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Revision as of 14:18, 1 September 2009

This user has a zero tolerance policy towards trolls on Misplaced Pages.

I have over 1,000 pages on my watchlist. I don't have enough time to address all the problems I may spot on Misplaced Pages. For my own reference, below I'm listing various active and constructive contributors. (Don't be offended if I forgot you! I only quickly skimmed my talk page and watchlist to refresh my memory in drafting this list.)

• Termer (talk · contribs)
• Martintg (talk · contribs)
• Digwuren (talk · contribs)
• Russavia (talk · contribs)
• Folantin (talk · contribs)
• Hillock65 (talk · contribs)
• Vecrumba (talk · contribs)
• Renata3 (talk · contribs)
• Colchicum (talk · contribs)
• Sander Säde (talk · contribs)
• Altenmann (talk · contribs)
• Piotrus (talk · contribs)
• Biruitorul (talk · contribs)
• Dc76 (talk · contribs)
• Moreschi (talk · contribs)
• Alex Bakharev (talk · contribs)
• Ezhiki (talk · contribs)
• Checco (talk · contribs)
• C mon (talk · contribs)
• Lupus648 (talk · contribs)
• DIREKTOR (talk · contribs)
• PRODUCER (talk · contribs)

Watch out

Commies are coming. Colchicum (talk) 08:38, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

All kinds of interesting people becoming active again :D We'll see, if Jacob Peters also has some new IP addresses to impress us!
As to 172, his edit to 1993 crisis was as close to vandalism as we are likely to get from an experienced user: he basically threw into waste basket everything that had been made during the period his account was dormant. --Miacek and his crime-fighting dog (woof!) 12:09, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Miacek,

I am disappointed to see the comments above. I am not some partisan editor, definitely not a communist. I am a Western academic dedicated to improving the quality of any article to which I am qualified to contribute. Frankly, I would appreciate an apology. I appreciate your recent contributions; and I am willing to work with you in good faith to improve the quality of the article. My edits, by the way, were not a reversion to an order version of the article. Please notice that I have been trying to synthesize the better aspects of recent edits and an older version of the article. Please, let’s focus on working together to improve the article, and improve the tone of the recent discussion. 172 | Talk 19:13, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

I have not argued you're a commie, though a random edit of yours , might give one food of thought. As for collaborative efforts with you, I previously indeed thought it's possible, but you've made me rather skeptical with your recent acts. BTW, if it's not blind reverting, how did you even manage to get all external links deleted + categories that were added later than 2008? Come to your senses - if you wish to improve the article, start with the version that was there before your return, not with pointless erasures.

Regards, --Miacek and his crime-fighting dog (woof!) 19:20, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

I find the "food for thought" remark insulting. I have opposed POV pushers regardless of ideology. Have you seen my contributions against communist POV-pushers on the Cuba articles  ? ... I will restore the categories and external links. But there is no reason to revert all of my recent changes. I find it hard for anyone to not notice the improvement in the writing quality of the article and the tighter focus. 172 | Talk 19:30, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

Removing sources information the way you did qualifies as vandalism. Instead of removing my sourced additions made from November 2008 - April 2009, you should have started with cutting down your own prose that lacked any sources whatsoever. I have already added a complaint on your behaviour and please, do not use my talk page for this issue any more, but comment on 1993 crisis talk page - this is the way you should have started. --Miacek and his crime-fighting dog (woof!) 19:34, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

I suppose I am one of the interesting people becoming active. I found myself wondering whatever had happened to 172 (talk · contribs) and when I checked his recent contributions found him up to his usual edit warring on Totalitarianism where he replaced the current version with a two year old version which he prefers. His edit warring over that and similar subjects has been going on for many years. Fred Talk 23:51, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Welcome to Misplaced Pages

Er....I think your crime fighting dog has lost its sense of smell for I am, by definition of some in Misplaced Pages a criminal, and have been accused of numerous crimes (opposing voting, insisting on correct article titles and demanding sources, etc.), tarred with the "Digwuren" brush, and accused of trolling also :) Several attempts have been made to block my ability to edit Misplaced Pages because...I think that Misplaced Pages can be edited by anyone, even an IP addressed editor. In all that time of others trying to block me, including baseless accusations of sockpuppetry which I was then invited to defend myself against (!), I have had several accounts in Misplaced Pages, and never stopped editing :) I live in the hope of one day having my name cleared, and being allowed to edit again "in the open", but until that far day comes, I must evade "crime fighters" in the fashion of other masked individuals :) --58.164.28.19 (talk) 03:24, 7 August 2009 (UTC)

Sockpuppet accusations!

Hi!

This is the first time that I report anybody as possible sockpuppeteer. :)

therefore I am not very well skillfull.

The "proof" I have is their method of work and articles they are focused. http://en.wikipedia.org/Special:Contributions/PRODUCER http://en.wikipedia.org/Special:Contributions/ICTYoda

I can not trace their  or anything like that becuase I have no power to do that.--Añtó| Àntó (talk) 06:48, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Languages

Hehe, well, I learned Czech from an early age, but always preferred English. I was also taught German by my father, who speaks it fluently. I've been learning French since elementary school, while I learned Serbo-Croatian because most of my friends are from Yugoslavia and I used to spend summers there with them - eventually picked it up, bought a couple of books and learned it. I'm trying to learn Albanian now, but it's a bit more tricky than all the other languages I learned. --Cinéma C 20:23, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

1997 coup in Cambodia

I agree with you that an article on this subject is needed. Meanwhile I have created a section. Please think about the title, because it was not really a coup. Michael Vickery's article title: 'The July 1997 shootout' is closer to the truth, because it was essentially a shootout between two armed factions that made a lot of noise and created fear in heavily populated areas.

Last, but not least, since it was localized in Phnom Penh and its vicinity, perhaps a more apt title would be: 'The 1997 shootout in Phnom Penh', instead of 'Cambodia'. I let you decide. Xufanc (talk) 00:49, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

Congrats! You came up with a good title. I was unaware that something had happened in the North too. - Xufanc (talk) 09:16, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Johan Backman - about his complaints against Soviet Story

Sorry, but I had to revert one of your edits to Johan Backman, as this was a bit inaccurate and the source was very dodgy. First, Backman has in no position to start criminal proceedings (it's only for police), he only filed a complaint. His complaint was not against the movie, but against the organizer of the later display events (ProKarelia), so this is not directly related to Helsinki protests. All this is briefly mentioned in Soviet Story. Põhja Konn (talk) 13:34, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Yes, it's all right. I had just read out of curiosity the article on The Soviet Story in the ru.wiki and there was something like возбудить уголовное дело, which I apparently mistranslated, too. --Miacek and his crime-fighting dog (woof!) 14:18, 1 September 2009 (UTC)