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RfA Statistics

Hi Matt - Do you know if there are statistics that show any correlation between RfA nomination success/failure and edit counts? I'm essentially looking for an edit count median point (and maybe a distribution plot), below which RfAs tend to fail, and above which RfAs tend to succeed. Or is there a consensus based floor on edit counts? Whenever you get a chance, if you do. Thanks. — Becksguy (talk) 06:49, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

User:Jardinefan101

Hi, he just uploaded another joke-image with File:Babalu2.jpg. Could you delete it? --aktsu (t / c) 10:28, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/A Nobody

I added an outside view (of sorts) here. In it I laid out some points where I disagreed with the RfC as written (and noted that you, Lar and I wrote it). I also attempted to head off some criticism. If you like I can move it into the main section of the dispute, but I don't think it will be necessary. Protonk (talk) 18:47, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Review

MBisanz, would you be so kind as to review this: Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Unintentional_oversight_of_admins.3F, just as a sanity check?

I'm a little curious as to what the problem was in the first place. — BQZip01 — talk 01:52, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

That seems to be related to the sports logo issue, which isn't something I want to step into, unless I am the person who deleted the images, but my first sample showed it to be Zscout. MBisanz talk 02:38, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
Oh, sorry. I was meaning for you to just check procedure. Am I doing this right? I'm not asking you to weigh in on the subject (though I believe you thought most of these were Commons-worthy). — BQZip01 — talk 03:55, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
Yes, the forms are correct, although WP:Requests for undeletion also might work. MBisanz talk 04:04, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. Updated your user page IAW WP:IAR and WP:BEBOLD...hope you don't mind. — BQZip01 — talk 04:05, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

RFC Jack Merridew

Someone important is missing from your RFC. RE: these comments[1] Would you certify an RFC about Jack Merridew? Ikip (talk) 04:27, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Already responded at [2] MBisanz talk 04:31, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

The Shoe

Please explain why you deleted "File:The Shoe view.JPG". Deipnosophista (talk) 18:04, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

I filled in the forms correctly, as far as I could see, when uploading the image. Is this not sufficient? Deipnosophista (talk) 20:11, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Can you or will you reverse the deletion if I say I will insert a copyright declaration? Deipnosophista (talk) 08:21, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Birgit Breuel

Could you restore this talk page. Unfortunately it seems some decent stubs were deleted... Himalayan 19:19, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Obliged. Ta sir. Himalayan 19:25, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Sockpuppetry

Hi. You were helpful in removing a serial sockpuppeteer User:Londo06 last year. Now he's back as User:Lando09. I was wondering if you knew what to do about this: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Londo06/Archive. I'm at a loss.--Jeff79 (talk) 21:46, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Help me with my phrasing, then

I fully realise an RFC cannot, in itself, lead to a ban. Technically, my view is that he should withdraw from Wikipedia voluntarily for his own safety, given the imminent threat to him posed by these external forces that would do him bodily harm for his participation in Wikipedia. A ban would only follow should he return. I think there's a fairly sizable group that shares my opinion, and I hope strong support for my view will do something to help him realize that I'm not some lone bitter guy that leaves messages on his talk page.

There's always a chance that AN will actually respond to the RFC and do something that helps repair this situation. My personal expectation is that he will not: he has stated that he will not read or consider any RFC about him in the past, and the notice of sudden illness on his talk page makes it seem even more likely that he will not respond to this one.

My personal expectation is that this RFC will fail in the sense that AN will take no notice of it whatsoever. At that time, it probably will be time to move to WP:AN. I'll try to muzzle myself a bit for now, and if you have more RFC-friendly phrasing, feel free to suggest it.—Kww(talk) 00:52, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

  • That first paragraph really walks the razor's edge. I know that you don't mean it, but it could be read as "keep away from wikipedia, or you'll be hurt". I don't think that it is necessary to go down that road nor do I think that the response would be proportionate. I see this as one of two ways. Either he was serious about his harassment and did what he thought was necessary to protect himself but couldn't stay away from wikipedia or he got himself into a corner over last summer and things just escalated to where he felt he had no other options. The first assumes that the harassment specifically mentioned was real, the second assumes it was not. either way we have some reason to believe that he has been harassed (on/off wiki, though maybe not physically), though maybe not at the moment of vanishing. Regardless, this is a tender moment. You and I disagree on this, but I feel we (the narrow we of this discussion and the broad we of the community) can just hand him that mulligan. I think we can say "look, you messed up there but we don't need to dwell on it". That doesn't mean the new name is a blank slate, technically all past talk pages and contributions (WTE of his confirmed socks) link to the new account. Apart from the business of which name to use, all the information is there for review. I know this isn't necessarily helping you refine your comment on the RfC, but I figured I should add that warning. Protonk (talk) 01:14, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
  • I certainly meant the people he has referred to as the reason for his vanishment. I was willing to tolerate the community decision to allow him back based on him not reentering areas where he had had conflicts, even though I disagreed with it. Since we are simply back exactly where we were before the vanishing, I just don't see the situation as being substantially different than the violation of any other kind of editing restriction on formerly blocked users.—Kww(talk) 01:22, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Hey law school guy!

Here's an article about an important case that is just terrible. It isn't current, doesn't state the procedural posture of the case correctly, and is confusing in numerous ways (including an inconsistent chronology and time horizon). Good 1st year assignment—help clean it up? Bongomatic 09:02, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Watchlisting, I'll try to read it after civil procedure this morning MBisanz talk 12:20, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
I see the hook is in! Bongomatic 14:39, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Harlow image

Hi, did you get hold of a copy of the book you were looking for to confirm the Harlow image is in it? SlimVirgin talk|contribs 01:22, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

According to my interlibrary loan request, it is still: Request Sent. MBisanz talk 02:38, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
To help you find it, the full citation is Harlow, H.F. (1974). "Induction and alleviation of depressive states in monkeys," pp. 197-208 in White, N.F. (ed.) Ethology and psychiatry. University of Toronto Press. The image appears as figure 5, p. 201.
Could you clarify the status of your deletion request? The image source wasn't the basis of it, so even with that confirmed it's unclear where things stand. SlimVirgin talk|contribs 21:21, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
Yes, I still think it should be delete, I am just trying to be helpful and tracking down any requested information that others may want in making their own decisions. MBisanz talk 06:39, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
The book arrived yesterday and I am picking it up this afternoon. MBisanz talk 13:54, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

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BRfA

Hey MBisanz, if you have the time, could you please review the latest trial edits made by User:MGA73bot for Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MGA73bot 2. Thanks, - Kingpin13 (talk) 11:10, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

photo

Why did you delete my photo that is my bulldog! Bulldog180 Woof!. 14:42, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Drilnoth (talk · contribs) tagged it for deletion and no one disputed it during the week it was tagged. MBisanz talk 14:57, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Admin backlog

I've undone this edit of yours as being an admin is not required to work on that category.--Rockfang (talk) 00:50, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

The MediaWiki software is only enabled for admins to rename images, how is that not an admin backlog? MBisanz talk 00:52, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
Any editor can go to that category and look for an image that needs to be renamed. I used to do this with album covers. I'd find one, reupload it under a better name, switch any related articles to the new image, and tag the old image as being orphaned. The old file would be deleted, and as a result would be removed from the category.--Rockfang (talk) 00:57, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
Right, but as of today they turned a feature on in the software that lets admins rename images the same way pages are renamed so we do not lose the file history. MBisanz talk 01:21, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
Ok. I can understand where having a file history would be important for GFDL files and such, but it doesn't seem that important for non-free files. It may be preferrred that the images be moved/rename via the software method, but it isn't required.--Rockfang (talk) 01:53, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
I'd say it's much preferred though, to preserve history (log and contribs) and to preserve space, just as copy&paste page moves are strongly discouraged since actual page moves have been implemented. Amalthea 21:00, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

File:Muriel Duckworth Coast cover.jpg

I nominated this image for deletion because it lacked evidence of permission. The uploader suggested on his/her talkpage that an OTRS was pending. Was a "pending" template added to the picture? Hekerui (talk) 07:09, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Restored and permissioned. MBisanz talk 07:16, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. Hekerui (talk) 08:22, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

A pox on your backlogs....

131 renamed by me today if I've counted properly. At that rate, I could clear the backlog myself in 50 days. Might take a break - gone all goggle-eyed. Fritzpoll (talk) 13:57, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Wheee! /me gives Fritzie some visine. MBisanz talk 14:06, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
Done a further 141 and got the backlog below 5000. I've clearly gone mad. Fritzpoll (talk) 11:59, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
Woot! MBisanz talk 20:01, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Re: OTRS

Thanks for the invitation (even if you are planning send one to every admin on Earth!). To respond briefly, I have looked at OTRS before, but my main sticking point has been that of age. At this moment in time, I do not feel adequately prepared to answer my critics on that point, so I must respectfully decline your invitation. - Jarry1250 [ In the UK? Sign the petition! ] 19:09, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Okey, and nah, I only sent it to a handful of admins I know well enough to think they would do well on OTRS :) MBisanz talk 19:10, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
You've asked me, but as you know I'm a trainee Admin Clerk (not that I've done anything yet). Were you suggesting I do this as well?If you think I can do it as well, ok. Dougweller (talk) 19:13, 24 September 2009 (UTC)
You asked me as well, but I'm already an OTRS volunteer ;-). Lankiveil (speak to me) 10:59, 25 September 2009 (UTC).
You think I'll do well at OTRS! Oh boy! Thanks for your trust in me, MBisanz. I'll be sure to think about it. NW (Talk) 21:05, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Something doesn't look right with this CHU

Hey I think something wacked out with a CHU you recently executed. I can't find any record of it in the CHU archives but User talk:Torstein currently redirects to User talk:Torstein (usurped) which has a request dated only yesterday to usurp and the page history shows you renamed the account. But take a look at User:Tfrogner, which I suspect was the account that was being renamed. The user doesn't exist but the user and talk pages have extensive history. And if you go to this page Special:Undelete/File:Stoltenberg arrives at Stortinget.jpg you'll find that supposedly Torstein created the page in 2005 but the file history attributes Tfrogner - same date and time of course. I came across this because the Tfrogner pages showed up on Wikipedia:Database reports/Ownerless pages in the user space. --Doug.(talk • contribs) 21:00, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Well the record is at Wikipedia:Changing_username/SUL/Completed/9#Tfrogner_.E2.86.92_Torstein, I'll have to look at it more in a bit to see what went wrong. MBisanz talk 21:22, 26 September 2009 (UTC)
Interesting, maybe the CHU archive search tool isn't working right (or maybe I don't know how to use it right) as this didn't show up in it - but it's clearly there.--Doug.(talk • contribs) 21:51, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Changing username

Hello, I explained my reason for changing more completely now. Could you please take a look, and perhaps, change my name? Dr. Clutch (talk) 22:04, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Autoreviewer

Hi! Thanks for granting the autoreviewer rights to me. Cheers. CeeGee (talk) 22:22, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

Deleted File

Hi, I was wondering why you deleted by uploaded file File:Beckyblackmayamillerthepackafterdeath.jpg using WP:CSD#F11 without giving me the required 7 days notice to prove I have permission.

Ian Robbins (talk) 23:43, 26 September 2009 (UTC) Ian Robbins

You were notified here MBisanz talk 03:15, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

User:LivingWell4U

Hi ;) I see you renamed LivingWell4U (talk · contribs) to Serendipity81 (talk · contribs). The user has managed to re-create the old account which needs blocking once the dust is settled. I left them a note, be they may need further hand-holding. Cheers, Jack Merridew 05:23, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

They left a note at my talk and I've globally locked the unified account (at their request) maybe that will help. :) ++Lar: t/c 16:57, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. MBisanz talk 20:08, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

File:The Florida Mall Entrance.jpg

Took a bit of research, but I found the source of the image for the speedy you declined. It's from http://wannausvilla.net/images/fluff_FLmall.jpg. Reinstated the speedy.—Kww(talk) 23:29, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

These images

Do these images by a long banned user look like self work to you? This single photo may indeed be self work (I'm not sure though it looks like it was cropped) but the rest look like they were sourced from a computer web site and are artificial. Should they all be placed in a mass DR with that one exception? I don't know how to do a mass DR. Any ideas? Or should the images just be ignored? Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 00:50, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

I deleted them all, the single one you mention probably isn't self-made based on the border. Good eye spotting them. MBisanz talk 22:05, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
  • Thanks. Unfortunately he uploads copy vios from 3.5 years ago and now they are used by many innocent people. From reading the reason for the block, he seems to be a really dangerous character. But then this File:Perse.jpg should be deleted too. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 01:31, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
  • Its on Commons. I'll place a speedy there. --Leoboudv (talk) 02:04, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

album cover

Hi. Would it be possible for you to restore File:The Shells Written Roads album cover1 .jpg , as pursusant to discussion on the album wikiproject page that album page has been restored? (Though I do see someone wants to open up discussion to delete it) Tx.--Epeefleche (talk) 20:51, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

I don't see a file deleted by that name, could you link to the log entry of my deletion? I don't mind restoring it. MBisanz talk 22:06, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Sure thing ... here you go ... [3] Many thanks.--Epeefleche (talk) 23:03, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz talk 00:59, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

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Deflag

Could you deflag BJBot? It's retired. Brandon (talk) 03:00, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz talk 03:02, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
ProtectionTaggingBot too. Brandon (talk) 03:27, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
And FileBot. Brandon (talk) 03:48, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 Done MBisanz talk 11:59, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. Brandon (talk) 20:45, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Woah!

