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::::::: The similarities are remarkable and probably statistically near-impossible to be conincidental. Both BS24 and [[User:NYyankees51]] have edited the following articles [[Bobby Schilling]], [[Susan B. Anthony List]], [[Phil Hare ]], [[Call of Duty 3 ]] (a video game), and [[United 93 (film)]]. [[User:The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous|The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous]] ([[User talk:The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous|talk]]) 17:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC) |
::::::: The similarities are remarkable and probably statistically near-impossible to be conincidental. Both BS24 and [[User:NYyankees51]] have edited the following articles [[Bobby Schilling]], [[Susan B. Anthony List]], [[Phil Hare ]], [[Call of Duty 3 ]] (a video game), and [[United 93 (film)]]. [[User:The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous|The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous]] ([[User talk:The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous|talk]]) 17:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC) |
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::::This is a reminder of point 4 of the mediation. ''"Please do not critique, respond or counter other statements. For now just put your position out there and summarize what you think the issues are."'' Granted, that was probably meant for the mediation page itself, but I think the information is good advice to follow in general. In other words, both of you should probably wait to respond to one another about each others statements (or one statement at present) until directed to do so. Otherwise, moving forward without mediation will probably hinder the mediation process. [[User:Akerans|Akerans]] ([[User talk:Akerans|talk]]) 01:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC) |
::::This is a reminder of point 4 of the mediation. ''"Please do not critique, respond or counter other statements. For now just put your position out there and summarize what you think the issues are."'' Granted, that was probably meant for the mediation page itself, but I think the information is good advice to follow in general. In other words, both of you should probably wait to respond to one another about each others statements (or one statement at present) until directed to do so. Otherwise, moving forward without mediation will probably hinder the mediation process. [[User:Akerans|Akerans]] ([[User talk:Akerans|talk]]) 01:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC) |
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January 2010 =
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Franciscan University of Steubenville, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Oo7565 (talk) 02:42, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
April 2010
Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit that you made to the page Republican Party (United States) has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Please use the sandbox for testing any edits; if you believe the edit was constructive, please ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing for further information. Thank you. Alan (talk) 17:20, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
Re:Jim Moran
How is it at all encyclopedic to include attack sites on a biography of a living person?~BLM (talk) 00:55, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
Patrick Murray
I listed you as possibly personally connected to the subject of the article on Talk:Patrick Murray (politician), due to your uploading a portrait of Murray as your "Own Work"; this indicates that either you are Patrick Murray, or you work for the Murray campaign. If it is not either of those two then the portrait is obviously not your own work and you should not have uploaded it as such. ~BLM (talk) 13:13, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
- Just because Commons requirements are hard to follow, does not mean that they are not requirements. Images have to be either fair use or free. If you were to email the Murray campaign to ask for a picture, they would most likely oblige, as Murray's Wikipedia page is probably one of the first things that shows up when you Google his name, and the publicity they would get would be there own gain. I am not "gunning" for you; I do not approach editing with any sort of agenda, but when somebody posts a portrait of a politician and claims it is their own work, you can hardly blame me for assuming that the uploader may be associated with that politician. If you are not affiliated with the Murray campaign then I will remove the talk page notice. ~BLM (talk) 19:15, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
July 2010
Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Keith Fimian, did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and read the welcome page to learn more about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. The reverted edit can be found here. Thank you. Mr. R00t Talk 02:12, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
The recent edit you made to Keith Fimian constitutes vandalism, and has been reverted. Please do not continue to remove content from articles without explanation. Thank you. — Jeff G. ツ 02:18, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
Fimian
Hi, I have done some work on the article today and removed the templates II think you may have put on the article, I think it is not so bad now and lots of templates can make the article appear worse than it is and make it dissficult for readers to understand what is going on. You can of course replace them if you still think they would be beneficial to the article or if you have specific issues with any content we could discuss on the talkpage. I have the article watchlisted, so let me know if there are any remaining issues, thanks. Off2riorob (talk) 13:31, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
Citations
Your edits have messed a couple of citations, don't worry I will correct them for you now, ok? Off2riorob (talk) 16:47, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
Citing sources
Please do not just stuff in citations with out knowing how to format them, I spent two hours tidying them up earlier. It does not take long to cite your content correctly, try like this is quite easy when you try it a couple of times. Off2riorob (talk) 16:55, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
<ref>{{cite web|url= add the url here|title= add the title here|publisher= add the publisher here|date= add the date the article was published here|accessdate= add the date you viewed the content here}}</ref>
Use this method, just cut and copy it and add the correct details. Off2riorob (talk) 16:58, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
To use a citation to support content at multiple locations in an article, we can give a citation a name and then use it throughout the article which is much better than ibid, If you want to add any more citations please use the template I have provided and it you have any problems or if you want to use a citation at more than one location please let me know if you need any help with that, thanks.
