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You have written a nice ArbCom election statement! Several days ago, I left a question, but it has not been answered. Would you like to answer it? Thank you. Mrs.EasterBunny ( talk) 19:11, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Dear Swatjester,
Thank you for your participation in my request for adminship, which ended successfully with a final tally of (52/10/1). I was impressed by the thoughtful comments on both sides, and the RFA process in general. The extra buttons do look pretty snazzy, but I'll be careful not to overuse them. If you have advice to share or need assistance with anything, feel free to drop me a message or email. Thank you and good day!
Cordially,
—
xDanielx
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PS - You have the coolest user page, in case you didn't know. :-)
Credits - This RFA thanks was inspired by Carlosguitar's RFA thanks and LaraLove's RFA thanks, which were both inspired by The Random Editor's RFA thanks, which was in turn inspired by Phaedriel's RFA thanks.
I see that your protection of Stephen M. Cohen is still in effect. There is now an WP:RFPP unprotection request for that page. Did the "pending legal action" ever occur? Is there an OTRS tracking number? Or was this just a justifiably cautious response to a now-banned user's claims of what ammounts to WP:OFFICE action? DMacks ( talk) 02:16, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
Template:Rescue has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. — Benjiboi 21:44, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
I just want to wish my fellow Wikipedians a Merry Christmas! Sincerely, -- Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles Tally-ho! 01:46, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
You recently removed a paragraph entitled "World Policy Council" from Extraordinary rendition indicating that this was an "inappropriate source". I have restored the paragraph based on the wikipedia WP:BRD policy and have created the third step to discuss what wikipedia policy indicates this would be a inapproprate source at Talk:Extraordinary rendition#World policy council. thanks.--Ccson (talk) 19:12, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi Swatjester, just letting you know that I noticed this page had been recreated eventhough it was deleted. I was about to tag it for speedy it per WP:CSD, but decided to put it up for AFD instead. -- Strothra ( talk) 22:17, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
Do you want your talk page protected or semi-protected? If so, please let me know on my talk page. Thanks. -- Nlu ( talk) 16:04, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
For the Supernatural page, an anon 201.130.201.154 keeps removing people from the cast section and moving them to incorrect places. He's vandalized other articles and has been given a final warning, but according to policies what he's doing on the Supernatural page doesn't count as vandalism. Do you have any suggestions on what I can do? Thanks. Ophois ( talk) 02:15, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
I am writing to you as a neutral admin whose opinion I have come to trust. In Arbcom proceedings, may one simply change their statements, removing text instead of striking it out? It seems to me that as Arbcom is as close as Wikipedia comes to actual legal proceedings, such text distortion should not be allowed, simply because it makes the statements of other editors incomprehensible. Your thoughts would be appreciated. Jeffpw ( talk) 18:55, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello, you have been listed as a party in Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal/Cases/2008-01-01 Extraordinary rendition by the United States. I have accepted the case as mediator, and would like to know if you accept me as mediator. I hope that a satisfactory compromise can be reached. Regards, Keilana talk (recall) 20:17, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
More activity there! · AndonicO Talk 23:50, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
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Hi there. You semi-protected this article back on August 3 to prevent vandalism from anon IPs, which made sense as Goldberg had recently publicly criticised Wikipedia at the time. However, five months later, this affair seems to have been forgotten, and so I believe it would now be safe to unprotect the article. If you agree, please do so. Thanks in advance. Terraxos ( talk) 01:16, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi. Over the New Year's holiday, a dispute has arisen over a purported threat to report a Wikipedia editor in the American military for misuse of military computers to edit Wikipedia. This has been raging over several talk pages and is now going to Arbcom.
Aside from the issue of whether a threat was really made, some are now starting to say that other U.S. military members have an obligation to report any abuse of military computers.
My own guess is that your military probably happily tolerates a lot of computer use by off-duty folks stuck in out-of-the-way spots working odd hours.
Tempers are rising and positions hardening among several high-volume editors; if you get the chance, would you mind clearing your throat and stepping in with your own experience? I'm confident it's probably better-informed than others', given your recent military experience and legal training.
