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One would think you would have had the foresight to not take sides however that clearly isn't the case after reading your comments on his talk page April 15. It's also noted you have not done anything about his personal attacks and almost insinuating that his actions were in some way justified. Aren't admins meant to be be neutral and fair in dealing with conflicts like this ? So James I ask you to kindly NOT take sides and NOT encourage people to create further dramas that in the end you will unfortunately have to mediate. I fell sorry for you that you feel that you were under some form of mental siege when I voiced my fair and balanced opinion about you and your actions. I feel that it really isn't my fault that you felt the way you did. I'm sure you are man enough to take honest opinions for what they are without need to feel under attack or become annoyed. |
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I also find it rather sad that you state that it's in my interests to please admins like yourself and get them onside instead of voicing my logical and fairly balanced opinions. Like I said since you fancy yourself as a vigilant admin on here why do you not follow and enforce all the policies/rules of wiki but only some and esp only on editors you "personally" have a beef with ? |
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Judging by all the ongoing dramas on your talk page it seems I am not alone when it comes to questioning your actions. We can't be all wrong can we ? [[User:Fisted Rainbow|Fisted Rainbow]] ([[User talk:Fisted Rainbow|talk]]) |
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Hi there; as you point out, this user's talk page contained four copyvio warnings, and certainly I could have left them in place and just removed his copyviolating article. I took the view that he had (necessarily) seen the warnings and (obviously) ignored them, and thought that his finding the whole page gone might, possibly, get the point across. He is, I note, now blocked for a truly determinedly persistent approach to copyright violation. To answer your specific question, no, I have no problem with your approach; mine was simply a little more radical. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 16:21, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
Re Iqinn and misleading edits.
Dear Mr.Watson,
On an unblock request you made an observation that if Iqinn was incapable of understanding the reasons he was blocked he lacked the competence to edit here. [1] I made a mental note because I thought it an accurate assessment. I have found some pretty outrageous edits which, to put kindly, are misinterpretations of the source material however, stating "On February 24 U.S. forces issued an apology admitting that the U.S. had killed seven schoolboys and a neighboring shepherd" and sourcing it to this is either a complete misrepresentation of the source or the fellow can't read English well enough to edit here. He stands by that, stating: "i always and still believe that this is true and verified". [2] This false admission of US guilt has been up on the encyclopedia since he created the article on 17 August, 2010.
Again, either this is deliberate or he can't effectively communicate in English. What can be done about this? V7-sport (talk) 03:22, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
I declined your speedy tagging of this page and replaced it with {{advert}}. Although it does sound a bit promotional (and I see it was written by a COI user), it's not terrible. Furthermore, the sourcing looks okay. – GorillaWarfare talk • contribs 17:59, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
There must be sources! section
Since certain editors seem hell bent on excluding this from WP:ATA, I have copied it to my user space here with a view to developing it into a stand-alone essay. Would you care to help me flesh it out some more? Reyk YO! 00:33, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
ENPC MBA Paris School of international management
Hello Mr Watson, I would like to know why you have deleted my article on ENPC MBA Paris School of International management. My aim was not advertizing, I believe the subject deserve an article, and I just would like to know why you think the one I provided is not publishable. As you can see all the business school has a page on wikipedia and not for advertizing but for describing the educational institution, its history, its characteristics, its faculty and its courses. I just want to set up a page for ENPC MBA that reflect these other pages in its structure and content. It is the first article I write so it is important for me to understand what is not working with it. If I have to make some editing I will, just tell me what was wrong with it. Thank you for your kind reply,
Liviana Sala —Preceding unsigned comment added by FullyLiviNG (talk • contribs) 12:37, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
- An article full of such prose as "prides itself on developing entrepreneurial leaders with a strong sense of values that go beyond academic excellence" comes across as promotional. In addition, it is worth mentioning that your English does not really seem to be up to writing an encyclopaedia article in English: maybe you would prefer to contribute to Wikipedia in your own native language (French, perhaps?). JamesBWatson (talk) 12:43, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
- Ok, thank you. I will re-write it being more encyclopedic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by FullyLiviNG (talk • contribs) 13:11, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
GHWA.
