User talk:172

See User talk:172/Talk block 1, User talk:172/Talk block 2, User talk:172/Talk block 3, User talk:172/Talk block 4, User talk:172/Talk block 5, User talk:172/Talk block 6, User:172/Talk block 7, User:172/Talk block 8, User talk:172/Talk block 9, User talk:172/Talk block 10, User talk:172/Talk block 11. User talk:172/Talk block 12 for old talk.

Collaboration of the week

Could you consider voting for Partisans (Yugoslvia) as a collaboration project?AndyL 21:30, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Che Guevara

172, I admire Che Guevara, but remembered as a "theoretician and tactician of asymmetric warfare?" He was a disaster as a military leader. He got himself and a good number of other people killed by completely misjudging the situation in Bolivia. One can admire his spirit and his unwillingness ever to rest comfortably on his laurels without thinking that his Bolivian adventure was anything other than a fool's errand. -- Jmabel | Talk 10:06, Oct 30, 2004 (UTC)

Question

I happened to run across Alberto Fujimori and was surprised to find it protected after a total of three edits. I didn't think it customary to protect a page so quickly. Did one of the parties ask you to intervene? There's no discussion on the talk page yet, by either side. Mackensen (talk) 18:15, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Fair enough; probably a good idea actually. Thanks for the quick response. Mackensen (talk) 21:08, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Fujimori

Hello 172, I saw you "protected" the Fujimori page. Why did you protect it with the latest change, instead of with the oldest one? The paragraph in question is the LEGACY that I inserted 14:22, 29 Aug 2004. It stood untouched (except minor changes), until 02:59, 1 Nov 2004. Then, Shorne took it out, I reverted, and you protected WITHOUT IT? Wouldn't it be fair to protect something that other Wikipedians did not find as "incorrect" for more than 2 months? Why is Shorne's version, which is the shortest lived, the one to "stay" during the protection period?--AAAAA 04:17, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)

MSU copyright?

could you please put a copyright notice on Image:MGU view.jpg Mozzerati 22:55, 2004 Nov 3 (UTC)

See these six categories up for "votes of deletion":

See these six categories up for "votes of deletion":

Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion#Category:Palestinian_terrorists and Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion#Category:Palestinian_terrorist_organizations and Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion#Category:Middle_East_terrorists and Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion#Category:Terrorist_organizations and Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion#Category:Islamic_terrorist_organizations and this one too: Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion#Category:Jewish_terrorist_organizations

IZAK 10:10, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Categories

Please stop removing categories while the vote is going, PARTICULARLY, since the majority is voting Keep right now. -- Netoholic @ 15:00, 2004 Nov 5 (UTC)

Opinion for IZAK

Please see Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/IZAK/Evidence. Thank you. IZAK 07:15, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Lehi, Irgun, and other "Jewish Terrorist" groups

172,

Just because an organization may be secular, it does not contradict whether or not it is Jewish. There have been many Jews who were not religous, such as Albert Enstein, Neiztche, and others.--Josiah 21:50, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Jewish? terrorist group

There is an ambiguity caused by the fact that "Jewish" refers to both a practitioner of Judaism and a member of the Jewish ethnic group. Jayjg 02:23, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Abimael Guzman

Hello 172. I am currently involved in an edit war with Shorne, who is insisting on whitewashing a convicted terrorist: Abimael Guzman. Could you please protect the page before the user reverts again? And please correct me if I am wrong. I insist that this person is a TERRORIST, because what he did falls unto the Terrorists Category, as his group Shining Path caused the death of more than 12,000 in Peru (mostly civilians). Am I wrong because I label him and his group as terrorists? Also, the U.S. DoD considers Shining Path a terrorist group.--AAAAA 03:56, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Shining Path

How did this end up protected? I guess the previous dispute on Abimael Guzman gives me a clue. Yes, DoD considers Shining Path a terrorist group, which the relevant articles say, but per Wikipedia:Words_to_avoid#Terrorist that doesn't mean it belongs in the lead, unqualified even by who used the term.

