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Income tax

Could you help me and some other users with the page income tax? For the past few days, an anonymous user has been inserting lunatic fringe tax-protester arguments into the article. Despite repeated requests for him to stop—and attempts by one user to reason with him—he insists on continually disrupting the article. (Many of his edits are simply pasted in (very badly) from tax protester sites (e.g., , taken from Lucas v. Earle)). These edits have completely disrupted income tax and it does not seem possible to reason with him. Can we block this user for vandalism? His edits are technically "content", but are so far off the mainstream they amount to saying "black is white". Thank you. — Mateo SA | talk 01:19, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

I have reported this at WP:ANI. The anon is probably over the 3RR limit, but is using multiple IPs, and in any case, I am at least arguably involved in the content dispute, so i don't feel comfy imposing a block. DES 01:34, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

Unblock ne pls!

I was blocked because of my edits in the article about Yigal Amir. I think that blocking me was an abuse of adminship. pls unblock me. User:Haham hanuka

Signature broken

Hello, Angela. Since the HTML Tidy extension of MediaWiki was disabled, your signature is not rendering properly. You might want to recheck its HTML. Titoxd 01:34, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

I find that surprising since it only contains Angela]][[user talk:Angela|. and no HTML. Angela 03:05, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

I asked the developers, and they said that both wiki markup and html markup are no longer allowed on non-raw signatures. If you want to use both, you need to use raw signatures (which do not automatically link to the user page). --cesarb 15:25, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

See Misplaced Pages:How to fix your signature. --cesarb 17:00, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

I'd seen that, but thanks for pointing it out anyway. :) Angela. 05:36, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

Ted Wilkes

Please be advised that I am filing a complaint against Misplaced Pages:Arbitration Committee member Fred Bauder. The significance of this matter is such that I would ask that you bring it to the attention of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation Inc. Thank you. - Ted Wilkes 20:01, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

It doesn't seem like a Board matter. I'm quite sure the ArbCom can deal with it. Angela. 12:33, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

Could it be that User:Ted Wilkes is identical with multiple hardbanned User:DW? He frequently deletes contributions by others and aggressively attacks users and even administrators and members of the arbitration committee if their opinions are not in line with his personal view. For instance, he repeatedly, and falsely, claimed that my edits are fabricated, unfounded, or unwarranted and therefore must be removed. On 7 November 2003 User:NightCrawler, obviously an Elvis Presley fan like Ted Wilkes, deleted a passage relating to a claim by David Bret that Elvis may have been gay. See . The same user added some denigrating remarks on Bret's book to the related discussion page, which were similar to those later written by Ted Wilkes. See . In November 2003, NightCrawler was hardbanned. See . But NightCrawler reappeared as User:JillandJack creating a new, denigrating article on biographer David Bret. See . This biased article was rewritten by me on 4 April 2004. See . In the meantime, JillandJack was hardbanned. On 20 April 2005, some different comment concerning author David Bret and his book was added. See . This was repeatedly deleted by IP 66.61.69.65. See, for instance, , , . Administrator DropDeadGorgias was forced to restore this comment. See . Since May 2005 there was an edit war between Ted Wilkes and me concerning the article on David Bret and particularly his book, Elvis: The Hollywood Years, presumably because of Bret's claim that Elvis had homosexual leanings - a claim Ted Wilkes didn't like from the beginning. See On 5 May, Ted Wilkes reinstated, without further commentary, the biased version by JillandJack thereby deleting a link to a positive Guardian review of a book written by Bret. See . Significantly, Ted Wilkes repeatedly reverted the article to the version he preferred, i.e., exactly the version JillandJack had created, accusing me of distortions, fabrications, being a vandal, etc. See , , , , , , , , , , etc. etc. It should also be noted that Ted Wilkes repeatedly violated the 3RR in the past and was blocked for doing so. See, for instance, . It is also very interesting that users Ted Wilkes and Wyss, who frequently worked together in deleting my contributions to Misplaced Pages articles, are now working together in denigrating a member of the arbitration committee, simply because his opinion was not in line with their personal view. See Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_arbitration#Fred_Bauder and Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_arbitration#Fred_Bauder. Onefortyone 22:56, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