Hello JamesBWatson,
Please explain to me why the GHW Architects page was deleted. The firm is a notable architecture firm in Manhattan. I have credible sources and news articles stating their notability. It is not nonsense, spam, or copyright infringement as the help page may suggest. Nor is it up for promotion, as there are a slew of other architectural firms which have a wikipedia page (costas kondylis).
Thank you,
LC —Preceding unsigned comment added by Greatink (talk • contribs) 14:41, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
- An article full of such prose as "dedicated to the creation of the highest quality multiuse buildings", "design professionals with extensive experience", and "Stephen Hill and David West have a legacy of excellence in design spanning 20 years" is promotional. If you sincerely can't see that then I can only assume that one or both of the following applies: (1) You are so closely involved in the business that you are unable to stand back and see how your writing will look from the detached perspective of an outsider. This inability to see things from an impartial perspective is, in fact, one of the main reasons why Wikipedia's conflict of interest guideline strongly discourages editing an article on a subject to which one has a direct connection. (2) You are a professional in marketing, and are so accustomed to marketing-speak that you have become desensitised to it.
- The text of the article appears verbatim at http://ghwarchitects.com/Company.html. That page bears the notice "Content copyright 2009-2011. Goldstein Hill & West Architects LLP. All rights reserved." If you deny the validity of that copyright notice then you will need to produce evidence. (However, it is probably not worth your while doing so, as the article will be deleted as promotional anyway, even if you can establish that the content has been released under a license consistent with Wikipedia's reuse terms.)
- What other articles exist is irrelevant, as this one has to be assessed on its own merits. See WP:OTHERSTUFF. JamesBWatson (talk) 14:59, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
I will create a new page with words differing from that of the ones on the website. Would that be all right? 14:47, 10 May 2011 (UTC)LC —Preceding unsigned comment added by Greatink (talk • contribs)
- It may be. Without knowing more about what you will write I can't say. I also suggest reading Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations. JamesBWatson (talk) 14:59, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your detailed help! I will step back and rethink how I will write this. Thanks James. -LC —Preceding unsigned comment added by Greatink (talk • contribs) 15:09, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
Talkback
Message added 20:32, 10 May 2011 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Responded on user's talk page. JamesBWatson (talk) 20:39, 10 May 2011 (UTC)
The only reason I added the delete tag was it was created as a result of a history move. Mtking (talk) 08:38, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, I did understand that. However, it does not satisfy the given speedy deletion criterion, nor, as far as I can think, any other one. If you really want it deleted you could take it to WP:RfD, but I doubt that it's worth the trouble. If the user wants it deleted then that will be fine, otherwise leaving it there does no harm. JamesBWatson (talk) 08:41, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
Asking to block user.
Hello. Sorry to bother you, but can you block Christian2941 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)? This is surely a vandalism-only account he posts unconfirmed info on several articles, especially on cable channels here in the Philippines because tries to picture a cable company realigning its channel lineup when such news occured. Please do this ASAP. I am now reverting a lot of his edits. I've reported him to WP:AIV, but no action so far there. Thanks in advance. - 上村七美 (Nanami-chan) | talkback | contribs 11:33, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
- Done JamesBWatson (talk) 11:41, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
- You might also need to watch Romar9120 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log). I can't confirm most of his other edits (I don't watch soap operas such as Mara Clara), but based on his misinformation edits on Starhub TV and SkyCable, I suspect he may be a sockpuppet of Christian2941. - 上村七美 (Nanami-chan) | talkback | contribs 14:29, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
- I should say that "I suspect he may be" is being rather cautious. An absolute WP:DUCK. Blocked. JamesBWatson (talk) 14:43, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
- You might also need to watch Romar9120 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log). I can't confirm most of his other edits (I don't watch soap operas such as Mara Clara), but based on his misinformation edits on Starhub TV and SkyCable, I suspect he may be a sockpuppet of Christian2941. - 上村七美 (Nanami-chan) | talkback | contribs 14:29, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
Thanks for the U1 deletions
Thank you --Trevj (talk) 12:56, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
Talkback - cmcase
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Aidin Afkhami
