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Withdraw Misplaced Pages:Articles_for_deletion/Women's_Edge_(2nd_nomination)?
Consider withdrawing this nomination? The article has been improved (thanks for motivating that) and it seems unlikely to fail given the votes. --- tqbf 00:55, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
WikiProject Good Articles January Newsletter
Happy New Year! Here is the latest edition of the WikiProject GA Newsletter! Dr. Cash (talk) 04:00, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
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http://bathrobecabal.org
Welcome back, do0d! You've been missed. And the title ^, it awaits you. When are we doing this? Lara❤Love 05:40, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- Join ussss! Join ussss! Hisss! Dfrg_msc 06:41, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Adminship
LaraLove would like to nominate you to become an administrator. Please visit Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship to see what this process entails, and then contact LaraLove to accept or decline the nomination. A page will be or has been created for your nomination at Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship/Jayron32 . If you accept the nomination, you must formally state and sign your acceptance and answer the questions on that page. Once you have answered the questions, you may post your nomination for discussion, or request that your nominator do so.The undertow is going to add a co-nom. Once that's up and you've made your statement and answered the questions, transclude it or let me know and I will. And with that, good luck! Lara❤Love 19:41, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- Want to wait for the undertow to add his nom? He gets home from work in about 4 hours. Oh, and jump on Yahoo. Lara❤Love 21:00, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- 4 hours ? Damn you - how am I going to beat the nom support now!?!?! Me and pre-transcluion voting don't mix :) BTW - cracking nomination Lara and excelent answers to the Q's Jayron. Good luck, and I look forward to supporting at about 08:00 UTC, probably in position 33 .....bah! (and to think I watchlisted this months ago). Pedro : Chat 21:06, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
- It's up. Lara❤Love 03:22, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
- Sorry. I went to Claim Jumper. I had these little burgers called sliders. Teh waiter, Michael, was alright. Welcome to your Rush Week. the_undertow 03:24, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
- No worries here at all... But then again, I am fairly laid back about these things...--Jayron32|talk|contribs 03:32, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
- Sorry. I went to Claim Jumper. I had these little burgers called sliders. Teh waiter, Michael, was alright. Welcome to your Rush Week. the_undertow 03:24, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
- It's up. Lara❤Love 03:22, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
- 4 hours ? Damn you - how am I going to beat the nom support now!?!?! Me and pre-transcluion voting don't mix :) BTW - cracking nomination Lara and excelent answers to the Q's Jayron. Good luck, and I look forward to supporting at about 08:00 UTC, probably in position 33 .....bah! (and to think I watchlisted this months ago). Pedro : Chat 21:06, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Dude, I couldn't have sold my soul to Satan to give you a more smooth RfA. Phew! That was a close call... almost lost my soul for nothing. Good times. You rock. Lara❤Love 14:09, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
WikiProject College football January 2008 Newsletter
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questions
People are asking you different RFA questions than they are asking me. I first saw you at the Boeing 747 FAC. Thank you for your suggestions and eventual change to support. Archtransit (talk) 17:30, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations with the adminship!
Congratulations, dude! I voiced my opinion in favor of you. I didn't know how much you rocked, but with my opinion and according to everybody else's opinions, I know you'll make a wonderful admin. Do you think I should try, too? I think I'm a big help to Misplaced Pages, I have over 4,000 edits, and I try to get articles featured. Not sure if I need more seniority, though. Anyway, congrats, and please leave me a message on my talk page! — Cuyler91093 - Contributions 06:08, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
Do you remember me? I hope you do. Well, if you don't, you can see here. — Cuyler91093 - Contributions 06:10, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
Adminship
I figured that it would be stressful, but why not take a go at it? I have no other "skeletons in the closet" except for the ones mentioned on the page. I figured that if I come out and say "These are my mistakes" on the page already, people would see that I'm very integritous (is that a word? Integritous?). In real life, I have a lot of integrity (I hope and think). It would mean a lot if you could write a few words about me and co-nominate me for adminship, but if you can't, that's fine, too. Congrats for your induction, new admin! — Cuyler91093 - Contributions 20:48, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
- I know canvassing to ask people to vote for me is bad, but can I ask people to co-nominate me? If not, I'm very sorry, and you may ignore the previous message. — Cuyler91093 - Contributions 21:31, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
- No, no rush. You look like you've got a lot of supporters! You take care of your things, and I guess, if allowed, you can co-nominate me a little later. I think I'm going to put it on the nominations page now. — Cuyler91093 - Contributions 23:04, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
Adopt me?