• Why didn't you leave a signature?--AAAAA 11:56, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Re: your comments at the arbitration page

172, I understand your position, but I personally would prefer that the AC not go too far in accepting your promises of future conduct. While we may all trust you to keep them (I personally would), I think the arbitrators need to do what they can to show impartiality and fairness -- after all, we have not taken the pledges of good future conduct in the past, unless I have forgotten a case. You are right that you have in recent months respected the revert rule, but I am sure that many would protest you did so out of fear of arbitration (I don't think this is the case at all), and that letting you off without restriction is tantamount to condoning your earlier revert wars (which were, I think you will admit, massive on occasion, hugely in excess of 3 or 4 reverts a day, although these have not occurred in the last 2 months at least). 172, as I have often said, I personally accept revert parole as though it were imposed upon me. As I know you have some level of respect for me as an editor (and hopefully as a human being), I will offer you the only thing I can. If you honestly feel that being placed on revert parole is an indication of disrespect, I will add myself to the list of users so restricted. I believe the rule should be sitewide regardless of wrongdoing -- sadly, the community couldn't find a way to enforce it themselves, so that now the only way to enforce the revert rule is for people to be placed in arbitration for reversions, and then placed on revert parole. I hope that, if users you respect (like me) share your restriction, you will perhaps see that being placed on revert parole is less a "punishment" and more the simple enforcement of an existing rule that should apply to all. Furthermore, perhaps you will be willing to bear the indignity of revert parole if you recognize that, in paroling you, we will parole all those who shared in bringing the complaint against you -- I think you will admit that the site would be better served if at least one or two of them was less quick to revert and more willing to listen to reason. I have offered all I feel, in good conscience, that I can. I hope it gives you some form of peace, and that, at least, it is a demonstration of my high regard for your scholarship and your contributions here -- I would not make such an offer to many editors here. My best wishes to you, as always, Jwrosenzweig 04:47, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Image:AtlanticCharter.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:AtlanticCharter.jpg. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GFDL, or {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much, – Quadell ^{(talk) (help)}[[]] 15:36, Nov 11, 2004 (UTC)

CfD: Category:Advocacy

Please vote on Category:Advocacy. HistoryBuffEr created this category as a duplicate of Category:Activism, and fabricated a negative definition associating Advocacy with propaganda -- a definition that cannot be found in any dictionary. Then, he replaced Category:Activism with his new Category:Advocacy on Hasbara and Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. Advocacy groups are already categorized under Activism so HistoryBuffEr's new category is essentially a duplicate, and contains a false definition. --Viriditas 10:22, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Arb-Com

Hi Abe. I was going though Arb-com cases and I saw yours. Are they going to de-sysop you? Honestly I hope they don't because your a pretty good admin. Should you need my help you know where to reach me. Thanks :)--[[User:Plato|Comrade Nick @)---^--]] 14:26, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I'm very sorry if I was very annoying when you came onto to the IRC today I really didn't mean to bother you, I was just trying to help you out :)--[[User:Plato|Comrade Nick @)---^--]] 02:25, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I don't understand. I haven't been on the IRC channel-- not today not ever. I don't even know how to log on to IRC. 172 20:21, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Evidently someone was masquerading as you, with the nickname "Abe." [[User:Rdsmith4|User:Rdsmith4/sig]] 00:43, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I sent you an E-mail Abe explaining everything--[[User:Plato|Comrade Nick @)---^--]] 01:37, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I noted we are both running for the Arb-Com, may the best man win ;)--[[User:Plato|Comrade Nick @)---^--]] 03:07, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I did not get an email from you. Try sending it again to sokolov47@yahoo.com. Thanks. 172 04:09, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I sent it to you now (I made a mistake before)--[[User:Plato|Comrade Nick @)---^--]] 08:46, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Hi Again Abe. About Gustuv he sent me an e-mail last week (from a friend's computuer) that his computer had crashed, but he told me that he'll come back to wiki once he gets a new one. I sent him your e-mail address also (I hope you don't mind).--[[User:Plato|Comrade Nick @)---^--]] 10:54, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

request for comments

Hey, I'd really appreciate it if you would review and comment the discussion on Cultural and Historical Context of Jesus. Even if this field is not something you are expert in, I value your sensibilities as an historian, It is a very long discussion, I'd be glad if you would just review and comment on the section on "new messiah" and the subsequent sections/discussions, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Cultural_and_historical_background_of_Jesus#New_Messiah_paragraph Thanks, Slrubenstein 17:16, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Encyclopaedic Standards Forum

