User talk:Flcelloguy/Archive09

Re: Whitelisting

Thank you very much for helping me out! misanthrope 07:29, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

I Want You poster

Hello Flcelloguy,

I noticed that you put up the jpg of The Flagg "I Want You" Uncle Sam poster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Unclesamwantyou.jpg). I would like to use this image to recruit volunteers for my daughter's school. I was wondering if you had an even higher-res image lying around, and if I could arrange to get a copy from you.

Please let me know if you can help

Thanks!

--SV Resolution(Talk) 11:32, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Signpost

Do you think we should add a template like we did to the Arbitration election series and the Wikimania series? Make it become a series......Let me know. ForestH2 t/c 16:51, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Image:Pedicure.jpg

Hi Flcelloguy. I believe the licensing for the image is indeed GFDL. The image was posted on the website of a massage and spa shop and the site did not say "all copyrights reserved."  QuizQuick  00:32, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

User:Wikipedia Signpost

Can you use your bot to spam the talkpages for the Signpost since Ral is unavaible? ForestH2 t/h/c 03:14, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

STS-115 image on main page.

Hi, would it be possible to replace the mission patch on the {{In the news}} section of the main page, with Image:STS-115 Launch.jpg, which shows the launch. --GW_Simulations_{User Page | Talk} 16:45, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks anyway. --GW_Simulations_{User Page | Talk} 12:16, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Gone

Just wanted to stop by today to tell you I'm retiring. Thanks for all your hard work to Wikipedia and your helpful comments to me. T®eebark t | c 21:00, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Mediation committee

As a current mediator who has also been active in the last few days, can I point you to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive248#Requests for mediation has ground to a halt, where concerns have been registered as to the current seemingly static state of the committee. Steve block Talk 19:15, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

September Esperanza Newsletter

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Welcome Templates

Thanks for taking care of all those. And hey, no reason to appologize for any delay; it only took you 5 minutes after I asked. :) --After Midnight ⁰⁰⁰¹ 17:27, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Article assessment milestone

Hi, I checked the current Signpost this week and was very surprised that you hadn't mentioned the fact that we had reached 100,000 assessed articles on English Wikipedia. I posted a comment on the Tip Line in case you weren't aware of it. Was this just an oversight, or were there particular reasons for omitting it? I was thinking that with Jimbo recently stressing quality over quantity, this amazing milestone deserved a mention. It also represents an enormous amount of work by hundreds or thousands of people, with each non-Stub assessment taking several minutes. I had been tempted to let you know about earlier milestones, but decided to hold off until we reached the big 100k to maximise the impact! Thanks for your time, Walkerma 03:46, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! Walkerma 02:56, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

An evening with Jimmy Wales

Hello. Nice meeting you. I would request you to please incorporate a note in the next Signpost, few words about Bangalore meetup. Thanks and regards. --Bhadani 15:18, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. --Bhadani 11:38, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

engagementring-4u blacklisting

Thanks for the help and the pointer for the future. --Siobhan Hansa 14:40, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

AWB

Hello! I'm trying to use the AutoWikiBrowser and it seems I need to be approved by an administrator.. and I see that you've recently made edits! So hopefully you're online, and if so, would you mind putting me on the "allowed list" or whathaveyou? anyhow, if you need to know what I'm going to do with it, I'm (at least right now) going to use it to add boilerplates to WikiProject Dallas articles. When I can't find anything else to do I'll probably look for common misspellings or something.. anyway, thanks. drumguy8800 C T 16:49, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

AutoWikiBrowser

Hello, I have been on the list for a while, and I have enough edits. Will I be approved? The Fox Man of Fire 21:44, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Eisenhower and the 1953 Iran coup which installed the Shah

I saw that you deleted a section someone had inserted about the 1953 overthrow of Mohammed Mossadegh. In the 1970's I do not recall this as being a disputed historical fact. The section which was deleted may have been POV and lacking verifiable documentation, but do you object to a couple of NPOV paragraphs acknowledging that it happened on Ike's' watch? The article on the Iran Hostage Crisis says "In 1953, emerging democracy led to the election of reformist Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh; under Operation Ajax, the CIA helped the Shah and conservative elements in Iran remove Mossadegh in what was widely seen as a coup d'état. Those opposed to the Shah, because he did not grant them freedoms and reforms he promised in the early 1960s, greatly resented this action by the Americans. Moreover, the Shah and his elite supporters were seen as enriching themselves and living an opulent Western lifestyle; this particularly bothered religious conservatives. The social and religious opposition combined to topple the Shah's regime in the Iranian revolution, and the Shah fled the country in January 1979." In the Ike article it would be good to bring in references to any input Ike had to the decision, from biographies of him. Sound ok?Edison 03:13, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

AWB

Can you also add user Firefoxbot to the Bot page? The Fox Man of Fire 14:28, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Ok, Firefoxbot is now listed on the request page. The Fox Man of Fire 14:40, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Edit Count

Since Essjay's tool is dowm could you tell what my edit count is with Flcelloguy's tool? I never could get it to work on my computer. — Moe 03:37, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! I'll try to get it the tool working later (if my computer can handle that :p) Thanks again — Moe 21:54, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

AWB again

Hello, I recently put my name in the AWB CheckPage, it was removed a while later but I wasn't added to the approved user list. Was there no approval? I have more than the required 500 edits list and a familiarity with the tool as I am using it in other projects. MoRsE 06:48, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Problem solved, thanks to User:Bluemoose, no need to get involved. MoRsE 12:00, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Which question

Sorry, I'm lost in a flood of questions there.... that is one question long rfa.. you've had a few questions and I can't seem to find your new one -- Tawker 00:56, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Done (I think) -- Tawker 01:18, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Heh, it's such a hot issue - it's not making life fun for our 'crats. If they close failed they get shit for not discounting all of the crappy !votes, if they promote they get shit for not "vote counting" instead of argument understanding.... it is not fun for them -- Tawker 01:59, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

How about all the crappy support !votes which state that the bot can be turned off when it can't? Cynical 08:31, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Deletion of Dan Savage interview link

