Hello, welcome to my talk page. Please try to keep it relatively organized by posting new topics on the bottom of the page, making relevant headings about your topic and using subheadings, not new headings, for replies. I will almost always reply on this page to messages. I reserve the right to make minor changes of formatting (headings, bolding, etc.) but not content in order to preserve the readablilty of this page. I also reserve the right to delete rude and/or insulting comments, trolling, comments from anonymous IPs, and comments from people with a history of insults and incivility. Also, I'm much more informal than this disclaimer implies. Thank you. Rock on.
It says clearly "The following schools are under watch for continuous organic growth and improvement". It's up to Grider what kind of article to accept there, and frankly Vfding an article and then listing it there with the tag "Must be saved!" is blantant trollery which you should not be supporting. Kappa 19:12, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
The anonymous anti-Liefeld user who was vandalizing the talk page has started inserting POV comments into the article and otherwise messing up sections of the article against the consensus discussions (which he mostly heckled rather than contributing to). (I assume it's the same guy; he won't log in or sign his posts, but the style doesn't change.) His comments make clear he either doesn't care about NPOV, to whatever little extent he understands it. Following the discussions while the page was protected, I've tried to tone down the POV overtones (mostly removing implications that I actually agree with). Any suggestions, before this goes to hell again? N. Caligon 20:02, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up. Copperchair 22:36, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
I'll do it, then. Copperchair 23:36, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi,
I wonder if you would know where I can find a specific comic. I can't remember where I found it and I lost it now. There's this superhero or something who thinks "with a little grease I can fit an entire pig in this drawer" while his girlfriend thinks "..he is so FOCUSED". Something like that. I'm asking because if it's copyright-free we could have an article or something about it I want to place it on my user page, it's almost as funny as the one you have. I also wonder if you could find an Ellen Feiss picture and place it on that article (I found your user page through history of that page). Because I'm not sure I can find a copyright-free one, seems you know these matters. Pretty weird requests, eh? :) Thanks in advance. Tkalayci 01:36, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
Image deletion warning | Image:Aftermathrollingstones.jpeg has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. If you feel that this image should not be deleted, please go there to voice your opinion. |
It's unused, and there's a used, higher-quality version at Image:Aftermath.rollingstones.usalbum.cover.jpg --Mairi 06:43, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
I am currently in discussions with Ozemail regarding persistent vandalism that has been occuring from the following IP addresses in their network:
I need assistance with all the specific items of vandalism. I have setup a page to gather this evidence at User:Ta bu shi da yu/Ozemail.
I need your help! Please use the format:
We'll see just how good their service is at responding to this sort of thing - we should be supporting any company that assists us. Therefore, I'm hoping that the Wikipedia spirit of cooperation and immense amount of volunteers will help with tracking down vandal edits.
If Ozemail gives a good response, we can use them as an example of a good ISP, and maybe even shame AOL into assisting us (we get lots of vandalism from them).
Ta bu shi da yu 01:51, 8 August 2005 (UTC)
I am not vandalizing, I am adding content to Wikipedia. You should not allow moderators to abuse their powers. Moderators are violating the very concept of the Wiki Project, that being "open-source." Wikipedia is no longer open-source because moderators have taken it upon themselves to control articles as they see fit. Articles are no longer a collaboration of minds, they are the work of single moderators who refuse to accept facts. Dozens of people are turning away from Wikipedia every day because moderators are reverting any work they contribute. Moderators are supressing education and free-thinking by refusing to allow any new additions that do not comply with their own opinions. Specifically, moderators of Nazi-related articles are the worst, banning anyone who tries to add content. Ironically, they are acting like the very people they claim to despise. As such, I have lost complete faith in the Wiki Project, and I will never again use Wikipedia. Nor will I recommend it to anyone else, as I had done on a daily basis in the past.
Thank you for your fast response to the ridiculous vandalism on Beyond Good and Evil and its related entries. --Nandesuka 21:09, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
Do you think some kind of dispute resolution is needed? Kushboy 22:34, August 10, 2005 (UTC)
Hi, Gamaliel -- TDC is over at Stolen Honor, removing what he calls "irrelevant" information about Sherwood (i.e. Frontline showing that what he called an "independent investigation" wasn't.) I'm already at my limit of reverts. You might want to stop by and take a look at what TDC thinks is less "POV". -- Antaeus Feldspar 23:08, 11 August 2005 (UTC)
what's wrong with this version? Many, many things. Please read Wikipedia:Manual of Style (disambiguation pages). -- jiyTalk 00:46, August 14, 2005 (UTC)
"the killers" hemingway
yields 20,000 results whereas "the killers" band
yields over 600,000 results. It is reasonable to assume that most people who type "The Killers" into the search box are looking for the band—therefore, The Killers (band) should be the first entry.The Killers (short story), by Ernest Hemingway
avoids redundancies and is consistent with article naming guidelines.I have changed the article to reflect the above reasons, please discuss before changing it back. —jiy (talk) 12:57, August 28, 2005 (UTC)
We can agree on the last point, a direct link is better. I simply was not paying attention in that particular case that there were two different links.
I agree that entires should be brief, and I feel that the entries in my version were sufficently brief while still providing useful information. This isn't vanity or infocruft or whatever, I feel that a disambig page should be more helpful than a blank list of links. For example, I feel very strongly that the actors should remain listed because many people search for movies only knowing the names of the actors involved and not the director or anything else. A useful disambig page should prevent pointless clicking and searching.
