User talk:Tom Morris

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RFC discussion of User:Bugapi

A request for comments has been filed concerning the conduct of Bugapi (talk · contribs). You are invited to comment on the discussion at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Bugapi. -- RadioFan (talk) 18:35, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Hugglers are evil

Hi, please make sure you're watching for things like this. GrooveDog FOREVER 23:50, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm not sure what your point is. —Tom Morris (talk) 23:52, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Re-adding sections that just got cleaned up and reverting/warning for a section that just got added by an anonymous user are generally a WP:BADIDEA. GrooveDog FOREVER 23:54, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Please also note that WP:BADIDEA has no relation whatsoever to this conversation. GrooveDog FOREVER 23:59, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Tom Morris: you are preventing me from reverting vandalism from a Cherokee TROLL on the article that I WROTE.

A Cherokee webserver Troll has been identified as (at least one of) the "fellow editor" working behind the scene to eradicate G-WAN, after an independent comparative benchmark largely turned in G-WAN's favor. PLEASE HELP TO MAKE THIS (CHEROKEE WEBSERVER TROLL) EDITORIAL WAR AGAINST G-WAN CEASE.

I am curious to know how you justify (a) the edition of my OWN profile to remove all the evidences of this editorial war by a Cherokee Troll and (b) the blocking of my reverts of the vandalism by this Cherokee Troll of the article I WROTE.Bugapi (talk) 12:47, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

I don't give a crap about any of this. What I care about is your disruptiveness, your conspiracy theorising, your complete failure to understand Wikipedia policy. If you could calm down and approach the situation rationally rather than throwing around accusations that everyone is out to get you or your favourite web server or that there is a secret cabal controlling everything, it may be possible for you to become a constructive contributor. Wikipedia is not a soapbox or a battleground. I've helped articles that were on the borderline of deletion recover from deletion, simply by working productively with other contributors. Acting in the manner you have is completely unproductive for your cause. That's why you've been blocked. —Tom Morris (talk) 12:57, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Arvingssingh

Why are you doing this again and again i try to correct that article and you again and again try to make this article to be deleted instead of helping.] what is this if you cant help thne dont edit that page also . as if you like to help and make that article be in wikipedia you are fine. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arvingssingh (talk • contribs) 16:06, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm putting the notability warning back in because there are legitimate concerns about notability. Stop removing it until you have established notability. —Tom Morris (talk) 16:28, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

You have been indefinitely blocked from editing for . If you feel this block is unjustified, you may contest it by adding the text {{unblock|your reason here}} below. NW (Talk) 22:12, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

I'm so sorry about this! Misclick with Huggle. Unblocked. NW (Talk) 22:18, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Signpost article

Hi Tom - thanks so much for doing the article. The things I was thinking you could put in are Wikipedians at Imperial College webpage and the academy webpage. Also, my full name could be put as Vinesh Patel (user name Vinnypatel). Things you can mention if you want to are that we would like to have a campus ambassador and GLAM ambassador as part of the club, and that we primarily want to investigate Wikipedia use in a scientific manner initially, rather than pursuing advocating its use. Thanks so much again!Vinnypatel (talk) 23:11, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Will update in the morning. Hopefully it'll be published on Monday next week. And by hopefully, I mean it probably won't if this week and last week are any guide. —Tom Morris (talk) 01:02, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Resource request

Hi Tom, are you still up for digging out info for others using the Uni library etc? I've hit a bit of a block with a 4 page article from an old volume of History Today but it looks like the thing might be in the UL library system (somewhere!). No probs if it is too much hassle but it would be appreciated if you do have the time/inclination etc.

What I'm trying to get hold of is Vol 23 (1973), pp. 740-743: "Isaac Perrins ..." by W H Chaloner, snippet view. In the UL catalogue I've found this. - Sitush (talk) 14:18, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

I have winkled out a PDF of this article (Chaloner, W. H., ISAAC PERRINS, 1751-1801, Prize-fighter and Engineer , History Today, 23:10 (1973:Oct.) p.740), if you drop me an email I can send you a copy back for research purposes. Cheers Fæ (talk) 14:29, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

Woah! Fantastic. Email on its way. Thanks very much. - Sitush (talk) 15:06, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