We are going to have to disagree on this one. I take away a completely different experience from you on what Wikipedia considers an appropriate link. I believe strongly it is a significant addition, and I find your labeling of a nationally syndicated columnist "non-notable" subjective. I must express I fail to see how deletion is not POV. I read and listened to the Savage interview. I find the information regarding the Santorun campaign funding Green party candidates (implication being to funnel away votes from left-center) significnt, and extremely worrisome. Sorry to meet under these circumstances. My best, Jim CApitol3 22:39, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Sweety, because you find something inappropriate, inconveninet, or unimportant, doesn't make it so. Thanks! CApitol3 23:16, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Ficelloguy, it is fine that we experience the same thing differently. I do not question your character, you sound like a really fine and very interesting human. I love Copland, and have been learning more about The Tender Land lately. As I said on the Santorum talk page, we are not going to agree on this. Could I be wrong on my observation of POV? Possibly. But let's give this a break and revisit it later, or not revisit it. And, please accept my apologies for mocking your very friendly (and polite) signature. In my frustration it seemed prepackaged and smarmy, and I realize now given the amount of typing/coding it makes perfect sense that it should be formatted. Cold here in Boston today, but sunny and clear, a nice opportunity for a bike ride. I hope you have a pleasant afternoon. Jim CApitol3 16:32, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Page cleanup on Meta

Hello Flcelloguy, how are you? I have just joined Meta today. So it is about Meta:Proposals for new projects page, where many users complained that its a total mess. I have an idea to make the page like WP:FA, that each project is placed in a different page. Then we can put templates on the main proposal page. How about that? I will do it real soon. Cheers -- Imoeng 12:30, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Problem w/African bit on News and Notes

See WT:POST - comment by Blnguyen about possible inaccuracy. Ral315 (talk) 08:23, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

A little secret on the non-Western scripts- append "?uselang=en" to the URL, and it'll give you an English printout of the stats. Ral315 (talk) 16:17, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

TVRage blacklisted?

Today I noticed that links to TVRage.com were removed from my articles in the Russian section of Wikipedia. My investigation ended up here. May I wonder, what the reason for marking an informative non-commercial project as spam was? Ambidexter 17:55, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

Lostpedia.com blacklisting

Lostpedia is currently under deletion review. Blacklisting the URL at this time is counter productive to this process. Please read the talk page on the spam blacklist [1] for more --90.192.92.101 21:58, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

MatthewFenton, the requester of this blacklisting has a vendetta against Lostpedia after being banned from the site. His request is not made in good faith. The link to lostpedia.com is not currently on the Lost (T.V. Series) page, and is being discussed on the article's discussion page. This is an editorial disagreement, not spam. Thanks, --Jabrwocky7 22:09, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

King's College School?

What happened to King's College School? Hazzjm 09:21, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Mediation Case

I've taken a mediation case here. The parties requested that a seasoned mediator guide my mediation due to my inexperience. I would like your help. ¿¡Exir Kamalabadi?!^{Join Esperanza!} 09:34, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

ArbCom series

I'm thinking about this year's ArbCom series- If you're interested in handling this year's series, that'd be great (though of course I don't expect you to handle it, and if you're not interested, that's fine as well). However, I would like your input- how do you think we should handle it this year? We're already 5-6 weeks behind last year's calendar (though nothing's happening with the elections yet- nobody's even registered as a candidate so far). Basically I'm asking you, whether you choose to do the series this year or not, to help me draw up the calendar (I've started here, but it's very tentative right now...)

We essentially have from now through November 27th issue to discuss the election- the way it runs, the way ArbCom runs, etc. December 4th, voting starts, running through December 17th. The December 18th issue will be a wrapup, and if Jimbo acts quickly, a results issue (if not, we'll do a "breaking news" article like I did when Kelly Martin and Kat Walsh were appointed in October 2005, with you or I writing it right away). I've merged some of the articles where we probably could, for lack of time, combine things (about ArbCom and History of ArbCom).

Thoughts, opinions, etc.? Ral315 (talk) 20:57, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

A good point. Think it over, and if you do decide to run, let me know and I'll take care of the series. Ral315 (talk) 01:28, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

And an additional thought- perhaps we should do "notable cases" in the last year; the wheel warring and userbox fiascoes come to mind. Ral315 (talk) 02:50, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Good luck. Ral315 (talk) 22:30, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Fingal's Cave, i.e. Hebrides Overture

Nice work! I just saw that go by on recent changes. Good to see an article on it now. Funny, that tune has been running through my head the last couple days (the beginning one... F#-D-C#-D-B-F#.) Cheers, Antandrus (talk) 03:50, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

November Esperanza Newsletter

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DYK

On 8 November, 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hebrides Overture, which you created. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--Allen3 ^talk 12:10, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Cberlet and Nobs01

I have restored this on Nobs request. It remains protected. He is due back in December. Fred Bauder 13:29, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

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MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist

No one seems to be acting on any of the requests here. You took action on one of the requests; Naconkantari is on a Wikibreak. If you're not able to act on the requests (time problems, etc.), any idea where to go to find someone who is available for this? Thanks.—Chidom ^talk  05:02, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. Please don't feel that I was complaining; I just found it strange that no one was responding to the requests. I'm glad you'll be able to get some of them done; when you do so isn't important. Thanks for your help on this; take care and have good days.—Chidom ^talk  07:34, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply

I really appreciate your explanation for the removal of my link from the Xiangqi page. I would like to ask a question about a related site: the Wikipedia Shogi Page. On this page, there is an External Links section with a sub-section entitled Equipment. The sub-section clearly states:

This article or section may contain external links added only to promote a website, product, or service – otherwise known as spam.

There are already two commercial shogi equipment sites listed in this sub-section, but when I posted my link, it was removed twice. The administrator who removed it is unavailable to ask for clarification because he/she is on a Wikibreak.

Is my understanding that it is acceptable to place a commercial link in this subsection incorrect? If not, what is my recourse?

Thank you, ElephantChess 06:16, 13 November 2006 (UTC)ElephantChess

Cleanup Taskforce

The article Frederick Douglass has recently been chopped due to CV. It needs quite a bit of addition on this significant American. (Some of the data exists in previous versions if rewritten and it has extensive source data). Please look at it and accept, reject or let me know and I'll reassign it. I added it to [[your desk as history. Thank you. RJFJR 17:46, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

follow up

Thanks for the explanation about links from the shogi page. The two links from the Equipment sub-section are also commercial sites, so I assumed that my commercial site would also be acceptable. Do these two sites contribute significantly to the article?

hirohurl.net - Genuine Japanese Shogi Sets. Shogishop.de - pieces, boards and literature

ElephantChess 02:49, 15 November 2006 (UTC)ElephantChess

Re: External links Hello! The template that you cited on shogi is actually intended to convey the opposite meaning, although I can understand where the template can easily be misinterpreted. Instead of saying that the section allows such external links, it instead informs readers that the section may already have such links and requires cleanup to remove any excess and inappropriate links used for spamming. I've reworded the template slightly to make that clearer, which will hopefully solve the problem. Again, though, as a general rule of thumb, links need to contribute significantly to articles in order to be added, and the inclusion of links for commercial purposes is heavily frowned upon, even considered spamming. I hope I've made that clear and answered your questions; if not, please don't hesitate to ask for clarifications or any further questions. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 03:34, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia Signpost: Link to French Wikisource did not work

Hello FIcelloguy. The link s:fr: to reach the French Wikisource did not work. I put in a workaround for now. For me the given link expanded to http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/fr: which failed. See my change here: [2]. Thanks. EdJohnston 17:11, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

ArbCom questions

Hi. I'm Ral315, editor of the Wikipedia Signpost. We're doing a series on ArbCom candidates, and your response is requested.

