User:Kuru/archive-2012

Block evasion
FYI, it appears that the user you just blocked for two weeks, rast5, is evading the block using an alternative ip -,. The articles in question are quite obscure, so the appearance of a new IP so shortly after the block and on a new years day is unlikely to be a spontaneous occurrence. The insistence on having Armenia/Armenians figure in the text is also something they share.--Andriabenia (talk) 22:42, 1 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I've semi-protected the articles you requested and moved the edit restrictions to his master account. Let me know if any other IPs pop up and we can block them individually. Kuru   (talk)  23:41, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Danceyman
Hey, maximuman (Max Logan) here, I just created an account to tell you that on the subject of Danceyman's block, it was all my fault, I'm heavily against Axl Rose and Nickelback, and danceyman himself has a very neutral view on rock, I don't want you to hold the block against him because he's a really nice guy, at the moment he's blaming himself, there's only been one time where danceyman has intended to write something very stupid, which he now deeply regrets, and it wasn't much, I just don't want to see him down-hearted like this, when he's not been working at university he did his best to help wikipedia, and now I'm sure he's prepared to help again, please accept my apology, I really messed up for him, I was really drunk, I'm really sorry Maximuman (talk) 18:00, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

External Links...
Hello Kuru,

Do you feel the link: http://www.productionplanning.com/ at External Links section is commercial? The host is a ommercial SW provider. --Alvar Hexalokom (talk) 11:19, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Horrifically commercial ( talk→  BWilkins   ←track ) 11:58, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
 * It's currently "down for maintenance", so I can't evaluate it. Will check later.  Kuru   (talk)  12:29, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
 * This is still a dead link, so I've removed it for now since it has zero value. Someone can re-add when it can be evaluated.  Kuru   (talk)  18:08, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Buzzjack
Please can you confirm that http://www.buzzjack.com/ is a reliable source to take music sales from as it has been widely used in the past Maximuman (talk) 19:28, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I have no idea - I'm not into music articles; looks like a user generated forum, which is not a reliable source, though. Kuru   (talk)  18:05, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Tips for success
I added the following, which I feel definitely adds to the subject, yet it disappeared from the page. Any idea what I did wrong? I put a link to the article that I got it from.

Tips For Success

From an article posted 1/5/2012 [17]

1) Take every opportunity to learn. To become good at anything, you have to learn all you can about the subject. Someone who wants to be a doctor or lawyer can't just put up a sign in front of a building and expect to perform with an ability to make money. It is the same in Internet Marketing. Just putting up a website with a product for sale is NOT going to make you money.

Take the time to learn. Watch all the sales webinars and take notes. Every video you watch and ebook that you read gives you resources of knowledge that you will be able to use later. ...

2) Do not be afraid to spend money. See money spent as a "cost of education".

You can shorten the time needed to learn Internet Marketing by BUYING an education. Lawyers and and doctors spend years and tens of thousands of dollars to learn what they need to make a six figure income. With Internet Marketing, you can buy training books and videos for just a few hundred... and the potential income is easily what doctors and lawyers make. On top of that, if you truly WORK at learning, you can be making their kind of money in a few months instead of the years they had to put in. ...

3) Do not be afraid to fail. Every failure is one step closer to success.

Learning what does not work for you is part of getting you closer to what does. A fellow name Thomas Edison failed over 10,000 (TEN THOUSAND) times before he found the metal that worked. What if he had given up after 9,000 failures?

In Internet Marketing, you have to learn what works for YOU. The only way is to try different things - get a feel for what you are comfortable with. I do not know any successful Internet Marketer who can claim NEVER having failure. There may be one or two out there that hit "their" thing on the first try, but I assure you that they are few. Most all of us, in any realm of life, are the culmination of what we learn from (and how we handle) our failures.

The only true failure is to quit - unless you include never trying.

TheRheagl (talk) 17:54, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
 * You may not add your own personal commentary to articles; this is an encyclopedia, not your blog. The "advice", such as it is, is vague, off topic, and frankly of questionable accuracy. Please do not add this again.  Kuru   (talk)  18:03, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback. I can see where the delivery style of my information is not sterile enough for an "encyclopedia" format. I do feel that the info is spot on AND relevant; but this is YOUR page, so I will not re-post. TheRheagl (talk) 18:44, 7 January 2012 (UTC)

Re: Wikipedia page User talk:JGlisson has been created by Kuru
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:JGlisson

Hi Kuru,

I apologize for the mistakes. It was not my intent to place spam. I really intended to add good content. Regardless, I now realize that I should not have placed any links in the text since it removes the neutrality of the content.

It is acceptable to add links in the External Links area isn't it?

Please let me know if there any other problems with the edit other than placing the links in the text?. Please let me know all problems so that I will not make that mistake again. If I make a test edit in the sandbox will the edit be approved first? Please let me know the best and safest approach so that I will not make errors like that again.

I thought the text I placed was good otherwise but I noticed that it has all been removed. My intent is to help all investors by suggesting that they practice their investment strategy to gain experience before risking any real money. It is a very safe investment strategy for all investors. I have placed the text I had in the edit below:

(rmv material)

I appreciate your time.

Thank You, Monday, 9:00 P.M. JGlisson (talk) 03:03, 17 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Please stop adding material promoting your site; your intent is to obviously promote your own interests and is not acceptable. If you would really like to contribute, please read WP:V and WP:COI to begin with.   Kuru   (talk)  12:23, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Weigh in on FAC for Brian Halligan?
I'm wondering if you'd be so kind as to weigh in on the FAC for Brian Halligan? All he action is happenin' over at Featured_article_candidates/Brian_Halligan/archive1. Thanks in advance! Woz2 (talk) 03:08, 18 January 2012 (UTC)

Hyperlink
Hello Kuru,

As I hope that you have not checked the website which I had linked from Wikipedia. For your kind information www.minglebox.com is a education networking website which has latest news about MBA and MBA exams everyday, as the result I preferred the link from wikipedia to website. One more important thing please dictate the link properly and then come to a conclusion as I am more interested in user to see my website visible rather than search engines. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gururaj11 (talk • contribs) 12:31, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * There is no need to "hyperlink" a random occurrence of the word "MBA" in the middle of the article to a networking site about Indian schools; this appears to be a promotional addition. As you indicate this is your website, you may want to review WP:COI. Kuru   (talk)  12:39, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

/* WikiProject Texas */
I would appreciate it if you would have a look at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Texas, specifically about the Redesign of the project's main page, and about it joining WikiProject United States. For all intents and purposes, this project has reached a comatose state of involvement. Editors are creating and contributing to Texas articles. But the project site itself has been pretty dead for a long time. Anything you can add to the current discussions on that page would be appreciated. Maile66 (talk) 20:56, 23 January 2012 (UTC)

Requests for comment/F&aelig;
A request for comments has been opened on administrator User:F&aelig;. You are being notified due to your prior participation in ANI, RfA, or RfC discussions regarding this user. Thank you, MadmanBot (talk) 19:35, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

188.238.55.104
Would either you or a stalking admin please shut off talk page access for this IP? Jasper Deng (talk) 22:54, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Done... Kuru   (talk)  22:56, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the quick response! Jasper Deng (talk) 23:03, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

List of Companies of India restoration
Since I have not given the world rank of Indian companies listed in Fortune Global 500, the changes made by me should be restored.As the list of companies will grow,it will be more informative,and it is not intentional and not promotional. I have only listed the Indian rank of companies in Fortune India 500 list.The list contains only listed companies in India,which are 500 in number,so I will try to expand the list without any promotional section or edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ghajinidetails (talk • contribs) 05:22, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the revert. Dunno where those two came from. Oh well, whatever. Thanks again. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 05:18, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Puppets, Revertions, and Page Moves
Hi Kuru, User:IggyAu has returned, possibly with puppets ( and ). The following has happened: I do apologize for bothering you with this matter, but this user (or users; IMO they're all the same person) obviously is intent on continuing to vandalize Wikipedia. Best regards.-- MarshalN20 | T al k 14:19, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * The Chile-Peru relations page was unilaterally moved by User:MarceloPR. Despite his few edits, his experience is greater than a newbie editor. IMO, deserving of a temporary ban.
 * IggyAu again continues to use the War of the Pacific talk page as a forum, despite being warned not to do so.
 * Changing the former redirect of Chalaca (which went to Bicycle Kick), with nationalist overtones:
 * Oh, and of course, the classic usage of the IP puppet.
 * That seems clear; I've blocked the two sock accounts and left him a warning at his main account. Kuru   (talk)  14:39, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you Kuru and, again, my apologies for such a silly incident.-- MarshalN20 | T al k 15:18, 5 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Hello, Kuru. This is getting a bit comical, but Iggy seems to have created yet another puppet account . Notice that all of his puppets end with a couple of capital letters at the end (whether he does this on purpose or if he actually thinks that no one will notice, I don't know for sure). The new account has not done anything worthy of notification, but I am not sure what the exact rules are on having puppet accounts (I know that some are valid). In any case, sorry again for continuously bothering you with the same situation.
 * The problem apparently seems to be concerning a reference in the War of the Pacific article . I think that I am handling the situation correctly (ie, asking him for at least one source), but perhaps I am doing something wrong? I am trying to be as friendly to him as possible, but he seems to take my attitude as "condescending". His point is that since only Peruvian authors mention the incident, then the whole thing is false. However, up to now he refuses (or cannot) provide me at least one source to sustain his conclusion. Since this is more-so a citation/wiki-rules problem, I would appreciate your input on the matter. Cordially.-- MarshalN20 | T al k 17:51, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Concur that it is another sock; it was created as the autoblock on the other accounts expired and went straight back to the same two articles. The similarity between the name patterns, grammar, and cheesy first edit to remove the user page red-link stigma are convincing enough.  I did not block his main account before, but I've blocked it for two weeks now.  I cannot see the underlying IP, so expect more socking when this autoblock clears. Sorry you're having to deal with this.  Kuru   (talk)  02:11, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
 * It's not much of a problem (It's keeping me busy for the time being). I appreciate you taking the time to deal with the situation. Regards.-- MarshalN20 | T al k 02:26, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Saul Tepper
Kuru, I have tried to recreate the Saul Tepper page using proper sources. My apologies for not be more thorough, but will use extra caution in the future. I hope that my contributions(exceeding the occasional breaches) have been of benefit to the wikipedia community. Ksk 2875 Talk