This seems like a very good idea, though I am at an immediate loss as to what those standards might and how they would be enforced, given the nature of the Wiki. I'll have to give this some thought and will be watching the forum with interest. Thanks for the alert. -- Cecropia | explains it all ® 02:48, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the update. I will take a look at the page and let you know what I think. --Viriditas 03:33, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

The idea is a good one. On the other hand, the participation of a POV warrior like IZAK is a bit disheartening. I shall watch and see, for the moment. john k 06:23, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I respect your comment on Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/IZAK/Evidence, and would like to respond, but the evidence page is not for discussion. Can you move that comment to the Talk page? -- Netoholic @ 00:01, 2004 Nov 17 (UTC)

I'd say just move your response to the Evidence Talk page, with a heading that identifies what it refers to. Since its comments, and not added evidence I think that's were it belongs. Unfortunately, IZAK's section on the main page has a lot of discussion, when it really shouldn't. -- Netoholic @ 00:10, 2004 Nov 17 (UTC)

You aren't concerned (or annoyed) that he copied your signed comments to so many user pages? In reality, this would be a minor occurrence if it weren't for his over-use of that sort of mass-posting technique, which is at the root of the arbitration. I am going to move your comments and respond there also. -- Netoholic @ 00:54, 2004 Nov 17 (UTC)

arbitration committee

i would vote for you, but i have discovered that i will only have had my user name for 85 days by the end of the election. good luck. Xtra 00:26, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Image:Visting the Lenin Mausoleum.jpg

Hi, I'm curious where you got Image:Visting the Lenin Mausoleum.jpg, and and specifically its copyright/copyleft/public domain status. (I would like to use it in a work of art, but obviously this wouldn't be possible if it's copyrighted.) Please get back to me. Thanks. -Branddobbe 03:23, Nov 17, 2004 (UTC)

Arbitration Elections

You may remember that I coordinated the previous two elections, for the board, and for the arbitration committee. I am willing to coordinate this election as well, and have asked Elian to assist. However, we would like to have the support of the candidates to do this. Do you support us coordinating the election? My policy is to be entirely neutral, and to ensure this, I will not be voting myself (I didn't vote in previous elections either). All results will be announced following the final count. Please answer on my talk page. Danny 01:00, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Thanks. Univited Company has also offered his services. I would be happy to work with him too, if that is okay with you. Danny 01:17, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)

please help

I'd appreciate your help. The Cultural and historical background of Jesus page was recently unprotected. FT2 revised it, then I revised it considerably, mostly adding information. CheeseDreams just reverted it and threatens to revert any work I do. Please compare my version to the previous one (FT2) and comment. Thanks Slrubenstein

Image:Getulio55.jpg

Thanks for uploading Image:Getulio55.jpg. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GFDL, or {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much, – Quadell ^{(talk) (help)}[[]] 05:22, Nov 20, 2004 (UTC)

Also, how about Image:FidelCastro.jpg?

Could you explain how you would handle the Shorne case?

I find your candidate statement a bit too abstract to provide insight into how you would conduct yourself.

How about the arbitration case involving Shorne? Do you agree or disagree that his actions warrant blocks or a ban?

For example, would you have blocked Shorne from editing communism-related articles for the length of the arbitration proceedings?

If the other arbitrators were discussing whether to ban him for a few months, how would you respond?

A case that is not so cut-and-dried can reveal a lot about the character of the individuals who are given authority to make decisions about such a case.

You state that you are closer to the individual contributors who actually get things done around here, so I'm curious to see if you would rule any differently than the current committee.

Since you are not on the Arbitration Committee, you can offer your opinion without affecting the fairness of those proceedings.

Thanks for running for election. I appreciate having more choices from which to choose.

Cheers,

--DV 01:03, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Thank you for your timely and informative response to my questions. --DV 04:54, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Arbitration Committee Election Get Out the Vote Effort

Hi Candidate 172,

So far in this campaign, I think your platform represents the best of bringing diversity to the viewpoints of the Arbitration Committee.

I think the best way to insure that your candidacy is successful, is to help to increase voter turnout.

One of the technical people on this site, who goes by the name Danny, helped me to make a very convenient tag that makes it super easy to place this "get out the vote" banner on your user page:

Template:ArbComElection

Please consider adding this tag to your user page, as a great many pages link to your user page.

Thanks in advance if you choose to help out. If there are any issues which prevent you from doing so, please let me know - I would be happy to make a custom version of this tag just for your page if that's what it takes for you to proudly display it.

