I deleted the picture from the only article I give a crap about ([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kilogram&action=historysubmit&diff=456588252&oldid=456277442 “Kilogram”, ∆ edit here).] [[User:Greg L|Greg L]] ([[User talk:Greg L#top|talk]]) 22:21, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
I deleted the picture from the only article I give a crap about ([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kilogram&action=historysubmit&diff=456588252&oldid=456277442 “Kilogram”, ∆ edit here).] [[User:Greg L|Greg L]] ([[User talk:Greg L#top|talk]]) 22:21, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
== Care to comment? ==
[[Talk:Marek Židlický#Requested move]] — <span class="vcard"><span class="fn nickname">[[User:Who R you?|<span style="white-space:nowrap;">Who R you?</span>]]</span> <small>[[User talk:Who R you?|Talk]]</small></span> 02:22, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
(concerning your last post on my talk page) You should definitely speak out and state your case on the featured picture candidates page! —EdGl 21:27, 18 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I left a note on Antilived's talk page concerning his vote, directing him to my talk page. —EdGl 01:36, 19 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
There are two users who voted neutral but clearly like it and lean support, voting neutral only because of minor issues. In this case it's not really a bad thing, since there are a few support votes and no oppose votes. Only a few more days left. —EdGl 04:47, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
That's the way I see it. Thanks. Greg L 05:13, 22 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Woohoo, the animation is now featured! →EdGl 00:26, 29 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It says on the picture-of-the-day page that "featured images are currently selected in the order they were promoted". So, it won't be on the main page in a while. They have already selected pics up to March 1st. →EdGl 01:00, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Of course, that's fine. I only picked Temperature because it was the first. Regards. Trebor 07:26, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Barnstar
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
For your herculean efforts at Kilogram and for your wonderful CG image of the IPK. Enuja(talk) 23:31, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, that is funny and makes an excellent point. --John (talk) 13:53, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for dropping me a note. I’m glad you liked it. I noted before that you had linked to it. Greg L (talk) 05:19, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Home-Made Barnstar
I made this barnstar myself. I think you qualify for it for your creation of the sewer cover barnstar, and for your tireless efforts to focus linking on targets that are useful to our readers. John (talk) 19:17, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
A kilobyte of thanks
The Kilobyte Barnstar
For your efforts in restoring the industry standard terms for memory size to the Manual of Style (dates and numbers). The IC is an Intel 2708, a 1 kilobyte EPROM made in 1976. SWTPC6800 (talk) 03:50, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Why, thank you very much. That certainly was a joint effort. I hope you give yourself one! Greg L (talk) 04:17, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Awesome. Not only is this quite funny, but it makes an important point quite well. Great work and thanks for making my day! --The Fiddly Leprechaun·Catch Me! 18:17, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you both, for taking the time to leave your comments here (and your barnstar, Xeno). I’m copying this to my talk page. Greg L (talk) 00:43, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
That’s very kind of you. Thanks. Greg L (talk) 18:57, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You’re Welcome sir. It would appear that your Son knows the value of voting; be sure to tell him this story sometime - and that an Air Force ROTC cadet wants him to keep goin'. Fightin' Phillie (talk) 19:01, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Rest assured; I will. Greg L (talk) 19:03, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You deserve this
The Special Barnstar
I just spent the last 55 minutes reading through your entire userpage. What I found there was really great; from your son's journey in the Navy to your brother's...interesting activities to the humor and seriousness throughout, well, I'm not really sure how else to describe it. Thanks for making the world, or perhaps just my own little world, a better place. NuclearWarfare(Talk) 21:15, 20 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much for your words of encouragement. What you wrote means a great deal to me. Greg L (talk) 01:28, 21 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Archival System
Hi there. Would it possible for you to set up an archive system? Your page is very hard to open on a mobile browser, or even a slower computer. If you can't be bothered to do it yourself (like me), try bots like User:Cluebot III.
Seconded. Greg, if setting up a bot is a burden, I can do it for you. Or, you can just delete all the older stuff from your Talk page – nothing wrong with that.--Goodmorningworld (talk) 18:52, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
All: I’ll get this done in the next 48 hours. Greg L (talk) 18:53, 17 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Greg. If you take a look here, you'll see a suggestion I've made in regards to your original proposal on the workshop. Your comments would be appreciated. Regards, Ryan PostlethwaiteSee the mess I've created or let's have banter 00:05, 19 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Does one just add their name and they are a “member”? Besides putting my name there, how could I be of assistance? Any suggestions for a specific task for me to do? Does that page need to be expanded with proposed “to-do’s’? Greg L (talk) 00:56, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know exactly, I just found out about it the other day. The goals seems to be improving the coverage about units of measurements. Since you were involved with Kilogram, and at the MOSNUM, I'm sure you can contribute to that project in some way. Edit articles, assess, comment, increase compliance with MOSNUM, pick your poison.Headbomb {ταλκκοντριβς – WP Physics} 01:44, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Ohconfucius. I’m happy to be back. Greg L (talk) 05:09, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed, your other "fanboy" (as branded in an amusing incident) welcomes back your technical expertise and straightforward thinking about a number of difficult issues. Tony(talk) 13:02, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
And here is a rousing chorus of applause from your third fanboy! Dabomb87 (talk) 13:52, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks again, gents. Greg L (talk) 20:45, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Advisory/Disclaimer:
The thoughts and opinions expressed above on this user page are not intended to be offensive to any particular minority group (based on race, religion, ethnicity, country of origin, gender, gender identification, disAbility, occupation, meat-eating/vegetable-eating practices, and hobbies—even hunting). Note too that parenthetically mentioning “even hunting” in the preceding sentence was not intended to signal any disapproval of the sport; the author does not wish to disparage the legal, safe, and most humane-possible methods of hunting. This preceding statement should not however, be construed as an endorsement of the sport; the author values all the biodiversity of earth and no animal should suffer at the hand of a human. However, that preceding sentence should not be construed that the author is indifferent to the plight of workers displaced by environmental issues; the author is mindful of the plight of timber workers vs. the plight of spotted owls. The preceding sentence should not be construed that the author thinks there is only one group of workers who have been financially harmed by environmental issues; there are others and not mentioning these others by name should not be construed as suggesting they are any less important than another. The author wishes to ensure all who review this communication that he values diversity and has the utmost respect for the law, government officials, the institutions of the United States, the wide variety of social customs and diversity of its peoples, and the civil treatment of other Wikipedians, even if the come across as assholes. This statement should not however, be construed as being intolerant of others who have contrary or differing values or who might hold the U.S. in disdain. The author embraces the wholesome notion that no person’s or group's values are any more meritorious or valid than another’s, and the author does not wish to suggest that by stating an admiration for America and the U.S. Government, that this ought to be construed as deprecating the many other fine systems of government throughout the world and the social practices of its peoples. Notwithstanding that the author wrote the word "he" three sentences ago, (the author happens to be “anatomically male” by birth) this should not be construed as diminishing in any way, the existence of the word "she" nor does it signal that the author is adverse to the use of the gender-neutral "he/she" where appropriate. Furthermore, the words "he" and "she" should not be construed as being exclusionary or diminishing to the transgendered. This paragraph was not intended to be understood by blondes.
Please stop calling things which clearly are not vandalism by that name (your reverts, your message on my talk page, and elsewhere). Doing so is a personal attack, and you should be well aware that personal attacks have no place on Wikipedia by now. —Locke Cole • t • c 17:41, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Stop Wikilawyering. Your disruption is tedious. Greg L (talk) 17:42, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I spoke with the county coroner over there a month ago. They have about one death a year at that spot. In the case you cited, it was two recreational divers. What I have a problem with is deaths of trainees while under professional supervision. In each case, there is a lack of a dive buddy to render assistance. There is no excuse for such a thing. Greg L (talk) 23:11, 23 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
29 April 2007
Disruption at RfC
I agree with you, except that I removed his strike, all the subsequent exchanges, and the 'oppose' votes he put into the votes section. I felt that not to remove them would create confusion which will then be used to discredit the poll. Ohconfucius (talk) 02:13, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. PMAnderson has been warned here on the ANI not to make any changes to the structure of the RfC. Greg L (talk) 02:15, 30 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Offensive?
Hi. Listen, I noticed you left a comment on my talk page. I don't particularly enjoy people who seem to think I'm an imbecile. I do not agree with some aspects of your "take-you-by-the-hand essay", and that is to be expected with differing viewpoints.
My point is, help articles should be understandable for those who need the points straight, not complex explanations. And that I felt your usage of "take-you-by-the-hand" was an insult to my intelligence.
I will say this - if you did not mean to insult me through the usage of that phrase, I humbly apologize. Daniel Benfield (talk) 02:23, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Holy smokes! My response here on your talk page. Greg L (talk) 02:32, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Well, then I humbly apologize. I understand your point now. Sorry. DX Daniel Benfield (talk) 03:05, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for taking the time to let me know there’s no hard feelings. I much appreciate that. No problemo. Greg L (talk) 03:07, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. Yes, I hope they attract people to become editors at WP. I recommend a lot of academics and students visit them. Tony(talk) 08:55, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
You haven't edited the article in question, but since you are or have been actively involved in the IEC prefix discussion (sorry to remind you of it if you, like me, got tired of the uncivil discussion and wanted to have nothing to do with the issue anymore), I invite you to consider the nomination for deletion of the article JEDEC memory standards, which I believe can fairly be said to have been created only as a hammer for the discussion.
I beg you to try to keep your sentiments about the actual IEC prefix on Wikipedia question out of the deletion discussion and consider the merits of the deletion proposal, namely, notability in the Wikipedia sense (WP:N), regardless of which units you believe Wikipedia should use.
Thanks for the heads-up. You raised an important point. As you can see, my 2¢ was to “conditionally keep”. I would need more information about the full scope of JEDEC Standard 21 to know whether or not the article is misleading or not. Compared to other, profoundly trivial stuff on Wikipedia, the article clearly seems sufficiently notable. But, notable or not, the article can’t be misleading by focusing overly intently on a small portion of the standard to the exclusion of other parts that are just as important. Greg L (talk) 23:08, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I tried...
[2] Don't waste your time on it, just forget and move on. If he raises any more trouble, just bring it up with a clerk or whatever. Dabomb87 (talk) 02:05, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Just giving him a taste of his own medicine to see if he is galactically clueless or just a dick. I don’t really give a rat’s ass. Greg L (talk) 02:39, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
P.S. I figured it out. He is just a WP:DICK. See here on TE’s talk page. I instructed him that he is not welcome to edit my userspace. Greg L (talk) 03:51, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I removed some undesirable additions to your links article. I'm also watching, but don't expect any more interference there because of the number of eyeballs on it now.
BTW, I find 375°F is a perfect temperature for roasting. Don't forget to baste frequently. Ohconfucius (talk) 06:39, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
While I disagree with the MfD and have opted for keep, I think you should moderate the language of "brain explosions" as that is uncivil to the users concerned. I'm also concerned about the "fuck tards" comment, especially as (so far as I can see) it's actually you yourself that coined the phrase. I'm sure you'll find an appropriate way to address these comments, as you're a reasonable person. Thanks. --Dweller (talk) 12:23, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
“Brain explosions” is a term coined by one of my Wikifriends. It translates to “Epiphanies”. “Fucktards” is a self-deprecating, internal joke. I don’t need to justify any of this; the page is for the benefit of a particular group of editors who find it useful. Tennis expert’s malicious edits were just that: malicious. The page is a resource for relevant links pertaining the the date delinking and autoformatting issue and the related ArbCom. All the links are there for the benefit of our group. If Tennis expert doesn’t like looking at a list of links that are of benefit to us, he doesn’t have to look at it. Tennis expert’s nominating my own page in my userspace for deletion is now the subject of an ANI here. Greg L (talk) 18:39, 14 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Idle question
Why do you quote people in green versus well.. the other ways out there?— DædαlusContribs 02:39, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Another editor and I were the lead proponents of the {{xt}} template. The virtue is when quoting someone who has quoted text within the passage; you don’t have to go back and change double-quotes to single-quotes. The {xt} template also sets off the quoted text better. I used to use italics to help set off quoted text, but then that would neuter quoted text that used italics on selected words for emphasis. The {xt} template preserves all this. You just copy the code, paste it into the {xt} template, and you get well-set-off text with all formatting preserved and you don’t have to mess with quotes. The {xt} template is particularly valuable whenever you are discussing the structure and style of text. That’s why it is now used on WP:MOS. Greg L (talk) 02:51, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Oh interesting. Thank you for the explanation... I might just start using it if I can remember to do so, and congrats of the MOS inclusion.— DædαlusContribs 02:59, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Lightbot
I have been watching your debate but I can't reply on that page. Here are some comments:
Lightbot is does not currently have authority to delink autoformatted dates. That permission would have to be granted.
