User talk:Redandready

Cut and paste move
Hi, Redandready, and welcome to Wikipedia. The next time you need to rename an article, please be sure to use the page move function rather than cutting-and-pasting content from one article to another. For legal and organizational reasons, we are required to keep track of each editor's contributions, and when you paste-in content that other people wrote without giving them attribution, it gives the appearance that you created that content yourself. I have undone your cut-and-paste of "Roses" to "Roses (Catalan town)", but then used the page move function to retitle the article Roses, Girona. You were absolutely correct to think that "Roses" should be a disambiguation page, so I have also moved the page that was previously called "Roses (disambiguation)" to Roses.

Keep up the good work. I hope that you enjoy editing here. This page has lots of useful links for new Wikipedians. If you ever need any help, check out Questions or feel free to leave me a message at the bottom of my talk page. All the best ×Meegs 23:32, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

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Image copyright problem with Image:Barr and White.JPG
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Image copyright problem with Image:Barr and Boman.JPG
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 * This was an oversight. I reloaded the image.  My own work. Public domain.--Redandready (talk) 19:13, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

July 2013
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to add soapboxing, promotional or advertising material to Wikipedia, as you did at Scott Boman, you may be blocked from editing. ''Adding political endorsements is not appropriate content. ''  DGG ( talk ) 19:57, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

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Bhagwan Dashairya section removal
I notice you were one of the editors who participated in the original discussion on merging the Bhagwan Dashairya article into Michigan gubernatorial election, 2006. The resulting section has been removed, and there is now a discussion on whether or not a section on Bhagwan Dashairya shold exist at all. You can find the discussion here:

Talk:Michigan_gubernatorial_election,_2006

--Libertyguy (talk) 05:58, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

Articles for deletion: Douglas Campbell (Michigan politician)
I notice you were one of the editors who participated in the original discussion on merging the Douglas Campbell (Michigan politician) article into Michigan gubernatorial election, 2006. The consensus was "The result was Not to merge into Michigan gubernatorial election, 2006."

It was recently deleted by a PROD without an AfD. I sucessfully requested that it be restored, but it is now facing an AfD. If you are still interested in this article, you may participate in the AfD discussion here:

Articles_for_deletion/Douglas_Campbell_%28Michigan_politician%29

--Libertyguy (talk) 06:13, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

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Assistance requested
Since you have done some work on articles involving Michigan minor party politicians and the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, I thought you might want to help improve the article on Gregory Creswell. More sources are needed from reliable sources.Libertyguy (talk) 11:34, 27 March 2017 (UTC)

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A page you started (Rosa abyssinica) has been reviewed!
Thanks for creating Rosa abyssinica, Redandready!

Wikipedia editor Blythwood just reviewed your page, and wrote this note for you:

"Looks great. I've linked it to the pre-existing commons category and I see someone else has already linked it to the articles in other languages and on Wikspecies. There's some photos of it that we can use on Flickr (uploaded by a Professor Malcolm Manners, who seems to know what he's talking about) and I might transfer some to Wikimedia Commons and then add them to the article myself if I have time (I'd do it now but Flickr2Commons is down right at the moment), but I thought I should let you know in case I don't get the chance."

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Blythwood (talk) 20:25, 29 June 2017 (UTC)


 * I've been able to transfer the pictures over in case you find any you'd like to use. Hope that's OK! Blythwood (talk) 00:20, 30 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Where are the pictures you transferred?--Redandready (talk) 15:37, 3 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi - in the Wikimedia Commons category, it's here or linked from the Rosa abyssinica article in a link on the left of the page. Blythwood (talk) 16:02, 3 July 2017 (UTC)

Block notice
You have been blocked from editing for a period of 1 week for abusing multiple accounts. Note that multiple accounts are allowed, but not for illegitimate reasons, and any contributions made while evading blocks or bans may be reverted or deleted. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions. If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page:. Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 21:53, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Also editing as .-- Jezebel's Ponyo bons mots 21:53, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

Questions About SPI
I require clarity before making further unblock requests. Investigation page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Redandready/Archive

In the "Clerk, CheckUser, and/or patrolling admin comments" you commented, "Wolfsden3 is Possible to Kruggsy, matching UA in same area but on a different ISP" What did "matching UA in same area" mean? I am asking about both the meaning of "UA" and "same area." Were Kruggsy and Wolfsden3 logged in close enough to be the same person at both places? See Sockpuppet_investigations/Redandready/ArchiveRedandready (talk) 14:56, 19 November 2018 (UTC)

, and. The investigation page had a space under the Comments by other users heading that said, "Accused parties may also comment/discuss in this section below." why was I then blocked from commenting there? I am on a college network that is used by 60,000 other people. I don't have a personal network. How can I prevent this from happening again? See Sockpuppet_investigations/Redandready/ArchiveRedandready (talk) 14:56, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
 * "matching UA in same area" sans technical jargon = it appears that the guy might have switched to another network locally. Meatpuppetry is also possible.

— Berean Hunter   (talk)  22:26, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
 * You were blocked previously for socking and continued with accounts and IP socking. Being convinced that you were culprit, I went ahead and blocked. You have the opportunity to defend yourself here.


