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THIS IS A BLOCK FREE and a DON'T HASSLE MY COMPANY ZONE

This talk page is a 'BLOCK FREE' Zone. Any previous bans or other editor restrictions are rescinded and no longer enforcable. Blatant and obvious (although, who's to say what's obvious) acts of in-civility will not be tolerated. They will, however, not be punishable. n one house of Congress in one branch of government doesn't get to shut down the entire government just to refight the results of an election

Co-operation is a learned skill

versaries. The “back and forth” between editors MUST be congenial. For generations, writers of all kinds have corresponded. In order to maintain a working relationship they rarely, if ever, attacked each other. We do not create articles or edit them in isolation. By "Leave the room" I don't mean back down....just "back up". When you stumble upon a hornets nest, you don't keep hitting it. You back up...for your own well-being. The hornets are not going to change. They like being hornets. You tried ANI. Neither of you are satisfied with the results. But many editors and admins saw what happened and will file it in their memory. I don't like bullies/hornets any more than you two do. I just have learned not to get stung. The article isn't going anywhere. Watch it and wait for com-patriots. WP editing should be enjoyable, not aggravating. ```Buster Seven Talk 08:14, 17 August 2012 (UTC) Reply to Ihardlythinkso (talk) 09:02, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

There are many jobs at the Zoo. And Many Many happy workers. Pick a job that needs doing. And be happy. Leaving the Zoo is always an option. I love this Zoo. Maybe that's the difference. What you call "zoo" is just one of the hundreds (or is it hundreds of thousands) of enviroments here. I would suggest you leave the zoo and find an environment more condusive to your greatness. Or stay in the zoo and be fretful and unhappy. ``Buster Seven Talk 09:19, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

Good Advice

• From dialogue with User:Imprompt2 (without bolding)

This is very important to understand. Your comment implies a fellow editor is intentionally trying to harm you. It displays a complete misunderstanding of our mutual roles here at Misplaced Pages. Editor _________ is not your adversary. She is your fellow editor, fellow collaborator, fellow teacher. She has ONLY the best intentions for the article. That you can be sure of. To continually imply otherwise shows you really don't yet understand the role of your fellow editors. Most times new editors are concerned only with the article they have just created. But, experienced editors like _________ are more concerned with the Encyclopedia as a whole. I know you are a new user and you hold this the article and your edits to it and your word choices and your particular references as precious and you can't bear to see them changed. You have great pride in your work and rightfully so. But saving it in its original form has become a mission. Because you have misunderstood some basic facts, you see experienced editors like ___________ as having a "cruel hands". That could not be further from the truth. Once you change your opinion of her and what she is doing you will be on the path to a happier Misplaced Pages career. It's always up to you. ```Buster Seven Talk 08:18, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

• From President Obama's 11/15/12 News Conference regarding the Fiscal Cliff:

"....fair-minded people CAN come to agreement. Compromise is hard...not everyone gets what they want."

crap

Don't drink too much . Always rermember to have a ```Buster Seven Talk 21:47, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

To modify something

To modify something you wrote, the way to do it is to use the <ins> and <del> tags. For example, if you wrote this: "The sun is cold." and you wanted to correct it in a Talk page conversation, you should do it like this: "The sun is <del>cold</del> <ins>hot</ins>." The result looks like this: "The sun is cold hot." That is the accepted way to do it.```Buster Seven Talk 05:46, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

CVUA Test 1

Please answer these questions about Vandalism and let me know when you are done. You don't need to give a long answer. Thanks!

1. Please briefly describe what vandalism is.

   A: Vandalism is any addition, removal, or change of content in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Misplaced Pages. Some examples of typical vandalism are adding obscenities and crude humor to a page, illegitimately blanking pages, and inserting obvious nonsense into a page.

2. Am I allowed to get in an edit war while reverting vandalism?

   A: No. Reporting the vandal to an administrator is a better solution.

   Technically, you are. But yes, seeking a sysop is much better.

   Good to know that but edit warring kind of plays in the vandals desire to play a game. To me, vandalism is a kids game that I'd rather not play.

3. What should I do after I spot vandalism? (3 steps)

   A: 1) Make sure it really IS vandalism rather than an innocent mistake, 2)Revert the vandalism by viewing the page's history and selecting the most recent version of the page prior to the vandalism, 3) Warn the vandal with the appropriate warning template.

4. Please list 3 ways how to spot vandalism.

   A: 1) Keeping an eye on your own watchlist for suspicious edits, 2) checking the "user contribution" page of an identified vandal to discover other vandalous acts,

   And the third? :]

   Oooopps!! 3)Scanning "recent changes", looking for large changes or likely culprits. Some wild goose chasing but working toward increasing an ability to spot vandals.

