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I would like to create a proper Wikipedia page for Judy Wood but I see that you have blocked previous attempts. I would like to know why, as she is notable even if you do not like what she has to say. It seems wrong that such an important if controversial figure is currently a 'non-person' on Wikipedia. Perhaps previous attempts have not been up to standard. Hopefully you can advise me on how to do it properly. Thank you for any help you can give. Chrischmoo ( talk) 11:19, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the useful and interesting reply. The reason I contacted you in relation to Judy Wood was because on starting the process of creating a page about her a "A page with this title has previously been deleted" notice appeared with "06:38, 16 April 2012 JamesBWatson (talk | contribs) deleted page Judy wood (G10: Attack page or negative unsourced BLP)" under it. I understand exactly what you mean re abusing Wikipedia by using it to promote opinions, certainly not my interest, although opinions do interest me. However I think Judy Wood is important for anyone who has an interest in the 9.11 'Truth' movement/phenomena and in the various theories/beliefs supported by different fractions. She is certainly notable in that arena. Anyone studying the conspiracy phenomena around 9.11 should have unbiased factual information available about the leading people and ideas involved; i.e in Wikipedia. Of course this is an absolute mine field as many of those involved behave like the worst kind of religious zealots. I am not a great wikipedia expert, where can i read the deletion discussion and review to get a better insight into the issues involved? I will not be attempting to create a page about Judy wood until I know it is right, thanks again Chrischmoo ( talk) 23:01, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I came here because I saw that you had blocked a 'Vanished User 167802'. I do not the reason he was blocked and don't care but I saw his complaint on the talk page of this article " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nair" and I think his complaint was genuine.
The article is a mess and is being hogged by one person who has made an enormous number of edits. He/She also refuses to let anyone else make any edits and is dismissive of their contributions.
The article is about a whole community and there are many reasons and motives to the way it is edited. Please let me know how the article can be taken away from a single person? I don't care which way the article goes from here but allowing a single person or a group of people to control an article on a community is unfair.
PS: My apologies in advance if I am not following any wikipedia etiquette as I am brand new to editing or commenting on wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.231.155.131 ( talk) 08:13, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, thanks for the quick response. I really didn't care about Vanished User and if you are wondering if I am him/her, I emphatically am not. I have never edited or posted on wikipedia before (except removing an obvious vandalism on some article about 7 years ago when it seems it was easier to edit). I took the risk of exposing my IP address and complaining because that article smacks of an attack on a whole community. In India, castes tend to be in conflict.
I posted some comments on User:Boing! said Zebedee's Talk page as well. I am not familiar with anybody here but as I have been just a reader till now.
My sincere suggestion is to please compare the article on Nairs from some other source (say Encyclopaedia Brittanica) with the Nair article here on wikipedia. I am sure you will see a major deviation with unsavoury remarks about Nairs in wikipedia. Also, please compare the article on Nair with the article on Ezhava (another community from the same region). The tones of the two article are completely different.
Finally, many people have complained about User:Sitush with no effect. In fact, the complainers seem to have got frustrated and got banned or simply left. I have also left some comments on the Talk:Nair page. I have left them in good faith though I believe that most of them will be deleted soon as has been the case the similar critiques from others.
Thank you for your time 117.231.144.44 ( talk) 12:30, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
OK. I didn't realize that there were comments from two separate people. I didn't notice BWilkins. Wikipedia talk is very confusing. But I am learning. 117.231.144.44 ( talk) 12:34, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi User:JamesBWatson. Apologies for not following up. Please forgive me if I am not using the right usages of wikipedia and I mean this sincerely.
I did post several topics for discussion and it led User:Sitush to make an allegation against me to user Salvio, which was completely unfounded. But the mere allegation was enough for his buddy admins to semi-protect the page and silence me from discussing topics other than those deemed worthy of attention by User:Sitush, his admin friend User;Qwyrixian and his now-frustrated fellow-debater VS (apologies for my inability to spell out his complicated user-name)
SO, I did raise points specific but I was silenced immediately. I also participated in building consensus related to an issue and against I was silenced in time so that User:Sitush can bury VS and his arguments.
Unsavoury content includes implying that the Nair community was the creation of a foreign group. Placing of general bad opinions about castes in region in an article related to specific caste when the page of a similar caste Ezhava is in fact glorifying the latter.
