User talk:Raul654

For your tireless work in making Wikipedia better, for keeping Template:Feature up-to-date, for doing the grunt work of cleaning up Wikipedia:Featured article candidates, for mediating in disputes, for adding lots of really nice pictures, and for still finding the time to work on articles! In a few months you've already become a highly valued member of the community. Stay with us and don't burn out, please. --Eloquence Apr 10, 2004

• Archive 1: August 2003 - November 2003
• Archive 2: December 2003 - March 2004
• Archive 3: April 2004 - July 2004
• Archive 4: August 2004 - November 2004
• Archive 5: December 2004 - March 2005
• Archive 6: April 2005 - July 2005
• Archive 7: August 2005 - November 2005
• Archive 8: December 2005 - March 2006
• Archive 9: April 2006 - July 2006
• Archive 10: August 2006 - November 2006
• Archive 11: December 2006 - February 2007
• Archive 12: March 2007 - May 2007
• Archive 13: June 2007 - August 2007
• Archive 14: September 2007 - December 2007
• Archive 15: January 2008 - March 2008

My gratitude

Thanks so much for continuing to allow all types of Featured Articles on the main page, I and others who work on video game related topics feel the same. You exhibit no bias against any topic, and allow anything that meets the criteria, including cuddly Knut, which I was happy to see grow from uncertain GA to an FA, to get on the main page. One of these days, you'll do something great once again, and I'll give you a second barnstar :) (I gave you one a year or two ago for something...)Judgesurreal777 (talk) 17:31, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Re: Automating the daily FA

Awesome, thanks :)

The wikiquote section broke down a couple days ago, so I've been doing that by hand. Everything else is fully automated, but I had to make a number of changes to the script.

I will send you the script after I make the necessary changes (should be soon), but I still think the emails should only be sent automatically and be approved manually.

Changes in the pages that the script fetches from do not happen infrequently, so it isn't rare that I have to manually delete a few characters of garbage or make a modification to the script.

-Frazzydee|✍ 03:56, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Advice requested re Featured Article blurb

Mark, I'm planning to request that Battlefield Earth (film) be featured on the Main Page on May 12th, the 8th anniversary of its premiere. I've produced an intro blurb for the MP (see Talk:Battlefield Earth (film)#Featured Article date and summary text) - are you OK with me doing that or do you prefer to write your own? -- ChrisO (talk) 22:21, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

For the most part, I don't use the suggested blurbs at all unless I'm having great difficulty summarizing the article (which is a very bad sign) or I'm in a hurry. Raul654 (talk) 22:52, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Interview of sorts

I'm working on a paper for Wikimania about online collaborative writing and I was wondering if I could interview you over email. Your comments during the Not The Wikipedia Weekly Skpecast intrigued me! Awadewit | talk 02:59, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free media (Image:Raising of the flag - colored.jpg)

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Ping

If you have some time, could you put on your Bureaucrat hat and wade on over to the Riana RfB discussion over on WP:BN. Maybe you can talk some sense into the other crats. Cheers, ➪HiDrNick! 19:17, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

DC Meetup on May 17th

Your help is needed in planning Wikipedia:Meetup/DC 4! Any comments or suggestions you have are greatly appreciated. The Placebo Effect (talk) 20:24, 8 March 2008 (UTC)

#wikipedia

I was just banned from the channel by Krimpet for 72 hours. I am very unhappy about it. These random bans are annoying. -- Cat ^chi? 06:06, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps I should be an op in the channel that way people would not just ban me on first sight. -- Cat ^chi? 06:23, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

I am quite frustrated, yes. -- Cat ^chi? 06:23, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

I am waiting for a response. -- Cat ^chi? 13:44, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

I kickbanned White_Cat for some very aggressive and disruptive nationalist trolling that just doesn't belong in #wikipedia, that he persisted despite being repeatedly warned. :/ If you have any concerns, I will gladly furnish my private logs of this incident. krimpet✽ 15:29, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

The Last Mimsy

I've replied to the thread at Signpost. The Transhumanist    19:26, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

IRC ping

Hello Raul, I know you're probably quite busy, but I would appreciate you dropping me a line on IRC whenever you get a chance in regards to a recent block/checkuser incident. Thank you very much! GlassCobra 22:46, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

I looked for you just now but did not see you. Raul654 (talk) 22:32, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

90.200.0.0/16 block

block link

We have had an OTRS complaint about this block and I was wondering if you could let me know what lead to this block, and if it was truly necessary to block a /16 for a whole year. Thanks, - TheDaveRoss (talk) 03:59, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, it was necessary - see Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Tile join. That range has been used extensively by Tile join. Raul654 (talk) 06:28, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

It was absolutely not necessary. The end does not justify the means. Blocking an entire /16 for an entire year is blatant overkill. Kurt Weber (Go Colts!) 07:00, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

I'll tell you what, Kurt - since you seem to know so much more than anyone else, why don't you take care of the problem? I have plenty on my plate, so I'd be happy to hand the job off to someone else. So - every time a new Tile join sock pops up, you block it. And then you track him back, find the latest half-dozen or more sockpuppets he's registered and holding in reserve, and block those too. Then go to all their talk pages and tag them, and the IPs they've used as well. Of course, to do this you'll need to request adminship and checkuser access, but given your track record around here you should have no trouble getting them. Now, when can you get started? Raul654 (talk) 07:21, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Okay

I'll keep it up to standard. ZeaLitY [ DREAM - REFLECT ] 17:31, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

My IP is banned!

