User talk:Josiah Rowe/Archive 14

E-mail
Do you happen to have e-mail enabled?  Grsz  talk  04:36, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes you do, probably should have looked more carefully.  Grsz  talk  04:38, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Sounds look a good idea.  Grsz  talk  16:52, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Hey, I was wondering if you could tell me if my recent edits at Jeremiah Wright are violating 3RR, since I see them as protecting a BLP, which then overrules 3RR. Thanks,  Grsz  talk  03:46, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the help getting me out of trouble!  Grsz  talk  05:57, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Glad to be of service. Now behave! :^) —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 06:12, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

WP:BASICHUMANDECENCY
Hmmmm... That policy does exist, but I wonder if I should redirect that to Biographies of living persons, or simply redirect it to the Rationale section. I wonder if that section has a BIG LETTERED redirect. ;-) Mahalo. --Ali&#39;i 20:50, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

disagree
You and I disagree about Malia Obama article. However, do you want to disagree (or agree) with my Rezko assessment, see Talk:Barack Obama. Stop others from hiding important biographical information. Watchingobama (talk) 20:56, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Children of American Politicians
Could you delete this, as watchingobama created it by copy and pasting Malia Obama, Wade Edwards and Cate Edwards.  Grsz  talk  22:08, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Jeremiah Wright sermon controversy - edit war: Update
Hi Josiah,

User:Trilemma, has been engaged in an edit war, I think about 8-9 reverts. He is also POV pushing and has rearranged/renamed many sections where Jeremiah Wright and Obama's response are now below the "Polls" section. I have not been involved with any of the above edits. It is really hard to work on an article and make any progress with the behavior of editors like this.75.31.210.156 (talk) 07:14, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for reviewing the situation.75.31.210.156 (talk) 08:16, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi,

I posted the following comments below yours on the 3RR board:

Cryptographic hash has made subsequent additional reverts to the ones noted above by Josiah Rowe on the Jeremiah Wright controversy article. In the following revert, he violated WP:CIVIL in the edit summary. [1] He has also violated WP:CIVIL on the article and user talk pages and has been very rude and disruptive in general. Josiah Rowe has made every possible effort to reasion with and educate the editor, but he refuses to change his behavior. It has been very difficult to work on this article and I am making a formal request that Cryptographic hash be blocked from any further participation on the Jeremiah Wright controversy article. If this request is beyond the 3RR board, could you please refer this to the to the appropriate admin. Thank You 75.31.210.156 (talk) 17:52, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

I noticed that a discussion was opened on the Admin board - Should I also post the comments there?

I also added a BLP template to the talk page. I have a couple of ideas on how to deal with the edit wars and improve the artcle:

1. Write and post (in bold text) a strongly worded appeal to editors' higher-selves, suggesting that they shift their focus from their current POVs to working in a collaborative manner towards improving the article. The mutual goal would be a challenge to achieve at least a ‘good’ rating for the article.

2. Beneath the appeal/challenge have a section where they can sign a pledge and also post to their talk pages a notification of the above proposal.

3. Create an adjacent “Suggestions for improving article” section, where editors can voice their opinions on what they think is needed to improve the article.

4. Perhaps in the first section, provide guidelines for creating a high-quality encyclopedic article.

What do you think? 75.31.210.156 (talk) 20:42, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

RE: Moving Forward

I posted my comments to the AN/I discussion.

Yes, if I was an admin or mediator I would not want to touch this one! I agree with you that some of the active editors will not change and you can only do what you can do. I did notice after you blocked the three editors and posted the "Edit wars" section on the talk page, the tone and behavior of quite a few editors did change. A couple of the hardcore POV editors are now discussing things and not edit warring - you did make a difference and I think many editors appreciate your efforts and respect you as a NPOV editor.

Well, it's time to relax, have a shot of whisky and watch the primary results come in. Take Care, 75.31.210.156 (talk) 23:14, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Sometimes it gets to be too much to handle!