Hello MBisanz, I've noticed you've deleted the non-free image File:Mctvbbs.svg under the rational CSD#F5. I'm pretty sure you are very familiar with CSD, but the image you deleted was used on two articles, CTV Northern Ontario and CHRO-TV. I am asking you to restore that certain image as it clearly didn't not fall under CSD criteria you choose. Thank you.  єmarsee  • Speak up! 03:37, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz talk 12:01, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
Thank you.  єmarsee  • Speak up! 23:05, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

why delete?

I'm interested in the rationale for deleting File:InTheNews20090222.png. It's based on a screenshot of Wikipedia, and I believe they're allowed. What is, or was, the problem? I received a message a few days ago that said the "source" field wasn't filled out, and that the file would be deleted if it was a fair-use image. But it's not (I don't think). So the source field is empty, and that's a reason to delete? That's a pretty empty rationale, in context, when the field above it says "from the main page of Wikipedia" and the field below it says the author is me. Why wouldn't I fill out "source" then?—perhaps because it's redundant—a conjunction of "wikipedia" and "me"? I don't understand these games. Outriggr (talk) 00:30, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Well whomever informed you of the deletion criteria was mistaken. Every image regardless of if it is free or non-free must have a source or it will be deleted (see Wikipedia:CSD#F4). MBisanz talk 00:33, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
Could you respond to the substance of what I said? The source of the image is eminently clear, so why did you delete it? How about you restore it, and I'll fill in some more of the same information that's already there. Outriggr (talk) 00:45, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
 Restored and the substantive answer is that I don't make the rules, I just follow them :) MBisanz talk 00:46, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
As a comment, he did respond to the substance of what you said. The image is transformed enough from a simple screenshot that I could easily be unsure of the source. And as MBisanz pointed out, every image needs source information, or else it gets deleted. That may seem like games to you, but the reasoning is that attribution history is vital for free downstream use. Something that is plain to you may be opaque to a downstream user (attribution was unclear to me, and I was privy to this conversation). Just a comment. Protonk (talk) 00:55, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

User:UBX

Would you have a problem with me/you lifting the block on this? The "BLOCKED" in the userrights popup is a little distracting/alarming =) –xenotalk 02:25, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz talk 02:32, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

contributions

I cant see my contributions from 4 October 2008... --L I C 03:29, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Over the next week the software will transfer them a little at a time to the new account. MBisanz talk 03:50, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. --L I C 12:11, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi there

Hey. You once contacted me (a while back) because you wished to nominate me for adminship. If you would still like to do so, then I would be happy to be nominated by you. There is, however, no pressure to do so. Thank you very much. Skinny87 (talk) 12:30, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:File:1stCBDWendyMichaelGigi.jpg

We are terribly sorry if we did not appropriately tag the above labeled photo (we thought we had). We have permission from and the photo was given to us by the owner and one of the subjects Wendy Curry. The photo was used to illustrate Celebrate Bisexuality Day and you will note she is also a subject of that article as well as being a notable American Social Activist. Can you just restore it so we may mark it correctly or should we reload it?

Thanks CyntWorkStuff (talk) 23:28, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Question

Hi MB, a question has been raised that you might be able to help with. See here. SlimVirgin talk|contribs 13:01, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

I answered Duncan's question there, was that the one you intended? MBisanz talk 13:51, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Yes, it was, thank you. SlimVirgin talk|contribs 15:49, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Removal of tcauds ad hominem remarks you just warned me about

Can you remove those remarks or file a complaint for me and/or warn tcaud for me. He just basically made a rather rediculous sounding personal attack on my character in order to avoid taking responsibility for his own actions and that just does not belong on wikipedia. --Rmcnew (talk) 15:23, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Discussing it now on the mailing list, should know in a couple hours. MBisanz talk 15:30, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/new users

'nuff said, let's get this party started right. Casliber (talk · contribs) 20:37, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

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Request for undeletion -- Lucia Newman

Could you please restore this this article, which you deleted some time ago after an uninformed AFD discussion. I don't dispute the merits of the closure, based on the AFD discussion itself, but Newman is a highly notable journalist who's won a major journalism award which itself establishes notability under Wikipedia:Notability_(people)#Any_biography. Once the article is restored, I'll add the award to its text. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 23:02, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Could you provide a source for the award? MBisanz talk 12:30, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
[4] Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 14:44, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

File request

Hi there, I am the author or the File:Piazza_Delle_Piane_a_Novi_Ligure.jpg The file has no copyright, please remove it as soon as possible. Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.129.121.63 (talk) 09:23, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Tagged. MBisanz talk 12:30, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Seeking advice and information

When there are minority groups which are being suppressed by the society, like for example national minorities, religious minorities etc.. what mechanism does WIKI provide to allow their view to be presented accurately? It is currently possible for a few Wiki addicts to completely block (and is currently a state of fact) such sensitive topics, where the in-flow of information, by people adding meaningful content, is much less than the count of disrupting attempts, even on articles which have several thousands of views per day. Atmapuri (talk) 18:56, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

See WP:NPOV MBisanz talk 05:13, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

This only covers reasonable cases. You only need a group of people with common prejudice against a minority to create a persistent POV. And if you have multiple people paid for by an organization, whose job is to present a particular POV to protect their financial interests? Such edits will not be done upfront, but spanned through time. Information will be passed between such editors behind the scenes and by forming majority in case of need, can always achieve the goal of hiding (deleting) information. Simply looking at the edits for 1 month back will not show anything special, except that some group of editors mostly only deletes content. Thanks! Atmapuri (talk) 05:38, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

I have done some reading and it seems that behavior like that is called tag teaming and that in such a situation an attention of an administrator would be suggested. The article in question is [vegetarianism]. Most of the additions in the last year have been deleted by two users only: Bob98133 and Sikh-History. After they were no longer as successful in their tagging about 2 months ago, they got help from Sinneed, a Wiki addict (by her own account). The article is virtually blocked for any additions or meaningful edits for an extended period of time with article quality constantly on descend, with every second sentence showing signs of edit wars. Their long term goal is to reduce and remove any claims that vegetarianism is any better than any other diet. The standard tactics include: adding who tags, moving content parts to its own sections, making the content look out of place and then suggesting deletion, claiming POV, personal attacks, stubbing of contents, requesting over referencing (there is no freely readable line of text in the whole article). etc.. At least Bob98133 and Sikh-History are connected behind the scenes, because when Bob gets in to trouble he calls in Sikh-History. All three are very refined in their approach and would easily fool a casual observer. I believe that the content of vegetarianism is highly sensitive and a needle in the eye of many people with commercial interests and that this could well be an organized effort. I could be wrong and people just have personal reasons for such a behavior, but if somebody can spent 8 hours per day on Wiki.. In either case, I wish the article could be saved, before it is completely destroyed, which could take about 1 year at the current rate. Because there are frequently people who find the content of the article shocking, I would suggest that vegetarians can present their case (referenced) in the main body with Criticism section separately below. There are many views that vegetarians hold as true, which are not recognized by the FDA, or the country, or all scientists and many facts are being removed on these grounds. Atmapuri (talk) 13:39, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi Atmapuri, I'm just wandering by randomly and thought I'd answer. I can understand your concern, but neither MBisanz nor any other one editor gets to make these decisions. These kinds of questions have been argued by thousands of people, and you can read what conclusions we eventually came to at WP:NPOV. Some of the links from that page will be helpful, as well. You also may want to discuss this at our conflict-of-interest noticeboard, WP:COIN - Dank (push to talk) 21:30, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

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Code of conduct

Hi Matt, best of luck with your first semester of law, I know it's not easy. I don't support promoting this page to policy, but I want to hear your thinking on this. Do you believe Wikipedians in general should be paying more attention to that page on wikimedia.org? What is it we should be doing, and what's the most relevant en.wp policy page for that discussion? (Watching) - Dank (push to talk) 21:35, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Well I think that page summarizes a fair number of concepts that we struggle with at WP. Promoting ideas like honesty, confidentiality, respect, protecting property, and representing the best interests of the community to others (BLP, PROT, etc). Quite frankly it is annoying that there is no policy out there that says "You may not lie about your intentions or credentials" or that Wikipedia:Community doesn't point to a policy saying that you must act in the best interests of the encyclopedia when editing (as opposed to your own interests, those of your company, friends, etc). MBisanz talk 00:52, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
The feds won't put me in jail for lying, but they might put me in jail for lying on my taxes ... what is it that you'd like Wikipedians to be more honest about? WP:OUTING seems to me to cover confidentiality, but I'm open to expanding it. What you're saying about the encyclopedia's interests vs. self-interest sounds like WP:COI to me, but that's a guideline; would you like to promote some of the material there to policy status? Concerning lying about credentials, it's been 2.5 years since WP:ESSJAY, so maybe it's time to revisit that. Is this a "hot" issue? Is someone lying about their credentials in a way that's causing harm? - Dank (push to talk) 02:38, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of File:Ripcord.jpg

I'm sorry, I was unaware that this image had been tagged for deletion until I saw the dead link had been removed from the article it was used on. Could you please reinstate the file so I can add a non-free use tag to it? Thanks.--Ridge Runner (talk) 00:23, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz talk 00:48, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. lol Someone deleted it again as soon as you restored it, but it's all fixed now.--Ridge Runner (talk) 02:21, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

John C. Fiser

Good day MBisanz! I see you deleted this redirect page, and I understand why. Just to let you know, I re-created it to point to his full name (article now complete) to cover all uses of his name, though right now there's only a few. Let me know if this is a problem. Kresock (talk) 09:15, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Fine by me. MBisanz talk 16:13, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Thank you! Kresock (talk) 18:48, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Recheck of OTRS ticket

Can you please have another look at OTRS:2708999? It doesn't appear to specify a usable license, just a copy/paste of the default email, with the image name inserted where the license should be. Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/File:Samar14.JPG also refers. Stifle (talk) 10:24, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

But right after the image name, doesn't it state a license of "GFDL, v. 1.2 or later and CC-BY-SA version 3.0"? MBisanz talk 16:13, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Deletion review for Lucia Newman

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Lucia Newman. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 15:52, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

File:Garneau Logo.jpg listed for deletion

An image or media file that you deleted, File:Garneau Logo.png is being contested, and has been listed as File:Garneau Logo.jpg at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. CyclePat (talk) 17:35, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Nah, CSD#5 isn't a substantive CSD, so I have no actual opinion on the matter. MBisanz talk 00:09, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Austenasia

Hi, a few months ago you deleted the article on the Empire of Austenasia, a micronation. Back then I admit that it wasn't very notable, but it has now been featured in two newspapers, one a large non-local one, and also on www.listofmicronations.com

I have been advised by other users to re-make the article, so this is to let you know that I am. I havnt made many before, so any help would be appreciated! Qwertyuiop1994 (talk) 12:16, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Nope, if there are now facts that show it is different, you can just remake it. MBisanz talk 05:01, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

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Question

Hey Matt, would you be able to tell me a little bit about what an ARBCOM clerk is required to do and how to become involved, either on my talk page or via e-mail. Thanks for any help. Grsz11 04:10, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Arbcom clerks maintain the arbitration related cases for the committee. They open cases, enforce the rules as to length and type of comments, move things around (like section headings, etc), and then close cases. They become involved by applying to the clerks-l@lists.wikimedia.org list. MBisanz talk 20:20, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

Lucia Newman

As the closing admin of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lucia Newman, could you move the userspace draft at User:Cunard/Lucia Newman back to mainspace per my comment at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2009 October 9? I do not wish to move the page myself because I prefer for a user other than myself to review the article. Thanks, Cunard (talk) 05:34, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz talk 20:18, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
Thanks! Cunard (talk) 22:05, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

The uploader of the image should've been contacted

(Deletion log); 23:49 . . MBisanz (talk | contribs) deleted "File:Crayfish covered with zebra muscles.jpg" (Deleted because "WP:CSD#F4". using TW) You deleted an image I uploaded. I had it on my watchlist, and I didn't see any 7 day warning, as is required. And I thought I listed what free government website I got the image from in the licensing information. Aren't you suppose to contact the uploader before deleting something? Dream Focus 01:01, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

It was tagged by User:Monkeybait, so you might want to ask him. MBisanz talk 05:02, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
Can you undelete it? It is from a government website, http://sfbay.wr.usgs.gov/benthic_eco/exotic_species/next.html and therefore public domain. I'll add in the proper information if I hadn't done that before. Dream Focus 15:36, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
 Done MBisanz talk 15:49, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

WP:CHU and other renames

Good work MBisanz. -- Samir 06:42, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

File:Roses for Stalin by Vladimirskij.jpg

23:38, 7 October 2009 MBisanz (talk | contribs) deleted "File:Roses for Stalin by Vladimirskij.jpg" ‎ (Deleted because "WP:CSD#F6". using TW)

This file was marked for speedy deletion because of a fair use violation. Reasoning, however, was given as to why the file was in the public domain and therefor it should not have been deleted. Is there a way to restore that file? —Preceding unsigned comment added by マゲ (talk • contribs) 08:09, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

 Done

Image talk pages

Thanks for cleaning up the unused non-free images. Could you make sure to delete dependent talk pages, too, so they don't have to be tagged individually after the file was deleted? Best wishes Hekerui (talk) 00:18, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

I'll try, but I much rather prefer letting the bot at Wikipedia:Database reports/Orphaned talk pages run the analysis and pre-load all the deletion links for me. MBisanz talk 06:22, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
Oh, I see. Hekerui (talk) 12:35, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Request

Mike: Forgive me if I am not using this page properly! Here is my request: Between November 2008 and February 2009. I submitted page to Wikipedia Sometime either earlier this year my page was deleted by yourself. The last link prior to deletion was:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_da_Money_Show

