User:Redwolf24/Archive28

Original Message

From: kategibbs To: info-en@wikimedia.org Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 11:18 PM Subject: TalK: List of Australians in International Prisons

Dear Sir/Madam

I am appalled at the way you allow Wikipedia to be used for people to vent their personal attacks on people, which has recently happened to myself. Please see

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_Australians_in_international_prisons#Improvements_for_article

I was informed some time ago that people had been posting about me and the work I do at www.prisonersoverseas.com

I received an email this morning saying that whilst searching for Prisoners Overseas using my name, the above came up in the google listings. I have not been able to defend myself and the information is incorrect, including the fact I live in the UK, when I am based in Australia. It is in response to my setting up of Prisoners Overseas. This person has sought to blacken my name. There is a comment there from a Robert Frost of Prisoner Dispute in the UK, this is a fictitious name and fictitious organisation. The whole attack on my personality and work is fictional and appalling.

I have been accused of being someone called Diane Elgar, whom I am not. I would ask that this be investigated and removed immediately. I made one post sometime ago in defence of Stephen Sutton whose listing was being vandalised.

This is a blatant personal attack which you state you do not allow, yet this has been on Wikipedia for some time now. This is effecting genuine charity work.

I wrote to you some time ago which was ignored. Please answer this letter and remove this appalling use of Wikipedia.

Regards

Kate Gibbons www.prisonersoverseas.com kate@prisonersoverseas.com

Stop posting this here, I am not involved and the link you gave me is to another copy of this very letter. But as for that article, I can't find Kate Gibbons anywhere there. Redwolf24 (talk) 23:53, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

I got this too, what is going on?Voice of All ^{@|Esperanza|E M} 02:12, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for going the extra mile. I saw it the minute you made the changes, and was going to thank you even before you told me. Oran e (t) (c) (@) 00:49, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

COOKIE!

Here's a wikicookie for that one time when you drew a picture of me. The likeness is remarkable. AngryParsley 01:12, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

I am sorry if I was zealous

...concerning my message on Purple's RfA. V/<M
01:14, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Nah it's fine. It was just a misunderstanding :) Redwolf24 (talk) 01:18, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Entonces, está bien. I don't believe I'll be an adm. soon, so I try to help most of them out. [User:V. Molotov|V]]/M !
01:30, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Ditto what V/M said. Still, that joke was in bad taste. If you say something like "your foolish little kid" but mean it as a joke, then at least add a :) or something.Voice of All ^{@|Esperanza|E M} 02:12, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you very much for you know what. ;) --a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 01:30, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Re: Admin nomination criteria

In stating age, I mean no insult. Any rationale person I think can easily agree that people who are 25 are, on average, more mature than people who are 15. There are always exceptions to every such rule of course. For all I know, you could be more mature than I! :) I actually figured you for 20-25. Age is probably a useless criteria; knowing age in this project is difficult; you count on someone stating it. I've already thought about deleting it in part because it's useless and in part because my criteria list is getting so long. If the candidate meets up with the other criteria, age won't be a factor anyways.

On another point; I noticed your wikistress level is high, and your contributions may be dropping. Lots of other people are begging you (or will) not to leave. I'll echo that. I'd like to add something else; avoid burnout. You are a very active contributor. It is easy for highly active contributors to get caught up in burnout. LET GO. What happens here is, on balance, pretty meaningless compared to real life. Also, assuming this project lasts for decades or even centuries, what we do here is not fundamentally important. All we can hope for is to nudge the project in directions we think are beneficial, plant seeds and hope for the best. Whether you contribute X or X*10 content/value to the project will make not much difference to the project 40 years from now. You're doing excellent work. Don't let that diminish because people aren't acting in ways you expect or want them to. People have a way of disappointing others. Pretty depressing :) That is, until you learn to let go and just relax, and not worry if someone agrees with you, does what you think they should, or etc. Until you have kids (and even then it's marginal) the only person you can reasonably expect to live up to your expectations is...you. Everything else is a crap shoot. --Durin 02:19, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