Frankly, the caste pages touched by User:Sitush have turned into garbage. Please look at the Talk:Nair page and see the shock and amazement that user VS is showing at the new argument forwarded by User:Qwyxrian that Nairs were not in the military or something like that. This is beyond funny at some level and wouldn't have been taken seriously except that wikipedia is still a powerful medium and it has become a vehicle to slander many communities by a few powerful people.
I wouldn't have anything against dumb arguments but they become dangerous in the hands of powerful people who would go to the extent of getting people banned to ensure that they get their way. Many users have been banned because of User:Sitush's allegations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.231.65.124 ( talk) 15:47, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for unblocking the Orange broadband range! 2.24.254.126 ( talk) 20:35, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
Ok, so not a talkback ... but an answer to one of life's deep questions (at least, deep at the moment) = ✉→ BWilkins ←✎ 20:56, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the message about my sandbox. A response has been left about it on my talk page. - Todd Barczak ( talk) 18:45, June 26 2012 (EST)
Thanks for the additional information. I'll study it all and give it another go. - Todd Barczak ( talk) 19:33, June 26 2012 (EST)
Thanks for the block, and your more than excellent block rationale. I think I and
User:5 albert square may have been too busy giggling to apply a block. This user, however, has used two ISPs (Sky and CarPhoneWarehouse) so appears to be wandering about large CIDR blocks spreading disruption. I'll be keeping an eye on "English/South Scottish" edits from now on. Cheers
Tonywalton
Talk 00:51, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
I reported the legal threat to AN/I the same minute you blocked him. Did you read my post? Just curious. Cheers Jim1138 ( talk) 09:10, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Just a quick request. We've had an unblocking appeal from User:58.163.175.178 which you blocked in May as a proxy. Can I ask you how you found out it was a proxy? Thanks. Secretlondon ( talk) 06:19, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
Respected Sir, I am relative of the family of him, but when the real members of the family, like his sons and grand sons came to know about it, they immediately started criticizing me asking who are you to do it? this is the primary reason, secondary one is some unregistered users continuously tried to blank it thus created a lot of nuisance for us primarily by Arthur Rubin, he just kept arguing and filled up all the talk page, if the talk page entries are deleted then i will ask my co-creators not to vote for delete, However we are interested to write it from the beginning we people have the source file. Please Consider, I once again assure you that article will be rewritten in just 10 minutes after we see deletion with lesser grammatical mistakes possible and same sources as before. Thank You Very Much-- Alcides86 ( talk) 09:54, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
Per Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Xoje007, could you extend the block on User:Nika Khojelani to indef? Confirmed. ⇒ T A P 10:06, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
Excuse me, can you block 121.1.11.50 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) for a very extended period of time? This vandal came back today and did his usual MO of adding unsourced anime related material into unrelated articles. This address was blocked three times, the block lasting two weeks. I decided not to give a level 4 warning because vandalism is constant. Thanks. - 上村七美 (Nanami-chan) | talkback | contribs 10:41, 28 June 2012 (UTC)
I respectfully disagree with your declining the AIV report for User:DigitalQR, and I have indeffed this account. This user created an outrageous attack page, imputing criminal activity to a minor, and added to it over multiple edits. I agree strongly with you about not blocking for first offenses in most cases, but this was an exceptional circumstance in my view. I hope you will understand my position. Regards, Newyorkbrad ( talk) 00:00, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
The edit war is on inline iwlinks. It was removed. Karma61538 ( talk) 11:33, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
There is a brief discussion on User talk:Fastily#Roland Szabó (Slovak footballer) that can do with your input regarding recreation/undeletion of an article that was deleted for not having appeared in a pro game. I have also left a note on WP:Football --- Agathoclea ( talk) 12:29, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
Hey JamesBWatson, I've got a question about a hypothetical situation where a user makes a sub-user page and discusses, comments, and criticizes an issue in a wiki in an other language rather than English. Some users of that wiki may be attacked and labeled. Is this sth allowed in here? and can the user say that it is related to wiki and is allowed since has not attacked en-wiki users and isn't this considered canvassing? (although the whole thing might be not related to en-wiki at all). - - sicaspi ( talk) 20:33, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
Electriccatfish2 ( talk) 20:42, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
he has been touring with National Recording artist Natalac and have been signed to Natalac REcords. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yameka ( talk • contribs) 15:10, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Watson
Thanks for your comments on my page which you have deleted. I understand what you are saying - Unfortunately I have been struggling with the mechanics of editing Wikipedia and in doing so have, I realise, not met the standards that you talk about.
