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Shusha

Hi John! You reverted last edits by TigranTheGreat at Shusha without any explanations. Ill be very grateful if you describe at the talk page what and why is disruptive in his edits (especially related to the Shushi massacres a topic which is represented by a strange quote about "Armenian attack" by an Armenian historian). Thanks in advance! Andranikpasha (talk) 12:06, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

I have been reading the talk page, and I see no consensus for the changes in that diff, and the edit summary was terrible. Do you personally believe that was a good edit? Are you standing up for those changes, as if it was your own? John Vandenberg (talk) 12:14, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Im supporting the most part (I can detalize which ones) so I think if something is dubious or discussed previously at talk we can rv or discuss, but why revert the whole edit by TigranTheGreat included justified and never discussed text? For example, a user (Basenius) made some changes which marks there was'nt term Azeris in 1905, there were Tartars (and there were Armenian-Tartar clashes in 1905-06). After the editwarrings started noone says why this edit is commonly unacceptable etc? Everyone knows its true and we can discuss the form of text by Bassenius I dont think if the basis.

Also my editions on 1920 massacres/pogrom were many times reverted to an Armenian historian without any discussion at the talk. How can we get a consesnus in a continuing undiscussed editwarring? Andranikpasha (talk) 13:00, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

How to avoid edit warring? Easy: do only good edits, backed by quality academic research. Don't mix good faith improvements with changes that mess up the article. As an example of the silliness of that diff, TigranTheGreat (talk · contribs) replaced <ref name="penny"/> with {{Fact|date=March 2007}} - that had a reference, and what is more, I had asked for it to be transcribed and Grandmaster said he would do so, so that appropriate thing to do is wait (or do the transcription to prove that the ref wasnt appropriate). To remove it was very disruptive. There were many other problems with TigranTheGreat diff - I should not need to explain why it was so bad. John Vandenberg (talk) 13:12, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

The deletion of a not clear source is not seems to be so bad action! and sorry, reverts of whole edit (also the good sourced parts; for that we have "partially rv") just cuz a little part of it is discussing at the time is also a kind of disruption! Its my opinion... Andranikpasha (talk) 15:38, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

more on the Shusha revert

Hi John. You recently reverted an entire set of edits in favor of suspected sockpuppet Grandmaster/Parishan/Atabek who in the course of the last two years has been using fake or irrelevant references in order to push their claims , which, in as a matter of fact, mirror what in Western academic sources was exposed as Azerbaijani nationalist propaganda. You intentionally or inadvertently support mentioned users and their disruptive tactics. I have not noticed that you possess subject-matter expertise or are keenly interested in discussed subjects in order to make such gestures. It was very suspicious that you brought in the issue of Penny cyclopedia on the Shusha talk page, and only minute later the user Grandmaster used it as a fake reference in the Shusha edit. I am assuming good faith but your behavior is undermining your credibility of a fair admin. Have a nice day. Bassenius (talk) 17:32, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Bassenius, your suspicions about me are without basis or evidence. I do not favour anybodies edits. I favour edits that look appropriate. I have explained here and on User talk:TigranTheGreat why I considered that TigranTheGreat diff inappropriate.

In regards to the Penny cyclopedia, it has been used as a reference on the Shusha article since at least March of this year. I have noticed this with curiosity for a long time, and due to the recent activity on the Shusha page, I asked for it to be transcribed onto Wikisource, because

1. it is one of only a few English sources used on that page, and it is public domain. I am a strong proponent of using Public domain sources where possible, and recording them on Wikisource in order that everyone can see them.
2. it is hard to read the Google Books pages, and
3. I couldnt find the information that was being referenced.

That is the simple explanation of my actions - I dont know what actions of Grandmaster you are referring to; all I know is he has promised to transcribe the article onto Wikisource, which I think is fantastic. I eagerly await the result. It will be interesting to see what facts this old encyclopedia has hidden within its dusty covers. John Vandenberg (talk) 20:35, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

I find the accusations John is either a sockpuppet or Azerbaijani quite amusing, especially considering I and a number of other long-term admins and users met him at a meetup just two or three weeks ago in Australia. Misplaced Pages can be edited by anybody, there is no requirement for subject-matter expertise, and given those with subject-matter expertise have seen this matter go to ArbCom twice through an inability to resolve their differences, it's probably better that those well outside the situation be given a go at resolving the matter as they're less likely to hold strong opinions in either direction. Rather than throwing accusations, I would suggest finding and putting forward credible sources Misplaced Pages can use per our reliable sources guidelines and neutral point of view policy (and to avoid original research) as being a more productive endeavour. Orderinchaos 11:13, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Text Boxes for Azerbaijan Rayons

It seems you have removed the boxes that I'd been adding to Fizuli and maybe other Azerbaijan rayons. I don't understand why as I was simply doing as I'd been requested - ie to help improve Azerbaijan pages and had been adding in same-style text boxes as those previously used in other cases on other Azerbaijan rayons.

