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Peace walk

Of course Satish Kumar and his companion used ships to cross the channel and the atlantic, something I know all about myself; see Pet passport. I have changed the article but I think people can figure out for themselves that Satish did not cross water, no more than Jesus, so please do not vandalise my site--Scuiqui fox 20:52, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages is no more "your site" than it is any of ours. And that was a valid question - people have walked on water (with the help of large flotation skis). Zetawoof 22:33, 25 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Kumar could not have walked across water in the sixties on Flotation skis because they had not been invented. Besides which you could have asked not 'did they walk on water?' but 'did they cross water on flotation skis?' If they had done so in the sixties across the Atlantic we would all know about it. At the very least your comment was absurd, and your excuses lame. It is not my wiki, but I have the right to keep it clean--Scuiqui fox 13:41, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Article Licensing

Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Misplaced Pages's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 2000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:

Multi-Licensing FAQ - Lots of questions answered
Multi-Licensing Guide
Free the Rambot Articles Project

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

Option 1

I agree to ] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:

Option 2

I agree to ] all my contributions to any ], county, or city article as described below:

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace "{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}" with "{{MultiLicensePD}}". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. -- Ram-Man (comment| talk)

Thomas John Barnado

I just wanted to draw your attention to a matter of style. We don't usually include a person's titles in the article name - so we have Winston Churchill and not Sir Winston Churchill. Therefore we already had an article at Thomas John Barnardo which covers his life and work in some detail. What I've done is made your article Dr Thomas Barnado a redirect, so that anyone who goes to it will automatically be sent to the existing one. (also note the spelling error).

All the best with future edits. DJ Clayworth 15:26, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Talk:Michael Ross

Why did you move the VfD discussion on Michael Ross to Talk:Michael Ross? Rick K 00:21, Jan 30, 2005 (UTC)

I did not move the discussion, merely duplicated, which is not the same thing at all. I did not mean harm.Squiquifox 02:18, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Greetings

"...hit on the back of the head with a machete..." Wow!! I hope you're doing ok! Meanwhile, I just want to welcome you to Yasser Arafat. It would be nice to get it tidied up. Some have recently begun going through it to pare it down, but so far we've only gotten through the introduction. --MPerel 21:47, Feb 8, 2005 (UTC)

Oversize article comments

Please stop putting these comments on the article pages. Comments go on Talk: pages. Jayjg 22:23, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Rastafarianism → Rastafari (Religion)

You realise that you could make that move yourself, right? Guettarda 03:26, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Edit block for Hitler

There was a revert war shaping up because of some new edits, so I gave it a little time-out and let the things be discussed on talk. GeneralPatton 17:35, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I edited only to fix the photosize (i.e. the cache still showed the bush photo at 200px). BTW, where was I involved in an editorial dispute there? GeneralPatton 17:49, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Er, I didn't get involved with 'editing the article, I just talked about the situation with one of the involved parties. As far as I know its perfectly fine for admins to talk with other users and help them out a bit. GeneralPatton 18:17, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

The reason for protection was revert war/vandalism, see for yourself . GeneralPatton 20:47, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Garifunas

FYI - There is an article already at Garifuna. Guettarda 14:29, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

User:ALoan & Rastafarianism

You might want to elevate your request on the Policy page - make it its own subheading so people will see it - and you could always raise the issue at the Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard (actually I think Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents is the proper place to make an open informal complaint over the behaviour of an admin in the event that felt this was serious enough to make a complaint about. Guettarda 16:40, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Rastafarianism

Oops - my mistake: I must have misread today's date. I apologise profusely: I honestly thought that its 5 days was up. I will move it back to WP:RM immediately. We are all human. On checking WP:RM, I see that my error arose because Rastafarianism → Rastafari was listed under a header which read February 13 whereas the first comment was made on 14 February.

However, I don't think I deserved the remark "outrageous power tripping from a sysop" on Talk:Rastafarianism. I do happen to be an admin, but anyone can cut and paste a debate from WP:RM onto a talk page. Assume good faith.

For the record, I think the debate is pretty evenly divided between maintaining the status quo, with a page at the common usage "Rastafarianism", and changing the article's title to something that Rastafarians will find less offensive. I think the parallel with mormons and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is quite relevant.

However, to avoid any further issues, I will move the discussion back and not move it when its 5 days are up. -- ALoan (Talk) 17:49, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the response, and I apologise again for the misunderstanding. Your comment may as well remain in the record. -- ALoan (Talk) 18:03, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Anarion's contribution was signed with his real name, Jordi.

Misplaced Pages policy is to use most common name. People know it as Rastafarianism. RickK 07:36, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)

Compare Mormonism: Mormons tend to prefer Latter Day Saint theology for their religion (and Latter Day Saints instead of Mormons), but since Mormon is the better known term the article is there. -- Jordi¿…? 07:45, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Since it is likely to be a disputed point, I asked him to clarify his vote at RM - I suspect that he will vote no, but I think it's best not to end up arguing about who meant what. Anyway, don't let this get to you too much.

I added some links at Misplaced Pages:Requested moves. Hope they help. Found them by searching for Rastafari AND "ism" using Altavista. The same search with other search engines might yield some more useful results. I think it's lost now, but what bothers me more than that is the quite astonishing attitudes some users have revealed. But there, that is the way it is. Mattley 17:55, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Ok, I think I give up. I think i have made a pretty good case that Rastafari is the more common usage, as well as the one that they would prefer, and I have spoken to most of the opponents, but it seems to me that people have made up their minds. Misconceptions not based on data are the hardest ones to correct (someone said something like that, can't remember whom). You are probably doing a lot more good simply by editing the article. Maybe another day. Guettarda 02:51, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for dropping by my page. I haven't been following this debate and haven't been a member of the Wiki community long enough to know how things work (I'm just one of thousands of nobody editors, so I haven't paid much attention, frankly, to Wiki processes and procedures). But, as I indicated on the discussion page, I support the use of "Rastafari." Let me know what, if anything, I can do to help bring about the name change. (I read your personal page and was horrified to read of your run-in with a machete-wielding local. If you don't mind my asking, how did you come to live in Guatemala -- and why on earth do you stay?) Are you an activist there? deeceevoice 21:14, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Machetazo

OT question - you mentioned you suffered a concussion after being hit in the head with a machete - I am guessing (hoping!) you were hit with the flat of the blade and not the edge? Anyway, if so, is there a word for that in Honduras? In Trinidad we call it "planass" but I have no idea what the root of the term is. Guettarda 18:31, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Unfortunately it was with the sharp edge, and with the full strength of the attacker behind it. The word here is machetazo, as I quickly learnt (machete being the same in Spanish but with a hard ch). Months earlier my partner's brother had his left hand cut off in a similar incident, and I am very glad I only received the one blow.. My vision was so out I couldn't read for several weeks as I could not see an entire word due to distortion on the right. I am getting a lot better now. Incidentally once of the best sources of Rastafari when I was first interested 80/81 was a magazine from Trinidad for sale in England. --SqueakBox 01:33, Feb 19, 2005 (UTC)

Admins

Just some info on the role of admins and the list of admins. It's worth getting to know how the system works. It's also worth knowing that admins are in no way "better" than average users - they just have a few additional powers, and that they are anything but a monolithic group.

The move looks lost for now though - unless you can find some additional support for the idea. Anarion's opinion could be interpreted as being the same as RickK's. Guettarda 18:05, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Second coming

Thanks for restoring Islam. I know its hard to believe, but they do indeed believe in the second coming of christ,. Their doctrine clearly varies otherwise, but that part is quite similar. Cheers, and good luck w your various battles, beanfield, Honduran and otherwise. Cheers, (Sam Spade | talk | contributions) 16:53, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Rastafarianism → Rastafari

Thanks for moving the discussion from WP:RM to Talk:Rastafarianism - I would have done it myself, if I hadn't said that I wouldn't. No-one (me included) seems at all motivated to clear up any of the requested moves that have passed their 5 days, but, as you see, you don't need an admin to do the vast majority of wikijanitorial work: thanks for helping out. -- ALoan (Talk) 17:08, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Help contribute to Misplaced Pages:Consensus

Thanks for your comments at the pump about consensus decision making. I've noticed that some people have already been working on Misplaced Pages:Consensus. I think the page needs to be expanded and then linked all over. I hope you can contribute. --Samuel Wantman 04:35, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Redirects

You can do (and undo) a redirect yourself. Just put #REDIRECT ] (or whatever the destination is). Guettarda 22:54, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Sympathy for the devil?

Hi there SB. I've been recently reading the problems with the Javier Solana article and I'd like to offer help if that is needed. I know quite a bit about the whole "666 Antichrist" movement within evangelical Christianity simply because I am one myself. Fortunately I don't go in for all that conspiracy theory nonsense and I certainly don't believe that Solana is the antichrist! The article should be purely objective in its intention. If the Solana/antichrist thing becomes big in the next 12-18 months then it might probably be good to actually have a separate article if needed. Anyway, give me a message if you need some help. --One Salient Oversight 08:08, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Hi. I don't know what's going on with Francisco Javier Solana and Francisco Javier Solana Madariaga, but you must have accidentally put them up for VfD in the wrong section. It'd probably be best if you just delete what's there and do the VfD process over. Thanks. Android79 00:12, Mar 5, 2005 (UTC)

Er, maybe not. Now that there are actual votes, I don't know what the best thing to do is. :o) Android79 00:18, Mar 5, 2005 (UTC)
Looks like you may have repeated your earlier VfD mistake(s) with Barcelona Conference. I removed it from the main VfD listing because I can't figure out how to fix it. I'll take a closer look, if you like. Android79 03:36, Mar 11, 2005 (UTC)
- I think I fixed it, though it looks like someone else munged up the same page with two more malformed VfDs! Sigh... :o) Android79 03:45, Mar 11, 2005 (UTC)

Solana redirects

I moved the page to Talk:Javier Solana/Solana vandalism and POV, since it belongs in Talk: space.
Permanently protecting the redirects isn't necessarily a solution, and in the case of Solana it's not really possible, since I have changed that from a redirect to a disambig page. And the user could always create infinite variations (lowercase, etc), or modify other pages such as the Number of the Beast numerology page to add Solana-related material. Some vigilance is needed. Encouraging people to add pages to their watchlist is one way to go about it (you can use the {{article}} template for that.

-- Curps 01:16, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)

retrieving comment?

Which comment are you referring to? It should be in the page history of that page. It seems we had an edit conflict while editing at the same time. -- Curps 01:55, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I think he left his message on the page you originally requested him to leave comments on, namely User_talk:SqueakBox/Solana_vandal. You should copy that into Talk:Javier_Solana/Solana_vandalism_and_POV (into a separate section, perhaps). -- Curps 02:04, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I REALLY REALLY NEED YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT

See here for details: Misplaced Pages:Requests for Comment/user 220.233.86.223 --One Salient Oversight 05:38, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Private conversation

Dear Squeakbox,

Do you have an email or other link where we can communicate privately? If so, could you please email it to me at cumbey@gmail.com? Thanks! Yes. i will send it to you. --SqueakBox 20:25, Mar 5, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks! Constance E. Cumbey

Solana

I'll try to take a look. -- Curps 01:19, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Sorry for not replying earlier, the site seems very, very slow at the moment. I will be keeping an eye on the page. -- Curps 02:15, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I got your latest message, I see you've been working hard, and I'm still following developments on the page. I guess we'll have to see what happens in the near future. -- Curps 18:05, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Constantine Cumbey statement

From Constance Cumbey quoting Squeakbox "Went to Nottingham University to study philosophy, didn't like it, could not get to grips with logic, and so dropped out after a year." NOW THAT I COULD BELIEVE!! SPELLING AND GRAMMAR MUST ALSO HAVE BEEN DIFFICULTIES! User:Cumbey. This was put as a vandalism by Cumbey on my home page.--SqueakBox 16:31, Mar 14, 2005 (UTC)

Honduras

Honduras, huh? I first learned of the Garifuna community when I did some local relief work for hurricane Mitch. Interesting. (I love the Internet!) I speak Spanish, too -- and not too badly. I live in a multicultural community in D.C., and I'm frequently mistaken for a Latina -- even when I speak Spanish, because I do so without a "gringo" accent. But I'm far from fluent, and I really need practice just listening, listening. I'd love to become fluent and have considered spending some time in a Spanish-speaking country; I think it's the only way to really develop fluency. But work is here, so I've put that aspiration on hold for the time being. *sigh* I envy you. But one of these days.... Peace. deeceevoice 22:03, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

3RR

There is a possible 3RR violation heading your way. Please see and comment to Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/3RR. Thanks -- Chris 73 Talk 11:29, Mar 11, 2005 (UTC)

Please ask for help rather than violate the 3RR. There are enough people in Misplaced Pages who are impressed enough with the contributions you have made to help you out if you are genuinely fighting POV-pushing/vandalism. If it's as clear-cut as you say it is (I haven't looked at the diff's, but I'll take your word on it) it's far easier to ask around for help. There aren't a lot of people here who would be very happy having Javier Solana described as the anti-christ. Guettarda 16:50, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I'm trying to struggle through the diff's - can you give me a brief explanation of what is going on (not only is the RfC page a mess, I think your RfC is in the wrong place, but since there are two versions of the page I don't know what's going on). Guettarda 17:02, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Looking through the Talk page. Nice mess you found yourself in. It's not apparent from the diff's, actually - her article "looks" OK (to someone pretty ignorant on the details) until you dissect the discussion. That's when it gets interesting. You have on your side her admissions of Original Research and POV. But the RfC needs to be presented properly, and a nice, simple, short description of the issues. I suspect though that you are getting to personally involved in this - it's just Wikipedial it's not real life (granted, I have gotten so angry my hands shook in disputes in WP, but usually I managed not to write until I calmed down a bit - and that was with a lot less provocation). I'll do what I can to help out, but I do need to educate myself a bit. Guettarda 17:28, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

(Wrote the last bit as you were replying to me). I'll try to figure out how RfC works...but that page is a real mess. Fun, fun - I'm glad I do most of my edits on Trinidad and Tobago stuff - no one else could care less what I write :) Guettarda 17:33, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Couldn't fix the RfC - the page is "pseudo-protected", whatever that means. Will try again later. Guettarda 17:59, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

RfC is Misplaced Pages:Request for Comment. You have an RfC against Cumbey on record, but it isn't listed in the right place. I tried to fix that, and fix the format, but the page is having some problems or disputes of its own. As for the 3RR, I'd rather saty out of it and let the admins decide. You reverted three times - people have been blocked for reverting 3x even if someone is sticking in factually inaccurate material (it seems that that true "vandalism" is fairly narrowly defined (Misplaced Pages:Vandalism). What Cumbey is doing is POV-pushing, not vandalism. Trivial difference sometimes - the rules are against you, but some admins might be willing to see things your way. Whatever you do, don't do anything to antagonise an admin, because any of them could ban you. You need a mixture of sympathy and disinterest. Of course, 24 hours off Misplaced Pages would probably do most of use good :) Guettarda 18:17, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Hi, and sorry for giving you a hard time. If i see it correctly, you have not been blocked for the 3RR, and there seems to be enough support for your case that you either will not be blocked or may be blocked only for a shorter time. I also changed my mind and no longer support a block of yours even though you technically violated the 3RR. I know how frustrating it is to fight a POV pusher/vandal, and hope this won't dampen your spirits. (I have been through similar stressful times, too). If you see Cumbey doing more than 3 reverts in 24hours, feel free to list her on Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/3RR. I'll also keep an eye on Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/User:Cumbey. Good luck, and again sorry for the trouble. -- Chris 73 Talk 23:16, Mar 11, 2005 (UTC)

That link you gave me is of an outside mirror of wikipedia. If it would be on Misplaced Pages, I would love to help, but I do not even have a login there. Also, a clarification of the 3RR rule: You can revert three times. Only the fourth revert gets you in trouble. Again, thanks for your understanding -- Chris 73 Talk 23:23, Mar 12, 2005 (UTC)

Another Cumbey Sockpuppet?

An apparently legitimate user has come in and reverted many of your changes to the Javier Solana article. In the process of editing, he made some rather disparaging comments about you in the edit history. I have left him a message at User talk:Aris Katsaris explaining that his comments may not go down too well. I have assumed that he has come in and edited the article with no knowledge of what is going on - but I am obviously suspicious of his motives. Despite his rancor, I suggest that you don't respond by calling him names either! I'm hoping he made an innocent mistake based on ignorance, rather than being another sockpuppet. --One Salient Oversight 06:44, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Personal attacks

I have just now sent him a message reminding him about Misplaced Pages:No personal attacks and Misplaced Pages:Remove personal attacks. -- Curps 04:35, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

There is an official policy: Misplaced Pages:No legal threats. You should read it carefully because naturally the policies apply to all users equally including yourself. In general, of course, Misplaced Pages can't prevent any user from pursuing litigation if they wish, nor can anyone here offer legal advice. -- Curps 01:38, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Cumbey threats

These threats were received by email. User:Cumbey claims SqueakBox is hacking into the wiki database. She is going to demand the hard discs from Jimbo Wales so she can get me put down for a long time because of my alleged hacking. She accuses me of having a stash of janja (sic) she means ganja, in my possession, and that she is going to tell the Honduran police about it. She is going to write to Jimbo demanding he reinstate her version of this article. She is very unhappy with the new contributors. She thinks they work for me and I work for Solana.--SqueakBox 14:42, Mar 14, 2005 (UTC)

Cumbey-SqueakBox fiasco

Yes I was involved in the discussion. I am not affiliated with global elite. I was there only to point out that there needs to be recognition of Misplaced Pages as the source of Misplaced Pages articles. You can find this even on all those sites that use Misplaced Pages articles and plaster the site in Google ads, such as SearchSpaniel.

I wasn't urging Cumbey to join Hierarchypedia. I was simply suggesting she might want to. I am going to keep out of this squabble that is going on between you two. Although I would say that it appears you are being victimised and a propaganda campaigned carried out against you. She is an attorney, but doesn't know about basic Misplaced Pages policies, and is now planning to “publish columns on various popular websites independent of either about these antics and tactic”. I was also accused of threatening the admin at Global Elite, when the message I left was just a polite note about having to give the source of the article.

If you are being victimised I would advise you get an admin involved. I find User:Angela is always very helpful. Also if you would like information about tagging articles you could try contacting User:Davidcannon, although he is busy at the moment.

I hope this can be sorted out soon --Hierarchypedia 18:46, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Javier Solana

If you are seriously concerned about the threats Cumbey is allegedly making against you and your family, then you really ought to consider reporting that to the police, not just to a wiki page. Other than that, I think you have taken all the correct steps, such as the request for mediation and the request for comment. The issue is also on the admins noticeboard, so a lot of people are aware of the problem. It might be best to take a break from the articles yourself until others see the RfC and help out there. Mediation can be a bit slow to start, but I hope it will be useful to you. Angela . 21:51, Mar 14, 2005 (UTC)

With respect to the Misplaced Pages allegations, I don't think Cumbey has any grounds, and if she tried to sue anyone it would be Jimbo and not you. I'd worry a little more about the police in Honduras, but again, my guess is that unless she had connections it would be hard for them to take her seriously. Anything about Misplaced Pages though - rather than get worried, you should pity the level of paranoia. Don't let her get to you. She is getting to you, so she is succeeding in what she is trying to do. You should write a letter to the bar association in Michigan (she is in MI, right?) Keep her emails, Misplaced Pages has documented what has happened here - she has far more to lose than you - after all, she is engaging in slander. I don't think that is behaviour becoming of an attorney. Guettarda 00:31, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Dude, don't stress about it

The more that person says things like that, the more ridiculous they seem. This is kinda my last message as a contributor (I'm leaving the project), but don't worry about it. Misplaced Pages admins are pretty sensible, really. - Ta bu shi da yu 08:30, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your support of Hierarchypedia. It takes a long time to get a wiki up and going. You seem to be right about Cumbey. She is the first conspiracy theorist I have come across who actually is paranoid. Contary to the belief that most conspiracy theorist are paranoid, I find they are the exact opposite.

I noticed that you are from Honduras, so I was wandering if you could give me a bit of information. I study the importance of ancestry in the rise to power. This has generally been confined to the US, but recently I have expendade it to Central America. In particular Costa Rica, where almost all of the Presidents and Chiefs of state are descendants of a conquistador called Cristóbal de Alfaro. There are also a few descendants in other countries including Honduras, but I haven't studied them enough to make a judgement. My question is, are the people of central america aware of this? --Hierarchypedia 01:11, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Guatemala

Spiffing work you've been doing on the Guatemalan people and places! Just one comment: I feel sorely tempted to relocate Two Erres to Dos Erres -- part of the name, shouldn't be translated, etc., etc. The untranslated form is a whole lot more common: for instance, take a look at this Googlefight. Any strong feelings on that? Cheers, –Hajor 02:19, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC) (I've been watching a bit of the Solana business, too... dude, mis respetos...)

