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Request for Autopatrolled user right

I want you to know that I have been working to restore my reputation as a constructive editor in the Misplaced Pages project. I am asking that you please consider restoring my Autopatrolled user right which you revoked two months ago. A review of the articles that I have created in the past two months will assure you that I have been creating quality stubs, primarily about ice hockey players who meet the notability standards as set out at WP:NHOCKEY. You will notice that my BLP articles are properly referenced and contain enough information for other editors to expand upon, and that your reasons for revoking my privilege have been recognized and addressed. Dolovis (talk) 03:30, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

You know, I'd feel better if you'd have fleshed out more articles than you left for others. If the articles you're creating have legs, than autopatrolled is a non-event. However, if you're still creating stubs that would do well with review, then the current situation is best.

All that said, I should acknowledge your recent efforts. Toddst1 (talk) 04:46, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

The standard for autopatrolled rights is 50 articles. I have created almost 300 articles in the past two months, without receiving complaints or concerns about my formation of new articles. Please be specific about what you require from me before you will restore those user rights? Dolovis (talk) 13:30, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

I'd like to understand why it's important to you that NPPs don't review your articles. Toddst1 (talk) 14:54, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

To prevent nuisance AfD's like this one (tagged within 3 minutes of creation) placed by drive-by new article patrollers. And also, like I said, I am working to restore my reputation. Dolovis (talk) 15:24, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

I have re-enabled the bit with a note saying "If the quality of new articles created by this user drops, it may be revoked again." Happy editing. Toddst1 (talk) 16:29, 15 August 2011 (UTC)

Formal mediation has been requested

The Mediation Committee has received a request for formal mediation of the dispute relating to "Northwestern High School (Hyattsville, Maryland)". As an editor concerned in this dispute, you are invited to participate in the mediation. Mediation is a voluntary process which resolves a dispute over article content by facilitation, consensus-building, and compromise among the involved editors. After reviewing the request page, the formal mediation policy, and the guide to formal mediation, please indicate in the "party agreement" section whether you agree to participate. Because requests must be responded to by the Mediation Committee within seven days, please respond to the request by January 3, 2011.

Discussion relating to the mediation request is welcome at the case talk page. Thank you.
Message delivered by MediationBot (talk) on behalf of the Mediation Committee. 17:40, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

I don't think there's an issue requiring moderation here. Several folks (1 & 2, 3, 4) have recently told Maryland Pride (talk · contribs) that his/her position is an outlier and doesn't reflect consensus, while s/he has been unable to find anyone over the past 8 months to support his/her position on a remarkably trivial issue - essentially having turned a Misplaced Pages article into a scrapbook for a high school s/he has some involvement with.

Of course things become much more difficult when communication has been cut off.

For anyone seeking more info/context on this, please read the interchange where I came to this conflict as an uninvolved administrator in January. The discussion is here. Toddst1 (talk) 18:06, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Suggestion for WikiProject United States to support WikiProject Maryland

It was recently suggested that WikiProject Maryland might be inactive or semiactive and it might be beneficial to include it in the list of projects supported by WikiProject United States. I have started a discussion on the projects talk page soliciting the opinions of the members of the project if this project would be interested in being supported by WikiProject United States. Please feel free to comment on your opinions about this suggestion. --Kumioko (talk) 03:03, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Removal of talk page rights?

98.195.202.152 (talk · contribs) doesn't appear to want to appeal the block, he's just taken to posting copyvio material on his talk page. Ian.thomson (talk) 20:20, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Ian.thomson (talk) 20:23, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Tom Van Flandern and Akuvar

Hi Toddst1, could you please have a look at what could be (or become) an issue at Tom Van Flandern? See my edits , , and , and user Akuvar (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)'s edits , and . Some wp:outing might be involved here, and perhaps some wp:OWN. Cheers and tia - DVdm (talk) 14:01, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Toddst1, I am responding here to a post you made to my talk page, about being involved in an edit war. Perhaps you are right, but I don't see it. Perhaps you did not read the reason for my reversion on the article's talk page Tom Van Flandern. I will reprint the relevant points here, I said in September of 2010,

"I am surprised to see you edit here after editor JuanR provided links to your website where you maintain a section devoted to debunking the subject of this article (or at least at the time he provided the links you did). Not only is this POV but contributing to this article, IMO, is self-serving for your website. I would ask that you please recuse yourself from this article. Akuvar (talk) 13:13, 17 September 2010 (UTC)"

To which the editor responded:

"...I do not intend to contribute to this article, as I am not really interested in this subject anymore."

I was NOT the editor who posted these links or outed this editor, and I do believe it was outing. But once the evidence is there, it cannot be ignored that someone has a vested interest, perhaps even financially, for ridiculing the subject of the article and should not be permitted to edit it. User DVdm seemed to have voluntarily recused him/herself before we launched a formal protest, and then returns 11 months later to continue editing.Akuvar (talk) 17:34, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

If there is any concern about conflict of interest, the majority should be directed to Akuvar, a personal friend of the family of the subject, long time OWNer of the article, and family hagiographer (see also here). He has been able to control this article because few people care about the ridiculous physics crank and face-on-Mars fruitcake Tom Van Flandern, that's all. If anyone should recuse or be involuntarily removed from editing the article, it is the unethical and abusive Akuvar himself. Tim Shuba (talk) 18:43, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

User:Sodabottle revert-warring again

This user is abusing his tools again and revert warring blindly (with strange summaries) in Tamil Muslim article. Please take a look at . He is trying to own the article and not let it grow. He keeps reverting all IP edits here based on his POV whims and fancies. Please put him down to restore peace and order.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.193.54.138 (talk • contribs) 18:31, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi Toddst1, this IP is the sock master Shinas/Anwar.Saadat - Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Shinas/Archive. He has come back after some time. Please review the previous SPIs and this IPs edits and semi protect the Tamil Muslim article.--Sodabottle (talk) 18:34, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Quack / whack. Toddst1 (talk) 18:35, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!--Sodabottle (talk) 18:42, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Talkback

OpenInfoForAll (talk) 05:27, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Request for mediation rejected

The request for formal mediation concerning Northwestern High School (Hyattsville, Maryland), to which you were listed as a party, has been declined. To read an explanation by the Mediation Committee for the rejection of this request, see the mediation request page, which will be deleted by an administrator after a reasonable time. Please direct questions relating to this request to the Chairman of the Committee, or to the mailing list. For more information on forms of dispute resolution, other than formal mediation, that are available, see Misplaced Pages:Dispute resolution.

For the Mediation Committee, AGK 12:58, 20 August 2011 (UTC)
(Delivered by MediationBot, on behalf of the Mediation Committee.)

Good answer. Toddst1 (talk) 14:57, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

August 2011

Can you please explain which addition you are referring to in your message? Thank Djflem (talk) 01:42, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Can you please explain your conclusion posted on my talk page with regard to the inquiry made at User_talk:Moonriddengirl#Removeal_of_User_page?

I asked to be directed to the page where it states that an editor can delete another's userpage. Can you or Moonriddengirl please do that? Can you also please be specific and provide a link to the addtion to my userpage about which you are referring? Thanks Djflem (talk) 22:10, 22 August 2011 (UTC)