Hi, I noted that you blocked the above user for repeatedly creating articles - could you also block his sock, User:Brianthompson112 please? Thanks! Wheelchair Epidemic (talk) 23:58, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
As to sockpuppets, I'm not yet sure yet of opening a case, but this user looks a lot like another sock of User:Sound check, just like User:Garage Banned. Compare the silly templates on their respective pages and FishNewbie's comment on Garage Banned's talk page. Thanks. De728631 (talk) 00:03, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
I do apologize if somewhat, my write ups are very strange to you. by the way, Hi! i am Gil P. Samaco Jr. a poor Author here in the Philippines currently done with two books. 25 years old and presntly connected with linksys technical support. I just initially used wikipedia and i was thinking as well to write something and save it because in our workplace we can only open wikipedia. whenever a thought will come to mind, i have to jot it down to remind myself the next day. Are you a published author? Can you help me as well?
Best regards
Gil P. Samaco Jr.
Wikipedia isn't a place for publishing original thoughts. It's just an encyclopedia. If you want to publish your ideas professionally, there are lots of books, magazines, and web sites with advice about how to do that. It sounds like your employer doesn't want you to pursue your personal writing career while you're at work; if they've blocked sites, they're almost certainly monitoring what you do online as well. Better to use paper and pen. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 02:27, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
Please don't delete messages from my talk page. Please, if you would like me to undelete the article you are working on, add three newspaper article, magazine article, or book links about Junior Stewart that clearly confirm how, specifically, he meets the notability criteria to my talk page. If this person is indeed of encyclopedic notability, I will restore the article and add the sources to it so that no one else will delete it. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:29, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
For this wondrous unblock decline - sorfane 23:29, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
That young person would be well advised to accept my advice. Becoming a more well-read person is one of life's greatest delights, and in countries with a good public library system, one that's free to all. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 23:37, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
Indeed, this is a known bug of Twinkle. I moved the page (blatant typo) just as you were in the process of prodding it. I've reported this bug before, and I was told this is something the Wikipedia community will have to live with.
Anyway, the page in question has already been speedied. -- Blanchardb-Me•MyEars•MyMouth- timed 02:24, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
Aw, and I was sure that the article could be saved if we could just find the Sports Illustrated article about that teen skateboarder who teeters on the verge of greatness in his sport. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 02:31, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
Clarification in response to your comments to MickMacNee[edit]
Just to clarify in response to your remark at User talk MickMacNee: ... when you turned your demand for a non-involved, non-Australian editor into a claim that nationality is irrelevant and knowledge of the dispute history is essential - the request for uninvolved non-Australian admin was not from MickMacNee, it was from me.
Thanks for answering SheaRose so nicely - she appears to have received local notice, but isn't ready for an article here and doesn't quite understand the inclusion policy. I had a 7AM meeting this morning 40 miles away and wasn't up to composing an appropriately kind response at that hour.
I hope your trip to London was enjoyable: you have my envy. I still recall my astonishment in London 27 years ago at encountering a native speaker of English who was entirely incomprehensible to me - a Cockney fish and chips vendor. Then I went to Scotland and it got worse. Acroterion(talk) 16:09, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
I had a great time in London; was amused at how few English accents I heard- it seems to be quite the international city. I'm glad you don't mind my butting in on your discussion with SheaRose... I'm afraid I tend to think that having google results link to examples of your discussions on Wikipedia is a quite fitting punishment for people of minor fame who come here to promote themselves, but I'm not, in general, a very nice person. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:43, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
Well, you do a fair simulation of nice, but then you're a middle school teacher in the middle of August, so you have to compensate somehow for what's in store. Acroterion(talk) 23:08, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
Oh, God. Tomorrow starts 'team-building' with the staff at a corporate summer camp. Ropes may be involved, and probably not in the fun way. The thought of cheery enforced fun makes me shudder. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 23:11, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
There's a special place in hell for people who require participation in these things. I bet somebody brings cupcakes.Acroterion(talk) 23:32, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
Hiya FQ, it's been a while, so to make up for lost time, I've an irritating problem which may be of my own making. In the past days, I've worked on the Satanic ritual abuse in the Netherlands page (Moreschi I informed of my revert - here so I could finish up my work). User:Criminologist1963, who created the page way back, reverted to a version before my changes ([1]). I re-reverted, and continued editing for citations, ref name tags and wording; ultimately I redirected to a subsection of the list of satanic ritual abuse allegations, merging the missing content. What followed was a long series of page blanking, reverts to a "neutral" text (i.e. wiping out my changes) [2], content forking, redirected and blanked and re-reverting, interspersed with possibly irritable commentary from myself [3], an exchange of 3RRwarnings and generally unhelpful editing. Oh, and more blanking of various mainspace pages (see the contrib history, here). Was I too quick on the draw with the warnings, was my good faith not assumed, do you have any suggestions, should I improve my conduct? I'm on a rather acrimonious page these days and it's eroding my civility I think. Suggestions? A smackdown for me?