Heh. Sorry if I've given you the impression that I've been following you around, but you've been covering some very interesting stuff. Excellent decision there with Dos Erres. Guatemala -- it's been so long since I was there; must get back one of these days. Cheers, –Hajor 04:46, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Machete to the head? That sounds nasty. Yup, Mexico City – which explains my strange obsession with finishing off the list of stations on Mexico City Metro (but not the fact that others have emerged from the nothingness and helped me out with it... this is a special place). –Hajor 05:16, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Geo-stubs

Hi SqueakBox (good name!) - just noticed your two recent articles on places in Guatemala. For further reference if you're planning to do more, you can give places from Guatemala (in fact, anywhere from there to Panama) Template:CentralAm-geo-stub rather than just geo-stub - it makes them just a little easier to find for editors. Cheers - Grutness| 04:52, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)

:) that explains the name. Perhaps I should have named myself after my cats and been User:Nut&Bolt!

Alfaro

I don't think so many people being descended from Alfaro is a conspiracy theory. It is merely information that can be interpreted in many ways. Thanks for your offer to look up for Cristóbal de Alfaro. There is no biography for him on the internet and a book I have on central america only gives him a passing mention. --Hierarchypedia 20:38, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the information. I don't know much Spanish. I will write an article at some point. I liked the Whore of Babylon article. I think I would go for Liz the 2nd out of all the choices. Have you thought about adding why she is thought of as the Whore? I would imagine it would be as she was the Queen of Jamaica. Jamaica has gone from colonial to corporate (FTZ) --Hierarchypedia 21:59, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Redirects

Vinicio Cerezo -- sorry about that. I wanted to check whether there was a redirect or not; after doing so, I forgot to put it back. Ooops. Oh, another thing: have you seen the "dates" section on Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)? It explains why it's a good idea not to put -th, -nd, -st, etc. after the days of the month (in case you're wondering why I'm following you around and stamping on them). Slds, –Hajor 03:52, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Topf

Looks like he was just a reincarnation of the autofellatio redirect vandal. This guy is one of the more successful trolls we've seen to date. – Clockwork Soul 04:55, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Unprotected

As per your request, I've unprotected the article about "what's his name". However, I'll be keeping a close eye on it to make sure the revert war doesn't start up again. Good luck with the rewrite. Mgm| 08:38, Mar 21, 2005 (UTC)

the ugly image

thanks! It doesn't look like we'll get entirely rid of it anytime soon, but I do encourage you to continue to voice your opposition on the relevant talk pages, and to be on the outlook for deletion votes. I'm really sorry people have to put up with this. regards, dab (ᛏ) 07:02, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

PS, it's on VfD again, Misplaced Pages:Images_and_media_for_deletion#March_22. The vote should be more widely advertised this time. dab (ᛏ) 08:30, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

it's gone now, I am glad to say. Thanks for your support. dab (ᛏ) 06:24, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Trey Stone is back

I'm going to need some help. He doesn't seem to have become any more reasonable. WebLuis 04:59, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

User page

I love the look of your dog too. ;-) SlimVirgin 18:20, Mar 26, 2005 (UTC)

I'm sorry about Boddhi. They are very human; or perhaps, we are very dog. Whatever it is, there can be a real understanding. SlimVirgin 18:35, Mar 26, 2005 (UTC)

I am sorry

Hello friend.

Me and Brandy are sorry. ;];

Love, Shazza & Brandy

What possesses these weirdos?

Why on earth would people who consider themselves Christian even THINK that redirecting pages to Jesus will somehow lead people to seriously consider Christianity???

Idiots! Idiots! Idiots!

I feel better now.

One Salient Oversight 04:58, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Javier Solana

On my talk page you wrote:

Why are you reverting to the Beast version and not the correct version of Solana?

I just checked the history—I have twice reverted the edits of 65.4.16.211 to what I believe is the correct (non-beast) version of the article. If some of the beast nonsense has snuck through, then we need to revert to an even earlier version. I must be doing OK though because 65.4.16.211 also vandalised my user page. JeremyA 02:46, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
OK, I think I can see why the revert I made may not be to the version that you like. Earlier this evening there was vandalism by 68.159.159.208 this was reverted by Dcoetzee, who then partially undid their revert because they thought that some of the previous edit was good. I know nothing of Javier Solana so I don't know if the correct information is displayed in the current version of the article but it seems to have been vandal-rv-vandal-rv... since Curps last rv on March 27, so I am happy to take it back to that version if you think that it is the most correct version. JeremyA 03:01, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
I think that Dcoetzee restored some of the beast version because without the overt beast references the rest of the changes looked kosher to him/her. JeremyA 03:05, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Solana

Why did you revert Javier Solana to a beast version. That is not the current or the consensus version. lots of people, most of them not beast believers, have put a lot of edits to create the current version. The old version is riddled with inaccuracies. You had absolutely no right just to revert to a very outdated version. Why did you do it? --SqueakBox 03:06, Mar 30, 2005 (UTC)

See Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Javier Solana --SqueakBox 03:18, Mar 30, 2005 (UTC)

I undid my own revert, because I wasn't confident that it was justified and didn't really have time to look at it closely. Is this not acceptable? Feel free to revert it again — I do not favour the version I reverted to in any way. Deco 05:23, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

It so happens that at that particular time, I was very busy with some much more important tasks. I am deeply offended that you are angry at me for reverting my own change. I didn't revert to that version because I believed in it, or even read it, just because I was doing some RC patrol and I felt like I might have acted too quickly in reverting it and didn't have the time to look at it more closely, and don't really care about the topic. I don't know what warped kind of etiquette you're operating under where this behaviour is unacceptable, but I am very upset about your reaction. If you just reverted it appropriately that would have been totally okay with me — I never would have even noticed. I don't see why you're angry. Deco 21:01, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Those "more important tasks" you mock are related to my career and the well-being of myself and my family. I did not "make a mistake." I didn't do anything wrong, I don't care about this article you're so possessive of and the ridiculous politics surrounding it. Perhaps I can make this clearer with this diff:

http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Javier_Solana&diff=11671197&oldid=11670965

I continue to hold that I had every right to my actions, and don't appreciate being assaulted for two actions whose net effect was to delete an offensive paragraph, as you can see. Now please, stop this mudslinging. Deco 21:48, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Sorry for editing your talk page. I can never figure out where to leave comments anymore, everyone does it differently. I didn't mean to be aggressive, I really just don't understand how you can deny someone the right to undo their own edits. I hope your conflict over that article is resolved — I won't touch it again. Have a good day. Deco 22:18, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

No clear consensus on my adminship - so I was removed

Thanks for your comments and support. One Salient Oversight 08:12, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Óscar Romero

Hi, care to help out with Óscar Romero? It needs a little work. Gracias. -- Viajero 10:09, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Mediation

Slow mediation? After 10 days at Misplaced Pages:Requests for mediation I gave up. I have replaced the demand because Cumbey is still making wild accusations, and blaming me for what I see as her religious persecution of me (what do you expect you are a rasta type remarks, all at User talk:Jimbo Wales). Is there any way to hurry the mediation process, 10 days with no response is taking the mickey. --SqueakBox

Sorry for my delayed response. Have you tried WP:RFC for the Javier Solana problem? That might be the only option if no one is willing to mediate. Otherwise, you could try contacting one of the active mediators listed at WP:MC#Active. Angela . 01:31, Apr 1, 2005 (UTC)

Re:Vandals

No worries, mate. I see you've been getting a lot of grief from the nutters of late. Anilocra 16:21, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

And thank you too. Broken Segue 17:58, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Cousins?

Much as I'd like to see a Latin American pope, I'm more than a trifle worried about the possibility of a connection between Solana Madariaga and Rodríguez Maradiaga. Cruz, cruz, as they say here to ward off evil. Sleep easily, if you can... –Hajor 21:56, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

List of political parties in Honduras

See my reaction on the VfD page. I think we bot stepped over the line. I with reverting and you with deleting after three hours of discussion. Gangulf 06:46, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I still don't think you were right by redirecting it within 3 hours you started the vote on Misplaced Pages:Votes for deletion/List of political parties in Honduras (the first message was yours at 19:06, Mar 31, 2005 (UTC) and you made the merger at 22:32, Mar 31, 2005 (UTC)). You cannot say that there is a consent within 3.5 hours and only to persons voting next to you. Furthermore, If we had this vote on Honduras, please don't try it again with each other country. Gangulf 18:40, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I do not think either of you stepped over the line; see Talk:List of political parties in Honduras#What happened for my comments. --cesarb 00:32, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for supporting my adminship — I vow to use my super powers for good not evil. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 09:17, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Jamaica

Stop reverting my edits there is no copyrighted text in there, I checked my sources.

And please stop reverting that anecdotal Rastafarian tripe.

Hey SqueakBox, thanks for your work in removing those copyright violations. User:69.141.70.196 added a more copyright violations, which I explained at Talk:Jamaica. I reverted but lost your edit; feel free to re-add it and I apologize. — Knowledge Seeker দ 01:17, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Images and media for deletion votes

I am contacting people who previously helped to vote to delete a generally objectionable photograph by a vote of 88 to 21, and who might be unaware that immediately after that image was voted to be deleted someone posted another which was very similar in content. My objections to this, and the previous image that was voted to be deleted might be based upon reasons far different from any that you have, but I do object to it, and consider the posting of such images to be acts of asinine stupidity, which burdens the project and its major educational aims in ways that they should not be burdened, and can be extremely detrimental to the acceptance and growth of WIkipedia's use and influence. Thus far those who I believe to be in the extreme minority of Wikipedians who would like to include these images, many who have been channeled to the voting page from the article with which it is associated have dominated the voting, 23 to 12 (as of the time that I composed this message). I would like to be somewhat instrumental in shedding a bit more light upon the issue, and if possible, helping to turn the tide against its inclusion. It might also be necessary to begin making an effort to establish an explicit Misplaced Pages policy against explicite photographic depictions of humans engaged in erotic, auto-erotic, or quasi-erotic activities. To my limited knowledge such images have not been accepted as appropriate anywhere else within this project, and frankly I can agree with those who are casually labeled prudes for opposing their inclusion, that they should not be. Vitally important information that might be unwelcome by some is one thing that should never be deleted, but un-needed images that can eventually prevent or impede many thousands or millions of people from gaining access to the great mass of truly important information that Misplaced Pages provides is quite another matter. There are vitally important distinctions to be made. Whatever your reasons, or final decisions upon the matter, I am appealing for more input on the voting that is occurring at Misplaced Pages:Images_and_media_for_deletion. ~ Achilles † 01:23, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Genealogy

Hi. I wouldn't have thought it meant anything, as they are from different countries. I did notice information on Solana's ancestry on the article, and I will probablycheck his ancestry out one day. There are still quite a lot of heavyweights in Europe that are of royal descent. I have only briefly looked at European figures, I mainly concentrate on the US, and have done a fair bit of research on Central America. From Europe that people who are of royal descent are: Agnelli, Spaak, d'Esting (sp?), Davignon, Bismarck, and a few others. I would very much like to look at others such as the PM's of Italy and other countries, but I don't know where to look for the information.

On the Maradiaga, the Dictionary of American Family Names says it is a chiefly Central America name. I don't recognise it though. The most important is Alfaro, and also Vázquez. --Hierarchypedia 11:05, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

PS: I didn't bother contacting Jimbo, as I thought he would have better things to do than to deal with Cumbey.

Solana

I took the comment as a joke - I wasn't really concerned about supplying more info to the trolls - they'll probably find it on their own anyway. Guettarda 17:03, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Barnstar

Just wanted to give you something to mark your hard work and to balance all the personal attacks. Thanks for all the hard work. Feel free to fiddle with the format and display it with pride. Guettarda 17:16, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

You only copied part of the text. You can alter the right/left command if you want it somewhere else on the page. Guettarda 18:01, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

List of notable cardinals

There is absolutely no reason for the only list of cardinals on Misplaced Pages to be of living cardinals,or for there not to be a list of distinguished past cardinals.--Louis E./le@put.com/12.144.5.2 18:40, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

OK,better have List of deceased cardinals than nothing.However,I don't think it should include every deceased cardinal,only particularly important ones...not sure how best to convey that.The place for a listing of every cardinal ever is in the Cardinals Category,assuming it's added to every cardinal's bio.--Louis E./12.144.5.2 01:59, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Abortion

Sigh. Maybe it's time to get the admins involved. - Jersyko 01:19, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC) Please stop your pattern of harassment. You have been dogposting me for days. Your most recent violation of Misplaced Pages was to change my words on a Talk page. He follows me (that is called stalking or cyberstalking) and makes edits solely for the purpose of harassment.

Pointing out violations of the law is not harassment, nor it is threatening. I am a Florida resident, and protected by the laws of my state. Squeakbox my not be in Florida, but his behavior remains in violation, and he is a Cyberstalker.

In Florida Statutes 784.048(1)(d), Florida has now (October 2003) defined the crime of "Cyberstalking".

784.048 Stalking; definitions; penalties.--

(1) As used in this section, the term:

(a) "Harass" means to engage in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that causes substantial emotional distress in such person and serves no legitimate purpose.

(b) "Course of conduct" means a pattern of conduct composed of a series of acts over a period of time, however short, evidencing a continuity of purpose. Constitutionally protected activity is not included within the meaning of "course of conduct." Such constitutionally protected activity includes picketing or other organized protests.

(c) "Credible threat" means a threat made with the intent to cause the person who is the target of the threat to reasonably fear for his or her safety. The threat must be against the life of, or a threat to cause bodily injury to, a person.

(d) "Cyberstalk" means to engage in a course of conduct to communicate, or to cause to be communicated, words, images, or language by or through the use of electronic mail or electronic communication, directed at a specific person, causing substantial emotional distress to that person and serving no legitimate purpose.

(2) Any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows, harasses, or cyberstalks another person commits the offense of stalking, a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

(N.B. 775.082 (4) A person who has been convicted of a designated misdemeanor may be sentenced as follows: (a) For a misdemeanor of the first degree, by a definite term of imprisonment not exceeding 1 year;

(3) Any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows, harasses, or cyberstalks another person, and makes a credible threat with the intent to place that person in reasonable fear of death or bodily injury of the person, or the person's child, sibling, spouse, parent, or dependent, commits the offense of aggravated stalking, a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(4) Any person who, after an injunction for protection against repeat violence or dating violence pursuant to s. 784.046, or an injunction for protection against domestic violence pursuant to s. 741.30, or after any other court-imposed prohibition of conduct toward the subject person or that person's property, knowingly, willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows, harasses, or cyberstalks another person commits the offense of aggravated stalking, a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(5) Any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows, harasses, or cyberstalks a minor under 16 years of age commits the offense of aggravated stalking, a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.

(6) Any law enforcement officer may arrest, without a warrant, any person he or she has probable cause to believe has violated the provisions of this section.

Signed ==> Agwiii 17:31, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)

Not that you were particularly worried about it, but Agwiii's claim that you are guilty of any crime is patently ridiculous. I know he (dubiously) claims to be some kind of law student or professor or such, but I'm the real deal, and you certainly haven't done anything illegal. I recommend ignoring his claims as there is no possible way he can substantiate anything. - Jersyko 15:21, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)

I've never heard of the group, but they appear to be somewhat legitimate. It is difficult to say they are a fully legit organization, however, when half of their leadership team is made up of 20 something "freelance writers." He appears to be one of the group's main leaders. Anyway, it seems our friend has been using Misplaced Pages not only to advance his abortion agenda, but also to advance the cause of his organization by raising awareness (to put it mildly) of "cyberstalking." - Jersyko 04:20, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)

Agwiii

Why does none of this surprise me? It was also pretty obvious that few if any of the claims he made about himself on his User page were true. He seems to have disappeared now, at least in that guise. It shouldn't be too difficult to spot him again... Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 20:39, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Yes, almost no doubt at all. Peculiar that he should use a pseudonym here, then use it on the Net in such a way as to give away his identity. But then he didn't seem any brighter than he was self-controlled. I'm astonished that his qualifications are what he claimed, though — and his employers should be even more worried... Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 21:07, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

RfC page move

I took the liberty of moving Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/User:RexJudicata to Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/RexJudicata, since the later follows the naming convention of the other pages on RFC (and this also turned the red link you added on WP:RFC into a blue link). --cesarb 21:45, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

you're welcome

You're welcome! Cute, cute animals by the way. Antandrus 18:10, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Maras

Who is trying to intimidate you? Arbitration is a diplomatic approach, something you obviously could care less about. I put that in because I know I'm not going to be able reach a compromise with someone like you. I've given you my sources, lets's see yours. You don't have a right to take out facts that you don't want. Would you like it if someone just randomly deleted information you researched, and adds relevance to the article? probably not, so think about it. LibraryLion

I have not been vandalizing your page. I never engage in that sort of thing, so please don't accuse me of it. Back to the article, what I want is one paragraph that lists specific documented crimes. The MS-13 members were convicted of the rapes, so this isn't some 'word-of-mouth' type crime. The other crimes in the article are police documented. Now if you want to counterbalance the article, you find information perhaps on MS-13 members who say there is bad in every group, and these crimes are indicitive of what MS-13 is about. But you don't delete what is factual. Yes not every little fact of everything needs to be in every article written, sometimes you can be deluged with facts, but I feel these specific crimes give an indication to the reader of how dangerous some (stressing some, not all) MS-13 members can be. So this paragraph I want kept in. I should specify it's the one paragraph that begins "The gang is quite brutal....", (this perhaps should be reworded to "A few gang members are quite brutal....) The paragraph before this I did not write, so I don't know of its accuracy, so it can be left out. On a side note regarding the vandalism of your page, which vandalism is always inexcusable, you need be real careful what you delete, because some people rather than discuss and talk it over, will resort to this. For some, deleting their material is real personal and there is no common ground when dealing with them. I don't have this problem, because I generally want as much information as possible, and I always cite a source if correction something, but you on the other philosophical side, need to be cautious of this. Didn't mean to write this much on your home page, but in short, we can end it here if you agree to the one paragraph I cited to stay in. LibraryLi

My mistake, I meant to put my comments on this page originally. But calling what I wrote by mistake on wrong page "vandalism" is quite hyperbolic. Claims that I'm a vandal are about as reliable as finding WMD's in Iraq. Anyway, back to article, it's the paragraph that includes the rapes of the two teen girls. the bus shootings, and antother crime was listed I believe. I don't think it matters where these crimes were committed per se, and really I don't think further documented crimes are necessary unless one is going to greatly expand this article. I've noticed in your comments you seem to have a real anti-American slant that really shows through. Why does it matter that the crimes were committed in the U.S.?, crime is crime. Not sure what this is about, but it certainly diminishes your viewpoints, and makes your editing have questionable motives. LibraryLion

Stray Dog War

You might enjoy the article on The Dog Tax War, it's true also. ping 10:50, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

rv personal attack

Armenian Genocide

I am trying to find users who will help me determine a NPOV aproach in the article. Lots of users I asked to join in refused because article was "too contraversial". I alone cannot declare what is POV and what isnt. I need an objective view. --Cool Cat 05:24, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Copyvio images

Done. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 09:49, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Solana/Cumbey et. al.