If you use <ref name="xxx">.........</ref> for the first ref, you can use <ref name="xxx" /> to place the same reference at another place in the article. Off2riorob (talk) 17:29, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the "go to the sandbox" template
Thanks for templating my talk page. Was that really necessary? I'll have to take a look at the specifics of which of my well-sourced edits on the Keith Fimian article you disliked. CriticalChris 00:33, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
Fimian
I want this article in a decent state, I did not spend hours of my time formating the citations to have it all messed up. I don't like this partisan toing and froing and if it continues it is likely to end badly for someones editing privileges, personally I don't think Critical cris should edit the article any more, and I have told him that. Off2riorob (talk) 16:27, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
- Thanks. Off2riorob (talk) 16:53, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
- "It is likely to end badly for someone's editing privileges." To whom are you referring? Also, if that's some sort of thinly veiled bullshit WikiBullying or a backhanded framing of a "no edit" order, I categorically reject that with prejudice and would like you to explain yourself. CriticalChris 05:45, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
- First you espouse ludicrious conspiracy theories to accuse me of a WP:COI violation...and now vandalism! My edits aren't vandalism! They are good faith edits, and you are the one who is destroying Washington Post, and Virginia Gazette citations. "Born in Harlem" What's wrong with being born in Harlem? Do you somehow think that's funny? It's right in the infobox, and has been there for quite a while, and I've also heard that from an unnamed source here in the 11th district. Perhaps we shouldn't sloppily omit taking that out of the infobox for now until we can better source that. Of course you're quite busy pointing the finger at me as a vandal with a conflict of interest to be that careful, but where is your proof? I'm just getting started with strongly shining light into the dark corners of your accusations of COI and Vandalism. I will be opening an RFQ on this issue later, and no I will not refrain from making responsible edits to the article. I will match you at 3RR for weeks on end if needed to deter you from suppressing relevant and notable encyclopedic facts. Are you sure you want to get this invested in this article, while simultaneously staking your Wikipedia reputation on bullshit vandalism and COI claims? CriticalChris 21:30, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
Templates on talk pages
Have you read Wikipedia:Don't template the regulars? Engaging in discussions, using your own words, is much more constructive. Binksternet (talk) 00:02, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
Warning against edit warring
This is a formal warning against further edit warring at Susan B. Anthony List. Please use the talk page to discuss removal of cited, neutral text. Binksternet (talk) 00:04, 31 July 2010 (UTC)
August 2010
Constructive contributions are appreciated and strongly encouraged, but your recent edit to the userpage of another user may be considered vandalism. Specifically, your edit to User talk:Binksternet may be offensive or unwelcome. In general, it is considered polite to avoid substantially editing others' userpages without their permission. Please refer to Wikipedia:User page for more information on User page etiquette. Thank you. Jrod2 (talk) 18:30, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
Please make sure that you use edit summaries to describe your changes without injecting your opinion about particular editors or particular edits. Especially in an article where views are strong, this type of behavior could be construed as antagonistic. God bless. — Mike : tlk 04:56, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
Your accusation of deleting without reasion is obviously wrong
Regarding http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:82.135.29.209&redirect=no :
I explained my change both in the change comment and more detailed in the talk page explaining:
"Btw, if there is a direct source (NBC) and a indirect source (Politico referring to NBC), then obviously Wikipedia should go with the direct source. (In this case the indirect source seems to be out of date.)"
So the claim that I deleted without reason is obviously wrong. Before reverting changes, please read the change comment and the comments in the talk page.
Thank you. 82.135.29.209 (talk) 07:16, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
82.135.29.209 (talk) 07:16, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
About your contributions and arguments
BS24, I value your intention to contribute to Wikipedia. But based on experience on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoring_Honor_rally, I want to encourage you to focus on quality, facts and neutrality. It is not ok to provide remove contributions from others referring to false claims (see above) or arguing by misquoting sources as your claim of "this estimate of 215,000" on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Restoring_Honor_rally to support your point, misleading people on the talk page. Of course, it is very good to have own political opinions, but Wikipedia should stick to facts, and the common intention of all contributors should be to report reliable facts and NPOV.82.135.29.209 (talk) 07:40, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
Abuse from a staff member
Greetings. I would like to report I have been having trouble with user Binksernet.
