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Edit war

Hello. You appear to be involved in an edit war on Misplaced Pages:Do not disrupt Misplaced Pages to illustrate a point. While the three-revert rule is hard and fast, please be aware that you can be blocked for edit warring without making 3 reverts to an article in 24 hours. You are not entitled to 3 reverts and are expected to cooperatively engage other editors on talk pages rather than reverting their edits. Note that posting your thoughts on the talk page alone is not a license to continue reverting. You must reach consensus. Continued edit warring may cause you to be blocked. Toddst1 (talk) 02:40, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the page protection. --Ronz (talk) 03:25, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Comments made regarding this at Wikipedia_talk:Do_not_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_illustrate_a_point#Regarding_page_protection_and_edit_warring Triona (talk) 04:03, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

Why did u remove the following text?

'Nevertheless, there are numerous scientific studies that suggest there is a basis for concern that continuous or frequent long-term exposure to WiFi electromagnetic fields (EMFs) could have adverse health effects. A number of schools and universities have limited wireless connectivity based on the “precautionary principle” and opted for fiber-optic network. An example of such institutions is Lakehead University '

esp as it had links? (personal comment removed --Ronz (talk) 03:28, 2 September 2010 (UTC))

jalusbrian —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jalusbrian (talk • contribs) 03:25, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

I already left you a note. You didn't give references. Perhaps you meant to and forgot? --Ronz (talk) 03:30, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

that page had references.Also why is there no reference to the work of prof Olle Johannson??? A leadig figure in this subject. see the list i sent to you...readily available online... Jalusbrian (talk) 03:35, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

why has none of this been added to the wiki page?

1. http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/news/20070518_wifi_panorama.asp 2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/6683969.stm 3. any of the published work of Olle Johannson,whose name doesnt even appear! 4. http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/science/studies.asp

Its clear that wiki page has been edited to promote the bogus idea that wifi is safe...That suggests eiter industry moles or techofiles...which are you?

jalusbrian —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jalusbrian (talk • contribs) 03:33, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

This should be discussed on the article talk page so others can more easily join in the discussion. I probably won't have time to respond until late today or early tomorrow. --Ronz (talk) 03:46, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Deletion of the article Chepakovich valuation model

Ronz,
The model (though not referenced as the Chepakovich valuation model, but with identification of Alexander Chepakovich as it author) is discussed in the following references:
Peter J. Sander, Janet Haley, Value Investing For Dummies, 2008, ISBN 9780470232224, p. 213.
Amine Bouchentouf, Brian Dolan, Joe Duarte, Mark Galant, Ann C. Logue, Paul Mladjenovic, Kerry Pechter, Barbara Rockefeller, Peter J. Sander, Russell Wild, High-Powered Investing All-In-One For Dummies, 2008, ISBN 9780470186268, pp. 596-597.
Best regards,
Alexander —Preceding unsigned comment added by Investor123 (talk • contribs) 12:44, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Responded on your talk. --Ronz (talk) 20:36, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Open source health software

Hi you've deleted a number of entries from here:http://en.wikipedia.org/List_of_open_source_healthcare_software can you explain why? A few I've spot-checked seem like valid entries. thanks--Karl.brown (talk) 20:08, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Sorry that I didn't explain other than mention WP:WTAF in an edit summary. I'm following up on other editors' work on removing the non-notable entries. --Ronz (talk) 20:41, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Ok, but as someone who works in the field, some of those you removed were indeed notable (like Vista). What is your criteria? I think a redlink is not sufficient (better to just remove the redlink, and keep the link out). This page is a very valuable source of info for me on many of the important FOSS health projects.--Karl.brown (talk) 23:24, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

If it's notable, then start an article on it. I'll help. --Ronz (talk) 23:58, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Shoemaking

I am a master shoemaker doesn't it count to be a reliable source? —Preceding unsigned comment added by MarcellHUN (talk • contribs) 20:53, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

While we need experts like yourself to help improve Misplaced Pages, information in articles needs to be verifiable from published sources. You obviously have valuable knowledge. It's just a matter of finding sources to support the information you add and change. You can get help at Editor assistance/Requests or by asking on the article talk page at Talk:Shoemaking. --Ronz (talk) 21:05, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

List of open source healthcare software

Hi Ronz,

Re my revision 382333494, sorry about that! First wikipedia edit ever for me. Could you suggest some guidelines for me to read?

Thank you in advance

Medinfocogsci (talk) 22:53, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

Not an Administrator

Thanks for your recent feedback about work I was doing on a page.

I notice the "warning" on the top of your messages telling me that you are not an "Administrator".

Please tell me what your role is.

Thank you. --Stephen Baggaley 01:47, 6 September 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fairfieldstation (talk • contribs)

I do a lot of editing, mostly article policing and maintenance. I have the not-an-admin notice at the top too keep the requests for help down and make it clear that I don't block editors or take other administrator-only actions.

If you need any help with Misplaced Pages, I can at least point you in the right direction. --Ronz (talk) 02:46, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Open source medical and the FreeMedForms project

Hi Ronz. I don't really understand why you removed the FreeMedForms and FreeDiams projects from List_of_open_source_healthcare_software. Both are medical software, open source and supported by a community of devs and medical doctors. Sources can be found on the Google code server or from its SVN. All apps from the FreeMedForms project are released in BSD License (this should change to GPL3 soon). For your information, FreeDiams is fully supported by the Debian-Med team. The FreeMedForms project is supported by OpenSuse Medical and (soon to be) by Fedora Medical. You can find lots of informations on the main web site;

If I missed something, please fell free to contact me on our mailing list.

Eric Maeker, MD (France)
Creator and administrator of the FreeMedForms project.

--88.160.29.72 (talk) 08:40, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

I have created a wikipedia article on FreeMedForms and added the internal link on the page.

--Eric Maeker, MD (talk) 10:27, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

It may have been a bit premature to do so. You should work fast to find independent, reliable sources demonstrating that it is notable, before the article is deleted. I did a quick search and found nothing. --Ronz (talk) 15:34, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

I have no ideas on how to find independent sources... for a free open source software... Can you help me ? --Eric Maeker, MD (talk) 21:24, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

Does this is enough ?
French link 1
MedFloss
OpenSuse Medical
link 4
FreeDiams on DebianMed
French link 2 (FreeDiams reviewed by a french doctor)
--Eric Maeker, MD (talk) 21:39, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

I don't think those will be enough. I expect we'll hear if others agree fairly shortly.