I am aware of some of the issues that you mention (e.g. commas). But because Lightbot has never had the authority, I have never invested any time in programming Lightbot to fix them. However, I have solved some (but not all) of the issues with the monobook script that delinks autoformatted dates.
If you created a test page with the critical examples, I could run Lightbot over it. It would not take long to work out which problems remain and whether they can be fixed with code changes.
Hmm… I’m working on the fact that you can’t reply on that page and am trying to address you first bullet point too. Greg L (talk) 21:51, 15 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
In the course of reading the ongoing Arb case about the date delinking drama, I came across some comments of yours that were attacked as intemperate. I'd like to offer my congratulations on stating the matter so succinctly, and also my best wishes for the case. I've been delinking on a non-automated basis for years now, and I can't wait until the idiocy of datelinking is fully and finally deprecated...and if it isn't, I plan to submit a formal proposal to simply change the default color of wikitext to blue. 65.190.95.73 (talk) 08:12, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your words of encouragement, I.P. editor from Virginia. You should know that the wishes of the community—which we understood perfectly well before we were dragged into an ArbCom by just one malcontent—prevailed. The formal ArbCom decision is expected any day now.
Wikipedia’s official manual of style (here on WP:MOSNUM) requires that dates not be linked to semi-random lists of irrelevant trivia like they used to. The guideline states that dates should not be linked unless their content is germane and topical to the subject … [and] … should share an important connection other than merely that they occurred in the same year.
Editors who were not parties to the ArbCom need not worry about that ruling; they may continue to improve Wikipedia by manually making its articles MOSNUM‑compliant. In case you haven’t seen it, I wrote an essay on this subject, which clearly explains this whole issue; it is Wikipedia:Why dates should not be linked. Greg L (talk) 15:11, 26 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Who's this excellent IP editor? Should be encouraged to log in. Tony(talk) 03:24, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
barnstar
The Original Barnstar
I award Greg L the original barnstar for the professional, high quality of his writing, content contributions and thorough sourcing in articles such as Fuzzball (string theory). Gwen Gale (talk) 23:26, 4 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you Gwen. Coming from an experienced admin, that means a lot to me. Greg L (talk) 16:28, 5 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Sewer Cover - do I need to read the lists of references
In reference to the Sewer Cover Barnstar - do I also need to read the lists of references to qualify? I think the answer is either "obviously yes" or "obviously no", but I cannot determine which. Thank you.
If you read both the October 1, 2008 articles too in their entirety (the date this article’s photograph was taken), Greg L will award you your very own “Sewer Cover Barnstar” to show off on your talk page. Your Sewer Cover Barnstar will show the world that you can read anything, don’t even know the meaning of attention deficit disorder, laugh in the face of boredom, and are wasting your talents if you don’t become a patent examiner.
U3, to qualify for your very own Sewer Cover Barnstar, you must read everything written in these four articles: Oct. 1, Oct. 16, 1925, and 2008. Mind you of course, that you don’t have to read all the linked articles, just read aloud what is in all four of the required articles and completely understand what is in each. If you actually read all four, let tell me of your accomplishment and tell me why in the world you did so.
If you get through one article (thoroughly now, no cheating) and just can’t stand the prospect of reading three more, let me know and I’ll give award you an “honorable mention” Sewer Cover Barnstar (same picture; just worded differently). Greg L (talk) 01:42, 10 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
translational motion
Does translational motion use a hard sphere or potential collision model? How can I see the source code?\
Dale Schruben kfdls00@tamuk.edu —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dschruben (talk • contribs) 20:37, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Please see my April 3, 2010 3:18:14 PM PDT e-mail. Greg L (talk) 22:19, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Good. The bug has dragged out far too long. They should have backed out and regrouped when it was clear they had inadvertently opened a can of “Oh… shit!” Greg L (talk) 19:53, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Greg L. You have new messages at Wikipedia talk:Edit warring. Message added 23:33, 8 April 2010 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.
Hi. There's an edit at this nom. Will you comment on your preference for the original or the edit? Thanks. Makeemlighter (talk) 09:59, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Greg, which is the BLP that sparked your primary-source concern, and which material was it exactly? It could be that it would be acceptable without changing the policy, so I wouldn't mind taking a look. SlimVirgintalkcontribs 18:09, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It originated at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Aafia Siddiqui and Aafia Siddiqui. Editors who like to do stuff like insert “alleged” into “connections to terrorism” (you know; those sort of edits) then impugned how the shepherding editor had cited some primary sources, like—you know—the actual Sealed Complaint in U.S. v. Siddiqui, by the Assistant United States Attorney, stating that it is “unreliable” unless also published in a secondary source. Simply asinine. What makes perfect sense to prevent unfortunate embarrassment (for both Wikipedia and the subject) in situations like Senator Byrd’s doesn’t fit this circumstance whatsoever. I’m not interested in arguments about how “civil lawsuits” have opposing points of view that can be cited to unfairly dish dirt. That is just one of likely several extraneous details than can be properly addressed with one sentence in a well-crafted section governing notable living figures of world-class infamy. If we want factual information in these sort of articles, we need authoritative and reliable sources. We can do better than require editors run around and find the precise and complete wording of the charges against Aafia Siddiqui without looking to Popular Mechanics and other secondary sources to see if they might include the entire wording of the complaint.
BLP is not currently properly addressing this subset of living people. We all know what the 800-pound gorilla in the living room is here with this issue. I simply want the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth in all our articles and hate to see exceedingly germane points totally absent from our articles because of a preposterous application of a policy which had never anticipated these circumstances.
My specialty isn’t terrorism-related articles. My specialty is ridding Wikipedia of retarded practices. It started with our past use of language on half of our computer-related articles that read “The first Macintosh came with 128 kibibytes (KiB) of RAM.” Well, no one but our resident propeller-heads uses that sort of terminology. It wasn’t (and still isn’t) used by any computer manufacturer when communicating to their customer base, nor by any computer magazine directed to a general-interest readership. So I lead the cause to reverse that one and Wikipedia now (*shock*) uses terminology that does not cause unnecessary confusion in our readership. That took three months, too. By tuning our “Common-sense-O-meter” to >50% and working collaboratively and constructively, we can properly address this issue. Greg L (talk) 18:38, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
What was the actual edit that was rejected, the edit that needed that document to support it? SlimVirgintalkcontribs 19:21, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I am only peripherally involved as an editor on this, but the opposing editor complained about primary sources such as Assistant United States Attorney’s complaint, which is Note [8]. For first-hand account of details pertaining to that dispute, I suggest you contact the shepherding editor, Epeefleche. I gave him a heads-up (although I suspect he is watching this anyway). As you can see from the FA discussions, some editors opined that quoting primary sources such as Assistant United States Attorney’s complaint constituted WP:OR and other policies that are clearly inapplicable here. As done there, such practices are simply ensuring accuracy. I know that I, at least, am better comforted by seeing Sealed Complaint in U.S. v. Siddiqui, rather than Seveneen magazine or Bill O’Reilly of Fox News, either of which can contain selected information with a slant one way or another. Greg L (talk) 19:55, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It would be good to know what the disputed edit was, because there's almost certainly another source out there for it. I'm wondering if this has all blown up over nothing. With high-profile sources like that, there would be very little known by journalists that they wouldn't publish so long as it wasn't behind a publication ban. SlimVirgintalkcontribs 20:02, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
There are. That's why this is a non-issue, or at worst only a technical issue, IMHO.. The information is already in reliable secondary sources, if she could have been bothered to look. The court reference was there to simply be more authoritative backup to the secondary sources. Whilst it is true that there are instances where facts were cited to court documents only, but it was out of inadvertence, AFAICT. The editor who disagreed with the use of the court documents was looking to blindly parrot the BLP, whilst not bothering to go through the sources to find supporting citations. And frankly, I don't even see why she took it to the noticeboard, and kicked up such a huge fuss about nothing - it seems she just wanting to prove herself right, or be able to come back and say 'Look, you thickos who argued with me, See I was right. There are all those noticeboard bods who agree with me'Ohconfucius¡digame! 01:23, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I’m interested in the larger issue here. Greg L (talk) 20:04, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. How have you been, Slim? I received a note on my talk page that brought me here.
To answer your question, the documents objected to as refs (in just this one article .... an editor has been following me, and made similar claims in other articles) happen all to be public records that can be accessed on-line on open sites. I believe the focus was on what are now footnotes 4 (indictment), 5 & 41 (press releases), 8 (complaint), 16, 17 & 93 (court-ordered forensic psychiatric evaluations), 36 (Special Court for Sierra Leone: Office of the Prosecutor: Profile, Aafia Siddiqui), 39 (Biography of Ammar al-Baluchi", Director of National Intelligence), and 89 (Order Finding Defendant Competent to Stand Trial). The editor is militating for deletion of all of them from the article. In glancing through them I see the footnotes now have a couple of errors ... OhConfu has been working on the article, and I imagine they are temporary.--Epeefleche (talk) 20:10, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I've done some substantial editing and moving bits about. They may not be the same numbers as you mentioned any more. Ohconfucius¡digame! 01:25, 16 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Why don’t you two take this to one of your talk pages? Give me a holler if you have something that doesn’t leave me aghast about how things can sometimes be done on Wikipedia. I’d prefer to believe (faith) that this isn’t gonna drag out into a three-month-long “kibibyte and mebibyte” thing. Greg L (talk) 20:22, 15 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Personal Comments
This [3] is unacceptable. Article talk pages are for discussion of the article and its content. Personal statements about conduct of other editors outside their edits to that article are disallowed. If you have a problem with my conduct, take it my talk page, or seek dispute resolution.
I also will point out that the ruling you refer to is only a few hours old, was made by one admin personally involved in the dispute, in disagreement with the decisions of two other admins. It has already been challenged. If you want to base your conduct around such a millstone, I can't stop you.
Clean out the remark, or I will file RfC / enforcement.
In passing, as incongruous as it might sound, kudos on the NURBS render; very impressive work.
Fell Gleaming(talk) 17:13, 18 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Very well. You are correct. I shouldn’t have “neener neenered” at that venue. It might have been better to “neener neener” you on your own talk page. ;-) I have refactored my comment. Greg L (talk) 17:32, 18 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Lol, thanks. BTW, I think we're coming slowly to true consensus on the al-Awlaki page. I didn't see anything to worry me in the last set of changes. Fell Gleaming(talk) 17:42, 18 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I’m pleased to hear that. I don’t particularly like those types of articles because passions often boil over. I think I’ll leave it to Eppe and Causa to sort out their differences on Awlaki and (no doubt) elsewhere. Happy editing.Greg L (talk) 17:46, 18 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
AN/I: Abuse of sysop tools, and failure to follow consensus – Causa sui
P.S. Here are other illustrations I made. Commons:Created with Cobalt. Four of those (#2–5) were created by someone else—an expert I contacted while writing the Cobalt article. Greg L (talk) 03:32, 25 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Baffling edits on terrorism-related articles that have no foundation
Causa sui, I simply can not fathom the foundation for this edit of yours where you deleted a category tag to {Al-Qaeda propagandists} with this edit summary: “(no evidence of a connection to al-qaeda)”. The article states (and is referenced to four citations) that Malika was convicted of participating in and supporting al-Qaeda plots in Afghanistan and the U.S. I have here reverted your edit as unsupportable and uncalled for given the clear evidence to the contrary.
The above edit of yours, and one, where you referred to Anwar al-Awlaki—arguably the most dangerous U.S. citizen on the planet (the only U.S. citizen a president has ever targeted for direct military action to kill in order to save innocent lives)—as a “conservative Muslim scholar.” This amounts to misinformation in the same vein as describing Osama bin Laden as a “traditionalist Saudi royal.” But coy descriptions like these are misleading. Surly you must understand that; particularly since you exceedingly familiar with the al-Awlaki article and can’t reasonably argue that you don’t understand the issues that make him notable.