I've not looked at his edits enough to be able to judge whether he's DW, but now there's a request for arbitration, hopefully the ArbCom will be able to determine whether that's the case. Angela. 12:33, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

FYI

I had a discussion on IRC today with editor Sasa Stefanovic, who was looking for someone to block 65.9.143.188 over a dispute over which image to use on List of Serbs. He claims to be an admin on srwiki (which I don't doubt) and insists that the image he wants on the article is the one preferred by the admins of srwiki. Now, frankly, enwiki isn't required to follow the vote of a bunch of srwiki admins. I pointed out that this appears to be a content dispute and asked him to follow en's dispute resolution policy, but he refused, saying instead that he would ask you to take care of it on the grounds that "you would understand him". I would ask you to refuse to bypass en's dispute resolution processes simply because he requests it of you. This matter should be resolved according to en's policies; his role, rank, or status on a sister project is not grounds for special treatment in this regard. Thanks, Kelly Martin (talk) 21:34, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Hi Angela, as you can see here i put image Image:Srbi.jpg on article List of Serbs because that image is voted here, almost all active admins vote for that picture. User:Antidote is start to revert that picture with his own Image:Srbs3.JPG on article Serbs (you can see that in history). Now after i put that same image on article List of Serbs *vandal* 65.9.143.188 is start to revert it. I looking on IRC for some admin who can help me and block that vandal, and thay told me to discuss that with that vandal, i think that this unregisterd user is User:Antidote, and he start again to revert this picture. Picture that i request to be on article List of Serbs is voted picture (i must say this again because it very important here). Well that is all story about one vandal against almost all active admins from sr: wiki. Best regards --Sasa Stefanovic 22:01, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

I agree with Kelly that votes of admins on another project shouldn't overrule policies or community decisions here. Adminship isn't about this sort of content decision anyway - it's just about trused people having access to some functions that make it easier for them to maintain their wiki. I can only advise you discuss this on the talk page and try to come to some consensus about it rather than appealing to any supposed auhority. Angela. 06:53, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

Sydney Press

Angela, FYI there is a "profile" of you in this morning's (Tuesday November 22) IT section of the Sydney Morning Herald --Wm 23:45, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

There's also an online article . And thanks for stopping in Sydney -- it was good to meet you and fellow editors at the meet-up. --Zigger «º» 00:56, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing it out. I'd seen it in The Age but didn't realise it was elsewhere. :) Angela. 06:27, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Pretty cool. The Age is owned by the same media proprietor as the SMH. Say hi to the Melbournites for me! I had a great time... though sorry for peppering you with so many questions :-) - Ta bu shi da yu 08:49, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Angela, I just heard you on Radio National Breakfast too! --Wm 21:49, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

I hope it was ok. They dragged me out of bed to do that one live. There might be something I pre-recorded on ABC radio news tomorrow as well. Angela. 11:34, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Very cruel of them. The interviewer seemed to think you had personal awareness of every single page. Some people just don't "get it". Hmphh. After I heard the interview, I removed the "agenda setting" description of the Breakfast program from the article on Radio National. The story summary is now online which includes a RealAudio stream of the recorded interview. AFAIK they tend to leave the audio around for a week or so. I am not sure, it may dissapear after a time. --Wm 12:40, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Nice interview, nice picture: are you standing up? I've passed the reference over to the Signpost if that's OK with you… HTH HAND —Phil | Talk 12:31, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

No, I was sitting down. They chose the worst of the three pictures they had. One of the others is at Wikicities:User:Angela. Angela. 13:51, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Hot diggety-dog! Yes, that one's much nicer…maybe they have a thing about lap-tops Template:;-)—Phil | Talk 14:10, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Bringing home old edits

Hi Angela. Is there a way to merge my anonymous contributions into my existing edit contribution history? I've confirmed over two dozen anon edits that were mine by identifying articles I started, beginning with this cluster of edits, followed by these,another cluster, these,this, and this. Cheers! BDAbramson T 04:32, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Sorry, but there's not a way to do this now. See Misplaced Pages:Changing attribution for an edit for some explanation. Angela. 06:27, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

