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ATTENTION VANDALS: Vandalizing this page or any other page on Misplaced Pages is not productive. Vandalism is soon reverted or removed by other Wikipedians so don't bother, ok? -Alison
What the menacing lady above said. --DarkFalls

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== Thank you! ==

Well .... where to start?

I just want to thank everyone - I can't possibly reply to everybody :) - for being so loving and supportive over the last few days. I said what I had to say and left for a few days, just to get some breathing space. I'd actually been thinking seriously about leaving over the last few weeks, as the unwanted attentions from certain people and the pressures of the current ArbCom case were beginning to wear me down. I truly wasn't expecting the kind of responses that came flooding in. I really don't know what to say. I've archived everything, my original message and all your responses, as well as a message to others at the top, at ]. As I said, I hope others in a similar situation can read this, understand it, and take some comfort from it all.

Love you all, friends :)

-- ] <sup>]</sup>

PS: I guess I'd better get back to work, then! ] is calling out to me :)

PPS: Amit, it's lovely to see you back on here, too, with job intact!

==Request for article delection==
I just came across were the subject of an article has apparently requested that it be deleted as he is under 18, so could you take a look and if necessary delete it.--] (]) 09:56, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

== Rhinoplasty ==

Hi allison


== Draft articles ==
I posted something new in the discussion section of the rhinoplasty under "non surgical nose job" when you get a chance could u have a look at it and give me your thoughts. thanks so much. happy new year. --] (]) 19:13, 8 January 2008 (UTC)


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* TBD
: Oh wow - I'm honoured to have received a barnstar from yourself, Viridae :) Thank you so much! - ] <sup>]</sup> 19:21, 11 January 2008 (UTC)


=== To do ===
== confirmed meatpuppetry on Waterboarding ==


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* ] - ] project: Germany, Ireland
* ] / ] - assistant State Pathologist for Ireland. See ]
* ] - notorious ] murder squad sub-group. They were literally called this
* ] - creators of the ]
* ] - Colonel Meade James Crosbie Dennis C.B - radio pioneer, arguably creator of the first ] transmission, and inventor of the ], used to detect submarines underwater using radio waves. See ].
* ] - Wlodzimierz "Wowa" Cwejman, ] designer. Died 2021
* ] - composer and musician - was married to Jill Frazer.
* ] - from ]
* ] - Irish journalist, murdered by the ] (currently redir)
* ] - musician, inventor, and creator of the ] in conjunction with ].
* ] - see ]
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Anyone else - feel free to work on these - ] <sup>]</sup>


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==Mention==
I have mentioned your name . Perhaps you can shed light on the discussion. Cheers, ] <sup>]</sup> 14:24, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
: Thanks, Jehochman. I've left a comment over there - ] <sup>]</sup> 19:18, 11 January 2008 (UTC)


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*Hey you / out there in the cold / getting lonely, getting old / can you feel me? * <small><small>Pink Floyd - Hey You. Sorry, I had to. This thread title made me sing it. </small></small> ]] 21:55, 9 January 2008 (UTC) 21:55, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
**Hey again Ali, I see you've been poorly, hope you're feeling better. Any chance you've read my email yet? ] (]) 15:40, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
*** Hi Rambling! I'm just catching up here (still ill here and the ] has totally knocked me sideways) - I've sent a reply and also fixed the privacy issue for that editor. Should be okay, I hope :) Thanks again, sir! - ] <sup>]</sup> 19:17, 11 January 2008 (UTC) (BTW - is your name from the ] song? I'm a big fan)
****Hey Ali, boink, and thanks and yes. I'm one of their biggest fans...! ] (]) 19:19, 11 January 2008 (UTC)


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Kind Regards,
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Starting to feel halfway human again, hoping the situation is the same for you.. here ya go... ] (]) 16:18, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
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:Feeling sick? I hope you feel better soon! :) --]] 22:18, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
:: Thanks, Kyoko. I owe you about a dozen emails. Still sick today and on antibiotics but came into work anyway. Hey, Foz - I hope that's vegetarian chicken :) - ] <sup>]</sup> 22:22, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
:::Um.. yes.. of course it is.. um... I'll get me coat.... (oh btw, you have an email, hope it gives you a laugh) ] (]) 22:34, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
:::: lol!!! ;) Hope you're feeling better too, Foz - ] <sup>]</sup> 22:38, 10 January 2008 (UTC) (checking mail)