I believe that bringing this to your attention would be the best option in this situation. You blocked this user a few weeks ago for disruptive pages moves, and he's at it again. The moves he's made are against consensus and are disruptive, and although I've been able to do a bit of damage control on the situation, I thought it'd be best to inform you. Mastrchf (t/c) 02:59, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
I see you asked him to stop at the same time that you messaged me; let's give him a few minutes and see if he responds to your request. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 03:18, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Well, it appears he's halted. Thanks for your help. Mastrchf (t/c) 12:52, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
No problem; I am glad that he responded to your request, though it would have been helpful if he'd replied in some way to let us know what he was thinking. If the problem happens again, you can shoot a message to me or go to WP:ANI. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 12:53, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello FQ. I tweaked the RFCU report on Fragments of Jade and added two IPs that were either confirmed or semi-confirmed by Thatcher previously. Hope you still agree with the result! EdJohnston (talk) 22:20, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the addition. I wasn't familiar with the full context of this user, but reading her defense of herself, I am even more convinced that it's the same person- the writing styles are very much the same. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 02:21, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi FisherQueen, there's a discussion on the incident noticeboard about Stears81 using IP accounts to evade your block. PhilKnight (talk) 15:03, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
Are you sure? I blocked him after he used an ip to avoid the consequences of a final warning... -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 15:04, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
In any case, I support block-on-sight for all ips, for whatever that's worth, which is what appears to be happening. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 15:05, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
I don't get it. This page isn't about questioning whether this page is about Hugh B. Cave or not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Qxface (talk • contribs) 02:05, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
You've created an article titled Charles August Sicking. But the article isn't about Charles Sicking, it's simply a copy of our existing article on Hugh B. Cave. Part of my job is deleting inappropriate articles, so I'm looking for information that will help me decide whether this new article needs to be deleted. To do that, I need a clearer understanding of what you're trying to do. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 02:08, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
It's been about half an hour. With no information about what you were trying to do, and no changes to the article, I'm going to go ahead and delete the redundant article. If there's other help you need, feel free to ask. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 02:39, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
Hey, the user Granpuf just messed up the Pink Panther template, which I fortunately managed to revert.
Reply on my Talk Page, under section Pink Panther
--Rsrikanth05 (talk) 19:04, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
That doesn't appear to require an administrators' attention; if you'd like the community to take a specific administrative action, try explaining the problem and what admin action you'd like taken at WP:ANI. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 19:58, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
The user making legal threats on Wikipedia appears to have ignored your offer to retract his statement and has readded the threat. The user also appears to be operating under two different IPs, User:63.207.179.18 and User:64.183.113.210, as you will notice in the article edit history. Best, epicAdam (talk) 23:54, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
theres such a thing as the long term abuse page FYI and the shadows will not give up until the wiki snobs give in —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shadow nightmare (talk • contribs) 01:33, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
Or until you realize that vandalism is a really boring way to spend your study halls and get a new hobby. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 01:36, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
I have unblocked this user that you blocked because he has promised to change his username. He contends that he just chose this name because User:Bongwarrior was taken, not because he is User:Bongwarrior and I have no reason to disbelieve him. Just a heads up, Oren0 (talk) 02:31, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
No, he isn't User:Bongwarrior. I think that he is a returning user who has a problem with Bongwarrior. But I'm sure his future behavior will make it clear if he's a useful editor. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 11:28, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I have put a suggestion on the above user's talk page for them regarding getting unblocked. I would suggest that if they do request unblocking, they be put on probation, and definitely have an adopter. If they don't do a proper unblock request (and actually seem apologetic) then forget'em. BMW(drive) 15:22, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
I don't think this user is going to be able to edit appropriately for years, until she is considerably more grown-up. Her combative style isn't a failure to understand the rules, it's a character flaw- I'll bet she has the same problems at school that she's having at Wikipedia. But I'd be glad to be wrong. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 15:24, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
I know what you're saying, and I hope I'm right this time. Considering that one of her edit summaries from her talk page called me a "pervert", I'm going way beyond where I should... +crosses fingers+ BMW(drive) 16:26, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
Bah. Never mind. Have a look on her talk page. Let her stay banned until there are no more wars based on religious differences in the world. Sorry to bug you, but I AGF too much, and believe in the best in people a little too often. Call me "JADED" from now on :_ BMW(drive) 23:42, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
I'm sorry your good faith was betrayed again. It makes me a little sad that (a) she thinks she has a chance of convincing anyone that the two accounts are different people, and (b) that she still hasn't figured out that she hasn't yet encountered any Wikipedia 'staff.' -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 00:59, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
What? Do you mean when I go into Walmart I'm not greeted by the big boss himself? The cashier is not his sister? Cousin Larry isn't the one stocking the shelf? Next you're going to tell me there is no Santa Claus! BMW(drive) 17:24, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
Well, that's nice. Don't forget to read through our article on commas while you're here. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 20:08, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
Could be the barefoot bandit, but he's not usually a taunter. Otherwise I would guess Heffeboy (talk·contribs), this guy, or this guy. I wouldn't want to guess and don't really think it matters. Criminologist1963 (talk·contribs) and I have butted heads recently, but I don't think they know who you are (though I did leave a message on your talk page last week regards him/her, nothing came of it and several other admins have intervened since.
