User talk:R.Schuster/Archives/2011

Maasai Mara
Please do not revert the spelling of Maasai Mara back to the single 'a'. The double 'aa' spelling is the correct spelling, it is how we refer to our people, our culture and also the Maasai Mara. The colonialists misspelt Maasai and I would appreciate it if at this point in history we were able to have the spelling back. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.80.196.161 (talk) 05:44, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Hello. The main reason for the revert was that you did not move the article to the new lemma, but simply copy&paste the content while overwriting the old content. This is what we call a copyright violation. Second it is not very polite to make such a big change without prior discussion.
 * Further please have in mind, that this is the english wikipedia, so it has to be considered what is the most widely used spelling, and this Masai. For all other variants of the spelling there are redirects.
 * Finally you did not provide any source for your claims, please refer to Verifiability.
 * So please refrain from editing the article without settling the above, as this is to be considered as vandalism. Best regards, --R.Schuster (talk) 06:44, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi, thank you for replying. In the discussion panel I gave the following sources from Narok County Council, The Kenyan Ministry of Tourism and also the Mara Triangle website which is part of the Maasai Mara National Reserve:

http://www.narokcountycouncil.org/ http://maratriangle.org/maasai-mara http://www.magicalkenya.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=231&Itemid=221

Please, I don't understand very well what you mean with regards to lemma - could you help me make this change without upsetting wikipedia rules? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.80.196.161 (talk) 09:47, 7 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Masai Mara brings more than 1 Million google hits, the other spelling only about the half. So the spelling with one 'a' is clearly the on we have to use in Wikipedia, since it is internationally recognized.
 * Since you continued to edit waring despite the warning and are not willing to get firm with basic Wikipedia guidelines, I consider your behavior as vandalism. --R.Schuster (talk) 11:15, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

You asked me to provide sources and I have provided sources for the right spelling and I have from our local county councils, the local conservancy and our Tourism Board. it is not fair that you go by the number of hits as popularity does not prove that something is right. Look at the type of websites that prefer the double 'aa' spelling. It is also not fair that because I may not have the technical knowledge to edit according to the rules of Wikipedia (although I'm trying my best) and so instead of helping you have become hard-headed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.80.196.161 (talk) 11:29, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Sorry about not signing the above. 41.80.196.161 (talk) 11:45, 7 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Hello. You start with being hard headed by continuing with technically wrong moves against the consensus and despite warning. You did not provide a source for your claims that the 'a'-spelling is "colonialists misspelt". You only provided some pages with the 'aa'-spelling and I showed you that there more than the double amount of pages with one 'a', what is internationally recognized. This is nothing about being unfair, this is about following long time implemented and well working basic Wikipedia rules and guidelines. As for the naming of an article please refer to Naming conventions (use English). Best regards, --R.Schuster (talk) 12:26, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Hello. Here are a couple of websites that refer to the misspelling: http://www.maasai.co.ke/maasai http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definitions/MAASAI?cx=partner-pub-0939450753529744%3Av0qd01-tdlq&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=UTF-8&q=MAASAI&sa=Search#906 http://www.safarigifts.com/forum/?cat=10 Please remember that as a tribe we are not technologically advanced like other peoples in Kenya, and therefore you will not find many websites actually written by Maasai people. Most are written by foreigners but I hope the above links and also the previous links which show our preferred spelling will help persuade you. If you visit us here you will also find that when we say Maasai Mara it has a long 'aa' sound. 41.80.196.161 (talk) 12:39, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

unblock-ip|1=46.4.164.74
Why you block a whole /16 (65,534 hosts!) because of one single open proxy in that range? --R.Schuster (talk) 14:43, 9 September 2011 (UTC)

IP block exempt
I have granted your account an exemption from IP blocking. This will allow you to edit through full blocks affecting your IP address when you are logged in.

Please read the page IP block exemption carefully, especially the section on IP block exemption conditions.

Note in particular that you are not permitted to use this newly-granted right to edit Wikipedia via anonymous proxies, or disruptively. If you do, or there is a serious concern of abuse, then the right may be removed by any administrator.

Appropriate usage and compliance with the policy may be checked periodically, due to the nature of block exemption, and block exemption will be removed when no longer needed (for example, when the block it is related to expires).

I hope this will enhance your editing, and allow you to edit successfully and without disruption. Daniel Case (talk) 15:04, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you Daniel. However I feel that this block should be reviewed because it disturbes thousands of hosts in one of Europes largest data centers. Why not simply block the single host which was (!) an open proxy? Best regards, --R.Schuster (talk) 06:05, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

unblock-ip|1=46.4.164.74
See above: I had to find an open proxy (!) to bypass this unjustified block. You block 65,000+ hosts because of a single proxy in that range, which is, by the way, closed in the mantime? --R.Schuster (talk) 11:53, 10 September 2011 (UTC)