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL doesn't bring up anything very helpful. You could try WP:EAR to see if other editors might have suggestions.

I'd suggest finding a non-Misplaced Pages location to host a comprehensive list of software, making sure that it would fit Misplaced Pages's WP:EL guidelines for inclusion to List of open source healthcare software . If FreeMedForms is deleted, you could write a new version once there are references showing FreeMedForms is notable.

I wish I could offer you a better solution. --Ronz (talk) 00:06, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Help regarding pages belonging to my people

Thanks for your response.

I would love to have some advice as I strongly believe that this issue will not be solved by just me alone. My people live in extreme poverty and in continuous wars, I belong from the villages and understand what is right and wrong and can also understand the authentication of available sources online. I have been working on this page but the one admin keeps bringing it to previous page. I can also provide authentic information about my birthplace. And also I am a full time student and also work but still I have committed myself to information but it is becoming very difficult for me to catch with the pressure of admins or perhaps high chances of government sponsored admins as spreading misinformation is very common in that region. Please kindly consider helping me for the sake of knowledge. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BalochMedia (talk • contribs) 00:49, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. Looks like you've run some difficulties with your first edits on Misplaced Pages. I'm aware of some of the problems with Baloch people, though I don't recall looking extensively into them.

I suggest taking your time to understand the comments and advice you've been given on your talk page and here. As suggested, make smaller edits with descriptive edit summaries. If you're in a rush to continue what you've started, explain the situation more clearly (with specifics) on the article talk page and provide independent, reliable sources. I'd start with a few inaccuracies that are clear from highly reputable sources (major news sources or notable experts). --Ronz (talk) 01:40, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks alot. Can you please for a moment have a look on talk of Baloch people and what I wrote on it if possible. My sources may not be other web sources but the links to other pages within wikipedia confirms what I say. It is very difficult to find information on the web about my people since they are largely deprived of these facilities. I still have family living there and I understand everything, But then I cant fight different sources alone. The page Baloch people has also led me to contribute on other pages with which I had no conflict because what I added was correct and understood. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BalochMedia (talk • contribs) 01:55, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Dowsing is a bit of a mess

Having seen your June comment on the talk page, I just wanted to say I have looked over that article and found it quite heavy on the pro-dowsing side. The citations can appear humorous at times, e.g., the Einstein quote, about which I know a little bit. Einstein supported the debunking of this which can be consulted if you go to Michel Eugène Chevreul.

The great chemist Chevreul debunked diving rods early in the 19th century, and yet the section on debunking is a pathetic little paragraph. Einstein was referring to that work by Chevreul. Also, I removed from the article an unverified reference to Martin Luther's condemnation of the dowsing rod as being "against the first commandment": one of the dumbest things I've ever read. Hope I helped, because I see people keep pecking at that article but no one goes near the talk page. That is pandemic; no wonder articles never get done around here.

Well, thanks and sorry I made this so long.76.195.86.155 (talk) 22:11, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your help. I hope you'll consider editing Misplaced Pages more. --Ronz (talk) 23:43, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Hello Ronz

Hello Ronz, Zynthosdruid here. I was wondering why you reverted my edit on the Femininity article on September 16. If I failed to follow some rule or guideline of Misplaced Pages, please inform me of this and I will gladly comply with it in the future. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in this matter. Sincerely, Zynthosdruid. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zynthosdruid (talk • contribs) 23:46, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

See your talk page --Ronz (talk) 23:49, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Tea party movement flags

I saw your edit summaries. Maybe we should have a flag section that explains both flags and mentions when they were first used, etc. I know the Second Revolution flag was prominent during Scott Brown's campaign. He wasn't a tea party candidate but the Tea Party Patriots of Boston supported him.Malke 2010 (talk) 18:44, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

I wasn't sure what to do with it, especially after reading the one reference. With more good sources, the symbol section could be expanded. --Ronz (talk) 21:31, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

I'll Google up some articles. Malke 2010 (talk) 21:42, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

pediatricfeeding.spam

Definitely a problem, with at least some insertions going back even to 2007 if various link-search tools are to be believed. Might be time for WP:WPSPAM or WP:BLACKLIST. DMacks (talk) 17:22, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! I'm writing up a detailed report. --Ronz (talk) 17:28, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Report at WP:AN3. Might have been better starting it at WP:SPI.

I think the link might be useful in some poorly-referenced articles. I initially left it in Feeding tube because of the sources.

First, I'd like to get the disruptive editing to stop, with another block if need be. --Ronz (talk) 17:43, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Logic

Why don't you at least give logic to what you are doing........ stop taking out useful information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.236.89.244 (talk • contribs) 18:22, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

I expect you'll be blocked soon. If not, you'll need to address the problems identified on your talk page and in the AN3 report. --Ronz (talk) 18:26, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

You're now blocked. You're still able to edit your talk page. It would be helpful if you discussed the situation there. --Ronz (talk) 18:31, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

polymer clay

Yes, I am new to Misplaced Pages...I only found out yesterday I was referenced in the article on polymer clay. And yes, in my ignorance of the rules I added a link to my website because others had kindly listed me in the article as a museum "recognized" polymer clay artist and I have a gallery of work spanning decades and displaying the evolution of polymer clay techniques that can be viewed on my website. So correct my mistake, and thank you for doing so! But, in my opinion, you went overboard when you deleted the whole paragraph naming me and similarly recognized peers who developed this form of art. (This is a rare thing: an entirely new form of fine art developed in modern times, with the pioneers still hard at work. Think about that.) Instead of simply deleting my added link, you deleted the entire paragraph of context (definitely not authored or posted by me yesterday) which was unnecessary:

"Polymer art jewelry is now part of the permanent collections of the Museum of Art and Design in New York, the Museum of FIne Arts in Boston, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Racine Museum, and others. A partial list of these recognized artists includes Kathleen Dustin, Steven Ford and David Forlano (who work together) Tory Hughes, and Elise Winters. Early artists' names and careers, as well as a history of the development of polymer clay as a legitimate artists' medium can be found at Polymer Art Archive, a scholarly on-line journal and professional curatorial resource for the field, begun by Winters."

