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I hope all is well with you. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 08:17, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Welcome back Srikeit! You were greatly missed; it will be wonderful to have you around again. :-) Dmcdevit·t 08:41, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

I second that. Welcome back! - Aksi_great (talk) 08:42, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
It's wonderful to see you again back in action! I wish I could take huge Wikibreaks like you. It would improve my exam marks :) Gizza 09:20, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Welcome back Srikeit! Hopefully your marks have bettered and you can get down to editing again :P --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91 16:44, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

welcome back.--Dwaipayan (talk) 18:47, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
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Tobias Conradi arbitration

Hi, Srikeit! Could you, please, tell me why this statement of mine was not included with the rest of the statements here? Was that an oversight, or was there a reason to exclude it? Thanks!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 14:57, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Since there wasn't a specific list of involved parties mentioned, I used my own discretion as a clerk to keep the statements by users whom I felt were more involved in the case on the main page and move the others to the talk page. I assure you I did not have any ulterior motives or mean any disrespect to you or any other editor by doing this. However, if you want that your statement is included on the main page, please inform me and I will do the needful. Thank you --Srikeit 04:18, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your reply. I, in turn, assure you that I did not suspect any ulterior motives on your part :) I would, however, appreciate it if my statement were included on the main page. Thanks again!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 05:54, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
Done --Srikeit 10:41, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Sockpuppet

Helloou Srikeit. Here is really good case for you. After Ivan's account User:Rts_freak was indefinitely blocked he created another account User:Graciella and tried to camouflage himself editing unrelated articles (IT articles). But his interest was preserved in Alija Izetbegović article: , and after a while, when he was caught he started to edit with Graciella account: etc. But the main evidence is that he tried to remove sock puppet tag in User:Graciella page: . Because he was aware that he had been caught. The same behaviour has a long history. This is really sofisticated case, and needs a Check User right, because Ivan is very good actor. First he presented himself as a ethic Bosnian (he is Australian), in order to destroy Bosnian related articles. Now, he pretends to be a woman. So this is really interesting.

Not likely. Not that I am particularly fond of IK, as I was the one who blocked User:Rts_freak, but, just for one thing, Graciella has been editing since 2005. --AnonEMouse 17:13, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, I am sure he is the one. Let me explain. When he was earlier blocked by yourself Rts_freak he introduced himself as an ethnic Bosnian and changed his writing style. Now, I think that he borrowed an account from his friend or someone he knows just in the last week, in order to fabricate speculations. He told you that he gave a source, but he didn't tell you that he removed earlier part of the article which contained more complete information. He pretends to be a nice but just look at his edits in AI article. Just look at this example, when I found that this user was him, he made this change: trying to hide his suggestion. Now (this is very important) compare this two edits, by Ivan and by Graciella: In the same project page Ivan wrote: This is one of the IPs I'm talking about in the above section. and few days after that Graciella made exactly the same edit: . They are very familiar with Wiki project pages, they immidiately acted the same way (with a slightly changed style) so this is very good reason to chech the last week contribution and compare IPs.

May I ask why this conversation is going on here? AFAIK I'm completely uninvolved in this situation . Neither am I a checkuser to determine if any sockpuppetry is going on here. The section you're probably looking for is Requests for Checkuser. --Srikeit 17:29, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

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Hi, thanks for notifying me of the outcome of my arbcom case.

It's not clear to me what Freedom skies shall select one account and use only that account. Any other account used may be indefinitely banned. Pending selection of an account Freedom skies may not edit Misplaced Pages. rigidly translates into.

I think it means that I have to choose one account; notify the concerned (who?) that I have chosen that one account; and have to do it in a limited timeframe and may not edit WP till I do that.

Could you tell me where I notify the selection of the one account I use for editing here?

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Srikeit is an Arbitration Committee Clerk, as am I. If you let either of us know, we will mark your case page accordingly. Thanks, Newyorkbrad 01:10, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
damn, that blows.--D-Boy 07:43, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

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IP User 81.149.27.200 and 88.109.215.0 (who are clearly same if you look at their edits) have been repeatedly reverting my good faith edits on Khatri, Malhotra and Luthra. He also accuses me of vandalism.

I will let you judge the two versions yourself. Our diff on Khatri, Our diff on Malhotra, Our diff on Luthra. He also does not explain to me where the peacock claims on Luthra are, instead changing the category from a sourced one to an unsourced one. I think his motivation there is simply because I rvert him on Malhotra. He believes my surname is Luthra without any basis at all. Hopefully admins can judge the two versions. dishant 07:42, 11 May 2007 (UTC)


Response to above claim

On the contrary dishant has been Petty stalking my edits and vandalising my and other users entries after his peacock claims about the Luthra family were reverted.

