User talk:Sgaran

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« D Trebbien (talk) 00:33 2007 December 11 (UTC)

Image source problem with Image:Arc logoa2.jpg[edit]

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Alpha Rover Consortium[edit]

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AfD nomination of Alpha Rover Consortium[edit]

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Greetings. I have nominated Alpha rover in the same nomination as the above. Cheers, Into The Fray ^T/C 16:12, 28 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image:ALPHA_black_logo3.jpg listed for deletion[edit]

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Unspecified source/license for Image:Arc logo.jpg[edit]

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Articles for deletion nomination of Steven A. Garan[edit]

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Articles for deletion nomination of Automated Imaging Microscope System[edit]

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Articles for deletion nomination of Aging Research Centre[edit]

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COI warning[edit]

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steven A. Garan[edit]

Do not paste a copy of the article into the AfD page, as you did here[1]. Doing so is unnecessary and disruptive. Instead, you can offer an argument for keeping the article, by appending you comments at the bottom of the AfD page. Thanks, Nsk92 (talk) 23:14, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sockpuppetry case[edit]

Your name has been mentioned in connection with a sockpuppetry case. Please refer to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sgaran for evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with the guide to responding to cases before editing the evidence page.

Edit on Paola S. Timiras[edit]

I rolled back your recent edit on Paola S. Timiras. As you know, I'm suspicious that you may have been editing under the ip 64.85.252.225 which was recently blocked for vandalism. My apologies in advance if this is not the case, but I think your reversion was unwarranted in any case--the material you restored was not sourced. If the information is correct, please provide reliable sources that can be verified. --Nuujinn (talk) 00:20, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I will not edit war with you on this, but I feel I must point out that your edits assert that Timiras is "now Professor Emeritus, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and currently a co-director of Center for Research and Education on Aging (CREA) at UC Berkeley." According to UC Berkeley, [she died in 2008]. The obituary is linked at the bottom of the page. Also, I believe "future Nobel laureate Roger Guillemin" is an example of WP:CRYSTAL. These are not helpful edits, it might be worth reconsidering them. --Nuujinn (talk) 00:51, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Edits to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Automated Imaging Microscope System[edit]

I removed your insertion of the Automated Imaging Microscope System article into the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Automated Imaging Microscope System discussion. It's not helpful to copy parts of the article under discussion into the discussion. Please contribute to the discussion by advocating for the article's deletion or retention. --Nuujinn (talk) 00:31, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Some suggestions[edit]

I'm assuming good faith, so I thought I would make a couple of suggestions.

Regarding the sockpuppet investigation, you should probably respond, and definitely if you respond, do so truthfully.

Your recent history of edits seem disruptive, in particular, you are added unsourced material, some of which is apparently false, to articles such as Paola S. Timiras. Such actions are not helpful, and I ask that you please cease. If you feel that these changes are warranted, please discuss them on the talk pages of the articles.

In regard to the article for deletion discussions, I would suggest that a better course of action would be to seek out some reliable sources to establish notability according to the guidelines at WP:N.

I hope this is helpful, if you have any questions. --Nuujinn (talk) 17:39, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

May 2010[edit]

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Phenomics. 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 several reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. When in dispute with another editor you should first try to discuss controversial changes to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. Should that prove unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. Please stop the disruption, otherwise you may be blocked from editing. Crusio (talk) 18:55, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Reply[edit]

I left you a reply on my talk page, please respond there. --Nuujinn (talk) 19:22, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Your recent edit removed content from Talk:Paola S. Timiras. When removing text, please specify a reason in the edit summary and discuss edits that are likely to be controversial on the article's talk page. If this was a mistake, don't worry; the text has been restored, as you can see from the page history. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia, and if you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. It is extremely bad form to alter another editors comments, such edits distort the discussion. Please cooperate with others. Nuujinn (talk) 21:35, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Timiras[edit]

Hi, your talkpage addition here where you accuse another editor of "a malicious desire for revenge." is a personal attack, I would prefer it if you deleted it, thanks. Off2riorob (talk) 10:38, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of interest[edit]

Hi, you also are claiming to be a living person, have you identified yourself officially to the OTRS team? Off2riorob (talk) 10:41, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

File source problem with File:PaolaTimiras.jpg[edit]

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File source problem with File:PaolaTimiras1.jpg[edit]

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File source problem with File:PaolaTimiras2.jpg[edit]

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ANI discussion[edit]

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