Whoever wrote that paragraph was being accurate and appropriate. I feel terrible that my Misplaced Pages beginner's mistake has led you to detract materially from someone else's appropriate article about the history of this important new medium. Please restore that paragraph to the Misplaced Pages article on polymer clay.

Thank you, Kathleen Dustin, MFA aka Pursemakerk469 Pursemaker469 (talk) 19:32, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Sorry that my editing upset you so. Without independent, reliable sources, the information could be removed at any time. Would you be interested in helping find references for the information? I've done a few, cursory searches and didn't find anything promising. Do you know of any in-depth press, maybe on shows or exhibits? --Ronz (talk) 01:18, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Some selected bibliographical references for your consideration:

"The Use of Polyform in Bead-Making," Kathleen Dustin. Ornament, Spring 1988 (Vol. II, no. 3), pp. 16-19.

"Kathleen Dustin: The Journey Within," (cover article) Carolyn Benesh. Ornament, Summer 1997.

"17th Annual Smithsonian Craft Show," promotional poster and cover image of program, 1999.

"Kathleen Dustin: A Polymer Clay Pioneer," J. Tol Broome, Jr. The Crafts Report, April 2000, pp. 20-23.

Consider also that polymer clay pioneer Kathleen Dustin was profiled in "The Timeless Art of Crafts: The Smithsonian Craft Show 2000," by Diane M. Bolz, Smithsonian, May 2000, pp. 86-96.

Also: Excerpt from the "Artist Profile" by Belinda Clanton, from the Crafts at the Castle 2003 Program (Boston, Mass), p. 18: "Kathleen Dustin is a pioneer and one of the leading authorities in the medium of polymer clay or polyvinyl chloride, better known in the industry as PVC. She taught the first workshop on polymer clay for jewelry making and authored the first article for Ornament magazine singing its praises of versatility. With Kathleen´s infectious enthusiasm, and a growing number of artists working with the medium, polymer clay is fast becoming more and more popular. Kathleen has been working with the medium for the past 18 years...."

Many other press articles are available, both from the wearable arts trade and daily press, such as the Houston Chronicle, National Public Radio and newspapers and magazines from Paris, Helsinki, London, Kiev, Istanbul, and Moscow. For a complete list, see the Publications page of www.kathleendustin.com .

Thank you. Pursemaker469 (talk) 01:08, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Let's get these to the article talk page, where others can join the discussion more easily.

Also, you may not have noticed, but I had recommended you look over WP:COI before you contacted me. It definitely applies to you, and I don't think you should be adding images of your own work, especially in the manner that you've done. I'm going to ask for others' opinions at WP:COIN when I get a chance. If you'd like to start a discussion there first, please do. --Ronz (talk) 05:32, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

re: guitar pickup page

Hi Ronz,

Thanks for the link regarding the rules. I'm not a frequent wiki-person.

I don't know if you checked the discussion page, but this is what I wrote there:

"Hi, I added some info about Ubertar hex pickups in the multiple outputs section. I'm sorry if that seems spammy-- that's not my intention, but I do believe they deserve a mention here. If there's a more neutral way to post it, please feel free to edit. I think Axon, Roland GK series, Shadow, Bartollini and Kramer deserve mentions in this category as well. Ubertar hex pickups are the only multiple output guitar pickups currently available that are designed primarily for analog output, rather than for MIDI (though they'll work for MIDI too), and also the only ones made for seven stringed guitars. I think those aspects make them unique enough to warrant a mention. If it's not ok that I posted it myself (I make these pickups) please delete and re-post something you think is neutral and fair. Thanks."

I assume since you're editing the pickup page you are knowledgeable about guitar pickups, and hexaphonic pickups in particular, since that's what I was posting about. I would appreciate it if you would take a look at my site (http://www.ubertar.com/hexaphonic) as well as the other examples I mentioned above, and any other relevant examples, and post something that will give people information about what kinds of variations are out there as far as polyphonic pickups go. I'm not sure why the "Go team" gets a mention and not Bartollini, for example. The Kramer Ripley was used by Eddie Van Halen-- that seems notable, IMO, as an example of a hexaphonic pickup with stereo output. I also think the multiple output and multi-transducer sections of the page could be combined-- they're very closely related. There's very little information on the pickup page about multi-output and multi-transducer pickups, and I think there deserves to be more, whether there's a mention of my pickups or not. Since I can't post about this myself, and you seem to have an interest, and no conflict of interest, could you please fill out this section? Thanks. Ubertar (talk) 01:11, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

I saw your note on the article talk page. I mostly just police the article for vandalism and spam, and I don't currently have the time for much more. I can help with the application of most policies and guidelines.

You might want to look over the WP:COI guidelines again. If you can back your edits with reliable sources and avoid direct conflicts of interest, there's a lot you can do. If I were in your situation, I'd try to get other editors to work with you from Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Music as well as the suggestions from WP:EAFAQ. --Ronz (talk) 02:14, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Question About Adding Appropriate Links

I want to preface this by saying that I'm not upset that you deleted my edit, just interested in knowing why in order to improve my own wikipedia editing.

A few months ago I added a link to the Texas Ratio page where readers could find an updated list of Texas ratios for U.S. banks (InvestingAnswers -- "Is Your Bank One of the 437 in Immediate Danger of Failure?"). You later removed it from the site. Could you explain why? I noticed that when you made your edit, you said "rv - advert - likely coi," but I have no idea what that means. The page I linked to wasn't an advertisement, and unlike the Investing Amateurs page listing Texas ratios, InvestingAnswers doesn't ask readers to purchase a subscription to anything. It also provided some good educational information as to why the Texas ratio is an important financial barometer. I thought it was an appropriate page to link to. Could you explain to me why it wasn't so I can better understand what is and isn't an appropriate link?

Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mmargrave (talk • contribs) 15:30, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the comments. You're referring to this series of edits by 24.153.196.173 (talk · contribs), which I explained on User talk:24.153.196.173 and Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam/2010_Archive_Aug_1#investinganswers.com_and_streetauthority.com_again here.

