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Monero

Looks like the Monero community is doing an organised action to get people to edit their page - you might want to consider applying for an edit lock on the page. Investanto (talk) 09:07, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

I see that some drama has unfolded already: edit war, protection of the page for a couple of weeks. Thanks for your concern regarding this. Retimuko (talk) 16:01, 2 November 2017 (UTC)

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RfC on split notion use in the Bitcoin Cash article

Hi. Thank you for your efforts as one of the article editors. Let me inform you that there is a RfC related to its contents. You can find the discussion at Talk:Bitcoin Cash#RfC on split notion use in the article. Ladislav Mecir (talk) 10:30, 28 January 2018 (UTC)

March 2018

Your recent editing history at Electroneum shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

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@Greyjoy: clearly an anonymous user is trying to force into the article promotional content. I invited to discuss on the talk page, pointed to all the rules, but no effect. Perhaps, an admin help is needed to protect the page or something like that. Retimuko (talk) 06:42, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

I appreciate that, however edit warring isn't going to fix the issue, I am about to request temporary protection for the page in an attempt to encourage discussion on the talk page. Greyjoy 06:43, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for your help. Retimuko (talk) 06:45, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Schneier edit

Hey, hope this is the right way to contact you. You undid my Schneier facts entry on the Bruce Schneier page. I think the "Schneier facts" is a big part of his reputation on security and something that should be mentioned there.

He mention it a few times: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/08/bruce_schneier.html

There is a site about it: http://www.schneierfacts.com/

There is t-shirts: https://www.zerodayclothing.com/schneierfacts.php

and more refs: https://boingboing.net/2006/08/16/bruce-schneier-facts.html https://lwn.net/Articles/195748/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fljack-scott (talk • contribs) 01:15, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

So what? If I make a site about some celebrity, are you saying that it should be mentioned in Misplaced Pages? I am not sure what do you mean by saying that the site "is a big part of his reputation". The refs you mentioned are not reliable sources. Retimuko (talk) 02:06, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

Monacoin article

Hello:

I have a draft article on Monacoin: Draft:Monacoin However, someone just accused Monacoin a ponzi scheme (which isn't, at least Monacoin started as a joke coin). Since you have edited cryptocurrency articles, can you look at it? Japanese article: ja:Monacoin.

If as the response implies, the article needs improvement with more text and sources, then fine, that's both fortunate and unfortunate, but I don't know how to improve it further since I'm so new at Misplaced Pages editing. If the article shouldn't exist at all, I want a second and third opinion from people who have edited cryptocurrency articles.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by MingT8 (talk • contribs) 15:26, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

@MingT8: I see that your submission of the draft was declined, and I agree with this decision. To be considered notable the subject must receive significant coverage in reliable secondary sources. That was not shown at all. Retimuko (talk) 16:27, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

@Retimuko: Should I completely abandon this article or should I actually find more sources and improve it? How long can the article be left unedited? MingT8 (talk) 16:29, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

@MingT8: This is up to you provided that significant coverage in reliable sources does exist. If there is no coverage the project is hopeless in my opinion. I am not sure for how long you can keep the draft. Retimuko (talk) 16:35, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for your clarification. I will also look at other draft and deleted cryptocurrency articles for more guidance. MingT8 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 16:38, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

General sanctions alert

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Please self-revert your reversion at bitcoin

Your edit summary says "there are studies suggesting that illegal market is a small fraction of all transactions" well then include them, but don't just revert when 2 reliable sources say that illegal markets are a major use of bitcoin. "Several news outlets have asserted that .." is just BS, we report what reliable sources say, rather than say "but it's just an assertion." "Assertion" is your opinion - just leave that out. BTW a very good academic study is cited just 2 paragraph below your reversion. It says "25% of all bitcoin users and 44% of all bitcoin transactions are associated with illegal activity as of April 2017." That doesn't sound like a small fraction to me. Smallbones_(smalltalk) 21:51, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

@Smallbones: The phrasing "Several news outlets have asserted that .." might not be the best, and I don't mind rephrasing, but I completely disagree with your previous attempt resulting in a strong statement that "popularity of bitcoins hinges on the ability to use them to purchase illegal goods". Yes, some studies seem to suggest something like this, but some other studies suggest quite the opposite.

