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:wtf? I haven't done anything... I haven't even spoken to you, reverted any edits of yours, gotten into any edit wars with you in days. And the only thing I've done even connected to you was say "I don't think there are any personal attacks here" regarding a conversation I was not previously a part off. What exactly would you report me for?►'''[[User:Chrisjnelson|<span style="color: #005e6a">Chris </span><span style="color: #005e6a">Nelson</span>]]''' 21:34, 12 August 2007 (UTC) |
:wtf? I haven't done anything... I haven't even spoken to you, reverted any edits of yours, gotten into any edit wars with you in days. And the only thing I've done even connected to you was say "I don't think there are any personal attacks here" regarding a conversation I was not previously a part off. What exactly would you report me for?►'''[[User:Chrisjnelson|<span style="color: #005e6a">Chris </span><span style="color: #005e6a">Nelson</span>]]''' 21:34, 12 August 2007 (UTC) |
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:* Haven't spoken to me? You keep addressing me on talk pages and comments like "Just ... wow" ([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Brett_Favre&diff=prev&oldid=150826691]) don't help. How about your edit above where you said "i'm just editing". You duped me into an edit war and got me blocked for 24 hours. Those actions got you kicked off for 48 hours. Why am I being forced to carry on a conversation with you on another editors talk page. This wasn't directed at you. <small><span style="border:1px solid #0000ff;padding:1px;">[[User:Jmfangio|<b>Juan Miguel Fangio</b>]]|[[User_talk:Jmfangio|<font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> ►Chat </font>]]</span></small> 21:39, 12 August 2007 (UTC) |
:* Haven't spoken to me? You keep addressing me on talk pages and comments like "Just ... wow" ([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Brett_Favre&diff=prev&oldid=150826691]) don't help. How about your edit above where you said "i'm just editing". You duped me into an edit war and got me blocked for 24 hours. Those actions got you kicked off for 48 hours. Why am I being forced to carry on a conversation with you on another editors talk page. This wasn't directed at you. <small><span style="border:1px solid #0000ff;padding:1px;">[[User:Jmfangio|<b>Juan Miguel Fangio</b>]]|[[User_talk:Jmfangio|<font style="color:#accC10;background:#0000fa;"> ►Chat </font>]]</span></small> 21:39, 12 August 2007 (UTC) |
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::''I'' forced you into an edit war? ''I'' am forcing you into a conversation on someone else's talk page? All these things I'm "forcing" you to do require conscious decisions on ''your'' part. Grow up and take some responsibility.►'''[[User:Chrisjnelson|<span style="color: #005e6a">Chris </span><span style="color: #005e6a">Nelson</span>]]''' 21:42, 12 August 2007 (UTC) |
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Deletion of article
Hey, since you deleted the article, can you copy over the deleted text to User:Akhristov/Estophobia? I want to give the article another chance and see if anybody else is willing to work on it. Thanks. — Alex(U|C|E) 07:40, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
- I have a very strong feeling someone will take this to Deletion Review; if this does not happen over the next few days, then I'll be happy to do so. Is that okay? Neil ╦ 10:40, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
- Just want to note that it has been a few days now, and nobody has contested the deletion. Martintg 01:40, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
Estophobia
Thanks for being bold in closing Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Estophobia. You may have restored the community's faith in the system :-) -- Petri Krohn 10:32, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks Petri, but I hope this isn't gloating that you "got your way". Neil ╦ 10:41, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
- In fact I voted rename. I was expecting the "article" to stay, but wanted it to have a more factual content. -- Petri Krohn 11:06, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
- I would imagine that something on Russian-Estonian relations will end up being created. Neil ╦ 11:07, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
- Haha, it's already an article (was expecting a redlink!) Neil ╦ 11:08, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
- It was created during AfD as "my way" fork. But we will be working on it.--Alexia Death 11:18, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
- Haha, it's already an article (was expecting a redlink!) Neil ╦ 11:08, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
- Talking about forks, what is Anti-Estonian sentiment? And what is Estophilia? WP:POINT? --Ghirla-трёп- 18:20, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
- I haven't created neither but they look like things that belong into Wikdictionary as Estophilia and Estophobia...--Alexia Death 18:23, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
- Talking about forks, what is Anti-Estonian sentiment? And what is Estophilia? WP:POINT? --Ghirla-трёп- 18:20, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
