User talk:Flcelloguy/Archive08

More Vandal Proxies
User:216.153.21.205, [[User:Sam_Korn/RI think I know where our vandal got his/her proxy list. :-) I'm thinking it'd be good just to block all of those IPs on that page. [[User:Netscott|Netscott]] 22:25, 10 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Please perma block User:Vkasdg who admitted to being the proxy vandal. Thanks! Netscott 22:39, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
 * User:Vkasdg has been perma-blocked so no need now to pursue that. Thanks again. ;-) Netscott 23:17, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Here we go again: User:12.43.53.148 is an open proxy according to Google. Netscott 03:37, 12 April 2006 (UTC) User:Alhutch handled it. ;-) Netscott 03:53, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

A KISS Rfa Thanks
Thank you, I've been promoted. psch e  mp  |  talk  01:09, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Ref converter
Hey, I'm glad to hear that you've been enjoying the ref converter. I just rolled out version 2 which is significantly better; you don't have to download separate text files and you definitely don't need to need to worry about characters from foreign character sets getting mangled. --Cyde Weys 07:35, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Please sort immediately
See bottom of WP:AN to see what I mean 84.9.99.252 00:26, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

MediaWiki
Can you please comment on my MediaWiki:talk comment. Thanks. Voice -of-  All T 19:17, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Invitation
The Mediation Cabal You are a disputant in a case listed under Mediation Cabal/Cases. We invite you to be a mediator in a different case. Please read How do I get a mediator assigned to my case? for more information. SteveBot (talk) 07:30, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

Fasten 21:09, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanx
That "WikiTruth" vandal linkSPAMmer was getting annoying! 68.39.174.238 01:54, 15 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Yea, not including the involuntarily archived ones ;D! 68.39.174.238 03:09, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Know
I know all about Wikipedia. I've been on Wikipedia since December, 2003. You please don't take me off that list until the 20th. I just want to try to run. You know if your anxious to become an adminship. General Eisenhower 17:55, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Heh, Bush gets a free pass because of Wikipedia policy
You and I both know Bush is a War Criminal, but one cannot espouse the opinion on Wikipedia discussion pages (not the actual entries) because no other agency has the guts to do it first...:) Oh well, feel free to delete my post from the Bush pages.  I won't take it to heart.

TheKurgan 20:06, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Reference / external link
Hiya, I was reviewing the Wikipedia article, and saw that there's an item there that's listed as a reference, which in actuality is just a blog post. Normally I'd just edit the page myself and move the item down from "References" to "External links", but upon reviewing the history and discussion page, it looks like it's pretty busy over there. ;) So, I didn't want to make a change without talking it over first with someone who's more familiar with the political culture there. What do you recommend?  Should I make the change directly, or bring it up first on the talk page, or is it considered "okay" on that particular page to cite blogs as references?  Or would you like me to run it past you first to get your opinion?  Thanks, --Elonka 23:28, 16 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Ah, good point. Should perhaps the original quote be edited though, to indicate that it's from a blog site, and not from an article or peer-reviewed paper? --Elonka 00:08, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I shall defer to your wisdom.  :)  --Elonka 00:18, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

Original research
My post wasn't original research. The US Constitution and the Hague Convention of 1907 clearly prove Bush is a War Criminal. Just because no one else has had the guts to say/publish it doesn't make it any less true. But, I understand your policies. Don't want to get sued for telling the truth and all that...it makes business sense. But this American Hitler is getting away with murder and unless the public stands up against him, the US is going to go down the toilet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TheKurgan (talk • contribs) 01:10, April 17, 2006

Flcelloguy's Tool and SourceForge
Hello, Flcelloguy. I've started the SourceForge registration process, as AWB did and some have suggested, so we can have CVS and hosting access for the tool, but I'm at a slight hang due for the most improbable of reasons: Licensing issues. The code has been stored on Wikipedia, which places it under the GFDL - however, the GFDL is not one of the approved licenses for SourceForge. The only way I can put it there is if I put it under the GPL, which our article on the GFDL license says it is incompatible with. So, as AySz88 (I've talked to him on IRC) and myself don't mind about dual-licensing those contributions, what do you think about this? Tito xd (?!? - help us) 04:36, 17 April 2006 (UTC)


 * BTW, the JAR download should be working again (with a port change), but we need a permanent place to host it still. --AySz88^ - ^ 18:21, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I've requested SourceForge access, and it's currently under review. If we get it, we can host it permanently there. Tito xd (?!? - help us) 00:11, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, I recommend that you get an account. :D Tito xd (?!? - help us) 23:54, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
 * You should be set now. Tito xd (?!? - help us) 22:33, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Tim Pat Coogan
Could you please review what is going on on the Tim Pat Coogan wikipage and Discussion page??

Someone keeps deleting my adds/edits claiming I am a "sockpuppet".

My additions are sourced and cited, and I believe that there is an element of censorship going on here. 70.19.67.28 23:36, 19 April 2006 (UTC)


 * Robert, you *are* a sockpuppet. There is no 'censorship' going on here. You refuse to collaborate with other editors, instead using different accounts and IP addresses to enforce your POV edits over everyone else's. When that fails, you cry about censorship and vandalise editors' user pages. Hence the recent RFC and RfAr with your name on it - Ali-oops&#9997; 12:46, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Why did you move this policy?!
You recently moved the policy Restrictions on Anonymous Editing from Shared IPs to a subpage, which now leads others to believe the archived discussion about a former rendition of this policy applies to the current policy. This is grossly inaccurate, and I request that you immediately return the policy to its original loaction. Please discuss these changes on the talk page before implementing. Thanks. AmiDaniel (Talk) 03:42, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Sorry about being so short with you ... I'm a little on the edge right now. Time to put on the slippers and have a nice glass of wine! lol. AmiDaniel (Talk) 04:18, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Reagan
Greetings.

I have reviewed the Teflon business... I apologize for the reversions... I thought I was reverting improper grammer - after the end of the day it wasnt making sense to me.

After re-reading it now I see I was changing the context of the Teflon statement... it just wasnt reading right to me after a day of studying and work.

Id also like to get some peer review and additional opinions into the article. Both editors are Republican and seem to have an interest in portraying the president favourably no matter what. Im just trying to get a halfway balanced introduction into the article.

Your comments are appreciated.

Yours,

CanadianPhaedrus 07:39, 22 April 2006 (UTC)CanadianPhaedrus

My search into mediation options has led me back to you - I did not see the mediator tag directly infront of my face. But I did see it on the Wikipedia Mediation page and recognized it.