Basically, we're concerned that these editors have been adding information to Misplaced Pages in order to promote investinganswers.com and streetauthority.com. --Ronz (talk) 16:23, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

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Design Research

Hi Ronz, I don't understand why you did the "External links: quick cleanup per WP:EL & WP:NOTLINK" on Design Research and thereby deleted some useful (it seems to me) links to relevant societies and journals. I'm afraid I don't have time to study WP:EL & WP:NOTLINK! Nigel Cross (talk) 16:44, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi Nigel. In a nutshell, we normally don't list relevant societies, journals, organizations, etc. In the case of this article, it's probably worth making an exception. The article needs lots of work, and we could use links that might help editors expand and verify the article. --Ronz (talk) 16:53, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks Ronz. I've undone your deletions. I agree this (and Design Methods and Design Thinking and Design (sigh!)) all need lots of work.

Nigel Cross (talk) 13:00, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Recent edits to the article on polymer clay

Hi Ronz: Related to recent edits to the entries for polymer clay, you can find relevant information at www.polymerartarchive.com This site is attempting to record and document the early history of polymer as an art form and it is the only source for this sort of information as no historical volume has yet been written. Please check out that site and then if you think is it appropriate, please reinstate reference and/or links to Polymer Art Archive where appropriate. I do believe that readers will find additional helpful information at that site. thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.105.166.139 (talk) 03:21, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. Could you start a discussion on Talk:Polymer clay so it's easier for others to comment? I don't have time to look at www.polymerartarchive.com right now. --Ronz (talk) 05:26, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Sorry Ronz: I don't understand the workings of Misplaced Pages and don't really understand how to do that: here are a few links to Polymer Art Archive to make your assessment easier:

http://polymerartarchive.com/about/

http://polymerartarchive.com/2008/06/20/all-about-the-first-npcg-conference-at-arrowmont/

http://polymerartarchive.com/2010/04/30/the-origins-of-polymer-mokume-gane/

http://polymerartarchive.com/2008/02/29/the-early-development-of-polymer-clay-bead-making-part-one/

http://polymerartarchive.com/2008/03/07/more-early-images-tory-hughes-and-pier-voulkos/

Thanks! I'll place them on the article talk when I get a chance. --Ronz (talk) 15:41, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of The Cooper Institute

The article The Cooper Institute has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

No indication that this organisation meets the notability guidelines. The coverage I can find is minor, not the significant coverage required by the guidelines

While all contributions to Misplaced Pages are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 10:11, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

PSO

Dear Ronz,

Could please, for each of the following links, provided a detailed argument for why they should not be included in the particle swarm optimization article:

Frameworks

• EvA2. Evolutionary algorithms workbench from University of Tübingen.
• ParadisEO. Software Framework for Metaheuristics from the National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control.
• MATLAB PSO Research Toolbox.

Visualization

• PsoVis. PSO visualization by the Modlab Group at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University.

On the talk page I see no argument more intelligent than "these links should not be included because there is no consensus." Clearly, if no one is interested in providing any well reasoned arguments to build such consensus, this if a form of circular reasoning.

Looking forward to your reply, —Ruud 12:29, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

The burden is on you to convince everyone else why they should be included per WP:ELBURDEN.

There's plenty more reasoning on the talk page than what you've summarized. --Ronz (talk) 14:38, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Clearly, you must understand, that it would be very hard for me to convince you if I do not understand why you oppose inclusion. So I make another kind request to provide me with insight into your reasoning on this issue. —Ruud 15:17, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

It's probably best if you didn't concern yourself with making assumptions on what others may or may not understand. If you're unsure, ask questions.

Maybe start by addressing what I've already written? I've made multiple comments on the dispute. I hope they make my reasoning clear. If not, do you have any specific disagreements with them? Would you like me to clarify them further? --Ronz (talk) 15:44, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

ANI discussion

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lambanog (talk • contribs) 00:36, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. Good luck with that. --Ronz (talk) 00:38, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

I am undecided if this is the proper place to put this but I'm hoping you won't have to hunt too long to find who commented with my colorful signature. :) I saw your last comment at the AN/i and since the thread isn't getting too much from others I would suggest you taking this behavior to an administrator to stop the behavior that unacceptable. I could put a warning on the talk page of the user too, but it too has no meaning with me not being an administrator. I think you've hit the point where an administrator needs to make a firm comment to this user with no ifs or buts about it. I hope you are doing well though. Let me know if I can help. I am online sporadic these days so I've not really being doing anything useful for awhile. I do hope to get real life calmed down again to be able to accomplish more things again. Take care, --CrohnieGal 13:43, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a stand and for the follow-up. Hopefully he'll improve. --Ronz (talk) 14:35, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

Apologies

Just proving a point o a friend Ron. My apologies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guitarguru777 (talk • contribs) 17:31, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation. I've removed the warning I left you. Please be more careful in the future. --Ronz (talk) 17:34, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Stephen Barrett

Would you like to bet there isn't contraverisal content on other BLP pages? The fact that Barrett has been sued for his work, is relavent to the his bio, and any article linked to him. Regarding any "agreement", if not posted on the talk page; I will ignore it. You have to document it, not just say there is one. --THE FOUNDERS INTENT _{GOOD WORKS} 22:30, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

"Would you like to bet there isn't contraverisal content on other BLP pages?" I think both of agree that following BLP is the best solution, regardless of problems elsewhere.

The agreement was made some three years ago. I'm in the process of finding it. --Ronz (talk) 22:32, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

I'm having a great deal of trouble finding it. There's no easy way to find when content was removed from articles, and the talk page archives are full of discussion on the topic. --Ronz (talk) 22:35, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

I will honor the agreement sight-unseen this once, but I don't normally concur with this type of change considering the way I wrote my content. I purposely made no assertions even on undisputed fact in order that only the existence of the litigation be presented. --THE FOUNDERS INTENT _{GOOD WORKS} 23:00, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, I had to take care of other matters. I'll place it on the article talk page when I find it. --Ronz (talk) 23:04, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

I still contend that non-confrontational content is warranted. The article should not give only the impression that Barrett's assertions are always correct or go unchallenged. The last sentence of the Consumer Information section gives the impression that he is a saint. --THE FOUNDERS INTENT _{GOOD WORKS} 23:55, 7 October 2010 (UTC)

Out of control editors

You said: Please do not attack other editors. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users.

