User talk:Warlordjohncarter~enwiki/Archive Aug 2008

Avoid Defamation
John, not all subjects warrant a page and your originally suggested title is offensive. Not as a legal threat but as a way of educating yourself, you should read defamation law and Cleo123's posts on this subject. Since you seem to want to play with fire, you should learn how not to get burned. Dem1970 (talk) 21:51, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Just because something is verifiable (as distinguishable from "true") / reliably sourced does not shield the writer or the repeater from defamation charges. Also, I cannot, am not, and will not threaten you legally. I am not an injured party. I am merely pointing out that there are landmines you must avoid when editing biographies and you and other parties seem to be running right in to the same ones repeatedly. Dem1970 (talk) 22:29, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Burkina Faso Encyclopedia
I've come across one of the first things that look like an encyclopedia on one of the African countries. Have a look at architects alone. Things are looking promising. There must be hundres of missing notable biogrpahies from that site. It seems its only in its infancy those are mostly one line stubs but there are some respourceful articles on politicians on there ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 00:31, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

For instance see here. Potentially we could write some start class articles using that sort of information. I;m pretty certain all the biographies would be notable but for starters we could begin with the more detailed biographies, I wouldn't start an architect unless I could find something elsewhere on it. When I said about the problem with accessing information this is exactly the sort of progress I want to see. The site evne mentions the villages. If they all develop into detailed articles this would be very good indeed. I am certain in ten years time that most of the African countries elite will have increasingly become fmailiar with the web and put more stuff out there. Then of course there are the people too. But judgin by the conditions of many of the countries the people have enough trouble finding food and staying alive let alone ever seeing a computer or the Internet. I;d imagine is it grossly uneven, in many african cities, the wealthy are as probably as familiar with computers as you or I, but unfortunately the majority are probably not. ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦      $1,000,000? 01:02, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

I think they use a * for the articles they have written to a "start" level. The info on the arhcitect here would be enough to transfer to wikipedia. Only three of them at present but better than nothing  ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 01:04, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Asylum: Nest

 * Thanks so much, for your kindness: With all due respect, a judge, lawyer, engineer, etc., in the eyes of Wikipedia - we, editors, stand on equal grounds, under administrators. (Please note and believe that here in the Philippines, even 3 years old kids can handle PC and internet. But I myself, 55 years, only touched internet and PC, when I was Googled on April 6, 2006. Yes, I might be a good editor when it comes to legal articles etc. But on the basics and tons of Wiki rules, admins are fairly more erudite. My former adopting parent who resigned due to ethics is so amazing an editor (applying for admin) at age 17, high school kid iaNLOPEZ1115; while former administrator User:Diligent Terrier retired from Wikipedia, justweeks after I was adopted, and mysteriously. Oh my God??? I deeply understand that you read between the lines, and this reading could move your compassionate heart to adopt me. I was asked in the email of iaNLOPEZ1115 my parent, to retire here, due to rage. But I refused, since Wikipedia is KIND and fair. Besides if you read my user page, I am a jobless judge "in pretend world", an attorney without any case, since July 20, 1999, not because of my beliefs, but, for the sole reason that I happened to have hurt powerful jurists here in 1995 (prophecy of massive strokes, death and accident in the Judicial and Bar Council). Yes, our Philippine culture compels these jurists to dig upon psychics which pointed to me as the exorcist/destroyer. I am very happy here, since, I never found kindness in my own country but in the hearts of foreigners, like many of you admins and editors. I do not despise Filipino editors, for many of them are great. But I am disliked by some of them. Hence, I need the heat of a feather (of adopting parent). I can wait, why not. The warmth of the nest of a Wiki parent bird, might give me comfort here. I know you read between the lines - User:Diligent Terrier/Florentino floro and Maxschmelling. Please scout among your friends if they can give me this adoption, as temporary asylum in this great encyclopedia. [I had been accused of a) massive contribution of news, not notable daily edits, b) kilometric replies in talk pages, and lately c) copy pasting all my daily edits in the talk pages of all articles I edited daily. But I traversed all these with evidence. Regards and Respectfully yours ...--Florentino floro (talk) 06:34, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Christianity project templated
Any chance of tweaking the templates that tag pages for the Christianity project and its sub-project to automatically treat the page as being NA class if they are in the Category Talk: or Template Talk: namespaces. I'd prioritize the Anglicanism and Catholicism sub-project templates, as they have been most often used there.

In working on assessing the various pages that have been put into Category:Unassessed-Class Christianity articles by the recent revisions, I'm spending an awful lot of time just clearing these pages before I even get to looking at the articles - yet really, this is an automatic identification event that ought to be codable, just not by me! GRBerry 13:46, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Christopher Smart
Oh, I don't deny that sources exist, but Sherbo is the only one claiming definite proof (back in the 1950s and 1960s). Rose, writing in 2005 (and represented by Ottava as agreeing with Sherbo), in fact says there were multiple ways of Smart's gaining his knowledge other than by membership (and which I noted in A Song to David). Therefore, I don't believe that there is a scholarly consensus to say yes, and without that, the answer is no.