Adoption
Hi Neil. I recently left a message on your talk page, but I fear it may have slipped under your radar due to a large amount of other messages (it's since been archived). Hope to hear from you. --CA387Talk 21:31, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
- I did reply - I don't have the time to take on any more people at the moment so I pointed you back towards WP:ADOPT, I'm afraid :( Neil ╦ 22:35, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
My RfA
Thank you for your support in my successful RfA. I appreciate the trust you and the WP community have in me. Carlossuarez46 21:45, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
Actually, the parameters for the current release version selections are the quality of the article and/or the importance, regardless of quality assessment status. I've recently nominated several articles for inclusion which are at this point neither GA or FA, but which I think qualify as being articles which any respectable encyclopedia would have. Articles like Moses, Mary (mother of Jesus), Saint Peter, and the like. There is a bot in development which is supposed to help in determining which articles should be included in the various release versions based on importance. Reports are that bot might be available by the end of the month, but it's still in development right now. I wish I could find the page that it's mentioned on, but for the life of me I can't right now. John Carter 22:31, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
Deleting
Hey Proto... oops, I mean "Neil" can you delete this for me? It's served its purpose and it's just a waste of space now. Why'd you change your name, I like Proto better than Neil.Sam ov the blue sand 01:00, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
- Because my real name isn't Proto. Although, it would be awesome if it was. Maybe I should have changed my real name to Proto, rather than my user name to Neil. Neil ╦ 10:52, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
Neologisms are not a valid reason for speedy delete, as you state here [1]. See Wikipedia:Speedy_delete#Non-criteria. Your reason given in the deletion log [2] "no real content" is not valid either, as it had basic information with references and was tagged as an article stub, as per the guide Wikipedia:Stub. Please restore Estophilia. Martintg 05:30, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
- Seconded. The article should be give a proper AfD. And BTW, I seriously doubt its a neologism, I have seen this term used in my history books at school(seven years ago) to describe Estonia sympathetic Germans during the national awakening.--Alexia Death 05:43, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
- Crap. That article was created to make a point, and both of you know it. An AFD would just be another venue for the squabbling that's been going on recently. But if you sincerely believe it should be here, the big writing at the top of the page, WP:DRV is the place to go. Neil ╦ 06:17, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
- That is not a very civil reply from you Neil. It was necessary to ask you first to restore the article, since it is clear that you will not, the way is clear to take it to deletion review. Cheers. Martintg 06:34, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
- Neil, you are an admin, if pointless squabbling or incivility do occur then it is your right and duty to block/warn who ever is responsible for disruption and to prevent hostilities from escalating. Just deleting potentially controversial articles is like hiding head under sand. It will not fix anything.--Alexia Death 07:14, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Estophilia. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Martintg 06:44, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
Neil, I can understand that creating an "opposite-of-A" article immediately after "A" was judged as non-notable and deleted, could be judged as a WP:Point, heck, I would probably do the same if I was in your posistion. However Estophilia is a signifcant subject of Estonian history, it just is unfortunate that it was quite understandably associated with Estophobia. As I said, most sources are either in German or Estonian, but I have listed a few that I have found here:
- Online Encyclopedia reference: [3]
- Book reference: [4]
- Online Britannica quote: "Written literature began in the so-called Estophile period (c. 1750–1840) with moral tales and manuals written by Balto-German enthusiasts for the native language and culture." [5]
- Another book reference: The History of Estonia, 2nd edition, by A. Maesalu, T. Lukas, T, Tannberg, et al [6] (ISBN 9985-2-0606-1) Quote from section beginning on page 167: Estophiles and the first Estonian intellectuals: "The growing interest in exotic and minority peoples in Europe launched the Estophile movement in Estonia. The Estophiles - Baltic Germans interested in Estonia - studied the Estonian language and culture, published fiction of considerable artistic level, newspapers, textbooks for schools, and founded various scientific societies....."
There seems to be a consensus forming in DRV to undelete Estophilia, so as deleting admin you could just wrap this thing up and undelete it.