Regards,

--DV 17:17, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Your expert opinion would be appreciated

. . . on Wikipedia:Categories for deletion#Category:National liberation movements. Thanks in advance. —No-One Jones ^(m) 04:36, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)

New feature to control campaign messages

Hi Candidate 172,

Thank you for your earlier decision to support the "get out the vote" banner. It's been a resounding success, with users adding links to it left and right!

I'm writing to you now about a longer term issue that will affect not only the December Arbitration Committee Election, but all future elections on Wikipedia.

It seems that some folks are truly put upon when it comes to campaign messages, even to the point of not wanting other users to receive such messages.

I'm really not sure what to make of Administrators who are running for election, but don't want individual contributors to receive campaign-related messages on their user talk pages - even if those users have explicitly requested to receive such messages.

I understand the desire not to politicize elections. But aren't voters wise enough to make their own decision to choose to receive campaign messages and make up their own minds?

I also respect privacy, and if users indicate they do not want campaign messages, there should be harsh sanctions for campaigners who ignore those wishes.

Please check out the proposal at Software and features, and vote to approve a new feature that allows users to control whether or not they receive campaign messages.

I'm hopeful that if users are allowed to explicitly declare their willingness to receive such messages, that others will not feel quite so offended.

If you'll support this effort, I think it will go a long ways towards increasing voter turnout in future elections.

Thanks in advance if you choose to help out.

And good luck in the December vote. Despite Jimbo's labeling of you as one, I don't think you're an "insider". :)

Cheers,

--DV 12:19, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)

P.S.: I've been impressed by the ability of the contributors on Wikipedia to find creative solutions to difficult issues, so if you have additional, creative ideas of your own, I would like to hear from you.

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Hi 172! I was just reading about a new biography of Josef Stalin and i thought about you. *Not* because possible comparisons ;) but the review is very nice and i guess you're interested in this things. Anyway, its by Robert Service and its published by MacMillan. Good luck with the election. [[User:Muriel Gottrop|muriel@pt]] 18:47, 23 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Join RWNB!

Hello!

I see from your contributions that you are interested in Russian topics. Perhaps you would like to join the new Russian wikipedians' notice board? It is a discussion forum for wikipedians interested in all things Russian. Also, each week we pick an unfinished stub article to improve through collaboration.

Russian Collaboration of the Week

Every week, a lacking Russian topic is picked to be the Russian Collaboration of the Week. The current RCOTW is Vostochny.

Notice boards and Collaborations-Of-The-Week have become increasingly popular on wikipedia reciently, with Irish, British, US and many more. There is also a score board for competing collaborations! See FAC.

Isn't it about time we got articles on Russia up to standard?

Hope to see you on RWNB!

Seabhcán 12:19, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Just had time to look at your economics metapage

Excellent work - I've been busy with original work (the Pyramid and the Sphere) and have not had time to contribute, but have book marked for future use. Stirling Newberry 04:02, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Article Licensing

Hi, I've started the Free the Rambot Articles Project which has the goals of getting users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to...

1. ...all U.S. state, county, and city articles...
2. ...all articles...

using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) version 1.0 and 2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to the GFDL (which every contribution made to Wikipedia is licensed under), but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles (See the Multi-licensing Guide for more information). Since you are among the top 1000 most active Wikipedians, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles.

Nutshell: Wikipedia articles can be shared with any other GFDL project but open/free projects using the incompatible Creative Commons Licenses (e.g. WikiTravel) can't use our stuff and we can't use theirs. It is important to us that other free projects can use our stuff. So we use their licenses too.

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the {{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}} template (or {{MultiLicensePD}} for public domain) into their user page, but there are other templates for other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

Option 1

I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:

{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}

OR

Option 2

I agree to [[Wikipedia:Multi-licensing|multi-license]] all my contributions to any [[U.S. state]], county, or city article as described below:

{{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}}

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace {{DualLicenseWithCC-BySA-Dual}} with {{MultiLicensePD}}. If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know at my talk page what you think. -- Ram-Man 21:16, Nov 29, 2004 (UTC)

A Message to my Fellow Candidate

Friend,
The Arbitration Committee elections are almost here. I humbly ask for your vote in this election cycle. I have been a user of Wikipedia for over a year. I was here before the Community Portal, categories, or <tt>{{stub}}</tt>. I know how Wikipedia operates, and I am prepared to do my part to deal with problematic accounts. I wish to cut out the bureaucracy that makes our website stagnate. We need solutions to our problems now. If you want an arbitrator who believes in action, frankness, honesty, and fairness in every case, I am your arbitrator. Thank you for your time. You are under no obligation to answer this message.

