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'''<big>new comments at the bottom of the page please</big>'''
== 3RR ==


== Thames and Severn Canal ==
Reasons why I respectfully think you should reconsider your position on the Curps matter:


Thanks for editing: please see my comment on the talk page. You added to an existing section, but fundamentally this is very odd because "Phase 1b" is on a different canal, the Stroudwater. So I think this is odd. Incidentally, I could not find any confirmation that the bid has actually been made on the site; are you sure the reference you gave is accurate? Can you share anything online? (Please reply here) ] (]) 08:56, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
*1) the claim that protection was not necessary is contradicted by the fact that there was a revert war earlier that day and by the fact that protection has remained in place in the five or six days since.
*2) If Curps felt protection was invalid or that the "" had been protected there are other routes he could have taken other than violating the 3RR.
*3) " there are exceptions to 3RR when it is necessary to undo a wrongful action" yes but those are incidents such as blanking of pages or vandalism. To violate 3RR simply because one disagrees as to which version of the page was protected is an abuse, even if it is done by an admin.
*4) If 3RR is to be taken seriously it has to be enforced no matter who violated the rule, even if that person is an admin.
*5) "*why the 4 day delay in reporting this?" As I'm an admin with the ability to implement tembans for 3RRs I don't think I've ever listed a 3RR violation on this board before and was not very familiar with it. As I am a party to this dispute I thought it best not to tempban Curps myself so I decided to list it here instead. Also, I didn't realise there actually had been a 3RR violation until someone else mentioned it the other day.
*6) For Curps' hyberbole to be valid, administrators have to accept that it is justifiable for an admin to violate the 3RR when of an article is protected. This would be an unfortunate precedent. ] 14:50, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)


:I'm pretty confident that navvies is correct. The current edition isn't online yet.] (]) 20:16, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
Many, if not most, 3RR disputes are parts of larger conflicts. The fact that Curps is an admin makes enforcement more necessary since it hurts our credibility to enforce 3RR against rank-and-file editors but neglect enforcing it against admins. ] 15:54, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)


:The bid is mentioned on their site here http://www.cotswoldcanals.com/pages/posts/saul-to-stonehouse-restoration-funding-bid-809.php?p=5 .] (]) 20:24, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
Well, I've said both on the RfC and on an earlier incident page that, in retrospect, when I realised I'd not protected the version I'd intended to it would have been better if I'd let it alone. I'm concerned that Curps has refused to acknowledge any scintilla of error in his actions of unprotecting a page on which he had been engaged in an edit war and giving a disingenuous reason for it (my "wikiholiday") or in regards to his violation of 3RR. Given his involvement of the page he clearly should have a) contacted me with his objection b) failing that contacted other admins, rather than act on his own. I it worrisome that he didn't even admit he reverted four times and refused to answer criticisms of that action on both the admin incident page (where violet/riga criticised him for the 3RR violation) or on the The Matrix talk page where I raised the matter. If he had said something like "oh, I hadn't realised I'd done that" or "oh, I was being hasty" that would be fine but instead he completely ignored the criticism until I finally put it on the 3RR incident page and is now making more and more rationalisations. ] 17:28, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)


== We177 ==
== Avoiding a rv war on homeopathy ==


Am I correct in thinking that you took the photo at ] at the ] (and not some other science museum)? And if so, that means its safe for me to list that museum as another home for a surviving example at ], right (it wasn't some special travelling exhibit that you saw)? -- ]'''ᚠ'''] 00:22, 26 January 2016 (UTC)
Geni - the edit you reverted can't possibly be a false statement, and your justification is fallatious and in violation with Misplaced Pages's policy about no original research even if it weren't. Misplaced Pages is not the place to establish once and for all eternal truths about medical science, and I think we should try to write articles that don't offend one party or another. --] 22:37, May 2, 2005 (UTC)


== ] == == POTD notification ==


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An anon user who apparently uses a dial-up with many IPs has been mindlessly deleting the end of the article for a while now, as many times a day as they have opportunity. I've put in a ] because I don't know of any other way of curbing this behavior. If you have any other ideas they'd be most welcome. Meantime, thanks for handling the janitorial work. Cheers, -] 17:28, May 6, 2005 (UTC)
Hi Geni,


Just to let you know, the Featured Picture ] is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on March 2, 2016. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at ]. Thank you for all of your contributions!&nbsp;—&nbsp;] (]) 00:12, 15 February 2016 (UTC)
==MoS vote==
{{-}}
Your two votes on ] did not have your name attached. (You probably typed five tildes, rather than four.) In order for your vote to count, you will need to revisit, and append your sig. Note that the location of the vote has been moved from the talk page. ] | ] 06:27, May 8, 2005 (UTC)


== Censorship == == Request to use photo ==


Hi Geni,
Your repeated attempts at deleting information that doesn't fit your opinions are pathetic, in violation of WP policy, and anything approaching academic or medical ethics. I will fight you every step of the way. You can not delete truthful information unless you find a new home for it elsewhere, e.g., in another article (duely referenced in the article you delete from), whether new or existing. In the absence of such efforts, there is no other way to interpret such deletions other than as attempts to impose your (imho archaic) bias on others. --] 13:19, May 8, 2005 (UTC)


I must say your photographs are amazing! I have been experimenting myself with light painting and am just wondering if I may use this photograph in the background of my photograph. Of course I will credit you by posting a link in the description of your page.
:I suspect the proper thing to say here to you, Leifern, is "Pot. Kettle. Black." ] 07:27, 24 July 2005 (UTC)


https://en.wikipedia.org/Port_of_Southampton#/media/File:Southampton_docks_at_night_4_seconds.JPG
=="12 hour block"==


Thankyou in advance.
Any particular reason why my 12 hour block (which was unfairly placed on me) lasted for more then 24 hours? I would be most interested in knowing why I've been treated so poorly for merely attempting to keep Misplaced Pages accurate. ] 21:40, 15 May 2005 (UTC)


] (]) 03:02, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
== RFC notice ==
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== File:Wikipe-tan-in-seaside3.PNG listed for discussion ==
Be advised that unless you start playing a constructive role on the discussion on homeopathy in particular and other areas in general, I will issue and RFC on your conduct, which at present is reprehensible. --] 12:49, May 19, 2005 (UTC)
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== Infobox US university ranking ==
== Thanks for the revert on my talk page ==


Hi Geni, I counted the transclusions of {{tl|Infobox US university ranking}}, and it appears it has less than 390 transclusions, which does not make this highly visible in my opinion. Note the thresholds described by ] and ]. I've seen templates at indef semiprot while citing ], and believe that semiprot should suffice. — ] <span style="font-size:88%">('''] ·''' ])</span> 16:46, 11 June 2016 (UTC)
I'd like to thank you for the fast revert of the (assumed) vandalism on ]. I'm a little new to this, and probably need all the help I can get. ] 17:25, 21 May 2005 (UTC)
:<span style="font-size:85%">Scratch that. I now believe the level is acceptable both to prevent unregistered vandalism, and to encourage discussion.</span> — ] <span style="font-size:88%">('''] ·''' ])</span> 17:50, 12 June 2016 (UTC)


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== Wey & Arun lock photo identification? ==
Hi Geni. Last time William M. Connolley violated the 3RR, you mentioned that the report was initially unclear. Is there any similar clarity problem on ? I tried to include both the diffs with respect to the previous post, and the diffs with respect to the revert point (if there's a more clear way to present it in the future, please let me know). Thanks. ] &mdash; ] | ] 21:44, 23 May 2005 (UTC)


Hi Geni
== BCE/CE and BC/AD ==


As I am now doing volunteer work restoring the ], I feel it is my duty to get its article up-to-date.
Hey Geni. In case you were unaware, {{user|SouthernComfort}} has been part of a small group of people insisting on the use of BCE/CE throughout numerous articles and not just ]. ] has been one other major place of argument and has led to that page being protected.