1. What positions do you hold (adminship, mediation, etc.)?

1. Why are you running for the Arbitration Committee?

1. Have you been involved in any arbitration cases? In what capacity?

Please respond on my talk page. We'll probably go to press late Monday or early Tuesday (UTC), but late responses will be added as they're submitted. Thanks, Ral315 (talk) 01:58, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Urgent

Sorry boss, if you cannot do it quickly, please pass it to somebody who can I am trying to do excerpts from the latest Signpost and have no idea what e-Primers are. Unfortunatly if you use a jargon, you have to explain the meaning to those who are not initiated. However, I can always leave it out, if you prefer that. Please, and all the best, LouisBB 20:48, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

• Thank you very much for the quick answer. I guessed that the meaning was what you just said, but as you capitalised the P I was not sure. The translation is going out now. Thanks again

LouisBB 23:11, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

RfM problem

Hi, FIcelloguy. I've recently filed an RfM at Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Wikipedia:Naming conventions (television). I thought there had been a consensus to pursue formal mediation at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (television), but I was apparently premature in posting the RfM — some of the participants are objecting to the way some of the questions have been framed (as well as other details), and are editing the RfM page. Is there a way to salvage this situation so that we can still pursue formal mediation? Can we work out the wording and start over again? I know that you and the other MedCom members are busy, but any guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 19:42, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, FIcelloguy. The RfM page has been locked, on ^demon's recommendation, and we're trying to work things out on the RfM's talk page. Once we reach a consensus, I presume we'll ask for the page to be unprotected (as an administrator, I could do it, but I think it would be better if someone uninvolved did it). Then... what? Since you say that there's no official wording for the list of issues, does that mean that it doesn't matter how the issues are worded? Or should we change it to a better version if we can come up with one? If we change it, do we need to ask all the participants to sign their agreement again? I suppose I'm just a bit lost. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 03:16, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Much thanks for your support at RFA

I wasn't going to send thank-you cards, but the emotional impact of hitting WP:100 (and doing so unanimously!) changed my mind. So I appreciate your confidence in me (especially from a Wikipedian of such esteemed standing), and hope you'll let me know if I can do anything for you in the future. Cheers! -- nae'blis 22:42, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

WP:Mediation Committee...

I nominated myself to be a part of the Mediation Committee. I'd really love to get accepted and became a Mediator. But I'm confused...do I need to take on a case to demonstrate my abilities or anything? Or will just nominating myself and filling out that form be enough? Seeing as you're a Mediator and all, I'd figure I'd ask you. ^^ --Cookie 05:28, 30 November 2006 (UTC) Um fine whatever. I will remove my nomination. Thanks for the "help"? --03:30, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Mind Benders

Is up for deletion at WP:MfD. Do you care? Even if you don't, come and comment. Septentrionalis 18:09, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Whitelisting request

Hi! My apologies for bugging you, but I've been waiting on my request for whitelisting since November 17 and until it's approved or denied, I can't update my userpage (which I sorely need to do, seeing as I've finally finished high school and feel the urgent need to brag about it); I came to you because I see that you've made whitelisting decisions before. Anyhow, I submitted a request for whitelisting of my blog, so that I can link to it on my userpage. The link to my request is here. Would you mind helping me out by either approving or denying it? Thank you. misanthrope 03:55, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Esperanza Mailing List

=D I recently requested to be included in the Esperanza mailing list. --SonicChao ^talk 14:20, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Portfolio for ArbCom

On Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2006/Summary table, I added a column "Examples" with links that exhibit a candidate's arbitration skills. My motivation is that as a voter, I don't want to just rely on a candidate's words, but also see their actions. Moreover, I believe a portfolio of "model cases" to remember in difficult situations can be useful for each candidate, as well.

So far I have entered examples for the candidates who registered first, and I'm not sure if and when I will get to yours, so you may want to enter an example or two yourself. — Sebastian (talk) 23:39, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Request

Can you please restore

and

("deleted until conclusion of ArbCom case"), as per

Wikipedia:AMA Requests for Assistance/Requests/November 2006/Nobs02

in preparation for an Appeal. Thank you. Nobs02 05:02, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Euromusic

hy can you solve that ban that 3x sites have on wikipedia?

i think that euromusic.3x.ro is not a spamming web site or inappropriate one

so if you don't mind

thank you —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.165.193.54 (talk • contribs)

Nobs02's request for undeletion

Hi, I'm nobs' AMa advocate on his request for appeal. I understand you would undelete the pages iff you had some more details. The idea is the following: in the arbitration after your mediation, arbCom simply ignored the evidence of it (then User:Fred Bauder recognized it was a mistake). What we need are some diffs that prove nobs' good faith at that stage (he says there is such evidence, I believe him) in resolving the dispute in order to reach our pettion of change his conditional ban into a mentorship. I know it is a difficult thing to do and you're right on asking on more information before doing it... If this wasn't enough, maybe you'd like to take a look on Wikipedia talk:AMA Requests for Assistance/Requests/November 2006/Nobs02. Thanks on advance! --Neigel von Teighen 13:12, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Thanks for your kind congratulations... and best of luck in your efforts as well, not that it looks like you need it. :-) Kat Walsh (spill your mind?) 02:19, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Some Input

We recently had a nom for MedCom from Cuke monster. Upon fairly quickly getting a 2 oppose due to lack of experience (from yourself and I), he blanked the nom (and a second time, after AntiVandalBot reverted his blanking). I restored the nom to it's proper rejected form and moved it to the archives, as we usually do. I left him a note on his talkpage, letting him know I undid his blanking and archived it. However, this evening I logged in to find that he wishes to keep it blanked and no record of it exist. He left me a note telling me this. I know we archive old noms, but he clearly doesn't want to be counted amongst them. Could I get your opinion on this? It's kinda an odd situation.

Always, ^demon^{[omg plz]} 09:34, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

financial audit at signpost

I assume you are not in accounting field, so I took the libertty of changing a phase to better describe the document. Specifically I change the fourth paragraph to read ..."it first stated its finding that the Foundation operated 'in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America' in the auditor's report with appropriate links.