Hi. My name is Yashar Afkhami, I'm the oldest sun of Behrooz Afkhami, the Iranian Movie Director. I tried to make a biography page for my younger brother Aidin Afkhami earlier, but the page i made was deleted. i was told that the page was deleted because it didn't have any reliable sources. Now i have a reliable source, a web page with an article about Aidin. i was wondering if it was possible for you to reopen Aidin's page, or do i need to make a new one? i will be waiting for your answer. thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Msaremif (talk • contribs) 15:28, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
- I see that, while waiting for an answer from me, you have sought answers elsewhere too. The reason given by the editor who proposed deletion was lack of sources, but that is not the only issue. I see nothing in the article to indicate that he is of such significance or importance to justify having an article about him in an encyclopaedia. More importantly, on searching I have not found suitable sources anywhere that indicate such importance, which suggests that it may not be possible to rewrite the article with sources. If a subject does not satisfy Wikipedia's notability guidelines then no amount of rewriting will make it notable. Finally, you are not the right person to be writing an article on Aidin Afkhami, as your close connection to him means that you have a conflict of interest, and Wikipedia's conflict of interest guideline strongly discourages creating articles on a subject to which you have such a connection. If, despite appearances, he actually is notable by Wikipedia's standards, then probably sooner or later an uninvolved outsider will consider him significant enough to write an article on him. JamesBWatson (talk) 07:42, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
Shonali Malhotra
sir, Why you Had Delete this Page Please Reply —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cityccc (talk • contribs) 16:16, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
- As you will have seen in the block log entry, for two reasons. Firstly, the article gave no indication that its subject was of such significance or importance to justify having an encyclopaedia article about her. Secondly, the article had no sources cited, and an editor had therefore proposed that it be deleted, and after a waiting period nobody had provided sources or objected to the proposal. Either of these two reasons would have been sufficient reason for deletion. It is perhaps also worth mentioning that the article was very badly written, and if it had not been deleted would have needed a complete rewrite. JamesBWatson (talk) 07:28, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
can i see the page for example i.e which was written etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cityccc (talk • contribs) 16:28, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
- Certainly. I have restored the article and moved it to JamesBWatson/Shonali Malhotra. I don't think that it is remotely suitable as an article, and I intend this to be a temporary userfication, to be deleted after a while, unless you can offer a reason why this should not be so. However, you are pefectly welcome to see what is there. JamesBWatson (talk) 18:59, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
Sarina Paris prod removed
Hi James BW. Just letting you know I put some work into this article and have now removed the prod you placed on it. Paul Erik (talk)(contribs) 02:00, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
The Fleming Hong Kong article
Hi, I am going to create a similar page with the same topic using my own words & remaining neutral tone. Could you please help me review before I publish it? Or could you give me some advise on it? Thanks much! Ghc.cecilia (talk) 03:52, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
- Certainly if you write a draft of the article (say at User:Ghc.cecilia/Fleming Hong Kong) and let me know when you have done so I will look at it and let you know what I think. Before you do so, though, you should decide whether it is suitable at all for a Wikipedia article. I have all too often seen people who have seen an article deleted because of some particular issues (such as copyright) rewrite it, putting considerable care into making sure that they don't make the same mistake again, only to see it deleted again for some other reason, often because it does not satisfy Wikipedia's notability criteria. I am sure you can imagine how frustrating that must be. I strongly recommend looking at Wikipedia:FAQ/Organizations, which gives a summary of many of the issues involved in writing about a business. If, after having read that, you still wish to go ahead, you should have a look at the general notability guideline and at Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). Unfortunately there are (in my opinion) far too many of these guidelines, and it is completely unreasonable to expect you to study and learn all of them before you start editing, but you need to have at least a rough idea what sort of things are covered. Some of the pages linked to from the welcome message on your talk page are quite useful, too. If, after you have looked at some of the appropriate guidelines, it seems that the hotel does not satisfy Wikipedia's notability guidelines, then I suggest dropping the idea, as you are likely to find any article on it keeps on being deleted, completely wasting your time.