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Please look into the actions of Blotto adrift. He keeps changing the Trenton Ontario page to reflect his own edits. He has edited this page more than 7 times in one day. Now the page has been locked with his incorrect edits showing. Please ask Blotto adrift to understand that this is not the purpose of wikipedia and please correct the page. Thank you
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Hi Alison


Hello, I need some assistance. Currently, there seems to be an increasing number of "puppet accounts" (]) on the Uzbek Misplaced Pages. To help identify and manage these accounts, I would like to request checkuser status. ] (]) 02:29, 16 November 2024 (UTC)
Please see the unblock request on this page. Since this seemed to be a single ip blocked rather than a range, I thought I should defer to you for advice. Is this collateral or expected? Please advise what we should do next. ] <sup>'']''</sup> 20:48, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
: Thanks, Spartaz. See talk page. I've switched to softblock - ] <sup>]</sup> 21:23, 11 January 2008 (UTC) * Hi there. Unfortunately, I cannot help you. While I'm an administrator and checkuser here on the English Misplaced Pages, these don't extend to other wikis. Really sorry - maybe check locally or ask a ]? - ] <sup>]</sup> 03:28, 16 November 2024 (UTC)


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Somehow both times I've tried to use that page I've messed it up somehow. I put in a request for PONDHEEPANKAR vs. Nadarsagham today but it doesn't appear on the page. Maybe since Pondheepankar is a confirmed puppetmaster it got screwed by the page names or something? Can you check it out and let me know what you think? <sup>]]</sup> 22:32, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
* I went ahead and deleted it myself. When I created it earlier, I actually thought I was still on Meta - ] <sup>]</sup> 06:41, 24 November 2024 (UTC)


== Weird Censoring Issue from 2011 ==
==More socks ]==


I know this is from over a decade ago, but I was looking at my contribution history and it made me think of the time when my browser was inexplicably censoring everything on your page and the page of ] and you ended up having to be in the middle of it. Not sure if you even remember it occurring, but I thought you might be interested in hearing an update all these years later because it was so bizarre.
] recently registered and has made nearly identical edits to the same pages as L.L.King. A search of DNS entries reveals that Michael Schmidt owns , which matches the username that ] as a puppet of L.L.King, who claims (Leon L. King) to be the head writer for Cinema Press. I left this in a message on Schmidt's talk page, which has . It is very likely that L.L.King is Michael Schmidt (and per the usernames for ] and ]) and he continues to use Misplaced Pages to promote himself and his work in various movies. ] (]) 22:56, 11 January 2008 (UTC)


Anyway, just for context, I was just short of 13 years old when that happened. Age-wise, I could see my parents maybe having some sort of filter on my computer, I'm pretty sure it was not some sort of computer virus. I never specifically asked them about it, my mom could get kind of reactive about things so I didn't want her assuming I was doing something inappropriate. The only thing I can think of on why it never recurred again is that they took internet away from that computer (for reasons that stretch outside of this conversation, nothing terrible though, mainly staying up too late and being lethargic at school) and they maybe never thought to do that again.
== Is user ] daft? ==


It definitely was not malicious on my part, I was as confounded about it as anyone else, plus I curse like a sailor in certain environments so I am not against profanity as a rule. --] (]) 05:24, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
Having discovered a nest of sockpuppets and having had them successfully blocked with your help mean he must run back here to you when he feels he is loosing his fight to further destroy Wiki and promote his opinion as fact?
Last August, and being ignorant of Wiki guidelines, I put an article about myself on Wiki. Naturally it was quickly removed. My ignorance taught me to simply turn such matters over to those who job it is to do promotions and publicity. It has developed that my subordinants had a number of accounts to deal with edits and additions and image uploads. Best evidence indicates that these acounts made no votes nor destroyed anyone's work.