I have updated the map (several times) and made some other changes, with more to come when time permits (as the article is badly lagging the restoration progress).
In an effort to solve all this the ] page has been created to produce a possible solution. ] ] 22:01, 24 May 2005 (UTC)


Anyway...
== Vandalism ==


You uploaded a photo of a lock on the canal, but it does not identify which one. Can you try to work out where you took the photo, please? (I know it was 10 years ago!)
Your account committed multiple vandalism attempts on ]
(cur) (last) 18:07, 2005 May 24 Geni m (Reverted edits by 207.69.136.199 to last version by 69.7.160.187)
(cur) (last) 09:18, 2005 May 25 Geni m (Reverted edits by 12.151.80.14 to last version by 206.183.139.68)


Cheers! -- ] (]) 17:57, 26 July 2016 (UTC)
==Erika Steinbach==


==Disambiguation link notification for August 19==
You claim to have reverted ] to "version not created by a person who broke the 3RR". Pardon, which person? The page was reverted by me exactly 3 times on May 24. The 3RR rule applies to reverts that exceeds the 3 permitted reverts. Your reversial of a '''protected page''' was such against the rules of Misplaced Pages. Please restore the version by RickK.


Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Misplaced Pages appreciates your help. We noticed though that you've added some links pointing to ]. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. <small>Read the ]{{*}} Join us at the ].</small>
:you reverted 4 times in 24 hours. One of those reverts was on the 23rd.] 22:18, 25 May 2005 (UTC)


:]
Note also that you reverted to a vandalized version created by a person known under 10-15 different sockpuppets, including User:Caius2ga, User:Gdansk, User:Szczecin, User:AntiNaziWatch, User:PolishPoliticians, User:Grand Duke of Poznan, User:Emax and probably others (ask John Kenney or Chris 73 for more details), whose only "contribution" to the article was the claim that a German village was "Nazi occupied Poland" (obviously POV vandalism, and the name of Steinbach's birthplace is confirmed by the in case you are interested). The person has been banned from Misplaced Pages numerous times for calling a bunch of other contributors "Nazis" and doing his "Nazi" vandalism. He has been a problem for years, read this post by John Kenney at the mailing list (search for caius2ga). --83 (rev Witkacy who is most probably a reincarnation as well. Witkacy shows extremely agressive behavior, very similar to Caius2ga and has been reported several times to JWales)
::added a link pointing to ]


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== Geni's talk <> Geni's talk ==
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It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these ]. Thanks, ] (]) 09:24, 19 August 2016 (UTC)
On his page, Geni writes:


== POTD notification ==
:Discuss every edit on a talk page. Do not react emotionally. Assume good faith (even when you are pretty sure that the other person is not acting that way). Never revert first. Don 't make or respond to personal attacks. If the other person is trying to make things heated try mediation. Following this lot can result in two outcomes: a. It ends up in arb comm and your case is unasible. b.your opponent adopts these tactics and you end up collaborating on the article.
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Hi Geni,


Just to let you know, the Featured Picture ] is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on September 17, 2016. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at ]. Thank you for all of your contributions!&nbsp;—&nbsp;] (]) 00:20, 2 September 2016 (UTC)
Sounds good. But this is what he does:
{{-}}
* Deletes sections, paragraphs, and sentences he disagrees with without discussing them on the talk page
*The image has been rescheduled. &nbsp;—&nbsp;] (]) 04:25, 4 September 2016 (UTC)
* Consistently reverts back to his edition, no matter how hard editors try to find a compromise
* Dismisses (or rather, deletes) assertions by saying they are unsourced
* When presented with the sources, dismisses them as biased
* When presented with more sources, explains that Google is not God
* When all that fails, tries one of the following:
** Uses fake science and jargon to intimidate his opponent
** Incorrectly accuses his opponent of rhetorical fallacies
** Engages in rhetorical fallacies
*** Appeal to authority - "most doctors believe this, so it must be true"
*** Cause and effect confusion
*** Ad hominem attacks
** Then, when all else fails, jumps at the opportunity to block the opponent without warning.


==Oriole Park at Camden Yards article vandalism==
As a result, he destroys this enterprise by rendering articles useless.
Huge thanks for blocking Bensaw11 for blatant vandalism of this article. ] (]) 02:29, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
--] 01:25, May 26, 2005 (UTC)


==Barnstar!==
:Generaly it is accept that at most there is one person who might have the power to destroy wikipedia and it isn't me.] 01:47, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
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== Extended confirmed protection ==
::No, you're right - that would be to give you too much credit. But there are several articles of importance to the public interest that you have willfully destroyed. Something to feel good about, isn't it? In the meantime, you might want to read through the literature at this site: http://www.generationrescue.org/ I'm still waiting for you to take up the offer of injecting yourself with Thimerosal at a weight-adjusted dose, since you're so sure it's harmless. --] 01:58, May 26, 2005 (UTC)


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:::What offer? you have made no past mentions of this what are the details? What would be the point? how would it help in building an encyopedia?. As for that sight it doesn't appear to have anyhting I haven't seen before.


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::::I think the operative term here is ''seen'', because you obviously don't ''read'' or ''comprehend'' the literature. I have proposed to you earlier that if you are so confident that thimerosal is harmless that parents have no right to be informed about the controversy about it, you should put your own health at risk to prove your conviction. The way it would help in building an encyclopedia would be that you might be a little less convinced about your infallibility. --] 10:42, May 26, 2005 (UTC)


In July and August 2016, ] established consensus for community use of the new protection level. Administrators are authorized to apply extended confirmed protection to combat any form of disruption (e.g. vandalism, sock puppetry, edit warring, etc.) on any topic, subject to the following conditions:
:::::kindly don't create strawmen. Now do you have any arguments that are not adhoms or appeals to emotion? If not can I suggest you stop wasteing wikipedia server capacity?] 13:01, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
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==Biber submarine==
::::::I can only note that your edits demonstrate no knowledge of the literature referenced on the website. As for ad hominem, my criticism is directed at your behavior. I know nothing about you personally and have no basis for an ad hominem attack. --] 14:55, May 26, 2005 (UTC)
Biber find in The Netherlands.


Dear Geni,


With regards to the biber attack on the bridge at Nijmegen i think i can provide you with additional information. As it happens the remains one of the subs used in that attack are now on display in the Fort of Pannerden. A fort located very close to the location of the find. I work there as a volunteer and as such I think I could lend you a hand getting some information. With kind regards. <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 09:31, 1 October 2016 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:::::::I rather gave up after it claimed "There is no evidence to suggest that autism is genetic.". There is quite a bit of evidence.


:I'm afraid I've not worked on that article in years. If you have stuff to add I'd suggest raising it on the talkpage or adding it directly to ]. Alternatively you could try contacting who are probably in a better position to work with you.] (]) 16:29, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
Look, Geni, I would prefer to work with you rather than against you. I've looked over several dozen of your edits and admin activities, and it seems to me that you do a pretty good job as an admin (though a bit militant at times) and in various articles not related to science and medicine. Let me suggest - and I do this in the kindest possible way - that you rethink your attitude toward the topic. By way of example, let me direct you to articles on the ] where, as you can imagine, there are constant and perennial edit wars. Still, articles are reasonably stable, because editors recognize that both sides to an issue must be given the opportunity to present their side, and virtually every assertion is potentially controversial. My point is this: if it's possible to create reasonably stable articles on that topic, we should be able to make one on homeopathy, thimerosal, etc. --] 15:03, May 26, 2005 (UTC)


== Paddlers ==
:We did. Homeopathy and thimerosal were stable for ages. You must remember that for the most part these articles were not writen by me. If you want an example in the area of alt med largly writen by me try ].] 21:22, 26 May 2005 (UTC)


{{commons category |Medway Queen (ship, 1924)}}
==first addition==
As we were discussing.--] (]) 09:13, 10 October 2016 (UTC)
If the first addition is not counted as a "revert", then this means that in a one-on-one dispute, the person who reverts the addition always "loose" the edit war. Its not the best solution...


