User talk:Alansohn

Welcome!

Wikimedia Commons

Thank you for uploading images/media to Wikipedia! There is, however, another Wikimedia Foundation project called Wikimedia Commons, a central media repository for all free media. In the future, please consider creating an account and uploading your media there instead. That way, all of the other language Wikipedias can use them too, as well as our many sister projects. This will also allow our visitors to search for, view and use our media in one central location. If you wish to move previous uploads to Commons, see Wikipedia:Moving images to the Commons (you may view images you have previously uploaded by going to your user contributions on the left and choosing the 'image' namespace from the drop down box). Please note that non-free content, such as images claimed as fair use, cannot be uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons. Help us spread the word about Commons by informing other users, and please continue uploading!--OsamaK 07:28, 27 June 2008 (UT

Edits for Glenn Spencer

Please do not revert the edits back to the incorrect information again. If you have any questions, you can contact Mr Spencer personally at the number provided on the American Border Patrol website. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.47.186.37 (talk) 17:07, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

I stand behind my reversion of this edit, which described that "Glenn Spencer is an activist who is hated by the Southern Poverty Law Center." Alansohn (talk) 19:42, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Joel M.==

Im Dark.Reaper.Hx the user who is editing the content on Saviour of the World from Planetshakers why do you continue to remove the content when it is TRUE. Everyone should know that Planetshakers removed the song and they should re add the song again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dark.reaper.hx (talk • contribs) 03:08, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Paul Kondratuk

I'm the user that keeps deleting the play house 22 section of the East Brunswick, NJ article. It was a relevant and necessary edit because I live in East Brunswick and the it's been announced that the project for rebuilding playhouse 22 has been stopped and the playhouse will no longer be an attraction to our town. So please do not block me for making important edits. If you have any questions or comments please email me @ paulkondratuk@hotmail.com. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.46.70.48 (talk • contribs)

RfA thank you

Alansohn, I wish to say thanks for your support in my successful request for adminship, which ended with 82 supports, 3 opposes, and 1 neutral. I will do my best to live up to your expectations. I would especially like to thank Rlevse for nominating me and Wizardman for co-nominating me.
                                                  — JGHowes ^talk - 19 August 2008

Hey

Don't revert things before i do. --J. Comb (talk) 21:44, 2 January 2009 (UTC) Vadislism is cool drop dead or be dead —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.114.31.86 (talk) 05:08, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Jeff Behar

I didnt know how to email you, for the information about Jeff behar and hillsborogh

Professional bodybuilders | Mister-olympia, see: http://mister-olympia.bganzeige.de/professional-bodybuilders

also see:

http://botw.org/top/Sports/Strength_Sports/Bodybuilding/Personal_Page/

You can also just google him, jeff behar writer, jeff behar bodybuilder, jeff Behar NASA, jeff Behar ceo of Musclemagfitness.com

He graduated from hillsboro, 1983.

U can also see him on TV, on comedy central by googling his name and comedy central or going here:

http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=70301&title=golds-gym

U can also confirm by checking the hillsboro area at classmates.com

Sorry for having to wroite in here. I did not know how else to email you back with the information you requested.

December 2008

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to World government has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, please ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thank you.

Fuck you! read the bloody message. this is not to cite your own info. source it!

Thank you for reverting the profane vandalism made to my userpage!

IRP ☎ has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend, Go on smile! Cheers, and Happy editing!=)
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

DYK for Joseph Kahn (shipping executive)

Number 298 (185 create/expand - 113 nominations)

On 29 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Joseph Kahn (shipping executive), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

DYK for Howard Pack

Number 299 (186 create/expand - 113 nominations)

On 29 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Howard Pack, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

I'm impressed

Dude, good job on reverting vandalism. I'm now doing new pages patrol and every time I try to revert something, you do it before me. Orane (talk) 05:13, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure what happens, but I seem to get into synch just behind another vandal fighter every now and then where all of my reverts are just too late. Unfortunately, there's more than enough vandalism for all of us. Keep up the good fight. Alansohn (talk) 14:56, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

What???

