User talk:Mufka/Archive 8

Taking care of mass-vandalism
Hi there. I noticed you deleted a bunch of vandalism pages. Just a note, in case you didn't know, we now have Special:Nuke to get rid of such pages. Regards  So Why  11:33, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I was just wondering how you did that.  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 11:35, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
 * No problem. It was only recently enabled here, so I guess most people don't know about it :-) Regards  So Why  11:53, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

User:HarveyCarter
...is presumably the same as User:GranvilleHouston? (User:Granville1 has been listed as an HC sock, so I'm guessing so).

Is HC banned, or simply indef blocked? The reason I ask is that I have no qualms about reverting banned users, regardless of the apparent merits of their edits, but I try to avoid reverting blocked users if their edits have any merit. I'd prefer to revert all edits, to remove any gratification from sock puppeteers, but I understand that that's not OK for users who are merely blocked.

Cheers, TFOWRThis flag once was red 11:37, 16 July 2009 (UTC)


 * The only article that I've really looked at in this case is Marlon Brando. In this particular case I think that consensus exists for a community ban for his socks and IPs from editing that article.  While the consensus may not have been drawn out in discussion, it is clear that it exists in practice.  Any edits to that particular article by noted IP addresses can be reverted without discussion.  HarveyCarter is not formally banned so blanket reverts by his socks site wide can't be done.  He has been brought to WP:AN many times but a ban was never proposed.  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 13:16, 16 July 2009 (UTC)

Assuming good faith: Eric Clapton
The user continued to vandalize the page, after the other wiki user warned them against doing so. Checking the page history and the warning history will reveal this. It is obvious it is a vandalism only account, and it is safe to assume bad-faith in this instance. Please address accordingly, and block the IP. Srobak (talk) 20:37, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
 * See your talk. I must respectfully state that you are just plain wrong.  Please check the contrib history more carefully.  The vandal did not edit after the initial warning was left.  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 20:43, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Indeed that is the case. Original user posted warn after 2 different sets of vandal reverts. Thought the warn was in between. 00ps. :) Reverted my warn Srobak (talk) 21:01, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

pirate guy
just look at his rev. hist. HE HAS BEEN WARNED ENOUGH, and still goes on. BLOCK HIM!!! AndrewrpTally-ho! 20:34, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The edits do not appear to be vandalism. Have you tried to discuss your concerns with the editor rather than issuing canned warnings?  Looks like a good faith editor.  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 20:37, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

'Private' article
Hi. Regarding this edit, you were right in that the IP needs to be warned more. I overlooked that because I was attempting to communicate with the person via edit summaries, in which I explained the policies that they keep ignoring.

However, you also mentioned that the edits "don't look like vandalism." Firstly, the edits contain unverified, controversial claims about a living person. Secondly, they are violating two of the core policies -- WP:V and WP:NOR. They are not good-faith edits; the editor is aware that the policies exist (as evidenced by their reply in edit summaries) and has chosen to ignore them. Anyway, I'll re-list the editor after they've received sufficient warning. Thanks. -- James26 (talk) 23:42, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Just because someone violates wiki policies doesn't mean that the edits are vandalism. They could still be good faith edits by an ignorant editor.  The editor only used one edit summary and saying "There are references" doesn't indicate a complete understanding of policy by itself.  This is where we need to be careful not to bite the editor and help them to understand why their edits might not be constructive.  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 18:59, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

FYI

 * Regarding the GMA Fan message. He did to me first, I just did that to return the favor. Some people are just to vandalistic that they wouldn't easily be asked. Its the only way I can make him to stop. --Witchy2006 (talk) 00:15, 19 July 2009 (UTC)

FBrazil
Hi. Thanks for blocking Fbrazil. He is now IP editing as 200.201.194.180 (talk • contribs • info • WHOIS) if you could block that, too. Thanks. GDallimore (Talk) 15:42, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Ubos Na Ang Luha Ko / Ubos Na Ang Luha Ko