I withdrew my nomination for administratorship. I'm just not ready yet. I would be honored if you could adopt me or help me out with what administrators do. What do administrators do, and what can they do? — Cuyler91093 - Contributions 00:28, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
2008 International Bowl
I noticed that you changed the records on Ball State and Rutgers to their records after the game. I am not sure if there is any standard on which record to use, but there is a discussion about it at Template talk:NCAAFootballSingleGameHeader:Reopening Team Records Discussion. Fbdave (talk) 00:56, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
You have been loved!
You've been loved by Cuyler91093
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Hey there! Cuyler91093 has loved you by placing a heart icon in the top-right corner of your userpage. Don't worry, it's not vandalism, but simply a small way to spread the WikiLove. If you don't really like it, feel free to revert it and make it go away, and no hard feelings; after all, it's just a small token of appreciation. If you like it, just add your name here, but again, there's no need to feel upset if you don't. Love and best wishes, — Cuyler91093 - Contributions 07:17, 8 January 2008 (UTC) |
Thank you for everything about Misplaced Pages. You have been so helpful, and I want to extend the Wikilove back to you. Mind you, this is purely platonic. You have been Wikiloved! — Cuyler91093 - Contributions 07:17, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
- Well, thank YOU! --Jayron32|talk|contribs 12:39, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
- You're welcome. You deserve it! By the way, the edit summary box is my friend. I've done summaries for all of my edits since two days ago. — Cuyler91093 - Contributions 07:08, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
New England town
I posted a comment at Talk:New England town. Please explain why you believe the linked to article is misleading. Thanks. --Polaron | Talk 23:13, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Village Pump
Hi, just added a further comment at Village Pump and wondered if you had any further comments? Thanks, Ekantik 18:43, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
Peer review please?
Hey Jay! I've just posted the article I Don't Remember at WP:PR. Since you're interested in music, I was wondering if you'd be interested in giving the article a looking over... maybe you'll see something we've missed? That'd be awesome! Thanks! --rm 'w avu 08:47, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for your review :D And congrats on
teh powerzadminship :D Dihydrogen Monoxide 03:24, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
- Yeah, Jayron. Very nicely responded PR and congratulations on the RfA. I actually had forgotten that you were in RfA still when I asked you to help. Now I feel like I blackmailed you into it or something. How cool am I? --rm 'w avu 08:35, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
You are now an administrator
Congratulations, I have just closed your RfA as successful and made you an administrator. Take a look at the administrators' how-to guide and the administrators' reading list if you haven't read those already. Also, the practice exercises at the new admin school may be useful. If you have any questions, get in touch on my talk page. WjBscribe 03:21, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
Adminship congratulations!
Jayron! Congratulations, buddy. That could not have gone better. The cabal awaits you... Lara❤Love 03:25, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
- Well done, well done. Super! Blnguyen (bananabucket) 03:38, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations! Your shiny new mop and bucket have arrived. Use them wisely! Festive regards, Húsönd 06:00, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
- And congrats from me as well!Tiptoety 06:03, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
- Congratulations :) You'll do well, I think. Spebi 06:03, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
- Welcome to the Admins! I'm sure you'll do great with the tools. Best wishes and keep up the good work! --Nehrams2020 (talk) 06:33, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations Jayron! VanTucky 19:17, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
- Very well deserved, Jayron. All the best. Geometry guy 19:41, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
Cookie!