Just a head up from an accounting student.SYSS Mouse 05:53, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

ArbCom Elections

Hi there, my name is Neille and I'm a producer at a public radio show called Weekend America. We're doing a piece on the ArbCom elections and would love to chat with you as a front runner if you have a few minutes today or tomorrow. Thanks! I'm at: nilel (at) marketplace (dot) org —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Neille i (talk • contribs) 19:37, 12 December 2006 (UTC).

Neille i 19:38, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

You Play the Cello as Well? Awesome!

I'm an amateur cellist, sixteen years old and have been playing since I was nine. I live in the Winter Park/Maitland area, right off Horatio.

Do you teach by any chance? Are you familiar with Mr./Mrs. Johnathan May, Mrs. Tabashnick, Mr. Miller, the FYAO, the FSYO, or even Trinity Preparatory School by any chance? I'm looking for someone competent to play the Vivaldi Double Cello Concerto (Movements 1+2, I'm not quite ready for the third movement yet).

Anyways, awesome to meet you. Leave me a note on my talk page sometime, eyh? Thanks!

Take care, Absolutecaliber 20:51, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

As soon as we can find a violinst, we're forming the ArbCom Piano Trio. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 21:31, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Do former members count? :-) (Congrats, Flcelloguy!) Kat Walsh (spill your mind?) 19:58, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

I saw your help desk note on collapsible menus...

and I was wondering if you can apply it to an infobox too. I've got a really long caption which I want to hide, but the infobox interprets the pipe in the table code as a cue that there's no more input. Can you have a look at Perry Millward and see if you can fix this? - Mgm|^(talk) 12:46, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Congrats!

Congratulations on a well-deserved win. :-) SlimVirgin ^(talk) 18:52, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

The notice at the top of your page now ought to read "This user is an administrator and arbitrator"! Many hearty congrats, and have a great festive season. – Chacor 03:40, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Seconded. Do you think FloNight and Blnguyen are appointed, or elected? I'm coloring the new ArbCom member tables, and I was just wondering what you thought. Thanks! If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 05:08, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

You are indeed correct about what I was asking. I'll leave the chart as is. Thanks for your input, and good luck with your term! If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 22:40, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations! I'm most especially glad you were chosen for the ArbCom, in what has been perhaps the best election yet. You'll make a great arbitrator, I know that for a fact. Cheers, -Will Beback · † · 11:36, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for all the help on the Signpost, and I'm sorry to see you go. Whatever you do, don't hang around Mark too much; he turns people strange... Ral315 (talk) 19:00, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks and best wishes for taking on this demanding role. KillerChihuahua^?!? 20:53, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

• Good luck, and hope you have the stamina to stay the course. I know that sometimes it may be a thankless job, but hey! we need it... ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 21:09, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Congratulations, Flcelloguy! Best of luck with ArbCom! =) Nishkid64 23:45, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Congratulations, mate! Asterion^talk 09:53, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! Asterion^talk 16:17, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

My deepest sympathy on your election to the arbcomm ;). The arbcomm will be better for having you in it...now lets just hope your sanity survives. Guettarda 18:45, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

• Congrats indeed! You go Guy! Rock on! // FrankB 22:07, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

• Sorry for being a bit late, but I too want to offer my condolences congratulate you on the election. I guess that means you won't be working on the tool for a while... :( ;) Titoxd^(?!?) 08:05, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Oversight

Hello. Congratulations for your election. You now have oversight access on the English-language Wikipedia. Please read Wikipedia:Oversight before using this feature. Cheers! guillom 10:01, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi Flcelloguy. In addition, please subscribe to Oversight-l. And congratulations on your new status. Redux 13:08, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: GurchBot 2

Flcelloguy wrote:

Archive standardization is the approved task for the bot and is probably a necessary task, but if it is conflicting with any other archiving bots, such as Werdnabot, then the latter need to be changed to update this so that the two bots do not keep on conflicting with each other. Problems with Gurchbot 2 should go to Gurch, and if Werdnabot needs to be changed, Werdna needs to be informed. (I've directed both of them to this thread, since it seems like both their bots will need a little modification to avoid the conflict.) Thanks!

GurchBot 2 moved about 2,500 sequentially-numbered archive pages with non-standard names to standard ones. It only ran once and won't run again (until it gets approval for a different task), though I may move some more archives manually. Werdnabot just moves blocks of text to whatever page is specified. So neither bot will need to be changed; the only thing that needs changing is the instruction to Werdnabot at the top of affected talk pages. Since automated archiving is not allowed on article talk pages, and I didn't move any user talk pages, that basically only leaves Wikipedia talk pages, of which only a few are automatically archived. Correcting the instructions was on my to-do list, but Christmas got in the way – Gurch 18:17, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

DYK

Oh, thank you for telling me that! I never knew that lol. I did it once before I think, but I got lucky that time. Sorry, and thanks again. =) Nishkid64 00:07, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Okay, gotcha. =) Nishkid64 00:14, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Unprotection

Hey, what did you mean by 'off main page' when you unprotected Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 26? As far as I can tell, it's still on the Main Page and is was vulnerable to another vandal attack. Shadow1 (talk) 00:14, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm not sure what was up with that, I'll have to have it purge the page when it runs from now on. I didn't think that the date had switched over because my computer's clock still says it's the 26th; it's not on UTC. Thanks for the note, though! Shadow1 (talk) 00:24, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Go ahead and unprotect, I'll run the bot right afterwards to clean everything up. Shadow1 (talk) 00:30, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Writing it now, apparently it's been purged already. Thanks for the great idea, anyway! Shadow1 (talk) 00:36, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Monobook.css

Hi, I am suddenly having big question about monobook. I didn't create Monobook.css, but I did create monobook.js for popups to revert vandalism from Lupin's tool which means I'm using Lupin's tool to revert vandalism. But I still didn't get to know about monobook.css. Well, In My opinion, Monobook.css and Monobook.js is very similar. Is Monobook.css multipurpose for anything that could be used in Wikipedia. Wikipedians normally use Monobook.js for newspaper in wikipedia about Arbitration Committee, and something elses. Anyways, Could you please explain the Monobook.css. Please respond this question in my user talk page. Cheers! Daniel5127 <Talk> 06:40, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

DYK

Damn it.

That was my DYK, too. Nishkid64 00:05, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Is there some page I can read to refresh my memory on Main Page stuff? Nishkid64 00:05, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm one of the few who are using that template for articles nowadays, and it's high-risk, so it's probably best if it's left protected permanently. Also, there are more baseball DYK's that I have in the next few days, so the template will be shown. Nishkid64 00:10, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Nice talk page archive headings!