 * Are you an administrator? If you are, please delete the article Ubos Na Ang Luha Ko because it is false and has no sources. Please Delete the article as soon as possible. The article's deletion case can be found here at Articles for deletion/Ubos Na Ang Luha Ko Thank You.  GMA Fan 3:12PM 21 July 2009 (UTC)

My Response

 * I was not canvassing you. I was just trying to look for an administrator that could delete the Ubos Na Ang Luha Ko. I am not trying to hurt you. I'm trying to make Wikipedia a better place. Thank You. GMA Fan 3:38PM 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Cookies & cream photo licensing
Thanks for catching that. I removed my licensing/info from the other image, which is also mentioned on Witchy2006's talk page. -- Broken Sphere Msg me 21:20, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

E-mail this user
provide me with an email user link in toolbar. User:Maqsoodshah01 Thank you --Maqsoodshah01 (talk) 09:03, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Reply

 * Replied on my page.-- 23:53, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

203.190.218.41
I noticed you gave them a warning about 3RR; however, the false information is still on the page. –– Tür  î∂n  10:24, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The content does not appear to be blatantly false. It appears to be a disagreement on wording.  Discuss it on the article talk page.  I'm not an expert on the subject so I can't revert it with confidence.  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 10:32, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

AIV
My note on AIV - here was incorrectly placed against the wrong listing. I've struck it out, but didn't want to remove it myself. Feel free to do so, if you think it clutters up the board, especially given the back and forth messages. The one that I did report on, was blocked. cheers - SpacemanSpiff Calvin&#8225;Hobbes 18:29, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

User talk:Dblazevski
About you choosing to delete the page on Nekhoroshev estimates I recently created: If you ask anyone working in dynamical systems, especially in the subbranch of Hamiltonian mechanics, they will tell you that this result is of central importance. I'm not sure in what way you think I am trying to "promote" this result, but I don't know Nekhoroshev personally nor do I know anyone close to him. Also, there was already a desire to create the article before I created it: There was a link to it on the "See Also" portion of the KAM theorem. Hence, there already seemed to be a demand for the article. Finally, on Nikolay Nekhoroshev's article, their is a mentioning of this result, and call's it his most important result. Dblazevski (talk) 14:26, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Oops...when I looked at my User talk:Dblazevski page, and saw that you deleted it, I thought that had meant you deleted the article I posted. Now I'm a bit confused (I'm new to creating pages on Wiki!), what exactly did you do, and why? ThanksDblazevski (talk) 14:34, 1 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I deleted your talk page because it was previously empty and someone posted a spam link on it. Now I've put a welcome message on it. -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 15:49, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Trying to make Joseph Brant Arseneau compliant because it is belived it is notable
A new concern has been posted on the Joseph Brant Arseneau page regarding conflict of interest, can someone please explain more. Edits have been made only to add more reliable references to the work and research that has been done. These referneces include acedemic papers in the IEEE, a master thesis based on the work, a US patent based on the work amongst others, please help 67.84.71.42 (talk) 01:36, 2 August 2009 (UTC) - Thanks
 * The primary contributor to the article is User:Bobuller who has admitted having worked with the subject of the article. This represents a potential conflict of interest and also could indicate that the editor is using original research which is not allowed.  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 15:10, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
 * User:Bobuller is doing development on the article at User:Jbarseneau/Joseph Brant Arseneau. The article was originated in substantially its current form by User:Jbarseneau. Pseudomonas(talk) 16:44, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
 * In that case COI is definitely an issue. -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 18:52, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

I copied the "article", now on my USER/Page, from the Joseph Brant Arseneau page to my page because I thought it youd be good that they matched. Now I see that i is an issue. Who ever is editing the Joseph Brant Arseneau page, Bob Uller, Meg Riliey and others... did not get Thier content from me. Jbarseneau (talk) 23:16, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
 * You shouldn't be editing an article about yourself. If User:Bobuller worked with you, there is COI. If you edit the article there is COI.    -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 23:21, 2 August 2009 (UTC)