Your edits seem to be clearly and increasingly part of a troubling and persistent pattern of POV-pushing. Please desist.Greg L (talk) 16:11, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You should take a lesson from xeno (talk·contribs) on how to conduct yourself when handling this kind of disagreement. There is absolutely no reason to descend into this kind of dramatic histrionics when you are involved in a simple day-to-day content dispute. Your allusions about my motives are not welcome on my talk page and I am not interested in your mind-reading. We're here to work on article content and polite discussion is a normal -- even essential -- part of that. If you would like to direct your questions to me in a polite, sensible way then I would be happy to discuss them with you. --causa sui (talk) 16:19, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I replied to this on your talk page, where it properly belongs. Greg L (talk) 16:26, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I'm now making this about your pattern of aggressively attacking people who make content edits you disagree with. This is one of many examples. You can't even ask me about an edit without descending into ranting personal diatribes about me, and attacking my character. I'm not the only person who has been the object of your rage. If you were at all interested in having a reasonable discussion about it, you could do it easily. My suggestion is that the next time you have a disagreement about one of my content edits, you have xeno (talk·contribs) approach me about it, because he seems to be able and willing to act reasonably toward others when he disagrees with them about something this minor. --causa sui (talk) 16:38, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, you will not get me to retreat from properly criticizing you editing behavior by falsely suggesting I have “attacked” your “character”. Your stating, as you did here on your talk page, that “edit summaries are small” doesn’t seem to be a satisfactory explanation. Notwithstanding that there is far more room available for edit summaries, you elected to waste your seven short words by stating something “(no evidence of a connection to al-qaeda)” that simply wasn’t at all true. This isn’t the first time you’ve edited in a way that stripped out the legitimate and topical mentioning of someone’s known links to Al-Qaeda or known terrorist organizations, like this recent one, only eight days ago on 2007 Fort Dix attack plot. By no stretch of anyone’s imagination would Anwar al-Awlaki be properly described as a “conservative Muslim scholar.” I’m not saying any of this makes you a bad person; I’m simply saying these are, IMHO, bad edits. Please learn to differentiate between the two. Greg L (talk) 21:03, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
BTW, Causa sui. With regard to the category [[Category:Al-Qaeda propagandists]], I note your 16:11, 29 April 2010 post here on your talk page, where you illustrate a point by advancing an analogy via a rhetorical question: Are we going to add Bill O'Reilly to Category:United States Government propagandists? Am I reading you correctly that it is just a matter of ‘moral relativism’ in discerning a distinction between “Al-Qaeda propagandists” and “United States Government propagandists”. Your post clearly suggests that providing a category for one (in relation to someone convicted of the crime) begs the creation of a category that amounts to a counter-point view against terrorism. No? I further note your When we do it, it's public relations: when they do it, it's propaganda. It’s hard to escape the obvious thrust of your argument. Is this really your worldview? Greg L (talk) 18:12, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Exactly, I believe it could well be in breach of WP:NPOV. Perhaps the answer is to put the category up for deletion. Ohconfucius¡digame! 01:45, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Greg L - let's go back to the beginning of your complaint here. I can solve part of your bafflement. You say that you: "can not fathom the foundation for this edit...The article states (and is referenced to four citations) that Malika was convicted of participating in and supporting al-Qaeda plots in Afghanistan and the U.S." In your edit summary you say "Reverted as without foundation. The article states she was “convicted of participating in and supporting al-Qaeda plots”: There’s the evidence for the connection to Al-Qaeda"
The fact is, Greg L, the article did not state that. The portions you are quoting refers to the convicted terrorist Vinas. The simple solution, the reasonable and good faith solution, would be to read one or more of the articles cited in the article on Malika El Aroud, then add a supported statement regarding her Al Qaeda membership or propagandizing, and then add back the category. Otherwise, it does indeed seem like pov pushing for you to add or re-add categories that are not supported by the text of the article -- especially when you are at the same time, accusing others of pov pushing. Sincerely, "209" 209.44.123.1 (talk) 09:15, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed. I was in error in quoting the wrong text there. What I should have quoted was this:In June 2007 she was found guilty by a Swiss court of supporting radical Islamist organizations via internet sites. The citation (SwissInfo.ch: Islamist website owners found guilty) stated as follows: The accused stood trial in Bellinzona for allegedly letting groups linked to al-Qaeda use internet forums they had set up to exchange information. Ergo, two facts are true: 1) There certainly is a connection to al-Qaeda. And 2) [[Category:Al-Qaeda propagandists]] is highly appropriate. Thanks for pointing out my error. Greg L (talk) 15:21, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Because you've contributed to FPC either recently or in the past, I'm letting you know about the above poll on the basis of which we may develop proposals to change our procedures and criteria. Regards, Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 09:23, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
New quote
I like your quotes. Here's one from Einstein you might (or might not!) like:
The purpose of science is to simplify as far as possible. But no further. Stephen B Streater (talk) 22:25, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Sounds like something Will Rogers or Yogi Berra would have said. Greg L (talk) 22:28, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oh dear
Remember that account who repeatedly misrepresented us and then said they made their last edit [4] when they failed to find any admins to believe that rubbish? Well he is back with a different account. Fnagaton 00:33, 1 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Nice guess. Your reasoning seems to be predicated on the assumption that moon phases, celestial happenings, and/or biorhythms factor into the date ranges. Greg L (talk) 17:02, 4 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Roger that. I’ll keep this thread as a reminder, since there are more templates than one can shake a stick at. BTW, I enjoyed the way you concluded your post over there: We become admins by nurturing hundreds of sockpuppet accounts, sucking up to the cabal, offering sexual favours, and making denial of service attacks against Citizendium - or at least that's how I managed it. …“offering sexual favours”… I like people who damn near need a disclaimer at the ends of their posts. ;-) Greg L (talk) 20:38, 7 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
re CSA gif
I can't imagine the timeline, et.al., would be particularly visible at a smaller size. I'd have to remove that. --Golbez (talk) 19:42, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
May 2010
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Anwar al-Awlaki. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period. Additionally, users who perform several reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. When in dispute with another editor you should first try to discuss controversial changes to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. Should that prove unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. Please stop the disruption, otherwise you may be blocked from editing. Please be aware that continued reverts will result in blocks. Please discuss the matter on the talk page. Thank you, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 05:47, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Two edits in 24 hours (1 and 2) over two different things. And I did pretty much nothing butdiscuss things on the talk page. And my whole message point was about gaining consensus and not editing against it. And all that was done civily too. That is not an edit war by any stretch. I did everything by the book. Anyway, the I.P. editor settled down, I’m happy with the compromise, and I am done for the evening. I’m not sure about your underlying reasoning for stepping in when you did—in the way you did; but I like the outcome nonetheless. So thanks for the intervention; it cooled people’s jets and no-doubt allowed me to go to bed bit earlier. Greg L (talk) 05:56, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
It came to my attention at WP:RPP where another editor requested full protection of the article due to edit warring. I picked the most recent reverters and warned them because I'm always reluctant to dole out full protection, but as long as it's resolved, we can all go home! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 06:21, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Fuck, no
Surely the last words of the captain of the Titanic were "I thought you were fucking steering"? – iridescent 19:08, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Love it. I’ll work it in now. Greg L (talk) 19:09, 14 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Greg, just to clarify this. I have never accused you of being a paid propagandist. I am sorry when you misinterpreted it in this way.
The whole article could not be more biased and has even the smell of paid propaganda.
That refers to the article Aafia Siddiqui as a whole and anybody can have a look at it and make up their own mind about the article. Let me repeat it again I never accused you of being a paid propagandist. I am sorry when you misinterpreted this sentence in this way. IQinn (talk) 23:13, 16 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Very well, thanks. Greg L (talk) 00:09, 17 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Sewer cover
I must say that I found the 1925 article to be much more interesting than 2008 (apparently I'm only interested in history I didn't live through, even though I don't pay much attention to news so I don't really know recent history in the first place). I'll also opine that, while significantly less useful, date articles are so much more interesting than years. I think that your page might very well be the most interesting essay, or whatever you want to call it, that I've come across on Wikipedia. VernoWhitney (talk) 17:33, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for sharing those kinds thoughts, Verno. Greg L (talk) 17:55, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Geez, all that buttering up and I don't even get a sewer cover to hang on my wall? What is the world coming to? Mostly kidding; but I'd hate to think that after getting a job that wasn't wasting my talents I couldn't apply such skills here too to some benefit. VernoWhitney (talk) 20:02, 24 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry. I would have automatically given you the barnstar if you had mentioned all four date articles referenced on Sewer cover in front of Greg L’s house (Oct. 1, Oct. 16, 1925, and 2008). Are you saying you read through all four?!? If so, you would qualify as Wikipedia ninth sadomasochist. ;-). Please advise and the barnstar is yours. Greg L (talk) 21:45, 24 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, that would be my fault then, I did read them all since I had Friday unexpectedly free last week. I guess I just assumed that not that many people come around talking about sewer covers, even here. My mistake. VernoWhitney (talk) 21:48, 24 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for letting me know about this. I had no idea there was even such a thing as “Valued Pictures.” I think I’ll stay out of the voting on this one as I am so new to the venue. I sorta like to know what the “group-think” is before I either reject the conventional wisdom or embrace it. (That’s a fancy way of saying I don’t want to go there and sound stupid.) Greg L (talk) 01:09, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Scratch that. The rules are really simple. The picture clearly illustrates the article content particularly well so I voted “support.” Greg L (talk) 01:15, 26 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You will see no visible effect in that article in isolation. But when it is transcluded to Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates, not how the page-flow tag prevents crowding and interference with editable sections below it. Try reverting my change (∆ here) and go back to the VPC page to see what I’m talking about. Greg L (talk) 00:00, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Highway Picture
Hi Greg, just wanted to let you know I've nominated another image of Highway 401 for featured picture since the other one isn't going so well. Link: [5]. Hopefully the third time will be a charm! Haljackey (talk) 04:06, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Copying over Clark image
Please leave commentary where those who know proper procedure can comment. Put it on the discussion page that people are reading.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:59, 31 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, well… just pardon me all over the God-damned place. Even though I voted “oppose” on that image’s FPC, I took an interest in an image you cared about and invested the time to download it, pull it into Photoshop, and clean up piles of dust in the scan. I then uploaded the cleaned image to here and also offered a suggestion on your talk page to make it easier to update more articles faster. It wasn’t “commentary”. If I knew I was dealing with someone prone to theatrical and adolescent behavior, I wouldn’t have bothered. Greg L (talk) 00:03, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Greg, you misunderstand. I am about the least experience picture guy who comes by WP:FPC. I am saying that it does not really sound right to just copy it over the old one and I would not really know if it is. Thus, if you put your instruction on the discussion page, people who know what to do will comment.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:22, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
OK, sorry. One wouldn’t simply change the file if it A) the edit won FPC but the original did not, or if B) the original won FPC and the edit was frowned upon. But if the entire nomination goes down in flames, the distinction between the two doesn’t matter. I’ve had dillweeds totally ruinthis image of the IPK by lightening everything until the blacks looked like a 60% gray and changing the original even though there are some 30 foreign-language versions of Wikipedia that use that very image of the Kilogram (rather than create a new file). As for creating a new file, I took this pile of poo (Anwar al-Awlaki original), and created this version. Check out what that article used to look like. However, in a simple case of dust removal and contrast cleanup, it doesn’t take an Act Of Congress to simply update the image—like as Fallschirmjäger already did, (though I can’t see the difference); all it takes is a consensus amongst those who care about the image (that may not be official, but its the practical way things work because it is uncontroversial). Now that I have uploaded the distinct version to the FPC, we wouldn’t want to do it now and would wait until the FPC is resolved one way or another. Then we can just make the darned change because the simple improvement should be entirely uncontroversial. Greg L (talk) 00:41, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
FYI
I will be disengaging from the article, Everybody Draw Mohammed Day. I helped to do some research and add a bunch of sources which was fun, but it was taking up a bit of time and focus, and now it will be interesting to see what direction it takes subsequent to the event. Hope you are doing well. Feel free to keep me informed if you wish. Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 23:16, 1 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
401 picture: Colour
Hi greg, I just wanted to let you know that the evacuated 401 pic is now in colour as an alternative. Could use your feedback when you get a chance. [6]Haljackey (talk) 15:28, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I know you voiced support for your colour edit, but would you also support the colour alternative? Just a few more votes and it hopefully it will pass. Thanks for your input on all the 401 candidates! Haljackey (talk) 15:24, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Greg, because you contributed to FPC's recent review, I'm letting you know that the results of the poll have been posted. We appreciate your contributions to the first stage and hope you take part in this next step, here, to move towards implementing several changes to the process. Regards, Maedin\talk 18:34, 4 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Greg, further to your recent comments at the EDMD talk page, there is currently a discussion touching on the option of using collapsed galleries at the content noticeboard, so you might want to weigh in. Cheers, --JN466 13:38, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Text size in graphics
Hi Greg, thanks for explaining re text size with File:Hematopoiesis (human) diagram.png at its FPC. Are you saying, then, that all graphics should have text that can be read at thumbnail? What about other FPs such as those at WP:FP/Maps and /Diagrams? There are many there whose writing is too small to be read at the thumbnail or even at full resolution if you don't zoom in.
