'll see what i can do. Thanks, SqueakBox 14:21, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
"Part of the problem"?
If you want to post on my user page do not insult me, I have not read your last post beyond the first sentence but you can refactor it if you want, otherwise go away and don't post here again. Thanks, SqueakBox 14:38, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I apologize for being a bit belligerent. I took a look at your contributions and you seem relatively fair. [94] I falsely assumed from your claim above that you were of the same mindset as Til (i.e., everybody's out to get Rasta, everybody on Wikipedia's a racist, etc..). You seem reasonable, though, so I hope I didn't poison the well! ☯Zenwhat (talk) 14:40, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that the whole atmosphere is quite poisonous on the Rasta articles, and I am not really up for that at the moment. I am a religious sceptic ideologically who believes it is important to get these articles neutral and not based on religious convictions of any sort. Thanks, SqueakBox 15:05, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Zenwhat, please do not put words in my mouth, or ascribe to me sentiments that I have never once epressed "(i.e., everybody's out to get Rasta, everybody on Wikipedia's a racist, etc..)". I know it would make arguments much easier if you could do that (it's called a strawman fallacy), but I do wish you would stop telling people that I am saying something that I don't even think. I can, and do, speak for myself. Thanks. Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 20:02, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Til is an editor I am long familiar with. The editor I have issues with is Bulbous, whom Til let me know about as an editor a while back and I do not see Til as part of any pro rasta editing of the article, that comes, I believe, from new editors with a rasta POV, just as the anti-rasta POV comes from anti-Rastafarian Christians inspired by Christafari and others to try to convert Rastas to Christ. They are interested in the Haile Selassie I article because they know that Haile selassie I is loved by Rastas, and they portray him positively but as a man. Whereas I think the Selassie article should deal with him both as a political figure and as the god of the rastafari movement, not because I have any agenda about wheter he is God but because I recognize that he is both a political and a religious figure in 2008 and has been so for a long time. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:57, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I am beginning to see what you mean... The said editor is now again pursuing his evidently hostile bias at Haile Selassie, by trimming the factual references and mention of the Rastafari movement in the leade to the barest minimum, with the argument that it is "promoting" Rastafari by giving it "too much mention" in the lead. Man, I really hate stuff like that! Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 01:15, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
One person cannot outweigh the strength of the social clusters, the mobs which collect around articles. And one person or even one mob cannot outweigh the strength of the hive-mind. All I can do, much of the time, is laugh at the futility of it.
ARTICLE I'VE DEALT WITH: SUMMARY OF THE PROBLEM
Fractional-reserve banking: Libertarian ideology is Fact. The Federal Reserve is an evil money-printing conspiracy. Only money backed by GOOOOLD is trustworthy!
Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo: She has never been involved in any financial or sexual scandals of any kind. She is a very compassionate and wise guru.
Homeopathy: Homeopathy is valid science. Mainstream science is what's "pseudoscientific."
Cannabis: THC is actually a vitamin. It's good for you. Jesus smoked it. It's all in the Bible, dude
As you can see, I have failed at improving pretty much every article I try to work on, largely because I try to focus on the articles which need the most work (as opposed to flooding Wikipedia with fancruft, which is very easy).
So, yes, it is futile. I don't expect to be able to improve the article on Rastafari. But I still try anyway, because it's enjoyable and meaningful. It's the same story as the Bhagavad Gita: Whether I fight or surrender, either way I lose. But I should still keep up with it anyway, for the sake of dharma. ☯Zenwhat (talk) 15:26, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I cut my teeth on Javier Solana which had been written from a "perhaps he is the anti-Christ" perspective and after lots of hard work managed to get an article that is a political biography, and that has remained pretty stable. I am certainly aware of the issues on the cannabis article, and while there it is both pro and anti lobbies who create a problem the pro lobby is the stronger, and in the Rastafari article both pro and anti Rasta POV pushing is, IMO, evident. I do like the Rastas for their resilient optimism. Intelligent design is another classic example of POV pushing and I appreciate the problem. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:55, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I am not sure why you are so worried about which categories the Barry George article is listed under. The facts are that he has been found guilty in the courts of attempted rape, indecent assault, and impersonating a constable. I am not sure whether any convictions arose from other incidents which have been reported, such as possession of an offensive weapon, not that it matters as far as this point is concerned. As far as I understand it any person who has been convicted by a jury of attempted rape and has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment is, without question, a criminal. The fact that he is not also a murderer, and that he was imprisoned for so long for a crime of which he was innocent, does not mean that he has been cleared of his past convictions.--Oxonian2006 (talk) 00:50, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The poin t you are missing is that he is not notable based on these crimes to have had a wikipedia biography by any stretch of the imagination. He is only notabole for his wrong conviction. Thanks, SqueakBox 04:18, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No, I'm not missing that point at all. It has already occurred to me that if he had not been wrongfully convicted of one crime the general public would probably never have heard of him and the crimes of which he was actually guilty. However, people are not categorised only according to what they are notable for. Gordon Brown is not notable because he was born in 1951. He is notable for something else and it is also true that he was born in 1951. George W. Bush is not notable for being a recipient of the Star of Romania Order, or indeed for his business activities or his English and Dutch ancestry. He is notable for being a politician and he is put in those categories because they also apply to him.
I just utterly fail to see how anybody, except you, clearly, could imagine that it is inappropriate to put a convicted attempted rapist in the category of "criminal" because somebody might think that Wikipedia is accusing him of murder! The article clearly sets out the reasons for which he is correctly deemed a criminal. Anybody looking at it would be able to say, "Hmm. It says he is a criminal. But he is not guilty of that murder. Aha! He committed attempted rape, indecent assault, impersonating a constable, for all of which he received either a prison sentence, a suspended sentence, or a fine, and it says he was caught with a knife, which is a crime, though maybe it never resulted in anything. Well, there you have it, he is a criminal, but not a murderer."--Oxonian2006 (talk) 09:29, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You are using sophist arguemnts to justify a BLP violation, and to imply that the overturning is incorrect, a view clearly held by the police etc, and to attack me makes you rather borish, please desist if you wish to post here again. Thanks, SqueakBox 13:33, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry you think I'm boorish. It's not something I have ever been accused of before. You also think I am attacking you. I'm certainly not making a personal attack. I'm just questioning your judgement, which is something I do all the time. It does not mean that I don't hold in high esteem the people whose judgements I question. You make three allegations, none of which is correct:
My arguments are sophistic. They are not. I am making a very straightforward, logical argument, which has at the heart of it the fact that the statements I am making contain no logical contradictions, and that my conclusions derive necessarily from premises that even you accept as true.
I am trying to justify a violation of the rules concerning biogrpahies of living persons. No such violation has taken place. I have merely asserted facts.
I am trying to imply that the jury in the first trial reached the correct decision. Why on earth would I do that? I don't think the jury in the first trial did reach the right decision. I have always, ever since he became involved in the case, been convinced that he was innocent. I am utterly convinced that he had no involvement at all in the murder of Jill Dando. The courts have shown that he is innocent of that charge.
I shall copy this to the Barry George talk page and suggest it is better to continue the discussion there.--Oxonian2006 (talk) 14:08, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I've tagged the sentence you insist on with a fact tag for now, and added a section on the talk page. I suggest you discuss the matter there rather than go further over 3RR since you are already at 4 reverts. JoshuaZ (talk) 04:18, 9 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm sorry, 5 reverts. a fortiori, please take it to talk. JoshuaZ (talk) 04:20, 9 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You appear not to have read 3rr either as 2 completely different edits are not considered identical in 3rr. If you have a proposal that does not involve a BLP violation and an NPOV violation I will happily consider it but implying that a living person cannot enter the US on the strength of these ancient refs is not appropriate. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:18, 9 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I strongly suggest you discuss it on the talk page since many editors do not think that either a) there is any implication that he cannot enter or b) do not think that implication is strong enough to matter or c) do not think that there is a BLP problem. Going over 3rr and then refusing to discuss it with other editors is really not a good idea when there are a variety of editors who have a good faith disagreement about what is a BLP issue. I'm not going to go into the issues about your misuse of the term trolling or your mischaracterization of the refs as "ancient" or the irrelevancy of the age of the refs. Also, I suggest you refamiliarize yourself with 3RR. From WP:3RR: "An editor must not perform more than three reverts, in whole or in part, on a single page within a 24-hour period. A revert means undoing the actions of another editor, whether involving the same or different material each time." The last sentence is the relevant one. You have reverted 3 different editors a total of 5 times. I suggest you comment at the general discussion. In general, you've acted repeatedly like you own this article. If you are unwilling to engage in discussion with the other editors, I suggest you may want to back off and work on something else. JoshuaZ (talk) 20:01, 9 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The cite needed tag is entirely correct. We do need a ref, I am the first to admit. 2 completely different edits are not treated as one Thanks, SqueakBox 14:38, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm glad you agree on the first part. I'm confused by what you mean by the second. Could you expand upon that? JoshuaZ (talk) 17:17, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Adding a sentence is nott he same as removing a p[aragraph, theya re entirely different edits whose only common theme was the NPOV goal. Thanks, SqueakBox 14:18, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The sentence you added was nearly identical to the sentence which was removed earlier. JoshuaZ (talk) 16:02, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Huh? No, what i added was that he has been able ot re-enter teh US, what i removed is the bit about him having allegedly not been able to enter the US in the past, 2 very different things. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:07, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well I stick to my belief that blanking the section and adding to the section were 2 fundamentally different strategies to approaching the same problem and therefore could not be considered as part oft he same 3rrviolation. I do not believe that any article is worht breaking 3rr and possible losing edit privileges temporarily over and therefore do my best to avoid doing that, and certainkly was aware of what I was doing here and did not and do not feel it was a 3rr violation, indeed I was being more creative than your average 3rr reverter by trying to offer 32 different solutions to the problem, one being my addition and the other being to blank the section. Thanks, SqueakBox
Err, yes they did. He is well known as the founder of wikipedia and your OR claim was simply off the wall, though I recognize it was not malicious trolling, as were Bramlet's edits to the page. Thanks, SqueakBox 14:56, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No, they did not. Your comment was in contradiction to your edit.
Your comment gave the misleading impression that you agreed with me but your edit was in disagreement.
Jimmy Wales cannot be the sole founder of Wikipedia when Larry Sanger is the co-founder. I'm sure you are aware of the Larry Sanger article. Co-founder is clearly stated in the first sentence and it is referenced. We cannot not rewrite history on Wikipedia. BTW, Jimmy Wales was interviewed back in 20001 by The New York Times. There is no dispute over the facts and revisionism is rewriting history. QuackGuru 16:00, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Quack, your invoking logic that because (in your opinion) Wales cannot be sole founder (which it doesn't say anyway) because Sanger was supposedly co-founder is a very good example of original research, and remember this article is not about Wales, it is about someone else. I have already asked Bramlet for a source that the co-founder dispute has a direct connection with this lady and none has been forthcoming, so really you add an OR template where it is you and Bramlet who are engaging in the OR. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:14, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
How is it original research that Larry Sanger is the co-founder. Rewriting history is revisionism.
The article is not about Wales and there is no evidence that Wales has anything to do with that article. Nothing is referenced to Wales. Why is it in the article. Please provide a reference that Wales is somehow connected to the lady or the article or remove Wales and the orginal research from the article. Please provide a source to verify the current text or remove Wales from the article. QuackGuru 16:25, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Not really a satisfactory solution but I have removed Wales from the article for the time being. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:36, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I could not find a reference to verify the current text and this was a quick solution until references can be provided. QuackGuru 16:43, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There are anyway questions of notability, a list of speakers at The Global Creative Leadership Summit is hardly content for a biography, IMO, and could be seen as promoting the subject. I suspect I need to look very carefully at the appropriateness of Wales being linked to in all the main space where his article is linked to. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:46, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The question I have is, would an editor add Wales to a biography just to make the biography look better. Was Wales really a speaker at The Global Creative Leadership Summit. Is there any other articles where someone added Wales to the article but Wales has nothing to do with that article. I'm not sure. We WP:AGF with Wikipedians but at the same time we must verifiy the text. QuackGuru 16:54, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You edit summary was lets just avoid controversy. You falsely claimed that Wales founded Wikipedia in 2001. You add controversial text. You edit summary was incorrect. Please read the references. QuackGuru 18:10, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If you don't want controversy in the lead then don't create controversy in the lead.[96][97] Wales co-founded Wikipedia in 2001. I'm sure you have read the references. It is very clear the facts are accurate. QuackGuru 19:58, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Its anything but clear, its very controversial. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:15, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The controversy is revisionism, not co-founder. The text is verified and correct. QuackGuru 18:32, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
IMO the opposite is true, you have found some refs and are writing history based on these refs but we could equally use other refs to say basically what I am saying, which is anyway less specific, merely because there are refs re co-founder does not make it the unalterable truth, that is revisionism. What i do think is unacceptable is nay mention of Sanger in the opening, it makes him put to be much more important in Wales life than is really the case, and this is simply a distortion of the reality. Thanks, SqueakBox 18:40, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I explained this to you before. We can't rewrite history. There are historical references such as The New York Times that clearly state Jimmy Wales is the co-founder. QuackGuru 18:45, 23 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
What do you mean we cant rewrite history? you are trying to write history, IMO, and that is what we should not do. Thanks, SqueakBox 08:44, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Here is evidence of the original history of the Jimmy Wales article. Wales would have had read at least some of the early articles on Wikipedia. Wales was interviewed during the early years of Wikipedia and press coverage articles described both as co-founders. From 2001 - 2004, Wales never disputed the co-founder issue and even Wikipedia's own press releases described both Wales and Sanger as the founders of Wikipedia.[98][99][100] Rewriting the historical facts is revisionism. QuackGuru 16:58, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
THis is no evidence that he is considered co-founder in 08/08, merely that he was historically considered so and tyhis doesn't need to be in the opening. Do you agree that Sanger is not notable enough to be in the opening of Wales' article? For me this is an important point. Thanks, SqueakBox00:27, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It is a commonly known historical fact the Wales co-founded Wikipedia in 2001 and that is what the article says. We write articles according to the facts and not what Wales likes are does not like. If you want to remove Larry Sanger from the lead you would have to rewrite the first part of the sentence because Wales did not create Wikipedia on his own. We would problably have to remove the word created. QuackGuru 01:54, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
That is simply not so Quack. What is commonly known is that Wales founded it with others in 2001, nobody has heard of Sanger and he needs to be removed from the opening, given this I am happy to go for a 3rd solution. Thanks, SqueakBox14:19, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have answered all of your questions and provided references to support the text and there is agreement for the current version. QuackGuru 17:17, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There is evidence from the people who were there in the very beginning and I have provided many references to
How about this compromise? leave any mention of sanger out of the beginning but include something like wales co-founded wikipedia but not who with, that can easily be mentioned lower down and is a reasonable compromise. Thanks, SqueakBox 18:28, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Your edit did not match your compromise. You did not mention it lower down in the body of the article. The word created is original research. It gives the false impression Wales is the sole founder. Maybe if we changed it to provided support for [Wikipedia] it could fix the WP:OR and at the same time we are staying faithful to the source. QuackGuru 19:50, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Whoops. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:33, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Whoops? Please explain what you mean by whoops. Did you make a mistake in your recent edit. QuackGuru 21:42, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
My mistake was to assume it was in the main body of the text. I will fix it, hopefully when I get home, as I ma very busy right now. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:01, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Your edit failed verification and I made a suggestion to fix it. We are discussing two things here. The lead has a mistake that failed verfication and your edit did not match your compromise. This may take another year for us to fix this at the pace we are going. No worries. I'm very patient. I look forward to your edit to try and reach a compromise. We can this by working together. Wikipedians are a can do people. Together we can create featured articles. QuackGuru 22:22, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well it would be great to get Wales to featured status. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:53, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The first step is WP:GA status. It took me about a year for Larry Sanger. It would be nice if both articles were featured articles together. QuackGuru 23:02, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. I am assuming good faith in your edit and I assume it was a mistake. However, please take a look at my edits, after reverting the vandalism last night I brought back your corrections. Then you reverted me and brought back the vandalism [101].
I assume this was a mistake on your part since you seem to know your way around here quite well.
Let me know if there are any questions or if I have made a mistake.