Also, despite claims of my supposed not knowing what I should know, there should be records - there is no reason for there not to be. If a Grand Lodge existed, it required records for various purposes, including a list of members, and I've seen them as early as the 1730s, which is before smart could have been made a member. Even if there are allowances made for loss of *all* records (which is near-impossible), a "Famous Freemasons"-type site should claim him as they have Ashmole and other early members. The example of Thomas Jefferson shows that attendance alone is not an indication of membership. So I just don't see the definite proof of membership that should be there. MSJapan (talk) 01:51, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * He was attributed as "Brother C. Smart", and Rose mocks the idea that there would be another "C. Smart" publishing poetry alongside of those who were known friends and associates of Smart. It is also known that some of them were very important Masons (the Vauxhall group). The fact that he would be allowed to publish the poem as "brother" in a Masonic text is telling, and Smart's editor, Karina Williamson states that in her introduction. She claims the "A MASON is great and respected" by "Brother C. Smart" on page 478, stating: "Smart declares himself a Freemason in JA, B109. Although an unidentified "Mason's Song" was in the programme of Mrs Midnight's Concert and Oratory on 14 Apr. 1853 (London Stage, Pt. 4, p. 365), affinities between the present poem and Smart's later religious poetry suggest that it was written in 1764-5. His concern seems to be to vindicate freemasonry against contemporary charges that it was irreconcilable with Christianity. You have his two biographies (Mounsey and Sherbo) who state his connection with Masonry, his membership, and his association with Vauxhall Masons. You have Neil Curry's Christopher Smart that discusses the matter and accepts his Masonry. You have the history produced by the Pheonix Research Lodge that connects him to Masonry. That is more than enough to meet WP:V. Ottava Rima (talk) 02:10, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

John, I believe you do a great job and put in a lot of hardwork. So, for disturbing you and taking time away from you that could be better spent elsewhere, I do apologize. Now, there have been projects that have gone through various Admin reviews for their actions, and many have been forced to change to accommodate the community (many of the Fantasy groups, for instance, had to accept the removal of a lot of content for being "in-universe"). Now, NPOV requires both sides of an argument to be presented, and Wikiprojects are not allowed to support only one side of an issue. Thats a consideration you definitely left out. Ottava Rima (talk) 02:10, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

And John, none of my statements over there are false. Each statement has verifiable evidence to support said claims. Ottava Rima (talk) 02:11, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Ottava is now at his 3RR limit for List of Freemasons. His citation is vague at best and says nothing, so if he rv's again, please report him. MSJapan (talk) 02:26, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
 * My "vague" citation is a whole book whose chapter is devoted to Smart's time as a Freemason. Furthermore "3RR" is not a line, its a set of actions. 3RR would be the fourth revert, by the way. Ottava Rima (talk) 02:28, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

John, you mentioned something about lost records. Just something for you to chew on - when John Newbery, Smart's father in law, used his legal power to force Smart into a mental institute, he spent the time destroying a lot of letters and personal documents held by Smart. Most of the poetry was spared because Newbery was also his publisher for many years and he published the works while keeping the money. Smart was also infamous for his "Mrs Midnight" and the "Old Woman's Oratory" where he sang on stage in drag and caused a semi-international incident with various political statements about Italy. However, the Masons didn't have a problem with this, as Sherbo says, "A Brother H. Jackson who wrote some songs for the collection appears in the announcement of Mother Midnight's New Carnival Concert for September 26, 1754, at which time a "Mason's Ode, set by Gilder, Words by Jackson, sung by Masons" formed part of a benefit performance for "Pittard le Charpentier and a Free Mason." (p. 221). There are only 33 letters (of hundreds) and very little original documents of his life beyond that. Ottava Rima (talk) 03:14, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

I hope you don't mind this. I am trying to work with Dem and Audemus, and have been in contact with both. I am also tried to get in contact with the subject, and have had some communication. You don't need to respond, this is just a heads up. Ottava Rima (talk) 16:12, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Block IP User request
hy ! there is a Ip user 200.121.22.212 on the eye color page who constantly vandalize the article. He has various IP but he's the same person because he always put the same external link with a totally unsourced study although the whole page is based upon the work of Carleton Coon "the Races of Europe" who is considered the masterpiece of the physical anthropology. I'm trying to keep the article good but it's not simple. Can you block this user ? thanks --GaiusCrastinus (talk) 20:09, 2 July 2008 (UTC)


 * also i think that the article should be protected permanently from Ip users, if you look the History of the page [] the 80% of the edits had been made by Ip users and the good part are vandalism or spam. The red hair and blond page had been protected for the same reason , too many Ip vandalisms ! --GaiusCrastinus (talk) 20:35, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Requests for arbitration/Geogre-William M. Connolley
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Ctrl+Alt+Del
Hi, I came to the CAD article and found that it has been semi-protected for nearly a year now. I wanted to make some edits to it because it appears pretty lacking in content, but obviously due to the semi-protection I couldn't. I found your name on the list of members of Wikiproject Comics, and I was wondering if you would consider removing the semi-protection so that I could edit the article. Let me know if you do on my talk page. Thanks, --129.67.162.133 (talk) 13:38, 3 July 2008 (UTC)


