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Koov

Bidn (talk · contribs). Colchicum (talk) 14:39, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. Has been taken care of. EdJohnston (talk) 16:15, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, but have you taken care of this one? Cidn (talk · contribs) Special:Contributions/Cidn. Perhaps Wikimedia should offer you a full time job to scan for and ban Koov sockpuppets. pmsl. --Tovarishch Komissar 23:32, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Sigh. All in a day's work. I've started doing permanent semi-protection of articles, since he's running over the temporary ones. I wonder if he'll ever understand that all his changes are being reverted, so there's not much point in making them, except to annoy us? EdJohnston (talk) 23:50, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Sidn (talk · contribs). Another one for you. Do you think if we block all 4-letter usernames, this might stop him? ;) --Russavia 12:48, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

"16RR" edit warring on Van Allen radiation belt

Reply

Sure. I will stop editing South Korean cultural claims. But I want you to believe I am not against 3rr. Thank you.--Michael Friedrich (talk) 15:25, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

FYI - The 24 hours have passed and Michael Friedrich is playing his revert games again, see Misplaced Pages:Administrators'_noticeboard/3RR#Michael_Friedrich_reported_by_Novidmarana_.28Result:_.29. Novidmarana (talk) 20:43, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

I don't have a quarrel here, but please do not talk as if you were not involved. You're the one who kept adding although you don't even know how to use it.--Michael Friedrich (talk) 05:35, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Hed PE

Although Prophaniti is blocked, User:Ibaranoff24 is still continuing to edit war over the same material with a different user. You may want to take a look. Landon1980 (talk) 02:03, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Feel free

Feel free to do an RCU if it will make you feel better. My edits to the article were valid and had a clear edit summary. I happened across the page in a random search through articles of similar content. I was not familiar with the other editor who is currently violating WP:OWN and WP:3RR on the page. You will notice that after his umpteenth revert on the page I did not bother trying to argue as I see that the other user is ready to violate multiple policies to keep his personal version of the page intact and... for me... its not worth the bother and so I avoided edit warring over the deleted citation.(3 valid edits does not an edit warrior make) If an RCU will clear you mind that I am not Prophanti then by all means RCU away. Personally... I actually cannot stand Mr. Prophanti and have basically told him to f*ck off and several talk pages because of his penchant for drastically altering(or attempting to drastically alter) FA's or articles that are going through FA process as he does not believe achieving FA status is of any value.

My own history on Misplaced Pages is lengthy. After initially using an account... rolling over 20000 edits... and being asked to let my name stand for rfa about 15 times(which I declined)... I could see a growing trend of "anti-anon" and I felt this went against what Misplaced Pages was all about. I decided to reject my original account and began anonymous editing for about 2 years... feeling the full brunt of "account ignorance" during my anon history. But felt I needed to maintain that "purity" of anonymous editing and made many friends among the admin ranks with editors who could see what I was doing and why. 30000 anonymous edits later and I became overcome by 'Wiki-burnout' and left the project completely. It was only after receiving several dozen "please come back" emails that I decided to return. And that is where this "new start/fresh start" Wiki libs account comes from.

As for my IP edits... an admin friend gave me this list of previous haunts:

There are likely a few more in there but they are all me. If you can find any connection in any of those between myself and Mr. Prophanti then by all means take the proper action. If Mr. Ibernoff continues his own history of WP:3RR and WP:OWN on the Hed PE article then that is his choice. I do not like deleting cited content. But debates with article owners are just not my cup-o-tea. Hope that helps you. Have a nice day. The Real Libs-speak politely 08:31, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your extremely thorough response! I really don't consider you a sock, I was just trying to figure out if anything could be done about the genre wars on certain music articles. Obviously that's a large problem to solve. EdJohnston (talk) 16:20, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

I like being thorough :). Now you know exactly who I am. Finding a solution for genre wars???? :-D . Boy if you could do that it would be a miracle. There is no solution beyond verifiable/reliable sources and consensus. I edit mostly music related articles. I am a librarian and have a masters in engineering(strange combination I know) but prior to that career warp I was a professional musician for 20 years. So I have strong interest in music. I am very careful about which article I edit and what content I add because I am acquainted with hundreds of individuals who are notable enough to have a Misplaced Pages article. I do not broach COI by having inside information about these subject and, other than vandal reverts, try not edit these pages too much. I see genre wars everyday. I have numerous IPs blocked on a daily basis for "genre trolling". Music related pages are magnets for passionate pov. And genres are the easiest targets. Verifiable reliable sources and consensus is about all we'll ever be able to do to brunt aside any opinion wars. I wish there were more. The Real Libs-speak politely 16:50, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Sockpuppet report