It seems strangely negative to simply remove these boxes which had taken some time for me to prepare (including the checking of population figs, post codes etc).

If you don't like the actual design of the boxes, then why not change them rather than simply reverting? In the mean time I'll revert them to how they were so that if people want to they don't at least need to look up the figures all over again... Malikbek (talk) 11:49, 27 November 2007 (UTC) PS Sorry if I'm writing this in the wrong place, as I'm new to this wiki game.

Thanks for the message... Malikbek (talk) 13:58, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Speedy deletion of Postage stamps and postal history of Azerbaijan

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First issue of Scientific American

Hi! I've uploaded scan of the first issue of Scientific American to Commons this march (see ). I noticed that you recognized the first page on wiktionary. I have the full first issue and of course, if you want, I can scan the rest pages. Should I? --Boleslav1 19:10, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

All right! I'll scan them the other day in maximum possible quality and tell you. --Boleslav1 (talk) 23:04, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Ha

I harassed no one. Read the two threads in full. Marskell (talk) 08:27, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

It's truly bizarre that you are removing that. I was hoping Orangemarlin would stop by and understand that all was well. Whatever. Marskell (talk) 08:29, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

By removing it, you're managing the page yourself. He had managed it by going to the hide/show format. That seemed perfectly fair to me. Because you've removed, Orangemarlin is still under the impression the editor is up to know good; see here. Removing a second time has only confused matters. Marskell (talk) 10:30, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Note received and accepted. The revision history of the page is a mess, admittedly, and hard to follow. Best, Marskell (talk) 18:54, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Just wanted to say thanks.

Thanks for standing up. I am sorry you and Marskell had a misunderstanding with my confusing edits to my own talk page (which complicated matters). Marskell, I think, was incorrect regarding warnings, but he or she seemed to be nice enough. _wa_{r I}n_er_nat_ioal_e 01:02, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

^H

Sorry, I slipped and hit enter before I should have. Anyway, the redirection page, ^H was put into a category it should not have been. Misplaced Pages:Categorizing redirects states that "most redirects should not be categorized. Examples include misspellings, minor variations of article titles, obscure alternate titles, and abbreviations." -- H3xx 03:58, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Actually there is a special category just for redirects: Category:Redirects. Misplaced Pages is so wonderful, don't you think?

-- H3xx 04:18, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

pro-Azeri edits

Hi John! Surely any editor is free to do biased editions. Its even no amazing when they are obvious and too much! Personally me believe that admin's should have less rights to show their bias. but thats for the future. And now pls lets wait for a mediation which will go on at Shusha pogrom (1920) after you made your too much unacceptable (personally for my as Im an author there) and non-compromisse editions on that article during a long period! Best, Andranikpasha (talk) 21:51, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Verjakette and Bassenius

Greetings John, could you do me a favour and offer the same offer to Bassenius that you gave to Verjakette. I'm very curious as to the response you'd get. Thanks Pocopocopocopoco (talk) 03:02, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Azerbaijani language

Thanks for bringing that to my attention. I have just responded. Parishan (talk) 09:36, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Re: on copyright

Sorry for having not answered for so long, but I have absolutely no idea how I can help. This speech that you speak of is sourced from a Singaporean organisation, which country it is based in also acknowledges Malay as a national language. Lee Hsien Loong is also Singaporean, so the entire issue falls under Singapore's jurisdiction. I have no knowledge of Singapore's copyright policy since I deal more specifically to Malaysia-related articles, but you should have better luck asking anyone affliated with Misplaced Pages:SGpedians' notice board. Sorry again for my belatedness.

Further replies are best made in Two hundred percent's talk page. - Two hundred percent (talk) 14:30, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Disruptive edits, coarse language, racism...

Hello,

Can we do something about this? Parishan (talk) 20:45, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Transwiki needed

Hey there, we just got a new article, Executive Order 13198, that needs to be transwikied to Wikisource. I was told that you use Wikisource often, so I was hoping you could help out. The article's also been put up at AfD: Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Executive Order 13198. Thanks! GlassCobra 22:57, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

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Evidence on Adil's sockpuppetry

Hi John, I have collected some evidence that Adil = Ehud, here you at User:Fedayee/LesarBaguirov_Evidence. I started adding the evidence, I will be adding more depending on how much you request if this is not enough. I am really amazed that no one sees anything in Adil's game. The reason I don't want to add all the evidences at once is that, from experience, I know it won’t even be read. - Fedayee (talk) 03:04, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Fedayee, thank you; I will look into this, but it will take some time as I am only familiar with specific topics in this region that I have been involved in. I am keen to expand my knowledge of the topics and the disputes. As your evidence is based on editing patterns and topical tendencies, I will need time in order to become familiar with Adil's behaviour; in the meantime, please assume that Ehud is not Adil when dealing with the user. John Vandenberg (talk) 03:26, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

I responded here as well: User talk:Fedayee/LesarBaguirov Evidence.-- Ευπάτωρ 21:33, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

It's been three days now. Why have you not responded?-- Ευπάτωρ 17:21, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

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