I would be interested in assisting you with your RfC in this matter. Please contact me as shown at my talk page. KC9CQJ 10:50, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

No, Cumbey didn't request a reversion. I did because it was premature of me to work on your RfC without your knowledge and I didn't have a grasp of the evidence at hand. Now I do have an accurate picture of what's going on, and your permission, and now I'm willing to help out :-) KC9CQJ 09:03, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

In addition, should the RfC fail to gain attention or solve the problem, I'm willing to bet that ArbCom should be our next step. You might want to withdraw the request for mediation at this point in time, until we see what happens. KC9CQJ 09:30, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I trust the above explanation is satisfactory. I was reverting the edits by User:Kc9cqj at User:Kc9cqj's request. I have since explained to that user how to make reversions themselves. - Mark 14:58, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Upon reflection, my edit summary wasn't very good at explaining what I was doing. In future, I'll try to be clearer to avoid such confusion. - Mark 15:06, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Do you have IRC or AOL IM? We need to talk 'face to face'. KC9CQJ 20:45, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

You have e-mail at your hotmail(dot)com address. KC9CQJ 21:04, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Please review the RfC. Cumbey has been blocked for 24 hours following her posted comments for personal attacks on you and legal threats. If you have questions, please contact me ASAP. KC9CQJ 06:19, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Let's de-esclate this for the moment. I feel that we are on the brink of solving all issues at hand; ending all the vandalism, the anonymous IP's editing Solana, and the bad blood. Take a break for a few days from worrying about this - my real gut feeling is that this is all a huge misunderstanding, and I need a day or so to follow up on every angle that I've worked in the last 24 hours. KC9CQJ 08:36, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Um, yeah. Well. No real following up on every angle since someone hasn't responded to my queries for information as of yet. How's it going? I was on wikivacation for a few days. KC9CQJ 07:58, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Saudi Arabia

You reverted a vandal recently. When doing so please don't forget to look at other contributions of the editor. This one turned out to be quite prolific. In addition to vandalizing, he created a bunch of nonsense pages as well (I deleted them already). Mikkalai 18:11, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

War of the Stray Dog

A little to coincidental for my reckoning. You were looking at my past contributions and trying to discredit what else I wrote. Your own words for recommending the article for deletion "is this true?" imply that I somehow made up this article, and didn't do any research on it. This is quite an insult to anyone contributing information. If you would have just taken some time to yourself to verify it yourself, then you wouldn't have recklessly recommended it for deletion, especially given the fact it is a true. If you think it needs deletion because of a lack of information, I can accept, but that wasn't your stated reason. LibraryLion Yes your comments make sense but I think people would have come upon it anyway and made improvements. I don't claim to be good technical writer, I'm just a researcher, so I don't mind how anyone eidts information I add. My impression, maybe incorrect, was the vfd process is more for aricles with dubious facts, or facts that can't be verifed. I actually stumbled on this article reading a book on word and phrase origins. I have no idea why the author of the book put this obscure little piece of history in this type book, because he makes no reference to any new word or phrase that came out of this war. LibraryLion

Don't understand

The message you left on my talk --Mista-X 17:11, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Allende

Well, he's gone now. Because I'd been reverting him y'day -- thus an involved party -- I wasn't sure whether I could block him or not. I need to read up on my 3RR protocols. –Hajor 21:49, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Javier Solana vandal

I think he'll get tired before I do. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 01:25, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Javier Madariaga

What's the deal with that name? You refer to it as "fictional". --Tony Sidaway|Talk 10:58, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Boddhi

Minor edit. Changed "vandalsie" into "vandalise". Like your dogs. My dog was poisoned in Santa Fe, near Granada, Spain. He too liked living in a van. Keep up the good work.--El.tula 17:31, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Salamanca, Madrid and Universities

Hi! Somewhere in the Madrid article, you said "Madrid is the largest hub in Spain for university life, though the academic centre is in Salamanca". I have been living in Madrid for all my life (and going to a Madrilenian university for 6 years) and I've never heard about Salamanca being the academic centre of Spanish universities. Are you sure about that? Perhaps I'm wrong and I'm just a bit unculturate :) Sarg 15:45, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I think Salamanca is by far the oldest in Spain. It is also one of the oldest of Europe. I have heard several times that Salamanca was the academic centre of Spanish universities when they were controlled by the Church, but nowadays each university has its own politics and rules. As far as I know, there is no organism with power over all of them (well, barring the government!). But, again, I might be utterly wrong :) Let's see if someone with more data posts at the talk page! Sarg 16:51, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Cumbey Returns

Hi. I just went onto hierarchypedia and checked the recent changes. To my surprise there were a few (there are usualy none). It says that it is User:SqueakBox, but I believe it to be none other than Mrs. Cumbey. On your user page it says "Englishman living in Honduras. 42." On one of the IP's it says "Love that pot" and on another it simply says "Fuck".

I propose that we use this as evidence for another longer ban of Cumbey from Misplaced Pages if possible, and I will also permenantly ban her from Hierarchypedia. You can view the pages in question here: http://www.hierarchypedia.com/index.php/Special:Recentchanges

She is obviously a crazy mofo. One of those people who go crazy if you don't agree with them.

--Hierarchypedia 21:38, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

BELATED REPLY BY CONSTANCE CUMBEY

Because of the growing irrelevance of Misplaced Pages and the Squeakbox crowd, I haven't bothered coming around here and this time I have read the incredible filth placed above by "Hierarchypedia" (interesting how none of you care to reveal your true identities. The f___ word simply is not and never has been in my vocabulary. I have NEVER posted the "love that pot" message. That type of low class street talk comes from others! I think retractions and apologies to myself are in order! Posted April 6, 2006 by Constance E. Cumbey.

Reply

Thanks for signing up. The article is fine. I will upload the wikified one at some point though. The IP is from the US, and since it included the usual accusation of you being a pot lover I think we know who it is. Where should I go to post about continuing Cumbey vandalism and abuse? --Hierarchypedia 21:48, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Reply

I think it is best to leave her alone, as you suggested. I have been accused of being a member of Bohemian Grove (she really means Bohemian Club). This is ridiculous, as I have never been to California. --Hierarchypedia 22:55, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Reply

Ok. Constance says on her blog that she would like to end the fiasco. I think it would be a good idea not to contact her any more. Here's an interesting connection I just found:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f3/Dalyell.jpg

Harry Truman to Tam Dalyell. I have never seen such a close relation between an "American" and a Brit, 6th cousins. The nearest is Bush to Churchill - 9th cousins that I know of. I am also going to look at the Central American Presidents a bit more as well. There is one who has ancestor from America, which may have interesting connections. I would like to look at the Sandistas too, and maybe some drug kingpins, but that would be difficult. What country is it you live in? --Hierarchypedia 01:12, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Per your request

In addition to contacting me, please cease and desist all editing within the following articles: Javier Solana, Javier Solana Antichrist allegations, Constance E. Cumbey, and any other articles that center around this dispute until you have contacted me and I have given you further instructions and information.

Ok, well, let's see here. I asked you not to post to her blog, you didn't listen to me, I asked you to wait a few days to see what worked out, you didn't listen to me. Are you going to listen? You want to edit the article, and I'm asking for you to stop running around rampant, placing comments here and there, and allow this to cool off for a few days or so. If you're going to run around and accuse me of making the situation worse, that's fine, and I will withdraw. I asked BOTH users, you and Cumbey, to stop editing and baiting each other into arguments, because that's what you're doing right now. You are both right - and you are both wrong. I've generated an entire timeline of this dispute, I've had outside parties read the entire history, and they all mainly agree that this is the case. Will you please just stop long enough for me to explain???? KC9CQJ 15:46, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Abortion 2

Why do you keep deleting what the Bible says on abortion? User:Big Hurt

Hi SqueakBox, I have left a message at Talk:Abortion relating to the dispute there. Rje 22:29, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)

Flaky Wiki

In your defense, I see you removed the rude message from my User:talk page. I think Misplaced Pages is being flakey, and it may have appeared like I added that obnoxious "Misplaced Pages is Communism" line that vandal's seem fond of. I have nothing to do with than, but the page history seemed corrupted recently. Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters 22:17, 2005 Apr 29 (UTC)

Pope Benedict XVI

There is no Pope Benedict XVI. urgent attention please, --SqueakBox 22:21, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)

Um, he's Pope John Paul II's successor... so he is real... or is that not the point of your statement? Master Thief Garrett 23:49, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Squeak, I see you've been vacationing for the last ten days or so. :) - Lucky 6.9 23:54, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

What i meant is that the article had disappeared completely; the work of WC. See my User page. --SqueakBox 23:57, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC) (from Misplaced Pages:Vandalism in Progress)

(Re: your comments on entry on User:Misplaced Pages Is Communism! in Misplaced Pages:Vandalism in progress). There is a Pope Benedict XVI, whose papacy began on Tuesday, April 19, 2005. Pope Benedict XVI is his regnal name; his name is Joseph Ratzinger. Elected by the Papal conclave, 2005, he replaced the late Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla) who died on April 2, 2005. Andrew pmk 23:36, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Your reverts on Alleged Bible discrepancies entry

Why do you keep removing a link to the post-resurrection chronology? It's VERY relevant. Are you just pushing your POV, again?

Link: Some advocates of Biblical inerrancy have gone to great lengths to harmonize the four accounts ,

-- Big Hurt

Reported YOU for 3 Revert Violation

You don't seem to understand the 3 Revert Violation. Read the Abortion entry carefully. YOU have broken the 3 revert violation!!!! Not me. -- Big Hurt

23-F

The dispute tag was there because there was a dispute, and remains a dispute over content. Someone moved part of the text and in the process either removed or moved elsewhere the reason for the dispute. But the article is littered with unsubstantiated POVs. FearÉIREANN 00:11, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

Hey Squeek,

never suggested that you acted in bad faith. Just that you did not know that there was a serious issue with that page. I had left a detailed note explaining the POV issues previously on the page. Basically the page tried to do two things: cover the attempted coup and do it in a page on one of the coup leaders. I pointed out that the page was POV and it was meant to be a biographical page but had two paragraphs on the person and the rest a POV account of the coup. Whomever responded moved the 23F still en bloc to a new page, with the dispute tag, but didn't bring along the talk page stuff outlining the problems. That was their error, not mine. I was rushing out the door when I saw your change and had not time to trace back the talk page stuff at that stage but there was a serious POV error with the page. It was far from the encyclopaedic standard one could expect in an encyclopaedia. FearÉIREANN 03:02, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

Good work, mate. FearÉIREANN 03:26, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

Confusing signature

Hi. It seems the entire page is somehow fubar. I'm going to delete the duplicate violations section. - Tεx τ urε 17:40, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

delete

why do you keep deleteing what I put in for discussion on kofi "oil for food" annan?

dogs

I like dogs but I think cats are only good for dogs to chase!

My girlfriend agrees with you, otherwise we would have one, --SqueakBox 03:13, May 5, 2005 (UTC)

Fidel Castro

Any reason to keep editing my Fidel Castro remarks? You a Castro accolyte? Tell me how Forbes saying he has 500 million dollars is not factual information worthy of being on the guy's bio? Give me a good reason why you keep reverting my xxxx, if you can't do that just please leave it the xxxx alone. Already asked once in the Fidel Castro talk page and nobody had the decency to answer why they keep reverting to that biased bull. Kapil 05:48, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

KapilTagore and obscenities

I have also asked KapilTagore to apologize, however don't you think that Who do you think you are? might not be the best thing to attach to a comment asking someone who has wronged you for an apology. Its certainly not on the scale of what was said to you, but still. Also what are your objections to the Castro wealth ref? -JCarriker 17:06, May 5, 2005 (UTC)

Let's try to continue to assume good faith until KapilTagore responds, he's apologized for using such language before and I know he responded postiviely to my request after I reverted his assretion that South America was a subcontinent rather than a continent. This may be as simple as case of wikistress and mistaken identiy combined, of course it may not. Either way it's I think it's best to wait for his response before drawing conclusions. -JCarriker 17:50, May 5, 2005 (UTC)

Zapatero

Yep, you certainly do attract interesting characters. Guettarda 20:26, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

Seconded! No problem, by the way, and yes, I have a cocker spaniel, called Jarvis. It made me laugh anyway :) Cheers. Anilocra 20:30, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

Fidel Castro

I apologise Kapil 00:42, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

Fidel Castro editing

How is "intense and sometimes brutal political repression" a sentence that doesn't fit? Stop editing other people's stuff, it's an universal truth that Castro's Communist Cuba is politically repressive, and that this is where tensions with the US stem from. So you shouldn't remove it again, rather, explain why you're removing it before doing so. This is exactly the kinda thing I was talking about. Kapil 01:06, 6 May 2005 (UTC) Also, the word "shit" appears below your cat's picture. Don't fret as much about the word cunt, they're both Misplaced Pages articles.

Alright, sorry about calling you a Castro accolyte. Kapil 03:00, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

Vacation

I'm out on wikivacation for a few days. If you need anything drop me a line through my g-mail account. Should be back around May 10 or 11. KC9CQJ 05:34, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

Naming convention

You seem like a pretty knowledgeable user (and have provided some objective edits on Cold War figures I might add -- good job) so I thought I'd point you to the question I asked on Ramon/Ramón Grau. J. Parker Stone 07:50, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_comment/Trey_Stone#Outside_view

On vandalism, evidence is presented that he vandalized Adolf Hitler. I am pretty much in agreement with you that POV pushing is not the problem. He's rude, but (although my politics are very different from his) he's a pretty good editor most of the time. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 18:44, 10 May 2005 (UTC)

There's a problem at the Nicaragua article... (not vandalism)

The problem is an anon. user. While not a vandal, it appears that this anon. user is making changes to the article that include non-English text, and in one case I had to revert the article because the edits by the anon. user had resulted in a major drop in the quality of the article. The first two times, I assumed that it could be vandalism or what it actually turned out to be: someone who appears to not to be native to the English language. I've already done two reverts, but the user keeps editing. The first two times I didn't know for certain what I was dealing with, but since it isn't vandalism, I don't think I can deal with the situation properly. There's a very good chance that there may be a language barrier problem, and I'm not very good when it comes to understanding Spanish. I've got some experience... but not enough. What I'm worried about is that this user will end up ruining the article in what they think is actually their attempts to fix it. I've already had one incident where I mistook somebody like this for a vandal (and I've kept the rebuke for another user on my talk page to remind me of this) and I'm afraid that somebody else might make the same mistake. --Chanting Fox 01:21, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

Read your message about this guy. Thanks for the info. --Chanting Fox 01:32, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

Trying to sign peace

Why have you deleted the piece of information I included yesterday to help you with your mistake (you know, that thing of It's or Its)? Everybody makes mistakes. Why cannot you have a more collaborative behavior? You cannot remove a contribution to your talk page only because you do not like it, specially if it can help other people with your same problem.

Let's give peace a chance. I can forgive you, but you must make an effort.

Warmest regards. Zapatancas 08:58, 13 May 2005 (UTC)

OK, let's start again. Zapatancas 08:11, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

I think...

you're right. We should talk, because I found more evidence outside the current RfC. I think we ought to reinstate it. I'll give you a Skype when I get back from Chicago. KC9CQJ 21:17, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

My latest comment at Javier Solana was not intended nor directed towards you, it was directed towards the other disputant. Sorry for the confusion. KC9CQJ 03:39, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

I'm back. Let me know when a Skype session would be appropriate. I'm available tomorrow morning and Wednesday all day. KC9CQJ 22:31, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

Hi, Squeak. I'm leaving my current company for greener pastures on the 8th, so I'm kind of riding softly on the Wiki for now. Please keep me informed of any major developments on CEC or the affiliated documentation and I'll be sure to add it to my list. Cheers and greets, KC9CQJ 08:50, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

ack

Thank you for certifying the RfC. -- Viajero 01:18, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

Thanks again, I added it. I feel strongly that this kind of behaviour is completely unacceptable on Misplaced Pages; it poisons the atmosphere and should not be tolerated. If Kapil doesn't quickly shape up, I will bring him to the ArbCom. Anyway, now back to more creative and satisfying things, like writing articles. -- Viajero 01:34, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Votes_for_deletion/Karuna_Institute

thought you might like to see that. Nateji77 13:01, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

Your attacks

Squeackbox - you can duplicate link spam as much as you like, I don't care, I DID notice the problem is unavoidable on articles like abortion. No productive work is possible on these articles as I have said noumerous times before, that is why I do not work on promotion articles like this any more. As for the removal of the links - that wasn't me. I have moved them to where they belong before, approximately two weeks ago, I think, that is true and probably your reason for bothering me with this. And at the time no one _NO ONE_ opposed. Calling me a vandal for this is a personal attack. Have a look at wikipedia policy and leave me alone.--Fenice 04:28, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

I have not attacked you in any way. Please explain your accusing me of having done so? --SqueakBox 04:48, May 18, 2005 (UTC)

See the talk page of abortion, you call this vandalism, and you mean me. And there is something else that just illustrates my point: Calling me "he" on the discussion page of abortion...Have a look at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Countering systemic bias, that might just widen your horizon a little. And do leave me alone with this issue. As I said, as far as I am concerned, all these pages are open to whoever wants to promote their views there, I will not be there to oppose. --Fenice 04:52, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

I don't know what you're talking about.

You wrote: "You apologised to me for your ridiculous assertion that I am a Cumbey sockpuppet. will you please also apologise to Cumbey, and take a look at Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/Cumbey. Can you also tell me why you highlighted my contribs in your edit summary at Constamce Cumbey. Why are you continuing this senseless and aggressive campaign towards me?"

What? I don't know what you're talking about! I've had nothing to do with that article lately except to revert one or two edits. I think I reverted one of your edits because I disagreed with the removal of her published books (as I explained on the talk page); apart from that, I've had nothing to do with it. I did NOT "highlight your contribs" in my edit summary; I hit the revert button and DIDN'T MAKE an edit summary. I've said absolutely nothing on the Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/Cumbey since my original comments, for which I apologized. I apologized to you; I saw no need to apologize to Cumbey as the allegation was made against you, not her. I realized my mistake and apologized to you. If you think I should apologize to Cumbey also, I have no ill feelings about doing so - it just hasn't occurred to me as necessary until now. As to your claim that I'm continuing "a senseless and aggressive campaign" towards you, I honestly dont know what you're talking about. Maybe someone has stolen my identity? I haven't looked yet - I'll do so now. David Cannon 20:11, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

Odd behaviour

By removing your name from Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/Cumbey (with an explanation that's difficult to follow, to say the least) you've left all those who supported you in a difficult position. By adding your support to the wholly spurious Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/Whig, with no explanaion for your action, and despite all the comments made by others, you've divested yourself of yet another layer of credibility. What's going on? Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 21:33, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

Fidel Castro and NPOV

To prevent a revert war going on, I was trying to include a more NPOV version. Seeing as how Grace Note keeps reverting to his/her version, I disputed the article's neutrality, seeing as how there's no data or reliable, neutral outside sources that call the literacy increase as "great" (and Grace Note hasn't provided one yet). What do you think? He/she's probably just gonna remove the NPOV tag, as it happened the first time. Kapil 01:11, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

I just wrote in the discussion page the reasons why I think the article is biased. Am I completely oblivious to something or is this the proper procedure? Kapil 01:23, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

Haile Selassie

I'm writing in regards to your withdrawn endorsement of the RfC and your comment that you agree with my styles generally but not how I am going about them. I'm not in favor of using styles. I don't think we should prefix "His Imperial Majesty" to the Haile Selassie article, though I do believe that this style should be contextualized within the page. HIM is a very important style to Rastafari, and deserves appropriate and neutral treatment. I would like to know, however, what it is that you disagree with as to my "going about" things, in order that perhaps we might work constructively together to make the coverage of Rastafarianism, Haile Selassie, Jah, etc. more complete and NPOV. Whig 01:47, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

RfC

When is a decision taken on the RfC? I'm getting tired of Mothperson's constant personal attacks against me and his false claims about my behaviour, and really will not have any of it if the RfC is merely a window in which users can attack me with impunity, with no users stepping in to give a neutral point of view. Your thoughts? Kapil 00:45, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

Assume good faith

It's not helping that you support trolls -- who are not having a "consensus-building" discussion but it's clear to see are simply badmouthing anyone who disagrees with them and reverting their edits on sight -- and call decent editors "vandals". Perhaps you could try a more constructive approach to getting your POV represented? Grace Note 01:36, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

I am absolutely mystified that you are supporting Trey Stone's version of the page. Disgusted, in fact. He has opposed the consensus at every point, included his own POV, completely unsourced, and you support that? Why? Grace Note 01:44, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

I didn't realize known facts like the Cuban-American population and Castro's Sovietization needed to be sourced while items of disputable quality like literacy and healthcare don't. J. Parker Stone 06:43, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

Then revert to the version I am supporting, but take out the smoking photo, okay? But don't replace it with the one of Castro that says "I am a nasty commie". And don't revert to Trey's POV, please. Grace Note 01:46, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

The neutrality of the article was agreed upon in the discussion, if you have any objections discuss them before reverting the version we reached by consensus. Also, you're approaching your third revert. Lastly, any references to us as "rightwing trolls" or "rightwing povistas" don't help your case. Kapil 01:47, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

To SqueakBox: Please note how my answer was directed at Grace Note. The problem is I thought I was in the Fidel Castro discussion page and not your own talk page, this is where the confusion stemmed from. But do relax, I feel there's some kind of witch hunt at every single comment I make and I will not stand for it. Kapil 06:37, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

Zapatero

I just noticed that the Zapatero was listed on RfC and I took a look at it. Whew. It needs a lot of work. I just copyedited the first two sections; I'll have a look at the rest later on. Reading the talk page, I saw that you have been having problems with Zapatancas. If he continues to be a PITA, an RfC might be in order. I realize preparing an RfC is time all of us would rather spend on more gratifying tasks, but I have done it now a few times and I can help you. An RfC obviously has no binding force to it, but sometimes it can be effective. All the best, -- Viajero | Talk 11:35, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

Solana

Damn. They got one past us. And I thought everyone knew the new Antichrist is Zapatero. Heightened vigilance in future. –Hajor 19:48, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

Sorry :-(

SqueakBox, all I can say is sorry for that Dalek edit. I appreciate you not making a large comment about irresponsible actions, etc, because as I'm sure you know I've been told quite a few times. I've since withdrawn my request for adminship. I'm now sending a personal apology to all those who've opposed the adminship because of my actions. - Ta bu shi da yu 02:28, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

Davenies

I commented on this with the redirect. The article was basically an orphan that had almost no information. By moving it to the main city article, it should get more notice and has a better chance to get someone to provide more information so that it can become a better article. This also avoids another editor putting a VfD tag in there again and having another discussion about keeping the article or not. If you have more information feel free to add it. If you get it into better shape and move the text back, add a {{cleanup-school}} tag at the top so that others can help finish the cleanup. Vegaswikian 19:26, 27 May 2005 (UTC)

Ríos Montt article

Please don't get bent out of shape about Ríos Montt; it isn't worth it. Complaints about "reverting my material" aren't so helpful even though I understand your reaction. The best course is not to revert immediately, but simply to correct obvious errors and sort out the rest on the Talk page. There were, IMO, only a couple of major differences between the two versions, and I am sure we can iron those out. 172 knows a lot of about general history and political movements, and you are well-informed about contemporary politics, so the end result should be a great article. Cuídate, -- Viajero | Talk 12:37, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

Once again, I think you are taking the wrong attitude. Once you hit the "Submit" button, your edits are fair game for anyone. There is no point in taking a propreitary attitude about an article. It doesn't work here. And comments about 172's personality and ArbCom stuff are equally counterproductive. Anyone could have come along and edited that page; 172 or a newcomer. As I said above, the best (and IMO only) strategy is to fix the obvious errors and take the rest to the Talk page.