Quebec government: "Bitcoin is not above the law, nor is it a magnet for illicit transactions: it forms only a tiny part of the criminal money circulating around the planet"

Science: "The majority of Bitcoin users are law-abiding people"

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies: "the vast majority of the funds they receive do not appear to be illicit" Retimuko (talk) 08:54, 20 June 2018 (UTC)

Russian interference

Your definition is incorrect:

• A conspiracy theory is that which is claimed but not (yet) proven.
• A conspiracy theory can be partially based on a grain of truth.
• A conspiracy theory does not have to be wild, outrageous or out there.
• A conspiracy theory will often contain elements which can't be proven.

The Russian electoral interference claims fall into all four of these categories. I have no doubt that at least some of the accusations are false, but that since "Reds under the Bed" type paranoia is back in style, they will try and make them stick. (If there is a conspiracy in US politics, it is to exclude third parties from election.) However, there may be some Russian interference at some level (grain of truth - not withstanding the slightly embarassing irony that Americans themselves have frequently interfered in other countries' elections).

The Russians are blamed for everything these days including home grown problems. Trolling is blamed on Russians, and that claim is being used to enable internet censorship. But the idea that the Russians cause everything is a conspiracy theory.

Oh and by the way... I'm not a Trump supporter. Can't stand America's binary politics. Not Russian either!!! Copying this to discussion page.-31.84.101.248 (talk) 10:47, 28 July 2018 (UTC)

Disruptive Editing

My editing is not disruptive. Why and how is my editing disruptive? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Timetin (talk • contribs) 03:49, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

@Timetin: I see that you have just registered and started adding phrases that appear to express your personal opinion about the subject. This is not how Misplaced Pages project works. Contributions are welcome, but they must be done according to the guidelines. Please have a good look at the policies and guidelines. Just stating your opinion is not constructive. Repeatedly doing so on many pages despite warnings is blatant vandalism. Retimuko (talk) 04:10, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

"talk page not a forum"

what are you doing, trying to save electricity or ink or something? you might not be interested in my tiny little remark on the morse code talk page, but what gives you the right to remove it?

duncanrmi (talk) 07:07, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

duncanrmi I am interested in preserving the principles of the project. Talk pages are to discuss issues and improvements to the articles, not to chat about the subject in general. See WP:TALK. Thanks. Retimuko (talk) 15:03, 14 November 2018 (UTC)

it's not 'chat'. it's one line, & I suggest that it might be added to the article in the section dealing with references to morse code in popular culture, & not just deleted on your say-so. it's a talk page; if I can't open up a discussion there, then where? your contribution to 'the project' is about saving server space? you're not in charge. again, what gives you the right to remove it? duncanrmi (talk) 10:06, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

Duncanrmi We are talking about this edit, right? It was not one line (not that it matters, but why misrepresent?). You did not suggest any changes to the article. You can open a discussion there about the article. Everyone is in charge, and everyone has the right to edit anything following the policies. Your edit was against the policy WP:TALK, and was removed for that reason, which was explained. Retimuko (talk) 18:09, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

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November 2018

Please do not remove maintenance templates from pages on Misplaced Pages, as you did to Theistic evolution, without resolving the problem that the template refers to, or giving a valid reason for the removal in the edit summary. Your removal of this template does not appear constructive, and has been reverted. Thank you. 2600:8800:1880:188:5604:A6FF:FE38:4B26 (talk) 18:35, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

@2600:8800:1880:188:5604:A6FF:FE38:4B26: I believe that there is no problem to be resolved, and you placed that tag there without a good reason. This is not just a list of people, but a list of articles about the people. Those articles have sources cited, and we don't have to repeat the sources in the list. There is no BLP problem there at all. I think this should be discussed on the talk page, not here. Retimuko (talk) 19:20, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

Your reversions of my edits on "List of bitcoin forks"

If you are reverting my edits, I would like you to please discuss why on the talk page. Its rather rude to revert my work and not discuss it with me, especially when I've started a talk page discussion specifically about this content. So please respond on the talk page. Fresheneesz (talk) 01:58, 3 December 2018 (UTC)