Normally I can't be bothered to log in, and do so anonymously, but today I couldn't do that! I was banne because of "Range used by Tile/Eir Witt". I have no idea who that is, but I know that my subscription resets about once a month, so some other git on my Sky Broadband provider might have been talking bollocks, but I'm the owner of this IP now! —Preceding unsigned comment added by MeteoriK (talk • contribs) 22:24, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Image:Nightfall cover.jpg

Hello. The image Image:Nightfall cover.jpg, has been identified as one of those that lacks fair use rationale. Since you uploaded it, perhaps you could fill one in?

Thanks, Beast of traal T C _ 01:46, 11 March 2008 (UTC)Beast of traal

TFA Requests

Just a heads-up. We have done some refinement on your proposal as seen in the talk page and I have been updating a sandbox implementation that parallels the current request page with modifications to your original proposal based on the discussions. The discussion may continue (hopefully people will vote on it), but I guess it is up to you whether you think it is good enough or there is a consensus to implement. --RelHistBuff (talk) 23:00, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

First things first, I've tweaked the point values there. I don't really see a distinction between being underrepresented in the FA pool and underrepresented on the main page. I've also added back the one point for an notable/important (but not necessarily core) topic. Admittedly, for the moment, this is subjective and a better measure is necessary. My rule-of-thumb is that if it's something 5th grader has heard of it, that makes it notable. Raul654 (talk) 23:05, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Raul, I haven't been following this proposal; is it almost baked? If so, do you want to slot it in to the March 24 Dispatch? SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:36, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Humoresque

Hey Raul, I downloaded most of the Pandora music collection a couple of weeks ago and have been listening to some of the recordings. I found a recording (in the "vorbis/contrib/Goldstein_string_duo/1string" branch) of Dvorak's Humoresque (note that the linked article is about Humoresques in general) which I would love to add to the article.

Anyways, I was under the impression that the Pandora collection had been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, but I can't find it on Wikimedia Commons. So my question is, has the Pandora collection been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons? If so, could you advise me as to where to find this particular recording? If not so, could you advise me as to how (or if) I can help? Thanks, Iamunknown 05:45, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, much of the Pandora collection is on Wikipedia, however, that one does not appear to be. My best guess is that it was omitted from the upload for lack of identifying information in the file name or id3 tag. If you want to help, head on over to Wikipedia:WikiProject Free music (which I started because I was tired of doing it more-or-less all by myself). The tools to do the conversion and upload are listed there, and if you ask questions on the talk page I and others would be glad to help you. Raul654 (talk) 22:55, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction event

I'm not sure if you intentionally added full protection to this article or not, but I've reduced it to just move protection since you've also scheduled it for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 13, 2008. - auburnpilot talk 14:42, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Oops - I meant to protect the template, not the article. Raul654 (talk) 17:45, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Quick question. I'm just curious about the process to decide which article gets featured on the Main page.OrangeMarlin ^{Talk• Contributions} 23:01, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Magic 8-ball. Tea-leaves or chicken entrails if on short notice. Raul654 (talk) 23:02, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Quick answer for a not-quick question :-)) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:03, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Last time I ask a serious question round these parts!!! But it does confirm my suspicion about the use of Chicken entrails. LOL. OrangeMarlin ^{Talk• Contributions} 23:13, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

NIPCC

I made a comment at that page about the protection you put on it..DGG (talk) 16:03, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

TFA nudge

Hey, Raul. Just another gentle nudge toward making Sir Gawain and the Green Knight TFA for St. Patrick's Day (March 17). DYK has a little something special brewing [1], and it might be neat if we could get a green/irish theme going on the main page. Wrad (talk) 18:09, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

User:Unflappable

Just a feeling, but knowing your familiarity with Raspor, you might want to glance over their contributions. Tim Vickers (talk) 20:09, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

If I may interject here. I think this is a sock of User:Kdbuffalo. I'm trying to find which sock of his also edited cycling articles, which Unflappable has done. IMHO. OrangeMarlin ^{Talk• Contributions} 23:00, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

The first edit certainly shows an expert editor, they are certainly a sock, but I'm not sure of which user. Tim Vickers (talk) 23:18, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

The checkuser evidence doesn't show anything untoward. I don't remember seeing these IPs come up before. He could well be a legit user. Raul654 (talk) 23:28, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh crap. Now I may have to try to explain the basics of evolution to them. Tim Vickers (talk) 23:34, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