 * John, I've queried the protecting admin. He cited an OTRS ticket when protecting, but his talk page says that he has removed himself from OTRS so may not have that data to hand anymore.  Do you have OTRS access?  If not for the OTRS item, I'm inclined to try removing the semi-protection as it doesn't seem to be accomplishing anything; the page has been move vandalized and edit warred over.  GRBerry 14:13, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

I want to be adopted by any foreign (non-Filipino) adopter
Since my former adopters iaNLOPEZ1115 and User:Diligent Terrier resigned and retired from Wikipedia, respectively, and for other reasons, I want to be adopted by any non-Filipino adopter. I am proud to be Filipino, but I prefer to be adopted by a foreigner, it is my tailor taste. --Florentino floro (talk) 11:08, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your great concern for my well-being amid these Filipino storms, which thrilled my existence here.. Regards, Sir.--Florentino floro (talk) 06:19, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Judaism Newsletter
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Speedy deletion of "Joseph Raffaele"
A page you created, Joseph Raffaele, has been tagged for deletion, as it meets one or more of the criteria for speedy deletion; specifically, it is nonsense or gibberish.

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Thanks. JaGa (talk) 21:16, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

This article was vandalized and replaced with nonsense, which I reverted and I also removed the 'speedy deletion' notice which JaGa placed in error. cheers Deconstructhis (talk) 21:21, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Happy Independence Day!
As you are a nice Wikipedian, I just wanted to wish you a happy Independence Day! And if you are not an American, then have a happy day and a wonderful weekend anyway! :) Your friend and colleague, -- Happy Independence Day!   Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles  Tally-ho! 00:34, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

projects
How is that unfortunate? Listing here is ONLY optional, and to gauge support. It is absolutely not required to list here as WikiProject Council/Proposals is not a governing body in regards to wikiprojects, WikiProject Council is (I think). Although I do believe it would be great if we could have somewhere where we could list all the projects, which would reduce the redundant proposals of already existing wikiprojects. In any case, anyone can start a project for organization and to coordinate effort. Wikiprojects are just a way to mechinize the work of more than one person, and to get more done in the same amount of time.68.148.164.166 (talk) 06:45, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I think I know what you're referring to. I said "unfortunate" because I am aware of several projects which have been created in haste by a single person and became inactive very quickly, resulting in deletion or renaming shortly thereafter, often with additional work in adjusting categories, templates, sometimes removing templates, etc., etc., etc. I myself have had to be involved in such more than a few times. I do wish it might be possible to arrange things such that such projects not be created in the first place, although I acknowledge that such would be virtually impossible. John Carter (talk) 14:51, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Caribbean?
Hi John: Can you tell me how Saint Pierre and Miquelon (islands located off the coast of Canada) possibly qualify as Caribbean? Inquiring minds want to know why they're a part of WP:Caribbean... : ) MeegsC | Talk 14:40, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
 * No, no—don't worry about moving it! I was just curious; being fairly familiar with the Caribbean and having never heard of those islands, I had to look them up to see where they were!  Learn something new every day.  That's one of the things I love about Wikipedia.  Anyway, good luck with it! MeegsC | Talk 16:49, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Trying to complete a merge
I'm wondering if I can ask you to move Talk:1345 (summary) to Talk:1345. It's the last part of a merge we're trying to complete of the two articles over at Wikiproject Years. I need to start some discussions on the talk page, but the talk page we need isn't there yet! Wrad (talk) 15:47, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Now I can say what needs to be said. Wrad (talk) 16:09, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XXVIII (June 2008)
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Just in case the 'hai' emendation missed your lynx-eye
John, just in case you missed this, [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/999719.html Ofri Ilani. 'Dead Sea tablet suggests Jewish resurrection imagery pre-dates Jesus', Haaretz 7/7/2008] Regards Nishidani (talk) 12:46, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Africa/Madeira work group
Hello John Carter! Since you appear to be the only editor behind WikiProject Africa/Madeira work group, I'm to you writing because I believe this worthy work group should not be a part of WikiProject Africa, but of WikiProject Portugal. You see, Madeira, as you most probably know, although technically located in the African Plate, some 650 km (360 mi) off the North African coast, belongs ethnically, culturally and politically to Europe, some 955 km (583 mi) from the European mainland. I believe it would benifit this work group and the articles about Madeira if the whole endeavour would be transfered to WikiProject Portugal. What do you say? I'll wait for your answer. Cheers! The Ogre (talk) 14:00, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, even regarding native lifeforms and geography, I do believe that it would work better in WikiProject Portugal. I'm not com pletely sure of what you're asking me to do. Should I contact WikiProject Africa regarding specifically what issue or question? Sorry about my ignorance! The Ogre (talk) 14:11, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, I get it! I didn't realize that the the present form also assessed for WPPT... And I had the trouble of (re)adding the WPPT template to all those pages... Stupid me! The Ogre (talk) 14:42, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
 * But... shouldn't then the exact location of the work group be WikiProject Portugal/Madeira work group? The Ogre (talk) 14:50, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok. I'm mobilizing people at both WP for the discussion then. Thanks! The Ogre (talk) 14:57, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