I'm not saying that the Hematopoiesis image should be featured because those other ones are, or that those others should be delisted, I'm just trying to understand better :) Thanks, Matthewedwards : Chat 14:55, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
No, not at all. If one can make a graph usable as a thumbnail (by making the thumbnail as big as possible in the article and via layout of the graphic), then that is always best. In some cases, like yours, there isn’t so much material that it couldn’t be made perfectly usable at the first stage of enlargement at only 1018 pixels across. When I was doing an animal study at a university recently, I was outside of the P.I.’s office and in the hallway was a cork board-size graph of the chemical pathways of metabolism. It looked a bit like a lineage graph for a village in England dating back to 1650. That sort of thing would necessarily be usable only at full zoom. As for the others FPs that one must zoom in to, I wasn’t around when they were nominated. If they could have been attractively revised to make them usable as a thumbnail, that would have been my position. Greg L (talk) 15:02, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, thank you. I understand what you're saying, now. I haven't decided which way to !vote yet. I'm waiting until my questions to the author can be answered first. Matthewedwards : Chat 15:24, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Reviewer granted
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[reply]
Thank you, xeno. Greg L (talk) 18:31, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The relativity of weight
Thanks for the alert – I had not noticed, as I've been rather occupied with defending the integrity of Wikipedia, specifically the neutrality of point of view and other quality concerns in our new article IHH (İnsani Yardım Vakfı). I intended to come back to the issue at some time in the future – but in a fit of insanity I promised a presentation at a workshop two weeks from now, and all I have at the moment is a title, so I don't know when that will be. In any case, there was little risk of the innocent reader being deceived by the section, as it was "not even wrong" (i.e., totally incomprehensible). I think a comprehensive encyclopedic survey should say something about the concept of weight in GR, but clearly not what we had there. --Lambiam 20:50, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I couldn’t agree more. Greg L (talk) 23:53, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Talkback
Hello, Greg L. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.-- φ OnePt618Talk φ 05:19, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Being first to whine to mommy does not make your rudeness and any less rude. Have a nice day. Greg L (talk) 05:46, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Greg, can you be a bit more precise: to you, what would be the actual disadvantages of using wikitags instead of their html equivalents in this 'special case'? To me, looking at the disposition of the pages in read mode, I see no difference whatsoever. It's really a bit like insisting on using <i>italics</i> instead of ''italics'' or <b>bold</b> instead of '''bold''' - I really don't see therefore why you would want to derogate from the Wiki standard in any of those cases. Ohconfucius¡digame! 09:09, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Quoting you, Oh, To me, looking at the disposition of the pages in read mode, I see no difference whatsoever. Indeed, you won’t see a difference when looking at historical versions because the [edit] tags disappear in historical views. To see how there was a perfusion of [edits] all crowded up against the photo, go to an older version, go to edit mode, copy the text, paste it into a blank sandbox page in your userspace and hit save. Go ahead and try it; I’ll wait. Then come back to this page…
♬♩ (*sound of elevator music*) ♬♩
Now do you see what I mean? Page layout should look cleaner than that. There is no compelling need to be able to edit such short sections. I had originally wanted to keep those subsections in the table of contents. After the pleasure of dealing with OnePt618 (who sure learns the ropes and wiki-lingo fast for someone who’s a “newbie” editor with only 20 edits), I decided there wasn’t really a need to have the subsections in the table of contents. Thus, the matter is resolvable by making those sub-section titles regular text. Greg L (talk) 16:53, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Please refrain from spreading misinformation about me. I do not have 20 edits. I have 1,436 edits (893 of which are in article space). (See [7] for more details.) I don't prefer to tout numbers, but you're casting aspersions based on bad information.-- φ OnePt618Talk φ 18:59, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oh… well… just pardon me all over the place for misconstruing what you meant when you wrote (∆ here), this: …lambasting me for being insincere, making "God-damned rude accusations", along with threats of taking me to ANI if I edit his page again. I readily admit that I am a newbie editor (been here ~20 days) but I think I have a lot to offer… So if there is *misinformation* or *bad information* being spread, you have no one to blame but yourself for indicating you are in any way a “newbie editor” if you actually have 1,436 edits. Nor do I care to now hear your asterisk-like small-print caveat for what you really meant when your wrote “20 edits”; your facility in wikilawyering to exact a *win* at all cost amount to games and needless wikidrama that I will not join in. Please go away and leave me alone; I don’t appreciate your style and find it to be a disruptive distraction if you are to persist any more at this pettiness. I suggest also that you read what the other editors are saying on your Wikiquette alert; there is a message there about “cause & effect” that you might find instructive if you take it to heart. Greg L (talk) 19:25, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I see what you mean now. I think that the idea was conceived that all headers were to be separately editable. Your change, though you may consider not necessary, is a break with that convention, and creates an oddity. OTOH, if you really insist that those which are currently at L4 be uneditable, perhaps you should consider simply bolding those headings with the ';' (semicolon) at the start of the line. The font isn't as large, there's no click-through in the TOC, but as they are, as you said, such small sections, the lack of individual click-throughs should not matter so much. Having said all the above, it seems that there is nothing inherently wrong with using html tags. Ohconfucius¡digame! 01:33, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Greg, I have posted at the above mentioned Wiki-etiquette thread. Thanks, Airplaneman ✈ 18:00, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
NOTICE I will not engage editors in multiple venues on this matter. Further posts on anything related to this issue can be made on the Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts where editors’ posts can be inspected and sanitized by the sunshine of more thorough public inspection. Greg L (talk) 19:46, 21 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Man oh man, I just remembered about a whole cumulative year of my childhood. Wikipedia should pay people like you rather than dole out the prestige of pissants to pissants over who can piss the highest arc. Yalk (talk) 05:55, 8 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
With mind on auto pilot, I read your [response] and wonder, "What's so special about Miley Cyrus and Februrary 30th, is it her birthday?" Then I went outside to pull weeds, "Ah, I get it!" Very clever response. Gut Monk (talk) 23:42, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
LOL! Thanks for dropping me a line. :-) Greg L (talk) 03:08, 13 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Wolf Point because that article has only one photograph and the camera is pointed straight at—and is largely dominated by—Wolf Point. Greg L (talk) 02:03, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I do not understand all the issues you raised on my talk page. You may want to try to renominate this again now, yourself. I think the two high-EV articles are pretty well-developed.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:30, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Not me. Your turn to nominate. All I mean with that illustrated post I left on your talk page is that the Chicago eL picture was a nighttime photo that had extensive post-photo digital manipulation so it looked nothing at all like it really would at night. By comparison, a photo that is a simple long-duration exposure so it begins to show star trails—like just about any long-duration photo—shouldn’t be maligned based on the fact that it brings out dark-area detail; not when we consider the manipulation given to the ‘Chicago’ pic. Greg L (talk) 21:53, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
FPC comments
Hey there Greg. I just closed Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Xantho poressa female, and I just wanted to make a comment on your !vote. "Snapshot" is a pretty general term, and may not help the photographer know exactly what is wrong with the photo. Would you consider being a little more detailed in your comments? I hope that you take this in good faith, as I don't mean to badger, and I do appreciate many of the comments and contributions you have made at FPC. JujutacularT · C 13:47, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed. I see that the FPC page requires that “All objections should be accompanied by a specific rationale that, if addressed, would make you support the image.” So I can imagine that “Picture sucks; one that sucks far less would be better” wouldn’t provide much guidance for the poor photographer. ;-) I’ll be more specific from hereon.
Thanks for that. And yea, I wasn't really offended by the PC jibe. By the way, I love the anecdotes for every argument :) Happy editing indeed. JujutacularT · C 22:26, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the recommendations. I've started a draft RFC in my userspace User:OpenFuture/Request_For_Comment/Pmanderson. If we can show that at least two users have tried to resolve the issue (so we need one more except me) we can file it. I did unfortunately file a Mediation request just earlier today, as per Chasers request, so we might have to wait for a response on that one first. --OpenFuture (talk) 08:06, 18 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You are certainly welcome. I hope one or more of the others there can help; I have limited personal dealings with PMA. Greg L (talk) 16:53, 18 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, just letting you know that I have renominated the image. I'm contacting you as you participated in the first discussion. J Milburn (talk) 11:29, 24 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia:Valued picture candidates/Wolf Point, Chicago
Greg L has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, so I've officially declared today as Greg L's Day! For being an great person and awesome Wikipedian, enjoy being the star of the day, Greg L!
You replied pretty graciously (if at some length :P ) to my bad temper on ANI. Thanks. Bishonen | talk 11:07, 30 July 2010 (UTC).[reply]
Thank you very much for offering such a nice gesture of goodwill. Happy editing.Greg L (talk) 15:04, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Vatican
I saw your comment on the Vatican staircase. Do you think i should renominate it? I wasnt really getting support when it was nominated. Spongie555 (talk) 03:15, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I’m sorry. I didn’t spend sufficient time studying how the image was being used in articles. I have to agree with the others there. I am sorry for misleading you and then pulling the rug from under you. Greg L (talk) 17:15, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Its ok. At first i only nominated it beacuse it looked cool but when i looked more it had not much EV. This time im going to let it fail on its self and with out me withdrawing it. Spongie555 (talk) 00:30, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your comment on the nomination but i think the other voters probably will argue for EV.But that what i thought of the picture Spongie555 (talk) 12 September 2010 (UTC)
Have a look at this
You might get some ideas about the past history of one administrator. [8]—Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.254.27.249 (talk) 10:00, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. I know. Even though you leave messages here and Ckatz deletes them, (no net change), the process still leaves an orange banner across the top of any Wikipedia page I visit. And this is the second time you’ve come here. It appears you have been banned from Wikipedia and that is why you are strafing user-talk pages as an I.P. I don’t have time to find out whether your banishment was just. The community assessment is that it was. Sorry. There’s already enough “vigorous debate” (translation: bickering) here without I.P.s adding to the mix. Please don’t leave another message here for me unless you are legitimately registered. Greg L (talk) 14:49, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Two points re RfC at wp:link
Per this edit. Can you point me to where I have been "outspokenly in opposition" to the guidelines as written. Also, if you'd actually read what I'd said, I did comment on the supplementary question - something that I do not believe is disallowed in an RfC - but just not with a firm "yes" or "no". And can you please focus on addressing any substantive points rather than making broad sweeps about people's motivations or what they should or shouldn't be doing or have or haven't done? N-HHtalk/edits 18:32, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
ps: nor is it helpful to characterise my views as "extreme". And, of course, the point of an RfC is to find out what other editors actually think, so perhaps let's wait and see what "the majority of Wikipedians" think.[reply]
The RfC you created has a section for threaded discussion. Please leave me alone here on my talk page. I’m not going to debate you there and here. I find you tendentious beyond all comprehension on this issue and much of the rest of the community tires of this, as do I. Greg L (talk) 18:44, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
More than happy to. But don't lie about what I say or engage in cheap shots against me, and not expect a response. N-HHtalk/edits 18:52, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
“Response” is fine. But I expect a response in the proper place. And just so you might gain some perspective, I’ve been active on a number of terrorist-related articles like Anwar al-Awlaki and Aafia Siddiqui and found the editors on those talk pages to be less… uhmm… *passionate*. Greg L (talk) 18:56, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Greg, I did a major update to the Motorola 6800 mictoprocessor article (86 references). I did a section on semiconductor yields, Motorola had poor yields at first. Could you look at my unit conversions, all of the technical literature at the time used inches and mils. I wanted to use mils in describing the trade offs on size. If you listen to an IC design engineer from the 1970s, he can tell you the dimensions in mils of every chip he worked on. To the typical reader, all the chips are tiny. A 160 unit thingy is smaller than a 212 unit thingy -- SWTPC6800 (talk) 05:17, 28 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You sure did put some effort into those series of edits. I checked the direct conversions and the one that listed two dimensions in mils and gave the square millimeters. Everything looks good. I would only suggest that the one that goes as follows:
160 mils x 160 mils (16.5 mm2)
…be given some consideration as to whether “(4.1 mm x 4.1 mm)” would be more directly equivalent and possibly less confusing. It gave my neurons a *!* neuron interruption. It was a pleasure to help. Please don’t be shy to ask again and don’t be a stranger. Greg L (talk) 19:49, 29 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
:-) My son-in-law called me today about that. He didn’t say what; he just told me to go check Fox news. Thanks though. Greg L (talk) 22:04, 29 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Greg, you like to illustrate your talk page debates with interesting puctures. Here is one I took in New Orleans. A Horse Walks Into A Bar -- SWTPC6800 (talk) 03:03, 4 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
How many interesting things did you see? Greg L (talk) 15:19, 4 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Try to be impartial
Fox news is not a valid source of news. The Taliban have as much right to be discussed impartially as anyone else. If you have a strong opposition to other cultures, why not edit a domestic encyclopedia? This is meant to be an international project, and patriotic support of the USA should have no place here!93.96.148.42 (talk) 02:36, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for sharing your opinion, I.P. editor from England. I am all for an encyclopedia impartially and accurately and factually discussing the Taliban and how they burn down girls schools and blow their teachers’ brains out with an AK‑47s because they don’t want girls being educated(*sound of audience gasp*) and how they flog women in the street for showing too much skin under their burkas. Indeed, accuracy should rein supreme on Wikipedia.