I have just created the page Manuel de Montiano, and hence, I find difficult to believe that I'm vandalizing it when incorporating new information. Please check CAREFULLY your statements before making them. Thanks... --218.186.12.200 (talk) 05:22, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

My apologies. An IP user deleting content from an article without an edit summary is a red flag for vandalism. Please be sure to use an edit summary for all edits so that other editors can better understand your intentions. Again, please accept my apologies for the revert and the warning. Alansohn (talk) 14:54, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for David Margolis

Number 303 (189 create/expand - 114 nominations)

On 30 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article David Margolis, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Cirt (talk) 15:31, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

DYK for Carl Kotchian

Number 304 (190 create/expand - 114 nominations)

On 30 December, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Carl Kotchian, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Cirt (talk) 15:31, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Alansohn, you have falsely reverted my edit on October 23

Alansohn, exactly what part of my text is vandalism? The Meiji Era started on October 23, 1968. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.191.177.96 (talk) 17:13, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

You're off by 100 years. "The Meiji period (明治時代, Meiji-jidai?), or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of the Meiji Emperor, running, in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868..." Alansohn (talk) 17:18, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

WOlf

Feel free to work on breira (organization), it also needs a DYK. Also the various progressive rabbis have no mention/link of each other on their pages, even through they all worked together. --Jayrav (talk) 18:36, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

It may not be DYK-eligible, but I will try to devote some time to tweaking the article. Alansohn (talk) 18:42, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

You also may want to work on Walter Wurzburger, Eugene Borowitz, Robert Gordis, Joseph Lookstein, Jacob B Agus- they are all stubs or dont exist. --Jayrav (talk) 18:47, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

I created the Emanuel Rackman article just a few weeks ago and Walter Wurzburger was his successor at Shaaray Tefilla. I will try my best to work on these articles. Alansohn (talk) 20:59, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Kopaonik

But, what is problem, i explained? About Kopaonik. Mountain is in Serbia only??

Tadija (talk) 22:08, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Its not its in Kosovo aswell, cuz of u "unhappy" serbs we had to approve the Kosovo pozition on Kopaoniks and other Mountains page, but Kosovo is independent and as is a state. Tryly yours a noble albanian who saw what serbs did to his ppl with his own eyes...IllyrianPrince —Preceding undated comment was added at 22:12, 30 December 2008 (UTC).

Well, Kosovo is only partitionly recognized, so, it cant be written as independent here, it is violation of WP:NPOV! At least it is 53 vs. 139 for Kosovo is Serbia!!

))

Tadija (talk) 16:03, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

FLQ on Quebec lead

The FLQ involved likely less than 100 people in all, maybe less than 20. Putting at that place a false statement about 100,000 terrorists (out of 7 millions Quebecers) is misleading. Anyway Quebecers are used to Quebec-bashing and this paragraph is typical. Those misleading statements attempt to give FLQ more power than it actually had (souverainty gained in popularity because of charism of Rene Levesque, not because of the FLQ). I lived in Quebec all my life since 1956. While some people were killed by either FLQ or RCMP bombs in the 1963-1973 time period, they were minor incidents. The mobster war in the 1990s killed more people and much more persons were involved in the various gangs. As repeated in the discussion area, the FLQ part has nothing to do in that page.

The French also sent many donnes to Canada, many were killed but one man eustaush lambert became a powerful donne that protected the natives and became the first Canadian general.

The above statement is some noise. Eustache Lambert was born about 1617 and was a merchant. Calling him a general is misleading. And the donnés (given) were there to assist priests AFTER the early settlement, not BEFORE like implied in that paragraph. Likely inserted by someone who just never read about that topic.