When I laid out the diffs several days ago, I thought you responded to all the points that concerned you, particuarly with regard to the intro, and that the changes were merged. If not, our only recourse is to repeat the process. I am going to archive the Talk page in a moment; let's start over with a clean slate. If you still have issues with the content, copy the text to the Talk page and we will discuss it, clause by clause if need be. This is the only way forward. Thanks, -- Viajero | Talk 10:50, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

Automated Message?

I believe I received an automated(?) message from you. Perhaps you (SqueakBox) are a part of a Misplaced Pages welcoming committee?

If so, thank you for the welcome!

Also, I would like to note that it would have been nice for the message to have explained itself (i.e. where it came from). Thanks, Djbaniel 01:56, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)

I got this welcoming message too -- I didn't have any problem with it. Thanks! WLight 04:21, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Roberto Weiss

Image Tagging Image:Roberto weiss in rome with his sister.jpg

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Thanks for uploading Image:Roberto weiss in rome with his sister.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then there needs to be an argument why we have the right to use the media on Misplaced Pages (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then it needs to be specified where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.

If the media also doesn't have a copyright tag then one should be added. If you created/took the picture, audio, or video then the {{GFDL-self}} tag can be used to release it under the GFDL. If you believe the media qualifies as fair use, consider reading fair use, and then use a tag such as {{fairusein|article name}} or one of the other tags listed at Misplaced Pages:Image copyright tags#Fair_use. See Misplaced Pages:Image copyright tags for the full list of copyright tags that you can use.

If you have uploaded other media, consider checking that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Misplaced Pages page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

I changed the tag on Image:Roberto weiss in rome with his sister.jpg from no source to GFDL. Thanks User:Nv8200p 03:12, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

My RFA

SqueakBox, thank you for your vote of confidence on my recent successful RFA, it was much appreciated. I will work to demonstrate that your trust was well-placed. Fawcett5 19:45, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Whoah

Thank you for such a warm welcome message! And for the links also. ;) I'll, for sure, have a great time here.

Crawling to the bed.... --Zogg 00:24, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

EyUp

Ta for the welcome. See you round. Nigosh 22:22, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Castro

Hey, I only just saw your comment of May 21 to me on Fidel Castro. Look, I'm sorry we had a few words that verged on the harsh. You didn't deserve that. I appreciate that you were working for the good, as I think you do around Misplaced Pages. Your point about Castro's smoking was entirely compelling. I thought the smoking picture was cool, but if the guy doesn't even smoke...! Happy editing and hope next time our paths cross, we do it with smiles. Grace Note 12:38, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Cyberstalker and CyberHarasser

You are not a deletionist, you are a Misplaced Pages obsessionist and vandal. You are writing lies about me and anything/one that I support. In your distorted view of the world, you think I have multiple identities. This is simply one of your lies. You are absolutely and completely not a notable person, although I am sure your sockpupets and sycophants will fly to your aid. Proudly and accurately written by Rex Judicata 13:02, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

It was CesarB and not me who pointed out your sockpuppetry. Being not notable is just how I want it. I don't write articles about myself or my activities at wikipedia. I have written no lies. Please don't remove my comments from now on or accuse me of vandalism or libel. It was you who impersonated me and threatened to see me deported to Florida, SqueakBox 15:24, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

User pages

Hi, I noticed on the now-deleted Grayson Walker article that you had linked from that page to a couple of user: pages. We don't link to user: pages from articles (in part because many people who take database copies only take the article space, but in general it's also just Not A Good Idea). Noel (talk) 05:40, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Request for Administrator mediation

There is an ongoing problem in the Mizrahi_Jew article (see Talk:Mizrahi_Jew) with user Jayjg (an Administrator) refusing to include elements into the article which have been proven with sources he had earlier demanded. This lead to nothing, as he doesn't care for the countless sources and evidence I provided, which can be seen by his continuing to dismiss the other side (which needs to be represented) as still being irrelevant. The fact that after sources and evidence he still finds it irrelevant is his POV. The article, as Jayjg edits it, removes any mention that some Mizrahim from Arab countries (whether many or few) espouse and promote "Arab Jewish" identity.

I have already asked for mediation from other administrators, but they say they haven't the time. I asked for mediation from one administrator that even blocked me (because of Jayjg and the problem at Mizrahi Jew) but when I wrote to the administrator asking him that he read the talk page to see why there was a problem, he said he had no time. I am begging an administrator to find the time!

Jayjg is unwilling to include the fact that some Mizrahim espouse "Arab Jewish" identity (which would ensure the article’s neutrality), noting that it does include references relating to Mizrahim that oppose “Arab Jewish” identity and discourse. He is intent on only presenting one side of the “Arab Jewish” discourse, while utterly discounting the other side, and at times outright inferring the other Mizrahim that are pro-“Arab Jewish” identity are wrong (which is not for him to decide and constitutes a POV) and in his utter bias also labels those other Mizrahim as a “phenomenon” for being Jews that identify as Arabs (which is his POV).

It has been made known to him, that despite many Mizrahim today not identifying as “Arab Jews” or espousing a revival of "Arab Jewish" identity, there are (as has been quoted to him in sources) a growing number of Mizrahi scholars and non-Mizrahi members of Israeli academia (and laymen) that support do, but because of modern Arab (ie. Palestinian) and Israeli (ie. Ashkenazi Jewry) political relations (stemming from the creation of the state of Israel) the idea is that it is impossible to be both Jewish and Arab at once (which is a European Jewry understanding, and as such a POV). Both sides must be addressed for neutrality.

To quote Yehudith Harel, an Israeli scholar, writer and peace activist. These are the phases I see Arab Jews as having gone through: First, coming to Israel, being discriminated against, looked down upon and humiliated because they were "Arab Jews" -- ie belonging to Arab culture and yet practicing Jews; trying their best to integrate in many ways, among others by "forgetting" and repressing and denying their Arab cultural roots, sometimes even turning against them by adopting "Ashkenazi" (quasi-Western and secular) ways of life and strong anti-Arab positions in order to differentiate themselves from the despised and feared "enemy".

This sentiment is shared by a growing minority, and as such must represented, or how can we say the article is neutral? I myself don’t mind indicating that they are in fact a minority within the Mizrahi community (for ethno-political reasons, espoused by the Ashkenazi institution running Israel, already mentioned above), but Jayjg opposes even this, which is the very reason this school of though is growing. And it's not a recent "phenomenon" as he insesitevely indicates and which I have also shown him;

To quote Prof. Sasson Somekh, Author, translator and researcher of Arabic literature. "We are Arabic Jews just as there are American Jews - it's a historical fact. But people did not use that definition, because the Israeli society didn't like it. I am not afraid to use it, and there are others like me, such as the author Shimon Balas or Prof. Yehuda Shenhav."

Al-Andalus 07:01, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC).

Rules that condone unethical behavior

If you review the recent behavior of Squeakbox, you will see he has stalked Rexjudicata on Misplaced Pages, and made changes to any page edited by Rexjudicata. He has claimed that Agwiii and Rexjudicata are the same person. They are not.

Squeakbox has written on the Parents Without Rights page that Grayson Walker has had his parental rights taken away by the court. This is not true. Beyond that, it would be impossible for Squeakbox -- in Honduras -- to have access to private records of a Florida family law case. The fact that he would write such a libel shows his intent is to harass and not contribute.

It is important to note that Squeakbox knows nothing of these topics, and the sole purpose of his changes have been to harass Rexjudicata. As Squeakbox is an "old" member of your clique (aka Misplaced Pages community), he rallied his friends for support and they joined him.

Your code of conduct notwithstanding, the fact remains that the behavior of Squeakbox is a violation of the Cyberstalking Laws of Florida, many other states, and a growing number of other countries. Your Misplaced Pages S.O.P. is in conflict with these laws, and that should give you pause. Why are your members allowed or even encouraged to break the laws in a growing area of International regulation?

If you can get past the fact that Squeakbox is "allowed" to make edits -- as are all Wikipedians -- and examine why and what he has been editing in his attack on Rexjudicata, you see that he has used your rules as a vehicle to harass Rexjudicata. The choice is yours -- ignore the stalking and harassing by claiming the rules permit Squeakbox's behavior -- or look at the unethical behavior of his stalking.

Consider what we call the ethics transparency test. Ask, "Could I give a clear explanation for the action, including an honest and transparent account of my motives, that would satisfy a fair and dispassionate moral judge?" Squeakbox's behavior fails this test.

Consider what we call the ethics Golden Rule test. Ask, "Would I like to be on the receiving end of this action and its potential consequences? Am I treating others the way I’d want to be treated?" Again, Squeakbox's behavior fails this test. If Rexjudicata had behaved as Squeakbox did, he would have gone to all of the substantive pages that Squeakbox edited, and made changes to them -- this did not happen. Instead, he posted his complaint about being cyberstalked and erased harassing comments made by Squeakbox on his page.

The choice is very clear. You may intervene and stop the unethical, stalking behavior of Squeakbox, or you can stand behind a technical interpretation of your rules, ignoring the fact that they permit unethical and illegal behavior. This is not about suggesting that Squeakbox or any other Wikipedian stalker be prosecuted, but about the fact that your rules are increasingly out of step with both ethics and laws. Philanthropists and investors are very careful about such issues.

Rex

Rex Judicata 08:00, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)

trolls and nuts

How do you manage to attract these sorts? :) I won't criticise you for "feeding" them, but I wonder if in some cases it mightn't be better to just raise your "ignore" threshold a tad. Not that I can speak from personal experience - I have a habit of falling for trolls myself. Anyway, hope all is well with you in the world that really matters, and congrats on the job. Guettarda 15:36, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

trolls and nuts II

I was just going to say - you seem to attract all kinds of strange people. It might be helpful if you just delete my section on your talk-page ("your attacks"). It's been the second time someone tried to build on that in order to heat up a conflict.--Fenice 16:17, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

User Welcome

Thank you for that. Goodness me, you seem to get into all kinds of unusual scrapes... I think I will strenusouly try to avoid editing "weird" or "potentially weird" articles, you never know who you'll attract if you do! Cheers for the New User Greeting, anyway. --TheGrappler 21:39, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thanks too for the welcome you sent to me - much appreciated. I'm a big fan of cult British TV, so it seems we may have some things in common! HowardBerry 09:06, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the invite--Sara22 23:44, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thank you very much for the friendly welcome, what drew me to your attention? Winckle 14:23, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

My RFA

Thank you for supporting my RFA. Guettarda 23:36, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Bot vandalism in progress

According to "a ghost", IP 172.197.228.222 is being used by a bot program. He asked me to report this because he needed to take care of the vandalism the bot was doing. --Chanting Fox 20:45, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Whoops! Wrong IP address. I'll get you the correct information in a moment. --Chanting Fox 20:47, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

It's 134.161.244.202. I can definitely see why.... all the edits are related to Creationism in one way or another... and I should have read more carefully... ghost told me that I reverted the bot on the Creationism article.

Ugh, mistakes ALL around. Ghost made the assumption it was a vandalbot, and he left a note on my talkpage asking me to report it, but another user checked it out and figured that it was more of an NPOV problem than vandalism, and told ghost that on his talkpage. I did my own investigating and discovered that the IP was registered to the University of Northern Iowa, and that seems to be a further suggestion that this wasn't a bot. I've added a shared IP template to the talkpage for that IP to prevent something like this from happening again. --Chanting Fox 21:17, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Schubert

VANDALISM??? Why did you delete the box out of the schubert article??--CanadianPride 19:21, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Ahem, that was editing not vandalising, SqueakBox 21:03, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)

So editing means deleting half of the page and not substituting it with anything... Well, if that's editing then O.K. --CanadianPride 02:41, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

There is nothing to replace. Schubert had no family, so the whole thing is an elaborate hoax, SqueakBox 02:44, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

How is there no Schubert Family??? There is Schubert wine, Von Schubert Wine, and even Rafal Olaf von Schubert. I know you like you stupid american google so look up "Von Schubert Wine" and you'll see it exists.--CanadianPride 03:00, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Who are you calling American. Apologise immediately, SqueakBox 03:01, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

I called google American, while i dont car what you are. Stop deleting the information on "Schubert Family" site.--CanadianPride 16:30, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I will if you stop using sockpuppets and stop deleting Vfd notices, SqueakBox 17:35, Jun 22, 2005 (UTC)

What are sockpuppets?--CanadianPride 00:04, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I am not sockpuppeting the Schubert Article, if thats what you mean. Thanks for the definition. I only work on the "Schubert Family" site because I want to help with a creation of a article (better than some others, like digimon articles).--CanadianPride 00:55, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

re:I think you are using sockpuppets. We could ask for a sockpuppet check, and any not from Toronto would then be considered accounts in their own right, SqueakBox 01:46, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC) "What do you mean by any not from Toronto would then be considered accounts in their own right? Why toronto? are you insisting I'm from toronto? I don't get it--CanadianPride 23:41, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Get a Life sqeakbax--24.103.215.43 19:19, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Whois link

The whois link you added to User:SqueakBox does not work. It would be better if instead you said what to search for (so it can for instance be searched with the command line whois command on Unix). --cesarb 22:08, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

DrWho

Hi, Please DONT revert my edits, Thank You user:CJ2005B

vandal

Maybe this? I have no idea, but it's a possibility. Guettarda 00:16, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

words fail me

I was referring to nothing as awful as what I have just read. I am somewhat speechless now. Uh, I need some time to think. Small can of nightcrawlers just turned into "Jeff" (List of fictional worms). By the way, you have gorgeous kids, very nearly almost as gorgeous as mine. Especially Boddhi, who must be semi-closely related to at least three of mine. --Mothperson 16:39, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Slough

On List of places in Buckinghamshire, if you read the top bit, it says that places that used to be in Buckinghamshire are listed in italics. Slough is one such place, which was moved from Bucks to Berks in 1974, hence why it is listed on the list in italics. -- Francs2000 | Talk 18:23, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

re: Threats

I am just quoting what's been said. See for the log entry. Inter\ 21:46, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

EDITING/DELETING

Hi, im user:CJ2005B. I dont go round trying to make enemys with anyone! all i asked is that you and other wikipedia users be fair. so far you have not been! all i ask is that be fair when editing/deleting my post. thanks you.

See this, and all in the defence of this. What's your game, mate, SqueakBox 01:19, Jun 27, 2005 (UTC)

Christafari

I would rather wait for Theresa or someone else to delete it. It isn't doing any damage for the moment, and I don't want to turn into a "rouge admin" just yet. One block and two page protects, all yesterday, are enough for my first week as an admin. I would rather wait a while amd hope someone else will delete. Or do you think it is doing harm as is? Guettarda 01:14, 27 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Welcome

Hello, thanks for the welcome message after reading through your message i found you posted on another bored that you think im someone else. im not this person! i would like to say that i intend to be a good Misplaced Pages user who gets on well with other users and i do not intend to vandalise pages! if i find that this other user vadalises my pages what sort of action should i take? once again, Thank you for the welcome and i look forward to enjoying the wikipedia experience. User:Agent003

Hi again, I’ve left a friendly warning on CJ2005B's talk page asking him to leave me and my pages alone. I hope this doesn’t make more trouble for you or me! I really don’t want other users vandalism to affect me, so do you think this will help keep this user from bothering me? -- User:Agent003

Category:UK Wikipedians

Hi, just to let you know that the list of UK participants at the UK notice board was getting rather long, so I have replaced it with the above category which I have added to your user page. -- Francs2000 | Talk 30 June 2005 20:55 (UTC)

PS I didn't realise you were from just down the road from me... -- Francs2000 | Talk

30 June 2005 22:46 (UTC)

pagina de usuario

De nada! ?Cuando vemos ver User:Lolwtf3, User:Lolwtf4, ..., User Lolwtf324, ....? :-) FreplySpang (talk) 3 July 2005 17:53 (UTC)

Afro-Latino

I think he misunderstood what was going on. Guettarda 9 July 2005 00:19 (UTC)

Apology

Ok, After a chance meeting with agent03 at a bwfc party yesterday, he was telling me what a nice user you are! so im going to say Sorry to you for being a jerk and Sorry for vandelising your user page. i've also apologised to agent03 for the inconvienience i caused him. user:CJ2005B

Hi again thanks for forgiving me i think the best thing to do is just edit a page if it needs imporving not to promot my websites. thanks and sorry again - user:CJ2005B

Cognition

No he doesn't. Thanks for drawing this to my attention. Adam 02:08, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Images for speedy deletion

Hi SqueakBox, I notice you've put some CSD requests on Image:Marijuana male.jpg and Image:Wild cannabis.jpg. I'll happily delete them, but is there a reason? Stewart Adcock 19:11, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Okay. They are deleted... Stewart Adcock 19:19, 11 July 2005 (UTC)

Revert Vandalism

Hi again SpueakBox, Can you please revert edits to Leeds United F.C., the page has been vary badly vandalised! Thanks Agent003

Wikicities

Ok, i'll have a look there. Thanks alot for your help Agent003

Town stubs

I agree that towns and cities deserve articles. Heck, I just wrote about two vacant California ghost towns, specifically Rice, California and Eagle Mountain, California. However, your article as it stands isn't much more than an opening sentence that someone researching the subject might already know which is why I thought a redirect was a good idea. Is there any more info you can add? Best, Lucky 6.9 19:08, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, I noticed that after I left my last message. I figured that's what you had in mind. Sorry to trouble you. :) - Lucky 6.9 19:21, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

Juan_Bautista_Sacasa

You're adding short, one sentence stub articles to Misplaced Pages. Why not instead create something like List of Nicaraguan Presidents, and create redirects to that list, and put the same information you're putting into many seperate articles into one article. Then, if more information is later added to Misplaced Pages, those redirects can then be upgraded to full articles, instead of being one sentence stubs. EvilPhoenix talk 09:17, July 14, 2005 (UTC)

All that is in the President of Nicaragua article is a list of Nicaraguan Presidents, with the dates of their terms, and nothing more. All you are doing is copying this information and pasting it into myriad stubs that do not give any additional information than what is already in the President article. I am all for adding information about other countries, which I believe contributes to Countering systemic bias, but I object to adding stub after stub after stub. I think that you should instead make each article a Redirect to President of Nicaragua, and then if you have enough information and content to expand the article, do so, but I dislike the adding of all these stubs. EvilPhoenix talk 15:57, July 14, 2005 (UTC)

I disagree with redirecting those pages to the list of presidents of whatever country. However, perhaps instead of writing so many stubs on South American leaders, you should write more detailed articles after researching more infformation on them. In the mean time, I have been addingg more infformation to a few off them, at least their birth and death dates and party affiliations, and will continue to do so. Academic Challenger 05:34, 16 July 2005 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your comment. There are some crazy problems on the wiki regarding cliques, personality conflicts, article quality and edit wars... What I have discovered is that while I can usually handle a single rude anon or new user, a united team of users or an admin is pretty much insurmountable, and I'm forced to move on. Probably not the best thing for the article quality, but there is only so much hassle I can tolerate. Thanks for lending a hand, ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 02:18, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

ive been reverting vandalism to Bolton Wanderers all week. thanks for giving us a helping hand. if the person that i keep catching continues to vandalise this page, can i refer the problem to you? so you can take the appropriate action.