Specifically, there are two issues I'd like you to address in the Reagan article if you have the time. First, the inclusion of a paragraph containing references to Reagan's documented "wishful thinking". The reason I'd like to see it included is because it injects some balance into the opening paragraph.

The current edition being reverted to touts Reagan under his "Great Communicator" name and also has the recent addition of "At his death he was hailed as one of the most important leaders of the 20th century". I have changed the sentence to "At his death he was hailed by American media as one of the most important leaders of the 20th century".... which I think adequately describes the position of the coverage of the major news networks.

It is my position that if information that is slight POV positive is allowed in an opening summary, then surely there is a place for some criticism as well - rather than it being regulated to the depths of this exceedingly large article.

Secondly, regarding his role in the demise of the Soviet Union. While the best solution is probably for the creation of a separate article focusing on the role of Reagan and the differing view points... I think the description I have added of his impact being debated by historians is most accurate - as previous definitions indicated that "most historians" credit Reagan as being responsible for the collapse, and "a distinct minority" seeing the economic factors as important.

Thanks!

CanadianPhaedrus 07:59, 22 April 2006 (UTC)CanadianPhaedrus

User:SimonRibeiro
I'm coming to you because you appear to be pretty fair-minded. Would you mind looking over this user's edits from the last few hours? I do believe that he's preparing to use Wikipedia to aid in his upcoming U.S. Congressional campaign. I first noticed that he was adding articles for dictionary-type definitions, such as "Swim Coach" and "youth leader." When I visited his userpage, I realized that he added the articles because they were linked in his userpage bio, which is also duplicated at the mainspace article Simon Ribeiro. I don't really see anything there that would lead me to believe that he is currently notable enough for his own article, but I wanted to get another opinion on this. Joyous | Talk 23:54, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Everything I tried to say on his talk page kept coming out rather harsh, so I didn't feel good about hitting "save." Joyous | Talk 00:38, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

User:dmaillie
The information you have on headlight restoring and such iss completely incorrect. I was under the impression that since I am patented I can uinclude my name, product name, website address, and content about this. Obviously I am wrong. What can I include here to correct this? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dmaillie (talk • contribs).


 * Okay, I apologize as I was misinformed. I read an article on ezinearticles which said I could do that.  I didn't know.  Being that there are headlight cleaners that are effective at fixing and restoring worn and cloudy headlights and the fact that I and my company own the sole patent (#6984612)for this headlight cleaning and similar, what can we say to correct these discrepencies under headlight care?  I don't want to tread on Wikipedia's purpose, but It should be corrected on these items.  The information you have on headlight care for restoring or cleaning headlights is vague, wrong and is basically  incorrect as it states that it basically can't be done. Lets get this corrected so it is acceptable to you folks and correct for your readers. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Dmaillie (talk • contribs).

Old Skool Esperanzial note
Since this isn't the result of an AC meeting, I have decided to go Old Skool. This note is to remind you that the elections are taking place now and will end at 23:50 UTC on 2006-04-29. Please vote here. Thanks. --Cel es tianpower háblame 20:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Flcelloguy, I am back
Hi Flcelloguy, I am back. I hope this finds you well. You were nice enough to help out with a word usage question, "outwith" that turned out nicely. I wish this was as non-contriversail but I have moved onto bigger and better things:) Over on the Turkey article, I saw that a user had added an internal link to the Armenian Genocide. It has now become an edit war since this topic is VERY senistive to BOTH sides. I really hate to go to RFA, is that the right term, or spend energy on this battle since its really not mine to fight but I sort of take it personally now which I know I shouldn't. It just seems like there should be at least SOME mention SOMEWHERE in the article about the ONGOING contraversy over whether Turkey/the World community recognizes WHATEVER took place to the Armenian people back in 1914 or thereabouts. Just because it happened BEFORE the Turkish republic was formed doesn't mean there can be NO mention of subject it seeems. Anyways, I am sure your VERY happy to get sucked into this mess by me :) Thanks! ps maybe I should just stick to topics like computer chips and tooth paste :) Tom 13:33, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Flcelloguy, DISREGARD EVERYTHING ABOVE! I have decided to move on and NOT edit the above mentioned article anymore. I will try to edit where I can improve and make a difference and leave the contraversial battles to the fanatics:) Thanks anyways! Tom 16:08, 24 April 2006 (UTC)p.s. Do you preffer gel or paste for your tooth paste??

Thanks
Thanks for your help with American liberalism. Rick Norwood 00:09, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

News and notes
Can you link me to this week's News and Notes? Ral315 (talk) 01:19, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

News and notes
I figured as much; they're already done. Don't worry about it; it happens to the best of us (myself most often, it seems.) Ral315 (talk) 02:52, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks buddy
I am n00b to be frank, so I knew the hyper-encryption would be a bit screwy, thank you very much. Cheers, brainybassist

Just wonderin,
D'you truly know about hyper-encryption? Because I am quite interested in it, and I dunno if you know something that could help me understand it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bassistphysicist (talk • contribs).

On Welcoming Committee
Hi! Just wanted to touch base. You 'first' greeted me a year back with a welcome message, et. al. Congradulations on the various elections! I was snooping your user page for the wikipedian category coresponding to the 'welcoming committee'. I seem to do a lot of that these days, and thought I'd join the patrols. I thought I'd steal the CAT from you. ;( Now I have to find it the hard way!  Best regards, Fra nkB  17:41, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Re the whole de-bureaucrating thing
Hi, I never came to thank you for the message you left for me a month ago when I stepped down from being a bureaucrat. Thank you for the things you said, it's good to know there are still plenty of good people about in this project. I do not see myself standing for bureaucrat again anytime soon though who knows what the future may bring! Thank you once again. -- Fr a ncs2000 09:49, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Elections
 Esperanza elections 

Thanks for supporting me in the Esperanza Advisory Council Elections. Although I wasn't elected to the Advisory Council, I am very happy with the response I received from my fellow Wikipedians. I was shocked at the support, and was touched by it. Hopefully I will re-apply in June and try again for the job. Thanks again, H ig hway Rainbow Sneakers

AutoWikiBrowser
Can you add me (or not, if I am not eligible) to the list of users allowed to use WP:AutoWikiBrowser? I'm asking you because you know how to use your own edit counter, which is the only one that displays me as having 500 main namespace edits.

Thanks. -- Primat e #101  03:31, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

P.S. If you feel I'm not eligible, please do not add me.