I did sign the report, Ed -- try to edit it, and you will see. I don't understand why my signature does not appear. RolandR (talk) 11:29, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply, Ed. But, as I say, I already have done that -- check the source to see -- but my signature simply doesn't appear. RolandR (talk) 18:52, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Whitefish Mountain Resort

Hi EdJohnson, Are you certain that Alyeska is not trying to operate under the radar. We have tried to include info pertainent to our guests and visitors, but the editor just replies with his opinions. We have posted proof of Alyeska's bias or misinformation and have included web pages to support our claim. Can't we have another editor? Remember, we asked for protection FROM Alyeska, but the page got locked with Alyeska's revisions. Thank you for helping.72.160.46.220 (talk) 17:28, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Can you comment as to your affiliation? When you say 'our guests and visitors' do you mean you're associated with the resort? If you are, that might help us figure out if the article is fair. EdJohnston (talk) 18:26, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi EdJohnson, We do not have any affiliation with the resort other than skiing there. Our guests stay with us in our home in order to avoid the expenses of staying on the mountain or in town. It is very difficult to deal with the new management as they would not honor implied contracts with the public, which is probably in violation of Montana State law. They also could not bear to reveal the new lift closing time which inconvenienced and endangered visitors.

We asked for protection from Alyeska because it became impossible to edit the article without getting reverted with angry retorts. I know there's been lots of vandalism on the article, but it behooves editors to sort it out and refrain from ad hominen, etc. Thanks for your help, there are some positive changes to the article already. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.160.49.4 (talk) 14:56, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

User:Dead-or-Red

Hi Ed. User:Dead-or-Red is continuing to edit-war, in conjunction with an anon ip, on Lauren Booth. I appreciate that you gave him another chance, but he appears to be using it to edit disruptively. IronDuke 20:09, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Why not file a complaint at WP:ANI? I don't want to be the only decision-maker on this case. Please try to make your statement very clear, so nobody has to investigate to figure out what you are saying. EdJohnston (talk) 20:16, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

Looks like it's been taken care of. Sorry to disturb. IronDuke 20:17, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

(←) Routed here via way of a notice at wp:blp/n. It does appear that User:Dead-or-Red did have some legitimate wp:blp concerns, which I have tried to address in the article. I will continue to watch the article for blp violations, in any event. Take care.   user:j    (aka justen)   02:02, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for filling out the headers and for notifying Wehwalt for me. This is my first time visiting COIN so I wasn't exactly sure of the protocol. Aurum ore (talk) 23:38, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

3RR

Thank you, EdJohnston, for the warning (which Landon unsurprisingly failed to give me). I've since undone my last revision, even though it was for patent nonsense, as I genuinely didn't realise I'd made 4 in a 24 hour period. Prophaniti (talk) 20:11, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Re:IP editor forging a signature (very late reply)

That seems like a very good decision to me.   jj137 (talk) 23:26, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Cladistics

I'm reluctant to semi-protect a talk page, especially if the article is (likely to be) semi-protected, since it blocks an avenue for constructive contribution. That said, there is an issue with User:Consist and Cladistics, yes. So long as he's editing from one IP, a long block on the IP is probably the way to go. If he starts IP hopping, then yes, I would endorse semi-protection of the article and, if necessary, the talk page. —C.Fred (talk) 01:49, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for the vandalism revert Ed. WLU (t) (c) 16:20, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Wikis Take Manhattan

Wikis Take Manhattan Next: Saturday September 27 This box: view • talk • edit

WHAT Wikis Take Manhattan is a scavenger hunt and free content photography contest aimed at illustrating Misplaced Pages and StreetsWiki articles covering sites and street features in Manhattan and across the five boroughs of New York City. The event is based on last year's Misplaced Pages Takes Manhattan, and has evolved to include StreetsWiki this year as well.