== Mass protection ==
] 11:00, 29 May 2005 (UTC)


Why did you mass-protect every template used on "the Hillary page"? ] (]) 21:27, 13 October 2016 (UTC)
:"In the end the rule will favor one or the other"
: too bad we don't have ] for levels other than full. ] (]) 21:54, 13 October 2016 (UTC)


== Extended confirmed protection on templates ==
:Yes, but its better to favor the person who reverts the addition. I was not reverting to "my" version - and Zavinbudas is just looking for trouble. The Lithuanian name is of no importance in articles like Gdansk etc. Its like to add Polish names for French cities.. see also:
--] 11:40, 29 May 2005 (UTC)


It looks like you have added ] to ] and ], though those pages have not been vandalized recently. Note that the announcement above from September 23rd states that "Extended confirmed protection may only be used in cases where semi-protection has proven ineffective. It should not be used as a first resort." Additionally, ] itself is semi-protected, so preemptively protecting subcomponents with a higher level of protection is odd.
==Wikijunior name vote==
] Voting will end June 6, 2005 at 11:30 am EST. -- ]


I assume this was a mistake, perhaps a misclick. Would you mind changing the protection level of these templates to semiprotected? ] (]) 14:26, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
== Recent Baha'i edits ==
== Nomination of ] for deletion ==
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The article will be discussed at ] until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
OK nothing terrible for now, but I'd like to get an admin's point of view reasonably quickly before some of the more hot-headed Baha'i wikipedians see this series of edits:


Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.<!-- Template:afd-notice --> <span style="border:1px solid #445A38;padding:1px;">] ] </span> 18:25, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
A complete re-write of the ] article by an anon editor that wasn't discussed. Basically a distinction has been made between the differing Bahá'í sects by moving much of the text relevant to the majority to ]. Having never met a Bahá'í from a different sect I don't know how they refer to us but it's not actually wrong.


== John Reaves sent me your way... ==
I suspect the anon ] is a returning anon , ] and ] from around a month ago who seemed to have a bee in his bonet about the Baha'i electoral system. He also seems to pay a lot of interest into the ] religion (a closely related religion who have never been fond of Bahá'ís - we originally sort of shismed from them. Best estimates I have seen number them from 500-5000 in the 1970s)


;Can I get a pair of admin eyes on a couple of Commons procedural things that have stalled? Thanks!--] (]) 01:43, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
A couple of problems:


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#The "Haifan" Bahá'ís are by a LONG way a majority. Misplaced Pages estimates that we have 7 million Haifan Baha'is but the largest minority, the ] (they are known as the Orthodox Baha'is, and we don't just attach the orthodox as a distinction), claims "72 localities". Even if each locality contains 100 members thats 0.1% of the total. The other groups are so small they don't even have a wikipedia page but are covered in ].
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== Reliable sources on the YouCaring page ==
I'd very much like your suggestions on how to move forward. Naturally I'd like to revert it all, but I am aware that I am biased in this matter. -- ] 12:26, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)


Hello Geni, thanks for taking the time to review my post. I'm just wondering, which pieces of information are lacking reliable citation? I have attempted to provide as much citation as possible but I will continue to edit the page until I've met your requirements. <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 10:18, 8 November 2016 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:Also I note that in its present form, its just a summary of three other articles (of the three central figures of the Baha'i faith. If some sort of disambiguation is needed, it will need a lot of editing. -- ] 12:35, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)


:All of it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQPq1VLXY7U is a self published video. Heat street is never a reliable source. http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/2104057-Zarna-Joshi-is-now-crowdfunding-because-of-Hugh-Mungus is forum thread which again aren't considered reliable sources. Neither are go fund me pages or individual tweets.] (]) 10:22, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
== we can't block him ==


Given the context of the post, referring to YouTube videos and GoFundMe pages, those actually do provide proof that what the Misplaced Pages entry is claiming is 100% true. For example, when I say that a YouTube video was created on a certain date by a certain creator and refer to that video as proof, it is credible evidence that what I'm claiming is true (same with the GoFundMe page).I have edited several of the sources to be more reliable, and I believe it's a matter of opinion that Heat Street is not reliable. In this case I believe the opinion is wrong, because Heat Street provides links and videos that serve as proof to the claims made in the Misplaced Pages entry. <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 10:26, 8 November 2016 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
OK. :) Thanks for the note. ]] 02:09, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)


:We are talking about a wikipedia article not a forum post. Different standards apply. Specifically ]. Forum posts, and self published youtube vids do not meet them. The rest runs into problems with the ] Policy. That leaves you with ] and that isn't a reliable source at the best of times and certianly isn't a reliable source for ] issues.] (]) 10:35, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
==Image:Rochdale Canal1.jpg==
What happened with the image ] - I can see you deleted it because it was misnamed, however apparently you didn't re-upload it (at least not on en:, maybe on commons?). I just wonder because that image is still used in ], but of course showing an ugly error message. ] 11:05, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)


Upon some searching, both Heat Street and h3h3Productions' videos have been used as citation on other Misplaced Pages articles about this incident. Once the internet grabs a hold of this story, I will be able to replace the youtube links and twitter posts with articles about them. Once again, simply saying Heat Street is not reliable doesn't make that true; the articles I've cited from Heat Street are indeed reliable sources on this topic/incident. This happened only hours ago, so primary sources are really the only source at the moment. I didn't realize Misplaced Pages was against primary sources of information, which seems odd to me considering the citation leads readers directly to the source and provides ample evidence that what the Misplaced Pages entry is saying is indeed true.
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If that only solved the loophole problems that exist by manipulating prejudice and other things on here which go unnoticed by all except those accused of vandalism or trolling. I wish that we didn't have to deal with veiled supremacists, but they always try to achieve your trust. I really don't look for edit wars and bitch sessions, but when others don't care and/or are oblivious to ] it really pisses me off. I'm about protesting injustice, with fighting words if that's what it takes to get attention on an issue.
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I've been following the discussion over on the Thimerosal page. It is unclear why thimerosal can't simply be replaced. Let's assume large numbers of people do not want to use it for reasons which are completely irrational. Why not humor them and sell vaccines which use a different preservative or are delivered in single doses? Even if the controversy is baseless, it seems to me that it is trivially easy to solve. Yet, we've seen years of acrimony. This suggests there is something I don't know. You seem to know a lot about the subject, wouldn't this be a great thing to add to the page? ] 19:16, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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You handled that smarter and more robustly than I was proposing to do. --] (]) 21:13, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
:To be clear, I'm saying this was a good unblock. An admin does not have only two choices: (1) indef block with no talk page access, or (2) supporting harassment. Talking to a long term productive editor with a clean block log like he's a human being, telling him what he's done wrong, not to do it again, and if he does he's going to get blocked and unlikely to be unblocked again, that's the mark of a good admin. Nobody here "supports" harassment, nobody here "basically told someone to find a new way to harass other people", and to say that Geni did so is gaslighting. Gaslighting from a different end of the spectrum than I'm used to seeing it, but gaslighting. --] (]) 22:23, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
:: Well said Floq. Geni, the last thing we need is another of our more conscientious admins resigning. Hopefully no one will even want you to once things have calmed down a little. ] (]) 22:32, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for unblocking me, Geni, I appreciate it. I hope you will address the concerns of the other editors below, because I don’t want that any harm to you (or anyone else) he caused from this matter. You have my assurance that I have (and had) no intentions of harassing anyone. ''']] (])''' 01:03, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