If I'm bored tomorrow I might try digging a bit more. WLU (talk) 21:38, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
I don't suppose it actually matters; it doesn't appear to be User:Jimbo Wales finally taking notice of me. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:39, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
<sigh> Ignominy continues. Hey - how about that! My spell-checker actually knows that word! =D -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 21:59, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
For cleaning some of wikipedia's dirty socks. I award you this plate of brownies! Enjoy :-) John Sloan (talk) 23:00, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
Since you declined IvoTheThug, he's gone back to requesting unblocking at ThugIvo! Maybe it's time to protect both pages and let this guy find something else to do. Thanks for dealing with this guy, it must be trying to your patience! Again, cheers :-) John Sloan (talk) 22:35, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
Working on it now; I've got two puppets and am working down the list. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 22:36, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
There goes another one. No one tell him what it is he's doing that makes him so easy to spot... -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 22:50, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
Wow this guys never gonna stop! He really needs to take a long hard look at his life goals, because right now it only seems to involve getting onto and vandalising wikipedia! Anyway, I thought this guy was finished and was making this for you... Enjoy! :-) John Sloan (talk) 23:00, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
Just thought i'd let you know I might have found another one of his socks, User:The Little Duffel Bag Dallas, see my edit summary while tagging his userpage for reason why. John Sloan (talk) 01:01, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
I had no problem that you blocked anonymous users for editing my talk page (including me) but, that was totally uncalled for that you took down "this guy is cool" and said it was inaccurate. You have no business judging whether a comment like that is accurate or inaccurate. You are an Admin for Wikipedia and I respect that but, that dose not mean you are anything more.--99.137.208.196 (talk) 17:40, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
"This guy is cool" is certainly inaccurate for Wikipedia, based on your uncool contribution history. Acroterion(talk) 17:55, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
LOL, nice one Acroterion! You're certainly cool ;) John Sloan (talk) 18:04, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
I am well qualified to evaluate coolness on Wikipedia; coolness always depends on the prevailing community standards, and I am well familiar with Wikipedia's standards. Vandals are not only not cool, I'm afraid, but are looked upon with scorn and ridicule. I'm sorry if you were misinformed about what consitutes 'coolness.' -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:49, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
I threw them a welcome template, is that cool? I always wanted to be cool. BMW(drive) 12:08, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
sorry but none of you nerds are cool because you have no life outside wikipedia. end of. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ChubmasterFat (talk • contribs) 15:00, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
I'm so cool I actually sign (most of) my posts on Talk pages :P BMW(drive) 16:12, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
I'm so cool that I have plenty of interests I enjoy to fill my time, and never have spare time with nothing better to do than hang around in places I think are uncool, watching strangers having fun without me and whining that they must not be as cool as I am. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 16:16, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
I'm so cool I always help other editors with friendly tips, help and advice [4] -- John Sloan (talk) 16:34, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
..such a schneeblyweebly towards me? —Preceding unsigned comment added by ChubmasterFat (talk • contribs) 15:14, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
How can people be schneeblyweebly if they don't know what the heck it is? How about the Top 10 uses of the word "schneeblyweebly"??
"I saw Larry getting all schneeblyweebly with the blonde at the pub last night"...
"Timmy, don't forget to shake your schneeblyweebly after you pee, then wash your hands"...
When my talk page is next archived, it will contain the only use of the word "schneeblyweebly" on the whole internet. I feel extremely warm and fuzzy about that. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 17:00, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
if you think it is confuse... then move it. please do not whole sales delete. Masonfamily (talk) 16:53, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
There's nothing to move; the information you're trying to add- that the advertisements for 'comfort women' were misleading and untruthful- is already in the article, so there's no need to write it again at such length in the image caption. We're currently engaged in an edit-war about that, which is against the rules for both of us, so I'm going to allow users other than myself to look at it and see what they think about your additions. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 16:58, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
i think reader must know "was women really knew cofort women job?" but answer is "NO". i want inform this counterpart side claim. reader may confused "cofort women is a sexual salvery? but recruiment advertisement?" i want remove this confusing. Masonfamily (talk) 17:03, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Yes, but that is already in the article, in clear English. It doesn't also need to be under the picture. Look in the section labelled 'Recruitment'; that section discusses in detail the dishonest and violent ways that women were brought to be 'comfort women.' Even the specific quote you wanted to use is referenced in the article already. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 17:06, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
nope. there is no explain that Keijō nippō, maeil shinpo comfort women advertisment in Recruitment section. this is not duplicated information. Masonfamily (talk) 17:10, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
You and I cannot agree about this, so we will both wait for other Wikipedia editors to look and decide which of us is correct about how much information should be under the picture in that article, and whether you have added any new information that is not already in the article and should be added. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 17:12, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
well, my source also realtion with this advertisemtn picture. you think my source had nothing relation with that picture? one source, and multi explanation. there is no rules that one picture description must by one side claim. Masonfamily (talk) 17:18, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Is there a way we could make that point in the caption in a way that is much shorter and simpler? What about, instead of what you wrote, we made the caption something simpler, like, "Misleading recruitment advertisment for comfort women in newspapers in Korea?" I do not read Korean so I do not know what the ad in the picture actually says- can you read Korean? Do you know what the ad in the picture is claiming the job is? -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 17:23, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
oh. i understand. "shorter and simpler..." ok. i will try iy. just wait. "shorter and simpler..." good point. Masonfamily (talk) 17:26, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
I see that another user has removed your long version; I put my proposed version in the caption instead of what was there before. I think you may have a point about making it clear in the caption under the picture that the advertisement is a false one, and I hope the community accepts the change I put there. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 17:33, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
thanks but, my source explain, "that" advertisement did not show that they recruit sexual slave or prostitute. Masonfamily (talk) 17:42, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
you seems like a good faith editor. ok, thanks.Masonfamily (talk) 17:43, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks- now that I understand what you want to do, I'm trying to help you do it. I've made some small changes to your recent edit, but just to make the English more correct and fix a formatting mistake- I didn't change your meaning at all. I can't read your source - it's also in a language that I do not read. I only speak English well. :( I believe you that the ad does not show that they are recruiting sex slaves or prostitutes. What does the advertisement say that they are recruiting? Nurses? Factory workers? Or does it say nothing about what the job is? -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 17:46, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
"that" advertisement was a "only one" comfort women recruit ad. very "tiny" advertisement in newspaper. it is still doubt that comfort women really saw "that" ad. in that time korean did not called prostitue as a "comfort women". also "that" newspaper did not said, women must work for sexual slave or prostitute job. Masonfamily (talk) 17:58, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
thank you very much for your grammar correction. i realize that you are good faith editor. thanks, anyway. now, i agree with your correction. Masonfamily (talk) 17:48, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
I enjoyed working with you. I can't promise that the rest of the community will like the change we made, but I'm happy with it now, and I hope you are, too. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 17:49, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
I enjoyed working with you, too. Masonfamily (talk) 17:58, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Please undelete the page"Herne Webber, Shamanic Priest." This page was deleted before it was even entirely completed, because the person it is about is considered "not notable." The bio was not completed, which would have given the informaiton about suitability for inclusion. InjunSun (talk) 16:53, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Sure, I'd be glad to undelete it for you. First, could you please put links here on my talk page to three newspaper or magazine articles published about Herne Webber? That will establish his notability clearly; I will add them to the article when I undelete it, so no one else mistakes him for a non-notable person. Thanks! -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 16:56, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Quick Citations (full and more to appear as I dig them up):
Out and About Newspaper [outandaboutnewspaper.com] - Fall 2004 - Quoted in article about Wicca's and Paganism's openness to gay people.