It is my hope that the Estophilia stub is not immediately listed for AfD, given the sources above and elsewhere, because it will be a disruptive waste of energy. Note that the original stub of Estonian national awakening [7] was subject to an AfD that was defeated quickly[8]. As you can see, that was eventually developed into a good article. Cheers. Martintg 01:37, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your recent input into the Speedy Deletion discussion this article. It ended up with unanimous support for overturning Speedy Deletion. Now it has been tagged AfD. The original nominator for speedy deletion was again very prompt in providing his support for the present round of discussion. As a result I am now seeking further input on the article. Detractors are using the 'lack of notability' excuse argument, so I have updated the article to cite coverage from mainstream Radio and Newspaper. After this, one of the complainants reversed their judgment, but I still have work to do. If you could spare a few minutes to review the updated article and provide your perspective on the evidence of notability I would be very grateful.Yogidude 12:55, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
- I hope you have also contacted those who advocated deletion in the deletion review discussion. Neil ╦ 14:00, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
- I contacted all of the contributors to the deletion review and AfD discussion. In the end there were two that did not revisit their position publicily. The page has now passed the AfD. Thanks again for your time. Yogidude 01:26, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
Picture of Sirrus
I was looking at the article Sirrus and Achenar, and I noticed that Image:Sirrus.jpg had been deleted, but not Image:Achenar.jpg, which also appears on the page. They both are from the same part of the Myst game (trapped in the books), so I'm wondering why you deleted the image of Sirrus, saying "not fair use," while not doing so for Achenar (which does have a rationale on it)? --Temporarily Insane (talk) 17:39, 21 July 2007 (UTC)
- It didn't have a rationale ... it had a template. See Wikipedia:Non-free content. Neil ╦ 21:33, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
- Ah...right. Silly me. --Temporarily Insane (talk) 23:08, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
- No worries Mr/Mrs Insane. Neil ╦ 08:36, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
- Mr, thank you. --Temporarily Insane (talk) 10:17, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
- No worries Mr/Mrs Insane. Neil ╦ 08:36, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
- Ah...right. Silly me. --Temporarily Insane (talk) 23:08, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
Reply on page above, but here also (Sprigot 14:54, 24 July 2007 (UTC)):
- "Neil I don't want to seek punishment - but I do want to be vindicated (as not being a sock) - saying 'assmume' innocence is a bit much - isn't it supposed to be disproved ? I don't want the allegation of being a sock hanging over my head - perhaps if an admin could rule that I wasn't a sock it would bring some 'closure' to the matter. Sprigot 14:44, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
- Doesn't this send out the message to Giggy (and others) that it's OK to accuse people of Sock Puppeteering, even via a formal route, because nothing happens if they do ? No warning of Disruptive (WP:POINT and WP:BITE) behaviour, no clam down don't be silly - no 'anything' ? Sprigot 14:53, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Thank you Neil (see WP:SOCK raised to "teach me a lesson") - I feel better now that you have put this into context for me - I appriciate the time you've taken to help here. Sprigot 15:05, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
- No problem, happy to help. As WP:BLOCK says, blocks are used to prevent damage or disruption to Wikipedia, not punish users. Neil ╦ 15:12, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Misterrick Talk Page addition
I noticed that you protected user Misterrick's talk page. Could you make an edit please? the image Mgmgranddet-rendering.jpg has no source or fair use rationale and i was going to paste the links on the templates listed on the image to the user page like it says, but I can't do this because it's been protected, since December actually. If you could add the notices for both the source and the fair use rationale it would be great. Thanks. Ejfetters 10:02, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
"Good Faith" Edit to Jazz (Transformers)
I noticed your response to my reporting of User:70.65.138.93 for vandalism. The user in question has repeatedly reverted to a very old version of the page. It is not merely me disagreeing with his/her edits; there has been a discussion about the information that they keep re-adding on the talk page here. How this can be considered a "good faith" edit when they have been repeatedly asked not to make these changes is beyond me. -- JediLofty User ¦ Talk 12:19, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
Aphex Twin
Hello. I hope you are having a sunny day. I want to remove the IDM from the genre list of Aphex Twin, and some others will remove it also, but it is readded by others. I looked at 40 Aphex Twin articles from many educated British publications. IDM is never mention. I want to show Electronic Music, Ambient Techno, and the sincere musical genres only. I want to show IDM is the messageboard list. http://music.hyperreal.org/lists/idm/ I saw recently your opinions in the IDM article. Sorry to use your time. Susume-eat
- I am not having a sunny day. The UK has had no sunny days. We live under eternal cloud. BAH. I'll have a look ;) Neil ╦ 10:36, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
Amy Mihaljevic
Please review my additional references on the discussion page for Amy's article. Please re-edit article including these details and remove article protection. This is an unsolved case that is generating a lot of new leads in Ohio. By protecting or deleting this article you are hindering the investigation by limiting information to potential witnesses or suspects.— Preceding unsigned comment added by JamesRenner (talk • contribs)