This claim to you appears in retaliation for my being one of four users having supported a Delete case for removal of an entry for an un noteworthy person Ankur Luthra by administrator Xoloz. The article was subsequently removed by Misplaced Pages.

Dishant55555 vandalism goes back to March after my Correcting his Vanity claims about Luthra. You can see on this link he has made unsourced vanity claims including -

  • "Many Luthra's are extremely successful in terms of business."
  • "The Gupta Dynasty assumed control of Northern India in 400 CE, and the Luthras joined forces with the Guptas to maintain law and order in what became India's Golden Age."
  • Luthras held prominent positions as rulers and warriors.

and adding alleged prominent people with the surname Luthra who do not meet wikipedia guidelines for prominence.

He has since been stalking and vandalising Malhotra, Khatri, Kapoor etc pages by users who have changed his edits to NPOV ones. See his vandalism of the Malhotra page for example where he has removed dozens of lines of entries with authoritative sources such as links to Indian government websites. He has vandalised the Malhotra page again today though I see another user has reverted his edit.

Could dishant please be blocked from doing so. He has already received warnings to stop. Many thanks.

The IP user is mincing facts. The versions that he brings up are long gone and I no longer condone them. Look at the current versions for which he is reverting me for and then make your own decision. dishant 00:09, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

I see you saw fit to delete the page relating to the legendary, now retired model, Andrea Neal on the grounds of notability. This is a travesty, she is probably one of the three most famous models in her field, has appeared in numerous films and shoots, and also won several awards. Would you consider any pornographic model/actress non-notable? Possibly because it is not something of interest to yourself?82.153.138.12 14:11, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

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I'm not sure if you realize this, but the list of people by name article has something like 1400 subpages. Does your DRV closure encompass these? --- RockMFR 04:16, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes, all the subpages are covered under the close. I realised that after the closure and was trying to figure out the best way to go about it when I received your message. I requested Eagle_101 to help me out and he has graciously accepted to help me out using a script. --Srikeit 04:40, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
You're carrying a huge load of responsibility now. In your closure, you have failed to address the concerns of all those, including myself, who were against deletion without any replacement. Various suggestions have been made for that, but it seems no measures have been taken. Could you comment on that, please? All the best, <KF> 09:48, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
I don't believe that it is my responsibility to clarify and counter each and every argument in a discussion before closing. I considered the arguments offered, determined the consensus achieved in both the former AFD and the DRV, used the discretion I have been afforded as an admin and made the call, which seems to have been accepted as fair by most (as indicated by the lack of complaints here). However if this close seems grossly unfair or irresponsible on my part, please feel free to start up a discussion about it on WP:ANI or any other avenue suitable to you and if you can garner enough support for your cause, do bring it back to DRV. In the meantime, I stand by my decision. Thanks --Srikeit 10:19, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
It would be awful, wouldn't it, if you as an admin didn't stand by your decision, so I didn't expect anything else. I'm talking about an altogether different thing here, as the inevitability of this bulk of information being eventually deleted was clear to me (although, personally, I don't see any consensus anywhere). No, I'm talking about an alternative to the c.1,400 pages that are now lost. Their removal has orphaned what may well be hundreds of biographical stubs, and the next step might be their being tagged for deletion by an insensitive bot.
Carcharoth has made a suggestion (at the end of Misplaced Pages:Miscellany for deletion/List of people by name) what could be done to counter this, and my (and other people's) humble idea was to "projectify" all those pages in the way it was done with User:Black Falcon/List of German actors (from 1895 to the present) or Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Novels/List of literary works with eponymous heroines. That's what you haven't addressed in your closure, and I just want to know what you think about it. Best wishes, <KF> 10:50, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
Carcharoth's was an interesting suggestion but even after a dual listing at AFD/MFD and a complete DRV discussion it did not gain any substantial consensus nor did it provoke any discussion elsewhere. However the consensus to delete the pages was quite clear with substantiated reasons in both the discussions so I based my decision on it. As for the loss of information, I request you to look at WP:EFFORT. Anyway, I don't think my talk page is the best forum for drawing attention to the matter. Please go to WP:ANI if you want a more thorough discussion about this. Thanks --Srikeit 11:43, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

And I've added my thoughts there. I hope you will be able to respond there as I somehow managed to miss the DRV completely! :-( Thanks. Carcharoth 14:34, 28 May 2007 (UTC)


Tiny DRV procedural note

On the rare occasions when DRV results in an outright reversal to delete (without relisting), I usually annotate the original XfD, so that people won't be confused by the record. I did so on your behalf here. Best wishes, Xoloz 15:13, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

PS. Isn't closing DRVs <sarcasm> so much fun?<sarcasm> It's a certainty that someone will really dislike almost everything you do! ;) Don't let it depress you.