I think we can assume good faith with each other, its been a nightmare page over the last few days due to general trolling, feel free to remove nay further vandalism. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:10, 29 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have removed unsourced quotes on a number of articles under strict BLP and been labelled a snot puppet by this user who is now undoing all my edits. Can you please assist? NoNameMaddox (talk) 06:27, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The above editor is suspected of being a sock puppet of User:ColScott. Things are underway to request a checkuser on the account. LaVidaLoca (talk) 06:53, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I suspected that this account was a sockpuppet of User: Daniel Brandt and he deleted the caption from his page. Does he get spanked?NoNameMaddox (talk) 06:54, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
For me what is important is the quality of the encyclopedia, I have taken a look at one case and will look at others as time allows. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:16, 9 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well sorted out a few glaring problems. LaVidaLoca (como que?) appears to think others shoukld do his work for him as if we were a cult with a hierarchy instead of a bunch of volunteers enjoying a hobby. Thanks, SqueakBox
LOL. It speaks for itself. LaVidaLoca (talk) 02:21, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You what? I suspect you have not got a clue what I was talking about and my comment most certainly was not directed at you. Thanks, SqueakBox 12:52, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There was this RFC on adding the New Zealand to the article where several editors didn't agree with your assesment of it being a BLP and NPOV violation, so please don't make unilateral removals based on your personal opinion, like you did here (except for Hg2, who made a comment about the fingerprint. I'm not sure if his comment was rendered moot when the fingerprint thing was stripped from the draft). If you want the addition removed then go to the next step of WP:DR dispute resolution instead of removing it because you don't like how the RFC went. --Enric Naval (talk) 17:23, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It is not my personal opinion and a small cabal of editors do not trump either BLP or NPOV, especially given the history of the article. I have little opinion on the Rfc and nor am I interested in initiating dispute resolution. Telling me to wait before removing this material for a dispute resolution case is to fundamentally mis-characterize our BLP policy, the offending material needs to be removed while any further dispute resolution takes place. Thanks, SqueakBox 18:15, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately, I don't agree that this is a BLP violation, and I want to pursue dispute resolution. I find that the paragraph is well sourced, relevant, and has gathered consensus that the current version is not a BLP vio. Precisely, I opened a RFC so people outside the "small cabal" would give a fresh opinion. Look, I don't want to go all the way to arbcom, would you agree to make a formal meditation to ask whether this is a BLP vio and abide by the decision of the mediator? I will also abide by the mediator decision if it's against inclusion. --Enric Naval (talk) 13:49, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well I certainly agree that it is very unfortunate you cannot see the BLP violation. I think it is extremely unlikely that the arbcom would agree to take on this case, and if they did they would probably agree with me that this is a completely unacceptable BLP violation, further winding up someone who is already so pissed off they are threatening to sue wikipedia. Why don't we just leave it out and respect di Stefano, we are here to write an encyclopedia and that does not mean adding this type of material completely unnecessarily merely because some rag newspapers have, wuithout verifiabilty, reported it as an allegation14:11, 14 September 2008 (UTC). Thanks, SqueakBox
I am not willing to agree to any mediation conclusions that violate BLP but if you want to initiate mediation I will give it my full consideration. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:22, 14 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I'll start a mediation request tomorrow. Too tired today. You can read the mediation request and decide if you want to accept participating on it or not. --Enric Naval (talk) 17:02, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Bueno. Send me the link when you have done it please, I am more than happy to participate but not to abide by any decision that violates our BLP policy. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:51, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Seeing this, and seeing that you are not willing to compromise, I'm going to have to ask you that you stop trying to impose your view of BLP and NPOV on the article by removing sourced info that was put throught a RFC in order to remove all BLP issues and make it as neutral as possible, or I'll have to bring the case to Arbcom so that a binding decision is reached. (Additionally, a preemptive warning: notice that, while WP:BLP says that BLP vios "should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion", which is very correct, this particular edit has already undergone lots of discussion, and many editors have already stated that they don't agree with you that this edit happens to be a BLP vio, so please don't use that argument to remove it again). --Enric Naval (talk) 14:39, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well I will not reach an agreement that I am not willing to agree to. A sign of good faith would be to remove the offending material while the mediation is undergoing and I will likely make that, not anything else, a requirement of mediation. This stuff is serious. Que le vaya bien, SqueakBox 16:13, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
pues hazlo, o sea actualizice tu amenaza de los arbcom y vamos a ver porq esto no es de buen fe por actualizar mediación, vos. Thanks, SqueakBox 00:11, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not going to open a mediation request unless you explicitely state that are willing to accept its outcome even if it goes against your position. Willingness by all parties to accept the outcome a pre-requisite for the request to be accepted by the mediation cabal, and don't really see the point in opening a request knowing that a)it will be rejected and b)the other party has stated that if it doesn't like the outcome he's just going to not accept it. --Enric Naval (talk) 03:04, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It seems to me that we can go for mediation on the basis that if we do reach an agreement we stick to it but that there is a possibility that we will not reach an agreement. If you go to arbcom that is also okay by me, this isn't a personal dispute, its about Di Stefano. Thanks, SqueakBox 13:55, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
That basis looks good to me. The idea is that, if we can't reach an agreement on mediation, then we should ask Arbcom as a last recourse to decide if BLP allows or not that entry. I'll open the mediation request tomorrow, as today I'm doing some other stuff. --Enric Naval (talk) 17:22, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
mediation request, please check it and, if you accept it, sign under "Parties' agreement to mediate". --Enric Naval (talk) 03:47, 21 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
check the talk page of the mediation, I made my argument there. Please add your arguments too, so the mediator can check them. --Enric Naval (talk) 03:52, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please check the list of issues on dispute that I made. Excuses on advance if I made some wrong assumption about you, please point out any errors so I can correct them. --Enric Naval (talk) 17:25, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Before signing additional issue 1, I'll wait to see what the mediator says about expanding the mediation to expand the other BLP issues (I suppose that User:Wizardman will be the mediator). Maybe it will cause the mediation to be too long and complicated, with so many issues that need to be examined, I don't know. --Enric Naval (talk) 15:16, 2 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
About removing again the same thing, as stated by other editors, you have failed to convince other editors that this is actually a BLP vio. If it's such an obvious vio, then you won't have any problem proving it on the mediation case. --Enric Naval (talk) 02:47, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If you read the BLP article it fits like a glove, I am confused as to how you can think otherwise. And your claim that I haven't convinced other editors is betrayed by the facts. And most importantly, BLP is not decided by consensus anyway, it is decided by sticking to a strict interpretation of the policy. Thanks, SqueakBox 03:20, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well, you should argue this on the mediation case, now that Wizardman has finally appeared on its talk page --Enric Naval (talk) 11:02, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I already have argued this, in my statement at mediation talk. Thanks, SqueakBox 15:33, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding reliability of sources, while you are technically correct to write, regarding this edit that "a forum is not RS," the guidelines specifically states that such sources are "largely" not acceptable, stressing that exceptions are evident: "[such sources] may, in some circumstances, be acceptable when produced by an established expert on the topic of the article..." In this case, the writer is Rich Johnston, writing from personal knowledge (gained through interviews with the primary people in question: Moore and Gaiman). I understand that the guidelines do however strongly advise against use of the sources when BLP concerns are evident, particularly when it is "negative information." This point is not negative against a particular person (although it could arguably paint the DC of the 1980s in a somewhat poor light, albeit one dictated by contract law). I presume that you have no problem with the information, and merely the source, however, so I'll put some effort in to re-sourcing that and everyone will be happy. ntnon (talk) 19:20, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Finding a better source sounds like a good idea to me. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:49, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I would like to invite you to participate in the discussion at Talk:Chiropractic, to explain your revert. Note that many of these changes have already been discussed or are under discussion on the talk page. Your edit changes sentences so that they assert, as if it's fact, that chiropractic theories are "antiscientific" and "ethically suspect", as opposed to the previous wording which merely asserted that these things have been said by researchers. See WP:NPOV which says "Assert facts, including facts about opinions—but do not assert the opinions themselves." (emphasis in the original). When reverting good-faith edits, please explain your edit in the edit summary or give a link to related talk page discussion which explains it; otherwise it could be interpreted that you're implying the edit you're reverting was vandalism. ☺Coppertwig (talk) 20:46, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
P.S. Those are really cute chipmunk pictures. ☺Coppertwig (talk) 20:48, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
They are El C's pics. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:57, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have reverted as I can't tell for sure why you did it. Please don't do that again. Thanks. Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 01:05, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Whoops. As I live in a Spanish speaking country I occasionally get my languages muddled, and the comment was to a Spanish person, but you are certainly right. Thanks, SqueakBox 13:42, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
..you are close to violating 3RR on Neil Goldschmidt, and if you continue I will block you. Also note that you can be blocked for edit warring without violating 3RR. I ask that you take your concerns to the talk page opposed to warring on the mainpage. Please, think of how damaging it is to the article. Thank you, Tiptoetytalk 23:44, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
See Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive758#Need some help with Neil Goldschmidt, this user appears to be the sock of an already blocked user. I believe RCU has been requested via arbcom (following general arbcom instructions in this PAW area). I am sure you apopreciate that blocked users do not have editing rights on wikipedia. Please see the comment on the 4th item on this list. My guess is this is the same user. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:57, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hm, maybe there is more here than meets the eye. If in fact you were reverting a banned/previously blocked user than you have my apologies for the warning above. I will attempt to take a closer look and see if there is anything I can do to help. Tiptoetytalk 23:59, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Your point is also well taken that edit warring is bad for the encyclopedia full stop. Thanks, SqueakBox 00:02, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please return to entry and help me with the editor who wishes to use gossip site as source.Allknowingallseeing (talk) 19:08, 20 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please join me at my talk page. User JasonAQuest is wikistalking and claiming personal attacks when there are none. Allknowingallseeing (talk) 15:49, 23 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough...I'll accept the rebuke. I would appreciate your removal of your final comment (21:44, 26 September 2008 (UTC), and suggest that in the future before you delete my remarks that you contact me first. Hag2 (talk) 14:09, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Actually you just need to not make such comments in the first place. Do not put it on me to have to justify myself when it is you who has disrupted the mediation process with your bad faith incivility. It is not wanted. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:19, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I still haven't seen a single reliable source stating that Alton has passed away. I think we should wait until we have this before making any changes.--Michig (talk) 19:51, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I agree, reverted myself at Deaths in 2008 once I had read the ref. Good work. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:52, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I don't agree with moving this to Stephen Carter (politician). If there were no other Stephen Carters on Wikipedia then yes I would agree he's better known by this name so it should just be at Stephen Carter. However, as we need some form of disambiguation, this should be Stephen Carter, Baron Carter of Barnes. It is not the same case as Jeffrey Archer, as his name doesn't need disambiguating. Better examples are Douglas Hogg, 3rd Viscount Hailsham who is never known as Viscount Hailsham, but needs it for disambiguation; and maybe Tony Banks, Baron Stratford who was only a lord for a very brief period of time, and was at Tony Banks (politician) until he was enobled. The consensus is usually that we should avoid using a term in parenthesis for disambiguation if there's another way of doing it.
Anyway, this isn't a question of whether he's known as Stephen Carter or Lord Carter of Barnes; it's a question of whether the titles needs disambiguating, which it does. Even if the peerage version is used as the title, it does still say "Stephen Carter" as part of the title. I'll await your comments before moving it back. JRawle (Talk) 19:05, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
This has nothing to do with the dab page, and everything to do with the fact that well known politicians should not be titled by their House of Lords titles. Peter Mandelson is another example. Of course he cannot be called Stephen Carter because that is a dab page, thus following MoS we should call him (politician) as per others. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:04, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You completely understand my point. I now notice you have deliberately edited the redirect page with these two edits [102][103] so as to block any moves back to Stephen Carter, Baron Carter of Barnes. As you are clearly not interested in discussing this (after all, if I behaved like you, I'd just have moved the article back without leaving you a note) I'm going to take it to requested moves to let other people have a say on it. JRawle (Talk) 22:23, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
That is because these Baron names are out of line. Take it to RM but you will not find consensus there for your POV pushing, there is far too much precedent against these titles as part of the article names. This argument has been thrashed out on multiple occasions and you are wasting everyone's time bringing it up again. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:28, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Where is all this "consensus" and "precedent" for not having these titles in article names? And why is preferring one convention "POV" while the exact opposite is not? The current guideline is clear. If you don't agree with naming conventions, there are places to discuss that. Unilaterally moving articles then deliberately sabotaging the previous page so that the move can't be reversed is not the way to behave on a collaborative wiki. And why is it that, despite the fact I took the trouble to contact you and discuss this (after which you immediately made those two edits to block the move back), when I posted the requested move template, you said I hadn't given reason or even said who I was? I'm afraid your actions would appear to be those of someone who operates in a rather underhand way to push his own POV. JRawle (Talk) 23:02, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
In the various articles I gave you, and others, in various talk pages, and in RM archives. Its you who are not agreeing with naming conventions, which entirely explains my actions. Collaborative does not mean you get to dictate your desires. I suggest you give your reasons other than to me, and to accuse me of being underhand in this case is clearly uncivil and compounding your approach as somewhat negative. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:05, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I try my utmost to be civil on Wikipedia at all times. But you replied to me at 20:04, then at 20:05 made an entirely unnecessary edit to the redirect page [104] then immediately reverted it [105]. Sorry, but I think there's nothing uncivil in saying that you made those edits deliberately to prevent anyone moving that page back. I'll let other editors reading this come to their own conclusions about you. JRawle (Talk) 23:13, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please read NPOV and stop making attacks against me. We are trying to create a neutral encyclopedia and political POV pushing is not helpful in terms of that goal. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:14, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
So for the record, you've taken the two pages I cited as counter-examples and moved them to fit in with your POV, then edited the redirects in a similar manner to those edits linked above to prevent them being moved back. JRawle (Talk) 23:30, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No, I have moved them to fit in with the consensus which demands we use common names in order to avoid POV pushing. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:34, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You still fail to explain the following:
Why including the peerage title is "POV pushing" while not including is isn't "POV pushing"
Why you are editing redirect pages deliberately to prevent page moves over the redirects
Why you just so happened to move two pages which I used as examples in a current discussion
By the way, out of the courtesy I still feel I owe fellow editors even in disputes, I thought I should let you know I've asked for a Third Opinion, with this discussion as the linked reference. JRawle (Talk) 23:42, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
He is commonly known as Stephen Carter, and this issue has gone on too long with certain politically driven folks pushing this POV wherever they can and ignoring our standards here. Yes, I did appreciate your pointing out those 2 articles that were clearly badly named, and its a classic. Douglas Hogg is well known as Douglas Hogg, for instance. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:49, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for answering one of my three questions. I'm still interested in hearing your answer to number 2. Moving that article to "Douglas Hogg (politician)" was clearly ridiculous as it's now ambiguous as it could also refer to his grandfather. Perhaps you'd like to fix it somehow. JRawle (Talk) 23:52, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
2. # Life peers (ie, people who have peerages awarded exclusively for their lifetime but who neither inherit it nor pass it on to anyone else)¹ use the same standard as for hereditary peers: use the dignity in the title, unless the individual is exclusively referred to by personal name. For example: Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone (not "Quintin McGarel Hogg"), but Margaret Thatcher (not "Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher.") [my underlining]
As the default is to use the dignity, it seems sensible to default to it in this case for disambiguation. You will note that #4 uses Baronet titles for disambiguation, so that reinforces the disambiguation via dignity. Ty 03:01, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I don't understand this edit[106]. I put two refs in the lead for two statements and you reverted them with the summary "well you need to put ref in lead and show notability of ref". The refs are from The Sunday Times and The Daily Telegraph. Besides which it's universally acknowledged that the shark is iconic. Ty 23:40, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The problem with the page move is that both Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham and his grandson the 3rd Viscount Hailsham are notable as being politicians, making the descriptor (politician) extremely confusing. I am also unsure why the article needed to be moved in the first place. Can you please explain the "really extreme POV pushing" as I cannot see where POV enters the equation at all. Road Wizard (talk) 02:38, 19 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
it is fine to call the dead Hogg by his title, really Douglas Hogg should be for the living politician and a dab page created for the 2 of them. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:45, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There is already a disambiguation page at Douglas Hogg, which lists the two individuals. If you want to, you could place the disambiguation page at Douglas Hogg (disambiguation) and move the 3rd Viscount to Douglas Hogg or as there are just two articles, you could dispense with the disambiguation page entirely and just use a hatnote to link the other article.
However, as both Douglas Hogg articles are about politicians, the current use of Douglas Hogg (politician) is clearly against naming convention guidelines as the disambiguator is extremely ambiguous.
I noticed that you have now flagged yourself as being on vacation. If you have not had time to resolve this problem within 24 hours, I will ask that the article be restored to its original name. You can then make arrangements for it to be moved to a title that you prefer but is still within the guidelines on your return. Regards. Road Wizard (talk) 17:31, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I mean the dab page at Douglas Hogg should be at Douglas Hogg (disambiguation). My being on vacation has nothing to do with this, its because I am not working this week. I suggest you get consensus before trying to make such a controversial move. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:51, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Excuse me, but you have moved a page to a name in breach of naming conventions without any reference to a previous consensus. You have also failed to explain how a POV argument impacts on your original page move.
If your being on vacation is not an issue, then please fix the mess you have created. I have already suggested two methods of resolving the issue that are open to you. Regards. Road Wizard (talk) 18:02, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Common use demands that we use the common name for well known individuals. Or are you claiming we do not do this. I have not created a mess but done a highly necessary series of moves in order to allow for common usage, and this is clearly why Douglas Hogg should go to the bio itself. Thanks, SqueakBox 18:28, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Then why have you added (politician) into the mix? That is clearly wrong and you could have avoided all this trouble by moving the article over the current disambiguation page in the first instance.
As you seem to be reluctant to resolve this mess awkward tangle of page moves yourself then I will make arrangements to implement the "move to Douglas Hogg with hatnote" option. Regards. Road Wizard (talk) 18:38, 20 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
When are back from holiday, can you send me those two articles that you mention at Talk:JustCarmen? I'll try to see if I can do something about that article. (I think that I already found the text of the Daily Star article here, but I'm not sure if it's the correct text). --Enric Naval (talk) 15:19, 23 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia's Expert Peer Review process (or lack of such) for Science related articles[edit]
Hi - I posted the section with the same name on my talk page.
Could you take part in discussion ?
Thanks
ARP
Apovolot (talk) 21:59, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
How is this a BLP? She died two days ago. --Elliskev 13:22, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
BLP applies not merely to the bios of living people but also to any article containing or that may contain info about living people. She has been murdered and her murder is being covered internationally so given a living person murdered her and if someone is associated as being the murderer, well blp is acutely involved. Best to tag before this happens so when and if it ddoes happen people will know to be careful. Thanks, SqueakBox 15:05, 27 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, regarding this edit, I assume you are addressing me, but what attacks are you referring to? My comment was perhaps a trifle sarcastic for a subject that can be heated, but I think you would have a hard time finding any personal attacks that I've made, in this article or elsewhere, directed to either the wise or the foolish. In fact, I think most of my comments and edit summaries are downright civil. Meanwhile, your comment at least borders on WP:NPA for accusing me of making attacks as well as calling my wisdom into doubt. I'm going to remake my point without the sarcasm. I suggest you similarly alter or remove this comment. Then we can go back to politely disagreeing and maybe even improving the article. CAVincent (talk) 03:56, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I was referring to your attack on Felipe, telling him to knock himself out though my personal opinion is that those who take offence at being called gringos are ignorantly creatinbg tensions between gringos and latinos that is completely unnecessary, but that is not the point at issue, the point at issue is that you should not make attacks against an editor like Felipe merely because you disagree with him. I see you reframed your comments anyway and I have done the same but do not get all high and mighty as if you were anything other than the disruptor in this case. Thanks, SqueakBox 15:47, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hmmm. Perhaps idiomatic expressions are best not used in an international forum. Knock yourself out means "you do that" (see here and here). I wasn't suggesting that Felipe literally render himself unconscious. Unless you misunderstood me, it is hard to see this as an attack of any sort. So excuse me as I rejoin my high and mighty perch of people-who-don't-fully-understand-other-cultures-and-might-ignorantly-take-offense-when-none-was-meant. I count roughly six billion of us. Care to join? CAVincent (talk) 19:45, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well I am British and I have never heard that expression before, which I guess does explain things. It sounded to me like telling him to Fxxx off, so to speak but I am more than happy to accept that i was wrong in this. BTW I also live in Latin America and certainly where I am the word gringo is not considered an offensive expression and is used to refer to me innoccuously including by people I am very close to. So you shouldn't take offence any more than a black person would take offence being called "black". Thanks, SqueakBox 21:04, 28 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I believe it's more colonial in nature. John Nevard (talk) 06:17, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You are British and you've never heard the term "knock yourself out". I dispute your assertation that you've never heard the term, its in common usage. However, the term gringo IS an offensive term --217.65.158.124 (talk) 10:33, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Not where I live it isn't, and no I had not heard the term knock yourself out, perhaps because I no longer live in the UK. Thanks, SqueakBox 14:10, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi... Do you need some help with your AfD nom? I am actually not sure if there are 2 or three priors... I see you tagged both #3 and #4 for delete, which is the right one do you think, or have you changed your mind altogether? LMK here, I'll watch. ++Lar: t/c 00:04, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oh yes please Lar, it kind of works but is also a mess, getting wierd results morre than techniocal incompetence and any help would be appreciated, cheers. Thanks, SqueakBox 00:10, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Well, was there a 3rd already and the new one should be fourth or ??? LMK. I don't THINK there was a third but I am not quite sure. ++Lar: t/c 00:30, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, it looks sorted now... looks like the article now points to 3rd, there are some comments there, and 4th got deleted by user:Woody... cheers. ++Lar: t/c 00:32, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Aah good, when I previewed 3rd at ED it was red and I went and edited and saved it, and it directed to an already closed afd. That was the beginning of my problems. Brilliant it is fixed and let us see how the afd goes. Thanks, SqueakBox 00:55, 5 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hey could you look at the discussion page of Ben Way on Net Worth as you have far more experience on these types of issues and you one of the main editors of this page. Also now I am getting my head around the way to present good articles do you think it is worth me taking out the links and replacing them with notes?