I quit watching Evolution because it was causing me to drink too much. Of course, an article that I helped get to FA is now on the Main page, and the Creationists are there in force. Sigh. OrangeMarlin ^{Talk• Contributions} 04:53, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

You're supposed to close your eyes and drink heavily during main page day; all will be fine in 24 hours :-) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 04:54, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

I bet I saw over 100 reverts of the article over the past 24 hours. And then there's the edits where it's a whole bunch in a row, and you don't revert far enough back, or you revert back to the wrong version. I'm now going to drink. You do realize you helped out a lot with me in getting the article to FAC. But you do this so often, I guess you're kind of bored of it all.  :) OrangeMarlin ^{Talk• Contributions} 22:35, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

(Abusing of Raul's talk page) ... last time I tried to help a friend on mainpage day, I ended up taking a two-week break from Wiki after someone in Puerto Rico screamed at me over a singular/plural question in Spanish ... literally, one "s" ... when I realized I was really bothered about being screamed out over an "s", I knew that 1) it was time for a break, and 2) mainpage was not for me. Go forth and drink. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 22:38, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh, of course, I gave up editing evolution vs. creation articles (one of which I got into a battle with you, that I hope you've forgiven me for) because of the stress. I'm definitely going to drink in 75 minutes. :D OrangeMarlin ^{Talk• Contributions} 22:43, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Glitter girl again

Hey, Raul, I don't know if you're aware of Glitter Girl, since Binguyen has been dealing with this. She's back: I left him a note here. Not as troubling as the rest of what you deal with, but takes my time ... thought I'd keep you posted. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 04:41, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

I'll leave this one to Blnguyen Raul654 (talk) 22:33, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Chelsea not selcted

Just wondering why? Buc (talk) 07:03, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Lir

I'd like to make an observation that someone who writes a "Laws of Wikipedia" essay may need to be a bit more careful with the ability to ban ;O) Laws are good, but we are just producing a reference work here human beings are not yet the faultless beings, and find it hard enough to live with the real world laws to be heaped with more of them in the process of editing reference articles.

As someone interested in military history of 20th century you may appreciate Lir's motivation in contributing to articles on the Second World War as a professional student in the discipline, and his hostility doing so while having to be constantly on defensive in expectation of being banned. Can we just stop this years-old charade and let the guy start editing and see how that works out under my mentorship?--mrg3105 (comms) ♠♥♦♣ 07:58, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Since Lir's escapades predate you, you really don't know the profound damage he's caused. He's quite possibly the single most disruptive user in Wikipedia history; he was the reason we wrote the tendentious editing policy in the first place. He was in large part responsible for the creation of the checkuser feature. He drove away numerous good editors. The "charade" you refer to is the well-earned reputation as a troll he has earned. No, he's not going to be given yet another chance, seeing as how he's already been banned twice by Jimbo, once by the arbcom, and twice by the community. (Notably, he reset his arbcom ban 30-odd times). It's clear he has nothing to offer Wikipedia but more grief. Raul654 (talk) 20:21, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Oxygen TFA image

File:Liquid Oxygen.gif

Hi Raul, I think this free image of liquid oxygen (O₂) and the gas above it would be better for the Main Page than the image of ozone stuctures currently chosen for tomorrow's TFA. First off it actually shows the element (in two of its states and in its most common allotrope). Second, the pale blue color of liquid oxygen is pretty cool and due to its electonic structure, plus you can even see bubbles of the gas, plus the gas above it. Ozone (O₃) is important, but relatively rare. Hope this helps, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 11:22, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

If we apply your reasoning behind User:Raul654/archive12#Image with Featured Article on main page, 14/3/2007 to the oxygen article, isn't Image:Electron shell 008 Oxygen.svg a more appropriate image? I mean, without reading a caption, that blue liquid could be anything, whereas the diagram instantly conveys the FA topic. Regards, howcheng {chat} 16:31, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Very true, but I strongly prefer real-life pictures to diagrams and maps. Real-life pictures tend to be more interesting and attract more attention. I didn't use the oxygen pic originally because the caption was unclear -- I thought the oxygen in the picture was the gas above the liquid, not the liquid itself. Raul654 (talk) 18:06, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

FYI - Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Wakedream

Hi Raul, Thatcher responded to a request on WP:AE for a different suspected problem, and when reviewing it requested that I open Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Wakedream and specifically ping you about the depth of the problem, to ask you to review is behind the curtain on Wakedream (talk⁺ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log · CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki). Thanks. Lawrence § t/e 15:28, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

Hyphens again

Would you mind adding a hyphen to "14th-century" for the teaser on this date? It is a compound adjective. Thanks. (I'm thinking of running for admin just to add hyphens to the main page.) Awadewit | talk 02:11, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Done. Raul654 (talk) 22:21, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Dr.Jhingaadey

