User talk:Peridon/Archives/2014/February

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Removal of material from noticeboards by non-admins
Hi Peridon! Just to let you know that you're mistaken in your statement at WP:ANI that "comments by other people on notice boards should not be removed unless they are definitely and clearly libellous or copyright violation".

According to policy, comments by others may be removed if they are evading a ban; and also should be removed immediately and without waiting for discussion (emphasis in original) if they contain "Contentious material about living persons (or, in some cases, recently deceased) that is unsourced or poorly sourced – whether the material is negative, positive, neutral, or just questionable".

As I'm sure you're aware, it is very possible for material to be contentious, about living persons, and poorly sourced, without it being proven to be libellous.

You can find more information about this and related important Wikipedia policies at WP:BLP. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 02:12, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 29 January 2014

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Blocked ShaunitNishant
I've blocked User:ShaunitNishant and his sock. I ended up doing a complete block to where he can't edit his talk page since he's re-created his articles on the talk space. I think that between the multiple deletions at both versions of his article and the warnings on his talk page, that he's been warned enough. His attempts to get around the policies show that he's aware of why his articles were deleted to enough of a degree to where he'd know he did something wrong, so that kind of cemented things. Since this was such a severe blocking, I wanted to give you a head's up on what I did. He can still send e-mail, so if all else fails he can e-mail and argue his case. I just want to avoid him trying to get around policy again by re-recreating his article in his talkspace. Feel free to revert the talkspace ban if you want. I do feel a little guilty about that, but like I said- I have a feeling he'd just abuse the privilege. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   10:53, 5 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Nice one. Apart from claiming that he shouldn't be deleted because he's a real person, he hasn't done much in the way of talk. I was close to blocking the sock, but I thought I'd try a stiff warning first. Definitely WP:NOTHERE. Don't feel guilty - I routinely revoke when people carry on promoting on the talk page. If another sock appears, we should go for an SPI and get it recorded. Peridon (talk) 20:44, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Regarding User talk:Sean.hoyland
Hello there - I noticed you are an administrator and wanted to reach out to you regarding some particularly vile vandalism and personal attacks that occurred on User talk:Sean.hoyland. As you can see in the edit history, a few IP vandals have been attacking this user and I wanted to ask you if there is any way to remove the edit history so the user does not need to be subject to the content of the attacks. It seems like this was done before where it says: "09:44, 7 February 2014‎ 120.198.230.67 (talk)‎ . . (2,255 bytes) (+256)‎ . . (edit summary removed)". Let me know what you think about this, thanks for your help in advance. Touch Of Light ( Talk  /  Contributions ) 10:07, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

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Touch Of Light ( Talk  /  Contributions ) 10:20, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

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Touch Of Light ( Talk  /  Contributions ) 10:40, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

User:Incentivemedia
This user has asked to be renamed at. I just wanted to double-check that it was your intent to block solely for username (rather than to indeff, e.g. for CoI editing). If so, I'll go ahead and unblock and rename the user. -- Pakaran 21:04, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
 * A word about COI wouldn't go amiss - they do seen to be keen on Lorraine Fraser, and there is a possible family name connection involved too... Their stuff isn't spammy - it's just non-notable (so far as I remember). Peridon (talk) 19:50, 8 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I handled it, thanks much.  Pakaran 21:47, 8 February 2014 (UTC)

Minecraft for beginners
Why take down the CSD tag and replace it with a prod? If you're going to say the criteria isn't listed, what I put up has had articles CSD'd before. An AFD will be a snow delete, and the article just has to take down the prod tag....William 21:47, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Some admins use IAR more than I do. And I've seen some very dubious decisions. CSD and prod aren't replacements for AfD. CSD is deliberately limited in scope, and prod is for things that in all fairness shouldn't be challenged. However, many do end at AfD which is the community voice on the matter. A10 was probably the best choice for a speedy. Peridon (talk) 09:25, 10 February 2014 (UTC)

Some baklava for you!

 * Ta. I can never decide whether baklava or cheesecake is my favourite (probably whichever I've got on my plate at the time). (Tiramisu comes in third...) Peridon (talk) 21:53, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

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A kitten for you!
Thanks for unblocking me after I tried to test out what WP looks like for a blocked vandal on a dummy account and accidentally autoblocked my main account, even though you didn't understand exactly how I had managed to *#@! up my Wikipedia account!

Cogito-Ergo-Sum (14) (talk) 21:50, 13 February 2014 (UTC) 
 * Oh, I knew what you were doing - but not why.... The 'block IP and any subsequent IP' box is ticked by default, and we have to untick it (and mostly don't - either because we want to autoblock anything else close to that account or because we forget). Mostly doesn't throw up anything of interest, but sometimes does... The 'block talk page' box isn't ticked and normally doesn't get ticked until someone has shown themselves to be a real pain in the donkey and are already blocked, and have been declined a few times. Peridon (talk) 22:03, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

== 12:50, 20 November 2013 Peridon (talk | contribs) deleted page The Future Studios (A7: Article about a company, corporation or organization, which does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject) ==

I would like this page to be created again — Preceding unsigned comment added by Delphi Freak (talk • contribs) 13:35, 18 February 2014 (UTC)
 * It's at User:Delphi Freak/The Future Studios. I've not gone through the refs this time, but they probably didn't pass muster. I've put it in user space to give you a chance to get it to pass WP:CORP and WP:RS which I think at present it doesn't. It should be safe from the patrollers for a while, which it wouldn't be in article space. By the way, please settle on one account for editing unless you are really more than one person. Peridon (talk) 22:11, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

RE: deleted page Holly Mosher
Hello, I was still editing this page and was going to add references but it was deleted before I could finish. What is the best way to do this correctly? Should I just created a new one or can you restore it so I can work on it again? Thank you.

Unleasherofthefury (talk) 17:11, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I deleted a redirect from Holly mosher to Holly Mosher which itself had been deleted as being advertising or promotion, and showed no notability. You'd be better talking to the admin who deleted that one. (Your article had been moved to the correct capitalisation, and I just deleted the unneeded first title.) Peridon (talk) 19:43, 19 February 2014 (UTC)

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You've got mail
Yopienso (talk) 03:12, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

Raschke
Please undelete Carl Raschke. I'll solve its copyright problems. --Ali Pirhayati (talk) 19:35, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I can't undelete a copyright vio. It'll have to be written in new words, and not following the original closely. Close paraphrasing tends to get deleted too. Peridon (talk) 14:21, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

Then please send the contents to my email. --Ali Pirhayati (talk) 14:28, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I'll put the bibliography at User:علی پیرحیاتی/biblio - the rest was the first two paragraphs at https://web.archive.org/web/20130906110242/http://www.carlraschke.com/writings.htm and presumably http://www.carlraschke.com/writings.htm as well... The biblio does look somewhat different. Peridon (talk) 14:37, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

I want the page framework, infobox and categories. --Ali Pirhayati (talk) 14:45, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Sent. Peridon (talk) 14:53, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

The Signpost: 26 February 2014

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Yunshui 雲 &zwj; 水  12:35, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

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Yunshui 雲 &zwj; 水  12:41, 28 February 2014 (UTC)