User talk:Sarah1971

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Sarah1971, good luck, and have fun. – Jnanaranjan Sahu (ଜ୍ଞାନ) ^talk 10:09, 7 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Please do not use the administrator help request unless you need help that only a sysop can offer and for urgent matters. You're seeking article advice in which any editor can help you and the use of talk pages and places like WP:TEAHOUSE are suitable to ask common editing help questions. There are also numerous other help areas for newcomers such as WP:HELP. Thank you, Mkdw ^talk 21:00, 15 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you :) Sarah1971 21:33, 15 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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		for your equanimity under the sustained admin non collaboration. Duckduckstop (talk) 17:42, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

you are correct, this is a bitey place. it's the Michels’ Iron law of oligarchy, maybe not 99%, after all 10% women. public art and graffiti street art is problematic for Wikipedia, since the bias is against fine arts and living people. hard to confirm copyright permission through the wp:OTRS system. wikiproject graffiti is inactive for this reason. you might want to contact Wikimedia UK irl ; or wp:GLAM where common sense tends to prevail. Duckduckstop (talk) 17:42, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Duckduckstop Thanks very much REALLY, great links but your to late as I'm leaving this dark wikiworld, well as this user anyhow. At the moment many users think I'm a sockpuppet? I'm still not sure what that is but due to this label all my work & my subjects work has been attacked by certain spiteful users. I feel sorry for my subject as my label has really hurt their pages, I have even sent my subject an email to say sorry, my mum brought me up to stand up. Yes it is a bitey place but what I don't get is these users are spending hours/days of their very precious short life to try & ruin mine & my subjects work. They take this volunteer roll to personal? I thought users was on here to add to & make great pages, doing something good & worthwhile, not rip them to shreds because a person they don't know has a label. This place would be great if there was more like you & the other few users that have tried to help me. When this sockpuppet case has finished I will retire this account & make a new one to get of the radar of these horrible people, their mums must be so proud of them.

Heres a copy of the email I got back from Darren Cullen.

Dear Sarah & thanks for getting in touch about what is happening.

Do not worry about this Sarah I really don't mind. To be honest I wish the Wikipedia page wasn't online due to the arrest in 2012, not a good advert. All charges towards me was dropped by the way but you wont find this info to be added to Wikipedia.

OK I'm harping on a bit here but don't lose any sleep over this, I'm not, & yes send me your interview questions, that's fine.

Darren.

So that was that & in the mean time before I leave Id still like to put the work back to good, its the least I can do. Is there a page/bunch of users that will help build a page? I ask only because my work will not last. Thanks again. Sarah1971 19:08, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

yes, you noticed that the username is mainly useful for admins to hound people. keep in mind with the wikiPR incident, they think every article about a living person is for money. hence the sockpuppet name calling. changing your name might be socking, unless you wait 6 months for the wp:fresh start. go to some WMUK meetups, wikipedians are nicer in person.

i thought the pre-crime was a "street cred" plus. certainly here at this libertarian paradise. it's just they'd rather he was a open software scoflaw like Aaron Swartz, than mere street artist. it's the wp:systemic bias. Duckduckstop (talk) 20:19, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I was thinking the same thing about the "street cred". Thanks for advice Duck :) really. Duckduckstop Sarah1971 03:21, 17 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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