Image Tagging Image:TDWaterhouseCentre.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:TDWaterhouseCentre.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then there needs to be an argument why we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then it needs to be specified where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then one should be added. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the GFDL-self tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, consider reading fair use, and then use a tag such as or one of the other tags listed at Image copyright tags. See Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other media, consider checking that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. ccwaters 23:55, 1 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Its been a year...WP:FUC ...if the subject of the photograph still exists, a free photograph could be taken.. Its an existing structure that can easily be photographed with a free license. If I was in Florida, I'd do it myself. I'll trade you.. Supply a free pic and get off my a$$ and snap a Wachovia Center image :) ... ccwaters 01:29, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

I find your lack of faith... disturbing.
Dear ,
 * Thanks for voting on my RFA! I appreciate your comments and constructive criticism, for every bit helps me become a better Wikipedian. I've started working on the things you brought up, and I hope that next time, things run better; who knows, maybe one day we'll be basking on the shore of Admintopia together. Thanks and cheers, _-M  o   P-_  22:07, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Sunday Times Golden Globe Race
Hi, sorry to bug you, and feel free to ignore if you're not interested, but I found your comments on the recent Cape Horn FAC so helpful that I wondered if you would be interested in looking over the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race FAC. I feel that this is an interesting article; it currently has a couple of "support" votes, but seems to be suffering from a lack of interest. I'd much rather have it fail because of 100 specific objections than for simple lack of readers; so, if you have too much time on your hands ;-), I'd welcome any comments you might have, positive or negative. Cheers, — Johan the Ghost seance 14:42, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much for looking into this, I really appreciate it!  — Johan the Ghost seance 09:56, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
 * No problem at all, I've got a lot more feedback now, so it's not urgent at all. Thanks anyhow, and I appreciate how busy you are!  Cheers, — Johan the Ghost seance 10:27, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks again for your help and support; we're now featured! Yay!  — Johan the Ghost seance 07:14, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

The Tool
Flcelloguy,

Great job on the Tool. I use it every week,

(^'-')^ Covington 02:37, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

ITN
Noticed you'd just been on ITN, could you possibly do this? The whole tense problem looks worse every time I see it. Many thanks. Ian3055 14:39, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Good work on the better order too! Ian3055 15:15, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Red links are now more confusing than they used to be.
Hi Flcelloguy. I picked you out of the crowd because I saw that you worked on the template MediaWiki:Nocreatetext, and I think there is still a major flaw with it, and/or with red-link functionality in general. At the moment, I think a lot of unregistered users would be saying "WTF?" upon following a red link. May I direct you to the comment I made here? : MediaWiki_talk:Nocreatetext —Preceding unsigned comment added by Coelacan (talk • contribs)

Canadair CL-215
Hello friend.

I was the original creator of this article, under the title Canadair CL215. It was redesignated by User:Rlandmann as a redirect to the existing title, but he used a cut-and-paste instead of a move to recreate the article at its current title. Therefore, my creation and subsequent edit were lost. I note that they still do not appear with the article - it looks like User:Simetrical was attempting to restore them but either gave up or did not do so correctly. Can you fix this? Thanks! De nni &#9775; 00:09, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Canadair CL-215
Thanks for completing the history merge. My creation edit is not at the beginning as it should be, but I guess this far after the fact, I can't hope for better. De nni &#9775; 19:12, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting my user page
Many thanks for the speedy revert of the recent vandalism of my user page. It was greatly appreciated. All the best, Gw e rnol 01:24, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia_talk:Did_you_know
Could you pop into the above discussion and give more detail on the div you removed? I just want to know what it was doing or why it is no longer needed... Thanks.  + + Lar: t/c 15:45, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

(I prefer to keep things threaded where they are started... ++Lar)


 * Mistake on my part; someone pointed out on Main Page/Errors that the formatting on DYK was broken, and I apparently overcorrected. I'll go and fix/comment now. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note? ) 15:51, 14 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Cool, I look forward to it. See you there.  + + Lar: t/c 16:28, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Lebron James
You reverted my edit on Lebron James having vertigo. On the vertigo page it says he has the disease as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by W123 (talk • contribs)

GA spam on featured template
hi, i see that the "good article" spam has been put back in Template:featured despite objections from several users. this seems to be the way the GA project works: boldly putting something into a page that doesnt want it, then claiming consensus is required to *remove* it again (consensus is never required to put it there in the first place).

this is exactly the same behaviour as witnessed on the attempt to create an article space "good article" star, which i & raul654 finally managed to have deleted (a huge effort since they had already spammed a 1000 articles with it), and on the Community Portal where this non-policy wikiproject has pride of place - its apparently far more important than any of the other dozens of collaborations!

they even had the cheek to remove the "non-policy process" template from the top of their project pages claiming they now had "enough support to be policy" - this is despite clear consensus on the talk page that its NOT policy. an attempt to put it back was quickly removed.

as an admin, would you be so kind as to unlock the featured template and remove the GA spam? i'm really fed up with fighting these GA spam battles everywhere, its quite tiring. why do they have to constantly spread their GA spam everywhere? hope you can help! Zzzzz 09:45, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Why so stressed?
Hi, I was just wandering by your user page and I noticed that you're pretty stressed. I was wondering, if you wanted to tell me, whats the cause of said stress? Mopper Speak! 02:12, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Image:Kisdon Force.jpg
I think you may have unprotected this early, not sure. I just moved it off the main and went to unprotect it and saw that you had unprotected 10 min after I put it on in the last update. Or maybe I was looking at things wrong... PS you can answer here, I watch...  + + Lar: t/c 12:53, 16 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Conversation refactored to MY talk page, where I have replied. (I am stubborn too. :-) ... now you will have to watch there for replies instead of me having to watch here! ) 20:32, 16 May 2006 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lar (talk • contribs)

Simple English Wiktionary
Hi Flcelloguy. I notice you haven't edited on SEWikt in quite a while. I guess it has to do with your extremely busy state. Don't forget to take that warning off here when it no longer applies. :) Hope things are going well for you.

You'll be glad to know that community consensus is getting most of the necessary changes made on SEWikipedia. There are even links to all the SE projects on the new Main Page there.

Back in February you mentioned getting Patrolled Edits turned on for SEWikt. I read up on it a little bit, and found that it is standard with MediaWiki 1.4, but it doesn't seem to be working yet on SEWikt. Could you check on that for me? Thanks.

It is kind of lonely being the only editor that is really active on a project, as I am currently on SEWikt, SEB, and SEQ. Oh well. I shouldn't complain, since I was kind of asking it working on these tiny projects. I'll just have to try some recruiting on the English projects.