I like your descriptive talk page archive headings. What will the next one be? Mediatorship to Arbitration Committee?? :-) Carcharoth 01:57, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Shadowbot2 mailing list

I've got Shadowbot2 set up to email the list of administrators when it detects an unprotected template. If you could, please protect User:Shadowbot2/Mailing list, so that the list becomes administrator-only (and myself, of course). Thanks! Shadow1 (talk) 16:56, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it will only email users who are on that page, and myself. Also, yes, it would be good if you could delete the /Report page as well. Thanks again! Shadow1 (talk) 17:10, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Sure, feel free to tell anyone you like, since the protection makes it admin-only. I was considering putting a note on AN, but that might be overkill. Shadow1 (talk) 17:13, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, Flcelloguy, for letting me know about this. I'm now on the list. --PFHLai 17:35, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Interwiki links

Heh, no problem. I had the same question, as well. I saw it at RFPP and mistakingly removed it because I thought the previous anon had added it. At least that clears that up. Thanks. Nishkid64 02:05, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Med Com Nominations

Good evening (GMT time); I hope you're having a nice night. Just dropping by to let you know I've posted my nomination at the Meditation Committee nominations area, in the event that you choose to support, oppose or otherwise comment on my nomination.

Cheers and regards,
Anthonycfc 22:47, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Shadowbot2 purge error

Actually, the problem was that I had written the purge code, but wrote it into my perlwikipedia bot framework, then didn't write the code into Shadowbot2 that would actually purge the page. It should be fixed now. Thanks! Shadow1 (talk) 13:36, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

No problem. Although, I'm still not sure why the report was sent at 5:00 UTC. The cache shouldn't have been retained that long. But as long as it works... Shadow1 (talk) 16:49, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Large donor

You recently noted a donor who donated $186,648 in stocks...is that the same as the $286,800 donor? And if so, are either or both one of the matching donors? I'd like to have an idea of what I'm talking about when reporting on the fundraiser this week :) Ral315 (talk) 12:36, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

Greetings

Hallo there, nice to meet you here again. I've recovered from my illness and is full-power back onto work again. How's Mind Benders going now? --Deryck C. 09:42, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Regarding {{indefblockeduser-big}}

Sorry for posting in your section (as a helper at the ArbCom clerk dep't, I should know better XD), but I responded to your thoughts.[3] Cheers, Daniel.Bryant ^{[ T · C ]} 04:09, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Just wondering

Do they call you mellow cello? Paul August ☎ 05:36, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Quite rightly ;-) Paul August ☎ 15:04, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

ProtectionBot RfA

I just !voted Support, but I suppose the alternative is you go back to protecting the templates every day, and I'll help code Arbitbot to take care of this new job you seem to have picked up. :) Regards, Newyorkbrad 17:45, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Greetings again

It's nice to hear that things are fine. Being back again, I'll focus on casual discussion and article editing, and try to be less involved in disputes so that I can keep my temper down. Glad to hear from you too! --Deryck C. 14:04, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Grammar fix

:P And thanks of course for fixing it. :) - Taxman ^Talk 20:27, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Signpost interview

Hello, and congratulations on being named to the Arbitration Committee. The Wikipedia Signpost is doing a post-election interview with the arbitrators elected this year. Please answer these questions to the best of your ability. We request that responses be submitted any time between now and Monday, 17:00 UTC, to guarantee that your responses will be published. Please reply on my talk page. Thanks, Ral315 (talk) 04:27, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

1. How do you feel about getting the opportunity to serve on the ArbCom?

2. What do you think of the election? Do you think they were conducted properly? What could have been improved, in your opinion?

3. What would you say to those who supported you? Opposed you?

4. What do you think of the other Wikipedians who were appointed along with you?

5. After about two weeks on the job, what are your initial thoughts?

6. How active a role do you plan to take on ArbCom workshop pages, and in writing ArbCom decisions, a role that has historically been handled mostly by just a few individuals?

7. What do you think are the strengths of the ArbCom? Weaknesses?

8. If you could change anything, what would you change? Why?

9. Do you plan on finishing your term? If you had to make a choice right now, when your term expires, would you run for re-election? Why or why not?

10. If there's one thing you could say to the Wikipedia community, what would you say, and why? Is there anything else you would like to mention?

Well, you did write good questions; naturally, I had to steal them :) Ral315 (talk) 17:28, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Spam list?

Hi there - I've noticed over the past 24 hours that edits such as these are being made every now and then. Is there a way to put that URL on a spam/blacklist somewhere? --HappyCamper 10:32, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Policy

it's also not up to us, in general, to set policy on the inclusion of such internal links. -- no, but it is up to us to recognize what policy is, and the definition of "attack site", as referenced in WP:RFARB/MONGO, needs clarification. --jpgordon^∇∆∇∆ 17:04, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Mediation Transnistrian referendum, 2006

Hi, Flcelloguy. As you are our mediation for Transnistrian referendum and the mediation is stagnant, I suggest you write to thew users who didn't state theri position yet and ask them to explain what is their position. I am reffering especially at User:Pernambuco whom I asked to state his position and he reply: "Why do you ask me, why do you not ask anyone else, has the mediation started, and are you the man who is in charge of it, or what? where is the mediator, does he agree with everything that you are doing, you are not the person who owns wikipedia Pernambuco 14:24, 2 January 2007 (UTC)". Meantime, Pernambuco was engaging in edit wars with me at Transnistria (article currectly locked) and History of Transnistria. Also, Tekleni and Vecrumba should state their position in this mediation, a reminder will be good. I added also a new aditional issue because, while the other parts in mediation don't show the desire to explain their positions, they used the fact that mediation is in progress to stop adition of other relevant information in the article. MariusM

Thank you!

WikiThanks

Hello Flcelloguy,

I've finally got to grips with this Wikki thing!

I just wanted to say thanks for taking the time to help with my research - it was incredibly useful.

