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That masked stranger

Remember the guy who came out of the blue and reorganized all the Mumia articles, meanwhile making hundreds of good, or at least defensible, edits? A day or so after changing his userid, he got blocked as somebody's sockpuppet, I'm surprised at the block but obviously he wasn't new here. I don't know too much about how this works, but apparently he did some bad deeds in a past life, too bad. Regards, CliffC 16:53, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

I Can Not Find A Template...

Isn't there a template like WP:YELLOWPAGES? I was trying to find it earlier but couldn't remember what it was. Did it get deleted? -WarthogDemon 03:25, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Allowed to link?

Hey, was wondering if we're allowed to link (in references or external links) to companies selling a particular equipment or having a particular tutorial on their page? Also are we allowed to take pictures of commercial scientific equipment and use them on Misplaced Pages (and if so, are there any guidelines like avoiding company names, logos etc?) -JT 22:48, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

• Thanks for your incredibly prompt reply! That has helped clarify things to me, mainly I was concerned with the Misplaced Pages policies so thanks. The only other "problem" is that the articles I want to edit are mainly of interest only to Physics and there aren't many contributors or the latest post on the talk page was 2 years ago. But I'll follow your advice, post up the picture and leave a comment on the talk page. Thanks again! -JT 00:02, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for protecting my page from vandalism while I slept. Since there were only two edits, both directed at me, I don't know who the IP was or what I did to make them so angry. Thanks for reverting their vandalism.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 11:09, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

A reminder

Dear Natalie, back in the March-April period when I asked your help about the disputed content in Reza Shah Page you wrote me:

I understand your frustration - content disputes can be very frustrating. Going through dispute resolution will probably be the easiest way to solve your problems, and will hopefully yield a better article in the long run! Natalie 21:23, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

and about a month later when I asked again for your help to mediate you wrote:

Hello again. I have taken a look at the article and at the talk page, and I don't feel like I can render any judgment in this dispute. Dispute resolution isn't really my field, and this is a more complex dispute than some. Please take a look at the options in dispute resolution for more help. Natalie 00:26, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

• Later,I did try various dspute resolution options. I even thought it may help if I go to step 2 and leave the page for few months. However. Behnam an admin discouraged me from doing so. He wrote here :

You can leave if you want to, but I'm not sure how much it will help. I interpret Step 2 as recommending disengagement so that those involved can cool down a bit, but I don't know if that is applicable with SG. I wish SG would just sit back and give you a chance but he continues to attack you on the talk page. Honestly, leaving will only delay the content dispute - everything will be the same when you come back. So its up to you if you want to take a break - the situation will probably be just about the way you left it, but a break from Misplaced Pages might be nice. In sum, disengagement probably won't affect the content dispute, but it may be a nice break :-). The Behnam 05:10, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

• I hope you realize that I was trying in Good Faith to edit the article. I fill blocking me will only help a group of fanatics to push their POVs. Respectfully yours. Artaxerex 23:43, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Dear Natalie, thank you for your prompt response. I was referring to your verdict in shervink's ANI against Vazgen and I here where you say;

Well, I'm not versed in the specifics of this case, but using sockpuppets to evade a block is prohibited, and the general response is to reset the block, as well as block the socks. Natalie 00:58, 17 August 2007 (UTC) Best Regards Artaxerex

• Thank you again Nathalie. I just wanted to bring to your attention the gravity of the chauvinistic activities of shervink and his gang , as they try/ and have tried in the past to silence the voice of various minorities. For instance, they have confronted Kurds and forced them to merge their celebration of the new year as part of Iranian celebration. In fact, shervink wrote here "I have no problem at all with the fact that Kurds have their own culture, language, music, dance, etc. In fact, that's truly beautiful. What I have a problem with is that some of these editors deny their ancient ties with the people around them, most importantly the other Iranians, going as far as speculating whether they are more related to jews and arabs rather than Iranians!" )

In fact the fellow insist that "Iranians are not semitic" (for instance here which reads;

Behnam, I am really very surprised that you think you need to teach me about such obvious things. When I say that Iranians are not semitic, I mean that both their languages and their culture are quite distinct from those of the semitic people. This has nothing to do with race. Shervink 07:36, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Thus, according to him the Semitic population of Iran are not Iranians. In fact, even after Behnam tried again to educate him on the racist character of his remarks herewhich reads:

In light of discussion of "Light of the Aryans," and obvious ethnic use of "Aryan," I didn't find it unreasonable to think that we were talking about "stock." Even if you were actually referring to Aryan language and culture, that itself is highly Semitic. While the basic structure of the language is Indo-European, it has many Arabic loanwords, some Arabic structures, uses Arabic script, poetry based upon Arabic form, etc. As for culture, it is hard to know where to begin on how Semitic it is - Artaxerex already touched on a lot of the major examples ... Anyway, I could go on, but I just don't see it very accurate to say Iran has a non-Semitic culture - what is so "Aryan" about it relative to Semitic elements? The Behnam 18:09, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

He did not retracted, and never has expressed any regret. In fact another member of his gang Mehrshad123 accuses Behnam, of not being Iranian here , in spite of the fact that Behnam , according to his user page, considers himself as half-Iranian.