As for en.Wikipedia being an “international project”, no; en.Wikipedia is an encyclopedia for people whose first language is English. You are confusing simple-English.Wikipedia, which is compromised to accommodate the needs an international readership. There are scores of Wikipedia in different languages to serve the needs of those speakers; you don’t see me running over to the Iranian Wikipedia (for instance), trying to influence what appears in their Wikipedia.
As for all this *international* goodliness you speak of, perhaps we need more input from those on the Persian-language Wikipedia used by Iran; where they have user pages featuring “Death to Israel” slogans and pictures of SCUD missiles being launched (an admin from the Persian-language Wikipedia actually came over here to get advise from our admins on what to do about that problem over there). Yeah… maybe we need more of their input to achieve balance here. (*sigh*)
Invariably, this *English-thing* of ours leads to a Western POV where crazy sounding ideas like “Leaders shall govern only with the consent of the governed” (rather than “the guys with the most AK‑47s rule”) and “let girls be educated just like boys” becomes sort of a world-view underlying basic assumptions that affects writing style.
But, perhaps we should be more “international” with our articles; instead of writing “murdered the girls’-school teacher”, we should use the term “killed” because that doesn’t mean anything was necessarily illegal or *wrong* in any way—perhaps that would help make en.Wikipedia more “international” (i.e., you like it). Maybe, instead of “beating a woman”, perhaps it should be “reinforcing a religious education.” I suggest you go to our ‘Taliban’ article and correct that caption; some sheltered, English-speaking Westerner who doesn’t subscribe to the notion of pure moral relativism must have written that one. And maybe that stick is way lighter than it looks.
As for my views on Fox news, you didn’t understand my points on the talk pages elsewhere on this project about Fox and how their op-ed—which I pointed out is inherently biased—needs to be treated differently from news. So I won’t waste my time on that point since I have free will to decide how I may devote my time on Wikipedia and there is no rule that requires that I now devote oodles of effort trying achieve a meeting of the minds on that point; we’ll just have to agree to disagree, m‘kay?
Instead of spamming my talk page with rhetoric as an I.P., try registering first. Doing so helps you to have a greater voice on en.Wikipedia while helping us to keep a lid on POV-pushing of yours, including solicitations that it be done by proxy.
Oh, I didn’t comment on your …patriotic support of the USA should have no place here! Bravo. I’m sure you’re doing your very best to fix that! (my own exclamation point). About the only part of your post I agree with is The Taliban have as much right to be discussed impartially as anyone else. In fact, I agree with that sentiment 110 percent. I suspect we differ a tad in what that means. So, just pardon me all over the place for not being concerned about your activities; there are more I.P.s on en.Wikipedia than one can shake a stick at and it is all too easy for a community consensus to revert them. Greg L (talk) 15:01, 10 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You supported the photograph of chlorine in a quartz ampoule and acrylic cube. The nominator has indicated no replacement photograph will be available in the near future, and has instead cropped the original file and uploaded over the top, leaving us with two alternative crops. Could you please indicate which of these you prefer? Thanks. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 16:28, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I’m sorry. I don’t have a Facebook account but I am honored you feel that way. I see you are from the Philippines. Was it my Navy SEAL stuff that got you interested in this page? Greg L (talk) 19:14, 17 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
email
To answer your question on Epeefleche's talk page (since that line of discussion was closed before I could respond and assuming you are still interested), I have used the email feature just once (to my recollection) to send an email. This was due to oversight issues when I was subject to email bombardment from a sockfarm that was intent on unvieling the identity of a fellow editor. Aside from that bombardment, I have received few emails, none of which I have responded anywhere other than on-wiki. All in all, I have never (until now at least) thought that is is generally for covert use as you describe, so have seen no reason to disable the feature. Hope that satisfies your curiosity. wjematherbigissue 00:09, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I appreciate your taking the time to honestly weigh in here. Of course, it is exceedingly likely that others taking Epeefleche to task conduct oodles of behind-the-scenes discussions and strategizing with their wiki-brethren. Greg L (talk) 02:06, 3 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, a while back you helped get the picture File:Kingdavidkalakaua dust.jpg to featured status. I noticed that it was removed from the Kalākaua article and replaced by one that looks similar in some ways. If you could spare a minute, would appreciate your opinion on the talk page. Thanks. W Nowicki (talk) 22:22, 27 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Other plans proposed?
Just curious, since you're familiar with PMA's history... why support a plan whose scope is limited to just actual page moves, an area that amounts to only a small fraction of the problem. Did you see the other plans proposed further down? Thanks, Born2cycle (talk) 23:29, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia has many mechanisms for sanctioning and restricting editors, not the least of which is ArbCom, which like the Inquisition, has the power to amputate body parts. I’ve seen far too many knee-jerk reactions on Wikipedia where the remedies were out of proportion to the violations. The problem with PMA is he has gotten away with too much for too long. The sanctions I voted for are limited and should send a message from the community that PMA hasn’t received in a long time. If he doesn’t smell the coffee this time around, there will be ample opportunity for more draconian remedies. Greg L (talk) 02:21, 3 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Response to your "facts" as presented at CCI
Fact 1: We are not just talking about a few sentences or fragments in a single article. There are many, many articles with problems ranging from a few sentences to entire articles, especially from Epeefleche's early contributions, as already evidenced in the CCI and also listed at Wikipedia:Copyright_problems/2011_January_7. True Epeefleche and I have butted heads on a few occasions, as they have done with several other contributors, but I would absolutely not call it feuding. Epeefleche's seems to always react negatively to any changes I have made to an article they have been involved with, even more so if reverts an addition they had made and will refuse any compromise. To me, Epeefleche appears to be the one holding a grudge borne out me raising concerns I had regarding NPOV, original research/synthesis, coatracking and giving undue prominence to recent incidents in various unrelated articles. Persistent accusations of hounding as a core component of every edit summary or contribution to a discussion do little to promote a collegial atmosphere. I have to ask, who is really causing any friction? Hounding is clearly defined, and my indentification of clear policy violations absolutely does not fit that definition.
Fact 2: "Epeefleche is an attorney". Yes, so they keeps saying, but their actions and responses shed serious doubts on that claim. The repeated dismissal of the notion that copying, word-for-word, sentences from a copyrighted article may be a violation of copyright is perhaps the most damning. That and the fact that some of their earlier article creations were virtually 100% word-for-word copies – you don't need "three decades (nearly) of practicing law, including intellectual property law, in the applicable jurisdiction" to know for certain that is a copyright violation.
Fact 3: Your comments speak for themselves. Instead of focusing on the issue at hand, i.e. copyright violations, you chose to defend Epeefleche and label the report a bad faith one, despite clearly not having read though the complaint in full. In the process you mistakenly repeatedly state that I had quoted policy, and based on that misconception claim that I was using it as a stick to beat Epeefleche with. I can only guess that you are standing by this unfounded accusation since you have not retracted it.
Fact 4: Evidently this is a recurring widespread problem. More recent problems were highlighted in the report, and further problems have already been uncovered since the case was opened. Half a dozen or more articles from Epeefleche's early history have already been blanked as foundational copyright violations, and there are several others I have spotted, but have not actioned as yet – I will probably notify those currently involved in the cleanup rather than dealing with them myself. Epeefleche was made aware of problems in this regard many times over the past 12 months, yet it kept happening again. I really don't see how you can still doubt that this is a longstanding, recurring and extensive problem that needs a concerted effort to fix.
Fact 5: I have no interest in indiscriminately removing anyone's contributions. As above, I will most likely report any violations that I discover to one of the agents cleaning up this mess rather than dealing with them myself. wjematherbigissue 23:11, 8 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Very well. Now, how about you and I butt out and sit back and see how the community deals with the facts and settles upon an appropriate remedy? Greg L (talk) 01:04, 9 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I agree, it is unnecessary to add further to the background discussion since that step has been completed. Incidentally, the appropriate remedy has already been determined – perform cleanup on all affected articles. That is why the full CCI case was opened by VernoWhitney. wjematherbigissue 01:20, 9 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Perfect. Best regards. Greg L (talk) 02:29, 9 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Handel
Thank you for your moving of information back to George Frideric Handel. Your "being bold" and courtesy on the talk page are appreciated. —Goodtimber (walk/talk) 05:06, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You are most welcome. I appreciate your taking the time to let me know my effort was appreciated. It makes up for those times when I come to my talk page to find someone who is annoyed with what I had done and started a WQA because I further stated that someone’s edit didn’t deserve a smiley-faced gold star and used plain-speak while doing so. Greg L (talk) 19:06, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hey man. We got the "Wilmer-tiger" cleaned. Take a look and see if that can get you from "mild oppose" to "neutral" or maybe even swing the needle just into the "mild support" region. Also, I'm right on with you about EV for articles. I'm not some photographer, far from it. Am an article writer and just fell in love with the pic after getting the BYU Library to part with it. Was pleasantly surprised to see it go into the lead of the Taxidermy article (would not have expected that, came out of the blind, one of those neat things about the Commons). Then I got a wild hair and stuck it into the BYU Life Sciences Museum article. So it's supporting three articles pretty strongly. I even juiced the caption on the Featured Pics page, just a tad to try to make it have more rationale (see it).
Yeah, it has two elements in it, not one. But well. I still love it. And the tiger is stuffed! Just cool looking cause it was so well preserved. And the man is a link to a heritage of herpetology from the 30s. I am semi-serious about instigating an expedition to a remote region that he collected in, and it would be a hoot to ask the guy some questions before sending the herps off into the (literal) Sierra Madre! TCO (talk) 19:42, 16 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, TCO; I am disinclined to vote ‘support’ on this one. We’ve got a nearly two-year-long queue waiting for their turn as a Featured Picture for-the-day on the Main Page. Let’s see if we can come up with some extraordinarily eye-catching images. Greg L (talk) 00:20, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
British versus American spelling
Hi Greg. I noticed that you amended Pressure to change the British spelling gauge to the US spelling gage. Please be aware that the Wikipedia Manual of Style endorses the principle of retaining the existing variety, including retaining the first substantive variety of English spelling. See national varieties of English. In particular, the Manual of Style does not advocate exclusive use of American English spelling. See retaining the existing variety. Happy editing. Dolphin(t) 06:22, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I am entirely familiar with WP:MOS and ENGVAR. I looked over the article and didn’t see any other words that had British spelling and assumed it used American spelling throughout so I made reversed the “gage” vs. “gauge” order to make the article consistent (which ENGVAR asks for). Was I wrong about which dialect is used? Greg L (talk) 19:15, 18 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your prompt response, and thanks for the Talkback banner. I see that in 2006 you and others debated the subject at great length at Talk:Pressure#"Gage" v.s. "Gauge" Pressure (Spelling) and reached a position where gauge would be accepted. ENGVAR certainly invites Users to edit articles so that a word is spelled consistently throughout an article. I see nothing on Wikipedia that invites Users to edit an article to change every occurrence of a word from one spelling to another in the belief that one widely-accepted spelling is somehow preferred over another widely-accepted spelling. Cheers. Dolphin(t) 01:38, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
The “invitation to users to edit an article” [for spelling] is made clear Wikipedia:Mos#National varieties of English which prescribes Each article should consistently use the same conventions of spelling, grammar, and punctuation and When an article has evolved sufficiently for it to be clear which variety it employs, the whole article should continue to conform to that variety, unless there are reasons for changing it based on strong national ties to the topic. Greg L (talk) 01:46, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks Greg. The essence is that if you see an article with some words spelled with British spelling (or American spelling) you don't need to feel obliged to change everything to American spelling (or British spelling). If you want to change the spelling, that is a different matter and you are at liberty to be bold. Dolphin(t) 06:23, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I wouldn’t characterize making articles compliant with WP:MOS as being WP:BOLD. We are all here to improve the project. Greg L (talk) 18:37, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
May I make a suggestion?