- I edited an article about the Wife acceptance factor in which he kept vandalising my edits. I discussed this and explained why it was called a wife acceptance factor.
- The user abused his privilages and incorrectly marked me for vandalism supposedly this was a mistake.
- violated a 3rr and engaged in MANY edit wars not just with me but other users
- I'm not familiar with wiki but enough is enough and I'm taking a stand against this thug. You can see he has a history of abuse and NEEDS to be stopped. Currently he is vandalising my edits on the wife acceptance factor page.
- has edited out criticisms so they have not been seen.
Interesting links can be found here: Incidents http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Binksternet#Wife_acceptance_factor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Binksternet#August_2010 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Binksternet#Memorex http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Binksternet#WP:AN.2FI_Discussion_Regarding_Your_Recent_Edits http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Binksternet#rollback http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Binksternet#Request_for_mediation_rejected http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive633#Behavior_of_Binksternet_towards_IP_user In this link you can see he has removed my contribution completely and thus deleted what I had to say.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive633#Behavior_of_Binksternet_towards_IP_user.
My user talk page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:123.243.203.94
Any help you can give to solve this situation would be appreciated. Also note I have tried to make peace with the user and concede to his overly PC views but he has not even compromised NOR apologised. The person needs to be stopped. 123.243.203.94 (talk) 10:23, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
SBA List
De nada. Thank you for all the efforts you've obviously made to improve the article. Keep up the good work! Cloonmore (talk) 22:33, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Good Humor
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For your Restoring Honor rally estimate of 727,508 with a margin of error of +/- 8500. Akerans (talk) 00:12, 10 September 2010 (UTC) |
Talk:Restoring Honor rally
Looks like you deleted your signature when you edited your comment here. Restored the signature for you. Akerans (talk) 18:33, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
I have made three of the protected edit requests, but I have a question about the "Crowd Size" one, which I have asked on that section of the talk page. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 21:55, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
CatholicVote
Unbelievable - I was going to create this article but you beat me to it! Hey - let's clean it up a little and I'll nom it for DYK- the deadline is 9/21. I have some bold ideas for the article... I hope you'll indulge me. Lionel (talk) 03:54, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
- I approved the article for DYK sometime ago. Looks like we have a potentioal COI. I wonder if there would be problems with it if we both didn't mention our faith on our user pages. Dincher (talk) 23:50, 30 September 2010 (UTC)
Edit summaries
Edit summaries are not the place to abuse edits or editors or engage in personal disputes,[1], and you've been told of this before. [2]. You have also twice reverted my edits. The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous (talk) 05:05, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
- You couldn't have been less responsive. If you were to stop using edit summaries as a place for attacks, that would be a step toward civility. If you could be more specific, I would be glad to consider your grievances, until then, I have no idea of what it is in your mind. The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous (talk) 01:50, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
Edit warring on Restoring Honor
I see above that you have been warned before, so I won't be templating your talk page. However, please do consider this a notification that I will be reporting your edit warring to WP:AN3. You have already exceeded 3 reverts in a 24 hour period, but if you choose to self-revert and discuss the issues instead of edit-war, I'll refrain from filing the report. Regards, Xenophrenic (talk) 03:01, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
October 2010
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{{unblock|Your reason here}}
, but you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:36, 2 October 2010 (UTC)- Just a note: this is as a result of this report on WP:ANEW. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:39, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
- I am confused: you said I was blocked as a result of the report, but on the report you said I had committed no violation. Please advise, thanks. BS24 (talk) 22:30, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
- It was brought to my attention that I'd missed a revert. I declined the report based on what I believed were three reverts but were indeed four, which, unfortunately, puts you the wrong side of the bright line. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:36, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
- I've always been of the opinion that blocks for edit warring are preventative, not punitive. You can see that BS24 last edited Restoring Honor @02:52, 2 October 2010 yet you didn't block him/her until 17:40, 2 October 2010, nearly 15 hours later. In hindsight, wouldn't you say that this punitive action was unnecessary? Recovering Obamunist (talk) 15:53, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
- It was brought to my attention that I'd missed a revert. I declined the report based on what I believed were three reverts but were indeed four, which, unfortunately, puts you the wrong side of the bright line. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:36, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
- I am confused: you said I was blocked as a result of the report, but on the report you said I had committed no violation. Please advise, thanks. BS24 (talk) 22:30, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
Mediation