User:Fixnichols
As the insulted party, I shortened the block length to two weeks. The article was merely an expired prod, and it is possibly worth a debate, but he is not currently able to debate rationally. If you disagree with any part of this, let me know tomorrow. I do this so rarely I'm not sure how to apply the right templates, and I want to do this tonight before I go to sleep so I'd rather not look them up just now, so please adjust if needed.  DGG ( talk ) 05:04, 7 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I probably wouldn't have done it except the article has been here for a while, and a weak case could be made for it. Certainly reblock if warranted. and let someone else resurrect the article if they care to. DGG ( talk ) 05:07, 7 February 2012 (UTC)

VulgarMedia.com
Just FYI, I already raised this here as a matter of "formal process". -- nsaum75 !Dígame¡ &lrm; 18:04, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the head's up. That link seemed to be fairly straight forward blog spam; will comment there.  Kuru   (talk)  18:07, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi, I'm the user who noticed Publicmoney's contributions and made the initial removal (anonymously). FWIW, I'm not affiliated with any school district (I work for an orthopeadics company in Indiana), but I think that's irrelevant. As mentioned on the Noticeboard, I'm curious about the % used and its relevance. It's a statistic with no context. I'm not sure if "only X%" would be considered a weasel word, as well. Although the math is factual, the fact that the user's contribs are based on an advocacy position (to eliminate free public education in the US, as per other blog articles by the same author) make me question the use of this statistic. I think the (lack of) performance of Texas schools based on TEA's criterion is a good thing to highlight, but Wikipedia is not a soapbox. The fact that this statistic is not posted for other Texas districts, including those with lower percentages based on the same math, such as San Antonio ISD and Waco ISD, makes me question the intent. For instance, if I went to and added the statistic (from ) "non-Hispanic blacks accounted for 39.4% of the total prison and jail population in 2009", does this stat belong, even though it's true/factual/verifiable? There is no mention of "prison" or "incarceration" in the entire article for 'Black people'; "jail" is used once.


 * I don't want to get involved in a flame/edit war, so I'm thinking that it may be more appropriate to remove the references on individual ISD pages and create a page for the TEA admissions testing similar to . Or perhaps the actual provided % (at/above criterion divided by # tested) should be used. This may provide a context for the statistics. For instance, even the term "graduates" can be misleading because it does not include special needs / resource students as per the TEA supplement. I'd appreciate any input, as well. Thanks! Teitho (talk) 20:08, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

You have contributed to block me, I am a (not so) beginner, I seek help
Hello, I discovered the 3RR rule, and during my ban, I read about a few other rules, like 1RR. I have brought new arguments to the debate. The page I tried to modify was subject to a decision of the ArbCom and I didn't know that. I have indicated the decisions taken in the talk page of the article Talk:List_of_Jewish_Nobel_laureates (at the end as of feb 14 21:20). It is now fairly clear to me that the rule is to do the modifications I propose. My question is : I have been banned for a 3RR, can I now modify the page (after the 24h talk period) ? Would that be another violation of the 3RR rule ? Must I report the case to the enforcement of arbitration decision committee before ? Kevin KevinPerros (talk) 21:25, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
 * On an article such as that, where there are a considerable number of interested and knowledgeable editors, it would be a very, very good idea to gain a clear consensus before making any changes which you know are contested. I'm not sure what the arbitration issue is; you'll need to attempt to resolve disputes before they will listen to any cases. Use the article's talk page; conclude the discussions.  Kuru   (talk)  01:06, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Removal of link from Power Of Attorney Page
Please read the Article Talk page as i have something there which i need your attention as soon as possible.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hefind (talk • contribs) 17:30, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Would u be replying...
I have asked u a simple question about removing the link and classifying it as Spam...would u care to reply to me on the Power of Attorney talk page..reply as soon as possible.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hefind (talk • contribs) 16:29, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Why delete my request for block

 * This IP is continuously adding incorrect information and undoing constructive edits especially on Greater Rochester International Airport and Buffalo Niagara International Airport. This IP has been warned many times and was already blocked once and needs another for a longer period of time. Kairportflier (talk) 01:24, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Can you at least block this IP from editing Greater Rochester International Airport and Buffalo Niagara International Airport. Kairportflier (talk) 01:28, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Another administrator declined your request as the editor in question has not edited since your warning, and you were warning him for something three days prior to that. If he starts again, report it to AIV if it is clearly vandalism.  Kuru   (talk)  02:20, 28 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Kairportflier (talk) 21:45, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Neogeolegend
The one-week block is helpful; thank you for that. Would this display of frank bias be grounds for more severe action, such as a topic ban? Hertz1888 (talk) 00:06, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Ugh. Well, I'll remove it per WP:POLEMIC at a minimum.  I'll have to research and get advice on other options.  Kuru   (talk)  01:09, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

many thanks
for the unblock, cheers Dean B (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:18, 4 March 2012 (UTC).

Reporting Vandalization - already followed three-revert rule
Hi Kuru, I need to report Carolina cotton as a vandal to the page for Robert W. Harrell, Jr. for multiple cases of vandalization on a Wikipedia Biographies of Living Persons page. I have followed the three-revert rule and have also notified the user three formal times that their posts were not only a violation of Wikipedia policies but clearly cited which policies they had violated. Each time, Carolina cotton ignored Wikipedia guidelines along with the warnings on his talk page and the warnings on Robert W. Harrell, Jr. history edit page. The same exact vandalization warned against was repeated by this user. Carolina cotton's most persistent vandalization centers around continued posting on a Biographies of Living Persons page by citing a self-published Wordpress blog. This "self-published" issue is freely admitted on several talk pages by Carolina cotton, as he openly states that he is in fact the author of the blog he continually cites as a source. Wikipedia's guidelines page regarding Biographies of Living Persons clearly states: "Never use self-published sources" and continues " 'Self-published blogs' in this context refers to personal and group blogs" After the second-revert, Carolina cotton deleted my warning notifications off his talk page. Any assistance you can offer with this user and this continued vandalization is most appreciated. I hate to ask for any Wikipedia user to be blocked, but this user's repeated violation of Wikipedia's rules, on this page and others may have risen to that level. Thanks for your assistance. EricJ1995 (talk) 18:28, 6 March 2012 (UTC)


 * This sounds familiar; will take a look in sec. Kuru   (talk)  00:59, 7 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks. EricJ1995 (talk) 05:08, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

While I am happy to abide by Wikipedia’s policies, I am unclear why my Wordpress blog is not a reliable source for referencing material on Wikipedia. In the case of Bill Buckner, the inside-the-park home run that inserted into his biography was an event I witnessed first-hand, in addition to writing about it on my blog. Further, I researched it for my blog, to ensure the details were correct. The link I included for the entry on Józef Kowalski was inserted because at the time I did so, there were no other English-language links on his page. In addition, my blog post included considerable background on the Soviet-Polish War, rather than simply being a rewrite of The Associated Press story. The information regarding Charles H. Taylor had to with background on Blue Ridge Savings Bank, which Taylor owned. I spent many years as a financial journalist and thought that it important to note that the bank in question had eventually failed. As for Chris Chelios, at the time of his retirement, there was no information about him having received a scholarship offer from a relatively unknown college in San Diego. It was an interesting fact, considering he went on to a Hall of Fame career. To the best of my knowledge, nothing I have linked to or posted on Wikipedia has been incorrect or biased, nor have I deleted information that is factually correct. I often spend considerable time researching my posts. I do understand, however, if my blog is not considered a reliable source for referencing material on Wikipedia. I simply wanted to let you know where I was coming from. Thanks. Carolina cotton (talk) 15:15, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
 * The best idea would be to use the reliable sources you used when doing your research. We simply cannot use self-published sources like this, especially when dealing with living people. Thanks for understanding.  Kuru   (talk)  23:55, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Additional Request
I would also like to report user EricJ1995 as a vandal to the page for Robert W. Harrell, Jr.. On numerous occasions during the past seven-plus months, he has deleted factual information detrimental to Robert W. Harrell, the Speaker of the S.C. House of Representatives. The organization I work for, the South Carolina Policy Council, publishes an online investigative news site that has, on occasion, included information about Harrell, along with numerous other elected officials in South Carolina. EricJ1995 has not only repeatedly deleted factual information that has put Robert Harrell in a less than flattering light, he has accused me of violating Wikipedia’s protocol regarding biographies for living individuals. Of course, since EricJ1995 uses a pseudonym, I have no idea who he really is, but it would seem clear that since the vast majority of his Wikipedia entries are related to Robert Harrell, he likely is connected to him in some way and is likely not an unbiased source. When I have asked EricJ1995 to stop deleting factual information from Robert Harrell’s entry, he has responded by threating to have me reported to Wikipedia. I have asked him to stop deleting information from the entry from Robert Harrell, sent him formal warnings and he continues to insist that my organization’s website (http://thenerve.org) is a Wordpress blog, which it is not, and in violation. I have followed the three-revert rule and have also notified EricJ1995 three formal times that his posts were a violation of Wikipedia policies but also clearly cited the policy he had violated. He has responded in the past by deleting my warnings from his talk page. Any assistance would be appreciated. Carolina cotton (talk) 16:11, 7 March 2012 (UTC)