LAST YEAR'S EVENT

• Misplaced Pages:Misplaced Pages Takes Manhattan/Spring 2008 (a description of the results, and the uploading party)
• Commons:Misplaced Pages Takes Manhattan/Gallery (our cool gallery)

WINNINGS? Prizes include a dinner for three with Misplaced Pages creator Jimmy Wales at Pure Food & Wine, gift certificates to Bicycle Habitiat and the LimeWire Store, and more!

WHEN The hunt will take place Saturday, September 27th from 1:00pm to 6:30pm, followed by prizes and celebration.

WHO All Wikipedians and non-Wikipedians are invited to participate in team of up to three (no special knowledge is required at all, just a digital camera and a love of the city). Bring a friend (or two)!

REGISTER The proper place to register your team is here. It's also perfectly possible to register on the day of when you get there, but it will be slightly easier for us if you register beforehand.

WHERE Participants can begin the hunt from either of two locations: one at Columbia University (at the sundial on college walk) and one at The Open Planning Project's West Village office. Everyone will end at The Open Planning Project:

• Wikis Take Manhattan page at The Open Planning Project

349 W. 12th St. #3

Between Greenwich & Washington Streets

By the 14th St./8th Ave. ACE/L stop

FOR UPDATES

Check out:

• Wikis Take Manhattan main website

This will have a posting if the event is delayed due to weather or other exigency.

Thanks,

Pharos

You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Misplaced Pages:Meetup/NYC/Invite list.
This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 00:03, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Favour

See here and (afterwards) here. Seeing as you're in charge of the 3RR board now since Scarian left ;-) Utan Vax (talk) 09:21, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

I only see three reverts by the IP you named. The article on the 2008 Ryder Cup has been getting a lot of updates due to recent events, but it may be settling down now. I'd consider semi-protection for a short period if edit warring by IPs goes on much longer. EdJohnston (talk) 13:52, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Since the nonsense has continued, I've semi-protected the article for two weeks. EdJohnston (talk) 13:06, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Regular Vandalism

The article, Nicholas Evans, is currently being vandalised regularly by an anonymous user. I've been reverting the vandalism when I see it, but it's becoming rather boring and this pest seems to be very persistent. Would you mind protecting the article for a while? The Stickler (talk) 08:22, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Done. Seems to be a different IP every time. EdJohnston (talk) 12:58, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

14K Triad

I am trying to start a page for the 14K triad but I dont know how to work this thing, so i tried to change the page that says redirecting, but it wont let me. give me a hand to put thing on pless, put it under 14K triad, i copy it to the space below:

14K is a globalised triad that opporates with all other underground organizations. it has groups all around the world, recently it has spreaded into the United Kingdom and other Europian countries. Now it is believed it has countrol of the London chinatown, sharing with the Wo AKA SW, also up in Manchaster chinatown. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bill cai1992 (talk • contribs) 18:09 25 September, 2008 (UTC)

A recent spate of vandalism?

Is it just me, or has there been a recent increase in IP vandlaism of existing articles? Should we post this at WP:AN? Bearian (talk) 19:53, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

I've only seen a few localized problems. The people who run anti-vandal bots might know more, or anyone who is active at Recent Changes. If it were up to me, semi-protection would be more widely used. EdJohnston (talk) 20:49, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

The Final Fantasy Legend

I appreciate you stepping in, but will a minor protection really be enough? Kung Fu Man is only going to continue reverting any changes made to the article that he personally disagrees with. This has nothing at all to do with policy. Policy is only cited based on convenience.

This article isn't the only instance of the issue, either. Take a look at his talk page and you'll notice that this sort of behavior is going on in other articles with other users. 74.242.121.166 (talk) 02:00, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks...

Thanks for giving me a new chance and I'm sorry, I wont let you and wikipedia down. I want to work with you on makining San Bernardino, Inland Empire a good article. House1090 (talk) 02:41, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Olympic Airlines

Hi Ed. The IPs have started again. I think we need semiprotection. Please let me know. Thank you. Dr.K. (talk) 14:20, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Dear Ed

There have been some mild additions in the Olympic Airlines article. They concern for example an article of a leading Greek newspaper critical of the airline, citing people calling it tragic and unreliable.