I would advise you to leave Wjemather alone for the time being, since it was a comment to you that at least partially resulted in the block and the block is intended to dampen the flames. I fear your presence on their talk page may serve to throw petrol on them, regardless of how well intentioned your edits were. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:59, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Well… I worried it might be taken that way. (Didn’t think anyone could stand nine-foot-long scroll bars) Understood; will do. Greg L (talk) 02:01, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Your really neat CGI image of the Protoype Kilogram is currently under discussion. Please comment there. Thanks. -Arch dude (talk) 17:34, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for alerting me to that other editor’s heartfelt concerns and his suggested remedy (which I felt came up short). That’s like waking up to bowl of corn flakes with a steaming turd sitting on top. I sat down to the computer with a fine cup of home-made mocha cappuccino in my right hand and the keyboard under my left. The coffee must not have taken full effect when I responded there. Here’s the link to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents to report all the shocking plain-speak I left on Talk:Kilogram. I was in a mood to say what I actually thought there rather than doll it up with a bunch of Wikipedia-style “Good gosh golly; were you displeased by seeing “inch”?” Greg L (talk) 21:03, 6 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Do you have a reference for the chamfer of the IPK? I intend to build a model using Blender. Blender is not a CAD program, but it can easily create an image that is accurate to within one pixel, which is the best we can reproduce in an image. If I cannot find a precise definition for the chamfer, I will try to fake it from the BIPM images. The advantage of Blender is that I can publish my model under CC-BY-SA and others can use it. I'm thinking in terms of an "IPK" sitting next to a golf ball and a ruler, all sitting on a two-color (grey-and-white?) checkerboard with 1cm squares. The ruler would show both inches and centimeters. I am a Blender newbie, as you can see at b:User:Arch dude. I feel that I am a serious contributor to Wikipedia (15,000+ edits, 100+ articles) and to other Wikimedia projects, notably Wikisource as s:User:Arch dude. -Arch dude (talk) 00:24, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I’ll be exceedingly candid here. I’ve now exchanged a hundred e-mails with the guy at the NIST working on the new kilogram. As part of that, some of the materials he sent me contained the blueprints for making the Pt-Ir standards. There were dozens and dozens of hours of research that went into that article before I happened upon that little jewel, which details the four-angle chamfers on both edges. To me, this feels just like Chinese manufacturers calling up Sylvania and saying “Our tungsten filaments don’t last anywhere near the 1500 hours the label on our box says they do. Please make our job easy and quick and give us your data and tell us all your tricks so we can replace your product with ours.”
(Oh… joy.)
As you can no-doubt understand, I take pride in that contribution and certainly enjoy seeing it used by many other-language Wikipedias—which is a small reward for making that contribution. I don’t understand why you would expect me to be excited about what you are doing. Greg L (talk) 00:52, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
P.S. But I did, just now, get through providing the chamfer blueprint to another editor. He’s also using Blender and is intent on doing much the same as you. Greg L (talk) 01:06, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Mentioned you at my RFA
Heya, just to give you a heads up that I mentioned your comments in one of our previous encounters (in a positive way!) in my answer the question #3 of my RFA. I know notifying people of RFA's is frowned on strongly, but I felt that it is only polite to mention my use of your comments :) If you'd like to to remove them or clarify/retract parts then please let me know. --Errant(chat!) 11:56, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to see how my words were being used in your RFA. You did not do a faux pax by contacting me here on this. The quote from me was an accurate reflection of my attitude at that time and your use of it now in your RFA takes it in the proper context. I wish I was more familiar with you than that one incident so I could weigh in on your RFA. Best of luck. Greg L (talk) 20:43, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, that is appreciated :) --Errant(chat!) 20:46, 11 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
. Thanks for checking and maybe fixing. --Pflanze2 (talk) 07:00, 19 March 2011 (UTC)
[reply]
Thanks. I responded at the bottom here.Greg L (talk) 20:57, 19 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note
Epeefleche has had ample opportunity to fix a simple problem, and is being given a further (probably unwarranted) chance. The project would be better served if you simply advised Epeefleche how serious copyright should be taken and urged them to just fix it instead of creating unnecessary drama. It seems to me that the pair of you are again trying to provoke me into stepping over the line but I will not be taking the bait this time, and will simply request that you stop now. Thanks. wjematherbigissue 14:58, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed. You clearly want to harass him without “stepping over a line.” Bravo. You should be proud. Greg L (talk) 15:42, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have no desire to harrass anyone. Nor will I be drawn into trading insults. wjematherbigissue 15:48, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Me thinks thee doth protest too much of thy sweet innocence. After being blocked once for harassing Epeefleche, you thought you’d personally take it upon yourself to look at Epeefleche’s contributions and identify some sort of shortcoming. And you discovered how he had failed to provide a proper copyright tag as he tries to build the project (nice detective work).
Showing the image of a book cover in an article on the book (The Power of Half) is done all the time on Wikipedia (as is also the case with movie posters and CD artwork). But editors must be sufficiently savvy to know what copyright rationale to add to the page. Even relatively experienced editors fail to appreciate the rigamarole / boilerplate / technobabble that is required.
You know, it occurs to me that in all probability, you know full well what boiler-plate fair-use rationale to copy over to that page, yet you elected not to do so, which would have solved the shortcoming for the project in far less time than you’ve devoted to this issue so far. It’s quite clear that you like wikidrama and love making it.
And then, rather than let any of dozens of other editors who routinely watch over this sort of thing address the issue, you thought it exceedingly wise to jump in and badger him about how it had been some 20 hours since you first notified him about his error (something I rather backed you up on) and demand action pronto. You concluded that second post with This is the final warning you will receive in this regard. All you failed to do is figure out some emoticon to append to the end of your post representing an authority figure with pouted lower lip and brow raised in amused disinterest. Again, Bravo; you should be so proud.
Perhaps it wasn’t all that wise for you to have come here to my page to posture and leave your alibi notes, trying to rationalize how your motives are pure as the driven snow. Does your feud with Epeefleche and desire for comeuppance blind that much? You should have just stopped looking at Epeefleche’s contributions after your block.
Now you don’t seem to like what you’ve got yourself into and I’m certainly not going to let you off the hook and let your lame excuses go unanswered as to how you had nothing but sweet innocence at heart when you landed again at Epeefleche’s talk page with that “final warning”-bit. Why not go posture somewhere else? Or, alternatively, you can keep weighing in here, digging your hole even deeper. Greg L (talk) 16:18, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Mather flagged it as a minor, easily correctable issue, including suggestions as to how to solve the underlying issue. It was a bit nit-picking of a complaint, but not one that warranted the drama that seems to have followed. Usually, it could/would have been ddealt with by a simple "oh, thank you. I'll fix it". However, given the previous history between the two, it was somewhat predictably taken as hostile from the onset. --Ohconfucius¡digame! 03:40, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
No kidding it was taken the way it was. Given their extremely tortured past history, it was the equivalent of two business partners who sued the pants off each other in court, and months later, WJM rang Epeefleche’s doorbell to point out how his fence was a foot too tall per local ordinances. We all know WJM did as he did and it’s natural that Epeefleche didn’t appreciate it. As for who’s at fault for the wikidrama and time devoted by the community in trying to separate those two, we just don’t see Epeefleche following WJE around trying to raise cain with messages of “Final warning”; it always seems to be the other way around. WJE can put down his binoculars looking for something to hassle Epeefleche about and flipping furiously through the code book to see if his fence is OK; the rest of the community is perfectly capable of handling those sort of things without WJE on Epee’s arse making wikidrama. I’m not buying this *innocence* game at all here. I’ve been around the block several times in life and have been around on wikipedia to see simple human nature at work here. And it’s disruptive. Greg L (talk) 11:53, 21 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
comment
Hi there Greg. i noticed you've made many attemts to argue on the ethnic groups gallery articles...i only recently saw your commont ont the spanish american article about the gallery use of raquel welch (i wouldnt of included her unless she didnt mention it in an interview, see interview here)..its also important know that of the latin american-born population in the USA, in th 2009 American community survey 29% choose spaniard as their ethnic ancestry ie not directly immigrating to USA from Spain....
As we've seen bulldog has gone around nearly all articles attempting to completly get rid of the montages which is adds alot to an article, colour and not to mention the most obvious examples of showing that so and so is irish american for example...I was the one who did the spanish american collage and afew others including the european american one which has now been changed by bulldog which i see as fine....even though it was seeming to be difficult to get a consensus on. Hispania2011 (talk) 22:49, 23 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Let me know if Bulldog is editing against consensus and I’ll see if I can’t help to remedy the problem. Greg L (talk) 00:05, 24 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Harassment, Misrepresentation, Hounding
This will be the second time I ask you to stop following me around, aspersing me on every page I edit, and - in general - harassing me on wikipedia. If you want to be the bigger man, you will take this to heart and stop. These will officially be the last comments I ever leave to or about you. After this, I cease to consider your presence or ever reference you - in any way - positive or negative - again. I hope you will do the same for me. Bulldog123 18:23, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Where did you get the notion that those who edit disruptively may do so with impunity? That is a fallacious notion. You have no entitlement to be disruptive on Wikipedia and then criticize those who might try to mitigate the damage you do.
…and once again find yourself in a situation where you are editing against consensus.
I’ve seen you editwar over these tags and I quickly found the proper remedy: merely discuss on the relevant talk page whether your tag—or any tags are warranted, arrive at a consensus with other editors, and if they aren’t warranted (which is typically the case), they get deleted. You don’t like it when that happens. That can’t be helped.
You don’t like it when I point out that you have a history of tag-bombing articles and appear to be a single-purpose account. But such information is entirely germane to those discussions so the whole truth is considered and is part of a properly-arrived-at consensus. You don’t like that either. And again, that can’t be helped either.
You seem to be operating on the premiss that you may edit disruptively and tendentiously on Wikipedia with impunity and drive away those who disagree with you via incessant baiting and personal attacks. Such tactics don’t work with me—as you’ve clearly discovered.
And now you’ve got an admin, Bearian, frustrated beyond all comprehension with your activities (this thread on his talk page).
Your edit history (500 edits ≤March 2011, here) shows that you are clearly a single-purpose account. Even a rudimentary perusal of your edit history reveals that your activities are disruptive and are invariably at odds with the consensus view.
If you want to come here and do some more of your classic posturing, by all means, I’m happy to respond with truth and facts. That so much conflict swirls about all your activities comes as no surprise to anyone because your own words show that you are vehemently opposed to articles that classify and segregate humans into categories (e.g. Jewish men in sports, Black Golden Globe winners) whereas the consensus view on Wikipedia is simply not in alignment with your wishes; ergo, you now flit about from article to article, trying to get your way in bits after having failed at global RfCs over this sort of thing.