• In light of the seriousness of such issues, your comments could be conceived as supportive of shervink's campaign to ban me. Respectfully yours Artaxerex 22:46, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Hungrywolf

Blatantly disregarded your warnings on his talk page. Not only has he continued to revert YOUR edits as well as mine, he has actually re-inserted his spam link back into his fabricated world champion section, and lengthened the section quite a bit. Attempts at communication with the user in talk pages have all failed, and I have filed for RFC on the user . The "Field Commander" page has turned into nothing more than an advertisement for his personal discussion forums.

Blackbeard2k7 05:04, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

MORE Battle Of The Trench -- Edit Dispute

Hello Natalie. Before I get myself in trouble as I did last time, I'm contacting you because I recieved the following message on the bottom of my talk page (User talk:68.230.102.217):

    Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be blocked from editing Misplaced Pages. --Aminz 04:18, 18 August 2007 (UTC)  

Actually, this person is only a "USER" not an Admin. Can he or she block me? I suspect this person is the one who actually vandalized my work here: http://en.wikipedia.org/Battle_of_the_Trench Natalie Please see edit history today: 04:11, 18 August 2007 Mxq3r9 (Talk | contribs) (10,756 bytes) (→Muhammad Murders And Enslaves Helpless Banu Qurayza Captives) (undo)

Natalie, I placed this notice at "USER TALK: Mxq3r9": PLEASE STOP VANDALIZING "Battle Of The Trench" I have contacted administrator NATALIE ERIN regarding your continued VANDALISM. If you dispute something, please make small corrections but DO NOT REMOVE LARGE SEGMENTS OF TEXT.

Please tell me how to proceed to protect the text this vandal is removing. A substantial part of the text being removed consists of two widely accepted references.

Thank you.

A block you did

Just so you know, I unblocked and reblocked a user you blocked over two months ago to change the duration. I came across the user when deleting pages in CAT:TEMP. Here is what I did. Acalamari 23:40, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Sometimes it's possible to press "one year" instead of "indefinite". It's too easy to do unfortunately! Acalamari 19:32, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Battle Of The Battle Of The Trench -- Edit Dispute

Natalie, now this user has threatened to block me. Can you please settle this dispute and protect the page's existing text? Thank You. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.230.102.217 (talk) 04:01:31, August 19, 2007 (UTC)

I left a comment on user's page re , , " Muhammad Murders And Enslaves Helpless Banu Qurayza Captives"- I think this user may be further a sockpuppet of a banned user. --Aminz 04:12, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Who do you think this is?

Whoever it is, he/she certainly has a problem.Proabivouac 06:43, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

RFC on Hungrywolf

Natalie,

Since you did try and failed to resolve the dispute regarding the fabricated "World Champion" section and link to personal discussion forums at http://en.wikipedia.org/Field_Commander, regarding the user Hungrywolf, I urge you to please sign the RFC I created for him.

Sincerely, Blackbeard2k7 12:38, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

Natalie,

I'm a little confused. You placed several warnings on Hungrywolf's talk page, all of which he ignored. He reverted all of your legitimate edits. One of the warnings was that he would be blocked if he continued to revert the removal of spam from the article. Aren't you going to follow through with that? If not, please explain why, and whether or not you changed your mind about his advertising of his forum is considered spam. Blackbeard2k7 14:48, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Please re-register

Hello, Natalie Erin! You are receiving this notice because the Cleanup Taskforce has been inactive, as a result of this all active taskforce members are being asked to re-register.

For more information see: Misplaced Pages:Cleanup Taskforce/Not Dead Yet

If you do not re-register here within 15 days of receiving this notice your name will be removed from the membership list (if you were unable to reply to this notice in time, you can just add you name back).

RJFJR 03:15, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Requesting an unbiased opinion

Dear Natalie,

I'm stuck. The issue concerns "the unfolding present," a heading within the Wiki article on Stagflation. A section there is headed "Stagflation Worries In The Present Time."

Anyone watching economic news at all can see that there is right now an unfolding crisis, worldwide.

Until late June when the Wiki person "eep" began to threaten reversing all my input, I drew on my extensive background and education to contribute. Until today, I had stopped completely and today I merely made two very minor changes.

It was your greeting that headed the My Talk page when I signed up, and thus I write to you.

Thanks!

Roger

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