The user Dr.K keeps deleting them with no serious reason. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.52.67.230 (talk) 17:41, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

NYSR

Darn, I had just found {{subst:polltop|type=|result=}} and was going to close and you beat me to it! Well at least you said the exact same thing, down to the word, that I would have. MBisanz 18:40, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

Sorry. I should have realized that since the closing admin wasn't expected to do anything, there could be many volunteers! On the other hand, closing a WP:COIN issue could take 30 minutes of intense thought.. :-) EdJohnston (talk) 18:48, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

IndustryPlayer undeleted - thanks for your help

Thank you for helping to resolve this issue - I will review the article and try to resolve all issues Sunshinebr (talk) 07:14, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

65.35.113.170

Do you think 65.35.113.170 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) might be Antiedman‎ (talk · contribs) trying to evade their block? They seem strangely interested in that user and other editors involved with them. ~~ 21:35, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

I couldn't tell for sure if the IP is a sock, but he's earned himself a block for vandalism anyway. Thanks for letting me know. EdJohnston (talk) 00:40, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

No worries. Their contributions seemed to "overlap" with that user's contribution somewhat so thought it would be best to flag it for your attention. ~~ 07:52, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

America's Waterway Watch

I think I have salvaged America's Waterway Watch and turned it into a neutral article with adequate references. Could you please restore the article's history? -- Eastmain (talk) 02:02, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Done. Your version is a big improvement! EdJohnston (talk) 02:05, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

CAT:CSD

It's there now; not sure why it fell out of the category. I'll have a look. Thanks! UltraExactZZ ~ Evidence 20:13, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Well strike that, it was deleted. I'll see what I can do about getting a live test running without having it deleted. UltraExactZZ ~ Evidence 20:43, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

The second template calls {{db-a7}}, which itself calls the categories. when the template called them, it appears to have cancelled them out somehow. When I fixed it, the page was promptly deleted. I've re-subst'd the templates now, so it's a mockup of what will appear if and when. UltraExactZZ ~ Evidence 01:52, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Koov :(

Sidn (talk · contribs). Colchicum (talk) 16:28, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Need help with a possible block

You are one of the few admins with whom I've ever come in contact. An anon IP attacked me on my discussion page here: User talk: Atlantabravz. Can you help? Thanks. Atlantabravz (talk) 18:48, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Another admin has already blocked 68.223.51.164 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). EdJohnston (talk) 19:14, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Watch out, Wikitestor is coming

You blocked him a month ago, right? Well, I hate to say this, but it expires tomorrow. Are you going to watch his page?--RoryReloaded is in the process of R.E.V.E.R.T (talk) 21:09, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

His Talk page is still on my watch list. I thought he preferred to run socks and wasn't going to use his registered account again. If he changes his mind, that would be good. EdJohnston (talk) 00:26, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Yeongeunmun

Hi, I've replied to your comment on Talk:Yeongeunmun Gate. --Nanshu (talk) 02:33, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Russia-United States relations

Hi, I noticed that you semi-protected the article for 6 months, seemingly based on one edit by a banned editor. As far as I can see it was only one edit, and there has been little history of IP vandalism on the page. Could I persuade you to unprotect it? Or, if I've overlooked the reasons for protecting it, please point them out to me. Thanks!--Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 04:12, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Per your request, I've undone the protection. There have been eight edits by Koov socks since July 1. EdJohnston (talk) 13:38, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Koov

Enlip (talk · contribs) Colchicum (talk) 14:18, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Handled by Alison on October 5. EdJohnston (talk) 03:30, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Indian Religions

The way user Angle reflection (talk · contribs) has taken over from Nexxt 1 after being blocked is a suspect. Angle reflection (talk · contribs) has already started canvassing with other editors for a full-fledged edit war. He is insisting on using same dubious references of medical and geography books to make historical claims on Indian religions page. Please check out this user also. As of now I have reverted his edits.--Anish (talk) 04:30, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

I request Check user for Angle reflection and Nexxt 1 to verify sock puppetry. --Anish (talk) 05:27, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

For the result, see WP:ANI#Edit war on pages of Indian religions by User Nexxt 1. EdJohnston (talk) 02:19, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

3RR Noticeboard: Bobby Fletcher

I just noticed that you made a decision on the noticeboard. There is a report on Bobby Fletcher that's been there for about 20 hours...do you mind taking a look at it and seeing what you think?LedRush (talk) 21:42, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Done. EdJohnston (talk) 02:44, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Center for Science in the Public Interest: Criticisms