Thanks for the note. I'm rather new to DRV closing so am still on a learning curve. However, this is fun! I wonder if I can be classified as insane now? ;) --Srikeit 15:23, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

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Unprotect Request: Imran Khan

Hi Srikeit, i am trying to edit Imran Khan but I cannot do it because of protection. The article is hopelessly out-dated and unstructured. The changes that I made are all referenced; the changes are not POVs. Please see the my latest version (metapoet) and apprise me as to what is disputable. Help please.

List of jazz clubs

Srikeit, I took the liberty of changing your AfD tag to one that I found for a 2nd nomination. I hope I did it right - but you should look and make sure. Thanks - and thanks for your judgment to send this through AfD again. - Freechild 17:52, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I'm on a rather slow connection that is really acting up tonight so the error evaded my attention. --Srikeit 18:01, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

On your DRV closure

You are aware that deletion reviews are to be closed based on strength of argument, right? You realize you closed it for people who had none, correct? How did you come to this conclusion? Keep in mind - "Misplaced Pages is not Wikinews" is not a reason for speedy deletion, and is not a reason for one person to make a decision, either. You should reconsider this immediately. --badlydrawnjeff talk 05:03, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

I strongly endorse Srikeit's actions. Misplaced Pages is not a newspaper, and as the largest source of information on the internet, we have some responsibilities to the subjects of our articles. Their lives do get affected by the way they are potrayed here. We have responsibilities. Do no harm, that is what BLP means. Will the victims of a forgettable and despicable crime like this be still known after 10 years? Did they appear on Oprah to gain notability? On a contrary note, they came around to let the society know about the evil that lurks in the hearts of men, and how the guardians of children should protect them. Providing literary and permanent notability would be a great disservice to the young boys and to the society as a whole. On the whole, by wonking process, you are the one doing great disservice to the community. The delete arguments held much more weight than constant reminders that this article should have gone through an AfD atleast. It was more than likely that a responsible administrator would have chosen to close the DRV as a delete and salt. — Nearly Headless Nick 06:06, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks Sir Nick for the endorsement above. To Jeff, I did not base my closure solely on "Misplaced Pages is not WikiNews". It was one of the key statements that influenced it. There were umpteen reasonable arguments endorsing the closure (like the one above by Nick) in the entire 93kb discussion including two highly detailed and cogent statements by NYB. I went through the entire discussion several times, considered the weight of each argument, gauged the consensus and made a judgment call using the discretion afforded to me as an admin. If you feel that my decision is despicable and callous, feel free to bring this up in the arbitration case you have running. I, however, don't think I'll be reconsidering my close. Thanks --Srikeit 08:54, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
I may have to. The closure was not based in policy or argument. That's problematic. I don't see any evidence of weight consideration, for instance, as you seem to have been adversely affected by the false BLP claims. --badlydrawnjeff talk 13:46, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
It's a little strange that my "problematic" closure which was "not based in policy or argument" has received no opposition except yours. Instead the closure has had wide acceptance and endorsements (including three right here) from several respected members of the community. You may very well take this matter to ArbCom, but if you may, do pause and reflect upon this eloquent Alexander Pope quote. Thanks --Srikeit 04:12, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Just wanted to add that I strongly endorse your closure as well. Had I closed it I would have done the exact same thing...--Isotope23 13:38, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
Strongly endorse the closure. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:27, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

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Hello Srikeit and thanks for your good wishes in the last fortnight, and of course nominating me last year and helping me while I have been around. As you know, I don't eat birthday cake, but you may indeed have a banana! Hope all is well with you! Blnguyen (bananabucket) 02:27, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

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Deletion of entries for Charlene Downes/Gavin Hopley

I have concerns over your deletion of the entries on Charlene Downes and Gavin Hopley. You appear to have been swayed by a number of contributors (such as 'Guy', 'Doc', and 'One Night in Hackney') that have appeared in deletion debates for several similar entries (concerning white victims of racially motivated killings), all of whom have made extremely similar comments in each case decrying the entries being at all 'noteworthy', in spite of the racial aspect in the case of Gavin Hopley's murder (at least as notable as the racial aspect in the case of Anthony Walker's murder, said aspect being why a Misplaced Pages entry is maintained on that murder).

