User talk:UninvitedCompany/Archives/2006 November
Edit to Wikipedia:Banning policyHi there. I was recently reviewing an old discussion where I quoted from Wikipedia:Banning policy. Knowing that policy can be, ahem, rather fluid around here, I thought I'd better check, and indeed I discovered that the page had been tightened up and the text I had quoted had been removed. ie. I realised that your edit here removed what I had quoted, so I thought I'd ask you what you think about it. The quote in question is ""If someone else has edited the page, particularly if they have made substantive edits, deletion is not appropriate. If you feel it is necessary, try instead to edit the page to remove or rework content contributed by the banned user, and keep content contributed by others." - (I used the quote here). This text seems eminently reasonable to me. I see that your edit summary for the edit I linked to above referred to the "battles with 142". I hope I am not repeating the argument that person made - if I am I apologise, but I fear it only serves to illustrate the arguments I am making at this deletion review). Namely that if the arguments have been made and previously rejected, they should be kept and I could be pointed to them. Otherwise things will go round and round forever in circles as people independently rediscover these ideas. Incidentially, I would like to use that quote at the deletion review, but will wait to hear back from you first. Thanks. Carcharoth 15:33, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
RFCUI have supplied the code letter for Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Bobabobabo where it is not of even more importance now that the users have been reverting way too much, and one is never logged in as the same time as the other. Could you please help out here? Ryūlóng 22:20, 1 October 2006 (UTC) OTRS permission volunteerI'd be willing to volunteer for the OTRS en permission queue. (I'm going to regret this... ;-) ) As for the qualifications: understand copyright issues as they affect Wikipedia: I've done a lot of image deletions, and am generally familar with copyright issues (the subject interests me); understand and support the project's position on copyright and fair use: I consider all these policies sensible and useful; have a history of keeping their cool - If you can point me to a time where I haven't kept my cool, please let me know - I want to list it on my user page with an apology. Thanks. JesseW, the juggling janitor 02:15, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
Your deletion of Flavor FlavI have noted your deletion of the article on WP:AN/I. Mike H. I did "That's hot" first! 02:26, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
PingI sent you an email, but I'll ping you here as well; apparently I need to be placed in the correct user group before I can view and respond to the permissions queue, so whenever you have time to do that, I'll be able to get started. Thanks, --RobthTalk 04:58, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
OTRS-requested cleanup page?Hello, I was wondering what your thoughts were about a dedicated page for OTRS requested cleanups? There wasn't really a conclusion to the discussion on AN/I...the question I have is if enough of those requests come through to make it worthwhile. Or if you think it would do any good...I don't have any OTRS experience to make a judgement. thanks, Rx StrangeLove 04:03, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
202.142.220.65 reblocked?Hi UninvitedCompany, is there any particular reason why you've reblocked 202.142.220.65 indefinitely only a day after it was clearly by Wikipedia:WikiProject on open proxies and unblocked? -- Netsnipe ► 07:44, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
OTRSThanks for thinking of me. I've given it quite a bit of consideration, and have a couple of questions. How quickly is it expected that queries will be answered? And, typically, how many e-mails do volunteers receive per day? thanks, Warofdreams talk 03:06, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
NutshellsPlease cut it with removing these blindly. At least take the time to read the talk page in case your claims of "consensus" are inaccurate - David Gerard 12:03, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
Fascinating and sad though it is, I wonder what you think about the private letter that's been published on the talk page? --MichaelMaggs 09:25, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
Barnstar
WP:LIVING states:
I'm disappointed that you read this as permission to cut down this well-written, neutral, but unsourced article, which is about a former university not a person, to a substub. WP:LIVING is powerful stuff, but it doesn't entirely absolve you of the responsibility to be selective when you delete other people's contributions. I have reverted your blanking, but removed the Alumni section and the characterisation of the school as a degree mill. These are the only parts of the article which I conceive might fall foul of WP:LIVING. If you blank again, I won't revert again. But I urge you to reconsider whether it is appropriate to make such a wholesale article deletion for the sake of one or two sentences that require sources. Snottygobble 07:04, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
Joko BeckI am not at all clear as to why you have removed all most all the material on Joko Beck. As far as I know it is factual and not in dispute. There is some controversy over recent events; however the editors who have worked on this piece seem to have arrived at a working consensus about how to describe the events that took place. Could you please explain your perspective on the discussion page for the article. Can you explain what a "OTRS complaint" is. Also you have stated that the material (removed) is unsourced. Are you aware that the letter from Joko Beck has been posted to the article page twice and twice it has been removed. This letter is a public document and copies can be obtained by contacting the Zen Center of San Diego or Shambala Publications. There is no dispute as to the fact that Joko Beck wrote it and then mailed it to students and teachers around the world.--Backtrack7 19:42, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
I have posted sources on the article discussion page for all material I have added in the Joko Beck article. I believe that all statements in the article can be verified with the posted sources. --Backtrack7 03:44, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Speaking of souces, you mention that the Wikipedia foundation received letters of complaint about the Joko Beck piece. Are these posted on your web site?