Thanks for the link! Agent003

Thanks for the welcome

I much appreciate the welcome and info from you. I'd been trying to remember how to sign my name, but hadn't gotten around to searching much for it yet. You know, it's funny, but I'll be in La Ceiba in a couple weeks. How random is that? I don't even live in Honduras.

Brbigam 03:26, July 20, 2005 (UTC)

62.255.32.12

Hi, squeakbox. sorry to bother you but this i.p will not accept that a player has signed for bolton & that Liverpool are part of the top 4 not everton. can you keep an eye on him please? - Agent003

i have a random question

are you a rastafarian, because that's the impression i got from your userpage. J. Parker Stone 03:31, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

Problem

Hi, I'm having a problem with a user over Grand Theft Auto IV, can you please tell me whos in the right? - Thanks, Agent003

RFC

Good catch, I nearly popped you one : P. I thinking about making a petition in my user space to ask sam spade and felonius monk to settle their greivances outside of wikipedia. You intrested in helping? http://en.wikipedia.org/User:Tznkai/Petition--Tznkai 18:02, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

FM left a charming comment there. You may want to take a look at it.--Tznkai 19:30, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for the welcome. I'll do my best at being a "good" Wikipedian. I initially put my "thank you" on your talk page proper, but now see it's better to put it in here. Kind regards, (Twisturbed Tachyon 13:55, 28 July 2005 (UTC))

Adminship long overdue

Squeakbox, the title says it all. You definitely have done more of your share of vandalism fighting. Please let me know if you are interested in a nomination. Apologies if the edit to the archive format at the top of the page was unwelcome — feel free to revert. Fawcett5 01:17, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Allright, it has been setup — please complete the nomination here. Cheers, Fawcett5 01:49, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

SqueakBox, please accept my apologies for unintentionally dragging you into that unfortunate situation. I think that the treatment you received was unjust. You have frequently dealt with the worst sort of trolls, POV pushers, and users with bizarre agendas. Under such circumstances anybody with an 8000 edit history will have one or two moments of which they are not too proud. And I simply couldn't believe the whole Batpedia thing and the ridiculous accusations of racism. In any case, I'm sincerely sorry. Fawcett5 05:11, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Talk:Buckinghamshire

I apologise if my response to you on the above page was a little terse. -- Francs2000 | Talk 19:45, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Honduras

with your moves on departments you are creating double redirects. doon't do this in the future Tobias Conradi (Talk) 21:33, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

don't do what

as said above : creating double redirects

breaking WP = breaking the ability of a reader to read without further clicking an aricle when clicking on a link that finally ends up in double redirect.

Talk:Departments of Honduras Cortes now has double redirects again. Tobias Conradi (Talk) 22:11, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

if creating entries such as "El Porvenir" it might be usefull to check Special:Whatlinkshere/El_Porvenir Yielding that there is also El Porvenir in Chiapas and in Panama. Spanish placenames are very likely to produce disambiguation pages. I seconded your request for "Honduras-geo-stub". I think in the future every country will get a <countryname>-geo-stub. I would also support to create more of this stub-cats in advance, to avoid restubbing needs. Tobias Conradi (Talk) 09:15, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

How many municipalities of Honduras do exist? You can answer it there if you know. Tobias Conradi (Talk) 09:18, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

Holy S**t Batman!

Hi! I have the task of going through Category:Geography stubs once a week, taking out the ten or so new stubs that haven't been correctly stubbed and putting them in their appropriate places. Ten a week, normally. Only in the last 24 hours 212 new ones have arrives, all of which should be stubbed with {{CentralAm-geo-stub}}. Are you trying to give me a hernia? I mean, good work on the stub creation, but... Grutness...wha? 23:18, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

S'alright - it was just a bit of a shock... leave it for a day or two - I'm trying to push through a separate Honduras-geo-stub at WP:WSS. With about 250 stubs for that country now there should be no real problem with it, and it will save re-stubbing them if it does. Grutness...wha? 23:25, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. As I said above, a new Honduras-geo-stub is likely to be made as a result of the suddent population increase in that category. I'll let you know when it gets made, so you cannuse it on any new articles you make! :) Grutness...wha? 00:55, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

IP address

Perhaps some reasonably useful collection of websites could be established when the page is protected and then enforced. I am finding it bit absurd such page is /so much/ spammed - it cannot THAT financially atrractive to sell IP lookup. (Of my 2,500 pages on watch this got spammed most.) Pavel Vozenilek 01:36, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

You wrote: are mostly wiki mirrors

I am out of context for this link. Pavel Vozenilek 17:28, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

I see but this effect is possibly only imaginary. If I remember correctly Misplaced Pages implemented nofollow atttribute to eliminate this effect. Pavel Vozenilek 20:23, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

Guatemala

How well do you know Guatemala? I'm asking because of your proposed move. Picking Escuintla as an example, it's currently at Escuintla Department. You said it should be moved to "Escuintla department". I have a question - is it better to move it to that, or to "Escuintla"? Please let me know on my talk page, I'm trying to get this as accurate as possible. Thanks! --Golbez 03:19, August 3, 2005 (UTC)

Edit summary

Hello. Please remember to always provide an edit summary. Thanks and happy edits. Alphax 16:01, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

Bot flag?

Are you adding those Central American places using a bot? If so, how about requesting a bot flag? I currently feel you are flooding the new pages list a bit. --IByte 22:33, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

No I am not. I am just using tabs and organisation. Much as I would like to learn about bots I don't know how to use them, SqueakBox 22:36, August 6, 2005 (UTC)

Geo-stubs

Hi - there are now separate stub templates for Honduras and Guatemala: {{Honduras-geo-stub}} and {{Guatemala-geo-stub}}. The speed with which you're making Central American stubs, we'll probably need some for other coutries in the region soon, too! Grutness...wha? 02:16, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

ach!

why do I have phreaks obsessed with me? Its really very creepy. This never happens in real life, only on the disgusting internet... People need to find a way to kill each onther online, it would solve so many problems. Sorry for the rant, and thanks for your input, let me know if I can help you sometime. Cheers, ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 05:35, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Bot discussion

Having read the bot page link you sent me it may be that my editing style brings up similar issues to those of bot users; server strain, unchecked results (ie I don't check everyone), and perhaps this issue should be brought up somewhere, as I know 16 edits a min is fast even for just 2 or 3 mins. Some of the Colombia departments contain 120+ municipalities, and the way I do it (for efficiency) I set everything up and then push the edit buttons as the final task. So you may want to flag this somewhere, SqueakBox 16:49, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

In response to your message, I suggest discussing concerns about the bot-like impacts of your edits at Misplaced Pages talk:Bots. (I cannot set flags for you as I am not myself an admin or steward.) If you want help with bot development/usage, Misplaced Pages:Bot requests appears to be the right place to ask.

Func's RfA :)

SqueakBox, thank you for your support in my adminship, greatly appreciated! :)

Please never hesitate to let me know if you have concerns with any administrative action I may make.

Func( t, c, e, ) 19:14, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Re LCA article

I am seeing some nice work in Legalise Cannabis Alliance. It is looking now like a much improved article. Laurel Bush 17:53, 12 August 2005 (UTC).

Yooo! Squeak!

Great job on the cannabis related articles man. That thing is correct to a T, and in part thanks to you. I'm pretty baked righ now as you may be able to tell Lol. Tell me, when was your first experience with weed like? I do quite a few edits myself, satisfying yet tough is improving wikipedia...less' your a walking encyclopedia yourself, heheh. Peace out! - User:D-Katana

Wow so you smoked with the earl of Beaconsfield, thats cool...how many stoners can say they've done that!? Well..all the earl's mates i suppose o_O- User:D-Katana

honduras dept talk

I would like to delete our talk in the beginning of Talk:Departments of Honduras - it's not important for the departments itself. But maybe you want to preserve it. saludos Tobias Conradi (Talk) 15:35, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

Re: WP:AN/3RR

As you saw, my only answer was on Beltch's page. I have apologized. It was a regretable but recoverable mistake--Tznkai 15:55, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

I withdrew for the reasons I stated, and for no other. Withdrawing in face of legitimate crititicsm is a sign that you can't take the criticism, not that you're aware ofit.

As for this mistake, I explained it, and wanted that editor to restore it. Maybe he/she changed minds, reconsidered, wanted to do it themselves, etc. I don't like taking a choice out of someone else's hands. You may disagree with how I handled it, and that may be correct, but understand I did it because I thought it was best he/she handled it themselves.--Tznkai 16:05, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

I should've left a note asking if Beltch wanted me to restore it, or to do it himself, yes. Atleast thats how I think I could've handled the situation better. still, when mistakes do happen, other person's "restorations" can sometimes cause accidental screw ups, atleast in my opinion.--Tznkai 16:27, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

redirect to your user page

dear squeakbox, the current redirect to your user page is in my opinion confusing. The only page linking to him is Janko group and obviously it intends to link to a non-existing page about mathematician (who knows, perhaps you and he are the same person?). If you do not mind I will remove the redirect so that the invitation to write an article on the mathematician will be up at that page again. (i am not qualified to write anything about him). kind regards, --Lenthe 11:44, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

Actually, the redirect has to be deleted because it violates Misplaced Pages policy (See Misplaced Pages:Redirects for deletion#When_should_we_delete_a_redirect?, rule 5). Such redirects do not belong in the main namespace. --IByte 14:59, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

Buckinghamshire

You have contributed to Buckinghamshire in the past, so may I invite you to contribute to a dispute that is breaking out. Some guy who is obsessing about the traditional counties has plonked a great big infobox in the article. It's not useless stuff, but in my view it belongs in History of Buckinghamshire, not in the current main article. But I'll leave you to make your own mind up. Have a look and contribute to talk:Buckinghamshire, please. --Concrete Cowboy 23:07, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

Stalking

Re: your response on my talk page. I am currently attempting to gather Misplaced Pages community input on how to develop a proposed wiki-stalking policy in light of a recent Arbcom decision making this a bannable offense. In order to get community input I simply did a search of user pages to find places where wiki-stalking is mentioned. The message I posted is a generic notice for participation that is identical to the one I sent to dozens of other editors and was made without taking any side in existing or previous disputes about stalking, so no - this isn't an attempt to stir up any of your old enemies. It's just a notice about the proposal. I apologize if you construed it as something else, but it was not intended to be. Please review Misplaced Pages:Assume good faith. Rangerdude 19:37, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

I just removed it from Agwiii's page. Rangerdude 19:46, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Reverts

SqueakBox - I appreciate your contributions on the Stalking proposal, however for reasons stated on the talk page I believe I am on solid ground in stating that Uninvited Company's addition of the "rejected" tag was severely premature. According to the provisions accompanying this tag, a demonstrated lack of consensus occurs when an impass is reached involving three editors. While there has certainly been opposition voiced on this article's talk page to portions of the proposal, I have seen no evidence of an editing impass and indeed several editors who have stated objections to the proposal (yourself included) have made agreeable edits and substantial contributions toward fixing the portions of the proposal that are objectionable. It would be highly premature to declare the policy "rejected" after only 4 days time for consideration and while edits and discussions of the sort described are still ongoing, and I believe that in the case of Uninvited Company's decision to add this tag his purpose was nothing more than to "kill" the proposal for personal reasons while it was still under consideration. I am not a fan of revert warring unless absolutely necessary, but I strongly feel that additional work remains to be done on this proposal. If you will agree and restore the proposal listing until a time arises when either consensus is reached or a genuine impass prevents further work, I will not hold any 3RR complaints and will not revert war on that subject. Otherwise I will consider filing an RfC against Uninvited Company for user behavior regarding the inappropriate application of this tag. I appreciate your contributions to date and consider them generally beneficial even though we both originally viewed the issue from very different perspectives, and hope this can continue. Regards. Rangerdude 23:07, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for doing this the proper way by poll. I've also given some thought to possible alternatives for a guideline and wanted to get your input. Rather than having an existing guideline that spells everything out (which seems to be the source of most of the disputes) I posted an alternative bare-bones version that starts only with the Arbcom's official definition of wikistalking at Wikipedia_talk:Stalking/Revision1 and links to the cases. Two possible alternatives on approaching this type of revision also seem to exist. (1) We could simply make the Arbcom definition itself the only guideline material and then say nothing more interpreting it or applying it. (2)We could start from the definition and build any interpretation of it from the ground up, rather than starting with a full proposal. Please take a look and post your thoughts on the revision talk page. Thanks. Rangerdude 23:40, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

Spanish speakers

Hi, SqueakBox. Look, let's not waste our lives in a sterile edit war over the Spanish language article. Your POV is that it's upsetting to leave out, I presume, Honduras from a list of Spanish-speaking countries, while including the States. However, the States is a leading hispanophone nation, and your edits give the appearance of supporting the rather jingoistic Americans who don't like Spanish programmes, or the notion of Spanish's one day becoming a national language of the US. That's not company you belong in.

Look, your rationale for changing the list is thin. If you want Honduras in, why not simply extend my list until it includes Honduras? I don't have any problem with that. But I do have a problem with purposely excluding the States. Can't we both be accommodated by my solution? Clair de Lune 03:33, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Cumbey's user page

I don't want to make a big thing about this and I hesitate to bring the matter up because I know I've made errors of judgement in the past. This is a policy issue, however. I notice that you've made a series of edits to User:Cumbey's user page, deleting personal attacks against you. I fully sympathize; I remember once asking her to remove her personal attacks from her page, with no response from her.

Cumbey is wrong to use her user page to make personal attacks. One former well-known Wikipedian was asked to leave, partly because of the same issue. However, it is also against policy to make alterations to another user's user page without their consent. Corrections (for spelling, punctuation, etc.) are considered in order, barnstars are okay, but content changes are questionable. What you're supposed to do is call in the mediation committee. You can call their attention to the fact that she has ignored requests to remove her personal attacks. They will attempt to persuade her, and if she proves uncooperative, you can then call on the arbitration committee, which is empowered to make decisions and enforce them. I have no doubt that they would rule eventually in your favour, as Cumbey's attacks defy Misplaced Pages policy and rules. But I don't think it is proper to unilaterally touch another user's page, however good our reasons for doing so may be. David Cannon 21:21, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your prompt explanation. That satisfies me. If she comes back, however, taking the matter further with the mediation and arbitration committees will probably be in order. Have a great day. David Cannon 21:51, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Don't always want a notice when I have new messages

I have disabled my yellow message, and wish I could do so in a more straightforward manner than creating a separate account to redirect my talk page to. It irritates me no end, affects the page layout when it comes up while editing as you can't reach the bold text etc horizontal line without scrolling, doesn't switch off if you access your talk page through diffs (from the watchlist, which I always do after somebody redirected my talk page to an obscene picture). Does noone else feel the same way? Is there an easier way to disable it? If not could one be added to preferences, SqueakBox 02:47, August 19, 2005 (UTC)

You can simply change your user stylesheet (if you are using the Monobook skin, it's at User:SqueakBox/monobook.css) and add a rule to not display these messages. I believe the correct rule to do so is ".usermessage { display: none }" (without the quotes). See Help:User styles for more information. --cesarb 17:58, 19 August 2005 (UTC)

thanks

hey thanks man. i'm not gonna be around cuz 1, i spent far too much time here this last year, and 2 i'm gonna be adjusting and focusing on more important things in college and i don't want to be distracted by something like this.

good talkin' to ya though. J. Parker Stone 10:12, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

Edit summary

Hello. Please remember to always provide an edit summary. Thanks and happy edits. --Ryan Delaney 18:16, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

On stubs and welcomes

Thanks! Your help is greatly appreciated. Long story short, by the time I realized the full efect of my edit, I tried to ammend by recreating (had a copy open) - only to see it disappear again for lack of content. Lesson learned.

Hopefully my stay at Wiki will cause more good than harm, and as time goes by I should be able to avoid messing up at all. This will be one of my last posts with an IP number as I am moving to a login account.

By the way, I am looking for the correct guideline/format/template/infobox for a ship's career - I may have got Huáscar (ship) wrong (inserted a second flag in the box to represent service with second navy), but cannot find the right guideline to confirm this.

"Echando a perder se aprende," Cheers, 213.46.232.205 09:40, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

My talk page

Stop reverting my talk page. I control what goes there, I can clear things out periodically. You are being obnoxious, and the same actions I did just once on User talk:SlimVirgin caused her to threaten to block me... Do you agree with her that those actions should cause someone to be blocked (if so, please go get her to block you) or do you agree that she was abusing her power? Or do you think admins can make their own rules and do whatever they want? DreamGuy 17:47, August 23, 2005 (UTC)

Taken from User talk:DreamGuy, as Dreamguy keeps on blanking it, SqueakBox 18:38, August 23, 2005 (UTC)

Rfc

Please let an admin make the decision. I fyou are right it will not be deleted but you are heading to break the 3RR rule, SqueakBox 22:31, August 22, 2005 (UTC)

No, I won't break the 3RR rule, you can count on that, but I'm sure lots of other people will start removing the speedy delete tag if you keep putting it there. DreamGuy 23:45, August 22, 2005 (UTC)

You admiot the Rfc was in bad faith. It does not have 2 endorsers. What are you doing exactly, SqueakBox 00:34, August 23, 2005 (UTC)

It does have endorsers, where do you come of claiming that it doesn't? I wrote an outside view saying that it was in bad faith but that doesn't mean I want someone to come along and delete it outright on a false claim that it wasn't endorsed. You yourself removed two names from the page, so you know it was certified. They had the endorsers so deserve to have the issue discussed to whatever end it comes to, not just have it be deleted by someone not following the rules. DreamGuy 00:37, August 23, 2005 (UTC)

Those 2 sigs weren't legitimate in that place as they had been imported from somewhere else and were from 4 days before the Rfc. If they had been legit sigs the individuals would have re-signed. 2 people did then endorse but the second more than 48 hours after the Rfc began. All I am trying to do is help and enforcing policy. Please stop stating I am making false claims, esp as you could not prove this with diffs. Nor did I delete the article. I asked an admin to do so, SqueakBox 00:43, August 23, 2005 (UTC)

It has been deleted now. please stop giving me or others a hard time for janotorial work at wikipedia, SqueakBox 00:46, August 23, 2005 (UTC)

If they had been legit sigs the individuals would have re-signed. Did it ever occur to you that they may not even know or think about the concept that they had to resign it? Or that maybe you should have contacted them about it and given them the opportunity to do so instead of just erasing it? I am not giving you a hard time for doing janitorial work, I am giving you a hard time for blatantly violated the rules in the process. That RfC was signed, and even if I am personally opposed to the particular RfC, I am still not going to sit by while someone erases signatures. The fact that you got an admin to go along with you, especially one who has been frequently stepping into anything I am dealing with and basically doing just the opposite of what i am arguing solely out of bad faith, does not mean that you were correct to do so. I will take this up with other admins if I have to, but you started off with a mistake and then compounded it by ignoring what a neutral outside observer was telling you and by invalidating signatures for no good reason. This is exactly why so many people think admins here are making up their own rules on a whim. You can't just kill off an RfC that had four signatures. DreamGuy 00:59, August 23, 2005 (UTC)

Well this has left a sour taste in my mouth, whatever our views on other matters this is pretty rotten and I'll support you if you wish to take it further, I honestly can't fathom what SqueakBox's problem but I'm off to bed now, night.--ElvisThePrince 01:16, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

Did it never occur to you to inform Vinylgirl of the Rfc. You could also have informed the other editors yourself. There is no onus on me to do so. There is no policy about Rfc's being able to be validated on a talk page, so what you are saying about doctored signatures doesn't stand up to scrutiny. What you are saying would grind wikipedia to a halt with other editors being forced to chase up entirely spurious claims. No editor should have an rfc if they only done 20 edits, let alone one they don't know about, but you seem unaware of Vinylgirl, and that she has the same rights as other editors. I can assure I too have a nasty taste in my mouth after the shennanigans of today, and spouting rubbish about me breaking wikipedia rules simply not true. In future please check with whom you are edit warring before jumping to the conclusion that maybe they are a sockpuppet, as the information is available, starting in the user page. If Slim has been intervening around you I am sure it is for good reasons, especially after how you have behaved today. I am left questioning what your real motivation is SqueakBox 04:12, August 23, 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, and there you are breaking even more policies. Misplaced Pages:Assume good faith for one, probably Misplaced Pages:Civility as well. I don;t know who all you are talking to, as you seem to be replying to two people at once without specifying, but USer:SlimVirgin's harassment of me by breaking policy and outright taking sides encouraging an extreme problem editor who should have been banned months ago and encouraging him to use sockpuppet accounts, not blocking him for periods she agreed to do so, and treating me as if I were the one being disciplined instead of him are just some of the nonsense she is pulling, not to mention her protecting articles the way the soon-to-be-blocked editor wants them, instigating his revenge RfAr against me instead of following normal conflict resolution steps, and so forth. There are some bad, bad admins here who are loose cannons, and from your actions on this RfC it looks like you are one of them too, as you simply were not following policy, and your rationalizations that the process would grind to a halt if you took a teensy bit of responsibility and did not remove valid signatures for not reason simply do not wash. DreamGuy 14:05, August 23, 2005 (UTC)

PLease explaion how signatures from Talk:Encyclopedia Dramatica are valid on an Rfc; ie quote the policy to me. Otherwise leave it be or I will start to think you are trolling, SqueakBox 15:58, August 23, 2005 (UTC)

Please don't blank this conversation. Archiving is fine. As you spend so much time telling others to follow policy perhapsd it would be a good idea to do so yourself, SqueakBox 17:41, August 23, 2005 (UTC)

when he cant win

he gets angry, and pouty , and starts getting progressivly ruder. please note that this sort of behaviour has gotten him so fr three accept votes for an RFAr, and it seems like there will be more. feel free to add this incident to the evidance.Gavin the Chosen 18:42, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

Vague threats

I see from your talk page that you're in the habit of making vague threats about people "getting into trouble", as you now have to me in your latest (unsigned) comment on my talk page, Please do take this to Misplaced Pages:Resolving disputes if you wish; as I understand this, rather than making vague threats of "trouble' is the WP process for resolving disputes. Regards Tonywalton | Talk 18:00, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

Barnstar

I hereby give you this Barnstar for extreme patience with other Wikipedians.

