Sorry for the two messages in a row, but I sent the first accidentally.
Thus, I request that I be unbanned from yi.wikipedia immediately.
I would also like to request that Danny be desysopped given the following facts:
1. He has acted irresponsibly as a sysop. I made 5 edits which were
reverted, on a Wikipedia where I have cursory knowledge of the
language and can understand the written form (after all, it is a
heritage language for me), and did not revert the reversions of my
edits. Late the next day - THE NEXT DAY - Danny requested sysophood
because there was an "emergency". Although there was an ongoing
discussion on the ML and I had not shown myself to be a threat to
yi.wikipedia (ie, I did not continuously revert pages), he banned me
from the Yiddish Wikipedia permanently.
2. He vandalised my userpage. Perhaps he should be banned from the Tok
Pisin Wikipedia, on which he has recently been lurking, since he does
not speak Tok Pisin (nor does he claim to)? Unlike him and Tok Pisin,
I can read Yiddish and have basic speaking and writing abilities
because of actual exposure to the language when I was young. When I
requested he remove the text, he denied that request - and in quite a
mean-spirited manner.
3. I have until now cleaned up all spam and vandalism on yi.wikipedia,
and have not needed sysop status. If further problems of any nature
occur in the future, somebody can be sysopped to take care of them. In
addition, I have made minor original contributions to yi.wikipedia.
Mark
P.S.
Dori, you were free and still are to delete or fix those stubs. They
were, at least, full sentences, and there were no closed loops. You
expressed somewhat begrudging approval for my actions (you said
something along the lines of allowing them at least in small
quantities because they might encourage contributions; thus it was not
support but you did not tell me to stop). While I don't have a problem
with you not wanting to write new content or expand articles on
sq.wikipedia (it can indeed be a chore when the Wikipedia is small), I
think that if these grammatical errors and stubs irritate you so much,
it is up to you to fix them or delete them (it's not like I am still
making them, or like there are tons).
On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 18:31:28 -0700, Mark Williamson <node.ue(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The edits in question:
Blanked אַמעריקאַ ("America"; contents were: א [[קאנטינענט]] "A
[[continent]]")
Replaced contents of ר' זושא פון אניפאלי ("Reh Zusha fun Lyzensky")
with "{{delete}}" (Contents were: א ברודער פון [[ר' אלימלך פון
ליזענסק]] "A brother of [[Reh Alymlk fun Lyzensky]]")
Replaced contents of ר' אלימלך פון ליזענסק ("Reh Alymlk fun Lyzensky")
with "{{delete}}" (Contents were: א ברודער פון [[ר' זושא פון
אניפאלי]]. "A brother of [[Reh Zusha fun Lyzensky]]")
Replaced contents of בריטני ספיערס ("Britney Spears") with
"{{delete}}" (Contents were: א פאפולערע זינגערין "A popular singer")
Note, however, that I left untouched contributions by the same user at
around the same time of actual value, such as
http://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A6%D7%A2%D7%98%D7%99%D7%9C_%D7%A7%D7%98%D7…
When my contributions were reverted by the user who wrote these
articles, I did not engage in any sort of revert war.
I discussed these actions with Jamesday prior to Angela's granting
Danny sysophood on a Wikipedia for a language he does not know.
When I respectfully (note the respectfully) requested that Danny
remove the contents of
http://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Node_ue which
he posted, he said he would when I apologised to Acheir for replacing
those pages with delete messages.
When I told him I'd actually already apologised and am now engaged in
discussions with this user, he told me that that was too bad because
he had not contacted the user and that, "since i dont intend to" (he),
"you are kinda stuck".
Mark
On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 10:12:07 EST, daniwo59(a)aol.com <daniwo59(a)aol.com> wrote:
I am very sad that I have to report this, but
Node is deleting stub articles
in the Yiddish wikipedia. This happens to be a language that I can read, so I
know what the text says. Yes, they are stubbish, but they are the beginnings
of articles, and at least there is some activity. I do not know why Node has
decided to delete those articles, as there is no explanation. It doesnt matter
if it is a stub about Reb Elimelech of Lizensk or Brittaney Spears (both of
which he deleted by the way).
To Node, I am asking you to stop dealing with languages you do not know. Let
the smaller language Wikipedias grow naturally, without interference from
non-speakers.
Danny
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