I appreciate your kind words and advice, and as for spending so much time on-wiki, I only come here after I do everything necessary. Yes, it's probably true that in the real world your average 25 year old (wait a second... FRAT BOYS!) is more mature than your average 15 year old. However, this is wikipedia. The 15 year olds who bother to stick around are only gonna be the most mature ones. See also [1] I think that's the link... kinda long I know Redwolf24 (talk) 02:26, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Users under 25 you may recognize: JCarriker, Linuxbeak, Zscout370, Mindspillage, Sasquatch, Ral315, NicholasTurnbull... List goes on :) Redwolf24 (talk) 02:31, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Don't forget me! AngryParsley 03:14, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Or me! the wub "?!" 17:01, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Or moi! --Maru (talk) Contributions 20:58, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Or me but however, there are loads of well-know Wikipedians who are less than 25-years-old. --Celestianpower ^háblame 09:40, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

• From that essay "a teenager can probably outsmart most adults on the subject they're learning". I count myself properly rebuked, and find myself utterly incapable of matching the sheer intelligence of a young human. Oh were it that I were young again, so that I could be intelligent once more. Oh to be removed from my age enfeebled state and brought back to that place once again where I could put thought to words, and words to action, and know that it was intelligent. ;-) --Durin 04:34, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Durin, don't worry. One of us young whipper-snappers will be along shortly to put you out of your misery- er, retire you, I meant. --Maru (talk) No ads on Wikipedia. 04:42, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Now I'm worried; they're starting to euthanize anyone over 25! Merciful Jimbo! --Essjay · Talk 04:49, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

I heard Jimbo was really just a 14 year old boy! Damn, children start shaving earlier and earlier... Acetic'^Acid 20:26, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for co-nominating me for adminship, the kind words are always appreciated. If you have any complaints (or suggestions) about my actions as admin, don't hesitate to contact me. -Greg Asche (talk) 02:43, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Re: Wolf

Be aware, I have a crosier and I know how to use it. ; - ) -- Essjay · Talk 03:02, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Stop think

You want to contact editors not everyone. The correct page would be MediaWiki:WatchdetailsGeni 03:20, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Ads in the side bar are bad enough. Banner adds are not going to improve matters.Geni 22:44, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

It's not a banner ad, it's news. Redwolf24 (talk) 22:49, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

It's an ad since it advertises the tool that answers.com seem to want people to use. We have news channels. The thing to think about is who you want to reach. People on slash dot may have an opinion but if they are not part of the community that doesn't really matter.Geni 22:55, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

They may or may not care but in the end it doesn't matter. This is something for the community to decide.Geni 23:25, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

We got a reasonble neumber of people. Now all the misscomunication is sorted out most people are accepting it. It should be interesting what the board are going to do now WP:TOOLs doesn't have tools on it any more.Geni 18:41, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Bothell

Hi Matt. I noticed you live in Bothell, and since I am thinking about applying for a job at UW Bothell, I though I would ask you what you think of the town (and the college, if you know anything about it). Thanks - Guettarda 05:05, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

• Bothell? Bot hell? Oh the irony :) --Durin 13:56, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Just a small reminder

Life's a piece of shit, when you look at itunsigned edit by The Minister of War (talk · contribs)

• Great. Now I've got that annoying whistling going through my head :-) Is your name Brian by any chance? --Durin 13:52, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Answering Qs on RfAs

In an edit summary to WP:RFA you said, "rv titoxd, they only have to accept, they dont have to answer Q's yet...". This isn't accurate. According to commented out text on that page:

"Please note that new RfA policy states that ALL RfA nominations posted here MUST have both acceptance by the candidate and the answers to the questions on the subpage, or the nominations may be removed."

Also note on Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/nominate it says:

"Once this RfA subpage has been created, the nominator must explain on the RfA subpage why this nominee would make a good administrator, and the nominee must accept the nomination and answer the questions on the RfA subpage before it can be transcluded to the main RfA page."

Titoxd was accurate in removing the RfA for Anonymous editor. I guess all that young, high-speed thinking got in the way of good editing ;-) (it's a joke...relax...trying to make light of it...with your stress level you might not, but it really is a joke. Take it as such). --Durin 13:44, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

• For what it's worth, no harm done. Although it's nice to know that I called one right! :) Titoxd^(?!?) 22:39, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Mop

I hear you are a mop for Howabout1. Could you do me a favor? Could you ban User:EatMe for having an offensive user name? Thanks. --Anti-Anonymex2^{Come to my page! I've gone caliente loco!} 22:37, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Ripping AOL a new one