The BLP tag at Talk:Osama bin Laden is visible. The Banner template includes a field which places the notice firmly at the top, before the other wikiproject banners. Please look again. By moving the Wikiproject Biography banner out of the banner template, you have listed the BLP notice *twice*. I am reverting your edit a second time, since the note is clearly visible right below the talk header. Please look at the talk page before reverting. If you still think the BLP banner is not visible enough, I would appreciate a detailed reply here, including links to the relevant parts of policy that you are invoking. Thanks, siℓℓy rabbit (talk) 20:16, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
BLP must always be visible and first because it is our most enforceable policy and all newcomers need to be made aware of it as explicit as possible. I suggest posting at the BLP noticeboard if you really want to have a fight over this one but your attitude is not acceptable to a great part of the wikipedia community. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:19, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If there is a policy that the BLP notice must appear at the very top of the article, then please cite the policy. If there is a policy that the notice should appear twice in the talk header, then I suppose I will challenge that policy. But until that, I don't see what the BLP noticeboard would have to say about it. This article has the BLP notice right below the {{talkheader}} template, which is nearly always where it appears as far as I can tell from a random sampling of such articles. So if there is a policy (as you seem to feel), then it is a very poorly enforced one. siℓℓy rabbit (talk) 20:23, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It happens on all bios of living people, why are you so against blp enforcement, I suggest the blp noticeboard because of your silly and uninformed edit warring, please stop. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:25, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, this message does appear on all Bios of living people. The way it usually appears is because of blp=yes part of the template {{WikiProjectBannerShell}} which places the WP:BLP warning atop all of the other project banners. This also normally places the BLP warning below the {{talkheader}} message. This is how it works on most talk pages I have seen, although it could work differently elsewhere. Now at the Talk:Osama bin Laden page, I would like you to at least acknowledge that this version of the Talk:Osama bin Laden page *does* have the BLP notice prominently displayed *right below* the {{talkheader}} template (just like on *every other* biography of a living person I have seen), and is not collapsed or nested or anything like that *because* the blp=yes parameter in the Banner shell template has been correctly set. Now fast forward to your version where now the same warning appears *twice*: once at the very top of the page, and once just a little further down because of the blp=yes flag in the aforementioned template. Please read what I am saying before jumping to conclusions that I am "against BLP" or whatever nonsense you seem to think from the above post. siℓℓy rabbit (talk) 20:35, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Also, the nested=yes or nested=no parameter has no effect on the visibility of the template, contrary to what your edit summary suggests. siℓℓy rabbit (talk) 20:39, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please participate in this discussion about where and how the BLP notice should appear in the talk page of an article. siℓℓy rabbit (talk) 20:50, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I am still waiting for you to participate in the discussion that you suggested that I should start. Meanwhile over at Talk:Osama bin Laden, I removed the blp=yes flag from the {{WikiProjectBannerShell}} template, to prevent the BLP warning from being displayed twice. You might want to familiarize yourself with the template documentation, however, which asserts
Adding |blp=yes will display the "Biography of Living Persons" infobox. This must be added for articles about living people
So it would seem that, according to this template documentation, the talkpage had the warning correctly displayed before, unless I am missing something. siℓℓy rabbit (talk) 12:45, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You didn't have to delete the template. I was amusing myself this evening, watching Godlovestruth (talk·contribs) dig himself a hole. Actually, I might start a pool on when he gets himself blocked. Anyways, thanks. OrangeMarlinTalk•Contributions 01:18, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
God does indeed love the truth, and we have our sciences to uncover this. A God who created the universe in 6,000 years rather than 12 billion years is not one I want I want to believe in. Thanks, SqueakBox 01:29, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I see you changed some of the wording of a contribution I made to Boris Johnson. I see why you did it, and it did look like I was implying he was involved. However your edit accidentally changed the meaning of the text, so that it gave the impression he could not have had any influence, rather than that he was not allowed to wield that influence. I am going to change it to something along the lines of 'is not allowed to be involved'.Dolive21 (talk) 16:38, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
See my latest tweak. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:47, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yours looks fine. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:49, 30 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
That is clearly a breach of WP:LEGAL - there is no force behind it, the foundation said that didn't want to touch it - can you explain to me why legal threats should be allowed on talkpage? --Cameron Scott (talk) 19:11, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It was placed at the top of the article by an admin and should not have been lowered, and if you think it is WP:Legal then you need to discuss it elsewhere, like with AlisonW perhaps, not with me. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:13, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
The legal angle has been tossed on it's arse at AN - the foundation lawyer has said there is no legal issue. --Cameron Scott (talk) 19:17, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Please reply on Talk:Virgin Killer, not here or my talk, to my question. I think your inflammatory comments aren't helpful and are disruptive in general. Even the subject of the photo has no problem with it. rootology (C)(T) 00:31, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
So people who disagree with you are being disruptive are they. Yeah, right. Thanks, SqueakBox 00:34, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Re: Some of your comments. As far as I know, no photograph can be definitively called child porn in the UK because of the construction of the relevant act. In order for some photograph to be illegal it was depict a child and indecency. Whether or not it depicts a child is generally easy to determine, I'm sure. Whether or not it depicts indecency is an issue for the jury (or magistrate, I suppose). Now the standard here is simply what a reasonable person would find indecent. I think it will be difficult to a jury that will say that a reasonable person would find that image indecent.
I also think it rather odd that you believe this controversy is 'harming' the project. It has brought a tremendous amount of additional traffic to the article in question, as well as a number of other related articles. Further, it has garnered a great deal of press and while there may very well be a number of people opposed to the image, there are a number of people opposed to censorship - and this activity has mobilized the community on both sides. Debate alone is healthy and positive for the project, and to suggest otherwise is a bit silly.
Finally, I just want to say that your comment about the image drawing attention to the genitals implies that a shirt would draw attention to a woman's breasts and that a bathing suit would draw attention to a man's genitals - and somehow create the sexual perception of the observer. Shoes do not create a sexual image for the foot fetishist - the mind of the fetishist does that. To me, the only person that can find a nude image of a person sexual is a person that in some way wants to see sexuality. Particularly so when there is no overt sexual action depicted, but rather a censoring of the genitals. --Geofferic (talk) 07:09, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I think the fact that the IWF backed down avoids harm,ing the project, which is good, but alll the same it is clearly a provocative image. Thanks, SqueakBox 02:14, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure what your issue with this image is. There are some conceivable issues but I'm not sure which ones you subscribe to. Each of these issues has counterpoints. Possible issues/counterpoints:
It's child porn/By their inaction in early 2008, the FBI says it's not.
It's causing or has caused many people to be blocked from parts of Wikipedia/So have a lot of other articles - see political- and religious-article-influenced filtering by China, Turkey, and other countries as well as public and private institutions and possibly even net-nanny software.
It's indecent/so don't look at it
Think of the children/the vast majority of Wikipedia users are not children and should not be deprived of useful content
It's not useful content/That's a decision for the editors of the respective pages, not wikipedia as a whole
It's existence is wasting time and wearing people out/obviously people care about it if they are discussing it
It's a copyright violation and does not qualify for fair use/if it's not fair use then neither are most record album covers
I may have left out your particular issue or issues. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 16:49, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I do not believe it should have ever been released at all given its context as a heavy metal band record cover called Virgin Killer. God knows what The Scorpions were thinking of in allowing it to be published in the first place, and certainly if someone or some group are responsible for producing Child Porn it is the people who published the record cover and the members of the band itself, and I hope the IWF or some UK government agency can decide on its legality; the FBI claiming it isn't Child Porn doesn't interest me personally as I am not American and do not liver in the US. Obviously I ma glad that UK editors now can now freely edit again. Thanks, SqueakBox
Even one of the artists agrees that this cover should never have been released. But that's not a good argument one way or the other for keeping it or deleting it. I too would like to see a British judge, preferably an appellate judge, make a ruling on the matter. I'd also like to see Parliament clarify what is and is not legal and direct law enforcement to be consistent in their application of the laws. For example, if the image is illegal, then anyone who owns it should have the cover confiscated, the same as for illegal drugs and the like. If it is deemed legal in Britain, then of course no action should be taken. By the way, the FBI comment is relevant because WP:OFFICE actions, which typically cover illegal material that the community would prefer to keep, are based on US law.
Back to Wikipedia: Do you think all album covers for albums that are approximately as notable as this album by artists that are approximately as notable as this artist should be removed as "not encyclopedic" or "not notable," or is there something about this image that makes it less encyclopedic, less notable, or otherwise less qualified than other images from similarly-notable albums by similarly-notable bands? I ask because your earlier answer makes it sound like WP:IDONTLIKEIT, and I assume with an experienced editor like yourself that's not the case. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 21:27, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the welcome. I gather you too are opposed to the image? I think this is a highly important issue which has been absorbed by partisan fanatics who don't have even the most basic understanding of art. Take the deletion nomination for the image - half a dozen people responded and it was closed down very quickly, at a time when hundreds of thousands of people were viewing the image. The reason? It was impossible for most users to find the deletion procedure - only regulars and partisans knew how to engage in the process. Thanks again! DenisHume (talk) 03:59, 12 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I hope you understand that I don't paint all 'regular' wikipedians with the same brush. It was poor expression and I hope I didn't offend. Once again, I apologise. DenisHume (talk) 04:02, 12 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Cheers for your comments, the appropriateness of keeping this image does need discussing, and soon. Thanks, SqueakBox 04:30, 12 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Squeakbox - thanks for adding your comment at the RfC on the CS article. I thought you'd want to know that your signature didn't show up in case you want to add it. Have a good one... --Jack-A-Roe (talk) 20:04, 12 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hiya SqueakBox. This isn't the first time, Giano has left Wikipedia, in a huff; he'll return. GoodDay (talk)
I know that,a nd I do hope so. i voted against him at last year's arbcom in spite of admiring him as an editor and do regret not having voted in favour. Thanks, SqueakBox 21:50, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
He's just gotta learn to control his temper. GoodDay (talk) 21:53, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Sure, I agree with that,as does the newbie editor in the thread above this one. I have learnt to switch off and let my own quick but forgiving temper calm down in my own time here. Thanks, SqueakBox 21:55, 13 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Giggle, giggle. I like RGTraynor's message for editor, who may show up at his door peeved. GoodDay (talk) 15:59, 14 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
(outdent) Wikipedia needs to have Administrators; anarchy will never do. GoodDay (talk) 18:13, 14 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
FYI: When you see something that shouldn't be on Wikipedia (i.e. telephone numbers, etc.)[edit]
Contact oversight. Thanks. miranda 17:13, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
User User:NaturallyBlind is obvious an attack account set up by an experienced user designed to cause trouble. Please assist or help with banning.Allknowingallseeing (talk) 06:08, 17 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Again I ask for your help. User has violated the 3RR rule repeatedly and should be banned. Please assistAllknowingallseeing (talk) 04:25, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Its gr8 to see you are still volunteering here. I have put Kim Bassinger and the other relevant articles on my watchlist but there does not seem much more I can do here right now other than watch. You are more than welcome to post here whenever you need help or advice on editing or problems you encounter here. Thanks, SqueakBox23:05, 20 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
User is not attacking Basinger user is attacking While She Was Out article- user has issues with Murphy and registered out of the blue just to attack article63.139.48.116 (talk) 16:59, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Understood. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:02, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Send me an email, I'll certainly let you know who and where I am, it would be better to collaborate thus. Felices vacaciones a vos a tu familia. Thanks, SqueakBox 00:18, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
You might want to be careful about revealing personal information to this user. If he's who he appears to be, he's been accused of things that would make any rational person more cautious about providing him off-channel ways of being found. Naturallyblind (talk) 05:24, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I fully trust this user. Murphy is a notable US film producer and I certainly cannot imagine how he could possibly damage me for my wikipedia contribs; its the lone nuts that are dangerous, not people like Murphy. Thanks, SqueakBox 21:52, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
So youve known who he was all along. I dont judge people based on their film credits; i base it on their actions. To trust Don Murphy you need to turn a blind eye to what he's done right here in front of you, where he's vandalized articles that cite bad reviews of his duds, he's harassed, abused, and threatened people whove done him no harm, and he's repaetedly lied about himself and about others. Hell, he's lied to you, saying i've done things i havent done (but he has!) and asking you to act as his proxy against me. (Or maybe he wasnt lying... maybe he's delusional. Like that's better.) You dont need to worry that he'll betray you ... because he already has. Maybe he doesnt have any sycophants in Honduras who'll threaten you when he gets pissed at you (a nut with fans is more dangerous than a lone one), but he's already trashed your credibility here on Wiki by collaborating with a banned user. Be careful. Naturallyblind (talk) 14:23, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Err did I say I knew the user was Murphy? No. Nor am I convinced it is still. So do not put such bad faith words into my mouth. You bet I have no fear of wikipedia nuts attacking me in Honduras, that would be an extremely dangerous thing to do given my standard level of protection combined with the state of Honduran prisons. Now just stop your bad faith assumptions about me and your personal attack on my credibility or I'll find an admin to block you. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:21, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Whoever he is, the banned user youre collaborating with (you said it, not me) has shown that he is not worthy of your trust. Naturallyblind (talk) 16:59, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Err, you what? I know Col Scott is blocked but I am not aware of Allknowingallseeing or anyione else being blocked and to accuse me of knowingly co-operating with a banned suer is a bad faith assumption that is likely to get you blocked. But thanks for your concerns. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:15, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Its al;ready been deleted, within 4 minutes of your message, and because somebody messed it up, just great. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:45, 20 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
And its been restored to its original, the version i created. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:46, 20 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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I am very surprised that you fasil to see what an eminently encyclopedic subject this is, far more notable than hundreds of thousands of other articles. The community naturally agrees and i hope you will withdraw the afd. Thanks, SqueakBox 14:34, 21 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Would you please take a look at these contribs? The IP is probably dynamic or a Tor/PRoxy, so it would probably be a good idea to also keep an eye on all related articles. Thanks. --Jack-A-Roe (talk) 18:45, 21 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I nominated you to monitor DenisHume should he be unblocked[edit]
Hi wikipedian!Today I'm going to talk you about a new proposal that can to advantage you and many other users of Latin America.
You,that is from Latin America (second your userbox),already shall to have observed the importance of the Wikimedia Frojects in the region.Only Wikipedia represent 40% of the internet access[8].With every this importance,why don't we make a big meeting?
Of this idea,was borned the proposal for a Latin-American Wikipedian Meeting.Various Wikipedists has Latin-American users and this is a proposal of a culture and ideas interchange,that can be help all projects.Above this,comtemplate to help in the formation of new WMF chapters in Latin America.
Hey, a side note to let you know that I meant all this lightly. You're making an assumption that the picture is a well-intentioned move by whatever anon. I see it as goofing around with his user page and using a lame photo-job for the lulz. FYI, I'm not Hindu or Muslim, either; the endless ceremonies and complex calendrics are bewildering. Also, we've met before; see my user page and my history page (linked from several icons) and see the time-on-wiki counter at the bottom. I don't really recall just how we interacted before; country infoboxes comes to mind... Anyway, Merry Christmas. Cheers, Jack Merridew 16:21, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Greetings from Honduras, which is not where I am from but where I have now lived for a number of years. Thanks, SqueakBox 17:03, 23 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
No tocás mis palabras, hombre, putchica, eso es el tipo de cosa que se hace bloqueado a uno, ya basta, eh? Feliz navidad a todos en Chile de America Central01:20, 25 December 2008 (UTC). Thanks, SqueakBox
I gave a good faith translation of your comments, which was necessary since Jimbo doesn't speak Spanish. I'm sorry if that offended you, but your obscene language is not needed. Merry Christmas to ALL (and yes, to all in Chile too). --Eustress (talk) 01:23, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Just don't, I know es.wikipedia is difficult but your comments seem more trolling than anything, sorry to muddle you up with the Chilean guy who blocked you. Jimbo is learning Spanish, according to him, ve. Thanks, SqueakBox 01:29, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed you voted oppose in the flag revs straw pole and would like to ask if you would mind adding User:Promethean/No to your user or talk page to make your position clear :) - Thanks to Neurolysis for the template «l| Ψrometheăn ™|l» (talk) 06:35, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
My RFA passed today at 150/48/6. I wanted to thank you for weighing in on the RFA--I will do everything I can to uphold the policies of this site, and try to make it a better place. All the comments, questions, and in particular the opposes I plan to work on and learn from, so that I can hopefully always do the right thing with the huge trust given to me. rootology (C)(T) 08:29, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Good luck. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:01, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Squeakbox - There's another informal RFC here on the CS page - your input to the discussion is invited. Have a good one --Jack-A-Roe (talk) 18:19, 1 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed you undid sethfinkelstiens edit, I have asked him on his cha page to explain to me what he meant by his comment on that edit. It seemed a little strange him claiming "by the power vested in me " type of thing
Should this be taken up with ppl or was he just joking ?
thanks--Chaosdruid (talk) 23:15, 7 February 2009 (UTC)
Seth has explained and I retract - thanks --Chaosdruid (talk) 03:10, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
As I explained, it was intended as jocular phrasing. My sense of humor got the better of me there (argh, I should know by now, never make jokes on Wikipedia :-(). Sorry for any confusion. It was a jargonistic way of saying "Because I as a columnist for The Guardian have the power to write material which qualifies according to Wikipedia guidelines as reliable sources, and I have therein cited Jimbo as co-founder in September 2008, I refute you thusly". Anyway, here's a 2009 cite not by me for good measure. - Seth Finkelstein (talk) 00:40, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
This is precisely why we have a conflict of interest policy and I would suggest you refrain from editing articles on subjects you write about, of which wikipedia is certainly one; and I say this as someone who enjoys reading your columns in The Guardian. I see someone else reverted you and IMO the long is POV but if this continues I will go to the talk page. I also see The Sunday Times caling Wales co-founder this very morning here. Thanks, SqueakBox 06:29, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I don't think the conflict of interest policy was intended to be a kind of exclusionary rule against expertise, though of course that difficulty is well-known. When I saw your now "nobody cites him as co-" edit justification, my initial thought was along the lines of "What am I, chopped liver?" (that's an expression, meaning "I am a nobody???"). Obviously, I know my own articles best, and believed that the conflict of interest policy did not preclude my using them as a refutation since it is a simple point of fact. I put a lot of research into the columns, and due to Guardian and UK libel standards they are stringently fact-checked, so I truly do believe they are excellent citations. In retrospect, I should not have used a humorous tone in the summary, I regret it, and have dealt with the repercussions. But as you note, the overall point hardly relies on my articles alone. Indeed, it is a contentious matter, all the more reason to value quality sources. -- Seth Finkelstein (talk) 10:22, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You will be better off leaving a note on the talk page disclosing your COI ("hey, I wrote that article!"), pointing out the problem politely, and suggesting a possible solution. --Enric Naval (talk) 13:21, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
While that's true as written, note I've found that suggestions on talk pages tend to be ignored, and again, I DIDN'T NEED TO CITE MY OWN ARTICLE HERE. I thought this was such an obvious factual point that I never considered I'd get enmeshed in a COI issue over it. Let's recap. SqueakBox claims "nobody cites ...". I prove this untrue, as I cite. Rather than conceding the point, I'm then subjected to a tedious wikilawyering exchange about COI policies - as in, SqueakBox denied the applicability with a justification of COI. Do you see the absurdity here? It is a draconian view of a policy to an extreme approaching logical paradox. -- Seth Finkelstein (talk) 15:42, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
This is certainly a contentious issue, I think my comment was a bit like your original comment in that it was somewhat humorous (and as somebody who is most definitely not a lawyer or in a related field I dislike wikilawyering and policy quoting generally, so do I see the absurdity here? Yes I do. Thanks, SqueakBox 00:20, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
In other words, bussiness as usual in Wikipedia XD. Well, jokes apart, does this change make the sentence correct?