Take care, D. J. Bracey (talk) 23:14, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

Pigsonthewing

Just out of interest did Andy Mabbett ever say that one had to be born in brum to be a brummie? please note User:G-Man/POTW RFC in preperation. Nick Boulevard 00:47, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Withdraw nomination club

Yah thnx... :P --Cool Cat 02:20, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Guatemala

Yeah, I'm back.

OK, I see what you've been up to with the Guatemala articles... excellent effort. One question: Is it worthwhile at this stage in WP's evolution to have separate articles for (eg) Rabinal (the town) and Rabinal, Baja Verapaz (the municipality)? Most cases, the headtown shares a name with the municipality. I'd be inclined to merge the two articles, saying something along the lines that "XXX serves as the administrative centre for the surrounding municipality of the same name" (done that a lot on Mexico-geo-stubs, where the same situation applies). Or maybe you just created them bang-bang-bang one after another, without realising the overlap was there? (Machine-gun editing, yeah? loads of fun).

(As a general rule, too, I think "cities" are a bit more interesting than "municipalities". Changing the focus of the municips' articles to the headtowns would also help fill out the Category:Cities in Guatemala.)

Of course, while doing all that, you seem to have established a de facto standard for the naming of Guatemalan geographical articles, using the "city-comma-department" format. Well done, that man! If you're feeling really bold, you could include it on the naming conventions page.

Is this coherent? Did you at least enjoy reading it? Cheers, –Hajor 02:58, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

if

If you find DreamGuys behaviour to be rude or unsavoury, feel free to visit the requests for arbitration page and add evidance to the charges aboutr his incivil nature. hes only one vote away from arbitration.Gavin the Chosen 10:17, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Pto Quetzal

Thanks for the message. Do the locals think of Quetzal as a separate town from Puerto San José, or is it just the name of the port complex (à la Seaforth container terminal, Tilbury docks, etc)? I kind of assumed it deserved its own article (even a lousy stub) for no other reason than both are marked on our standard Guatemala CIA map. Cheers, –Hajor 16:15, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

And thanks for the clarification. I'll remove the "cities" cat, then. –Hajor 16:34, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

IP address

I've recomended that 0waldo take this to the talk page; until he does, I'm happy to keep reverting. I thought I'd let you know, as, if he does, you might be interested in the discussion. Thanks for your work on the 'pedia! JesseW 19:24, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

I've blocked 0waldo for two hours, long enough to chat with him. I would have considered longer, but I feel your tone and actions in this were provoking him. Dispute resolution means a lot more than reverting until you get the outcome you like. Dragons flight 01:05, August 28, 2005 (UTC)

Mexico vandalism...

Sorry about that revert, went to the wrong version. If you look at the history you'll see I was reverting the insulting vandalism by Siegfried Waldgrave (talk · contribs). (who is also enjoying commenting on my talk) Thanks for catching it. Wikibofh 17:32, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

Oh, and to continue the cleanup, Siegfried was trying to clean it up. I've apologized to him on my talk and his. Looks like 206.107.114.12 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) was the original problem. Wikibofh 17:45, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

0waldo

I have a question, though - Why is your specific objection to GetMyPC.info? If it were added by someone other than 0waldo, would your objection fade, since it seems to be predicated on the fact that it's HIS site? Or is it simply on principle that he thinks that because he donated, he has the right to use Misplaced Pages as advertising (A site without any income method, I note)? --Golbez 17:49, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

"Dear Sir, you obviously mistook my humor and a 'threat' of legal action as serious. It was a joke (I added their names to the site to show the total insanity of the entire issue ) for my two friends JesseW and SqueakBox :) Promise." I just got this email from 0waldo. He's probably serious, his original statement was not a typical threat, but the point had to be made. --Golbez 18:04, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

Would it be okay if I added the link to the end of the list (It is useful, it mentions us, and it has no ads, after all - and it's gotta be useful to some people (It got the right country for me, at least)? Iff he removes the mention of you and Jesse, since that's obviously false. This just seems the best option all around - it stops the war, and it puts up a vaguely useful site that, while it may be spam, isn't getting him any recognition or income. --Golbez 18:11, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

Greets SqueakBox :) I left you a suprise gift over at the talk IP_address ;) 0waldo 22:34, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

You know that this is rather ironic that I would ask you this - How do I stop 84.9.203.30 from deleting the link? thanks pal. 0waldo 12:41, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Hi SqueakBox :) I've been removing useless ext links over at ip address. It's appears that I'm being chastised by for doing so. Any feedback?

Greets SqueakBox: what's up with ex.t links at IP address? You promised not to delete the link to GetMyPC.info.! Alas, all is well: I'm willing to forgive and forget because I just added it back ;) 0waldo 22:40, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

Hi SqueakBox: I'm not quite sure that I understand what you mean.... 0waldo 00:21, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

Well, I'm feeling like burnt spam right now, pardon the pun and I just don't feel like messing around with it at all to be honest with you. I really meant it when I just wanted to put the link (getMyPC.info) there to supplement the article. I did not really have any objections to the other links you and I kept reverting back too ( the five or so links ). Anyway, there you have it ;) have a nice weekend! 0waldo 00:35, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

SqueakBox, my friend, what's up on deleting the new link that I placed on IP address? It's not a service like JesseW whines about, it's pure information concerning IP address, no advertising, no links, just detailed infor concerning IP address... I'm assuming that you did not even look at the page? 0waldo 02:26, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

SqueakBox, my friend: at least you're not giving me hell (that I know of) 0waldo 21:59, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

Former

An encylopedia is written from a historical perspective. In the birth and death lists, you would have to put "former" in front of everyone's description except the people who are still active in whatever they do or did and then change it when they retire or die. That is the reason that I think it should never be there. Instead, you list the thing for which the person is most known, with the understanding that they may no longer be doing it. Ksnow 15:24, 2 September 2005 (UTC)Ksnow

My RFA

Hi, just wanted to say thanks for supporting my RFA nomination and to let you know I've accepted and answered the questions. --Angr/_{tɔk tə mi} 15:43, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

Paisa for Antioqueño

Paisa (short for "paisano"=fellow contryman), refered to culturally Antioqueño, is by no way offensive to them. See es:Paisa for an article in Spanish language wikipedia.
— Carlos Th (talk) 03:24, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Joolz's RFA

Hey SqueakBox, thanks for your vote on my recent RFA, your support was appreciated :) -- Joolz 11:24, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

My RFA

Hi, thanks for voting for me in my RFA. I was really touched at how many people voted for me! --Angr/_{tɔk tə mi} 22:49, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

cannabis cultivation

an enthusiastic user has edited the page, and it desperately needs a copyedit. i'm fresh outta time between school and work; do you think you could do it? it would make me just squish with joy. Avriette 03:38, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Chav, Charva and Charver

Hello - I noticed you reverted someone trying to edit Charva post-vfd. I just caught someone trying to put the same content into the older Charver redirect. I thought I'd bring it to your attention. Apologies if you're not interested. -- Jon Dowland 15:36, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for jumping in there. There has (finally) been a discussion opened regarding this disagreement, at Talk:Charver#Why_the_constant_reverts.3F. -- Jon Dowland 13:08, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Barnstar

Have this Working Man's Barnstar for hard work on Misplaced Pages.

Take care, Molotov (talk) 20:14, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

Cannabis cultivation article

Hey Squeak! I was just perusing the cannabis cultivation article, which seems to be a fairly popular page for editing lately (as indicated by Avriette), with many adding in little facts and figures from time to time. I read through the whole thing, but overall at the close of the article I was somewhat miffed with regards to the actual cultivation of the plant, and various parts appeared somewhat vague. Now, I found this little gem of an article a couple years back which in my view totally wipes the floor with the Misplaced Pages article and is very useful overall. We could align Misplaced Pages's article to that somewhat, to improve the overall depth of the article, as its pretty easy to imagine some potential growers wish to use the article.

I propose, we map out the entire growth cycle of the plant in two new sections : Vegetative Growth & Flowering starting after the "Overview" and prior to the "Botany" sections. We could mirror the external article by including useful information regarding pruning, feeding solutions and general techniques here rather than later in the article as is currently the case. Further, we could add in a "Growing techniques" section, and simply transfer "Sea of green, Hydroponic, Outdoor, Indoor growing" to that, as it seems said methods are less revelant to the botany of the plant, and would serve better within a section of their own.

After this, it would be wise to grant "Detection" its own section, as it's currently only relevant to rural outdoor areas, as opposed to indoor grow-ops which are generally very common nowadays. Extending it by covering light leaks/smell detection etc would add a lot to the article, possibly making it more relevant and informative to the readership as a whole. "CO2 enrichment" could be transferred to the proposed "Growing techniques" section. This would increase its relevance somewhat, as it is a complimentary method to ones growing.

I suggest putting "Curing, Drying, Extraction and Hashish" into a new "Post-harvest" section - As it is probably better that than one very large umbrella-type section (the current Extraction, Curing, and Other Harvest Processes). Lastly, simply merging the info on "CBD and CBN" with the proposed new "Flowering" section would be practical, as it is pretty much out of place at the end of the article.

I wanted to inform you of these proposals as you modify cannabis-related articles on a regular basis, more than any other dude i'm aware of :). Could you inform me of whether you approve of these proposals? If so, I could go about putting them in place thereby making the article more useful for everybody! If not, we could discuss the whole shebang further. -- D-Katana 19:28, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

I think the information is very useful, but lacks structure. YOu're probably right on this one. I just don't have the time to do it. Avriette 02:49, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

Okay, I managed to put in the place the majority of the changes to the article, its a pretty good guide now and much less jumbled up than it was. All that remains to be done is a moderate expansion of the "Detection and the law" section. -- D-Katana 19:43, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

Hey, I'd just like to thank you for the PM you sent me :) You've got a great page and I enjoyed reading it. I'm totally new to here, I only realised you could edit articles on here yesterday without registering!! Hope to talk to you soon! Rach 86.130.242.242 21:03, 19 September 2005 (UTC)user:XYaAsehShalomX

My RfA

Thanks for participating and supporting me in my RfA, I hope I will not let you down. Molotov (talk) 18:04, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

Requested source

See Talk:Malvinas. Ejrrjs | What? 21:12, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Image Tagging

Before you go complaining about the annoying watchlist warning, make sure you're not part of the reason for it: I've noticed that Image:Haile selassie 13.GIF, and possibly other images you've uploaded, do not have source and copyright information. They may be tagged as having {{no source}} or being of {{unknown}} copyright status. Images given those tags can be deleted 7 days later without further warning. To prevent this, provide accurate copyright tags for all your images and provide their sources. For a list, see your upload log. If you have questions or need help, post to my talk page. Thank you for your cooperation. Superm401 | Talk 05:00, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Please place one of the copyright tags on each image description page. Superm401 | Talk 06:34, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

You ned!

Only joking! This is realy just a quick note to let you know that I don't want any bad feelings to develop between us over this issue. Taking it back to AfD was probably the best solution and I'll abide by whatever consensus develops there. --GraemeL 17:20, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Thank you SqueakBox

I'll try my best, dude. SamEV 17:22, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

Re: Spammy notice

I just added a span id to the notice on MediaWiki:Watchdetails, so now you can hide it by adding:

#watchlist_notice { display: none; }

to your monobook.css (or respective one for the other skins) file. (Copied from the VP) JesseW, the juggling janitor 23:01, 25 September 2005 (UTC)

How did I attract your notice?

I've (stillnotelf) been lurking around for a while, I'm wondering what I did such that you noticed me? I did poke around some of the Haile Selassie pages clarifiying links to Judah; was that it? Stillnotelf 04:00, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

RFA

I want to thank you very much for your vote on my RFA. Greatly apperciated, I owe you one! Journalist | huh? 24 December 2024

Well, Ive finally learned to cope with it, and Im looking forward to tackling it a few months from now. Journalist | huh? 24 December 2024

Technicality

I know it's just a technicality but it's something that I beat my head against a brick wall over with other users on a regular basis. Officially settlements in the UK are defined thus:

If it has a Royal charter it's a city
If it doesn't have a Royal charter but has a charter of incorporation (a traditional permit to hold a market or fair) then it's a town
If it doesn't have any form of charter at all but it has a parish council then it's a village
If it doesn't have any of the above it's a hamlet

I couldn't say about Naphill because I don't know the place at all well (though I do know someone that lives there) however the idea that a settlement's size defines its status is an American principle that has no place in British officialdom. Milton Keynes is still a town no matter how big it gets; likewise there are some places that are very very large hamlets. Why am I telling you all this? I don't know. Just thought I'd get on me soapbox randomly... -- Francs 2000 22:34, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Intro to health issues... of cannabis

Hey. I'm very interested in your comments about the draft introduction I put up at health issues and the effects of cannabis, especially since you can provide a perspective from outside the States. Hope all is well. Drop you comments on the article's talk page at the bottom. Thanks. --Howrealisreal 23:07, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the Help

I appreciate it! --Beth Wellington 01:04, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Validity of the Claim

Squeak:

I moved this out of WP:ANI because it was getting off-topic.

It really is immaterial who rules what. Under that rule, Israel has more valid claims over the West Bank than the Palestinians. We both know that's not quite true, especially in the international view.

I agree that the issue should be resolved in the Sovereignity of the Falkand Islands page, but discrediting a claim just because the country doesn't have territorial ruling is naive, especially since the territorial ruling IS the basis for the claim. If Argentina had sovereignity over the islands, there would be no claim to speak of.

--Sebastian Kessel 19:57, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, saw that an answered there.... One of the reasons I left Argentina is because of the culture us Argies have. Political corruption, thinking we're smarter than everybody, etc... I wouldn't wish that on the Falklanders, they have enough to deal with as it is. I am a proponent of: "Let them decide", and they already made plenty clear what they want. But aside from that, the fact that the islands are currently British, Japanese or Norwegian shouldn't bear in the discussion other than to explain the status quo.

--Sebastian Kessel 20:14, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

==Who's RfA== Thank you for supporting my masters RfA. He appreciates your support and comments and looks forward to better serving Misplaced Pages the best he can. Of course I will be doing all of the real work. He would have responded to you directly, but he is currently out of town, and wanted to thank you asap. Thanks again. --Who's mop?¿? 20:57, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Depts

Saw you there on my watchlist; splendid work. Don't think twice about dropping us a note if you need any help with admin-only moves, etc. –Hajor 18:43, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

Buju Banton Article

I've reposted the addition, once again (as the last time) with a source cited. The source is the Jamaica Observer. The link is Jamaica Observer

My RfA

Squeaks-- Thank you for your support on my RfA. I don't have much time to write a long thank you note, but I hope you know of my gratitude. Thanks. --Lord Vold e mort 14:02, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Re: Buju Banton

Glad it's all cleared up. Yes, as I suspected I failed to include the source. I appreciate your catching it, and apologize for the menacing tone I originally took. You're obviously a valuable asset here, and I wish you all the best!

- Reason.

THANK YOU

For the several wonderful things you have done for me on Misplaced Pages. I'll start back contributing, but I have a pretty crammed schedule, so it can't be much anyway. You are a true friend.

Truly take care (I left you a note on the Spanish site, by the way) See you around Molotov (talk) 21:44, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Terrorism

The UDA is proscribed as a terrorist group in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Jim Gray was a brigade leader of the UDA. That's what a terrorist is.

Ronnie Corbett

Tnx for deleting my changes of that article. You beat me to it by a few seconds when I realised I edited the wrong person. :) Garion96 16:59, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the Welcome

I just noticed how to use this thing. thanks for the welcome! do let me know if I make any mistakes! :)

Mailyn 13:06, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

question

How do I send a message to another wiki user? (Cornellrockey 16:06, 7 October 2005 (UTC))

Hello

Well, I wrote about 8 paragraphs offline until I noticed and -- I think these speak for themselves :-) Let's enjoy the rest of 2005 as we welcome 2006! --HappyCamper 22:37, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Newbie help

Thats for that informative little post... I've already started to integrated myself into the wiki community

--Mikesan230 00:17, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Nice pooch

Hey, i like your dog! Woof woof. Spum 20:11, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

The Poll

Hi, would you like the honour of closing the poll? It's easy - you add a "this poll is closed, please don't edit it" sign and pronounce the result. Izehar 20:30, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Voluntary Simplicity

Thank you sir, for your patience over at voluntary simplicity. You showed good grace and reason with this discussion and although I was annoyed at the original NPOV concern, it is definitely a better article for your help and efforts. Happy New Year! Rorybowman 02:25, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship/Ed Poor

Why are you suggesting it should be deleted? He has been renominated as was suggested could be done at the RFA that was brought against him. What basis do you have for deletion?Gateman1997 21:30, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
- Actually no voting should be taking place yet since he hasn't accepted yet. But beyond that there is little wrong with him being renominated. And obviously he has a good number of supporters when he does accept it.Gateman1997 21:54, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Hi squeek box

From waldo ! Hope you have a great 2006! 0waldo 01:24, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Costa Rica

From alf, thanks for the support on making the San José more objective. I'm new to wikipedia and i'm unsure about when to edit, crop, change or delete other people's contributions. The Climate section of the article says the province is blessed. Is that neutral? Should it only say the region posses a mild weather. Some people might actually find this weather overly humid and hot most of the year though. Blessed just doesn't sound encyclopedic to me. Should I edit it? alf 15:21, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Doire

Who is this Doire (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)? I blocked him for a 3RRvio, but after going through his contributions I have been getting more and more bewildered. Is he anti-English or something? Izehar 19:46, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Ultimatum

I give you seven days from now to ask for a mediation process. If you don't and you don't recognize explicitly that your behavior has been unjustifiable then I will be forced to use every mechanism to have you blocked. Zapatancas 17:36, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

SqueakBox, everything that happens in the Misplaced Pages is registered. Never forget that. You have destroyed articles unjustifiably, you have started edit wars by introducing spelling and grammar mistakes you recovered as soon as they were deleted (remember how scared you got when Katefan0 protected the article), you have insulted other users, you have introduced NPOV tags without reporting a single disputed passage no matter how many times you were asked, you have not respected the result of an AfD, etc. I could go on but it is too tiring.

It is you who must start the mediation process because you have never explained why you attack the article and those editing it. I could not start it myself. Why do you want me to say? To improve the article on Zapatero is impossible as the User SqueakBox deletes things, destroys extended articles or introduces mistakes on purpose. He also likes to insult those working in the article. He has been asked why he behaves like that. No answer. Please, help is needed to reach an agreement about a conflict whose cause nobody knows.

Furthermore, I must remind you that in spite of your four million edits you are not an administrator because the community does not believe you should have that responsability. Don't forget everybody always leaves you alone. It has happened recently, during the AfD. Tell that thing about how much respected you are to other. I know you.

Regarding my opinion about your mental health, I can only say that I cannot lie. If a person says in his user page that other user wants to attack him, and that other Wikipedians must warn the police if something happens to him (how can wikipedians who live thousands of kilometers away know if something has happened to that user? as usual, no answer), I think what everybody else would think in that situation.

