WikiEN-l April 2004

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by gisellelazze 08 Apr '04

08 Apr '04

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stop fooling around...you son of a bitch!! go to timbactu !
by gisellelazze 08 Apr '04

08 Apr '04

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scholarly paper on traditional copyright v. open access references wikipedia
by koyaanis qatsi 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

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by Arno M 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

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Hard-ban User:TDC right away
by steven l. rubenstein 06 Apr '04

06 Apr '04

I am not sure that TDC's behavior warrants a hard ban, but 172 is right that there is a serious problem and I am sorry to see people responding to his concerns by criticizing 172 rather than by examining the issue. 172 can certainly be hard to work with at times (he and I have had spats in the past), but he always seems to respond to other people's concerns. Moreover, he has made substantive scholarly contributions to various articles. One can not say the same about TDC. I have yet to see an instance where TDC has made an informed contribution to any article. One person remarked that TDC adds critiques of communism. The point is not whether communism is good or bad -- informed and thoughtful people can take either position or even argue that there are good and bad things about different communist regimes or communist thinkers. The point is that TDC's critiques are ill-informed, sloppy, and ultimately useless. He inserts opinions, not accounts of scholarly (or other) debates. That some of us may agree with his opinions is neither here nor there; articles should be informative and are not personal essays. Moreover, TDC cannot engage in constructive discussion. Believe me, on both the Talk Fascism and Talk Karl Marx pages I and many others (Andylehrer is the best example) tried many times to engage him civilly -- to explain how he was misunderstanding or misconstruing historical issues or scholarly debates, or how he was misconstruing wikipedia. The result was only an escalation of hostility on his part. 172 and I lost patience a few days ago, but others continue to be very civil with to absolutely no avail. This is not a problem between TDC and either me or 172, it is a problem between TDC and many others that obstructs progress on an article. The Karl Marx page was recently protected because TDC kept reverting content I had added. The problem is, all past behavior indicates that TDC will not accept anything close to a compromise on the talk page. I did not know that Steve and Fred had blocked TDC for 24 hours. Believe me, I would have been delighted if after that block he apologized to me and also started responding constructively to others on talk pages. It just doesn't seem that that will happen. I really don't know what to do, and I don't think protecting pages is a good long-term solution, Steve Steven L. Rubenstein Associate Professor Department of Sociology and Anthropology Bentley Annex Ohio University Athens, Ohio 45701 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.642 / Virus Database: 410 - Release Date: 3/24/2004

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submitting pictures
by RolyPhotography＠aol.com 06 Apr '04

06 Apr '04

I was approached some time ago about donating pictures to the site and was interested in doing so. I received an email back then on the specific steps and image size that was needed, but i no longer have that information. If someone can get back to me regarding this, i'd appreciate it. thanks roly

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stop sending mail to wrong e-mails!!!!!!
by gisellelazze 06 Apr '04

06 Apr '04

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Googlebombing by activists raising Wikipedia article ranking
by Robert Graham Merkel 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

In the features section of the Jerusalem Post (http://www.jpost.com), there is a report about the efforts of a New York based activist who is using Googlebombing (essentially, convincing others to set up links in a particular manner) to change the search engine's top ranked answer to the query term "Jew". Apparently, at the time the article was written, it brings up a rather nasty anti-Semitic site, which this individual is trying to replace with...a Wikipedia article (in terms of the top ranking on Google). Given the nature of the attention this could bring, I suspect we should keep a particularly close eye on Judaism-related topics for vandalism and partisan editing (of any kind) over the next few days. If you want to read the article without registering at the Post, do a search on http://news.google.com for Wikipedia. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Merkel robert.merkel(a)benambra.org http://benambra.org Simpson! Homer Simpson! He's the greatest guy in history, >From the...town of Springfield He's about to hit a chestnut tree. --The Simpsons --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Hard-ban User:TDC right away
by Abe Sokolov 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

Timwi, Let me tell you something. I've had disagreements with many users before, and as far as I can remember, I don't usually go on the mailing list and request a ban. I don't even remember having even done this before. So, I don't know where you come off trying to write me off and attack me, Impugning my credibility among the mailing list readership? Moreover, the message you posted on the mailing list made it clear that you'd only read the first paragraph. You aren't following the instances of trolling and vandalism by TCD that Slrubenstein, John Kenney, Andy L, and I have been forced to deal with, yet you rudely brushed me off right away out of nowhere. If you didn't bother to take the time and even read the entire message, that you should've kept your mouth shut. Even if I were being an asshole, you didn't know enough at the time to be sure of that. This made me go to the mailing list: 172, if that is indeed your ''real'' name, believe you me that you have met in TDC the biggest most stubborn prick on the face of planet earth, and I will not stop until your stomach churns with bile at the site of [TDC]. I dont feel that this is a waste of time, I get a great deal of satisfaction out of this.[[User:TDC|TDC]] 06:02, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC) Do you think this is normal? This guy's a waste of time for us to deal with and unreasonable. _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

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RE: [WikiEN-l] Why am I blocked ?
by KNOTT, T 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

It was blocked by the proxy blocker. See [[User:Proxy blocker]] for details. Theresa -----Original Message----- From: Eric Demolli [mailto:demolli@unice.fr] Sent: 30 March 2004 11:55 To: English Wikipedia Subject: [WikiEN-l] Why am I blocked ? Someone blocked my ip : 62.212.103.37. Why this is my home network gateway, did someone use this address for vandalism ? _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)Wikipedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l

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