Exeter Spacex is an art gallery of similar status to the Newlyn Art Gallery and Modern Art Oxford (both of which are on Wikipedia). I had tried to model my contribution upon these pages. The Newlyn page has very little on it, while the Oxford page has more information but does include attributed quotes, like mine does.
I am keen to have another go and realise that I have to provide more independent references (which I can do). Can you please clarify why, apart from this, it is ok for the Oxford site to have direct quotes but mine are wrong. Is this simply because my quotes are taken from the gallery itself? Would it have been ok if I had quoted from and independent review? - or do I have to paraphrase?
Can I go ahead and have another go, based upon your advice? If I do, should I do it in my sandbox or somewhere else?
Many thanks
Steve
Instant steve ( talk) 15:43, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi JamesBWatson. If you have the time today, I was hoping you could do a favour. Please see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring#User:Tasketz Kayo reported by User:Chubbles (Result: ) and User talk:Paul Erik#User:Tasketz Kayo. The original report perhaps ought to have gone to ANI rather than the EW noticeboard, as it is a bit more to sort out than what usually appears at the EW board. The user in question has been persistently problematic, and I think either a block or a stern warning from an admin is needed here. (Careful of the user's userpage, which is almost NSFW.) I don't think it should be from me, as I have expressed an opinion that might create a perception that I am too "involved". Much appreciated if you do have the time, or perhaps an admin who has your talk page on their watchlist. Best wishes, Paul Erik (talk) (contribs) 17:12, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
it was marked for speedy deletion, but he under contract as a artist and a producer at Natalac Records, and just completed a tour with Natalac, now has been included on worldstar hiphop with the Video "Cadillac Switchin Lanes" with Natalac, it has distribution through DEF JAM distribution. Could you tell me why this not notable..Thank you ..we are still gathering other references to futher back up this Page...from other reliable sources..( Yameka ( talk) 09:31, 1 July 2012 (UTC))
Requested Sir
I made this page for my institute but its been deleted under "advertising cat.". Sir, the page is not mean for advertising purpose rather i made it for educational purpose. This institute is reputed college of University of Pune, India. And i strongly believe it should be there on wikipedia. Its the top listed college of Maharashtra, India. And its best college in India providing 100% placement in management and also link to many countries. So for providing courses detail and campus specification i made this page. Although its not a local college but International college in which student from Arab state and European countries come here for studies.
So if you think that its enough requirement for this page to be there on wiki then i appreciate you.
Thank you
Your sincerely
Hitesh.pendesk (
talk) 10:46, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi James, you may be interested in
this SPI case since I see that you were part of cleaning up his block evasion. His newest account is
here. Cheers,
—
Berean Hunter
(talk) 13:08, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
I received your note and replied on the Sam Querrey talk page. Please reply only on your talk page and/or the Querrey talk page. Thanks. 76.189.126.170 ( talk) 16:56, 1 July 2012 (UTC) 17:01, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
I gladly accept your apology and yes, I think that it was vandalism, not a spambot. In the past month, there have been many spambots and articles containing the word "board" and they usually trip the page blanking filter first. I have caught about 20 of them and they all have gotten 3 month blocks. I really appreciate that you apologized for something, even thought you were right. See you around! Electriccatfish2 ( talk) 18:31, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Could you please help ? I had added the afd here to India Deletion list. And User:Mar4d removed from the list. When it is clearly mentioned in the 'History' section that the slogan was used in India and by whom, how come its not related ? -- ɑηsuмaη ʈ ᶏ ɭ Ϟ 14:40, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
I think an old friend is back. Farthing Man ( talk · contribs). Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 23:37, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
I was wondering if I should add a mention about the 2011 Virginia Earthquake being felt in town to the Stephens City page or if it was information that wasn't really necessary since everyone on the East Coast felt the earthquake. Just curious. - Neutralhomer • Talk • 12:34, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for blocking the user. As their question has been answered (What policy permits editors to remove comments from their talk page?) I think this editor will take the hint and not continue to use my talk page. FYI: This kind of harrassment is why I left the entire MMA article space because it's never going to get better unless admins start wading into the morass and drain the swamp of all the innuendo and bad faith. Hasteur ( talk) 13:51, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
Since you had involvement in the blocking of user Y26Z3 because of his edits at Lusitanic, I thought you'd be interested to know that I believe he has created a new sockpuppet through which he is beginning to make similar edits and is again lobbying for the deletion of Lusitanic. The sockpuppet investigation I started against him is here:
/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Y26Z3 Goodsdrew ( talk) 17:18, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
There has been consistent disruptive editing by Guillaume2303 on this talk page. Did you read the entry that he/she just removed? That is the problem, not its revert. Leaving the page as it is censorship. 95.241.252.9 ( talk) 08:46, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
It is a discussion of this “social network” claim. I am not sure what you mean by I “inferred” it. These remarks discuss how the page could be improved. Isn’t that the purpose of a talk page?