Done! Neil ╦ 10:35, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks so much for your help with this article, Neil. I realize I'm very green at this. If you could check in on it every once in awhile and make sure we're doing things right, I'd appreciate it. You seem like a good non-biased editor. -James
Really
It's editing like yours that makes me want to give up. I am trying to update the bloody thing! SlimVirgin (talk)(contribs) 10:05, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
Help desk
Ahoy there! I was wondering if you could lend me a hand here. -- Zamkudi Dhokla queen! 11:07, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
Unusual Adoption Request
Hi! Im an English teacher in Toluca Mexico (west of Mexico City). My Advanced B classes will be contributing to Wikipedia as the focus of their English course for Fall 2007. I am looking for people who would like to mentor my students (who will be working in groups) as they do the following assignments: Edit and article (adding a citation), writing a stub with a citation, translating an English language article for Spanish Wikipedia and for the final project, writing a full article for English Wiki (they can expand on the stub mentioned previously). What I would like to do is put a list of "mentors/adopters" on my talk page as a kind of short cut for my students, who have limited time to get things done. The semester begings Aug 6, but the real Wikipedia work wont begin until the beginning of Sept. If you would like to add your name to my list, please go to my talk page and add it there, perhaps with a short introduction, if you like.
Thank you!
Thelmadatter 20:24, 26 July 2007 (UTC)Thelmadatter
Hi. You seem to have deleted this article some time ago. I don't know what the content was, but the subject is somewhat noteworthy in Dutch history. Could you tell me what is was about? An interwikilink was added to it on nl: on April 21st, so I suppose it might have been a legitimate article (most hoaxes don't have interwikilinks I'd guess). Cheers, Niels(F)? en | nl 15:08, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
- A user had created a number of hoax articles on Frisian historical people, this was understood to be one of them. I have restored the article, thanks for letting me know. Neil ╦ 15:17, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
Stepdad
Hi Neil, As I'm adopted by you I guess you are my wiki-stepdad. I need some fatherly advice: I want to create a page for the singer and composer Andrea Martin, but there is allready a page called Andrea Martin. How would you go about the disambiguation?
Best regards
Sorenw 11:11, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
- Hi son! Create your page at Andrea Martin (musician), and at the top of the Andrea Martin article, put the following:
:''For the singer and composer, see [[Andrea Martin (musician)]].''
Thameside Radio
Hi Neil,
You have deleted my page on Thameside Radio because of possible copyright infringement. Another user identified the content as being similar to an existing web site www.thamesideradio.net. Since I am the original author of the article as well as author and owner of the web site there is no problem. The web site also makes it clear that the text is published under GNU free documentation licence. I hope that this is sufficient to have the page reinstated. If there is anything else I need to do I am happy to do so.
Thanks
- Hi Martin. Give me a little bit of time to look into this, I will try and sort it out. Neil ╦ 13:47, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
Clear keep consensus
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Amy Mihaljevic has a clear Keep consensus. Twice as many people are arguing for keeping instead of deleting, there are a large number of unrelated reliable sources, and it's a real stretch to bring up BLP concerns when no living people are mentioned in the article (some were before, but that was addressed). If that isn't a Keep consensus, then almost nothing is. Please change your closing. --AnonEMouse (squeak) 13:32, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
- It was closed as "no consensus, default to keep". What difference does it make? Neil ╦ 13:33, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
- The main problem is that every other closing will have to take the risk of being compared to that one. ("Hey, there are only 12 people arguing Delete to 7 arguing Keep, look at this, that means that's a No Consensus.") It was a prominent AFD, mentioned on several notice boards (take a look at Special:Whatlinkshere/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Amy_Mihaljevic - BLPN, ANI, COIN), we need to get it right. There is also a minor difference in that a No Consensus close is more open to being reopened than a Keep close; that shouldn't be as much of a problem here, as the original issues have been addressed, but still not negligible. --AnonEMouse (squeak) 14:10, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
- Ten keeps, two weak keeps, 7 deletes. Policy arguments were strong on both sides, ergo, no real consensus. It could not be argued there was a an obvious consensus to keep ... my definition of consensus is usually - if both sides have put forward good arguments - about three-quarters. Neil ╦ 14:23, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
Amy Mihaljevic image
Neil, you've been a voice of reason for the Amy Mihaljevic page. I thought the debate was over, but her image was deleted, even though I have shown the photo to be undoubtably covered under fair use. The copyright to the school photo belongs to the parent. Amy's surviving parent has repeatedly granted use of this image related to his daughter's tragic story. It is historically significant and specifically relevent to the article. Also, it has been reprinted numerous times in the Plain Dealer, the Cleveland Free Times, Cleveland Magazine, the Milwaukee Journal, the Beacon Journal, the Record Courier, the Lorain Morning Journal, the Elyria Chronicle Telegram, Sun Newspapers, and several other publications. Can you do anything about this? Thank you. JamesRenner
Halia
Hey, about that Halia article. I'm sorry about that hoax. You see I originally made some articles on my user page, e.g. User:Monbro/Halia and then I moved the article to /wiki/Halia because it was annoying seeig the article title User:Monbro.ALfred instead of just 'Alfred' or something, but because of this Ill just use my user page now.