Happy editing! --Cromwellt|Talk 22:12, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Editcounter Tool
When it downloads the data during an edit summary check, is it downloaded temporarily or is it stored somewhere on the the hard drive?— G .<font color="#666666">H e  02:15, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome. ..
Thanks for the note and for preventing a dust-up on the Gerald Ford Talk page. FYI, the most recent article from WPMichigan on the Toledo War and Detroit, Michigan are in Peer Review. Jtmichcock 23:12, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Mediation Committee
Hi Flcelloguy, I really welcome your questions and the fact that you have clearly reviewed my Wikipedia contributions. Let me take your question in turn, if I may. Firstly, the issues to do with Jimbo. As you quite rightly point out he had never used his power to ulitmately control the encyolpedia, and I can certainly understand the situations where he needs to via say User:Danny (although of course, that is not the WP:OFFICE account, which I can't remember off-hand). I was merely pointing out that on an ideological basis I feel that the final control of Wikipedia should rest with Wikipedians and not lie with some 'leader'. It is more an unachivebale goal than a realistic overnight dream. I would suggest that you look at my contribution to the debate on the Lolicon image deletion which can be seenhere. Secondly, you ask about my views on Arbitration and Mediation and the relation between the two. Obviously the two are separate and distinct but there are some similar themes in both: namely that you are dealing with conflicts and edit wars etc.. The differences lie in how to deal with them; MedCom using mediation and more 'peaceful' methods; ArbCom looking at more persitent or serious problems usually have to resort ot more drastic measures. I would suggest that the MedCom serves as a very good grounding for ArbCom as it enables Arbitrators to understand a lot of the common edit-war problems and causes, but also allows them to see how a wide-range of solutions can work to a problem. I think that it also increases an editors experience of the Wikipedia Community, and of the huge range of opinions and views of Wikipedians.

Looking now at the issue of lack of edits/experience on Wikipedia. This was in relation as well to my Admin Coaching, and the fact that if I stood, at that time, for RfA I think that would have been one of the first comments to arise. I feel that since making that statement I have increased my range of use on Wikipedia, I am now a mediator on VandalProof, I stood for election to both CJ and Esperenza. I am trying as much as possible to get more invovled in the community. I would like to say that I think that my mediations should speak for themselves with relation to the MedCom. I don't see how edit counts etc. have too great bearing. I'm sure there are many editors out there with many times the number of edits I have, but who equally would not amke as good a mediator. I'm currently starting what looks to be a fairly complex mediation, the Medical Analysis of Circumcision one, so feel free to vote after looking at how I handle that one. There is also the Russian Language one which I successfully mediated last month. The real-life mediation experience I mention is quite broad and wide-raning. I have basic mediator training and have done some work-expereience with realtion to ADR. I have also been invovled with the Centre for Non-Violent Communication.

Now I hope that goes someway to answering your questions. Now I'm happy to discuss things further with you, be it via Wikipedia or on MSN, Skype, GoogeTalk, AIM, IRC whatever. If you do have any further comments or questions do please get in contact. --Wisd e n17 22:46, 19 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi, I'd just be interested what reasons you had for having a neutral as opposed to a support opinion on the MedCom page. What areas do you feel that I need to improve in, as I'd be very happy to take on board any comments you have. --Wisd e n17 17:28, 22 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi, thanks for your quick reply. Just to say something regarding my views on Jimbo. I completely understand that we need people such as him, BradPatrcik and Dannyisme, however, in an ideal world I would like to think that the open nature of Wikipedia was such that we did not. I also completely understand and respect the WP:OFFICE policy. My point is more of a utopian ideal, than a practical thing. It is also worth noting that I put that thought not in a prominent place, as such on Wikipedia, but on a page designed for some admin coaching by Drini.


 * I completely understand your point regarding experience on Wikipedia, although I mean I should point out that whilst I may not have the highest number of edits etc. I do have a rather thorough knowledge of Wikipedia Policies and Guidelines. I've read through all the Administrators Reading List and quite a bit more (especially unofiicial and suggested policies). This is one of the key things I feel a mediator should have, as it can often be vital to point a user in a mediation towards a certain policy, or towards a current policy debate. This is, partially, the case with the mediation I did regarding hte Romanization of the Russian Language.


 * I'm very thankful for your comments and questions, and I would most happily asnwer any more questions you have, and would welcome any more comments you have. --Wisd e n17 22:08, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Smile :)
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has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk pages. Happy editing! — G .<font color="#666666">H e  23:06, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

db-owner
Could you please delete:


 * User:GHe/GHe
 * User:GHe/END OF THE PAGE

I have no use for them. Thanks.— G .<font color="#666666">H e  00:32, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

(Already Deleted)— G .<font color="#666666">H e  00:44, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

WP:AN
I have responded to your question on WP:AN. Cheers! -- <font color="00FF00">D G <font color="00FF00">X  00:54, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

CAUBXD comment
I hope I didn't step on your toes in trying to explain why this didn't get speedied on sight yesterday; I keep trying to avoid the Userbox Wars, but ignorance of circumstances/malformed opinions get me even more riled up.... just not sure if your "Thanks!" was sarcasm or not. Cheers. -- nae'blis (talk) 14:11, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Excellent, I hoped/figured as much but wanted to be sure. -- nae'blis (talk) 01:54, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

AmiDaniel's RfA
I noticed you added your vote in the support section w/o leaving a reason, just your sig. You may want to fix this. <font face="Verdana">~Chris { t | c | e  | @ } 00:37, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

A favour
Hey there, Flcelloguy. Could you do do me a favour? I notice that you have been doing some good work on FAC, and I was wondering if you would take a quick look at "We Belong Together". It has failed a couple of FACs, and I think that it may be ready soon. However, I want to make sure that it will succeed this time, and currently, Peer Review isn't that much help. It would be appreciated. Thanx. <font color="navy" face="Garamond">Oran <font color="green" face="Garamond"> e  <font color="blue" face="Garamond">(t)  <font color="deepskyblue" face="Garamond">(c)  <font color="mediumblue" face="Garamond">(e)  03:22, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

I need a mediator.
Dear Mediator:

My user name is Michael D. Wolok. I need a mediator for the Wikipedia entry "Many World's Interpretation." I am sending this e-mail to every mediator in the hope that one will agree to help.

Cheers, Michael D. Wolok —Preceding unsigned comment added by Michael D. Wolok (talk • contribs)

Commons:Image:ADMIRALTOGO.JPG
I saw your work on commons with this image and apologize that there was a mess there to clean up. Trancluding the category was an earlier experiment that I thought I had reverted. I corrected the version on commons so that it uses a somewhat more modern approach to transcluding background text, interwiki links, and see also information onto image pages.