The page may or may not have been created using the email I am writing from. However, whichever email it was created under that email address is still proprietary to me and I will receive any message sent to it.I am very anxious to getr a copy of the last posted page prior to deletion as I spent a great deal of time compiling the information and I have since lost the flash drive that contained my only copy. Pleased be advised that it it is my intention to re-submit the article in a more acceptable manner which I am confident will now meet with your editorial approval. Thank you so much.65.46.75.50 (talk) 17:36, 18 October 2009 (UTC) Aidan Doyle: aidandoyle1@hotmail.com

 Done MBisanz talk 22:47, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Assitance,

Could you help me to convince SluggoOne‎ (talk · contribs) that this edit is not vandalism as he calls it?— Dædαlus Contribs 06:35, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Really totally outside any area of expertise I may have. MBisanz talk 22:48, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

Sorry to bother you

Hey, Mr. Bisanz, I'm sorry to bother you, but is it possible to complete my WP:CHU/U request if you have the time? It's been lying in wait for about a week now, and I just want to get the change over with so I can return to normal old editing/Huggling/stuff. Thank you if you can, if not, thank you anyway. (C/SSG)G2sai(talk) 21:42, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz talk 22:49, 19 October 2009 (UTC)
Have moved, thanks for the help. ♠The Ace of Spades(talk) 23:40, 19 October 2009 (UTC)

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Concerning edit summary

Dear MBisanz, regarding this, is there additional action taken on the part of WMF or OTRS/ArbCom? Has Risker been notified? What is the procedure in this case? Only denial? Basket of Puppies 04:27, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Oversighter removed it, WMF and OTRS don't care about such things, Arbcom also generally isn't interested, Risker is aware of such general threats. MBisanz talk 04:28, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
I see. At least Risker knows of it so she can contact the authorities if she deems it necessary. Basket of Puppies 04:31, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your concern, Basket of Puppies. That's actually one of the milder epithets I've been subject to, no worries. I just don't like to see stuff like that left lying around or being considered acceptable, as it makes the wiki not a very nice experience for editors when they see each other being subjected to such negativity. :-) Risker (talk) 04:50, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

ANI Deletion

Hello! I'm trying to learn more about how the admin system works (in the hopes of pursuing an RfA of my own in a few months), and just wondered if you could explain in a little more detail why you deleted the section at ANI? I ask because I would haven't deleted it as I felt that it was something that needed to be further investigated by admins...but...with the user IP hopping, I'm not sure that there was anything that could have been done about it. So, I'm just trying to find out a little bit more about why. Thanks! Frmatt (talk) 04:29, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

An oversighter deleted the log entry as libelous and that thread would have only further perpetrated the libel. MBisanz talk 04:30, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, that makes sense. Frmatt (talk) 04:32, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Mass image deletions?

Hi, MBisanz. I noticed you fulfilled the deletion request I put on File:RIT Alumni - Tom Curley.jpg. The uploader, User:Koo86, has done some great work improving the Rochester Institute of Technology article, but he/she has recently begun uploading images and none of them have source or license information. He/she is also completely non-communicative (aside from removing the Tom Curley image after it was tagged for deletion). How do you suggest I proceed? And if that suggestion involves mass-nominating Koo86's images for deletion, do you know of a quick and/or easy way to do so? Thanks. Powers T 14:11, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Try EmailUsering him and Twinkle has a quick nomination feature, no other mass-action tools I know of. MBisanz talk 22:52, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
Koo86 has no "E-mail this user" link (and I'm reluctant to reveal my e-mail address in that way at any rate). Thanks for your answers. Powers T 13:04, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

WP:CHU

Hi Matt. Since you are one of the more active 'crats at CHU/Usurp, I would like to know if you would mind me resuming clerking at these pages? If you would rather I didn't, I understand, but would like to help out again if I can. Yours, –Katerenka (talk) 21:34, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

I have no issues with you clerking. MBisanz talk 22:52, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
Good to know. Thank you, –Katerenka (talk) 22:56, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Autoreviewer question

Hello, I was just curious about why you granted the autoreviewer right to User:JimCubb. This user has never created a page, so, according to Wikipedia:Autoreviewer, there's absolutely no reason for him to be an autoreviewer. Agolib (talk) 20:14, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Well he has created some talk pages, I guess he just looked trustworthy. MBisanz talk 04:01, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
Uh, okay. I just saw a few of the users you've granted the right to who hadn't created the recommended number of articles, but this particular user hadn't even created a single article. Per Wikipedia:Autoreviewer, it's not really supposed to be just about trustworthiness; it's really supposed to be just for prolific article writers. Agolib (talk) 21:34, 21 October 2009 (UTC)

Warning to Brews_ohare

Thank you for this warning. I will so desist. I wish to note, however, that under no interpretation of the Topic Ban that I can understand does my adding to the discussion of the ban itself as invited by the posting of the ban proper constitute a violation of that ban. I interpret Risker's action as an unwarranted intrusion upon discussion based upon his personal beliefs, and not upon WP policies. As a law student, you might read the matter rather more carefully than Risker. Brews ohare (talk) 16:35, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

I also have asked Hersfold for clarification. Brews ohare (talk) 17:26, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

User:Kumar Appaiah Bot

Thanks Bisanz for adding the details to User:Kumar Appaiah Bot ( I was just about to do that too) and adding the bot flag -- Tinu Cherian - 06:06, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Anytime. MBisanz talk 06:07, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
And thanks again for my RFA support :) -- Tinu Cherian - 06:08, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

Abtract block

Hi Matt. Abtract is asking for an unblock. As he's promised to not again do anything so disruptive as revert an arbitrator on the committee noticeboard talk page, I'm inclined to accept the request—but only with the following conditions:

  • You support the block being lifted;
  • It is made clear, and Abtract accepts, that if he does repeat his earlier actions, another 72-hour block will be placed on his account (and in that case no request for an early unblock will be accepted).

Your thoughts would be welcome on Abtract's talk page. Regards, AGK 12:23, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

  • Thanks for your input. I've unblocked Abtract. AGK 14:30, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

File:Fuji Scout (Scout Association of Japan).jpg

You need to notify uploaders when you delete images! :( Chris (クリス • フィッチュ) (talk) 03:13, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

It was tagged by User:Gadget850. I can undelete it for you. MBisanz talk 03:17, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Autoreviews

Thanks for granting me this right. I appreciate that. Now I can start patrolling new hockey pages. Again, thanks. -- ISLANDERS27 05:21, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

File:Dr_P_K_POKKER.jpg

Dear MBisanz, You have deleted an image uploaded by me File:Dr_P_K_POKKER.jpg without even prior notification. The image was given to me with permission to upload to Wikipedia by Mr. Pokker itself. Please undo the delete and tell me what kind of license should be attached to the file. Thanks in advance. Regards, Deepu Mohan P (talk | contribs) —Preceding undated comment added 18:37, 25 October 2009 (UTC).

Undeleted, but you need to see Fastily (talk · contribs) who nominated it for deletion. MBisanz talk 18:53, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Here.

The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
Well... I thought I'd use my 3K edit on something worthwhile. Good fortune to you always, ♠The Ace of Spades(talk) 21:35, 25 October 2009 (UTC)
Aww, thanks. MBisanz talk 05:29, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Request for a decision - Socionics arbitration between rmcnew and tcaudillig

Can you guys please hurry up and make a decision? This is just getting more and more rediculous the more it drags on and tcaullidig keeps talking loads of crap about me concerning things that happened outside of wikipedia and is now even claiming to have in his posession some supposed database of a website I owned and never gave him permission to have. I think he is just bullshitting about it or in the event he does have it may have obtained it illegally through some slight of hand methods and is now trying to blackmail me with it.

And also, I would be perfectly alright with receiveing a 3 month ban from wikipedia per my own request, as editing here gets sort of addictive and I think I should have a break from this place. Feel free to give tcaullldig a ban too for other reasons. He seems to have given wikipedia a couple already. Ad hominem attacks, insulting other editors, being uncooperative with other editors, and claiming to have illegially stolen an internet database, personal, and other information from specific editors with blackmail threats being legitimate reaons for that ban. This information against tcaulldig is all recorded and accessable from a talk page in the arbitration area. Thanks. --Rmcnew (talk) 16:16, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

I'm not an arb and can't make a decision. MBisanz talk 23:42, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
I've commented here, and on the talk pages of the two parties. Could you or Lankiveil please review what I've said there, and review the case pages and ensure the evidence submissions meet the length guidelines, and warn the parties for any inappropriate behaviour. Thanks. Carcharoth (talk) 05:52, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Inspired by your recent deletion

Check Wikipedia_talk:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion#G8_-_shouldn.27t_the_talk_pages_be_archived.2C_not_deleted.3F. I am not contesting the deletion itself but rather the rule it was based on. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 15:56, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

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Did I forget to thank you? ..

Thank you for participating in my RfA, which passed nearly unanimously with 174 in support, 2 in opposition and 1 neutral votes. Special thanks goes to RegentsPark, Samir and John Carter for their kind nomination and support. I am truly honored by the trust and confidence that the community has placed in me. I thank you for your kind inputs and I will be sincerely looking at the reasons that people opposed me so I can improve in those areas ( including my english ;) ). If you ever need anything please feel free to ask me and I would be happy to help you :). Have a great day ! -- Tinu Cherian - 04:29, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Dusha

Please restore the file Image:Rotaruboyarskiperform.jpg|Sofia Rotaru and Mihail Boyarski in the first Soviet music video I think the reason is obvious...--Rubikonchik (talk) 00:50, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz talk 00:56, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
Thank you. Unfortunately, I can't find it, Image:Rotaruboyarskiperform.jpg--Rubikonchik (talk) 08:34, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
 Done again. MBisanz talk 12:24, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Red Star

Red Star

Congratulations, MBisanz! It's my pleasure to award you October 29, 2009's Red Star for being hard working, kind to others, and for being an excellent user in general. A record of this award will always be kept at User:Meaghan/Shining Stars. Enjoy! Meaghan guess who :) 01:31, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

You could also receive the next higher up award, the Orange Star!

Cheers

Will admit not having read your statement while mass adding the questions, thanks for the swift response and sorry for the redundancy. Just FYI I edit conflicted with your answer doing a minor addition: [5], I believe your answer would not change - but please review all the same. –xenotalk 15:09, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Cool, thanks. MBisanz talk 16:22, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Move to Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard -thanks

Thanks for moving my post to the Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard. I did not know there was one. --IP69.226.103.13 (talk) 18:06, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

YoungMon.jpg

Hi

I am able to tell that the photo of YoungMon.jpg was created by myself and was not published nowhere. However, it can be released as a free lisense for use.

thanks

Kwantonge (talk) 00:42, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Block notice to IP 79.79.95.30

You blocked 79.79.95.30 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) but, thus far, have not posted a block notice on the IP's talk page. I warned the IP for repeated vandalism and, afterward, saw that you had already blocked the IP. UPDATE: This IP posted an unblock request that threatens you. This warrants upgrading the block. —Finell (Talk) 02:33, 31 October 2009 (UTC) (To preserve the continuity of the conversation, I will watch for your reply, if any, here on your Talk page)

Yeah, I don't always post a note when it is an IP that could be shared and knows it was doing something wrong. I'll let another admin handle any developments. MBisanz talk 02:37, 31 October 2009 (UTC)


help with redirection

hi. recently you changed my wikipedia usernames, but my old username "*" wiki user page still comes up on google (i don't want it to).. it redirects to my new username. is there any way you can make that page not exist anymore and not redirect to my new one.. thank you..

thanks for that.. is there a way you can remove the log from that old "*" page.. the bit that says

00:49, 29 October 2009 MBisanz (talk | contribs) moved User:* to User:*‎ (Automatically moved page while renaming the user "*" to "*") (revert)

so the pages are not even associated.. its a privacy thing.. thank you

Happy Halloween!

File:Halloween Hush Puppies.jpg
Photograph of my Halloween-themed Hush Puppies plush basset hounds in my bedroom.

As Halloween is my favorite holiday, I just wanted to wish those Wikipedians who have been nice enough to give me a barnstar or smile at me, supportive enough to agree with me, etc., a Happy Halloween! Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 18:40, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

User:Betacommand Arbcom Enforcement Request

I don't see that you take mentoring User:Betacommand to act in a civil manner with any sort of seriousness. He's been allowed to personally attack and stalk me. Apparently he gets dozens more chances than anyone else. I'm not assuming good faith, Bot operators have a personal beef against me, and the requirements for an indef block are clearly spelled out. None were met, but you came out swinging, without offering evidence, with nothing but the suggestion from Betacommand, who has been stalking and attacking me, that something be done. Then you decide what has to be done is I have to be indef blocked.

So, give Betacommand a dozen more chances and see how far that gets the community. Make a dozen more anybot fiascos because bot operators don't want to listen to community input. Nothing I can do about it, is there, when you choose to abuse the community's trust and your responsibility against an apparent newbie editor. I hope you enjoyed it.

--IP69.226.103.13 (talk) 08:54, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

For clarity, there's a request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#Betacommand for you to look at Fritzpoll (talk) 09:39, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the note. MBisanz talk 14:38, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Lightening bryce.jpg

A tag has been placed on File:Lightening bryce.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section I10 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a file that is not an image, sound file or video clip [i.e. a Word document or PDF file] that has no encyclopedic use.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Jason Quinn (talk) 15:23, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz talk 15:26, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Just an update

Just to let you know there's been action with Ticket:2009102610042906. I merged the new contact into it. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:33, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks :) MBisanz talk 16:38, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

This image

I contacted the copyright owner (Dr. Duplaix) by E-mail on this image and he says he does NOT release it into the public domain. That means it should be deleted....before it leads to any misunderstanding or problems for wikipedia. Can you file a deletion request here for that photo and let me know? I thought maybe it could be OTRS'ed and moved to Commons...but it cannot. I can then give his comments in the DR. Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 20:09, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Michael Ruppert

I suggest you resurrect the article you deleted about this man earlier this year. There has now been a documentary made about him which has a Wikipedia page. It would be strange to argue that a biopic documentary is notable while the subject is not.