Sorry, I cannot comment on content, because Dougweller follows me around Wiki and simply deletes everything I add.

I improved the Deva Victrix page by adding a separate section for the elliptical building, as this is perhaps the most interesting building on the site. I also added a new section for the Market Hall inscription. And then along comes the mighty Dougweller and deletes the whole lot. Had Dougweller even heard of the Deva fortress before now? So on what basis did he delete it all? Did he even bother to read the update?

Narwhal2 (talk) 20:20, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

copied from ANI

•  Confirmed the following are socks of one another:
• Disranter (talk · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Arnatorim (talk · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Samosterat (talk · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Hoogson (talk · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)
• Narwhal2 (talk · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki)

checked byUser:Tiptoety

And Narwhal2 identified as the fringe writer Ralph Ellis -- all these socks were adding references to him.Dougweller (talk) 18:31, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

New To Wiki

Not warring with editing. I just don't understand the flow. there are soo many rules to Wiki and i'm just learning. so to abrubtly block a newbie is like taking a bottle from a baby..(smile) Please work with me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Divageek2010 (talk • contribs) 21:57, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for contacting me. I'm not the only one concerned with the problems you've been causing. Best to explain your situation on your talk page, and address the policies and guidelines identified there as concerns. --Ronz (talk) 22:02, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

(edit conflict)

(Ronz, I hope you don't mind me leaping in here...)

Divageek2010,

When you leave messages, please remember to "sign" your name, by putting ~~~~ (four tilde signs) at the end. This will add your name, and the date and time. You can also do this by clicking the 'sign' button, pictured to the right.

The main thing is, in any dispute at all, talk to the other people. Don't try to keep editing an article, if others disagree. Stop, and discuss it on the article talk page. Otherwise, it's chaos; so the warnings you got were nothing personal. Users are never blocked as a punishment, but instead, to prevent disruption to Misplaced Pages. If people insist on forcing their edits on an article without discussing things, then they are blocked. Please read WP:DISCUSS.

There is no deadline; if the page is 'wrong' for a while, whilst we discuss things, it does not matter. Once there is a consensus to make the change, then fine, we can make it - and, if someone edits it against some established consensus, without discussion, then they get warned.

If in doubt, stop, and ask for help. You can do that by either;

• Put {{helpme}} on your own talk page and ask a question; OR

• Talk to us live, with this.

Best,  Chzz  ►  22:08, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the help! I've responded further on Divageek2010's talk. --Ronz (talk) 22:10, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you Ronz. I am in no way affiliation of the documentary. The documentary is a verifiable resource that explains the Tea Party Movement and the key players involved. It is one of the only credible mediums that explains this grassroots organization and I am using it as a reference to refer to some of the VERY IMPORTANT figures within the tea party movement. WIKI is like chinese to me really don't understand how it works, excuse me while i'm learning. I thought it was more user friendly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Divageek2010 (talk • contribs) 22:21, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Yes, it's very overwhelming for anyone. You've attracted a lot of attention with you initial edits, resulting in a lot of messages to you that makes it even more overwhelming.

Take your time, discuss what you're trying to do, and ask questions. Everything you've been trying to accomplish can be recreated if appropriate sources are found. --Ronz (talk) 22:27, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

I typically avoid highly charged political/religious topics. I've seen some of diva's edits and some of the various IP edits and want to screem... but I don't want to be drawn in any more than I have to. Diva, you might want to check out the AfD. I've worded my !vote deliberately to buy you time to edit it and gave you some guidance as to how to save it. Basically, provide sources that are from reliable sources and not trivial and the article will be kept. Trivial mentions or non-reliable sources won't save it.---Balloonman 22:31, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Tea Party Movie

Just as an FYI and trivial point but the Tea Party Movie wasn't deleted as SPAM, but rather as a copyvio.---Balloonman 22:22, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. Copyvio trumps spam. I had trimmed back the copyrighted material, but I guess not enough.

I didn't warn him about the copyvio problem in addition to everything else. At least he's communicating now. --Ronz (talk) 22:30, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Request for reference

hi, This is Veerender from IIT Kanpur,India. You have sighted me as an example of think-tank from India.I would like to know the reference for this citation. Please mail me on : veek@iitk.ac.in thanks & regards Veerender kumar —Preceding unsigned comment added by Veeruvishwa (talk • contribs) 07:27, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

I don't understand what you're asking. --Ronz (talk) 15:37, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Just saw you had previously removed that section, I'd just go ahead and remove it again. Beach drifter (talk) 19:14, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Please explain your revert on the talk page

Ronz, can you please explain why you reverted me at Talk:Weston Price#NPOV?. Thanks.Griswaldo (talk) 16:32, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Will do. --Ronz (talk) 16:42, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Ronz your continued collapsing of text on the talk page is disruptive. Please stop.Griswaldo (talk) 15:16, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

I'll stop while I give you time to explain yourself. Accusations of disruption shouldn't be made lightly. I await an explanation from you. If none is offered, I'll collapse the improper comments once again. --Ronz (talk) 15:20, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

You continue the disruption by labeling his comments like that. I don't see any accusations of gaming in his comment. You are the one who needs to explain why you are collapsing another editors comments and putting non-neutral section headings over them. Please do explain, otherwise it really just appears as disruption.Griswaldo (talk) 15:26, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Nice. You justify yourself after the fact? Come on. You can do better than this.

Someone brought up edit-warring and gaming. If those weren't accusations, then I guess it's all off topic and should be removed, right?

I await an explanation not based upon future events. --Ronz (talk) 15:30, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Should I instead remove it as being off topic? --Ronz (talk) 15:50, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

I've removed the inappropriate comment and will assume your accusations are just unintentional outbursts. --Ronz (talk) 15:08, 17 October 2010 (UTC)

You are not allowed to remove content from talk pages. Please cease doing so. Thank you. --THE FOUNDERS INTENT _{GOOD WORKS} 02:36, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

I didn't do so, but you did. I assume it was an accident. I hope you won't remove content once again. --Ronz (talk) 02:40, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Please refrain from posting threats on my talk page. --THE FOUNDERS INTENT _{GOOD WORKS} 02:38, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Please don't misrepresent the situation or harass me.