The last couple days I have been POV-crazy, and after a while, I feel like just throwing the monitor out my window! Example - yesterday I went to Barack Obama's main article to find his age - and I had something else I was interested in knowing but can't remember now - so I scrolled to the categories at the bottom. One of the categories that his page had been placed in was "Converts to Christianity."

I found this very contentious - because, for one, I've never read anything, nor heard Obama himself say, that he "converted" to any religion. Nothing in the article itself suggested a conversion either. He has said that his mother was very non-denominational and that he was always free to have an open mind in his choice of religion; and I've seen quotes and references to his inspiration for joining the general UCOChrist - but nothing about "converting."

To me, it seemed like a loaded "POV pusher" gun. Because there are several motivations behind why someone would want to place Obama in the "Christian converts" category... - To imply that he was formerly a Muslim, and therefore give push to those who would like to see him labeled as such for what they deem to be an effective "negative" impact; - To imply that he is a "saved" Christian, or to reinforce his status as a man of the Christian Faith, to influence people who would be positively influenced by that; - To imply that he was a Muslim once, but converted to Christianity - influencing critics of Islam who would find this to be a noble characteristic; - To imply that he's a flip-flopper when it comes to religion - influencing the people who LOVE to label opponents of their favored candidates as such, because it's been used so much in the last few presidential elections.

Anyway, I took him out of that category - and explained it. If I was being non-neutral in other peoples' opinion, they were free to put it back. Then I noticed that he was in more categories alluding to other religious variables; I think one was "Former Muslims" or something to that effect. ARgghh.

Anyway I stopped and went on to bed, because all too often, I get into these "eternal-wikianalyst-limbo" traps and by the time I realize I've spent 3 or 4 hours at it, I'm totally prune-brained.

I don't have a "moral of the story" to add - I guess I have just come to realize that I should find something else to occupy myself with, because there are six months left to this campaign, and quite possibly, I could spend that whole six months trying to argue for NPOV and never get to the end of it. Plus, I do have a little trust that people who spend time using Wikipedia to gain information are probably way smarter than the people using Wikipedia to PUSH information. Any sense in that? Dmodlin71 (talk) 08:36, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Wright MedCab
Hi, thanks for your post on my talk page. I have only participated in one MedCab before, regarding the Nancy Reagan article, but that was called off by the user who initiated it. If my memory serves me correctly, a mediator needs to take up the case first, then comments can be posted.

Josiah, I want to appologize to you and other editors of the Wright sermon page, because of the way I have been acting recently. Yes, I've been a hot head and I'm not usually like that :) The issue just boils my blood sometimes, and instead of taking a deep breath (or a shot of whiskey) I react in an upset manner. I really am a guy that you can talk to and work with, but I need to relax over on the Wright page. So if my recent edit warring has left you with a bad impression of me, I appologize.

And I'm truly sorry to hear about your mother. Cancer has affected my family in ways too, so I know what it is like to have a loved one undergoing chemo. Please take all the time you need.

What I said on the MedCab holds true: you are a remarkable, NPOV editor, and I strongly commend you for it. I am glad to have met you. Best, Happyme22 (talk) 08:17, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Wright controversy page
Just a heads up that it appears that a few editors are ignoring the discussion process and persisting in editing the page to their liking. Trilemma (talk) 13:27, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Editor Ewenss is continuing to ignore the discussed, compromise text for his version....Trilemma (talk) 19:07, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Please see....
User_talk:Grsz11. Ewenss (talk) 06:49, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

CyberAnth Wikiquette
Hey Josiah, I have listed User:CyberAnth at the Wikiquette alert page for his behavior at the Wright controversy page, and more recent dealings with me. I thought you may be interested to comment: here. Thanks, Happyme22 (talk) 19:47, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Update: User:Cryptographic hash has apparently stalked me as well, and has sent the Ronald Reagan article, pretty much my claim-to-fame, into chaos. Happyme22 (talk) 00:33, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Well I know that I am praying for your mother's well being and recovery. I am truly sorry; please do not feel pressured to come to Wikipedia. Respectfully, Happyme22 (talk) 03:26, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Help with this?
A text box at the head of the article "Pixie" says it needs citations, footnotes and sources. This is no longer the case. Can this box be removed?