Wikilinks should be limited, yes, but the MoS also provides several examples of disambig pages with links. But we can agree to dispense with the 1927 link.
I also don't agree that the band should go first. This is an encyclopedia, not a popularity contest, and while I like the band and enjoy their album, I think that the story, one of Hemmingway's most famous and important, has a clearly established encyclopedic importance whereas the band has not at this point in their career. Gamaliel 21:57, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
I know I left a obscene comment on your talk page. You deserved it, for all of the POV pushing you do. Ruy's comment wasn't nasty, and you know it. You abuse your powers I hope you feel like a bigger person now. You push your POV, you harass other users who do not agree with it, and you regularly insult others so you can push your partisan hippy crap. Good day. 67.18.109.218 13:47, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
It can be substantiated. I really don't care to file an RFC. I can't wait for this latest one your buddy is talking about though. In fact, once the RFC is posted, make sure everyone in the article knows, so we can all comment. Who's the sockpuppets this time? You? 67.18.109.218 16:39, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
On Monday I will be filing an RFC on this user for lying on edit summaries and personal attacks. Stirling Newberry 15:28, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
No need on telling me about the deletion of three of them. I only added two! Thanks Scotty
According to the image pages, you uploaded all three images. Gamaliel 19:31, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
I did? Ok then, I guess I did, my error..No big deal...
Anyway I'd be more concerned about crap like this I found this morning See history (cur) (last) 2005-08-15 23:48:17 Scottfisher (restored damage from 211.26.123.16) I know I didn't do this one...Am I right?
Sorry so big... Thanks for your time Caio~ Scotty
If you place a colon in front of the I in image, then it will just show a link to the image instead of the image itself, as I've done with the image you posted above.
It appears that the image is in fact copyrighted, but apparently the copyright holder allows this image to be used for certain purposes. For more information, you can ask the person who uploaded the image, User:Iain.mcclatchie. If you believe we are not in fact allowed to use this image, you can list it yourself at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images. Gamaliel 03:10, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
Dear Gamaliel, greetings from India. I tried to find your e-mail but couldn't... I wanted to inform you that I just added some info. and images to Secret Agent X-9. I don't know much about this user talk function, how can we send Mails to each other? --Cyril Thomas 15:23, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
You may not be aware, there has been discussion over the past two weeks to de-politicize disputes on the main article Venona project. The new spinoff, Significance of Venona, has survived VfD and a group of editors are wishing to carry the historical & political interpretations over to that article. The Venona project page is rightfully of interest to the pure cryptograpers, who have no interest in extended disputes regarding historical and political interpretations of material. A concensus was achieved prior to Mr. Cberlet returning from hiatus, so the dispute tag was left up at least til he got back. As of today, he is actively involved again, and we are allowing him a few days to catch up on what has all transpired in his absence. In otherwords, there is not supposed to be an edit war on the Venona project, as that is moreless declared neutral ground. Your comments are welcome. Thank you. nobs 02:33, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
I've just got a message from Gamaliel, telling me that I have vandalised Wikipedia, and I will be banned pernamently if I do it again! There has been some kind of mistake! I think the problem is that I (and the vandaliser) are both going through Internode, my ISP. Please, I read the wiki all the time, but have never changed anything before! Please, fix this mistake! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.26.206.130 (talk • contribs)
Thanks for blocking User:Xizer for vandalism on my page. Vandalism makes me feel more like part of the WikiCommunity at times. D. J. Bracey (talk)
14:12, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
You wrote, "I've protected this page since it contains evidence in an ongoing Arbcom dispute. Gamaliel 18:10, 18 August 2005 (UTC)"
Nothing but argument _ad hominem_ personal attack/poisoning the well was ever deleted from the page. How does such nonsense qualify as 'evidence'? You delete nonsense from your user page, don't you?--67.182.157.6 19:00, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
Why single out and threaten BATMAN-DA-NA-DA-NA for the same action as the anon user on WSI and VVAW? TDC 19:10, August 18, 2005 (UTC)
Can you guys please take this argument elsewhere? Gamaliel 07:48, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
User: Gamaliel - I see where you participated in the matter concerning Abraham Lincoln's sexuality that was discussed and voted upon on Talk:Abraham Lincoln. There has been a lengthy and exhausting discussion surrounding this exact same issue at Talk:Elvis Presley and the archived Talk pages as well. Because this has the potential to create a new standard for what is acceptable sources, I thought that you might want to be aware of it.
If the policy consensus you and others arrived at on the Abraham Lincoln issue is set aside in the Presley article it will result in new ones for countless others. I think your group discussion that arrived at a determination of what constituted a proper source should be defined by the Wikipedia community and set as firm policy which would go a long way in helping to substantially reduce the tiresome and repeated edit wars. Thank you for your interest. Please note I have left the same message for others who worked on this matter. Ted Wilkes 20:03, August 18, 2005 (UTC)
Pisharodi has a GNU license on the bottom. I wasn't sure what Wikipedia's stance was on that. It doesn't seem like it belongs on the actual article, if anywhere. So, I'm handing it over to you, so I can learn. Kushboy 21:22, August 18, 2005 (UTC)
Can you pls help out with the current vandalism on our favorite MSNBC's contributor's page?