The capitulation of New France occured in 1760 (Battle of Montreal), not 1759. And the battle of the plain occured after a siege of many months. Summarizing the war to one battle is misleading but desserves the Quebec bashing promoters. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.252.80.31 (talk) 05:16, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry

I was venting emotions. Do you forgive me? ISayHelloYouSayGoodbye (talk) 04:55, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

I guess I would have forgiven you if the vandalism stopped after the warnings. Alansohn (talk) 15:51, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

User page vandalism

Hey. Thanks for reverting that vandalism to my user page. ~~ [ジャム]^[t - c] 10:00, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Sorry to have to deal with vandals, but its always a pleasure to help another editor. Alansohn (talk) 15:49, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Stuart Campbell

Hi, sorry about the lack of edit summary, but basically there's one disruptive editor that keeps impeding attempts to rewrite the article to better standards and has been repeatedly putting back in disputed sections without valid sources that everyone's decided would be best to remove for the time being. I was removing one such section. Have a read of the talk page for more background if you like. --88.108.243.214 (talk) 18:49, 31 December 2008 (UTC) "I will review the subject further. Thanks for the message. Alansohn (talk) 18:51, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

The editor above is, not to put too fine a point on it, simply lying. Examination of the entry's discussion page will clearly show his assertions to be untrue, indeed in most cases to be the precise opposite of the truth. They are not seeking to improve standards, but merely repeating crude vandalisms to the entry which have been attempted on numerous occasions in the past and removed after debate. This can also be verified from the entry's discussion page. An RfP has been filed in an attempt to prevent this vandalism, and the editor should not be deleting sections until that request has been adjudicated. 83.67.217.135 (talk) 22:31, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Friendly note.

Hi. Regarding this note, this is not vandalism. Very best!, NonvocalScream (talk) 20:11, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. I have no idea whatsoever why this change would have appeared to be vandalism or why I reverted the change. My sincerest apologies for the mistake. Alansohn (talk) 20:13, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Not a problem. Continue the good work! NonvocalScream (talk) 20:19, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Happy New Year

Dear Alansohn,
I just wanted to wish you and your family a happy new year, however you're celebrating it. Whether 2008 was a good year for you, or if it wasn't the greatest year, hopefully 2009 will be better. Cheers, and happy editing in 2009 :-),

 Ashbey  Ӝ  00:30, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Happy New Year!

Christmas was yesterday: Happy New Year!

---

Happy new Headcheese!-hexaChord² 02:48, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

I wonder why someone would be so determined to try and put laxatives in the botan rice candy? Happy New Year! Have a very fine '09. ChildofMidnight (talk) 03:49, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

Hello, Alansohn. You have new messages at Versus22's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

DYK for Robert J. Marshall

Number 305 (191 create/expand - 114 nominations)

On 1 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Robert J. Marshall, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 15:39, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Thomas Congdon

Number 306 (192 create/expand - 114 nominations)

On 1 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Thomas Congdon, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Spumante

why Spumante is uncostrutive and Champagne not!!!? I want add this voice! tell me why robyc73 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Robyc73 (talk • contribs) 02:23, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Spumante is already covered separately in the sparkling wine article. If you believe that Spumante justifies a standalone article, that should be discussed at the talk page. Alansohn (talk) 02:26, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

• Chiming as a member of WP:WINE. A long time ago, the members of the wine project decided it was much more constructive to include all the different types of sparkling wine into one coherent article. It provides much better context for the reader than a litany of stub/start class articles. This is no slack on the part of spumante or Italian sparkling wines. If you notice, the German Sekt, Spanish Cava and South African Cap Classique also serve as redirect to the main sparkling wine article. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 02:28, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

but you see this voice http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Ferrari_Spumante and http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Asti_Spumante It better use voice spumante and sub voice for Asti,and other.... User Talk:Robyc73 —Preceding undated comment was added at 02:32, 2 January 2009 (UTC). Champagne have more space and details in voice of sparkling wine!!! User Talk:Robyc73 —Preceding undated comment was added at 02:35, 2 January 2009 (UTC).

That is in proportion to the worldwide recognition of Champagne verses the lesser known sparkling wines. In fact, Champagne is even used as a "shorthand" for all sparkling wines....even Spumante, as evidence by the many blog entries dated from yesterday with their tasting notes on the "Champagne" Martini & Rossi Asti Spumante :p. Again, this is nothing to slight spumante, but considering the worldwide audience of Wikipedia everything should be kept in proportion and due weight to the grand scheme of things. If you would like to converse further, why don't we take this to Talk:Sparkling wine so as not to bug the heck out of Alan with the little yellow message boxes. :) Agne^Cheese/^Wine 03:20, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Charice Pempengco

