User talk:Redmarkviolinist/Archive 5

re: Checkuser
Ping! -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 06:10, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Dreamafter
Do you believe the rubbish about another person in his family? And what happens to him? Ṝέđ ṃάяķvюĨїήīṣŢ Drop me a line §  06:08, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, you've made a convincing case, and I doubt that the guy isn't a sock. However, I'd rather abstain from passing any further judgment (I've noted that the excat IP is the same and those two are the only ones on it) because I did accuse Dreamy of pointstacking on WP:MHCON because he was writing 2k long articles and rating them all as B - he wrote about 15-20 2k long articles in one month, rated them all B and collected about 95 points. So I'd rather not drop a hammer on him lest it look like a vengeance block. But I don't think the block would make any difference on Dreamafter except to stop him from contributing and he hasn't socked since then. But I'm sure it will be brought up by someone whenever Dreamafter makes his next RfA or MILHIST coord run.  Blnguyen  ( bananabucket ) 06:29, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Re:Coaching
Sorry for taking so long to respond. You've made a few blunders lately that RfA "regulars" will pounce on; you need to think more carefully about your decisions. Find five AfDs that interest you and make a convincing argument in each. Then report back here with links to the AfDs; I'll see how it turns out. 21:12, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

A-Class review: Battle of Appomattox Station
As requested, I've fixed the broken ref, and also converted the long form cites into short form ones.

This review is due to be closed today but under the new rules you can ask for an extension of up to three days to fix ongoing issues. Would this help? If so, please request it on the review page.

-- R OGER D AVIES  talk 06:09, 8 May 2008 (UTC)


 * The same probably applies to the Basttle of Marion review. -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 12:06, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

re: More time
I have no objections but you'd better ask Eurocopter as he was the closing coordinator. It's fiddly at this stage but not impossible :) -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 15:10, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Help
Hi, can you help me? I have recently made a page entitled 40K Radio, and 3 minutes after I made it it was deleted. I put a hangon template, and made a argument to keep it, however an admin, immediatly deleted it. Thanks for your helpCaptain0loken (talk) 20:26, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
 * No problem. Create the page as you had it on User:Captain0loken/Sandbox and I'll help you out with it. Cheers, Ṝέđ ṃάяķvюĨїήīṣŢ  Drop me a lineReview Me! 14:41, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

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Darrell S. Cole Good article reassessment
I have made some remarks concerning your original review, as have others here and elsewhere. You are welcome to comment, if time permits. Thanks! Gosgood (talk) 14:44, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

List of basic World War II topics
Hi. You signed up to complete this list at the WP:AWC. The list has been moved to article space because it is fleshed out enough to be useful to readers. But it is still not completed yet. I've given you a chunk of clay to start with. It is up to you to sculpt it into a work of art. ;)  Th e Tr ans hu man ist    18:05, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

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 Hello Redmarkviolinist, I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for your participation in my RfA which was passed with a final tally of 114/10/4. I'm both shocked and honoured to gain so much support from users whom I admire and trust, and I hope I can avoid breaking that backing by being the best administrator I possibly can. I will take on board the opposition's comments and I hope to improve over the coming months and years. Once again, thank you!  weburiedoursecrets inthegarden  20:28, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

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adoption / virtual classroom
hi,

I'm back from a 2 week unforseen break, and made some additions. Is this what you meant? Looking forward to hearing from you after May 23, and good luck with your exams. &mdash; Xiutwel ♫☺♥♪ (speech has the power to bind the absolute) 17:01, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Some notes
I'd recommend you delete the "insults" section on your page - WP:DENY. Also, have you been doing the AfD assignment I gave you? Nousernamesleft copper, not wood 22:43, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm on Wikibreak until May 23, due to finals. I'll be back then. I got rid of the insults, however. Ṝέđ ṃάяķvюĨїήīṣŢ  Drop me a lineReview Me! 01:30, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah. I should remember that just because my finals are over, that doesn't mean everyone else's are. ;) Nousernamesleft copper, not wood 01:55, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Charles Meshack
Hi. Since you contested the PROD on this article, I thought I'd let you know that it is now up for AfD in case you're interested in contributing to that discussion. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 03:21, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Milhist T&A 08: a reminder
This is just a reminder that you promised to revisit the ranges you did for Tag & Assess 2008 and fix the outstanding problems, mostly not adding task forces. It is crucial that these are added, where appropriate, to each article as this is the main objective of the drive. The worklists you signed up for are:


 * 1) 1401–1600
 * 2) 7201–7400
 * 3) 8401–8600
 * 4) 8801–9000
 * 5) 9001–9200
 * 6) 9601–9800
 * 7) 9801–10000
 * 8) 19201–19400
 * 9) 19401–19600

A quick look at the ranges suggests that barely 10% of the articles have been tagged. This includes the articles that Woody and I worked on for you as part of quality control. Here are some random examples from ranges you signed off as completed:


 * Re: 7201–7400
 * Carroccio - No TFs
 * Casemate de Rountzenheim Nord No TFs
 * Casey Sheehan Missing TFs. Bio?
 * Cassin Young Missing TFs. Bio?
 * Re: 8401–8600
 * Chunk of castle-related articles are without TFs. (Fortifications=y and [country]=y, plus what ever period is appropriate).
 * Castilian Civil War wasn't tagged for the Spanish TF. I fixed it.
 * Castel Nuovo wasn't tagged for TFs at all (Fortifications=y|Italian=y|Middle-Ages=y) - I fixed it.
 * Re: 9601–9800
 * Large number of articles about people called Eric ... Erich ... Ernest ... and Ernst .... mostly not tagged for biography=y

Also, I cannot reconcile the nine ranges above, which makes 1800 articles maximum, with the 2000 articles you've claimed in your tally. For fairness to other participants, in this case, any eventual awards will be based on the project coordinators' assessment of work done rather than the amount claimed. An accurate tally avoids disappointment later.

Once your exam pressures are out of the way, I hope that you will work through the ranges, fixing them up. As I mentioned before, no one doubts your enthusiasm but you need to take this more carefully and more slowly. Our best, most experienced, assessors take about 90-100 minutes to work methodically through a 200-article range: you have been doing them in about ten minutes each so it's not surprising that so much is missed.

-- R OGER D AVIES  talk 05:43, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

13th Airborne Division
Hi there! You've said on the GA Noms page that you reviewed 13th Airborne Division (United States) and placed it on Hold and left notes, but I can find no notes on the page, or that the article has been placed on Hold. Did you forget to do this? Skinny87 (talk) 15:53, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Reply
Could you please reply here. Dreamafter (talk) 22:16, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
 * At Arromanches (R 95) I would like to know what I should put extra in the lead. And I think it has been made much better. Dreamafter (talk) 21:10, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Do not revert another users own talk page
If a user blanks their talk page, that's their own business. Please do not revert it. See WP:BLANKING. --Jayron32. talk . contribs 02:54, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I forgot about that. Ṝέđ ṃάяķvюĨїήīṣŢ  Drop me a lineReview Me! 02:56, 22 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I am disappointed. When I recused myself from dealing with I thought that you guys would handle it correctly. But, because you marked it:  > Admins who patrol the Administrators' noticeboard ignored it until the auto-bot archived it for lack of edits in a time period. But this information was ignored because the case was marked resolved.


 * But, if you look at this: Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive420, you will see that he was a banned user in the past. And that he is a banned sock puppet also editing under the IP addresses listed here: Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive420. This user is a banned sockpuppeteer and most people ignored/didn't look.


 * I would like to ask you to take a case to Suspected_sock_puppets and get this account blocked. Sincerely, disappointed contributor. IP4240207xx (talk) 19:26, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Lessons?
So what would you teach me if you were to give me a lesson? ImpIn | {talk - contribs} 19:38, 23 May 2008 (UTC)


 * I don't think you and I are a good fit. Plus, you haven't replied to my message in over a week. Thanks for the offer, however. :) ImpIn | (t - c) 01:30, 1 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I see below that you got grounded. In that case, I'll give you a break, although I don't know if I really need an adoptee. ImpIn | (t - c) 01:56, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

An Lushan : failled GA
Hello, I recently made a dozens of edits on An Lushan page, to improve the readability of this article. But it seems that my edits had an influence on the ongoing GA review. I explain : I'm French (-> unperfect English -> unperfect section's title), not familiar with English-Wikipedia usages (-> used bold for subtitles).