(and it's true that comments on talk pages tend to be ignored, but that depends on the page and on the topic addressed by the comment, I always try to address most of them) --Enric Naval (talk) 01:16, 9 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Could you perhaps explain your reasoning for removing the piped link yet again? Your comment about the title of the EIIR article seems irrelevant; though it has been discussed numerous times, each has always ended with reference to a WP naming policy that apparantly overrides WP:NPOV and WP:BIAS. However, it was never established that links to that article cannot be piped. Why, then, the unpiped link at Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh? Especially when most editors in discussion on the talk page agreed that "Elizabeth II" was sufficient. --Miesianiacal (talk) 18:51, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
See Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark's Infobox. It has his wife's name pipelinked. I just wish to see all these Royal bios Infoboxes 'in sync'. GoodDay (talk) 19:04, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
PS: SqueakBox, ya should restore the pipelink at Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. It looks out-of-sync, compared to the Infoboxes of Elizabeth II's children. GoodDay (talk) 19:11, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Nevermind, I've restored the pipelink. It don't look right, to have inconsistancy. GoodDay (talk) 19:45, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
There are no policies that override NPOV, certainly not naming policies. Thanks, SqueakBox 01:23, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
What's that mean? GoodDay (talk) 18:17, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You cannot have naming policies that violate NPOV, Miesianiacal seems to think one can. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:56, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It is not I who thinks naming policies can override NPOV, but a number of others who run various royalty WP projects. The discussions about the bias in the title of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, and the explanation for why that bias is tolerated, are all still at Talk:Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and its archives. If you read them, I think you will find that I was one of those on the side that disagrees with the way that article is titled. --Miesianiacal (talk) 23:30, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I realise your take on this issue. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:33, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I prefer the article title, the way it is. GoodDay (talk) 23:55, 13 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oh I agree, I prefer the title as it is and think it is NPOV02:48, 14 February 2009 (UTC). Thanks, SqueakBox
Why did you change your user picture? I much preferred the old one and this one too! I came across a hilarious argument you had three years ago on Ashia Hansen, quality stuff. I really enjoy the fact that the guy you were arguing against is now an administrator while you have the prominent "Not Admin" box. Sweet serendipity, hohoho. Also, if you're a native English speaker then why does it look all messy-Mediterrean outside your house? Sillyfolkboy (talk) 04:17, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I don't believe there are mountains like that in the Mediterranean, yes the pic is pretty crap but i like to have a recent pic and the other one was over 6 months old. Thanks, SqueakBox 14:16, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Ah well, country wise I was thinking more specifically of Greece, which does have mountains like that. Still, looks nice! Happy editing! Sillyfolkboy (talk) 22:06, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The electric cables indicate one is not in Europe and I couldn't live somewhere where I couldn't speak the local language. We are at sea level and those mountains go over 2000m. Thanks, SqueakBox 03:24, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I have reverted your change to the Apartheid redirect, which you made in good faith. There has been a lot of back and forth about this redirect in the past, which I'd like to explain. As I see it, the word "apartheid" effectively has two uses - one, the name of the system of apartheid which operated in South Africa from 1948 to 1994, and two, various other systems of discrimination which are sometimes called apartheid by way of analogy with the South African system. The first (because it was the original use and was the "official" term for the system) is in many senses more significant than the second. Originally, there was an article called Apartheid which was all about the system in South Africa, but it was a frequent victim of very exhausting edit warring over whether or not the situation in Israel was also apartheid. Eventually, the name was changed to make the scope of the article clear. The compromise was to redirect Apartheid to South Africa under apartheid, and to include a prominent disambiguation link at the top of the article. Thankfully, that removed the edit warring over Israel away from the main article about apartheid. Regards, Zaian (talk) 20:40, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Okay. I was inspired by this article and suspect on looking that the whole subject of apartheid outside south Africa deserves better coverage. Anyway thankyou for taking the time to explain your revert. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:05, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'd like to apologize for my rudeness to you. Although I think that Silly rabbit was justified in his or her actions, I also appreciate that I should not have defended these actions so aggressively. We are, after all, allowed to disagree. My final remark about possible personal copyright liability issues was totally out of line, and you were correct to remove it, and to put the note on my talk page. Thanks, and happy editing, 72.95.229.48 (talk) 23:47, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, thanks for that, appreciated. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:50, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi SqueakBox - I happened to notice the arguments going on at infinity (a while ago). I also noticed Silly rabbit's retirement and his messages on your talk page (that you removed). I agree with your removal of the second message, but I thought that the first message was polite (and not rude). I am not really sure what was going on at infinity, but would you mind justifying your reverts of Silly rabbit's additions? In my view, Silly rabbit's insults were not appropriate (impolite), but then again your first revertion was also impolite ([107]). The point is that silly rabbit is an outstanding contributor on WP (I'm sure that you are too!) and a silly argument like this (silly on both sides!) shouldn't cause him to retire. Please just consider this as a friendly comment with good intentions - I just want to ensure peace on both sides. Thanks! --PST 09:33, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
My take is that we should not lose an important article by slapping a copyvio on it based on 2 sentences that a user was claiming broke a copyright that he or she held over those 2 sentences, however one deals with such a situation destroying the article is not helpful. I agree it has been sorted but still remain unhappy at InfinitySnake claiming as a user that it was his own copyright material allegedly being violated as this creates a conflict of interest. Thanks, SqueakBox 16:54, 3 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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You did it again. You don't just remove a fact tag when there is clearly no source which says this. No explanation even. I am awaiting talk page discussion either on the article, on the mentorship page, or personally, when you have the time. Another editor besides Emiliana and myself raised concerns with this first sentence, making unsourced assertions as justification for a reversion is not acceptable. Tyciol (talk) 02:58, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well I await your source that thre are PPAs who are not activists, so far you have failed to provide any and if this continues it is likely you will continue to be reverted. Thanks, SqueakBox 03:00, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I will apologize for 'did it again', I got you confused with Jack. Please explain your statement "PPAs who are not activists." Considering PPA are a form of ACTIVIST there are absolutely no activsts who are not activsts. Do you mean PPAs who are not pedophiles? By default we assume people are not pedophiles until there is proof that they are, therefore the burden of proof is on you. Please restore my fact tag, I'll need to mention this too otherwise. How limited is the scope of this article exactly? Do you have an exhaustive list of every activist or any logical justification on which to make this conclusion? I have explained and given an analogy on the talk page to examples of other pro-x activism of which whose activsts are obviously not limited to 'x'. Why would this be uniquely exclusionist? If you and Jack want to make this article solely about pedophiles advocating these goals and not non-pedophiles then I suggest the 'pro' be removed, especially since that was just redirected to PPA by Jac anyway so you could at least have the shorter title. Tyciol (talk) 03:28, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
By definition somebody who fights for pro-pedophile activism is a pedophile. Thanks, SqueakBox 19:01, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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I've removed your NPOV tag -- let's discuss this specifically in this section of the talk page. If the Wikimedia Foundation itself, which owns Wikipedia, considers Jimbo Wales "co-founder", how is there an NPOV issue in calling him co-founder? rootology (C)(T) 15:30, 10 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Jimmy's position that Larry was never a co-founder is by our standards original research. If you look at what I cited here, specifically this and this, they are reliable sources that are verifiable for purposes of calling Jimmy co-founder. Any BLP subject trying to do what Jimmy has in the past done on this would be made to defer to the RS and V.
Do you not consider the Wikimedia Foundation the definitive source on who is co-founder? If not, why? I'm--and others--are trying to understand why you are defending Jimmy's personal point of view here to the point it trumps RS and V issues. Would you mind answering in detail on how your actions align with policy, so we can move forward? rootology (C)(T) 05:55, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I don't deny there was a historical moment in which Sanger was labelled by some co-founder but that doesn't make him a co-founder everywhere for all time nor does it justify labelling Wales co-founder in the opening to his bio. Thanks, SqueakBox 20:59, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
So... history can be rewritten from what historical public records say, and the WMF is not accurate in it's own press releases that Jimmy Wales himself signed off on? rootology (C)(T) 05:40, 20 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
This is all POV, and remember our duty is to include all mainstream POVs in making up an article. It is not objective truth nor is it the only POV, hence co- should not be slapped into the opening sentence. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:00, 20 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Except... by excluding the "co-" tag we give dominance to Jimbo's own POV, which is the minority POV based on history and sourcing. rootology (C)(T) 23:51, 20 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
No, we would only buy intop Jimbo's POV if we were to call him the sole founder...founder is the middle way which buys into neither POV and could equally imply sole or co-. Thanks, SqueakBox 04:44, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Squeakbox, good to see you around again. I think it's probably a good call to remove the family info from Rafa Benítez's article. Sometimes I feel that articles get a bit too gossipy, drawing all these sources together to provide all sorts of private information. People can sometimes forget just how high profile Wikipedia is, and how hard-to-find information can be brought right to the fore in our articles. Fair play on the edits as Rafa's private life is hardly splashed everywhere. Take care! Sillyfolkboy (talk) 22:39, 19 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Censorship, what utter rubbish. How does this private info help make a better article? How does its lack of inclusion make for a worse article? Your comment shows a lack of appreciation for what censorship actually is. Thanks, SqueakBox 22:02, 20 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Why did you remove the reference, and what makes you think I am promoting anything ? Isn't Wikipedia here to inform people unbiased ? And no, I am not "CE-HTML", but yes: I am someone with a good knowledge on the subject, that is not wrong. And I am not promoting any product or company (as you can see the article is written in a neutral way) - I am adding a reference for clarity purposes - you can check all the references on the CE-HTML page yourself. Thrill59 (talk) 04:11, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
yes, well you need to take it to talk. Its a tenuous connection to internet television and you would need to prove that people who type in internet tv may be looking for the CE-HTML article. BTW what I removed was not a reference, you removed a reference. For the record I am someone with a good knowledge of internet tv and your removal of the iPlayer material is baffling. Thanks, SqueakBox 04:21, 2 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Erm... I checked the diff, and saw the iplayer thing, that was *not* my intention !! So, sorry for that. Anyway, I leave it at this, people will just have to search better than. Thrill59 (talk) 11:57, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Umm, why are you making all the edits noted here? I just don't understand your reasoning. Surely you know it'll lead to an extensive revert war, at the very least. Did I miss something? It seems such an ill-conceived action, given the evidence overwhelmingly proves "co-founder". -- Seth Finkelstein (talk) 05:18, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I just want to clarify that my edit to American School in Japan ([123]) was only to clarify that Mr. Wales was involved with Wikipedia, not the alumna in question. I appear to have exacerbated something off, unintentionally.—C45207 | Talk 05:52, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Squeakbox, you're editing against established consensus. Please stop. لennavecia 13:01, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Putting the co-founder dispute into articles which have nothing to do with the co-founder dispute is a terrible thing to do, we have to draw a line somewhere. Jenna's consensus argument is simply untrue, please don't claim consensus where none exists. As for the revisionist claim, wikipe3dia does not give you the right to attack people just because you feel aggrieved, this is beyond the pale and one of the worst PAs I have seen on wikipedia. Why do you folk hate Jimbo so much? You are behaving like rebels without a cause. And what gives you the right to manifest that hatred? If you kleep att5acking me with your revisionist straw argument I will have to take action, QG. Just go put your bitterness elsewhere, this is an encyclopedia and it does not need bitter zealots making vicious and unfounded claims. I have to go to work now but will consider taking QG to arbcom and they can ban him from this set of articles and punish him from his blatant trolling of Jimbo's user page themselves. He showe3d his true colours that day. Revisionism indeed. I ma sure the silly statements made by Jenna (I have the consensus even on issues we have never discussed) would likely also be of interest to them as would her vague threats as if she could use her admin bit on this set of articles in order to impose her POV and censor those opposed to it. That is not how things work here and by doing so she clearly has failed to keep to the standards we demand of our admins. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 14:29, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, it's a little beyond my comprehension that you continue to ignore the existence of a consensus that put you alone on your side. It's also a little beyond my comprehension that you believe it's appropriate to label all of us as hating Jimbo because we're pushing the truth. So, yes, Squeak, please do take it to ArbCom. I want ArbCom to review this situation, because I'm sick and tired of going through this same debate over and over and over again because of your inability to accept the consensus, wanting instead to ignore the facts and bend to Jimbo's wishes. Also, string out the diffs to back up all of your claims you've just made about me there. String out all the diffs where I've claimed consensus on something that's never been discussed, where I've threatened to use my administrative privileges in this dispute, or where I've otherwise failed to uphold administrative standards. This should be interesting. لennavecia 17:00, 26 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I have been called names by User: Wildhartlivie and had erroneous reverts made against me. Any help you can offer is appreciated. ThePizzaMakingCaveman (talk) 03:39, 4 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Thanks for changing the title of 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis back to something more NPOV. Whether or not what transpired is a coup is a legal question, and the legal scholarship necessary to resolve it hasn't been done. The last time I checked, neither the NYT nor the Washington Post were reliable sources of legal scholarship.
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Thanks for the genuine welcome, and the helpful hints.[edit]
I am presuming, perhaps incorrectly, the existence of two pet companions named Squeak and Box. I have two Shi-Tzus named Zoe and Cade but prefer a long-standing moniker in VaChiliman for which I am frequently known on-line, though mostly I engage in Sports conversation (equally volatile as politics, but less important (with a few notable exceptions, few wars are tied to sports). But, I digress.
As I have asserted elsewhere (in discussion/talk), I am not a new user of Wikipedia, but I am new in the sense of registering an ID (rather than logging random IP addresses), and comparatively new at even joining in discussion about pages. I would not presume "editorship", but as a frequent user, I am deeply concerned about the usefulness of Wikipedia when it becomes a propoganda tool. The lastest crisis in Honduras, and my recent engagement on one topic's discussion, have been an interesting learning process. It remains to be seen whether I can sustain interest long enough to grow as a contributor, or just go back to being a picky end-user.
Anyway, I appreciate your reaching out to be of help.
Yes, I do make Chili, and I reside in Virginia full-time, travel to Honduras once or twice each year. My Chili recipe isn't hot, has been attacked on-line by some Teaxan who claims Chili with beans is not chili at all, but I think it is somewhat cool that it has spread among family and friends in five states, and is served on ocassion at a resort in Saint Marten.VaChiliman (talk) 14:47, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Manuel Zelaya. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. Mfield (Oi!) 19:17, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I dont know why you asre sending me a template as if I did not know the rule, if you had bothered to look you would see the 3rd time I was changing the text. Removing large amounts of ref'd material without initially even bothering to explain why is not acceptable and should be treated as vandalism. Please don't template experienced in future and do bother to look at these case by case. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 19:43, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
This article has been the subject of a lot of edit warring over the past few days amid very little dialog and it really doesn't need experienced editors continuing it. Edit summary comments like "your silly deletion" don't point towards constructive dialog. The fact that you changed the text slightly on the third revision doesn't magically make the rest of the reverts go away. The point of 3RR is to stop continued editing and disruption by a string of reverts and ensure discussion takes place FIRST. The fact that the information was cited doesn't make it any less of a content dispute given that reasons were given for both removing and re-adding it. Sorry if the template was faster than composing an individual message but it didn't appear that either of you would have stopped without your attention being grabbed and at the time the small talkpage discussion was heading in the direction of sarcasm faster than it was heading towards productive discussion. It was nothing more than a heads up, I templated the other user too and as an admin they should certainly know better than to end up at the brink of 3RR with another experienced editor. Mfield (Oi!) 20:01, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Be assured i would not have reverted again; having been blocked in the past but not for 18 months is something I dont intend to change; if I hadn't been rushed I would have attempted to change the text further and was planning on doing so in a tranquil way when the other editor reverted me again. He has some meritorious points and hence the genuine attempt to change the text and answer his points; it was not an attempt to avoid 3rr. I am both neutral and very stressed about the real life events occurring right now in Honduras. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 20:10, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It was a script that runs regularly to make sure {{moveheader}} is removed after a move discussion ends. It was only supposed to remove a single template and nothing else. Nothing about my regex or what was on the talk page could account for that. Regardless, I added some things to the code which may or may not fix things. I also manually removed the template so that that particular script has no reason to visit the page again (unless you add the moveheader template back on). —harej (talk) (cool!) 05:05, 6 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Forgive me, but, like, why did you remove the freaking deletion tag, and before at least notifying me? It is hard for one to sympthathize with those who support the existence of such articles so fiercely, for their reasons are their own. Sparaca12 (talk) 19:28, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Err, you haven't read the tag. I disagree with your deletion as it is valid as a subject; to claim that those who support having an informative article are supporting child pornography is a dangerous path to go down; I strongly suggest you don't. And of course people need to read the article and not your rant. You can always afd the article, see where that gets you. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 20:40, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I have blocked this obvious single purpose account for the extremely out of line accusations made. Chillum 20:57, 11 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Its been resolved, to my satisfaction at least. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 19:04, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Whoops that was my computer giving me troubles, I have now fixed the licence and removed your tag but thanks a lot for telling me as I had not noticed. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 21:43, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello, I am a random guy with no account who lives in BC and I was interested in one of your arguments. On the Marc Emery article you spoke about how if prohibition ended the argument everyone would grow their own doesn't hold weight with you. I do not grow coffee or brew my own beer but the reasons for this are different from the reasons why I would or would not cultivate marijhuana if it was legal. I personaly would grow marijhuana for several reasons which are different for why I do not grow coffee or brew beer. First marijhuana is extremely expensive and the quality is not always steller (unlike commerical coffee which is way better than anything I could hope to grow myself). So we have quality and price issues, quality of mine would be comparible to the market and the price would be much less unlike coffee and beer. Coffee and beer are regulated industries unlike marijhuana. Therefore, I would question "well does me brewing this beer save that much cash? and how does my beer compare to commercial beer?". The other issue is moral. I do not like giving money to organized crime whereas I do not mind giving money to coffee corporations (although I'm sure I should). Anyways these were just my rantings but I hope you try to chew this idea over and I strongly suggest checking out the documentary called The Union (there is an article on wiki about it) if your interested in the 7 Billions dollar a year marijhuana industry in BC Canada.
Paying $100 for an ounce of a herb that should only cost $1 is crazy. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 02:32, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
True, but what about paying $100 for a couple eighths? That's how bad it is now. —Whig (talk) 05:24, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I wouldnt know about that, or indeed where you are, or what kind of quality you get for that price, what I do know is that its much cheaper in many third world countries, even in the cities, more like a couple of dollars for an eighth of average green where I am, but this is still overpriced compared to say the price of parsley. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 15:34, 28 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Manuel Zelaya is obviously not the president of Honduras, he is not in charge of the country and does not have any power. it's been 1 month now since the presidential succession in Honduras and obviously this situation is not going to change, so Roberto Micheletti is the Interim President of Honduras. 190.53.244.15 (talk) 02:14, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
He is the de facto President; we need to not take sides but remain neutral when dealing with this dispute on wikipedia; you are better focussing on addding content to support your argument in the relevant articles rather than edit warring over the Honduras info box. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 02:28, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
i live in tegucigalpa, honduras and i saw everything that happened before june 28 directly, the honduran people know way better than everyone else how a liar and criminal manuel zelaya is. 190.53.244.15 (talk) 05:42, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well I dont live in Teguc but I have lived half a dozen years in Honduras and I know that many Hondurans are outraged by what has happened to Mel; whatever wrongs he did do not justify his removal from power in his pyjamas. IMO the Honduran people need to understand the country is not in a bubble and what the international community thinks matters; Mel and Micheletti need to sit down and talk. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 15:44, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Just FYI, I have reported this user on the 3RR notice board after warning them. Rsheptak (talk) 07:00, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
That ip's temp blocked now. --cjllwʘTALK 07:14, 1 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello, Squeakbox. I am just somewhat curious, as to why you, um, deleted the tag for child pornography. You do know that even Wikipedia has a template for controversial topics, do you, indicating it acknowledges that some topics, though perhaps doubtless of use to certain people, are indeed debated heavily. I am a bit curious, at to why you and the sysop acted so quickly to block the user in question and remove the tag. Please, do not take any offense, but I am indeed shaken by Wikipedia's willingness to accept such articles, censored or not. It might as well straight out invite pedophiles here. It's...I really don't know; I'm sorry, and I know you're pissed at me, but why? Do you seriously think I'm doing something "wrong" by saying this to you? Please, Squeakbox, I don't mean anything at all and I mean you no offense, but such pages are indeed questionable. I'm sorry, but...Please reply on my talk, if you wish. ArnoldHash (talk) 16:02, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The user was specifically blocked for implying those who disagreed with his prod might have an unhealthy interest in the subject. A prod should be used when there are genuine reasons for deleting an article (such as the subject matter being unnotable) and the prod should concisely state the reasons for doing so. Remembering that wikipedia is not censored I hope you are not seriously suggesting we should delete the article; on that basis we should also delete the article on the holocaust. And this user was using the prod in order to rant about the subject. Our readers when they go to that article, want to read encyclopedic information, they do not want to read someone ranting about the subject, such material is rightly treated as vandalism and using the prod does not make it any less so. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 19:20, 12 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : XLIII (September 2009)[edit]
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staying safe during the unfortuante unrest. --Die4Dixie (talk) 00:47, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed I am. Defied the day curfew once but it was early in the morning and way outside Tegucigalpa and others were doing so as well; to get my laptop to work from home that day; I had forgotten it in the panic of having to close the office and get home within half an hour the previous afternoon, and cycling home that afternoon was an eery experience. But otherwise everything is fine, still living and working as normal, internet always working etc. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 01:49, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yes I have apologized to him. That was completely inadvertant the product of too much multitasking.
Da'oud Nkrumah 03:56, 5 October 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dnkrumah (talk • contribs)
Please see Talk:El_Frente_Nacional_de_la_Resistencia. It's very likely that you know a lot more about the topic than i do, but you do need to provide references. Thanks. Boud (talk) 20:23, 8 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Unofficial request for comment about co-founder/sole founder dispute[edit]
Co-founder/sole founder dispute rumbles Wikipedia
04:51, 26 May 2009 (hist | diff) List of Auburn University people (→Alumni: nothing to do with co founder dispute which it was removed last year)
04:50, 26 May 2009 (hist | diff) Huntsville, Alabama (→Notable residents and famous natives: nothing to do with the dispute)
04:48, 26 May 2009 (hist | diff) 1966 (Undid revision 292265427 by QuackGuru (talk))
04:48, 26 May 2009 (hist | diff) Dopplr (Undid revision 292265970 by QuackGuru (talk))
04:48, 26 May 2009 (hist | diff) Birla Institute of Technology and Science (Undid revision 292266526 by QuackGuru (talk))
04:48, 26 May 2009 (hist | diff) Kelley School of Business (Undid revision 292272282 by QuackGuru (talk))
04:48, 26 May 2009 (hist | diff) List of Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! episodes (2006) (Undid revision 292320956 by QuackGuru (talk))
04:47, 26 May 2009 (hist | diff) American School in Japan (→Misc. Info: article has no relation to co-founder dispute)
04:46, 26 May 2009 (hist | diff) Society for Technical Communication (Undid revision 292369674 by QuackGuru (talk))
04:46, 26 May 2009 (hist | diff) Criticism of Microsoft (Undid revision 292369754 by QuackGuru (talk))
04:46, 26 May 2009 (hist | diff) PR-e-Sense (Undid revision 292369952 by QuackGuru (talk))
04:46, 26 May 2009 (hist | diff) Diplopedia (Undid revision 292370091 by QuackGuru (talk))
04:45, 26 May 2009 (hist | diff) June 1, 2005 (Undid revision 292370239 by QuackGuru (talk))
04:45, 26 May 2009 (hist | diff) Poduniversal (Undid revision 292370021 by QuackGuru (talk))
04:44, 26 May 2009 (hist | diff) Hot Press (nothing to do with the co-founder dispute come on QG you know better Undid revision 292369868 by QuackGuru (talk))
05:13, 4 June 2009 (hist | diff) Hot Press (making false statements isnt helpful)
We propose you change back founder to co-founder per consensus and that Wales is historically cited as co-founder. We can't rewrite history. QuackGuru (talk) 19:33, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The only revisionism being done is being done so by the supporters of Sanger. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 20:48, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
There was a time when hewas considered a co-founder but that is no longer the case. Developing events change history of living people; you want to condemn Jimbo as co-founder for ever merely because he was for a time. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 23:21, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
On the contrary, sources that specifically discuss the co-founder/sole founder issue say Jimmy Wales is the co-founder.
