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Nair

I have removed your comment from Talk:Nair because talk pages are not used to attack other editors. Please do not link to external attack websites or make unsubstantiated claims about editors. Further, an article talk page should not be used to make any claim (whether or not they are thought to be substantiated) about another editor. Use WP:DR for dispute resolution, or WP:ANI to report abuse.

Please note that "general sanctions" apply to this topic, see WP:CASTE. That means editors must be particularly careful to follow good procedures, and anyone not following such procedures may be sanctioned (blocked). Johnuniq (talk) 02:11, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

My apologies; I did not mean to attack anyone (and the site I linked to didn't seem to be an attack--not that I'd know, mind). I suppose I'll have to take it elsewhere--it seems like something that ought to be looked into... eh. But then, do I really want to get into another food fight? ekips 39 02:17, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No, you don't. Especially because you will lose. The allegation surfaces periodically, including at WP:ANI, and is quite obviously nonsense. - Sitush (talk) 02:28, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Of course the issue has been looked into. It is quite rare for general sanctions to be imposed on a topic, and that only occurs after massive disruption and investigation by numerous editors. The established editors (and particularly those named in the attack website) have been thanked for helping the encyclopedia, while the POV pushers opposing them have been blocked. An attack page is most effective if it pretends to be something else—in this case it pretends to be reporting how paid editing has occurred. However, it is made-up nonsense based on lies. Johnuniq (talk) 02:29, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I sure hope so. ekips 39 02:32, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You hope so? Sheesh. - Sitush (talk) 02:35, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

All I meant by that is that there's no way of knowing. In the absence of evidence, and considering that reviving old stuff is usually a bad idea, I'll leave the issue be. ekips 39 02:37, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Upon further review, as the blog appears to consist entirely of that one page, it's not unlikely that it is indeed a made-up story for attack purposes. I rest my case. ekips 39 02:42, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Furthermore, two minutes' research of the contribution history/user page for myself and a couple of the other named editors (who were admins) would have told you so. Then you also had the advice from IRC and the fact that this was a very serious allegation. Perhaps don't be quite so hasty to believe what you read on the web in future? You'll certainly find a lot of nonsense out there that relates to me or is allegedly by me. - Sitush (talk) 02:53, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Didn't realise the complexity of the attacks some people make. I've got a good deal to learn, clearly. Again, sorry for the trouble. ekips 39 02:59, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

IRC Nick

You should set the enforce flag to on for your irc account. Geeky and his roving band of merry idiots are trying to impersonate you to turn me against you. Just a heads-up. --DSA510 Pls No Bully 22:30, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@DungeonSiegeAddict510: Thanks; this is now done. I'm appalled that those folks are stooping so low as to impersonate someone who has cut his ties with their community, but knowing them I'm unfortunately not surprised. Hope there won't be any more trouble. ekips 39 23:42, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I think, despite me leaving like 8 times now, is the last straw. Stealing my account should have deterred me, but I'm a naive idiot. 8th time's the charm. --DSA510 Pls No RE 05:50, 20 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Seasonal Greets!

Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2015 !!!

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Why, thank you. Merry Christmas to you too! ekips 39 22:11, 19 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#Requesting input at Walter Keane

Hello, you may be interested in the discussion I opened at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#Requesting input at Walter Keane per your edits to the associated article. — kikichugirl ^speak up! 06:55, 24 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

please stop what

not into facts or something???

Wiki Bible Denounced (talk) 07:04, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Have replied on your talk page. ekips 39 07:06, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A kitten for you!

Sadily, i have to throw kittens at whoever i meet on IRC

Lor^{Ho ho ho} 09:05, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

How nice of you. I just hope the kitten's alright, since it got thrown :P ekips 39 09:07, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

In the Sea of Sterile Mountains

User:Skookum1 is insisting the article title is at the full book title however...

Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(books)#Subtitles says: "Usually, a Wikipedia article on a book (or other medium, such as a movie, TV special or video game) does not include its subtitle in the Wikipedia page name, per WP:CONCISE. The only exception to that is short article titles, for disambiguation purposes. Examples:"

Is there any reason why the full title is better? WhisperToMe (talk) 11:47, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I can't think of one. He seems to think you're displaying ownership of the article, but I don't see why that means the subtitle has to be part of the title. Poking around doesn't reveal any further reasoning about this on his part, though it does seem that Nick agrees with you. ekips 39 21:10, 28 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi

Could you please take a look at the article Karolina Olsson. I would appreciate any edits. Thanks.--BabbaQ (talk) 12:30, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Looks ok to me. Pretty interesting, too. ekips 39 12:33, 30 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Interview for The Signpost

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SG1 again

If you want to take any action against sg1, I have info you might like to know. --DSA510 Pls No RE 09:43, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If you want action taken against him, I suggest you contact his ISP or get your parents to do it. I don't want anything more to do with him. ekips 39 14:35, 12 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

A cookie for you!