- I know nothing about you or why you want to write this article. It may be that you are interested in writing for Wikipedia, and just happen to have chosen this subject to start on, or it may be that you work for the hotel, and are only here to promote it. If the first of these is true, then my advice is to leave this article for now, and start by making small improvements to existing articles. That way you can learn how Wikipedia works bit by bit, and after a while you will know enough to be able to successfully write an article. In my experience people who work that way are far more likely to have a successful time here than those who jump straight into writing whole articles, which have a very high chance of being repeatedly deleted, leading to frustration and disillusionment. (Of course it doesn't always work that way, but I find the risk of that happening is much higher if you start by writing whole articles than if you start in a small way and work your way up.) If, on the other hand, you are not interested in general editing of Wikipedia, but are only here to promote the hotel because you work for it, then I urge you to consider whether you could make more productive use of your time and efforts elsewhere. People who come to edit Wikipedia just to promote their business, band, club, or any other sort of organisation very frequently have an unsuccessful time here. If you are closely involved in an organisation it is very difficult to stand back from it far enough to see what your writing will look like from the perspective of an outsider. Time and again I have seen people in that situation having their work undone for various reasons such as that it always looks promotional. Often such people seem to be sincerely unable to see why their work is being destroyed: they honestly cannot see that their writing is not written in a neutral way. This is, in fact, why Wikipedia's guideline on conflict of interest strongly discourages writing on a subject to which you have a direct connection. The problem can be at its worst if the person doing the editing is a professional in marketing or PR, as such a person is so thoroughly immersed in marketing speak that they become blind to it.
- I hope that at least some of these remarks will be of some use to you. JamesBWatson (talk) 08:19, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
Eleven pictures article
Hi James
Thanks a lot for deleting the entire Eleven Pictures article. Now I have to reproduce the non-copyright violating bits and pieces from scratch. How about you just deleted the violating stuff?
I was planning on re-writing the entire Biography paragraph anyway, so I just put in the Myspace description as a placeholder. Now I'm uncertain whether I even bother.
--Faerloev (talk) 07:24, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
- As far as I can see, the parts of the article which were not copied from the web page were an info box, a list of members of the band, and a "Discography" section, listing three records. If you like I can happily give you a copy of those: just let me know. JamesBWatson (talk) 08:36, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
User talk:Vicguyot seems to have a serious COI on Mat Hennek, as he seems to be his manager or work for his management company. Seems to be the same user as User talk:178.198.178.13 which you unblocked. He continues doing what you warned him about and has been reported at AIV. Besides the user/COI issue I want to discuss the article itself. I see it has gone through CSD for Copyvio to PROD. I am strongly considering Afd. There are lots of claims and no references. There are mentions to galleries that purpotedly show his work, but only with links to the galleries themselves (their home pages) which does not show any reference to the subject and amount to nothing more than spam for the galleries. The claims made invalidate an A7 off-hand but IMO he is not more than another professional photographer that has exhibited and been published. Before going to the hassle of AfD I'd like your opinion as you have been more involved. Note this is not canvassing, just a question on your thoughs if I should go the AfD route or is it a waste of time in this case. Cheers! -- Alexf(talk) 13:00, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
- I agree with your assessment, and think and AfD would be totally appropriate. In fact the only thing which could conceivably be considered to be a source is his own web site, so I think it is borderline for PRODBLP, but perhaps AfD would be better. Incidentally, I didn't unblock the IP. I meant to decline the unblock request, but evidently copied the "accept" template instead of the "decline" one by mistake: my edit summary shows that I thought I was declining the request, as do the reasons I gave, which made no sense as reasons for unblocking. A stupid mistake. As for the user, he/she has only been severely warned recently, and has not edited since then, so I think we should leave it at that for now. If the trouble continues then we can consider the possibility of a block. JamesBWatson (talk) 13:20, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
- I see what you mean about the unblock. Didn't realize at the time. As per the user, I agree and that's why I did not block from AIV. Article goes to AfD then. -- Alexf(talk) 13:47, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
Nils Schmid
You deleted the Nils Schmid article because of a banned or blocked user. The issue now is that he definitely would meet notability since he's the Deputy Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg. What should be done about this. Kingjeff (talk) 14:32, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