If the information in the new form is unsatisfactory in some way, please drop me a message on Commons and I will try and fix it. -Mak Thorpe 03:50, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Re: Protection
Thanks muchly for catching that - I was rushing. Sorry I couldn't help out with your request; this is the first time of been back on Wikipedia for a day and a bit. Happy editing, --cj | talk 06:39, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Warning Messages
Hi Flcelloguy. I see that you've recently warned a vandal with a direct test4. However, I think it would be more useful to use the warning since there weren't any predecessors. What do you think? Anyway, keep up the good work! :) G .<font color="#666666">H  e  00:58, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Tenebrae (film)
I've noticed none of the users who used the edit summary 'ON JUNE 6 2006 WIKIPEDIA WILL MEET ITS MAKER' have been banned. Given the threat of future vandalism and the obvious fact that these editors are:


 * Vandles
 * Sockpuppets or impersonators of each other

would it not be wise to have them all banned indefinately? Or is there something happening about this alreadY? --Robdurbar 11:02, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Flag
Ah yes, forgot about the image protection bit. yes, long time no see. I'm still hanging around; nice to get a post from you. Regards, =Nichalp   «Talk»=  06:40, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Simple English projects
Hi Flcelloguy!

I thought I'd come to your En Wikipedia talk page, hoping that you'll see it sooner, but I'll put this on your SEWiktionary talk page, too, just in case. Remember Netoholic and his hypocritical campaign against all simple English projects except SEWikipedia? Well, because of some developments in the situation at SEWikipedia, he's taken it to the next level. He has proposed that those projects be closed. I know you don't want that to happen, so please vote oppose. I made a sort of advisory banner for the Main Page of all those projects, which makes it convenient for you to vote:

''Advisory: Some users from other projects are trying to close Simple English Wiktionary, SEWikibooks, and SEWikiquote, even though we've barely begun! If you think these projects should not be closed, vote oppose here and here.''

Thanks for taking a moment to help stop this outrage! --Cromwellt|Talk|Contris 07:07, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Video Games guides on Wikibooks

 * Jimbo Wales prohibited video game guides from Wikibooks this week

This is not true, he made the order on 22 April 2006! http://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Wikibooks:What_is_Wikibooks&diff=prev&oldid=434945 Gerard Foley 15:54, 29 May 2006 (UTC)


 * As you're there, what about the near 400 pages of the Pokédex which I moved to http://www.gmcfoley.com/wiki/index.php?title=Pok%C3%A9mon. It wasn't a small book and it was linked to from every Pokémon article on Wikipedia. It would be nice to get a little note as you are giving a link to strategywiki.net. Thanks, Gerard Foley 00:05, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Template:In the news
Hello, Dbenbenn! I noticed that you switched the image on Template:In the news from the .png version to the .svg version. I had switched the preferred .svg file to a .png file because I couldn't upload and protect the .svg version; thus, I switched it to a .png version, which I was able to upload and protect, and then left a request on WP:AN, which seems to have gone unanswered. Because the .svg image is still unprotected (the image has to be uploaded and then protected; protecting only the image page leaves the image vulnerable to vandalism on Commons, where all changes are reflected here) I've gone ahead and switched the flag back to the protected .png version until the .svg version can be uploaded and protected (feel free to do this if your computer has the technical capabilities to do so). Again, see WP:AN for more information. Many thanks! Flcelloguy (A note? ) 00:45, 30 May 2006 (UTC)


 * You are mistaken. When I changed Template:In the news, I also protected Commons:Image:Flag of Indonesia.svg.  It is not necessary to upload a local copy of an image that is protected on the Commons, since normal users here are not able to overwrite Commons images.  So if an image on the Commons is protected there, it can be changed on the Commons only by Commons admins, and it can be changed here only by local admins.  Cheers, User:dbenbenn 21:13, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Re: .svg images
You're welcome. Maybe the fact that I can save the .svg file is down to me having one of the new Intel Macs--they haven't written an svg plugin that works on the Intel Macs yet, so all I can do with svgs is download them. Ordinarily I would have thought that you could do a right click and select to download the file, but it's not something that I have tried. As an aside, according to the message that User:dbenbenn left on my talk page, what I did was unnecessary as the image was protected at the commons, which apparently block the upload of a different local file to wikipedia also. --JeremyA 02:42, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Thankyou
Thanks for copying down and protecting Image:Flag of Indonesia.svg after I put it on the In the news template. I changed the picture then realised I should protect the image, but couldn't work out how to copy it down from commons. Is there an instruction for how to do that somewhere? Thanks again. --Scott Davis Talk 00:27, 1 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Your message to me made sense. Mine didn't. I was actually intending to be thanking you for doing it to Image:JavaLocatie-1-.png. --Scott Davis Talk 00:28, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Holme Roberts & Owen
I saw that you had edited and "stubified" this Wikipedia entry. I am a bit confused by this edit. The information included in the Holme Roberts & Owen entry tracks that in other law firm entries. For example:

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP Morrison & Foerster LLP and others

I am curious as to why Holme Roberts & Owen is being trested differently than these other entires.

Jmarlowe —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmarlowe (talk • contribs)

RE: RE: HRO
Thank you for your response and pointers as to protocol -- the later of which I definitely need. I understand the "neutrality" concept and appreciate that your work is work in progress. It is just a bit disconcerting to have the Holme Roberts & Owen entry slimmed down while so many longer standing) entries for other law firms remain seemingly just as non-neutral.

On another note, I found it curious that you noted in your response as to the Harvard-Radcliff Orchestra that "because the predominant use of the abbreviation is for the orchestra, the nation's oldest, the page HRO should redirect there, per our manual of style." While I agree that the term is in use by the Orchestra, I do not agree that it is at this point in time the "predominate" use of the term "HRO" in general. In particular, I wanted to make sure that you understand that Holme Roberts & Owen has itself been in existence for over 100 years and has been using the "HRO" abbreviation during much of that time period. In addition, HRO holds two US trademark registrations for the term "HRO" (reg. nos. 75/140480 and 75/140667), both of which have achieved "uncontestable" status. By way of background, I do not see that the Orchestra has filed any applications or holds any registrations on the "HRO" mark. Likewise, in addition to the Orchestra and to Holme Roberts & Owen, the term "HRO" has over the past 10 years become synonymous with the concept of "Human Resources Outsourcing" and is in widespread use on a global basis in this context as well. Based on this, while I agree that the Orchestra has a claim to the term "HRO", I cannot understand how you can call it the "predominant" use of the term.