Thanks, --JPotter 18:43, August 19, 2005 (UTC)
can you explain why you reverted me here?--MONGO 02:47, August 20, 2005 (UTC)
I just looked at that old RfAr. I don't see any difference. Robert McClenon 08:00, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi I mailed you during the week but perhaps you didnt get it. You reverted my very minor changes to the Oswald page . How can you prove the picture was taken on any specific date? If Oswald shot the General why did they leave him free to shoot the president? I still have to put to you that reams of copy on the life of this man cant be written from an NPOV. Your revision isnt neutral because youve deleted my point that the picture was tested by 2 police forces outside the US and they concluded it was fake - FACT. To underline my point about neutrality I suggest the title of the newspaper the man in the pic is holding is not legible. You might disagree and I could answer that Ive seen numerous conflicting claims of what it (the newspaper title)is . But always the question remains why is it relevant what newspaper the man is holding ? unsigned comment by Hengistmcstone (talk · contribs)
1) Marina Oswald took the picture and presumably testified to its date and authenticity. I have never heard of a "police force" concluding the picture was fake.
2) It was not learned that Oswald attempted to assassinate General Walker until after he killed Kennedy.
3) I don't know if it's particularly "relevant" to anything the name of the newspaper, but it is interesting and there's no reason not to include that fact. Gamaliel 17:32, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
Hi, Thanks for your reply and Ill try to remember to sign this one :-) Well Ive done some homework and Ill have to give you the dates and photographer as Marina, but there was also testimony suggesting the pictures were faked . Also it turns out individual professional investigators concluded fakery, rather than police forces, most notably Robert Groden of the House Select Committee on Assassinations. The phrase “Since Oswalds death” is going to have to go. Its misleading because the photos were never published until some months after his death , but its also untrue because the picture was shown to Oswald in custody and he claimed it was made by somebody superimposing his face onto someone elses body (Marrs Crossfrire p451). So those questions arose earlier than the article currently suggests- even if they were suppressed by Oswalds murder.
Your point 2 raises more questions than it answers. Any connections between Oswald and the Walker shooting were drawn after the Kennedy slaying so the chain of evidence is least to say suspect. This casts doubt on the provenance of the article as a whole.Oswalds place in history is as the assassin of Kennedy, not Walker or Tippit. Inclusion of the Walker episode and other superfluous information raises the question are those events being used to support a biased case for the character of this enigmatic figure ?
It is interesting what the newspaper might be, I cant see any writing on it myself but Ive found references citing it as the Daily Worker, or the Militant and Im sure I have a reference to it somewhere as a gun catalog.
Regards Hengistmcstone (talk · contribs)
Oswald's attempt to kill Walker and his murder of Tippit are hardly "superfluous" to his biography.
HTML tags are largely unnecessary in Wikipedia and just skipping a space will do the job of a /p/ tag. Also, the most commonly used form of signing here is with four tildes (~), which will also provide a date, like so. Gamaliel 14:10, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
I will wait until this evening (Eastern Time) to see whether the anonymous editor can put together an RfC that has any real content before I respond to it. I would suggest that you do the same. Robert McClenon 15:32, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
This is not the place for personal disputes. I'm making an effort to tone down the rhetoric and allow real editing to take place rather than continuous personal attacks. I will be archiving all discussions of RfC's to personal pages and consolidating links to them at the bottom. - Sleepnomore 22:01, August 21, 2005 (UTC)
My comment(a joke obviously) was deleted recently with the personal attacks for whatever reason:
Gamaliel, I'm shocked at your violation of the rules. I've confirmed with the cabal's High Council that, for publicly criticizing a Kennedy, you've been docked 10% of your pay for this week. As you know, the penalty for a second violation in the same week is that you will be tied to a chair and forced to listen to Rush Limbaugh for an hour, so watch yourself. JamesMLane 20:54, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
As an administrator, why do you continue personal attacks and ridicule on the Kennedy talk pages? The chicken comments was uncalled for (although admittedly somewhat humorous). While it does serve a comedic purpose, it obviously is just going to produce more of the same chatter we continue to see on the page. - Sleepnomore 16:49, August 22, 2005 (UTC)
Hi, have you considered making this one of the test templates, or listing it on their talk pages? I didn't want to Tfd it, as it seems like a useful addition to the lot of them ((test)), ((test2)), etc.. Thanks. ∞Who?¿? 08:28, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
File:Medieval08.gif
I hereby award you the Defender of the WikiBarnstar for your dedication in preventing vandalism. D. J. Bracey (talk) 22:15, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
Take care, D. J. Bracey (talk) 22:15, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
Because he wrote it. In attempting to complete the various nuttall encyclopaedia pages project, I have used the principle that if a work by an author is listed on their page (and Fudge Family _is_ listed on Thomas Moore's page) then it's fair game to redirect the title of the work to the author. Otherwise, I make a stub that links TO the author. See Wikipedia:Nuttall Encyclopedia topics for more info on that project. Rick Boatright 00:26, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
Gamaliel, you have been reported again for a 3RR violation. This violation occured at the Rosemary Kennedy page. Your assumption that my wife Susanrd is a sock puppet is without basis. She has every right as a user to post her opinion.24.147.97.230 20:10, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
The multiple-personality IP is back. Wife, child, family dog; don't know what it' supposed to be today. --Calton | Talk 00:29, August 25, 2005 (UTC)
Hi Gamaliel. I missed all of you. I'm not understanding what's going on with the Joe Scarbourough page, namely the Vanity Fair article - I can't find any source for it. I find the "Never again" comments but not an actual cite of this article anywhere. Point me to the right direction. Ray Lopez 16:32, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
Just wanted to say thanks for adding the info about Vincent and Sears making fine art available to the public and the link to the article about it. I live in Denver and when I read about this project beginning here in town in the biography of Vincent written by his daughter, Victoria, I went down to the library and dug into the microfilm of Denver's newspapers to find some interesting articles about the start of this sales campaign. That Sears building stayed basically the same until about 3 years ago when it went through a major remodel as part of the Cherry Creek shopping area renovation.MarnetteD | Talk 22:15, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
Gamaliel, FYI Wikipedia_talk:Blocking_policy#Placing_users_in_danger SlimVirgin (talk) 02:27, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
Hi Gamaliel,
When you refactored the Launie Anderson VfD, you moved the valid votes by Blackcap and Farquard to the "invalid" section. It turns out that this does not influence the vote, but please be more careful next time. -- Eugene van der Pijll 10:30, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
Though the troublesome troll Ray Lopez has been blocked, it appears that he has resurfaced as User:Calton Sr. See my Talk page and Joe Scarborough for his latest annoyances. --Calton | Talk 21:09, August 28, 2005 (UTC)
your tweak on Ted's failings was terrifically done. Wiki pat yourself. BTW have you monitored Category:Puerto Rican people lately? Up to 9 articles already!Kyle Andrew Brown 20:20, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
You voted previously to keep the article Rogers Cadenhead. You may have changed your mind now that the author has admitted to writing the article himself “as an experiment.” He himself says, “I am somewhat eager to see this vote end with my deletion.”
Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Log/2005_August_29#Rogers_Cadenhead
--Quasipalm 17:08, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
From PlinioDesignori@NewRuskinCollege.com
Edit page: Michael Weiner aka Savage
Under section: “Radio” factual errors. Note: There was no Liberal Talk Host on KSFO in 1994.
Note: Weiner started at KGO prior to move to KSFO. Weiner himself acknowledges this as he just celebrated 10th year on radio.
Under section: MSNBC
Note: Prior post defames caller to MSNBC show saying he “posed” as a homosexual, etc.
Note: Article has no contrary information or links. As additions show the article appears to be entirely written by subject himself.
For some reason, a vandal on my user page seems to want to attribute his/her change to you: [3]. Maybe someone you know; who knows. Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters 05:15, 2005 September 3 (UTC)
Next impersonator: 80.58.14.42 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log). · Naive cynic · 16:58, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
Hello, Ive done a lot of work to write a piece on the backyard photos of Lee Harvey Oswald, you keep reverting it back to the ill informed nonsense there was before and the only explanation I have from you is "(vulgar comments removed)". I dont find that a very convincing argument so Im reverting it back. Please grow up. Hengistmcstone 22:43, 4 September 2005 (UTC)hengistmcstone
Oh dear, and Special:Contributions/63.239.116.254 now ... TheVenerableBede 14:29, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
Gamaliel, I transcluded your permablock to Wikipedia:Account suspensions/JS Jr. Uncle Ed 15:19, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
Gamaliel,
Greetings! Just posting here to say that I would like to discuss the Saviano incident's relevence to the Charlie Daniels article more fully and in-depth over there on its discussion page. Also, if we cannot come to a consensus, how would we go about some sort of moderation for a final decision? I have a bad tendency to get lost in the Wikipedia when I'm trying to find something like that. What can I say? Shiny things catch my eye. *chuckles*
Looking forward to discussing/debating with you.
--Kell 20:45, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
--Kell 03:16, September 8, 2005 (UTC)
DEAR G: I DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO REACH YOU EXCEPT HERE. THIS IS JUDYTH VARY BAKER. YOU ASKED FOR THE URL OF THE ARTICLE THAT CONSTITUTED THE PAGE LIFTED FROM A SITE HOSTILE TO ME AND MY TESTIMONY CONCERNING LEE HARVEY OSWALD. HERE IS THE URL:
http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/judyth.htm
YOULL SEE THAT THE ARTICLE WAS LIFTED DIRECTLY FROM THIS HOSTILE SITE. WIM DANKBAAR AT DANK@XS4ALL.NL HAS INFORMATION THAT IS ACCURATE. SO DOES HOWPL@AOL.COM AND MSHACK@CONCENTRIC.NET. THERE IS A NEUTRAL ARTICLE, LAST TIME I LOOKED, AT EDUCATION FORUM, SPARTACUS. I REJECT INTERVIEWS, FORGIV EME, BUT THEY OFTEN GET DISTORTED. THE THREE INDIVIDUALS ABOVE WILL GIVE YOU UNDIOSTORTED INFORMATION. MCADAMS RUNS AN EXTENSIVE SITE DEDICATED TO PROVING THE GOVERNMENT'S OFFICIAL POSITION CONCERNING OSWALD. THERE ARE MANY ERRORS AND PROBLEMS IN HIS SEEMINGLY ERUDITE WEBSITE. MCADAMS USES MY COPYRIGHTED PHOTO WITHOUT MY PERMISSI9ON AND ALSO MISQUOTES ME AND OTHERS. HE REFUSES TO UPDATE MATERIALS EVEN WHEN PROVEN INACCURATE. IT'S A SHAME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP IN MAKING THE CORRECT INFORMATION AVAILABLE. THOUGH REPRESSED IN THE U.S., RECENTLY THE DOCUIMENTARY BY NIGEL TURNER, "THE LOVE AFFAIR"WAS SHOWN ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL IN GREAT BRITAIN. A DVD CONTAINING INTERVIEWS OF ME AND OF SEVERAL SUPPORTING LIVING WITNESSES IS AVAILABLE THROUGH MR. DANKBAAR. I DO NOT AUTHORIZE MR. DANKBAAR'S INTERVIEWS, AS I HAVE NOT SEEN HIS EDITED VERSION, BUT I DID GIVE HIM A GREAT DEAL OF ACCURATE INFORMATION THAT I KNOW IS CONTAINED ON DVDS HE HAS PRODUCED AND WHICH ARE AVAILABLE. I DERIVE NO MONEY FROM THE SALE OF HIS DVDS.