Thanks, -- A. B. (talk) 23:05, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
I'm not interested in reverting the edit - I don't know enough about the issue - but you have certainly peaked my interest. If you want to maintain confidentiality you can email me at timmccloud @ charter.net. ΤΓ 703 Timmccloud ( talk) 13:31, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi, this page has now been fully protected for 6 months. Might it be time to life or reduce protection? WjB scribe 01:32, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
The M1 carbine article is currently on lock down. An administrator has requested some discussion from memeber of the Firearms Wikiproject. Can you take a look? Sf46 ( talk) 19:49, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
I'd like to thank you for ending the edit war on the M1 carbine from the same dumbass that locked down other gun pages. It was just plain stupid, seeing that a whole crowd of people teamed up against him. -- Chinese3126 ( talk) 02:22, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your support in my RfA. It was definitely a dramatic debate, that landed on WP:100! I paid close attention to everything that was said, and, where possible, I will try to incorporate the (constructive) criticism towards being a better administrator. I'm taking things slowly for now, partially because of the holidays and all the off-wiki distractions. :) I'm also working my way through the Wikipedia:New admin school and double-checking the relevant policies, and will gradually phase into the use of the new tools. My main goals are to help out with various backlogs, but I also fully intend to keep on writing articles, as there are several more that I definitely want to get to WP:FA status! Thanks again, have a great new year, and I look forward to working with you in this new text community! :) -- El on ka 04:31, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Please see the above link as I have requested arbitration for a dispute that you are involved in. Feel free to contribute there. Regards,-- Ccson ( talk) 20:32, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
You were step 1. I was step2. Step 3 requires you and I do discuss, step 2 says DO NOT revert this change. However you did revert and continue. Step 3 was for you and I to discuss and attempt an truce.
Third Opinon, RSN, etc were progessive steps if one of the prior steps did not work. You have resisted all steps, including BRD, mediation cabal, you berated the RSN editors for their opinion and you misinterpret their comments.-- Ccson ( talk) 20:27, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
Your revision deletion of Beth Medrash Govoha affected all edits prior to 12:53, November 29, 2007, - all its prior history has been deleted - NOT just "selective edits"as you commented in the discussion section. Joseph ( talk) 19:48, 13 January 2008 (UTC) That deletion was done by Pathoschild, not by me. ⇒ SWATJester Son of the Defender 23:14, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
This was marked as rejected for four months before KillerChihuahua changed it to "guideline" with no discussion. When I changed it back to proposed on Jan 2, I left a note on the village pump, and nobody there seemed to think it was a guideline. [1] I also left a note on the talk page when I demoted it, and nobody there thought it was a guideline. I encourage you, if you think it ever had consensus, to find any documentation of it. — Carl ( CBM · talk) 03:42, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
It was never contested as a guideline, which gives it some weight as such, but your marking of historical had no consensus, and does not have the weight behind it of lack of being contested. ⇒ SWATJester Son of the Defender 04:03, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
I don't think we've ever met, but I thought I'd let you know I lol'd at your userpage. Truly amazing, and very entertaining. Out of curiosity, who made it? Your friend appears to have a similar one.-- CM ( talk) 02:50, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
I see that you are a member of the Wikiproject Military History. I saw how you handled things on the M-1 Carbine issue and I like your style. I'm having some issues on the article associated with Talk:Military history of African Americans. Do you have nay suggestions about this? Sf46 ( talk) 03:08, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
My knowledge of the Civil War is limited to tactics, sorry. I'll take a look at the dispute though. ⇒ SWATJester Son of the Defender 03:10, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi Swatjester. I'm wondering if you know of any place on-site, or of particular users, that coordinate regarding War in Afghanistan (2001–present)? My immediate reason for asking is Operation_Anaconda#Battle_of_Takur_Ghar. Tonight I picked up one of the books listed, Roberts Ridge, and wanted to see if I could find someone with another, Not a Good Day to Die. This engagement could easily have its own page. Marskell ( talk) 20:25, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Nevermind, I got my picture. Thanks anyway. XD Miranda 02:44, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
Please argue why you think the controversy FA article does not require an NPOV tag. The part is only referenced by ONE side of the story. Neutrality does not equal having articles cited with only 1 source. You accuse me of having no civility etc, that's fine, i lost my cool. But you show no will for consensus where it is crystal clear that there is a dispute (see the fa talk page).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution#Step_4:_Discussing_with_the_other_party
I'm sure you read that before, but you're not discussing anything, just removing. I suggest that we discuss this issue with the help of an instant message service, perhaps we can get to a truce.