That's quite a backlog - I'm tempted to ask how I might become a developer, just to tackle it! BDAbramson T 03:58, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

Your advice welcome on Wikisource

Dear Angela, please have a look at wikisource:Wikisource:Scriptorium#Licence Ambiguity and What to do About It. This relates to a long discussuion we have been having about the copyright status of some of the texts we have, and how we might handle it. There is more discussion a couple of entries back in the Scriptorium. I know you have been very busy indeed in recent weeks, but any thought you might have on this from the Foundation standpoint will be most useful. Kind regards Apwoolrich 19:23, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing it out. I'll have a look when I get back to Europe. Angela. 02:10, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Historically Black College and University recruitment

Hi, Jmabel and myself have been discussing the merits of actively recruiting students and faculty from Historically Black Colleges and Universities. We have identified Wiley College as an ideal candidate for several reasons: they are the oldest HBCU west of the Mississippi, they have been a pioneer in the usage of computer technology in college education in Texas, and their location allows the outreach to send a representative in person, me. However, I have been putting it off because I realized that it would be odd to walk into Wiley to recruit on behalf of Misplaced Pages just because Joe and I think its a good idea. I thought it would be best if I consulted Anthere, Jimbo, and you and see what ya'll think; before running off and making an appointment to discuss an outreach program. Please respond as soon as you can. Thanks. -JCarriker 08:36, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

I think any sort of outreach into universties would be useful. There are some related pages at meta:outreach or meta:Category:Promotion that you might find useful. Angela. 02:10, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

The right copyright tag for an uploaded image

Permission-only images are not allowed. They need to be freely usable by other people making use of Misplaced Pages content. You might be able to use it under fair use, but without knowing what the image is, I can't say whether that is the case. See Misplaced Pages:Fair use. Angela. 02:10, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Thank you. Owner of image has given permission to post the image under Fair Use.

Image:Bostonquiz2004pics.jpg

I think this should be deleted since it is UE (unencyclopedic) - The image doesn't seem likely to be useful in an encyclopedia as per the policy here ifd. Cafe Nervosa | talk 23:33, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

I find the attempt to delete parts of the history of the Misplaced Pages community very saddening. This is not what the fair use/deletion policies were made for. :( Angela. 02:10, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Semi-Protection

You may or may not be aware, but there is somewhat of a crisis at George W. Bush in terms of a huge volume of vandalism (see the talk page and Jimbo's for more), and a couple users and myself have come together to request a feature called Semi-protection. If you wouldn't mind reading that page, and weighing in, I'd greatly appreciate that. Thanks, Mysekurity 05:49, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

What Misplaced Pages is not

Angela, I came across your "What Misplaced Pages is not" section. Really great stuff. --Ezeu 18:22, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Chasers

Hi Angela. I was just watching The Office, and I recalled reading from your wikipedia page that you live in Slough, and so I was just wondering if you've ever been to Chasers, the bar that the characters frequent in the show. Or is it even a real bar? -lethe 02:56, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

It's a while since I lived in Slough, but I don't think there was a real place called Chasers. I don't know if it was filmed at a real club of another name, or whether it was just a studio mockup. You could try asking on the Misplaced Pages:Reference desk. Angela. 05:03, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

please have a look your talk page on Meta

please have a look your talk page on Meta! :)--Vipuser 08:43, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

I handed my application to have an accout in wikimedia foundation here, please have a look and check it! Thank you very much!--Vipuser 07:11, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Protection of the page of Bulgarian user The Engineer

Hello Angela, I saw your explanation on the talk page of user The Engineer in Bulgarian Wiki. Sorry if it is rude but you've used a weasel term in it: "... number of members ...". How big this number is and of which users you've got a complaint. There is the user Emil in a personal conflict with him, and The Engineer is accusing him in being backed by an administrator and a founder of Bulgarian Wiki - Petko (admin ID Потребител:5ko, "pet" means five in Bulgarian). While I cannot accuse user Petko, I can assure you that user Emil is having conflicts not only with The Engineer (even I had to recall my ambassador).