As for my “constantly following” you “around”, like you wrote at the bottom of this thread here at Wikipedia talk:Biographies of living persons, such accusations are nothing but a big game you play on Wikipedia, where you play everyone for fools—apparently in hopes that everyone is too busy to actually go back and pore over the discussion threads to discover the real truth behind your false accusations. Like I wrote at WT:BLP when I was supposedly following you around: That was pretty funny, because you had posted 27 comments there over five days before I bothered to even take a look at goings-on there. I made one post. And you objected to that. So… just pardon me all over the place for having the hubris to weigh in like most everyone else there and actually disagree with Bulldog123 (*sound of audience gasp*). Greg L (talk) 19:19, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I don't understand. Are you asking me to stay off your talk page now or are you just going to randomly delete comments I leave you here [9]? If it's the former, then move the conversation to User talk:Bulldog123. Bulldog123 19:53, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I didn’t ask you to stay off my talk page and it wasn’t a “random” deletion. My edit summary (∆ edit here) was perfectly clear: “delete baiting”, which it was. But now I’m asking you to stay off my talk page—on this thread, at least—unless you actually have something legitimate to say because right now you are just playing more of your games (playing the clueless innocent here) and I’m tired of your disruption, as are a couple of admins whom you’ve managed to get their eyeballs rolling today. Greg L (talk) 21:15, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Greg, the best way to end an exchange is for one party to stop replying. DGG ( talk ) 02:44, 4 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Our deletion review disagreement
With regard to our disagreement at deletion review, I didn't want my response to you to get overly long. But suffice it to say that the examples I gave were just the tip of the iceberg. I think that if one were to engage in an exhaustive review of sources, one would find a bevy of support for my position, and the sources undercut your position. I don't think that the idea of some line in the sand is a bad one. I simply think you've misplaced the location of the line, as to the subject at hand, for the reasons indicated.--Epeefleche (talk) 19:31, 4 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
That’s what’s nice about our relationship: even good friends can disagree over things. It’s fabulous!Greg L (talk) 01:58, 5 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hard disk drive RFC
Hi Greg. The RFC is probably a good idea, but it looks like you have done it rather "informally". There is a specific template, which should be used in order for the RFC to be published. Please have a look at WP:RFC. Favonian (talk) 15:44, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe some people are more sticklers for protocol and maybe things have changed, but not all RfCs have to be queen’s-rules and much has been accomplished in the past in an off the cuff manner to address relatively minor points. Greg L (talk) 17:47, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
That’s the queen’s rule way of describing that, indeed. Greg L (talk) 17:55, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
More on that awful issue
While we're on the subject (whether we like it or not), do you have any comments on the Binary prefixes article? Jeh (talk) 04:09, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I seen it before. It looks like a hunk of pure garbage, all the way from the small things to the big things. Kids trying to be futuristic. Wikipedia doesn’t do well for things like that. Greg L (talk) 04:25, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Tibibytes
Greg, Your RFC notifications are clearly biased. Nowhere in the table is the word Tibibyte used. The only purpose of such a headline is to bias the incoming editors. Futhermore, don't you have anything better to do then follow my contribs and copy what I'm doing?--RaptorHunter (talk) 18:41, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oops. Spelling error. It’s not “tibibyte” but is “tebibyte”. It’s the “gibibyte” one that has two “i”s beside the “b”. All of them cause English-language spell checkers to flag them so it’s hard to see when one doesn’t properly spell these words that hardly anyone has heard of. Sorry I’ll fix that; indeed, those ought to read “Tebibyte (TiB). Come to think of it, I’ll revise to Gibibyte (GiB). Both of those are in the table and that is squarely what this issue is about, the use of that terminology, which is utterly unknown to a general-interest readership and isn’t used by the vast majority of RSs. By the way, how you’d find out that I was posting RfC notices with a misspelling? By running around doing exactly what I was doing and stumbling across it? Or by looking at my contribs. If the latter, please stop stalking me. If the former, that seems like a case of the kettle calling the pot black. Leave me alone unless you have something legitimate to say; wikihounding isn’t legitimate. Greg L (talk) 19:14, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
ANI and 3RR violation
You should note that in my response to the ANI I have requested sanctions against you for a number of reasons including but not limited to violation of the WP:3RR rule. Tom94022 (talk) 22:23, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Your tactic of a “the best defense is a strong offense” is quite clear there. It will be interesting to see if it saves your skin for editing against consensus and being tendentious. Your argument is rather funny—even—given that I clearly pointed out at the ANI,five edits by you, four of which are reverts. That contrasts rather poorly my three total edits, which do not exceed the 3RR limit and were all in defense of the community consensus that you were editing against. Greg L (talk) 22:25, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
By now I hope you may have noticed that RH has reverted your last reversion. You are already in violation of the WP:3RR rule. I chose not to report you, preferring instead to include your disruptive behavior in my response to your ill justified ANI. I will report you if you revert again. Tom94022 (talk) 22:58, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I am not in violation of the 3RR rule but you are by a wide margin. As for the article, Diego has other ideas. Now, your posturing, baiting, and misrepresentations here are not welcome. Nor will such tactics help you to save your skin at the ANI I filed against you. Please desist with this childishness and stay off my talk page now. Greg L (talk) 23:01, 27 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I am compiling examples of this user's behaviour, for an RFC/U to be started shortly. I wondered if you wouldn't mind adding your thoughts (and any examples the RFC does not currently cover) to this discussion. Parrotof Doom 07:56, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Not even sure about how not to edit a past revision of a page, apparently
Well, I have been down the rabbit hole and have come to this user page all the way from Dante's Divine Comedy (which I found to be quite good) through Daedelus and Icarus, past nonsense and silliness (I also found that to be quite good), twisting through Fuzzball, and lastly down the sewer hole. I quickly decided I would NOT read those pages associated with dates, as they are not even very good dates, and was pleased to see that the whole reason for that was to make a point about not linking dates. I am awfully glad I did not read the date pages and run back here like a dog with thrown stick and a wagging tail to find that point made. I read the user page of Wetman and others, all talking of THE Greg L. I was impressed with the fundamental usefulness (read as quality) of your featured content, except for the Jack-in-the-cube, which I neglected to read out of spite. Coming to the end of your page though cause me to wonder if I would not have wasted less time, and perhaps derived the same enjoyment, from simply reading the 4 date-link articles and left it at that. I am a long time user and promoter of Wikipedia, but a new editor (in fact, don't even look at my edit list) and I am glad to see that such a volatile beast as this is in the hands of the wise and skilled. Similarly I will for the rest of the evening derive some deluded vicarious satisfaction from the inclusion of MY comments on THE Greg L's user page, even if they do not belong here, and especially if they are removed. I agree with VernoWhitney in that the Sewer page is very interesting, and propose that the interest it generates defeats its purpose. I am tempted to put a link to the page on the actual "Manhole" page, thereby refuting the point of your sewer cover's meaninglessness, since it is indeed a fine example of an actual sewer cover, which is a rather ingenious device. Something in my gut tells me this link already exists, but if I check and find out that is true I will have to delete all those sentences I just typed. Well the length of this edit is now begging for deletion, but do my thoughts on these topics not give some enlightenment or use to other readers? Truly though, thanks for the great work on this fine project, and the wit with which you executed it. Jake Papp (talk) 22:28, 31 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, Jake, for dropping me a note. Welcome to the project; I think you will fit in great. Greg L (talk) 01:37, 1 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Objective About Anwar
Greg, I'm sorry but it seems that you were somehow offended by my apparent attacks upon the Anwar Awlaki Talk Page, I did not intend any offense. I only wish to point out what my third-grade student has, that the article is not neutral.
(2) I had no part in writing the comments from the IP in Las Vegas (?).
(3) I do not understand why you think I should simply accept the statements of the Gov't regarding who is a "terrorist" and who is not, considering the history of how the US State Dept. hangs and removes that label from persons and groups when it is expeditious to do so.
The 'facts' -- allegations -- you outlined in your screed against "Mr. IP" do not prove that Awlaki or OBL is a terrorist. Even former S.O.S. Condoleeza Rice admitted as much when she stated remarkably that "even a member of a terrorist group is not necessarily a terrorist." Elsewhere, Rice also claimed that the incidental killing of an American citizen in a CIA missile attack "does not raise a constitutional question."
<pov> These people including Mr. Obama are evil.</pov> -Stan
Stan Battles (talk) 20:20, 6 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Fair use rationale for File:Cobalt Drafting Assistant demo.ogv
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I think I got it. If you approve, I will copy this approach to other CAD-related images I created. Greg L (talk) 22:00, 21 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Go right ahead - Striking through warning as resolved :) Sfan00 IMG (talk) 22:04, 21 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Edit summaries
Oh, using Latin rarely means anger. It is usually my perverse sense of humor; try seeing what they mean in context. SeptentrionalisPMAnderson 21:30, 29 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
No, you merely don't share my sense of humor. Nobody said you had to; nor I to share yours. SeptentrionalisPMAnderson 02:22, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I guess I should have looked up “perverse” (Google search here). The top-most definition reads “Showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable, often in spite of the consequences.” Well… there you go! I guess we at least partly agree on this *Latin thing* of yours after all. Greg L (talk) 02:30, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
No personal attacks
You wrote: "I caution IQinn, who has a long and distinguished record of editing articles in favor of Islamic extremists"
That is absolutely false i edit these article in a NPOV. Your accusation is false and i demand you strike this in your comment. IQinn (talk) 20:31, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It’s absolutely true. If you want to make a big deal of it, be my guest. Your edit history is a matter of record. But tell you what, I’ll go back and make it clear that that is my opinion based on my reading of your edit history. Just pardon me all over the place for having an opinion. Greg L (talk) 20:35, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
It is absolute false and you should prove it by diffs. I work in a controversial field and i try to implement NPOV. This is an personal attack on rather that an opinion unless you provide diffs. I suggest you stay away for the debate on Aafia Siddiqui as it is clear that you can not assume good faith and if this is your opinion that there is no way at all for you to discuss in a civil way what is obvious to see in that debate. Ridiculous you are so wrong and i highly suggest you get out of here as you clearly can not WP:AGF. Best. IQinn (talk) 21:31, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
As I wrote there, it is my opinion of the quality of your edits. I said nothing about you having bad faith. This is the grown up world now; there is no requirement that others admire your edits as much as you do nor are others to give you an A+ for effort when they really think your work is POV-pushing nonsense. BTW, stop edit warring against consensus over on “Aafia Siddiqui and its talk page. You are totally out of control there. The consensus could not be clearer; no one there is in agreement with you. Now you think you can be tendentious here and get into my face in yet another venue? Stay off my talk page now, please. Greg L (talk) 21:41, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
With regard to the Aafia Siddiqui article, The consensus was quite clear on the talk page, here at #BLP that the picture of Siddiqui wasn’t a violation of BLP. Just minutes after losing on that thread, he tagbombed the article with a {POV} tag. Knowing what kind of editor IQuinn is (tendentious), we patiently went to the next step (starting #Is iQuin’s {POV} tag necessary?) and arrived at a consensus that the tag was just flotsam left over from the photo issue, amounted to editwarring, and should be deleted. He hoped to use the tag as graffiti to force continued discussion. So he started edit warring on the tag. He’s been blocked before for misusing tags. Why was IQuinn not at least warned about editing against consensus? Greg L (talk) 23:11, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, thanks for the note. Our approach toward dispute resolution is evidently different. I am hesitating to make content disputes like this one into personal issues about individual people, as that tends to alienate fellow editors and poison our collaborative atmosphere. It's important that everyone feel included, and that we recognize good faith even when it is masked by editing habits that we disagree with. That's not to say that it's never necessary to show someone the door -- but it is important that we treat it as a last resort. Specific to this situation, ordinary dispute resolution channels may prove useful here, as the disputing parties may benefit from neutral and fresh perspectives. Regards, causa sui (talk) 23:44, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Your response made no sense to me until it this Dispute Resolution Noticeboard incident where User:Epeefleche pointed out that he had given you—and admin—royal in-your-face grief at this ANI. And, it turns out, I had joined in at that ANI against you with 34 posts (oops).
Now it’s over one year later. In this discussion thread on Aafia Siddiqui, an editor with a history of tag-bombing articles after losing a consensus discussion (and had been previously blocked for such editwarring antics) was clearly editing against consensus… again.
Your writings above (It's important that everyone feel included, and that we recognize good faith even when it is masked by editing habits that we disagree with) undermined two bedrock principles of Wikipedia that editors respect and abide by the consensus and not editwar.
Then I find out at Dispute Resolution Noticeboard about how A) I had been in your face before at an ANI (something I forgot about since I have a busy “real life”) and B) he has been accusing you of wikihounding him. You were clearly an involved admin. As an uninvolved editor commented at the DRN: Involvement is generally construed very broadly by the community, to include current or past conflicts with an editor (or editors), and disputes on topics, regardless of the nature, age, or outcome of the dispute.
Just pardon me all over the place for saying precisely what I think. You blew it. Four editors were dealing with an editor who is one of Wikipedia’s most obnoxious, tendentious, combative editors of all time. That editor complains about how Wikipedia’s articles on convicted terrorists amount to “hate crimes,” writes disjointed English prose, is tendentious beyond all comprehension, and has views well outside of the mainstream. At Aafia Siddiqui, he was editing against consensus, knew full well what he was doing, and was happy to do so because it’s clear that he considers “talk” as being for the weak; all he understands is the sword and force (ANI). Rather than just block him for 48 hours for once again editing against consensus, you slyly used PC pablum like suggesting we endeavor to make that character “feel included” (*sound of audience going “Awwwwe” *) to put lipstick on a pig and try to pass it off as a prom date. The result was to afford that editor a greater platform from which to disrupt and served to produce protracted wikidrama and escalate tensions rather than defuse them. You wanted to see if you could use your trappings of power to frustrate Epeefleche and exact your revenge.
As I wrote, I had forgotten who you were. I marched all fat, dumb, and happy to your talk page and asked why you did as you did on the Aafia Siddiqui talk page. For some reason, you elected to take my post, which I put on your talk page, and transplant it here with your response. Now I’m leaving this thread here to remind me of who you are. Consider yourself from hereon as “involved” when it comes to edit disputes involving me from now on, m’kay? And remember, the definition of “maturity” is doing what is expected of you rather than what you would like to do. Greg L (talk) 15:43, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
After you said “If there are no objections” and the only people who responded all objected because that wasn’t the proper venue? Oh… joy. As you can see in retrospect, your dragging that vortex of wikidrama to the Dispute Resolution Noticeboard was a wonderful exposition of truth and fact, the outcome of which seemed not to your liking.
Beating around the bush with stuff like “Well, let’s assume he had good-faith intentions when he deleted stuff against consensus and stuck a shank in you. M’kay??” is for 16-year-old kids hoping to apply for their admin privileges.