I did not edit the article. Bob Uller did along with other people I am colleagues with, academically, but I did not wrk with. Bob Uller and I did work at IBM together 4 years ago but not on the same team. Knowing this should we remove this article? I do believe all that is said in the article is notable and I hope more people contribute to recording the important work that is being done. But I don't want it to be recorded in a manor that the circumstances of the record overshadow the work itself. Please advise. Thanks for your patience; I do appreciate your carter for quality and credibility. Jbarseneau (talk) 00:32, 3 August 2009 (UTC)


 * When the article was created on July 17, it was created from a version that you wrote in 2006 – so you did edit the article indirectly. As long as the article is written neutrally and it is supported by reliable sources, it should be ok.  As it stands now, the article contains original research and a non-neutral POV and needs to be cleaned up.  I'll clean it up a bit.  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 10:19, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

I see your edits an understand and agree with the lack of references. I guess I will hope that people farmiliar with the topic, and want to contribute, know the Wikipedia policies and following them. Thanks for your help, and the artical will live or die. Jbarseneau (talk) 17:56, 3 August 2009 (UTC) This is kind of like OpenSource with more quality control... Thank You.

GMA Fan

 * He/It/She removes warnings about his edits. Yet when he warns other users, he/it/she acts like everyone should follow it or else they will be block. Heck, is he even an administrator? --Witchy2006 (talk) 02:36, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Removing warnings from your own talk page is ok. It indicates that you have read them.  See WP:BLANKING.  My recommendation is that you remain civil in dealing with this editor and if you have a disagreement about content, discuss the disagreement on the respective article's talk page.  Edit warring will be dealt with appropriately.  Be sure that you understand the three revert rule as well.  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 10:53, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Response Message

 * I keep reverting stuff because the information is not sourced, not conformed and rumored. I am not a vandal. I am trying to make Wikipedia a better place and not a rumor site. Please, leave me alone and do not block me. I am a good editor as seen on my user page. Please, Wikipedia is a place where we cooperate with each other.

Thank You. GMA Fan
 * The information appears to be sourced. If you feel that the source is invalid, take it up on the talk page. Do not just revert it. -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 19:40, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

74.68.159.69
What's the deal with this guy? I saw your message on his talk page after I'd given him a polite warning re. edit summaries, but apparently there's more to the story than may be derived from the talk page. Apparently, he didn't take your message seriously, so I took the liberty of reverting some of his many, many edits to date pages, but developed arthritis before I got through with it. Favonian (talk) 22:17, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
 * This guy is a puzzling editor. Most of his edits are ok, but he deletes things without any justification.  He's never used an edit summary, and never responded to any talk page messages.  He's been blocked many times and I can't imagine why he just keeps coming back.  See User talk:74.66.237.238 for some background.  His edit patterns are very easy to identify.  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 23:12, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Wow, we certainly can't blame him/her (political correctness aside, my money is on the former) for laziness. I'll keep an eye out for his MO.  Favonian (talk) 07:39, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

My Reponse

 * OK, I'll stop reverting things. Is that all right with you?

GMA Fan

Deletion of George Pappas redirect
Why have you only branded and deleted the Green Party of Ontario redirect? The other 4 Political Parties exact same script redirects-look at Yvette Blackbburn for example.

Please review and undelete/ contact me,

Thank you --76.69.147.146 (talk) 02:06, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Regarding Speedy Removal at Franklin Serrano
Hello!!!

You declined speedy on this article. This, this and this clearly proves there is no such player in Chelsea squad. This article claims that "Serrano is one of Chelsea's top active goalscorer with 75 goals, 4th most in club history for a midfielder, and is the 6th midfielder in Premier League history to score 75 goals, after Frank Lamprard" which is not only hoax but misleading. "With progress stagnating at Alabang FC, he moved to London club Chelsea in 2004 for £11 million." Thats the second claim. There was no such transfer in European Football.

Then it claims "Serrano gained his first senior Philippines cap in 1999 team and has played in Euro 2004 (scoring three goals in four games)", Philippines is in Asia could never appear in euro 2004.

Rest of the article is copied from Frank Lampard. The original Chelsea Star.