July newsletter
- 14:59, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

A discussion
A discussion on ''Should WikiProjects get prior approval of other WikiProjects (Descendant or Related or any ) to tag articles that overlaps their scope ? '' is open here. We welcome you to participate and give your valuable opinions. You are receiving this note as you are a member of WikiProject Council --  TinuCherian  (Wanna Talk?) - 12:34, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: Butting in
You're never butting in: your opinion is always more than welcome. I have no fear that BEER will actually be absorbed, but the changes that have been made without our consultation are well-meaning but... well... paternalistic? The fact that TinuCherian put up this big pointy straw man "discussion" that every seems more than will to leave open irks me quite a bit as well. It seems as though he is intentionally goading me with one hand all the while blaming me when I get annoyed. I've always been able to talk my way out of disputes, but this is really challenging my patience. – ClockworkSoul 22:58, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Oh, I know that up until now everything has been very much in good faith, and the technical issues are well in hand and civil discussion is well under way. TinuCherian's essentially poured gasoline on a small fire that was quickly on its way out until he posted that childish, pointy discussion and canvassed a few dozen editors to participate. It wouldn't have been so bad, but it was clearly designed to be a straw-man argument that had no chance of passing. If I didn't know that TinuCherian was such a good person at heart, I would have no choice but to conclude that its purpose was to portray me and my project in a very poor and very public light. – ClockworkSoul 23:21, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Christianity WikiProject Newsletter - July 2008
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Anglican/Catholic
Hi there, something I meant to mention some time ago. I'm not sure that it's particularly useful to describe churches as Anglican, earlier Catholic. Surely, the earlier Catholicism is subsumed in the history of the Anglican church? Just a thought, cheers. Kbthompson (talk) 09:49, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for a very complete explanation. I would wonder how many exceptions there would be to the conversion of the state religion from one head to another. I think you would be right to include such information if (say) it was an Anglican church, formerly United Reformed - but for the big historical changes, it's possibly an over complication, I think the advantage of wiki is they can follow the links. As to whether I'd change it, it was more of a niggle than an outright objection. It remains, technically and factually, correct. Kbthompson (talk) 23:05, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

RFC
I have filed a RFC re: Cleo123. As one of the parties involved in the current dispute, you're invited to participate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Cleo123, cheers Tendancer (talk) 06:32, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

Favour
Hey John, could you do me a favour? User:RGTraynor recommended at one point that I nominate Eastern Nazarene College for GA status but I'd like some input from other editors before I do so. I asked User:Esrever to look it over, too, and they had some very good suggestions (you can find them, in fact, at Talk:Eastern Nazarene College if you're curious). I was wondering, if you, too, could look it over for me, as I find that I respect your opinions as a fellow Wiki editor :). If you'd rather not, or don't have time, that's alright, and it won't hurt my feelings, haha! Aepoutre (talk) 16:01, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Answer to your question on ANI...
That profile is not the one that was removed. The earlier was was much more religious in tone and I think was more of a "if you're not Catholic, you're going to hell" type of thing, but I can't be certain. That time, there were quite a few people who had a problem with his userpage. He also originally had that Freemasonry page and his list on the userpage at either the original date or after the first revision after MfD. That was cleared out, and he put it no a subpage linked off the userpage. When it was MfDed again, he went off-wiki to the format there is now, and I'm pretty sure he even posted a link to it on IMDB of all places. Anyway, what LHvU already summed up is that it's a persistent problem (which is why I'm not going to add this whole thing to the thread, but i did want to answer the question). MSJapan (talk) 17:07, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the clarification. John Carter (talk) 17:10, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, this is utter garbage, this, "if you're not Catholic, you're going to hell," quote. No such thing was even hinted at. That is a lie. This is an anti-Catholic assertion that never happened. My father is Protestant, my grandfather was a freemason! I'd like this guy to show a link to the IMDB. I had trolls following me around. The only persistent problem is the one that MSJapan continues. People don't like me or my opinions so they do their best to trash me as much as they can. Dwain (talk) 18:57, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Dwain, I don't think it's malicious. MSJ has a rather old fashioned view of Catholicism and Catholics and can credit us with views we don't hold.  I think that John recognises that the "all going to hell" stuff was hyperbole.  If you're a practicing, non-schismatic Catholic with even a basic awareness of Catholic teaching - which you obviously are - you would not be claiming that non Catholics automatically go to hell. John can see that from your page.  MSJ doesn't really know much about Catholicism and so makes a few assumptions. JASpencer (talk) 19:21, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, thank you for your words. I hope that others don't believe assertions like this. Dwain (talk) 19:47, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Also note that MSJapan said "I think [it] was more of a "if you're not Catholic, you're going to hell" type of thing, but I can't be certain." I took that as being what he said it was, a statement of what someone being asked a question might say about something he had forgotten the details about, giving a rough estimation of what was contained. I didn't rely on it in the same way I would rely on courtroom testimony, but it did give me an idea as to how that party saw the statement, which in and of itself was to a degree useful. John Carter (talk) 19:51, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