Yay! I got a cookie! Thank you so much for the cookie! It's the first one I ever got. This makes my day! — Cuyler91093 - Contributions 06:13, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
Super-duper congrats for adminship! I know you'll make a wonderful one. — Cuyler91093 - Contributions 07:18, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
More admin congrats
Good luck! Cheers! Wassupwestcoast (talk) 06:30, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
From me too, good job! Spencer 11:49, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
- Great work! Congratulations. Majoreditor (talk) 13:20, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
Lena Yada
Hello, Jayron32 ... You declined the {{Db-repost}} I placed on this article ... I don't have access to the previous versions of it, but it sure looks like what I remember from the Anastacia Rose AfD in which it was included (you may have to scroll down to where it was included) ... the Logs show that this was re-created and deleted again just a few days ago ... something on the Discussion page should mention this in order to avoid confusion in the future ... Happy Editing! —72.75.72.63 (talk · contribs) 09:51, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
- I beg to differ ... http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Special:Log&page=Lena+Yada is the logs for "Lena Yada" ... it has been deleted multiple times (the admin Nikki311 (talk · contribs) was involved in the AfD) ... Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Anastacia Rose ordered the deletion of this article, as well as the two individual articles about the Bella sisters:
- This IS a repost of an article deleted by AfD ... it was just a few weeks ago, so it is fresh in my memory. —72.75.72.63 (talk) 17:17, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thnx fer deleting the article, and I think that leaving the discussion page was a good alternative to salting it to prevent recreation should the subject become notable at some future time. —72.75.72.63 (talk) 01:27, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
About your RfA
Congratulations on your successful request for adminship. I am glad you passed, and you are welcome for the support. For information on using your new tools, see the school for new admins; you will find it very useful. Good luck! Acalamari 19:33, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
- A rather belated appreciation, but congrats. Great work over at AIV already. Rudget. 22:17, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
Loci (band)
Did you actually look at the sources? they are all self published promotional sites.Ridernyc (talk) 23:02, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
RFC bot
It's actually down as a result of issues involving memory leaks (causing it to take up more resources than necessary). It'll be up soon, don't worry about it. MessedRocker (talk) (write these articles) 23:47, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
Blatant Advertising
Dear Jayron32,
What did you mean when you said that my article showed blatant advertising? I really don't understand, because I wasn't advertising the FlyFusion pen, I was only writing about it because I had just gotten it for Christmas, and there wasn't anything else to write about. Plus, why would I have need to advertise? I would only have need of it if I were part of the company--which I'm not. As you can see, any one who owns that pen is too young to be a part of any company, much less have a job (I own the pen, hint, hint). Plus, I wrote about the pen's flaws. If I were advertising, would I want my customer to see the problems with the pen? No! I would try to make the pen seem like the most perfect thing in the world. But, I kept my description of the pen informative, short, and unbiased. I spoke of the pen's good points, and its bad points. So, please thoroughly read through articles before you deem them as "blatant advertising", or any other label. It is degrading to those who have spent a lot of time on their articles./P>
With All Due Respect,
--Princess Janay (talk) 00:09, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Congratulations!
Congratulations! I hope you will do a great job as an admin. Regards, Masterpiece2000 (talk) 08:46, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
- Welcome. See WP:NAS. Bearian (talk) 17:27, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
SCREW THE PATROITS!!
I just wish they would lose one game already. Having already gotten a dynasty it seems completely unnecessary to pull a perfect season out of thin air.