Regards

Hitro  talk  23:58, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * This all sounds very hoaxish to someone who is familiar with the subject. To be considered obvious, it must appear a hoax to an uninformed reader.  For example, it would have to say that he scored 100 goals for Chelsea before age 7 or that he was the son of a Martian.  By this measure, it doesn't qualify under G3.  Obviously "blatant hoax" has room for interpretation.  I guess now that I'm informed, I can't not delete it, can I? -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 11:13, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, you are correct. I shall keep that in mind from now onwards. Thanks and regards. Hitro   talk  14:14, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Fourniec
is asking on unblock-en-l to be unblocked. I've given her quite a hard time about her editing, but she would like to try again. I have counseled her regarding Conflict of interest and FAQ/Organizations. May I unblock her for a second chance? Fred Talk 17:46, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't object to a second chance. -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 18:04, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Another GMA Fan sockpuppet

 * Here's a possible another User:GMA Fan sockpuppet which is recently made today. --> User:GMA Telebabad.--Witchy2006 (talk) 02:24, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Nevermind - solved with the help of User:Jéské Couriano. --Witchy2006 (talk) 02:48, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

Deleted talkpage and J0-r3L

 * Oops sorry, I thought that was my talkpage, I have left an apology message to the user. Question, What are your s about the J0-r3L edit war? I have also messaged it to the board, and other users believe that he's User:GMA Fan, is it possible? --Witchy2006 (talk) 00:54, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Games

 * Well, if you don't want to play games. Why exactly accuse me of vandalism from editing the IP address' account? And plus, that last time I used the other account is like about a week or 2 ago? --Witchy2006 (talk) 13:42, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Before it was clear that you were the IP, editing that IP's talk page was vandalism.   -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 13:56, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Reply

 * I believe I gave references for those. And they are all listed on the List of ABS-CBN Upcoming Programs.--AdobeMetal (talk) 16:54, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Kuyamarco123
This user is vandalizing again. Please block him. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.127.132.36 (talk) 18:38, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

dePRODing of articles
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Destiny Online
Why is my Destiny Online article being deleted? It is clearly a MMORPG entry.

Wwwescape (talk) 12:44, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It does not appear that the subject meets notability requirements. Also, there was no support for the subject provided in third party reliable sources.  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 13:58, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Regarding deletion of Hngil
Hi Mufta,

I am new to this space. I'm not here to promote anybody or to advertise. I just wnted to give information for one of the leaders in packaging in India. It might seem to be a promotion but I was about to change the wa of its presentation.HNGIL is one the market leaders in glass packaging. So I wanted to tell others about the same. Can u guide me, how to create the article for the same and unlock my article. --Varun0505 (talk) 17:47, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I'd recommend that you create the article in your user space at User:Varun0505/Hindusthan National Glass and get it to where you think it is ready for review. Once you feel it is ready, use the helpme template on your talk page and ask for others to review it to see if it is suitable to be moved into the article space.  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 18:24, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of Alpha test (company)
I think you have "speedy deleted" the page Alpha test (company) following a request from User:Jezhotwells (since the page has been deleted, I'm not able to see the page's history anymore).

As I didn't have time to make a thorough research for sources, I put up this article as a stub.

I think it's wrong for an editor to even request a "speedy deletion" for an article without having done some 30 seconds research. That's all it takes to put the words "Alpha test" and "Il Corriere della Sera" into Google: one would find out that the leading Italian newspaper has commissioned a whole special to this publisher in July 2007 (all that just from the top 10 results). Other links, from the same top 10 results:
 * 2007-07-07 http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Cronache/2007/07_Luglio/23/test_ammissione_universita.shtml
 * 1993-07-16 http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1993/luglio/16/chissa_chi_passa_mal_test_co_0_930716234.shtml
 * 2000-02-04 http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2000/febbraio/04/Una_laurea_lavoro_Bussola_gratis_cl_0_000204436.shtml
 * 2001-06-22 http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2001/giugno/22/Prepararsi_test_per_medicina_cl_0_0106221914.shtml