* Hey there, {{Ping|Thebirdlover}}. Yeah, it's been nearly 15 years since that incident. I can tell you what happened. Back then, I was an ], and had responsibilities for ] and for ]. Back then, you were a minor, and I was alerted to remove certain information from your user page for your own safety. It's usually done very discretely and even ] can't see the edits. So that's what happened.
An incident took place in December where user ] decided without consensus to censor certain informations in the article on Paris Hilton. He tagged a constructed set of relevent, related, and mutually supportive facts "trivia". He then removed most of these facts, again without waiting for consensus, and deconstructed the section.... turning it into the list of trivia he at first claimed. Unfortunately, these accounts attempted to undo the] damage when they should have simply let the issue die and hope that someone might have decided to put ] in check. Well... no one did stop him. His actions got worse. Their defense of Wiki actually became more active. And ]'s proffering ill-thought opinion as fact became more extreme.
At this point, when ] could only have thought these actions represented a consensus against his actions, he ignored that supposed consensus and became even more antagonistic. Later research has shown that he does indeed have a rather acrimonious history on Wiki and has been able to undo nearly every correction to his own poor works. He bacame inflamatory and accusatory. And convinced you as a checkuser to determin the IP addresses of the consensus to determine if it were the same. Yoy then rightly had the users blocked. Fine.


* The issue with ] was unrelated to yours but involved ], so I had to dive in there and do some redaction - ] <sup>]</sup> 22:22, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
Already feeling empowered by earlier successes in bullying other minor editors, and now acting positively sanctimonious, he then took further actions, and again without consensus. He went over the contributions made by these now blocked accounts and made haphazard choices on what to remove or what to leave... based totally upon his ''']''' of what was notable or not, and with no regard to the reletive merit or worth of the contributions. He went to images these persons had uploaded, and tagged each for deletion. His reasons were in the vein of "uploaded by someone later found to be a sockpuppet", "probably without permission...", or "I suspect..." or "they likely do not have permission.." or "I feel....", or even a blatant "uploaded use is a copyright violation"... but he did not check nor verify any of these facts before making his claims... nor even grant that if they were all sockpuppets of mine (rathet than an overzealous subordinants) then they would certainly have had permisions to use my images. He says '''ONLY'' what he '''feels''' supports his narrow '''POV'''. And with others now afraid to challenge his actions (the few other editors who suggested he move with greater caution, the "consensus" Wiki is so proud of, were immediately rebuked) he went through these contributions as if with a machete.
Now I will grant that my knowledge of Wiki protocols is not very sure... but is there some specific section that states that images uploaded by accounts later found guilty of sockpuppery should be sumarily removed without thought or consideration to whether or not they contribute? Is there a guideline that encourages an editor to make repeated and blatantly false claims after he locks out any who might have shown him to be in error? Does Wiki support their own creation of Wiki bullies?
I learned of the actions of my subordinants and came online to study what had happened and why. I also discovered his picking and choosing among the contributions of the puppets, to remove only that which offended him. I wrote tell him that I agree that the article about me should be removed from Wiki... because of how easily my subordinants were able to make changes, and because of how easily he was able to make his opinions become fact.
To step back a few days in these events... by way of example...
The "sockpuppet" group had put an article about me on Wiki, as well as one for an associate, actor James Evans, and they had been creating articles about projects we had been in and had been improving aricles about others with whom I had worked. After his "victory" over the "sockpuppets", Cumulus Clouds tagged lagged the article about me as being "non-notable". Then removed cogent informations that might have proved to other Wiki users that I might actually be noteworthy enough to remain, thus leaving an empty article that was not worth verifying. This is the same tactic he used in the Parid Hilton article when he first tagged a well constructed set of relevent, related, and mutually supportive facts as "trivia", removed the parts of the section that made it cohesive, and turned it into the "trivia" he first called it. This fellow creates his own reality. Interestingly enough, the article created by these "puppets" about actor James Evans had much less information and fewer links and references... yet Cumulus Clouds chose to leave it. This would seem to be a strong indicator of a vendetta against me personally... and that seems to be completely against Wiki protocols.
Wiki is allowing this individual to run amuck. The "checks and balances" Wiki claims to have in place have not stopped him. I granted in a lengthy response that wrong as the puppet group was to break Wiki rules, he was much worse when he continued promoting personal opinion as fact under the guise of authority. And that yes, I now wished the article about me to be removed because his very actions underscored the deepest flaw of the Wiki system... that fact matters far less than opinion.
The puppet group bent Wiki guidelines, and that is unfortunate... but they never put anything on Wiki that was not 100% verifiable and true. ] continues to spout opinion within Wiki guidelines, using opinion as fact, and acting without consensus... and THAT is even more unfortunate. He is the problem with the entire Wiki system.