Thanks and best regards

Jmarlowe 15:39, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

WP:Signpost milestone request
Hi, the Bengali wikipedia reached 2000 edits on June 11. I've left a note at the tip line. Please add it to the milestones section. Thanks. --Ragib 17:08, 12 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your reply and the tip about adding it to the Wikimedia news page. Yes, I actually meant 2,000 articles. Thanks. --Ragib 21:41, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

POTD row
I protected because today's entry was on the main page for 4.5 hours unprotected, and I didn't want that to happen again. &mdash; <b style="color:black;">BRIAN</b> 0918 • 2006-06-14 17:26
 * If you let Raul654 know ahead of time, he'd probably take care of it. &mdash; <b style="color:black;">BRIAN</b> 0918 • 2006-06-14 17:32

TfD nomination of Template:Delete
Template:Delete has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. Wisd e n17 19:36, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

A short Esperanzial update
As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, &mdash;Cel es tianpower háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

July 7th selected anniversary
[Article link

I see the selected anniversary page is locked. The page says:

A series of four bomb explosions struck London's public transport system, killing 56.

It should really say:

A series of four terrorist explosions occur on London's transport system killing 52 people, plus four suicide bombers.

Because

1. Terrorist emphasises the gravity and organised nature of the attacks.

2. The four bombers are never counted amongst the casualties in other media articles. To put it bluntly they don't deserve to be counted as part of "56", there were 52 victims and four suicide bombers - seperate entities. For example BBC News state "In total, seven people died in the Aldgate bombing a year ago" meaning seven victims and one terrorist. Link

Please could you make the appropriate changes.

Deletion review for Template:Good article
hi, i hope you can take part in the deletion review debate for the above metadata template that puts a star on the article's mainpage (you voted in the original deletion debate). the vote is here Deletion review/Log/2006 July 8 (scroll down for Template:Good Article section). thanks. Zzzzz 00:34, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Signpost
Have you finished, the News and Notes for the Signpost additon this week? You've been absent. Singpost will be published by 0:3:00 tonight at the latest. I'd just thought I'd tell you that the Signpost will be late tonight, as Ral just got called back into work. 72.134.40.173 22:28, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

need mediation
article: Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses. the topic is DECLARATION OF FACTS. this is the document written by jw to hitler trying to say they were pro-regime. please read the document if you can. I have repeatedly written in the discussion page, but there are JW that always delete this original document from the article most of the times without giving any explanation in the discussion page. I also tryed to change the form of the frase that explain the document before the citations, but nothing. I also preseted the evidence this is not "personal research", reporting the explanation of the researcher Doctor M. James Penton. this is part of history and the document is very clear. please check the discussion. Can you help to resolve this so that the original document and arelevant explanation will appear in the article?

--Truthwanted 18:17, 11 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Hello. This user has an agenda with his edit to Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses, and seems to reject any and all discussion points without a sastisfactory response; he only seems to accuse perceivably biased editors of bias and bad faith editing (ad hom).  You can read his commentaries on the article talk page, and the responses of various editors, including myself. - CobaltBlueTony 18:59, 11 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Truthwanted is the one making the request. Frankly, it would be a waste of time, as he cannot find a single editor to support him.  He is simply a lone editor with an apparent agenda and does not want to cooperate or be reasoned with, even given an acceptable method of presenting his information. - CobaltBlueTony 13:42, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Your block of
I suggest you report abuse the relevant ISP, and maybe even reblocking the anon forvever. Myrtone

Re:Signpost
I had no idea you write the article. A look at the Wikipedia Signpost/Beats tells me Ral's wrote it for a while so I don't see why you write it and I can't. Treebark  ( talk ) 23:42, 16 July 2006 (UTC)


 * The link is here. Some IP just changed it but before Ral wrote it. Treebark  ( talk ) 23:43, 16 July 2006 (UTC)


 * So where do I post? There talkpage? Treebark  ( talk ) 23:53, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Signpost: In the News
It's in progress all ready? You haven't even started per here Tree  bark  ( talk ) 03:15, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Iran POV
Hi, I left this on the Metawiki: Recent Changes talk page as well. I have been a Wikipedia user for a year now. Sometimes there are things that are boarderline in terms of what I think might be POV and maybe aren't. Can someone tell me if this is POV in their opinion? Here is the dif. Thanks for your help! Davidpdx 02:06, 23 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your note. Davidpdx 00:00, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Ermmm....
I thought you said I could write Special articles, but I had to ask Ral or Michael to write regular features. Tree bark  ( talk ) 03:56, 23 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Once a suggestion has passed Wikipedia suggestions does it just publish without the knowing of Michael or Ral? Or do we have to ask them? At the suggestions page a regular feature was approved. (without knowing of Ral and Michael, I think) Do you we still have to tell them if the regular feature was published? I've already asked Michael, and Ral. You see the problem is they never reply about anything expect when I ask them to reply one million times, so hopefully they will reply to this. Tree  bark  ( talk ) 15:35, 23 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I believe Ral has approved it and Michael, as they saw it, and didn't delete it, Ral actully updated the article. Tree  bark  ( talk ) 03:42, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Re: "Image:Flloydlandis.jpg"
Sorry, Flcelloguy. "Image:Flloydlandis.jpg" had a wrong licence. http://flickr.com/photos/whileseated/103193233/ uses creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/. In Wikipedia, cc-by-nd-nc-2.0 means it should be speedied. I've taken it off ITN for now. --PFHLai 16:48, 23 July 2006 (UTC)


 * The nice guy at Flickr has changed the licence there. We can use that picture now. Yeah ! :-) -- PFHLai 18:41, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Pirates of the Caribbean Idea
Any ideas on what I might add on the page to describe the franchise ie Cube series?--SGCommand (talk • contribs) 14:04, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Reply
Fairuse where? T® e  e  bark   t  |  c
 * I have to revert. You just vanadlized that image. T®  e  e  bark   t  |  c

aLEXander
Hi, I wrote a short summary about the currently known facts about aLEXander at netzpolitik.org. Since last Friday, the IICM has altered the description about the project (see google cache):

Before:
 * Alexander ist ein Projekt, aus dem ein System hervorgehen soll, das verschiedene Datenquellen wie den Brockhaus Multimedial (Enzyklopädie) und Die Presse (Tageszeitung) zusammenführt und eine Community um die kombinierten Ressourcen aufbaut.