Matt
MattB2 16:20, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Newyorkbrad's RfA

Thank you for your support on my RfA, which closed favorably this morning. I appreciate the confidence the community has placed in me and am looking forward to my new responsibilities. Please let me know if ever you have any comments or suggestions, especially as I am learning how to use the tools. Best regards, Newyorkbrad 19:02, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Comet Hyakutake

Comet Hyakutake has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are hereJeffpw 09:36, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

• And thanks for not biting the messenger.:-) I haven't even read the article yet; I just do admin stuff clerical tasks at FAR. Jeffpw 23:19, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

ArbCom

Just read a few pages and discovered that you've become an arbitrator. Wish you nice work! --Deryck C. 07:19, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

RE: Asian2duracell report

With all due respect, I am new at this. Please tell how and what I should do to go about this. Regards. Wiki Raja 03:47, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

My draft proposal

I'm not ready to post this on a general noticeboard yet, but would appreciate your input. User:Durova/Community enforced mediation Durova^Charge! 22:48, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Art Institute of Chicago

Thanks for all your help! I'm glad I didn't screw things up too bad. I think I understand the process now. --SquatGoblin 23:31, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Possible Signpost Story

Hi, this is the type of thing that is more likely to get pounced on by the slashdot or other IT crowds these days, but I thought I would report this to you for a signpost exclusive if you want! (it may also want to be referred to folks higher up in the wikipedia world as it is one of those "conflict of interest" situations). In summary - while doing a bit of browsing I happened to travel by the AstroTurf page - it looked quite spammy so I took out a few dodgy lines and re-arranged some text. I then had a second glance and noticed a big amount of edits had came in in the last couple of days - all from the same user - all adding the same marketing PR speak. I then traced back to the first set of edits, added by 216.248.156.53 - who then started editing under User:Tygast411, then back to the IP addy, before finally consistently editing under the username. A whois on the IP address gives, Richard French & Associates ITCD-216-248-156-48, a google search later and I arrive at [4], the blurb being:

Richard French & Associates (RF&A), LLC is a strategic public relations and creative marketing firm headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. RF&A is an affiliate of Manning, Selvage & Lee (MS&L), one of the world's top public relations firms that has offices in 29 countries throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific Rim.

If it ended there then some would say that's that. However, User:Tygast411 is still active and operating a pretty hefty POV editing campaign on AstroTurf rivals FieldTurf, e.g. diff. I am aware of the heavy irony in all of this (the original article I was trying to find when on my random browse being Astroturfing) but it looks like I didn't just sit the theory - I got the practical demonstration!) Feel free to log this on up the chain (I presume some something will have to be done) - I have blanket reverted both articles to their former states pending any further action others may wish to take. SFC9394 00:11, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

• My edits to either article weren't some sort of crafty marketing scheme. Yes, I'm an Art Director (Not a PR rep) for FWV, agency of record for GeneralSports Venue and AstroTurf, which allowed me to learn more about synthetic turf than I wanted to. And because of my unique circumstance I know first hand that the information on both articles is incorrect. And according to the WP_COI policy, it is this first hand and accurate knowledge that doesn't allow me to make valid and neutral edits to the articles. FYI, I'm not getting paid by AstroTurf to do this. I'm doing this because I wanted the articles to be more accurate and I happen to know a little something about the topic. The problem is that there are countless number blogs online that copy/paste content from WP on a daily basis and if they're relaying false information without a source or disclosure that the information could be incorrect. The solution to stem the flow of misinformation is to correct the source. Which is what I was simply trying to do. So sorry Flcelloguy, you didn't really stumble upon or reveal some secret undergroung conspiracy to make AstroTurf the uber grass of Wikipedia. I appreciate you informing me of the COI policy which I've adhered to. Ben 16:04, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		I award you with this barnstar for the extra effort you expend helping your fellow wikipedians LouisBB 19:31, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

RfA PhilWelch.

I have edited my statements to reflect recent Personal Attacks and Harrassments by PhilWelch, Harrassment which I predicted and to avoid which I removed myself from the situation. It's exactly what I knew would happen, it's why I said I don't want to be anywhere near him. It's clear the only way to avoid him may be to leave wikipedia. ThuranX 22:30, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

ArbCom voting

Thanks for your reply on the talk page. I did not mean to be putting you on the spot. I do think we will see a 7-5 or 8-5 rejection (almost happened with Latvia), and it would be good for those who want to leave things alone to explain that they know what might happen. But that's for them. You've been quite clear, and I thank you for that. Jd2718 15:43, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Re. revoking decision by the Kosovo arbcom (Oct 2006)

Hi, on 21 October 2006 the Kosovo ARBCOM found that I had been given 96 hours probation for edit warring on the Srebrenica massacre article and based on this (presumably) gave me one years probation and revert parole. I have raised some questions regarding this remedy (see below), and Fred Bauder has now initiated a motion to revoke these remedies. As you are an active member of the arbitration committee I respectfully ask you to consider my case. The questions I raised regarding the decision of the Kosovo arbcom were:

• why did the Kosovo ARBCOM consider my misconduct on the Srebrenica massacre article? Nowehere is the Srebrenica massacre article names as a 'related article'. Nowhere is the reasoning for linking the two articles given.
• it seems a rather harsh remedy to give me one years probation and revert parole for a 'crime' which I had already served time for (so to say).
• is it possible to appeal the Kosovo arbcom's decision?

Dmcdevit, the administrator on the Kosovo arbitration committee who initiated the remedies against me has chosen to vote against revoking these. I have, in turn, replied to his argumentation here. Sincere regards Osli73 00:04, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for taking a look at my case. The main problem, as I state above, is that I don't see why one editor, who had blocked me in the past for breaking the 3RR on a different article felt that I should be given an entire year's punishment. This principle was not applied to other editors. Regards Osli73 09:20, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Just kindly reminding you of my case. An opinion would be appreciated. Regards Osli73 16:36, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Philwelch

You put the case into voting but it looks like you haven't finished the proposed decision page. Thatcher131 17:16, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

re: Wikipedia:Esperanza

I appreciate your concern, but Dev920 has ceased to discuss the topic. I am proposing an entirely new idea to be considered...I'm going to post it on the VP soon--Ed ^{¿Cómo estás?} 01:02, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

I've lost interest in discussing anything with Ed, it is completely futile. He's utterly determined to whitewash the essay (note he removed all the criticisms, but oh, wait, the good points are still there). So I thank you for protection, but can I ask that you revert it back to this previous version of Steve Block's, which was before Quadzilla's edit that sparked this edit war? Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 08:44, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

I object to that request! The new version of the essay has now been up for a day, and only one editor (Dev) has objected! Also, the criticisms against Esperanza are still there, but in a smaller summary.--Ed ^{¿Cómo estás?} 05:07, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Note: edit reverted --Ed ^{¿Cómo estás?} 05:05, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Only Dev has objected because no-one else has the fucking patience to deal with Ed and his cronies! Flcelloguy, seriously, look at the version I want you to revert to, and look at Ed's version. Ed's version makes virtually no reference to criticisms at all - does it seem at all clear why Esperanza was deleted? Does it not give off the impression that Esperanza was a fabulous, thriving organisation cut down for trivial metters? This essay is ridiculously NPOV as it stands, and I respectfully, but strongly urge to consider reinstating what it looked like a month ago and has now been skewed because of Quadzilla's single edit. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 16:43, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Then it will never be unprotected and Ed's whitewash has prevailed. Well done. Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 23:46, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

ip toolbox

I think ais523 has working code now at MediaWiki talk:Newarticletext. I've tested it using {{User:Coelacan/iptools}} which I transcluded and then previewed at User talk:69.153.37.62 and User talk:Asdfgfdsa, and it seems to be working correctly. — coelacan talk — 00:59, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

2004 Madrid train bombings

I stumbled across the article in the listing of backlogged articles needing cleanup. This happened right at the cusp of the RfA. Great timing, no? After making some initial edits, I realized the entire article was unworkable and went to the talk page to see if there was *gasp* oh my, this really *is* a contested article. Anyway, I want to help however I can. To that end, I have done some info digging. But please do not take this as definitive. It's more like a "friend of the court" brief.