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The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar | |
| For nailing my vandalism on the talk page for the New England Patriots I herby present you with the RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar. I am quite certain that no other vandal you have corrected would be so nice as to present you with this. 75.19.69.40 (talk) 05:27, 13 January 2008 (UTC) |
BRC Meetup
User:LaraLove/BRC Meetup <-- Build it and they shall come. Lara❤Love 19:03, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
The Hiram House
Did you check the link? The article appears to exist only to promote a campsite. Ros0709 (talk) 20:05, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
- Ok, I've seen your response on the article talk page. Not sure I agree, but will let this one go! Ros0709 (talk) 20:06, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
- Good catch. Removed the link. However, the article STILL did not have to be speedied. Teh article makes real assertions of importance. I will remove the link... --Jayron32|talk|contribs 20:09, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Lena Yada redux
Hello again, Jayron32 ... would you please WP:SALT this article:
It looks as if it has been recreated again. <Sigh!> Perhaps you can restore the talk page so that its history will not be lost again ... Happy Editing! —72.75.72.63 (talk · contribs) 21:32, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
- Lightly salted. If more seasoning is needed when this one runs out, let me know. --Jayron32|talk|contribs 03:05, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- Reply: Thnx ... one month seems fine for now ... it can always be salted longer if need be. :-) —72.75.72.63 (talk) 00:56, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Allowing time for a user to read a level 4 or bv warning
Hi, and I'm sorry I couldn't get this question asked quickly enough at AIV due to edit conflicts. I'll never be able to prove that a user saw a level 4 or bv warning unless they edit twice past it, so what's a reasonable amount of time to allow if they only edit once past it? Thanks! — Jeff G. (talk|contribs) 07:05, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
- Already responded at your talk page. All future comments will be made there, to keep it all together... --Jayron32|talk|contribs 07:06, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
Yissy Page deleted
Hi,
I have created the article talking about Yissy a cuban drummers and you have deleted it. I just woul like to know why this article has been deleted. This will help me to create good article and be not deleted in the future.
Thank you in advance —Preceding unsigned comment added by Amagon rosh (talk • contribs) 10:54, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks
Thanks for replacing my article, Jayron32. I will get it cleaned up in a few days, because for school, we are supposed write a research article. So, I can write about the pen, and transfer my essay to Misplaced Pages. It should have an encyclaepedic tone when I'm done.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Princess Janay (talk • contribs)
Thank you
Thank you for dealing with the matter I brought up on the Admin Board so promptly. I clearly need to read up about how to deal with things like this. I have obviously been misunderstanding the 3RR and have been holding back from reporting JackQPR partly because at least one other user (jimbo online) has also been involved in removing the edits each time, though it has been myself who has left all the messages for JackQPR. And also because I was hoping I could help JackQPR who does seem at least to be trying to figure out about adding sources, despite their unwillingness to discuss it at all. I didn't even realise that the WP:RFC page existed so will have a read about that page too. Is there an article that would help about any of this? Thanks, ♦Tangerines♦·Talk 17:44, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi, sorry to bother you again, but User:JackQPR would appear (at least it certainly looks that way) to have come back as both User:QPRben and the IP user User:82.45.213.208 both of whose edit patterns (see here - and here ) are identical thus far to JackQPRs edits, all of which are on the same article and all of which are adding the same things over and over. How long was the block for, do you know? And is there any way of checking if these two users are one and the same person or not? Thanks.♦Tangerines♦·Talk 20:19, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for your reply. Bearing in mind what you had said previosuly about taking these things to Admins earlier, I decided to post it on ANI and I see that QPRben has now been banned as a sockpuppet of JackQPR so must have been one and the same person. The thing is with them that they aren't vandalising the article, it is just their seeming lack of ability to communicate, discuss the matter and take on board the advice given to them. Ah well it seems sorted for now. Thanks again, ♦Tangerines♦·Talk 03:02, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
Whining
I just want to let you know I was really disheartened to see how casually and tactlessly you passed off NHRHS2010's real issues. Saying they are merely whining is was just very poor form. As an admin I guess I would have expected more. Bstone (talk) 05:57, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
- You are entirely right. My actions were inexcusable. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 06:06, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thank you so, so much for taking responsibility for this. I cannot tell you how much it means. I guess the only other step would be to apologize to NHRHS2010 on his/her talk page. Again, thank you. Bstone (talk) 06:08, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks to you...
And your fantastic contributions and suggestions at Peer Review, we've nominated "I Don't Remember" as a Featured Article. Just a courtesy note. Thanks again for your great help given there! --rm 'w avu 13:45, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Welcome to the jungle...
