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Archived alerts

• Archive 1: June 2005 - September 2005
• Archive 2: October 2005 - December 2005
• Archive 3: January 2006 - February 2006
• Archive 4: March 2006 - April 2006
• Archive 5: May 2006 -

Active alerts

8 June 2006

• Mwhs (who appears to also contribute as 70.152.161.175) has been adding disclaimers to the top of Mami Wata (an African goddess, though Mwhs disputes even this) essentially dismissing the article's anthropological approach to the topic and stating that " overall depiction of Mami Wata known to those born and initiated and trained to serve in its priestess- hood is considered suspect." Judging by this image uploaded by the user, this person is apparently affiliated with a Mami Wata-worshipping group in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, who host the website mamiwata.com. I am sympathetic to the point of view of those who actually worship this deity, but all attempts to reason with this person are being ignored. See User talk:Mwhs#Mami Wata for the discussion. Other users have branded this person a vandal, but I have been trying to reason with them. In particular, the disclaimers placed on Mami Wata seem to violate WP:NPOV, WP:VERIFY, and WP:CITE. Help in getting this person to engage in a dialogue is appreciated, but if they refuse, administrative help would be needed (as an active disputant, I must recuse myself from administerial duties regarding this person). A similar notice has been posted at the Africa-related regional notice board. Thanks. 17:29, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

• Gzlfb (talk · contribs) is adding dozens of links to Zoltán Buday in response to requests for verifiable sources (see talk page) and has referred to other editors as nazis (on talk page). 17:54, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

• A user at 216.45.219.162 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log), 216.45.224.76 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) and 216.45.156.46 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) has been deleting the article Willis Stephens (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). They may be part of a political campaign. I can understand their interest in removing content that may be damaging to a candidate, but they have not responded to any attempts to contact them. Several other editors have been reverting the deletions which I think shows that there is no merit to deleting the article. I am not a registered voter but I did compose the original article, which is why I am dismayed that it is being removed without any constructive edits.

9 June 2006

• Re: Alicia Alighatti (a porn actress) -- an anonymous user insists on placing a screenshot of Ms. Alighatti performing fellatio on the page. I don't think this is appropriate for WP. Any thoughts? NawlinWiki 13:54, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

I've already reverted it at least once as vandalism, and I suggest that you continue to do so as well. (Also although I clearly have no idea where the picture is from, and have no intention of finding out, it's probably copyrighted). --Bachrach44 14:00, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

The image is fair use. No images are too offensive to be inappropriate for WP, as it has far more offensive pictures than that one that was uploaded to the Alicia Alighatti page. It is not vandalism, and don't go to wikipedia if you can't handle it. Clever curmudgeon 18:56, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

BTW I removed the unsourced and unsigned slander of this actress I found on her talk page, as per the BLP. - Merzbow 05:01, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

• Re: Patter drill, User:Fahrenheit451 makes personal attack and refuses to understand an element of WP:RS which is pointed out to him 10:06, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

12 June 2006

The Kārlis Ulmanis article is pushing an Ulmanis apologist POV as explained in Talk:Kārlis Ulmanis. 18:19, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

12 June 2006

User:142.22.186.7 talk has a long history of vandalizing articles. Some edits of note include Mexican Cuisine, Michelangelo's David, Ant, Chinese Civil War, Seven Years' War.

The articles noted are only a small sample of the vandalized articles the user has caused since November 2004.. While the IP Address is a shared computer network those who choose to use the system to vandalize far outweight those who actually contribute. Please considering banning this IP Address. User:Throw

13 June 2006

Calgacus made several incivil comments in regards to people that have different opinion:  ::: It's a Polish nationalist masturbation, that's why. When another user commented his remarks he replied: I don't think my comments in this respect were overly harsh. You have to understand that for eastern Europeans the English language is like a international ethnic property court, putting the name in one language claims ownership for that ethnic group, and gets one over their rivals. That's why all those Ukrainian nationalists want to rename the Russophone city of Kiev Kyiv on English wiki, but don't give two craps what its name is in other languages; and why the same people who were propping up the Polish name Władysław II Jagiełło were going around calling Vilnius Wilno. --Molobo 16:16, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