It's no a threat. It documents your problematic behavior. Hopefully, you'll learn to follow Misplaced Pages's behavioral guidelines before further action is taken. --Ronz (talk) 02:43, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Removal of EL at Major depressive disorder

Hi Ronz. Regarding this I have no opinion (I can't view the clip) but can you tell me the policies/guidelines that it contravenes? There is some activity around it at Depression (mood) (history). Cheers. Anthony (talk) 16:53, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

I think I've explained below. --Ronz (talk) 17:50, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

So, you're saying the video adds nothing new (or that couldn't be added as text) to Major depressive disorder, so it's not compliant with WP:EL? Sorry, I still can't view it. Anthony (talk) 19:01, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Exactly. It doesn't add anything beyond the presentation format. --Ronz (talk) 19:33, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Cheers. Anthony (talk) 19:43, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Not a spam but an informative addition

Hey there, You removed my link to a movie about depression treatment and identification. As I mentioned in the edit summary, the link I've added is a "service to the public produced by ERA-Net Neuron—a non-profit, multinational, EC-supported consortium on neuroscience research". It has no kind of deliberate advertising or promotion, whereas the website is not privately owned, nor is it intended to make any sort of commercial benefit, but simply to bring the work of the European Union research centre to the wide public. Nevertheless, a link directly to their website may not be necessary. Will you accept the changes, should I leave that reference out? 85.65.243.51 (talk) 17:19, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for following up. You've already been notified by multiple editors about it. Your repeated linking to ERA-Net Neuron—a is spamming. The video itself is redundant to the material in the article. --Ronz (talk) 17:20, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi Ronz, 85, and Anthony above: the IP user would do well to post this at Misplaced Pages:External links/Noticeboard. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 17:47, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Agreed. Did I misread, or has he been editing with other ips? Seems like he's finding messages on the one ip talk page. --Ronz (talk) 17:49, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Good suggestion. Anthony (talk) 17:56, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Ronz, I left you a message at discussion page 85.65.243.51 (talk) 21:11, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! --Ronz (talk) 21:26, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

I'm sorry, Ronz. Are you saying you have watched the video? Anthony (talk) 18:13, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the response. I was in the process of noting on your talk page that I appreciate your friendliness and effort to work with all involved.

I'm saying you should ask rather than assume, and not give advice to others based upon such assumptions.

I made comments on the content of the video, so naturally, I viewed it prior to making such comments. --Ronz (talk) 18:21, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Aahh. In my memory I was merging your comment into the one that followed it on the Depression (mood) talk page.

The video is not about all mood disorders, so doesn't belong in Mood Disorder. I agree that the best fit is in the MDD article, where it is redundant. --Ronz (talk) 21:33, 18 October 2010 (UTC)
<--I really have no opinion on the content, though my impression, having watched a few minutes,

Very blurry of me, I apologise. Anthony (talk) 18:56, 19 October 2010 (UTC) In fact your assessment of where it should go - if it were to go anywhere - has been spot on all along. Anthony (talk) 19:01, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

I think I see where you're coming from regarding redundancy, and I'd like to have that argument, but on WP:ELN, but I really don't see what the COI issue might be. If you don't want to discuss that here, that's fine with me. I'm just explaining my comment about WP:COIN: the talk page wasn't the place for that, that's all. Anthony (talk) 19:10, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Glad we cleared that up.

There are no ongoing coi problems. 85.65.243.51 (talk · contribs) was adding the link against a coi, but he's done a great job of dealing with the situation. --Ronz (talk) 19:20, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much, Ronz. I welcome you to follow the copyright issues development here. 85.65.243.51 (talk) 19:32, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Know Nothings

You have now made three reverts to this article, and should be aware of WP:3RR limiting the number of reverts that you may make. TFD (talk) 05:12, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

I should have been more careful. At least I've gotten editors to discuss the matter. --Ronz (talk) 15:35, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Question

Dylan Flaherty reported me on Misplaced Pages:Wikiquette_alerts because of the edits I made regarding his Insane Clown Posse posts. I thought I did everything correctly, having reverted my changes when I realized the issue. Would you mind going over there and just leaving your two cents?RomanHistorian (talk) 06:18, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

RomanHistorian, after Ronz reverted and hid your edits, you removed them from the article talk page. But you kept them on BLP, so I have more than sufficient basis for the Wikiquette report. If you revert the nastiness on both BLP and Wikiquette, and then leave me alone, I will drop my report. Dylan Flaherty (talk) 06:21, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know. I'll respond at WQA. --Ronz (talk) 15:40, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Eames Lounge Chair addition on shock mounts

Hi Ronz, I contributed text to the Eames Lounge Chair Misplaced Pages entry several days ago, that we were going to supplement with photos to illustrate the defects, and methods of repairing. The text was removed the next day. What types of citations would be appropriate to better lay a foundation for the edit? I thought photos would do that, but didn't know how to add them, and requested an associate add them later. Did you save the edited material? Unfortunately, I did not. If you did, and think the material might be appropriately supported, I would appreciate your forwarding the textual material to me.

By way of supporting my expertise, my company is the only I am aware of that repairs broken Eames Lounge plywood shells, and has been doing so for many years. Clients have shipped them to us from New Zealand to Belgium, and other parts of Europe and South America. We repair several Eames Lounge chairs with broken lower back shells, resulting from shock mount failure, every month. We always retain the original external veneer. Our website shows part of the process: http://www.oleklejbzon.com/pages/newfurniture/modern_eames.htm

Thanks for your consideration. This was my first Misplaced Pages posting, so I am a neophyte regarding Misplaced Pages guidelines and standards. I am however, capable of scholarly writing, being a Yale College grad, BA Economics, '79, and look forward to any guidance you can offer. Thanks for your indulgence.

Sincerely, Peter Triestman 973-615-1257 Olek Lejbzon & Co. Olek Lejbzon (talk) 02:27, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for following up on this. Welcome to Misplaced Pages.