5. If an entire article is vandalism, what should you do?

   A: Request Speedy Deletion by adding one of the speedy deletion templates.

6. Is making test edits considered vandalism?

   A: No. Users sometimes edit pages as an experiment. Such edits, while prohibited, are treated differently from vandalism. These users should be warned using the uw-test series of user warning templates, or by a talk page message including, if appropriate, a welcome and referral to the Misplaced Pages sandbox, where they can continue to make test edits without being unintentionally disruptive. Registered users can also create their own sandboxes as a user subpage. If a user has made a test edit and then reverted it, consider placing the message Welcome to Misplaced Pages. Thank you for reverting your recent experiment. Please take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment further, please use the sandbox instead, as someone could see your test before you revert it. Thank you., on their talk page.

— ΛΧΣ 17:32, 6 October 2013 (UTC)

Nice. I've left some follow-ups. — ΛΧΣ 01:59, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

CVUA Assignment 2

User:Hahc21/CVUA/Buster7

Nice answers to the first test, here is your second assignment :]

Assignment:

• Read WP:Cleaning up vandalism and WP:WARN.
• Find two users or IPs you'd warn for vandalism, including the diffs of their vandal behaviour.
• Explain which template you'd give to two of them.

Cheers. — ΛΧΣ 12:57, 10 October 2013 (UTC)

• IPVandal #1---- I would use a level 1 warning. Having said that, I just checked his recent contributions and found this which he did at the same article a month ago and this vandalism he also did about a month ago. This shows that I should investigate a bit first before deciding on the level of warning to be issued. I have issued a level3 warning and reported to WP:AIV. ```Buster Seven Talk 19:50, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

• This is silly. I just now realized that I have Twinkle and can use it to warn and report.
• I'm travelling this week-end. Will find #2 when I get back. TC. ```Buster Seven Talk 19:55, 11 October 2013 (UTC)

• IPVandal #2---- Again, a level one warning. It is the only action, so far, by this user. While a bit crude, it seems childish. A Template:uw-test2 was issued by User:Materialscientist. ```Buster Seven Talk 05:38, 15 October 2013 (UTC)

• Great! Yes, you can use Twinkle hehe, and you forgot to ping me ;) I will be handling the second test tomorrow morning (my time). — ΛΧΣ 03:20, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

CVUA Test 2

Please answer the following questions

1. Why should new users be given level 1 warnings when possible?

   A: A level 1 warning is the least "aggressive" warning. It is a gentle caution used for unconstructive edits. Hopefully it wakes the new editor up without the accusation of vandalism.

2. What level(s), if vandalism persists after the warning, can a user be reported to AIV and blocked for disruptive editing for vandalizing

   A: Levels 3 and 4. Level 3 warns that if the vandalism continues you "may" be blocked. Level 4 makes it clear that if acts of vandalism continue you WILL be blocked.

3. What level warning(s) mention that an editor could be blocked?

   A: Levels 3 and 4.

Please name which edit warning you would issue to a user in the following scenarios

1. A new user blanking sections.

   A: {{uw-test1}} or {{uw-delete1}}. Due to the possibility of unexplained good-faith content removal, blanking should not necessarily be considered vandalism. Conversely, some blanking is obviously vandalism (a whole article, for instance) and should be reverted and the editor warned with level 3 or 4.

2. Nonsense/Repeating characters.

   A: This may be just a test edit by a new editor. Level 1.

3. Replacing an article with obscenities.

   A: Using obscenities is a conscious thought and act by the vandalizing editor. It is not a mistake and it should have serious consequences. At least a Level 3 warning.

4. How should vandalism be reverted (without Rollback)?

   A: Use "Un-do" to revert the vandalism. If not possible because of subsequent edits, revert by deleting the vandalism and returning the article to its pre-vandalism state taking into consideration edits that followed it.

5. Should section blanking-edits be reverted?

   A: Yes, of course. Whenever a negative change is discovered any editor should revert back to the last good or quality edit.

6. Should test edits be reverted?

   A: Yes, of course. They are like litter and should be removed just as a clean-up of the article. They most likely are not vandalism. a Level 1 warning should do.

7. What is the difference between a test edit and vandalism?

   A:A test edit is usually an experiment by a novice editor that either doesnt know how to remove it or just forgets to remove it. It's innocent and un-intentional. Vandalism is a conscious attack of the pages of the encyclopedia. It can be considerable or minor, but the vandal knows what he is doing.