You may as well add me to the mediation list. I haven't had as much time to deal with this issue, but my interest is still there. Arzel (talk) 20:43, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
DYK for CatholicVote.org
— Rlevse • Talk • 06:02, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
Talkback
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Framing the Issues for Restoring Honor mediation
Howdy BS24. Am now at my keyboard, looking over things... reviewing what happened today, I see Xenophrenic briefly joined the Mediation but self-reverted when he saw concerns in the wording of the "Issue to be Mediated". I see that you removed the comments on other editors in an effort to address those concerns. I am still planning on joining (while trying to balance how much time I contribute to being involved), but I am thinking maybe we should refine the issue paragraph a bit more in an effort to include more editors before we start (perhaps even Mr. Anon, who I will ask to reconsider). This is what is currently written:
- The entire crowd size section. There is a certain estimate of 87,000 by CBS News and AirPhotosLive.com which claims to be a scientific estimate of the crowd and thus the most authoritative. Four of the editors listed seem to agree, and six do not. The question is whether a long paragraph should be devoted to this estimate, detailing the methods and whatnot, which seems to give the estimate undue weight. Recently I tried to overhaul the whole crowd size section and replace it with a simple table of estimates with references provided. A couple of editors objected and I was banned for alleged edit warring. The dispute cycles endlessly between edit warring, compromise, relative calm, and reignition. It's a month in and we're still fighting over it, which is quite ridiculous. User:Alpha Quadrant from the mediation cabal summed it up well:
This is continuing? I thought this was nearly resolved. This is the same problem as archive 4. There appeared to be consensus and a successful compromise. This article is going in circles. The crowd size is disputed by a editor. There is a discussion for three days on it and a agreement is reached. The very next day a different editor starts the dispute up again, on the same issue. The crowd size has been beaten to death. This dispute has been going on for two months now. The current article appears to be a compromise. Can it be left the way it is? Best, --Alpha Quadrant 15:25, 3 October 2010 (UTC)
How do you feel about re-framing the issue subsection like this? It would remove the stuff about editors objecting and edit warring, and frame the issue (hopefully) as neutral as possible:
- A divisive issue over WP:WEIGHT has developed concerning the Crowd Size subsection, specifically with regard to the estimate by CBS News of 87,000. One group of editors are of the opinion that undue weight is being given to the CBS News estimate due to the size of the CBS paragraph compared to the other given estimates, while the other group of editors are of the opinion that it is not. The key difference between the CBS News estimate paragraph and the other estimates appears to lie in it's explicit description of the science, methodologies, experts, and procedures involved. The other estimates do not contain such descriptions and thus are considerably shorter in sentence length. There are also differing interpretations as to exactly how WP:WEIGHT should be applied here, and how to interpret prevalence in the sources. As a starting point at the time of mediation, the current version of the article is locked down and can be seen here: [3].
It's just a suggestion; let me know what you think. I'm also thinking that during the mediation, we should do everything we can to keep people commenting on the issues and not the editors, since some of us have butted heads before. The only way we're going to get through this is if we put the past aside and stay focused on the issues instead of each other. --AzureCitizen (talk) 02:43, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
Involved users
Just so you know, 82.135.29.209 (talk · contribs) is not The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous (talk · contribs). As best I can tell, the only IPs The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous has edited from are 69.224.150.70 (talk · contribs) and 69.228.157.164 (talk · contribs). So, you may wish to reapply 82.135.29.209 to the list of involved users. Akerans (talk) 07:31, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
IP82
You're asking me to help you with a mediation that I don't support. The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous (talk) 18:04, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
- If you refuse to cooperate, then I will have no choice but to remove you from the mediation case. That way those editors (i.e. all of them except you) who wish to reach a solution can do so unimpeded.
- No need to readopt a belligerent and superior tone. Don't be too surpised, but you're not the only one interested in a solution and we are allowed to not agree with you, or in an unfortunate choice of words "refuse to copperate" with your many dubious initiatives, e.g. misuse of RfC, 5 reverts within 24hrs, requesting that other users be blocked, false declarations of consensus. Also, let me help you with your faulty math. Of the 10 parties (Eleven if IP209 is counted) you listed, only 7 have agreed, and almost all of those have worked towards playing up larger crowd size estimates and minimizing the scientific estimates. "all of them except you" is a simple and very avoidable empirical mistake. The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous (talk) 21:08, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
- All I'm hearing is crickets. Hmmm. The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous (talk) 05:05, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
- Hi Mr. Anonymous. As you may recall, I asked BS24 to discontinue conversations with you concerning the mediation initiative and I suspect that's why he hasn't replied to your posts above. User:AGK already admonished BS24 concerning the comment about "refusing to cooperate" here, so I think it would be best if you let that go too. Whenever two editors are burdened with an antagonist history in relation to each other, further barbs traded back and forth on personal user talk pages do little to encourage steps in a constructive direction.
