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User:Real96/editorreviewthanks

My pleasure. Errabee 20:11, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:Mani Madhava Chakyar.jpg

This image doesnt have any copyright. i have taken this image from my own personal collection.i got it from the family of the legend himself.I have got the permission from them. this image is widely used in various and entirely different newspapers, magazines, books and also in goverment publications.since he is quite famous in Kerala i think we can use it safely. Sreekanthv 05:19, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

The photos that i have uploaded are mine came from my father.I am a PhD student of early twenties i agree, but the photo that came to me from family who owned it and now i own them so i can upload it right? Sreekanthv 09:19, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

I have uploaded a new image in the same name which doesnt have any license problem. removed dispute tag from image. thanks alot.Sreekanthv 07:20, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Anna Wintour

Just to let you know, another bio project assessor gave it the A rating back in early March. But certainly I'll look into what an A rating requires if more is needed. Daniel Case 12:39, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

In a project as large as WPBIO, I can certainly understand the need to cut down on excessive A-ratings (it's a very nebulous boundary, especially with GA-class available through a more defined procedure). I have looked over the A-class system you've established and will likely be submitting for it. Maybe that's a model we should start using across the project.

I'm keeping it for fashion (if you saw our project (I have assessed most of the articles in it), you'd understand how at the top of the curve that article is) and journalism for now, though. Daniel Case 13:55, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Reviving the Biography project

		The Original Barnstar
		When Plange left the Biography project, one of its driving forces was gone, leaving maybe the biggest project out there without one of it's rudders. You took on the task of trying to continue part of the staggering amount of work involved, and have to date done an extraordinary job. Thank you for all your work to date, and I hope that you continue to find the Biography project a meaningful and valuable use of your editing time. The project is certainly much better for your regular and dependable contributions. John Carter 17:05, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Errabee 19:25, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

No, no canvassing

I've worried long about this one. Do I tell you, and run the risk that some will say "but there was canvassing in favour of him too". Or do I keep my mouth shut and have people complain to you that people are discussing you behind your back. Well, now it seems the request will be denied anyway and point one is rather moot: I talked about you at . Keep up the good work! --Pan Gerwazy 18:27, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Having read the talk page of that time, I'm sure his account was hijacked by someone who first claimed he was dead and then started acting the Albanian nationalist - and sure as hell, someone who never liked him claimed "this is HRE pretending to be an Albanian nationalist, so that people may think his account got hijacked".

And of course, this story means he should make sure he has a better password now, but well, we know there were admins with rather easy to crack passwords until very recently. I do not know how his account got compromised but he did use an account with his uni to get onto internet. How good was security at that university? Did the program used for this sytem have a crypted database of logins and passwords? When the internet was very expensive 10 years ago I used a similar system - when I was allowed to be an admistrator of it for one day, I found out that admins could read other users' passwords. --Pan Gerwazy 22:49, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

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Re:This statement is exactly the problem

I thought about adding this to workshop but I am not familiar enough with ArbCom to know it is the best choice. Could you elaborate on why I should do this, and perhaps give me some examples of similar worship motions by parties?-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  18:06, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

I don't like to refactor my statements, I have asked the clerk if it is permitted. I think I'd prefer not to refactor it, but just add my suggestions to workshop in appopriate format, if arbitrators and other involved editors will not do it themselves. I have presented my evidence and outlined what I believe is a fair and just solution, I don't think ArbCom needs any more from me. After all, they are supposed to make their own decisions.-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  18:06, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

At the time it seemed like a good place to 'ask for justice', i.e. present what I think is a fair outcome of this debate. But now that I have learned more about ArbComs, indeed, evidence section is a better place for it. Thank you for your comments, if the clerk has no objections, I will add my views to the evidence section, and if he thinks it is acceptable, I will also refactor or remove the discussed part of my evidence.-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  18:59, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Loss of Halibutt

Have you looked at the evidence I provided?-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  17:57, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

I guess its a matter of interpretation. If editor used to make 1000+ edits a month and now makes ~100, I think its a loss of an active editor. Sure, he may still be more active than some, but he is way less active than he was. Again, that's a matter of interpretation, you can argue that he is still active - but I will politel disagree.-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  18:09, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Indeed, he has once limited his edits before, in Feb-March'05, there was also a three month slump in summer that year. Never before, however, has he edited so little for so long, and his contributions has been showing a steady downwards climb for at least half a year. Adding to it his statements about causes of his withdrawal, I have concluded that he will not significantly resume his contributions until certain users stop his harassment. We have already fixed part of the problem: I am not aware of any conflicts along the lines Ghirla-Polish editors since the end of the previous year; hopefully this ArbCom will teach several other users to behave and will defuse another singificant part of the problem.-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  18:59, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

It's a shame that Ghirla is less active in en wiki content creation than he was, indeed; although Ghirla puts his time into ru wiki from what I hear, so its not like we are losing his contribs - they are just waiting to be translated. Seems like a good trade-off as dozens of other editors on en wiki can edit without previous harassment and in much more friendly atmosphere. That said, it appears that recently Ghirla has returned to his previous level of editing on en wiki, too - and I have so far not heard a single complain about his incivility, so maybe - if we are very lucky - he learned how to behave, and we are going to be seeing active, civil, content creating Ghirla on en wiki - I am keeping my fingers crossed that I never again have to deal with his incivility.-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  17:16, 25 May 2007 (UTC)