Bergstein, Brian (March 25, 2007). "Sanger says he co-started Wikipedia". MSNBC. Associated Press. Retrieved 2007-03-25. The nascent Web encyclopedia Citizendium springs from Larry Sanger, a philosophy Ph.D. who counts himself as a co-founder of Wikipedia, the site he now hopes to usurp. The claim doesn't seem particularly controversial — Sanger has long been cited as a co-founder. Yet the other founder, Jimmy Wales, isn't happy about it. Sanger has assembled many links at his Web site that appear to put the matter to rest. Among the citations are early news stories and press releases that say Wikipedia was founded by Wales and Sanger. {{cite news}}: External link in |quote= (help)
This is all old history; nowadays Wales is known as the founder and Sanger isnt known at all; and Sanger clearly has an investment in being remembered as co-founder as his claim to fame. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 13:01, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
What did Wales do in the early years at Wikipedia to allege he is the sole founder? QuackGuru (talk) 17:30, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well I guess he financed it, making him Sanger's bossand presumably directed Sanger, though I have no idea how closely he supervised Sanger as opposed to giving him creative freedom. I have never said we should do what Wales wanted which is to call him the sole founder; my argument has always been that founder could imply either co or sole or neither sole or co; its a more generic term and therefore highly suitable for wikipedia where our duty as editors is neutrality (and I feel I have plenty of experience at dealing with the challeneges of writing articles in a neutral way). Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 18:35, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
On the contrary, there were two other partners at Bomis who also invested time and money. Using a generic term such as "founder" which means singular founder is misleading. "Co-" is a designation that means more than one founder. QuackGuru (talk) 18:50, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Here is a quote from an article in The Guardian "From Wikipedia – the half-baked, crazy idea of Jimmy Wales (and others) launched in January 2001" I think the point is to try and move away from this focus on the F word. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 20:22, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You were not trying to move away from the F word. You added "founder" to numerous articles and you claim co-founder is a false statement according to your edit summary. QuackGuru (talk) 20:26, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I am suggesting that this is a way to move forward right now. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 20:46, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I don't see any reason to remove "co-founder" from numeruos articles but I do see a reason to change founder to co-founder. Founder is original reasearch because it is rewritng old history. When no serious disagreement exists among reliable sources we assert co-founder, not remove it. QuackGuru (talk) 20:52, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well its hard to see a solution when you and certain others such as Lara won't make any compromise but insist on putting Sanger's view as the truth and Wales' doesn't get a look-in. Clearly a violation of POV and simply wouldnt happen in any other bio (we know, I think, why it happens here. As for your claim that reliable sources assert Sanger's viewpoint, the simple answer is, no they don't. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 22:12, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
On the contrary, sources that specifically discuss the co-founder/sole founder issue say Larry Sanger and Jimmy Wales as co-founder.
Bergstein, Brian (March 25, 2007). "Sanger says he co-started Wikipedia". MSNBC. Associated Press. Retrieved 2007-03-25. The nascent Web encyclopedia Citizendium springs from Larry Sanger, a philosophy Ph.D. who counts himself as a co-founder of Wikipedia, the site he now hopes to usurp. The claim doesn't seem particularly controversial — Sanger has long been cited as a co-founder. Yet the other founder, Jimmy Wales, isn't happy about it. Sanger has assembled many links at his Web site that appear to put the matter to rest. Among the citations are early news stories and press releases that say Wikipedia was founded by Wales and Sanger. {{cite news}}: External link in |quote= (help)
This is supported by primary sources, secondary sources, and historical references. No specific reason has been given to compromise. Anyhow, removing "co-founder" from numerous articles is not a compromise. QuackGuru (talk) 01:46, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
What do you mean no reason has been given for not having co-founder? How can you say this? Many reasons have been given over many years! We compromise for 2 reasons; one is that not all wikipedia editors are happy with co-founder; two is that co-founder is Sanger's POV and this needs to be balanced with Wales's POV; as ever what I see is you (and others such as Lara) refusing to make any compromise and making ridiculous and offensive accusations of revisionism in order to prmote a particular POV that simply would not stand in any other article and seems to have only one end; the promotion of Larry Sanger. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 13:42, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Wales did not dispute the fact that he is the co-founder when Sanger was part of the project. Wales would have had to seen the Wikipedia press releases, early versions of Wikipedia articles, and several media coverage articles, all describing Wales and Sanger as the co-founders. He never publicly objected to being called the co-founder until at least late 2004 or early 2005. For example, the WF page clearly states that Wales is the co-founder of Wikipedia. It was not disputed until an IP changed it in 2005 after Sanger left the project. The same IP made an edit to the Jimmy Wales page. Then a minute later Jimmy Wales edited the Jimmy Wales page but did not revert the change the IP made to his birthdate. Another editor reverted the change. But then Jimmy Wales reverted back to the edit made by the IP. Wales had previously used the IP. Sanger became critical of Wikipedia after he left the project. That's when Wales began to claim that he is the "sole founder" of Wikipedia. According to Jimmy Wales the owner/entrepreneur was the founder. That means according to Jimmy Wales he was not the founder because Wales had two partners who were owners/entrepreneurs. When Wales claims the owner/entrepreneur should be a founder then the other two partners are the co-founders of Wikipedia. Wales did not dispute the co-foundership of Wikipedia until Sanger left the project. What did Wales actually do at Wikipedia in the early years. He was busy with Bomis. He hired Sanger because he needed someone to run Nupedia. When Wikipedia got started, Wales (along with two other patners) mainly paid the bills while Sanger was doing a lot of the work building and promoting Wikipedia. Wales provided the "financial backing" while Sanger "led the project". Jimmy Wales had a minor role in the early development of Wikipedia in terms of building the project. Sanger named the project, thought of using wiki software, conceived of Wikipedia, was an early community leader, and established Wikipedia's most basic policies including Ignore all rules and NPOV.
You have never given a reason to compromise. When some editors are not happy about the wording it is not a reason to compromise. It is not Sanger's POV. It is the reliable sources including primary, secondary, and historical references that say co-founder. When no reason has been given to compromise there is no point to compromising. We write text according to the reliable sources, not how editors feel. After we assert both as co-founders (when no serious disagreement exists among reliable sources we assert it per ASF) then we can explain both sides of the story in the body of the article such as Wales disputes it. If a person disputes it, it does not make any different. A person is not a reliable source. We don't change the facts because Wales is not happy about it. It has to be disputed among reliable sources that specifically discuss the co-founder issue. See WP:ASF. It is not an accusation of revisionism, it is clearly revisionism. Of course Larry Sanger is a co-founder of Wikipedia, this fact was trumpeted during the early years of Wikipedia. No amount of whitewashing or revisionism is going to change that. It is startling to me to see the rewriting of history when it is a well known fact that Larry Sanger has long been cited as Wikipedia's co-founder. QuackGuru (talk) 16:54, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I have given a reason to compromise; Wales' POV. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 17:01, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Substituting Wales' POV as fact is a violation of WP:ASF especially when no serious disagreement exists among reliable sources that cover the co-founder topic. QuackGuru (talk) 17:14, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I never said we should make Wales' the only POV, nor do I think so; NPOV demands all main viewpoints are incorporated in a neutral manner; how is promoting Sangers' viewpoint this? We all know Sanger wants to be seen as co-founder of the "great" wikipedia because it'll raise his profile; if the sources that discuss the issue of co-founder can, as you claim, be generally considered to support Sanger's viewpoint we can incorporate that into the text of the relevant section of the Wales article; but to say in the opening of his article let alone in articles that have nothing to do with the co-founder dispute is not within policy, is not a good use of reliable sources and seems to have but one end in purpose; the promotion of the profile of Larry Sanger; calling Wales founder neither negates Sanger's profile but nor does it promote his profile. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 19:34, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Writing text according to the source is NPOV. The sources say co-founder. Wales' POV is quoting him about disputing the co- designation. Wales' POV should not change the "co-founder" in numerous articles because there is no serious disagreement among reliable sources per ASF. QuackGuru (talk) 19:45, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
No serious disagreement exists among reliable sources. So why are you disputing "co-founder" in violation of WP:ASF. QuackGuru (talk) 19:54, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I am not suggesting we dont use reliable sources in the correct place which is in a paragraph half way down Wales' article; this whole issue is so unnotable to not be worthy of mention in the opening of the Wales article (founder will do or some other expression that doesn't use the word founder) and most certainly not worthy of inclusion in other articles. There may be reliable sources for your assertion but what has this to do with Huntsville, Alabama or Hot Press. Unless you can find a reliable source that relates the co-founder issue to say Criticism of Microsoft it simply should have no place in the Criticism of Microsoft article. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 21:02, 20 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Founder will not do. Co-founder is okay. You added founder too many articles without a reliable source. According to you there should be assertion on various articles if a reliable source is produced specific to those articles but for most of those articles there was no reliable source and you added founder when you know Wales is historically cited as co-founder and you have never given an explanation why old history should be written. It is not a reason to rewrite history because Wales disputes it. In accordance with ASF when no serious disagreement exists among reliable sources we assert it without weasel wording or unneceassry attribution. QuackGuru (talk) 17:02, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Co-founder is completely unacceptable except when dealing with the dispute; the proof of the pointiness of this has been sticking refs about the co-founder dispute into other articles; this is spamming the co-founder argument anywhere it can be spammed and is completely unacceptable and I am amazed you should defend it; I am not in favour of reffing co-founder anywhere except where we deal specifically with the issue which is relevant to articles on Sanger, Wales and wikipedia, maybe Citizendium and Bomis etc but absolutely not in articles about Alabama, Microsoft etc. If as a reader I go to find out about criticisms of Microsoft I am going to wonder why I have been given a ref that Sanger co-founded wikiipedia; as I say this is spamming a viewpoint and is worse than merely violating POV on the relevant articles. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 20:39, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
If a ref is not available to a specific article it is unacceptable to claim Jimmy Wales is the founder. The refs for an article must be specific to that article. We agree on that point. I don't think we should have one article saying co-founder and then another article saying something that contradicts another article. QuackGuru (talk) 21:46, 21 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
We must think of our readers; and when they are reading articles not directly related to Sanger, Wales or Wikipedia we can assume they are not interested in the founder dispute; refs are simply inappropriate and if this means we cannot call wales founder in these articles then so be it. We cannot use co-founder in these articles either so we need a neutral alternative that does not require reffing. i view any attempts to spam-promote Sanger in Wikipedia very dimly. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 14:11, 22 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I assume editors previously wanted to remove co-founder from the lead of the Jimmy Wales because they could not get founder in the article and the references were against asserted Wales as founder. You added "founder" to numerous articles but not a neutral alternative. I suggested a compromise but it was rejected by you and other editors. Do you have another suggestion. QuackGuru (talk) 21:34, 23 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Not right now but I will work on creating one, it is an important issue. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 23:51, 23 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
There is not really a need to compromise when no serious dispute exists. QuackGuru (talk) 00:59, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Not so; not only is there clearly a dispute, the one we are discussing, but there are also clearly BLP issues due to Wales own stated views on the subject on the Wales talk page; you cannot just sweep these views under the carpet. Hey I just tried a compromise on a new article, David Shankbone, this is a good example of where the co-founder dispute has no place; someone notable for his work on the wikimedia and where there are no refs relating Shankbone to the co-founder dispute. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 01:14, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yes so; there is no evidence a serious disagreement exists among reliable sources. QuackGuru (talk) 02:55, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Stating that this is your belief does not give you the right to say I am right and nobody can disagree with me, that is not the wikipedia way; I don't agree. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 14:01, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
We don't change the facts or rewrite history because you disagree with reliable sources, including primary, secondary, and historical references. You have been given many chances to provide evidence of a serious disagreement among reliable sources. You have not. I am given every right to say it especially when the only thing you have done is state your opinion while I have provided evidence when the co-founder issue is discussed in detail by reliable sources they say Jimmy Wales as co-founder. QuackGuru (talk) 17:23, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yes and that is absolutely fine; in the relevant sections of the Wikipedia, Sanger and Wales articles; but extend it any further and you are spamming wikipedia with Sanger's viewpoint, and that is way unacceptable; also do remember that reliable sources do not trump NPOV, nothing does, its the basis of our approach, and one you would do well to remember in this context. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 17:33, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
We edit according to reliable sources which is NPOV. Rewriting history is not NPOV. You have never given a reason why we should compromise or say Wales is the "founder" against Wikipedia's WP:ASF. QuackGuru (talk) 17:39, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
But nobody is rewriting history, indeed I advise you to stop making rash accusations that anybody is rewriting history, its plain uncivil as well as being complete rubbish. I have not only given reasons for compromise but made plain that spamming this conflict into any part5 of the encyclopedia where it isn't relevant is trying to promote Sanger at the expense of the encyclopedia. Your argument that all the refs agree with you is unproven, and that thus our duty is to only put Sanger's and ignore Wales viewpoint is pure wishful thinking from someone who has tried to spam this viewpoint into Jimbo Wales userpage. If you wish to pursue this argument on Wikipedia just stop telling people they are guilty of revisionism and rewriting history; it just makes you seem like a crank. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 18:03, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
According to this reference you are indeed rewriting history (revisionism.) It is very civil and polite to cite references and explain the facts. Bergstein, Brian (March 25, 2007). "Sanger says he co-started Wikipedia". MSNBC. Associated Press. Retrieved 2007-03-25. The nascent Web encyclopedia Citizendium springs from Larry Sanger, a philosophy Ph.D. who counts himself as a co-founder of Wikipedia, the site he now hopes to usurp. The claim doesn't seem particularly controversial — Sanger has long been cited as a co-founder. Yet the other founder, Jimmy Wales, isn't happy about it. Sanger has assembled many links at his Web site that appear to put the matter to rest. Among the citations are early news stories and press releases that say Wikipedia was founded by Wales and Sanger. {{cite news}}: External link in |quote= (help)
A content dispute does not equal a serious dispute among reliable sources. Wales' position does not equal a serious dispute among reliable sources. Wales' view does not override Wikipedia's core policies including WP:ASF and WP:NPOV. I provided references that confirm co-founder while you continue to ignore the references presented.
You have no argument when you are unable to given even a single reason why we should change co-founder to founder or remove co-founder based on Wikipedia policy. Revisionism is original research and against Wikipedia's core policies. WP:IDONTLIKEIT is not an argument. QuackGuru (talk) 19:14, 24 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
That is a different issue because it is not in mainspace. For articles in mainspace have you reverted the changes or would you like me to fix the entries. QuackGuru (talk) 18:41, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
But I have put across the very clear arguments as to why this must hold in the mainspace too; I guess I'll have to clean up the articles where the Sanger issue has been spammed one more time and if you revert me perhaps we should go to arbcom; though unfortunately for you they wont look favourably on your attempt to bring the dispute to Wales user page. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 20:44, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Given the very clear consensus and that the historical record is unequivocal as to "co-founder" being correct, I would be hesistant in conjecturing about Arbcom favorability. - Seth Finkelstein (talk) 01:20, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
To the contrary the alleged consensus let alone the accusations of historical revisionism would all go into an arbcom case along with admins threatening to throw their weight around "oh I'll block you if you don't shut up", some consensus that, would likely be given full consideration by an arbcom committee that is unlikely to support the Quack-Seth line; Quack having made deliberately false edit summaries while spamming the conflict into various irrelevant articles again does not help the case that this is a genuine attempt to stop the rewriting of history or whatever arguments you guys have; indeed the only thing stopping me right now is lack of time to prepare a case. I reckon its an 8 hour job and hard to see when I'll have the time to do that as I would rather spend my wikipedia time on internet tv and Honduras related issues. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalkcontribs14:05, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I think there is no consensus and hasn't been since ages ago, this is why its such a knotty issue...and clearly one people feel passionate about19:29, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
Of course there is no consensus for the founder. Co-founder without any attribution is in the lead of Jimmy Wales. What do you think is the current consensus? QuackGuru (talk) 19:38, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It doesnt say co-founder because of any consensus, it says co-founder due to intransigent edit warring20:23, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
There is no consensus full stop and the current version has only been achieved by edit warring. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 20:41, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
There is no consensus for what and what do you think there is consensus for. QuackGuru (talk) 20:43, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
There is consensus that nits okay to discuss the issue in the main bulk of the Sanger/Wales and wikiepdia articles. I think as he is little known I am less concerned about co-founder in the opening of Sanger's article but I see no consensus to have Sanger classed as co in the opening of the wikipedia article let alone in the opening of the Wales article where it is very unwelcome20:59, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
The lead says "Jimmy Donal "Jimbo" Wales (pronounced /ˈdoʊnəl weɪlz/; born August 7, 1966)[2] is an American Internet entrepreneur and a co-founder and promoter of Wikipedia.[3][4][5]". Co-founder is in the first sentence in accordance with NPOV. See Talk:Jimmy Wales/Archive 12#JW co-founder. QuackGuru (talk) 21:08, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You are not saying anything new here. When there are 2 points of view on this issue how exactly is our NPOV policy in accordance solely with your POV (we have the same problem on the Honduras crisis issues, there people want a POV that I agree with to be the only one; and in spite of my own bleiefs I stand up for the real POV policy, which is including all notable POVs; here we have a similar situation, 2 POVs and people, based on their own beliefs, want to plant one of the two as the only reality, hence all this talk of revisionism; but POV actually demands we incorporate both POVs as both are significant; and if Walles has revised the truth that is not something we should make a moral judgement on or do anything other than retain a cool indifference and allow all significant POVs their place. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 21:30, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Alleged? You cant claim he isn't founder of wikipedia; and while I appreciate that you deal with real fringe on chiropractic articles there are no fringe views here; the view that Wales has about himself cannot be considered fringe any more than anyone's views on themselves (other than deluded criminals) can be considered fringe. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 13:42, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I have provided references to support co-founder including references that cover the co-founder issue. Wales opinion does not trump Wikipedia policy. Chiropractors on Wikipedia can't help being a chiropractor. For example, the sentence is properly sourced but a chiropactor is misusing the talk page to delete the first sentence. The AFD was to keep the article so that did not work. The next step is to destroy the article and eventually try to redirect it. QuackGuru (talk) 23:59, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
When there is more than one founder it is co-founder by definition. QuackGuru (talk) 22:58, 21 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
"After a moment Cugel asked: "Many times I have known a father with four sons, but never before a son with four fathers. ..." (Jack Vance, "Tales of the dying Earth") -- Seth Finkelstein (talk) 02:51, 22 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
hi SqueakBox, please see Talk:El_Frente_Nacional_de_la_Resistencia, and the article itself. i've cleaned up the referencing regarding the name, internally to the article, but the wikipedia naming conventions seem to suggest a different name to either of those that you and i had chosen. i've proposed two names. Please say if you prefer one or the other, or have no objections to either, or if something is wrong with my analysis on the talk page. Boud (talk) 20:41, 18 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, SqueakBox. A comment of yours here has been changed and copied to an ongoing discussion here. Your comment of support has been changed to a vote of deletion by another editor. You probably won't mind, but I thought it appropriate that you should be notified anyway. Best regards, Xenophrenic (talk) 21:40, 23 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Cheers, cant see any problems here myself. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalk 23:49, 23 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Consider "List of television articles by country"... "nation" is a loaded word in some places. Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 18:28, 29 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Although it started out as a duplicate, it is clearly evolving as a sub-article. The coup article has expanded and the parent article has contracted, through the action of several editors, since the split. Thus both articles, in their post-split state, are in better coherence with wikipedia standards on article length than in the pre-split state. There is also a navbox which clearly shows the sub/parent relationship between the articles.