Also, the plural search takes one to an articles about the band Pixies. Shouldn't they be listed as "The Pixies [Band]" and the artilces about the small beings be given the title "Pixies [Mythological Creatures]"? This would reduce confusion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TruthHistory (talk • contribs) 22:44, 20 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Responded at User talk:TruthHistory. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 21:20, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Help with article "Pixie"
An individual is defacing the article by inserting a phrase referencing a "john" or a "Michael" into the article. This has no basis in fact and appears only meant to deface the article. Is there anything that can be done? I've reversed the edit a number of times, but I'm not into editing wars. If there were a basis for this, I'd leave it alone. It appears simply malicious.

Can you help? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.115.211.160 (talk) 13:50, 29 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Replied at User talk:71.115.211.160. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 06:07, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

[[Barack Obama (speech)
Thanks for the help. Looks like you forgot to move the talk page, though. Northwesterner1 (talk) 05:31, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Doctor Who lead
Is there really no better source for this than the wired blog? I ask because it's a featured article and I wouldn't want it to lose that status. -- Rodhull andemu  22:51, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem, I think the BBC would be regarded as more reliable. It did need compressing, however, and I'll leave it with you. -- Rodhull andemu  22:58, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorted! Thanks for taking the effort. -- Rodhull andemu  23:31, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

Re: deletion of Davros images
Yes. If it was decided on that another image would be more appropriate, I have no problem with restoring the favorite image and deleting one that is in the article now. Please converse with Fasach Nua about this, as he was the nominator at the IFD of the images and we wouldn't want him just to put the images up for nomination again. -Regards Nv8200p talk 04:12, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I will be leaving for vacation in about 48 hours and my last time I check Wikipedia will be in about 36 hours. I will not have Internet access on vacation. If we can resolve this before then, I can help. If not feel free to ask another admin to help or I plan to be back on Jul. 26. -Regards Nv8200p talk 14:24, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Massterquation
Thank you - it came as something of a surprise to me, I must say, as someone else nominated it to be put there! Angmering (talk) 08:51, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Bill Ayers election controversy
An article that you have been involved in editing, Bill Ayers election controversy, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Articles for deletion/Bill Ayers election controversy. Thank you. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? -- Scjessey (talk) 21:49, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Lynda Moss
Dear Josiah, I appreciate your message, but I strongly believe that Lynda Moss was a companion like Astrid. There for I think it is imperitive that Lynda should have her own page and her own image. Yours sincerely Ratzo —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ratzo (talk • contribs) 15:02, July 29, 2008


 * Dear Josiah,


 * The Ninth Doctor did ask Lynda Moss to join him in the TARDIS.  Doctor Who wiki says that she was asked when Rose Tyler allegedly died after playing the Weakest Link and she agreed.
 * Also, Astrid was asked by the Doctor to join him in his adventures. She agreed but she died in the same episode.  However, she had got her own page and is not regarded as a minor.  I hope that you agree with me on this one as a valued Docto Who and Sarah Jane Adventures fan.   I hope that you consider my opinion.
 * Thank you for reading.
 * Yours sincerely
 * Ratzo--Ratzo (talk) 15:20, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Sysop opinion
Hi Josiah, a new user has created this article. I've assessed the article on its talk page and added a few bits to it. But i'd like you to have a look at the article and give your opinion on whether or not this is a candidate for deletion. Cheers! All Grown Up Whovian 00:02, 31 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Will do, thanks for that :-) All Grown Up Whovian 00:22, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Dear Josiah,

I am writing this missive to inform you that I am very grateful of your leadership towards mainly when it comes to me writing or editing articles especially linked to the WONDERFUL BBC show Doctor Who. I believe that you are a very strict person which I believe is a good value in this day and age.