I think there are twothree goals here. One is to avoid an edit war without the ugliness of blocking users, etc. Two is to draw some general guidelines with articles concerning topics such as these, where a "well known event" has an official explanation that is disputed by one or more otherwise reputable sources. New. A third is whether or not Wikipedia will be 'neutral' regarding the reliable sources, or if some sources are "better" than others (and who can make that determination).

The first RfC failed when Southofwatford, frustrated with Randroid's approach, withdrew from the RfC. The two RfM attempts failed before "getting off the ground". The first appears to have been started by Randroide (not 100% sure about that), but Southofwatford stated he would not move forward with an RfM while Randroide continued to make controversial edits. However, that particular point was not so cut and dry, since what Southofwatford actually wanted was that Randroid voluntarily revert his redactions to the article, which in Randroid's view would be violating wiki policy by restoring unsourced material. The second RfM attempt was started in early February with all sides (including Igor21) trying agree on the "bulletized" issues. After a week, it appeared that a consensus had been reached on what these issues were. On February 16, Randroid "discovered" that RfM guidelines suggest first applying informal resolution methods, leading him to insist on starting the RfC. At this point, Southofwatford proclaimed that only Arbitration could be used to resolve this.

I sincerely hope this (a) correctly summarizes the debate, and (b) can be used by you and other arbitrators on where to take this.

--Otheus 16:28, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

wheelwar

Thank you for responding to my comments on the Brandt voting talk page. I appreciate the thoughtful response.

Since I participated in the ArbCom elections I have been following the work of the committee. The care taken in deliberations and proposals is quite obvious. Jd2718 03:22, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Urgent - Why am I being ignored?

I am being ignored by the Arbitrators, and I have tried to explain a few things. Please read this to know my position [5] [6].
I am not bothered about this unfair ban anymore. I am leaving Wikipedia anyway, but I need to know if my account only can be blocked. My IP is shared, and I can assure you that nobody will be using it to edit Pakistani articles. Please reply to this. I didnt know I was to be treated unfairly aswell as being ignored. --Unre4Lﺍﹸﻧﺮﮮﺍﻝ ^UT 04:29, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Please try to understand. This is only my temporary IP. I dont mind you banning my real IP. I can promise you I wont be editing at all. Please also take into consideration the "offences". I am not a vandal. I really wish you to take my last request seriously. I am asking you as a friend, as I have always had my best intentions on Wikipedia, and I dont deserve a dishonourable discharge. please let me know what you can do for me. --Unre4Lﺍﹸﻧﺮﮮﺍﻝ ^UT 23:32, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

Ok, It appears I misunderstood the blocking procedures. So let me get this straight. My account will be blocked, however, other people using their accounts on the same IP will still be free to edit on Wikipedia?
I understand the implications of block evasion, and I can assure you as an honest Wikipedian that I have no wish to evade my block. I wont be returning to Wikipedia as an editor as I have learnt how things work here. However if I do decide to return, I will let people know I am Unre4L. I appreciate your reply as you are the first Arbitrator (of the half a dozen I have tried to contact), who has taken me seriously. I wish you knew me better, but I guess its too late now. --Unre4Lﺍﹸﻧﺮﮮﺍﻝ ^UT 00:31, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Ok thanks for your help. I am still not sure about what is going to happen.
The banning policy quotes:
"Except for partial bans, the primary account of any banned user is customarily blocked for the duration of the ban.
If the banned user creates sock puppet accounts to evade the ban, these may be blocked. When evasion is a problem, the IP address of a banned user who edits from a static IP address can also be blocked for the duration of the ban. When a banned user evades the ban from a range of addresses, short term IP blocks may be used. Typically, these last 24 hours."

According to this, only my account will be blocked, however I wish to be certain before the ban takes effect. Thanks for trying to help me. Appreciated. Unre4Lﺍﹸﻧﺮﮮﺍﻝ ^UT 01:09, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Arbcom Talk

Not sure if these are being entertained, but the directions suggest posting on the arbcom talk to get this to the mailing list for discussion, when you have a moment please see Wikipedia_talk:Arbitration_Committee#WP:RFO. Thank you, — xaosflux ^Talk 05:24, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Foundation wiki

Hi, if you have time could you comment on my request for a Foundation wiki account here. Thanks, the wub "?!" 15:21, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! the wub "?!" 21:44, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for protection Great Depression

I just wanted to say thanks for protecting Great Depression. I don't even remember when it ended up on my watchlist but there it is, being vandalized daily. Hopefully the vandalism will curb now and I'll forever think of you when I don't have to revert several times a day. If I were graphically inclined I'd make a barnstar just for you. Since I'm not you just get this thank you.  :) JohnCub 00:42, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

RE: Texas Tech Images

The Texas Tech image that resembles the bumper sticker (with Texas Tech written over 'university') is not, to my knowledge, an official Tech logo. I have never seen it on any official TTU letterhead, websites or merchandise. It does, however, tend to appear on stickers and t-shirts sold by third parties. The image that I uploaded is an original recreation of the sticker logo similar to the one already present on the wiki site. The only major difference was that it was created with proper anti-aliasing and with a background matching the page background. There were two versions because I was unsatisfied with the way the original was resized on the page, and since aesthetics was the purpose of the revision, I improved it.

I also reformatted the photograph of the seal for aesthetic purposes. The version you posted is not level (among other things detrimental to the overall presentation.) In the coming weeks I intend to take several photos of the campus for use on the wiki page with the goal of exhibiting the architectural theme of the campus. I plan to attempt to make the images seem as though they are all part of a series, with a similar format, photo quality, and size. My idea is to have several photos formatted in 16:9 aspect ratio instead of having a batch of photos that look like they were taken by people's camera phones.