Even if misguided, willfully against consensus, or disruptive, any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia is not vandalism. Edit warring over content is not vandalism. Careful consideration may be required to differentiate between edits that are beneficial, detrimental but well-intentioned, and vandalizing. Mislabelling good-faith edits as vandalism can be considered harmful.
Guillaume has repeatedly removed the remarks linked above from this talk page, remarks which discuss how to improve the content of the page. What he is doing is vandalism, that is, disruptive editing, per wikipedias definition. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.40.114.79 ( talk • contribs) 11:53, 5 July 2012
As the protecting admin on several Blinky Bill redirects, could you please repair the six Blinky Bill-related redirects here? — This, that, and the other (talk) 11:20, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
I watch a number of the VeggieTales pages including the subject one and was wondering why the page was deleted. I don't know how much I've edited it, but simply deleting all the content and moving it the the List of VeggieTales Characters page seems like a mistake. For one, there is no VeggieTales character named "LarryBoy" - he is a role played by Larry the Cucumber and not an actual character (therefore to include him on this page would open the floodgate for anon editors to add even more listings for roles other characters played). Secondly, LarryBoy appears in several videos and therefore there is a wealth of info to put on this page. It looks like the page was first marked for deletion in 2008 so my guess is that things have changed in the past four years so that it is no longer a stub. Not a huge deal, but I don't really agree with it. Ckruschke ( talk) 15:12, 3 July 2012 (UTC)Ckruschke
Please look more closely at this editor. Their RFA wasn't a good faith self-nom. They claimed a year of experience and lots of knowledge of Wikipedia, which could be found in their talk page archives. Their talk page archives appear to be copy/pastes of User:NawlinWiki's talk page. -- Atlan ( talk) 13:32, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
Would this be better if it was listed at SPI as a long term abuse page? That way any time a sock popped up, the SPI clerks would have access to the information, as a link just below the Archives. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 18:09, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello. I see you are the most recent of several editors to delete an article by the name Andrew McInnes, and I can't seem to create an article with this name as a result. I'm not sure whether the Andrew McInnes in the deleted articles is the same Andrew McInnes that my article is about. Anyway, my article, which can be found in my sandbox at User:Aspirex/sandbox is about an Australian Football League player who (three hours from now) will make his professional debut and meet the notability criteria. Could you please re-create this article with the text from my sandbox, or let me know what I'm doing wrong when trying to recreate it myself.
Thanks. Aspirex ( talk) 07:01, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
Back again, using User:75.251.0.211. Beyond My Ken ( talk) 07:16, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
The Fahrenheit (video game) page is going through an Edit war on the Reception part. [1] Several IP addresses are stating that Jesse Cox reviewed the game, gave it a 10/10, but there not giving a reliable source to it, just a link to Youtube [2]. Is Youtube a reliable source link for wikipedia? If not I don't think these IP addresses are going to stop. 108.208.137.215 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 05:46, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
I think the Fahrenheit (video game) page is going to need a longer protection template [3] 108.82.14.30 ( talk) 17:24, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi! You told him to stay away from rollback and semi-automated tools, but he requested rollback at WP: PERM. Armbrust told me that as a clerk at WP: PERM, I am allowed to requests at WP: PERM as a non-admin if they are obviously not going to be accepted. I put the ( non-admin closure) template there, just to make it clear that I am not an admin (I hope to take a shot at it in January). In the (unlikely) case that you want to give it to him, feel free to reverse my closure. Regards, Electriccatfish2 ( talk) 21:22, 6 July 2012 (UTC).
I've just tried to find information on EMRI on Wikipedia and saw that you deleted the article in 2010 because it was too promotional. EMRI, a huge non-profit medical emergency service available in many states in India, with 436 ambulances in Tamil Nadu alone (completely free of charge), is certainly noteworthy. If the content of the page was too promotional, you could put a warning on top. Lazy people like me are more inclined to improve an existing page rather than write a completely new one.