And some good came of it. The disruptive editor who fancied that tag-bombing articles was way-cool, thought that once placed in an article, tags can’t be removed unless he agrees to it—even if there is a consensus to do so. He pointed to some way-bad text in the {{POV}} tag documentation that actually said that! As you can see, I got that goof corrected, here. There will hopefully be less editwarring all across Wikipedia because of less tagbombing articles now. Greg L (talk) 17:12, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
G-suit
Hi, perhaps you should check your revision to G-suit, before I add something? MTIA, PeterWD (talk) 11:59, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for response. It's about removal of the whole letter, not its italicization. BTW, in my current disambiguation investigation, there might not be any new stuff for G-suit article, after all. PeterWD (talk) 15:41, 2 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Barnstar and thanks
The "Can I buy you a whisky?" barnstar
For your efforts in seeking consensus on a revision to WP:POVTITLE. Dicklyon (talk) 05:48, 17 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
My pleasure. Thanks for the barnstar. Greg L (talk) 20:01, 17 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Pmanderson
However.. the herald angels were funny. :-D Bishonen | talk 20:41, 18 August 2011 (UTC).[reply]
Thanks. Have you noticed my perverse, irreverent streak yet?? Just having fun, not taking any of this too seriously, and trying to get something done that needs to be done so we can all go back to enjoying our hobby a bit more. Greg L (talk) 20:44, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I don’t understand your message. If you meant it in a good way, please explain. If you meant it to have a hostile or ominous or threatening tone and chose to keep it slightly ambiguous as to your exact meaning, please be advised that this is a no bullshit zone. Just say what’s on your mind. If you can’t do that… Greg L (talk) 21:02, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Oops, darwinbish posted here? Sorry! My socks are getting out of hand. That's the way the evil twin talks, I'm afraid. I'm always having to run after her and apologise. I assure you there was no hostility, threat, or for that matter ambiguity intended. I didn't even realise there was room for such a supposition. I'll keep the twins in their own zone in the future (=their own pages and mine). Bishonen | talk 21:27, 18 August 2011 (UTC).[reply]
Oh. I see. Sorry. I’m not as experienced a wikipedian as one might think. I’m slow when people are pulling my leg; the car is usually speeding up the road ready to bash the next mailbox as the rear-seat passenger is waving my torn-off leg at me from out the side-door window as a trophy. I’m up to speed now. Greg L (talk) 22:37, 18 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, Greg. I think these things go better when you just let a contribution like Locke's roll by. He already knows that you know that a closing admin knows about content and not just numbers. He's also probably pretty sure you're not his biggest fan. You can just let it happen. -GTBacchus(talk) 02:22, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I know he knows. He knows I know he knows. I wanted to make sure everyone else knows that something fishy maybe kinda sorta might be going on there. Greg L (talk) 03:27, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Everyone knows all about Locke, and you look a lot better when you're letting it roll by. Trust me, please. It makes it look like you're haranguing people for not agreeing with you that haranguing people is wrong. It doesn't matter if that's your intention; ANI has its own logic. You can't do anything right on there sometimes. -GTBacchus(talk) 03:39, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I’m done there. It seems there is clearly a consensus to do something with him this time around, but no consensus on what to do with him. Getting away with what he does so often only seems to embolden him. Greg L (talk) 03:47, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Well, it's ArbCom then. I've never been; is it fun? -GTBacchus(talk) 04:22, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
ArbCom? Oh… joy. For mere mortals, going to ArbCom is like going into the Inquisition, which has the power to hack off body parts if your theology ain’t straight. That applies to the asshole, as well as all his cronies, his wife, his mistress, even his trash collector if he once said something blasphemous at party; they can all be turned into toast or their tongues removed. For you, no problem. Not in the least. If I were PMA and was being hauled off to ArbCom, I’d think about having a testicle surgically removed and frozen in liquid nitrogen for post-ArbCom reattachment. Keep up the good fight. Greg L (talk) 04:31, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Heh. Thanks for the vote of confidence. I understand there's a fair amount of red tape involved. I don't even know who to list as parties to the dispute. I usually work in areas where all I have to know is what I'm doing... -GTBacchus(talk) 04:44, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Listing parties to an ArbCom dispute. (*sound of deep sigh*) That’s sort of an art form. Oh, sure; there are probably guidelines for that sort of thing. In cases that the police would call “mutual combatants,” members on both sides of a dispute generally have body parts removed. In those sort of things, naming parties is often met with a first post that reads “I HEARD NOTHING!” from those who can read the handwriting on the wall.
This PMA-related issue is quite different. Those who are fighting mad and indignant with PMA will for the most part want to be named. A sort of informal metric that comes to mind is anyone who debated (as opposed to simply making a !vote) in the ANI would generally be named.
But I don’t pretend to be an expert on these sort of things; been there once for the full-meal-deal, and been named once in one wherein said I wanted nothing to do with it. I really like your style and think you will do a perfectly fine job starting off an ArbCom. Just take your time and ask around for advise.
Like John Lennon wrote: Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. Enjoy the ride. Wikipedia is a place where learning important life lessons and debate skills can be had without any real harm whatsoever. My motto is “Be bold and always do the right thing; even if it is unpopular with the clique into which you would like to ingratiate yourself.” That’s my 2¢. Greg L (talk) 05:06, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Not wanting to ingratiate myself anywhere makes that last part easy. You realize I could never pass an RFA today, right? Not a chance in 9 circles+Limbo. I'll ask around about parties to the dispute. I think I see the lay of the land pretty well. -GTBacchus(talk) 05:15, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Greg: "if I were PMA ...". If you were PMA we'd all be in a helluvalot of trouble. As Linus of Peanuts said: "Why, the theological implications alone ...". Now, if I may address our over-industrious colleague here (since this should be of general interest):
Bacchus: Great work! I'm glad all of that detailed explaining at your talkpage is over. Good to have it on record for future use. I did not join in the Google talk at WP:TITLE. Too preoccupied and too fed-up with that whole deal. But I'd like to tackle the issue in a sustained and systematic way sometime, since it's central to choice of titles and to the proper conduct and assessment of RMs – as we've seen amply demonstrated. I'll be in touch about that.
I look forward to that conversation. -GTBacchus(talk) 05:15, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Inappropriate posts
I want to query the tone of at least one of your recent posts at the ANI on PManderson, in which a flippancy and certain humour is on display in a serious thread. It appears to me to have been most unhelpful to the participants and the job of the closing admin. Tony(talk) 09:20, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I’ve noticed in the past that I seemed to have an outsider-like influence on PMA since I am less often as frustrated with him as you and certain other editors. He seemed to have listened to me a tad. Not much of that attribute was in evidence on the ANI. That I started the ANI clearly had something to do with that. Hey, you are most welcome for my efforts to finally address this issue, which has obviously been an annoyance for much of the community but not so much for me.
Anyway, back to your point. You are, of course, correct. I’m done there. See the above thread. It appears that GTBacchus was advised that the proper place to take it next with PMA is to ArbCom and he’s running with that. As you can see, I told him ArbCom is a powerful venue with the power to hack off body parts. If it goes there, I won’t be taking the lead and certainly won’t be engaging PMA directly; I’ve given up on him. Greg L (talk) 13:07, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Diacritics
I see you are also annoyed I did not answer your e-mail. I don't always; but the principal reason I didn't is that I think the recent RfC dealt with the problem as far as it can be dealt with now. There is no consensus to always use them, Hans Adler's claims aside; there is no consensus to follow the sources (fifty editors have objected); there is no consensus, and is never likely to be, to abandon them.
All that can be done is to point out, case by case, what the English sources say, and see if this makes any difference; if this is generally accepted in practice, then there will be evidence to show that our practice is to follow the sources. SeptentrionalisPMAnderson 17:21, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
A Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets
In all seriousness, if it interests you and you haven't seen it before, have a look at A Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets. My interest is more in the history of astronomy (and science in general), and I see from that discussion that you have an interest in amateur astronomy. If you ever wanted to work on an astronomy article, I'd be happy to do that. And I apologise for the "waste of time" comment. I do have a personal standard I try and maintain (not very well) to read and try and improve an article (or suggest an improvement) if a name change is being discussed. Just to keep things a bit more grounded than it can be in an endless whirl of naming and style discussions. One article I'm pointing out a name issue on at the moment is Georg Forster. Just me and the editor who brought that to FA at the moment. Would you be willing to give a second opinion at that article's talk page? Carcharoth (talk) 00:00, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you very much for taking the time to clarify your interests and objectives and patch things up. I also appreciate the overture to help on an FA.
At the very time my MediaWiki e-mail beeped on my iMac, I was deep in real life working on a 20-patient protocol for a medical trial that is expected to be performed in Germany. You seem to gravitate towards things-technical and to—as Sara Palin might say—things that “are *scientificy* and all that.” Working on this protocol, I occasionally need to know technical details about arcane-things-German, such as whether the placards in a German hospital warning about ‘high magnetic fields leading into MRI rooms might affect cardiac pacemakers’ are always written only in German or also have English-language translations (since English is so common as a second language throughout Europe). I routinely correspond with an American living in Germany who has excellent command of the German language but is A) not *technical*, and B) not German and is therefore not intimately familiar with all-things-German. Do you know such an individual?
Oh, I think I know the answer to the placard thing (they are only German language). But I’m sure that isn’t the only thing about German customs and practices I need to know about. Greg L (talk) 00:15, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I do know some people in Germany, and I also know someone who (funnily enough) worked in the area of translating technical documents between German and English (and the other way as well, I think), but I'm English and live in London. You'd be better off finding someone who lives in Germany (there are several Wikipedians I could point you to if you like). Georg Forster was fluent in both English and German, but he is (a) dead and (b) might struggle with new-fangled stuff like MRI machines and cardiac pacemakers. :-) Carcharoth (talk) 00:54, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Quoting you: but he is (a) dead… I hate it when that happens. Please, I would greatly appreciate someone who is a) is alive, b) is very technical minded, c) is a native German, and d) is comfortable communicating in English. Do any of the ones you were thinking of meet all those criteria? Greg L (talk) 01:06, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, I can only remember one Wikipedian from Germany. I think he is, anyway. User:Dbachmann (I don't think that is a state secret of any sort), and he may not be as technically minded as you are looking for, but that is the best I can do. There are also categories of Wikipedians from Germany, aren't there? Category:Wikipedians from Germany and Wikipedia:German-speaking Wikipedians' notice board might help as well. Carcharoth (talk) 02:01, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Creating a section for your proposal starting with "Blocks are meted out not as retribution but ..." I would support that formulation as well, but you added it not as a proposal but as an "oppose" vote. Have mörser, will travel (talk) 02:52, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have a sense of bad ‘cess over there because this is not a right-or-wrong issue and notions of political correctness are intertwined with fact and reality. In other words, that venue has too much “nonsense quotient” for me and I am liable to write “fuck off” to someone since I am busy in real life and have too little patience right now. Everything on Wikipedia—including its talk pages—is in the public domain. You are most welcome to take my proposal and advance it as a motion of your own. Let me know how it turns out. Greg L (talk) 03:01, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Possibly unfree File:Meissner effect zoom.jpg
A file that you uploaded or altered, File:Meissner effect zoom.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files because its copyright status is unclear or disputed. If the file's copyright status cannot be verified, it may be deleted. You may find more information on the file description page. You are welcome to add comments to its entry at the discussion if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Magog the Ogre (talk) 06:38, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Like I wrote over there: Does someone have some sort of bot loose causing unnecessary grief? The copyright notice comprises a pre-made tag stating that the image from the U.S. Department of Energy and is therefore a work of the U.S. federal government so the image is in the public domain. Could anything be clearer? Is someone supposed to write “See the above tag — the image is in the public domain” to make bots (and those who want to do great good on Wikipedia) happy??? I’ve been a registered editor for years and Wikipedia’s processes and procedures for using images is a confusing G*d-damned pain in the ass. Greg L (talk) 15:58, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hint, you could upload it to Commons. I found their wizard painless for a PD file. Nobody ever bitched either. Have mörser, will travel (talk) 17:20, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
That Kilogram article and the public-domain picture I adapted for that article were one of the first major endeavors I did for the project. It’s been there for four years without problem. It is obviously in the public domain because it is clearly tagged as being the product of the U.S. government. I simply do not understand what hoops you would be pleased that I jump through now. Whatever hoops there are, the procedures were suitable back then (no error flags). Since real life calls, I don't have time to figure out what you think needs to now be done. Your options are to A) delete the picture, which is in the public domain and leave an empty picture hole with a nonsensical caption underneath in every article that uses it, B) ignore whatever is the new-age urgency, or C) do it yourself, which you obviously (very) clearly understand. I shouldn’t have to leave the project and close my account to not receive MediWiki e-mails that someone wants to discuss some minor detail until the Heat death of the universe. If you think you are improving the project by doing what you are doing… splendid you. Someone needs to get their act together and make a bot that automates whatever it is you seek. Greg L (talk) 18:32, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Anwar al-Awlaki. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24-hour period. Additionally, users who perform several reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. When in dispute with another editor you should first try to discuss controversial changes to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. Should that prove unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection. Please stop the disruption, otherwise you may be blocked from editing. Please be aware that continued reverts will result in blocks. Please discuss the matter on the talk page. Thank you, HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 05:47, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
VernoWhitney (talk) 20:02, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
on me. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 21:19, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
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