If you think my first logo should be marked as a copywrited image, then I'll defer to your expertise. My goal is to remove slap-dash graphics in favor of professionally rendered ones and provide quality to the page. I might note that I also personally rendered the official seal logo at the top right of the page and the double T logo. The ones originally in place on the wiki site were very low quality, blurry, pixelated images so I made new versions to replace them. -Elred

Yes, the Image:Ttusticker2.gif is the final version I intended to be diplayed on the page. If you think it should be tagged as though it is an official logo I have no issue with it. On the Seal image, I did edit your original photo. I did that more as a test to get a feel for the layout I'd like to use when adding photos. I plan to replace that and most (or all) of the current campus photos shortly. I'm going to wait until all the trees bloom and all the flowers are planted on Arbor Day. ...and I plan on having them all hi-res images. I'm thinking about attempting a sort of panoramic style on some of them, but I'll have to see how it turns out. cheers. --Elred 04:36, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Sinbad edit log

Hello Flcelloguy

I'm not so sure it's a good idea of you to delete all the relevant information on the Sinbad hoax from the logs. Could you please restore it? As you'll see from my summary of events on the talk page, the log is actually a demonstration of how fast wikipedia corrects its errors. The media may frown on the removal of this information from wikipedia. Jens Nielsen 14:56, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, can you put the diffs somewhere else maybe so they can be linked to on the summary of events section on the Sinbad talk page? Jens Nielsen 15:11, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Richard Walter - Fraudulent Article

Arbitrator:

Richard Walter seems to have been created with a large amount of false information, perhaps gathered from a phony/ anonymous press release posted at "www.richarddwalter.com". Walters's false testimony was actually confirmed in NY v. Robie Drake. In 2003 and again in 2006 his testimony was determined to be false, misleading and could be presumed perjurious on at least one point (perjury being a very specific type of false testimony) by a fedeal judge.

This is all confirmed in the judge's ruling at: "NY v. Robie Drake" (2006). The acrobat file here was obtained from United States District Court, Western District of New York. Just select judge John Elfvin's rulings for March 2006 re: the Drake case. You'll need to select more than 100 documents per page to see it. Get the drake file.

I editted the many factual inaccurancies in the page with references to the court record online and articles regarding Mr. Walter's false testimony. However an anonymous editor immediately swooped in and removed those edits. I have reverted the page and posted a warning to the anonymous editor. Now Buzzle45 (talk · contribs), an original anonymous creator of this false information page designed to rescue Walters flailing credibility, has stepped in to replace anonymous editor 24.240.17.187 (talk · contribs · WHOIS). I am not certain these are two separate individuals.

At any rate, I expected that whoever created the page would change the edits and that this issue would become something that needed an official look - as there are quite a few dedicated and obsessed people determined to keep the actual substance of this court ruling from being public. It hurts Walter, and it hurts more than a few because of their association with him.

Anonymous editor 24.240.17.187 has removed the Richard Walter page at least six times aleady and has also removed this section from the Talk: Richard Walter page at least six times, since 3/18/07 to prevent me from even having a civil discussion about it with others. Buzzle45 (talk · contribs) has done the same. Not exactly actions that are conducive to resolution, let alone communication. They just don't want the ruling public because of their hero worship (that's assuming that one of the individuals is not actually Richard Walter -this a very distinct possibility).

This informaion is not libelous. It is corrective. It is the posting of a court's ruling using the court's own document. The Wikipedia entry currently states that Walters was exonnerated by the judge in the Drake case. This is not just false, it is beligerantly deceptive at this point.

Note please that I am the only person in this dispute who must testify in court on a regular basis, under oath - and that I am also the only one willing to be identified.

As it stands, the article is full of false and bloated information about Walters that is designed to prop him up despite the court ruling - so that those who use Wikipedia as their primary nfo source (and there are many too many) will be misled. It is a disgrace to the professional community, and it is the furtherance of a weakly crafted fraud.

Do not hesitate to contact me for further assistance.

Brent E. Turvey, MS - Forensic Scientist

Richard Walter article - Libel

Why is Mr. Turvey so relentless in trying to slander Richard Walter?

To accuse someone of perjury is a serious charge. Mr. Turvey makes that claim on his own websites, but that is a matter between Mr. Walter and Mr. Turvey to settle in civil court.

I hold Wikipedia to a higher standard.

In reading the court document, in the final ruling in the Drake case, the judge overturns the appeal.

In his opinion, the judge states that Mr. Walter "may" have committed perjury (which he did not), but he rules that such an issue is a moot point because Mr. Drake does not have the basis for appeal.

Thus, Drake's appeal, and all of its allegations are ruled false.

I welcome you to read the decision on Lexis-Nexis and not Mr. Turvey's version on his websites.

While on Lexis-Nexis, I would also encourage you to read about Mr. Turvey's false statements under oath in Mississippi last year and his previous false statements under oath regarding his employment by the Sitka, Alaska Police Department as a detective. (Mr. Turvey lost in court in his bid to claim that he was employed as a detective in Sitka).

Because Mr. Turvey was not allowed into the AAFS, he has spent his short career creating his own organizations and schools. His organizations are nothing more than him and a few of his former "students" posing as a substitute for the AAFS.

Still, the bitterness of rejection has never been exorcised from his soul. He maintains a website that lists several well-respected forensic pathologists as "frauds" (Mr. Walter is not his only victim).

With all due respect, his situation reminds me of a jealous child in the playground who wants to "take his toys and play on his own".

I suggest that the Richard Walter page remain permanently locked in its pre-March 17th state.

Please disregard Bturvey's threat to "show why wikipedia can't be trusted as a source in my class". He has many more enemies than friends; no one will stand in his defense.

02:52, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Buzzle45 (talk · contribs)

attnetion all admins!

please keep an eye put on these pages:they have been named as users in a steroid scandal and edit wars and vandalism seem likely.

the list:MLB • Gary Matthews Jr. • Jose Canseco • John Rocker • Jerry Hairston Jr. • David Bell

Boxing • Evander Holyfield

NFL • Richard Rydze (Steelers doctor)

Bodybuilding • Victor Martinez

Pro wrestling • Kurt Angle • Randy Orton • Adam Copeland (Edge) • Shane Helms (Gregory Helms) • Oscar Gutierrez (Rey Mysterio) • Eddie Guerrero

Embarassing moment

I had a self-embarassing moment when I mistook the pronounciation of your name for another, cruder meaning... Sorry about that... It won't happen again... Thanks, Spawn Man 08:32, 24 March 2007 (UTC)