Some refs:
http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/12/dial-108-for-ambulance-in-tamil-nadu/
http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/netzwirtschaft/privater-notruf-die-letzte-rettung-fuer-den-indischen-staat-1543818.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Killerandy ( talk • contribs) 11:36, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
[4] needs attention. Thanks once again for your help, JBW. Regards, Paul Erik (talk) (contribs) 18:18, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
The first openly gay man to be accepted to HUC, (as stated and clearly cited), plus coverage from multiple independent sources is enough to satisfy WP:N. -- Bachrach44 ( talk) 10:49, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
Unless I'm missing something (which is a distinct possibility), on Prolate_spheroid the [[File:Ellipse_axis2.png|elipse]] shown, when rotated, will not produce the [[File:ProlateSpheroid.png|prolate spheroid]] shown.
Shouldn't the elipse be tall and narrow and rotated about the vertical axis.
DavJenkins ( talk) 15:55, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello, It would be greatly appreciated if you could please suggest what i can do to re-add this article...it was written by me, and not sure how it violates g11. maybe you can suggest a few pointers to perhaps make it publishable :)
Jmjamahl ( talk) 08:52, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar | |
Hi JamesBWatson :) Thank you for protecting and keeping Wikipedia free from disruption, trolling and vandalism! Your quick response on anti-vandalism saves everyone's time and keeps Wikipedia functioning smoothly and efficiently! Keep up the good work :) Regards and Happy Editing! TheGeneralUser ( talk) 20:49, 12 July 2012 (UTC) |
Hi James,
Thanks for giving me more information about editing the What Car? entry on Wikipedia. I'm obviously aware that it's a sensitive area so I will read up on reliable sources and make sure to provide them.
One of the things I'd like to do is change the front cover image on the What Car? entry to a more contemporary one; we've redesigned the magazine at least twice since that 2001 cover was on sale.
How do I go about changing the cover? I already have a 2012-edition cover, as a JPEG in the same dimensions as the one that's on the page right now.
Hope you can help.
Kind regards,
John — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnmcilroy ( talk • contribs) 10:29, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for closing that EDITWAR thread. Happy to finally have that off my hands. Chubbles ( talk) 15:15, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello JamesBWatson. I would like to ask you to take a look at the borderline harassment on my talk-page by User:HumanNaturOriginal. This user is in constant violation of Wikihounding ("The important component of wikihounding is disruption to another user's own enjoyment of editing, or to the project generally, for no overriding reason. If "following another user around" is accompanied by tendentiousness, personal attacks, or other disruptive behavior, it may become a very serious matter and could result in blocks and other editing restrictions").
Many of his edits are disruptive, since he has poor command of English and poor understanding of Wikipedia policies. He keeps engaging in borderline edit-warring over common syntax/grammar/punctuation/MOS-related errors ( [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10]), and he keeps stalking/reverting my edits in a completely unjustified way. I tried to engage in dialogue with him but there was no result ( [11], [12], [13]). His tone is completely is inappropriate; he claims in my talk-page that my edits are not "clever" (referring to this one) or that I have created a mess after correcting him a couple of times ( [14]: he had falsely inserted that Jorge Luis Borges wrote a book called "The Biography of Evaristo Carriego", while HumanNaturOriginal's source just had this piece of information "Evaristo Carriego" (biography); I tried to correct it and there followed this). I cannot assume good faith any more; I would like to ask for advice on the matter. -- Omnipaedista ( talk) 13:50, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello
I have talk to you on my page. Here is my message. Thanks for your future answer :
To : Strike Eagle
To : JamesBWatson
To : Amatulić
Hello,
I do not understand why do you treat us like that.
2 days ago we decide to bring Lena Pessoa on english talking Wiki and Portuguese talking wiki. Since 2006, she is on the french Wiki, with never no complaint.
I am the same man, with "mouzaia" as a name, writing on the french one, the english one, and the portuguese one.
I am the same man taking the pictures, who belongs to me, this is the reason why I gave these pictures in the public domain under my wiki name, using the procedures described on your pages.
Lena Pessoa is quite famous. As mentioned on her pages, the is the designer of hundreds of stores all over the world, working for Vuitton,Pucci, Tods, Jimmy Choo and others,it is also possible to see this on her site, http://deuxl.com When googling "lena pessoa" the answer of Google is : Environ 7 080 résultats (0,43 secondes)
Our company,DeuxL,exist since 2000, it is a small company,and before the Crisis,it was very profitable.
But yes, no one wrote a book on her, so I cannot ref no books with her name as a title. We have a lot of pages on books on architecture all over the world, I have mentioned one of these books this morning to one of your censors, his only answer was "she got only one page" !
