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Amantes Article
I don't understand. The Amantes article must be more than 2000 words long, yet it has been written and edited by only yourself with near perfect punctuation and grammar. I would like to think you are a literary genuis but, being a cynical person, I have to second guess that you've copied this from a book. 131.244.3.4507:49, 27 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. I have filed a report of a 3RR violation on the administrators' noticeboard yesterday and have not yet had a response. I also noticed that you have resolved several cases which were made some time after mine. I was wondering if there is any reason why mine has not been taken up. Thank you. 163.167.129.12409:19, 27 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
E-mail
E-mail responded.
Good luck with your operation; when will you be having it/did you have it? I hope you get flowers and baked goods from people who know your address. :) · AOTalk10:52, 27 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
You probably have don't know me (I think you've sometimes presented DYKs to me), but I was just wanting to wish you all the best. You always seem to be cheery when you reply, and, in my expierience, when you give out DYK notices. I hope everything goes well for you, and you recover perfectly from your illness.
Good luck, ♣ÅñôñÿMôúsDîššíd3nt08:38, 29 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your Support on my recent nomination for adminship, which passed with a final tally of 89/1/1. If there's anything I can help with, then you know where to find me. Cheers, and best of luck with a speedy recovery.
I wish you and your family a Happy and enjoyable Easter/Holidays and although its a little early I'm sure you will enjoy it!! Dont forget that its April Fools Day soon and I also hope you enjoy that as well.
Thank you for your support in my recent successful Rfa. And I hope and trust that all goes/has gone well for you in your cardiac surgery.--Anthony.bradbury14:07, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
WikiProject Biography Spring 2007 Assessment Drive
Thank you for your contributions! -- WikiProject Biography Spring 2007 Assessment Drive 17:04, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence
The WPBiography Assessment Awards Committee hereby bestows upon you this Barnstar for your diligence in assessing more than two hundred biographies in the Biography Assessment Drive, March 2007.
The Ed Poor Audacious Action Award
For your bold and humble assistance in assessing biography articles, WikiProject Biography Spring 2007 Assessment Drive hereby awards you The Ed Poor Audacious Action Award. 17:04, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
The Golden Wiki Award
For your exceptional contributions to the WikiProject Biography Spring 2007 Assessment Drive, WikiProject Biography Spring 2007 Assessment Drive hereby awards you The Golden Wiki Award. 17:04, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
Now that we're giving out Barnstars...
The Working Man's Barnstar
For your outstanding contributions to this encyclopedia, both the articles, and it's maintenance. This is also a partial complaint for setting such a high standard for the rest of us. :-) Congratulations Nishkid. · AOTalk20:18, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. I am User:AlexCovarrubias. I was blocked but I did not break 3RR. I think it is unfair and I sent you an e-mail, since I can't edit your talkpage. Please review my case, I requested an unblock. I think I have a point, but the user that blocked me seems to be a little too hard. Thx, Alex. (I sent a friend to paste this msg since I'm blocked).
Nish, this is Alex. About the message above, I have been unblocked. However, I have been told you are recovering from surgery. I don't know what happened to you, but I wish you the best and a fast recovery. Well, I guess I'll see you around when you return. Get well soon! AlexCov( Let's talk! )19:47, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thx for placing the protection on 30 seconds to mars. I am new to wiki. I want to know if you placed the protection because of my roll-back and request for protection. I don't see my request listed on the history for this page, so i don't know if I entered the request properly. please advise. thx SteinAlive01:59, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Our thoughts are with you. The very best wishes for a complete and speedy recovery from me and, if I may presume, from all your fellow Wikipedians. Newyorkbrad22:29, 27 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
As you go through your ordeal, please keep in mind that you have many well wishers all over the world through Wikipedia, including myself, who look forward to your return with renewed health. -- Jreferee00:10, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please take care and get well soon!! Have you had the operation yet? Please keep us informed about how you are doing... Again, take care! KatalavenoTC01:00, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Be courageous - The Lord always protects his idiots.... :)) My full support for you and your family. The only heart problem you should get now is a wound from an arrow of Cupid. Rama's arrow14:20, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Jeez...wondered why I hadn't seen you round. Please take care to get well soon, and don't work too hard. I will warn the nurses to keep the internet terminals away from you! You can't keep a good editor down, and you are one of the best. Thor Malmjursson03:20, 1 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Respectfully, AlexCovarrubias, could you be patient a day or two? Nishkid has just come home after heart surgery. I should think he will get back to you once he is back in the swing of things. Regards, Thor Malmjursson19:54, 6 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Jimbo's visit to India and the WikiCamp in Chennai: Jimbo recently visited India in late February and early March on wiki work. This included a trip to a WikiCamp in Chennai. The one day conference attracted 300 participants from across India and beyond dealt with issues facing wikis ([1]). It was widely covered by the press, eg The Hindu( [2]), which cited the efforts of Bhadani (edit count), Sundar (leadership on Tamil Wikipedia) and Ganeshk (Creation of Ganeshbot to create articles on Indian towns from census figures). Ganeshk himself travelled from California to attend the conference.