SINCERELY, JUDYTH VARY BAKER
I have compared the two articles. There are a few passages in the Wikipedia which appear uncomfortably close to the article here, but it does not appear to be a direct copy as you claim and thus I don't see a copyright violation. You or anyone else are welcome to list the article at Wikipedia:Copyright problems if you disagree. Gamaliel 17:18, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
I think that is the best comprimise we can hope for. That should work, assuming TDC, Agiantman, and 24 are reasonable people.Voice of All(MTG) 21:28, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
Hello, I see you have encountered the wrath of Johncarvill on the Jack Ruby article]]. It looks like he is now ediing under User:Neilmc (account created today, pushing the same points, and editing the same articles, or at leat, in your case, the same ballpark). Just so you know, we're having similar problems with him over the Annie Hall article. There's an interesting exchange on my talk page too. The JPS 20:22, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
Check the history on the bottom. User 70.185.250.195 wrote "(fuck you commies)" as the edit comment. Any way to change that? Kushboy 04:55, September 9, 2005 (UTC)
Brother, without profanity, the earth would be a cold and barren place. why dont you go scrub out all the freakish marxists who are trying to change articles so that mass murder is rewritten as noble patriotism? this offends the rational being far more than curse words.
although i must admit i was overboard to write that comment and sincerely apologize to all commies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.185.250.195 (talk • contribs)
Escuse me, why are you reverting me with no explanation? Stirling admitted that Ruy_Lopez is his sockpuppett. I am within the norms of wikipedia to put that warning on his page. So why are you reverting my warning? 67.18.109.218 22:36, 11 September 2005 (UTC)
It appears that you have really set off one particularly vile troll. Do you have any particular guess as to which one it was, or whether they are really all sockpuppets of each other? Robert McClenon 21:41, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
Hi Gamaliel, I see you had some unpleasant edit summaries directed at you. In case it's helpful, I had some too on my user and talk page [4]
[5] though perhaps not from the same person as yours, but I thought I'd let you know anyway in case they're connected. I felt mine was probably done by the Feces troll, who used a number of accounts, but started with User:Eyeon. I'm only guessing there's a link because some of the vandalism on my page was an image of a human turd, and Eyeon got mad at me for protecting Feces to stop him from inserting that same image; and also because the vandalism on my page started not long after I stopped the same user from trolling on Diarrhea. The things we get involved in for Wikipedia. Anyway, I'm sorry you were the target of it. It's not a very nice feeling. SlimVirgin (talk) 05:21, September 13, 2005 (UTC)
This may not satisfy all of your needs, but if you don't show some support, we're not likely to get even this much. — Xiong熊talk* 10:46, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
Do it again, and I will file a complaint.--198.93.113.49 20:44, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
Hi I noticed u gave this guy a warning previously and there are several others on his User Talk page, he is back vandalizing the Nazi architecture page, would you please block his account. WritersCramp 22:39, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
I am asking past editors of the Karl Rove page to weigh in on a survey. If you can spare a couple of minutes, please visit this page: Talk:Karl Rove/September Survey, read the introduction, and answer the three questions that have been posed. Thank you. paul klenk 09:17, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for supporting my RfA. I'll work hard to try to live up to the confidence you're showing in me. Nandesuka 01:03, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
John Byrne talk page. You rock. :-)
Yes, rigorous fact checking is all I'm after. It would be so much nicer if Byrne would co-operate by telling me what was wrong with the old version other than basically saying "It's all crap" -- but fine, that's his right. No one is obligated to help us. So, we do it ourselves. If I can find the time, I'm going to personally pitch in on this project. --Jimbo Wales 01:25, 17 September 2005 (UTC)
Hi Gamaliel, I've left a comment on the talk page of the WikiProject Comics Collaboration of the Fortnight (COMICSCOTF) regarding the nomination of John Byrne. Would be interested in your thoughts (on that page, of course). Great work on the Byrne article, BTW. Cheers! Vizjim 22:16, 20 September 2005 (UTC)
I'm trying to analyze User:BigDaddy777's behavior in context, based on the RfC. This is very hard, because the RfC quotes him out of context; I can't fairly analyze a quote that way. Working through the threads to do post mortems is extremely time consuming.
Would you please send me one or two links to a discussion of some length, representing BDs worst behavior? It should include more than just one or two isolated remarks.