- As you know, 9 of 11 editors have agreed to participate in the mediation. I would appreciate your participation but if you're not going to join, perhaps you might do us the courtesy of posting a note here and indicate "Declined" so that matter can be settled? No pressure to join, just a sincere request that the issue of who is going to participate be politely resolved. Best regards, AzureCitizen (talk) 05:41, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
- The two of you have a habit of bailing when you're both losing an argument. Maybe a mediator could help. The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous (talk) 17:51, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
- Glad to see you have joined the rest of the group Mr. Anonymous, and good to see the mediation committee has already accepted. For BS24, thank you for your cooperation. For all of us, let's all redirect our efforts to staying focused on the edits and not the editors.--AzureCitizen (talk) 20:32, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
- The two of you have a habit of bailing when you're both losing an argument. Maybe a mediator could help. The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous (talk) 17:51, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
- All I'm hearing is crickets. Hmmm. The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous (talk) 05:05, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
- No need to readopt a belligerent and superior tone. Don't be too surpised, but you're not the only one interested in a solution and we are allowed to not agree with you, or in an unfortunate choice of words "refuse to copperate" with your many dubious initiatives, e.g. misuse of RfC, 5 reverts within 24hrs, requesting that other users be blocked, false declarations of consensus. Also, let me help you with your faulty math. Of the 10 parties (Eleven if IP209 is counted) you listed, only 7 have agreed, and almost all of those have worked towards playing up larger crowd size estimates and minimizing the scientific estimates. "all of them except you" is a simple and very avoidable empirical mistake. The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous (talk) 21:08, 5 October 2010 (UTC)
Re: Coffee Party -- Keep Up the Good Work
BS24, I see you attempted to correct the Coffee Party article but that your change was reverted by Xenophrenic with a pretextual reason. I have defended your change in the discussion section and will be restoring your original edit in 24 hours absent a coherent objection. I hope you will continue in your efforts to eliminate bias from this and other articles.NeutralityPersonified (talk) 19:05, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
Request for mediation accepted
The request for mediation concerning Restoring Honor rally, to which you were are a party, has been accepted. Please watchlist the case page (which is where the mediation will take place). For guidance on accepted cases, refer to this resource. A mediator should be assigned to this dispute within two weeks. If you have any queries, please contact a Committee member or the mediation mailing list.
For the Mediation Committee, AGK 19:45, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
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Sockpuppetry
In case you weren't aware, here's the result of the investiagtion, or were to mention it again in a misleading fashion:
Declined. For privacy reasons, we will not connect IP addresses to accounts with checkuser. This will need to be based on publicly available information and behavioral evidence. However, unless one or more of these is a proxy, I'd say it's very unlikely; the 82.x resolves to Munich, Germany, and the other to Folsom, California. Hersfold (t/a/c) 04:34, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
- One IP is blocked, the other has not edited since the 7th. I don't see much left to do here. TNXMan 14:15, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
Missing the point
The issue was not necessarily that you didn't post in the right spot, the issue is that you were attacking other editors personally. BS24 (talk) 02:51, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- Nah The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous (talk) 06:13, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- Wikipedia's conduct policy is exceptionally clear in this regard: "Do not make personal attacks anywhere in Wikipedia. Comment on content, not on the contributor." Read up on WP:NPA and commit your efforts to WP:CIVIL behavior going forward from here.AzureCitizen (talk) 14:14, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- Still missing the point, and people answering for other people on somebody else's talk page. Que "Everybody's Talking." The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous (talk) 15:04, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- Yes, it is evident that you are missing the point and fail to see how your behavior is uncivil; obviously no acknowledgements of this will be forthcoming on your part. Your inappropriate behavior is readily apparent to others, however, as evidenced by the comment posted by the mediator asking you to act more mature. A record of diffs is slowly accumulating, so again please reconsider and commit your efforts to better WP:CIVIL behavior in the future. --AzureCitizen (talk) 15:20, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- Done barking orders there, dude? Time to chill, methinks. The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous (talk) 15:42, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- Yes, it is evident that you are missing the point and fail to see how your behavior is uncivil; obviously no acknowledgements of this will be forthcoming on your part. Your inappropriate behavior is readily apparent to others, however, as evidenced by the comment posted by the mediator asking you to act more mature. A record of diffs is slowly accumulating, so again please reconsider and commit your efforts to better WP:CIVIL behavior in the future. --AzureCitizen (talk) 15:20, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- Still missing the point, and people answering for other people on somebody else's talk page. Que "Everybody's Talking." The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous (talk) 15:04, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- Wikipedia's conduct policy is exceptionally clear in this regard: "Do not make personal attacks anywhere in Wikipedia. Comment on content, not on the contributor." Read up on WP:NPA and commit your efforts to WP:CIVIL behavior going forward from here.AzureCitizen (talk) 14:14, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
Confused...