== Please resign ==

I've asked you on IRC, but I'll make it official: please resign. You violated policy by unblocking both against the consensus of administrators and without talking to the blocking admin, who objected, and was engaged in an unblock discussion. You also made it easier for people to harass others. This isn't good, and only makes our project worse. You basically told someone to find a new way to harass other people. That's not okay, and I'm honestly shocked that any administrator here would do so. I won't push it further, but I do want to make the request on-wiki. ] (]) 21:44, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
:I concur with this. There’s a difference between a user demonstrating that they understand and will not do it again and blindly unblocking while most of your colleagues disagree. By unblocking with no actual assurance from the user and in spite of opposition, you’re effectively condoning the behavior. You are proving WMF right isn’t their statement that the English Misplaced Pages is unable or unwilling to deal with this type of behavior and as someone who’s been on the receiving end of it, it makes me sick. ] (]) 22:01, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
::I think your resigning over this is more than is necessary. However, I echo that this was a real, considerate, and destructive mistake. This was a good block and a consensus for how it could be reversed had been agreed to. Starship showing some understanding of why the block was levied is an important protection of important behavior policies. As I noted ] and to you on IRC, I think this kind of rogue use of the toolset makes life for those of us who are here in good faith, but lacking the buttons of being a sysop, a worse place. ] (]) 22:07, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
:::I'll echo Tony's request here. Administrators like you who ignore consensus and enable harassment by trying to brush stuff under the carpet like you did with your unblock of Starship.paint is the reason we have such an atmosphere of abusive behaviour on the project. It's the reason that the Foundation are now having to step in with office actions to deal with it. It's the reason this project is becoming more and more unwelcoming, and why we're losing so many people. The requests that we made of Starship were fairly easy for them to meet, and designed to push them towards better interactions with fellow editors; instead you've basically taught them that if they get in trouble, they just need to wait a while for another admin if the first few on-scene don't immediately unblock. It makes you look like you like harassment, it makes you look like an enabler. Is that really the persona you want to show off? Is that really what you thing the community as a whole should be doing? <span style="font-family: Verdana;">]</span> (]) 22:09, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
::::I concur with everyone above. Performing this unblock when you have been inactive for so long shows how out of touch you are with the way things should be handled the and the respect that you should show to the other administrators. It is clear that you do not understand that, so you should revert your own action or resign. ] 23:17, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
:::::On one hand, we can't afford to lose more admins with so many asking to resign at BN. On the other hand, Doc James said '''repeatedly''' that he was reviewing this block and would unblock once he got assurances that Starship.paint wouldn't out any more WMF staff and you preemptively unblocked him first. Why, why would you do this when another admin had taken responsibility for reviewing this block? Bad, bad move. <span style="font-family:Papyrus; color:#800080;">]</span> <sup style="font-family: Times New Roman; color: #006400;">] ]</sup> 23:49, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
::::::We can't afford to have rogue administrators who condone harassment. Period. ] (]) 23:57, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
:::::::{{u|Praxidicae}}, I doubt Geni is condoning harassment. I also still don't think they should resign. But these sorts of rogue actions are indeed why we operate on consensus and Geni should have participated in the ongoing discussion among sysops (and others) rather than taking unilateral action in a way against general procedures for this thing and in a way that made it impossible for those respecting discussion and consensus to reverse. As such, I do look forward, in the spirit of ] to reading Geni's response to the concerns presented here. ] (]) 00:12, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
::::::::Eh its 4am here. On balance things seem stable for the time being and I don't really want to risk a debate that might complicate that. How about next weekend?] (]) 03:20, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
:::::::::Considering you haven't edited your talk page in years until now, I don't think that's appropriate. You should either make a full explanation here, or you should go to ] and resign. ] (]) 03:24, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
:::::::::I certainly wasn't expecting a response immediately. I was hoping for a response before a week from now, and admit to a little bit of additional concern that you would take a clearly controversial action knowing you wouldn't be around to explain yourself, but also do understand that real life intervenes. As such I continue to look forward to your thoughts at your earliest Wiki convenience. Best, ] (]) 03:34, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
*You have misused your tools and position.--] (]) 01:12, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
*'''Please don't resign Geni'''. How about an arbitration case on Ballioni's block and Geni's unblock to clear it up? There are comments that Balloni's talk page access removal was undue and that the indef block was excessive and comments that Geni's unblock was incorrect also so there is a value in the arbs looking at this. ] (]) 03:26, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
**Well, ] would be the first place, but that makes little sense for a block I don't want restored now that an explanation and commitment to not harass has been given. But an explanation does need to be forthcoming. He hasn't edited his talk page in years before this so "I'll wait until next week" isn't really helpful. I'd even be fine with "Look, I messed up, I won't do it again" or "Tony was completely wrong and an idiot and I won't be apologizing for these reasons." but he does need to explain why he went against policy and consensus. ] (]) 03:34, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
*'''Resign''' please. Your unblock shows absolute lack of judgement. Five administrators had warned against a unilateral unblock –&nbsp;and you went and actually did that! Please resign immediately and this doesn't need to become an elongated ArbCom case. If you don't think you can respond to our messages in a timely manner, but can unblock in an untimely manner going against admin-consensus, that's reason enough for you to stop using the bit. ] 03:50, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
*As currently the community are so highly charged on this issue, I'll open an arb case request to sort this out. ] (]) 03:59, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
**{{Ping|Govindaharihari}} please don't. Allow Geni time to respond. While an arb case might be required in the near future, I think it is premature to open one now. ] (]) 04:06, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
::{{ec}}{{u|Govindaharihari}}, That seems highly premature. ArbCom likes the community to have exhausted all options first. We have not exhausted all options yet. My concerns are not letting process and reasonable discussion (aka our attempts to form consensus) come to a natural conclusion in one place, let us not make a mistake by failing to let it play out in a second place. Best, ] (]) 04:06, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
:::At the moment the community is so focussed on this that imo as you can see on this page massive requests for Geni to resign that dispute resolution with the usual user channels is impossible to be neutral, only arbcom remain neutral at this time. ] (]) 04:28, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
::::{{u|Govindaharihari}}, no one but you wants this. This is the last thing the community needs at this time. I’ve said above I’m willing to not go further if there’s some explanation. {{u|Lourdes}} is asking not to have a drawn out case. Seriously, just let us talk this out. Dispute resolution hasn’t been exhausted, and ArbCom is a last resort. ] (]) 04:33, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
:::::There is no neutral dispute resolution in this case, you are asking for her resignation, if you continue to do that there is currently only arbcom that is neutral, no dispute resolution is available. If you retract your request that she resigns I won't post it. ] (]) 04:39, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
::::::{{u|Govindaharihari}}, through discussion we can reach consensus. Perhaps after reading more from Geni some of those who are suggesting Geni resign will change their mind. Things can happen slowly on Misplaced Pages. That's OK. ] (]) 04:49, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
* Tempest in a teapot. Tony was a bit heavy handed with both the duration and taking away talk page access. A simple 72 hour block would have been sufficient to get the point across. Geni was extraordinarily bold, but this place has gotten to where everyone gets butthurt over an admin being bold. It didn't used to be that way. If any admin is going to be bold, better he do it to unblock someone who is likely to not repeat the mistake, such as the case here. Admin are going to step on each other's toes sometimes. Making a big deal of it seems rather petty. I've been here long enough that I've been on both sides. When someone unblocked my block (and yes, the person was blocked soon after), I voiced my opinion and moved on. When I've unblocked someone against the wishes of the admin, they were pissed off but moved on. Big Fucking Deal. We don't own our admin actions, we do them on behalf of the community. Had I not turned in my admin bit, I would restored the TPA at a minimum myself, so Doc James and I agree on that as well. There are no bad guys here, just some overreactions on everyone's part. Admins bump heads sometimes. Move on like professionals. ] - ] 12:49, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
* I'm not here to ask you to resign. I'm spending some time with my grandson, and I was amazed to see that when I was away from the computer for just a few hours, I came back to see starship.paint with an in-deff. I finally found some time today to look at the history, and as I started reading that editors talk page I was very impressed with the discussion. (Particular kudos to Doc James) especially in light of heightened current tensions, that page started out as a model of how disputes should be handled. Tony had legitimate concerns, and participants were working through issues and you could see it headed toward a successful resolution… then you stepped in. I find it difficult to believe that you read the entire back story and didn't reach the same conclusion — namely, that this small issue was on its way to a fine resolution. I can't think of anything other than two options — one option is that you jumped the gun without doing appropriate homework, and the second option is that you did some homework and still thought barging in was the right option. Neither option speaks well for your judgment. That said, it is a tense time, and my hope is that you will read carefully what led up to the situation, and come back with an appropriate statement. Take some time, there's no rush.]] 13:52, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
* I get that harassment is of particular importance under the current climate, I also get that there needed to be a discussion about the appropriateness of interjecting in a claimed unblock, the concerns over the kind of judgement that lead to this decision being made and whether there were any violations of policy and accepted procedure… But in future, can everyone please leave out the ad hominem imputations, the hyperbole, the poorly substantiated assumptions and the premature <s>demands</s> requests for resignation. There was no reason this couldn’t be approached in a measured, factual and professional manner. ] ] 13:10, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
:*Well, welcome back to editing this month. I notice that, leave this month, you've contributed only around 190 odd edits since early 2012. This may be a good time for you to read up on what has changed in our policies and guidelines since you were gone and how the community perceives these issues now. Thanks, ] 17:01, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
:::{{reply|Lourdes}} what edits are you talking about? Acc. they've made ~3,000 edits since 2012...were you thinking of their ]? ]]] 17:28, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
::* Thank you for the welcome back {{u|Lourdes}} and for the concern about whether or not I'm up-to-date on policy. Although I haven't been editing during the time-frame you've indicated, I have been keeping relatively up to date with en-wiki affairs. I initially understood your response as being related to the civility related concerns, but it occurred to me after that you were probably addressing the concern that the request for resignation may be premature. On that topic, please see my response to Tony below; My only interest was in ensuring Geni was heard following people noting their profound objection, prior to those people making requests for resignation. I believe this is a fair and reasonable approach, but readily concede that there may have been more conversation on that point than appears here; If that is needed the case, please accept accept my apologies. ] ] 01:48, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
:*{{u|Serial Number 54129}}, I think Lourdes was referring to . Since this is directed at me, ]: {{u|Promethean}}, I don't think this is premature or hyperbolic. Geni's unblock sent the message ''You can be blocked for an unequivocal violation of the harassment policy, have multiple reviewing administrators agree the block was justified, and then have a random admin come out of nowhere and unblock you without requiring any commitment to respect other people.'' I think that condones harassment, and as Lourdes said, isn't really how unblocks are done anymore. Cowboy unblocks are much less socially acceptable now than they were 7 years ago. At least two other administrators and a global sysop agree with me on this, so it isn't like I'm alone in this view, and documenting it on-wiki is important in my opinion{{pb}}That being said, I'm of the view that that there's a big difference between "should resign" and "ArbCom should force it" and like I said in my initial post, I had zero intent of taking it beyond making the request here. Geni has responded to Barkeep49 on their talk page, with an explanation I don't agree with, but at least it was an explanation. This has been documented if it happens again, and that's important. Like I said above, I'm willing to let this go, with my personal view still being that we should not have administrators that condone harassment through their actions, either intentionally or unintentionally. ] (]) 23:20, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
:** Thanks for the explanation {{u|TonyBallioni}}; Being completely honest your contribution to this thread wasn't of any concern to me in terms of civilty. In expressing a desire for a more civil conversation, I was more concerned by comments containing imputations such as that Geni acted in bad faith, that they were a harassment enabler/supporter, or that their decision-making was everything that's wrong with the project. These three things were, in my view, bordering in infractions of ], ] and ] respectively, as well as being unsubstantiated hyperbole in the latter instance. With regard to the requests for resignation being premature, the main concern was that it didn't appear that Geni had the chance to further explain their action in light of people having raised their profound objection, prior to those people requesting Geni's resignation. ] ] 23:31, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