*Please stop permabanning people using AOL sharedips every ten seconds I get block messages telling me I'm this blocked user or that blocked user, It's impossible to edit from AOL anymore, just about.. OMG, it's not even the same user, each time It tells me my ip has recently been used by "etc.. yada yada" and each time it's a different name, this is getting kind of silly, can you reset the autobans on AOLs shared proxies or what?--64.12.116.74 23:11, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

RfA Tony1

Hi Redwolf—thx for your nomination. I've signed. Tell me if you hate the dark green font colour for my responses, and I'll restore the black! Tony 02:54, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Stevertigo's RfA

I think that the HTML comment that you left was a noble action. I certainly was going to add a vote, but then saw your message. That, coupled with the fact that he hasn't answered or commented, changed my mind. Good job. Bratsche^{talk | Esperanza} 03:30, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for that then :) Redwolf24 (talk) 03:31, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Hi

Thank you for contacting me about that RFM. It would seem like a good idea as I honestly think there is a communication breakdown between us. He always seems to ignore my points, or twist things illogically. However, I just noticed a racist comment he left on my talk page which has heavily turned me off. This is not things a person should say if they want mediation. That said, I don't want to reject it outright, but at the moment, even dealing with this person can be stressful, so if possible, I'd like to abstain this proposal until Im ready to deal with it. Is that acceptable? OmegaWikipedia 06:25, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

the wub's RfA

Thanks a lot for your support on my RfA, I really appreciate it. the wub "?!" 13:49, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Sicilian Baroque

Thanks for your vote of support at [Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Sicilian Baroque]. I appreciate it. Giano | talk 18:00, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Titoxd's RfA

Thank you!

Thank you for supporting me in my RfA. I never thought I would get so much support! Thanks to your help, my nomination was the 10th most supported RfA in Wikipedia history. Now, please keep an eye out on me while I learn the new tools, ok? Thanks again! Titoxd^(?!?) 18:09, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Wait on a second

I am uninvolved in the revert war. I have not edited a single thing on that passage. Your reason for protecting the page (from the edit summary) was to stop the revert war. However, allow me to state for the record: the talk page was getting somewhere, and there was compromises and much good discussion. It was time to unprotect the page: especially as Slrubenstein appeared on the scene (he is very good with editing these type of pages). You should also note that I added material after I showed a friend the page and they immediately objected to the lead section stating that the Canonical Gospels mainly depict Jesus as just a Rabbi or spiritual leader.

I do apologise for not telling you, however - and also apologise for a) forgetting to delist it (brainfart!), and b) giving the impression that I unprotected it just so I could edit the page. This was not the case. As it so happens, my main change was reverted almost immediately (and I feel very unreasonably). I am currently discussing the revert on the talk page. - Ta bu shi da yu 23:41, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

It's cool. That's a difficult page to admin :-) Ta bu shi da yu 23:42, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

This talk page...

...thinks it's pretty long, and probably just about time to archive! --Redwolf24's talk page 00:07, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

• HEY! That's my job! ArchiveBot 03:57, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Mediation

Well I guess I recommend that you don't. Doesn't seem like a relevant dispute. Seems like some anonymous IP editor just came in for the sake of annoying others and inserting a ridiculous offensive picture. I think they already had in mind that they would seek mediation. Besides it will be 4 editors (Kwamikagami, FayssalF, JadeManiac and me) vs. 1, who hasn't returned again. Thank you --a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 00:44, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Mediation

I'm still taking you up on the offer for mediation. He's harassing me and it's unacceptable. --File:Ottawa flag.png Spinboy 02:19, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

I did post it at the recommended link, thank you. See comment below. --File:Ottawa flag.png Spinboy 02:26, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Is there a formal process for reporting harassment? --File:Ottawa flag.png Spinboy 02:21, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Not that I know of, but if you have good evidence you can file an arbitration case... Redwolf24 (talk) 02:27, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Medcom reform

Ive noted a couple comments youve made re the Iraq War Medcom req. re Reddi's refusal to accept. Ive suggested it before: change Medcom policy to a proactive one and scrap the "required" agreement of parties. What do you think? (Ive not monitored Mediation-l too closely the past couple weeks). -St|eve 03:50, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Bring it up on the mailing list. But I don't understand how it would still be mediation if the other party doesn't accept, it just seems like you'd be asking for another opinion from a neutral party, and I believe WP:3O should do THAT. But if I'm mistaken with what your intent is, then bring it up on the mailing list. Redwolf24 (talk) 00:32, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Hello