 * I hate to engage in conversations such as this on other people's talk pages as this is not the proper place to do so, but I feel that I must make this statement.
 * Carolina cotton, your blog is a Wordpress blog.  Here is a copy and paste from one of your own edits that, in violation of Wikipedia guidelines for Biographies of Living Persons page, cited your Wordpress blog as a source: Lawmakers Cost Taxpayers Millions, The Nerve, October 5, 2010
 * Again, Wikipedia has rules against you using your blog as a cite source for page posts.  Wikipedia's guidelines page regarding Biographies of Living Persons clearly states: "Never use self-published sources" and continues " 'Self-published blogs' in this context refers to personal and group blogs"
 * I have been fixing your improper postings because I don't agree with your deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Wikipedia by using posts to push your blog's agenda and increase web traffic to your blog.  The violations on Robert W. Harrell, Jr.'s page were the first of yours that I came across, most likely because this is the page where your violations are most concentrated.  I'm still trying to clear up your violations on this page before I move on to the other pages where your posts are in violation of Wikipedia guidelines. EricJ1995 (talk) 22:12, 7 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Since we're all being civil here, let's both stop calling every edit vandalism; that has a specific definition here, and the edits of all parties seem to be good faith, just contra-policy. The first problem I have is that both of the links you were inserting are dead links (page not found).  Presuming that can be fixed, I would strongly suggest starting a conversation at WP:RSN, which is our noticeboard that specifically addresses the validity of sources.  I'm not sure "the nerve" qualifies unless you can show some evidence of strict editorial control; and again, that is a biography of a living person which has very strict standards for sourcing.  But the good folks at WP:RSN can help sort it out.  Edit warring in any way is a bad idea at this point; please do not make any more edits with that source until the validity is sorted out.   Kuru   (talk)  00:02, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

(Can i know the reason as to why the delete log appears)
(Hi Kuru, I was wondering as to why the delete log and the reason to the deletion still appears when there is a updated page on that name . Why should it lead the reader to the deleted log first and moreover i request you to remove the reason for deletion log for that page and directly lead the reader to the updated article.I request you to once again remove the speedy deletion tag on the first article of Coaching foundation India Ltd.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smm.cbs (talk • contribs) 04:23, 8 March 2012 (UTC)

Reopening report
Talkback: I reopened this edit warring report per your instructions.--Taylornate (talk) 15:36, 9 March 2012 (UTC)

David Lifton (and registered user MartinEden5)
Hello Kuru: I have sent you a private email. Thank you. MartinEden5 — Preceding unsigned comment added by MartinEden5 (talk • contribs) 12:46, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

GreenHalcyon block
Your block of GreenHalcyon at 3RRN has not been entirely effective -- see here. I think the message hasn't quite gotten across. In fact, if you look at the IP contribs, there's more, including edits to the actual article. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 11:50, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

I'd appreciate it if you'd remove this complaint, the issue has been resolved and do not want to be blocked again. As you may notice I identified myself as a sock puppet editor when contributing to the discussion. Cheers


 * Was not online when this occurred; you may not evade your block, even if you "identify" yourself. As this is in the past, I don't see any reason to place a longer block; please do not do this again.  Kuru   (talk)  02:02, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Hi. Since you were the blocking admin for this account on violation of 3RR, could you please look at this account: which is so likely to be a sock of B.vikram.b as the accoun't only edit happens to be what B.vikram.b is edit warring in the article for. Thanks, &mdash;  Abhishek  Talk 13:16, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Removal of Rollback Privilege
I understand why I deserved the block, but isnt removing my rollback privilege a little extreme? The article on which I broke the 3 revert rule went up for discussion with many editors agreeing that my revision was factually correct. I only use the tool to maintain the quality of the encyclopaedia. I'd appreciate it if you could restore the tool. Thanks  Aunty-S (talk)
 * No thank you. The revert tool is not to be used in any kind of content dispute, no matter how right you are.  If you're still confused about the usage of that feature, then restoring it would be a poor idea.  Kuru   (talk)  02:01, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Block evasion - ip:User:99.226.198.78
The above user you blocked on 6 March for 3 months as a block evasion for User:Syjytg appears to be using various University of Toronto addresses to push a blog on 2011–12 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season.

See for latest occurrence. They appear with the same edit on other IP addresses from University of Toronto. noq (talk) 18:18, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Seems to clearly be him; I've extended the named account's blocked and blocked that IP. Kuru   (talk)  02:06, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Now popped up at 128.100.32.125 noq (talk) 19:23, 15 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Indeffed the account and blocked latest IP sock. If he continues, we can semi-protect the small number of articles he is edit warring on.  Kuru   (talk)  23:57, 15 March 2012 (UTC)

Request
Hello Kuru. Please can you spare some minutes to look over this again?  Rain  the 1  01:15, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Sure. I don't see anything that needs changing, other than for the invested parties to discuss their content dispute in another location. If you have a specific request, please let me know.  Kuru   (talk)  01:21, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * That is what I meant though, that George Ho ignored a discussion. I have only used the board once before, I always find discussion better. So that is why I posted the background without realising it was not needed. As you are an univolved party, please could you weigh up the situation and behaviour of George Ho. If there is actually cause for concern - inform the those at the user's mentorship scheme. An outside view usually gains a better perspective. Rain  the 1  01:37, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry to mither you again Kuru - another uninvolved party has left at a note with George Ho after they weighed in on the situation. There is perhaps no need to fulfull my earlier request. In any case - thank you for your time. Rain  the 1  02:46, 17 March 2012 (UTC)

Cheers
for the unblock. Ordinary Person (talk) 13:29, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
 * No problem. Kuru   (talk)  15:08, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

The Return of IggyAU? And question over my block...
Hi Kuru,

I'm still somewhat bothered that Chris blocked me after I followed the right steps to encourage discussion on the Pisco Sour talk page. I don't know what I did wrong; perhaps you might have an insight on it, or do you think I should ask Chris directly?

On other news, User:IggyAU seems to have returned. Here he is insulting you, and these are his most recent edits: (writes that I suck) then (writes that I hate everyone and calls me a "pedofile") and then(upgrades me to a convicted "pedofile"). Somewhat comical, but the comments are highly inappropriate. I think the IP may be from Australia (considering the edits), and it's probably a shared IP (maybe at a library or school); per WP:DUCK (behavior and IP similarity), I'm sure he is Iggy.

Sorry to bother you with these things. Regards.-- MarshalN20 | T al k 14:48, 18 March 2012 (UTC)


 * I did not realize his block had expired. Since the IP is obviously his, I've reapplied it for a longer duration. I'll look into your other situation in just a sec.  Kuru   (talk)  15:07, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Looking at the edit war at Pisco Sour, that's really a tough situation. While I appreciate the fact that you've tried everything possible to discuss the situation with the other editor, the goal is to refrain from further reverts while the discussion is occurring (the exceptions would be copyright vios or a BLP problem).  Both editors clearly broke 3RR, which puts the reviewing administrator in a tight spot; he can either block both parties, or protect the page to stop the edit war.  In this case, he chose to block both.  An unblock request along the lines of "oops, I see the problem and will not make any more reverts for x period of time" would likely have been successful. Remember, 3RR has nothing to do with who is right and who is wrong; there are two long-time and good-faith editors involved, and admins won't take sides in a content dispute. I hope that makes sense.  Ask Chris if you need his train of thought, but I would imagine it is similar.  Shrug it off; keep making cool contributions...  Kuru   (talk)  15:27, 18 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Your explanation makes perfect sense. I know that Chris didn't mean anything wrong with it. If anything, I'm angry at myself. I'm 100% sure (again) that Selecciones will revert the article and (instead of discussing it) will tell me to get a third opinion or an arbitrator (while it is him, not me, that is challenging information from the article). At such a situation, what might you suggest I do to resolve this in a peaceful manner (I don't want to repeat the 3RR or get blocked again)? Perhaps I should go directly to AN/I?
 * Thank you for fixing the problem with Iggy. I don't understand the reason for his childish behavior, but my guess is that he is still at grade school. I remember also being a bit of a disruptive editor back when I used my IP to edit Wikipedia (not once did I get blocked, but I got some warnings). Hopefully he will reform. Best of wishes.-- MarshalN20 | T al k 15:40, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Stanbidder1
Hi Kuru, I see you turned down Stanbidder1, I interacted with them after I found their vandalism. I was also the one who opened thier SPI. Their comment on there unblock request about stalking people, I follow editors contribes if they have vandalised an article to make sure it hasnt happen on other articles. I am sure I do nothing wrong but if Stanbidder1 wants to report it is there a way he could be let, solely for the purpose of the project being unbiased? Thanks. Murry1975 (talk) 12:07, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
 * That's really not necessary; you did nothing wrong. I'd ignore him and move on.  Kuru   (talk)  23:12, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

User:Historylover4
Was that really a breach of 3RR? I nearly reported it myself, but it seemed a more general problem of the user simply wanting to include full, unedited paragraphs from any source they found, rather than a straightforward reverting to the same version of an article. --McGeddon (talk) 11:43, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
 * It doesn't need to be exactly the same. I've noted the four reverts in the report that are clear reverts to of some material he had previously added.  In each case, he is undoing the actions of the previous editor; a full or partial revert. This is a perfect situation where the proposed addition should be discussed; especially in a hot topic area such as that. As always, I'm open to second opinions and will reverse the action if there's a good reason - just not seeing it yet.  Kuru   (talk)  11:51, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Thank you, again
Thank you for continuing to deal with IggyAU. I am surprised by his persistence. I've read the Humala sources he brought to the Anti-Chilean sentiment article, and none of them support what he argues. The sources demonstrate, nonetheless, that Chileans apparently thought Humala to be anti-Chilean. However, his speeches were nationalist (not anti-Chilean), and the most aggressive thing he ever stated was that he would "treat Chileans the same way they treat Peruvians". That Chileans found that statement "offensive" indicates two things: (1) They know that they treat Peruvians badly; and (2) It shows a certain degree of a superiority complex from Chile, in the sense that they seem to be offended by the inferior Peruvians trying to equal themselves to them. In any case, since Humala's election Peru has maintained a positive relation with Chile. Best regards.-- MarshalN20 | T al k 22:31, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your notice
Hi, KUKU. Thanks for your notification and I will change it as soon as possible. Sorry for my mistake and unthoughtful action. Xz98 (talk) 02:28, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Not a problem; please be careful. Kuru   (talk)  02:33, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Also thanks from me, Admins don't always think to contact the ambassador, I really appreciated it, even though it self-resolved in the end. MyNameWasTaken (talk) 01:00, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Edit warring
Please can you have a look at the previous edit warring of Eleventh1 at the noticeboard. The two accounts should be treated as one. Best Wishes ' Ankh '. Morpork  12:15, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Si. Already done - was working backwards through the outstanding requests.  Kuru   (talk)  12:16, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