I understand your point about not relying on "unpublished" letters; however I think you should also consider the possibility that you have been the subject of a campaign of disinformation by people who have a vested interest in claiming that Joko Beck did not write or send the letter. --Backtrack7 22:20, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
ThanksCheckusers don't get thanked enough. Thanks for checking the Gundagai editor, even though I was wrong. Thatcher131 16:28, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Vandalism: Chai Ling and JenzabarPls have another look at the articles and discussions on Chai Ling and her company, Jenzabar. There is a problem of attempted censorship and vandalism. Pls give details about the "OTRS complaints" you mentioned. Thanks. —Babelfisch 01:47, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
OTRS permissionsSo apparently my permissions settings on OTRS are a little screwy; I can see permissions-en, but not permissions, its parent queue. Both JeLuf and twincest (whoever they are on-wiki) were startled to see that this was possible, and thought it might explain my inability to use the search function or see closed tickets; could you take a look at this and see what's up? Thanks, --RobthTalk 06:42, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
Sorry for the trouble. I'll take a look at it later today. I have to go through the entire matter of "permissions" permissions as there are several new people to add and I'll try to be sure you get the access you need. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 14:51, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
RFCUThe letter system seems to be doing a good job of clearing out the rift-raft and cases with the expectection for CUs to find all the evidence themselves.Voice-of-All 03:54, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
Sock policyThe Uninvited Co., I strongly support changes to the sock policy to make it clear that the use of socks by an user with an account is out of bounds except for specific rare exceptions. I realized that our sock and dispute resolution policies were out of touch with reality on the ground when I saw some users supporting the use of sock accounts to lodge complaints against admins on AN/I and/or start a RFAr based on our current policy. :-) FloNight 15:56, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
Check IP addressesCan you check my IP address and User:Ide Nov's IP address? I would like to comfirm that I'm not this person and this person is not me to another wikipedian. Thanks. Kingjeff 01:04, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
UninvitedCompany, Can you please explain this edit and what the complaints were. (WP:LIVING for a yearbook ? ) Tintin (talk) 01:53, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
Bear in mind that the purpose the WP:OTRS team serves is to remove or correct misinformation reported by the subjects of articles or other people directly affected. As such, this individual would be in violation of WP:AUTO if they edited the article themselves; moreover, it is not their responsiblity to fix the article. That is up to people like you. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 02:49, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
UninvitedCompany, you're going to have to do more than that. If you could, please elaborate a bit more? I don't believe the article broke any of the rules in either of the guides.--Timkmak 01:55, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
I disagree with what looks like pre-emptive protection on this article. Could you explain your reasons for the protection. Ansell 02:31, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
Re-block on OriginalsinnerHi Univited, is there particular reason why you reblocked Originalsinner (talk • contribs • page moves • block user • block log) so soon after Mangojuice (talk • contribs) had already blocked and unblocked him? -- Netsnipe ► 08:34, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
Hello I need helpSome dude keeps deleting things from articles and now he has threatened me, can you help me? Lokqs 05:23, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
I hereby withdraw my earlier request that the Wikipedia article be removed. I also retract my previous error in saying that the Creation Seventh Day Adventist Church lacks notability. In the interests of justice, I ask that the article Creation Seventh Day Adventist Church be unlocked and corrected to reflect the verifiable sources, admissions and facts revealed on the page Talk:Creation Seventh Day Adventist Church. Notorious deception, delusion and fraud does meet the minimum threshold of notability. --E.Shubee 12:46, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
You should note that the reason why I reverted was because I believe mass deletions should always be explained in the edit summary. Now that you have, I don't have a problem with the deletion of text. enochlau (talk) 04:46, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
Pierre-Gilles de GennesYou're welcome. Gotyear 09:18, 26 October 2006 (UTC) Merge of Santa Susana contamination articleI merged Rocketdyne Santa Susana Field Laboratory Contamination (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) with Santa Susana Field Laboratory (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). While the latter article is largely unsourced and in general isn't exactly feature quality, it doesn't have the tone of advocacy and history of POV/accuracy disputes the contamination article does. Feel free to revert if you feel this is unwarranted, or interferes with the WP:OTRS process in any way. szyslak (t, c, e) 16:11, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
Minnesota meetupA meetup of Wikipedians in Minnesota is proposed: please stop by the discussion page if interested. Jonathunder 01:36, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
Minnesota meetupA meetup of Wikipedians in Minnesota is proposed: please stop by the discussion page if interested. Jonathunder 01:36, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
Would "statement from" instead of "question from" be more appropriate? Have fun at the meetup! :D ~Kylu (u|t) 05:35, 6 November 2006 (UTC) I suppose. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 16:57, 7 November 2006 (UTC) checkuserCould you please once again check my checkuser case and i dont have any accounts apart from my own. I am sure there is a mistake as I Use my University computers to use wikipedia where dozens of students use wikipedia, even you can check the edits of all parties involved. I have also checked that other users are very much inactive since the case outcome, I could have been set up by other users and from my own university computers (could be strange) where the IP is same. Mujeerkhan 04:45, 13 November 2006 (UTC) Back on Oct 26, you removed most references to the AlBaho Case, but a couple of days later, it was all recreated. Did you change your mind about this stuff needing to be deleted? In particular, I question whether this is appropriate or notable enough to be put into E-mail privacy. Wrs1864 22:43, 13 November 2006 (UTC) This is regarding the discussion we had about the complaint and lack of references in the article on Indian Cricket. I am planning to recreate it with refs added as in User:Tintin1107/Indian_Cricket. Would like your comments about the usage of references(If the writing is lousy, that is a different problem which can be addressed seperately). Tintin (talk) 04:35, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi! ... FYI, I tweaked your wording... see Category_talk:Administrators_open_to_recall#Not_Binding ++Lar: t/c 22:31, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Checkuser assistanceHiya, I was wondering if you could help me with something. I'm currently dealing with a situation at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (television) where I am certain that there is sockpuppetry. However, I am not sure who the master account(s) are. How should I request a check at WP:RFCU? Should I list just the accounts that I think are sockpuppets, so they can be checked? Or should I list all the accounts on the page, to help you find links with any possible master accounts? Thanks, I appreciate any advice that you can offer, --Elonka 04:18, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
CheckuserCould you please ASAP do a checkuser on the sockpuppets at the Main Page Featured Article and its talk page so we can block the IP range(s) from which the attack is coming. —Centrx→talk • 04:18, 21 November 2006 (UTC) |