Please leave it at my talk page under User talk:Paul Klenk#BG777 Worst-Of Threads, trying not duplicate a thread submitted someone else. I will continue to sort through the RfC, but one or two links would be a great help. Thanks.
paul klenk talk 07:43, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for your vote of support in my RfA. Though sometimes one must be cruel to be kind, I like to think I fall slightly short of cruel...but then again, if the situation warrants it, well, that might describe me on occasion. -R. fiend 18:40, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
Since you endorsed the original RfC [6], I thought you might be interested to know that since the dispute resolution process has stalled due to BigDaddy's refusal to respond to this RfC, some are now questioning whether an RfAr should be filed.[7] Your comments on this new issue would be appreciated. 69.121.133.154 05:05, 27 September 2005 (UTC)
Hey I was just wondering if you can help me out with something because there is another user that has the same IPP address as me. This has created several problems with me being blocked due to that persons innapproriate edits. I was wondering if you could help me because I do not understand why he has the same IPP Address as me and if its possible to watch his actions on certain articles. Any help would be greatly appeciated thanks. User:Empty 2005
69.150.43.248 has violated 3RR on Racism. A sock puppet or friend of 70.240.134.181?<> TIA, Mwanner | Talk 00:07, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
Hi, Gamaliel! Not a problem at all! And may I give you kudos 'n' compliments on handling something difficult with grace under pressure. While a subject should insist on accuracy, there was no reason to ditch protocol and go above the rest of the Wiki community's head to do so. (That the Wiki founder grants Mr. Byrne special approval privileges presumably not given others turns the whole "objective" notion of Wiki on its head -- putting poor people like you, rather than the founder himself, in the middle.)
Regardless: I did list one source under "External Links" on the Byrne page. It's from Byrne Robotics' own forum: http://www.byrnerobotics.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=260&PN=57&TPN=36 . The story is scanned and spread over several posts, and is also referenced elsewhere on the Web, such as at http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/r/rog2000.htm and http://www.twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/12stern.html (which mentions specifically it was issue #11 -- I should add that). Besides which, I own a childhood (well, teenhood) copy of that issue of CPL. Knew the poor, late Duffy Vohland, too.
Ironically, I remember how much all of us in the fan community at the time were rooting for John Byrne -- one of "us" -- to make it in comics. I recall sending Marvel a laudatory letter about one of his first Iron Fist stories, pointing out a panel on one page that I thought was particularly good. A couple of weeks later, I found the page in the mail, with a note written on the back saying, "Since you liked it so much, you might as well have it. Yers, John Byrne"
Nice story, right? Unfortunately it doesn't end there. Years, years, YEARS later, at a comics convention, a mutual acquaintance to whom I told this story thought Byrne would enjoy meeting the person face-to-face that he'd done such a nice thing for two decades earlier. And I'd get a chance to thank him in person.
And Byrne sourly responded, "Yeah, I never did that again. Don't know why I did it then." He grudgingly accepted my handshake and I was dismissed.
I'm surprised he didn't demand it back...!
Ah, well. Be that as it may, the ROG-2000 background offers what I think is relevant detail on the creation of his first comics character, on the way collaboration and serendipity played a part, and on the unusual circumstance of a fanzine character actually becoming a mainstream comics character. And as a journalist, I don't believe anything in the added ROG-2000 sentences is anything other than objective and illuminating.
Thanks for the opportunity to "speak" with you! I don't know if you're a comics fan, but I've been trying hard these past few weeks to enter important overlooked comics creators like Superman artist Wayne Boring and Golden Age Captain America artist Al Avison -- one of the two guys who took over from Jack Kirby -- and like that. All the best, Tenebrae 22:48, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
Hi, you've reported copyright infringements to WP:CP in the last week, a new measure was recently passed to allow the speedy deltion of new pages that are cut and paste copyvios. Please follow these instructions if you come across this type of copyvio. Thanks. --nixie 23:58, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
Blatant copyright infringements may now be "speedied"
If an article and all its revisions are unquestionably copied from the website of a commercial content provider and there is no assertion of permission, ownership or fair use and none seems likely, and the article is less than 48 hours old, it may be speedily deleted. See CSD A8 for full conditions. After notifying the uploading editor by using wording similar to:
Blank the page and replace the text with
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Please use edit summaries.... otherwise copyvio removals look as blanking vandalism on my RC patrol software. Thanks. ≈ jossi fresco ≈ 00:35, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
I don't think we should block this IP for one week because we are also blocking many helpful contributors from a large Australian educational institute. Always take great care when blocking school/college IP's because many people use these IP's everyday. Please consider blocking for only two or three days maximum. — Stevey7788 (talk) 19:04, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
Just want to drop you a quick note, to thank you for your recent edits to the Sinéad O'Connor article. Keep up the good work! RMoloney 23:32, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
Lucky 6.9 has nominated me for adminship; vote early, vote often. :) tregoweth 06:09, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
On the Great Liberal Backlash of 2003 you reverted my edit regarding conservative views NOT dominating books and television without any explanation even though I provided an explanation for my edit. I find it ironic that you include a link re not being a "dick" on your user page because removing someone's edit without comment does seem to me to be a bit "dickish".
I can't see how someone can claim conservative views dominate television when it's filled with shows depicting the kind of morals (or lack thereof) that infuriate conservatives. That's to say nothing of overtly political shows like "The West Wing", and the newly minted "Commander in Chief" which illustrate a less-than-conservative perspective on things. As for books, while I'm less familar with the state of book publishing today, I find it hard to believe conservatives dominate.
My opinion notwithstanding, the statement that conservative views dominate books and television is a bold one that I believe warrants some supporting evidence. Do you have any?
Lawyer2b 06:06, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
Please do not ban 206.131.30.1.