No-fault insurance
Hey, what's wrong with blog posts as sources? Isn't that enumerated here --  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blogs_as_sources Seems like a static interpretation of what a blog is. Thanks for consideration Effie.wang (talk) 22:27, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Lots. You've linked to a page that starts with "This is a failed proposal." - it's a historical attempt at loosening the restrictions on self-published sources.  It was not accepted by the community.  The current guidelines are at WP:RS.  The blog link you added does not come close to the restrictions there, and appears to be promotional at any rate. I'm sure there are thousands of published sources for material about insurance; please let me know if I can help you find some.  Kuru   (talk)  02:40, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

Starcade2
This sock is now abusing the talk page. Time to revoke it.--Jasper Deng (talk) 01:53, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Si - done. Kuru   (talk)  01:55, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Page Protection Request
I hate to bother you again, but, would it be possible if you could protect my userpage from anonymous editors editing it? I'm being bothered by IP vandals again.--Mr Fink (talk) 04:09, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Applied again; seem to be recurring pattern at this point. :)  Kuru   (talk)  11:23, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

User Cmach7
Hi, you blocked Cmach7 today, and in case it is relevant I thought I would bring your attention to these posts. Apparently he is a 13 year old high functioning autistic who had sometimes made some useful edits. I don't know whether Wikipedia policy is to take this into account or to judge everyone by the same standard, but just in case it matters I thought you should know. Richard75 (talk) 09:29, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * We treat everyone by the same standards with regard to policy, but it would certainly help to know this when communicating with him in the future. If he can put together an unblock request that simply states he recognizes the problem and will abide by 3RR in the future, there should not be an issue.  Kuru   (talk)  11:21, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

EC
Sorry for edit conflicting with you on User talk:Von Restorff. No harm done.  Rcsprinter  (state the obvious (or not))  15:39, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Si, same result. :) Kuru   (talk)  15:41, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

Tamara Toumanova
Hi, the page was unprotected 2 days ago and the banned user OxfordGeo=Biographyspot=Andriabenia's IP continues his POV-pushing. Could you please made that page semi-protected for any IP's? Gazifikator (talk) 19:04, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Clearly our friend. I've blocked that IP and extended the protection. He's certainly dedicated.  Kuru   (talk)  00:09, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

E-Marketing Collateral
I've had to decline your PROD because of the previous failed PROD in December. Please feel free to take this to WP:AfD. Whouk (talk) 12:56, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

report decline
Hello you decline my report but involving different material is editwar also. Second edit is evn same tag on top. --Highstakes00 (talk) 13:59, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

coi editing
Hi Kuru,

I want to bring to your attention to Yaratam. AKA  Kuttares   AKA  Jonkerz  AKA  Altairisfar   He may have other aliases on wikipedia.

All of these names belong to one individual in Romania who sells his services publishing articles. He was briefly in the employ of our firm.

He goes by the handle Nicu A. (Nicu Andronachi) on Elance but his real name is (redacted).

X feels he is owed additional money and is waging a harrassment campaign against our various firms and individuals associated with our firm. Whever he sees something that might be related to us or to any of our associates, he goes on the offensive deleting references and vandalizing pages.

Today he sent an email attempting to blaickmail us into paying him some US$500 or he will see to it that all of our articles are deleted. One such article, which he originally published and I think you are aware of, has to do with banking in Tunisia. This is why I am reaching out to you.

X asked us to employ him to write the article. It was his idea to use academic papers written by one of our associates as references. After he quit the job, he deleted the references. Be advised that we have no interest in Tunisia or banking.

Also today X vandalized the work of someone else who wrote an article that is not about us or any of our associates.

As an admin, we hope you can provide guidance on these matters. At the very least we need X to stop the harrassment immediately. DazzBand (talk) 03:10, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Hello, Our apologies if our previous message should not have contained identifying information. We are new and learning the correct procedures. We will be filing a complaint against this individual for vandalizing our pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DazzBand (talk • contribs) 04:41, 10 April 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm aware of your group and I have a long list of articles and editors to review when I have time, mainly based on the fraudulent editing by . I usually don't have a problem with paid editors as long as they are completely transparent; that does not appear to be the case here.  I'll file something with WP:SPI later today.  Kuru   (talk)  12:09, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Also, be advised that user Ardsarea is another alias belonging to Yaratam.DazzBand (talk) 16:01, 10 April 2012 (UTC)


 * For the interested parties, I opened a discussion here. Yaratam (talk) 17:48, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

On April 10, 2012, Yaratam aka Tayzen on Elance, sent us an email demanding US $4000 within 12 hours or he would destroy our reputation on the Internet and target anyone associated with our firm, including anybody on wikipedia who writes an article that could be associated with us. This attempted blackmail followed an earlier email demanding $500 or he would ensure that all wikipedia articles of interest to anyone in our group would be deleted. He then vandalized references on articles annotated by another wikipedian, simply because Yaratam associated him with our group. When Yaratam vandalized the references, he singled out a single author, the one associated with us, but left the other references intact.

While Yaratam was employed in March, he sent us numerous emails expressing his fear that he would be caught for improper conduct at wikipedia. This is the reason he gave us for not improving the references to the Tunisia article he published. Note that we have no interest in Tunisia. Yaratam asked us to pay him to write the article so he could use references from the author associated with our group. Now he wants to destroy the author as payback for not rendering the payment Yaratam feels he is worth. He said as much in his messages to us. Any wiki admin with an interest in this case may contact us privately for copies of his emailsDazzBand (talk) 19:17, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Now that blackmailing seems to be a violation of our policy against legal threats, and is alone an excuse for having that person blocked.--Jasper Deng (talk) 19:19, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Could you please have a look?
Hi Kuru, I noticed that you closed the 3RR case opened by user at wp:ANEW as "no violation" and you added the remark "Random accusations of "vandalism" are not helping". In that context, could you please have a look (and perhaps comment) at the ANI-case I had opened here. After you closed the case, yesterday user WTF yet again has accused me of "vandalizing, trying to own articles, edit warring, lying" and doing something with "his" list and tempate, that I never even touched? Today in this comment: "DVdm has proven nothing other than that he has no respect or regard for the people around him" and "FALSELY, by a vandal". Thanks and cheers. - DVdm (talk) 06:49, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

JCAla 3RR case
Heya, I answered with regard to TopGun's "edit war" report. Maybe you want to check that out. I did but one revert and I explained it there in detail. Have a nice day, JCAla (talk) 19:30, 10 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Hello Kuru. Please see WP:AN3 where an editor has expressed a desire for you to comment. Thanks, EdJohnston (talk) 21:04, 10 April 2012 (UTC)


 * I've responded there. Kuru   (talk)  00:07, 11 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Is this then cleared and declined? It was not a violation. But from yesterday onwards one month I will do what Ed proposed for Pakistan as a good faith effort in the topic area. We will see if TopGun is also willing to show some good faith efforts to ease the tension. JCAla (talk) 10:56, 12 April 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry, I've offered my suggestions there. I'm not interested in investing more time in the topic area and/or mediation between you and Topgun. Future reports to ANEW will be handled accordingly. Good luck.  Kuru   (talk)  11:50, 12 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Forget my last sentence. My question is, did I understand your suggestions there right? I agree with your suggestion to show good faith, but I want to have the record straight and clear. This was no 1RR violation as nothing was restored twice, and I'd welcome for someone to confirm that. This is important for any future reports to "ANEW" to be handled accordingly and it would also show some respect to the editors involved (which are working on this very complicated topic area here on wikipedia). Thank you. JCAla (talk) 12:25, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Your edits to Banking In Tunisia article
Kuru, Thanks for your inputs here, but, even if your intent is proper, I think you're merely aiding a vandal in this case. Check the edits history on the editor who first redacted my citations. He/She only redacted a few of my inputs to this article, targeting references to a specific author's work. Viewing his edit history, he/she seems to have surfed Wikipedia looking for opportunities to delete citatios by this particluar author and his associates. I'm not sure what his beef is, but it looks like calculated vandalism to me. You may want to check it out.

About this specific set of page edits, I'll reiterate what I put on the talk page:

Actully, I'm not an expert on SSRN, but I guess you must be? They seemed to me to provide exactly the type of serious venue we want to cite to expand and improve Wikipedia. I assume from your comment that you must have investigated this venue thoroughly, and that you therefore have independent knowledge of SSRN's policies and procedures that is not evident on their public website. Can you please share this, so we all can be better informed? Thanks, Jdc wms (talk) 03:40, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Also,

As an update, I've requested SSRN's editorial guidelines from that organization's president and board of trustees. Whatever info they can provide will be more definitive than anything you or I can glean from a visit to their public website. Jdc wms (talk) 03:40, 11 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Calculated vandalism. Right.  You may want to be more transparent with your conflict of interest here.  Kuru   (talk)  11:18, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Shantanu Narayen
You took out my addition to the Shanatanu Narayen bio.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shantanu_Narayen&oldid=486656870

You asked for a secondary source? There's over 700 comments and votes on that Change.org protest. That would seem to avoid the concern of it being an opinion of a single individual. Not sure how I can this any more factual. — Preceding unsigned comment added by John Mason II (talk • contribs) 19:11, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
 * You can make it more factual by providing independent coverage of the petition in reliable sources. You've added your own analysis of the comments and of the nature of the participants; we require much better sourcing on our WP:BLP articles.  Thanks.  Kuru   (talk)  23:42, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Recreating the page Qarea
You have recently deleted the page Qarea and as you were saying the reason was about advertising. I think there was a misunderstanding, because the article I've added to references on the page Offshoring has been really written by one of the respectable workers of the company Qarea and that was a result of long research. I was thinking that this information could be considered as a useful and reliable source. If it can't, OK, I'm new to Wikipedia and maybe I don't know all the rules. Nevertheless, I would like to recreate the page you've deleted, because the information it contained could be useful for Wikipedia users and I consider its deleting to be unfair. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JaneStewart123 (talk • contribs) 08:06, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Jane, I'm usually happy to restore articles that have been deleted presuming there is no copyright issue to contend with. I note, however, that all of your edits seem to be adding links to this company or creating promotional material for it.  Are there any other areas you'd like to improve?  Kuru   (talk)  19:50, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Kuru, I respect the Wiki rules and I never was to break them in any way. The restored material will be written in neutral manner and I'm not going to add any non-relevant links. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JaneStewart123 (talk • contribs) 08:06, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

The external link I put to the Process Analytics page
Kuru,

I got your message and understand that people should not be promoting products and services in a wiki page. One of the major areas of Process Analysis lacking in todays world in my opinion is using analytics to the improvement of business processes in process improvement initiatives. Whether someone is using ITIL, Lean or Six Sigma as their methodology, nowhere in any of these methodologies(other than Lean), do they discuss using variability, time and cost to a process map to generate metrics on cycle time, takt, execution metrics, etc to get a better understanding of how the current state process is handling demand, etc.