(outdent) I was somewhat mistaken as to the degree of the statements made, but not entirely. So, here's some specific diffs to illustrate what I am talking about:
 * Dec 2006 diff was one that was repeated several times, interspersed with a "Merry Christmas" diff. *this is another one, with a range of statements about Freemasonry being a religion and not Christianity, and more polemics further down the page.
 * Here is one that's more strongly religious in tone.
 * Here is another anti-Islamic inflammatory statement right on top of the page.
 * A Pitchka (Dwain's sock account) userpage diff where "paganism is one step away from Satanism"
 * Pitchka again, but an anti-homosexual comment this time.
 * But this diff shows that mocking Catholics isn't OK on Wikipedia.

Couple this track record of behavior with the vehement position stated on ANI, and maybe you'll see why I've got a problem with what Dwain says and does here. This is a pattern of behavior going back years, and none of it is constructive or conducive to Wikipedia. MSJapan (talk) 21:43, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you for letting me know that I was the subject of discussion. Dwain (talk) 18:46, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

User:Wikidas, whose userpage says that he was adopted by you, along with his buddy User:Ism schism, is going on a tear nominating tons of articles for deletion which do not deserve it. Many of them have a section of references, and yet the nominations read "no references". Their energy would be better spent in improving these articles rather than attempting to remove legitimate content. &mdash; goethean &#2384; 22:31, 12 July 2008 (UTC)


 * John, just an FYI, these deletions that are being referred to have been discussed in the past at, Non notable Hindu ashrams and gurus. Also, goethean has created articles such as Mitsu Hadeishi (Articles for deletion/Mitsu Hadeishi), a easily non notable and unsourced article with no claim to notabiltiy. While there might be an article or two that has actualy notability, I believe that upon review, you will see that my nominations are in good faith and consistant to past practices per the linked discussion above. Please also review, WikiProject Deletion sorting/Hinduism. Thanks John and let me know if you have any thoughts. I am through with my current list of non notables and will continue to post my nominations, in the future, on the Hinduism talk page and continue to link them to various relevant deletion sorting. Thanks again. Ism schism (talk) 22:55, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Ism Schism's words are transparently false in connection with Nisargadatta Maharaj and I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj. &mdash; goethean &#2384; 23:12, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Also, goethean has created articles such as Mitsu Hadeishi (Articles for deletion/Mitsu Hadeishi), a easily non notable and unsourced article with no claim to notabiltiy.
 * It is informative to know that you are specifically targeting articles that I created. &mdash; goethean &#2384; 23:15, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Why talk to me on other people's talk page. You have been doing this today without even once commenting on any problem you had with me on my talk page. Searching for multiple forums for your concerns is natural, but if you ever had any concern with my edits you should bring them to my talk page. That is just good form. Also, I know you put a lot of effort into articles like Articles for deletion/Mitsu Hadeishi, but you are NOT the focus of any conspiracy. As you say, I am not "targeting articles" that you created - only the non notable ones! Thanks. Ism schism (talk) 23:21, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Samuel Johnson
In my haste, I somehow over looked you - could you read this and possibly have a say? :) Ottava Rima (talk) 21:36, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I attempted to expand the lead. Leads are not my best area, so, it probably is awful. Hopefully someone can fix it. Ottava Rima (talk) 16:30, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