To end, I want to make clear that I am simply giving you the last opportunity to justify your behavior (1), apologize (2) or face the consequences of your actions (3). Nothing else. Zapatancas 18:30, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

I don't want ot be an administartor, the community has not, for the record, made a judgement on the matter. But save it for mediation or the arbcom as your are, IMO, giving a very distorted, one sided view of the process. Mediation has been initiated, now I suggest we wait for that. I am very aware that everything anyone does here is recorded, SqueakBox 18:35, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

And if you want to defend User:RexJudicata be aware he has been permanently blocked for death threats. SPAA also made deathb threats against me, and both he and SPAA are also permanently blocked, and that if it is dioscovered you were behind SPAA's death threats it is not difficult to guess what will happen, SqueakBox 18:41, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

I should also point out that I am only willing to proceed with mediation on the basis that a sockpuppet check is done for User:SquealingPig and User:SquealingPigAttacksAgain, SqueakBox 18:57, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

If you want my advice (sorry for butting in like this BTW), do NOT request Arbitration as you both could end up with unfavourable sancitons. Come to WP:MEDCAB, I do some work there, we'll fix you up with someone - or you could go to WP:M. Izehar 19:01, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

I agree arbcom is not the ideal answer. Have made a request at WP:M, if you could fix us up wiuth somebody I think mediation would be a hugely good idea in this case, SqueakBox 19:50, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm a WP:MEDCAB mediator - I could oversee a mediation, that is assuming Zapatancas doesn't object. My mediations are usually quite bureaucratic (I'm already involved in two cases), but a result is guarranteed quicker. If you don't want me, there are many other mediators as well - I can ask. Izehar 22:55, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

Francs2000's Bureaucratship

Thanks for your support on my request for bureaucratship.

The final outcome was (70/5/0), so I am now a bureaucrat. I seriously didn't expect so many good comments from everybody and I appreciated the constructive criticism from those that gave it. If you have any queries, suggestions or problems with any of my actions as a bureaucrat then please leave me a note. -- Francs 2000

22:12, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Football war

. You managed to get mixed up with some vandalism by 68.220.75.96. --Nick Boalch 19:49, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Sockpuppets

Hi, about the suspected sockpuppets. I know that an IP check probably wouldn't help, but there is a notice board: WP:RFCU, where you can report suspected sockpuppets. It's worth a shot. About mediation, have you decided yet? Izehar 23:26, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the link, SqueakBox 23:45, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Dish Network

I reverted your edit of Dish Network today, since the article had been replaced with contents of ABC Family. I'm guessing you did an external edit of the ABC Family article and then cut-and-pasted it into an open editing session of Dish Network by mistake. --Quicksilver 01:51, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Let's give ourselves a second opportunity (well, perhaps it is the fourth or the fifth)

SqueakBox, I am going to do one thing: I am going to remember that there is a Misplaced Pages Policy called Assume Good Faith. It is very difficult for me to believe you are acting in good faith but I will try. Because of that, I will give you a last chance to solve the problem through dialog. If you do not like mediation, as it has become evident, choose the method you prefer.

But, please, explain your behavior for once. To help you, I propose these points of your behavior I think you have to explain if an agreement is to be reached:

Why you have accused the article of being non-NPOV and myself of being a POV warrior if you have never reported a single disputed passage.

Why you started an edit war by introducing the same mistakes no matter how many times they were corrected.

Why you substituted the articles with redirects even after your request for deletion was archived.

Why you do not apologize for all your personal attacks against the people working in the article (you know, this is a pile of cr*p, this is a disgrace and all that).

Why you slander me accusing me of vandalizing your page when I have told you it was not me (remember Assume Good faith) and there is no evidence supporting that (if there was, you would have given it to an administrator long ago).

If you cannot explain any of those things, I will accept an apology. But you cannot continue the current situation.

Give yourself another opportunity. Zapatancas 15:21, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Image:Federal.gif

Hi. You put a deletion notice on Image:Federal.gif. I believe I have now licenced it as {{logo}}, I certainly recognise the motif and it is genuine. Can you make sure everything is okay and either dispute my licence (and let me know) or remove the deletion notice. Cheers, SqueakBox 14:02, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for tagging that, I thought it might be a sports logo but wasn't sure. It's fine too, we are allowed to use logos :D - cohesion★talk 19:06, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Peace treaty

SqueakBox, I am not against a peace treaty and I also think that perhaps all the problems between us come from a bad start. But I believe that signing peace for the third time is not a solution by itself. I think we both must recognize our mistakes. In my opinion, the solution is that we express explicitely the behavior we have disliked in the other and we check if we really can work together by accepting that our behavior was not correct (because maybe I believe something is not correct but you think it is valid and vice versa). On my part, I have disliked mainly:

Your accusations that the article was NPOV without reporting disputed passages (I think everybody has the right to claim an article is not neutral if he/she explains why but not to repeat again and again that it is not neutral without explaining why).
Your introduction of mistakes repeatedly before Katefan0 protected the article.
Your removal of passages without taking them to the talk page as the Misplaced Pages rules recommend.
I have also disliked your accusations of me vandalizing your user page and your unpleasent comments about my English, but I believe that what you have posted in my talk page is enough.

So, I expect you to recognize that your behavior was not correct in regard to these points. That is, I don't want you to recognize you acted on bad faith or anything like that, simply that you accept that that behavior is not right and that you are not going to repeat it again.

Besides, I want you to recognize explicitely that I have never behaved like a POV warrior (at least, until now).

On my part, to be honest, I don't believe my behavior is objectionable as a whole but I recognize that I have been harder than necessary too many times. Regarding my "critics" of your English I must tell that it was never my intention to offend you but I am sorry if I did. If you have any other complaint I will apologize if necessary.

For the rest, if you accept these conditions I believe we can forget the past. Zapatancas 15:12, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Zapatero article protection

I did not know you were done edit warring with User:Zapatancas. The easiest thing to do would have been to request unprotection. Although I see no evidence of having come to any sort of consensus on any of the respective talk pages, I've unprotected them for you. howch e ng {chat} 16:44, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

And really, you need to assume good faith. Throwing out accusations that I'm keeping them protected out of spite or in defiance of policy or any such nonsense does not make me want to help you. howch e ng {chat} 17:55, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

The fate of the kulak

http://www.bauderhistory.com/pdf/TheFateoftheKulak.pdf Fred Bauder 22:02, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Please weigh in on request for semi-protection for Cannabis

The request is meeting resistance, and I am arguing special circumstances. -SM 13:27, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Need some help!

See my page, StrangerInParadise 05:49, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Mark Oaten

Hi again, in my opinion calling him disgraced is endorsing the idea that what he did was disgraceful, which is a value judgement and violates WP:NPOV imo. Are we going to put perverted at the top of gay peoples articles or idiotic at the top of George Bush's article just because that is what a lot of people think? I changed the wording to "suffered public humiliation" which is a factual statement rather than a value judgement. Arniep 02:50, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

I'm confused

On the Chase thing, do you not believe that the merge is already done? I wasn't sure how to interpret your comment. Friday (talk) 14:41, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

You continue your disruptive behavior

SqueakBox, please, stop. This time will be no more warnings. You have shown a disruptive behavior for long enough. Zapatancas 15:11, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

SqueakBox, remember that you must be civil and nice. Be more polite to other users. Zapatancas 15:17, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

SqueakBox, stop this. Why aren't you more civil and take a look at the information I have given in the talk page, in the copyright problem page, and now, thanks to you, in the bulletin board? I said that I accepted your peace proposal if you apologize for your past, unjustifiable behavior. You have not done that. Now, you have insulted me again. Apologize for this, although I cannot believe you have not realized before starting this attack that there were not copyright problems. If not, I will have to seek the help of the Misplaced Pages community to stop your disruptions. Zapatancas 15:35, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

SqueakBox, please, apologize. You will feel better. You cannot spend all your life accusing other people without reasons. Zapatancas 15:57, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio

I noticed your post on the Administrators' noticeboard. Actually, the article is not a copyvio- the site that you referenced copied it from us (legally). Ral315 (talk) 15:41, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

You ask why I let him remove an obviously incorrect notice, without "authority". I ask: why not? The notice should not be there. Anyone can remove it, unless the notice actually belongs there. fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 15:59, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. There's nothing wrong with someone removing a notice like that as long as they have reason to. In this case, it was wrongfully added. Ral315 (talk) 16:15, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

I only had Zapatancas' word for it, which is not enough as I assumed he could have been lying (if we don't assume people can lie about copyvios we will quickly gertn infected). Zapatancas made no attemopt top prove it wasn't a copyvio and I asked him to get someone else to cjheck it ouit. According to him that is beijng disruptibve but his poor explanation was not. Do you 2 want copyvio's on wikipedia. If so I hope you are the first in line to be sued, SqueakBox 16:21, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Please try to stay civil. The source that was marked as copyvio was clearly marked as "Misplaced Pages encyclopedia". Remember that it's important not to blindly revert- make sure that the original copyvio notice was correct first. Ral315 (talk) 18:56, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

SqueakBox, if you had remembered WP:AGF and you had taken a look at the "supposed" source this problem would habe been avoided. If you had simply exposed your doubts in a civilized manner the problem would have been solved very quickly and you would not feel now as you do. Thank you. Zapatancas 16:56, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Hello again, SqueakBox, and thanks for your latest epistle. It's not as civil as I'd have liked it to be, but hey, you're the one writing it, not I. Mate, I never said — or came even remotely close to implying — that you had added the copyvio notice. I simply said that the website in question had copied from us, not the other way 'round. You and User:Zapatancas obviously have a history here on Misplaced Pages, but you must not allow that to colour your perception of other users. Because if you can't stop yourself being rude to other users simply because of your dislike of Zapatancas...(censored attack fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 11:39, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Actually, I referred to it as "The article SqueakBox linked to", which is a pretty strong implication that you did add the notice. My apologies for that comment; it was wrong. 'Course, the bit about civility stands. fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 11:46, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Revertin a revert

My reversion was not inexplicable, since I clearly explained it. The posting was made by the sockpuppet of a user who has been blocked for making personal attacks. Revert if you think it will do some good, but do not call my reversion inexplicable. User:Zoe| 03:40, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

It was inexplicable to me at the time but I then had the bright idea of looking at your contribs and then I did indeed understand your action as may be clear from my edit (if you saw it) to the afd on Tramper. I have removed my comment and this socks too, SqueakBox 03:48, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. User:Zoe| 03:49, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Jeremy Clarkson

SqueakBox, The point about the Jeremy Clarkson page is that Jeremy has said two things that are untrue and very offensive to Americans. 1. That it MACHINE GUNS are legal and 2. That you have to obtain and carry a passport if you want to buy alcoholic drinks. This is untrue. ID would have been correct, needing a passport sounds ridiculous as it is supposed to and it is a lie.

Jeremy's false quotes were included on his Wiki page but they left it open so that anyone reading it would be mislead by the misinformation. Myself and a few other editors had edited the comments out as they were UNTRUE and MISLEADING. The JC supporters kept putting them back in.. so we ammended it by adding: "In Actuality, you do not need a passport to buy a drink in the USA and "Machine Guns" have never been legal."

So they kept removing it and leaving the MISLEADING version. Yes, The administrators are leaving the page misleading on purpose. After changing it countless times to RELFLECT the truth, the administrator named 'The JPS' left the mis-information intact, locked the page indefinitely and then started to go after all of my edits and contributions and just undid everything that I've ever done and marked 2 articles for deletion. Another ADMINISTRATOR, Zoe did the same... just followe me around deleteing everything...

I typed in 'The JPS' on google to see if anyone else had had similar experiences with this crooked administrator only to be direct to his ebay listings where the ads all point to wikipedia articles that he has spiced up... check the dates, check the ads... its true... they all refer to wikpedia pages that he has spiced up to sell more ebay stuff.

I have NO idea who to complain to about being stalked by this person as the ADMINISTRATORS dont seem to take it very seriously... Is it such a crazy idea that a guy whose trail proves that he is using the pages for his own political purposes, his own ebay and for revenge on people that alter his misinformation campaigns.

I agree with you SQUEAKBOX, there is NOTHING wrong with being anti-American, but when you have to mislead, lie and delete stuff to further your cause, then what the hell is your cause?

I wasn't that bothered that they deleted the two pages I had contributed last night. I really didn't care much. I was just desperately trying to point out that the person that had marked them for deletion is the same person that I had a dispute with about a totally different page and discussion a week before... the chances of the same administrator finding MY 2 pages in a sea of millions of pages and marking them for deletion is to big a coincidence... it is an admin bullying someone who disagrees with his politics...

Please respond before they delete!

Thanks - Repmart/ J.Smith--86.29.121.15 16:16, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Well without an identity card a passport is identity, as I know being an ex pat. Clarkson isnt believeable, he makes stuff up to make us laugh, that is how he is, 18:07, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Am i not being concise?

Look... the page has misinformation on it and when people try to put the truth on there it is removed by 2 or 3 editors who have now locked the page. You want to debate how funny Jeremy Clarkson is... guess I've come to the wrong guy. I just saw that you had a concern last night that my REASONABLE question on the JEREMY CLARKSON discussion page was removed... it was NOT removed because I am a sock puppet or whatever... it was removed becuase they don't want the mis-information to be corrected.,.. look how many times they took away the statement that clarified the truth.

If Hitler's page said that he hosted the 1936 Olympics but didn't mention that he as a genocicdial maniac... I would add it. Then if crooked editors/administrators didn't want people to know the truth, they would remove bits they didnt like leaving mis-information... then lock the page. This is what they've done.

HAVE A LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THE PAGE, SEE WHAT THEY ARE REMOVING!

Oh dear... never mind. and the machine gun quote? jeremy being cute... I see I'll have to take this to the US administrators.

By the way, since you are the first Administrator to have the simple courtesy to reply to me, COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO REPORT AN ADMINISTRATOR WHO IS STALKING ME ON WIKIPEDIA AS NOBODY SEEMS TO KNOW.

I will see these crooked bullies taken down one way or another.

Thanks for the reply.

REPMART--86.29.121.15 18:26, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Well I am not an admin nor even a popular user. Try Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. I am a fan of Clarkson though as a humorist not an ideologist. For me being from britain and being in Honduras is 2 reasons to dislike the US establishment though as I have US cousins and my wife's Honduran family have family in the US I am certainly not against the people of the US. If the US stopped the illicit cocaine trade I would personally have a lot more sympathy for the country but while they refuse to do so, preferring to pursue businessman like the NatWest Three (an article I began) and invade countries like Iraq my own feelings also harden (lots of "businessmen" with their machine guns here purely thanks top US dollars). Instead of striving for a united Americas the US build a wall to divide the continent. In terms of the article the only thing that counts is whether it is NPOV and accurate, SqueakBox 15:27, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

I have edited a bit to try to make it clearer he is a humourist, certain editors who hate him take him much too seriously which is what creates the problem of people actually think everything he says is true and 100% serious. This problem has been going for a long time, look at the history and my previous involvemnt in the article. As a beardy, sandal wearing cyclist who doesnt own a car (apparently a group who resents having the piss taken by him according to some) I find him always entertaining, SqueakBox 15:40, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

I think the only solution is to make it clear overall that outside of cars (a subject in which I have neither knowledge nor interest) Clarkson isnt to be taken seriously, i have tried to do that a bit but he arouses a lot of anger in people (obviously including yourself) so this article is alwaysd controversial, SqueakBox 22:48, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Your edit to Talk:David Irving

I'm interested in what you found offensive about the material you deleted; I'm going to let your deletion stand as it was probably not encyclopedic. But offensive? --Guinnog 02:34, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

With its slur on mixed race children and comparison of Rastas with apes it seemed deeply offensive in a rascist way to me. Especially given this poem was written by a holocaust denier. What was so good about his book? Thanks for not restoring it. SqueakBox 13:53, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

I see you spent years in Botswana. perhaps I am missing something, SqueakBox 22:46, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

I thought that the exposure of Irving's slur on mixed-race children was one of the most revealing aspects of his trial. It showed him to be a dyed-in-the-wool racist. I enjoyed his book though (I bought it for 50p in an Oxfam shop out of curiousity); as I said, it seemed well-written and well researched. That kind of racism wasn't as unfashionable when Irving was growing up as it is now, and I suppose he let his perception of his own fame and (perhaps) persecution complex lead him to believe he was untouchable by the laws of society. It was very clear from his trial that he believed he was standing up for truth and free speech.

I find the whole case fascinating as the idea of truth interests me. Should, for example, Irving's undoubted bad attitude be allowed to discredit the idea of properly and scientifically examining facts about the Holocaust? Or is it proper that left-of-centre liberals (like, I suppose, me) should rejoice in the imprisonment of someone for speaking their mind, even when what they were saying was a vile lie?

It's a can of worms.

How fo you like Honduras? I've never been to Central America and would love to go some day. --Guinnog 15:27, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

I am not entirely comfortable with Irving having been imprisoned for his beliefs and indeed found the poem revealing myself. I certainly understand what you are saying about beliefs having been different when he grew up and I tend to have quite right wing beliefs myself in terms of personal responsibility etc (I'd probably vote Tory). I guess denigrating Rastas is distasteful to me, and my partner is black which isnt an issue here but I feel would be were I to take her to Britain as rascist attitudes are held by many more people than here and Irving's poem seemed to symbolize all that I dislike about white UK rascists. Honduras is great, just bought a house here on thursday so after nearly 3 years outside the UK I am really committing myself to being here, and given the close connections I have with family and the UK media (news, radio etc) I dont want to go back. Dont think I could have been happy here in the pre-broadband age, though. SqueakBox 16:07, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Welcoming

Thanks for your welcoming message! Cheers! AdoniCtistai 15:15, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks from me as well. (Snaggles 21:17, 29 July 2006 (UTC))

Raul and Fidel

Hi Squeakbox, Raul hasn't become temporary President of Cuba. He is "assuming the duties" of head of the council of state as per Cuban constitution. Fidel is still President of Cuba.--Zleitzen 15:56, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree with the former more than the latter. According to the BBC he has given up all positions, "Fidel Castro cedió todos sus cargos"

Arbitration case

After reading your arbitration case more closely, it states that if any user, either you or Zapatancas, edit José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero-related articles, either using their own account or a sockpuppet, users may be blocked. You have violated this agreement by using User:Skanking as a sockpuppet account. Repeat violations may result in another block, if not longer. Think more closely next time. Iolakana| 18:44, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

What, like this you mean? If you believe Skanking shouldn't have made this edit perhaps you would care to revert it, though if you do I will go to the Spanish press as wikipedia has a bad reputation for insulting living people, this edit had been in place for an hour and twenty one minutes and this man is the President of Spain so if you insult him you insult Spain as a sovereign country. Maybe you would like to think of the implications of this before denigrating Skanking, SqueakBox 19:54, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Sockpuppets are not allowed to edit Misplaced Pages, and all of the edits have been reverted. Why are you referring Skanking in the third person? The edit has not been in place for one hour and twenty minutes, but 29 days ago.

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though if you do I will go to the Spanish press as wikipedia has a bad reputation for insulting living people, this edit had been in place for an hour and twenty one minutes and this man is the President of Spain so if you insult him you insult Spain as a sovereign country. Maybe you would like to think of the implications of this before denigrating Skanking.