122.167.21.159 (talk · contribs) is an admitted sockpuppet. He's tendentious. He's annoying. He's a SPA at Homeopathy. Can you block this anonymous twit? OrangeMarlin ^{Talk• Contributions} 04:37, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

East718 already got him. If he comes back, drop a note on the ANI or (if that doesn't work) here. Raul654 (talk) 22:36, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Delete My Account

Hello there! I'd really appreciate it if you could delete my account here on Wikipedia. I do not need an account to edit the pages I want to edit. Thanks a lot! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Neilmodi (talk • contribs) 21:05, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, but it is not possible to delete an account. If you don't want to use it, simply log out. Raul654 (talk) 22:37, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Oxygen overlinking

Ok, I'm confused. The instructions for creating a good wikipedia article are pretty clear that forgodsake you shouldn't overlink. But then I look at todays featured article and see that like EVERY OTHER WORD is blue. :-)

So, what is the official word ... are lots of links Good or Bad? Thanks. Ploversegg (talk) 23:00, 14 March 2008 (UTC)ploversegg

You should not link generic words like this. On the other hand, Oxygen's lead paragraph says:

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Oxygen is the element with atomic number 8 and represented by the symbol O. It is a member of the chalcogen group on the periodic table, and is a highly reactive nonmetallic period 2 element that readily forms compounds (notably oxides) with almost all other elements. At standard temperature and pressure two atoms of the element bind to form dioxygen, a colorless, odorless, tasteless diatomic gas with the formula O
₂. Oxygen is the third most abundant element in the universe by mass after hydrogen and helium and the most abundant element by mass in the Earth's crust. Oxygen constitutes 88.8% of the mass of water and 20.9% of the volume of air.

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Yes, there are a lot of links there, but none of those links are generic and all of them are reasonably related to the topic of the article. In other words, no overlinking here. Raul654 (talk) 22:40, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! I'm just trying to learn the rules of the road. Ploversegg (talk) 01:19, 17 March 2008 (UTC)ploversegg

Halbut returb

Nothing inspires trust like the Sword and the Shield...

User:CreepyCrawly == User:Spamsham == User:Obedium? Raymond Arritt (talk) 02:07, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

None of the above. Why are you inquiring into my identity? What have I done to warrant it? I've made good faith edits to an article you anjoy dominating, but that's no justification for pulling up my IP, which is only to be done in cases of vandalism. The talk page for my edits backs them up quite nicely. They are rational and logically supported. Now please stop stalking me. It's creepy. CreepyCrawly (talk) 02:27, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Someone sure opened the drawer - sock or meat. It's good we have User:Sword and Shield to protect us from them... --Stephan Schulz (talk) 09:01, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

I've blocked them all. There's no IP evidence linking them, but I have reason to suspect this is because Scibaby is now using anonymous proxies. Raul654 (talk) 22:20, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Makes sense. That's why he was so brazen about insisting that there would be no evidence to connect the accounts. Thanks for the check. Raymond Arritt (talk) 22:25, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

See also: Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Wakedream Raul654 (talk) 22:35, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Heres another one for ya', Grecian Formula (talk · contribs), same M.O., and approximately the same reverts. Persistent chap ain't he? --Kim D. Petersen (talk) 14:01, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Yep, see [2] and compare with the history.... --Stephan Schulz (talk) 18:43, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

And yet another one, Kinderhaus (talk · contribs), much the same reverts, i'll guess we'll have certainty in a couple of hours. --Kim D. Petersen (talk) 15:26, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Never gets tired it seems, Macedonian King (talk · contribs), another with the same pattern of deletions. --Kim D. Petersen (talk) 02:22, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Next! ;-) Wavie Gravy (talk · contribs) - damn. --Kim D. Petersen (talk) 07:38, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

It might not help but I wonder if semiprotect should stop editors with less than say ten edits rather than based on account age. --BozMo talk 07:47, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

March 15

No one requested the "Trapped in the Closet" today, at least as far as I can tell so I'm just wondering whether you were aware there is some sort of protest on scientology today (and it was Hubbard's birthday 2 days ago). It doesn't matter a great deal but since we have people commenting on it on the main page, it will be helpful to know it it was really just a coincidence Nil Einne (talk) 14:33, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, it was requested for that date. Raul654 (talk) 22:41, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Paleolithic-style diet

Hi, I noticed that you selected this article to appear on the main page on March 20th. Did you chose that date for a specific reason, or was it randomly selected? Anyways thanks! --Phenylalanine (talk) 15:18, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

There was no specific reason I choose it for that date other than the fact that it's been quite a while since we had a food-related FA on the main page. Raul654 (talk) 22:42, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Featured articles

Hello. Can you help me with this question? Thanks, Slade (TheJoker) 15:42, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Slade also asked this on my talk page; I'll get on it today (probably Gimmetrow has the answer). SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:45, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Replied there. Raul654 (talk) 22:45, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Hogg image heads up