It appears you accidentally (I believe) restored a bad version from that IP. Also, I don't think those edits were bad from Archiemr4. Just thought I let you know about those issues. Versus22 (talk) 02:49, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Oh, just the signature was bad. Versus22 (talk) 02:51, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

There had been a signature inserted among other issues. My revert rolled back to a bad version. Thanks for spotting -- and correcting -- the issue I created. Alansohn (talk) 02:53, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Re:Huggle message "Reverted unsourced content "

In Huggle, go to System -> Options -> Reverting, and you can add specific edit summaries that will appear under the list for "Revert this revision" (i.e., the arrow next to the big red sphere). You can also add them by going to your huggle.css page and changing the code per these variables. Note that I am using 0.7.12, but I don't think that the newer versions are much different. Hope this helps. ... discospinster _talk 04:19, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Yeah unfortunately I don't know if you can add custom "revert + warn" entries. You have to do them separately by adding entries to System -> Options -> Reverting and System -> Options -> Templates. And then you have to revert and warn separately. Bit of a pain but it's not too bad. ... discospinster _talk 18:48, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Lockwood Smith

Could you please reconsider your reversion of the edit to Lockwood Smith and warning to the anon editor who made it. The editor appears to be a long-term IP editor who has copyedited many articles on New Zealand politicians, and all their edits to date have been in good faith. I believe the edit in this case was also beneficial to the article.-gadfium 04:48, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks.-gadfium 17:31, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

I had meant to reply to you as well, but thanks for watching. Alansohn (talk) 17:32, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Pattern Day Trading

Please reconsider your reversion of the edit to Pattern Day Trading. You claimed it "appeared unconstructive" but it was a completely legitimate addition to the finance topic. Inkerman —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.252.50.41 (talk) 17:46, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Warning removed, but issues still exist. See User talk:68.252.50.41 for response. Alansohn (talk) 18:54, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

So I can't add Spumante voice at Wikipedia!!!Huggle is a fantastic program!!

Goodbye!!!Good censured at all!!!Robyc73 —Preceding undated comment was added at 18:29, 2 January 2009 (UTC).

This is an issue that should be addressed at WP:WINE. Alansohn (talk) 19:01, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Misunderstanding

Believe it or not, "Loserpeg" is an actual nickname for Winnipeg, Manitoba... people use it all the time. I'm not sure but it might be a play on the "Win" part of "Winnipeg."Alexradio (talk) 20:18, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

I will search for sources. Thanks for the note. Alansohn (talk) 20:37, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Bill Struth

The comments about Bill Struth are sourced and well known. Perhaps if you researched it you would have saved yourself the humiliation of seeming like an over zealous member of the politburo —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.102.233.188 (talk) 20:28, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

It's common knowledge. Tell you what, why don't you wikipedia it?.....oh no wait —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.102.233.188 (talk) 20:32, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Allegations of the nature you added must be supported by strong reliable and verifiable sources. In their absence, the material will be removed. "Common knowledge" does not obviate the need for sources, and should make your task of finding and supplying them that much simpler. Alansohn (talk) 20:37, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Alvah Chapman, Jr.

Hello! Your submission of Alvah Chapman, Jr. at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Dravecky (talk) 08:24, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

Spanish American War

I don't know...What is your problem...i was shedding light to what was a truth to my people...my grandfather passed this story down for generations and now say its not true and I'm causing vandalism well...maybe I should sue for not giving me the right of freedom of speech...which you have regrettably shown to me that you do not agree with...obviously you do not agree in American standards and you are wrong for the country or any country...what is wrong with you...? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bdharper1024 (talk • contribs) 03:28, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Please provide reliable and verifiable sources to support your claims. Please be careful not to remove sourced content. Alansohn (talk) 03:30, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

OK...i didn't know I'm pretty new to this...next time you might need to thoroughly explain the rules before someone edits i guess i was wrong that was my bad...i offer my apologies...hope i won't screw up the next edit...best regards...The one that messed up Spanish-American War... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bdharper1024 (talk • contribs) 06:47, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Arnold Jacob Wolf

Number 307 (192 create/expand - 115 nominations)

On 4 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Arnold Jacob Wolf, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