The Daily Beacon [dailybeacon.utk.edu] - Fall 2003 - Published letter to Editor about financial abuses of UT's president, who was later ousted based on the allegations mentioned.
Bear Briefs - Newspaper of the Appalachian Bear Club (defunct since Sept. 2000) - Cited in numerous articles in 1998 and 1999 on issues about spirituality within the gay community.
No, that's not quite what we need. Not letters from him, or articles in which he is quoted, but the articles that are written about him in fairly reliable, significant sources, articles that really explore why he is so important and significant in his field. Of course, the titles of any books that have been published about him would also be okay. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 17:56, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
I would ask that more time be allowed for a person or place to establish his, her or its "notability" (which is a subjective categorization in any event) for an article, including getting together citations. "Herne Webber, Shamanic Priest," and "Sunnheim Arbor Frithyard" are two examples where I CAN get citations and get them up, but not if I am having to scramble to do so as they are being removed within moments of my publishing them. I intended to get other local community members to help me polishing my submissions AFTER I put the articles up, so they could simply go in and edit them, but their immediate removal prevents me, and hence them, from doing that. Moreover, since I can't find the original text, I can't even simply send it out to people I know for their editiing, citing and such. BTW, the article above didn't merely quote Herne, he was its focus. I am having trouble locating the exact citation, but I have asked the editors to help me do so. Locally notable is still notable, isn't it?
On your talk page, I noticed a LOT of really negative slams for your style of editing. I don't think people are questioning your editing so much as how quickly and decisively you remove things people care about. If items marked for immediate removal are removed before they can be edited to fit the criteria explained, that causes consternation. From what I have read, you have been polite, so I would ask one last thing: please have you, your staff and contributors NOT put you/themselves in the position of judging whether a person is notable simply because you/they do not travel in the same social circles. Notability is a creation of people talking about someone or someplace. Creating notability is not hard, but proving it sometimes is. Can you please undelete "Herne Webber, Shamanic Priest" and not delete "Sunnheim Arbor Frithyard," so the Knoxville community can have the opportunity to edit them to your satisfaciton? InjunSun (talk) 18:38, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
I'm so sorry that you've had to discover the hard way that it's a bad idea to come to Wikipedia to try to write articles about yourself and your home. As you saw on my talk page, hundreds of people do the same thing every day, and all of them learn that it just doesn't work. If you truly are notable, you won't have to write about yourself, and neither will your friends, because one of your hundreds of admirers will read a book about you, or articles about you in their favorite newspaper or magazine, and work together to write about you. This process is inevitable. Aleister Crowley didn't write the article about himself. Scott Cunningham didn't have to write the article about himself, either. Neither do you. Notability isn't subjective at Wikipedia; there are very clear and specific criteria at WP:BIO, which I know you have read, because I've linked those rules for you at least three times. But if you keep recreating an article that doesn't meet the guidelines, and we can't persuade you to stop by explaining the rules, then the only way to get you to stop will be to block you from editing. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 20:27, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
To answer another question you asked: No, if you are only notable within a small subset in a small location, you probably don't meet the notability criteria. I'm well known in my social circle, too, but an encyclopedia certainly doesn't need an article about me. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 20:35, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your post on my talk page. I expect it came from my request for page protection. As the editor's talk page continues to refer to me as prejudiced and racist, I was about to go to Wikiquette. I know it's their own talk page, but he originally posted the exact text on my talk page, which is revolting. I'm not going to re-hash any argument, but someone show this person policies please. Personal attacks (even on talk pages) don't belong around here. You would not imagine how fuming I am about those comments right now, and I'm being as polite as I can be. I did, after all, ask the user to leave me alone 2 weeks ago or so (immediately after supporting him in either AN/I or Wikiquette ... I forget which). Thanks. BMW(drive) 18:08, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Was that you? I just noticed the two of you going back and forth in my watchlist. I have zero idea about the context behind that, and didn't realize that User:Bwilkins was the "BMW" who has commented here from time to time. :) I'll keep an eye out; I didn't really get where the 'racist' thing was coming from but haven't looked into it in much depth, either. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 18:11, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Yup, 'tis me, sadly. I have no problem being called many things ... prejudiced and racist are two that don't go over well : "Most disturbing about your claims is the use of the term "bastardization" itself. It sounds like you want everything to be "pure"? Applied generally, esp. in the name of the British Empire (or what's left of it), this would lead to chilling changes. And we've heard talk of "purity" before. Do you get sad when people of different races have children together? The British Empire wiped out cultures and languages wholesale, across the globe. And you seem to hope that they continue doing the same thing -- you even want to contribute to this effort. That is very disturbing. I recommend, instead, you try to see what's beautiful about variety. Celebrate difference!" All that because although I back him and recommended the use of American English spelling of the word "Center" in articles about venues for the Beijing Games, I referred to Americanized English as a "bastardization" of the language, as of course one gets taught in any good journalism school :) BMW(drive) 18:19, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Yeah, I took a second look at his talk page and noticed that comment. I have to say it's the first time I saw someone accused of the extermination of civilizations over the question of whether the word is spelled 'centre' or 'center.' I threw a friendly reminder onto his talk page. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 18:21, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
