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User: Louis Shum

Why have you deleted my user space? And banned me from editing? You deleted my user space for "probable libels" and and ban me from editing because I made "no useful edits". I was not aware one can only be a wikipedian if one makes "useful edits". And I similarly cannot understand your reason for deleting my userspace! What I write in my userspace about myself is my business; why have you removed it? It is not libel, I write it about myself! I put up a vprotection tag because someone was continually blanking my user page, and then YOU come along and delete it! This is not what I had intended! Please restore my userspace --130.216.191.184 07:38, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Please see our explanation of what Misplaced Pages is not. It isn't a webhost for you to write about yourself, or as I strongly suspect slander another. Try myspace. --Doc 07:56, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I understand this. But I am still blocked from editing. Can you please unblock me? Thanks. --130.216.191.184 06:03, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Create a new account - I'm not convinced that you are Louis Shum. --Doc 07:38, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Nor am I convinced you are a Doctor or your name is Glasgow. What difference does it make? Its a username, not an identity register.--130.216.191.184 05:22, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Despite the howls of the majority...

WP:NOT a democracy. 1ne 00:10, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Absolutely not. --Doc 00:12, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Absolutely not what? A democracy? Alright. 1ne 22:22, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm glad we agree. --Doc 22:23, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

The Drishtipat Page and Dhakaiya propaganda

Why am I being threatened with being blocked? I want to add ==>> 'Controversy surrounding Drishtipat' The overwhelming number of British Bangladeshis originate from Sylhet Division (comprising the districts of Sylhet, Habiganj, Moulvi Bazaar and Shunamganj). Drishtipat has been accused of highlighting social, economic and human rights issues in the Dhaka region, to the detriment of Sylhet, as it's membership in London is composed entirely of Bangladeshis originating from the Dhaka region. In response to these accusations the administrators of the Drishtipat Blog site have deleted those threads which show their exclusive nature, rather than dealing with the problems within their organisation. http://66.249.93.104/search?q=cache:aR9W8ECbNV4J:www.drishtipat.org/blog/2006/07/27/monica-ali/+Drishtipat+sylhet+ali&hl=en&gl=uk&ct=clnk&cd=2 I don't accept modz who keep editing my work (like Ragib) because they are from the Dhakaiya Bengali ethnic group....opponents of my own ethnic group. In addition, how iz it that forums and blogz from the groups in question themselves count for nothing? In other Wiki articles like the MPACUK one they are permitted. This is double standards!!!!!!

replied on talk --Doc 21:45, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

On the topic of Scottandrew-editwar-hutchins

Googling Scottandrewhutchins reads like a bad murder mystery >:( He's been baiting me and acting like a troll on Charun, causing edit-wars and having the page protected (conveniently with his strange POV and wording). His favourite word is "incompetent" which he uses on me and others even outside of WP, which I take to indicate "childhood scarring and low sense of self-worth".

Scott's now playing a numbers game with references ("Scott 12:Glen 0 nyah nyah" nonsense) and I'm not interested in wasting my time with his attention-craving lunacy anymore nor doing research for irrational trolls. I've already cited valid references by Etruscanologists and classical authors supporting my view of a non-demonic, non-rightwing-Christian concept of Etruscan Charun and their version of Hades. I've found others but what's the point? I'm just not getting through and the article is clearly suffering.

When Scott edits *50 times* in five hours on the same topic of Charun, ending finally with a really manic two-hour "editfest" of some 32 or 33 posts without bathroom break as anyone can see in Charun's history, I don't think it's wrong to make a judgement call of OCD at this point.

I've tried "third parties" but all of them lack knowledge or interest in Etruscan studies as usual so I can't get a decent conversation out of them. The greatest weakness of Misplaced Pages is in such unpopular topics as these that few people are capable to fend off from vandals and baseless nonsense. I want academics opinions to be duely represented without schizophrenic wording like "Charun loves violence" as it reads now. He's simply taking everything out of context and misunderstanding his own citations. But of course he doesn't understand because his *initial* interest in Charun is so transparently linked to a grown man's obsession with Monster in My Pocket children's toys with same name. He even made his own website about it. Dunno why, but hey, to each his own.

Overall, Scott just doesn't seem to understand the concept of "reader beware" nor the difference between "opinion" and "fact" and treats new perspectives offered by others as hostile attacks on his ego. That's my heads-up. I'm taking a mega mega Wikibreak. --Glengordon01 01:38, 14 September 2006 (UTC) Oh by the way, I mention all this because I noticed you were having similar troubles, albeit not so severe. --Glengordon01 01:38, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Not my subject sorry, have you tried a subject RfC?--Doc 23:38, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, I've been beaten to the punch and the troll has RfCed me: ]! What a waste of time Misplaced Pages is.

It's turned into a mob now, since I've cited references that are repeatedly dismissed without logical reasons ever stated. The very 3rd parties that are supposed to help are on the one hand admitting they too nothing on the subject, yet feel arrogantly confident enough to dismiss these two sources (Etruscanologist Massimo Pallottino and Arnobius speaking directly on the topics of Charun and death) which couldn't be any more relevant to the topic.

In contrast, Scott lists things like Jeff Rovin, who's only a sci-fi writer. You don't have to be an expert to see what's going on considering his crankiness with you and CanadianCaesar. So I'm listing off his own offenses as we speak and they are numerous. I'm listing accusations of "liar" to you and CanadianCaesar, "incompetent" to me, as well as his subsequent block, as part of the many violations against him. If you want to help out, great.