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You can email me at swatjester (at) gmail (dot com) if you'd like, but I don't go on IM much. ⇒ SWATJester Son of the Defender 21:19, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
Please try to make an exception here, because this delayed messaging of eachother (e-mailing is pretty much the same) doesn't resolve anything. Even better, do you have a microphone so we could use a voice chat application? IRC is also an option, I know you (have) use(d) that. LSky ( talk) 21:23, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
You fully protected the article on 2007-10-09, per an OTRS ticket which I have no accesses to. Is this protection still necessary? — pd_THOR | =/\= | 03:40, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
I've created a request for mediation. Please list there if you agree or disagree to participate.-- Ccson ( talk) 21:46, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
According to your TWINKLE warning on my talk page, you nominated iPhony for deletion. Errant message? I don't see anything on the article or AfD roster to suggest that you actually did send it to AfD. Thanks for any clarification. ju66l3r ( talk) 16:41, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on Template:Cnbox requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section T3 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a deprecated or orphaned template. After seven days, if it is still unused and the speedy deletion tag has not been removed, the template will be deleted.
If the template is intended to be substituted, please feel free to remove the speedy deletion tag and please consider putting a note on the template's page indicating that it is substituted so as to avoid any future mistakes.
Thanks. -- MZMcBride ( talk) 00:56, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
If you want to take a break, then do, but don't leave completely. Corvus cornix talk 05:32, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
While I think you could be less combative at times (I suppose we all could), you bring a lot of sanity to the project. I hope you decide to stay. — xDanielx T/ C\ R 06:45, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Man, not another experienced administrator leaving :( Please take the time to consider a wikibreak, but your contributions have been well valued. Thanks for your hard (and rather difficult work). Cheers Seicer ( talk) ( contribs) 07:09, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
As a general rule, I don't, for various reasons, regularly add my voice to the "don't go" lovefests that often present themselves when a long-standing editor announces, usually (at least ostensibly) abruptly, and I am surprised to find that I do so here since I have, in the past, had occasion to be more than a little critical of you (principally, as you may recall, with respect to BLP issues, on which our views differ greatly, and a few OTRS items) and have suggested in some informal context that the net effect on the project of your being an admin might well be negative. Nevertheless, it is clear that you did not err here, and it is exceedingly unfortunate some reacted so poorly to your being eminently reasonable and acting rightly. Joe 08:22, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
I've never had any dealings with you before this issue. I think you made an excellent call in reversing a deletion made under false pretenses. Such a deletion, for such an editor, cannot be made lightly & without scrutiny. Thank you for speaking truth to power in this matter. Stick around, help the project improve. Or at least, stay for the floorshow. :-) -- SSB ohio 17:13, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