C class
Can you double check ChristianityWikiProject, WikiProject Saints, and  WikiProject Bible to figure out which is putting Talk:Amos (prophet) (assessed C for all) into Category:Unassessed-Class Christianity articles? It also lands in Category:C-Class Saints articles, Category:C-Class Bible articles and Category:C-Class Christianity articles, so the answer isn't obvious. Thanks in advance. GRBerry 14:52, 14 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Hmm, given Talk:An Insider's View of Mormon Origins I strongly suspect that at least part of the problem is ChristianityWikiProject. GRBerry 15:00, 14 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Just to lean in a bit here. It appears C-Class is not yet configured into ChristianityWikiProject, therefore it is automatically put into unassessed class I believe. D.M.N. (talk) 15:02, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I just now added it to the Christianity banner, so it should pick up on all the articles in the next few hours. John Carter (talk) 15:17, 14 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks. It has propagated to Talk:An Insider's View of Mormon Origins.  If I see Talk:Amos (prophet) again tomorrow, I'll ping again.  GRBerry 16:33, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Since you solved Christianity, Talk:Amos (prophet) is also showing that C-class isn't working for a pair of Judiasm focused projects. Who is their template wizard? WikiProject Judaism WikiProject Jewish historyGRBerry 19:32, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Don't know if they've taken on C-Class. Let me check and get back with you. John Carter (talk) 19:33, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Sigh. Talk:Anselm of Canterbury reveals that one or more of WikiProject Saints, Anglicanismproject, WPCalvinism/Article Scope, and Project Catholicism is putting C class into Category:Unassessed-Class Christianity articles. This one does not have ChristianityWikiProject, so this isn't merely a propagation issue. GRBerry 19:53, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the delay. That was the Calvinism template, and it's adjusted now. And, of course, in cases like that, it might be possible to combine multiple banners into one, for the purposes of reducing the number of banners. John Carter (talk) 20:20, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, since the recent change to ensure the subproject pages are also in the Christianity project categories, I figure I've got around 3 months of work before I have the category empty again, so I'm not going to be worried about half an hour... GRBerry 20:25, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Old categories
Hi John can you delete the old Lebanese settlement categories I;ve reorganized them neatly. See Category:Candidates for speedy deletion. Thanks  ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 19:52, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ (stumbled into this while clearing CSD, went to Baldy's talkpage to confirm these as valid deletions, although I had no doubt they were:-)  Keeper  |  76  |  what's in a name?  20:51, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Theories about the origin of the Eucharist
Hey John. There's a little bit of an edit war going on at this page, so as a member of the Christianity WikiProject, I was wondering if you could step in and lend a hand. I gave a third opinion on the article, but since then it's devolved into a back-and-forth arguing. Specifically, this edit is being questioned. Myself and another user reverted its addition, but the other editor has twice added it back in. If I'm asking the wrong person, then I apologize, and hopefully you can point me in the right direction. I thought about posting on the project's talk page, but it seems that it's been a little quiet there as of late. Thanks for your help! &mdash;  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 05:29, 10 July 2008 (UTC) :Wow... I forgot how quickly things can move on Wiki. In the last two minutes, the third editor backed off and removed that addition, but things are getting a little heated on there. I guess this was a bit of a waste of your time, but you're certainly more than welcome to take a look and give your opinion. Thanks anyway. &mdash;  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 05:32, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry again! I'm unstriking the original comment because the editor brought it back again. Could you swing by the page and lend a hand when you get a chance? &mdash;  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 13:06, 10 July 2008 (UTC)

John, just wanted to check up with you on this article to see if you could take another glance at some of the recent edits. They seem to be heavily changing the text on the page and potentially pushing POV. &mdash;  Hello Annyong  (say whaaat?!) 03:33, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hey John- Of course I remember you! We founded WikiProject Accessibility together. It's been quiet around there lately, but I'm taking that as a good thing- it means there aren't too many accessibility problems. I was, in fact, just thinking of you because I was going over my delivery list for the Judaism newsletter (Motto: "Now with 200% more Jewishness!" ) and you seem to be in all three WikiProjects! I've been assured by the bot op who delivers the newsletter that you will only receive it once, though, so no worries. Anyway, thanks for your kind words at my Editor Review. I'm working on a project right now that I hope will get me a Good Article, and then I think I'll be ready for RfA. Yay! I look forward to further serving the 'pedia. If you have time, it'd be great if you'd look over this and make sure it's all becoming of an Admin, that would be great. Thanks again! L'Aquatique  [  review  ] 04:38, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

C class
Hi John,

I assessed Masjid al-Haram as a C-class article. But there is some problem with Wikiproject Islam on Talk:Masjid al-Haram. In addition nothing has emerged on Category:C-Class Islam-related articles.-- Seyyed(t-c) 13:03, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I've added C-class to WPReligion, but can't add it to WikiProject Architecture and WikiProject Islam as they are both protected. John will have to deal with the latter two. Thanks, D.M.N. (talk) 13:18, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I have similar problem with WPMILHIST.-- Seyyed(t-c) 13:31, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * The military history project has decided not to use C-class. See Wikipedia_talk:MILHIST.  GRBerry 13:46, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I've added the C-Class to Islam, and it's already included in the Architecture template as well. The question that comes to mind is whether we want to add the "B" class rubric, like is done with Template:WPMILHIST to the banner or not. Please advise. John Carter (talk) 19:40, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Simple English Wikipedia-related religious content
Hello John Carter, thanks a lot for helping. I have created Religion-related worklist (which I have also advertised on Simple English Wikipedia); I propose to use it as a forum of exchange. At the moment it contains mostly Christianity (early movements, before the Council of Chalcedon), and Islam (almost everything) items. --Eptalon (talk) 20:17, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * As to your proposal: Yes it would also be an idea to ask the different religion-related wikiproject to see that what they consider the top-priority articles exist on Simple English (in a form they are happy with). We don't keep people from editing; we badly need editors. :) --Eptalon (talk) 20:41, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Adopting NYScholar
Hey there - if I am willing to adopt the blocked editor NYScholar, will you unblock him (as per your statement in the ANI discussion)? Thanks. Ecoleetage (talk) 21:00, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * The statement was actually when NYScholar accepted adoption, which is slightly but meaningfully different. Having said that, I can't see any real reservations about doing so. John Carter (talk) 21:11, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Excellent. Consider him adopted.  Please lift his block ASAP, as he has met your requirements.  Thanks! Ecoleetage (talk) 21:19, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * PS He accepted (see his talk page). I will put the "Adopted" user box on his page now. Ecoleetage (talk) 21:20, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Unblocking NYScholar
I have adopted NYScholar -- he has officially accepted and the adoption userbox is on his Talk Page. Please unblock him with all due speed. Thank you. Ecoleetage (talk) 21:32, 15 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Thank you. However, it appears that NYScholar's IP is still blocked.  Can you fix that? Ecoleetage (talk) 23:00, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * PS You may also wish to update the Block Log - there is no official record of NYScholar being unblocked (please check his talk page to see the problem he is having in getting back online). Ecoleetage (talk) 23:03, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Oopsies. Try again. It should work now. Somehow, it looks like the first time I was trying to unblock, I hit the wrong button. But he should now be unblocked. Very sorry for the delay, despite apparent frivolity. John Carter (talk) 23:05, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