LOL ... and I actually supported him. God forbid I defied him/her! I rarely am other than cheery. Using racist against me does raise the hackles a bit. BMW(drive) 18:31, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi FisherQueen! Thanks for your attempts to help. You admit that you haven't looked into the matter closely, so I won't bite at you too hard. :) But, surely, you'll admit that this isn't about the spelling of center, yes? Please, take a moment and bone up on the colonial usage of the term "bastardization". It's not about spelling. Goodness. Bwilkins thinks it's funny (witness: the smiley face). I don't. I find it deeply offensive (for reasons already explained.)
You placed a (second) comment on my page indicating I reconsider my explanation of why I found Bwildins' comments so deeply disturbing. Yet I see no comment on Bwilkins' page asking him/her to reconsider his/her initial statement. Do you think that's helpful? Normally, in a conflict between two people, one that starts with A saying X to B (which upsets B), and that continues with B saying Y to A (which upsets A), a third person sincerely trying to help, says to A: "Hey, please reflect on whether you really meant X. Thanks!" And then, to B: "Hey, please reflect on whether you really meant Y. Thanks!"
You didn't do that here. I'm trying to make that square with the idea you're trying to help. Could you assist me? I don't get it. Thanks in advance. Samuel Webster (talk) 18:54, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
P.S. I, too, am fuming. Referring to other cultures (or parts of them) as "bastardizations" really gets my hackles up! (By the way, I'm not American.) Samuel Webster (talk) 18:55, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
I'm not qualified to referee between the two of you. I wish you both well as you look for ways to peacefully co-exist, if that's what you want to do. If you want to talk to each other, politely, about what words like 'bastardization' and 'racist' mean to you, you're both quite capable of doing that, I'm sure, without my help. Good luck to you. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 19:07, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
(outdent) Besides, "bastardization of a language" is a personal opinion about the evolution of a language via political reasonings, based on centuries of the identical statement being used by more learnéd people than any of us, and is not an attack on culture. As a journalist, I know this phrase well. Anyone knows it is not a personal attack. Referring to someone as a racist, or as prejudiced are definitelypersonal attacks. One is permitted in the free world, and on Wikipedia. The other is not. NOW since I have no desire to pollute this fine editor's talk page with additional drivel related this soon-to-be Wikiquette or AN/I issue, I shall continue to simply TPS this page as I have been for about a week :P BMW(drive) 19:16, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
Hey FisherQueen. Thanks again for trying to help! Whether or not you're qualified I can't say, but it is certainly an exceedingly complicated issue... And when one person says things like "anyone knows..." it's likely to prove a lost cause anyway. Best wishes from Europe, Samuel Webster (talk) 07:26, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
Sorry; it was tagged as an org and I hit the wrong button. If I'd seen your name as creator, I would have known you were going to add the sources to it soon; must have been working the CSD queue too fast last night. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 11:59, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
OK no worries, just a little surprised to see it speedied as a bio! I received a deletion message too claiming deletion as a bio. I can't remember ever creating the article but lets see what it looks like and then come to a consensu. The Bald One White cat 12:26, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
I undeleted it for you as a courtesy- you know, 'cause I know who you are and I know you know what to do. :) But it really does need sources. I have a few similar articles out here from my earliest forays into Wikipedia that I've had to defend from speedying more than once. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 12:33, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. It looks like a valid one to me. Is supported by USAID which is a notable global organization. Seems to have played quite an important role in the decentralisation of legal activity away from state power in modern Bulgarian society. Could be expanded fully and needs a lot of work but looks a valid stub to me and certianly not a speedy criteria for a non notable org. either. The Bald One White cat 12:57, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
Now it is no longer a stub could be expanded two fold even further quite easily. The Bald One White cat 14:58, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
I mentioned you (positively, of course) here. BMW(drive) 12:37, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
That seems like a reasonable place to look for help with your difficulty. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 12:39, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
I hate admitting that I was unable to mediate my own issue. I guess it goes back to the old "he who has themself as a lawyer has a fool for a client"? LOL BMW(drive) 13:31, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
Meh; we all need help from time to time. Even people as stunningly fabulous as myself. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 13:32, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
Ok, well I'll see my psych for my issues, and you check with yours about yours LMAO BMW(drive) 17:28, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
Did I mention that I keep your talk page on my watchlist to ensure that I check it from time to time....to see your newest lolcat? =) the_ed17 03:51, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
I doubt I change them more than once a month, and they all come from Wikimedia Commons, I'm afraid. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 11:38, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
It's still fun to see when you've made a change...and do I go looking for them on Wikimedia Commons? No! I come here; I'm lazy... =D the_ed17 11:46, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
Speaking of lives (and not having one), Mr. Webster still has not changed, and the Wikiquette entry seems to have people shying away from it ...BMW(drive) 23:30, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
Dear FisherQueen,
yes please can you help. I am trying to contribute, still trying to format correctly, and not sure even if this will get to you.
