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POV map

Dera Chris, the Rusian user bestalex has taken your map and modified it into POV version , first of all its not Tskhinval but Tskhinvali, Znaur but Znauri, and Akhalgori. These are official names and according to most english language based sources. Can you please correct the POV version and try to convince that Russian user to cease his POV pushing by chopping off "i" from the city names? Thanks a lot. Iberieli (talk) 03:10, 17 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know, the map has been reverted. -- ChrisO (talk) 19:22, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

RFAR notification

Hi. I have posted a request for arbitration of User:Elonka on the WP:RFAR page. Bishonen | talk 20:18, 23 August 2008 (UTC).

Speedy

Way back in 2004 you uploaded Image:Vesuvius wright.jpg. There is an exact copy now on the commons, so I've put it up for Speedy. Just thought I'd give you a heads up. --Falcorian  02:00, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Nahum Shahaf

I was surprised to see you edit-warring at Nahum Shahaf, to re-insert material that called a BLP subject by a pejorative term. Your edit summary said it was "reliably-sourced criticism", but no, an opinion column with a passing mention, is not a reliable source, especially when the text in the Misplaced Pages article does not even match what was in the column. I have removed the information from the article, and given my reasoning at the talkpage. Please do not re-insert the information unless you have better sources. Thanks, --Elonka 20:51, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

Lucky there's no silly 0RR on this article, lest information like this be kept in, regardless of consensus, blp and other real Misplaced Pages policy, now is it...hmmm? Shot info (talk) 21:37, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

ChrisO and Elonka -- I've commented on this question and added some info on reliable sources, at article Talk. Thanks. Best wishes to both of you. HG | Talk 21:40, 25 August 2008 (UTC) fyi ChrisO -- please see the discussion on "conspiracy theorist" -- I've added a supporting source, on the one hand, but on the other hand I think your specific wording would need to be further qualified or contextualized. (e.g. "mainstream" is not fitting). HG | Talk 13:40, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Just letting you know

You have been mentioned on User talk:Jimbo Wales by an anonymous editor who wants Jimbo to de-sysop you. Just letting you know. Cheers, Erik the Red 2 (AVE·CAESAR) 22:28, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

(cross-posted here and at Jimbo's page) It appears to be true that ChrisO misused admin tools, by protecting (and unprotecting) the page in February 2008 and April 2008, but I have seen no recent abuse of tools on Template:Countries of Europe, and ChrisO hasn't even edited the template since April (though he is still active on the talkpage). Asking Jimbo to de-sysop, based on something that happened a few months ago, seems a bit extreme, not to mention that Jimbo prefers that the community handles these kinds of situations (except in very very rare cases such as with the de-sysopping of User:Bedford). I do agree that ChrisO should not have been using tools at that template though, since he was not an uninvolved admin. Other than that, this issue is fairly stale. If there are other cases of ChrisO abusing tools, the best way to handle it is to bring them up (with diffs) at his talkpage. If the problems continue, a thread at WP:ANI or a Request for Comment would be the proper way to proceed. If there was community consensus that ChrisO had abused tools, he could choose to resign, or, as a last resort, the community could request de-sysopping via the Arbitration Committee. --Elonka 00:57, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Courtesy notice

I have filed a request for arbitration where you are a named party. I am very concerned by Elonka's attempts to initiate a discussion of your desysopping. Disputes should not be allowed to fester. Hopefully formal dispute resolution will bring this controversy to an end. Jehochman 07:59, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

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Daily Mirror

Please continue this discussion on WP:RSN, not my Talk page. Canadian Monkey (talk) 17:11, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Article on dr Darko Trifunovic

Dear Cris,

I find out that this article is badly supported and that many quotation is just fiction without any backing. Furthermore, I found out that article is locked for correction. Also in section "Discussion" I find out several important info on dr Darko Trifunovic well supported by appropriate sources, but this info is not included as integral part of article. Having whole situation as such, my free conclusion is that whole article is purposely constructed as it is. What we can do to improve quality of the article? Many thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.216.166.125 (talk) 09:14, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

First, I'd suggest that you stop filling up the talk page with nonsense such as "Look like Wikipadia serve Jihadist and Terrorist purposes". Talk pages are not supposed to be used for off-topic purposes or to make attacks on people - see Misplaced Pages:Talk page guidelines. Second, don't add your personal commentary to the article like you did in your last edits. Third, please take the time to read Misplaced Pages:Neutral point of view; this is our single most important policy. We're not allowed to either praise or denigrate our subjects, but only to reflect what reliable, verifiable third-party sources say about them. Please see also Misplaced Pages:Biographies of living people for our policy on that topic. Finally, if you have any specific changes that you want to make, based on reliable, verifiable sources, please post them at Talk:Darko Trifunović and we can discuss them. -- ChrisO (talk) 09:58, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

Fringe theory

To claim that the Iranian national identity was somehow formed in 1970's is fringe nonsense. The "political propaganda" stuff doesn't belong in the lead either, I already discussed this in depth with Dab. I did not revert your edits, so show some courtesy in return, let me finish my edits, before making reverts. --CreazySuit (talk) 16:21, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

If you continue to delete sourced, relevant material from expert sources because you have a POV disagreement with it you will be blocked. -- ChrisO (talk) 16:23, 8 September 2008 (UTC)