Wikipedia Weekly 15: Wikipedia Weekly, a informal Wikipedians' program that purports to give "A weekly audio roundup of Wikipedia happenings with news, interviews and roundtable discussions" recently interviewed two prominent editors Rama's Arrow and Ragib(listen). The entire 34 minute interview was entirely about the world of Indian subcontinent wiki-happenings, and was the first episode which was not entirely dominated by discussion of wiki-politics and wiki-bureaucracy, with the host Witty lama praising the efficiency of the project and its proliferation of featuredcontent. Rama's Arrow cited the team spirit, friendship and respect among project members in discussing its success and FA productivity, as well as discussing subcontinental wiki-conflict. Ragib talked also of his public campaign to raise awareness of the Bengali Wikipedia in his native Bangladesh, which has seen a 30-fold increase in article count over the past year.
Arbitration: Three cases are either in progress or have recently ended.
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Welcome to the March 2007 edition of our newsletter.
Congratulations to one of our most respected writers, bureaucrats and administrators, Nichalp, who is now entrusted with the oversight permission. In addition Riana has joined the administrative ranks after a successful RfA.
More generally, certain Indian users have recently been subject to real life harassment by banned users, etc. If this is affecting you in real life, please do not hesitate to contact Wikimedia board members for assistance, or ask a senior Wikipedian to solicit help on your behalf if required.
Nishkid64, a prolific contributor and administrator, is currently undergoing surgery to fix a congenital heart defect. You can wish him wellhere.
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Would you mind undeleting the article and talk for Rodney A. Smolla? The page was deleted using proposed deletion. Per WP:DRV, any admin can undelete these pages for me without a vote based on a reasonable request. Smolla is the current Dean of the University of Richmond School of Law and will become the Dean at the Washington & Lee School of Law over the summer. Like many of the things this notable academic has done, the press covered this change in jobs. I'd like to make sure this knowledge is documented on Wikipedia, and I'd prefer not to have to start from scratch. Erechtheus00:07, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I don't believe your reasons are really convincing. I will restore the article, but after you add the bit about the change, I will send the article to AfD. I think that would be the best place to resolve the situation. Thanks, Nishkid6400:16, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I assure you that WP:BIO will be well covered by the time I'm done with this one, but I understand your rationale. I thank you for the assistance. Erechtheus00:17, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Please feel free to evaluate and nominate if necessary at this juncture. I have added the promised information along with starting on a proper citation system for the article. I'll be adding more as I locate it, but there should be more than enough to establish notability at this point. Erechtheus01:34, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weclome back
Hey, good to see you've returned. I hope your at-home recovery is swift and that you'll soon be back to helping with the backlogs and heck, even maybe writing the encyclopedia! Heimstern Läufer16:34, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
By all means welcome back, and best wishes for your continued recovery. (Don't forget to update your status message on this page as you did on your userpage.) Regards, Newyorkbrad16:40, 5 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Welcome back Nishkid. Very glad to see you out of hospital, and hope to see you back in the swing of editing when you are feeling well enough. Thor Malmjursson19:56, 6 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, well a lot of things might have happened if I'd told people I was Gurch, but that would have defeated the point of trying to start again, wouldn't it? – Gurch09:21, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Special note to spamlist users: Apologies for the formatting issues in previous issues. This only recently became a problem due to a change in HTML Tidy; however, I am to blame on this issue. Sorry, and all messages from this one forward should be fine (I hope!) -Ral315
Glad that you're back from the hospital after cardiac surgery! I myself had surgery on Monday, in which 5 teeth from inside my gums were removed in addition to my wisdom teeth. At any rate, I'm sure you will need much more time to recover than me, though. If it's not too much trouble, could you take the time to give me a few simulated RfA questions here? ~Steptrip19:30, 8 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Cardiac surgery? Sounds major. Just wanted to say Get Well Soon.