Also in spite of the several remarkable aspects of the case of Charlene Downes' murder, beyond the racial aspect of that case, when you consider the accounts of her having underage sex with her suspected killer and people around him, as well as the police investigating the possibility that her body may have been cut up and sold as meat to customers of a takeaway run by her suspected killer, that comments made by these contributors I refer to describing the above as 'not worthy of note' are specious and likely insufficient grounds for deletion. As you seem to feel differently may I ask you why you found the comments in favour of deletion compelling enough to proceed to delete the entries in question. It certainly seems as if you did not apply any critical judgment to the comments made by the people who wanted the entries gone, even when the outlandishness of the comments made in the Charlene Downes entry must have been readily apparent to others, not least the contributors who voted in favour of keeping the entry.

The impression I get is that these contributors seem to have been following a specific agenda of promoting the deletion of these kind of entries, as illustrated by the insistence of some of the particular contributors that the entries served only to further a 'far-right' agenda, comments which indicate the request to delete was itself motivated by a partisan bias and not a wish to adhere to the spirit of neutrality, which to my mind goes against the NPOV policy adhered to by Misplaced Pages, as does the deletion of the noted entries which unfortunately seems to be a deeply partisan act. I would further note that IMO the deletion may have been influenced by the fact that racial violent crime where white people are the victims in toto is a matter of some controversy, amongst the left and right.

What is especially noteworthy is that the deletion debate concerning the Charlene Downes entry was itself deleted, which is if you will forgive me for saying so, highly suspicious. Again, this comes down to the comments made in favour of deletion, the possible concern being that viewers of Misplaced Pages would raise questions as to why those comments were allowed to 'carry the day' as it were when they plainly were either repeated from other deletion debates or else sought to deny the noteworthy status of the case itself, rather explicitly in the case of some commentators. I have a copy of that vanished deletion debate saved to my PC and would be able to discuss particular comments with you, with regards to this matter.

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I'd just like to add that I am in agreement with the comment above. The Charlene Downes entry should not have been deleted; there is good reason to suspect political motivation behind its deletion. How does one go about reinstating or calling for reinstatement of an article which has been deleted inappropriately?81.102.143.96 11:06, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Srikeit, are you going to do The Happy Rampager the courtesy of replying to his particularly cogent post? I would agree that there are at least some tenuous grounds for arguing that, currently at least, an article devoted to "Charlene Downes" fails the notability test, although in my view the strong and now largely accepted suspicion that she was given the Sweeney Todd treatment by her murderer makes this a particularly remarkable, indeed noteworthy case. Equally a case can be made for the notability of victim Anthony Walker, not so much on the grounds of being murdered. With all respect and sympathy to his bereaved parents, a black lad getting an axe put through his had by some random white racist is tragic and newsworthy, but hardly encyclopaedically notable. What makes Anthony Walker's case notable is the popular hysteria, almost Diana-like in intensity, fomented by the media, leading to such sickening events as what was tantamount to a state funeral service.

I agree with Rampager that those baying for the deletion of this and similar articles about "black-on-white" racist murders give the impression of being a posse of left-wing propagandists; may be some of them are even sockpuppets. Do you always give in the shouting of the rabid mob rather than listening to and weighing the value of arguments?

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I don't want to trouble you, but I was wondering if you could give me a little info about Compendex -- it was prod'ed then deleted in Nov. 2006 (you were the deleting admin). I'm wondering what the reason giving for prodding was, since this was one of my articles, and I'm pretty familiar with content standards :) Don't worry, I'm not upset, but I have a handful of other similar database articles that I watch or have created (e.g. inspec) and Compendex shouldn't be any different from these. I just want to check, since I wasn't notified and I would like to recreate the article, at least as a redirect. Thanks for your help, -- phoebe/(talk) 19:18, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

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WikiProject Good Articles January Newsletter

Happy New Year! Here is the latest edition of the WikiProject GA Newsletter! Dr. Cash (talk) 04:08, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

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The WikiProject Good Articles Newsletter
Volume I, No. 3 - January 2008