You did not make any comment or warning on the talk page.
Perhaps part of your reasoning is the naming dispute. However, this is a separate issue, and should not be a motive for deleting a sub-article when the parent article had clearly grown too big.
I have afd'd it so the community can decide. Its clearly been copied and pasted and then forked out, and why? because people dont want to accept the consensus that the title should be constitutional crisis. i certainly believe it was a coup but as an editor my opinions don't count. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 21:12, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Please assume good faith and read the talk page. The idea of splitting the article was first raised by Xavexgoem and it is, IMO, clearly necessary as a sub-article split, independent of the names of the resulting articles. You can criticize my copy-paste modality, but I intended it as an invitation to participate in the rewriting; I didn't want to airdrop a whole article of my own summarizing text onto the parent article, which is the result of a lot of back-and-forth. Homunq (talk) 21:58, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like a fork to me; and they are essentially 2 versions of the same article running in a parallel manner; this is clearly inappropriate and using coup is clearly problematic from a pov viewpoint as it reflects one pov and negates another, the pov that this wasn't a coup but a legitimate succession according to the constitution of Honduras. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 22:26, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Independent, but not parallel. The parent article is being trimmed / reduced, the child one is being developed. Of course, both are also being cleaned up, and that is somewhat parallel.
As to the POV issue of the name - of course, the issue has been debated to death, and we all know the arguments on both sides. My reading is that the "coup" name is supported by RS, those who oppose that name (while they've made useful contributions to the article) have based more of their naming arguments on OR rather than RS. But I think that the split is healthy for the article(s) and MORE important than the names so I'm ready to compromise. What name would you propose as non-POV for the June 28 (that is, 26-30) sub-article? Homunq (talk) 00:05, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The problem with the word coup in the title is that while there are RSs for coup there are equally RSs that it wasn't a coup; neutrality means not taking sides and by making one side in the dispute as if it were the truth is taking sides and that is what we cannot do. I have consistently argued this and never used OR arguemnts. As the new article was mostly a copy and paste job forked out I was not and am not sure exactly what the new article is about, why it is a sub-article of the constitution article, etc; if I had a clearer idea of what exactly the coup article is about I could help in trying to rename it; and certainly if it survives its afd it will need the name changing. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 13:39, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Humor me: what are the RS's that it's not a coup? (Statements by involved actors, editorials, and legal analyses that avoid the nonlegal term "coup" don't count. And articles specifically about the debate on what to call it which present both sides count for half. I doubt that you can get more than 2 sources under these rules, while I'm sure, without even doing it, that at least three of the top 5 hits in Google News for "Honduras" will include the word "coup".)
I understand that, living in Honduras, you are barraged with propaganda that it wasn't a coup. I remember when I lived in the US, and (for instance) considered modern Israeli aggressions of "self defense" more justifiable because of a similar skewed media environment (this was over 10 years ago BTW - I suspect the skew has lightened somewhat since then). It's not easy to realize how insane the conventional wisdom which surrounds you is, even when you disagree with it. But if you do, as you claim, think it's a coup, why are you fighting so hard against using the term? Homunq (talk) 14:23, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Actually almost all my media comes through the Internet so I see much less "propaganda" than I might were local sources all I had access to. I get my best info about the coup from El Pais (apart from twitter). The atmosphere in my work is very much that Micheletti is an upstart golpista which certainly influences me; most people interested in politics in Honduras passionately either love or hate Micheletti and I am in the latter camp. But none of that hits the point which is that even if you discount credible reliable sources such as la prensa (may not agree with them but they are as credible here as the Times in London and the article is about Honduras) there are many sources that say that many people think it wasn't a coup, indeed almost all media sources have expressed that this is a viewpoint held by a significant section of Honduran society including a significant section of those within ruling circles (the establishment of Honduras) and wikipedia simply cannot negate this point of view or pretend it doesnt exist or sidestep the issue by talking about reliable sources (which basically reflect the dispute and often dont take sides); the crisis has 2 POVs and one is that the sun shines out of Micheletti and as wikipedia editors we must put our beliefs to one side and approach the issue neutrally; and I say this as a very experienced wikipedia editor. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 20:41, 10 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
RfC regarding Honduras - international reaction article[edit]
Thanks for the heads up; interesting to read your user page. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 14:11, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. I am actually planning on moving down to Comayagua in probably about five years to start up a business (and perhaps teach English) so I understand your comments on your user page about capital and moving Honduras along towards prosperity. When you do have a chance, do comment on the RfC; I'd appreciate your input, however you feel about the edit. I know things get prickly sometimes over at 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis but I am trying to be a better editor and follow consensus, and I know that things like the RfC are part of that process. Thanks again! Moogwrench (talk) 00:21, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Can you please revert your actions on Supernatural? The others are mini-series, not "series", and are insignificant compared to the main series. If you would still like to move it, please make a proposal and discuss it. Thank you. Ωphois 22:09, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that, because of the length of the respective shows, the US series is the most-likely-target for Supernatural (TV series), so I've reverted the move. If you feel a move is appropriate, please go through the instructions for requesting a move. Thank you. —C.Fred (talk) 00:09, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I i the move because I was confused; and I came as a Brit looking for what tv show has that name, I cant say the US series interested me less because I don't believe it is not shown in the UK, just made in the USA I do appreciate that disputed moves, as this one is, should go via RM but I am somewhat baffled by the opposition all the same. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalkcontribs01:16, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Yes I became aware my old sparring partner Vintagekits was banned very recently; always a shame when we cannot avoid indef blocking our good quality good faith editors for handling disputes badly, sigh! Thanks for the heads up here too. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 17:20, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I have no idea what I'm doing, and don't really need to learn. I was just looking at the article on Romero and noticed a couple of typos(??) and corrected them (and it took me a long time to figure out how to do this-- if the note would be better addressed to someone else, would you, please?). It looks like you are a major contributor to the article and I have a suggestion for an addition. I believe that it would be appropriate to mention, in relation to the assassination, his monumental homily given the day before, which ends in something like "I implore you, I beg you, I order you: Stop the repression." I see a direct link between this homily and his murder. Lisapaloma (talk) 13:15, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
Well, it seems to have worked (the note). But I don't know how I got the dogs!?! (No matter, I love dogs.)Lisapaloma (talk) 13:17, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Lisa, that sounds great, and of course I remain interested in the article. If you can find a reference it would be even better because yes we should be adding that kind of material to the article, the speech given the day before his death is bound to be notable per se. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 13:19, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi SqueakBox, ever since you moved the image in the Sugababes' article, IPs have been removing it for no reason at all. I started a discussion here about the unexplained removals. Best. Acalamari 18:42, 3 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Whether 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis should include sources that do mention the crisis at all? Am I correct that things such as "nutritional requirements" and "independence of judiciary" should be linked to the crisis by sources, not by editors? (otherwise a lot of things can linked to the crisis)
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SqueakBox, please notice that the info on defamation you removed twice from the article pedophilia was not the same. Take a look at the Talk Page and realize it was expanded and splitted into 4 parts. The part you removed first (because in your view it was “opinionated”) was not added the second time. And nobody there is presenting a good reason to remove the other parts (Parts 1, 2 and 3 listed in the Talk Page). All the sources of these three parts are reliable and meet Wikipedia's requirements, like those of WP:SOURCES and WP:NONENG.FranMo23 (talk) 23:57, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
If nobody presents a good reason until next week, I'm gonna put this information again (only parts 1, 2 and 3), without that part you removed first (listed as “Part 4” in the Talk Page). Please tell me if you're gonna remove it, because if this is the case I won't add it again now, and I'll look for another solution instead of entering an edit war.FranMo23 (talk) 23:57, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi, seeing you add a reference I thought I'd point out WebCite, since weblinks to Spanish language newspapers have a particular tendency to disappear. Just put in the reference details at http://www.webcitation.org/archive and you'll get an archive link to add in case the original disappears. Rd232talk 14:31, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Okay I'll have a go; I certainly am aware that links to Spanish news stories in Honduras do go 404 but also how useful in Google is searching using say site:tiempo.hn as a normal Google search fails to produce the refs needed in our drive to ref all blps. So thanks. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 15:16, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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With regard to your note, I'm sorry to say that it makes no sense whatsoever. You claimed that my edit summary was not appropriate, but in fact it clearly stated:
"rm. Britain; by convention, we don't put this in the lead (only the host network/first broadcast)"
I fail to see the error here. If you'd care to restate yourself, perhaps we can work out what your problem is - but what you wrote doesn't seem to connect at all to the actual event. Thanks in advance. --Ckatzchatspy 17:32, 3 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Well if you cant see your error after it was clearly pointed out to you I was obviously wasting my time writing to you. Sigh. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 01:59, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
No, you just need to say what the supposed problem was, as what you described does not match with the actual edit. I'm only asking because you seem perturbed, but I can't help you if you don't explain yourself. --Ckatzchatspy 03:37, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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[127]. In particular, I seriously doubt your change of 'Mitford' to 'Midford' - see Mitford family. I nearly reverted you for vandalism .. 12:38, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
Typo? Yes. Vandalism? No way. I was fixing the issue as you wrote. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 12:42, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The word was correct before your edit, and wrong afterwards. The only reason an issue existed was that you created it. It's not as though you'd added a whole phrase with one typo in it, is it? Difficult to assume good faith in this case, especially when coupled with the T.E. -> T.H mess-up (which you have also now corrected). The only thing that negatives assumption of bad faith is your previous history of good edits. Please couild you read WP:COMPETENCE? Thanks. Philip Trueman (talk) 12:49, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oh shut up, I made a mistake. If you go around assuming bad faith and being aggressive to users like me with pots of experience you will end up being blocked by somebody. Just chill out, stay away from me and assume good faith in future. As for the TH if you had bothered to check the diffs you would see that that was done by somebody else. Basically your bad faith assumptions came about entirely through your own laziness or sloppineess. I would suggest it is you who are not competent to go around telling other people they are incompetent. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 13:02, 10 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi SqueakBox. I don't recall ever having any interactions with you on here but it appears that you are a veteran editor so I'd like to talk this over with you personally before going to any deletion discussions, noticeboards, etc. I see that an account on freelancer dot com has identified with your account on Wikipedia and it has been bidding on Wikipedia-related paid editing jobs. For example I see this job about an Italian painter was awarded to an account that stated "I would use my wikipedia account SqueakBox with 50,000+ edits. You would need to agree to a non-disclosure agreement. This job sounds straightforward. I know how to create a good wikipedia article that won't be deleted. I am willing to negotiate on price if I have more information; on wikipedia the most important thing is third party sources, without these if the artist is living it won't have any chance of surviving". Shortly after the bid was won you created Mario Zampedroni, an Italian painter. There are several other cases where the freelancer account has bid on Wikipedia-related projects.
To me this all seems very disingenuous. Because you are receiving funds to edit, you need to abide by our conflict of interest guidelines and surely you know better than to encourage the use of Wikipedia as a means of promotion. There are also very strong feelings about the ethical implications of paid editing and many editors feel that it should be banned altogether or done with open transparency. Would you be kind enough to list all of the articles you have been paid to write so that they can be scrutinized for NPOV, notability, verifiability, and other COI-related problems? Also, could I have your word that you won't use this account or any sockpuppet accounts to write paid articles without stating that they were paid-for? This would be much appreciated, in the spirit of open transparency and neutral editing. ThemFromSpace 06:05, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I only took the job because I firmly believed and believe that the artists is notable enough for WP:N, I rejected any other bids. if I weren't transparent I would have done this from another account. IMO this does not affect the notability of the article. As you point out, this is not bannable behavior now, the fact that some people want it to be is fair enough but until it is... I am happy to say I wont use this or other accounts to do work for payment now or in the future without being transparent about what I am doing. I will also say that any money received on this one paid task (the only one) has not gone into my own pocket; I have a reasonably well paid job and personal gain was never the motivation. I would finally say you can check all my contributions inc this article for NPOV etc, I won't lower my standards on wikipedia for anyone. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 12:40, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I see your freelancer account has bid on some other projects as well, although you assured me that the above article was the only one you would write for profit. This includes Roozz, which I see you just moved to your userspace. The current consensus is that Roozz is not notable and any reintroduction of the page is likely to be deleted, either as G4 or through a second AfD. Can I have your assurance that you are not working on this or any other article because of any external editing requests that would run afowl of our conflict of interest guidelines, neutrality policy, or WP:NOT? ThemFromSpace 22:41, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Err, I said it was the only one I had written for "profit". I also said I would ensure that only notable ref'd articles make it into wikipedia on my beat. Believe me we are much better off having somebody like me who will always insist on wikipedia standards dealing with these people rather than them being badly advised by people who are only interested in money. I also said I have not made any personal income from this and this definitely would remain so even were I to receive money from somebody else. Obviously I am aware that Roozz cannot be "slipped into wikipedia" and am only interested in the challenge, clearly set in the afd, to see if this article could be raised to an acceptable standard. I am not into introducing sub-standard material into wikipedia, you can see that in ALL my edits. I am happy to inform you if there are any genuine COI conflicts going on but in the meantime as I say wikipedia is far better off having me trying to deal with these people, and alongside your own work in this area we could actually work well together. If I wanted to hide my activity from you I would already have done so and it seems you are challenging me because you see the work I do and this is exactly the kind of transparency you asked for in the 1st place. But myour comments are anyway welcome here. I will finally add that as I am unhappy with freelancers.com for other reasons I will not and am not doing any work under their auspices, though as you probably know there are other companies like elance and odesk where a search for wikipedia will produce people wanting tasks done. I have spoken to the guy in charge of Roozz and told him that unless he can satisfy wikipedia citing standards he cannot have an article on either his company or software on wikipedia. Thanks, SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 23:00, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Im trying to save an article from deletion. Its on Child Watch Phuket. I would appreciate your involvement in editing the article and possibly helping to find some further references. Being in Thailand makes it very difficult to find information in English. thankyou,Susanbryce (talk) 13:51, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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It might be wise for you to comment there explaining your reasoning so that nothing goes down one sided. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 04:18, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
That is a very bad faith comment. Did you revert me because you were resentful about a past dispute? I hope not but I am baffled as to why you did what you did. There are nearly 1500 redirects to marijuana & I intend to get rid of them all, there may be cases where redirects should not be fixed (though I have never seen one) but this case most assuredly isn't one of them. TarcThanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 13:43, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Before you get rid of all the redirects to marijuana, please take a look at this: WP:NOTBROKEN. Thank you. --Ibn (talk) 13:57, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I am aware of that. If I was a policy maker I would campaign to change it as failing to understand wiki tools but I am just a simple editor whose only interest is editing articles. There are 2 reasons why some redirects should be fixed, the what links here page which we offer to our clients & the url problem. I actively try to not disambiguate redirects, probably far more than my critics. If the issue is with marijuana I am happy to use this word in the text though. And certainly if I consider this worth doing you can be sure there is sound reasoning behind it, your link pretty much says in some cases it may not be correct to do this; it is not a blanket rule. If people edited more in the article space they would understand how wikipedia really works better than they do. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 14:04, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Please stop making pointless edits such as this. See the discussion referrenced above, please. Jonathunder (talk) 20:49, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
If you think fixing redirects is pointless go & think it somewhere else & leave me in peace to get in with editing. You are not qualified nor is Tarc to advise me on how to edit wikipedia as I know how to do this. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 21:28, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Put it this way then: if you continue to make this change en masse, you run the risk of being blocked for disruptive editing. Would suggest you seek consensus for these changes before continuing. –xenotalk 00:05, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Threatening to block someone for fixing a problem on wikipedia. Not likely. On the other hand I plan to disambiguate marijuana, as there are 2 articles it might go to, and that will fix the problem. Especially since medical marijuana became such an issue the page has needed disambiguating. Its always best to find solutions and not make unnecessary comments about blocking. Crikey! Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 01:55, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You could have saved everyone a lot of trouble if you'd informed us of your master plan instead of keeping us in the dark and proclaiming that you were right.--Chaser (talk) 02:15, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I don't have a master plan though I have linked to the what links here for marijuana page on my user page for months so no its no secret that I had these redirects in my mind; I decided to disambig marijuana a few mins back & believe this will have consensus as a sensible thing based partly on years of experience with this issue on wikipedia (it was me who separated cannabis as a drug from cannabis); I don't get involved very much with the community any more & was amazed when my activities yesterday caused such a reaction. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 02:20, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I felt the caution about blocking (note it was not a threat to block as such; I would not have blocked myself here, but sought one at ANI) was required after your dismissive statement of 21:28 above that lead me to believe you might continue making these changes en masse without stopping to discuss whether it is a good idea. I have no doubt that you think you are improving the encyclopedia by bypassing these redirects; but the argument that changing [[marijuana]] to [[cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] is an improvement ultimately begs the question. On the contrary, I (and others) feel that in most cases it is actually detrimental to do so; as it subtracts appropriate disambiguated meaning that was probably there for a reason. From this side of the pond, it is akin to changing all links from "beer" to "alcohol". I think that the best solution would be to create a separate page on marijuana (aka herbal cannabis) so that editors can deliberately link to such a page when desired, and link to cannabis (drug) in other instances. In any case, this really should be discussed somewhere; so despite your statement that you don't get involved with the community much, perhaps this is a time to make an exception. –xenotalk 12:36, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Well there clearly was zero appetite for this when the case was on AN/I. IMO deliberately inserting redirects is nothing less than wrecking the project but there you go, for many people its the drama & not any interest in article writing that attracts them to wikipedia. Threatening to block someone 24 hrs after 2 reverts is clearly inappropriate & you shouldn't have done it, are you an admin open to recall? perchance. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 13:41, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps that is where your confusion lies: there is nothing inherently wrong with redirects and they are, in fact, beneficial in many cases. Again, I didn't threaten to block you, but I cautioned that continued mass edits of this nature without consensus may result in a block. This should not be considered an administrative act, but a caution from a fellow editor with whom you are involved in a dispute. If you still feel this is an abuse of administrative tools, please seek dispute resolution. –xenotalk 13:48, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I disagree. Why? Because it disables the what links here & because the urls are a mess, you get a [wiki/Marijuana] url for Cannabis (drug) which is to many of our users plain annoying. If you are "involved in a dispute with me" that makes your block threat worse, you do not threaten fellow editors with whom you are in dispute to block them just because yopu chose to become an admin, you only do that as an uninvolved admin, which you admit you aren't. Nobody has tried to explain why redirects are okay; it shows an inability to understand wikipedia technology. Its a disgrace, IMO, & wikipedia simply wont survive much longer unless it gets a grip, which would be a shame but 2010 is not 2007. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 13:55, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
"disables what links here"? It does no such thing. What links here still functions perfectly fine, and even separates those that are linked through the redirect page. The URL thing is part-and-parcel of the way redirects are handled, perhaps you would like to seek consensus and file a bugzilla to use proper HTML redirects rather than the in-engine way it is done now.
Once again, please re-read what I have written above [128][129] and understand that at no point did I have actually intend or threaten to place a block here. I respect WP:UNINVOLVED. With respect to this dispute over marijuana vs. cannabis (drug), please consider me a fellow editor at this point.