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Thames and Severn Canal

Thanks for editing: please see my comment on the talk page. You added to an existing section, but fundamentally this is very odd because "Phase 1b" is on a different canal, the Stroudwater. So I think this is odd. Incidentally, I could not find any confirmation that the bid has actually been made on the Cotswold Canals trust site; are you sure the reference you gave is accurate? Can you share anything online? (Please reply here) Imaginatorium (talk) 08:56, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

I'm pretty confident that navvies is correct. The current edition isn't online yet.©Geni (talk) 20:16, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
The bid is mentioned on their site here http://www.cotswoldcanals.com/pages/posts/saul-to-stonehouse-restoration-funding-bid-809.php?p=5 .©Geni (talk) 20:24, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

We177

Am I correct in thinking that you took the photo at File:We177 science museum.jpg at the Science Museum, London (and not some other science museum)? And if so, that means its safe for me to list that museum as another home for a surviving example at WE.177#Retirement, right (it wasn't some special travelling exhibit that you saw)? -- Finlay McWalterᚠTalk 00:22, 26 January 2016 (UTC)

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Request to use photo

Hi Geni,

I must say your photographs are amazing! I have been experimenting myself with light painting and am just wondering if I may use this photograph in the background of my photograph. Of course I will credit you by posting a link in the description of your page.

https://en.wikipedia.org/Port_of_Southampton#/media/File:Southampton_docks_at_night_4_seconds.JPG

Thankyou in advance.

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Infobox US university ranking

Hi Geni, I counted the transclusions of {{Infobox US university ranking}}, and it appears it has less than 390 transclusions, which does not make this highly visible in my opinion. Note the thresholds described by Template:High-use and Template:High-risk. I've seen templates at indef semiprot while citing Misplaced Pages:High-risk templates, and believe that semiprot should suffice. — Andy W. (talk · ctb) 16:46, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

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Wey & Arun lock photo identification?

Hi Geni

As I am now doing volunteer work restoring the Wey and Arun Canal, I feel it is my duty to get its article up-to-date.

I have updated the map (several times) and made some other changes, with more to come when time permits (as the article is badly lagging the restoration progress).

Anyway...

You uploaded a photo of a lock on the canal, but it does not identify which one. Can you try to work out where you took the photo, please? (I know it was 10 years ago!)

Cheers! -- EdJogg (talk) 17:57, 26 July 2016 (UTC)

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Just to let you know, the Featured Picture File:Dendrogramma enigmatica sp. nov., holotype.png is scheduled to be Picture of the Day on September 17, 2016. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2016-09-17. Thank you for all of your contributions! — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:20, 2 September 2016 (UTC)

Oriole Park at Camden Yards article vandalism

Huge thanks for blocking Bensaw11 for blatant vandalism of this article. The Ink Daddy! (talk) 02:29, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

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Biber submarine

Biber find in The Netherlands.

Dear Geni,

With regards to the biber attack on the bridge at Nijmegen i think i can provide you with additional information. As it happens the remains one of the subs used in that attack are now on display in the Fort of Pannerden. A fort located very close to the location of the find. I work there as a volunteer and as such I think I could lend you a hand getting some information. With kind regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sigifrith76 (talk • contribs) 09:31, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

I'm afraid I've not worked on that article in years. If you have stuff to add I'd suggest raising it on the talkpage or adding it directly to nl:Biber_(onderzeeboot). Alternatively you could try contacting wikimedia Nederland who are probably in a better position to work with you.©Geni (talk) 16:29, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Paddlers

As we were discussing.--ClemRutter (talk) 09:13, 10 October 2016 (UTC)

Mass protection

Why did you mass-protect every template used on "the Hillary page"? Jackmcbarn (talk) 21:27, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

too bad we don't have Misplaced Pages:Protection_policy#Cascading_protection for levels other than full. Frietjes (talk) 21:54, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

Extended confirmed protection on templates

It looks like you have added extended confirmed protection to Template:Obama cabinet and Template:US First Ladies, though those pages have not been vandalized recently. Note that the announcement above from September 23rd states that "Extended confirmed protection may only be used in cases where semi-protection has proven ineffective. It should not be used as a first resort." Additionally, Hillary Clinton itself is semi-protected, so preemptively protecting subcomponents with a higher level of protection is odd.