- Sometimes I find this a difficult problem, but not this time. There is often a conflict between "we should not allow blocked or banned editors to get away with evading their block/ban, so we should delete any articles they create", and "no matter what the origin of the article, if it's a perfectly good one we should keep it, rather than putting someone to a lot of trouble recreating it". The issue has been debated a number of times, with the first of these two gaining the greater amount of support. I too tend to go for that one, though I do have misgivings about it, and I have occasionally gone against that line, when I have thought there is a strong balance the other way. However, in this case the article was quite short (nine sentences), and I really don't think that the amount of work needed to rewrite it is enough to weigh against the policy that banned users don't get to create articles. JamesBWatson (talk) 14:42, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
Ok. Nine sentences is very little. Would you be opposed that I start the article over again? Or do I have to go through the review of the deletion on that? Kingjeff (talk) 15:19, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
- I don't see any reason why you shouldn't just go ahead and rewrite it. JamesBWatson (talk) 15:21, 12 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for fixing my account
Thank you for fixing it so that I'm no longer affected by the open proxy block on 153.65.16.10. I appreciate it. I do have a question though. Is there someplace where I can see what lead to the block request in the first place? Also, unless I'm going crazy (which is a reasonable possibility) I originally couldn't even edit my own talk page. What changed to allow me to edit my own talk page? Thank you again, Bill Huffman (talk) 16:05, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
- If you go to Special:Contributions/153.65.16.10 you will see a link near the top of the page labelled "block log". If you click on that you will see "13:59, 10 May 2011 Tnxman307 (talk | contribs) blocked 153.65.16.10 (talk) (account creation blocked) with an expiry time of 3 months ({{blocked proxy}})". If you want to know why that block came into existence then I'm afraid I can't help you, but you could ask the blocking administrator at User talk:Tnxman307 if you like. Tnxman307 is a checkuser as well as an administrator, and so has access to information I don't have. Whether Tnxman307 can divulge any relevant information to you I don't know, but there's no harm in asking if you want to. As for what changed to allow you to edit your own talk page, I'm afraid I have no idea. Sorry I can't offer more help, but at least I'm glad to have been able to help by enabling you to avoid the block. JamesBWatson (talk) 19:48, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
- Thank you again. Bill Huffman (talk) 14:15, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
Deletion of Kern Precision Scales
Hi James,
Can you kindly advise me how to amend my page so it remains undeleted? This company has a huge heritage, it's a 6 generations old family business and was responsible for Southern Germany's reputation for precision scale manufacture.
So I believe is has notability. And I have seen pages of competitor companies with less heritage on Wikipedia.
Many thanks,
James —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.13.68.112 (talk) 19:41, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
- Can you give me the exact title of the article in question, so I can check back and see its history? There is no record of there having ever been an article called Kern Precision Scales, and I don't remember what it was called, and without seeing it and why it was deleted I can't help you. Alternatively, if you too don't remember the exact title then if you can tell me the name of the account you used to create it then I can look through your editing history and find it. On the subject of other articles which you think are less deserving, making that comparison is natural, and therefore common when articles are deleted or nominated for deletion, but it is often irrelevant, for reasons you can see at WP:OTHERSTUFF if you like. JamesBWatson (talk) 19:56, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
Sure: the link is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kern_precision_scales I just googled Kern Precision Scales and the first link takes you to it, with this record:
10:33, 10 May 2011 JamesBWatson (talk | contribs) deleted "Kern precision scales" (A7: Article about a company, corporation, organization, or group, which does not indicate the importance or significance of the subject)
Thanks for your help.
James —Preceding unsigned comment added by James nester (talk • contribs) 07:41, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
- Ah, a simple difference in capitalisation which threw me, and I didn't think of the obvious method of Googling. I don't have time to look into this now, but I will try to do in a couple of days. If I don't get back to you on Monday please remind me. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:10, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
Ok James, thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.13.68.112 (talk) 18:03, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
James,
I have just had another look at the original page and can see that I didn't make it fully clear why Kern is notable. I have just rewritten the introduction and added a couple of citations. I hope this is now acceptable? If not I look forward to your guidance.