As an administrator you will be able to answer my question. Can anyone else besides an administrator speedy delete a page? --Dakota 05:36, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Nope. Nor delete a page. --Maru (talk) Contribs 05:56, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Template/Workshop

You, or any Wikipedia user, can contribute your suggestions and comments to the /Workshop page of any active arbitration case. Comments on evidence or proposals can help in understanding the import of evidence and in refining proposals. Proposed principles, findings of fact, or remedies may be listed on /Proposed decision and form part of the final decision. Fred Bauder 14:48, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Why are you listing this here? Redwolf24 (talk) 00:32, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

I think I know why you listed that there now. If it was about Stevertigo and people complaining about the arbcom, then you should know I was defending the medcom, telling people they should have complained while you guys were still deliberating, but someone just said we can't vote in arbcom decisions, but I said we can still talk to arbitrators... Redwolf24 (talk) 00:36, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Nothing to do with Stevertigo or complaints. Just an invitation to jump into the arbitration work at the /Workshop level. As you are a candidate I assumed you might be interested. You cannot vote but you can made proposals at /Workshop and comment on others proposals. Fred Bauder 03:52, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Traditionalist Catholic

I am exasperated, see the archive for: Traditionalist Catholic. No progress on this article has been done. Outside consensus, every edit I make gets reverted by "usertobeanonymous". I am effectivle barred from contribution by this one person, who also makes personal attacks. I can't express NPoV, that Traditionalist Catholic does not universally mean bashing the Holy See (in Rome). Many traditionalists work within the system to reintroduce reverts to the reform, and I brought several examples of people who do just that, and several books that have that PoV. Instead this person brings in people from another site, with the same radical PoV, only to edit only this page. I can think of no other solution except to request Mediation. Dominick ^(ŤαĿĶ) 17:20, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Then file a mediation at WP:TINMC, as WP:RFM is swamped, and all the mediators on our committee are busy. Redwolf24 (talk) 00:32, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

re:RFM

I saw the other person's comment above. I didn't make any comments which I intended to be racist. This person, who launched three blatant and obvious personal attacks at me in one day, including insults to my intelligence, likes to make up imaginary drama, and delude himself into thinking he's always right. You can remove the mediation request for all I care; I haven't the time to attempt to reason with people like that. If any future problems persist (which, knowing him, they probably will, becasue he is a problem user with a history of policy-breaking and edit-war instigation, involving several different editors), I'll handle them at that time. --FuriousFreddy 22:20, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

K, moved to inactive. Redwolf24 (talk) 00:32, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Hello again

Hi Redwolf

Sorry I've been out of touch with the happenings at Esperanza for a bit. Would appreciate any updates you have still! Cheers Donama 13:02, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

K! :) Redwolf24 (talk) 22:36, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Are you there?

Hi, Red, are you there, could you come to IRC? Bishonen | talk 17:29, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Never mind, it's moot now, as I've posted a comment on Tony1's RfA (that was what I wanted to discuss with you). See you! Bishonen | talk 18:50, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

I still wanna talk to you about it. Redwolf24 (talk) 22:36, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Kate

Whoa, i heard that you have a definitive answer on the Kate Gender Controversy? What is it? Borisblue 18:36, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

See yer talk. Redwolf24 (talk) 22:36, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

user:Idorunet

Please block this user, I've tried to be nice, but this person is a troll. It makes articles that link to it's userpage, over and over again. Private Butcher 20:51, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Worry do not I'm on watch -- ( drini's _vandalproof page ☎ ) 20:57, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Drini has it. I was at school. Redwolf24 (talk) 22:36, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Wikihug

Here is a wikihug from me to you. Hoping your days on Wikipedia are stress-free.