After:
 * Alexander ist ein Projekt, aus dem ein System hervorgehen soll, das verschiedene Datenquellen wie Enzyklopädien und Tageszeitungen zusammenführt und eine Community um die kombinierten Ressourcen aufbaut. 

It won't be a wiki but a "korero", as far as I can see. And there is not much to see, yet. -- Deutshe Blinkentexten 07:16, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Ah, one more thing. In December 2005, I blogged down 10 predictions about Brockhaus and Wikipedia. Until now, 2 of them have been revealed to be true:

"10. Brockhaus bietet ein Subskriptionsmodell für brockhaus-enzyklopaedie.de an, ohne gleich die Print- oder DVD/USB-Version erwerben zu müssen: 199 Euro pro Jahr oder 19 Euro im Monat.

9. Xipolis.net wird eingestampft.

8. Brockhaus multimedial 2007 Windows, Mac und Linux werden nicht mehr als getrennte Produkte verkauft (Alternativ: Linuxversion wird eingestellt)

7. Zum Ende des Jahres hin wird eine Studienausgabe der BE21 zum ersten Mal angekündigt. Erscheinungstermin Mitte 2007 oder später.

6. Jörg Immendorff gestaltet die Künstlerausgabe der Brockhaus Enzyklopädie, 21. Auflage.

5. Wenigstens ein Brockhaus-Redakteur outet sich als Feierabend-Wikipedianer.

4. Das LeWi-NLQ-Modul aus dem USB-Stick wird auch auf brockhaus-enzyklopaedie.de freigeschaltet.

3. Brockhaus wird Contentlieferant für das “Enzyklopädische-Community”-Projekt aus .at

2. Langenscheidt senkt seinen Anteil an BIFAB.

1. Wikimedia Deutschland kauft eine Ausgabe der BE21 und lässt sie von der Redaktion in Leipzig signieren. "

Wikizine going mulitingual
Hi,

I've already e-mailed about this him but he never replied. United Wikipedias Forum

I think some form of a multilingual news bulletin is possible.

Regards, Kpjas 07:48, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Flcelloguy's Tool v5.00
Meanwhile, we've just uploaded a new version of the tool... feel free to take it out for a spin! Tito xd (?!?) 06:46, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

News and notes
Hi, Flcelloguy. I asked Ral315 about merging each week's motto's into news and notes and he asked me to direct the question here to you since you write News and notes. What do you think? Regards, C  a  rm  el  apple  01:58, 5 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I like your idea of a q and a of the running board members by the way. C  a  rm  el  apple  00:49, 7 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Also, note that you may wish to include Wikistudy in your news and notes this week. That was relased in the news, and I found it on Google but it seems like it should go to "News and notes" C  a  rm  el  apple  00:59, 7 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Jimbo Wales's wikimania speech. All this stuff; about the German thing etc. should be in the article. My mistake, wikiversity was the title C  a  rm  el  apple  01:18, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Stubs for $49.
Proposed draft note: Wikipedia_Signpost/Newsroom/Suggestions. -- Jeandré, 2006-08-12t08:47z

Outage
Could you merge User:ForestH2/Signpost/Outage into your news and notes article for 8/21? It's to short- and I don't know any other news than already on there unless you or someone else can expand it. ForestH2 t/c 03:22, 21 August 2006 (UTC)


 * O.K. By the way I arranged your comments on the newsroom. Hope you don't mind. ForestH2  t/c 03:25, 21 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I'll start it in your userspace. When will you be back on tommorow? ForestH2  t/c 03:30, 21 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Started. Well I'll complete it since I'm departing now but I'll be back on at around 14:00. (UTC) ForestH2  t/c 03:33, 21 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Before you leave, on News and notes can you get rid of the in other languages bar? How do you do that? ForestH2  t/c 03:38, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Signpost
I've finished N & N, along with Ral315. I just started the article and he made the sections longer after I finished. You can check it out at User:Flcelloguy/Signpost/News and notes 8 21. Let me know if you ever need help with N & N again, I'm going to be doing technology reports for the Signpost. ForestH2 t/c 17:19, 21 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Your welcome again, though I was late due to slow computer service. Nice page on the board elections though. It was also very hard to find many N & N stories to cover; this week so I thought I'd cover the sidebar proposal, and Wikimania 2007 which you also did last week. ForestH2  t/c 20:53, 21 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Oh that was fixed. You see, I notice on the meta news think that's linked from the newsroom/other that there's always :en: but this week people forgot to add it so it was en: and the bar below the toolbox kept showing up but I fixed it. ForestH2  t/c 20:54, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Bot issues: SEWiktionary
Hi Flcelloguy,

I just wanted to let you know that we have a bot that has been working on the SEWiktionary for a while now and it is really making a mess of the rc page. If you could botflag it, that would be great! Thanks. Your friend, --Cromwellt|talk|contribs 00:33, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry, wrong admin! I was trying to contact the bureaucrat, but that's h2g2bob!  In any case, I hope you haven't forgotten about us.  Happy editing!  --Cromwellt|talk|contribs 00:34, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

I replied to your questions
I replied to your questions on page where you posted them Thank you Ross.Hedvicek 18:55, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Signpost material
I replied at m:User talk:UninvitedCompany. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 19:05, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Signpost questions..
Please see my meta talk page for the answers to the signpost questions --Improv 02:15, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Hope I've made it in on time; mine are located at m:User:Mindspillage/Flcelloguy's_questions. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 01:08, 28 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Mine are located at m:User talk:Zuirdj. --Zuirdj 04:19, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Hadraj
HELLO I dont unterstand english if possible to tranlate me what do mean merci Utilisateur:Hadraj196.206.66.17 07:33, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Election questions
I'm not sure exactly when your deadline is, but I'm currently working on answering your questions at User_talk:AaronSw/Election/Signpost. AaronSw 17:37, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi I am currently answering your questions. I will be ready in about one hour. I sadly didn't have any time up to now. When was/is the deadline? Arnomane 21:44, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Done, see. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer_Diskussion:Arnomane#Board_of_Trustees_elections Arnomane 22:58, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Problem with my contribution being labeled "vandalism"
Dear Flcelloguy,

I have just made my first contribution to an existing page on Wikipedia, only to find that someone who claims to be an editor has removed it and sent me a caution that my entry was vandalism, and if I "want to experiment I do so in the sandbox."

I am asking if you will serve as a mediator in this dispute and protect my rights to contribute responsibly to Wikipedia even if that contribution infuriates certain political extremists who happen to be editors. I chose you because you are from a southern state, as am I, and my challenged contribution concerns a political conservative personality, Glenn Beck. My contribution is outlined below and the name of the editor who has removed my entry is "Kuru."