--Paid for by Mero. for ArbCom

Thanks

Thank you for supporting my bid for adminship! --Woggly 20:54, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Efraín Ríos Montt

You are requested to respond to my consensus proposal at Talk:Efraín Ríos Montt. Given your deletion of the NPOV section designation, I ask why I should consider you continuing to act on good faith. --Dhartung | Talk 12:45, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I have sent an email to your hotmail account. Danny 15:44, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Arbcom endorsements

It is my view that "disendorsements" are in general inappropriate and should be removed. The other election organizers share that view, and you've probably seen our statement at the bottom of this page in that regard. Accordingly, I believe that Fred's statement that you brought to my attention is one of many that would, ideally, never have been made in the first place; failing that, it is one of many that should be removed.

However, our remit as election organizers is to be sure that the voting itself is conducted fairly and that the votes are counted accurately. We have no special authority over the candidate statements page or the related endorsements and comments pages. Our goal is to remain neutral and avoid taking any sort of public stance regarding any candidate, so we have strived to remain uninvolved.

As a result, in regards to the appropriateness of Fred's statement in particular, I am obliged to keep my views to myself.

Very kindest regards

The Uninvited Co., Inc. 15:57, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Oder-Neisse Line

Talk Cold War:

essentially, along a line in the center of Europe that came to be called the "Oder-Neisse Line." ... 172 09:38, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)

The Oder-Neisse Line was the frontier between Poland and East Germany (GDR). The boder you mean was the River Elbe. See Battle of Berlin and The end of World War II in Europe. Philip Baird Shearer 00:10, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Sympathies

I just wanted to express my sympathy on the issue of your being compared to Holocaust deniers. I've been called a racist, a sexist, a primitive positivist, and an anti-Semite before (as well as a Jew-lover, a crazy postmodernist and hopeless relativist, and a "pinko faggot"—when one has both Jews and Muslims in one's family and one uses Foucault but also has a scientific background, people get confused!) on the basis of my opinions as an historian. But calling someone a Holocaust denier without evidence is beyond the pale, and in some countries (France, for example) could be grounds for a libel case.

BTW, ¡No pasarán! ;) —Tkinias 02:37, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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It took a lot of courage for you to run under the current political climate, 172. El_C

Herschelkrustofsky

Hi 172, I'm writing to you because I understand you were one of the editors who has expressed concern about the activity of the Lyndon LaRouche supporters on Wikipedia, in particular Herschelkrustofsky, C Colden and Weed Harper.

If you have time, would you mind taking a look at Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/Lyndon LaRouche/Proposed decision under the heading Regarding this Arbcom ruling, as it applies to the dispute between SlimVirgin and HerschelKrustofsky?

Herschelkrustofsky has initiated a query of the Arbitration Committee for clarification of their earlier ruling regarding his activities, which is at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Lyndon LaRouche/Proposed decision. I have been having trouble with Herschelkrustofksy ever since I created an article on Jeremiah Duggan, which reports criticism of LaRouche. This brought me to their attention, and them to mine. I agree that clarification of the Arbcom decision is needed, because I feel the wording of the ruling has left loopholes that the LaRouche supporters are exploiting. I have therefore written up a long response to Herschelkrustofsky's query and have requested clarification from the Committee on three specific points, as I feel this is an opportunity to put the matter to rest. I wondered whether you'd be prepared to comment on the page, because it might help if editors other than me were seen to have concerns. If you don't have the time or inclination, however, don't worry about it, as I know it's a pain in the neck. Many thanks, Slim 16:20, Dec 9, 2004 (UTC)

RFC pages on VfD

Should RFC pages be placed on VfD to be deleted? I'm considering removing Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Slrubenstein, Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Jwrosenzweig and Wikipedia:Requests for comment/John Kenney from WP:VFD. Each of them was listed by CheeseDreams. Your comments on whether I should do this would be appreciated. - Ta bu shi da yu 03:14, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Unverified images

Hi! Thanks for uploading the following image:

• mage:Inauguration.jpg

I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GNU Free Documentation License, {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know at my talk page where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much. [[User:Poccil|Peter O. (Talk, automation script)]] 03:27, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)

P.S. You can help tag other images at User:Yann/Untagged_Images. Thanks again.

