User talk:Anachronist/Archives/2024

MarketingYOR
Sorry about that. I didn't think you were going to tag. Do you know you can use WP:Twinkle to do the block and tag the talk page at the same time? - UtherSRG (talk) 22:32, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes I know that, I tried Twinkle many years ago, didn't really like it. I prefer to avoid automated tools in my work here. ~Anachronist (talk) 22:34, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
 * It has gotten better, but to each their own. - UtherSRG (talk) 22:49, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

ANI, Arb
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Selfstudier (talk) 16:21, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

You are involved in a recently filed request for clarification or amendment from the Arbitration Committee. Please review the request at Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the Arbitration guide may be of use.

Thanks, Selfstudier (talk) 18:08, 19 January 2024 (UTC)


 * It's been a busy 2 days. I haven't had a chance to look at it yet, but it may be resolved before I get to it. ~Anachronist (talk) 22:05, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Excerpt from Barbra Streisand autobiography
I note your request in edit notes "it would be nice to see an excerpt from this book". I'm not sure that's a done thing on WP or how it would be achieved? I understand it is right to cite the book and relevant page numbers, and paraprase what is said there plus "fair use" limited direct quotes, all of which there are currently. Are you suggesting adding to the article a large block of text taken from the book in quotes? Wouldn't this pose copyright issues? What exactly are you suggesting/requesting here in terms of the public-facing page? Walton22 (talk) 21:35, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Nothing at the moment. My edit summary was intended to mean that I, personally, would like to see the excerpt that serves as the basis for this paragraph in the Wikipedia article. I said this because I am skeptical that Streisand would so blatantly contractict what's already in public records. Maybe sometime I'll see if it's in my local library and look it up. ~Anachronist (talk) 21:41, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Her account is meant to be reported NPOV for WP. I'm not sure if you're questioning that it is a fair paraphrase of what she said in her book? That would be the only WP concern here, surely? Contradicting what is in the public record is the nature of a rebuttal by definition, but still I'm not sure anything in her account even does that: it seems to only attempt to clarify. For example, she doesn't deny that the lawyer went for supression of the photo rather than only removal of her name which she claims is all she wanted, saying that the lawyer went further than her instructions. Again: NPOV about the veracity of her rebuttal, just reporting it. Walton22 (talk) 21:50, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank You for the help
Thank You for helping me protect the Bloomington ECHL team page. As you can see, there's been a number of times I've had to undo edits. By chance, is there a way to extend the protection for more than 2 weeks?...Roberto221 (talk) 01:30, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Normally, the first time an article is protected, it is for a short duration in the hope that the disruptive people will leave. Wikipedia is supposed to be for anyone to edit after all, so longer-term protection is applied if disruption resumes. If it starts happening again after protection expires, drop me a note or make a request at WP:RFPP. ~Anachronist (talk) 03:00, 24 January 2024 (UTC)