- Dravecky (talk) 05:31, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

wpnj members

What do you think of this? shirulashem (talk) 15:19, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Replied there. Alansohn (talk) 15:34, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

coordinators for wpnj?

what do you think of this for wpnj? shirulashem (talk) 17:00, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

I guess I have been a de facto coordinator, but there's no downside to having multiple people involved. Alansohn (talk) 17:35, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

correct. you have been the de facto coordinator. i'm basically trying to accomplish two things: 1- make it easier for newcomers to the project to know who to contact and 2- more importantly, as per the wikiproject guide, give some people responsibility for the administrative tasks involved in maintaining and growing the project. i know i'm new to the project so i hope i'm not speaking "out of turn" it's just that i'm eager to see the project grow. depending on how you feel, i'd like to put the following up on the project's talk page for consideration:

To coordinate the "inner workings" of our WikiProject, I propose the implementation of a coordinator department to be responsible for the maintenance tasks of the WikiProject. Therefore, the proposal is as follows: Establishment of a coordinator department with 1 Lead Coordinator and a multiple Coordinators to each serve terms of 12 months. Any member of the project can volunteer to be a coordinator. The coordinator page (to be created) will have a section where members can submit their name for consideration, and other members can indicate whether they support or oppose. After a set period of time (2 weeks?), a coordinator will indicate whether the user has been accepted. At the end of the term, coordinators can resubmit their name for another term. There is no limit to the number of coordinators. The Coordinators will be responsible for: Publication of the project newsletter. Be the contacts for the WP Council. Maintenance of the project templates. Update the project to-do list. Maintenance of the membership list. Initiation of events such as "assessment drives" Maintain the Collaboration of the Week All other "maintenance tasks" that the project requires.

We have accomplished a tremendous amount with WPNJ even if things aren't hopping, but I agree that a re-evaluation of our progress can help fill in even more. We've filled in articles for every (or nearly every) municipality, state and federal legislator, school district, public high school, etc. Your efforts on evaluating articles has been a tremendous help. My only suggested change might be to invite any other WPNJ members who might be interested in serving as coordinators, on a more the merrier basis. Please let me know what we can do to reignite WPNJ. Alansohn (talk) 02:28, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

I like your suggestion and I've made some changes above. What do you think? shirulashem (talk) 13:30, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Oliver Lundquist

Bizarrely, you and Wehwalt (talk · contribs) seem to have written two different articles on the same person, within two hours of each other. They should probably be merged, but I'm not sure which way around - I just thought I'd alert you to it! Shimgray | talk | 20:53, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

I have merged the two articles and the two DYK proposals, which were also separated by two hours. I kept mostly your version in both cases, and simply made the DYK for joint credit, if that's OK.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:19, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the initiative. Alansohn (talk) 02:30, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Obvious solution.--Wehwalt (talk) 02:31, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Steganography

Greetings. I think removing apparently garbage sections is not destructive, however I explained my reasons on the talk page. If there's a mark for deletion instead of simply erasing a section, please let me know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.98.218.173 (talk) 22:38, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

I apologize for missing your talk page comments. Please understand that seeing an IP editor removing major sections of an article without explanation in the edit summary can appear to be vandalism. Making sure that edits include a clear and concise edit summary will help other editors better understand your actions. Please excuse the error. Alansohn (talk) 02:33, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Alvah Chapman, Jr.

Number 308 (193 create/expand - 115 nominations)

On 5 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alvah Chapman, Jr., which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

» \ / (⁂ | ※) 00:43, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Esix Snead

Number 309 (193 create/expand - 116 nominations)

On 5 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Esix Snead, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 09:34, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Drew Pickles

It's silly, but true. I provided sources of why it's notable but you removed it saying it was vandalism. The most popular video on youtube about Drew has 95,658 views. Iamthegrant (talk) 15:33, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

The question is if the material is encyclopedic even if "true". The other question is that the interpretation is your synthesis based on your original research, and is not based on reliable and verifiable sources on his status as a gay icon. Alansohn (talk) 15:36, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Just watch a video, he always says "Hello my name is Drew Pickles and I am really really gay" made by several other people. He is not gay in Rugrats, but on the internet, he is. Iamthegrant (talk) 16:02, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