Hm, since you still insist that I am The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous, I'm getting confused more and more... Maybe I am AKA and just don't know it yet? Hm, listening into myself, I think more and more that I feel AKA inside me. Maybe at night I'm turning into AKA and doing evil things...? ;) Take care and enjoy life! 82.135.29.209 (talk) 15:22, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- I have no idea how that bizarre conclusion came about, and don't really care to know, be it you could reverse the conclusion of your own sock puppet investigations, that would be a good move. Thanks. The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous (talk) 15:33, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- You mean somebody could read this and think that we are really sock puppets? I don't think so. 82.135.29.209 (talk) 17:05, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- Since the point of sock puppetry is to act like different people, yes, someone can read this and think you both are sock puppets. Comments like "Maybe I am AKA and just don't know it yet", or creating a heading with another editors user ID and saying, "You're asking me to help you with a mediation that I don't support," don't defuse the situation. A direct answer, and less playfulness with headings and word choice, would be more helpful to those that might still be confused. Akerans (talk) 17:29, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- Ok, maybe my irony was misleading. Since AKA himself seemed to be confused by my comment, it obviously was misleading. But this sock puppet accusation really was ridiculous, BS24 was participating the discussion for a long time now, seeing AKA's and my contributions, making it very hard for me to believe that it that this accusation was a honest mistake. But what do you mean by "You're asking me to help you with a mediation that I don't support,"? I honestly cannot remember having said something like this. 82.135.29.209 (talk) 17:48, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- IP user, I was just confused because you and another IP were listed here but all The Artist said was "I am not IP209", which wasn't even listed in the case, and said nothing about you. He also said "I have logged under IP's, mainly do to the hassle of having given myself such a long name," so I figured all that meant he was IP82. My mistake, but as Akerans said above, please try not to be misleading or mess with anyone, whether you mean to or not. Thanks. BS24 (talk) 17:55, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- Ok, maybe my irony was misleading. Since AKA himself seemed to be confused by my comment, it obviously was misleading. But this sock puppet accusation really was ridiculous, BS24 was participating the discussion for a long time now, seeing AKA's and my contributions, making it very hard for me to believe that it that this accusation was a honest mistake. But what do you mean by "You're asking me to help you with a mediation that I don't support,"? I honestly cannot remember having said something like this. 82.135.29.209 (talk) 17:48, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- Since the point of sock puppetry is to act like different people, yes, someone can read this and think you both are sock puppets. Comments like "Maybe I am AKA and just don't know it yet", or creating a heading with another editors user ID and saying, "You're asking me to help you with a mediation that I don't support," don't defuse the situation. A direct answer, and less playfulness with headings and word choice, would be more helpful to those that might still be confused. Akerans (talk) 17:29, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- You mean somebody could read this and think that we are really sock puppets? I don't think so. 82.135.29.209 (talk) 17:05, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous admitted on his talk page that he is IP 69.224.150.70. The SPI stated that is extremely unlikely that 82.135.29.209 and The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous are the same person because 69.224.150.70 is located in California and 82.135.29.209 is locate in Germany. I performed a SPI for this purpose. Best, --Alpha Quadrant talk 18:13, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- Sorry BS24, to put it bluntly, but [4] was a lie: AKA never said this on his talk page. And you used that lie to exclude me from the moderation! I'm not amused by that!!! 82.135.29.209 (talk) 18:59, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- And here said "Declined" in bold and with a big red sign - you seriously want to claim that you didn't see that??? This is again getting ridiculous... 82.135.29.209 (talk) 19:02, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- It was a mistake. You can't blame me for making an honest mistake when you do things such as what Akerans mentioned above. Calm down, I have no objections to including you in the mediation. BS24 (talk) 19:26, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- I never took it seriously. Best if all just forget about it. The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous (talk) 21:42, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- It was a mistake. You can't blame me for making an honest mistake when you do things such as what Akerans mentioned above. Calm down, I have no objections to including you in the mediation. BS24 (talk) 19:26, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- If you, BS24, claim that someone writes something on his talk page and this claim is so obviously wrong, and you use it to justify an exclusion from moderation, this is not a "honest mistake"! And yes, of course, your "honest mistake" is the same as my irony Akeran mentioned... (sorry for my irony again). As you know very well, I am not the first one having such kinds of "problems" with you. But let's hope that the future is different and I'm the last one. 82.135.29.209 (talk) 21:57, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- This issue needs to be put to rest; please read my comment here in the good faith it is intended. I've been following the Mediation