Adjustable Focus and corrective lens is what I have been trying to update and improve.
I welcome you advice and direction.
--EdidaVinci (talk) 22:00, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
I already tweaked the formatting a little bit for you. You might find WP:BETTER to be a good general guide to how to improve an article, possibly. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 22:02, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
Forgive me please, what is WP? also is this correct way of responding back to you, by editing and saving? --EdidaVinci (talk) 22:05, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
That's a link to a page about improving articles; the WP: just means it's a link to one of Wikipedia's many non-encyclopedia-article files. Yes, this is how to use a talk page. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 22:09, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks
Excellent, figuring it out, and shall check later to improve and update my edit/contribution--EdidaVinci (talk) 22:12, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
The comments on adjustable focus page, related to reading like a advertisement, from a neutral perspective and references, I am unclear about at present, please could you give me direction and advice.--EdidaVinci (talk) 22:23, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
please can you check my edits, minor formatting of lens types, since I tried to format and created headings with descriptions below--EdidaVinci (talk) 05:16, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello - I suppose it's moot, but since in my experience this bad penny doesn't ever seem to go away, you might want to reinstate your comments that he removed here, in case you missed it. Nice to meet you, by the way - you can expect to be smeared as being my friend hereafter - I hope we at least can do some good work together! Tvoz/talk 22:48, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
I'm not sure if this is the right place to answer your query. You requested newspaper citations to determine the notability of the article on Adam Gamoran (me). Here are a few examples:
Agamoran (talk) 17:55, 29 August 2008 (UTC)Adam Gamoran
That's great! I put a {prod} tag on and took it off again, not sure whether or not you met the notability guidelines for academics or not. I took the tag off when I saw that you hadn't created the article, and did appear to be noteworthy in your field. Still, adding those sources to the references of the article would be great. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 19:40, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your advice. The press citations are on the discussion page associated with the article about me. It seemed a bit over the top to put them in the article, especially for me to do it about myself (whereas I did not feel awkward about listing a few of my publications).
69.129.201.116 (talk) 15:12, 30 August 2008 (UTC)Adam Gamoran
FYI since you blocked Powerbeam08: I'm having a hard time believing that it is just a coincidence that Visionary77 created an account and added almost the same content to Wireless energy transfer that Powerbeam08 had been edit-warring over. --Ronz (talk) 20:21, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
It's certainly the same person, but he's removed the corporate pimping and just put in the technical part; I don't know enough about electricity to know whether his edits are legit. To be honest, if he's decided to come back with a new username and not promote his company, I'd be inclined to cheer him on. Of course, if someone who speaks science says his edits are bullshit, then he should be re-blocked with extreme prejudice, but if they're useful, then I'd be inclined to live and let live. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 20:54, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the perspective. I'll try to steer him to providing some sources. --Ronz (talk) 21:40, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
Sadly, it looks like he's out to promote PowerBeam, Inc. Can you take a look at his most recent edits and see if you agree? --Ronz (talk) 06:01, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
Well, that is disappointing. Indefinitely blocked for block evasion it is, then. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 12:05, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
I removed the "High schools in Ohio" category from the article because all articles in that category pertaining to specific schools have been moved to the appropriate county-specific subcategory (in this case, Category:High schools in Hamilton County, Ohio). This was done to keep the main category from getting too large and to keep things more organized. Oldiesmann (talk) 18:09, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
Thanks- I was confused, but when I looked at your recent contributions, I saw what you were doing with the categories on a number of schools, and changed the category tag to the category you mentioned, since that category wasn't on the article yet. I'm glad to get confirmation that I guessed correctly. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 00:00, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
Well, I encountered one of her sockpuppets a while back. It was a little tortured, and there's probably more to the story than I saw, but if I understood it correctly, the user was blocked for some inappropriate behavior. She came back with a few sockpuppets. At some point, she decided that Wikipedia had committed a serious breach against both her privacy and her personal safety by revealing such 'personal information' as the name of the public library her ip was editing from. Her attempts to delete all mention of her activities, including the checkuser page and Jeff's page detailing the scope of the complicated problem, involved her mobilization of a vast army of sockpuppets, claiming that her violent ex-boyfriend would beat and/or kill her as a result of this information (I'm not sure quite how she thought that would work, since as far as I know her name is still not known), threatening lawsuits, and often claiming to be a friend (I see she's claiming to be her own sister this time). I am baffled by the scope and breadth of her paranoia, and suspect that she may suffer from a serious mental illness, though of course I'm not qualified to evaluate the mental health of anyone based on their Wikipedia contributions. Reason and discussion don't work for her; the best response is to block the sockpuppets on sight. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 23:55, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
I was wrong; apparently she has posted her real name and email address in several places; a little odd behavior for someone who is so concerned with her privacy. I've certainly never posted my real name on Wikipedia, and I'm not half as worried about it as she is. (I suppose that a sufficiently motivated person with the right skills could probably unearth my name, and I know that The Website Whose Name We Do Not Speak makes a hobby of 'outing' administrators, but I don't experience a lot of anxiety over it. I would very much prefer that my real name stayed private, but I don't suppose anything particularly awful would happen if they didn't). -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 02:15, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
More or less what I figured: it appears that FloNight courtesy-blanked some of the correspondence out of sheer exhaustion. I haven't figured out what Precious Roy's done to deserve the vilification, but it seems to have struck a nerve. I really couldn't see anything that needed action, based on the IP's complaints, apart from blocking the IP. Certainly Tweety21 would fade away if s/he's just let it go instead of coming back to pick at scabs.