I'm not one to typically invoke an oh shit im leaving thing. I was fed up with Wikipedia last night, and decided to sleep on it to see if this is a project that I wanted to continue to contribute to. I came to the conclusion that it is not what it used to be, but it's not as far gone as I thought it was last night. Therefore, I'm going to give Wikipedia a last chance. I still 110% believe that I did the right thing last night, and I absolutely will not apologize for doing what the policies and guidelines allow and instruct me to do. I still believe that it's a copout that ArbCom has invoked power over this. I believe that it's beyond their authority. I believe that as editors we are not so dense and stupid as to be bound and gagged by assuming good faith. Good faith is not a suicide pact. When you have extensive reason to believe something is not legit, you don't owe it full weight and authority. I am still deeply hurt by the collective decision that my words and actions in following what the rules say, were wrong and that a user who has 14 blocks, a year long arbcom parole that he violated 5 times and was blocked for each time, and has a recent history of making misleading comments and even lies to get his way, was given the full weight and protection that this project can offer, while threatening desysops at me. Not only am I hurt by the collective decision, I've lost an extreme amount of respect for the "common sense" rationalizing abilities of multiple editors here, including at least one I had copious amounts of respect for before. But I'm not hurt enough to give up on this project. I thought about abandoning en.wp, and only working at commons, en.wikiversity, and latin wikipedia, but there is too much work that needs to be done. ⇒ SWATJester Son of the Defender 19:10, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
I hope that you are still around. I have seen you deal with many issues, and I am seeking your input. Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Rotten_Tomatoes_Critic_Blogs User:Vary is an admin. She felt that it was important to start an feud over the removal of a source for not meeting Wikipedia standards. Besides following me to other pages and provoking 3RR and then reporting it (4RR - 2 on two different days, so 2 reverts a day, with different set of information, but barely within the 24 hours so it counted as 3RR), she decided that she will not stand to deal with this source not being counted as legitimate. The complaint by myself and the problem held by others is that it is a document hosted by the Rotten Tomatoes website without an author or copyright information, and the information needed is not directly attributed in a quote to anyone, so there is no way to verify if it is legitimate. Even if it was verified, it would be seen as rumor, as the information (nickname of the Cloverfield (creature) being "clover" by the crew) would not be done by someone with authority to name the creature such). Instead of going to the reliable source forum (where there is no consensus supporting her), she went to the Wikiproject for Film, and had two people say they support Rotten Tomatoes as being verifiable. Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Films#Rotten Tomatoes.
However, her information lacks context for the discussion on the matter, and lacks any actual information, so their approval is vague at best. She then tries to claim that: "The editors at WP:FILM have overwhelmingly found this source acceptable and reliable.". Only two people spoke, and two people does not make a consensus. As an admin, she should know the various rules and know that she exaggerated the consensus spoke and is taking this personally, which is also against Wikipedia policy. I feel that this admin is no longer capable of doing anything but take this personally, and she refuses to take a Wikibreak. It has even affected her ability to edit, which is reflected on her contributions. If you notice, most of her additions in the past few days have been arguments over the verifiability of the link, without her actually proving that there is any proof behind her assertions. She is unable to answer a) who to attribute the source to b) how can we be sure its legitimate c) who of the crew actually called the creature "clover" and d) if that warrants being mentioned in the creature page since it is not the official name deemed by the Producer or Director. Thank you for your consideration of this matter, and I seek to your input on this matter. Ottava Rima ( talk) 19:51, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
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Huh? Are you serious? Good thing I didn't look into the matter - I just acted on a request from a friend. Someone gets death threats (or should I say, "gets death threats yet again") and not only undelete the page, you use menacing language to tell me to undelete the page on procedural grounds? Surely you've read this? You are willing to sacrifice the safety of an editor simply because he used to wrong template?