What we have done is build a simple interface in Microsoft Visio that allows anyone to put in a few metrics regarding variability, process time, duration and who does the work in the steps in the process and they can get meaningful results. The product is 100% free.

In your professional opinion, how should I get the word out about using simple analytics in process analysis?

Rkurzarc (talk) 12:30, 17 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Hire a professional marketing team. You may not promote your product here.  Kuru   (talk)  12:40, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Abuse Filter on the Article Feedback Tool
Hey there :). You're being contacted because you're an edit filter manager, At the moment, we're developing Version 5 of the Article Feedback Tool, which you may or may not have heard about. If you haven't; for the first time, this will involve a free-text box where readers can submit comments :). Obviously, there's going to be junk, and we want to minimise that junk. To do so, we're working the Abuse Filter into the tool.

For this to work, we need people to write and maintain filters. I'd be very grateful if you could take a look at the discussion here and the attached docs, and comment and contribute! Thanks :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 18:21, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

my recent link
Kura

I fully understand that spam and commercial links are not wanted on Wiki - I would like to ask what is the difference in your words between that and a link to a pefectly decent article which contains furter information on a page (such as the benefits ralsation page), where the article contains important and contains orginal work, and is intended to define a topic which to date carries great interest but very little understanding in business?

kevin

PS - if you paste the link into copyscape you will see that many people have found the content of the said page relevant enough to copy the enitire page verbatum - waybackwhen.com can demonmstarte that we are the originators and true copyright owners of this article — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ktlonergan (talk • contribs) 16:49, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
 * The primary reason I removed the link, as noted in the edit summary, is that you have added this link as a footnote reference, even though it does not support anything in the article. If this material is published in editor controlled or peer reviewed environment, then it may be used as a reference, but will need to be supporting something in the article specifically.  As it is, you seem to simply be adding a general link that ends in a plug for your company.  Perhaps you could would to improve the article and cite neutral sources as references, that's what you're here for, correct?  Kuru   (talk)  19:47, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

Atheism
Dear Kuru, I just thought I would let you know that I opened an RfC at the talk page of the atheism article. Your monitoring of the situation would be appreciated! I hope you have a nice day. With regards, AnupamTalk 00:43, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

3RRNB, "stale"
Hi. I appreciate your attention to my 3RR report here but I disagree with your summary: "it appears the primary involved editors have worked out a consensus and no reverts have occurred for a day. A block here would be punitive." I stopped editing the article while waiting for the report to be evaluated. I think the other two assessments at the 3RRNB are incorrect in asserting that User:RC is allowed to edit war for consensus. As other admins have ruled in similar cases, this is not an exception to the 3RR rule. And the difficult editor is strong-handing others at another film article, The Godfather, so his tendentiousness continues. (Please see my talkpage thread User_talk:El_duderino). So I politely ask you to reconsider your judgement of 'Stale.' This is my last attempt for preventative action. I won't belabor the point here again. Thank you. El duderino (abides) 19:16, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry, the report at ANEW is not any less stale now. If there's an ongoing problem with user behavior, consider a user RFC or a detailed report at ANI if there's really something wrong.  I'm afraid I don't see anything with a cursory look; I'm not the type of admin who will block someone for being 'passive-aggressive'. You'll need a very specific and long term violation of policy for me to act on a long term editor.  Kuru   (talk)  22:11, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

RfC at Atheism
Anupam is of the understanding that you are overseeing the closure of the RfC he posted at Talk:Atheism. "The administrator who protected the article, User:Kuru, is going to close the RfC when he feels it is appropriate.". Is this correct? aprock (talk) 23:44, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Anyone can evaluate the RFC and close it; if it needs to be closed. I'd love to help, but I'm on a business trip this week and will be unable to do anything but quick watchlist runs until Friday.  Kuru   (talk)  10:30, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

SolutionInn
Hi Dear, I want to know that why my page is deleted and how can i make it sustainable? I not advertise this but just posted as an informative manners. my page was SolutionInn. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BillMarz (talk • contribs) 12:09, 28 April 2012 (UTC)
 * It was an unsourced article with no indication of notability, laced with puffery. If you're in the process of removing the advertising and adding reliable third-party sources, I'd be happy to undelete the article and move it into a sandbox for you, if you will read WP:COI.  Kuru   (talk)  12:35, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

Fictitious event at YPF
Kuru:

Thank you for your efforts toward dispute resolution at YPF.

I understood your points and agree. As to the alleged event itself (the sole sticking point remaining between myself and the other two editors), I have this source from a major newspaper in Spain quoting a first-hand witness as stating unequivocally that no such incident took place, and that to the contrary, the 16 dismissed executives were treated with the proper formalities and were chauffeured home after their dismissal. The newspaper is a conservative publication in Spain (making them one of the least likely in the world to write anything in defense of the renationalization of YPF), and the witness was at the time of the events (April 16) Repsol's own spokesman at YPF (Repsol owned YPF from 1999 until April 16th last).

Whether the story is repeated in the Financial Times, Economist, or anywhere else in the media echo chamber, any anonymous claims to the contrary fly in the face of a directly-quoted first-hand account (by somebody obviously opposed to the takeover, as he was among those who was laid off), and thus cannot be left in the article as though it were fact.

Thanks again for your time. I look forward to your thoughts.

All the best, Sherlock4000 (talk) 03:42, 4 May 2012 (UTC)


 * This is material that should be presented on the article's talk page and discussed with the editors you are having difficulties with. If there are multiple, contradicting reliable sources, it is likely that both sides should be presented if they are credible. Kuru   (talk)  11:31, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

"Business Professional"
Are you prepared to give us proles a more specific hint as to what it is you do? Go on... Egg  Centri  c  00:28, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Canterbury Boys' High School
G'day. You recently blocked one of a number of socks that I have reported at Sockpuppet_investigations/Ali2190. Mind blocking the others and closing the report? Cheers. &tilde;danjel [ talk &#124; contribs ] 11:51, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * This seems to have been fully resolved by other admins. Kuru   (talk)  02:10, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Cheers. :) &tilde;danjel [ talk &#124; contribs ] 07:58, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Deletion of Company Profile
I submitted a a short reference article about one of the largest chemical manufactures/distributors in Europe. For some reason you deleted the article which included both references and links. I would like to know why you deleted our article when there are so many other articles about other companies in our field such as Du Pont, Bayer, etc. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Henry-hilde (talk • contribs) 19:29, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Always happy to review and provide feedback, but I see no deleted articles in your contributions. Can you provide me the name of the account you used to create the article, or the specific name of the article? If it was non-notable or promotional, we can restore a draft in your sandbox so you can work on it (note that I cannot do this if it was deleted as a copyright problem).  Kuru   (talk)  00:54, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

Removal Of Links
Hi there. You recently removed many of the edits I made. It was obvious that though my account was made a while ago, I had only recently started being active on Wikipedia. I had started going through pages and looking for dead links to replace. I would then attempt to find the content that was there previously but on another site, as much of that content has been syndicated out to other sites. Apparently though, a 404 page is better than the original content that was linked to originally? I'm sorry if I misunderstand as I mentioned I am new at this. I did read the link about the verifiable sources, but I'm kind of torn on what is the best way to go about handling these 404 pages, as there are many that I find all over Wikipedia. Some guidance on that issue would be appreciated as I find this the easiest way for me to help clean up and keep pages up to date. Kaedus (talk) 03:46, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
 * You're not linking to content "syndicated out to other sites", you're linking to spam sites that are hosting pilfered copies of the original content. In at least one case, you replaced a working archive link with a spam one.  Frankly, these links were clearly inappropriate.  In a few of the cases, the content merely moved to another part of the site.  If you'd like to help, please use archive links, fix the links, or find a true syndicate version of the text with a clear copyright status on a non-spam site. Thanks.  Kuru   (talk)  11:40, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

New user
Maybe you have knowledge to address this, if it needs to be addressed. San Antonio has a new unregistered Editor, who is making a lot of what I assume are good-faith edits. Several hundred within the last week. A lot of those are cosmetic and not necessarily helpful. I've reversed a couple on pages I'm watching, and you can see I've left the user a message on their talk page. One thing, is this person is going through anything on San Antonio and sticking "Downtown" in front of it everywhere. And sticking "USA" at the end. Here I believe these are good faith, and some of them enhance the articles. But some aren't helpful. Maybe you could offer this person some direction or advice to help. Goodness knows, it's great to have someone interested in Texas articles.Maile66 (talk) 22:06, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Not sure I'd capitalize downtown, but most of his edits look fine. As you noted, it's great to have another editor in the region playing around. :)  Kuru   (talk)  02:14, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

Some Redirect Help
Could I get your help/input/advice in moving Gemuendina stuertzi and Nefudina qalibahensis‎ to Gemuendina and Nefudina, respectively? I tried to request a technical request for the moves, but, then they simply opened up threads on the talkpages.--Mr Fink (talk) 18:43, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

User:Camoka4 now at ANI
He Kuru, you blocked Camoka4 breaking the 3 revert rule at Schengen Area. You may want to comment, or act on his current behaviour at Schengen Area (IMO the edit warring hasn't stopped) or react at the ANI thread... Cheers! L.tak (talk) 07:55, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

Discussion at ANI on banning LPC
In the past you have been involved in a block/unblock procedure either on the sockmaster account of LouisPhilippeCharles or an account of one of the sockpuppets. Please see WP:ANI -- PBS (talk) 20:31, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

CITDigital Removal in Factoring article
Hello Kuru,

I wanted to place concerns on behalf of the Digital Team at CIT. Please do not assoicate this account with CIT as I am reaching you though it due to the fact that you have blocked the talk rights of the CITdigital account.