Likewise, I'm sure that someone could figure out who I am if they really tried, but it's not something that causes great concern: anyone who tried to call me at home or work to harass would be bleeding from the ears in 15 seconds, courtesy of my wife or my office manager, respectively. Acroterion(talk) 02:35, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
Dear FisherQueen, please review the contributions on the talk page of Unruled Paper (film), and you will notice that I have not been the cause of the present problem. User:AzureFury conflated Iranians with the mass murderer Usama Bin Laden, while he should have known that Iranians had nothing to do with 9/11. Not only that, some Iranians died as a result of this atrocity; similarly for the London 7/7. The remarks by User:AzureFury are not as innocent as may appear to you. At present USA has the highest concentration of her warships in the Persian Gulf. Israel is threatening to bomb the nuclear installations in Iran (if you had any knowledge of at least the geography of Iran, you would have known that all of the known nuclear installations of Iran are located in densely-populated areas), and Iran is threatening to torch the entire region should she be attacked. We are standing absolutely on the verge of the WW III, a calamity that would make WW II look like a picnic, and someone here is brazenly conflating Iran and Iranians with Usama Bin Laden. We should have a sense of proportion and human decency, which unfortunately some seem to be lacking. This is what the "ramming" of planes into Iranian buildings entails: Congressman Dennis Kucinich: Mindless threats imperial millions.
Further, you say that I "seem very sensitive to any racism against Iranians". Firstly, I am very sensitive to racism, from whatever source it emerges and to whatever group it is directed (needless to say, it also gets to me when I encounter racist remarks issued by Iranians); my outlook is international and is not informed by my personal history regarding my race, religion or place of birth. It is remarkable how often here on Wikipedia one's knowledge of a particular culture or background is mistaken as a sign of one's "nationalism" or the like - some illiterate sometimes ago called me brazenly as "a nationalist problem editor" for having pointed out that the information on a particular website amounted to a fabrication (I even cited an American historian in support of my statement).
Racist remarks are racist remarks and are independent of how one particular person perceives them. Your attempt at justifying the rude remarks addressed at me by others are not helpful. In particular, the fact that some people copypaste on Wikipedia, cannot have any bearing on me; I am who I am and do not wish to be dealt with like one of a herd of ship. As I have written on the talk page of Unruled Paper (film) (and I am sorry to have to repeat the same mantra), I am an academic and in my academic environment, copypasting is considered a serious crime. In Wikipedia we have the mechanism of attaching "reference needed" to crucial statements that are un-sourced. Why should we be suspecting or even accusing others of plagiarism? It remains the case that I have been rudely insulted, by suggestions that I have discussed elsewhere.
Lastly, I never claimed that my text of Unruled Paper (film) were perfect, not least because of the fact that it is really my first draft. Please check the edit history of this entry, and you will realise that I have one main edit followed by a number of very minor edits spread over several days; this by the fact that within the first five minutes of its creation, the entry was tagged and I did not wish to change the facts on the ground while a discussion was going on; further, the nuisance caused by such trouble maker as User:AzureFury did not leave any time for me to improve on my text. Finally, as I have repeatedly mentioned, there is nothing in the public domain on this film in any language known to me (barring Persian - only last week, one week after having written the entry for Wikipedia, I discovered an illegally scanned Iranian film magazine on the Internet, on the website of a fan of Ms Hadyeh Tehrani in Iran). You may wish to verify this fact my making a Google search on "Unruled Paper", using any combination of the words that you encounter in the text written by me (you could have employed the same approach in order to determine whether my text could have even been based on someone else's text). Searching on "Unruled Paper" will turn up the present Wikipedia entry as the first and the only entry on this film.
I'm sorry that you didn't believe me when I said that my comment on your talk page was your last warning. The ability to work together with others really is essential on Wikipedia; your accusations of racism and bad faith, combined with your legal threats, which you chose not to retract when you had the opportunity, makes it impossible for us to allow you to continue editing. We all want to help create a good encyclopedia, but no one wants to spend a lot of time reading your lengthy, angry diatribes, especially since you have been treated more than fairly. I would have blocked you myself, but I see that someone else has already done so. Note that you are not blocked for being Iranian. You are blocked for making legal threats. Now that you are going to file a lawsuit against Wikipedia, our lawyer requests that you communicate with Wikipedia through the court, and refrain from editing the encyclopedia until your lawsuit is concluded. If you change your mind about the lawsuit, you could be unblocked, but you'll also need to show that you're willing to work politely with other users. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 19:49, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
By the way, that user's comments regarding bin Laden are clearly sarcasm. He is reacting to your accusations against him. He is saying that he feels you are overreacting to minor disagreements, and that he feels that by calling his adherence to the rules 'fundamentalism,' you are linking him to fundamentalists like bin Laden. He is expressing anger at you for calling him a fundamentalist and comparing him to the Spanish Inquisition, which you did in the previous edit. He does not compare you to bin Laden in that comment; it is himself that he compares to bin Laden. "Do you truly think I am a fundamentalist like bin Laden, and that my action of following Wikipedia's rules is just as bad as bin Laden's acts of terrorism?" would be a good way to rephrase what he said. And he is right to be angry- you are the one who called him a fundamentalist and an inquisitor, an example of your bad manners. I believe you when you say you are an academic. I know you would never talk to your colleagues in the university that way, because you would not remain in your position for long if you had the habit of insulting your colleagues. The same good manners that you use in real life are expected here. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 20:05, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
You need to seriously get a life! stop insulting those you do not know, if anybody is Mentally ill, its you who spends countless hours communication with those you do not know!! you must be very sad and alone in real life to waste your time thus, I am going to contact Wikipedia next week and make arrangements to meet with them and my sister (to proove we are two people) I have never been banned myself, having only been made aware of Wiki this past year.
