User talk:Timotheus Canens/Archives/2015/3

SPI Script
Hi Tim,

One thing I noticed that could be improved with the SPI script is the ability to add a block notice to IP addresses. The script blocks the IP just fine, but you have to manually add a block notice. Best, Mike V • Talk 03:05, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Hmm, OK. What block notices should it support? Just something like, or should there be more? T. Canens (talk) 14:44, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Seeking to draw your attention to Azeri/Armenian nationalist POV issue
Dear Timothy, I'm contacting you because you proposed putting discretionary sanctions on "all pages related to Armenia, Azerbaijan, or related ethnic conflicts, broadly interpreted." I just wanted to notify you that there's an edit war going on with the pages for Australian politicians Fred Nile and Marie Ficarra with one new editor pushing nationalistic POV on the issue of the Armenian genocide, in what myself and two other editors consider a BLP violation. I've opened a section on the Edit Warring noticeboard. Take care. -- Aronzak (talk) 05:44, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

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Old SPI case
5 years ago, you ceremoniously banned me, without so much as my feedback.. at the behest of a now-disgraced Wiki user who claimed I was a "sock puppet". As a result I essentially all but gave up helping Wiki because of the bite.

I have been asked by my research company if I would like to add new information regarding graphine oxide doping and manufacturing processes at the Wikipedia and want my good name reinstated so I may do this.

I am still quite upset that a troll can misuse your goodwill to protect himself while prosecuting his numerous edit wars.

Please keep in mind, per your prior comments.. what "looks like a duck" is not always a duck.

Weissman129 (talk) 02:23, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
 * You were blocked for a week, not banned; and I wasn't the one who blocked you either. However, if you make edits like this while logged out, it's rather easy to make others think you are socking. T. Canens (talk) 15:03, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

Well now that I can sign in I'll be sure to go fix that and sign it thank you! Now back to the point.. when will this be removed? You had input into it at the time don't back track now. Weissman129 (talk) 03:03, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Remove what? The SPI case? Are you claiming that the IPs in that case are not you or that they are you but you don't think you did anything wrong? T. Canens (talk) 03:06, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

Bach
As you probably know I received the advice to contact you. Bach's birthday seems a good day to start a conversation, with Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir, BWV 29, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:52, 21 March 2015 (UTC)
 * You'd need to be more specific. T. Canens (talk) 14:57, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
 * I will but not on Sunday, church on Sunday, with 15th-century insight on justice (a work in progress), --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:19, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

I don't like to look back, but Bach's birthday reminded me of my birthday present for him two years ago. I told you above that I wrote a GA on his composition. I have written all GAs (not counted) and FAs (2 so far) related to Bach. Once a constructive discussion on Robert Stoepel resulted in an, I felt that it was time for Bach as well. I found the discussion less constructive, and I miss GFHandel since. - Now I was tempted to suggest a short infobox for Bach (as Handel has one) but instead dedicated my latest GA to the victims of the infobox wars and translated an article by GFHandel to German, - you may have read in the Signpost that I translate articles of the missed. I would like the wars to end. What can we do? - I normally love my restriction, - it saves me much time to walk away after two comments. Others should do the same, - I can't return to defend a user who has no idea what he stepped into (and myself), my name being mentioned 9 times so far. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:21, 23 March 2015 (UTC)

I can't help smiling looking at Laurence Olivier: I am threatened with sanctions because of a third comment, while others revert an infobox without a comment, twice in two days, and edit war over the request not to edit war, mentioning consensus where there is obviously no consensus. made my day. Kafka at his best. Is this what the arbitrators had in mind with their decision? - My idea: not the article writers but the readers should decide. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:36, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

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