And so it was... welcome. Lara❤Love 19:36, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
- MU-HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! --Jayron32.talk.contribs 19:37, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
- Oh, and there's this too. Lara❤Love 19:43, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
 | This user is a member of The Bathrobe Cabal. |
- Shreds guitar* Welcome to the Jungle, we've got do do do, take anything, you, uh.... Jungle. Right, so that's the official welcome song. Were not the Guns 'n Roses Cabal so take it or leave it. Welcome brother, wear your robe with pride. <Rocks out> Dfrg_msc 09:01, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Sorry
Several people were blocking so fast it became a race to complete. As soon as the investigation was complete, I found people had been already blocked. Archtransit (talk) 20:35, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Centralized TV Episode Discussion
Over the past months, TV episodes have been reverted by (to name a couple) TTN, Eusebeus and others. No centralized discussion has taken place, so I'm asking everyone who has been involved in this issue to voice their opinions here in this centralized spot, be they pro or anti. Discussion is here . --Maniwar (talk) 00:25, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Hey N00B Admin
Enable your email. How you passed RfA without doing so is truly a wonder! the_undertow 07:09, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
- Don't blame me... you nominated me, f00l... --Jayron32.talk.contribs 13:00, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
- It was vice-nom. I'm the Dick Cheney to Lara's Bush. the_undertow 18:39, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
- Your dick did WHAT to Lara's bush???--Jayron32.talk.contribs 18:43, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
- I'm not touching this with a...nm. There's no way out of this. Zipping it! the_undertow 18:45, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
- D00d, don;t get your Cheney caught in your zipper... Bad times, really... --Jayron32.talk.contribs 18:46, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
- Dick's getting pissed here! My shotgun is loaded and there's no quail around. the_undertow 18:49, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
- I don't want to get shot with ANYTHING outta your dick... piss or otherwise... Keep it in your pants man! --Jayron32.talk.contribs 18:51, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
- Dick's getting pissed here! My shotgun is loaded and there's no quail around. the_undertow 18:49, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
- D00d, don;t get your Cheney caught in your zipper... Bad times, really... --Jayron32.talk.contribs 18:46, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
- I'm not touching this with a...nm. There's no way out of this. Zipping it! the_undertow 18:45, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
- Your dick did WHAT to Lara's bush???--Jayron32.talk.contribs 18:43, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
- It was vice-nom. I'm the Dick Cheney to Lara's Bush. the_undertow 18:39, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Damn, I'm popular. First all the buzz about my pics, now this. Calm down boys. XD Hahaaha. Lara❤Love 18:57, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
My RfA
My request for adminship was successful at 64/1/2! Many thanks for your participation and I will endeavor to meet your expectations. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR 09:20, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Thank You
Thank you for your help with the article List of Cuban Americans. I have attempted the Third Opinion option and that hasn't resolved anything. What's the best route do you think I should head on to get this resolved? This user has many sock puppet accounts and I have asked him (or her) to keeop the disputed names off the list until a third opinion is heard, to no success. Very stubborn bloke, but if you see talk page I have provided conversation on why rumors, unauthorized bios, multinational families, and baptismal certificates are not valid references to include these entries on the list. Please help!!! --XLR8TION (talk) 19:17, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Indophobia
I'm interested in your reasoning for this semi-protect, if you wouldn't mind taking a moment. If you take a closer look at the article history, I think you'll see that this is a matter of a content dispute and not vandalism. In particular, I would encourage you to look at the contributions of the alleged IP vandal. (No other IP has edited the article in the last three days.) It would be great if you could explain to me why you consider this behavior vandalism.