request from the beginning, and I saw what happened with BS24 removing you from the list. Although he was mistaken, there isn't anything in the record to indicate that he was willfully and deliberately trying to exclude you from the mediation. In case you're not aware of it, he is the one who originally put your name on the list when he filed the mediation request here. Subsequently, he was eager for the mediation process to move forward and he didn't invest enough time in correctly interpreting remarks on other people's talk pages. Others brought it to his attention, and he admitted his mistake. Let's WP:AGF. Linking to articles in the main space from a Talk Page to press a point (e.g., linking "honest mistake" to the article on lying) isn't really civil and creates problems with the "What Links Here" feature to page left. You probably didn't realize that, but please kindly redact that from your prior edit and let this matter go. Okay? :) All of us want to move forward with the mediation so that we can resolve the differences in our views, but the first step is to stop focusing on our quarrels with each other and turn our attention to the issues. Peace, AzureCitizen (talk) 22:35, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- With "What Links Here" you have a point, so I removed the link. Yes, I didn't know that he put me originally on the list. Nevertheless, BS24 participated the whole crowd size debate for weeks now and saw all these contributions and discussions of AKA, me and him, sometimes also directly between AKA and me, and including all this voting etc. etc. etc. ... He knows very well both about AKA and me. Together with his "factual wrong statement" I have a really hard time to WP:AGF and to believe that he seriously thought we are the same person - I think you understand me very well. I also want to add that this is not the first time I have a problem with his "approach" - this last incident was the straw that broke my camel's back. Yes, this is not rational, but it is the truth. I also had clashes with other users, but these cases worked out in a smooth and constructive way, for example [5], growing my respect for the person I clashed with. Maybe I'm disappointed that this didn't happen in this case. Well, that said, I see your intention that you want to move forward, and I see that WP:AGF helps to move forward. So, as mentioned already above, let's hope the future will be different and that such mistakes or whatever we call it don't happen anymore. While I cannot honestly WP:AGF for the past, I can WP:AGF for the future. I hope this is fine for everyone. No hard feelings. And let's work for a good mediation. I think we all are waiting for the mediation to start. By the way, unfortunately it seems that others have much more days each week available to invest into this discussion (sorry to you, BS24, for my late answer to the mediation request) so maybe I'm indeed not the best participant for a mediation. But nevertheless I'll provide my input if I have time for it. 82.135.29.209 (talk) 23:19, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- As Azure said above, I was very eager to move forward with the mediation process. As I said on Alpha Quadrant's talk page, my survey of rejected mediation requests led me to falsely believe that one party not responding to the request would cause the whole thing to be rejected. I had not heard anything from you about the case and it didn't look like you had been doing much editing, so in my haste I looked at Mr Anonymous's talk page/SPI which implied to me that you were him. I removed you simply because I didn't want the request to be rejected. All I want is a fresh start with all editors involved. BS24 (talk) 23:27, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- Ok, yes, let me WP:AGF and see your eagerness to move forward with the mediation process and fearing that it get killed. This eagerness is definitely a good thing. But looking at the other side, do you understand my perspective that I was really not very happy when finding out that you removed me from the "involved users" list in such a way? 82.135.29.209 (talk) 23:39, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- As Azure said above, I was very eager to move forward with the mediation process. As I said on Alpha Quadrant's talk page, my survey of rejected mediation requests led me to falsely believe that one party not responding to the request would cause the whole thing to be rejected. I had not heard anything from you about the case and it didn't look like you had been doing much editing, so in my haste I looked at Mr Anonymous's talk page/SPI which implied to me that you were him. I removed you simply because I didn't want the request to be rejected. All I want is a fresh start with all editors involved. BS24 (talk) 23:27, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- With "What Links Here" you have a point, so I removed the link. Yes, I didn't know that he put me originally on the list. Nevertheless, BS24 participated the whole crowd size debate for weeks now and saw all these contributions and discussions of AKA, me and him, sometimes also directly between AKA and me, and including all this voting etc. etc. etc. ... He knows very well both about AKA and me. Together with his "factual wrong statement" I have a really hard time to WP:AGF and to believe that he seriously thought we are the same person - I think you understand me very well. I also want to add that this is not the first time I have a problem with his "approach" - this last incident was the straw that broke my camel's back. Yes, this is not rational, but it is the truth. I also had clashes with other users, but these cases worked out in a smooth and constructive way, for example [5], growing my respect for the person I clashed with. Maybe I'm disappointed that this didn't happen in this case. Well, that said, I see your intention that you want to move forward, and I see that WP:AGF helps to move forward. So, as mentioned already above, let's hope the future will be different and that such mistakes or whatever we call it don't happen anymore. While I cannot honestly WP:AGF for the past, I can WP:AGF for the future. I hope this is fine for everyone. No hard feelings. And let's work for a good mediation. I think we all are waiting for the mediation to start. By the way, unfortunately it seems that others have much more days each week available to invest into this discussion (sorry to you, BS24, for my late answer to the mediation request) so maybe I'm indeed not the best participant for a mediation. But nevertheless I'll provide my input if I have time for it. 82.135.29.209 (talk) 23:19, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