I want to apologize for he misunderstanding, the goal of the CITdigital group is not to promote traffic to cit.com or any of the CIT business platforms. The goal is to stablish our Factoring University initiative as a resource to learn about the topic of factoring in a simple and concise manner, it is for that reason that I added external links to Factoring University material so that anyone can get easy to digest information on the topic.

Please exlain different suggestions in which Factoring University can serve as a resource to Wikipedia without infringing its guidelines against company promotions and advertising.

Again I apologize for the inconvinience as I am coming to familiarize myself with adding content to wikipedia and was not adecuatelly informed of the restrictions involved with this process.

Kind Regards, Merlin Valdez Digital Content Intern at CIT merlin.valdez@cit.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Merlinvaldez (talk • contribs) 16:13, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
 * The account was blocked since the name and actions indicates it is a role account or a promotional account. Creating a new account that is not tied to your organization is a good first step.  Unfortunately, if your goal is to continue to add promotional material for your firm, you will likely wind up blocked again.  Instead of promoting your site, perhaps you'd like to add content sourced to reliable sources instead?  That's the primary reason most of us are here.  Kuru   (talk)  11:14, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

MEAP
Hi Kuru,

You are right saying that Convertigo is not cited in the Gartner Magic Quadrant, but you have to consider the following facts.
 * To appear in a Magic Quadrant, Companies must have at least 25M$ revenue, thus lots of Startups are automatically excluded even though they lead a specific market share.
 * the MEAP market is a new market rising so new Vendors appear by the side of Huge companies.
 * Usually Europeans vendors have more difficulties to appear in Gartner's MQ.
 * Other companies such as Kony Solutions are not in Gartner's MQ but cited as Vendor in this article.

Convertigo is a leading European vendor in Mobile Enterprise Application platform having more than 300 customers worldwide. We use them in our Company which is one of the biggest European Bank. I really do no see why Convertigo should not be in the Vendors section.

best Rds, Wulkanman (talk) 05:05, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Unbound lists of "vendors" turn into a random list of promotional spam. If you feel the current criteria for inclusion on the list is inadequate, please use the article's talk page to propose alternate criteria.  If you have checked the source, and another vendor does not meet the existing criteria, please feel free to remove it.   Kuru   (talk)  11:11, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Removal of Company Aspen Pharma
Article List of companies of South Africa/Health care section.

Aspen Pharma is one of the largest pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturers/distributors in South Africa. For some reason you deleted my addition without consultation. Would it satisfy your criteria with articles such as Adcock Ingram and Bayer? Aliwal2012 (talk) 17:24, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
 * As noted, the sole reason for the removal from the list was the non-existence of an established article. As it is one of the largest pharmas in the country, it should be fairly trivial to create an article on the firm.  I'd be delighted to help you make one; I'll create a "sandbox" version in your userspace when I get a few free minutes and we can work on it there.  Kuru   (talk)  22:26, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Kuru, thanks for creating Aspen Pharmacare, u did me & wikipedia a huge favour with the company research! Being a pharmacist myself, I missed some detail you kindly included :) Aliwal2012 (talk) 07:39, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi, I'm afraid to say, we walked into a trap with this ASPEN article's "parent company"; it seems not to be "ASPEN Pharmacare", since they don't mfr scheduled medicine (iow prescription drugs), only consumer items like Prep and Brylcream! My money will be on ASPEN Pharma (holding company) Aliwal2012 (talk) 10:49, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Question: What will the best name be for this article (the correct company name)? Aliwal2012 (talk) 15:38, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I've replied to this at Talk:Aspen Pharmacare. Kuru   (talk)  14:50, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

Removal of External Links
Hi,

You removed both entries I placed. The first citation was "Cursory Blog Entry" - I'm hoping that after I make revisions (adding depth), you'll let me replace the entry.

The second one you removed by citing "Low Blog Content". I am also hoping that after I've built up the site, I can get the link back.

Please let me know if there are any other issues. Thanks.

Xperlandro (talk) 23:07, 29 June 2012 (UTC) Xperlandro (June 29, 2012)
 * A better idea would be simply not to worry about placing links to your blog (see WP:COI), and work on improving the content of the articles in question. We're here to build an encyclopedia, not drive traffic to your site.  Please consider using your knowledge on the topics to build material here with references to reliable sources.  Kuru   (talk)  23:11, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

I'll be more than happy to contribute as long as you're not insinuating that my site or what I have to offer is "unreliable". That'd be a total waste of time for everyone.

I noticed other sites linked externally, so I placed mine in good faith. Moreover, I wasn't using words like "invaluable source" to link back to my site, as you'd find on that page. If that's not "promotional", I don't know what is. Xperlandro (talk) 23:43, 29 June 2012 (UTC) Xperlandro (June 29, 2012)
 * My apologies, the term "reliable source" has a specific definition here; you can read it at WP:RS. In no way will a personal blog be consider a valid source for material here (with few exceptions that do not apply in this context), but it is not intended to dispute or cast aspersions on the accuracy of your site.  For references, you will need to use published third party sources.  If you would actually like to contribute, I can help you with referencing style, or if your're interested in patrolling and removing poor external links, I can help you with that as well.  Kuru   (talk)  00:05, 30 June 2012 (UTC)

Pending reports
There are a few pending reports, one is being made by me on the page Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring, Kindly review them. Thanks Clarificationgiven (talk) 09:47, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the note, but I usually spend a lot of time handling each case. As such, my involvement there is limited to when I have larger blocks of free time for research and follow-up (I hate to close a gray one and then run off).  This is usually on weekends...  Kuru   (talk)  14:52, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thanks ! Kuru   (talk)  14:50, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Please view here. Altetendekrabbe continues to edit-war on the same article. ' Ankh '. Morpork  12:50, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Reported here ' Ankh '. Morpork  13:19, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
 * My apologies, but I usually have very little time during the week to look at 3RR cases. They are fairly time consuming and I hate to take an action and then become immediately unavailable to explain myself should there be a problem.   Kuru   (talk)  02:41, 12 July 2012 (UTC)

Can you modify the title of an entry?
Just noticed that there is no way to change the title of an entry when I planned to make some change. Is it possible?

In case the title is not completely appropriate, what is the right way to handle it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by G3Harrison (talk • contribs) 23:22, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
 * When you say "entry," do you mean the page, or simply the edit you are currently making?--Mr Fink (talk) 23:57, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Same question - if you'd like to change the name of an article, use the "move" tab at the top of the screen. If you need to change the name of a section, simply edit the text.  Kuru   (talk)  23:59, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Good day, could you please see the user user:Wustenfuchs, he keeps deleting a reliable link since he doesn't like it. he keeps vandalizing the article Battle of Aleppo. Ahmad2099 (talk) 00:33, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

GoldDragon, MonkeyKingBar, TaggartFlynn
On 1 July, you blocked MonkeyKingBar as a sockpuppet of banned user GoldDragon. The next day, TaggartFlynn began editing. He has restored at least one of MonkeyKingBar's reverted edits. Compare this with this, particularly the tosh citation to newsday. Compare this edit (especially the reference to a "multi-generational refresh") to this one. 74.115.199.33 (talk) 04:24, 3 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Si. Edits to the obscure Michael Woodford as well.  Will block and tag.  Kuru   (talk)  04:28, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

Social Media Marketing
I added the missing abbreviation /acronym for Social media marketing (SMM) and I saw that you have removed it. It is relevant because in the industry SMM professionals use SMM all the time to refer to Social media marketing and therefor anyone looking up Social media marketing on wiki should be aware that it is commonly referred to as SMM. The acronym SEO is listed for the encyclopedia entry for search engine optimization and the acronym SEM is listed for Search engine marketing.Mplysiak (talk) 01:04, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
 * As noted on your talk page, the problem was not with the addition of the acronym. The promotional link you added is not a reliable source by any definition I can think of, and seems to simply be promotional.  Frankly, just adding the acronym without a source would be a better idea, as it seems obvious.  Kuru   (talk)  14:18, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Remove entries without article?
Hi Kuru,

just added Bulk Rename Utility to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batch_renaming. Then I saw, that you removed in an older revision that reference, just because there was no wikipedia article? A simple web link is not sufficient?

Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.188.1.60 (talk) 07:17, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
 * That's exactly correct. We cannot have directories of external links in our articles; see WP:NOT.  At the moment, that list includes the criteria for inclusion as "notable", so establishing an article for the software should not be a trick.  Please do not keep adding the link.  Kuru   (talk)  14:16, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

I have deleted the word Mexican from a persons title because his race has nothing to do with his accomplishments and should not be used. I have added Andrew Oberle because he has gained noticeable world wide acclaim for the chimpanzee attack and have added proper source citations. I have deleted Matthew Nixon from the notable Alumni group. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.92.166.51 (talk) 16:34, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

Freelancer
KURU,

I am the one who added the comments about the illegal credit card fees as it is not a rant, but a factual element that can be fully supported. I have an image of the fees that are indeed against the merchant agreements but as a new person, I cannot post such an image. I can provide it if needed to subtantiate the fact.

Readers should be warned about these questionable companies.

Mark Morris — Preceding unsigned comment added by Codygroup (talk • contribs) 22:11, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
 * You've added your own personal commentary about some company to an article about the general concept of freelancing. Even if this was the correct article, your own opinions and analysis is not acceptable here.  Kuru   (talk)  12:35, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia_Takes_America/San_Antonio
I'd like to invite you to participate in Wikipedia Takes America here in San Antonio.--v/r - TP 21:27, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Page Deletion
Hello Kuru,

It seems that the page I have created has been deleted by you. Kindly let me know the reasons behind this deletions, and also suggest what precautions should I take so that the page which I create will not get deleted.