In case you can help move anything along, here and here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 16:44, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Raul, just to keep you in the loop, and since I don't speak images, I hope this is good. The Fat Man and Elcobbola are working on it.[3] SandyGeorgia (Talk) 22:24, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Storm botnet

Wow, thank you for front paging it! Was there any discussion that I missed, or all you? I just logged on after hours away and realized it was up. :) Lawrence § t/e 04:55, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

No, there was no discussion. It ended up on the main page because I wanted it there. Raul654 (talk) 22:01, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, thank you! I'm glad you liked it. :) Lawrence § t/e 22:29, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Unblock request

Can you please have a look at User talk:CreepyCrawly, who is contesting your block? Thanks! -- lucasbfr ^talk 15:39, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Replied there. Raul654 (talk) 22:00, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

TFA Request

Can I request Barthélemy Boganda for the Main Page on March 29 (DOD) or April 4 (DOB)? The TFA blurb is located at User:Nishkid64/Boganda. Thakns, Nishkid64 _{(Make articles, not love)} 17:21, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Another one bites the dust

Thanks [4] William M. Connolley (talk) 22:22, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Rule 13, or, Why the silent revert?

Raul,

Last night, I attempted to start a discussion over in the [very controversial] global warming section. Specifically, I was looking at the List of scientists opposing the mainstream scientific assessment of global warming. In my opinion, the entire global warming section, including that article are written from the "the IPCC and Al Gore are right, everybody else is dumb" POV. (the contents of the talk page make it clear that this is the prevailing POV among editors) I'm not going to rehash the entire thing on your talk page, but I wanted to ask you a question. Why did you simply revert my edits silently? Is the point of the global warming section really to push one POV? If so, it's sad, because Wikipedia is supposed to be an encyclopedia, and not a politician's talking points. If not, then why not have the discussion? If you believe that there is no reasonable way to read the section and feel a clear POV, then why not try to convince me?

I'm not even saying, convince me that your POV is right. I'm asking you to convince me that the article is NPOV. Or, if you can't, because the POV is as loud and clear as I claim, then why revert?

(I didn't undo your revert. There are more of you than there are of me, you are more militant, and I have no desire to waste my life in a game of revert-war. There are real problems to solve in the world, and the fact that Wikipedia is degrading from encyclopedia of knowledge to a collection of talking points illustrating the majority viewpoint is really not one of them.)

70.187.186.43 (talk) 23:50, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

I don't want to put too fine a point on this, but I reverted because you are trying to edit on a subject of which you are clearly ignorant. Your comment there, claiming that the IPCC is the work of politicians and wondering why nobody dissents, shows this abundantly. The IPCC is almost entirely the product of the work of roughly two thousand climatologists, either as authors or reviewers. The IPCC report is a summary of work that is already published in peer-reviewed journals. Political haggling over final approval of the report, such as it exists, comes at the very end of the process after the report is effectively finalized. Moreover, the approval process means that these reports tend to understate rather than overstate the problem. That is, by the way, why no legitimate scientific body dissents -- because what the IPCC says is both extremely conservative (to the detriment of efforts of those trying to mitigate the problem) and supported by a vast, vast body of already-peer-reviewed evidence.

Moreover, you are not the first person ignorant of this subject to waltz into the global warming articles and demand changes to fit your world-view. It happens often. And to be frank, it's not our job to educate (or try to educate) every drive-by POV pusher who shows up. Our job is to write an encyclopedia. Raul654 (talk) 02:11, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

TFA March 19-20

Both TFAs for March 19 (Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico) and March 20 (Paleolithic-style diet) have to do with nutrition. Is it possible to swap one of these and replace it with something not so related? I'm only asking because people sometimes complain about repetitiveness on TFA. Nishkid64 _{(Make articles, not love)} 17:51, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

thanks for being part of Wikipedia:NotTheWikipediaWeekly

all the files are now online - and thanks again for coming along for a chat... whether you were vocal, or more of a listener, your support is fantastic - and do consider hosting a skypecast of your own before too long! (I think I pressed all of three buttons this time!) - once again thanks, and I look forward to seeing you around! cheers, Privatemusings (talk) 03:18, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

FA

I was wondering how you choose what featured articles will be featured next, and whether there's a pattern. Curious because there's one that I helped fix up, so I'm interested in seeing it on the main page. :) Cheers, Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 06:02, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Please unblock User:CreepyCrawly

Hello Raul654. On March 15 you blocked CreepyCrawly (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) as a "probable Scibaby sockpuppet." CreepyCrawly has gone to great lengths to show that he is innocent, and after a careful investigation, I believe him 100%.

Please read all of the evidence at User talk:CreepyCrawly#Outside opinion from Shalom. After you read it and double-check for yourself, please unblock CreepyCrawly, and state in the unblock summary that he is not a sockpuppet of anybody.