I gather from the talk page that the history of criticisms toward the Center for Science in the Public Interest has been contentious and storied. However, I think there needs to be such a section. I was not aware, until encountering this Misplaced Pages article that there was anyone-- fringe or otherwise-- who questioned their findings. I have since become aware that there are many who do so. Just today, I found such criticism in a cookbook at the grocery store I had picked up to leaf through. I understand that heavily biased smear compaigns are not likely to produce an encyclopia-like discussion of the controversy, but there needs to be some such discussion. Do you have any ideas on how to proceed? Thanks, Rnickel (talk) 22:58, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Do you have time to look into this? Find anything that has been said about the quality of CSPI's work in reliable sources, whether it is pro or con. It needs someone with the patience to read a bunch of online material and summarize the results in a neutral way. The previous Criticism paragraph was not up to Misplaced Pages standards. (Charges made in blogs usually can't be relied upon). EdJohnston (talk) 02:43, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

OK, I had a go. Please take a look and tell me what you think. Rnickel (talk) 06:20, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Unfair Deletions

I would like to know why editors can remove published information from prestigious physics journals. Where do I go to dispute this. Gravityforce (talk) 20:10, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Not every theory that has been offered in a published paper deserves space on Misplaced Pages. Our articles, such as Gravitation, are supposed to present mainstream, well-accepted views. New theories need to wait to find acceptance and general recognition before they qualify for Misplaced Pages. EdJohnston (talk) 20:21, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

So now I am not violating anymore policies but the reference to the published paper does not deserve space? I still am in no violation of policy when inputting a reference to an alternative theory which meets the requirements of ALL the experimental tests of gravity. In fact, if you were a true to heart about knowledge you would think that one line in a huge database does deserve that one line of space if it means learning something new. Gravityforce (talk) 23:09, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Many people come to Misplaced Pages hoping to publicize their own ideas. This is not usually a good move on their part, and they are surprised when they encounter resistance. They should wait until their ideas have become so famous that others come forward to write them up. EdJohnston (talk) 00:37, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Re: New section button

I just think it looks cool. It would also help to standardise AN reports, with all the useful links at the top of the report. Densock|Dendodge 11:24, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

MVDDS Dispute

Ed, again, my renegade son display false statments about my old company MMDS Hypercable and myself  MMMDS Hypercable and worlwave brand  start in 1986 and still alive and with nothing to do with MDSi or MDSa  or with Arab investors

I hold the brand Hypercable TM in europe and in USA i am inventor of various systems for MVDDS you can see WIPO for my patents or I can send you adresses to see this.

I have Licensed some companies with my system and also for Hypercable brand use.. Fabrice 10 is Fabrice Ducasse a poor asshole, a very bad boy stoling the father to give my work my clients and the system design to the Sheik Ali Khalifa Al sabah ( you can see on google stories of billions stolen by this guys to another guys)

I send the copy of this infamous pages to my lawyer and the court for the advertising of documents with no connection with me and with my company MMDS Hypercable MDS international (MDSI) Bankruptcy THIS ITEM BACK ARE FALSE STATMENTS MIXED WITH RIGHT PAPERS MADE BY MY RENEGADE SON FABRICE DUCASSE ( Fabrice10@mac.com) MY SON A POOR ASSHOLE! I can also advertise the inane XXX hard core inside the hard disk of fabrice10, cease by the bailiff this are right things and much more...about this guy I can display better pictures from the computer of this renegade ! "Jean-Claude Ducasse the Old Father"

Early in 2007 MDS America withdrew support for MDS International. 15 June 2007, MDS International was ordered by the French court to pay $1,000,000 to one of their clients for business related failures. On the 5th of July 2007, the French court of commerce declared MDS International bankrupt. MDS International stopped its activity on 31 July 2007. Jean Claude Ducasse was the CEO of the company from 2001 to 2004 followed by Corinne Ducasse Sanchez from 2005 to the end. This management team have attempted to form shell companies (Worldwave LLP , MMDS Hypercable , etc.) These companies still have a web presence but are not backed by capital.

French court of commerce bankruptcy judgement MDS international bankruptcy official identification

MDS America is still deploying MVDDS technology worldwide.