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CHU thanks

Heh. Certainly an easier way to do it than trying to ferry a reply to a SPI report. tedder (talk) 07:15, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

BLP Noticeboard

Hey there, I was wondering what happened with the Karl Rove issue that had been up on the BLP noticeboard for so long. I went to check on it today and I don't see it. How do I find out what the resolution was? Is there a place on wikipedia that shows this? ThanksMalke 2010 (talk) 16:57, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

It probably just rolled off because nobody had anything further to comment on. Just go through the history of the article to find when it vanished. --jpgordon 17:36, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. Have a nice Christmas :) Malke 2010 (talk) 19:59, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Yellow badging

Thanks for that. His last edit to Poland has more or less convinced me that something needs to be done, but I'm not sure what, perhaps just keep a watch for a while. And is this a request to prove a negative? I'm away tomorrow or I might have taken this to ANI tonight. Dougweller (talk) 21:31, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

Drolz

In regards to this case, it is said that you ran a CU on both accounts. Could you please express your findings on such a matter? Different city? State? Country? Also, I personally don't wish the case to be closed, too many things don't add up.— Dædαlus 23:46, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Sure, thanks. --jpgordon 23:57, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

.. What? I was asking you something..— Dædαlus 23:59, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

I'm answering over at the SPI page...Done. --jpgordon 00:00, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

thanks for unblocking

thanks for the unblock. re 'highly dynamic range' - i dont know much/anything about ip addresses, anything i can do? --Brunk500 (talk) 04:32, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

Nope. If it happens often, you can ask for exemption from autoblocking, but don't worry about that unless a real problem arises. What I mean by "highly dynamic range" is that your IP address changes pretty often. It's common on DSL connections, for some reason or another, but it's nothing you have any control over. --jpgordon 04:57, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

User:Ragusino

User:Mljet is yet another very obvious sock of User:Ragusino, could you quickly block the fellow pls? Its Christmas eve, he keeps editing, and I'd rather not go through all the red tape. By next day he will have vandalized more articles - more work for me :). Thanks in advance --DIREKTOR 17:25, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Please read this about user:Direktor:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#User:DIREKTOR

Mljet 17:25, 24 December 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.50.37.78 (talk)

I tried. It's totally incomprehensible. You might try learning about things like paragraphs, sentences, and readability. --jpgordon 18:03, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

That's the unique Ragusino style that gives him away each time. This is the sixth sock, I think. --DIREKTOR 18:46, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Kwanzaa

A Merry Kringle (or whatever) to you! Thank you for, as always, keeping an avuncular eye on Kwanzaa; but the would-be creators of Crackerpedia don't give up that easily, as we see in (for example) this rancid edit. You may wish to put Ron Karenga on your watchlist, if he's not there already. -- Hoary (talk) 23:08, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

He's been there for a while. Thanks! --jpgordon 23:27, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

That matter aside . . . odd how the most confident pronouncements on the language and its grammer are made by those who -- oh, whoops, right, NPA, AGF, alphabet soup. Hoary (talk) 00:35, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Self help mumbo-jumbo meets management mumbo-jumbo

Incidentally, would you think it would be harsh of me to call Goal setting a load of bollocks? I've already removed one spammy chunk from it (see its talk page) but the remainder strikes me as no better. -- Hoary (talk) 01:28, 25 December 2009 (UTC) .... PS Holy intercoursing demiurge, something purporting to be an encyclopedia is calling this gibberish "scientific". I hardly know where to start. No, I don't want to start: let these management "gurus" have their time- and money-wasting seminars; with a bit of luck the suits who are forced to attend by their stupider bosses can manage to ignore the rubbish spouted at them and at the end of the day can get drunk and/or laid. Bah humbug! -- Hoary (talk) 01:41, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

A fair amount of it seems lifted from this, though I suppose it's possible that that is just ripped from Misplaced Pages. --jpgordon 02:06, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Ah. So either this article is lifted from what appears to be a Master's thesis (author's name removed, no bibliography), or the latter was lifted from Misplaced Pages. Grotesque either way. The thesis starts by telling us that According to Imogene King, Goal Attainment Theory is a dynamic interpersonal relationship -- how the hell can a theory be a relationship? Meanwhile, the WP article starts Work on the theory of goal-setting suggests that it's an effective tool for making progress by ensuring that participants in a group with a common goal are clearly aware of what is expected from them if an objective is to be achieved. Huh? Does this stuff rot its authors' brains, or does it only attract people whose brains have already rotted? Either way, its aficionados are welcome to it! -- Hoary (talk) 14:39, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

