User talk:Barek

Barek is tired of wikidrama, and has chosen to spend more time in the real world; but may still wander back online occasionally. During this time, replies to queries may be greatly delayed.

Please click here to start a new message at the bottom of this page.

If you post a message to me here, I will usually reply here - if you want a {{talkback}} notice, please request it.
If I left a message for you on your talk page, I have it on my watchlist and will see replies made on your talk page.
Please sign and date your posts using four tildes (~~~~).
I reserve the right at my discretion to remove uncivil comments from this page, as well as threads which are perceived by me to be disruptive.
My alternate talkpage can be used to contact me if Wikipedia indicates that this page is protected due to vandalism.

Please note:
This talk page is known to be monitored by talk page watchers. This means that someone other than me might reply to your query. Their input is welcome and their help with messages that I cannot respond to quickly is appreciated.

Server time (update):
November 16, 2024 23:59 (UTC)

This is a Wikipedia user talk page.
This is not an encyclopedia article or the talk page for an encyclopedia article. If you find this page on any site other than Wikipedia, you are viewing a mirror site. Be aware that the page may be outdated and that the user whom this page is about may have no personal affiliation with any site other than Wikipedia. The original talk page is located at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Barek.

purge cache

This is a Wikipedia user talk page.
This is not an encyclopedia article or the talk page for an encyclopedia article. If you find this page on any site other than Wikipedia, you are viewing a mirror site. Be aware that the page may be outdated and that the user whom this page is about may have no personal affiliation with any site other than Wikipedia. The original talk page is located at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Barek.

My talk page archives

• 2007	• 2008	• 2009
• 2010	• 2011	• 2012
• 2013	• 2014	• 2015
• 2016	• 2017	• 2018
• 2019	• 2020	• 2021
• 2022	• 2023	• 2024

Protection - Sandy Hook Conspiracies

Hi Barek

Bear with me as I am not familiar with Wikipedia internal communication procedures and have not been in this situation before.

On 23 July you protected the Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theory pages after a content and editing reader dispute. That protection is still in force.

It was my addition of information earlier that day that provoked this, and as a result I was sent an 'edit war' warning messge by another editor(?) - Winner 42.

Not knowing who I make my representations to, I therefore left a message for this person as he was the originator of the warning message. You will see that my message is still showing on his talk page, but from the other content on there he appears not to be bothered about answering queries speedily, if at all.

I naturally want to take this matter further and make my defence as to why my posted information on the Sandy Hook page should remain - you will see some of my reasons on the Winner 42 talk. I know too that there are other readers who are similarly not happy that the information I posted kept being taken down.

I naturally would like to resolve this matter as soon as possible. Could you therefore please tell me what I should do next?

Thanks 86.165.233.82 (talk) 14:55, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like you've already begun a discussion at Talk:Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting conspiracy theories, which is the correct place to resolve the content dispute. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 23:50, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing seems to be happening on there. What happens next? Does this mean I can try to repost my original information?86.165.233.82 (talk) 20:25, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Talk page discussions can take time - how long discussions can take is often a surprise to new editors on Wikipedia. Remember that editors on this site volunteer their time, and so the people with whom you are trying to discuss the material may not have been back online to see your post yet. You can post on the talk page that you'll give it a week from today (usually a safe amount of time, which is why deletion discussions are also done for one week, to allow off-line persons time to see a post and reply), and say that if no reply you'll go ahead and restore your edits. If you are reversed again and still no reply to the talk page, you can try initiating a request for comment on the talk page, which will encourage additional established editors to notice the discussion. If it reaches that stage and you need assistance setting up the RfC, let me know. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 20:35, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

NOTE: it appears there's now at least one response on the talk page. Via the discussion, community consensus can be established as to the inclusion of the disputed content. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 17:07, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for this very useful information Barek. Will do as you suggest. This has been a huge learning curve for me!86.165.233.82 (talk) 09:28, 31 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Would you kindly rev/del my IP

I made a mistake here. Thanks. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 21:37, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Took care of it. BTW, how the heck do we ping your username? --NeilN ^{talk to me} 23:45, 26 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Click on the phone? I don't ever ping myself, so I don't know. thank you for the helping hand. Gracias. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 19:36, 27 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

DYK template needs to be renamed

I screwed this up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Did_you_know_nominations/Howard_Weist Should be Howard Wiest. Please help. Thanks. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:44, 11 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Page looks to be moved already - I'm guessing someone else already resolved the issue? --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 01:13, 12 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]