I have read somewhere in your 'so difficult' pages to read that we were using pictures coming from ttp://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_Pessoa this is ridiculous, I am the one who wrote both of them, and the pictures are mine. I am the one who take care of Deuxl's internet site, with the same pictures ..
So please, be reasonable and let us work ...
Thanks for reading.
In this edit, you restored a tag to a page that the editor himself did not add, and was added by a sockpuppet of a banned user who has been, for several years, harassing the editor in question. The only requirement for such notification is to ArbCom, not publicly on a user page. Why did you restore that tag? And, if you would be kind enough to answer this question, what brought this to your attention, given that the tag had been removed 3 days ago? nableezy - 15:50, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello JamesBWatson,
I do not know how it is possible this......but there is a Ip user (202.117.4.226 ) who is from Peking ,according to "Ip2 location. com" [17] and yet it looks to me that this user is Iaaasi.
A couple days ago, a user who had previously no interest to edit Wikipedia, approached User:Omen1229 on his user page to elicit his email address for purpose of cooperation [18]. Shortly before a "IPv6" type of Ip user user:2001:4BA0:FFF7:12:0:0:0:2 appeared at the article Bratislava to help User:Omen1229 winning at an edit-war here in which I was also involved. Okay it was a coincidence...
Anderson - what's up? If you believe there has been a mistake, report it on my talk page. 00:41, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for considering my unblock request and unblocking me. Your decision will not be in vain. Worsnupd ( talk) 09:34, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
this is my problem. I named our school name incorrectly & published the page. then I've to create a new page with the correct name & copied the incorrect page's script then pasted on the correct page. But unfortunately, the new page has been deleted and I can not edit it. Please let me know how to reedit it & then what to do.
The correct name of the school is Bandanayake Central College, Veyangoda I want to edit it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manowiki123 ( talk • contribs) 15:52, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
Thank you Very Very much for Unblocking me from editting Bandaranayake Central College, Veyangoda.
I will copy & paste whole WIKI MARKUP script of incorrect page & then I will redirect it to that new page. Please Don't Misunderstand!
Shall I Do it..?????? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manowiki123 ( talk • contribs) 15:59, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
Please Unblock me from editing Bandaranayake Central College, Veyangoda. I made a mistake of name while I was creating the old Article. Then, I corrected it & created above article. After that, I copied the whole wiki markup codes of the old page then pasted to above page. Currently it has been deleted. Please understand the matter & give me access to above page to create it for the school with all your help! Thanks..........
--MR 16:33, 17 July 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manowiki123 ( talk • contribs)
Re [26]: the final reference ( Florida Times-Union) seems to me to be a valid reliable source, and that's why I rejected the BLP-PROD. I'm not saying the article should be kept, but I don't like deleting articles for invalid reasons. An optimist on the run! 19:17, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
I note that you blocked PhoenixMIXr ( talk · contribs). Bravo! Please have a look at WP:Sockpuppet investigations/PhoenixMIX and see if you have any input. Thanks! WikiDan61 ChatMe! ReadMe!! 20:48, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Yunshui 雲 水 07:50, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi James, would you please block the IP ( 188.28.13.194 ( talk · contribs · WHOIS)) continually vandalising this page - it's getting crazy. Thanks, Callanecc ( talk • contribs) talkback (etc) template appreciated. 11:11, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
Dear Mr. JamesBwatson,
It´s me PhoenixMIXr. I have understand that i should not doing damage to wikipedia. Please unblock my account. -- 217.255.226.75 ( talk) 15:06, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi. I see you blocked this person after I declined to do so at WP:AIV. I looked over their edits and their talk page and I didn't see any bad-faith vandalism nor did I see any efforts to welcome or explain to the person how we do things. I also saw just one warning, a draconian final notice.