I personally came to Wikipedia after watching the trailer in order to find out more about this man.Pisomojado (talk) 21:58, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Please see requests for undeletion. MBisanz talk 23:05, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Henson-Willliam 03.jpg

A tag has been placed on File:Henson-Willliam 03.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section I10 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a file that is not an image, sound file or video clip [i.e. a Word document or PDF file] that has no encyclopedic use.

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 Done MBisanz talk 23:05, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

User_talk:Betacommand#Request_to_resolve_the_above

This dispute is getting overly heated and out-of-hand. I have made a suggestion at the above that might begin to resolve it in some way. I'm letting you two know because you're his appointed mentors, and therefore the more appropriate people to enable a resolution Fritzpoll (talk) 22:58, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll look into it. MBisanz talk 23:06, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Brookwood cemetary 9.jpg

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Brookwood cemetary 19.jpg

A tag has been placed on File:Brookwood cemetary 19.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section I10 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a file that is not an image, sound file or video clip [i.e. a Word document or PDF file] that has no encyclopedic use.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Jason Quinn (talk) 23:21, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Brookwood cemetary 5.jpg

A tag has been placed on File:Brookwood cemetary 5.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section I10 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a file that is not an image, sound file or video clip [i.e. a Word document or PDF file] that has no encyclopedic use.

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Bulgarian Academy of Sceinces logo.png

A tag has been placed on File:Bulgarian Academy of Sceinces logo.png requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section I10 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a file that is not an image, sound file or video clip [i.e. a Word document or PDF file] that has no encyclopedic use.

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Nambassa registererd trademark.jpg

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If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Jason Quinn (talk) 23:40, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

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Speedy deletion nomination of File:Jfader barca pavillion.jpg

A tag has been placed on File:Jfader barca pavillion.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section I10 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a file that is not an image, sound file or video clip [i.e. a Word document or PDF file] that has no encyclopedic use.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Jason Quinn (talk) 15:26, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Independance Hall.jpg

A tag has been placed on File:Independance Hall.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section I10 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a file that is not an image, sound file or video clip [i.e. a Word document or PDF file] that has no encyclopedic use.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Jason Quinn (talk) 15:35, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Quick question about images on Wikipedia and at Commons

Hi, MBisanz. Thanks for all your work correcting images that needed renaming. I've been cleaning up some of the loose-ends from the renames hence all recent speedy deletes. I have a quick question that perhaps you can answer. Many of the images in the Henson-William series (such as File:Henson-William_03.jpg) have duplicates at the Wikipedia Commons. What is the typical policy regarding such duplications? Are both to be kept or should the Wikipedia version be deleted in preference to the Commons version? Jason Quinn (talk) 17:51, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

First, make sure the image should be on Commons, sometimes the licenses are incompatible and the transfer shouldn't have been made. If it is ok on Commons, make sure all of the en.wiki usages of the images point at the Commons. Then you can tag it with {{Db-f8}} and it will be deleted from en.wiki. MBisanz talk 18:50, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
Thank you. There are two more images "File:Henson-Willliam_02.jpg" and "File:Henson-Willliam_04.jpg" that have the same triple "l" mispelling of "William". Could you also move those to correct the spelling as you did before? Lastly, am I correct in assuming that given an "Image:filename.jpg" wikilink that the Wikipedia looks for a local file first and then if not found looks in the commons? Jason Quinn (talk) 19:27, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
 Done and Yes. MBisanz talk 23:48, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

File:ProtereotitaEuroEdit2Disc.jpg

Could you please un-delete "File:ProtereotitaEuroEdit2Disc.jpg" which was deleted for being non-free and unused. It was being used. Thanks. Grk1011/Stephen (talk) 02:37, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz talk 02:48, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. It seems the orphan tag was left on by mistake. Grk1011/Stephen (talk) 02:51, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of File:Henson-Willliam 04.jpg

A tag has been placed on File:Henson-Willliam 04.jpg requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section I10 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a file that is not an image, sound file or video clip [i.e. a Word document or PDF file] that has no encyclopedic use.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding {{hangon}} to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the page meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the page that would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the page does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that they userfy the page or have a copy emailed to you. Jason Quinn (talk) 13:31, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Changing username ‎ from Almade to Alma

The User:Alma had no User page and no does any User contributions. See [6]. Can you check this? Best regards --Almade (talk) 06:30, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz talk 06:35, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Thank for your efforts. --Alma (talk) 14:31, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

help

is there a way you can remove the log from that old "*" page.. the bit that says

00:49, 29 October 2009 MBisanz (talk | contribs) moved User:* to User:* ‎ (Automatically moved page while renaming the user "*" to "*") (revert)

so the pages are not even associated.. thank you

I can't do anything there, you might try WP:RFO. MBisanz talk 16:14, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

CSD#F5 Stockyard_magazine_masthead.png

Was in use by STOCKYARD_Magazine. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sicsemperhomme (talk • contribs) 18:33, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz talk 00:08, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

Notification

This is to notify you that I mentioned you at Wikipedia talk:Autoreviewer#Inappropriate autoreviewers. Agolib (talk) 23:20, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Request for some numbers

Hi Matt,

Would you be able to produce for me a table of essays and the number of incoming links for each essay. Alternatively, could you point me in the direction of learning to do such things myself? --SmokeyJoe (talk) 11:05, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

It is possible, I suspect User:MZMcBride could run an SQL query or tell you how to. Apologies for not knowing an easy way myself. MBisanz talk 13:54, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

unapproved bots: limited number of edits per (time period)?

Are unapproved bots (ie generic users) limited to making M edits per N period of time? I'm still developing my bot, posting to userspace, and it tries to make three edits rather quickly. The middle one is being "dropped", presumably on the mediawiki side, though the API returns "Success". tedder (talk) 05:17, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

In theory you should be able to make at least three edits a minute (there is a WP:BEANS throttle, but not that low), I doubt it is on the API side, you might check with User:MZMcBride in the #wikipedia-BAG IRC channel since he is rather skilled in walking people through coding. MBisanz talk 05:43, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
Okay, thanks. Maybe I'll print the results and try delaying the middle one by 30 seconds; the process fetches, processes, then writes out the data all at the end, so it could be hitting a filter. Otherwise I'll head over to irc. tedder (talk) 06:11, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for changing my User Name . 安東尼 TALK 圣诞快乐 22:01, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

Deleted Image HZurich.jpg

I see that you had my image HZurich.jpg deleted from my article on Heather Zurich today. I'm wondering why it occurred and how to get the image back into the article. I followed all procedures (that I'm aware of) and yet it was deleted. I obtained permission for use of the image back in September. I tagged it properly. When the "undocumented permission" tag hit it last week, I followed the directions and had the permission email forwarded to the proper email as stated in the warning/tag. I even added a comment in the talk page for the image. I never heard anything back and today ... poof! ... the image was deleted. What more am I to do? Jrnhoops (talk) 23:13, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

You should ask User:Esrever, who tagged the images, since he claimed it did not have permission. MBisanz talk 08:15, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

A project you might be interested in

Hi, I've recently created a project which, broadly speaking, will help to develop and support the enwiki community. At this stage, we're currently calling for individual proposals on how to improve Wikipedia. If you're interested, sign up and add your ideas here! –Juliancolton | Talk 00:45, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Old AFD

Hi, earlier this year you closed this AFD as keep. But two users who voted keep (User:DuilioM and User:MacLot) were blocked as socks of a now long-time banned POV-pushing user. I know it's unusual to review AFDs months after its close, but considering the article has only had minor cosmetic changes since then and that the banned user has previously created problematic articles (such as Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pro-Italian Maltese), how would you have closed the AFD if the socks were discounted? Spellcast (talk) 08:12, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

I would have probably recused since in the past PIO has made threats against me. Sorry I can't be of more help. MBisanz talk 08:17, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
Ok thanks, just seeing if there was any possibility the article could still be deleted after a review. Spellcast (talk) 08:20, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

You've got mail...

ping Fritzpoll (talk) 10:26, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz talk 14:27, 9 November 2009 (UTC)


Orphaned non-free image (File:TheDiffsLogo.jpg)

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Thanks for uploading File:TheDiffsLogo.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

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Well, I didn't upload it, but ok. MBisanz talk 18:04, 9 November 2009 (UTC)

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arbcom elections 2009

G'day M - I just read the signpost article about the upcoming elections, and had to giggle that it reported that the election process is not yet chosen! - Then I swung by the page where this is being discussed / voted on etc. and noticed that you were the last person to vote (at time of writing) - I thought I'd swing by here because in my book you might be a good candidate to poke someone suitable to close that discussion, and offer a suggestion for the way forward - someone really has to, because it's a little embarrassing that we're going to be taking nominations without any idea how we're going to vote for the candidates (which will sadly be lacking the depth of talent of this private muse, this year ;-) - hopefully you'll know what to do next.... :-) Privatemusings (talk) 01:33, 10 November 2009 (UTC)ps. you standing?

Dude, that decision is so far above my pay grade I don't even know who makes it :) MBisanz talk 05:55, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
heh! - maybe Godot does? I've heard he'll be along tomorrow, so no doubt he'll sort it out ;-) Privatemusings (talk) 07:58, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Not helping out this year?--Tznkai (talk) 21:07, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
I might, I'll make up my mind for sure in an hour or two. MBisanz talk 21:09, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Whatever else you may or not want to help out with, I wonder if you can advise about replicating something like this for this year's election? I wonder how much of that work can be automated or whether you did it mostly by hand (in which case, my smypathies). Commiserations and congratulations on the AUSC election, by the way. Regards,  Skomorokh, barbarian  22:03, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
That was all done by hand :) MBisanz talk 23:01, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
Masochist!  Skomorokh, barbarian  23:10, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

Image

Not even a warning before the image deletion?Tintor2 (talk) 00:22, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Warning was at User_talk:Calamity-Ace#File_source_problem_with_File:Iori.png. MBisanz talk 00:23, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
Okay.Tintor2 (talk) 00:27, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

User requesting unblock

As you blocked this user, I thought you should know they've requested an unblock. TNXMan 03:43, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Right, so another admin will review it in due course, thanks for the note :) MBisanz talk 05:37, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
although I probably don't need to (as it may be in some way part of an admins duties), thank you for enforcing the restriction properly upon an AE report being filed. :) Many cases should allow for a bit of leniency - this was not one of them as the enforcement provisions suggest. Ncmvocalist (talk) 06:52, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
I have unblocked Brews, pursuant to the argument he put forth on his talk page. I don't feel that the inclusion of a single link on a non-physics page is a violation. I am, as always, open to comments or suggestions regarding my admin actions, so if there's anything with which I can help you, let me know. Cheers. TNXMan 12:58, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Thanks...

...for this. I noticed it myself and briefly thought of drawing it to somebody's attention, but then I was distracted by a hockey game or somesuch. Steve Smith (talk) 07:45, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Audit subcommittee

Half-congratulations are in order, I think. :) If you will email myself or Risker using special:Email, to verify your proper identity and email address, we will add you to the audit subcommittee mailing list. Probably just to auto-approved, for now, pending determination by the other 6 members of your status. Thatcher 21:55, 10 November 2009 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz talk 23:01, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
  • Matt: please do not accept the appointment. I would only support you taking a seat on the subcommittee if one of the other at-large members were to retire. Respectfully, AGK 23:49, 11 November 2009 (UTC)
  • Seeing as many people have communicated many things to me, I don't actually know what, if any, thing I've been appointed to and won't be preemptively accepting or declining anything to avoid prejudicing the decision makers in favor or against an outcome based on my personal preference. Whenever people figure out what's going on, could someone let me know? I've be over in WP:OTRS and WP:CHU poking around in the ever increasing backlogs that could use some attention from experienced users. MBisanz talk 00:50, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
  • Please allow me to take a brief moment to thank you for your diligent work. At the recent discussion regarding your surprise appointment as a seventh member of the Subcommittee, I voiced my disapproval of the nature of the appointment. However, please know that this has nothing to do with you personally, as I have great respect for your good work. Best wishes in your productive editing! —Finn Casey * * * 01:50, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
I just saw the results ... confused congrats from me as well. Even if it turns out to be honorary, it's still an honor :) - Dank (push to talk) 02:56, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

6,000th edit

6,000Tothwolf hereby uses his 6,000th edit to leave a note on MBisanz's talk page.

--Tothwolf (talk) 22:17, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Whee! Thank you. MBisanz talk 22:39, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Deleted Image

Hey there MBisnaz, I saw that you deleted an image (File:Freak Show movie poster.jpg) that I uploaded, citing that it was an un-used non-free image. I don't want to be a nag, but my revision of the history of the page Freakshow (film), showes that it was, in fact, in use durring the time of deletion. What's more, a bot came a long and removed the image, after it was deleted (diff). When you get the time, could you un-delete it? Thanks Tim1357 (talk) 00:28, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Not a nag at all,  Done MBisanz talk 00:33, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Thank you!

I appreciate your swift response to my name change request. You have my thanks, and my respect. I am in your debt, sir. Analogdrift (talk) 05:44, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Invitation to participate in SecurePoll feedback and workshop

As you participated in the recent Audit Subcommittee election, or in one of two requests for comment that relate to the use of SecurePoll for elections on this project, you are invited to participate in the SecurePoll feedback and workshop. Your comments, suggestions and observations are welcome.