Regards, Makdesusa. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Makdesusa (talk • contribs) 08:33, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
 * It was complete and utter spam. Please do not add adcopy and first person puffery to wikipedia, please.  If you are interested in adding material here, please use neutral prose that is completely backed up by reliable, third party sources.  My guess is that you have a conflict of interest, so it is a good idea to avoid the topic of your firm and add other material instead.  Kuru   (talk)  11:28, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

List of companies of Pakistan
Hi Kuru! Concerning this edit: Jubilee Insurance's website says that they do operate in Pakistan. -- S M S  Talk 16:43, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Ah, my apologies; I did not note the inclusion criteria for that article. Most of them are very specifically limited to "headquartered in", a few are "notable presence in" (usually delimited by having an article on the location, like IBM Research – Tokyo for example), others seem to be all in.  It's a good idea to outline the inclusion criteria on the talk page, before someone adds McDonalds to the list since they do business in Karachi.  :)... Will self revert to match the rest of the article.  Kuru   (talk)  18:01, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Actually there is no clear inclusion criteria as whether a company which only has presence in a country and do not have a stand-alone article here is eligible to be added to "List of companies in a country" or not. We need to discuss this issue and probably write it somewhere like WP:CSC. You have more experience in maintaining these lists across the Wikipedia and probably can suggest something better. -- S M S  Talk 20:27, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I really can't, unfortunately. I see both sides to the issue, and there's really not a concrete way to measure the ability of a company to impact the host country.  The McDonald's example is clearly silly, but I can see how a large and notable manufacturing facility of a foreign firm can impact the locality.  I can also see how simply providing services in a country can be considered influential (especially in very small nations).  My only hard line concern, and the reason for parsing through all of the "companies of" articles, is to remove spam; many of the lists had devolved into random directories of external links and promotional fluff.  If there are active users watching a given list who have a slightly different inclusion criteria, but still maintain it, I don't see that as a problem and I'm happy to support the consensus for that article.  Kuru   (talk)  12:41, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

Kindle Fire
The information about the Kindle Fire's disabled ambient light sensor was cobbled together from blog posts by several different users who were recounting their experiences with the device, along with my own experience. Other websites show the ambient light sensor being removed from the device. On my original edit I gave as a source a posting that had screen shots from diagnostic software that was used on the Kindle fire giving information on the light sensor along with several other sensors. This source was removed by someone just prior to your adding the [citation needed] note. This was the page: http://www.ericbt.com/Blog/169

It seems that although blogs may not qualify as references, some allowance might be made when there is a preponderance of evidence from different sources.

P.S. The following page from Amazon (below) shows indirectly that a light sensor is supported (i.e., exists) on the Kindle Fire. This, along with the physical evidence of the device itself, should be enough to demonstrate a non-functioning light sensor, shouldn't it?

https://developer.amazon.com/help/faq.html#KindleFire

S. Neuman (talk) 01:31, 1 September 2012 (UTC)


 * As long as the preponderance of evidence is from sources which contravene our policy on venerability, it does not seem appropriate to add the material.  This appears to be an important issue to you, but we can't resort to synthesis and original research to support additions. If there is something notable about the sensor's presence or current state, it should not be difficult to find non-blog coverage.  Kuru   (talk)  12:32, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

Why not use examples to illustrate information used in Wiki?
I think that a case can (and should) be made for including more example-type external links when speaking about topics that the average lay-person may not understand. In the case of securities lending, for example, most people reading will come in thinking that securities lending is simply the lending of securities from one bank or brokerage to another. However, that is not the only definition. Individual securities loans -- loans in which the securities act as guarantee for the financing -- are another form that falls under the broad definition of "securities lending".

I thought that adding the site www.abnicholas.com as an example link near the paragraph that explained institutional, non-transfer-of-title lending against securities to be perfectly valid and not promotional. I think the case can be made to do this with other elements of the securities lending page as well.

Those are my thoughts. I do see how we must not let the Wiki become a promotional vehicle, but if we go too far with this we risk taking the blood out of it and leaving it a dry, uninteresting information source. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wwitk2010 (talk • contribs) 02:19, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Adding an external link to a random firm which provides the service illustrated in the article provides no purpose other than to promote that entity. If you'd like to contribute, please find reliable sources and add material to the article. Thanks. Kuru   (talk)  10:53, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

The Olive Branch: A Dispute Resolution Newsletter (Issue #1)
Welcome to the first edition of The Olive Branch. This will be a place to semi-regularly update editors active in dispute resolution (DR) about some of the most important issues, advances, and challenges in the area. You were delivered this update because you are active in DR, but if you would prefer not to receive any future mailing, just add your name to this page. In this issue: Read the entire first edition of The Olive Branch -->
 * Background: A brief overview of the DR ecosystem.
 * Research: The most recent DR data
 * Survey results: Highlights from Steven Zhang's April 2012 survey
 * Activity analysis: Where DR happened, broken down by the top DR forums
 * DR Noticeboard comparison: How the newest DR forum has progressed between May and August
 * Discussion update: Checking up on the Wikiquette Assistance close debate
 * Proposal: It's time to close the Geopolitical, ethnic, and religious conflicts noticeboard. Agree or disagree?

--The Olive Branch 19:12, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

Otto von Bismarck article
Hey,

I didn't edit that page, so I don't really know what you're talking about.

Best, 212.201.44.245 (talk) 14:46, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
 * You're reading a warning given to whoever was using your IP address two and a half years ago. It's quite safe to ignore at this point.  Kuru   (talk)  21:16, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

Apologies
I am so sorry to hear of your medical condition and even sorrier I didn't check the "cannot edit own talk page" when I blocked to begin with. I see Foxj has taken care of that. KillerChihuahua ?!? 15:31, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Charming. :) Odd that he felt the need to censor the profanities. Kuru   (talk)  00:28, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I noticed the same thing! Very odd. I should probably tell you I have been diagnosed with precisely the same medical condition, which is even odder since I'm female. Perhaps we should start a support group. KillerChihuahua ?!? 01:17, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Seems like less work to simply live in shame. Kuru   (talk)  01:54, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

IP at Joan Juliet Buck
As soon as the block was up -- the IP reverted again. I think he may be missing a clue. Collect (talk) 23:29, 10 September 2012 (UTC) And yet again  - seems he has no idea of what the article talk page is for - all he does is add and re-add the same stuff every time. Please consider semi-protecting that BLP. Cheers. Collect (talk) 12:03, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Si. I had blocked them 20 minutes ago for continued edit warring.  Kuru   (talk)
 * This issue has been mentioned again at WP:AN3. In my opinion a long-term semiprotection of this article might be appropriate. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 13:09, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

Opt In emial removing my post
Hi man sorry if I have done something wrong could u explain me what I have to in order to post my part for Opt in email so you can be okay with it — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dimitar72 (talk • contribs) 11:29, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Don't cut and paste the material from someone else's site. Please try to include reliable sources to support your own material.  Kuru   (talk)  11:43, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Maybe not a hoax
See WP:REFUND. Would you have another look at Colin Campbell (actor), deleted as a hoax in Jan 2011? It certainly looks an improbably long career, but it is confirmed by IMDb; was there any particular reason to doubt it? JohnCD (talk) 16:40, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

A Family at War - Colin Campbell deleted from cast list as "hoax"
Hello, I think you are the editor of this deletion & Wiki have told me to contact you - do you know why my father's name was deleted from the cast list as:  G3 - hoax?

(Dee1957 (talk) 16:53, 12 September 2012 (UTC))
 * This is the same query as the item above. It turns out that this user's father is a different Colin Campbell (there are no less than 54 on IMDb), and I have fixed the link from the father's entry in A Family at War so that it no longer says "hoax" and (if we restore the article, as I think we should) will not link to the wrong person. JohnCD (talk) 18:14, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I have also explained to the user here. JohnCD (talk) 22:58, 12 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the head's up and resolving the issue with the editor. That was a while ago and I don't recollect the incident; will look into it in a minute and respond at the undelete discussion.  Kuru   (talk)  23:43, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

possible article to semi
Joan Juliet Buck which has had several IPs edit in an interesting manner (one of whom you blocked for edit war, twice Special:Contributions/89.133.214.66, now has another one. Special:Contributions/83.19.214.30   Perhaps you might consider semi-protecting the article as a result? Collect (talk) 00:06, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

Your Removal of Reprogrammable Payment Card Refference
Hi Kuru,

I noticed your removed the reference I cited in my description of re-programmable magnetic stripe cards under payment card. I would like to point out that the cited article is a credible source in relation to the material described. Further cited article, forwarded to me by a friend, references a great deal of patent literature that supports my wiki contribution. This is information that I have not found summarized elsewhere. Reprogrammable cards is of great personal interest to me, and in my extensive research I could identify no other authoritative source that directly describes or explains the history of these cards or how they work in any level of detail. I would like for others to be able to learn about this technology as well. So, I kindly suggest reconsider your removal of the reference. -K

P.S. I think I posted this last night, but it looks to have been deleted. I think it was me not you that accidentally deleted, so I'm re posting.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.112.54.197 (talk) 04:44, 19 September 2012 (UTC)


 * If there's a citable article published in a reliable source (editorial control) then please add it. The reference you added appears to be a simple blog of self-published, and likely self-promotional material.  If there is no other source, then the material should be removed.  Kuru   (talk)  02:20, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

"removed an external link you added to the page Executive development"
Hi Kuru I read the reason for the removal as "promotional". I'm comparatively new in contributing to wikipedia. But could you clarify how the other external links of http://www.hsmglobal.com/ and http://www.the-chiefexecutive.com/features/feature1854/ qualify to be "non-promotional"? I'm not demanding a revert but I'm open to learning so I can contribute better. Thx. Traintogain (talk) 11:33, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