As you are a cellist, you may be interested in two volumes on Venetian Violin craft, "Luitieri e Sonadori" by Stefano Pio that my wife and I translated from Italian to English. They are quite a beautiful set, lavishly illustrated and very informative. Many thanks for your help and I hope this matter can be amicably resolved and mediated in a manner consistent with the rights all contributors who wish have to responsibly contribute. sincerely, Robert Schoen schoenrobert@hotmail.com

details of disputed entry contribution, and my corespondence to the editor who removed it follow:

I had never seen or heard of Mr. Beck prior to last week, and in checking him out on Wikipedia, thought I could make a productive contribution to his entry which follows.

“Glenn Beck on Headline News” subsection in Wikipedia under "Glenn Beck" (My Additions are in parentheses) CNN Headline News calls Beck's show "an unconventional look at the news of the day featuring his often amusing perspective on the top stories from world events and politics to pop culture and everyday hassles."[10] Beck's TV program is not supposed to be a traditional news program. He says it is a news talk show for people who can't take the news anymore.[11] “Perceived by many viewers to be a mirthful but venom spewing clown, Beck has been cited as a "Rush Limbaugh lite" type who uses his QVC salesman personality to sell the repugnant ideas scripted for him on a daily basis by his illuminati handlers. Like Limbaugh, Mike Savage, Ann Coulter, or George Bush, the Illuminati appears to harvest their spokesman from among those most susceptible to substance abuse, which accounts for the irrationality and toxicity of their comments. CNN's hiring of Beck for its primetime slot signals that corporation's abandonment of its long-held policy to provide its viewers with the illusion of a free press. It is also a strong indicator of the administration’s confidence in the effectiveness of its ongoing mind control programming of the general populace, by various means which include the fluoridation on most drinking water supplies, debilitating pulsing ELF signals emanating from cell phone towers, and subliminal Wernike commands embedded within most popular radio and television programs. These unpublicized citizen control programming tactics have become so effective that a large portion of the population still believes the media's cries of "Wolf" over terrorist attacks, even though it has been proven beyond doubt that spectacular events such as the attack and demolition of the Twin Towers on 9/11 were orchestrated by the U.S. Government to pave the way for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Because of this technology's proven effectiveness at keeping people from realizing what is really going on, CNN has expressed every confidence that the foisting of this pathological liar clown upon the general public will go largely unnoticed and uncommented on.” Beck is the host of a weeknight hour-long show on CNN Headline News which premiered on May 8, 2006. As Beck is a controversial figure, many of his critics have wondered why CNN would hire him. Part of the reason CNN has gone out on a limb with Beck is to attract younger viewers, which in this case means under 60.[12] At the time CNN hired Beck, his radio show was the third highest-ranked national radio talk show among adults ages 25 to 54 according to Premiere Research/Arbitron.[13] Glenn Beck on Headline News airs nightly at 7:00pm Eastern Time, repeating at 9:00 pm and 12:00 am.

My contribution to the Glen Beck Wikipedia entry was removed, only to be replaced by me, and this went on several times. I assumed they wanted me to correct the spelling and happily complied. However I was given a warning by a self-appointed editor named “Kuru” that my contribution was considered “Vandalism.”

I am including below some correspondence with Wikipedia editors.

I hope this is the proper way to reach you with my reply to the controversy that has erupted over my contribution to the "Headline News" section to the Glenn Beck entry. "Kuru" has removed my contribution, claiming it is abusive. I am of the opinion that it is a valid and worthy observation pertinent to this section and well written. I am enclosing a copy of my response to "Kuru" and would like for you to instruct me on how I may appeal for a third party intervetion or overview of this dispute. many thanks Robert Schoen

Dear Kuru, As a new contributer to Wikipedia, I am appalled by your characterization of my contribution to the Glen Beck page as "Vandalism." Every element of my small contribution to the section devoted to the subsection, "Glenn Beck on Headline News." was factual and pertinent to the topic. What you may consider "Vandalism" will no doubt be regarded as honest and worthy commentary by many others. In fact, my insertion is merely a collection of pointed observations by an objective and unbiased viewer who had never heard of Glenn Beck before two days ago and could therefore have not held any previous opinion on him as a broadcaster one way or another, as opposed to someone like you who seems to be motivated by a distinct political agenda and affinity for Mr. Beck's extremist views. Through my addition to this entry, I was seeking merely to add a deeper perspective and analysis to the extraordinary circumstances under which a major news organization with a reputation for objectivity would hire such an inflammatory persona to fill their most watched newshour.

An intent to disparage Mr. Beck or create vandalism on this site would have included the use of abusive language, indiscriminant commentary, and extensive changing of any of the ten subcategories or frames prior to the section devoted to "Glenn Beck on Headline News." Instead I limited my comments to a only few sentences devoted to the reasons why CNN picked up this controversial host that was literally buried within the body of the entire article in the eleventh subsection, and addressed an area of expertise which I am qualified to contribute.

As someone truly alarmed by the decline of our nation's civility, morality and decency, my entry is a heartfelt contribution which no doubt runs contrary to much of the prevalent negative and biased political thought that dominates our nation and the irrational hopes expressed by Mr. Beck and his supporters for further war in the Middle East. Just because you do not agree with my contribution, I think you are being completely abusive to the spirit of Wikipedia, by engaging me in an "edit war" though your continued removal of my contribution and am writing to inform you that I intend to take this matter up with other editors at Wikipedia, who may question the political biases behind your ungracious actions, which from my perspective, are abusive and undemocratic. sincerely, Robert Schoen

If you need to get in touch with me, I am Robert Schoen schoenrobert@hotmail.com 24.252.98.130 21:48, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Signpost
I think I've done all I'm going to be able to today; I have to run off to a meeting now. Answers. AaronSw 23:12, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

my answers a bit more delayed because of hardware crash
i am sorry, i am late, my harddisk died :-( anyway, better late than never, so here are my replies... thanks for patiently reminding me btw :-) o s  c  a  r 16:35, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Have finished working on my answers
Just want you to know that I just got your questions and I am working on my responses. Thank you. Alex756 02:19, 31 August 2006 (UTC) I just emailed you a link to my answers. Thanks. Alex756 05:40, 31 August 2006 (UTC). If you did not get the email here are two links: User:Alex756/questions and w:meta:User_talk:Alex756. Alex756 23:05, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Answers to questions
Got your answers for you! See here for replies.

-- Kim Bruning 22:53, 31 August 2006 (UTC)