This is a computer in the media center of a high school that has a population of over 1000 and it would greatly irk future wikipedians. i understand that someone is using this computer to vandalize wikipedia, but it would also have a negitive impact on the school if you were to ban the address. thank you, --Akako 19:42, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
Gamaliel, we've never even engaged in any type of discourse, but I need help from an Administrator. My problem is explained at User talk:Alexander 007, section titled User talk:Decius. What's going on here? I feel like my rights are being trampled on. Hope you can help. -Alexander 007 20:52, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
For the background to all this, see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Decius again. -Alexander 007 20:56, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
This honestly doesn't appear to be "bullying" but an honest discussion of whether of not our policies allow the deletion of talk pages. I'm not sure that they do; I recall that a former administrator's talk page was restored after he deleted it. Gamaliel 21:07, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
Hi Gamaliel,
Album infobox 2 is valid and the other user - who clearly feels he has a monopoly on the articles - keeps refuting the outcome and reverts the change. It's really petty, but the template is valid and he needs to learn to collaboarte and let others make improved changes. He's also inserted faulty review links that send you to buy.com and Wikipedia does not condone promotion of industries. He knows this well, but does not listen to the rules.
I'm glad you noticed this. I would appreciate some assistance because there is nothing invalid about the template. And he is the only one that appears to have issues with it on the REM articles, while virtually no one else does.
Thanks... BGC 21:03, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
Please don't spread this war to my talk page. Now it seems that the only differences between the templates are the 1) use of mini album pics and 2) links to words like "minute" and "spring". Is this correct? If so, isn't this a bit minor for an edit war? What can we do to resolve this? Gamaliel 21:35, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
Mel Etitis currently has an RfC page due to his obstinate ownership of pages [10]. Hapsiainen's behavior in this instance is strikingly similar. No interest in reaching a consensus, just pushing biases. BGC 00:01, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
I need some help. Yesterday User:Darkwinter123 posted Buiteraptor which I checked on Google and got no hits. I asked him on his talk page about it and he said that it was new and would soon be in the press. I gave it several hours and still nothing in Google so I AfD it. Tonight while going through the RC I saw Buitreraptor (its got an extra R). I checked it out on Google and it gives about 258 hits (this is the best. I then went and checked Buiteraptor and found one hit. It is obvious that the two articles are the same creature but with a slightly different spelling.
I will go and apologise to Darkwinter123 and ask him about merging the two articles. Can you please close Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Buiteraptor even though the consensus is to delete as it's obviously not a hoax.
And while you're doing that can you close this as well Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Psychothemia it's a misspelling of Psychothymia that I changed to a redirect. Thanks CambridgeBayWeather 08:36, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
Gammers, if you have a problem with my user page, please bring it up on my talk page instead of changing it. This could be construed as vandalism. Any futher attempts to alter my user page will be considered as such, and may result in you being banned from wikipedia. Have a good one! 67.18.109.218 16:29, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
Hmmm, it looks as though I should have gone for a month rather than just a week. --Mel Etitis (??? ??????) 22:09, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
For your information: Arbitration has been accepted against the anonymous editors of the Ted Kennedy and Rosemary Kennedy pages. I have copied most of the diffs from the RfC to the evidence page. You might want to take a look to ensure that I have not missed anything. Robert McClenon 11:42, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
An article I have recently created (Harry Potter and the death of Harry Potter) was deleted by you. I checked the Wikipedia policies and was not able to find that seemed to be in conflict of what was in this article. Did I miss something? Please reply! I would like to know why my article was deleted. No offence, but if you have personal issues with the article, please undelete it.
Did you mean to revert 85.210.58.16's edit to Michael Moore? Maybe I'm just tired but it actually read alright to me. AlistairMcMillan 02:21, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
I can't find an obituary reference for him. Has an obituary been published yet? --FuriousFreddy 00:30, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
I have tried to sort this out with Khaosworks. It's not possible to reason with a Jagrafess, however. You have, no doubt, seen the dispute. I even went as far as offering contact details of the speculators and I said that I'd ask the writer of Doctor Who's personal opinion on it, and he still said no. If you want to do something about it, please do.--TheDoctor10 (talk|email) 09:19, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
Since you were nice enough to play the “plagiarism police” with me [11], I would appreciate it if you would chime in on this: Talk:Winter Soldier Investigation. Seriously, your input could put an end to this and would be appreciated. The talk page is very long, and you should probably read all of it before chiming in either way. TDC 01:04, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
I have a lot on my wiki-plate right now but I'll read the relevant pages asap. Gamaliel 08:39, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
Ironically, A1sdf removed your comment - about not removing comments from article talk pages - from his talk page. That's his right, of course, but still an amusing turn of events. Definitely one to ponder. BD2412 talk 01:54, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
You've participated in editing Stolen Honor. I've started a Request for Comment at Talk:Stolen Honor#RfC re scope of this article because we appeared to have reached a point of diminishing returns on the talk page. JamesMLane 11:32, 25 October 2005 (UTC)
Hello Gamaliel, It's a shame I arrived to late in the discussion about the deletion of this page. I would have voted against. Why ? Because, as you mentionned its content is pointless trivia. If you looked at the Third Watch hisotry, you have probably noticed that I created the broadcaster page to move this list out of the main article core. It's a shame. Now this irrelevant info is back again. Lvr 13:52, 25 October 2005 (UTC) By the way, I did for other series 0:-)
I contend that this revert of yours [12], due to the (12) discrete edits of mine it wiped out at once (and your lack of notation regarding them at Talk:Stolen Honor) has the appearance of bad faith editing on your part.
Q: Have you quit the dialog at Stolen Honor? If not, please state for the record and individually, at Talk:Stolen Honor what your problem was with each of my (12) edits which you macro reverted in one swoop. I thank you in advance.