Please make clear statement based on what you went for removal of adminship of The Engineer, and protection of his pages. The Bulgarian Wiki community is too small to waste any editor, and is among those who lost editors instead of getting more onboard. Bulgarian Wiki also is decreasing its pace. Right now I am not asking to reinstate the admin access but protection without clear, verifyable explanation is not good.

Regards, Goldie (tell me) 13:34, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

P.S. I am going to post this also on meta. -- Goldie (tell me) 13:34, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

replied at User talk:Bggoldie. Angela. 14:07, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Hi again, I sure you've been busy and can't remember. However the impact of what have you done is visible. I would reiterate - the page is protected and the protected text is in weasel terms. No more, no less. I am not asking for adminship but for user's page to be unprotected. How much you can read Bulgarian to make up your mind (or you took side based on some translations)?

What I am asking is:

• Remove the protection on user's personal and talk pages. It cannot do any harm.
• Write on the page why you've done that. If you can't remember it would be nice if you write it.

I do not know what have happened, and cannot find any clue. Your answer, though polite, leads to a deadend. I would advocate to leave such disputes to the community, and not to act like some sort of a big daddy.

Please accept my sincere apologies if you find any offense in my words. No offense is meant. Regards, Goldie (tell me) 15:41, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Diablo Wiki is malfunctioning!

I cannot access the Diablo Wikicity, and believe it may be down (it is giving me a lengthy error message). The Wikicities downtime report said that you were the one who needed to know about this. Can you please fix it? 70.243.127.86 15:36, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

It's working now. 70.243.127.86 16:02, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

We had some apache problems temporarily, but it should be fine now. If you have problems again, it's best to go to the IRC channel or to the off-site status page at berlios.de. Angela. 18:49, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages Mirror in Georgia & Mediawiki Translation

Hello Angela, i´m contacting you from Georgia (Europe), i´m presenting myself as member of Georgian Internet Alliance. We have some plans around one project about Open Source Software, Community Portal, support and open documentation & etc. Maybe we can help wikipedia/wikimedia to make it´s mirror on our future server in Georgia to help local visitors view wikipedia much faster, effective. We need to know, how is possible to make only ka.wikipedia.org-s mirror for firts step and then whole your database.

We are officialy working under translation of KDE, mozilla, opera, & other free software. Currently we are now little busy to work under translations, while we are organizing several projects and portals but i think it will be done with mediawiki translation in a week. Main programming-specific part is already done, but i have not uploaded it on sourceforge yet.

Also we want to help wikpedia editors to communicate - we wil create special section and we also plan to add mediawiki engine for tests.

Sorry for my broken english.

Please contact us in the forum: http://www.gia.ge/forum/index.php?board=5.0 (it may be under construction/alpha stage).

or within online chat:

ICQ: 278791298

MSN: giomac@rambler.ru

Yahoo: george_machitidze

e-mail: giomac@gmai.com

Thank You.

George Machitidze, Georgian Internet Alliance, http://www.gia.ge

01:08, 5 December 2005 (GET)

Hvae you contacted anyone else about this? I'm not sure I really understand what you're asking. Angela 06:47, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Links on your User page

The navigational links at the top of your user page are colored in white on a white background, thus I cannot read what they are (without going to them, of course)! — Wackymacs 11:15, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for reminding me about this. I noticed it yesterday and completely forgot to fix it. I think it's ok now, but feel free to edit it if not. Angela 06:47, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Wikijunior

I've set 10 Dec 2005 as the deadline for the Big Cats book, so that we can hopefully get the thing to press before our "December 2005" deadline is up. As far as you know, the Beck Foundation is still on board? Do we have a cheque from them. -- user:zanimum

I'm fairly sure we do have the cheque, but Michael Davis (our treasurer) could confirm that. We're having a Board meeting this week, so I'll bring it up then. Angela 06:47, 7 December 2005 (UTC)