January 2009

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to GWTV has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, please ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thank you. Alansohn (talk) 16:01, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Sorry about that! Evil Shepreth Monkey (talk) 16:03, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

January 2009

Welcome to Wikipedia. The recent edit you made to Miley Cyrus discography has been reverted, as it appears to be unconstructive. Use the sandbox for testing; if you believe the edit was constructive, please ensure that you provide an informative edit summary. You may also wish to read the introduction to editing. Thank you. Alansohn (talk) 16:29, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Unconstuctive? Well, these types of albums should be listed separately by their own types per Article-wide, so we can not add them all in one section. I think you should review what you reverted because you made a mistake. Sparks Fly 16:37, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

My apologies for the warning, which has been removed. The warning was an accident, and in trying to remove the message and undo the removal of content, my browser crashed. When I got back in, I forgot to undo the revert and the warning. Please accept the apologies for my clear error. Alansohn (talk) 16:49, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Of course I do, do not worry, these things always happen, so take more care in the coming times. Sparks Fly 17:02, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your help at Brain fog today. The newbie editor has (finally) found the article's talk page, but so far we're still at the stage of accusing all his opponents of being paid to suppress information. I'm hoping for some progress... and in the meantime, I sincerely appreciate your reversion of his nonsense today. WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:58, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

I was just trying to make heads or tails and figure out what was going on. Glad I could help. Alansohn (talk) 20:00, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Vandals and crap

For what it is worth to you, whenever I see that you've made a reversion on a page that I monitor, I have found I need not bother checking the page. Thanks for your efforts in patrolling these pages, and moreso, keeping the inane song and Simpsons/South Park references out of pop culture/media portrayal sections in biographies. Wildhartlivie (talk) 21:38, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the kind note. It's amazing how seeing vandalism on an article just degrades the entire content of the page. I do make mistakes, and I have more than a handful of apologies that I have issued, but I do try to make sure that a revert takes care of all of the vandalism, not just the latest crap. Thanks again for the kinds words. Alansohn (talk) 21:43, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

It's appreciated. I know that a Wiki-friend who does anti-vandalism work is frequently targeted herself, mostly by IPs that take exception to her changes. It's too often thankless work. I wanted you to know that I noticed that your name pops up on my watchlist quite often, but is one of the happy few that I'm glad to see there. Keep up the good work. Wildhartlivie (talk) 22:21, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Happy Alansohn's Day!

Alansohn has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as Alansohn's day! For being a dedicated vandal slayer and DYK writer, enjoy being the Star of the day, Alansohn! Cheers, bibliomaniac15 00:46, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

We go by UTC time here, remember? That means there are 21 hours, 41 minutes until your day is up. bibliomaniac15 02:19, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Now I have all Wednesday to celebrate! Thanks again. Alansohn (talk) 02:25, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Caitlin Sanchez

Number 310 (194 create/expand - 116 nominations)

On January 6, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Caitlin Sanchez, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

» \ / (⁂ | ※) 02:29, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Dorothy Sarnoff

Number 311 (195 create/expand - 116 nominations)

On January 6, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dorothy Sarnoff, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

» \ / (⁂ | ※) 02:30, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

NJSIAA athletic conferences?

I was just wondering if you know of any more NJSIAA conferences besides the ones listed in "Category:New Jersey high school athletic conferences"? If you take a look at the NJSIAA Wikipedia page, go to the bottom and check out all the navboxes I've created over the past week. I'd like to account for ALL New Jersey high schools, including the ones independent of NJSIAA jurisdiction (e.g. St. Benedict's) but I don't know of any other conferences. Could you help me out if you ge tthe chance? Thanks. -Jrcla2 ^{(talk)(contribs)} 04:51, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination

Thanks. Considering that the Steelmark article just went up today, it looks like it has been up for a while. Pretty good job. So where would I nominate it at? I'd like to return the favor. Thanks!Jgera5 (talk) 05:26, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Oliver Lincoln Lundquist

Number 312 (196 create/expand - 116 nominations)

On January 6, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Oliver Lincoln Lundquist, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 09:12, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Donal McLaughlin

Number 313 (197 create/expand - 116 nominations)

On January 6, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Donal McLaughlin, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 09:13, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Re: Economy of India

Have you gone through the edit? Just because I chose not to have an account, you assume my edit to be a vandalism?! Pity.. --67.180.5.41 (talk) 23:17, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

See response on user talk page. Alansohn (talk) 22:25, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Alan Feinstein

Added Prod tag to rather excessively complimentary article on a non-notable person. You have edited on it, so I am sending this to you. Thanks! Collect (talk) 12:04, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Am I missing something?