Unverified images

Hi! Thanks for uploading the following image:

• Image:Inauguration.jpg

I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GNU Free Documentation License, {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know at my talk page where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much. [[User:Poccil|Peter O. (Talk, automation script)]] 03:51, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)

P.S. You can help tag other images at User:Yann/Untagged_Images. Thanks again.

Another image tag

Image:WhiteandKeynes.jpg needs an image tag and was uploaded by you. Evil Monkey → Talk 06:36, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)

help

Hey, I could really use your help. I ma running into major edit conflicts with Stirling Newberry at three articles: Postmodernism, Postmodernity, and Political economy. My changes in each article are to the introduction. I believe my versions are more accurate, NPOV, and sourced. He simply reverts anything I have done. I also find it hard to communicate with him. I know this is a lot to ask but I'd appreciate it if you could look at the edit histories from the past two days, compare my version of the intro to his, and also look at the talk pages and make any comment you feel justified. (actually, he seems to have relented somewhat in the postmodernity article) Thanks, Slrubenstein 17:35, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Unverified images

Hi! Thanks for uploading the following image:

• Image:Demonstrators_kick_Nixon's_car.jpg

I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GNU Free Documentation License, {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know at my talk page where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much. [[User:Poccil|Peter O. (Talk, automation script)]] 05:28, Dec 11, 2004 (UTC)

P.S. You can help tag other images at User:Yann/Untagged_Images. Thanks again.

These images that you uploaded are missing copyright information Image:Venezuela, Hugo Chavez survives coup.jpg, Image:Venezuela.JPG, and Image:Venezuela_2.jpg --nixie 07:49, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Image copyrights

Thanks for uploading Image:PMChirac.jpg. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GFDL, or {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much, — Edwin Stearns | Talk 16:42, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Image copyrights

Thanks for uploading Image:PMChirac.jpgand Image:Dudayev.jpg. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GFDL, or {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much, — Edwin Stearns | Talk 17:54, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Jacques Chirac's official photo

This official photo may be a copyright violation. Nowhere on the official site of the French presidency it is said that the use of their photographs was free. This particular photo was shot by Bettina Rheims and is apparently copyrighted by the Documentation Française (a government agency printing official reports).

The matter is being discussed on Talk:Jacques Chirac. I don't think that the Élysée would complain about the use of their photograph, but we have to be cautious and, if possible, use photographs for which we have clear authorizations (such as the one from Agência Brasil). David.Monniaux 10:09, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Trey Stone

While I fully understand why you banned User:Trey Stone -- his impersonation of you was clearly a violation of the rules -- I'm a bit surprised that you used your admin privileges to do this yourself with someone with whom you are obviously in a current conflict. I have been under the impression that is not acceptable. For example, while I think Pnikolov repeatedly violated policy during a dispute we had, I did not feel that I could use my admin privileges to shut him down at all, let alone indefinitely. Is there somewhere there is clearly formlated policy on this? -- Jmabel | Talk 16:51, Dec 17, 2004 (UTC)

Listen to the wiseman. J. Parker Stone 10:12, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)

And listen, I wholeheartedly apologize for all the vandalism I have caused on this uniquely objective encyclopedia. I just have a visceral reaction to lame excuses for blatant and systematic anti-U.S./Marxoid povulation. EDR 10:16, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Unverified images

Hi! Thanks for uploading the following image:

• Image:Geisel.jpg

I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use {{gfdl}} if you release it under the GNU Free Documentation License, {{PD-self}} if you wish to release your own work to the public domain, {{fairuse}} if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know at my talk page where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much. [[User:Poccil|Peter O. (Talk, automation script)]] 22:18, Dec 20, 2004 (UTC)

P.S. You can help tag other images at User:Yann/Untagged_Images. Thanks again.

Thanks

Thanks for your congratulations; I am sorry I will not get the oppurtunity to serve with you. Regarding page protection: I'm attempting to avoid page protection and user disputes because sometime in the future the Arbitration Committee may be asked to consider the case, and then I'd be forced to recuse myself. Warmest regards --[[User:Neutrality|Neutrality/^talk]] 23:06, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)

Someone around here's touchy. Dr. E 06:11, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)