The safety of editors is paramount. <striking a portion my comments> Guettarda ( talk) 15:15, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Per this edit summary - you KNOW better. Personal attacks are not to be tolerated, even in edit summaries. Guettarda ( talk) 15:17, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Continued personal attacks despite a warning. Blocked. Guettarda ( talk) 15:34, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
I agree that this block was completely inappropriate. Newyorkbrad ( talk) 16:54, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
It wasn't my intention to use language that would be construed as a PA. Telling you what I felt about your behaviour was not, IMO, a personal attack. But others disgree, so I will strike it. Guettarda ( talk) 17:11, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
That's pretty impressive. How long did it take for you to put it together? Rebelyell2006 ( talk) 16:03, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Swatjester, I hope the admins at wiki aren't turning a blind eye to this. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/06/the_cult_of_wikipedia/. I understand some consider the source tabloid (including the admin cited in the article), but I read the article and followed the edits, and there's a larger problem here. I've found another pattern to the edits that cluster around related groups and concepts in regards to said administrator. I checked the COI noticeboard and I get the sense this is being quickly swept under the rug. Can you keep me updated on this issue and how it is being handled, if you don't mind? Thanks in advance. Respectfully, -- Pax Arcane 03:02, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Some others if you have a moment that I'd like to be able to userfy, at least to take a look at:
(No rush.) Thanks, Swat! VigilancePrime ( talk) 05:57, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
:-) VigilancePrime ( talk) 04:32, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Could you clarify (privately, if necessary) the nature of the OTRS complaint which you cited when redirecting star post to T post? From the edits you made to the latter article, it seems as if you (or the complainer) are asserting that the former is a synonym for the latter — which seems quite odd, since it's quite easy using Google to find pages (e.g. [3]) using both terms for apparently distinct products. If anything, it would seem to me that "star post" may be the more generic term, being at least sometimes applied also to T posts as well as to the Y-shaped posts formerly discussed on that page. — Ilmari Karonen ( talk) 07:42, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
But seriously, just moved the article to become steel fence post, check the edits I made (I mention star posts) to be sure there are no OTRS issues with what's there now. Montanabw (talk) 05:17, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Swat, could you take a look at this AfD? I don't know if you'll want to comment in it or admin-finish it or neither... PERSONALLY, I think it's an obvious keep case. Others think it's an obvious delete case. I'm thinking, objectively, that it is probably heading down the road of "closed (keep) as no consensus". I'm not going to say any more either way so that you can take a look and make up your own mind on how you want to proceed with or in it, if at all. However it goes, your involvement in these matters, cool head and common sense are always appreciated. VigilancePrime ( talk) 04:53, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
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I looked back at the edits. An anonymous vandal inserted the citation needed. It was already cited by Bartley (that statement was included in the whole set of the paragraph, Bartley, 5 pages). The version now is one reverted back to essentially a vandal edit. -- Pax Arcane 23:16, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
Sure, no problem, WP:BITE is indeed valid. I did then give a maturer response. Good to see you are still here, and look forward to collaborating with you in the future. Thanks, SqueakBox 23:45, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
Look buddy, don't take this the wrong way, but I don't really care if you don't believe that my little brother editing from my IP address isn't convincing. It's truth. He's been staying at my house for 3 months while he's home from school, his military school operates in tri-mesters, and so he's got approximately 3 months off from school at a time, unfortunately our parents are no longer alive...so he lives with me when he's home. He does report to basic training in June though, so hopefully they'll work some of his immaturity out of him. You cite edits from then, yet you blocked it for a wholly unreasonable amount of time, which another administrator agreed with. Blocking the entire IP and inconveniencing my wife, me and my daughter is both unreasonable and under the circumstances unwarranted. I've had, in the past, my fair share of disagreements with people on here, have been blocked for things worse than what my brother was doing, and it certainly was not for a whole year. 12 hours for an initial block, or 24, or even 2-3 days would have been more than reasonable, not a full year. I feel as though, and feel free to disagee, you blocked the IP while upset and issued a block much longer than necessary. You'll notice from the edit summaries that numerous subjects are edited. My wife focuses quite a bit on sports, my daughter on Disney characters (much to my dismay) and my username edit history is mostly soccer related or hollywood related articles. I used to work at a high school and the IP