Cheers! - Revolving Bugbear 19:18, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
- Fixed it... Fully protected now, asked all involved to seek resolution through WP:DR. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 19:28, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for taking the time to review :) Didn't want to change it without consulting you because I figured you were still on. Cheers! - Revolving Bugbear 19:33, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Accelerate
thankyou so much, it was much needed. Eyesbomb 16 january 2008 21:03 (CET)
- No problem. Incedentally, I meant that about both of you cooling down. Either or both of you may be blocked if the problems continue... Good luck, and I hope you can work this out. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 20:05, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
documentation page
Please see this page as it evolves over the next few days regarding the block evading ip
Ghanadar galpa (talk) 20:26, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
- Could you get involved as a mediator in Talk:Indophobia if you can spare the time? Actually. Most of the regularly involved editors (incl myself) are slowly reaching consensus and agreement. It's only the anon who drops by every now and then and disrupts the process...Ghanadar galpa (talk) 00:50, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
need uninvolved admin
Hey there, pulled your name of AN/I randomly. I'm a new admin, (like, yesterday) and I need someone else's eyes on this article, which has been deleted three times today, twice by me, and is now sitting with a CSD tag on it. You can read more at the Talk:Icon Championship Wrestling page. Your opinion is appreciated! Thanks, Keeper | 76 22:09, 16 January 2008 (UTC) And when I hit preview, they are read. Now they've been deleted 4 times. Keeper | 76 22:09, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
- It looks like Woody already took care of it. For what its worth, my mop is only a week older than your mop. But if you need any more help, let me know! --Jayron32.talk.contribs 22:11, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Andrea Bocelli
Hi well you did say to ask if I had anything else! Would you have a look at the edit history for Andrea Bocelli for me? Since early January there has been a spate of edits virtually all of them of a critical nature. The thing that is standing out and that makes it odd is that a new user comes along with no edit history and nothing on their userpage, their first edit is then on that article, sometimes their only edit, but all of the users (they are easy to see as they are all the various "red" users} then don't return again. They all seem to be following a very similar pattern of (at times) sutbely trying to change the article so that it reads more critical of Bocelli. I should point out that I have no issue at all with criticism being introduced where appropriate (and to be honest I am not an expert on the subject anyway it is just in my watchlist as a page I just took an interest in), but when there seems to be this pattern of very similar edits happening, it just seems that something is going on. Take user LognOne and Legacie for instance (both of `course new "red" users). On 10 January LogonOne removed a whole section,c laiming it was trivia. Then when someone reverted it, later that same day along comes Legacie, another new user whose first edit is to again remove the same section, with exactly the same reasoning. I first started noticing it simply because of all these new users appearing and this pattern emerging. Whilst it seems to have gone into overdrive recently, when I then checked further back in the articles edit history it seems to have been going on for a while, certainly in December too with new "red" users appearing, with a handful of edits all on that one article, and then never editing again. And it happend sporadically before that, just this month it has gone into overdrive with all these new users choosing that article to pick to edit, and then never edit again! Maybe it is a blocked user trying to evade the block? It could also be someone who wants to make it seem as if there are avrious users all of whom have this opinion about Bocelli? Something odd is happening, and I don't know how to approach it really? I realise it might take a while if you do get the time to check, but something is odd about it all. Thanks. ♦Tangerines♦·Talk 04:13, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
Thank goodness it isn't just me then who thinks it is odd! There are some edits that are as you say, unrelated, as one of them just vandalised the page with the usual "he is gay" stuff, but a lot of it is all very similar, which is highly unusual for a whole host of new users to be doing!♦Tangerines♦·Talk 04:22, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
Wow. I thought that maybe there would be a few that were connected but not that many. Looking at the list I've come across the User:Gitelmesomeofdat user before too. There is another user User:Gitelmesome who also seems almost certainly to be related when you check their contributions, but it not in that list. They have already been blocked indefinitely though. And the "botchellifan" user is also at the same IP address. I really don't understand why people do it, but "whatever floats their boat" I suppose. At least now it can be sorted. ♦Tangerines♦·Talk 05:20, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
Unfair blocking
it seems to me the moderaters have a vandetta against pakistanis and are pro indian this Ghanadar galpa is allowed to delete and revert sourced data and when i delete data which is not even sourced i get blocked why the double standards? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.158.235.241 (talk) 09:13, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