All the best,
James —Preceding unsigned comment added by James nester (talk • contribs) 20:14, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
Glitch Turner
Jim, I need your help. You set my page to autoconfirmed, but as I am blocked and have only nine edits, I cannot get back onto my talk page with the Glitch Turner account. So I am sending you this on a onetime login, asking for your assistance. Obviously there is an imposter that is trying to screw up my request for an unban. Please review the history on the page and you will see that the IP's and the vulgar new accounts are not the same as me. I trust that a good check user, such as Alison or someone familiar with me (such as Buggs) will spot the imposter. Please try to see that a Troll is screwing with my sincere request. thank you in advance for considering this request. Glitch Turner Temp (talk) 21:57, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
- I have replied at User talk:Glitch Turner #Confirmed JamesBWatson (talk) 09:06, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
An apology
Upon later rereading a comment I earlier posted on ANI regarding the block of Mindbunny, I realized it came across much more strongly worded than I intended. I did not mean to be overly critical or to accuse you of acting in bad faith; I meant to imply that the community as a whole was coming down harder on the user than other users, not that you or any other individual user was intentionally trying to subvert policy. I clarified my comments and responded to you, but I wanted to personally apologize to you here as well. Kansan (talk) 22:52, 13 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you
You've been one of the cooler heads with the dramafest around Mindbunny and Sandstein's now deleted RfC. I don't entirely agree with the sky-is-falling freakouts from the more extreme BLP fanatics (I think our actual influence over living people, especially with such set reputations like Mugabe, is usually extremely minimal to nothing; much less than many people seem to believe/want to believe), but I can understand where there would be a BLP concern and as I've said at ANI I'll take a more tactful approach from here. What I was initially worried about was something like the drama that was Herostratus' recall playing out again; that got kicked up over a similarly flippant (although in his case empirically correct) comment, but this issue seems to be dying off now. I'm trying to persuade Mindbunny to take the approach I have now, although I don't know how much success I'll have. As you're the blocking admin, please let me know if my presence isn't helpful and I'll back away before I cause more problems. And for the record, I don't believe that admins are on a power trip; I truly appreciate the work you all do. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 05:15, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
FYI
Despite being blocked for 72 hours for his actions, Mindbunny is edit warring over comments on his talk page. Just an FYI... Erikeltic (Talk) 03:33, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
wikipedia page
Hi Mr Watson
I had just made a page in april, and it got deleted but... "with the title Jai Prakash Naraine singh"
i just want to ask.. can i make a page for my dad he is a business man in india..
i just want to put his information on wikipedia , so that my friends can check it out
please do reply..
thanks!
Utkarsh Singh —Preceding unsigned comment added by Utkarshsingh28 (talk • contribs) 07:58, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
Inciting Cognitive Disident
One would think you would have had the foresight to not take sides however that clearly isn't the case after reading your comments on his talk page April 15. It's also noted you have not done anything about his personal attacks and almost insinuating that his actions were in some way justified. Aren't admins meant to be be neutral and fair in dealing with conflicts like this ? So James I ask you to kindly NOT take sides and NOT encourage people to create further dramas that in the end you will unfortunately have to mediate. I fell sorry for you that you feel that you were under some form of mental siege when I voiced my fair and balanced opinion about you and your actions. I feel that it really isn't my fault that you felt the way you did. I'm sure you are man enough to take honest opinions for what they are without need to feel under attack or become annoyed.
I also find it rather sad that you state that it's in my interests to please admins like yourself and get them onside instead of voicing my logical and fairly balanced opinions. Like I said since you fancy yourself as a vigilant admin on here why do you not follow and enforce all the policies/rules of wiki but only some and esp only on editors you "personally" have a beef with ?
Judging by all the ongoing dramas on your talk page it seems I am not alone when it comes to questioning your actions. We can't be all wrong can we ? Fisted Rainbow (talk)