address there was blocked quite a bit for VERY flagrant disegard for wikipedia policy (blanking pages with the f-word, inserting inappropriate pictures, etc), and it was never longer than a day or two before it was un-blocked. I've taken a look through the edits that were made, and in all honesty, they were NOT that disruptive. Sure it was an edit war between two users, you included SWATJester, but a year long block was totally out of line. Inconveniencing an entire family, simply because you were upset, isn't right. Daniel Case agreed that he didn't think a year long initial block was warranted, and I think if you look at it with a neutral mind, you will as well. I'm also a bit troubled that you, an involved party in the dispute, took it upon yourself to issue a block, rather than reporting it and letting a neutral party look into the situation and act on it. Surely as an administrator you were well within your right to act as you did, but for the good of the community, administrators should recuse themselves from issues such as this where they are an involved party. I have looked through recent block logs and have noticed that users with much worse edit histories than what my brother was blocked for doing, have not received anywhere near a year long block, some users were blocked for two weeks, 30 days, two months, etc. I find it disturbing that you're choosing to block this shared IP address for an entire year. Surely you must see that it's unreasonable and vengeful. Batman2005 ( talk) 01:59, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
Not an insult but a pointer towards the correct type of outlet for their creative talents - it's not uncivil, it's a straight forward suggestion and I'll continue to point out to people when wikipedia is not suitable for their original research. -- Fredrick day ( talk) 19:23, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I am Barkjon. I am requesting the rollback feature and notice you were willing to grant a user that feature. I already know how to use the feature, as I am a burecrat on the Club Penguin Wiki. See more other reasons on the page that you request rollback rights on. Reply on my talk page. P.S. You have a really cool user page!-- Barkjon 01:19, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks you so much.-- Barkjon 18:29, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi Swatjester. I see you are active on the talk page at Bear Grylls. Could you look into the block of User:MickMacNee and whether you think the 3RR verdict is justified? Thanks. I've also notified East718, the blocking admin. Carcharoth ( talk) 11:57, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Defamatory? Nothing. It still violates WP:NPOV, WP:BLP and is bad writing. Redundant writing is redundant. It's also perpetuating an edit war, which is unacceptable. ⇒ SWATJester Son of the Defender 18:58, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for granting me the rollback feature. LessThanClippers ( talk) 19:54, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
I've never done an unblock review, so it would probably be impossible for me to have an ongoing series of inappropriate unblock reviews. Which means that I am not bullying blocked users, because I have never engaged in declining a review. You can feel free to remove that accusation from my talk page at any time. It's baseless. the_undertow talk 04:40, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the protect. This article always gets hit hard during school vacations.-- Lepeu1999 ( talk) 14:30, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
If the assertion of bad faith is warranted by relevant and strong evidence, I don't think it's an assumption. But I won't continue to revert - I don't have a strong opinion on the issue. Kalkin ( talk) 02:56, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
Thank you. ⇒ SWATJester Son of the Defender 02:57, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your edits in Supreme Court of the United States on the judicial usurpation/activism section. Glad to know it was not just me. Magidin ( talk) 19:55, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
There's an IP editing Red Faction that I can't figure out. First he blanks, and then he spams. He has now added onto the article stuff that I can't honestly delete and call it vandalism. Can you check it out? - Warthog Demon 02:07, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
Sure. ⇒ SWATJester Son of the Defender 02:07, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
So there *are* other admins watching the article! Good. Please let me know if I a) overstep or b) understep - I feel like I might be getting too close sometimes, and I feel like I'm too new with the mop to know what and when to clean up. Thanks! -- SatyrTN ( talk / contribs) 06:17, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
Hello, I was wondering, why did you remove my edit to Lawyer? 70.234.154.58 ( talk) 04:49, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
I have left a statement on ANI at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#My_intentions_with_regards_to_this_editor. - Philippe | Talk 19:58, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Swatjester/archive14: I wish to thank you for your support in my unsuccessful bid at becoming an Assistant Coordinator for the Military history WikiProject. Rest assured that I will still be around, probably even more than before, and I have the utmost confidence in the abilities of the current and new coordinators. I might also mention that I am already planning on running again in August. As always, if you need anything, just get in touch. - MBK 004 21:34, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