LOL Molobo, you are the last person who should be posting here. To think I thought you'd changed. Sad day. - Calgacus (ΚΑΛΓΑΚΟΣ) 20:28, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

13 June 2006

The dispute tag on this article has been repeatedly removed. The article's content is being disputed for accuracy. ~~~~~

No comment, but the link is Greg Bravo (Gary Scott). --02:44, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

14 June 2006

A rude comment has been posted on User:Robert McGuigan by an unregistered editor, apparently someone with a similar name. Is there a recommended way to handle this sort of thing? ~~~~~

Islam is currently undergoing a dispute over whether to include a section on Islamic terrorism or not. The discussion has been going on for some time, but my attempts today to actually insert a summary style section from Islamic extremist terrorism have been reverted repeatedly. I think the inclusion is important, but an outside opinion from people who don't frequent Islam-related articles would be useful. Thanks. :) Dev920 17:42, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

On Talk:Prussian_Blue_(duo), a user by the name of Overthrow, in the course of an as-yet unresolved dispute over a claim in the article Prussian Blue (duo) regarding the band's Holocaust denial, has begun to make offensive accusations and insinuations against the other editors of the article. He has been repeatedly warned to remain civil on Misplaced Pages. His comments on the article talk page do not specifically target an editor but accuse all editors who oppose his views of "obsessing over these two young girls" and "cyber stalking" them. Overthrow has responded by insulting the editor who welcomed him to Misplaced Pages. I am in the process of composing a reply to his substantive points and have no desire to be put in the false position of defending myself or other editors against his odious insinuations. He clearly won't listen to me on the subject of civility. Could someone else please try explaining to him why ad hominem arguments are inappropriate here? Thanks, Kasreyn 17:45, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

User 213.237.21.242 has taken over the Talk:Mormonism page with lengthy "rebuttals" of perceived slights. Attempts to answer the points raised have only led to more lengthy responses. Users have attempted to resolve the dispute and to continue the discussion on an archive page but nothing seems to stem the flow. Any help available? -- andersonpd 17:51, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Maddyfan (talk · contribs) has performed several wholesale reverts of edits made by Extraordinary Machine (talk · contribs) to article Christina Aguilera (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), violating the 3RR in the process. Aside from reverting edits related to an NPOV dispute and whether a section of the article is too detailed (currently being discuss on talk), Maddyfan has rolled back removal of uncited material and MoS/formatting corrections. She seems to have a misunderstanding of the WP:OWN policy, as seen by comments such as "We will boot your butt right out of here!", "please edit again, so we can just boot you", "You come here first, discuss and WE will decide what to do. Not YOU"; she has also falsely accused Extraordinary Machine of vandalism. Maddyfan is generally incivil, and personal attacks directed towards Extraordinary Machine include "don't be ridiculous" and "Get lost". Generally, she seems unwilling to work collaboratively with other editors. 18:27, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

A heated discussion over the security of the networking application Hamachi has been ongoing at the Talk:Hamachi page. One editor is take a strong stand against the security of Hamachi on what could be seen as unfair grounds as his major concerns are not necessarily Hamachi-specific. The other editor is involved with the company developing Hamachi thus make POV balance tricky. A diversity of opinion would greatly benefit the resolution of these differences of opinion.21:18, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

15 June 2006

Talk:Crimean War--- I was requested to render 3rd opinion in a dispute where one editor appears to be avoiding debate. WP:3O requires 2 people in a discussion. This issue appears to be wikiquette, not content so I referred it here.(If this is not correct please tell me proper location for this)Eagle talk

17 June 2006

Talk:United States men's national soccer team#Proposed modifications has an ongoing discussion on whether the number of consecutive qualifications to World Cup can be used to make a comparison between teams from different continents.00:16, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Programming language has active discussion with many people backing up their positions with general knowledge but reluctant to cite sources. 11:37, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Zer0fault's RfC is turning into an nonproductive, escalating war between two editors with no end in sight. I think this page, and the dispute over the Iraq war article in general, deserve more attention from the community.

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