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The Olive Branch: A Dispute Resolution Newsletter (Issue #1)

Welcome to the first edition of The Olive Branch. This will be a place to semi-regularly update editors active in dispute resolution (DR) about some of the most important issues, advances, and challenges in the area. You were delivered this update because you are active in DR, but if you would prefer not to receive any future mailing, just add your name to this page.

In this issue:

• Background: A brief overview of the DR ecosystem.
• Research: The most recent DR data
• Survey results: Highlights from Steven Zhang's April 2012 survey
• Activity analysis: Where DR happened, broken down by the top DR forums
• DR Noticeboard comparison: How the newest DR forum has progressed between May and August
• Discussion update: Checking up on the Wikiquette Assistance close debate
• Proposal: It's time to close the Geopolitical, ethnic, and religious conflicts noticeboard. Agree or disagree?

--The Olive Branch 18:59, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

Just watched a snow flurry

Isn't it easier, perhaps wiser, to leave ordure on another editor's talk page when it appears, whatever the quality of the ordure? Nothing is urgent in Misplaced Pages, though it does seem like it is at times. I have a firm policy on my talk page that stuff like that should stay there in plain sight. It says far more about the distributor of the ordure than the recipient :) Fiddle Faddle (talk) 10:24, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

If you're referring to what the indefinitely blocked troll abusing multiple accounts for block evasion was writing - no. We can "nuke that from orbit". It should be rev-deleted as well, as none of it is worth anything. Doc talk 10:29, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Oh I know it's worthless. I was thinking that it causes more hassle by reacting to it than by simply blocking and ignoring the muckspreader. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 10:41, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

He just kept going, I reverted him a bunch of times, and admins were asleep at the switch. It happens sometimes in the "wee" hours. Finally he was blocked (by the admin whose name he had ripped off). He'll get tired of it soon enough if there are people spoiling his little fun games. Cheers :> Doc talk 10:47, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Ryan Reynolds

Here the reference is reliable : http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=11826 sur Anime News Network. --Skarock (talk) 08:50, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Yes, but here it says you (meaning you, me, or anyone with a computer) can "contribute information to this page". How is it a reliable source if anyone can contribute to it with little to no editorial oversight? We can't cite WP for material presented here, for instance. Doc talk 08:58, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

ANN's Encyclopedia is not a reliable source. It is based on user generated content and contains many errors. See WP:A&M/ORS#Situational for details about what part of ANN can be used as a source and what parts are unreliable. —Farix (t | c) 08:40, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the info on that! Cheers :> Doc talk 03:19, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

Congrats

Your Dutch is much better than the IPs. Drmies (talk) 13:55, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

You should see my Farsi ;> Doc talk 14:00, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

Infobox basketball biography help

Hey, I found that you are experienced editor here, so I wanted to ask you how to put header colors for the Euroleague teams. Actually, I have created all these necessary stuff like the team colours and all the other pages that NBA has and it is 'connected' to that 'function' of changing colours to infobox header when you add team to player who is on that 'list'. Hehe even I laugh how am I explaining it to you. What I don't know is how to add Template:Euroleague color next to Template:NBA color in the Template:Infobox basketball biography. And second thing when you finish that (oh here I am asking you to do it, not just to answer), can you change in the code this: Here is an example, you have team from the Euroleague officially called PBC CSKA Moscow, but it is known as CSKA Moscow. And how to code works when you type in team parameter the following CSKA Moscow without putting team_link parameter, to look like this... If you just put CSKA Moscow in team parameter it will redirect you to the Sports organization CSKA Moscow in this case... Understand anyhing what I wanted to say? I was very unclear, sorry.. AirWolf (talk) 23:56, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

Hello! Unfortunately, header colors are not something I am knowledgeable about. Things I don't know (and there are a great many) I usually pick up from other users as I go along, and I've never had to tackle a problem such as yours. My best advice would be to first ask Zagalejo (talk · contribs), an admin who is very knowledgeable about basketball-related stuff. Hopefully he can give you the answers you are looking for. Good luck, and Cheers :> Doc talk 03:15, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

Police

Please refrain from removing content from my talk page. Factocop (talk) 13:52, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

I'm not the "police". It's not really your talk page, either, but I'll respect your wishes. Have a blast. How the hell you're still editing with your history is beyond me. Oh, wait. You're one of them "reformed" users. Pfft. Doc talk 14:00, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

The thing that annoyed me was that I had not had a chance to even read the comments. Factocop (talk) 14:12, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

It's in the page history. They were evading their block and are very likely a sock of an indefinitely blocked user. This seems to be an accepted practice nowadays, to let people sock as long as their "alternate accounts" aren't actually being "abusive" with every edit. It's a crock of shit, really. Enjoy! Doc talk 14:17, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

For what it's worth, when one of my watched editors has garbage posted on their page, I might take the poster to AIV, but generally I leave it up to the watched editor to decide what to do with it. I might make an exception when it's an attack on someone besides that particular editor, or when it's outrageously vile. In this case, it was just a troll pretending to be Factocop to try and get him into further trouble. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 14:21, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

No good deed goes unpunished. Though after seeing his demeanor, especially toward those who are removing garbage spewed by sockpuppets, I suddenly understand why his block log is so long. Trusilver 14:24, 18 September 2012 (UTC)