Dear Swatjester, all the best wishes for a speedy recovery! Sincerely, -- Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles Tally-ho! 22:35, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
You did a great job cutting down the whole hoax. Here's another IP: 4.88.167.72 ( talk · contribs) that recently popped up. feel better, -- brew crewer (yada, yada) 00:10, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
and another: 4.245.3.21 ( talk · contribs). -- brew crewer (yada, yada) 00:20, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
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The "Steven Plaut" entry is out of date - please add the updated information from this http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=8431B5B9-9777-4A3D-8218-94679BB9DCF9 --- Borisyy —Preceding unsigned comment added by Borisyy ( talk • contribs) 14:43, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Your help is needed in planning Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 4! Any comments or suggestions you have are greatly appreciated. The Placebo Effect ( talk) 19:20, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
Ref: the subject suggesting that I may be spewing pictures more or less at random which I may or may not have taken. You might be interested in looking at: Walker Colt and/or Colt Percussion Pocket Revolvers ( started that myself) and the several other articles "see also'ed" to the above. I regret having attracted the attention of above subject and hope not to interact with him again.-- Mcumpston ( talk) 22:40, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi. Since you took an active role in monitoring Sagbliss in the past, I think she's back again. Please take a look at the Talk Page for Get (Conflict). The legal threats are back again. Regards Bruno23 ( talk) 22:12, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
Jccort ( talk) 19:24, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed that you edited the article Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare recently and I am just letting you know that I plan on working on the article over the next few weeks in order to bring it up to Featured Article status. If you have time, please consider helping out with the article by improving the referencing, content, and other miscellaneous activities in order for the article to meet the standards set out at WP:WIAFA. Thanks for your time! Gary King ( talk) 05:17, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
Sorry 'bout not properly removing the bit about the kid skipping school on RuneScape. Still a bit new here. Thanks for correcting my mistake -- Armanalp ( talk) 12:08, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
Swatjester! We meet again. Regarding this post ( ∆ here), no. No one has brought up the subject before; you’re the first. I’ll be the first to agree that what I’ve got there is in a gray area. My user page recently used to be ginormous, with an added 400 kB of template-support sandbox for debugging a {{delmitnum}} template (and a magic word by the same name). I recently moved all that 400 kB of template-exercising material to a user sub-page ( User:Greg L/Delimitnum sandbox). Of course, once work on the templates is done, I’ll delete that sub-page.
Removing everything related to the SEALs on my main page would reduce the user page a paltry 116 kB. I read the policy on user pages. They aren’t supposed to be used as blogs. But then, the policy goes on to describe all the horse crap stuff that people put on blogs (“my favorite movies,” etc.) That portion of my user page is more of a general-interest piece, which describes what it’s like to be in BUD/S and what it takes to get back into it. That it uses my son’s experiences as the vehicle to accomplish that end is incidental. You used carefully considered diplo-speak when you wrote “It might be a good idea to take that section down.” Are you demanding I delete it all or suggesting it might be a wise move to do so? I know it’s well-received by the e-mails I receive from people interested in the SEALs. Greg L ( my talk) 02:56, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Sometimes I am afraid I am over-sensitive. The Race and Intelligence article is obviously controversial and I have been highly critical of user:Jagz who I believe has been pushing for inclusion of a fringe, racialist (if not racist) POV in the article - this is just context, not the issue. The issue is, today he made this edit, creating a new section and providing no explanation or context: [4]. If it is directed at me, I wonder if it is anti-Semitic.
I may be overreacting - it may just be one of several disruptive edits he has made, which I should not take personally, and I have left a note at AN/I concerning disruptive edits. But the possible anti-Semitism nags at me. I know that in general you take these matters seriously and that in this particular case you have objectivity I lack and if you think I am overreacting, well, I would respect and value your judgement. Thanks, Slrubenstein | Talk 13:08, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
...for confirming that the R6V2 talk page section removal was appropriate. xenocidic ( talk) 19:55, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
Sorry getting back to you late, my father had to take his laptop and i just got a new laptop but anyway, Its intentional, i was mixing up all the text and letters haha. Oh and sweet to c another speaker. БοņёŠɓɤĭĠ₳₯є 23:09, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey man, I just wanted to show my appreciation for your edits. You're on top on reverting in light of the recent plethora of vandalism on the article. Neil the Cellist ( talk) 23:32, 2 April 2008 (UTC)