Sorry for any annoyance I caused Wikipedia. By the way, how did you find out about the article? I'm just interested. Also, I like the format of your user page, show me how to do that. Oh and you may beg to differ but my imaginary state is actually very interesting, its not one of these plain stupid things that I thought of in a minute. I've been working on it for 8 years and I thought about putting it on the computer, layed out in a Wikipedia-style thing and this is why i did it in the 1st place.
As I said, it is actualy very interesting. It's got its own monarch, legislature and all the political parties and head of states and provinces and everything. I know you may laugh at this but keep looking at my user page cos ill update it. Its name is the United Provinical Federation of the Halian Imperial Commonwealth and its the biggest federation in the world. Its eastern european but its official languages are English, French and Halian which is a fictional language in the Romance family based on mixes of ENglish, French, Spanish, German and Latin. I've said enough you can reply :) Monbro 19:06, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
Following your recent participation in Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 July 30#Allegations of American apartheid, you may be interested to know that a related article, Allegations of Chinese apartheid, is currently being discussed on AfD. Comments can be left at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allegations of Chinese apartheid. -- ChrisO 15:24, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA
Do not post "to match the name of the nearby Amsterdam ArenA, home of AFC Ajax" on the article of Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA railway station. It's not real. You can not know why the name is changed. I know it, because i living in The Netherlands. Tahrim 18:23, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
- Why else would they call the station the Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA? It's on ArenA Boulevard in Zuidoost. Just like the Villa ArenA, and the cinema's called the Pathe ArenA. So they changed the name of the system to match this. Kindly stop removing information. Neil ╦ 11:32, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for taking the time to participate at the discussion in my Request for Adminship. Unfortunately the nomination did not succeed, but please rest assured that I am still in full support of the Wikipedia project. I listened carefully to all concerns, and will do my best to incorporate all of the constructive advice that I received, into my future actions on Wikipedia. If you can think of any other ways that I can further improve, please let me know. Best wishes, Elonka 04:35, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
Thanks
I'm really not trying to gaim (or is it game - i don't know) the system. I'm trying to avoid bringing this to the ArbCom and trying to do things right. Every step in the WP:DR process has failed, and miserably. Basically, people have supported finding a neutral solution, but because other's don't want to accept mediation (or want to change the "rules" on the fly), I'm running out of options. I'm all ears for suggestions, but this guy has been on my back non-stop. Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 08:31, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
Fangio/Nelson RFAR
Just now noticed the AN thread. Didn't mean to step on your toes, I think we just crossed over, started on that once I saw the revert warring and yelling was still going on. Hopefully it gets worked out one way or the other, but it's certainly got to stop. Seraphimblade Talk to me 10:25, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
- Yeah. I probably wouldn't have taken it to arbitration, as it's entering into lame edit war territory, but if you're happy doing that, that's fine by me - good luck! Neil ╦ 10:34, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
- Well, I don't know that I'd say "happy", was really hoping it wouldn't come to that. At the same time, the big hammer is a rather blunt instrument that has a habit of making things worse rather than better, and I hate to see talk pages full of bickering, it drives other people away. Seraphimblade Talk to me 10:39, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
- I don't want to get you guys off track, but I am really curious to know why you feel I'm so problematic. I've been attacked over and over and over again. The guy has asserted WP:OWN issues repeatedly, and I continually try to be civil in my responses. He has even stated that I'm mentally unstable. I have asked so many times to have his rudeness toward me curtailed and all that happens is he is warned. What would you like me to do? If this were as simple as a single article - you just move on. But this is a template, which has the potential to touch thousands of articles. I would understand your guys point more if I hadn't asked for help, but I have. Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 10:50, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