Because cookies are awesome like that. — kikichugirl ^speak up! 05:04, 15 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Mm, cookies. I should probably give one to someone, but I never pay attention to what anyone is doing... ekips 39 05:44, 15 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

ORES logo

Hi,

I am curious if you had an updated version?

Thanks. :)

-- A Certain White Cat ^chi? 09:18, 15 January 2015 (UTC)

@とある白い猫: Yes, I've just uploaded the one with the broken circle (same place it was last time). Hope it's good enough and not too late. ekips 39 20:49, 15 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh it is not too late. :) Urgency is/was to give discussions time. I uploaded new version as a separate candidate. I personally like the newer version better. -- A Certain White Cat ^chi? 22:27, 18 January 2015 (UTC)

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Yeah, but there isn't a better page; it's not strictly a disambig since there's no main article about halutzim as a whole. ekips 39 14:47, 25 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promotions!

Congrats on the promotion! <¡-- insert rousing speech here --!> --DSA510 Pls No AndN 05:34, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, and of course, thanks to HJ Mitchell for thinking I'm sane enough to deserve such a thing. ekips 39 06:23, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome. I'll give reviewer out to more or less anyone with a few thousand edits and a decent track record. Hope you find it useful. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 13:06, 27 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Wow, another cookie. Who knew I would end up with all these cookies? ekips 39 02:32, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Woman

Rubbing my eyes seeing women composers changed to female composers. I just learned that female is good for animals, wrong? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:34, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So that did finally happen. Women is a noun and female is an adjective. Using female as a noun can be demeaning, but using women as an adjective is nonstandard grammar; while it's often used that way for some topics, "female composers" seems to be more common wording than "women composers", so I figured the more common phrase was better. ekips 39 22:47, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

English is not my first language, I listen, and what I heard is the above, from a woman whose first language is English and who is dealing with animals ;) - Do we have categories about male composers? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:55, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I see. (Correction to my initial reply: female is usually an adjective, but indeed, when talking about animals, referring to all human females or discussing purely biological aspects, female can be a noun.) Yes, we do, but I had to create them. ekips 39 23:04, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

New typography

Just found your css-code to opt-out from the Times New Roman headers. Thanks!!!!!!! Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 21:36, 12 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Glad you found it useful. :) ekips39 (talk) 00:30, 13 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Free advice

Disclaimer: free advice is often worth what you pay for it. That having been said, my advice is to ignore this: [1]. The editor in question has repeatedly engaged in "trollish" comments in recent RfAs, but has managed to avoid making comments that are personal attacks or are otherwise overt violations of RfA or talk guidelines. By engaging in RfA discussion with him, you only give him a greater opportunity to repeat/reiterate his fringe-ish points. If everyone ignores him, it defeats his purpose. Cheers, and thanks. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 17:58, 18 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I was trying to engage him in reasoned debate because I thought he had points that at least he considered legitimate, but fair enough; I don't think my efforts would amount to anything anyway. (Also, that diff is of my own comment.) ekips39 (talk) 19:37, 18 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm a big fan of reasoned debate, but it's only a worthwhile endeavor when both parties engage in a good faith exchange of ideas. In this particular case, I think you can safely save your breath. As much as I would like to tee off on some RfA participants who are clearly out of line, it only gives them an excuse to keep talking if they can keep their comments on the right side of NPA. (And, no, sir, I was not suggesting your linked comment was off-key in any way -- just providing a short-hand link to the thread.) Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 20:12, 18 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Good faith and bad reasoning aren't mutually exclusive, you know. Good faith exchanges of ideas can take place in which both parties talk past each other the entire time. I still think that's what went on here, though it does seem to verge on "I don't like the process, so I'll oppose the candidate". ekips39 (talk) 01:25, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

True, true and true, Ekips, but I think your last sentence accurately summarizes this situation. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 01:55, 19 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!

Thanks for feedback, image size fixed, my bad.