P.S. -If this message is out of date, pretend it came earlier. --Defender 911 22:33, 10 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Thanks!!!!!! --Defender 911 00:16, 12 8 April 2007 (UTC)
On his wikibreak template, it said that Nishkid64 had a congenital heart defect that needed to be treated. So cardiac surgery basically encapsulates the fixing of a congenital heart defect. ~Steptrip01:51, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
RfC's can take a while, but it's pretty rare to see an RfC go without any activity for almost a month. However, I'm sure this is due to the fact that Emir Arwen has not edited since March 12, and without his involvement, the RfC cannot proceed. Hope that answers your question. Nishkid6420:13, 13 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I am sure that that's his plan; he intends to wait until the RfC is dropped and then "the stream would run out" for another RfC and he would "get away" with it (just like Ratko Mladic is hoping to wait out the ICTY). --PaxEquilibrium22:02, 13 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I left a welcome back message a little while back but you must of missed it so just thought I'd say it again for some reason. Thanks. TellyaddictTalk16:51, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
DYK
I was about to add an entry to the error report (and you might still fix it before i post this), but the Main page DYK is still flawed: "was himself executed in a few months later after another coup". Maybe take out the "in" (and add a comma after "later"?). Thanks ;) --Quiddity17:55, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I noticed you made the page; thanks for the flattering comments. :) I've sent an e-mail to Arjun; he said he wanted to co-nom, and he's been a good friend for a long while, so I'll wait until he does to accept. · AOTalk22:39, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
3RR warning
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content which gains a consensus among editors. Thank you. --VnTruth14:55, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
"Such sort of hateful comments are not tolerated on Wikipedia. I dealt with a similar user (Oguz1) just a few weeks ago, who incited the same type of anti-XX comments, but regarding the Turkish involvement in the Armenian Genocide. Nishkid64 18:14, 16 March 2007 (UTC)"
I am just curious. When did I incite hateful comments? Please do tell. And you "dealt with me" and my hate? What kind of condescending and prejudicial attitude is that? Who the hell do you think you are?
I provided 3 counter sources [3], against your one source, to prove and maintain the innocence of a whole town that you accused of murder, yet I got libeled as a "denier" or as "hateful" or as "poisoning the well"!!! You reverted my edits a 1000 times, blocked me over and over again, got other anti-Turks to join in your revert war, and now you are calling me anti-XX hateful person. WHAT!!!!
Damned if I do and damned if I don't. Up is down and the accused is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, without any court in the world even considering the case. Oh ooops, it sounds like I'm trying to reason with you...what am I thinking it never worked before and I got "dealt with".
The truth is, you are the ones making very, very serious allegations about an entire town that you have never been to and know nothing about except for that one obscure passage you found on the internet. And oddly enough, that happens to fit right into a political agenda that's based purely on hate. After 3 months, all you can provide is one biased source that's copied over and over again? Surely you can do better when it's such a known "fact", right?
So, I guess I should just shut up, apologize for something that never ever has been proven in any court of law - EVER - and then I can finally be a good person. I'm sorry, where are my morals? Let's see, I'm 37 years old, have studied this subject for over 20 years, been to 3 colleges, served in the army and navy of 2 nations and NATO on 3 continents, got an IQ over 140 which is enough for me, traveled half the world and all of US, lived and worked in D.C. politics for 30 years, lived in the town in question, lived in more towns and cities then most have been to, worked very hard all my life and did everything with my own money and sweat, lost many great friends along the way, been there - done that, and I still haven't learned shit about morality, facts, honesty, or academia, or anything else for that matter.
Until of course, I came here to meet you unemployed 15-25 year olds who have nothing better to do all day then to play with Wikipedia and jerk each other off with meaningless awards. What the fuck was I thinking? So, I am now more eloquent like your respectable Khoikhoi (a.k.a. Hottentot, etc) and talk like this [4].
Or perhaps I should be more like your beloved Nareklm, or Artaxaid or whatever else his name was, who says "fuck the system" on his personal page, and who just got booted for a year for having a dozen sockpuppets and spamming WP, and who knows what else [5]. Weren't you accusing me of the same thing, and weren't you wrong about that? Didn't you say to me condescendingly again, "hey genius, Artaxiad had a name change" when I complained about that very thing? Weren't you wrong about the BBC link that he originally gave was suppose to prove something? And didn't you give Artaxaid awards and kudos for providing the other biased link here [6]) while chastising me?