I assume this was a mistake, perhaps a misclick. Would you mind changing the protection level of these templates to semiprotected? Mamyles (talk) 14:26, 14 October 2016 (UTC)

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Can I get a pair of admin eyes on a couple of Commons procedural things that have stalled? Thanks!--Kintetsubuffalo (talk) 01
43, 26 October 2016 (UTC)

DYK for Craigievar Express

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Reliable sources on the YouCaring page

Hello Geni, thanks for taking the time to review my post. I'm just wondering, which pieces of information are lacking reliable citation? I have attempted to provide as much citation as possible but I will continue to edit the page until I've met your requirements. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FEA8:5CA0:D4C:C030:63D8:48CE:6912 (talk) 10:18, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

All of it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQPq1VLXY7U is a self published video. Heat street is never a reliable source. http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/2104057-Zarna-Joshi-is-now-crowdfunding-because-of-Hugh-Mungus is forum thread which again aren't considered reliable sources. Neither are go fund me pages or individual tweets.©Geni (talk) 10:22, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Given the context of the post, referring to YouTube videos and GoFundMe pages, those actually do provide proof that what the Misplaced Pages entry is claiming is 100% true. For example, when I say that a YouTube video was created on a certain date by a certain creator and refer to that video as proof, it is credible evidence that what I'm claiming is true (same with the GoFundMe page).I have edited several of the sources to be more reliable, and I believe it's a matter of opinion that Heat Street is not reliable. In this case I believe the opinion is wrong, because Heat Street provides links and videos that serve as proof to the claims made in the Misplaced Pages entry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FEA8:5CA0:D4C:C030:63D8:48CE:6912 (talk) 10:26, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

We are talking about a wikipedia article not a forum post. Different standards apply. Specifically WP:RS. Forum posts, and self published youtube vids do not meet them. The rest runs into problems with the No original research Policy. That leaves you with Heat Street and that isn't a reliable source at the best of times and certianly isn't a reliable source for Biographies of living persons issues.©Geni (talk) 10:35, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Upon some searching, both Heat Street and h3h3Productions' videos have been used as citation on other Misplaced Pages articles about this incident. Once the internet grabs a hold of this story, I will be able to replace the youtube links and twitter posts with articles about them. Once again, simply saying Heat Street is not reliable doesn't make that true; the articles I've cited from Heat Street are indeed reliable sources on this topic/incident. This happened only hours ago, so primary sources are really the only source at the moment. I didn't realize Misplaced Pages was against primary sources of information, which seems odd to me considering the citation leads readers directly to the source and provides ample evidence that what the Misplaced Pages entry is saying is indeed true.

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Union Jack

Hi Geni. You changed Breitbart and another source to the FT which is subscription only. I replaced it, not in disputation but so that the story could be understood by those who can't access the FT site. The story looks to be uncontroversial and reported in a straight forward way. Clearly you don't like Breitbart (though I confess I can't see any problems with this article), would you perhaps expand the wiki page then so that it can be understood without needing to read the FT site? At the moment it reads like a bit of trivia. I'd have raised this on the article's talk page, but I wouldn't want to publicly criticise and admin or an editor of your standing. Regards, Martin of Sheffield (talk) 09:18, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

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Request to lower protection level for Template:United States presidential election, 2008

Hi there, will you lower the protection level for Template:United States presidential election, 2008? You rightfully locked it down back in October but it seems like overkill to keep it as such 6 months later. Thanks!--TM 01:51, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

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Kojima-related vandalism

Could you protect Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain too please? --UltimateKuriboh (talk) 05:45, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Also Guillermo del Toro, The Room (film), Tommy Wiseau‎ and Mads Mikkelsen‎. --UltimateKuriboh (talk) 05:48, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Konami‎ and What Remains of Edith Finch please. --UltimateKuriboh (talk) 05:59, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Shitposting, Electronic Entertainment Expo 2017, and Kopps. --UltimateKuriboh (talk) 06:03, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Draft:Soulcalibur VI, Transgender sexuality --UltimateKuriboh (talk) 06:12, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Aryan, Polygon (website), Bethesda Game Studios. --UltimateKuriboh (talk) 06:21, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

Electronic game, ETV Network. --UltimateKuriboh (talk) 06:23, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

and were responsible for some of the vandalism, idk if you guys can affect them on Twitter. If not, remove my message. --UltimateKuriboh (talk) 07:04, 8 December 2017 (UTC)

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Facto Post – Issue 10 – 12 March 2018

Facto Post – Issue 10 – 12 March 2018

Milestone for mix'n'match

Around the time in February when Wikidata clicked past item Q50000000, another milestone was reached: the mix'n'match tool uploaded its 1000th dataset. Concisely defined by its author, Magnus Manske, it works "to match entries in external catalogs to Wikidata". The total number of entries is now well into eight figures, and more are constantly being added: a couple of new catalogs each day is normal.

Since the end of 2013, mix'n'match has gradually come to play a significant part in adding statements to Wikidata. Particularly in areas with the flavour of digital humanities, but datasets can of course be about practically anything. There is a catalog on skyscrapers, and two on spiders.

These days mix'n'match can be used in numerous modes, from the relaxed gamified click through a catalog looking for matches, with prompts, to the fantastically useful and often demanding search across all catalogs. I'll type that again: you can search 1000+ datasets from the simple box at the top right. The drop-down menu top left offers "creation candidates", Magnus's personal favourite. m:Mix'n'match/Manual for more.

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Generation Rescue

...needs protection. -- BullRangifer (talk) PingMe 19:52, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

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World War Z

Hi. I see you protected the page World War Z (video game)

There are now two products with the same title (new is at World War Z (Sabre Interactive video game), and the later product appears it will have similar or greater impact than the original.

Cold you take a look at the two pages, and consider renaming the original page to World War Z (2013 video game), and the second to World War Z (2019 video game), with the original page used as a disambiguation.

This seems uncontroversial to me. I leave it to your judgement. There is no real problem with the current state. Thanks.Xoool (talk) 20:02, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

- I can't add the hatnote needed at World War Z (video game) to link to World War Z (Sabre Interactive video game) .. Xoool (talk) 20:03, 23 August 2018 (UTC) .. seems I can .. Xoool (talk) 20:06, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

Thanks. All fixed now . Xoool (talk) 20:18, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

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You handled that smarter and more robustly than I was proposing to do. --Floquenbeam (talk) 21:13, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

To be clear, I'm saying this was a good unblock. An admin does not have only two choices: (1) indef block with no talk page access, or (2) supporting harassment. Talking to a long term productive editor with a clean block log like he's a human being, telling him what he's done wrong, not to do it again, and if he does he's going to get blocked and unlikely to be unblocked again, that's the mark of a good admin. Nobody here "supports" harassment, nobody here "basically told someone to find a new way to harass other people", and to say that Geni did so is gaslighting. Gaslighting from a different end of the spectrum than I'm used to seeing it, but gaslighting. --Floquenbeam (talk) 22:23, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
Well said Floq. Geni, the last thing we need is another of our more conscientious admins resigning. Hopefully no one will even want you to once things have calmed down a little. FeydHuxtable (talk) 22:32, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for unblocking me, Geni, I appreciate it. I hope you will address the concerns of the other editors below, because I don’t want that any harm to you (or anyone else) he caused from this matter. You have my assurance that I have (and had) no intentions of harassing anyone. starship.paint (talk) 01:03, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