When checkuser evidence is ambiguous, as it is here, you need solid proof to justify an indefinite block. As you will see, there is solid proof that CreepyCrawly is not a sockpuppet of Scibaby. If this is truly the encyclopedia that "anyone can edit," CreepyCrawly must be allowed to edit. I do not want to start a discussion on the administrators' noticeboard, but I am prepared to do that if you continue to insist on banning this innocent new user.

Best regards, Shalom (Hello • Peace) 13:48, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Allowing for the sake of argument that it might be possible CreepyCrawly isn't Scibaby, the stylistic similarities to several other accounts are too close to be coincidental. So we're still left with an abusive sockpuppeter. Note also that your point "he almost never discusses anything on talk pages" is incorrect; some of Scibaby's longer-lived socks engaged in extensive talk page discussions. The demands for "fawning public apologies posted on my user page" and that "every admin who spoke out against me, who is also a regular editor of the GW article, publicly admit that they were motivated purely by a sense of ownership of that article" don't help convince us that this is a stellar editor in the making. Raymond Arritt (talk) 14:44, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

The "sock puppet" goes to Wikipedia Review and talks about being banned Nice work! Eric Barbour (talk) 18:39, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

On the one side, we have his claims that he's not a sockpuppet. And on the other side, we have a mountain of evidence to the contrary. I don't buy it. Raul654 (talk) 19:01, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Rename

Hello, can you rename me to Texcarson? I have been renamed on the spanish wikipedia and commons so far. Thanks in advance. — Raffaello9 (talk) 18:37, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Replaceable fair use Image:Penis fencing insemination.jpg

Replaceable fair use

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Administrator's noticeboard

See here. Sarcasticidealist (talk) 02:02, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

AN/I Thread

There's an An/I Thread that Shalom (talk · contribs) has requested you know about. -Jéské ^{(v^_^v Detarder)} 02:03, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

User talk:CreepyCrawly

Could you look at the unblock request here? I was inclined to grant it but wanted to check with you first. Mangojuice^talk 12:52, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Cannibal Holocaust

In early February, you told me to contact you in about a month about featuring Cannibal Holocaust on the main page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Helltopay27#Cannibal_Holocaust_main_page_FA). It is currently in a featured article review, but it doesn't appear that it will move on to a featured article removal candidate. Since the review is almost over, and the fact that I'm impatient, I've decided after almost two months to finally consult you about this.

My official date request is April 22, as it's the only remotely relevant date I can find (it's the original release date of the film in France, whose audiences propagated the snuff film rumors). When the FAR is officially over, I'm hoping you'll add the article to the main page queue. Helltopay27 (talk) 17:20, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Another GW sock?

I've blocked User:Cuspid Groove as another probable sock based on contributions. If you could offer your opinion, I'd be grateful William M. Connolley (talk) 09:48, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

User:Taiketsu

Hey, regarding my 1-month block of Taiketsu (talk · contribs), I was just in a lenient mood. I agree that an indef block would be justifiable under the circumstances. If you'd like to lengthen/amend it to indefinite, that would be fine with me. MastCell ^Talk 22:26, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Scibaby

While trying to edit from my Sprint cell phone, I neglected to login, only to find my IP blocked due to abuse by Scibaby. While this isn't a problem, as I only edit using my registered account, I couldn't help but note the irony of the situation: I was blocked last year for reverting Scibaby on James Hansen. I'm curious what this range block entails, though. Is every unregistered Sprint customer blocked from editing Wikipedia due to his sockpuppetry? —Viriditas | Talk 03:35, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

FAC instructions

... changed based on a discussion at Village Pump, that was never raised at FAC.[5] I reverted, need your input. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:49, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

grrrr ... I hate split discussions. [6] SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:05, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Oh, for gosh sakes; blocked user. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:51, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Tel Aviv FAC

Hi. Following my nomination of the Tel Aviv article as FA, there were a number of comments. I believe I have addressed all of these although there havent been further responses from most of the users who wrote these. I have now posted a message on their talk pages so that they can decide whether I have fixed their issues although if they still dont respond - the issues are still visible on the FAC page without the person who had the issue saying its fixed. Is there anything I should do or will it not interfere to much with the success of the nomination? Thanks. Flymeoutofhere (talk) 20:06, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

Arbitration request

Please take a look at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration#Lir. Thanks. --Editorofthewiki 01:30, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Mar 24 Dispatch

• WP:FCDW/March 24, 2008 SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:06, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Looks good. Raul654 (talk) 03:09, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks to Tony, Gimme, and Kirill :-) SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:11, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:NotTheWikipediaWeekly

Thanks for your interest in coming and being a part of a conversation! - I'm going to host a chit chat at 00.00 UTC March 26th (which is probably tomorrow for most - it's 8.00pm east coast US) - it'd be great if you can come along, and I've created a new 'confirmed' participants section at the wiki page, which it would be great if you could pop over and sign, if you are indeed available! - I hope so, and I look forward to chatting tomorrow! best, Privatemusings (talk) 02:12, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Tile join as usual