For the Arbitration Committee,
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Loch Lomond Youth Soccer Festival‎

Hello MBisanz, i see that you declined the speedy delete for the Loch Lomond Youth Soccer Festival‎ article. Thats fair enough, but is there any way that you can restore the content that had been on the article's talk pages. Best, Darigan (talk) 10:00, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz talk 17:46, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Wow - that was fast - thank you, but I think I need more help‎

Hello, and thank you - I appreciate the rename. You did it so quickly that I was surprised when I tried to log back in and had to use the new ID. It appears that some, but not all references to my real name have been searched and replaced - but if you look at the discussion for gladys the swiss dairy cow - many remain with my previous name - can you helo with that?Doc Jimmy 187 (talk) 17:42, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, we can't replace the old copies of your signature, but if you click on them you will see they will always link to your new name. MBisanz talk 17:45, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

What I'm really after is to prevent my old user id from appearing in google searches of my real name. can you help with that?Doc Jimmy 187 (talk) 17:46, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

If you use [7], you should be able to figure out what to replace to eliminate it from Google. We do not have an automated feature to do this. MBisanz talk 17:49, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

Hetoum

Hi. We have yet another sock of Hetoum I (talk · contribs). After you extended his ban for 1 year, he evaded it again, this time as Fazeri (talk · contribs). I don't think a CU is necessary, as his contribs speak for themselves, but I requested a CU anyway. [8] Grandmaster 07:24, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Send it to WP:SPI. They ( the admins and 'crats) can solve this matter. And he will possibly get banned indefinitely.----Boeing7107isdelicious|SPRiCh miT meineN PiloteN 10:10, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

WP:CHU

Someone on the WP:CHU discussion told me that the reason for renaming his/her username is private and cannot be read to any other accounts. Is this acceptable? I reminded him about this.----Boeing7107isdelicious|SPRiCh miT meineN PiloteN 10:08, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

I've done about 1,200 renames this month, so I'll need a smidgen more context about who "someone" is to give a good answer. MBisanz talk 17:33, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

Arbitration case

How do I go about getting approval for presenting evidence larger than 100/1000? I'm estimating I will have roughly 3.5 times that in both diffs and words once I finish editing. I can't really cut it down much more than I have so far as effectively I'm making four cases; one for each editor and one as a group. I am making it readable and splitting it into well defined sections so there won't be a huge wall of text making for tl;dr. I still have to complete the 4th section and do final editing before it will be ready to post anyway. --Tothwolf (talk) 07:30, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

I'm sorry but the committee is quite firm on that limit. You would probably need to make a request for a motion on the /Workshop page to be excepted from the usual rules. MBisanz talk 07:32, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
It simply isn't going to be possible to meet to 100/1000 bit. If this were one individual it would be possible but there are 3 plus them as a group and this has been going on for quite some time with a lot of things documented. I remember reading on one of the documentation pages that the 100/1000 wasn't "firm" and was somewhat flexible. I'm really over my limit with this mess already and feel like I've been having to fend for myself for months so any assistance you can offer here would be greatly appreciated. --Tothwolf (talk) 07:43, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
The flexibility is that you can link to pages in your userspace that document more evidence that is over the limit. Hope that helps. MBisanz talk 02:47, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
I also asked on the Workshop talk page. I'm not sure how I would split up what I have into something on the evidence page and something in userspace. I'm still editing it right now though so I'm not quite ready to post it anyway. --Tothwolf (talk) 03:13, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Name change

Hi, i understand that you are a very busy person. But could you please take the time to perform the name change? I have been waiting for four days now. I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks. Santiago Matamoros 23:34, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz talk 23:51, 15 November 2009 (UTC)
Thanks a lot. Joyson Konkani 01:49, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Need bot amendment, bot owner busy, what to do?

Hi. I thought to ask you in this somewhat more private forum for advice. :) Due to recent changes at WP:CP, we are in need of a change to User:Zorglbot. We asked User:Schutz, who runs it, for assistance on October 31st. (User talk:Schutz#Zorglbot: Expansion on the daily CP listings ) On November 2nd, Schutz said he would look into it soon. He's only edited once since then (a week later), but has evidently not had an opportunity. I left him a request for follow up on the 11th, and on the 12th I asked him if it would work better for him if I asked for assistance from somebody else. He has been somewhat active on French Wikipedia: [9]. (I will frequently leave him notes there when needing updates to Zorglbot or when Zorglbot runs into problems, and did notify him of this on the 31st.)

Is it dreadfully inappropriate for me to ask somebody else to help out with this? It doesn't seem to be a complex task (the transclusion of Template:Cppage to the daily CP listings Zorglbot creates), and we've been doing it manually, but it's been half a month, and if a bot can simply help out, well, that would be better. :) OTOH, I don't know if it complicates things too much to get another bot operator to add this to a page that Zorglbot creates. :/ I don't want to step on Schutz's toes. I appreciate what Zorglbot does for CP. I also don't want to badger him about stuff like this. Sigh. Your advice would be appreciated. --Moonriddengirl (talk)

From what you describe, it seems very trivial to find someone to code a bot to add that template to the pages created. Ideally Schutz would alter his bot to also perform that function, but from my experience working with other bot ops, it is easy to program such a task. You might ask User:Tizio, who operates the bot that does a similar function for image CSD if he could add your task to his bot's current activities. MBisanz talk 19:33, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
Oh, good idea! DumbBot already does some stuff at CP, so I've worked with Tizio before. Thanks very much. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 19:53, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

OTRS

Dear MBisanz,

If you have some time, please check for my message on your Commons account about possibly OTRS'ing 1 image of a church. Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 05:40, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz talk 15:14, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

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Beyond Birthday

Hi. I recently requested a change to my username. I'm not sure what happened, but my talk page redirects to the usurped version of the talk page. So now I no longer have a talk page that links to my current username. Can you please fix this?-- Rue Ryuzaki  jam  20:59, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz talk 22:35, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
Thanks. -- Rue Ryuzaki  jam  18:02, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Advice

Thanks for the timely name change. I have a few questions. 1. How do powerusers edit Wikipedia? I've been copy and pasting via MS Word, but was hoping for some sort of environment that provided wikipedia code with the content. This would be especially useful for expediting reference entry 2. It looks like I just have one question after all. :P —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hmm... (talk • contribs) 03:10, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

WP:WikiEd is a tool I've heard good things about but never used. MBisanz talk 19:52, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Tothwolf's evidence

I need to hand this over to you please as I'm running out of time until tomorrow night - see my email on the mailing list. Dougweller (talk) 19:01, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

Brazilian Cargo Bike

--Stanfordsiver (talk) 20:47, 19 November 2009 (UTC) Hi. Apparently I didn't document my ownership and copyright permission for a photo I'd uploaded: brazilian cargo bike.jpg. That's my photo. Can you restore it and let me know and I'll add a copyright tag? Thank you.


CHU

Go ahead. I think about the only username to which I'd object would be "Steve smith", and I'm not sure if the software would allow for that in any event. Besides, I'm Stephen, not Steven. Steve Smith (talk) 01:30, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

It would actually let me do that, so you might want to register that as a doppelganger or I can just remember it :) MBisanz talk 01:32, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
It was created in May 2006, actually (predating me by a few months), and has no non-oversighted contributions. Even so, don't go usurping it. Steve Smith (talk) 01:36, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

arb question

i just noticed the other clerk mentioned here that he's unavailable for a bit. would you please see his page for a question i've asked? [[10]] (about the tothwolf case) Theserialcomma (talk) 22:26, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

Flickr images

Dear MBisanz,

Is there a way I can find flickr images that are used on Wikipedia articles which have NOT been transferred to Commons? I transferred 2 flickr images yesterday with free licenses (they passed flickrreview) but there must be more here. Any ideas? Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 22:17, 20 November 2009 (UTC)

  • Try this. Protonk (talk) 22:24, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
  • Yes. That was what I was looking for. Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 00:14, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

After Forever (song)

Hello, back in March you closed Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Killing Yourself to Live as merge. There were three songs nominated in the one AfD, one of which was After Forever (song). Two of the !voters agreed that two of the songs should be merged but not After Forever (song) and another two !voted keep for the three. Now it is revealed that 4 of the delete votes were from socks of the same editor who also !voted delete. My question for you is; without those 4 delete votes would you have closed it the same way? If no can you please restore After Forever (song), if yes I'll drop it. Thank you J04n(talk page) 05:24, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

User:Paul Erik was running an approach to that issue, so I'll defer to his methods and judgment. MBisanz talk 20:18, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Assistance at Bc's talkpage

There is an editor attempting to interact with Betacommand at his talkpage, regarding some actions (tagging, it seems) by Bc on an article page. It seems that the other editors command of English is not what it might be, may not have read or understood the template at the top of Bc's talkpage, and is generally unfamiliar with Bc. I am familiar enough with Bc to know that hoping he will carefully, comprehensively and politely explain himself may not be sufficient. As one of Bc's mentors, I wonder if it would be in your remit to assist in the editors queries before Bc does. I note that you are busy in real life, so I am copying this to Hersfold also. LessHeard vanU (talk) 20:15, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Arg, that looks difficult and complex and I have a paper due tomorrow, so I am trying to avoid wikistress. Any chance you could toss this to Fritzpoll? Seems like something for his incubator project. MBisanz talk 20:21, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
It would appear that my hope was indeed sufficient - Bc's response was polite. I think you can concentrate on your studies without worry. LessHeard vanU (talk) 23:00, 22 November 2009 (UTC)

Need further assistance

Please help. User talk:Betacommand/20091101#Gorizont (newspaper) confirmation links were removed --Михаил Дмитриев (talk) 01:34, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Third Church of Christ, Scientist (Washington, D.C.)

Random comment from APK - I walk past that brutal building all the time, but I never thought to check out the rear entrance. It looks pretty cool, compared to the facade, that is. I'm an old school historic preservationist. The Washington Crypt's architecture is nice, but I think brutalist "gems" like the Scientist Church and Hinckley Hilton should get acquainted with several wrecking balls. ;-) APK lives in Dupont and Gomorrah 06:51, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Awesome, although I do love those gems, the National Conference Center is simply amazing and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building is also great (then again, I did pick my undergraduate college in part because of its architecture...). MBisanz talk 15:13, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Ping!

Sent you an email. Dougweller (talk) 15:52, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

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From A/N (well, the 1st part is, tye: I've gone ahead an indef blocked Grundle for continued frivolous and disruptive editing. MBisanz talk 05:57, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Oh, MB, you big bad lib'rul you. Don't you know that you're just poisoning WP with your tree-hugging moonbat bias? I mean, lib'ruls have written this "NPOV" crap into ALL the important articles: Fox News, Karl Rove, George W. Bush (the greatest President EVAR,--but if you can believe it, these wacky weed-smokers keep citing this silly WP:UNDUE thing to make us leave in their lies about how Mr. Bush "wasn't the smartest tool on the tree."). And now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to my pro-Amurrica protest march. But I'll be watching you, ya big pinko.GJC 16:29, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
/me hides his pink boxers. MBisanz talk 16:36, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Question

Hello MBisanz, I have a question. File:Joe Sanchez.jpg has been deleted within Wikipedia policy which is perfectly fine, however I have been told today that the copyright (not the subject in the image) holder sent the permission of usage to OTRS (which I believe may be backed up in work) about 8 days ago and has sent it once more today (24th). What happens after OTRS receives the permit? Will the image be undeleted and posted once more in the article of the subject by OTRS? Or what is the process here? I'm a little absent minded and normally absorbed in my writting in Wikipedia, therefore I was wondering if you could please answer me in my "talk page". Tony the Marine (talk) 03:25, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

  • Thank you, it is people like you that make our experience in this project a great one. Tony the Marine (talk) 04:35, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

moving/deleting my evidence

why did you delete my COI evidence and the rest of the diffs i've presented? Theserialcomma (talk) 04:59, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Your evidence is still there and your comments/responses/questions have been moved to the talk page as they are not evidence. MBisanz talk 05:02, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

FYI

This appears malplaced.

On an unrelated note, your talk page is protected for a month now, you might consider lowering it if it is no longer necessary. –xenotalk 18:31, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Yep, just fixed that, damn those section headers. Seeing as I finally got "those people" uninterested in me, I'd rather not run the risk again so soon. MBisanz talk 18:33, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
I won't belabour the point further but do note that you've had good faith edit/requests from IPs in the past given the various hats you wear. Hopefully it won't need to stay up for too much longer. Best regards, –xenotalk 18:35, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

F2 request

You wrote "If I recall correctly, off-wiki comments made privately may be summarized or referenced, but may not be quoted on-wiki as the controlling factor is respect for copyright. I believe Doug might be better informed on this matter since he did just clerk the similar EEML case.". Did you mean me? I've had nothing to do with the EEML case, Manning was the junior clerk there. Dougweller (talk) 18:50, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Oh, right, it was Knightlago. Thanks. MBisanz talk 18:55, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Betacommand

Hi! As Betacommand's mentor, could you have a look at the conversation at User talk:Betacommand/20091101#Gorizont_.28newspaper.29_confirmation_links_were_removed as there seem to be some issues. It seems to me like User:Михаил Дмитриев is a newbie who made some mistakes in good faith while creating a new article (language problems and placing references in the wrong format) and Betacommand is handling this in a sub-optimal way. The newbie is making valid points, but Betacommand is being too dismissive of this in my mind, and may have made some poor choices, such as flooding the article in question with maintenance templates in a way that gives the impression of being retaliatory.