As for the second most notable Italian newspaper, La Repubblica, it has just commissioned another special to "Alpha test", as you can find out on the university-related page at (or, again, just googling for the string ""La Repubblica" alpha test"). Stefano (talk) 19:59, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
 * If you have sufficient reliable sources to support a claim of notability, then recreate the article.  In its previous state, the article had sat for more than 3 weeks with no sources or significant claim of notability.  If you feel that you are now prepared to improve on the previous state, then recreate it.  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 20:25, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Re: Socks
Are you certain? When I initially asked for the sockpuppet checks, they came back to GMA Fan, not Witchy. User:Brandon was the CU in those instances. -  Jeremy  ( v^_^v Tear him for his bad verses! ) 19:56, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

About your deletion of my links to the ABS-CBN network programs Wiki pages...
Hello sir/madam,

I was just wondering why you were deleting my links under specific ABS-CBN related network shows in their respective Wikipedia pages. I am one of the head administrators of the OFFICIAL ABS-CBN Messageboard which is inside the official ABS-CBN Interactive main site.

They are not links from fan sites or other types of sites so are they a case to be deleted? I just want to make it easier for certain ABS-CBN fans to find the OFFICIAL place to talk and interact about their favorite programs.

Thank you and I hope to hear from you real soon.

--Joey aka TFCGodfather —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tfcgodfather (talk • contribs) 13:14, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
 * In addition to the message that I left on your talk page, and in light of what you've said here, you definitely shouldn't be adding such links to these articles. Since you are affiliated with the site that you are linking to, you have a conflict of interest.  It sounds like you are trying to promote your site and that is not allowed.  Even if you had no connection with the site, the links are not appropriate for Wikipedia articles.  They link to user created content and do not add to the article in a neutral way.  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 13:24, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

New editor question
Hi,

Thank you for the warm welcome to Wikipedia. I have been trying to fix up a bunch of the listings around Vancouver and think I may have run into an issue in some categories. I had found two categories: Ferries_of_British_Columbia and Ferry_companies_of_British_Columbia that seemed to be duplicates. I have tried to clean it up, but can't seem to figure out how to do the final redirect. Can you help?

Thank you!

ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 16:29, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It looks ok to me. -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 16:48, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you! ConcernedVancouverite (talk) 17:08, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Request deletion og COI on Joseph Brant Arseneau
Mufka,

It seems Wikipedia participants are adding and cleaning up the references to the Joseph Brant Arseneau article. It also seems that this article was indeed, 4 years ago, "seeded" by people that worked with Arseneau, however after more research it is believed that that has stopped and it is now being contributed by people that are familiar with the work. In the best interest of the article, can the "Conflict of Interest" be removed; it may be dissuading more people for contributing. This may stall the process of either proving the article notable or not. Thank you Don.offsky (talk) 15:47, 24 August 2009 (UTC).
 * You are the only editor since the individual who worked with the subject, so "it seems Wikipedia participants" means you. I've removed the COI tag since it appears to be pretty neutrally written but it needs more refs to support some of the claims.  If you are "people familiar with the work" what is your connection?  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 16:27, 24 August 2009 (UTC)

My connection, and others I thinkm are using the technique in conjunction with some finance people at Credit Swiss. We do not know Arseneau but do know Dr. Yunas and have been using Arseneau's fondation work Don.offsky (talk) 20:57, 24 August 2009 (UTC).

Censorship
Have I posted correctly the third pinion request? Control about users as Keith 64, MrOllie because they could be italian Lega Nord racist activists, please. Thanx--Italian rsw (talk) 11:28, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * As my message said, and as the instructions state, you need to link to the specific talk page discussion where the issue is being discussed in order for the reviewer to know where to look to learn more about the discussion. -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 11:34, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Philippine versions of TV shows
You requested discussion before further moving of the 2009 Zorro page, so see Talk:Zorro (Philippines TV series) for Zorro and Wikipedia talk:Tambayan Philippines for more general discussion on naming Philippine shows (and the foreign shows they are based on). I think we should just use the debut year. Uthanc (talk) 17:13, 30 August 2009 (UTC)
 * It looks like Wikipedia talk:Tambayan Philippines is going to be the best place for centralized discussion for this topic. I'll add some imput there.  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 21:59, 30 August 2009 (UTC)