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Your block of 121.54.97.248
Hi there. I noticed you recently indefinitely blocked indefinitely. I have to say that I am troubled on several levels by this block. First and foremost, this user never received any "final warnings" to warn them that they were at risk of being blocked. They had 1 or 2 low level warnings, but that's it. Also, their most recent warning was back in February, which I would consider far too old to be a "final warning", even if it had been a 3rd or 4th level warning. Second, I noticed you blocked them 4 days after their last edit. As you know, blocking should be preventative and not punitive, and I think a 4 day delay between the user's last edit and the block is hard to justify as preventative. Finally, and I believe most importantly, your block was way too harsh. Per WP:Blocking IP addresses IP addresses should almost never be indefinitely blocked. You indefinitely blocked this IP with no previous blocks, and with not even enough adequate warnings for a 24 hour block in my view. Even if their history was riddled with long blocks and had adequate warnings, an indefinite block would have been inappropriate. I would ask that you reconsider and unblock this IP address. Thanks, VegaDark (talk) 18:22, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

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Your editing that they are no longer an active network is incredibly untrue. It still continues to maintain affiliates, is rated on a nominal basis by Nielsen, and has many affiliates that wouldn't fail to identify it as a network. You hardly know the editing history of the article, also, as it is always sourced and updated by us at WP:TVS whenever there is a change or addition of stations to the network. I have brought up your concerns on the WP:TVS talk page and will continue to defend this article.  Nate  • ( chatter ) 19:44, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

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MSU Interview
Dear Davodd,

My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.

So a few things about the interviews:
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Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 02:52, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Seeking consensus on when to edit File:Samesex marriage in USA.svg following new legislation/court-rulings
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Song: "Das lila Lied" (The Lavender Song)
Mr. Speakman,

My name is Matt Pohlhammer, and I confess to having no experience directly editing, nor contributing new content to any wiki. It is for this primary deficiency that I reach out to you for guidance on how to proceed.

I have some question(s) about what I consider to be a rather historically significant, and topical music composition. One of the places I have researched is the English-language WIKIPEDIA web-page for "Das lila Lied" (The Lavender Song).

It is my understanding that you may have originated this wiki, and/or authored contributions and/or edits to the content.

Let me give you some background, to provide context for my questions that follow. My hobby is re-transcription of music scores, using music notation software. I live in the United States, specifically California, where same-sex marriage has been a highly politicized battlefield. I'm heterosexual, but have people close to me, whom I love and care for, who are not.

It's my understanding that this composition is of seminal importance, from a historical perspective, to any comprehension of the equal rights movement for same-gender (If it seems that I'm being oblique, it may be due to the fact that I don't like the term, "gay marriage". It seems misleading to me, which is another discussion.)

For over a year, I have been trying, without success, to obtain a legible copy, in any language, of the sheet music for this composition. Sources in Europe are fairly readily identifiable - my local library Reference desk folks were able to identify a World Cat source in Austria, but they are not permitted to Request materials from outside the United States. Finding an "official" source in North America has proven unbelievably fruitless. Perhaps it is my ignorance, or naivety, but it seems as if information about this subject has been suppressed. Perhaps my personal bias about this is influenced by the fact that the original German-language sources were officially banned in Europe after the collapse of the social reforms made under the Weimar Republic. If possible, I would like to see this material become more freely available to the general public, without the "teeth-pulling", Herculean effort that is now necessary.

I have obtained a reasonably-legible copy of the German-language original sheet music for this composition. It correctly attributes LYRIC credit to Kurt Schwabach. However, the MUSIC credit is: "Musik von Arno Billing".

My understanding is that Mischa Spoliansky was the composer, but may have used "Arno Billing" as a pseudonym for publication purposes, as he gradually fled West, from Russia to France to England, to escape persecution. This persecution may have been due to his ethnicity as much as lifestyle, for which I lack objective historical facts. This seems like a potentially important void to fill with factual data, in the wiki.

