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Michael Winner

We (as in you and I) got complained about in Mr. Winner's Sunday Times column yesterday. To cut a long story short, I think flagged protection would be an excellent idea for his page. Stifle (talk) 08:05, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

• Ho hum. I have asked the editor for a copy of the article. His PA was not exactly co-operative, though of course she is under no obligation to be so. Guy (Help!) 10:11, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		Having reviewed the newspaper column in question, and all of your emails in OTRS relating to this situation, I hereby award you this Original Barnstar for exceptional kindness! Jimbo Wales (talk) 18:38, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Greetings and request

Greetings JzG - I've just seen that you deleted Un Techo Para Mi País for being a copy-paste job and NPOV. This is true, and indeed I put the tags on it to that effect. However, after some hairy moments trying to sort it out late last night, and another admin helping out with the move of duplicated versions, several editors have since been trying to fix the article as it is certainly a notable organisation, its only sin being that blatant copy-edit. As it was at was at the top of my to-do list now that I've arrived home, I'd be grateful if we could negotiate a 24-hr stay of sentence and/or a PROD in order to give me - and others - time to clean it up. Cheers! --Technopat (talk) 19:03, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

• Copyright is not negotiable, do we have a release from them? If not then WP:FORGET is your friend. Guy (Help!) 09:07, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
  • I wasn't trying to negotiate the copyright angle, I was asking if you could let me rewrite it and make it suitable for Misplaced Pages. As you were the deleting admin, please restore the article title (plus the inline reference I had provided 'cos I don't remember what the context was). The organisation is notable, but one of its problems is that it has mainly Spanish-language sources. I'm willing to spend time on it, as were other editors. Thanks! --Technopat (talk) 18:54, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

A rewrite is absolutely fine, but starting afresh is definitely the best option here to avoid the taint of copyright and promotion. I recommend you start in your userspace at User:Technopat/Un Techo Para Mi País. I guess you know the sort of references and tone that's required, if not then I am sure one of the WikiProjects will be able to help out. OK? Guy (Help!) 10:01, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

OK. Will do. I was just hoping to recover some of the stuff in there to save time - and that reference. Thanks anyway. --Technopat (talk) 13:05, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

I just had a look, I don't see any refs that are not to the group's own website. Guy (Help!) 13:33, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for checking. I'm pretty sure that I got one (the only inline citation in there?) from a UN web page, but maybe my mind's playing tricks again... Cheers! --Technopat (talk) 00:38, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Pls help

Dear Guy, Will you pls tell me how I can get the last deleted version of "Death and Adjustment Hypotheses"? I need that, but I lost its copy with my computer.Shoovrow (talk) 15:59, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Unblock on hold @ User talk:Greg Barry

I've got to tell you I am having trouble seeing the justification for this block. This user appears to have been editing in good faith and indeed added sources that directly verify some of his edits. Perhaps I am missing something? Beeblebrox (talk) 16:23, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

I tried to make it abundantly clear when unblocking them that they should be very careful how they edit those articles, and that they should discuss anything remotely controversial before adding it to the article. They don't seem to have made any edits or to even be aware they are unblocked yet. I'm finding this is often the case when spooling out rope to a blocked user, they get their unblock and that's the end of it. Funny. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:19, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

RFC started

MK was blocked again, as you might have seen. Based on this, I asked for an unblock for participation in an RFC. It's now filed at Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/Mk5384. You're welcome to contribute as you've had multiple dealings with this user in the past. Thanks! -OberRanks (talk) 01:36, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Canvassing all over the place.Mk5384 (talk) 09:22, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Reasonably, in this case, since I have in the past blocked you for exactly the kind of behaviour he describes. Guy (Help!) 17:03, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Right...Mk5384 (talk) 23:31, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Injured

Low activity for a while due to being knocked off my bike. Guy (Help!) 17:17, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

:( Syrthiss (talk) 17:19, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Get well soon!Shoovrow (talk) 04:44, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Sympathy from me - if you get bored I've no idea whether this is spammy. Cheers --Herby 09:46, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Get well soon. Hope your block/delete finger wasn't broken in the accident. Spartaz 14:24, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

SumTotal Systems

Is it worth creating a redirect to Sumtotal Systems? Mjroots (talk) 09:16, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

• That's the same firm, also created by a WP:SPA after SumTotal Systems was protected due to multiple re-creation, in fact the lowercase article was already deleted at least once for the same reasons at the intercapped one. I am absolutely sure that there is only one person behind this. So it looks like the spammers have won on this one and we might as well give up. Guy (Help!) 13:41, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Long term spam problem

There is a user who is fretting and fuming and fighting against consensus over on this page, but my specific concern here is whether something can be done about a personal web site spammed to several pages by that user under various accounts and using different mirrors. I have brought this up here, here, and here already. Given the tenacity and aggression of this user, it seems likely that additional pressure will be required to get all the spam links removed. Any involvement or advice will be appreciated. Tim Shuba (talk) 21:02, 29 June 2010 (UTC)