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Contents
- 1 Books and Bytes - Issue 10
- 2 war
- 3 STOP
- 4 You Said "Not Now." Has It Been Long Enough?
- 5 Editorous
- 6 About the Meat-Puppetry Policy: What is going on?
- 7 A new reference tool
- 8 Addition of File:Ursula Andress in bikini.jpg to Dr. No (film)
- 9 Jr. comma RfC
- 10 Split, Croatia - Inhabitants Nonsense
- 11 Books and Bytes - Issue 11
Books and Bytes - Issue 10
Books & Bytes
Issue 10, January-February 2015
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs)
- New donations - ProjectMUSE, Dynamed, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, and Women Writers Online
- New TWL coordinator, conference news, and a new guide and template for archivists
- TWL moves into the new Community Engagement department at the WMF, quarterly review
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:41, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
war
Mr. Sarek, I see you have a wise name and I see that you have the wisest names of any recent RFA so I ask you a question.
This is purely theoretical and doesn't ask you to research a specific article.
What is an edit war? 1. An editor (#2), maybe in cahoots with another (editor #3) keeps taking out an edit. The original editor explains it and often changes the edit to reflect comments received. However, #2 and 3 simply remove the edit and offer no compromises.
2. #2 and 3 may be trying to sanitize the article so the person(s) mentioned in the article look good to the public.
3. How about threatening an editor by putting nasty warnings on your page?
Should we just give up and let the bullies win? I think "yes" most of the time. Actually, there are several articles where this seems to be even worse but I won't touch those articles because conflict is guaranteed in those.
Wowee Zowee public (talk) 19:44, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
STOP
I oppose you. Stop editing ____ or you will be blocked. Wowee Zowee public (talk) 19:46, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
See what I mean? Of course, you are an administrator so you cannot be blocked short of murder. Wowee Zowee public (talk) 19:46, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
You Said "Not Now." Has It Been Long Enough?
Hi Sarek,
I asked you () to consider my blocking case, basically asked you to consider unblocking me, or to defend me otherwise. That was like a month ago. Any chance, or should I just I just forget it? It would be useful to have a conversation about it but my talkpage and Wikipedia email is cut off to me, and Wikipedia's team of proxy IP police is hyperactive and muscular. If you want to steer me to your email somehow here, or some other place to talk, I'll get there. If you decide my case is too hot to handle, or that I'm, heh, justly banned after my five or six years of productive content editing, then let me know that too and I'll move on. Colton Cosmic.
- I don't feel that I can comment on your case yet. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 20:48, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
- Here's what I wrote Thyrduulf on 14 Jan. after Arbcom rejected my appeal without explanation: "Thryduulf, you said in your campaign for Arbcom that arbs must be prepared to clarify their decisions when asked. I call on you to explain why Arbcom has affirmed my ban on the then-now-and-future false charge that I socked Wikipedia. For five or six years I created probably ten articles, and hugely contributed to a score of others. Timotheus Canens just wipes me out with a click of his twinkle button, and you're going to go along? I say tell me why." He sent no response. WP:ADMIN says administrators must explain their actions, but I guess he didn't feel like it. Colton Cosmic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.57.143.144 (talk • contribs)
Editorous
I don't know why we just don't indef him. He's been attacking the article for a month now as a IP as well. --NeilN talk to me 19:15, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
- Probably not an atrocious idea, but let's try protecting it for a while as well. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 19:16, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
- Already done, actually, I'm behind the times. :-) --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 19:18, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
- Protection will be useless when his block expires in a week. --NeilN talk to me 19:22, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
- Already done, actually, I'm behind the times. :-) --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 19:18, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
About the Meat-Puppetry Policy: What is going on?
I just went on Wikipedia:Meat puppetry, the page where it states Wikipedians not to commit meat puppetry. As you have been aware, I was formerly accused of it. However, when I went in the policy page, on the top it said, "This is a failed proposal". Does that mean meat-puppetry banning failed to become part of the Wikipedia policy? I don't understand what's going on. Since you're now an admin, I am reporting this strange issue to you. HanSangYoon (talk) 03:21, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
- As that page says, the current policy is listed at WP:MEAT. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 13:44, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
- Is WP:MEAT and the original page any different? HanSangYoon (talk) 21:37, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
- @HanSangYoon: WP:MEAT is policy, the other wording is not. --NeilN talk to me 21:51, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
- Is WP:MEAT and the original page any different? HanSangYoon (talk) 21:37, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
A new reference tool
Hello Books & Bytes subscribers. There is a new Visual Editor reference feature in development called Citoid. It is designed to "auto-fill" references using a URL or DOI. We would really appreciate you testing whether TWL partners' references work in Citoid. Sharing your results will help the developers fix bugs and improve the system. If you have a few minutes, please visit the testing page for simple instructions on how to try this new tool. Regards, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:48, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
Addition of File:Ursula Andress in bikini.jpg to Dr. No (film)
The addition of this image to that article is inappropriate, per Wikipedia:Non-free_content#Images_2 #6. There is a dedicated article to the depiction of this white bikini in that film already, located at White bikini of Ursula Andress. Consider Afghan Girl, whose famous image appeared on the cover of National Geographic. The only place that image is used is on the article about the photograph, despite it being made famous by National Geographic. Consider Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, which famous image is iconic to the Battle of Iwo Jima, is Joe Rosenthal's most well known work, and is arguable iconic of the Pacific War, yet the image does not appear on any of those articles. I could go on for a while here. Given our guideline on this, I am removing File:Ursula Andress in bikini.jpg from Dr. No (film), as the use there is inappropriate, and adding another link to the White bikini of Ursula Andress article. Please do not restore it. I am also removing the rationale for Dr. No (film) from the image, and re-tagging it as orphaned. If you wish to retain the image, it might be worth replacing the usage of File:Ursula Andress in Dr. No.jpg on Honey Rider and White bikini of Ursula Andress, but having both images is overkill. Thanks, --Hammersoft (talk) 21:18, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
- Eh, it was just a thought. I don't have strong feelings about it, it can stand as it is. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 21:22, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
Jr. comma RfC
You're invited to participate in the discussion at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#RfC:_Guidance_on_commas_before_Jr._and_Sr. Dohn joe (talk) 02:14, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
Split, Croatia - Inhabitants Nonsense
So how do we change nonsense that is written about inhabitants of Split? I tried to change it many times so far but some of you keep changing it back. What is the problem? I am inhabitant of Split and I find that article ridiculous. I am active on many forums and discussions about Split, I'm into its history but I never heard for many of that stuff. Now I have joined Wikipedia in order to change that stupidity. Please inform me what is necessary to do in order to change it!? DelmatST (talk) 19:51, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
- Tell us on the talk page why the references cited in that text are incorrect. Even better, supply correct ones. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 03:53, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
Books and Bytes - Issue 11
Books & Bytes
Issue 11, March-April 2015
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs), Nikkimaria (talk · contribs)
- New donations - MIT Press Journals, Sage Stats, Hein Online and more
- New TWL coordinators, conference news, and new reference projects
- Spotlight: Two metadata librarians talk about how library professionals can work with Wikipedia
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 23:31, 4 May 2015 (UTC)