Please resign

I've asked you on IRC, but I'll make it official: please resign. You violated policy by unblocking both against the consensus of administrators and without talking to the blocking admin, who objected, and was engaged in an unblock discussion. You also made it easier for people to harass others. This isn't good, and only makes our project worse. You basically told someone to find a new way to harass other people. That's not okay, and I'm honestly shocked that any administrator here would do so. I won't push it further, but I do want to make the request on-wiki. TonyBallioni (talk) 21:44, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

I concur with this. There’s a difference between a user demonstrating that they understand and will not do it again and blindly unblocking while most of your colleagues disagree. By unblocking with no actual assurance from the user and in spite of opposition, you’re effectively condoning the behavior. You are proving WMF right isn’t their statement that the English Misplaced Pages is unable or unwilling to deal with this type of behavior and as someone who’s been on the receiving end of it, it makes me sick. Praxidicae (talk) 22:01, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
I think your resigning over this is more than is necessary. However, I echo that this was a real, considerate, and destructive mistake. This was a good block and a consensus for how it could be reversed had been agreed to. Starship showing some understanding of why the block was levied is an important protection of important behavior policies. As I noted here and to you on IRC, I think this kind of rogue use of the toolset makes life for those of us who are here in good faith, but lacking the buttons of being a sysop, a worse place. Barkeep49 (talk) 22:07, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
I'll echo Tony's request here. Administrators like you who ignore consensus and enable harassment by trying to brush stuff under the carpet like you did with your unblock of Starship.paint is the reason we have such an atmosphere of abusive behaviour on the project. It's the reason that the Foundation are now having to step in with office actions to deal with it. It's the reason this project is becoming more and more unwelcoming, and why we're losing so many people. The requests that we made of Starship were fairly easy for them to meet, and designed to push them towards better interactions with fellow editors; instead you've basically taught them that if they get in trouble, they just need to wait a while for another admin if the first few on-scene don't immediately unblock. It makes you look like you like harassment, it makes you look like an enabler. Is that really the persona you want to show off? Is that really what you thing the community as a whole should be doing? stwalkerster (talk) 22:09, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
I concur with everyone above. Performing this unblock when you have been inactive for so long shows how out of touch you are with the way things should be handled the and the respect that you should show to the other administrators. It is clear that you do not understand that, so you should revert your own action or resign. Nihlus 23:17, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
On one hand, we can't afford to lose more admins with so many asking to resign at BN. On the other hand, Doc James said repeatedly that he was reviewing this block and would unblock once he got assurances that Starship.paint wouldn't out any more WMF staff and you preemptively unblocked him first. Why, why would you do this when another admin had taken responsibility for reviewing this block? Bad, bad move. Liz 23:49, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
We can't afford to have rogue administrators who condone harassment. Period. Praxidicae (talk) 23:57, 28 June 2019 (UTC)
Praxidicae, I doubt Geni is condoning harassment. I also still don't think they should resign. But these sorts of rogue actions are indeed why we operate on consensus and Geni should have participated in the ongoing discussion among sysops (and others) rather than taking unilateral action in a way against general procedures for this thing and in a way that made it impossible for those respecting discussion and consensus to reverse. As such, I do look forward, in the spirit of WP:ADMINACCT to reading Geni's response to the concerns presented here. Barkeep49 (talk) 00:12, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
Eh its 4am here. On balance things seem stable for the time being and I don't really want to risk a debate that might complicate that. How about next weekend?©Geni (talk) 03:20, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
Considering you haven't edited your talk page in years until now, I don't think that's appropriate. You should either make a full explanation here, or you should go to WP:BN and resign. TonyBallioni (talk) 03:24, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
I certainly wasn't expecting a response immediately. I was hoping for a response before a week from now, and admit to a little bit of additional concern that you would take a clearly controversial action knowing you wouldn't be around to explain yourself, but also do understand that real life intervenes. As such I continue to look forward to your thoughts at your earliest Wiki convenience. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 03:34, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
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  • Please don't resign Geni. How about an arbitration case on Ballioni's block and Geni's unblock to clear it up? There are comments that Balloni's talk page access removal was undue and that the indef block was excessive and comments that Geni's unblock was incorrect also so there is a value in the arbs looking at this. Govindaharihari (talk) 03:26, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
    • Well, WP:AN would be the first place, but that makes little sense for a block I don't want restored now that an explanation and commitment to not harass has been given. But an explanation does need to be forthcoming. He hasn't edited his talk page in years before this so "I'll wait until next week" isn't really helpful. I'd even be fine with "Look, I messed up, I won't do it again" or "Tony was completely wrong and an idiot and I won't be apologizing for these reasons." but he does need to explain why he went against policy and consensus. TonyBallioni (talk) 03:34, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
  • Resign please. Your unblock shows absolute lack of judgement. Five administrators had warned against a unilateral unblock – and you went and actually did that! Please resign immediately and this doesn't need to become an elongated ArbCom case. If you don't think you can respond to our messages in a timely manner, but can unblock in an untimely manner going against admin-consensus, that's reason enough for you to stop using the bit. Lourdes 03:50, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
  • As currently the community are so highly charged on this issue, I'll open an arb case request to sort this out. Govindaharihari (talk) 03:59, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
(edit conflict)Govindaharihari, That seems highly premature. ArbCom likes the community to have exhausted all options first. We have not exhausted all options yet. My concerns are not letting process and reasonable discussion (aka our attempts to form consensus) come to a natural conclusion in one place, let us not make a mistake by failing to let it play out in a second place. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 04:06, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
At the moment the community is so focussed on this that imo as you can see on this page massive requests for Geni to resign that dispute resolution with the usual user channels is impossible to be neutral, only arbcom remain neutral at this time. Govindaharihari (talk) 04:28, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
Govindaharihari, no one but you wants this. This is the last thing the community needs at this time. I’ve said above I’m willing to not go further if there’s some explanation. Lourdes is asking not to have a drawn out case. Seriously, just let us talk this out. Dispute resolution hasn’t been exhausted, and ArbCom is a last resort. TonyBallioni (talk) 04:33, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
There is no neutral dispute resolution in this case, you are asking for her resignation, if you continue to do that there is currently only arbcom that is neutral, no dispute resolution is available. If you retract your request that she resigns I won't post it. Govindaharihari (talk) 04:39, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
Govindaharihari, through discussion we can reach consensus. Perhaps after reading more from Geni some of those who are suggesting Geni resign will change their mind. Things can happen slowly on Misplaced Pages. That's OK. Barkeep49 (talk) 04:49, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
  • Tempest in a teapot. Tony was a bit heavy handed with both the duration and taking away talk page access. A simple 72 hour block would have been sufficient to get the point across. Geni was extraordinarily bold, but this place has gotten to where everyone gets butthurt over an admin being bold. It didn't used to be that way. If any admin is going to be bold, better he do it to unblock someone who is likely to not repeat the mistake, such as the case here. Admin are going to step on each other's toes sometimes. Making a big deal of it seems rather petty. I've been here long enough that I've been on both sides. When someone unblocked my block (and yes, the person was blocked soon after), I voiced my opinion and moved on. When I've unblocked someone against the wishes of the admin, they were pissed off but moved on. Big Fucking Deal. We don't own our admin actions, we do them on behalf of the community. Had I not turned in my admin bit, I would restored the TPA at a minimum myself, so Doc James and I agree on that as well. There are no bad guys here, just some overreactions on everyone's part. Admins bump heads sometimes. Move on like professionals. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 12:49, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
  • I'm not here to ask you to resign. I'm spending some time with my grandson, and I was amazed to see that when I was away from the computer for just a few hours, I came back to see starship.paint with an in-deff. I finally found some time today to look at the history, and as I started reading that editors talk page I was very impressed with the discussion. (Particular kudos to Doc James) especially in light of heightened current tensions, that page started out as a model of how disputes should be handled. Tony had legitimate concerns, and participants were working through issues and you could see it headed toward a successful resolution… then you stepped in. I find it difficult to believe that you read the entire back story and didn't reach the same conclusion — namely, that this small issue was on its way to a fine resolution. I can't think of anything other than two options — one option is that you jumped the gun without doing appropriate homework, and the second option is that you did some homework and still thought barging in was the right option. Neither option speaks well for your judgment. That said, it is a tense time, and my hope is that you will read carefully what led up to the situation, and come back with an appropriate statement. Take some time, there's no rush.S Philbrick(Talk) 13:52, 29 June 2019 (UTC)
  • I get that harassment is of particular importance under the current climate, I also get that there needed to be a discussion about the appropriateness of interjecting in a claimed unblock, the concerns over the kind of judgement that lead to this decision being made and whether there were any violations of policy and accepted procedure… But in future, can everyone please leave out the ad hominem imputations, the hyperbole, the poorly substantiated assumptions and the premature demands requests for resignation. There was no reason this couldn’t be approached in a measured, factual and professional manner. Promethean (talk) 13:10, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
  • Well, welcome back to editing this month. I notice that, leave this month, you've contributed only around 190 odd edits since early 2012. This may be a good time for you to read up on what has changed in our policies and guidelines since you were gone and how the community perceives these issues now. Thanks, Lourdes 17:01, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
@Lourdes: what edits are you talking about? Acc. this they've made ~3,000 edits since 2012...were you thinking of their unblocking? ——SerialNumber54129 17:28, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
  • Thank you for the welcome back Lourdes and for the concern about whether or not I'm up-to-date on policy. Although I haven't been editing during the time-frame you've indicated, I have been keeping relatively up to date with en-wiki affairs. I initially understood your response as being related to the civility related concerns, but it occurred to me after that you were probably addressing the concern that the request for resignation may be premature. On that topic, please see my response to Tony below; My only interest was in ensuring Geni was heard following people noting their profound objection, prior to those people making requests for resignation. I believe this is a fair and reasonable approach, but readily concede that there may have been more conversation on that point than appears here; If that is needed the case, please accept accept my apologies. Promethean (talk) 01:48, 2 July 2019 (UTC)
  • Serial Number 54129, I think Lourdes was referring to Promethean. Since this is directed at me, I'll respond: Promethean, I don't think this is premature or hyperbolic. Geni's unblock sent the message You can be blocked for an unequivocal violation of the harassment policy, have multiple reviewing administrators agree the block was justified, and then have a random admin come out of nowhere and unblock you without requiring any commitment to respect other people. I think that condones harassment, and as Lourdes said, isn't really how unblocks are done anymore. Cowboy unblocks are much less socially acceptable now than they were 7 years ago. At least two other administrators and a global sysop agree with me on this, so it isn't like I'm alone in this view, and documenting it on-wiki is important in my opinionThat being said, I'm of the view that that there's a big difference between "should resign" and "ArbCom should force it" and like I said in my initial post, I had zero intent of taking it beyond making the request here. Geni has responded to Barkeep49 on their talk page, with an explanation I don't agree with, but at least it was an explanation. This has been documented if it happens again, and that's important. Like I said above, I'm willing to let this go, with my personal view still being that we should not have administrators that condone harassment through their actions, either intentionally or unintentionally. TonyBallioni (talk) 23:20, 30 June 2019 (UTC)
    • Thanks for the explanation TonyBallioni; Being completely honest your contribution to this thread wasn't of any concern to me in terms of civilty. In expressing a desire for a more civil conversation, I was more concerned by comments containing imputations such as that Geni acted in bad faith, that they were a harassment enabler/supporter, or that their decision-making was everything that's wrong with the project. These three things were, in my view, bordering in infractions of WP:AGF, WP:NPA and WP:CIVIL respectively, as well as being unsubstantiated hyperbole in the latter instance. With regard to the requests for resignation being premature, the main concern was that it didn't appear that Geni had the chance to further explain their action in light of people having raised their profound objection, prior to those people requesting Geni's resignation. Promethean (talk) 23:31, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