I am in contact with Flo Night and will work for a peaceful resolution for this problem. I can show proof that my sister has not edited for about a year! leave her alone, she has health problems!! You are an ABUSIVE Admin and I am going to look into getting you recalled! as per instructions from various Admins who have had run-ins with you. Seriously! get a life!! one of you accused my sister of editing back in May from an ip (cox communications ) that is not even available in our country! This is bizarre! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.164.145.85 (talk) 17:40, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
"Mentally ill" is not an insult; it is simply a medical condition. Of course, I have no way of diagnosing mental illness; perhaps there is some other reason that you spend so much time on Wikipedia, demanding impossible things for unreasonable reasons. I look forward to your work in having me recalled, and I invite all of the various administrators who have instructed you to seek my recall to request it through the appropriate channels. If I have misused my powers so seriously, I should indeed be recalled, and when a number of independent administrators work to have me desysopped, their opinions will certainly be given great weight by the community. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 19:49, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
No, i did make an advertisement for my band. I was simply trying to make a page on Wikipedia for my band. You took the liberty of deleting all that information for me, so i shouldn't be upset. But, from the look of it, you're a smart person, which is why it's so hard for me to believe that instead of doing the research to find out whether my band was legitmate or not, you simply deleted the information i posted. And that ticks me off a little. Please, do your research next time, and figure it out.
i award you no points, and my god have mercy on your soul.
Sicnerely,
A. Rose
www.myspace.com/settle (not an ad, do your fucking research.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Settlemusic (talk • contribs)
I'm sure you didn't mean to delete the rest of my talk page to leave this message. I've actually done my fucking research on Wikipedia's rules very well. Hundreds of people every day come to Wikipedia to create a page for their bands. We delete them all, because Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a directory of bands that have not yet achieved notability. You don't need to do anything; when your band makes it big, a few dozen of its fans will create an article about it based on the many magazine articles, newspaper articles, and books that will be written about it. For now, don't worry about Wikipedia, and just concentrate on your music. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:22, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
I got your back, FQ. :) GlassCobra 21:27, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
I added Disco house to Articles for Deletion/Log/ August 31, but it didn't come out right. Noble12345 (talk) 21:38, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
You need to follow the steps here; just adding it to the list without going through those steps won't work. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:40, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
Yes, I found the discussion. I haven't weighed in yet because I'm not sure. I did find sources confirming the existence of 'disco house' as a genre, like the disco house charts at Juno, but none yet that really met the reliable sources criteria or discussed it in any genre. I think I'll leave this one to people who are more knowledgeable in the field of house music, and so more able to make an informed decision. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 22:25, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
I'm knowledgeable in house music and there is no such thing as disco house. Come on, delete it. Noble12345 (talk) 22:29, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
Oh, sorry, I didn't realize that you hadn't read the section explaining the process. Now that you've listed it on AfD, the next thing that happens is a discussion among the community about whether it should be deleted. You can watchlist the discussion and see what other users have to say on the subject, and what kinds of sources they can find. In a week or so, an administrator will review the discussion and decide whether the community's consensus agrees with you that the article should be deleted. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 22:31, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
What if my comment is the only comment on the page? Noble12345 (talk) 23:29, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
That has no bearing on anything until one week passes... Just add the page to your watchlist and see what happens after a week or so. the_ed17 23:37, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
Yes, it just means that no one's commented yet. We give the discussions a week because they do take time. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 00:19, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
Is there any chance Noble is in some way related to Auto Racing Fan? There's a predilection for racing and music... -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 00:54, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
Please read those reverted words. They are mine. That posting was an error (but I don't understand why my username isn't attached -- sometimes this just happens). I intended to think about it for a while longer. Read the words. And leave the more modest post in place. If I am going to attack the AN/I process, as I do there, I need to think carefully before doing so. The chance for constructive action is diminished by too hasty a beginning. --Tenmei (talk) 23:03, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
I read the words, but I didn't realize they were yours, since I didn't see your signature. Now I understand what you were trying to do. You can avoid being reverted again by explaining what you're doing in your edit summary; use something like 'editing my comment for length.' -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 23:04, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for protecting the page. If it weren't me, I would be awfully confused because I wouldn't understand what happened. I don't know why, but sometimes one window will revert to an IP-address and the other one will still show me as Tenmei. I assume it is a service provider error rather than anything to do with Wikipedia. --Tenmei (talk) 23:11, 31 August 2008 (UTC)