Illinois District 17 election article
It's pretty difficult to assume good faith when you not only create an unneeded article about an election, but you can't even be bothered to include all the candidates. That's insulting to the voters, the state and the country. I can only assume you're not a member of any of those groups. Flatterworld (talk) 18:14, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
- In answer to your comment, no other Illinois race has its own article, and quite a few are close. If you're willing to keep both article up to date between now and the election, I don't really care if they remain separate until then, as I've already synced them to this point, and the 'merge pointers' are there to help the readers. I find it useless repetition, quite frankly, but at least our readers aren't being misled. btw - there's no 'undue weight' issue if one election is covered in more depth on a state's election page than others. Polling tables, fundraising tables, and all that can be included even if other elections don't have them. I only mention that in case that was the reason you created the separate article. You may also want to note the page view statistics for the Illinois article vs. the 17th District article. Note the counts reflect every time someone views the article, including the same person doing multiple edits in one day. I suspect few readers are actually going to the separate article. Flatterworld (talk) 19:43, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
Boss Daddy?
Whoa, taking offense for other people. Time for a time out. The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous (talk) 20:38, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
Talk Page Edit
That would have been a mistake on my part and not an intentional one. Apologies. The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous (talk) 00:24, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
Project page revert
I'd suggest letting AKG make reverts, or leaving a posting on his page suggesting edits or inquiries about them. How mediation is done, and what should or shouldn't be on the project page is probably better understood by him than the rest of us, or at least me. Another good effect of letting AKG making those calls would be less clashes between editors. At this stage their should be a cease fire. The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous (talk) 16:28, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
Restoring Honor Mediation
Greetings!
I have agreed to mediate the Restoring Honor case. I'm requesting that all parties start with opening statements, instructions are at the top of the page. Thanks for agreeing to go to mediation, I'm hopeful we can get this resolved to the satisfaction of all parties. Don't hesitate to contact me with any questions or issues. --WGFinley (talk) 00:51, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
Taxpayer March on Washington
How were you involved in the Taxpayer March on Washington discussions regarding attendance? The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous (talk) 19:15, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
- It was with a different account that I stopped using because I forgot my password. BS24 (talk) 22:59, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
- It would help if I knew that account name so I could be up to speed on your points. The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous (talk) 23:04, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
- I'm afraid I don't remember it. Let me see if I can find it. BS24 (talk) 23:06, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
- You could have a look at the talk archives and that would no doubt jar your memory since your involvement was a significant part of the conversation. The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous (talk) 02:03, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
- Was the login you forgot your password to User:NYyankees51 ? The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous (talk) 16:40, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
- The similarities are remarkable and probably statistically near-impossible to be conincidental. Both BS24 and User:NYyankees51 have edited the following articles Bobby Schilling, Susan B. Anthony List, Phil Hare , Call of Duty 3 (a video game), and United 93 (film). The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous (talk) 17:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
- Was the login you forgot your password to User:NYyankees51 ? The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous (talk) 16:40, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
- You could have a look at the talk archives and that would no doubt jar your memory since your involvement was a significant part of the conversation. The Artist AKA Mr Anonymous (talk) 02:03, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
- This is a reminder of point 4 of the mediation. "Please do not critique, respond or counter other statements. For now just put your position out there and summarize what you think the issues are." Granted, that was probably meant for the mediation page itself, but I think the information is good advice to follow in general. In other words, both of you should probably wait to respond to one another about each others statements (or one statement at present) until directed to do so. Otherwise, moving forward without mediation will probably hinder the mediation process. Akerans (talk) 01:52, 15 October 2010 (UTC)
- I'm afraid I don't remember it. Let me see if I can find it. BS24 (talk) 23:06, 14 October 2010 (UTC)