Why was this edit reverted. It fits right in with the rest of that mess disguised as discussion. --Onorem♠Dil 20:05, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the note on the IPs talk. I figured it was unintentional, but wanted to make sure I wasn't missing some hidden meaning in his comments. --Onorem♠Dil 20:13, 7 January 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for the notification. I was mortified to see that I had deleted someone's rather genuine comments. Alansohn (talk) 00:18, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Fruity

why did you change fruity >=( fruity is a word

Chronic fatigue syndrome is doomed

I'm done trying to build consensus with that entry --- there are editors with strong narrow POV who do not know the literature and they intend to keep their empire. Example: I attempted to build consensus on who are experts, using the MD's and researchers from the CDC as a starting point, as well as textbooks (Books targeted for clincial use), and they delete without discussion this material. For well known and published articles they deem them to be "unreliable" although the CDC uses the same articles in the same journals...

I trust someone will escalate this issue to someone that can do something. Is there a place to registered complaints against a crew such as this?

Lassesen (talk) 02:39, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

I have looked at the article and you are justified in your concerns. Using WP:3O is a good way to start the process of getting some outside input. I understand your frustration, and I've seen far worse, but getting outside input will help. Please let me know if I can help with anything else. Alansohn (talk) 02:43, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

With respect Alansohn why is Lassesen justified in calling me and other editors unknowledgeable, with an "empire" and all of other attacks he makes on us here and on talk pages, like saying people that do not agree on him have a pro psychological POV? I do not have any relation on CFS, I am not a patient a doctor and I do not even like psychology! Lassesen tho is a well-known internet activist, he said so on his talk, who opposes proven treatments for CFS and promotes alternative medicine remedies. That is great, I think it is good he is so active and i respect him and his views, but it is not how we write medical articles at WP, it is not a place for activism and experimental research.

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a medical article, it should be most based from peer review secondary sources in major journals. I have tried explain this. Self published books and obscure primary sources from journals which do not exist any more are not best sources for medical articles.

I am thinking, Lassesen has alot of knowledge and alot to say on CFS, but i am hoping, he will try and learn more about Wikipedia guidelines and not be so confrontationing. Some times I am not so polite like I should be, I am working on myself, but I am also just trying, follow WP guidelines. Thx, RetroS1mone talk 05:24, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Go Man Go

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Thank you so much for all your help in reverting vandalism on Go Man Go while it was on the main page. Ealdgyth - Talk 00:04, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the recognition, but its a shame that an article like this had to go through so much blatant abuse. Alansohn (talk) 00:17, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

All part of the main page fun. I knew it would attract some "extra" fun since it has the word "stud" in it... Ealdgyth - Talk 00:18, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Hell, My addition to Cherlottetown Rural Highschool:

The annual hackey sac competition is very well received from the raiders. They hack using a "Raider Sac." This sport can be very brutal and has resulted in 5 injuries in the past 7 tournaments. The raiders often challenge students of Colonel Gray High School to participate. The Rural and Gray has had a long rivalry and Raiders often refer to it as "The Gay." This is shown as disrespectful. (True)

IS TRUE! Why are you removing it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by ARuralRaider (talk • contribs) 01:40, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Please see this page. Wikipedia is about "verifiability" not "truth". You'll need independent, reliable sources. Useight (talk) 01:43, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism or Plagiarism?