- I don't think you're problematic. I don't think Chris is, either. You just don't seem to want to agree - you keep saying "Chris's solution is fine", yet if that's the case, why are you disputing it? I also don't think you've been attacked, however. Maybe goaded at times, but not attacked. Neil ╦ 10:54, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
- This is what i don't get - and maybe it's because you are fresh to the situation - but the guy has flat out called me a lunatic. How is that not an attack? He makes these statements, I point them out and nobody helps get this back to content. Chris's solution isn't fine, his solution is valid. So are people who want to focus on the year of the game and not the year of the season. It is possible for two people to be correct. That is why a compromise is needed. I'm not looking for further action, just a better understanding of why when most people seem to agree, that nobody wants to hold people accountable for their actions. All things considered, I think I've behaved very well here. Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 10:58, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
- (EC) I'd very much agree with Neil. I don't think either of you is irredeemably problematic or just out to cause trouble, if I believed that, I would've just hit the block button and not bothered the arbitrators. At the same time, though, it just seems the two of you will not quit fighting. I'm not even going to try and untangle who's more or less at fault or any such, but it's causing all sorts of disruption, and one way or the other, it's got to stop. Seraphimblade Talk to me 11:01, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
- Well, this aspect of the conversation doesn't seem to be helping me to understand how we are where we are. A guy calls me an asshole, a lunatic, mentally unstable, and antagonizes me when I ask him to address me as something other than dude, and yet we continue. He violates WP:OWN in nearly everway possible, and I'm still having to fight to have a content related discussion. Onward and upward, hope this doesn't turn out for the worse. But I'm not the lunatic and I'm sick of having to put up with that. I'll leave this chat for now but it's a shame that the guy trying to open the DR process and trying not to bite someone back isn't being encouraged.Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 11:04, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
- Well, I don't know that I'd say "happy", was really hoping it wouldn't come to that. At the same time, the big hammer is a rather blunt instrument that has a habit of making things worse rather than better, and I hate to see talk pages full of bickering, it drives other people away. Seraphimblade Talk to me 10:39, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
- (three bloody editconflicts in a row on my own talk page) Okay, Juan - that's the first time that edit has been pointed out. That is indeed a personal attack, and should not have been made. As for a solution, why not link them like this: 2005/6; this is what they do to solve a similar problem in soccer.
- As for your other comments, yes, Chris has been rude. I have asked him to stop, and unless he continues, that will be the end of it. Blocks are preventative, not punitive. Please do report any more rudeness to either my talk page or the admin noticeboard. Neil ╦ 11:07, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
- I'm not going to liter your talk page with past indiscretions. I've bitten back, so it's not as if i haven't violated WP:NPA. But it was mildly and only after repeated reportings did not curtail his behavior. That's not necessarily a bad suggestion, again, I'm open to community aided consensus, I just don't want one person asserting that their way is the only way...because there are a ton of ways to relay relevant info.
Again, remember we are talking about an infobox and not article content.Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 11:10, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
- Is there a centralised point where this discussion over year format is actually taking place? Neil ╦ 11:17, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
- Basically yes. Template talk:Infobox NFLactive. It's "fairly" sequential, although one user did start numerous "threads" at once. I'll be happy to point out particularly relevant sections if it needs deciphering. It's long and could be a strain for you to read. Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 11:20, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
- Thanks. I think I've found the relevant sections ... it seems neither side is willing to give way, and both sides make valid points. The only way for this to be solved is by enforced consensus. Arb Com do not deal with content disputes. They may choose to address the behaviour of parties involved in the dispute, but will not the dispute itelf.