Wikipedia:Requests_for_checkuser/IP_check#More_Tile_join_socks, Tim Vickers (talk) 04:17, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

It's very late and I'm about to go to bed - will deal with this tomorrow or the day after. Raul654 (talk) 07:23, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

It was a mix of older, ripened accounts and recent ones. I didn't see any that weren't blocked, so the only thing left to do was to thwack the underlying IPs. Raul654 (talk) 00:08, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

FAR closing

I am seriously troubled by the improper closing of the History of erotic depictions FAR. First, midway through the process the closer admitted that FAR was not the place to solve the issues complained about. At that point, the FAR should have been thrown out, but was left to continue. In the second part, the closer ended it early, giving me no chance to respond to his allegation on unverifiablity of the main source and stated that he had de-featured the article because the main source wasn't verifiable. Throughout the FAR, neither of the complaintants mentioned that that source wasn't reliable, merely complained that they did not like the format of the citation. Hence, the myriad of evidence that this source is indeed allowable, (including where the same source was used as a source in an article for a *peer reviewed journal*) was not entered into the FAR.

There was no consensus to de-feature the article, and the closer stated that his decision was based mainly on the un-verifiablity of the source. In an attempt to get a third party opinion, I posted the source and all the evidence for it on the Verifiability noticeboard and all the comment there has agreed, that the source is allowable. Thus the closer's closing the FAR early and main reason for de-featuring are seriously in error, and I'm asking that the FAR be restarted or voided. His only other reason for de-featuring mentioned, lead too short, was not brought up until the final part, and again, due to his early closing it down, I was not able to address it in time.

Now, I realize that everyone in FAR and FAC does lots of hard work and I understand that its a hard job with little support. However this does not make them infallible. The basic premise that the decision was made on (the main source is not verifiable) is in error, has been proved to be in error, and has third party confirmation of that error. I am seriously disturbed by the closer's refusal to admit to this error, and the response I've gotten so far, which is basically, too bad, what I say goes. I don't think that the closers make many errors, but this one was blatant and obvious and needs to be fixed. FAR closers are not the ultimate authority or whether a source is verifiable or not, and by taking on that role, a serious error was committed.

"This is so massive and disputatious, I'm not sure what to do with it. This may not be something FAR can handle. Marskell (talk) 18:41, 10 February 2008 (UTC)"

"Closing: This is a difficult, split review. While there are a number of arguments, the clearest is in favour of remove: This does not meet policy. It's not even debatable. Adult film directors do not have a "reputation for fact-checking and accuracy." If it were two cites, maybe we could overlook it—but there are twenty-two cites to this DVD. It's a foundational source for the article and it is clearly not reliable.

Normally, I would leave this open longer to allow citation debates to run through (and this has been open quite a while) but there has been resistance and reverting, which doesn't seem to be productive in terms of meeting citation policy. There has been no effort to get rid of this obviously unsuitable source, for instance. Basic things, such as a LEAD that properly describes the article, are not met. I'm removing. Some form of WP:DR may be the best place to take this article. Marskell (talk) 21:53, 2 March 2008 (UTC) "

As you can see, he clearly states *twice* that FAR may not be the best place for the issues raised, and erroneously states that the documentary was made by adult film directors. (It was not, it was made by a group with a reputation for producing high quality documentaries) You can see that he has made up his mind so fiercely against the source that he isn't even willing to consider the possibility he is wrong. This was later proved in discussion with him on his talk page. The evidence and discussion of the documentary's reliability can be found here. If a peer reviewed journal accepted this as a source, and other peer reviewed journals have praised its worthiness, and indeed one can see the entire list of academics and authors interviewed here, to say that the source isn't good enough for Wikipedia is ludicrous.

I'm guessing that your instinct is going to be to support your deputies no matter what decision they make but please consider this seriously. I've now been told that I need to meet the closer's concerns to have a chance in re-submitting this to FAC. However, the closer's concerns are fundamentally flawed, so that requirement is tantamount to making ever getting this featured again through FAC impossible. The early closing, erroneous basic assumptions, and notation of that fact that this may not even be suited to FAR in the first place made the closing improper and unfair. Please consider fixing this. pschemp | talk 07:14, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

(As above) It's very late and I'm about to go to bed - will deal with this tomorrow or the day after. Raul654 (talk) 07:23, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Also on Marskell's talk page and mine. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:10, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

There's four threads open on this and I don't know where to reply. (I actually don't want to because I'm finding pschemp so aggressive.) I'm not fiercely opposed to admitting that the documentary is a serious one. I said as much on pschemp's talk page. But the attendant issues are not flawed: even if a quality documentary, there is not sufficient publisher information provided to the reader and the article over relies on it; the lead needs work; the other source discussed, Libido magazine, is clearly dubious. So I don't think it unfair to ask that some work be done and it go back to FAC. Marskell (talk) 19:30, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Concur. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:32, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Scibaby rangeblock problem