I am ware that topics such as EastEnders or The Sarah Jane Adventures have their own minor characters article and I think that it is imperative that Doctor Who should have its own as a pose to letting a minor -such as: Sally Sparrow- be used as a hyperlink to the episode that they appeared on.

I visited the Doctor Who website and I found out that Jackie Tyler and K9 are members of the TARDIS crew meaning that they are companions since they obviously aren't the Doctor and somebody is not letting me qualify them as companions so I think that you and your Doctor Who Shadow Proclamation people should liaise with each other and visit the website yourself and possibly negotiate with other people you edit Doctor Who references to see whether you will qualify them.

Yours sincerely, Ratzo--Ratzo (talk) 09:18, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

Proms
Yes, by all means remove the tag if you want. Thanks for editing it further. I spent a little too long over the weekend editing "Music of the Spheres" and the Doctor Who Prom article, so I've got to catch up on a few things in the real world before I get back to editing, but now there's only a few bits left to add now and the article reads well enough without these at the moment. I got a little stuck on what to add for Director, Producer, etc. and trying to use the infobox without these lines made it go a little strange. I expect when the concert is shown on BBC One, these credits will be given. BBC Radio 3's credits weren't that extensive. Wolf of Fenric (talk) 16:13, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

I shall join THE PROCLAMATION, DOCTOR!!!
Dear Josiah,

Thank you very, very much and I shall join the Doctor Who WikiProject. I will love to get involved something like that.

When I was talking about K9 being a companion, I meant that he is a companion of the Tenth Doctor because it says so on the TARDIS crew. Anyway, I agree to being in the unsigned comment added by Ratzo (talk • contribs) 16:46, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Doctor Who Prom

 * Did you know... that since I added the word touted to that featured fact, I feel I should also gain a little bit of credit for this DYK :D - Seriously though, for future reference, how much do you have to contribute to an article to get credit for its featured status? or to a fact for its DYK status? John Sloan (talk) 20:48, 9 August 2008 (UTC)


 * LOL, if I did ever write an article to featured status, i'd be bragging about it too! But most edits of mine are minor fixes or vandalism reverts. Btw, i'd like to say well done to you for being able to do all you do at wikipedia and still have the time to use the DWF and after it all, keep your sanity! You are one of a kind, here have a cookie :-)



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Request for your comment
Here. $\sim$ Justmeherenow     23:11, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Obama et al
I am sorry to hear about your father. My best wishes toward his full and speedy recovery. The Obama BLP editors miss you! -- Scjessey (talk) 21:14, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Pictures
I do have more photos from the Doctor Who Prom. What would you like the photos to be of? Tell me then I will upload them and post you the links. - Tenthdoctor (talk • contribs) 23:44, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Sorry but I am rather annoyed!
Dear Josiah,

I am beleagured by the fact that the page that I created (Category:The Sarah Jane Adventures companions) has been deleted. I have found in the media and in a magazine describing the Maria, Luke and Clyde as companions and I am very livid that it has been deleted. In the media people know them as Sarah's entourage as companions. I believe that Alan and Chrissie should be characters because they are regular characers in the series. So that is what is making me feel a tiny bit ireful over this matter and I will like this to be sorted in the most CONSIDERATE and fairest way!