Well, a relationship can be a theory, so surely the reverse must be true as well. No? Yes? My brain hurts and it's not even 10. -- Zsero (talk) 14:49, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

No, surely not. A theory can postulate a relationship, or the existence of a relationship can be a theory. (It's past midnight here and the crap sourcing of Kwanzaa hasn't helped my mood much.) Anyway, Zsero, if you can help this "goal"-related bollocks in some way, all power to you: I know that if I tried I'd quickly explode in anger or laughter. -- Hoary (talk) 15:26, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

re: External Links: Reports on and criticisms of Holocaust denial

Hi, Seasons Greetings! and thank you for the revision and comment on the external link: Critical Study of Holocaust Story Published in Japan - Institute for Historical Review. However I'd also like to note the incident and world wide media coverage at that time was quite extensive; and if suitable, would like to substitue it with another link: Holocaust Denial in Japan: Marco Polo Demonstrates Insensitivity - Japan Policy Research Institute, JPRI Critique Vol. II No. 3: March 1995. A revisionist incident involving a major conservative japanese media.

Revisionist views in general, may still have some major momentum among main-stream conservatives in Japan ja:ホロコースト否認, ja:日本の戦争犯罪, together with the denial of the Nanking Massacre (see The Truth about Nanjing, Japan ruling MPs call Nanjing massacre fabrication, 2007), Comfort women issues(see Comfort women#Abe controversy, ), and it's history in whole (see Japan's History Wars and Popular Consciousness - David McNeill, The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus).

--Makesdark (talk) 03:36, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Oh, I wasn't objecting to the information; just to using IHR as a source for anything. --jpgordon 03:56, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Okay, thanks confirming, have a nice day!--Makesdark (talk) 04:04, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Season's greetings

Thank you for being one of the people who has made 2009 such an interesting and enlightening year for me. It has certainly had its challenges, but also many highlights. I wish you peace and contentment in 2010, and a joyous holiday season to you and yours. In honour of the season, I hope you will enjoy a little musical token. Your choice: traditional or cheeky. Best, Risker (talk) 01:31, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

The Holocaust

Jpgordon, just to let you know there is a discussion ongoing here. Do you care to weigh in with an opinion? Bus stop (talk) 19:37, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Report of Threat

I would like to report a threat made against me on here. How do I do this? This person needs to be block. He threatened to hunt me down and cut my nuts off.76.177.133.247 (talk) 00:48, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/User_talk:74.138.232.253 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.177.133.247 (talk) 00:48, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Please point me to where that threat is. --jpgordon 01:28, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

He must have erased it. It is in the history. It all started over his editing and my editing of Alben Barkley. Barkley had an issue with income tax evasion. I found sources from after he died pointing to the fact the IRS took near half of his estate to pay for this. Barkley died in '56. This editor kept erasing my edits before finding an earlier source that makes his income tax evasion look "noble", because apparently Barkley took on some speaking engagements for pay in order to pay for his wife's health care. He has a source, but it can't be linked to for me to see, so I can't say that this is 100% true or not. Whatever the case, this does not change the fact the man did not pay taxes for income after his wife died and the IRS was getting ready to come down on him when he died, and did eventually come down on him through the estate. The sources I have found can be linked and apparently this guy wants to hide this, and if he can't hide it he want's to paint a rosy noble picture of someone who evaded paying tax.

Apparently after I told him I would contact authorities if he threatened me again, he went back and took that part out and said "whatever have it your way." I have no problem with his source being used along with the sources I have found. Can you please point me to help on noting multiple sources? Also, if a source can't be linked to can it be utilized. Thanks.76.177.133.247 (talk) 02:00, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Found the edit, here it is, IMO, this is a blockable offense.— Dædαlus 02:05, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

 Done Invoked WP:IAR to simply delete the history, blocked the IP. tedder (talk) 02:10, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Please help

Hello jpgordon, Please go to my talk page and see what's been going on with this user. Can you help me, or do I post to the AN/I? This fellow seems to need a break from editing. Thanks.Malke2010 02:48, 31 December 2009 (UTC)