♥♥purplefeltangel♥♥ 21:25, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Yes, please don't burn out. Group hug everyone? Who else is with me? --Celestianpower ^háblame 21:32, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Stay cool, and keep shining! the wub "?!" 23:08, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

File:Barneythedinosaur.jpg

Barney also wants to give Redwolf a hug! :D Sango123 (talk) 22:10, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Attempts to hug everybody in a manly (and non-furry) way --GraemeL ^(talk) 22:15, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Heh :D Redwolf24 (talk) 22:36, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Tradition

Tradition dictates I say: 7100. -- Essjay · Talk 00:33, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Signpost

That's no problem...just make sure you keep it NPOV. Please get it done by Sunday night; post a link to it on the newsroom page when you're done. Ral315 (talk) 05:17, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

RfA

Hi Redwolf, Great thanks for your nomination and comments. I wasn't prepared for the public character assassination and general nastiness, and would never have agreed to the nomination had I known I'd be up for so much pain and embarrassment. This has severely, and perhaps permanently, dented my enthusiasm for contributing to WP. It's just not worth it. Cheers and thanks again. Tony 06:41, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Counter Vandalism Unit Elections!

Just a reminder: If you haven't already done so, you have until November 1st (00:00 UTC) to vote in the Counter Vandalism Unit Elections! FireFox 18:52, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

250%!

Oooh, does that mean I get two-and-a-half votes? <grin> Thanks (to the nicest guy on wikipedia, BTW)! --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 23:04, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Indeed. BTW, alert me if you are ever up for Bureaucrat again - you are one of the few users that one would think is already a bureaucrat. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 23:14, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

MediaWiki Re-directs

You appear to be deleting former re-directs to templates. Why aren't you using a bot?? 66.32.163.149 00:35, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Replied at talk page. Redwolf24 (talk) 00:39, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

You blocked me? Ha!

I just noticed this...

• 01:03, 23 October 2005 Essjay unblocked User:Durin (Mistaken block)
• 01:02, 23 October 2005 Redwolf24 blocked "User:Durin" with an expiry time of indefinite ({{impostor}})'

I've been known to feel like I'm an impostor of myself, especially on those mornings when my kids have kept me awake through the night. But, I don't think I've ever felt like an impostor of myself on Wikipedia. Maybe it's latent schizophrenia that I'm not aware of. Or, maybe it's all that high-speed young thinking on your part getting in the way again ;-) --Durin 02:01, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

help

The well written article about the plight of "Snowball" as been renominated for deletion...

[2]

Please vote to keep this article! Many thanks!

RfA

Redwolf

It's all very sad and unexpected, and I can't see myself being kind about WP on the Internet. I'd appreciate your reading my last comments on the execution page concerning changing the process to avoid the trauma that appears to have been experienced by more than just me.

Thank you indeed for nominating me; I was flattered. Tony 13:28, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Jack Thompson

In the future, when moving articles (such as Jack Thompson (attorney) to Jack Thompson) please be sure to move the talk pages (and archives) as well. Thanks! -Locke Cole 15:31, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Howabout's RfA

Copied and pasteded message to follow: Hi. You four ,(User:Acetic Acid, User:Essjay, User:Jobe6, User:Redwolf24), have all, at one time or another, offered to nominate me for adminship. I now feel ready to try, for the fourth time, and it will be my last, no matter the outcome. If any of you feel otherwise, please tell me. The same goes to anyone reading this who is not one of those listed above. Since four nominators would be a little much, and I don't care who nominates me (you are all good editors), please decide who it will be. Thanks. :) Howabout1 ^{Talk to me!} 17:36, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

User Tyciol

Hi, Not sure what to do about this but he's leaving a trail of advertising behind him. I could revert him article-by-article but can anything more global be done? Dlyons493 Talk 21:34, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

Tony1

Can non-bureaucrats de-list like that?Voice of All ^{Talk|@|Esperanza} 21:19, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

They can when the result is obvious. Redwolf24 (talk) 21:25, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

I suspect you can't do it, but I don't mind. Thanks again, Redwolf, although that might sound ironic. Tony 21:31, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

My archive page

Red, could you do me a favor and delete User:Mysekurity/Archive01? I've decided to use history archiving instead of full-text archiving, as a way of reducing the number of pages on my watchlist, decreasing server space, and keeping all active discussions current. If you wouldn't mind deleting that, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks! -[[User:Mysekurity|Mysekurity]] ^{[[additions | e-mail]]} _{23:31, 30 October 2005 (UTC)}

Delist

Thanks. I think I was feeling almost as bad as he.  :-( --hydnjo talk 23:55, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

no prob. :) Redwolf24 (talk) 23:57, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

Re: Nom (!)