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Is this a legal threat? Stop editorializing people. Iolakana| 21:45, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

How can going to the press with a piece of vandalism be a legal threat? I dont editorialise people and dont have a clue what you are on about. I note you didnt revert the Zapatero edit, perhaps because Skanking was revertrting some vandalism as calling the President Robber of the Dead is offensive to a living person and to Spain and after one hour and 21 minutes there were no wikipeida editors willing or bothered to remove such offensiveness. My simple question was what is more important, the integrity of wikipedia or the arbcom, and you have clearly answered. Why would I not refer to Skanking in the third person? he is some black guy from Belize from what he said (which I believe is the real reason why he was blocked given the general air of elitism and rascism prevalent in all aspects of wiki

You should also remember that what the arbcom decides is not legally binding and indeed if the wikipedia system of justice were to be used in any country in the world it would be assumed that every case was a miscarriage of justice. Neither you or I have been shown any evidence that I am Skanking so please dont ask me why I would refer to him in the third person. Anyway, part of my job is to find out what young net savvy English speakers are thinking, and you are a fine example of the American spirit. It would have been nice to have been informed when and why I was blocked and for how long as is your responsibility as an admin. If you want to add blocks please inform me here, otherwise I would rather you didnt make any comments because I am no longer interested in any opinions you have and your duty is to be sensitive when blocking or dealing with a blocked person. All I want to do is make constructive edits to wikipedia in a peaceful manner. Thanks, SqueakBox 00:33, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

I have had to unblock you prematurely, due to way too much collateral damage and too much autoblocks. I hope you can now contribute to Misplaced Pages in a normal, correct and calm manner. Do not create any more sock puppet accounts, as you will be blocked again, and it will be longer than five days. Iolakana| 19:59, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

I am not surprised. Misplaced Pages located me about 3,000 miles from where I live according to the IP address that came up on my blocked message, somewhere in California. I am still getting the block message sometimes when I edit on a block not related to me but if I reload the page a couple of times it always clears itself. And for the record I was contributing in a normal, correct and calm manner when you decidded to block me. Whatever you may think of Skanking re-introducing errors into the encyclopedia is not acceptable practice , I am someone who thinks that kind of thing matters as our primary and really only goal is to create a good, accurate encyclopedia, SqueakBox 00:44, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Requested move of United Provinces of Central America

I noticed you have contributed to the discussion at United Provinces of Central America and thought you might be interested in an move request there. - AjaxSmack 01:28, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Reverting referenced content

Removed aggressive template to what is a POV dispute, SqueakBox 00:38, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Edit warring on Pedro Carmona

Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly on the page Pedro Carmona. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Misplaced Pages under the three-revert rule. Please stop the warring, the POV disputes and all of this hassle. Please just accept that Pedro Carmona was president for a day, even if you don't think this is so; this is the introduction of false information and should be removed immediately. Please just stop; if you continue to do this, you will be blocked—again. Iolakana| 13:06, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

You appear not to know the first thing about Venezuela. Pursuing your whatever with me and making that more important than the encyclopedia will only have one result, SqueakBox 17:58, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

President

I am ten steps ahead of you, because and I am aware of the "conflict of interest", but I am not involved in the wars as such, so if I were to block you, it would fall under the blocking policy. Iolakana| 19:12, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Ten steps ahead of me in what? In knowing who was President of Venezuela. Please dont leave nonsensical statements on my talk page as the fact that I cant understand your messages may cause me some distress, SqueakBox 19:14, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

They are not going to cause you distress, unless you can't understand them. Pedro Carmona is listed as a president on List of Presidents of Venezuela and on a template, VEpresidents; why can you not just accept this? You are the one adding in POV and false facts when all of references, like the BBC, here, state otherwise. To quote:

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But his time in office was short-lived - only 48 hours - and Hugo Chavez was restored to power on 14 April.

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It may have been a short time, but he certainly was president. Iolakana| 19:23, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

A number of people disagee with this, not just me. You have one dated ref proving it and you are using that to rewrite history, which probably makes you a Carmona supporter and your claim that you arent really involved in this dispute is self-evidently not true. If you think I haver added in false information please provide diffs or dont claim such a thing, SqueakBox 19:27, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

This isn't even a dispute; it's the difference between a fact and a lie. And you source is wrong: count how many "presidents" it thinks VE has. I counted 50, but {{VEpresidents}} gets 61? Hmm... I wonder who's wrong? We have more sources to prove me and Sandy are correct than you have to prove us wrong. Iolakana| 19:31, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Yes but you shoul;dn't be editing and being the admin. The fact that you claim the Chavez viewpoint is a lie shows you are a Carmona supporter. Why only allow the cCarmona viewpoint and suppress the viewpoint of the Venezuelan government and its supporters. of course there is a dispute and I am not alone either in thinking that or in believing that you are using wikipedia to rewrite history, SqueakBox 20:24, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

POV on Daniel Brandt

Well done on picking up that POV. I hadn't noticed it. But you are right. Whether or not Brian Chase committed libel against John Seigenthaler Sr. is conjecture. In my opinion he did not. Legally, he did not, since he has not been prosecuted and has not been found guilty, and indeed Seigenthaler has stated that he will not prosecute him. I think that it is very much debatable whether saying that "someone once thought" can ever be classed as libel, since most likely someone did at one point think that - or anything else for that matter. And libel isn't just about saying something that is untrue - it has to lower someone's reputation. It also has to cause financial loss. Given that nobody noticed it, I think he'd have a mighty hard time suggesting it was libel. We can perhaps say "libellous" to suggest something that is potentially libel and may hypothetically have led to a conviction of libel, but its not actually libel. We can, however, state that it was reported in the New York Times as libel. Very good point.

I think that its been written elsewhere as libel as well, when its not. Do you want to check through those and fix that up too? Zordrac (talk) Wishy Washy Darwikinian Eventualist 13:36, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Wait on. Why do you think that Brandt is against internet freedom? He is one of the world's leading campaigners FOR internet freedom. Its basically his life's work. I think you must be a bit confused. The criticism made by some is that he is hypocritical, but his stated aim is very clearly FOR internet freedom. He argues that Misplaced Pages exploits vulnerabilities and hurts people. That's the whole point to his Misplaced Pages Watch web site. If you personally believe that its all a ruse, then that's fine. But he's certainly been doing this kind of thing for a pretty darn long time, and the press seems to think that he is a fighter for freedom, not against it. Zordrac (talk) Wishy Washy Darwikinian Eventualist 16:07, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Missing Wikipedians

I find this extraordinary.

Removing me from Missing Wikipedians in the first place was rash in itself and bad enough. I reinstated myself, and that's where the matter should have ended. But you then proceeded to remove me again, claiming I had made something like three edits in total. Based on this, how the hell did you arrive at that conclusion? I'd appreciate a reply either on my talk page or, if you prefer, on your own. --HighHopes 23:10, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

After leaving this message I saw your conversation with Tantalum - he/she is spot on, I feel, and I've left a message on their talk page that you might want to look at. I didn't return as a troll; upon returning, I got going as usual before becoming fed up with everything. --HighHopes 23:18, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

You left me that message when I hit Show Preview for leaving the message above. I'm trying to leave, I was just signing off, as it were. To be honest, I saw the removal of my entry as a form of censorship, which annoyed me deeply, so I 'returned' just to make sure it was there before leaving properly. Once I've been included on that list and I've said what I'd like to say (and note my comments on Tantalum's page), I'll leave and not edit under this name again. --HighHopes 23:22, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

Okay, read the other comment. Go well, SqueakBox 23:23, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

THC metabolites and withdrawal

I reverted your edit here. The original was consistent with both studies and annecdote. If you remain concerned, I can find where the non-psychoactive metabolites are discussed. The mechanism is discussed here, which is actually, as they say, where I came in. =) -SM 18:15, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

International Masters Publishers

Please do not remove AFD notices from pages unless you are closing it as an admin. Please also consider not marking edits other than typos and the like as minor. Thanks! Stifle 00:18, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

I removed it because it wasn't a legitimate Afd as it hadn't been logged, and nor had any reason been given and IMO the person who put it on 3 articles was trolling, one of which was drawn to my attention when someone else beat me to reverting it. Whatever it was not a legit Afd. My revert was made using a rollback, so it was automatically marked as minor by wikipedia not me. I am not quite sure what your point is? I also made the effort to leave a note on the editors talk page explaining the situation, so really you have nothing to censor me for, SqueakBox 03:53, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Usually, when someone nominates a page for deletion and does not log it, Crypticbot or someone else adds it to the AFD page later that day. If a nomination has been made in bad faith, the AFD votes will usually have dominating keeps and it will often be changed to a speedy keep. In any case, I don't always agree today with what I wrote yesterday (or early this morning :)) and I would have been quite likely to do the same or a similar thing myself.

As for the minor edit issue, I was not aware of that Misplaced Pages feature and apologise for picking you up on it. Indeed my intention was not to censure you, simply to let you know that I slightly disagreed with you :) Stifle 11:43, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the page clean-up

I know SWD316 from Misplaced Pages:List of drug-free Wikipedians, SqueakBox 00:06, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Happy to help - if there's any kind of vandalism on Misplaced Pages I particularly loathe, it's that of user pages! Cheers. --PeruvianLlama 00:09, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

User SqueakBox/Alex Weiss

I moved User SqueakBox/Alex Weiss to User:SqueakBox/Alex Weiss. User:Thue 21:36, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

The Black List

You know, I'm in a bad mood, I'm on the . I really is like being a celebrity. The only problem's he's got my name wrong. My name isn't John Doe, it's ***** ******. Izehar (talk) 19:02, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

My userpage doesn't have anything of use to them THANK G-D. If he' smart, he may be able to pick out that I'm from the UK. Izehar (talk) 19:25, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

World Citizen userbox, {{User world}}

Hi, I noticed the message saying you're a World Citizen, I would like to invite you to add {{User world}} to your user page if you wish to proclaim it in a more effective way, and this template will also add you automatically to the Wikipedians with World Citizenship category. :) --Mistress Selina Kyle 23:54, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome!

I feel at home already! - Impulse 360 03:58, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Merges

We don't use Afd to decide on merges. Afd is about deletion. Nobody is deleting the article, and no information is being lost. Do you have a reason related to content why the merge is a bad idea? Afds are not meant to "bind our hands" on how to edit the article after the Afd is over. Friday (talk) 16:35, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

I'm not expecting to be online as much over the next few days so...

User:Francs2000/Christmas

-- Francs 2000 09:30, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Merry Christmas

I would like to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year. Guettarda 17:23, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

HighHopes

I'm sorry about adding HighHopes to Misplaced Pages:Missing Wikipedians. I saw that he had approximately 700 edits, but I didn't realize that several of them are from this week. Thanks for correcting my mistake. --Tantalum T e lluride 19:36, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

I just looked at some of his recent edits. It seems he has returned as a troll. :-( --Tantalum T e lluride 19:41, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Wait. I'm confused. He hasn't really returned since he added himslef to the missing list. If he doesn't want to come back, why should he be taken off the list? He certainly has anti-wiki feelings, but isn't the purpose of the page to remind us why other users have left? I think he should be on the list. --Tantalum T e lluride 19:48, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Yes but he has been editing lately and so we should wait a month IMO, and even then not include his long statement, SqueakBox 20:21, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

I suppose you're right about waiting a month. He might decide to come back. Still, when he is listed, we should probably include at least part of his statement. You and I both disagree with him, and it does reek of trollism. But it still is his final statement as a frustrated Wikipedian. It's his reason for leaving. --Tantalum T e lluride 22:57, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

My vandalism?

You've accused me of vandalism in my talk page, but you didn't say what it was about. I use Misplaced Pages with the intention of contributing to it, and I wouldn't post anything I felt was vandalism. Could you please point out what I did that you consider vandalism? Thanks. Some guy 18:26, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

It took me a long time to piece together what happened, but I figured it out. After User: 212.205.76.134 erased the old entry for Thumbshots when he added some information to the Democracy and Nature section, I was following his edits through his contribution list to see if he vandalised/accidentally deleted anything else from the page. It appears that when I finished checking his edits, I decided to nominate thumbshots again, but I forgot to switch from his last edit to the most recent version of the page. The version I edited can be found here. As you probably know, making changes to an old version of a page erases all changes since then. You can see that the parts of the page that were removed or moved around during my edit are all of the parts moved or added after the version I've linked above. I'm extremely sorry about this mistake on my part - it was an accident, but it was stupid and it shouldn't have happened. My apologies. Some guy 05:36, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

Gracias

Thanks much for the Zamora help. Weird, yesterday I decided I was going to put on my user page a similar assortment of flags of countries visited, listed in descending order of time spent there, if only I could find the template. Mind if I borrow your template for this? And your idea? The really odd thing is, Honduras is the country I have spent the least amount of time in, of all those I have gone through, about an hour. Bruxism 04:08, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Drug-free

Hi there SqueakBox, Im SWD316. I saw your name to the list of drug-free Wikipedians. I created a template and category for it at Template:Drug-free. You can add it to your babel if you want. Hope you use it! SWD316 23:22, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

I am missing...

You removed me from the list of missing Wikipedians on the basis that there was no message. An ever-so-quick glance at my history would have shown a clear notice why I have left this disastrous project (more the shame as it's a very good idea). I've reinstated myself on the list. I hope that's OK with you. --HighHopes 22:43, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Re: Anti-Semitism on Stalin Talk Page

Thanks for your note. I actually just logged on to self-censor my note, as, while I don't take back what I said, I agree with the anonymous poster that my "language" was not acceptable. But maybe it's better to do as you did and just remove the whole thing.

Gracias... Camillus 18:40, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

My thoughts

Hi there SqueakBox, it's SWD316. I saw the edits to my talk page. Cognition does make a good point about you being "Pro Pot" and all. Hey just look at the picture on your user page.....just kidding. :-) On a side note, Cognition shouldn't make edits to other contributors edits though. Im not taking a side here, I think it is something you two need to fix between yourself and Cognition. Thanks to coming to me though! Cheers! SWD316 22:15, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

More of my thoughts have been added to the Misplaced Pages talk:List of drug-free Wikipedians page. SWD316 22:39, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

Buju Banton vandalism

It didn't fit with the other 2 edits from the IP address, which I assume were you. I am not an admin, but I have reported it at the vandalism page. I wouldn't normally bother but this kind of vandalism is particularly nasty, and brings wikipedia into disrepute. See . Cheers, SqueakBox 20:36, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

Squeakbox,

It's totally understandible (and I'm sure at first glance my edits at Talk:Mass racial violence in the United States and Talk:Lynching in the United States may not have helped my case). I'll be sure to keep an eye of the IP's at this end. Thanks again for letting me know. MadMax 21:16, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

Okay, this is my personal "original research" if you like, insight in to Daniel Brandt.

Daniel Brandt was fighting for various causes, as he always did, mostly about war and injustice and stuff like that, and he protested the war in Iraq, talked about government-controlled media and all of the rest, and was generally a bit of a conspiracy theorist who nobody paid much attention to.

Then when Google came out, and everyone was worried about how closely linked they were to the CIA and such, Daniel Brandt went a lot further than anyone else, and he first protested that his web site was listed on Google without him asking them to list it. See, he was so paranoid about people spying on him that he had refused to allow his web sites to be listed on Yahoo or any other search engines, but when Google came along, they forced his company to be listed. He was worried that the CIA might be trying to spy on him.

So Daniel Brandt wrote a letter to Google asking them to take his web site off their list. They refused to. So he then got out a court order to force them to remove his web site. They still refused, and his legal action failed.

So then he decided to set up Scroogle, which was a version of Google that doesn't use cookies. It has been modified over time, and at one point it was Scroogle news as well. But yeah.

And of course then Google sued him over brand name infringement. And they lost. So then Brandt set up Google-Watch. Again Google sued him for brand name infringement, and again they lost. See, the name "Google" isn't owned by Google - it is actually a real world that means 1 with 100 zeroes after it - its a number. So there was no brand name infringement.

So after various attempts to sue him, all of which failed (they also tried to sue him for libel, but that failed too), they then set up Google-watch-watch, to try to protest his activities.

When Yahoo was bought out, Brandt decided that Yahoo was no good either, and he set up Yahoo-watch, as a similar kind of thing.

Brandt is well known in the activist community and in the conspiracy theoriest community. Some people think he's a kook, others think he is a great campaigner for rights and an exposer of truth.

He was using Misplaced Pages to document various conspiracy theories, when it turned out that someone had up and written a page about him. Now, considering how upset he was about Google listing his page on their search engine, you can imagine how upset he was at having someone write a page about him. And of course, the page was an attack page. Still is. Its always been an attack page.

And of course the whole reason why the page was set up was because there are certain segments of the community that think that he is irrationally paranoid and making people upset about things that are not important.

Go and look on his web page, particularly the massive namebase.com which has a conspiracy theory for basically every single thing in the history of the universe.

One of his most serious causes is privacy. He believes that big brother is spying on us. But thanks to Google, everyone knows his name, so he says his real name everywhere now - he never used to.

Some people see his writing on Misplaced Pages Watch as hypocritical, since he is trying to find out the real names of people. Others see it as very good, and very consistent with his aims.

He is somewhat underground, or at least he was before his Misplaced Pages entry was written. Only people in certain circles knew about him.

If you want to talk to him, send him an e-mail. He'll write you back and tell you more about himself for himself. As for the real reasons for why he was treated so badly on Misplaced Pages, that's something that we might never know. He was treated like a king on livejournal, and has been well respected in other internet communities he has been a part of. Why they didn't like him here I don't know. He claims its because of Misplaced Pages's link with Google, but I am not convinced. I think it was more a bunch of people who thought he was a crackpot and wanted to smear his name. Slashdot and Cruel and the like are always attacking him for being a crackpot. His article, of course, is about as biased an article as you will find here. But don't worry about that. His web pages are also biased. Look at both and you will see something in between, which is likely what is really going on.

As for my personal opinion, well, I am not a big fan of conspiracy theories. I think that conspiracy theories are pushed by the government themselves so as to distract us from what's really going on. I think that what's really going on is 90% truth, but just with a tiny bit of something else. And sometimes that tiny bit flips things over the other way. But I think that what's really going on is usually pretty obvious. So in short I think that Brandt is a bit naive. But maybe I am wrong and maybe Big Brother really is everywhere! Oh no! Better not use Google again! Zordrac (talk) Wishy Washy Darwikinian Eventualist 16:45, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

Re: Range block

Okay, I unblocked the user for now. Sorry if it messed you up. Thunderbrand 04:24, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

NPA

Please do not make personal attacks on other people. Misplaced Pages has a policy against personal attacks. In some cases, users who engage in personal attacks may be blocked from editing by admins or banned by the arbitration committee. Comment on content, not on other contributors or people. Please resolve disputes appropriately. Thank you. Please don't call me a rogue admin; some admins may take this as humorous, others do not. Consider what you are saying before you make such judgments. Iolakana| 11:52, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Well I am sure people can judge for themselves whether locking a page and then editing it is exclusively is the sign of a rogue admin or not, as they can look at this edit and draw their own conclusions. Please dont presume I dont think before I speak, you sound like somebody inauthority whereas the reality is you are just a kid and as I made clear before I have no interest in anything you have to say. It just goes to show what happens when you give someone without experience power, this is a net issue that clearly needs addressing. Please stop being patronising and grow up a bit if you wish to be effective but fair in the position of (relative) power in which you find yourself. BTW I use the am not an admin box to let people know, you would be surprised how many people ,assume I am one and it helps avoid misunderstandings, SqueakBox 17:21, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry case

You have been accused of sockpuppetry. Please refer to Misplaced Pages:Suspected sock puppets/SqueakBox (2nd) for evidence. Please make sure you make yourself familiar with notes for the suspect before editing the evidence page.Hagiographer 08:47, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Nothing to do with me as the case clearly shows. You on the other hand changed my signature to that of Pura Paja here showing you are not a credible user or willing to abide by the rules of the wikipedia, SqueakBox 03:50, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

It must be noted that it's been demonstrated SqueakBox and Pura Paja were the same person. SqueakBox forged his signature (signing like SqueakBox and not like his real identity Pura Paja) in a childish attempt to protect his vandalism. That's why he hates me, because I've stopped his attacks against the Misplaced Pages. Hagiographer 11:26, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Personal attacks again

You've been blocked for another week under your personal attack parole, for this attack on another editor. --Tony Sidaway 13:35, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/SqueakBox and Zapatancas

Adopting a commonsense approach to identification, the administrators of Misplaced Pages have decided to enforce the provisions of this case against anyone who exhibits behavior similar to that of SqueakBox and Zapatancas, to wit: Hagiographer and Pura Paja, and anyone else who engages in warring, tendentious edits, personal attacks and harassment related to José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and related articles.

Pura Paja has been blocked indefinitely because of his username.

The ban on editing José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and related articles will now be applied to Hagiographer, as will the personal attack parole, because his involvement in the mutual harassment campaign closely resembles that of Zapatancas and it is reasonable to treat him, for the purposes of this dispute, as if he were one and the same person. For good reason, any administrator may extend the article ban to other editors exhibiting substantially similar behavior.

It has also been established that you, SqueakBox, evaded an arbitration committee ban of one month using the sock Skanking (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log). Accordingly, the one month ban is hereby reset and this will be added to your current one week block. --Tony Sidaway 10:34, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Okay. Please can you get Hagiographer, who has forged my signature, to stop editing my user page. I would prefer to see the page locked. If you would like me to remove anything from that page please ask here and I can get one of my workers, who are not banned, to do so. If Hagiographer wants peace he needs to leave my user page alone as IMO it was his vandalisation of that page that started this. If he stops editing Zapatero and harrassing me this situation will be sorted, all I want is fairness. Thanks, SqueakBox 15:18, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Let me know (by email, I'm really not around these days) if you want your user page unprotected. Guettarda 20:57, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. I'll write to you when my ban is over (late September) and I can try and put all this behind me. Que le vaya bien, SqueakBox 21:05, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Culture (band)

It appears you added a link, "2003 article, ic stand against crack" ... I'm not sure what you mean by "ic", nor how to correct it properly. when I can be bothered to sign in.

Hill just died. I just found out. Gutted! One of my favourite artists. those were the days back in 1980 chilling out in the Red Cross knight listening to Hill chanting Jah Rastafari and how he took a spliff this morning of the international herb, SqueakBox 01:33, 25 August 2006 (UTC)