**I know what the oversight issue was about (that was going back to when I started here), I was talking about ] that you were involved in related to my computer haphazardly removing expletives because I was reminded of it and felt like trying to explain what was going on as best as I possibly could (even though I still don't completely know what happened). --] (]) 02:15, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
But here is the reason I am writing. This Wiki user... this Wiki expert.... this person allowed to run ammuck with no regard to others... this anonymous Cumulus Clouds, has now made it possible... even encouraged others, to find my home and family and perhaps do damage to me and mine. Oh yes... withing the guidelines of Wiki, he began with a disclaimer that anyone following his instructions could find out these informations... but he put on a direct link to my name, home address, and telephone number. For all intents and purposes, he put up a big glaring sign that says "LOOK HERE". It was not neccessary.. He had won his battle. He was getting his way. No one was stopping him. But the fact that he was able to do all that he has done... that the total inaction of Wiki administrators to caution him, was accepted by him as consensus, and he went one step too far.
*** Yeah, I had no idea what happened there, and still don't. It looks like there was some weird ] on your computer, as it wasn't retroactively censored on the WP side, from what I can see - ] <sup>]</sup> 19:30, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
You need to visit "http://en.wikipedia.org/User_talk:MichaelQSchmidt " and see what he wrote. As part of his vendetta, he wrote "This information is freely available in the Whois directories maintained by NetSol and other major domain name services. Here is the DNS entry...". While the information IS there, and individuals with the knowledge could find it, isn't his placing the link that leads directly to me and my family and then encouraging others to use it yet another abuse of his power and position? Do you not have some "rule" or "guideline" that discourages such rash actions? That he is actually inviting individuals who might not otherwise have known how, or even cared, to now have access to my home and my family is scandalous at best and criminal at worse.
I would ask that that specific link to my personal information, and any archives that include that link, or instruction on how to reach that link, be removed immediately. Certainly it is public information, but in the context used by Cumulus Clouds it is akin to posting instructions on how to make a bomb with kitchen chemicals. Sure the chemicals exist... and one can put them together in a certain order to create an explosive device... but does that make it right to share that information with the world??? It would be very unfortunate if the actions by user Cumulus Clouds, working within Wiki under the color of Wiki authority and using Wiki as the means, might result in the perpretration of any crime against myself or my family. He stepped waaaaaay out of bounds and he is using Wiki to do it.


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One last point... the puppet group was wrong, but they did not break any rule of law... only rule of Wiki and they paid for their actions. Cumulus Clouds is using Wiki in abusive ways that could result in direct harm to individuals or property... and THAT is illegal.


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And now he is here... whining back to the individual he feels is his biggest supporter and who seems to give affirmation to his abuses, calling me a sockpuppet of myself? Saying that someone working for me is me... or that I am he? Saying that my "edits" are the same as Leon King? Logic and truth is the same everywhere except on Wiki... and his own actions have decreed that the only pages I make comment of his abuse of Wiki are those same pages and same action of the sockpuppets. I will make no edits to Wiki. I only ask that this person not be allowed to continue in a vendetta against me... that he not be allowed to put up a flad pointing out where my family lives. Any wonder I agree my article should be removed? '''TELL HIM I AGREE'''. And tell him to grow up. And no.. he has not written me to verify or confirm anything... he keeps making invalid claims and assertions. It just amazes me that now, in asserting that I am someone else or vice-versus that he wishes to have you shut me up as well.
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Thank you today for pointing at him! - I have ] on the same page (see story), and music to express happiness and sadness. --] (]) 18:54, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
* Thank you for adding ], and condolences on his loss, too - ] <sup>]</sup> 22:24, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
*: Thank you! I didn't know him but was fascinated by his photo series. The loss of a friend was in real life. Today, you can listen to the (new) ] --] (]) 10:19, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
*: Listen today to ]'s 3rd cello sonata, on his birthday - it was a hook in the ] when his 250th birthday was remembered. I picked a recording with ], because he was on my ] this year, and I was in Brazil (see places), and I love his playing. --] (]) 16:01, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
*:: Thank you! I'm in work right now, and cued it up to listen to in my office. Last week was very much a ] week as the Netherlands Bach Society just - have a listen - ] <sup>]</sup> 19:28, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
*::: Thank you! A pic of our last performance is in the article ;) - I came to fix the cellist's name, with ] and new pics - look for red birds --] (]) 17:37, 18 December 2024 (UTC)
*::: Today is ]. --] (]) 16:01, 20 December 2024 (UTC)


== CheckUser / IP Block exemption ==
How do you think I should respond to the inquiries I have had from popular media about Wiki due entirely to his actions?