- I have never blocked this IP address. I know which conflict you are talking about, but I have never blocked anybody with regards to the conflict. I have protected some articles to stop people from fighting over them, but I have never endorsed one version over the other. If you have concerns, please consider taking this matter to dispute resolution. Refusing to do so WILL lead to blocks in the future for BOTH sides of this conflict. Please be constuctive about this and learn to collaborate. --Jayron32.talk.contribs 13:28, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
When did i call you a racist please stop twisting my words mister robes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.156.208.20 (talk) 17:25, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
- Who are you and to what are you referring? --Jayron32.talk.contribs 17:33, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
- Just FYI, they're all the same guy. Still hasn't been blocked, though - Revolving Bugbear 17:37, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
I am having a hard time assigning moral high-ground in this debate. I have no doubt that there is a "right" side as far as the content issue is going, but neither side has enamoured me with their civility and their behavior towards trying to work with others. What is your opinion on how to proceed? Blocking seems harsh, but if 3RR violations start again, we may need to block both sides in this; however the fact that one editor edits dynamically (not his fault, probably his ISP) means we might need to resort to a rangeblock or extend full protection. What is your opinion on what to do here? --Jayron32.talk.contribs 17:45, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
- I think you're right on both counts -- both sides are acting problematically, and the dynamic IP is problematic. I would be much happier if he would create an account. If it comes to that, a range block might be the way to go. The prot log also makes it look like things might not go a lot better than before when protection comes down. - Revolving Bugbear 17:54, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
- I'll assume you are checking here... Looking that over, this may require a long-term full protect. I hope that they will get it cleared up before then, but this is nucking futs here... If the edit war restarts, we can probably expect to have to full protect this for a much longer time. Or block the principals. Do you know how to do rangeblocks, if that is needed? Because I have no idea... --Jayron32.talk.contribs 18:00, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
Third party observation
I'm currently looking at the atuff in the talk section of that article (REM - Accelerate), and should have something in there soon, once I get caught up on all that is happening... Edit Centric (talk) 17:46, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
- Grassy ass... --Jayron32.talk.contribs 17:47, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
- Dude, that album isn't even out for 3 months. What if it sucks? What if only one of them thinks it sucks and the other likes it? Have fun with that. I've looked at it too, the protection was appropriate. They both (Dudesleeper and Eyesbomb) need to step away slowly. An edit dispute over an non-released album? See WP:LAME. Keeper | 76 17:54, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
- I am not even concerned about that. Its the throwing around threats of getting others "banned" that is problematic for me. I agree, both need stop the pointless war, but it is getting beyond that state... --Jayron32.talk.contribs 17:57, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
- Dude, that album isn't even out for 3 months. What if it sucks? What if only one of them thinks it sucks and the other likes it? Have fun with that. I've looked at it too, the protection was appropriate. They both (Dudesleeper and Eyesbomb) need to step away slowly. An edit dispute over an non-released album? See WP:LAME. Keeper | 76 17:54, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
RE: Habhab38
Sounds fine to me! I am more than willing to extend WP:AGF to him. --Kralizec! (talk) 18:39, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
- No worries. Thanks for the heads-up! --Kralizec! (talk) 18:55, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks
Thankyou very much for directing me to the page for making my user page prettier!— Preceding unsigned comment added by Princess Janay (talk • contribs)
idea?
Let's form a small RFA class of 9. These are admin who became admin at about the same time. John Carter, Jeepday, Rudget, Jayron32, Archtransit, Appraiser, Kbthompson, Canley, J-stan. It would just be a friendly support group or like a school class. No administrative tasks needed to form this group, just know each other so if we need an opinion or want to discuss something, we'll be there for each other. Archtransit (talk) 19:20, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
- Cool. Always glad to help out where needed. Count me in! --Jayron32.talk.contribs 19:29, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
REM - Accelerate Discussions
Jayron32, can I retain you for a bit on this, just as a safety net? As I am not an admin, I don't have the ability to block users or protect articles. I'm going to try and facilitate some constructive dialogue between all the editors, but if it degrades into a "free-for-all" or one or the other editors goes "rogue" on us, I'd like some calm, concise and rational backup, if you would be willing to provide that. Thanks! Edit Centric (talk) 19:34, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
- Awesome deal! I really don't know a lot about the topic of discussion, other than it's an upcoming REM album, and that I like REM. Other than that, I'm "Switzerland" on the whole thing... Edit Centric (talk) 19:51, 17 January 2008 (UTC)