 * Thank you for responding, but I am still unclear on this. What do you mean by the same area? If you mean someplace in Southeast Michigan, this is weak since most of Michigan’s population lives in that region, and this article is about the most publicized topic in the state.  What is the evidence for meatpuppetry related to Wolfsden3? The CheckUser investigation concluded that I had the same IP as Krugsy & Kranky, but not wolfsden3.  I assume you don’t consider common opinion on an edit to be sufficient evidence of meatpuppetry.--Redandready (talk) 22:55, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you for responding, but I am still unclear on this. What do you mean by the same area? If you mean someplace in Southeast Michigan, this is weak since most of Michigan’s population lives in that region, and this article is about the most publicized topic in the state.  What is the evidence for meatpuppetry related to Wolfsden3? The CheckUser investigation concluded that I had the same IP as Krugsy & Kranky, but not wolfsden3.  I assume you don’t consider common opinion on an edit to be sufficient evidence of meatpuppetry.--Redandready (talk) 22:55, 26 November 2018 (UTC)


 * I am having trouble making sense of the second part of your response. I became aware of the both blocks at the same time. The first block was made a week after I had logged in or made an edit, and well before I logged in again.  It sounds like you are saying I was blocked from the investigation page because of other people’s activity. But that wouldn’t make sense because it would mean you assumed I was guilty, when my guilt was the matter to be decided in the investigation. I will be defending myself here, but it is an uphill battle to reverse a ruling already made.--Redandready (talk) 22:55, 26 November 2018 (UTC)


 * I know blocks can be made at any time to prevent damage, but what damage did I cause? I have not made any destructive edits, and blocking me only stopped me from defending myself in the investigation.  The only destructive edits were made by the holder(s) of other accounts which were erroneously identified as my sockpuppets.--Redandready (talk) 22:55, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

— Berean Hunter   (talk)  06:31, 7 December 2018 (UTC)
 * You were behind the camera in these shots right? I ask because sometimes folks who are the subjects get confused about licensing and claim them as theirs when someone else actually took the shots.
 * File:Connerly_and_Boman.JPG
 * File:Barr_and_Boman.jpg
 * File:Ron_and_Scotty.jpg
 * File:Bill_Gelineau.jpg
 * File:Johnson_Boman_Gray.jpg
 * File:BillWeldandScottyBoman.jpg
 * File:Boman_Billboard.jpg
 * Right. I actually took the shots.--Redandready (talk) 16:08, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
 * You have an apparent conflict of interest when it comes to editing about Scott Boman. Those shots span over time and not a single event. You know him and have an apparent working relationship with him. In your unblock request, you indicate 198.111.57.100 as "It appears too remarkable to be true that another person would be editing the same article from the same IP. This is less remarkable if the IP 198.111.57.100 belongs to a college in Michigan with 60,000 users. There are probably dozens of other editors on this network and I don't know who any of them are." It belongs to Macomb Community College where, according to his article, Scott Boman works as a professor. How do you think your statement theorizing the statistical improbability looks to us now? Or your statement, "There may be many other editors at this IP. I don't know any of them"?

— Berean Hunter   (talk)  13:28, 11 December 2018 (UTC)
 * This is an interesting composite uploaded by . It indicates that he also knows Scott Boman and has a conflict of interest. Who else would have access to those photos taken circa 1982? He showed up on 2018 Michigan gubernatorial election to back you guys up with a revert although he had never edited that article before and tried to sound impartial with "I reviewed the history and this discussion, and Nevermore27 is alone on this. When one editor keeps pushing against the consensus by constantly performing the same reverted edit, it is disruptive editing. Please stop it." Now, you are into statistical odds...what would be the odds that editors affiliated with the Libertarian party...not just Libertarian voters but people holding positions in Michigan Libertarian organizations (or people closely associated with the office holders) would converge on that article at the same time without some form of communication having occurred to set it in motion? I think that they are really, really small.
 * I have seen Boman at political events but we haven’t crossed paths on campus. I am a Libertarian but I don’t have a working relationship with him. I took a few pictures. My edits are in good faith and I don’t do them as a favor to anyone.


 * I only know libertyguy from Wikipedia.  I don’t talk to people in real life about this private hobby of mine. I don’t feel the desire to speculate about another editor, but I think your approach to odds is all wrong. I already addressed this here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Redandready#The_same_article The timing was right before the election. So lots of people would be looking at it, and the most visible item would be the pictures at the top.--Redandready (talk) 03:12, 13 December 2018 (UTC)

July 2019
See Sockpuppet investigations/Redandready where I've added the latest sock,, a sleeper that went active in January. Despite the garbage written above about all these other people using your network, you and that account are the only ones using your static IP address. He edits about Boman and uploaded this photo of him. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  17:09, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

Please stop pinging me
I'm not personally involved in why you got blocked nor am I relevant to your requests for review in the same, so if you intend to appeal again, please don't link to me.  Nevermore27  (talk) 03:21, 31 July 2019 (UTC)