I left a note for the complaining editor at User talk:Freshh#66.25.135.33. Am I missing something? At a time when there's concern about new editor recruitment and an excessively hostile environment for newbies, this seems sort of discouraging. -- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 16:19, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
Please don't edit my user page. My service level was not in error. Yworo ( talk) 17:27, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi there. I have chosen you as one of the editors who may request my resignation as part of my recall procedure. Could you have a look, and confirm whether you're happy being on the list? Thanks. ItsZippy ( talk • contributions) 20:41, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
I don't want anyone to go changing my userpage. Receptie123 ( talk) 05:57, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
Sorry about those edits on Ekren's talk page. I didn't realise they were unhelpful.-- Anderson - what's up? If you believe there has been a mistake, report it on my talk page. 07:44, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi James - Could you please explain in what way the information given on the SBC page differs from all the examples I provided. I actually used them as a format and nothing is wrong with them. Please note back on the talk page for SBC. Carlywgt5 ( talk) 20:33, 20 July 2012 (UTC)Carlywgt5
Talkback/ Chris Fox (Goydenman) ( talk) 10:24, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
With due respect sir I would like to draw my attention that earlier the page has been deleted due to removing speedy at Maya Chitram Chitram Art Institute.As I was a new user for creating article in wikipedia I wasn't all acknowledged with the html codes and saw many other pages codes and tutorial to making the endeavor. I have not even seen the notification also where I can actually deal with the matter and as when I was about to understand the matter I was blocked. Taking about the page there is no doubt with its authenticity as its a Institute registered Under Society Registration Act 1961 with Reg. No. S/33019(81-82) Dt 11-08-1981 in Cooch Behar, West Bengal. For any further link you can asses with this link http://www.mayachitram.org and http://indiaforyou.in/ngos/ngodisplay.php?ngo=MAYA%20CHITRAM%20ART%20INSTITUTE. There is no conception of promotion its just a endeavor to let other people know about this Institute in Cooch Behar, West Bengal which all unique with its kind. This Institute has fostering the Culture of Cooch Behar since 1981 named under the legendary dancer Uday Shankar has a very close relation with Mamata Shankar and inaugurated by Governor Shri K. V. Raghunatha Reddy. I would like you to look over this matter and let me complete with the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahinkumardas ( talk • contribs) 21:55, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
Thank you sir for your response and I also concede the fact of neutral point of view after reading the article again. I have deleted the promotional lines from the article and also recollecting the facts regarding this article. Now there is only valid description regarding the Institute and please let me know about any more things that need to omit from the article. And again thank you sir for the reconsideration. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahinkumardas ( talk • contribs) 19:17, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
Did I really vandalize the page Can't Stop Me? Before you post a warning on my page look at this page - Afrojack- read the first four words in the article (in bold) and then say I vandalized the page. 178.16.6.194 ( talk) 16:04, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
Afrojack's real name is Nick Van De Wall, and I am not vandalizing if I say Can't Stop Me is written by Nick Van De Wall instead of Afrojack. (It says N. Van De Wall in the linear notes, I expanded). And seeing as Nick Van De Wall should (or does) redirect to the Afrojack page then I make it say Nick Van De Wall and direct it to Afrojack. I don't see how that is vandalism what so ever. If you do not reply in the next five minutes then I will revert your revert to Can't Stop Me. Thanks. 178.16.6.194 ( talk) 17:05, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
But I didn't request your input, so please mind your own business. -- Intimidated talk 16:57, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
JamesBWatson please forward a copy of the deleted NFL Player Engagement page, I'll be re-doing it to ensure full compliance with Wiki policies and not to imply any bias. Thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by CareerUpdate ( talk • contribs) 21:59, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
Of course you are being trolled. The block was good and appropriate, as were the declines to lift the block. You have gone above and beyond in your application of good faith, and you have bent over backwards in your attempts to communicate and address concerns. Now you are just being toyed with; best to just let the troll serve out his block without providing more entertainment for him. Kudos, however, on the superhuman display of patience. Regards, Xenophrenic ( talk) 00:26, 23 July 2012 (UTC) JamesBWatson ( talk) 08:13, 23 July 2012 (UTC)Yes. I have also removed talk page access. JamesBWatson ( talk) 08:13, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
I read your message before it disappeared and you have a good point, actually; I am aware of being inconsistent in my use of softerblock and spamublock. I will think about it and comment in a day or so. JohnCD ( talk) 10:22, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
James,
Wikipedia policy exhorts us to "assume good faith" - I invariably do so, once. You have decided to step into a controversy where user:Benjamil and his allies repeatedly reverted my careful edits to the Eurabia article. You have taken it upon yourself to warn me - but not him - over an "edit war". Have you looked into the substance of what is going on? What is happening is that Benjamil (helped by one other user, probably a sockpuppet) has been hijacking the Eurabia page, insisting that the lede of the article relegate the term "Eurabia" to the pariah status of a "conspiracy theory" before giving a neutral definition. The correct NPOV approach is to first define what Bat Ye'or and others mean by the term in the lede, then go on to state that some people have criticized this as a "conspiracy theory", and what exactly that charge means according to those critics.
Bat Ye'or's "Eurabia" can be partially viewed on Google Books.