There is also the topic of the English language translation. The translation which now appears in the wiki seems to be a literal translation, and does not give a TRANSLATION credit to anyone. (Which is to say, I could not detect such a credit.)

However, that literal translation is nothing like the English-language LYRIC which was recorded and released under the English-language Title: "The Lavender Song". A very famous version of this was performed by Ute Lemper, and it is my understanding that the English-language LYRIC she sings may be credited to a copyrighted translation by Jeremy Lawrence. I do not have specific details about the exact year of the copyright, if it indeed exists. Much of the material about topics such as this one were being censored and burned by the authorities in both Russia and Nazi Germany when such copyrights might have been obtained, so verification may be somewhat difficult.

And yet, surely some academic authorities must exist, who can share their expertise on this subject.

Have you any words of advice on how to effect the inclusion of a more robust, accurate, verifiable, and politically-neutral collection of facts into the wiki?

Sincerely,

Matt Pohlhammer

For reference, please find my transcription of Jeremy Lawrence's English-language translation LYRIC, as sung by Ute Lemper. Any factual errors here are due to my incompetence.

DAS LILA LIED (THE LAVENDER SONG) Music by: Arno Billing (a.k.a. Mischa Spoliansky) Original German-language Lyric by: Kurt Schwabach © Copyright 1920 by Vorlag Carl Schultz, Berlin S.W. 61, Plannfer 5. << Per sheet music hard-copy.

English-language translation Lyric by: Jeremy Lawrence © Copyright by: Jeremy Lawrence << Copyright year & details unknown, and unverified.)

THE LAVENDER SONG

What makes them think they have the right to say what God considers vice? What makes them think they have the right to keep us out of Paradise?

They make our lives hell here on Earth, poisoning us with guilt and shame. If we resist, prison awaits, so our love dares not speak its name. The crime is when love must hide. From now on we'll love with pride.

CHORUS: We're not afraid to be queer and different. If that means Hell, well, hell! We'll take the chance. They're all so straight, uptight, upright and rigid. They march in lock-step, we prefer to dance. We see a world of romance and of pleasure. All they can see is sheer banality. Lavender nights are our greatest treasure, where we can be just who we want to be.

Round us all up, send us away, that's what you'd really like to do. But we're too strong, proud, unafraid. In fact, we almost pity you. You act from fear. Why should that be? What is it that you are frightened of; the way that we dress, the way that we meet, the fact that you cannot destroy our love? We're going to win our rights to lavender days and nights.

REPEAT CHORUS:

English translation copyright by © Jeremy Lawrence

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March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive
It's that time again! Starting on March 1, there will be another GAN Backlog Drive! There will be several changes compared to previous drives:


 * This drive will introduce a new component to it; a point system. In a nutshell, older nominations are worth more points than newer nominations. The top 3 participants who have the points will be awarded the Golden, Silver, or Bronze Wikipedia Puzzle Piece Trophy, respectively.
 * Unlike the December 2013 Backlog Drive, earning an additional barnstar if you reached your goal has been removed.
 * The allowance to have insufficient reviews has been lowered to 2 before being disqualified.
 * An exception to the rule that all reviews must be completed before the deadline has been created.

Also, something that I thought I would share with all of you is that we raised $20.88 (USD) for the WMF in the December 2013 drive. It may not sound like a lot but considering that that was raised just because we reviewed articles, I would say that's pretty good! With that success, pledges can be made for the upcoming drive if you wish.

More info regarding the drive and full descriptions regarding the changes to this drive can be found on the the drive page. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a message on the drive talk page.

I look forward to your participation and hope that because of it, some day the backlog will be gone!

--Dom497

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GAN March 2014 Backlog Drive
The March 2014 GAN Backlog Drive has begun and will end on April 1, 2014! Sent by Dom497 on behalf of MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 21:01, 1 March 2014 (UTC)