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The Signpost, 1 April 2015

JesseAlanGordon seeking un-block

Your admin policy says that I may undo your block if it is "clearly wrong." Your block of me is "clearly wrong" to any reasonable Admin. But I do not have the means to undo it because of the way you implemented it. Please either undo your block of my personal IP address 108.20.219.169, or make an exemption, or allow me to talk to other Admins. Finally, I seek a formal accusation and a hearing in a Wikipedia setting so that I can defend myself fully -- your actions have disallowed me to even seek others' help. JesseAlanGordon (talk) 14:05, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

108.20.219.169 is not blocked. And you are not blocked, either. The fact that you can edit this page is proof of that. T. Canens (talk) 17:42, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
I would like to file a formal complaint about how you treated me during this episode. I think you deserve to be thrown off as an Administrator -- you lorded it over me, didn't explain your rationales, and even your response here is jkust more of the same -- you should NOT be an "administrator" with that attitude! I want to apply to be an administrator myself, so I can resolve issues that people like you create. How do you want to proceed? I will lead the process if you won't -- but I'm sure you are more familiar with this process than I am! JesseAlanGordon (talk) 00:10, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
Here is my letter to info-en-o@wikimedia.org lodging a formal complaint against you. If you accept a {trout}-slap and declare me innocent of wrongdoing, and admit that you were over-zealous and impetuous in your responses to me (you assumed I had ill-intent, which is against a Wikipedia pillar!) -- if you do that, I'll leave you out of it personally -- otherwise I think you're a fine example of "overzealous deletionist" and I will fight to become an Administrator myself to take on people like you, citing you as my "mentor" forever. I note that you did NOT leave ME out of it personally in your crazed battle against Amazon (or whatever the heck you are fighting -- you never explained, impetuous over-zealot that you are!)
To info-en-o@wikimedia.org

I edit Wikipedia as JesseAlanGordon and I would like to begin a dispute resolution process against Timotheus Canens. Here is a bit of our exchange -- it went on for days with him blocking me and then mocking me for not knowing the technical details of how blocks worked. At issue is that I was innocent of any wrongdoing, and Canens just didn't care -- he had some agenda against some group, and I was an innocent bystander victim. I don't think people like that should be administrators. I think people like me SHOULD be administrators. I want to be able to fight off people like Canens next time I am attacked, or next time I see someone like me being attacked. How does one go about becoming an administrator? I have been a Wikipedian for several years on this account, and several years prior to that also, so I think I'm ready and eligible. I would like also to propose an "anti-award" called "Overzealous Deletionist" to counterbalance Carens' many "awards" like "Wiki Defender" and whatnot. I have learned an important lesson about internal Wikipedia politics by encountering Canens -- I was personally attacked by a deletionist hell-bent on blocking as many people as he could -- and it would be better if I had some warning, like seeing a "deletionist" accusation on his "awards" page. I have encountered the overzealous deletionists before and I want to fight them. I feel I cannot fight them equally as just an editor -- I need tools to fight them. Last year, after losing my first struggle with the deletionists, I switched to editing Ballotpedia instead of Wikipedia. Alternatives like Ballotpedia exist because of deletionists like Carens -- but if enough people like me stick with Wikipedia, we can fight off the deletionists or at least achieve some sort of balance with them. Thank you for reading. In summary, how do I:

  • Begin a dispute resolution against an administrator who acted as an overzealous deletionist
  • Become an administrator (obviously I am an "inclusionist" but my interest is in inclusion in American electoral politics)
  • Invent some sort of negative branding system so that others can be warned against overzealous deletionists.

Sincerely, JesseAlanGordon (talk) 01:01, 9 April 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 08 April 2015

April 29: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

Wednesday April 29, 7pm: WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC

You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our inaugural evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.

We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities.

After the main meeting, pizza and refreshments and video games in the gallery!

7:00pm - 9:00 pm at Babycastles, 137 West 14th Street

Featuring a keynote talk this month on Lady Librarians & Feminist Epistemologies! We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues! --Pharos (talk) 18:29, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

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The Signpost: 15 April 2015

AFD script note

Would you happen to know if this edit where the script didn't remove the "no include" tags was a fluke, as I checked again with this edit and noticed the same issue appearing. Thanks! Kevin Rutherford (talk) 11:26, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

As far as I can tell, those tags are not part of {{subst:afd}}, but added by Twinkle. The AFD script doesn't know about them, so didn't remove them. T. Canens (talk) 13:32, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

The Signpost: 22 April 2015

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