- I suggest starting a fresh, new thread, keeping it very short, ask people to state which of the two or three options they prefer, and letting an admin know if there is anyone going against the consensus; people can and will be blocked for doing so. You should alert the members of Wikipedia:WikiProject National Football League to the discussion. Neil ╦ 11:38, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
- I was going to bring in ArbCom because of the behavior "problems" I have had with the other user, not to solve the dispute. I did point people at WP:NFL and several others to Template talk:Infobox NFLactive#Survey, but Chris jumped in and tried to change what the dispute was about. As I told you on my talk page, there are a number of people who see the need for an alternative solution. Listing by year of the game or by year of the season is disputed. I an supportive of a neutral solution. This was after a poll was used very early in the discussion (against my advice). If you haven't already, you can view Listing out highlights & Awards, 30 Request, and Resolution to Pro Bowl Years. I did want to share with you perhaps the most poignent statement by a third party-
- "First off there is confussion with the Pro Bowl. For an example when I put down for someone that went to the 2007 Pro Bowl I would name the link as 2006, then many times afterwards people change it to 2007, I then decide for the 2007 Pro Bowl I would call it 2007 but people still change it to 2006... --Phbasketball6 01:50, 23 July 2007 (UTC)"
- Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 11:54, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
Neil - Jmfangio has argued that: my edit is "unneutral", causes widespread confusion, and that various sources struggle with a common way to refer to this. Please know, by researching, that this is all false. I have never been arguing against the naming of the Pro Bowl articles or how they are referred. I am talking solely about "Pro Bowl selections" in regard to NFL players. When doing so, there is only factually accurate way of representing this, as I will show you. I urge you to read this, and it explains definitively that when talking about Pro Bowl selections, it is factually accurate to use the regular season year and factually inaccurate to use the year of the Pro Bowl itself. You could ask any football fan, and they'd all tell you the same thing - that this is how it's done. The only reason this is a debate is because one person decided to change the way things have been (correctly) done here for years. It's absolute insanity that I've been discussing this for weeks. It should be a no-brainer.►Chris Nelson 15:44, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
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- I am collapsing my recent rantings. They're all valid, but now that I've had a second to cool off I'm gonna restate what I did there more succinctly. Chris continues to engage in edit wars. He has been trying to drag me into major edit war all night long and I really cannot say that I will remain here unless the warring stops and people respect guideline supported edits and general consensus. He adjusted content in the Brett Favre article that was recently added. I didn't even argue with that, but I did go back and re-order the sections per WP:MOS and undid the portion of his edits that removed wikilinks from the "disputed" content in the infobox ([10]). My edit summaries should allow you to follow what happened. This edit [here might help.
- Later, I went to address an issue with the height field in the NFLactive template. I removed that field due to the fact that new fields were now available. I proceeded to go through the 'what links here' articles and remove the now defunct height info and update it. Every so often I fixed other "issues" and made some minor edits. For example, on Tim Couch, I removed some information in the infobox that I have never seen in any other infobox and never seen any mention of this being good information to be included. Chris of course re-inserted the information without so much as an explanation ([here). Eventually I got to Dan Wilkinson, which looked like this upon arival. I fixed all the WP:MOS issues, worked content from the trivia section in (and removed non-notable pieces), fixed the team affiliation in the infobox, and removed the career transactions section because the info was already mentioned in the article in the relevant places AND contained in an EL. Not surprisingly, chris jumped in and reverted one of my edits while i was editing the page. I didn't quite realize this and it led to this whoops. I really don't know why I'm being forced to deal with this, and it seems unreasonable that I should have to abandon these articles altogether. I go around asking for people to help (WT:NFL#Joe Montana) improve articles while Chris asserts ". I worked hard on the Wilkinson article, like I've done with all Dolphins player articles, so if you're just going to go around deleting content from them without good explanation I'm going to revert them." from this. Sorry for the length, but in order to catch you up, i feel it was appropriate.Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 08:54, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
- Regarding Jmfangio's second-to-last comment:
- Yeah, it hasn't been discussed anywhere. It was an idea I had so I implemented it. I've talked about it with a few other editors (Taylor21, Soxrock, Phbasketball6, Pats1, Wlmaltby3) and they all liked the idea so I've gone ahead and done it. It is all accurate, including the edit found at Tim Couch, and is not at ALL hard to confirm. Maybe it's hard for Jmfangio to confirm, but if that's the case he obviously doesn't know where to look. (Hint: KFFL.com)
- I basically built the Dan Wilkinson article over from scratch, and have it on my watch list. Jmfangio did not provide good reason for his edits, and since I personally feel the article is better the way I had it, I reverted it. I'll continue to do so unless he would like to discuss it.