Hello! Just got a notification that my IP block exemption is about to expire, and would love to have it renewed. Hope it's ok to contact you as a CheckUser directly on your discussion page, and that I haven't misinterpreted the guidelines on WP:IPBLOCK. Many thanks in advance! ] (]) 22:13, 15 December 2024 (UTC)
With regret to the bad press this man has created for Wiki.... , non-notable actor
* Hi there. A quick check and everything looks fine to me. Can you ask {{Ping|GeneralNotability}} as I've no access to the ticketing system? - ] <sup>]</sup> 19:25, 16 December 2024 (UTC)
*{{u|GeneralNotability}} has been inactive for several months. However, it just happens that I have all the needed accesses, and have extended your IP block exemption by one year, {{u|Listz3}}. Hope you don't mind my jumping in, Alison! ] (]) 02:43, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
:* Oh - thanks, Risker! Problem solved :) - ] <sup>]</sup> 03:31, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

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Today is Schoenberg's 150th birthday! On display his portrait by Egon Schiele, music from Moses und Aron, and two DYK hooks, one from 2010 and another from 2014; the latter, about his 40th birthday, appeared on his 140th birthday ;) - See places for a stunning sunrise, on the day Bruckner's 200th birthday was celebrated (just a few days late). -- Gerda Arendt (talk) 21:03, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

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Weird Censoring Issue from 2011

I know this is from over a decade ago, but I was looking at my contribution history and it made me think of the time when my browser was inexplicably censoring everything on your page and the page of User:Jolly Janner and you ended up having to be in the middle of it. Not sure if you even remember it occurring, but I thought you might be interested in hearing an update all these years later because it was so bizarre.

Anyway, just for context, I was just short of 13 years old when that happened. Age-wise, I could see my parents maybe having some sort of filter on my computer, I'm pretty sure it was not some sort of computer virus. I never specifically asked them about it, my mom could get kind of reactive about things so I didn't want her assuming I was doing something inappropriate. The only thing I can think of on why it never recurred again is that they took internet away from that computer (for reasons that stretch outside of this conversation, nothing terrible though, mainly staying up too late and being lethargic at school) and they maybe never thought to do that again.

It definitely was not malicious on my part, I was as confounded about it as anyone else, plus I curse like a sailor in certain environments so I am not against profanity as a rule. --Thebirdlover (talk) 05:24, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

  • Hey there, @Thebirdlover:. Yeah, it's been nearly 15 years since that incident. I can tell you what happened. Back then, I was an Oversighter, and had responsibilities for personally-identifying information and for children's privacy. Back then, you were a minor, and I was alerted to remove certain information from your user page for your own safety. It's usually done very discretely and even administrators can't see the edits. So that's what happened.
    • I know what the oversight issue was about (that was going back to when I started here), I was talking about this situation that you were involved in related to my computer haphazardly removing expletives because I was reminded of it and felt like trying to explain what was going on as best as I possibly could (even though I still don't completely know what happened). --Thebirdlover (talk) 02:15, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
      • Yeah, I had no idea what happened there, and still don't. It looks like there was some weird censorware on your computer, as it wasn't retroactively censored on the WP side, from what I can see - Alison 19:30, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

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Thank you today for pointing at him! - I have Michael Ruetz on the same page (see story), and music to express happiness and sadness. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:54, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

CheckUser / IP Block exemption

Hello! Just got a notification that my IP block exemption is about to expire, and would love to have it renewed. Hope it's ok to contact you as a CheckUser directly on your discussion page, and that I haven't misinterpreted the guidelines on WP:IPBLOCK. Many thanks in advance! Listz3 (talk) 22:13, 15 December 2024 (UTC)