I don't think Betacommand's behaviour in this matter is uncivil, but it is a bit... passive-aggressive, maybe? I know that Betacommand has had problems with communication in the past and hope that you can help him to avoid such problems in the future. Such as Betacommand's situation is now, he needs to avoid communicating in a way that causes people to have an unnecessarily negative view of him. Draftydoor (talk) 21:01, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Where to add proposed MediaWiki features?

Hey, Matt. Do you happen to know where a user can add a proposition for a technical feature? I had a thought last night about the option for any user to block another user from editing their talk page. Schfifty3 22:33, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

See WP:VPT. MBisanz talk 22:34, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
Came up recently here, FWIW: Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 54#Proposal: Allow Editors to be Administers in their own Namespace. –xenotalk 22:38, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the link, Xeno. However, my original thought was that users may have the option to personally block another user from editing their User talk page. There are certain users here that I do not appreciate (such as the infamous User:Grawp or other trolls); that led to this tiny proposal here. Is it capable of working? Schfifty3 22:43, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Question to the clerk

Let's say I want to publish some log files. :) If I put them on my own site and link to them from Wikipedia, no issue right? What if I put them up on Wikipedia? What permissions do I need to make it kosher? Jehochman Talk 04:11, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

  • If you put log files on Wikipedia without copyright release of all parties who have contributed to the log, I will block you.
  • If you put log files on a website and link to that website from Wikipedia without copyright release from all parties who have contributed to the log, I will block you.
  • If you put log files on a website and link to that website from Wikipedia Review and then link to the Wikipedia Review thread from Wikipedia without copyright release from all parties who have contributed to the log, I will block you.
  • If you put log files on a website and someone else links to that website without copyright release from all parties who have contributed to the log, I will block them.
  • If you get everyone who has contributed to the log to say on-wiki they agree to permit cc-by-sa-3.0 licensing of their comments and then post the log on-wiki, I will do nothing.
  • If you get everyone who has contributed to the log to email permissions-en@wikimedia.org stating they release their comments under cc-by-sa-3.0 and then have the OTRS agent post the log on-wiki with a link to the merge OTRS ticket, I will do nothing.
Am I missing a circumstance that is unclear to you? MBisanz talk 04:23, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
Dude! You're awesome. This sounds like way too much effort. I've got the logs queued up in another window. Glad I didn't push save. What if I just offer to email them to anybody who asks me for a copy? Is that acceptable or do I get the big red X? Jehochman Talk 04:26, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
  • If you offer to email them to anyone and nothing else happens, I will do nothing.
  • If you offer to email them to anyone and someone who is not your agent then posts them on Wikipedia, I will block that person.
  • If you offer to email them to anyone and someone who is your agent then posts them on Wikipedia, I will block you and them.
  • If you offer to email them to anyone and someone who is not your agent, but with whom you associate, posts them on-wiki, I will block you and them.
Anything else? MBisanz talk 04:31, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
I emailed a copy to AGK. Keep an eye on him. We don't associate and he's not my agent. Otherwise, I am not emailing. Jehochman Talk 04:33, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
I do not need to be kept an eye on, Jehochman. I am more than capable of behaving like an adult without a functionary breathing down my neck! AGK 12:03, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Please replace Public Domain File you accidentally deleted

You accidentally deleted the file PD Mainelli Michael 26 02 08.jpg You failed to notice

It was called PD
It was copyright free
It has a copyright free sign on the photo

Please undelete it and restore it to the article "Michael Mainelli". I don't know how to do this. As the man who deleted file please could you restore the mess you made. Thank you

I have uploaded a copy of the file to

File:PD Mainelli Michael 26 02 08 (DO NOT DELETE).jpg

I hope this will help you.Mike Young (talk) 19:23, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

No, the file was properly deleted for the OTRS email sent regarding it not containing a proper source. All files must have proper source information. MBisanz talk 19:26, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
Excuse me I have just tagged File:PD Mainelli Michael 26 02 08 (DO NOT DELETE).jpg for no source or licence - it is a copy of the same image - does OTRS cover this as well? MilborneOne (talk) 19:46, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I just wanted to wish those Wikipedians who have been nice enough to give me a barnstar or smile at me, supportive enough to agree with me, etc., a Happy Thanksgiving! Sincerely, --A NobodyMy talk 06:51, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Deletion review for Happy Corner

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Happy Corner. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Liangent (talk) 10:31, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Comment

MB, could you email the Committee and check whether speedy removal of the request would be appropriate. I am concerned that if we leave this matter open other editors may get sucked in, wasting more time and risking more hurt feelings. As the requester I feel responsible not to take up more than my fair share of time and attention. Regardless of what the rules say, we should use common sense and do what is obviously best. See also my talk page comment to Dougweller.[11] Thank you, and best regards. I have to visit a bunch of stores with my family today, so I may only be offline more than usual today. Shoppingly, Jehochman Talk Jehochman Talk 16:34, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

I've emailed clerks-l for further guidance, but through my foggy mind, my initial thought it that while you filed the complaint, FT2 and Alison's answers raise counterclaims, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 13(a)-(b), that would prevent you from withdrawing the matter. And I was out at 3:30 this morning grabbing the doorbuster blender on sale! MBisanz talk 17:35, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
In that case I'd be entitled to cite Fed. R. Civ. P. 11 (b) (1) and (2) against their counter-claims and request relief under Fed. R. Civ. P. 11 (c). Fortunately, we are not using Fed. R. Civ. P. on Wikipedia. Instead, we do whatever sensible. :D Jehochman Talk 17:44, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Deletion review for Mollom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollom

Mentions, some of which are probably notable

Followers on Twitter

TIA --Grahamperrin (talk) 10:47, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

I'm sorry, I'm not seeing anything that would change the outcome, you'll need to go to WP:DRV. MBisanz talk 01:20, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

File:Judgmentdaylogo.png

Could you explain why you deleted this image? You claimed it was under criteria F5, but that would mean you were wrong in deleting it. F5 is for fair-use images that are not being used in a article. Either you didn't actually look to see if it was being used or you gave the wrong reason, the image has been used in the WWE Judgment Day article for several months. TJ Spyke 00:39, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

You should bring this up with User:ZooFari as he was the one who incorrectly tagged it. MBisanz talk 01:40, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Reply

If you're talking about the files you restored earlier: File:Judgmentdaylogo.png - [12]; File:Phoenix School of Law.gif - [13]; File:LeadvilleTrail100 race.jpg - [14]. These are probably the cause of conflicts of my speedy deletion tags. Maybe the editors who a replacing/fixing the orphanage are not removing the image tags? I apologize for any inconvenience. ZooFari 02:16, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Everglades Foundation gif

Hello,

i am attempting to add this Logo for information only. What specifically do I need to do to get it added. it is for information only, but I am uncertain as to the best way to do this.

Also - the article on the foundation is going to be published shortly, it was being rewritten following comments from other Admins.

thanks,

Steve —Preceding unsigned comment added by VMSPROUL (talk • contribs) 21:53, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

You will need to use it in an actual article, not the draft. MBisanz talk 01:21, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
Will you revert the Deletion once the article is published? Steve —Preceding unsigned comment added by VMSPROUL (talk • contribs) 14:38, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
Sure. MBisanz talk 14:57, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

WP:Privacy policy

Okay ... now we can finally come back to this issue. You added the policy tag to WP:Code of conduct a while back and I reverted, on the theory that discussion was needed. We've had a lot of discussion now on the general principle that some policy pages are not like other policy pages, and per the discussion at WP:VPP#Wikipedia administrative policy, I've just added the legal policy cat to Wikipedia:Privacy policy. I'm not taking any position now on WP:Code of conduct, other than the position that I don't plan to be involved with the evolution of the legal or procedural policy cats. It seems reasonable that if some important pages at meta get pointers, then others should, too, but I don't know which ones. (Watching) - Dank (push to talk) 15:12, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, I'm a bit busy in RL at the moment, but I would be in favor of categorizing the relevant redirects. MBisanz talk 14:58, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Instructions for the election page

Matt, I'm about to go to bed and won't be around until at least the start of the arbcom vote. It's critical that the new text, or something like it, be pasted into the election page.

Could you keep an eye on things, and Skomorokh doesn't return in time (I'm sure he will), can you implement it? I can't edit the page. Thanks in advance. Tony (talk) 15:56, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

I can't edit the page either, only elections administrators can do that. I'll try to keep an eye on it. MBisanz talk 16:43, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

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This Commons image

Dear MBisanz,

I hope you received my private message to your E-mail account on OTRS'ing this photo on WikiCommons. I have not left any messages to your Common's account. Thank You. --Leoboudv (talk) 21:34, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz talk 17:47, 2 December 2009 (UTC)

BABRI MASJID IMAGES

I placed these images on the article three years ago they are my copyright. I a journalist with the Telegraph in London. I took these photographs when I was with the Reuters news agency as a freelancer. I have the original photographs and film in my possession. Kindly restore all the images on the Babri Masjid article which you have deleted. Else I will consider this an act of vandalism on your part. I will also make representations that you be removed as a wiki admin. My Images have been given freely to Wikipedia and I have put them in the public domain. I you wish further evidence please let me have your private e mail. Do not in future be so officious in removing images unless you have received a specify notification on breach of copyright. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jopling100 (talk • contribs) 14:11, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Special:EmailUser/MBisanz works for my email. MBisanz talk 15:23, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Missed ya

Yeah, I saw that. Into the looking glass...Nathan T 17:02, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Articles in Userspaces

Hi, i've been informed by User:Beebarose that you have deleted copies she made of some articles in her own User space, and therefore I thought we might need to clarify their reason for you.. we're from the Arabic Wikipedia, and there are some translators working on a Pilot Project for Google to test it's new Google Translator's Toolkit, and this is by translating some of the English Wikipedia's articles into the Arabic one, and we've been making copies of our trnaslation input so we can have a constant version for the toolkit to process, and to compare with the output that will be held in the same Users' spaces at the Arabic Wikipedia to "wikify" them before publishing them, we have contacted several admins on both the Arabic & English wikipedia of this Project, and have made sure that it does not conflict with the CC nor the GFDL Licenses, and we will be deleting these input copies as soon as we're done working with them, my role here is to supervise the Translators' Userspaces in the english wikipedia, and if there's anything you'd like to know, please Contact me, but for the time being, what I ask for is not to Delete any articles from this User's space, or any other user that might put a sentence at the beginning of their article saying that this is a translation input. Thank you! Koraiem (talk) 00:36, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Deletion review for Lolene

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Lolene. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Cheers, -M.Nelson (talk) 19:56, 6 December 2009 (UTC)


Autroreviewer

Hi Mbisanz, I was about to grant Autoreviewer to one of our article creators when I noticed you had revoked this in the summer. Any objection if I now grant this? The editor has created 98 articles in the year, has 0 deleted contributions and a deathly quiet talkpage. ϢereSpielChequers 20:35, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Fine with me. MBisanz talk 20:44, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Nevada Dept of Ed.JPG

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Thanks for uploading File:Nevada Dept of Ed.JPG. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Skier Dude (talk) 10:14, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

socionics arb case request to include niffweed

On account of niffweed's confession to making bad faith accusation towards other editors, niffweed should be included in the judgment and his actions investigated for sake that he had intentionally caused contention with accusations of bad faith, misuse of wikipedia conduct reporting in place of positive cooperation, and in place of any potential or expected cooperation caused negative escalation of conflict between the editors by his actions. --Rmcnew (talk) 02:17, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

Before I can contemplate anything, I will need a link to wherever the discussion is occurring. MBisanz talk 02:29, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

file deletion

Hi you deleted a picture file from Inside the Revolution: A Journey into the Heart of Venezuela : the reason cited was that i had not contacted permissions to say i had the owners permission to use the picture. The owner has sent two emails confirming the permission and i have now sent three emails forwarding the owners email. Please can we return the picture file to the page

best

hi0u9e9 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hi0u91e9 (talk • contribs) 23:28, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

I'll try to have someone look into this. MBisanz talk 23:35, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Unconstitutional?

:-)

KnightLago (talk) 15:54, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

law school

I see you are in law school and cannot edit much. I wish to ask you about an AFD that you decided. It was to merge. I merged the contents but it was completely reverted. Advice? Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 23:55, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

FYI Matt the issue is now being discussed here, where I've commented. --Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 00:17, 8 December 2009 (UTC)
You merged suspected assasin's article with the West Baltimore station article. Since then, the station article has stayed about the same but the merged part has been 100% deleted. This is in defiance of your AFD decision.
If the West Baltimore article expanded and changed, then I can see 100% removal as part of the general improvement process. However, it has not. Since the West Baltimore people are unhappy, I suggested that they go through deletion review. The alternative is to re-list the AFD. It is possible that the desired order is merge > keep > delete so that merging and then 100% reverting the merge is the last best choice. So how about suggesting DRV or re-list the AFD? Someone said that this is too bureaucratic. However, since when is the AFD process bureaucratic; it's fairly straightforward. Suomi Finland 2009 (talk) 00:51, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

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I had a wtf moment

Perhaps you can lend some insight? MediaWiki talk:Tog-enotifrevealaddr –xenotalk 19:00, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

Masry wikipedia

  • Many thanks for your message regarding proposing to delete Masry wikipedia article. My point of view is this wikipedia has many users, it is progressing in a good pace , and the article about it has links to six other languages, that is why I removed the deletion template. I have also added a few points to the article itself before removal of the deletion template. Thanks Ghaly (talk) 09:15, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

RE: Comment

Hi. Sorry, I don't get what you mean. I did not create User:NJA. BejinhanTalk 10:46, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

My mistake. Yes, I did create User:NJA through ACC. BejinhanTalk 14:59, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

your archive page

can you remove my entries from that page ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:MBisanz/Archive_11 ), because it makes my old username come up on google and that bugs me. maybe just remove both usernames from the archive. thanks

 Done MBisanz talk 03:27, 9 December 2009 (UTC)

the two usernames still appear to be listed there?

