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== Triton and others ==


I see that you have declined Triton's unblock review and have locked Triton's talk page. Where was the discussion authorizing you to remove Triton's access to the user talk page? Considering your prior involvement in this area, I would recommend that you return Triton's access to the talk page.


== Wendy Carlos Reversion ==
You have made a number of blocks recently (LemonBoy, GiacomoReturned, Malleus) that were questionable and overturned quickly. Factocop possibly fits in there, too. You also have some questionable involvement with other blocks (TreasuryTag comes to mind), and Triton). Every admin makes a questionable decision once in a while, but you have quite a few in a short time. What's going on? ] (]) 13:03, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
:His prior unblock appeal was taken to the community, and after two days worth of discussion, was determined by an uninvolved admin with experience in ethnic conflicts to have failed. He then filed another unblock request that boiled down to "THE IRISH ARE OUT TO GET ME!" <s>You're goddamned right I locked his talk page.</s> He had been clearly told that it was a community decision, and that consensus would allow him to appeal in 3 months, but he nevertheless decided to continue posting huge walls of text claiming that it was everyone else's fault. For this reason, I felt that he was abusing the unblock process, and removed his talkpage access. --] (]) 13:09, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
:: And I disagree with your removal of Triton's talk page access. What about the other controversial administrative actions you have performed recently? ] (]) 13:27, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
::: <s>I don't know. What about them?</s> That's far too general a question. If you have specific issues on each action you'd like me to address, I'd be happy to. It might be better to do that at ] or a similar venue, to get a wider variety of opinion. --] (]) 13:37, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
:::: I was hoping you would show some understanding of the concern, which is not specific to each action, but to the overall pattern. Do you have any comment, here? ] (]) 02:54, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
::::: {{tps}} Both LemonMonday and Factocop were correct blocks overall (without looking at the others). Statistically speaking, when two of the four in your supposed "pattern" do not match, your generalization falls apart. (]<span style="border:1px solid black;">'''&nbsp;]&nbsp;'''</span>]) 09:27, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
:::::: I did say "Factocop possibly fits in here", but LemonMonday's block was disputed and reversed. See also ]. I would appreciate a response from SarekOfVulcan. ] (]) 12:33, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
::::::: I told you I'd be happy to comment on any specific issues. "Your blocks suck" is not nearly specific enough. --] (]) 20:35, 8 November 2010 (UTC)
:::::::: You've made a number of bad blocks recently, and bad interactions with other blocks. Do you have any explanation or comment? ] (]) 23:57, 8 November 2010 (UTC)


Hi SarekOfVulcan
I see you have not responded to this, yet. I do not see any discussion about removing Triton's talk page access. That's a rather serious step, and I don't think it's justified. First, will you, or won't you, reverse that action and restore Triton's talk page access? Second, will you, or won't you, provide any explanation for your series of questionable blocks? ] (]) 13:08, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
You reverted my research on Wendy Carlos based on ancestry.com and archives.com, however these websites are based on information from official US documents, so what's the issue? ] (]) 21:44, 20 October 2024 (UTC)
: The removal of TR's talkpage access in some ways is quite similar to ''my'' removal of Factocop's - acting as ] and ] while trying to get unblocked is an abuse of the process. TR's continued insistence that he was unable to discuss himself on ANI was pure unadulterated BS, Factocop's insistence that his 1RR block was invalid but even still not addressing the reasons for what was his ''current'' block are perfect disruption examples. Let's just emphasize the "I" in ] (]<span style="border:1px solid black;">'''&nbsp;]&nbsp;'''</span>]) 13:16, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
::Gimmetoo in fairness these are really strange questions coming from an admin (since Gimeetoo is an alt account of Gimmetrow). Have you seen what the position with Factocop turned out to be? And WRT to TR's talk page removals do you, as ''an admin'', stand over the TR's use of the talk space in clear violation of ], ] and ]? I'm asking because you suggest TR doesn't deserve his talk page disabled this inferring that his conduct on WP might be acceptable to you - am I wrong in this supposition?--] <sup>]</sup> 20:37, 12 November 2010 (UTC)


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:My pleasure. Wonder how long before he cycles his IP and starts again... --] (]) 15:40, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
::Dunno. Makes me reconsider applying for a banhammer, though (probably shouldn't). ] (]) 15:42, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
:::Well, he figured out how to reset his modem, and continues to evade his block by reinserting his ]-y crap. ]? ] (]) 17:42, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
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:But they are the incumbents. We don't need any further editorializing. Leave that to the headline writers. --] 16:12, 7 November 2024 (UTC)
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::::There is no valid fair use for that picture to be in the infobox of her BLP representing her when t is quite possible to have a commons valid license, do you mind it I remove it from the article? ] (]) 21:01, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
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Would you please explain your objection to my revision? The story referred to is no doubt "rollicking" -- it's quite comical and was rchly written by a journalist who specializes in satire. The use of the word "questionable" would also seem to be beyond question -- the entire point of the story was to ''question'' the ethics and claims of Garside, who openly admited to lying and cheating. I'm puzzled by your beef with these two rather benign adjectives -- they accurately convey the gist of the feature story. <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 20:30, 17 November 2010 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
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What exactly do you mean by "uncited" -- the citation provided is to the actual published story. In fact, that's what the story - which itself refers to numerous other published accounts -- is about.
Are you really saying that the words "rollicking" and "questionable" are personal opinions? If so, what about just: "an account of a bizarre encounter with Robert Garside..." The encounter Mr. Lidz describes in the story is inarguably "bizarre" and not a "personal opinion" by any stretch. That is precisely what makes his story such a fascinating read.


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Hi SarekOfVulcan You reverted my research on Wendy Carlos based on ancestry.com and archives.com, however these websites are based on information from official US documents, so what's the issue? Egrabczewski (talk) 21:44, 20 October 2024 (UTC)

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Hi, I was wondering if you go into a little more detail on why you reverted my edits on changing to outgoing rather than incumbent. The reason why I put those in is because a new president and vice president has just been elected so since they are leaving office soon, putting them as a lame duck seems to make the most sense. I'd be willing to hear your arguments on keeping the incumbent on both the president and VP pages. I'm not sure if there was a time that we used the term outgoing for politicians leaving office, but it just doesn't make sense to keep incumbent there. Interstellarity (talk) 16:10, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

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