By the way, I beleive that every character in the Whoniverse should have an alias such as: Tenth Doctor

Alias

Oncoming Storm, Destroyer of the Worlds, John Smith, Jamie McCrimmon,

Yours sincerely

Ratzo

PS.REPLY ASAP Please.--Ratzo (talk) 19:11, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

What about ALIASES!
Dear Josiah,

I thought that you might have told me if you can help me to put on Aliases on Whoniverse characters. I think that it will ameliorate the sites of The Doctor, Tosh ,Sarah Jane, Rose, Luke, Donna, Martha, Mickey, Captain Jack, Davros, Maria, Ianto Jones, Gwen Cooper, Clyde. Yours sincerely, Ratzo--Ratzo (talk) 20:02, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Sarah Jane's a feminist!
I have looked Sarah Jane Smith on Doctor Who Wiki, the BBC. I have got proof that she is a feminist. However, whenever I create a fictional feminist page for her, it is deleted.:

According to BBC:

''Resourceful Metropolitan journalist Sarah Jane Smith met the Doctor while posing as her virologist aunt, in an attempt to infiltrate UNIT's security. Stowing away in the TARDIS, she quickly found herself in mediaeval England. Sarah's curiosity, and her feminist views, frequently got her into trouble, but she relished her adventures with the Doctor. She witnessed the Doctor's regeneration into his fourth incarnation, and continued to travel with him until a call from the Time Lord's home planet forced him to return her to Earth. Later the Doctor sent her a present: a robot dog named K9.''

That isn't the only shred of evidence that I obtain: According to Doctor Who Wiki:

''She had a working, if unofficial, association with UNIT in her younger days - mostly due to her connections to the Doctor who at the time was serving as the organizations scientific advisor - but more closely followed the Fourth Doctor's anti-establishment, anti-military approach to alien contact as she grew older. Likewise, she was a staunch feminist when she met the Doctor, but this passion was supplanted by a growing "humanist" tendency as she met an increasing number of aliens.''

You can ever research it for yourself but I can tell you, this is TRUE so I will like it to inform the Proclamation that she should be on the Fictional feminists page that is constantly being deleted.

Yours sincerely,

Ratzo--Ratzo (talk) 20:18, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

I mean listing aliases.
What I meant was listing characters' aliases on their page. Yours sincerely, Ratzo--Ratzo (talk) 12:04, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

I'm inviting your comment
Here (and also, if possible, ) $\sim$ Justmeherenow     05:20, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, dude.
I was just feeling mischievous. I did it again before I saw your warning, but I undid it. And I edited an article and took it seriously this time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mooreturns (talk • contribs) 05:39, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

P.H.
Looks like we have similar thoughts about her. :-)Ferrylodge (talk) 05:52, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * By the way, if memory serves me correctly, you are nearby. I live in Monroe, north of B-Port.  If only I could stay off Wikipedia and do the work I'm paid for.  :-( Ferrylodge (talk) 05:59, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Maybe we'll cross paths sometime up here. Take care.Ferrylodge (talk) 06:08, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: Time's Champion
To keep the convo together I'll be replying on my talk page -- SonicAD (talk) 03:06, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Do you know why Cheryl Cole has dissapeared?
Dear Josiah

This has nothing to do with Doctor Who but I was carefully looking at Cheryl Cole's page and it has just dissapeared and hads been used as a redirection to Batman. Do you know the meaning of the TRAVERSTY! Cheryl Cole should be respected not to have her page as a hyperlink to Batman —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ratzo (talk • contribs) 19:31, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

A plea from WikiProject Media franchises coordinator
Dear Josiah Rowe...I am writing today to ask for your participation in WikiProject Media franchises. You seem to have some interest in it, since you took the time to stop by and discuss the naming convention. It is just Emperor and me at the moment, and we could really use some additional editors to help us get articles identified as ones for the projects attention and assessed as such or written from scratch. Even if your only involvement is to keep an eye on what we are doing as a liaison from another project, that would be extremely helpful. I do not know everything there is to know about all the naming conventions, infoboxes, etc from the other projects, so I would love to have a core group of editors to help me coordinate this better. So, if you are willing to spend a little time with this project and help me figure out just how far and wide this project could, should, or would be; I would be extremely grateful.

Thank you. LA (If you reply here, please leave me a message on my talk page.) @ 07:46, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Protecting pages
Dear Josiah,

How do you protect pages?--Ratzo (talk) 17:46, 28 August 2008 (UTC)