As a very important aside, you need to either change your username or user a new account per WP:CORPNAME. I'll leave you some general info about Misplaced Pages once you decide.

Misplaced Pages keeps a database of most edits. The information is still available in the article history here.

I removed the information with the edit summary, "rv unsourced, promotional, not how-to" meaning I reverted the edit, the material was not properly sourced, it was overly promotional, and was too much like a instruction manual.

If you're still reading after all those policies and guidelines (yes, they can be a bit overwhelming at times), let me try to answer your questions:

Most of the material is not suited for Misplaced Pages per WP:NOTHOWTO, but might be appropriate for related projects described there.

I don't see anything obvious from your contribution that WP:NOTHOWTO doesn't apply to, so I'll respond in general. WP:V is Misplaced Pages's verifiability policy which is summarized as, "Any material challenged or likely to be challenged, and all quotations, must be attributed to a reliable, published source using an inline citation." "Reliable" is a reference to the Identifying reliable sources guideline. So, basically, you need to provide at least some sources, and some of those sources should be known for publishing reliable or authoritative material on the topic at hand. There can be a great deal of leeway depending on the topic.

The Eames Lounge Chair article needs a lot of work. It needs more and better references. It probably has too much detail in some places, and not enough in others. It's a good article for a new editor to work on, since it's not heavily read or edited. I hope you'll consider giving it another try.

Also, take a look at WP:COI as well. --Ronz (talk) 03:14, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Antique rugs

First off I would like to say that I am not spamming. I have spent days, months and years researching and I do happen to work for Nazmiyal but if the so many companies and other sites agree that we are the best source of information then why not place the link to the site? There are so few people in the world that truly know the history behind these great works of art and Wiki had no info at all until we started putting it in. We are the only people who take the time to research and learn so if you have an issue with my information then why not challenge the validity? I am not trying to sell anything - just teach! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Om2728 (talk • contribs) 20:19, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for responding. Let's take this one concern at a time, starting with the most important: You're at risk of being blocked for sockpuppetry. Please respond here. --Ronz (talk) 20:28, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

I think I did already - can you check and make sure I did it right? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Om2728 (talk • contribs) 14:18, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

You responded, but didn't respond to the concerns. There are some guidelines on how to respond here that you may have missed. --Ronz (talk) 15:08, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

Source criticism is not a BLP violation

Please stop removing source discussions on noticeboards as BLP violations. If you are really concerned take it to the BLP/N and get some consensus on this first. Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 15:05, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

No. Read BLP. Its very, very clear: "Be very firm about the use of high quality sources." --Ronz (talk) 15:08, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Take it the BLP/N Ronz. I get it you think its a BLP violation, but you have no support in that claim at the moment. Time to get the support or stop deleting comments of other people. That's how it works at Misplaced Pages. I am well aware of what the policy on BLP says, but that's not the issue, it is whether or the policy applies here. Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 15:12, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Editwarring

Without taking a position, I can promise you that edit warring on noticeboards over arugable but not clear-cut BLP violations is not best practices. I have left this exact message on the talk pages of both parties - I propose that you both cut it out and reach some kind of agreement as to what parts of the comment are objectionable and should be excised. Thanks. Hipocrite (talk) 15:15, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Good point. It could look I'm using the exemption to get him blocked. --Ronz (talk) 15:17, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

I have started a BLP/N thread Misplaced Pages:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard#Noticeboards.2C_source_criticism_and_claims_of_BLP_issues. Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 15:45, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. I'm in the process of writing one as well. I'll add mine once it's further along. --Ronz (talk) 15:52, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

"I'm in the process of writing one as well. I'll add mine once it's further along." I took this to mean you were going to post a separate BLP/N request for input regarding the same issue. That is why I said "please do no duplicate the requests". Cheers.Griswaldo (talk) 16:30, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Simple misunderstanding. I guess you hadn't noticed that I already incorporated it. --Ronz (talk) 16:31, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

FYI - BLPN

Hi Ronz, just a note to let you know your editing has been mentioned in a thread here at the BLPN - I had a quick look but I thought it better if you commented as to the exact issue. Regards. Off2riorob (talk) 15:57, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Oh excuse me I see you have been notified, feel free to delete this. Off2riorob (talk) 15:58, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! --Ronz (talk) 16:32, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Tags to Jon Fisher

The evidence is Jon Fisher and editor of publication involved in dispute, editor IP creates malicious tags, no other like tags (notability, neutrality, etc.) by any of dozens of distinct user edits included in 3 years http://toolserver.org/~daniel/WikiSense/Contributors.php?wikilang=en&wikifam=.wikipedia.org&grouped=on&page=Jon_Fisher Look at spike in article traffic (because of editor’s original post including retraction) at time of tags attachment. —Preceding unsigned comment added by PredilCO (talk • contribs) 20:14, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

by editor of magazine forced to issue retraction / IP address tracked. —Preceding unsigned comment added by PredilCO (talk • contribs) 19:23, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Where's your evidence? When you have some, place it on the article talk page. Meanwhile, don't remove tags that are justified on the article talk page until the dispute is resolved. --Ronz (talk) 19:25, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Sorry, but I hope you're not offended if I assume you're not fluent in English? There's a way to find translators to help you out, but I don't know where. Use {{helpme}} on your talk page to get some help.

Someone is an editor of a magazine? Someone, possibly the same person, issued a retraction about something somewhere? The ip you're concerned about might be involved somehow? --Ronz (talk) 20:19, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Jon Fisher page objectivity

Ronz (talk) Majority of article dedicated to “and controversy” incl 15 distinct user edits since 2008 user: Ronz post.) (undo) —Preceding unsigned comment added by PredilCO (talk • contribs) 19:57, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

I don't understand. Can you explain more thoroughly? --Ronz (talk) 19:59, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Thanks! --Ronz (talk) 20:35, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

Dead wood and other aesthetic conundrums

Thank you for your comments at Talk:Deadwood_bonsai_techniques#Refimprove - I am pressing forward. Sahara110 (talk) 21:12, 23 October 2010 (UTC)

New biographies of living persons noticeboard design

I've create a new design for the biographies of living persons noticeboard that simplifies the reporting process and makes the instructions clearer. Could you take a look at User:Netalarm/Lab 3 and provide some feedback on how to improve it or take it live? Feel free to submit a report there. Thanks. Netalarm 04:19, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