As for why redirects are okay: this is explained at WP:REDIRECT. Redirects have been in use for a long, long time and their benefits far outweigh the very minor complaints you raise above. However, I do invite you to seek further clarification at WT:REDIRECT. –xenotalk 14:11, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Well you expressed yourself badly then, as IMO it was a threat, you can deny it as much as you like but really we are flogging a dead horse here as it was also, I have to say, a pretty empty & entirely unnecessary threat; if you have views on marijuana/cannabis (drug) the cannabis drug talk page is the place to go, I have started a thread there & am more than happy to work with you as a fellow editor. I work with the long term view in mind & this issue remains unresolved, I suspect each of the 1500 marijuana redirects needs at the very least checking as they perhaps should not all need to point to cannabis drug, most of them will have been inserted by inexperienced users not even aware that marijuana is a redirect. My timing anyway was impeccable. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 14:26, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for starting a thread, I will take a look and comment there. For future reference if someone says "you run the risk of being blocked for disruptive editing" it is likely they are talking about someone else blocking you; whereas if they say "I will block you for disruptive editing", you can consider that a statement of intent. If you have any suggestions on how I could have better phrased it, please let me know. I did clarify in my next comment, but you apparently missed it or continued to misinterpret. Water under the bridge, I hope. –xenotalk 14:53, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Are you talking about this? You didn't really give much to go on there. –xenotalk 15:00, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I thought I'd just open the idea up, I will try & improve on it tonight when I have more time (working). Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 15:07, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You should also initiate a discussion somewhere on whether bypassing marijuana to cannabis (drug) en masse is a good idea (unless you plan to abandon that task). –xenotalk 15:13, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I am going to see what happens with marijuana 1st as if there is consensus to disambiguate the links will have to be dabbed 1 by 1 anyway (a task I would take it). At best this is medium priority on my to do list so hurry is not an issue. I agree that if marijuana remains where it is a further proposal re the redirects would be suitable & specifically targeting the editors with an interest in cannabis related subjects. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 16:03, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Your recent edits to Marijuana and Marijuana (disambiguation) were troubling for two reasons. First, you did a cut-and-paste move of the old disambiguation page to the new title; second, you usurped an existing redirect that complied with the guidelines for a primary topic. I have had to revert your edits because the cut-and-paste move clearly violates copyright requirements by splitting the page history. If you still believe the disambiguation should be moved to the main title Marijuana, please make a request following the procedures at WP:RM, and allow other users to discuss your proposal before making potentially disruptive changes. Thank you. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 10:06, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I have had to isn't exactly a good description, disruptive is plain not true and WP:Bold still exists. What a poor call. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 19:41, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Please help Mr Murphy. Some fools have started to edit his page for the first time in years. They have placed a photograph that is copyrighted on the page. He has promised not to restart the war if the photo is down in 48 hours. Thank you.SharkJumper (talk) 15:36, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
This is where the pic came from; it doesn't make it clear who is Mr Murphy & I can well believe he doesn't want this pic on wikipedia; while I obviously don't endorse legal threats nor do I think this pic is appropriate for this article, see talk. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 16:38, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The user who started the commotion has thankfully retired from the project, making it safe for serious editors. Before they left, they re edited the Murphy article specifically to remove his personal site, don murphy.net. If you look in to the article archives you will see that it was determined well over a year ago that the personal site of a "notable" person is itself notable. I believe that the entire article should be reverted to where it was a few days ago before this attack began. Thoughts? Further it lists a birthdate with no verification. BassandAle (talk) 23:53, 24 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Gaston. I saw your comments over at AN/I. Your points here sound reasonable and I certainly will address them over the coming working week. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 21:22, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi maybe you could help me bring this up to the right people since Don thinks highly of you. User ChrisO has been outed on Don's message board because of him attacking Don repeatedly in the past. Yesterday several users said that Erik should not be editing Don because of obvious non neutrality. So today Chris O edited Susan Montford, Don's wife, and put false information in, apparently to show that he doesn't care what Don thinks. I think ChrisO should be forbidden from these articles. Please advise. BassandAle (talk) 14:30, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It was a trivial mistake - my fault entirely, I misread the source. BassandAle has edited the article but also appears to have made an error; at any rate, it now correctly reflects the source. -- ChrisO (talk) 14:42, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Of course. The difference between DAUGHTER and second cousin is a trivial mistake. Anyway, SB, user should NOT be editing these articles because he is in a personal conflict with Don. PLease tell me where to post this complaint. BassandAle (talk) 14:51, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I am, of course, not in any kind of conflict with DM - I simply clicked through to Susan Montford, found that article hadn't been updated since Jan 2009, and so updated it. There's no need to infer conspiracies where none exist. -- ChrisO (talk) 15:47, 26 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
There is already a disambiguation page covering "Sanaa" at Sana (disambiguation). Please add new entries there instead of creating confusion with overlapping disambig pages. Thanks. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 16:27, 27 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Sanaa & sana are not the same word, far from creating confusion pretending that they are the same word is confusing. There is simply no reason to redirect to the obscure Sana'a, your actions are baffling. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 16:47, 27 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think Sana'a is all that obscure; but of course "obscure" is an entirely subjective term. I could be wrong, so feel free to propose a split and see what others think. But, please note that there are over 100 existing links to "Sanaa" from other articles that will need to be fixed if the redirect is changed. --R'n'B (call me Russ) 20:51, 27 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds like a good reason to do it, esp given that Sanaa is a 1st name; I would like to get the Honduras water company article together 1st & will then take a look at a split. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 14:08, 28 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi SqueakBox, I have recently begun the slow process of cleaning up the Illegal drug trade article, and I noticed that you have also made a number of improvements to it and commented on its talk page. I would like to invite you to directly collaborate on improving the article, if you are up to it. If we split the workload and decide what improvements we should focus on, it should go a lot faster. Regards, GiftigerWunsch[TALK] 16:57, 18 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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I wanted to change the name of this article to Human Trafficking in Cambodia which would be more suitable and give greater scope to the article. I was unsure of exactly how to do this and was hoping you might be able to help me on this, kind regards.Susanbryce (talk) 07:39, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Please try to avoid edits regarding TV Genius, since you have disclosed that you work for this company. You recently name-dropped it in a promotional manner at the Itv.com article and you wrote the entire TV Genius article from scratch. This is against our conflict of interest guidelines and our policy that Wikipedia is not to be used for promotion. I've also seen your accounts bidding on some more paid-editing jobs on elance. You said you would stop that so I'm asking you again to do so. If you continue to edit with a promotional bent I'll have to escalate the dispute resolution process. ThemFromSpace 08:23, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Err, I said I would be transparent re work done on elance, I never said I would stop bidding so please don't misquote me. I actually said we are better off having someone like me dealing with people wanting to pay to get work done on wikipedia rather than leaving it to people with no scruples do so, as you seem to be suggesting we do. I also said I would not use freelancer.com but that is for entirely different reasons. I think the itv.com edit was a perfectly legitimate ref'd entry of interest to our readers and improving the itv.com entry. Using relevant internal links to established articles is encouraged on wikipedia and TV Genius is a company with strong ties to itv.com. I am also not aware of saying I work or even worked for TV Genius; I do have a connection with the company but please be careful about making specific statements that may not be correct; I am not located in the UK and manage a company on the other side of the Atlantic so saying or implying I am on TV Genius payroll is stretching the imagination a bit. Wpuld a Google shareholder have a COI editing about google? I have no idea. I do know, though, that I stick to wikipedia guidelines & policies in the work I do at wikipedia, producing material that is relevant to our readers. You are welcome to go to dispute resolution if you feel you and I have anything to resolve; if I had anything to hide I would be using alternative accounts that you would have no idea about, the fact that I am being honest and transparent seems to find ill favor with you though and if you do engage me in dispute resolution you will essentially be encouraging other users to not be transparent. Dispute resolution is about a dispute between 2 people and you seem overly keen on making inaccurate statements about me (such as that I edit with a promotional bent) in public so I certainly would not refuse dispute resolution with you. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 14:33, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Well, all I'm asking is that you don't edit against our guidelines, which includes introducing nonnotable articles because you were paid to do so and placing name-drops to the company you are affiliated with. If you feel the company is worthy of mention please use the {{request edit}} template on the article's talkpage. This is, of course, how Wikipedia perfers edits such as these to be made. I see the freelance work you are doing as an abuse of an open and transparent editing environment so if I see another elance or freelancer bid fulfilled which involves editing against our guidelines I will bring the situation up for review. Again, please refrain from doing this. ThemFromSpace 21:15, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'll avoid editing TV Genius or connected articles. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 13:17, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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I came here to tell you about the article. I cannot think it is about you, given your long-term sterling record of hostility to such stuff. Maybe a b-chat user has joined b-chat using your moniker. Don't waste your money suing them. Best wishes and good luck. Kittybrewster ☎ 16:36, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I saw your page pop up on my watch list. I thought claim about you in the FoxNews article sounded odd. I'm glad to hear it is not true. Best wishes. --B (talk) 22:18, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
"I will be suing Fox News for damage to my reputation and character." I recommend that you spend most of your time talking to the press and/or promoting a defence fund of some sort; with the idea that since it will be difficult to prove damages based on a nick-name, probably fighting fire with fire is your best bet. Good luck. All that know you find the accusation to be mindless (which again highlights the difficulty of establishing damages. Sue for one dollar??) --- WAS 4.250 (talk) 04:26, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi SqueakBox, the "Signpost" is covering the Fox article in the "In the news" section of this week's issue. Among documenting other issues with the article, Forty two (who has been writing the story) thought about mentioning your reaction too. Would you be comfortable with being cited by (user)name there? We are going to publish this issue soon, probably in just a few hours; if we don't hear back from you before that, your name won't be mentioned. Regards, HaeB (talk) 22:40, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Looks too late, I imagine, only just opened wikipedia. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 12:42, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Actually not, the issue didn't get published yesterday, and we are still working on finishing that story, so you can still speak your mind. The mention would essentially consist of quoting one or two sentences from your user page. Regards, HaeB (talk) 12:58, 29 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
As I said on the noticeboard, I hope that your immediate reaction upon learning that you were being asked to create fake articles was to withdraw your bid. I don't know how long it takes for widthdrawals to be processed, but I hope that you've already withdrawn. Uncle G (talk) 17:34, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Err I wouldn't dream of ever creating false articles; if a bid like that is accepted my job then would be to persuade the person to do something more productive; I may not have read the job advert very well as I pasted the same text into 4 or so ads. I am working and haven't had time to go to the freelancer site but be sure I would never break wikipedia policies knowingly for any reason. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 20:22, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I clearly hadn't read the advert properly, and have now withdrawn my bid, I will take more care in future. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 20:25, 21 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Apologies if it caused annoyance - I started off as a straight revert (marque isn't that unusual a term) then thought of an alternative while I was doing it. Cheers. 4u1e (talk) 04:38, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
When you changed the redirect target of DFB from German Football Association to DFB (disambiguation), you seem to have overlooked the fact that over 150 other Wikipedia articles contain links to "DFB". All of those links now need to be reviewed and fixed to take readers to the correct article, and your assistance in completing this task would be appreciated. As suggested at WP:USURPTITLE, when you change the target of existing links, "it is strongly recommended that you modify all pages that link to the old title so they will link to the new title". --R'n'B (call me Russ) 10:21, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I had though bots do this automatically. I have made a start and these will get done. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 13:40, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks much. The auto-bot fix misconception is pretty common, so I'm trying to get the word out. --JaGatalk 13:45, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I was muddling this with double redirects. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 13:51, 4 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks much for the quick cleanup!!! :D --JaGatalk 10:34, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Source provided. yes I should have looked for the source before not straight after editing but the source says he admitted the allegations. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 16:00, 19 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi. When you convert an article into a redirect, please, merge the contain into the targeted article. I have recovered some useful info from the history. Thanks. emijrp (talk) 16:06, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I had already extracted the content I thought pertinent from the page, that is why I redirected it to Television in Latin America, an article I started and to which I had already transferred content. So your comment is unfounded, you should check the history. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 17:23, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
No. You should check the history. You removed all that contain, and you left empty sections here for Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, El Salvador, Peru, and Puerto Rico. And I have recovered that contain here. Regards. emijrp (talk) 18:39, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I am not saying I transferred all material but I certainly transferred all pertinent material, IMO. You are of course free to recover more material or not but accusing me of burying material is simply unjust, this is simply an editorial dispute and not anything beyond that. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 20:04, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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As I believe I've already said elsewhere, if you where to familiarize yourself with Wikipedia:Redirect there would be no issue. Hyacinth (talk) 08:36, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
If you had familiarized yourself with Wikipedia:What vandalism is not you wouldn't have made silly and knowingly false accusations just cos you are angry, but I guess from your attitude that you have no shame just a lot of rage. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 15:08, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Well its been deleted now but please take on board my comments about participating in the talk page. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 15:25, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Huh? I don't understand this. What "famous translations" do you mean? If you mean that her books are well-known in translation, then the same would go for many other authors (García Márquez, Tolstoy, Coelho, Mann...). If you are suggesting that she herself is a translator, then this is news to me. My only assumption is that people might know that the first language of most Chileans is Spanish. Where one might want to signal the language is in cases where people write in languages other than that of the majority of their fellow-citizens, or in a language that is not their birth language: Conrad and Nabokov would be obvious examples. But to put "Spanish-language" in this case opens up a minefield. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 18:29, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
Moreover, two sentences later we have the quotation that calls her "the world’s most widely read Spanish-language author." Really, your revision was completely superfluous as well as unhelpful. --jbmurray (talk • contribs) 18:33, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The mention 2 sentences down was a quote and didnt link to the Spanish language page, I made the decision to thus not link in the quote but to add a link in the opening, I am still baffled as to what your opposition to this is based upon. People may figure that Chilean people speak Spanish (though we should assume our readers are generally ignorant on any subject) and the fact that she lives in an English speaking country (which counters your argument that people will assume that cos she is from Chile she only writes in Spanish, that'd be like assuming Stalin used Georgian) and is known by most English speakers as the author of House of Spirits makes this case confusing; believe me I would not have edited if it wasnt confusing, all you have do in reverting is to leave the confusion in place; well done for that, as for your ramble about translations, this is confusing and I dont know what youa re talking about. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs18:01, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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I proposed that this article be merged into Joyce Beber since I don't believe the group has notability apart from its founder, and also due to its illicit creation. ThemFromSpace 15:02, 20 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
What do you mean illicit creation? Stop talking rubbish. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 05:51, 21 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
This is what I mean. The company's Senior Vice President paid you to write the article! ThemFromSpace 10:19, 21 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
that is complete rubbish and I advise you to withdraw your rash lie. I havent received a penny for doing that article or any edits in connection with this subject. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 17:29, 21 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Then how do you explain this situation? There is a page on freelancer.com where the buyer (an account named MikeLamonica -- who is likely the senior VP of the company writes "A friend is looking to get a Wiki entry up. There is a proper way to do it and a way to blow it. She needs someone who knows how to do it. She does not know precisely how much to budget, but this is not a huge one. Probally in the small range. Of course she would like to see prior success at this. Questions are welcome." The winning bid went to a user who states "Hi, This looks just the kind of job I specialize in. On wikipedia I ma User:SqueakBox and with over 50,000 edits to my name http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/SqueakBox I have a thorough understanding of wikipedia rules, guidelines and policies as well as being well known on the project and with success at doing these kind of jobs". The account bid $250 for the project. Now perhaps I could believe some troll going around freelancer stating that he is you for shits and giggles but not when the bids synch up to your article creations. If you have an alternative interpretation of these facts I would be glad to hear it. ThemFromSpace 19:28, 21 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
There also seems to be this gem, which you bid on and then created Mario Zampedroni on the same day. If you are editing for pay (which it would seem that you are), please at least admit it and follow COI guidelines. The WordsmithCommunicate 18:23, 26 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
We appear to be here again ([133]). I have redirected this article, since it asserts no notability outside that person and the sources are either primary or poor quality. Since you previously said "I am happy to say I wont use this or other accounts to do work for payment now or in the future without being transparent about what I am doing." (here) and you've denied creating this article for pay when the evidence is very clear that you have, I would be interested to see what your comments on this situation are; I will be posting the situation at WP:ANI. Please take this as notification of such. Black Kite (t)(c) 18:59, 26 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I am not one of the people inalterably opposed to paid editing, but I think you have exceeding reasonable limits. I am so convinced you have exceeded the limits of tolerance that I would have already blocked you, except that you or anyone should have in fairness an opportunity to respond. What is wanted is a commitment that you will not write articles about subjects you know to be non-encyclopedic, or make use of sources you know to be false, and that you will declare all further paid editing. DGG ( talk ) 05:18, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I am waiting to comment on this matter until SqueakBox responds. I hope that will be soon. Will Bebacktalk 01:45, 29 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Well I have never received a penny from Beber Silverstein and if they claim I have they are lying, and I havent been following this thread at all as I am very busy in real life right now. I wont be editing the Beber Silverstein article again or ever accept a paid contract re wikipedia again, all I want is to edit my tv and other articles. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 06:41, 31 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
As you have failed to respond here or at the above linked ANI discussion, and there is clearly an issue here which the community is deeply concerned about, I have blocked you until such time as you indicate you are willing to enter into a dialogue about the issue. Any unblock request should reflect this.
I had no idea there was an issue at all, it seems a bit excessive given that I have received no payment from Beber Silverstein. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 06:33, 31 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
i am realy sorry to hear about your recent troubles regarding your editing work. if it makes you fel any better i was your stoughtiest advocate during the WP:ANI and i opposed the idea of you being permanently baned from Wikipedia. i hooepe you choose to return to this project soon because your work is very extensvive and useful, but I can understand if you are too upset to return. i have nothing but respect for the work that you have done so far and while you have made some minor errors i feel that they are outweighed by the bread of the work you have done so far and the weightiness of the contributations that you have made to Wikipedia. Whatever you decide to do, just know that there are people out there who respect what you have done and hope to that you will choose to return and engage with the community once again as a respected and admired editor of exceptronic skill. User:Smith Jones 03:56, 31 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, man, would you mind giving me a hand regarding the OmniPeace article? It seems like an important article but I can only find a small accounting of sources on GoogleNews. I know you have some sort of connection with certain research firms and I was hoping you could help me dig up some good sources for this article. DeeRD (talk) 03:41, 30 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Seems a bit excessive to block me permanently, I didnt even know there was an issue and just want to get on with my tv editing. I have never received a penny from Beber Silverstein, that is for certain sure. I wont be editing the Beber Silverstein article again or ever accept a paid contract re wikipedia again, all I want is to edit my tv and other articles. I dont believe I have harmed the project in any way. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBox talk contribs 06:36, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
Decline reason:
No consensus on WP:ANI to unblock at this time. Nakon 00:30, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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I should note that this isn't a permanent block: it's an indefinite one; that is, one which lasts "until such time as you indicate you are willing to enter into a dialogue about the issue", and presumably that the community is satisfied that their concerns are resolved. I have a few questions which you're not obliged to answer: were you aware of the discussion on ANI? If you were aware, why didn't you participate? Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk) 12:19, 31 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I wasnt aware of the discussion on ANI, no, I was aware people had left messages but didnt check on the messages even though I was editing a tiny bit; I am working very hard away from home right now and am extremely busy and stressed in real life which is why I chose not to read the messages. I knew there had been a conversation re Beber but had no idea it had got this serious. I am happy to engage in a dialogue, I am also happy to promise that a repeat wont occur. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 13:13, 31 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
he doesnt deny being informed, he just said that he didnt hear the messages because he didnt review them. User:Smith Jones 18:36, 31 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed, I received the messages but had not read them. So how exactly do I go about getting unblocked, or is too late and I am blockedm indef for 1 mistake after 5-6 yrs of regular good quality contributions. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 05:40, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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I have stated my willingness to not re-commit any infraction and state here my clear willingness to dialogue re this issue as Black Kite requested. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 05:42, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Decline reason:
As regards procedure, an unblock request must address the reason for the block in sufficient detail to be able to be evaluated on its own, which this one does not.