I let NYScholar know that you took care of it. Thanks. Ecoleetage (talk) 23:07, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Introduction of C class
There are some other wikiproject templates which should be revised such as philosophy-- Seyyed(t-c) 07:09, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Apparently you're one of the few guys who pay attention to assessment of the wikiproject Islam articles. Thus I invite you to join to WikiProject_Islam/Assessment. Thanks a lot.-- Seyyed(t-c) 07:15, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Christianity-related
Hello; I have given a few candidates on my talk page on SimpleWP. As to the translation you propose, I am fine with that. --Eptalon (talk) 19:19, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

WP merger
A few months ago you suggested merging WP Eastern Orthodoxy and WP Serbian Orthodox Church. Its been quite a while and only I have responded, but I feel this is a great idea. And it just goes to show how inactive both of the projects actually are. Overall, its the same religion. Grk1011 (talk) 22:05, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

WP 1.0 Assessment Categories creation with bot
Administrators%27_noticeboard and Bots/Requests for approval/TinucherianBot 4. FYI --  Tinu  Cherian  - 05:03, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

Invitation
Hi, Sir. I already replied, in some of the pertinent pages. It was the suggestion of my parent D. Terrier, and it is a welcome development.Requests for comment/Florentino floro. May I please invite you to join the settlement discussion, towards Wikipedia's better expansion, if you have time. Max had invited some Filipino editors, too. (maxsch created an RFC for myself User:Florentino floro - Requests for comment/Florentino floro I would appreciate it if you would take a look. Max created this upon message to my adopting parent User:Diligent Terrier here vis-a-vis the pending User:Diligent Terrier/Florentino floro and Maxschmelling (created on 18:38, 18 May 2008 by Diligent Terrier) Thanks). Regards. --Florentino floro (talk) 04:49, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
 * The RFC was deleted: "contribs) deleted 'Requests for comment/Florentino floro' ‎ (two people have not certified basis for dispute within 48 hours)." --Efe (talk) 07:45, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Food and drink Herbs and Spices task force
Still interested, or shall I remove your name from the list of active participants? --Jeremy ( Blah blah... ) 08:51, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Request for clarification
Requests for comment/Florentino floro was deleted on "00:32, 20 July 2008 by Wizardman (Talk | contribs)-("Requests for comment/Florentino floro" ‎ (two people have not certified basis for dispute within 48 hours).
 * I respectfully quote the rules: "In order to remain listed at Requests for comment/User conduct, at least two people need to show that they tried to resolve a dispute with this user and have failed. This must involve the same dispute with a single user, not different disputes or multiple users. The persons complaining must provide evidence of their efforts, and each of them must certify it by signing this page with &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126; . If this does not happen within 48 hours of the creation of this dispute page (which was: 21:29, 17 July 2008 (UTC)), the page will be deleted. The current date and time is:, 29 July 2024 (UTC)."
 * The page, after having been deleted by the administrator was restored, with only ONE certification and endorsement:"Users certifying the basis for this disputeUsers who tried and failed to resolve the dispute.:#TheCoffee (talk) 08:35, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
 * My question, please: Are not, 2 endorsers required, lest fatal deletion results? Since, after 48 hours, now, more than, per math computation, if I am not mistaken, no 2nd required certification was posted. So, must the Requests for comment/Florentino floro remain or be deleted. Respectfully submitted, awaiting your kind comment. Thanks.--Florentino floro (talk) 10:52, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Western Asia request
John Carter, I hope it is not too much trouble, but I was wondering if you could add a C-Class rating to WikiProject Western Asia. I attempted to do it myself but it did not work. There is an article that has a c-class rating, but the "C" shows up as "???" since the template does not contain the correct data to recognize the new C-Class. Thanks for your help! Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 04:56, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Image source problem with Image:Anthony_baldinucci.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Anthony_baldinucci.jpg. I noticed that the file's description page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you did not create this file yourself, you will need to specify the owner of the copyright. If you obtained it from a website, then a link to the website from which it was taken, together with a restatement of that website's terms of use of its content, is usually sufficient information. However, if the copyright holder is different from the website's publisher, their copyright should also be acknowledged.