Rex071404 216.153.214.94 09:06, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
That's a hoot - I have been dialogging, it's you who swooped in and wiped out my edits with a revert. And it was edits which you reverted, not a revert. I never agreed that an article goes to a posture of stasis after each time you edit it. I've made clear my views - it's up to you to justify your revert - I have justified my edits. Rex071404 216.153.214.94 09:32, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
Answered here:[13] Rex071404 216.153.214.94 17:36, 26 October 2005 (UTC)
Good job cleaning up my edits to the Ted Joans profile. The one thing I did achieve was drawing attention to this neglected artist and poet. Also, I had considered a link to the Deyoung Museum, but was uncertain if I should include it when none was available. Now I know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Terry1944 (talk • contribs)
Concerning your editing of the Wallflowers page deleting reference to the USS Stennis. The Stennis is actually the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis http://www.cvn74.navy.mil/ Appearently they played for the crew http://www.news.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=15867 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 214.1.39.136 (talk • contribs)
Please delete this page: User talk:Rex071404/Liberal Editors Cabal.
It's my page and I am changing my position regarding the deletion of it from oppose to support. My reasoning can be found here Rex071404 216.153.214.94 06:36, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
I found this at the Gamaliel Foundation web site. Are you "working together to create a more just and more democratic society" [15]? --Uncle Ed 19:09, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
Some time ago, in the context of dispute, I contended that one or more of Gamaliel's edits were tantamount to anti-Christian bigotry. At the time, he pointed to his user name as a form of "proof" against the specifics of my concerns - implying that his user name was evidence of non-bias, etc. And yet now, by pumping up "anarchy", it would seem that his explanation back then was intended for what? While I no longer suspect Gamaliel of bigotry, I am still flummoxed as to why he keeps a user name of a Christian exemplar. Rex071404 216.153.214.94 06:42, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
Thank you for putting my outstanding question which remained from our past disagreement to rest. I've always felt that your user name was a taunt. Now I am persuaded it's not. FYI: My speculation was about the rationale for your user name, not an inquiry about your personal life - please re-read it (shown above) and I think it will be clear. Rex071404 216.153.214.94 08:07, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
I'll follow your guidance on this, although I have doubts about the productivity of it unless there's serious involvement by editors outside the immediate set of those involved in the ongoing popular music style/content disputes. I'll be trying to discuss matters with some of the other editors involved in related disputes with this user tonight; if the 3RR foulup ends up with a block, I hope you'll unblock me so I can continue to work on this (and will avoid controversial article work for the duration, unless otherwise directed). Monicasdude 22:40, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
"tlh-1"? tregoweth 00:40, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for your directions. I didn't know that procedure. I'm sorry if I did anything wrong. Tavilis 19:06, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
Please got to Talk:John Kerry and read this edit in context there. Your comments there about this issue would be appreciated. Rex071404 216.153.214.94 01:53, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
"Fun with Lexis/Nexis: found another Sherwood controversy".
I note that you don't look for corroboration on Lexis/Nexis that Kerry pretended to be Irish for many years - to get the Boston ethnic Irish vote.
Rex071404 216.153.214.94 06:04, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
That's nice to hear. Why don't you get some details on the Kerry/Irish masquerade while you are logged on to Lexis/Nexis next time? Rex071404 216.153.214.94 06:41, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
Perhaps this Google search, will help get you started:
Rex071404 216.153.214.94 08:18, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
Will you for once stop being so closed-minded? During the time that Kerry's political career was growing here (70's/80's), you could not win statewide if you did not win Boston (Boston/Cambridge/Hyde Park/South Boston) etc., which was then controlled by tribal Irish politicians. Billy Bulger was able to control Masachusetts state politics for many, many yearrs due to a safe Southie seat. Why was it safe? His Irish brogue and Irish street cred (and nefarious other reasons). There is simply NO WAY that Kerry would have advanced as he did, without Irish street cred. That is just a plain fact. You need to read more about things like the St. Patty's day parade/breakfast [17] to understand how deep and prevelant Irish tradition and tribalism has been in Massachusetts politics. If you understood the topic better, I am sure Kerry's heritage scam would resonate with you. For those of us in Massachusetts who do understand Boston Irish political tribalism and it's presence here, the facts about Kerry's heritage scam are important truths that others should know. Kerry got a leg up with the Kennedy connection (Irish), the false heritage (Irish) and local Boston pols (Irish). Read those google links please. Rex071404 216.153.214.94 08:51, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
Perhaps. But including the actual published accusations is perfectly valid. Let the readers decide. Indeed, far less credible accusations, with less available proof are repeated in the George W. Bush article. Rex071404 216.153.214.94
It was rude because you were stalking my edits. Rex071404 216.153.214.94 09:15, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
Fair enough, my bad. Rex071404 216.153.214.94 22:30, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
Hi, I was in the process of looking at the links and wondering if this was a very elaborate hoax when you deleted the article. Quite possible to fake a jpg of a newspaper etc. It would actually be an interesting exercise to get someone written into the historical record (and No, I'm not going to try). But I was reverting vandalism to Athleague yesterday and was surprised how far it had propagated from wiki around the Web. Just ruminating! Dlyons493 Talk 13:18, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
'Rollbacks should be used with caution and restraint. Reverting a good-faith edit may send the message that "I think your edit was no better than vandalism and doesn't deserve even the courtesy of an explanatory edit summary." It is a slap in the face to a good-faith editor; do not abuse it.' silsor 19:35, 31 October 2005 (UTC)