I can change the bold into === Subtitle ===, but I can do myself the copyedit need after my edits.

Regards, 220.135.4.212 (talk) 17:23, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * For Chinese characters, you have to instant the "Extrem oriental character management" on your Windows (I guest... all Linux I know manage UTF8 natively) 220.135.4.212 (talk) 17:28, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I made several changes (intro expanded, links in ref improved, bold change into editable === Sub-section === ). Please correct your comment on the talk page accordingly.
 * The page, of course, still need a copyedit for my adds. 220.135.4.212 (talk) 17:55, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

back?

 * taking a short wikibreak to get ready for exams and will be back on Wikipedia once the exams are over on May 23, 2008.

...it seems you edited upto May 23, and then left? &mdash; Xiutwel ♫☺♥♪ (speech has the power to bind the absolute) 22:09, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I got grounded. Be (hopefully) back June 2.  Ṝέđ ṃάяķvюĨїήīṣŢ  Drop me a lineReview Me! 21:34, 31 May 2008 (UTC)


 * And, how are things going now? &mdash; Xiutwel ♫☺♥♪ (speech has the power to bind the absolute) 10:25, 3 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Finally, I'm back. Cheers all Ṝέđ ṃάяķvюĨїήīṣŢ  Drop me a lineReview Me! 03:17, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

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I have left some questions at my class room. Gaia Octavia Agrippa Talk | Sign 11:51, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

GA Review
I realize you are busy in RL, but the article Arromanches (R 95) has been on GA Review Hold for nearly a month. Would it be possible for you to either pass or fail the article so as to get it off of the GAN list? Skinny87 (talk) 20:08, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
 * If you don't have time, just say so and I'll take it over as a Second Opinion. Skinny87 (talk) 20:11, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I failed the article. Ṝέđ ṃάяķvюĨїήīṣŢ  Drop me a lineReview Me! 16:06, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

hello

 * Administrators%27_noticeboard/Arbitration_enforcement/Archive20
 * User:Redmarkviolinist/VirtualClassroom/Xiutwel

Dear Redmark,

glad to see you're back. I have three questions:

cheers, &mdash; Xiutwel ♫☺♥♪ (speech has the power to bind the absolute) 08:57, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) what do you think I need to learn to avoid getting blocked ever again?
 * It is always smart to follow NPOV. If this was a perfect Wiki and everyone wrote in a NPOV, there would be no controversy. However this is not the case, a I am also guilty from time to time while writing articles, and it is one aspect of editing that everyone can continue to learn about. Ṝέđ ṃάяķvюĨїήīṣŢ  Drop me a lineReview Me!
 * Well, this is in fact what the dispute is about: I say the current 9/11 happens to be POV/biased, since it leaves out a lot of information which would put the story in a different light. /Xiutwel
 * 1) do you think WP:NPOV counts when 9/11 is concerned?
 * My view on NPOV-All around the world, people are reading these articles that we are writing. So, instead of getting the straight information from the article and formulating their own ideas on the topic, they are reading other peoples point of view on the topic. Needless to say, this will create quite a share of controversy, and we will have more IP addresses commenting on the discussion page about how they disagree with the idea than we do currently. 9/11 applies perfectly to my view on NPOV-this is probably one of the most read articles internationally, so people from anywhere around the world should get the actual neutral facts on the article rather than getting an American biased view point. You may or may not agree with me on this, but this is my view on NPOV and 9/11. Ṝέđ ṃάяķvюĨїήīṣŢ  Drop me a lineReview Me!
 * Do you think citing the 9/11 Commission report would be in order? I would have liked to mention in the article, that the 9/11 Commission does not mention the collapse of WTC 7 on 9/11/2001. I also would have liked to quote it ad verbatim:
 *   To date, the U.S. government has not been able to determine the origin of the money used for the 9/11 attacks. Ultimately the question is of little practical significance.Al Qaeda had many avenues of funding. If a particular funding source had dried up, al Qaeda could have easily tapped a different source or diverted funds from another project to fund an operation that cost $400,000–$500,000 over nearly two years.  /X
 * 1) should I (already) request for my ban to be lifted?
 * No, I would not recommend this. Our fellow editors need to be skeptical on this to make sure incidents like this do not reoccur. I would recommend creating a page at User:Xiutwel/September11/NPOVSandbox and search for sections of the 9/11 article that you consider to be biased, copy them, and edit them so they are without bias. Paste the before and after versions of these. Also, if you think more information should be added, then write a draft of it and have another editor review it (I would be willing) to make sure it is without bias. After this, your page will be invaluable when you request your ban to be lifted. Ṝέđ ṃάяķvюĨїήīṣŢ  Drop me a lineReview Me!
 * Well, my main objection is the absense of criticism of the official version. It's just parrotting the government. I was barred from mentioning criticism by former ministers of Britain and Germany, France and Japan. It's not so much sections that are biased, it's the whole article with some sections less biased than others. Any ideas?  &mdash; Xiutwel ♫☺♥♪ (speech has the power to bind the absolute) 22:43, 24 June 2008 (UTC)