Ok, check now. MBisanz talk 12:09, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

PLease restore the file "File:Everglades foundation.gif"

This article has been moved to the mainspace after working with the Admin SchuminWeb User_talk:SchuminWeb/Archive_20#Post_the_revised_Everglades_Foundation —Preceding unsigned comment added by VMSPROUL (talk • contribs) 00:40, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz talk 00:46, 11 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks! VMSPROUL (talk) 01:41, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for moving the blacklist RfC. I knew something didn't look right about the title I put it at, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. :) Gigs (talk) 03:14, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

International Delphic Council

Dear Mr. Matthew Bisanz,

I would like to request to you to reinstall the English Wikipedia – Site for the International Delphic Council (IDC). I have worked on the contents with new relevance. The organizations website is more relevance www.delphic.org where you can reach the Initiator. The idea of the initiator (International Delphic Council founded in 1994) is to revive the Delphic games but there have been some disloyal to rebel against, especially the Russians organizing International Delphi Committee (organized in 2003), they have use the counter subject “Committee” instead Council which is worldwide known. I would be grateful if you will dedicate yourself to consider this my request to reinstall the International Delphic Council (IDC) in the Wikipedia. I am looking forward to hear from you soon, thank you.

With best regards --Delphico (talk) 09:53, 11 December 2009 (UTC)

You need to go to WP:DRV. MBisanz talk 08:43, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Chemyanda

Regarding the Leonard_Hokanson.jpg photo recently removed from the article of the same name, the musician's widow states that the photo may be used as long as the name of the photographer - Christian Steiner - appears. Thus the photo should be restored, I believe. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chemyanda (talk • contribs) 22:30, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

I just double checked and there was no license indicating that on the image I deleted. MBisanz talk 08:43, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Mentorship

The Revision History of Wikipedia:Mentorship records your participation the article's development; and for this reason, I am reaching out to you.

Please consider reviewing my edit at Wikipedia:Mentorship#Unintended consequences. In the search for a mentor deemed acceptable by ArbCom, I plan to cite this as a useful context for discussing what I have in mind. --Tenmei (talk) 22:00, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Need your help

Hello my friend, since I am not too savvy in these matters, you were kind enough to help me in the past and that is why I asking for your help now. I contacted the copyright owner of this image: File:Miguel-Poventud2.JPG which I uploaded because the website does not work. The copyright owner agreed to send OTRS the permit of usage and did so. The problem is that the owner nor I could understand the response which she received and forwarded to from OTRS which is this:


Forwarded message

  • wa, wa, wa?

From: Permissions <permissions@wikimedia.org> Date: Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 5:35 AM Subject: Re: [Ticket#2009121110044901] copyright notification To: yolanda poventud <olapoventud@gmail.com>


Dear yolanda poventud,

Thank you for your email.

12/11/2009 16:50 - yolanda poventud wrote:

"I Yolanda Poventud, as the copyright holder of the image attached/in url http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Miguel-Poventud2.JPG, agree to release in under the terms of GFDL. I understand that this allows anyone to use the image for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as the constraints in the license, like attribution, are respected."


We have not been able to validate this authorization at this time, because we are unable to be sure that the email address which you have used is indeed that of the site where the content was originally published.

To confirm this authorization, you may:

  • Resend this email to us from an address listed in the contact page on your

website (please ensure that you include the ticket number in the subject, so that our system will associate the new email with this one).

  • Amend (temporarily or permanently) the contact page on your website so that this

address appears on it, and reply to this email saying you have done so.

  • Add a notice on your website specifying that the content is released under the

CC-BY-SA 3.0 license (or, in the case of an image, any other acceptable free licence), and reply to this email saying you have done so and linking to where we can see the notice.

Thank you for your understanding and patience. This procedure is in place to ensure that Wikimedia respects copyrights and the rights of authors.

Yours sincerely, Michelle Kinney

  • Could you be kind enough to explain in simple language what is that the copyright holder or I have to do? Sould I delete the Source in the image and license, which are not working and which does not belong to the copyright holder, and then post the ticket number and have the copyright holder resend the permit? Help? Tony the Marine (talk) 22:53, 14 December 2009 (UTC)


The only thing she needs to do is send an email from her company's email system to OTRS stating what she already stated, and the image will be approved. Does that make sense?


It does make perfect sense, except that she doesn't work for any company. The source, which no longer uses the image and the copyright holder are not related. That is why I asked her to give us her permission. Tony the Marine (talk) 01:34, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

It appears we need some further information about the actual source of the image. File:Miguel-Poventud2.JPG is very low quality and tiny; it gives its source as a web page but that webpage seems to be using a number of low resolution images that probably don't actually belong to the person who created the site. What we really need to know is where this image first came from. This will help us to properly determine who is the current copyright holder. If you can get some more details on the image, I'd be happy to help you work out the copyright status. Shell babelfish 09:25, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Poke

Looking for a quick decision that will reduce the list of legal policy pages from 11 to 7; link is WT:POLICY#Tweak to list of legal policies. (One of the pages is one I asked you about.) (Not watchlisting) - Dank (push to talk) 02:48, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Images on Sugarcane Grassy Shoot Disease (SCGS)

Dear Mr. Matthew Bisanz,

All the images (that were deleted) were created by me during my research on SCGS. Please guide me by giving objective instructions to upload the same images again. I am not really getting which tag to add to the images so that it will become legal display.

Thanks n regards,
Amit Yadav.
Amityadav8 (talk) 06:00, 17 December 2009 (UTC)


AIV

That attack on talk:Timur seems like open proxies. If so a long block is warranted. Thoughts? Materialscientist (talk) 23:37, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

Could just be a /b/ attack. –xenotalk 23:41, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
There is a bot out there that is supposed to test and block open proxies, which are not my specialty, so I was more focused on stopping the immediate problem with quickie blocks. I suspect this attack was a /b/ coordinated attack and not open proxies. MBisanz talk 23:42, 15 December 2009 (UTC)

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Subject: Reason prevailing

Hello -

Sorry you have been dragged into all of this. Regarding reason, I regret that as long as EEML! is being shrieked like WITCH! I shall be responding. In good faith I spent an inordinate amount of time responding to the evidence presented against me by individuals. I'm in my mid-50's with family health and other issues, I do not need to be defending my integrity against puerile Wiki onslaughts that take full advantage of ArbCom being content agnostic.

Then I find that anything and everything I have responded to apparently means nothing, as there is no indication ArbCom has listened to anything I have presented in my defense, instead they have crawled inside my head in the grossest assumption of bad faith with virtually no findings against me, yet proposing one-year topic or total bans.

You tell me what avenue I have for defending myself. When this started, I prepared an act of contrition to forward to ArbCom for their consideration when I felt the time was right. I have since deleted it, regretting I did not take a more forceful stand against my accusers.

ArbCom is fueling the problem with their guilty as charged assumption, as they have not looked for an understanding of the situation but only for bad-faith explanations for anything that can be potentially mapped from an Email to an on-Wiki article or editor. According to their logic, had Russavia been harassed in real life for some reason, coincidentally, EEML members would have been found to be the most "likely" perpetrators. In a real court, innocence is presumed and proof must be considered incontrovertible; on Wikipedia, guilty is actively sought and "likely" is good enough.

Done venting. No response required. No action being lobbied for. You are free to share this or not as you see fit. My respect for ArbCom goes down daily as the thoughtful answers provided to some of my election questions now appear to be lip service, or, worse, apply in all cases except my special case.

/Peters

Fair notice: I will consider responses from my detractors here harassment. I am only posting this on-Wiki so I can't be subject to more accusations of lobbying, etc. should it become known I made contact. Don't blame me for the atmosphere, I'm only responding.  PЄTЄRS VЄСRUМВА ►talk  19:13, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Thank you

I want to thank you and Shell for all of your help. Unlike some others, you both are problem solvers and I appreciate that Tony the Marine (talk) 19:40, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

  • I do have one more question which is not related to Poventud. I uploaded an image from an article. Now, according to Hector A, Garcia Foundation, their images and articles (Projecto Salon Hogar, the source) are Public Domain. Since the old {{PD}} tag is longer used, what would the proper tag be? The image in question is this one: File:Venegas.JPG. Tony the Marine (talk) 19:55, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Policy Report

A summary of the community's comments on our WP:Edit warring policy will be featured in the Policy Report in next Monday's Signpost, and you're invited to participate. Monthly changes to this page are available at WP:Update/1/Conduct policy changes, July 2009 to December 2009, and it may help to look at previous policy surveys at WT:SOCK#Interview for Signpost, WT:CIVILITY#Policy Report for Signpost or WT:U#Signpost Policy Report. There's a little more information at WT:Edit warring#Signpost Policy Report. I'm not watchlisting here, so if you have questions, feel free to ask there or at my talk page. Thanks for your time. (P.S. Your last edit at WT:Edit warring was months ago, but I'm hoping you remember something you consider interesting, because we haven't had much participation in the survey so far this week.) - Dank (push to talk) 02:21, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Question about word limit

Does the 500 word limit on arbitration requests apply to responses to other users? I don't want to break any rules here. Drolz09 04:14, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Yes, responses to other users counts towards the amount, replies to specific questions from arbitrators, (so far the only question put forward is asking why this is urgent) do not. MBisanz talk 12:12, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Atomic clock

I think you deleted that page by mistake. It's certainly not a G8... Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 06:36, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

 Fixed although it was on the pre-screened list. MBisanz talk 06:40, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Formatting

Thanks, I was wondering which to do, make them both links or neither I chose the wrong one! Dougweller (talk) 07:41, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Did you forget...

I noticed that you didn't move non-party comment on the Tothwolf case to the case talk page - is that the standard now? o.O - Penwhale | dance in the air and follow his steps 05:43, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

I just walked in from a four hour drive, so I didn't actually look that closely. So, no, nothing I just did changes standard practice. MBisanz talk 05:47, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

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File:BillHarney RayNorris zoom.jpg

Hi you deleted this file because of a potential copyright infringement, but I said in the accompanying text that it's public domain and I gave a link to the page where it says so. So what do I need to do to reinstate this photo?

Thanks Gyrost (talk) 20:15, 21 December 2009 (UTC)


01:11, 21 December 2009 MBisanz (talk | contribs) deleted "File:BillHarney RayNorris zoom.jpg" (Deleted because "WP:CSD#F11". using TW)

Ok, fixed. MBisanz talk 21:00, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

OK, many thanks Gyrost (talk) 21:09, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

User:MBisanz2.jpg

Whats the deal with this page? (Its listed at Wikipedia:Database reports/Ownerless pages in the user space)--Jac16888Talk 12:17, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

I was testing the new import function and was using it in a bugzilla request, but that is closed now so I've deleted it. MBisanz talk 22:23, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
oh right. Thanks--Jac16888Talk 22:25, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Deleted images from Selvino children

Hi,

Please let me know why you deleted these images. These are photos that were uploaded by one of the Selvino children, Umberto Schoeps, and he granted them common license. He is pictured as a child in group photos which depict the Sciesopoli building. He is owner of the photo and is entitled to upload and grant license.

These photos are unique, not available anywhere else, and document a significant historic event.

I will re-upload these photos with them and tag them as holdon to prevent speedy delete without debate in the next occurrence.

However I would like your advice as to how to prevent a speedy delete by you when we do this.

Thanks, Erxnmedia (talk) 14:35, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz talk 21:10, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

User Bowei Huang/A1DF67

On December 15, User:Bowei Huang requested that his username be changed to User:A1DF67 because he wanted a more obscure name.[15] Since you were the admin who actioned that request I thought I'd address this to you.