You don't know me, you know nothing about me, so where the hell do you get off calling me anti-this or that of hateful? I am extremely pissed off, yes, but not hateful - learn the difference.
I deserve an apology but you know what, it's meaningless. You never apologized for unjustly blocking Finduk anyway or anything else I mentioned above. The fact that even US public schools say WP is disreputable, is enough for me. And having attended a few of them, I can safely say that their standards are not the highest and that alone says how much WP sucks. Be proud though, you helped write it. So, I really cannot take your comments about me seriously. And I cannot take you seriously at all, as much as I wish I could because I'm wasting my time writing this (damn! :).
However, I really do care to see where I made anti-XX comments about anyone. And if I did say such things - which to me is as serious as being called a "genocidal maniac who hates people and denies it" (which is what you are calling me) - let me please please apologize ahead of time from the bottom of my heart to anyone who I may have offended ethnically. But, I know I have never made such comment. Although, I did make one comment about Armenians here:
[7] I'll translate:
"Armenians in general are good, but it's those who have never ever been to Turkey, the uneducated, greedy and ignorant diaspora ones that are trying to create chaos. They don't even know how much damage they are causing."
I really do hope you feel better. Now, somebody unlock me - it's been over 2 weeks. Actually never mind, don't unlock me, seems making new accounts and doing revert wars is the best on WP. Why the hell did I waste all that time researching - stupid me.
--152.216.11.518:47, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Neustriano
THANK YOU!
I was hopinf an admin would see him harassing other users on their talk pages while deleting his own warnings.
Hey while I have you, can you slide on over here and give an indef block?
I blocked Tpride90 indefinitely. Also, Luna Santin is a guy, and he doesn't always put in block messages on user talk pages. Just check out the block log for future reference. Thanks, Nishkid6421:57, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
i dont know much about the articles only the photography ones which im going to edit soon, it just seems vandals pop up constantly. Will let you know asap when I see them. CINEGroup21:57, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
go through all my contributions, youll see about 15 pages created with pure spam, maybe speedy delete them, i tagged them but theyre still there and a few have been for a few hours. Its only 3 or 4 people constantly making new pages over and over. CINEGroup21:59, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Since it seems that block wasn't justified, do you think it will still hurt me? I was planning on trying to become an admin in June, but this cold hurt my chances even more. TJ Spyke20:59, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
That was an interesting resolution. He claims ignorance of 3RR, but I notified him twice of the intent of 3RR, he acknowleged, and no less than seven editors engaged him on talk and disagreed with his edits. He persisted in spite of me alerting him twice and seven editors dialoguing, in disagreement, with him. This was blatant, acknowledged, disruptive edit warring, now sanctioned. Considering recent discussion on WP:AN about the reverts on global warming and intelligent design, there is an alarming trend in evidence here. I registered my comments on the 3RR page.[13]SandyGeorgia (Talk) 02:09, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I didn't really believe Brian when he said he didn't know of existing WP:3RR policy. I assumed good faith and went to his talk page, but I dropped the matter afterwards when Raul (who was involved) dealt with the 3RR report. I was considering a block against Brian, but the whole pleading ignorance thing threw me off. Nishkid6413:05, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
My RfA
Posted the following on my talk page (because more than one person is involved in the discussion):
The new "other sources" that are mentioned here [14] are not new or "other sources", they are the same thing. The last three are not even a valid sources (a blog, an interview, and the last taken out of context) . Please read them carefully or see below.
Source 4 is a book compilation which contains - verbatim - a passage from a Dardian book. It is indeed just a compilation of books, each chapter being from a different author. (I discussed this extensively already)
Source 6 is a magazine interview with Dardian, who says the same thing which was already quoted in Source 4, verbatim.
Source 5 [15], is about Giresun, not Ordu, this is completely out of context. The author only mentions Ordu as a geographical reference to Giresun, and I quote, "... and Gherasun was clean of them (Armenians)" (page 280): Here's the quote: "We went to Trrebizond...and before Trebizond sits, Treblus; and before Treblus, Gherasun; and before Gherasun, Ordu;..." (page 280, same paragraph but not the same sentence)
I trust you will correct these errors. If you are in doubt of my research, you can read them yourself and compare.