Looks nice - very similar to other noticeboards. --Ronz (talk) 15:24, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

thank you

Thank you, Ronz, you're a prince. .Malke 2010 (talk) 02:57, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Glad I could be of some help. --Ronz (talk) 03:20, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Donald Leifert

Thanks for putting the tags back into the Donald Leifert wikiarticle. I had put many of them in myself earlier (see here). Since then, I have been trying to help that particular editor, but to no avail (see here). I have even suggested that he work with it in his own user namespace. Another editor has been trying to bring the article into line with wikiguidelines and wikipolicies, but couldn’t really get the other editor to work collegially (see here). The more experienced editor would like to revert it back to a stub, then build it up in those areas where the subject acutally has some notability, namely his SciFi acting. (I don’t imagine he is sufficiently notable as an educator.) Thanks again! — SpikeToronto 05:21, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

I'm hoping he'll avoid more personal attacks, vandalism, and edit-warring. If not, he'll be blocked.

In the meantime, let's just keep working slowly. --Ronz (talk) 14:24, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

ANI

You're mentioned here.--Ludwigs2 18:15, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Good luck with that! --Ronz (talk) 19:03, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

thanks! I hope you choose to participate, so we can quickly get to the bottom of the matter. --Ludwigs2 19:56, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

I'll respond to good faith comments made by editors making an effort to follow WP:CON and WP:TALK. There's one so far by Scott MacDonald, which I've responded to, and the administrative comment by Griswaldo. --Ronz (talk) 20:00, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

WQA

Ronz, as I promised I started a WQA. See Misplaced Pages:Wikiquette_alerts#User:Ronz.Griswaldo (talk) 18:48, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Good luck with that! --Ronz (talk) 19:02, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Talkback

Basket of Puppies 21:42, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Summary

Here's what it comes down to. I have gone through all the background of this issue, and it is clear to me that it's as bad a case of tendentious editing and IDIDNTHEARTHAT as I have ever seen. I'm reluctant to block somebody who contributes as much as you do, but I really need to see some sign that you recognize that the community does not accept your behavior here, and a commitment not to do anything like this again. Looie496 (talk) 04:03, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

I don't have time to respond, and I believe I have to respond immediately, so:

I'm giving myself a few days to change my mind, but I don't believe I'll be editing Misplaced Pages further.

If I return, I have a great deal I want to change in my approach to editing. I've got a lot of ideas for what to do, but I'll want to discuss them with others, flesh out the sketchy ideas, and come up with something that will avoid all the problems that are of concern, especially WP:TE and WP:DE. I'll likely adopt Jclemens' WP:CRYBLP, which I wasn't aware of.

In the meantime, at the BLPN discussion, I've deferred to the consensus that BruceGrubb's comments to FTN and RSN regarding Barrett shouldn't have been removed, and I've withdrawn from the discussion.

If there's anything else that needs immediate response, let me know and I'll try to get to it. --Ronz (talk) 16:02, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

My Misplaced Pages email hasn't been working

I don't know for how long, it's been going on, but I've only received one message in the past week. I've not received a single one of the tests to myself or copies of messages I've sent others. I've changed my email, and at least my tests and copies are coming through now. Nothing yet from anyone else. --Ronz (talk) 16:02, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

I found content that violates the Misplaced Pages COI and self-promotion policies -- or is it?

Greetings Ronz --

I am contacting you because of our recent interactions regarding a warning against COI content.

I personally believe in the mission and integrity of Misplaced Pages, so I'm hoping to learn from the apparent contradictions I've been witnessing recently -- specifically how this understandable COI issue is enforced for me, but not for another similar user (or class of users). I hope to improve my contributions here, so am seeking understanding of the COI issue and it's enforcement. I'm grateful for any help or advice you can provide on this issue.

After your warning about COI issues in my contributions, I started re-reading the COI policies on wikipedia to improve the quality and integrity of my contributions. During this review, I checked my watchlist, and noticed various contributions I made were understandably removed by you due to possible COI conflicts. To understand this removal process better, I checked if others with experience in the customer experience management industry who had made contributions which violated the COI policy on Misplaced Pages had their COI contributions removed under the same process.

I quickly found an analogous user who violated the COI policy in many of his or her contributions. The user has been warned repeatedly about COI on their talk page, yet a large set of that users COI contributions still remain unchanged. Apparently the user, whose COI contributions were, imho, more extensive than mine, didn't have his or her COI contributions removed (like mine were). Could you help me understand why the many COI contributions from that user remain untouched, while the contributions I was told violated the COI policy were almost immediately removed?

For example, here are some of the pages with COI conflicts from that user http://en.wikipedia.org/User_talk:Bazzer_palm :

http://en.wikipedia.org/Customer_satisfaction

http://en.wikipedia.org/The_International_Customer_Service_Institute

Note that there's existing warnings against COI from Bazzer_palm on his or her user talk page, but his or her contributions have been removed. I find this confounding, since Buzzer_palm and I seem to contribute on similar pages, yet my contributions were removed after a COI warning while this user's COI contributions were not removed after a series of similar warnings. I guess what I'm trying to understand is why I had policies enforced against me, while another didn't have the same policies enforced against them for their COI contributions.

Thanks for your helping me better understand the COI policy and it's enforcement. I honestly want to contribute only the best and most reliable additions I can, which align with the mission and community of Misplaced Pages. Understanding how I can contribute tacit knowledge I have gleaned from my experience, while not violating the COI policy is very important to me, so that I can contribute the best I can here. Thanks for your helping me understand this apparent contradiction, and for your work maintaining the integrity of Misplaced Pages.

Sincere thanks,

Glenn.isaac (talk) 18:31, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Hi Glen. Thanks for the comment. I'm sorry, but I won't be able to help you beyond directing you to WT:COI, where you can discuss the interpretion and application of WP:COI, and WP:COIN, where COI-related disputes are reported and discussed. I recommend WP:COIN. Looks like there may be cleanup to do with his editing, but if not they can answer your questions. --Ronz (talk) 19:07, 27 October 2010 (UTC)