Your second test :) — ΛΧΣ 03:30, 18 October 2013 (UTC)

• User:Hahc21.  Done. ```Buster Seven Talk 05:03, 20 October 2013 (UTC)
  • Great answers! Your third assignment will be here soon :] — ΛΧΣ 14:23, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

Assignment 3

Assignment:

1. Read WP:BLOCK and WP:GAIV.
2. Find a user that you think could be blocked for vandalism.

Fallentvd seems to fit the bill. His blanking of the page and then inserting new edits in a completely non-Misplaced Pages format seems to be more than just innocent religious fanaticism (if religious fanaticism can ever be innocent).

1. Find a user you'd report at WP:AIV for vandalism.

Cheers. — ΛΧΣ 03:31, 4 November 2013 (UTC)

changes @ Samira Said

I've made some changes with regards to samira said wiki page I removed " Samira Said blazed the fifteenth prime of Star academy 8 on LBC with three different appearances with great look and charisma. Her performance at Star Academy was huge success." --Operaworldmusic (talk) 12:22, 12 November 2013 (UTC) but regarding the video youtube I've seen many pages with youtube video as references in wikipedia . could you please provide me with raison why in other pages we accepted to have youtube as references? thx --Operaworldmusic (talk) 12:22, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

• Anyone can create a personal web page or publish their own book, and also claim to be an expert in a certain field. For that reason self-published media—whether books, newsletters, personal websites, open wikis, blogs, personal pages on social networking sites, Internet forum postings, or tweets—are largely not acceptable. This includes any website whose content is largely user-generated, including the Internet Movie Database (IMDB), CBDB.com, collaboratively created websites such as wikis, and so forth, with the exception of material on such sites that is labeled as originating from credentialed members of the sites' editorial staff, rather than users.

"Blogs" in this context refers to personal and group blogs. Some news outlets host interactive columns they call blogs, and these may be acceptable as sources so long as the writers are professional journalists or are professionals in the field on which they write and the blog is subject to the news outlet's full editorial control. Posts left by readers may never be used as sources; see WP:NEWSBLOG.

Self-published material may sometimes be acceptable when its author is an established expert whose work in the relevant field has been published by reliable third-party publications. Self-published information should never be used as a source about a living person, even if the author is a well-known professional researcher or writer; see WP:BLP#Reliable sources.

Also see WP:RS and WP:SELFPUB In general none of these will count as a reliable source. However there are exceptions. Youtube postings by reliable sources of their own work, such as for example when a new organization uploads a clip to youtube, or a movie studio uploads a trailer, may be a reliable source. In a biography the subject's OWN Facebook page may be a citeable source for what the subject has said/written about a topic, but their own website will often be more stable and thus should be preferred if the info can be cited from there. Much the same applies to Twitter and other social media sites.

```Buster Seven Talk 15:46, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

• There is no blanket ban on linking to YouTube or other user-submitted video sites, as long as the links abide by the guidelines @ Misplaced Pages:External links (see Restrictions on linking and Links normally to be avoided). Many videos hosted on youtube or similar sites do not meet the standards for inclusion in External links sections, and copyright is of particular concern. Many YouTube videos of newscasts, shows or other content of interest to Misplaced Pages visitors are copyright violations and should not be linked. Links should be evaluated for inclusion with due care on a case-by-case basis. Links to online videos should also identify additional software necessary for readers to view the content. ```Buster Seven Talk 21:23, 12 November 2013 (UTC)

You have violated copyright and misattributed content

What do you think you're doing here? That's not your content. Someone else holds the copyright, not you. You weren't authorized to release it into the CC-BY-SA licensing realm. You even incorrectly attributed the content to "thekosher". Fix your mistake and apologize for it, quickly. - 2601:B:BB80:2E6:E805:D750:35EF:D6E8 (talk) 03:01, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

How nice of you to drop by. I wander around and collect things...I'm not sure where I picked up the little tid-bit that seems to excite you. I forgot about it 2 minutes after I put it down. Feel free to delete it. ```Buster Seven Talk 06:11, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

@Buster7: Better not to paste content from external sources to Misplaced Pages, since that can be construed as a copyvio (even comments on articles). Use a link instead. §FreeRangeFrog 14:51, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

Sorry I didn't get to the Chicago Meet-Up this year

Do you ever go to local SF conventions? That's my most frequent lure out of Milwaukee. --Orange Mike | Talk 03:36, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

I've been an SF fan since high school. My first memorable piece of prose was a term paper that was basically cut-n-paste from a dozen or so Introductions. Bradbury, Asimov, Heinlein, etc. I discovered Enders Game 30 years ago and have been a Card fan since (not the fantasies, just Ender stuff). I especially enjoy re-reading Speaker for the Dead and think Jane is just the best character ever. ```Buster Seven Talk 14:20, 14 November 2013 (UTC)