Please understand that I'm in a very hopeless position right now, since I'm being attacked on all sides for being "incompetent" (despite WP:Civility) for "lack" of sources (despite two already and is there a time limit on sources??! why are people going kookoo??) and then my statements are misconstrued to mean "I'm unwilling to cooperate with 3rd parties" which is mad, because what worth are 3rd parties who don't know what the subject is about?

Whatever. I've heard of academics leaving this loonybin system in disgust so I'm in good company. Help out or don't, I'm not surprised either way. It was just a crazy thought considering your own problem with him already. Thanks. --Glengordon01 00:18, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Non-substitution of indefinite block templates

Hello Doc glasgow. I've restored the do-not-subst notice on {{indefblockeduser}} and noted the reason on the talk page. Since the categories have been deleted, substituting the template orphans the page. Orphaned pages cannot be maintained by bots or deleted at a later date, which leads to a situation in which thousands of pages are forever indexed by search engines but lost to Misplaced Pages itself, and presents a significant risk of malicious indexing. There is general agreement that indefinitely blocked users should not be tagged forever, although there is disagreement over how long they should be tagged. // Pathoschild (/_map) 03:21, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

OK, that seems to make some sense. I habitually subst all templates, and was slightly annoyed with the appearance of an unexplained 'though shalt not' when I did so. --Doc 07:53, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

RfA

Doc, please drop it. You know it won't stand; it only serves to cause ill-feeling and confusion; and it's up to the bureaucrats to make decisions about RfAs. SlimVirgin 10:36, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

That's circular reasoning, it only 'won't stand' if people like you insist in reverting to a 'vote' format. It isn't a vote, so we don't need to count them - and yes, it is up the crats not the arithmetic, that's my point. Formatting it like an election is confusing, when it isn't one. --Doc 10:38, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

If the bureaucrats want to regard it as arithmetic, that's up to them. If they want to use the numbers simply to guide them, ditto. There's a wikiproject on this somewhere, so that'd be a good place to add your views. SlimVirgin 10:46, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

It's at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject on Adminship. SlimVirgin 10:48, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

No thanks, that's a waste of time. It has been over-discussed - it is time to make the format comply with policy. Then folk will stop getting confused. If 'crats want to do arithmetic 1) they shouldn't 2) I'm sure they can count without your help. --Doc 10:51, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

This is a better idea for those who want it. SlimVirgin 11:19, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

edit to T-Shirt

Though I was not the one to revert it, I noticed your edit ] to T-Shirt. There is dicussion related to this picture which I would ask you to participate ]. First, I want to remind you that Misplaced Pages is not censored. Though I agree the picture is somewhat gratuitous, it serves as an example of corporate/personal branding use of t-shirts and brand loyality. I also agree that a better picture should be used, but until one is found, I will suggest that the current one be used.--Mattarata 18:28, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

I don't see anything to discuss. No we're not censored. But the picture is gratuitous, adds nothing to the already well-illustrated article. 'It serves as an example of corporate/personal branding', give me a break, this is just an excuse to get tits on the page. Inserting that image is little better than vandalism. --Doc 18:37, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Inappropriate user name

Sorry to bug you personally, but I can't figure out where to report this, never having done this before and being uable to locate the right page (IS there a centralized "Where do I report specific problems" page?).

I've come across this user name: User:Steve Signorelli Fucks Kids. Wildly inappropriate, obviously.

--Calton | Talk 08:06, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

It has already been blocked for a bad username. Report such thuings on WP:AIV any admin will kill them quickly with a 'usernameblock'. --Doc 08:16, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture reverts

Good luck with the reverts on this article! The person contributing the (in my opinion) copyrighted material is getting a bit upset about people reverting "his" content about "his" organisation. See User talk:83.229.97.250. Rich257 21:33, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

He may well own the copyright to the website, but he'll need to go through permissions to verify it.--Doc 21:37, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

recent ANI posts

Was this really a good idea, especially after you've just been advised against doing the same thing? Let's try not to engage in drama-seeking behavior, ok? —Nate Scheffey 09:51, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

I call it as I see it. Yes, comparing JamesF and arbcom to the 'Committee on Public Saftey', who instigated the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution, is ranting. Worse, it is insane, offensive, overly-dramatic, trolling behaviour. So, don't knock on my door.--Doc 09:56, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Just trying to help maintain a civil discussion, which you apparently have no intention of conducting. It must be difficult to be the only person defending Misplaced Pages against such insane trolls as Geogre. Apologies for knocking. —Nate Scheffey 10:07, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Do you think his contributions are sane and resonable?--Doc 10:19, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

If you mean his contributions to the encyclopedia, I find the task of researching his 15,000+ edits daunting, however, he has been a major part of a lot more Featured Articles than you or me. If you mean his recent contribution to ANI I think he is expressing a valid view that is shared by several others, and which should be treated with civility and respect, rather than being dismissed as insane. —Nate Scheffey 10:27, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Comparing the arbcom to a mass-murdering Junta is insane, doesn't matter how many contributions you have. Claiming to be able to speak 'for the people' is arrogant and deluded. I disrespect people who do that.--Doc 10:32, 20 September 2006 (UTC)