Red, thanks so much!!!! I feel I have to talk to you, however. Please e-mail me or im me, but thanks so much! -[[User:Mysekurity|Mysekurity]] ^{[[additions | e-mail]]} _{00:17, 31 October 2005 (UTC)}

Hey buddy

There have been some issues with the user User:Tony Sidaway. I'm interested in filing an RfAr and it seems others are as well. One user is evidently gathering points to make at the RfAr [[3]]. Can I get your opinion? Agriculture 01:19, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Featured article for 31 October

Question: What is today's featured article?

Answer: You in about 30 years!

Sorry, dude, but I could not resist. I will say 10 Ave Jimbo's and revert 10 vadals for my penance if you want me to! -- Psy guy ^(talk) 02:15, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Hooray! Grunge Music, Seattle, and Gray Wolf... I am LOVING the FA's. Someone get Red Wolf up to FA and I'll be ecstatic. Redwolf24 (talk) 02:19, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Signpost reminder

Just a reminder...if you wanted to get a story in about Wikipediology for the October 31 issue, I need it no later than 20:00 UTC (15:00 EST), or I can't guarantee it gets in. Ral315 (talk) 06:48, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Sorry, I can't make it to the convention...could we possibly postpone it to next week? Nah, that's okay...just wanted to make sure you weren't planning to get it in, but miss the deadline. CatherineMunro finished an article a minute after I went to press one week, and it had to wait till the next issue :) Ral315 (talk) 06:57, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your support during my time here, unfortunately it seems Tony is very well placed. Undoubtedly due to my support for his RfAr, I am no falsely accused of sockpuppetry. Radient was good enough to unblock me, but given the users participating it is clear Tony and his ilk run Wikipedia. Quite frankly, this sort of abuse of the system and blatent mob style tactics is the last straw. I am leaving for good here. My only purpose in coming back was to fight this sort of thing, but given those involved, it's a battle that cannot be won. Goodbye and goodluck. Agriculture 16:07, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Re: Oi

Muchas gracias. :D Sango123 (talk) 21:17, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

User:Jakes18 on List of terrorist organisations (temporary protection requested)

Jakes18 has gotten the notion that he wants the group Operation Rescue removed from its longstanding place on the List of terrorist organisations. I've reported his multiple 3RR violations in removing the listing, but the the whole 3RR noticeboard seems very backlogged (it looks like a number of five day old reports have not yet been addressed, not just this one that I reported). I confess that I've done most (but not all by any means) of the restoration of the old status quo (but with added citations and explanatory text) to address initially reasonable issues by Jakes18 (but carefully staying under 3RR myself in my restorations). His initial expression of doubt seemed reasonable, a refusal to accept any explanation or citation, or to seek consensus, is not.

FWIW, I had nothing to do with adding the listed group in the first place, I just don't like it being taken out purely as a way of advocating the actions of OR (while leaving in dozens of other groups with less solid provided evidence). Actually, I'm not really that excited about the inherent NPOV of the list in general, but given it's there, it ought to proceed with some consensus and verifiable evidence.

Anyway, I assume that eventually the 3RR will result in Jakes18 getting blocked for a little while. But then he'll be back again. I was hoping that in the meanwhile (and maybe for a bit longer than a 3RR block) you could protect the article itself to force editors to use the talk page and reach consensus, rather than just push an agenda. All the best. Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters 01:32, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks muchly, Redwolf24. I guess I'll try a "quick poll" on the talk page to see if that indicates a consensus. Polls are flawed, I know. But maybe if several editors weigh in, that will be something to point to as rough consensus. I don't think Jakes18 is an actual vandal, or generally ill-meaning. I just think he has let a political agenda get the better of his sense of WP consensus process. Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters 01:42, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Maybe go to WP:RFPP? Titoxd^(?!?) 01:38, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Oh, I hadn't realized that page was there. I only knew about writing to a semi-random administrator to get a page protection. I've seen and respected some admin actions by Redwolf24, so his name jumped out when I looked through the list of active administrators. But if I need to request protection on something else in the future, I'll do it the right way. Thanks. Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters 01:45, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

RFPP is back logged as hell, I don't recommend going there. Redwolf24 (talk) 01:46, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Another Blocked AOL IP

152.163.100.11. it was blocked by Curps cause it was used by "PopeBenedictXVI". a blocked user and cant edit a page. Could u unblock it thanks --JAranda | watz sup 02:54, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Here is another one 152.163.100.136 --JAranda | watz sup 04:59, 1 November 2005 (UTC)