On the merits, at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents/User:SqueakBox and paid editing (again) there is no consensus to unblock you at this time. Several editors have expressed the opinion that your answers to Martijn Hoekstra's questions were unsatisfactory. Any subsequent unblock request should convincingly (but succinctly) address all concerns raised by other editors. Sandstein 21:09, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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So no second chance then. That is a shame after 5 yrs working here daily. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 12:35, 6 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Let me ask the question, then - if unblocked, would you consent to declare any conflict of interest you may have when editing? As you can imagine, I'm referring specifically to being paid to write articles, since that payment creates a COI (or, at least, consensus seems to indicate that it does). I think we agree that more discussion on paid editing is needed, and I think you have something to contribute to that discussion, but the concerns noted at ANI are valid ones. UltraExactZZSaid~ Did 14:45, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Before I would support an unblock, I do have some questions. It are a lot of questions, and I'm sorry if it comes across as an interrogation, but you haven't really have been forthcoming with explaining the situation. 1, Could you explain what happened? 2, Did you, or did you not place the add? 3, Do you believe you had a conflict of interest with your edits, and if so, why didn't you declare it? 4, What happened here on your talkpage? Why did you tell ThemFromSpace to 'retract is rash lie' (paraphrased)? 5, do you believe you did anything wrong in this instance? If so, what? 6, if you would go back to editing, and would consider paid editing again (which I don't really object to if done right), will you pledge to declare it on WP:COIN, making sure no borderline cases would escape? 7. Have you edited with a conflict of interest before, that haven't come to light yet? If so, where? (again, including borderline cases would instill more trust in me, then having them turn up later). The more clear and elaborate the answers, the more faith it would instill in me. Given satisfying answers to these questions, I would support an unblock. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 21:47, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Ultraexactzz, if unblocked I would declare any conflict of interest, indeed I would og further and ensure I did nopt edit with any possibler conflict of interest in the future. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 06:04, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Martijn Hoekstra, I did not believe I had a conflict of interest in editing because I believed that the company were notable and had no idea that they planned to publicize their wikipedia article in the way that they did. The rash lie I referred to was the lie of the Beber person claiming they had paid me, I wasn't saying that ThemFromSpace was lying, he wasn't but he was stating a lie form this person at Beber who falsely claimed they have paid me. Its utter rubbish, I have never received a penny from Beber Silverstein. I can assure you that if unblocked I would never take on a paid editing contract again. This is partly due to this experience but also cos my life circumstances have changed greatly since I wrote that article and I wouldn't be in a position to take on any paid work outside my job anyway. As far as I am aware there are no other COIs you dont know about, my contribs are publicly available and speak for themselves. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 06:10, 4 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I cant participate in that discussion. I do genuinely believe Beber Silverstein were notable and also accept if the community thinks differently, I never tried to save the article. I have received no money from them nor will I ever do so. I am happy to agree parole terms or see this case taken to arbcom but I do believe that given that I have such a long editing history and given that I am 100% willing to never engage in paid work or COI for wikipedia again, and I am willing to admit that I did wrong I do believe I fulfill conditions for being unblocked. If not please let me know how to meet said conditions. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 08:47, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I see the discussion on unblocking me closed without resolution which is a shame as I had hoped they would unblock me, at least to mlet me explain my side of things. I have made clear my commitment to not editing in a COI way in the future, to never take on paid editing again and to agree to other conditions. I am willing to explain tot he best of my ability what happened. With Beber they simply asked me to create an article. I looked and decided it was within our notability policy and created the article. At no time did I break any rules that I am aware of in doing so. When ThemFromSpace challenged me on the article I made no effort to preserve it, my comments about not having received any payment from Beber remain so. I would like to engage in dialogue about this issue but nobody seems to want to. How can this be resolved other than through me being blocked forever for a mistake that wont be repeated. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 11:54, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Well I would certainly hope not to have to wait out 6 months esp as I sense there is a willingness to see me unblocked. The reality is I have been sent for 3 months to India to work mid December inc over Christmas and what with the trauma of that I was in no fit state to respond to the point of even reading my messages over Xmas. For that I apologize but dont believe it is a reason in itself to see me blocked indef. I know at some point I can request to be unblocked again but after the close of the discussion in which I was pinning my hopes I am trying to test the waters and see if any admin is willing to dialogue with me here. I realize I did wrong and just want to make amends and to continue my constructive editing to the project. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 13:45, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Consensus at the ANI listing was that an unblock request could be considered with "a clear explanation and acknowledgement of what has happened". You say, "With Beber they simply asked me to create an article." Beber didn't ask you to create an article; their senior VP advertised for a contracted employee: [134]. You responded to that ad, as one of three people who put in a bid for the job. You asked for $250, with a "$25 milestone." When your bid was accepted, you entered a contract to "work for payment" in spite of your pledge here that you would not do so again, under this or any account, "without being transparent about what I am doing." At no point did you indicate that you were under contract for the creation of that article. Whether or not you ever received that payment, which we cannot know, the contract is a matter of public record. Explanations that seem engineered to minimize that are not helpful. I would urge you to consider stepping back and evaluating how your explanation may appear, particularly in light of your first response to having that contract pointed out: [135]. (Your explaining by this that you meant Beber's "rash lie" was rightly discounted at ANI. Since Beber was not leaving a note at your talk page, the pronoun usage in "your rash lie" is pretty clear. Too, there is nothing at the link provided indicating that payment was completed.) Essentially, the community has lost faith at this point that you will work with Wikipedia's best interests, because you seem to be pursuing a separate agenda. I believe that your best bets for negotiating an unblock will begin with an unambiguous explanation, which will go a long way towards making any assertions you make to avoid undisclosed conflicts in the future more credible, particularly in light of clear evidence that your prior pledge to avoid undisclosed conflict was not fulfilled. --Moonriddengirl(talk) 14:19, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I am certainly not trying to minimize that I did wrong in not being clear about coi and about my initial response to ThemFromSpace and for that am willing to accept a fixed block which has some possibility of remission in the future. At that point I didnt commit to not taking on any paid work ever again whereas now I am willing to do so. The reality is once I knew I was being sent to India I didnt try to claim any payment on the article as I perhaps would have done were I only motivated by money. Any full explanation of mine can only really say the same thing which is that yes I was wrong to have not declared a COI on Beber or on the Diamond Ranch Academy (an article currently under afd for which I again accepted a contract for which I have not sort or recieved payment). My position now is that paid work on wikipedia does not work so I will never accept it again anyway. I essentially did what this chap from Beber asked which was to create an article, using the New York Times article and the iconic pic, which he sent me. IMO the most useful thing I did was to link Beber and Joyce Beber in the opening of Leona Helmsley, a more viewed article but the Beber chap did write to me recently saying I had made him look like a jerk. I did though recieve payment for improving Blekinge Institute of Technology and hope that was within wikipedia guidelines. I know what i did was a big disaster and there could and would be no repeats were I to be given another chance. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 17:01, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Squeakbox, an ANI discussion was kept open for three weeks to allow you to respond, and it's very rare for such matters to be held open for so long. You didn't retract your false accusation that the evidence was "lies", and you repeatedly offered only evasive and weaselly explanations of the situation, and even though you could read the ANI discussion and were at all times free to post on your talk page, you didn't move beyond the studied evasiveness. You had previously promised to declare a COI, but you didn't declare it, and you kept up the denials in the face of clear evidence.
When the discussion finally closes, you pop up again with yet another weaselly evasion, this time letting out a weensy bit more of the truth ... and it was only when that was challenged by Moonridden girl that you decided to come clean.
Even with the evidence laid out in front of you, everything had to be dragged out of you, and even that didn't work until the second attempt after the door had been held open so long that the hinges nearly rusted off . Given that this is how you behaved when caught red-handed on a second offence, why do you think that anyone should trust any assurances you give about declaring a COI in future? --BrownHairedGirl(talk) • (contribs) 04:42, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
So how does this get resolved then? The fact of having endured an indef block has certainly affected me in this matter and I certainly wouldn't expect another chance if I were to blow one but almost all my edits were not COI and I feel I still have something to contribute. Given it seems a number of people including yourself have expressed reluctance to see me blocked indef I would like a way to work this out even if it was say a month block or something along those lines as punishment. I reiterate my days of receiving payment re work at wikipedia were over anyway before ThemFromSpace wrote to me. During the 3 weeks the ANI case was open I travelled half way round the world without my family and was adjusting to a gruelling new environment so wikipedia was simply not a priority at the time. It certainly isnt true that I have received payment for any work done on the Beber article or from Beber. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 09:28, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The easiest and most effective way for you to get unblocked, I think, is to follow the standard offer. HeyMid (contribs) 18:04, 20 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Sigh! I'll request an unblock when I return to Honduras mid March, perhaps work on es wikipedia meantime. While I do genuinely regret any harm caused re paid editing I dont regret failing to respond to discussions at the end of December as I was not in a space to be able to respond at that time. I think its a shame the great bulk of my work counts for so little here, and I would welcome a chance to be unblocked in the meantime. People say they dont trust me but don't give me any opportunity to prove them wrong. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 02:56, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
SqueakBox, I know we usually haven't seen eye-to-eye on various matters, but please take my following comment in good will and stemming from nothing but compassion and concern. Perhaps, if this hobby takes so much from you, yet returns so little, and embroils you in such disputes - then maybe, just possibly, it is not a good hobby to have. I am well aware that people don't always do things optimally for their life. I have certainly done much little-reward, yet stressful, volunteer work. So I am not preaching. But there are times when one might want to re-evaluate the personal toll taken by participation in a cause. I would suggest to you that this is such an occasion. -- Seth Finkelstein (talk) 03:14, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It would help if I didnt find it such an invaluable source of info that I use all day long. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 06:14, 21 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I see Black Kite has now retired, shame as I was going to ask him to unblock me as I would like to be given a second chance, as everyone else on the project apart from me has always been given. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 15:28, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Hey, I'm not sure if you're still around, but I've been adding descriptions to images and moving them to more descriptive names, and I came across File:IMG 5581.JPG. You say it's "Where I live"... but where is that? Thanks, – Quadell(talk) 12:56, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Its in La Ceiba, Honduras. I am still around, it would be nicve to be unblocked after this long, long block. Sigh. . Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 13:16, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Please can I have my block reviewed and lifted. I invoke the Wikipedia:Standard offer. This definitely would include no writing either for profit or representing any third parties. Happy to abide by coinditions. I have been editing at Spanish wikipedia so have continued volunteering in the project as a whole (Contribs in Spanish) and am simply asking to be given another chance. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 17:48, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Decline reason:
Since this is basically a block that was upheld by community discussion, I believe it would not be appropriate for a single admin to unblock on their own authority. Another discussion will b e needed. Until we get the "clear explanation and acknowledgement of what has happened" that has been requested of you multiple times I see no reason to even open that discussion. Other than that you do seem to qualify for the standard offer, although as I'm sure you realize it is not binding. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:23, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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I would like to support his unblocking on English wp. He has been a wikipedian at least 7 years, even longer than I have, and is a well qualified veteran who has been in the cold here long enough I think! Give him another chance! Thanks, Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 18:07, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Administrative note: this user was blocked following an ANI discussion here. That discussion was closed (in January) as "There is no consensus to unblock Squeakbox. There is a consensus to consider an unblock request from Squeakbox if it is accompanied by a clear explanation and acknowledgement of what has happened". Squeakbox, would you consider offering an explanation of what you understand your mistakes to have been in the past, so that we know you'll be able to avoid them in the future, and guaranteeing that you will disclose any COI you have on articles you edit, whether that involves pay or third parties or not? A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 18:21, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. I was wrong to take on work using elance/odesk style online work web sites for clients who were looking, for whatever reason, to have a wikipedia article page either enhanced or created, and wronmg as well to not openly declare my COI in these cases. I was getting these jobs by searching "wikipedia" on these websites and thus finding the clients. This of course immediately created COI issues for me while editing, and I was not forthcoming about these COI issues even after I had already been warned once about this. I continued to seek these jobs and even though I had agreed to in future admit any possible COI issues I then completely failed to do so, which is why I was blocked. If unblocked I would certainly agree to admitting any COI issues on articles I edited, whether that COI involved payment or not, but I would also absolutely not work for payment in the future, and indeed my intention would be to avoid editing articles where I could be considered to have a COI. I have actually read a policy proposal here that says that a site-widfe block should be imposed for accepting payment in this way so I understand wikipedia is taking this issue very seriosuly and that what I did was harming the project, both in the accepting of payment and the COI issues and will certainly ensure that I do not repeat if you are kind enough to unblock me. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 19:30, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I'd say that's a promising start, I will copy this over to ANI and initiate an unblock discussion. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:32, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Conversation started [136]. If you would like to add anything during the course of it, post here and it will be copied over. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:43, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Welcome back, SqueakBox! I was happy when I had the chance to work with you before the block, I am glad to see your explanation and the subsequent unblock, and I look forward to seeing your contributions around here again... Moogwrench (talk) 20:41, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately I still have an ip address block till 01:16am tomorrow but its my ip tnat is targetted (because I edited my user talk page while blocked apparently) so still have a few hours to wait till I am unblocked but am really pleased and thanks to those who have supported the unblocking, SqueakBox is indeed unblocked. I certainly intend to live up to my good intentions in just not going anywhere near paid work for wikipedia articles ever again, and cautiously declaring COIs. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 21:39, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Email your IP to the unblock list and I'll look into unblocking it.--v/r - TP 22:02, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I looked up and disabled one autoblock associated with this account; pretty common oversight, unfortunately. – Luna Santin (talk) 22:24, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Well actually he shouldn't have been autoblocked at all. The new software package has been doing all sorts of insane stuff to old blocks. Anyway, welcome back, clearly the community is ready to let you back in with open arms. Beeblebrox (talk) 04:19, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Welcome back, Squeakbox. You have much to contribute. Kittybrewster ☎ 09:53, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hello and welcome back, SqueakBox. I stumbled upon your user page a few months back and learned that you had been blocked which came as a surprise to me since you appeared to be an active contributor to Wikipedia. I then learned about your ordeal and found a lot of reading material on the events that led to your suspension. Well, I'm glad for you that was sorted out and you're back. I wanted to ask you if you'd be willing to translate the Tegucigalpa English article into Spanish to use for the Tegucigalpa Spanish article since the latter is currently in very bad shape and it would be neat to revamp it using its English version, images included. Let me know, thank you.--Usfirstgov (talk) 12:01, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Speed tagging this was one of the worst decisions I have ever seen on wikipeida; if you had checked the history you would have discovered the article3 was vandalised; to speedy an article cos its ben vandalised is unacceptable, please take care in future. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 00:00, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Don't actually drink tea any more, lol. Here it's nice and warm (still where I was). Cheers anyway. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 15:47, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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I am not the owner, we dont own articles on wikipedia, but ti is looking good now. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 16:26, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Do not delete dead links (and the text they support) merely because the links are dead[edit]
From your recent edits of LGBT rights in Jamaica, you apparently believe that dead links (and the text they support) must be deleted merely because the links are dead. That is not the case. Refer to WP:LR, in particular this language:
Do not delete cited information solely because the URL to the source does not work any longer. WP:Verifiability does not require that all information be supported by a working link, nor does it require the source to be published online.
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This is not a recipe for violating BLP; not all material needs to be sourced anyway, merely all controversial material and if material is controversial and refs are unable to back it up said material needs removing. We cannot be quoting living artists with allegedly homophobic lyrics unless the ref supports this, as it becomes a BLP violation. You are of course free to use recovery and repair tools in order to ref these allegations properly and thus ensure the article sticks to BLP. So basically I was not deleting these refs solely because they don't work but because I believe that BLP rules were being broken except in my very last edit where I believed a ref wasn't necessary as the material was not in dispute, certainly not by me but you are welcome to revert my last edit (not the others) if you so require and if you can fix the cite error which was the motivation behind that deletion. Why are you asking me here and not on the talk page for the article?. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 15:30, 10 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I put the note here because your unique editing behavior, in apparent disregard of WP:LR, is causing serious problems. It is perfectly fine for a dead link to support controversial material concerning an individual. The mere fact that the link is dead does not necessitate: (1) the deletion of the link; or (2) the deletion of the material. The only time the link (and the material it supports) should be deleted is when the link, when it was "alive", did not in fact support the controversial material. Your explanation for deleting the links and material is not based on the latter reason. Rather, your explanation simply says that the links are dead. That is not good enough. Some of your edits are likely to be reverted accordingly. Regards. AfricaTanz (talk) 19:48, 10 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Unique editing behaviour? What are you talking about. And since when did defending BLP cause problems? It is not okay for dead links to support potential BLP vios, have you read WP:BLP? We will not accept alleged homophobic accusations without solid sources. The allegations which are not sourced must be removed according to BLP, you cannot trump this policy by quoting another policy at me and claiming that defending BLP is unique editing behaviour and causing serious problems wont help your case either. If you re-add this material I will revert and then report you to the BLP noticeboard as we cannot have this material unsupported by refs, and 404s are not refs. Please rad and get to understand BLP, however controversial these dancehall artists may be they are fully needing our support as editors when it comes to BLP, one of the most important policies on wikipedia. If you want to include lyric interpretation illustrating alleged homophobic behaviour either choose dead artists or find some new sources, neither should be too difficult. You still havent explained why this conversation isnt taking place on the LGBT Jamaica where others can join in, this is becoming more necessary given your threat to deliberately violate our BLP policy. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 21:41, 10 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Getting live links was the correct way to go, we can only have verifiable links when it comes to possible BLP vios. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 01:14, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Whoops, this does indeed sound like a mistake on my part, an unusual one as I normally check these things but thanks for the heads up anyway. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 23:53, 29 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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I'll have to do some further research on this, but I think "TV Everywhere" is more than just a verification system. The additional definitions I've found may be justifications for expanding the article beyond the one basic definition. I was thinking about making "TV Everywhere" a section of Multichannel video programming distributor, and that's still possible, meaning your article would be a redirect. Your definition and the additional information would be the basis for that section, followed by the other definitions I've found.— Vchimpanzee· talk·contributions· 18:01, 20 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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In my edit summary for Grace Jones (supercentenarian) I have directed you to the talk page where I explained why the citation you placed was inappropriate. That talk notes the discussion at Misa Okawa which I assume you must have read as you then made a similar edit to that article. As per [[[Talk:Misao Okawa|that discussion]] I have replaced the GRG citations with {{cn}} tags where necessary. The tags at Grace Jones have been there since 30 May so reverting them is hardly trolling (misuse of that term could be considered to violate WP:CIVIL). As another revert will violate 3RR I will not do so now. I will however revert tomorrow. If you revert again I will take this to WP:ANI. DerbyCountyinNZ (TalkContribs) 00:22, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It is already at ANI, you havent explaiend anything and here is not the place to do so either. Given you vandalism tagged my page I do not want you here on my talk page anymore unless it is to inform me of ANI, arbcom, whatever but tagging good faith ediotors as vandals for adding refs is trolling and not covered by WP:Civil. Still baffled by your claim I am defying you as if you are editor and admin all rolled into one, so go and harrass someebody else please, I dont want to be your victim today or ever. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 01:10, 24 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The page has changed again and the for now part is not there anymore and I like it better without it but I was editing it too put first child and I put biological grandchild so there is more specific info I am trying to merge our ideas because I do not think your wrong I'm just trying to add a little bit of my info. and I'm sorry if you u found it offensive that I reverted I'm new to editing on Wikipedia and didn't know how to change part of a revert without reverting and the second part of my facts, the biological grand kid part I am working on finding a source for it right now and will put it in once I find itMisspea213 00:43, 28 July 2013 (UTC)Misspea213Misspea213 00:43, 28 July 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Misspea213 (talk • contribs)
I did not know about that rule thanks I will keep that in mindMisspea213 01:08, 28 July 2013 (UTC)Misspea213Misspea213 01:08, 28 July 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Misspea213 (talk • contribs)
You are welcome. Please do remember to sign on all talk pages and keep editing, I know you werent editing in a bad faith way. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 20:36, 28 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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SquakBox, I am only asking for now that you AT LEAST allow the stage-name to be deleted from the article. That is an unnecessary addition to the article that has nothing to do with me as a previous author and is a name that is subject to change. It is also not part of my identity when I was indeed a public figure. 18:07, 4 August 2013 (UTC) Rabanes I have tried to make this change & another contributor as violated the three revert rule. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rabanes (talk • contribs)
If you believe another user has violated the 3RR rule then please report them. I would be more open to this request once the afd has finished, please be patient. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 18:10, 4 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Someone else has now deleted the stage name, I am sure it wont be replaced and if it is will consider deleting again, and will keep an eye on the article. Thanks, ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 00:53, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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And if I am harassed again by Two Porks? What should I do. I have the right to vote in RMs without him telling me to shut up, I do know that and would appreciate some advice on how to deal with him if his poor behaviour continues. This was a clear case of provocation from someone trying to shut me up in order to try to get his/her way in the RM♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 15:24, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
My read into the exchange? TKoP's reply to your initial comment is appropriate. Your comment ... to move this article to Bradley would be a further BLP and NPOV violation ... is not 100% on point and has been debated in depth at the Manning RM, and TKoP pointed that out. Your response to TKoP rehashes the Manning RM debate, and you claimed that he attacked you when in fact he did not. How on earth are we supposed to clarify our positions with you spouting rubbish like this does not lead to collaboration. Be civil to each other; if you think TKoP's harassing you (and I don't believe this is the case), you should back that accusation with solid proof. I consider you to be the more hostile one when compared to TKoP during this exchange. - Penwhale | dance in the air and follow his steps 21:21, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
So basically you are supporting the harassment, just charming but hardly surprising, sigh. I couldnt care less whether you think my comment re BLP or NPOV re Bradley is 100% or 0% right, its my opinion, as the arbcom clerk your opinion on this matter has no weight whatsoever and by expressing it you show your involvement in the Manning issues, which makes your warning inappropriate, IMO, hence my removing it from my talk page. ♫ SqueakBoxtalkcontribs 22:20, 10 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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