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Re:AFD assignment
Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. Could you please post links to the AfDs here? I need to read the arguments - the purpose of this (and indeed admin coaching in general) isn't to boost your Wikipedia-space contribution or try to get you through an RfA - it's to make sure you're a good admin once/if you pass your RfA. I need to see that your arguments suggest a firm grasp of policy since that's pretty much essential to any administrative action that a sysop can take. Nousernamesleft copper, not wood 18:30, 23 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Responded on my talk page. Nousernamesleft copper, not wood 18:48, 24 June 2008 (UTC)


 * I couldn't nominate you in good faith right now, because frankly, if you were a candidate I had never encountered before, I would oppose your RfA right now. Consider your coaching complete - I really don't want to be involved in admin coaching anymore - but you should probably wait a bit before asking me to nominate you because I really don't think you have quite the understanding of policy and the encyclopedia that an admin should. Just work some more on articles and I'll see. Nousernamesleft copper, not wood 19:11, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Military history wiki
Thank you for the invitation. Unfortunately, I have way too many other commitments at the moment, but here and in real life, to participate. -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 19:04, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
 * That's ok, it will still be around if you would like to help out. However, how do you appoint other users administrators? (On that Wiki) Ṝέđ ṃάяķvюĨїήīṣŢ  Drop me a lineReview Me! 19:05, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I have replied to your query on Roger's page. Woody (talk) 19:27, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah, but you don't own the article, Wikipedia does. When you edit, you release your content under the GFDL, which requires attribution. You are not the only editor of that page, you are not the sole author, therefore you cannot claim copyright. The statement at the bottom of the Battle of Marion article which says "All content is copyright © 2007-2008 by the wiki owner, unless otherwise stated." As it is, that article breaches Wikipedia's copyright, you need to "state otherwise" about the copyright of that article and any others that you interwiki. See WP:MIRROR for more info. Regards. Woody (talk) 19:47, 25 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Uh-uh, non free license? Evil.--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 04:34, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

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Template:Vandalism about
Hi Redmarkviolinist, I saw the template you created in a user talk page. I just wanted to tell you that it is really good and I'm going to use it next time. Nahraana (talk) 12:06, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Wow, I forgot all about that. I haven't used that since my vandal-fighting days. Thanks! Cheers, Ṝέđ ṃάяķvюĨїήīṣŢ  Drop me a lineReview Me! 13:54, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

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My adoption
Hello, I think it is time that i graduate. I don't think you can offer me any more help. I would like to be able to adopt wikipedians my self and cannot do this while i am adopted myself. If you could drop me a line. Thanks for all your help and good luck in the future, Gaia Octavia Agrippa Talk | Sign 14:24, 5 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Hello? You back yet? If you don't answer in a week i will graduate my self. Gaia Octavia Agrippa Talk | Sign 20:23, 11 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for all your help. I'm graduating myself. Gaia Octavia Agrippa Talk | Sign 09:30, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

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