- Not following him around, only checking out the most recently edited articles on my watch list. If he happens to be the editor, then oh well.
- And although it might sound like I'm matching Jmfangio's paranoia, it sure seems like he has problems with edits, at times, only because I'm the editor. For example, I removed a (x1) from Clinton Portis' infobox next to NFL Rookie of the Year. Obviously, the (x1) is unnecessary because by definition, a rookie of the year award cannot be won more than once. It's overkill, and you could never find a group of people that would vouch for its presence. But he seems to get defensive because I'm the one doing the editing. Oh well, that's his deal.
►Chris Nelson 08:31, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
- Any suggestions? He continues to change content that there is common practice (wikilinking to NFL season articles), etc... etc..? Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 15:39, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
- Can you PLEASE do something.... after this edit to the Peyton Manning article, he started edit warring with me AGAIN!!!!! Please get him to stop!Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 01:42, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
I'm just editing.►Chris Nelson 01:44, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
Air Force One AfD
Re this, then yes, please, a copy of the deleted article to work on in my userspace would be helpful. Thanks. AndyJones 17:38, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
Ref desks
If indeed, I did something wrong, you are sadly mistaken if you think wronging me as well makes it right.
Calling people "assholes" is offensive.
My post was intended to be humorous... and helpful. The OP will find more music fans at the Ents desk.
I've noticed all too great a tendency for Wikipedians to consider it acceptable to call each other "asshole" or all kinds of other abusive terms. Coming from an admin it's even less acceptable.
I'm immensely proud of my extensive record of helping people at the Ref Desks. I'm also one of the least bitey contributors you'll find.
If you're in a bad mood, go find a vandal to whack, don't sound off on me. --Dweller 15:16, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
- I'm in a wonderful mood, thanks. Please don't be an asshole to newbies on the reference desk again. Neil ム 15:20, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
- Dweller, I haven't called you an asshole once; please do not put words in my mouth. Saying someone is being an asshole on one finite occasion, and flat out calling them an asshole are not the same thing. I apologise, however, if use of the term "being an asshole" upset you. How about, please don't be snarky and cruel to newbies on the Reference Desk again? Neil ム 15:27, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
Not sure if I know how to be cruel or snarky. Anyway, I'll trade you. I'll do my utmost not to be either of those things, if you desist from using insulting terms in a way that people could conceivably construe that that's what they're being called by you, rather than it merely being a word applied for one finite occasion. Then, we'll both have benefited from this rather inglorious exchange. Deal...? --Dweller 15:36, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
- I will try and be more delicate in my phrasing, you try to be nicer to new editors. Okay, deal. Neil ム 16:32, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
- I'll keep my (finely structured aquiline) nose out in that case. The Rambling Man 15:31, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
Talk:Omagh bombing #List of names Interpretation of decision
User:Domer48 is now making accusations of edit warring, I should be grateful if you would consider the state of consensus building at Talk:Omagh bombing # List of names . We need further illumination on your Obiter dictum in light of [12] and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Names of Omagh Bomb Victims Aatomic1 17:03, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
- I don't have time I'm afraid. Why did you ask me, anyway? I haven't had anything to do with this. And what "obiter dictum" am I supposed to have made (unlikely, as I'm not a judge)? Neil ム 21:25, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
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I am wondering if you want me to go back to the notice boards regarding CJN. The behavior continues and I just want to curtail the incivility towards me. Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 21:33, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
- wtf? I haven't done anything... I haven't even spoken to you, reverted any edits of yours, gotten into any edit wars with you in days. And the only thing I've done even connected to you was say "I don't think there are any personal attacks here" regarding a conversation I was not previously a part off. What exactly would you report me for?►Chris Nelson 21:34, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
- Haven't spoken to me? You keep addressing me on talk pages and comments like "Just ... wow" ([13]) don't help. How about your edit above where you said "i'm just editing". You duped me into an edit war and got me blocked for 24 hours. Those actions got you kicked off for 48 hours. Why am I being forced to carry on a conversation with you on another editors talk page. This wasn't directed at you. Juan Miguel Fangio| ►Chat 21:39, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
- I forced you into an edit war? I am forcing you into a conversation on someone else's talk page? All these things I'm "forcing" you to do require conscious decisions on your part. Grow up and take some responsibility.►Chris Nelson 21:42, 12 August 2007 (UTC)