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Ironholds in WP:POST

• It's surely an important topic (see also the recent message of the Board to the community, although it doesn't add much to Sue Gardner's).
• The first part (repeating the quote of Sue Gardner's comments from two weeks ago) should be cut, we should try to avoid reporting the exact same thing twice.
  • I'm not sure it should be: it contextualises what comes next. —Tom Morris (talk) 07:45, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
• " Statistics gathered by Mr.Z-man" - that would be User:Mr.Z-man/newusers? (Please always link sources if possible.) The numbers there are quite different, though, e.g. there appears to be a confusion between "new users" and "new users who made an edit". That study appears to be about half a year old, but it seems we haven't reported on it before and there is this nifty new graphic illustrating it.
• "the total number of articles has begun to stabilise" - I'm not sure if this is an accurate description [1].
• I see you made an effort to report in an unbiased way on the proposal to restrict new article creation. Still, I'd like to note that you voted "Strongest possible oppose", and that the opposing arguments get more room in the summary. At the very least, I think that some more facts from Blade's description of the current shortage of new page patrollers might be valuable.
  • I reckon I've fixed that a bit: it has another sentence to give the pro- side.
• There is also the question how likely this particular proposal is to become reality (has a bug been filed already?), and how many related proposals go unreported (cf. Wikipedia:Wiki Guides/Allow IP editors to create articles).
  • I think that encouraging people to use Signpost as an edited, intelligent space for policy discussion is no bad thing: we can put up an article like this one, and it'll prompt reaction and counter-proposals and so on. Then we report that as a news and notes item on the next week's Signpost. —Tom Morris (talk) 07:45, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
• The last part should be worded carefully, we shouldn't tell readers they been "identified" as one of the "users who exhibit a less-than-pleasant attitude at Special:NewPages" - it's good to remark that the list is not meant to attack them, but it's still a strong statement to claim that their behavior is problematic based on an automatically generated list alone.

(Comments by HaeB) —Tom Morris (talk) 07:10, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

• • I reckon I've done this now. —Tom Morris (talk) 07:45, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Naqeeb Ahrar

Check the website. It is a journal against Ahmadiyya — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nokhaiz Kaunpal (talk • contribs) 13:33, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

I gathered as much. But the article doesn't explain why it is notable, and thus meets the criteria for speedy deletion A7. —Tom Morris (talk) 13:36, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Prishtina

Hi Tom,

Thanks a lot for your prompt message and apologies for writing on the Reference Desk instead of the Help Desk.

I have prepared a picture for to go as the image on the top right corner (see link: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prishtina-checkered.jpg)

I have just been asked to indicate the copyright purposes of this work and completed them as self.

I hope the picture will be uploaded.

Regards, KPrishtina — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kprishtina (talk • contribs) 01:03, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you are trying to do. You might want to ask over on the Commons Help Desk. Sorry I can't help more. —Tom Morris (talk) 01:24, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

History of Medicine

Hi Tom, got your name from the list at WP:LIBRARY which says you have access to University of London Libraries so you might be able to get what I need. Take a look at the conversation at User talk:Foghlopy. I can't get that book at a local library but according to Worldcat it is held at the University of London. Can you first of all verify the citations, and secondly, if possible, get copies of the surrounding text for context. Thanks, SpinningSpark 16:50, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Just checked and it's available in Senate House (HEALTH North Block 2nd Floor (3), HM3 Cas) – it's the 1969 edition. I usually go to Senate House Library on Saturdays but I'm busy this Saturday. I'll either be going up during the week next week, or will probably be up there next Saturday, 16 April. I can certainly do verification and provide other stuff. I'm on IRC too, so if you are able to get on IRC between about 11am and 5pm GMT+1, I can help that way. —Tom Morris (talk) 17:24, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Further to your request, I have attempted to verify the citations. The results are available on Talk:History of medicine. —Tom Morris (talk) 12:05, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks ever so much for doing that Tom. I feel quite guilty that you have been put to so much trouble. I have started a thread on Foghlopy at ANI where I mentioned that you carried out this research. I am not particularly asking you to contribute to that discussion (although you are more than welcome), it is just considered good form at ANI to notify persons discussed. SpinningSpark 06:24, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

It's not a big deal for me: I didn't go out of my way to do it. I was in the library working on my own research, and the books on medicine are just two doors down from the philosophy area. With resource requests, I don't do it if it is going to cost me money! —Tom Morris (talk) 07:13, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for The Hallmarks of Cancer

The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

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Nomination of Theresa M. Kelly for deletion

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