Bowei Huang has been on a crusade to automate everything which, while commendable, has caused several problems because his method of doing so has caused numerous errors requiring multiple reversions in multiple articles. He first came to my notice when he attempted to automate the approximate population of Australia which resulted in, at the time, an easily confirmable error.[16] After I reverted that mess, he made other changes on different occasions, all of which were subsequently reverted.[17][18] After seeing several warnings on his talk page I was a little suspicious after his name change request. Despite his request for an obscure username, User:A1DF67 hasn't made a single edit.[19] Instead, he has continued editing under User:Bowei Huang.[20] making mistakes and not correcting them and conducting testing in articles, rather than a sandbox.[21][22][23]

Getting to the main reason for my post, what we now have is a user who has requested and been given a name change. The new name hasn't been used but now holds all of his past edit history and more importantly, numerous warnings, while the old username has been cleaned of warnings and has effectively been given a fresh start. There is no indication by either username that it is an alternative account of the other. I don't think I need to connect the dots. --AussieLegend (talk) 15:11, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

This is an issue I am copying to WP:AN. MBisanz talk 21:12, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, it's produced interesting results. --AussieLegend (talk) 04:27, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for the welcome message. Looks like it's got a useful collection of links - I've filed it away where I can refer to it. Weedier Mickey (talk) 10:15, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Notification: Proposed 'Motion to Close' at Wikipedia:Community de-adminship/Draft RfC

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Community de-adminship/Draft RfC re: a 'Motion to close', which would dissolve Cda as a proposal. The motion includes an !vote. You have previously commented at Wikipedia:WikiProject Administrator. Jusdafax 21:44, 22 December 2009 (UTC)

Okey. MBisanz talk 22:52, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

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Thank You

Thank you for approving Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Orphaned image deletion bot, I was starting to think I would have to wait until mid January before it finally got approved --Chris 04:54, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

File:Rb30det2.jpg

re: 2009-12-16T09:49:58 MBisanz (talk | contribs) deleted "File:Rb30det2.jpg" ‎ (Deleted because "WP:CSD#F11". using TW)
Not sure why it was deleted, my camera, my photo, my upload "(Took photo myself, 3rd April 2005, Palmerston North, New Zealand, photo shows RB30DET engine - RB30 block from R31 Skyline, RB25DE head from R32 Skyline, sitting in R32 Skyline engine bay.)" pretty sure it had the appropriate license at the time it was uploaded. I would like to reupload it, the upload page tells me I should clear it with you. Cheers. RB30DE (talk) 11:55, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
I undeleted it since it turns out a vandal removed the proper license earlier. MBisanz talk 23:53, 26 December 2009 (UTC)
Thanks! RB30DE (talk) 10:35, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

File:2008 Republican National Convention Logo.jpg

On 28 Oct 2009 you deleted this file "because WP:CSD#F5" (unused unfree images). The image was unused because it had been replaced with with this prank image. I have removed the prank from the article and tagged it for deletion. Please undelete the correct logo. Thank you. — Steven Andrew Miller (talk) 23:37, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz talk 23:51, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Glidden Co. v. Zdanok

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User:John254 socks question

Is this user another User:John254 sock? I'm tired of AfDs and RFBAs written by sock puppets. Compare first edits and speed to RFBA with Andrea105's. --IP69.226.103.13 (talk) 20:18, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Quickly wrapped up by everyone else. I appreciate your quickly getting to the Andrea105 bot. --IP69.226.103.13 (talk) 22:32, 28 December 2009 (UTC)

Request to Restore Image

Appears bot deleted File:Mount Rainer by Clevelan S. Rockwell, 1891.jpg because it was non-free image not used in article. However, it was used in Cleveland S. Rockwell article until it was removed by vandal who trashed the article on 20 Dec. On 21 Dec, I reverted number of vandalism enties including restoring that image—or at least I thought I had restored it. Found you editor name in pink box on what's left of image file. How can I restore image to Cleveland Rockwell article?--Orygun (talk) 05:01, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz talk 05:02, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
  • Thanks!--Orygun (talk) 05:05, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Cross v. United States (1871)

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Talkback

Hello, MBisanz. You have new messages at Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/MWOAPBot.
Message added 18:21, 30 December 2009 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

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Ok. MBisanz talk 19:46, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Note on OTRS

I hope you can help MGA73 on those OTRS permission messages here on WikiCommons. He gave the OTRS ticket number for your request. May you have a Happy 2010. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 20:27, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz talk 20:49, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
  • Thank you. I hope 2010 will be a better year than 2009. Cheers, --Leoboudv (talk) 21:32, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

Odd question, but..

Any chance you have electronic access to the Cornell Law Review's archives? Cheers, Ironholds (talk) 07:11, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Vols. 1-107 (1901-2007) I have full text for. MBisanz talk 07:16, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Happy New Year

Best Wishes for 2010, FloNight♥♥♥♥ 11:54, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Portal:Scouting broken

When Jan 1, 2010 rolled around this portal display went awry. I checked it on both my computers and it looks the same: some portlets display on the left with blank space on the right, some display across the whole screen, and then some display on the right with blank space on the left. I changed my screen settings and it doesn't help. I have not changed any of the portal's code, so one would think something with the new monthly content is breaking it, but I have no idea what. It displayed fine prior to that. Can you help? Thanks. — Rlevse • Talk • 14:46, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

yea, it seems to have fixed itself, go figure, New Year Wiki Gremlins I guess. — Rlevse • Talk • 15:28, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
An anon realized I left off <div><center> tags on the picture page, hehe. — Rlevse • Talk • 15:39, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

DJ Lotu5 / Micha Cardenas deletion review

Hello, I would like to ask you to reconsider your deletion of the page entitled "dj lotu5", although it should probably be renamed Micha Cardenas. A current google news search yields 418 hits.

http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=micha+cardenas

Lotu5 (talk) 23:43, 1 January 2010 (UTC)

Ok, restored for reconsideration. MBisanz talk 04:43, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks! Lotu5 (talk) 06:29, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Bureaucrat discussion for Juliancolton RfB

A bureaucrat discussion has been opened in order to determine the consensus in this request for adminship. Please come participate. ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 01:55, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. MBisanz talk 04:41, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Glidden Co. v. Zdanok

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DYK for Cross v. United States (1871)

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Image copyright

Hi Matthew,
since I've now twice (1 2) used your user page as an example, I just wanted to let you know that a number of images you have on your user page probably claim an incorrect copyright status (along with thousands of others). No need to do anything at this point, I'm not yet sure what we're going to need to do about that (if anything), just letting you know. Actually, I'd prefer if you kept them all up so that I could continue to use them as an example. :) Initial discussion is at User talk:Moonriddengirl#Commissioned work, if you're interested, but will probably move to WP:MCQ sooner or later.
Cheers, Amalthea 21:17, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Hehe, thanks for the note. MBisanz talk 22:12, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Atomic clock

Why do you keep deleting this as a G8 over and over? Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 22:29, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

It's on the database query for G8 pages because the toolserver is corrupted and I keep forgetting it isn't a G8. MBisanz talk 22:32, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Arbitration requests

With respect to this sentiment, the current heading makes it clear that the request is not specifically about the Chabad article. That could be addressed with some other heading, such as "Chabad-linked editors", etc. Bongomatic 09:49, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Ahh, ok, that was a bit unclear, now to come up with a nice neutral name for it, maybe some sleep first. MBisanz talk 10:03, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Blocking BoP

I think this was a bad block, MBisanz. I am aware of the user in RL, and was not aware of any bad behavior on the part of the previous account that would have warranted your actions. The user withdrew from the previous account, there was a significant span of time between the last account's final edit and the new one's.
Furthermore, the new account demonstrates a greater level of maturity. We are both aware of current admins who had previous accounts, and I can think of one rather famous one who's previous account had a list of blocks as long as my arm. Could you please explain your thinking and proof, please? I cannot wait long for an answer, as this is a very serious matter. - Arcayne (cast a spell) 04:21, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Well BoP had asked for it to go away quietly which is why I unblocked, so I'm not sure it is a good idea to go laying out everything on the wiki, which I've already sent to arbcom at their request. MBisanz talk 05:36, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#MBisanz User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 05:38, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
My apologies; I should have notified you, Matt.As I realized the scope of your actiosn, I thought quicker action was more important than awaiting your answer. I should still have let you know about the AN posting. Again, my apologies. - Arcayne (cast a spell) 10:33, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
Great, you've lost the project another useful, committed contributor. I hope you're pleased with yourself. Gurch (talk) 16:48, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

You've been ill?

Sorry to hear. Wish you better. Maybe it's an allergy to law - most of us have it to some degree or other. --Dweller (talk) 13:29, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I had a minor case of telescoping colon, but I'm almost back to full power. MBisanz talk 01:51, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
Ow. Was surgical intervention required? Having scars is cool, getting them isn't. tedder (talk) 02:49, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
No, an IV in the ER and bed rest was enough. Thanks for the support. MBisanz talk 02:49, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

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Not a rush, I'm very interested in reading this paper at JSTOR. Best regards, Peters  PЄTЄRS VЄСRUМВА ►talk  03:51, 8 January 2010 (UTC) Yikes! Feel better! /pjv

Ok, I got it, where should I email it to? You can emailuser me your email address. MBisanz talk 04:23, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Service awards proposal

Master Editor Hello, MBisanz/Archive 11! I noticed you display a service award, and would like to invite you to join the discussion over a proposed revamping of the awards.

If you have any opinions on the proposal, please participate in the discussion. Thanks! — the Man in Question (in question) 04:06, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Book:13th Floor Elevators

That was not a CSD G8! Please restore it. Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 07:03, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz talk 16:23, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

Service awards proposal

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File permission problem with File:Poe38.jpg

Hello, I contacted the copyright owner of File:Poe38.jpg and he has sent his permission to permission-en@wikimedia.org. Carl142 (talk) 18:18, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

Image problem

I uploaded this image onto WikiCommons today here: [24] But when I try to use it on the pertinent wikipedia article, nothing appears. See this: [25] Can you fix the problem. It is definitely a legitimate image taken by the flickr owner. With kind Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 02:19, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

I just tried it and it worked, might've been a unicode error. MBisanz talk 02:22, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
  • Thanks a lot. I guess one sign must have been typed in wrongly. Cheers, --Leoboudv (talk) 02:40, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Request for adminship

If I were to request for adminship right now, would you support or oppose, and why? —MC10 (T•C•GB•L•EM) 02:23, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Addbot 22

With respect to Addbot 22, don't you think having Add§hore respond to my concerns prior was warranted before approving the trial? -- JLaTondre (talk) 21:33, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

The issues didn't seem fatal to the bot request and I do expect him to respond and resolve it with you before I would approve. MBisanz talk 03:48, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protection request

Could you consider semi-protection for the article Pascal Bodjona? It's been vandalized by IPs several times—at first they were adding an unsourced allegation that he cheated at university, but more recently they've just been blanking most of the text. Most of the article was blanked back in August, and I didn't even notice until the other day—but right after I noticed and reverted, an IP showed up to blank the text again. If you don't want to semi-protect it, at least watchlist it. Everyking (talk) 00:00, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz talk 03:48, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

File:18songs.jpg

I'm not 100% sure what you had against this other than the absence of an explicit claim of authorship. Neither am I sure what, if anything, I should be concluding from the fact that File:18songs2.jpg isn't tagged. True, that one does have the explicit claim of authorship but I don't like deleting things just because boxes aren't ticked. Angus McLellan (Talk) 01:56, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

May I also take this opportunity to grumble about File:100d 0384.jpg. Is CSD F11 really appropriate for "no freedom of panorama for 2d objects in India"? Isn't that what we have WP:PUF for? I've never looked at this category before so perhaps this is normal. But it does seem weird to me. Angus McLellan (Talk) 02:02, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
Stumped by File:Golfing queen.jpg as well. Maybe you should write a manual for stupid people like me? Angus McLellan (Talk) 02:35, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
Nah, I don't mind explaining things. I'm fairly certain the first file wasn't used in any pages so I was willing to be a bit strict in saying the box isn't ticked. For the second one I felt it wasn't just no freedom of panorama, but that it was meant as a copy of the billboard, and again it wasn't used in any pages, so I was willing to be stricter with my interpretation. For the third one, I grant it is perplexing, but when you look at the other uploads of the person Special:Contributions/Jessica_louise246, I believe there is a substantial question as to if they actually took the images and since it wasn't being used in any pages, again, I couldn't see a reason for retaining a marginal image. MBisanz talk 03:53, 12 January 2010 (UTC)
Those all make perfectly good sense to me now so many thanks for the explanations, Angus McLellan (Talk) 11:36, 12 January 2010 (UTC)

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Service award update

 Hello, MBisanz! The requirements for the service awards have been updated, and you may no longer be eligible for the award you currently display. Don't worry! Since you have already earned your award, you are free to keep displaying it. However, you may also wish to update to the current system.

Sorry for any inconvenience. — the Man in Question (in question) 10:13, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

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DYK for Paul v. United States (1990)

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Moving Mary

Hi

I've requested an uncontroversial page move at Wikipedia:Requested moves, User:Pablo X/Sister Mary Explains It All →Sister Mary Explains It All (currently a redirect). There's a backlog of move requests; as you seem to be online, do you fancy doing this one? There are some related edits that I want to do after the move and before I fall asleep. Cheers   pablohablo. 00:13, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

 Done MBisanz talk 02:55, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
Thanks!   pablohablo. 08:41, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Adminship

Given the last block I had for accusations of vote stacking, please feel free to reconsider whether to grant my new account adminship. I personally don't feel that I was really doing anything terrible, and I was definitely burnt out which is why I retired, but I would not like to cause you any problems. - Tbsdy lives (formerly Ta bu shi da yu) talk 01:46, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for clarifying on WP:BN. - Tbsdy lives (formerly Ta bu shi da yu) talk 02:26, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs

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  1. Stuart Rabinowitz - Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

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Merging accounts question

Hi, sorry to trouble you with trivial noise, but is it possible to merge an old account with your current one?

Note: The reason I ask is due to the trivial matter of lusting after a particularly nice service ribbon which I have enough edits for, but would need to merge my old (11-edits account) to have enough wiki-age.

Again, sorry for trivial question, but I am curious? Thanks. Proofreader77 (interact) 01:05, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

No, sorry, accounts can't be merged, but you could always just refer to the old account on your userpage and get the ribbon that way. I know Mike Halterman has something like 17,000 edits on his old account and just adds the total to his new one. MBisanz talk 01:42, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
Many thanks. I'm really lusting after that one-star purple ribbon. LoL

As long as there's not a LAW against counting the old account for a ribbon. Proofreader77 (interact) 01:49, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Note: People who remove invalid service awards

LoL I see someone just commented out that talk page display of a service award on your page. Apparently there IS a law against it. :-) Proofreader77 (interact) 02:26, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Comment

Is the OTRS permission for this image legitimate or not: [26]

I was just wondering. If it is, maybe it could be moved to Commons. But I don't know if the uploader is an Admin on wiki. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 01:10, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

It doesn't appear legit. The OTRS ticket is from 2007 and the image was uploaded in 2009, also the ticket is a rejected ticket for stating an unclear permissions. MBisanz talk 01:45, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
  • Could you place that image in a DR so I can make a comment? It will look bad if I do it since I don't have OTRS access unlike you. I look at who placed the OTRS ticket and it was not an Admin but the uploader here. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 02:39, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
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