December issue | February issue

Project News
  • There are now 3,301 Good Articles listed at WP:GA. With 1,789 current featured articles, that brings the total of good and featured articles to 5,090!
  • The backlog at Good Article Nominations has recently exploded to 236 unreviewed articles! Out of 264 total nominations, 17 are on hold, 10 are under review, and one is seeking a second opinion. Please go to WP:GAN and review an article or three as soon as you have a chance!
The oldest unreviewed articles are: Attachment disorder, Byzantium under the Palaiologoi, Byzantium under the Angeloi, Wowowee, Tyrone Wheatley, Mina (singer), Jon Burge, Mercury Hayes, William Lowndes Yancey, and Toni Preckwinkle.
The top five categories with the largest backlogs are: Sports and recreation (47 articles), Film and cinema (25 articles), Television and journalism (16 articles), Art and architecture (15 articles), and Politics and government (14 articles).
The backlog at Good Article Reassessment currently stands at 17 articles up for re-review.
If every participant of WikiProject Good Articles could review just one article in the next week, the backlog would be almost eliminated!
Reviewer of the Month

Dihydrogen Monoxide is the GAN Reviewer of the Month of December, based on the assessments made by Epbr123 of the number and thoroughness of the reviews made by individual reviewers each week. Dihydrogen Monoxide hails from Brisbane (which, incidentally, is almost a GA, kids ;)) and has been editing Misplaced Pages since August 2006. He mostly likes to review articles relating to music, Australia, or anything else that takes his fancy! He also has two articles waiting, and notes that there's still a huge backlog,... so get cracking!

Other outstanding reviewers recognized during the month of December include:

Member News

There are now 166 members of WikiProject Good Articles! Welcome to the 7 new members that joined during the month of December:

This WikiProject, and the Good Article program as a whole, would not be where it is today without each and every one of its members! Thank you to all!

GAReview Template

Lots of you that frequent WP:GAN have undoubtedly seen the articles under review, marked with "Review - I am reviewing this article. ...". The articles have been marked as being under review by an editor using the {{GAReview}} template. The purpose of this template is essentially to prevent two editors from reviewing the same article at the same time, so it's essentially a common courtesy notice to other editors so that they don't pass or fail an article while you're in the midst of collecting and writing comments. However, just because an article is marked, shouldn't preclude another editor from contributing to the review. If you'd like to review it, go ahead; simply collect your comments and write them down on the article's talk page – but don't pass or fail the article – leave that to the other reviewer.

To use this template yourself, simply write "#:{{GAReview}} ~~~~" on the line immediately following the article's nomination at WP:GAN. You can even leave additional comments as well (e.g. "#:{{GAReview}} I will finish my review in the next 24 hours. ~~~~"). Reviewers marking articles with this template should also observe some common etiquette; please don't mark more than 1-3 articles as being under review at a time, and please try and finish your review within 3-5 days of marking the article.

GA Sweeps

After openly requesting the community for more participants into the Sweeps, we have 3 more members on the board. They are (in no particular order) Canadian Paul, VanTucky, and Masem. Canadian Paul will be sweeping "Middle East and the World" articles. VanTucky will be sweeping "Religion, mysticism, and mythology" and "Literature" articles. Masem will be sweeping "Television episodes". We're still looking for more reviewers. Interested individuals should contact OhanaUnited for details.

At this moment, participation in the sweeps project is by invitation only, as we desire experienced reviewers who have a thorough and extensive knowledge of the criteria. This is to ensure that articles that have "fallen through the cracks" would be found and removed, and that additional articles don't fall through the cracks during the sweep.

Currently, there are 16 members working on the project, and we have reviewed 74 articles in December 2007. Of those that are swept, 275 articles are kept as GA, 126 articles are delisted, and 5 promoted to FA.

Did You Know,...
  • ... that the total number of good and featured articles is now over 5000?
  • ... that GA was formed on October 11, 2005 and was formerly called "Half-decent articles"?
  • ... that there is a bot (StatisticianBot) that gives a daily report on GAN?
  • ... that many discussions were made over the years on whether GA should have a symbol placed on the main article space, yet at the end always removed?
  • ... that there was a proposal to change the GA symbol to a green featured star?
From the Editors

Happy New Year, everyone! I'm just filling in for Dr. Cash as he's busy (or away) in real life. This explains why I wasn't prepared for a full-length article on GA process, and instead I resort to a tiny DYK for GA.

  • OhanaUnited

Happy New Year as well! I'm still here, and haven't totally disappeared. I had to cut back on editing and reviewing during the month of December as I made the transition from Flagstaff, Arizona to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. But I should be about settled in the Keystone State, so I'll be contributing more to Misplaced Pages again in the new year. Thanks to OhanaUnited for putting together much of the content for this newsletter! He's been working hard with the Sweeps, and the 'Did You Know' section is also a great idea, so I think that will become a regular feature now! I also figured out how to have a collapsible newsletter, so that will change our delivery options a bit. Cheers!

  • Dr. Cash
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