Hey, could you investigate this: User talk:Jsheinz1234. He claims to be caught innocently by the rangeblock, but he's hardly a regular user (check his contribs history). Maybe a Scibaby sleeper account? I am not familiar enough with the Scibaby case to know how to deal with it. Perhaps you could? --Jayron32.talk.contribs 14:50, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Edit pattern looks innocent to me (especially when he started these other topic edits). --BozMo talk 16:59, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Other than the fact that he uses the same /18 as Scibaby, I don't see anything in checkuser to suggest he's a scibaby sock. His range is anon blocked, but given that he has an account, this should not affect him. Tell him to log in if he wants to edit and he should be unaffected. Raul654 (talk) 23:50, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Obama FAR

Wikipedia:Featured article review/Barack Obama is probably going to be a recurring stability discussion between now and November. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 17:30, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Single User Login

Heard your comments on NTWW. Just an FYI, you need to unify your accounts via Special:Preferences, before logging into other accounts :) Check out WP:SUL for more information. On a related note, do you have any idea at which time, and on which date, the next podcast will fall? I'm not sure if you're contributing to this episode, but I figured you might no :) Cheers, Anthøny 21:00, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

I noticed that a few hours after the talk. I've unified my accounts (vandals apparently used this nick to vandalize on 3 wikis I don't use. I'm still waiting to usurp those). I'll be ready to talk about it for next time :) Raul654 (talk) 00:00, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

I've suggested Monday for the next discussion, and we're trying to make it earlier in the evening so you can participate. Raul654 (talk) 00:00, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

No worries, thanks for your reply, and for accommodating me ;) Anthøny 07:40, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 30, 2008

I asked a few weeks ago whether I could have December to Dismember (2006) as the TFA on this date. My reasoning is that it is a WWE wrestling event, and the biggest wrestling event of the year, WrestleMania takes place this Sunday, and I therefore feel it would be appropriate to have it on the front page on Sunday. However, I am very dismayed to notice that Celine Dion is instead expected to be on the Main Page on Sunday. Could you please explain your decision? Regards, D.M.N. (talk) 21:43, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Oversight on my part. I'll rejigger the queue once we figure out what we're doing for April 1 (god help us all). Raul654 (talk) 00:01, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. D.M.N. (talk) 10:26, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Banners

• Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2008 March 26 SandyGeorgia (Talk) 23:02, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Account renamed

Hello, you just rename my account. I just would like to say thanks. Maybe for you its a tired work, you do it often, but, its very plesant for me to be allowed to log me with this name. Few year ago no body do it for me, maybe another policy. Thanks another time :) bayo 00:19, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Uncivil

This is uncalled for. My bot works within community consensus, and claiming it spams is uncivil. -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 00:37, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Turf war

Just letting you know that I intervened in an edit war at your Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests page. User:Mesplay was adding some votes and a new nomination when there were already five noms up, and Users Cirt and RelHistBuff reverted both the vote and the nom. Mesplay reinserted the vote and the nomination, with the nomination commented out. Cirt reverted (again removing Mesplay's vote), and then reported Mesplay for a 3RR infringement.

I declined the 3RR report under the unclean hands doctrine, but am dropping you this note as a courtesy given that it's your turf. Stifle (talk) 11:53, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Cirt has since accepted the decision so it probably won't be a big deal. Stifle (talk) 11:55, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Your "final warning" to NCdave

Raul, on my user Talk page you accused me of "unhelpful and counterproductive" editing and "disruption" of the Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed article. You also asserted that that you can block me because "The rules prohibit me from blocking someone I am currently in a dispute with. You do not qualify." You also announced on the article talk page that you had issued a "final warning" to me.

It appears that you didn't notice my response, so I'm repeating it here.

You and I most certainly are in dispute at Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. You are actively involved with editing this article and talk page, and you have sided against me repeatedly. For example, you have reinserted material that I explicitly objected to, regarding the Establishment Clause. Perhaps you were unaware of my objection to that material, since Hrafn deleted the discussion from the Talk page, but you can read it in the diff.

However, you also reverted edits which were in agreement with my stated view that ID is not a form of creationism.

Additionally, you've made no secret of your disdain for the film, even to the point of expressing glee that it is playing in few theaters, and reverting other edits which were intended to make the article less unbalanced, and even defending incivility on the Talk page.

You are not a neutral admin, Raul, so please recuse yourself.

Also, please do me the courtesy of <s>striking</s> your "warning" on my Talk page, and noting that it was a mistake, since it is embarrassing to have that sort of thing on my Talk page.

Nevertheless, if you are aware of any comments that I've made which are impolite or violate Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, I would be grateful if you would point them out to me. I do my best to apply the Golden Rule to my Wikipedia editing, but that doesn't mean that I never slip up, and I'd like to know about it when I do.

Thanks in advance, NCdave (talk) 12:03, 27 March 2008 (UTC)