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Thanks for your explanation of the unblock. I am responding here because other discussion has been held here and so keeping it in place with the rest seems useful. Your message is certainly thoughtful and reasonable. It is one I still must disagree with and will register that here but please feel no need to further respond if you don't care to.

You message frames it as one (banned) editor against one sysop. This is not what the history shows in my reading as it was not one sysop who felt something. It was multiple. There were, in fact, multiple offers of people who offered language that starship could give to remove the block, though admittedly one of those who made the offer lost their ability to follow through due to resignation. I also continue to find your thinking that action is necessary over communication and consensus to be one that makes me feel less. That someone could track down other accounts of mine and make demands of me is of concern to me as someone who does not edit under their name. My guess is that you are correct that starship will not repeat this, but that does not make the original issue not an issue. I have more to say but have already prattled on long enough so I will just conclude with an additional thank you for the response. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 23:30, 29 June 2019 (UTC)

A bowl of strawberries for you!

Thank you Geni for your understanding and empathy during my block incident, I really appreciate it. I didn't back down initially because I hadn't fully understood the policy, I would have once I did (and it was eventually explained well enough by Levivich so I did understand). All the best! starship.paint (talk) 08:43, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

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done.©Geni (talk) 14:10, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

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Though I'm advocating for a longer block on the IP, as explained here . This is a long term disruption, with plenty of copyright violations lined up in their article drafts. Hasn't acknowledged the previous messages and warnings. Cheers, 2601:188:180:B8E0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 18:22, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Going beyond 31 for a first block is kinda iffy.©Geni (talk) 18:30, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
Much appreciated--I think they've worked long and hard to earn a stronger block on the basis of all the plagiarism alone. But the history suggests this won't be their last vacation. 2601:188:180:B8E0:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 18:54, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
Yeah I was confused why the block log was clean up it is what it is.©Geni (talk) 18:55, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

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Shame it got deleted. What was it even about? Maybe recreate as a humor page? :) Dronebogus (talk) 12:43, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

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No evidence of operation. What limited operation we have seen of captured Russian equipment by Ukrainian units has been by national defence units.©Geni (talk) 15:12, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
So if Igor posted a video of himself operating it, would he be allowed on the list?
I can absolutely understand why he wouldn't be, but I quite like the idea of some guy in Ukraine getting to be on this list... Britishpersonguy (talk) 20:42, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
If a reliable source covered him operating it then probably although given its a multi person system and should be password protected its unlikely that any operation could take place outside the context of national defence units.©Geni (talk) 06:29, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

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In the Daily Telegraph article, the shooter is mentioned by name as David Kozak. It is also known information that said shooter has been eliminated. So I’d like to ask why you removed this information. 188.231.9.162 (talk) 18:48, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

didn't see it in a scan of the header and the rest didn't load.©Geni (talk) 18:57, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

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Hello Geni, A photo of yours has fascinated me, as i cant figure out myseum is holding them and i would like to reach out to them to research further. They were arowheads turned. Into amulets and called elf darts.they were said to be from Italy, but looked like an English museum...

Hoping you might be illing and able to tell me where said photo was taken and whether you might have any more photo views that show other objects or these in more detail?

Thanks in advance for your time and consideration, Joe Seeksearchandgrow (talk) 22:42, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

File:Elf-Arrows.JPG? Pitt rivers in oxford. Catalogue entry here.©Geni (talk) 06:59, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

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BGerdemann (WMF) (talk) 19:21, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

Brighton meetup: 23 November

Hi! There's a Misplaced Pages meetup in Brighton on 23 November. Would be great to see you if you if you can make it. Best, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:15, 10 November 2024 (UTC)

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Hello Geni: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Misplaced Pages. Cheers, AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 02:49, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

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