Regards, WikiFlier ( talk) 16:50, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
P.S.: Note that I am NOT, and other editors are NOT, advocating for the mirror opposite position - that the "Eurabia" hypothesis couldn't possibly be wrong, or couldn't possibly be irrational or a "conspiracy theory" - by all means let's acknowledge and document what various critics say.
P.P.S: Civility is nice, but granting a "hecklers' veto" to loudmouths and organized interest groups will simply open the floodgates to even more widespread intimidation and hijacking of "their" subjects by ruthless political interest groups such as those represented by Benjamil. WikiFlier ( talk) 17:06, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
P.P.P.S.: I have now made an unrelated edit to the "Eurabia" page adding pertinent background concerning " Mattias Gardell" - he is a pro-Palestinian activist who with his wife took part in the " Ship to Gaza" action as indicated in the cited sources. This is clearly relevant to balance the alleged neutrality of Gardell's judgments implicit in the reference to his status of professor at the University of Uppsala. The new information and sources were taken from the existing Mattias Gardell page (which I have never edited). Let's see how long user:Benjamil and his consorts take to delete these unwelcome details from "their" article. WikiFlier ( talk) 18:38, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
Remind me, JamesBWatson - who was it who insisted on introducing Goebbels' favorite propaganda device - The Protocols of the Elders of Zion - into the Eurabia article? You do know, right? I know you read the article carefully, and were not just shooting from the hip. Regards, WikiFlier ( talk) 04:12, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Sorry but when I read in your presentation : I try hard to be welcoming to good faith new users, believing it is worth the effort of trying to explain why a contribution is unacceptable, rather than simply throwing a link to a guideline, i think you are a lyer. When I was trying to organize a page about Lena Pessoa, you finally erased it talking about copyright ! Which copyright ? I was using the text I WROTE for Facebook ! Without even talking to me, you erased that page already moved in my personnal page by Amatulic ... At least Amatulic was trying hard to be welcoming ..., not you. The result about your attitude ? you can read it there. Mouzaia ( talk) 16:21, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi James, just dropping by to let you know that
this user has returned to wikipedia. He was blocked in October 2011 for 3 months. The block was for disruptive editing - you revoked talk page access. Although the block expired in January they didn't return to WP until a couple of days ago
[27] (July 22 to be exact).
Unfortunately it seems that this user has returned to interesting behaviour, and are
pushing, civilly,
OR &
fringe content on Race and Gender articles. I ran a wikistalk on this account and a banned user -
the result is intriguing (please note that Anacapa mainly used Ips to edit feminism related topics and these don't appear in this list: see
my old investigation for full details). Brechbill123 has 155 mainspace edits
[28] (204 edits in total). 36 are related to Amish/Mennonite/Old German Baptist Brethren topics. The rest to feminism and race related articles. Anacapa's interests match (Amish/Mennonite/Anabaptist/Shunning as well as incest, feminism and domestic violence). I could be wrong of course but besides the similarities with Anacapa, Brechbill123's own current behaviour is repeating his past
point making tendencies.
In short, I believe we either have a sock or a user who has returned to point making edits. If you get a chance I'd be much obliged if you'd have a look--
Cailil
talk 19:31, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
I made an editing of the "Early Life" portion of John Atta Mills, the late President of Ghana. The portion edited was change of "Akan" to "Fanti". But this has been reverted back twice and am amazed. I want you to check the facts correctly before doing so. Prior to the death of John Atta Mills, that portion has always been "He was a Fanti" and even the same wikipedia page about Fantis (Fantes) mention his name. Check it yourself http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanti
And also, let me remind you "Akan" is just a name for a group of many tribes in Ghana and Fanti is one of them. I'm a Ghanaian myself and in Ghana you don't say you are an Akan but you say you are a Fanti, Ashanti, Akuapem, etc (all tribes/languages that fall under Akan.
My surprise is why all along the correct portion that reads "He was a Fante from Ekumfi Otuam in the Central Region of Ghana" has been there and all of a sudden after his death yesterday someone edited the Fanti portion to "Akan" and the wrong one has rather been accepted.
My little advice is get your facts correct and also ask/verify from people from Ghana to really understand the two "Akan" and "Fanti" very well. This is the moment many people will be coming to Wikipedia to find information about the late president of Ghana (since he died yesterday)so any wrong, inaccurate or "slightly-doctored" information is to the detriment and accuracy of Wikipedia.
Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.54.223.106 ( talk) 16:37, 25 July 2012 (UTC)