As well as adding the source, please add a proper copyright licensing tag if the file doesn't have one already. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the GFDL-self tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media meets the criteria at Non-free content, use a tag such as or one of the other tags listed at Image copyright tags. See Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have specified their source and tagged them, too. You can find a list of files you have uploaded by following this link. Unsourced and untagged images may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If the image is copyrighted under a non-free license (per Fair use) then the image will be deleted 48 hours after 11:17, 21 July 2008 (UTC). If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. OsamaK 11:17, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Origin of the Eucharist
Please visit Talk:Origin of the Eucharist, where Eschoir quotes you as supporting a controversial edit of his. Soidi (talk) 18:50, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
 * In view of this and a couple of earlier edits, maybe there is reason for you to visit the page again. Soidi (talk) 18:49, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

A joke?
This may well have been intended as a joke, but I think it is in astonishingly poor taste. DuncanHill (talk) 12:14, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
 * You are entitled to your opinions. John Carter (talk) 19:03, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Wikiproject history
Have you seen these edits? -- did I miss the discussion? :-)Doug Weller (talk) 18:17, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Wheel war
John, by unblocking a blocked user, without even consulting with me, you violated WP:WHEEL, specifically, "An administrator undoes another administrator's actions without consultation."  ThuranX was blocked for good reason, not for just one comment, but for a series of uncivil comments. Just over the last 8 hours:
 * "fucking stupid"
 * "bullshit"
 * "sappy emotional crud"
 * "go to hell", "drop off the earth"
 * "tough shit"
 * "stupidity"

I was in the process of collating diffs to post a more detailed note to his talkpage, but you unblocked within minutes, without even a courtesy note to my talkpage. This was extremely bad form. --Elonka 23:57, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your apology, and no, I am not asking you to resign, especially as this is new territory for you as an administrator. However, please be aware that you should never undo another admin's action, without at least posting a note to their talkpage and asking their opinion about things.  If you think that the action taken was wrong, you should at least explain your reasoning, and give the imposing administrator the opportunity to either reverse their own action, or to counter with their own thoughts.  Think about how you would feel, if you protected a page or blocked a user, and another administrator reverted you within minutes?  Aside from being impolite, it sends a bad signal to the rest of the community, it encourages disruptive users to play admins off against each other, and it makes the chaos of Wikipedia even more, well, chaotic.  :)  Also, I do have to ask, how did you even hear about the block in the first place?  Especially since you're not usually reviewing the unblock queue? --Elonka 00:22, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Caymans
Thank you for weighing in on the Caymans business; you were also helpful to this contributor months ago, back when I was a 'logged-in' editor with a user name. Keep up the good work, 99.11.4.201 (talk) 01:09, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

WP Argentine template
Hi John how are you these days. Can you figure out why the category are wrongly being placed in Category:Cities, towns and villages in La Pampa Province etc. Ther eis cleaely a stray category in the Argentine template which wrongly puts categories in articles  ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦       $1,000,000? 21:50, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Proposal for standard infobox for History of [country] templates
Hi there! You're a member of WikiProject History, so I'm just informing you about a proposal I've made about standardizing History of [country] templates (like Template:History of France). The discussion is located at the talk page for WikiProject History—your comments and criticism are welcome. Thank you. Mr. Absurd (talk) 05:08, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject History
I put you down as a coordinator for the Wikipedia:WikiProject History. remove it if you don't wanna do that ... J. D. Redding 20:29, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

WikiProject Western Asia request - late reply
Sorry for my late reply, John. The only article that I know of which is tagged as C-Class is Constitution of the United Arab Emirates. There may be more, but this is the only one that I have changed to C-Class, but it does not show up on the project tag. Leitmanp (talk | contributions) 21:17, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Learned Hand peer review
user:Slp1 and I have put Learned Hand up for peer review, prior to a submission for FAC. I know you were one of the editors who came up with the idea of bringing this article to FA as a tribute to Newyorkbrad, and so I hope you'll be pleased we've come this far. We'd very much welcome a peer review from you to help us iron out any problems before going to FAC in the near future (bites nails). All the best. qp10qp (talk) 14:23, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Book of Concord
Any chance you could protect it again? That vandal guy is back again. Thanks!! --Npnunda (talk) 03:39, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Use of Addbot
Hi there! I noticed you're an editor for the WikiProject Christianity, and am wondering if you could give me advice on the use of AddBot (since it sends your newsletters). I'm thinking of using AddBot to start a newsletter for this WikiProject, but the bot's userpage does not have instructions on how to get it to send newsletters. If possible could you tell me how does is done? (Any other tips on creating / sending newsletters would be great too... thanks! - Samuel  Tan  15:22, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Eucharist sandbox
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Eschoir/Sandbox As you suggested Eschoir (talk) 05:17, 31 July 2008 (UTC)