Continued violations from a User you have previously warned
Kuru, can you please assist with this. You have previously warned several times Carolina cotton to stop using self-published blogs in posts. He is repeating this same posting behavior on the page Robert W. Harrell, Jr. with his self-published blog ''The Nerve'. Wikipedia's guidelines page regarding Biographies of Living Persons clearly states: "Never use self-published sources" and continues " 'Self-published blogs' in this context refers to personal and group blogs" I have been fixing his improper postings but the fixes are quickly reverted by Carolina cotton. I don't agree with his deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Wikipedia by using posts to push his blog's agenda and increase web traffic to his blog. Thanks for any assistance you can provide EricJ1995 (talk) 21:16, 7 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Kuru, For the record, I no longer work at the South Carolina Policy Council or The Nerve. Further, not all the information added to the biography of Robert Harrell came from those sources; some, for example, came from the Charleston Post and Courier newspaper and some from a press release put out by Mr. Harrell himself. In addition, some of the information gathered by The Nerve was done so through South Carolina Freedom of Information Act requests, and, hence, from state government, and were linked to in the stories. Also, The Nerve is not set up on a wordpress blog platform; it is a separate website. However, I will certainly abide by your decision if you decide these sources aren't considered reliable enough. Finally, nothing from my own wordpress blog has been used on Robert Harrell's Wikipedia entry. I would like to say that I don't see what the point of a Wikipedia biography is if individuals can simply delete accurate information that doesn't suit their purposes. The individual who has accused me of using information from self-published blogs apparently either works in the office of Robert Harrell or is some other way connected to him, judging from the fact that his Wikipedia editing experience is limited to Mr. Harrell and another key S.C. Republican politician. Though I don't claim to be perfect, I take accuracy very seriously and would appreciate if you would at least attempt to verify EricJ1995's claims and look at what he has repeatedly deleted. It degrades the credibility of Wikipedia if a user can remove accurate information from a biography because it's detrimental. Thank you for your consideration. Carolina_cotton (talk) 5:28, 17 November 2012 (UTC)
 * These issues about Robert W. Harrell, Jr.'s BLP page have recently been addressed by JFHJr with his review and response posted on the BLP Noticeboard here. Additionally, as a follow up to your Final Warning post on Carolina cotton's Talk page, JFHJr has also informed Carolina cotton that the sources he has been using in posts are not reliable.
 * As for the above mentioned Charleston Post and Courier newspaper source that was removed, that was done so because the newspaper based this story on factually incorrect information that they published and later had to issue multiple corrections. A more detailed explanation of this can also be found on the  BLP Noticeboard here.
 * As I note, I don't really appreciate Carolina cotton's baseless claims made about me because I happen to take interest in South Carolina politics. He should take note that my interest in removing posts that improperly use political groups as sources to advance their political agenda and drive traffic to their site supersedes my interest in South Carolina politics.
 * I hope these links and actions taken by JFHJr help clear up the issues raised above and any other questions you may have.  Best, EricJ1995 (talk) 17:25, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

I'll make it easy for Wikipedia, EricJ1995 and Robert Harrell Jr. and simply stop posting to Wikipedia. I understand that the individuals who edit Wikipedia do so on a voluntary basis and don't have time to check into every posting, claim or controversy that arises, but it's discouraging when one makes a good-faith effort to present facts, only to have them censored in a partisan manner because someone is intent on whitewashing an individual's biography. If EricJ1995 had any integrity, he'd have identified who it was he worked for, so that others could judge his credibility as a source. But that's a problem for Wikipedia - and, ultimately, its readers - to deal with now. Carolina_cotton (talk) 23:49, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

Decision Tree Link
Hi Kuru

You removed a link I placed on the Decision Tree page and yet you have left a similar link: "Decision Tree Analysis mindtools.com". I genuinely don't understand what the difference is?

David — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daveb416 (talk • contribs) 16:59, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
 * I could not find any content at the link you added; it was solely promotional material or "member" registration walls. Please do not add this link, or link directly to the material you feel is beneficial to readers. If there are other links you feel are similar, please feel free to remove them.  Kuru   (talk)  18:05, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

AndyTheGrump
User:AndyTheGrump have blanked the whole article maybe it was biased but this definitely not the way to delete the article in my opinion his edits very close to vandalism.Could you take a look.Also he may have broken 1RR as the article clearly belong to I/P conflict.Thank you.--Shrike (talk)/WP:RX 20:35, 23 November 2012 (UTC)

Léo Apotheker
Hey Kuru. She was able to put the link back, despite the blacklist, just by undoing the bot edit. I've reverted her, but I suspect she'll be along shortly to reinsert the link, since she seems absolutely unimpressed by the multiple editors asking her to stop. jæs (talk) 18:32, 2 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I've left a final warning on her talk page and will watchlist the page. Kuru   (talk)  21:27, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

Ladies and gentlemen, the floor is yours! You are not smart enough to understand that I simply... needed a proof. Many thanks for your cooperation. That was easy. ;-) Apparently you do not understand that I do not need this link in Wikipedia. People are not looking for Léo Apotheker's Wikipedia page, they are going directly to his website. Kuru, "since she seems absolutely unimpressed by..." The explanation: "Wherever Léo Apotheker goes, the northern wind goes with him. As a matter of fact, the one working on “explaining Léo Apotheker” was born Nordic, chooses to keep her mind open 360°, and the polar cold doesn’t bother her." (excerpt from Extreme) Take care and stay tuned! CaroOlsen (talk) 01:06, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

HBC AIV helperbot7 incorrectly removing entries from Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism
Hi, I noticed you have just blocked someone so am hoping to catch you online. Please could you take a look into this, the bot is continually archiving a block request for User:220.244.57.53‎ claiming they have been blocked. Last version including the request: Thanks, Halsteadk (talk) 18:00, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Apparently Halsteadk has a new definition of both "current" and vandalism. The IP has been rightfully removed from the AIV reports (✉→BWilkins←✎) 20:05, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

AIV thanks
Thank you very much for the rapid response at AIV. I really felt that that had gone far enough. Cheers DBaK (talk) 12:58, 12 December 2012 (UTC)

Koleimports
OK, not a problem. Daniel Case (talk) 04:52, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

LakevilleFD
Not a problem either. Daniel Case (talk) 17:33, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

Hello Kuru
Wikipedia page on MBA doesn't make the point the linked blog post was making. Are you for real? Should bloggers go to uni, get phd, publish one research article and then link it to wikipedia to make their point? anyway the blog post was more useful page on web than this one with too many stars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kuru). If the blogs linked are commercial sites, then your action is reasonable. Which is not the case right now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sandeep2k12 (talk • contribs) 12:51, 20 December 2012 (UTC)
 * We have a fairly explicit policy on reliable sources. In no reading would a low-quality, anonymous, two-week-old blog be considered reliable by our standards.  Why would we bother with sourcing at all if anyone could source to their own personal opinion?  Kuru   (talk)  13:10, 20 December 2012 (UTC)

Unblock request for 68.46.61.211
Jc37, could you provide some context for the block at User talk:68.46.61.211. I can't see any deleted edits or edit filter entries, so I assume something was oversighted that lead to a six month block on the IP? Could you share your recollections on what occurred? Kuru  (talk)  14:30, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Not seeing much in the way of constructive edits. Mostly just looks like unexplained removal (or replacement) of chunks of text.
 * You may wish to ask what they intend to do once unblocked.
 * But regardless, you are welcome to unblock at your discretion. - jc37 23:21, 24 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I have unblocked. There are certainly problems with the editing, but not the extreme sort of vandalism that would justify a six month block without any warning whatever. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:04, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

184.146.113.29 attempting to game the system
Thanks for that - it seems that some people don't realise that we don't necessarily play by "the rules" round here with vandals who don't play by the rules either. Cheers Tonywalton Talk 01:57, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Si. I can see the logic if it was marginal "confused" type vandalism, but trolling with language that indicates they're familiar with the routine is blockable on sight to me. Kuru   (talk)  02:04, 25 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Exactly. This was no way "I think I was doing good things" stuff, and the "no prior warnings" attempted unblock was IMV further evidence. As I said, thanks. Tonywalton Talk 02:13, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

You blocked 86.42.8.86; he's evading
Using another IP, 88.151.81.197. See the relevant AN/I thread if needed. Perhaps a rangeblock is in order? Salvidrim!  22:26, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Blocked him; please let me know if he shows up again. I don't have enough data to triangulate a rangeblock yet.  Kuru   (talk)  22:36, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Hi Kuru, rangeblock doesnt appear to work, he has evaded them in the past. Here is an outline (not complete), of what we are dealing with. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Murry1975/IP.86. I will watchlist your talkpage in case you reply (I would be interested in your opinion), or you can drop a comment on my page. Thanks. Murry1975 (talk) 13:00, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Murry1975/IP.86 doesn't seem to exist?  Salvidrim!   13:07, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Here Sorry about the missing period. And second attempt!Murry1975 (talk) 13:47, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Jeeeeeez. I didn't know the history was that extensive. Thanks for the hard work!  Salvidrim!   13:57, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that does not look promising. I'm traveling right now, but I'll look at it in more detail when I get back. Summary pages like that help tremendously, thanks! Kuru-public (talk) 14:58, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
 * He does have a good knowledge of football, but his co-operation on the project and his fleeting comments, some of which are unexcusiable, matched with his poor understanding of guidelines isnt helpful. I have not gone through every IP I have noted of his, I will when I get more time, but other editors have help compose the list, which we taught might be helpful at some stage if things kept going in the wrong direction. Murry1975 (talk) 17:41, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Blocked user back yet again
Hello the twice blocked user 86.42.8.86, is not back again and has once again undone the edits done to revert their vandalism. I have provided links to them constantly showing them why what they're doing is wrong, yet this has been ignored. I have written on their talk pageto try and sort this out, but this was ignored. I have noticed that many others members have come up against this person and their various IPs always starting with 86. In fact there is a page dedicated to the vandalism done by the person under several slightly different IPs spanning well over a year. I cannot recall exactly where I saw this I am affraid.

I am contacting you because I was instructed to here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Special:Contributions.2F92.40.254.14.2C_Special:Contributions.2F86.42.8.86:_Edit_warring.3F

Hopefully we can get this issue resolved once and for all. This person shows no interest in contributing and has no respect for the rules or what is best. They have been blocked numerous times and have had several long term members try to stop them only for this person to verbally attack them and continuasly vandalise the same pages over and over again.

I wish I could show you the long page of vandalism done by this person stemming well over a year. Another member said with regards to it that "if it was any of us registered users doing this we would have been banned long ago". This person has been doing this since 2011 and continues to ignore authority and members showing them what they're doing wrong. If this isn't a case for a range block then I don't know what is. I will look the page in question and if I find it I will send it to you.
 * it actually was very easy to find via history, huzzah! Here is the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Murry1975/IP.86.

All the best Pippin0490 (talk • contribs) 22:10, 28 December 2012