You need to read edits before you revert them and yell at the editor. I deleted plagiarism, which is clearly against Wikipedia policy, and you not only reverted the edit but left a message on my page scolding me. Please pay more attention next time before you create more work for those who are trying to improve Wikipedia. 67.211.130.184 (talk) 03:43, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

See reply at user talk page. Alansohn (talk) 14:09, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Project Congress

As a participant of WikiProject U.S. Congress, please consider placing {{Project Congress to do}} to the top of your User_talk page. Thank you. —Markles 16:31, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

British International School of New York

Hi, we are trying to correct the title of this article to reflect the proper title of this institution, which is 'The British International School of New York'. However, between the bot and yourself it has been reverted and marked as vandalised. Please advise what we need to do. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nylonuser28 (talk • contribs)

See reply at user talk page regarding move issues and use of "The". Alansohn (talk) 14:10, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Vincent Ford

Number 314 (198 create/expand - 116 nominations)

On January 9, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Vincent Ford, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 05:52, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Agree with dumping poop section on your user page

It seems like it wouldn't be hard to create a tool reverting any edit using "poop" from an anonymous IP. (And add to that "penis", "gay", "fuck" -- where the word isn't otherwise already used in article.)

I created the anti-vandalism "Piano non troppo" account to save my serious work from vindictive vandals. I discovered that I enjoyed the anti-vandalism process. In fact, it made me feel more a part of the community. My other accounts, with hundreds of hours of painstaking work, got no barnstars. The rate at which those accounts have edits reverted is ten times as high as Piano non troppo's. Apparently other editors recognize my "worth" in part by what other community service I've done. Or perhaps what other edits they can readily evaluate. So, strangely, the anti-vandalism patrol has had unanticipated positive consequences for me. And, maybe, somehow (I see Wikipedia as a social experiment) society is indicating what about my work it values. Less my expertise, than my social participation. Regards, Piano non troppo (talk) 09:19, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

delta lodge edit

I have provided a neutral and factually backed addendum to the delta lodge page..... However i find my slef under due arrest. It seems every time i edit i get deleted, i just feel that if your going to provide a nuetral and objective explanation of the subject you should include all facts, as i have and provded sources. I also concur wi the sentiment that the delta lodge subject matter is not notable seing as how they are a defunct organization (not in good standing at the university of north texas... this organization is not mandated by any governing body. The statement that they are a "fraternity in good standing at the university of north texas is fraudulent. They posses no charter/mandate; they hold sparse residence at best, and were relocated by the city due to alarming concerns. To reiterate i fing the delta lodge page to be an apologists rendition with not factual evidence to back it up... it contains claims that are unfound and jingoistic at best. If one is to present subject matter with the confines of an encylopedic medium, one would hope that all facts are heralded not just the self promoting smarmy dialoge of advertisers —Preceding unsigned comment added by DeltaLodgeDown (talk • contribs) 21:58, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

The Unborn (film) edit

My edit to this page did not constitute vandalism. Clear shots of a camel toe in a PG-13 movie can be considered objectionable. If you are going to take pride in your monitoring of these pages, please provide some insight as to why an edit is not acceptable. I will now revert the page, with an added citation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.34.63.149 (talk) 00:50, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

In Wikipedia, claims require reliable and verifiable sources. Without sources supporting your claims they were removed. If you can find a reliable source that supports the claim that a cameltoe is clearly visible and is objectionable in a PG-13 film, I will have no objection. Without such a source, it will be removed again. Alansohn (talk) 01:03, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

use of rollback

You rolled back this edit but it was not vandalism. The cited source indeed supports and carries the term Zionist hence the edit was clearly meant to be in good faith, however PoV or clumsily worded. Please take this as a friendly reminder to only use rollback on vandalism (you should have either used undo, or done what you wanted through an edit window). Thanks and all the best. Gwen Gale (talk) 03:06, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. While I thought I had read the original content in its entirety, the use of the inflammatory term "Zionist enterprise", even though the words were located in the original article, appeared to have been deliberately taken out of context and misused. I appreciate your concern about this edit, and its totality appears to have been made in good faith. Alansohn (talk) 03:19, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Sourced, good faith edits can indeed come off as untowards and nettlesome to some readers, which is one reason why rollback is so straightforwardly meant only for vandalism. Thanks for your understanding. Gwen Gale (talk) 03:35, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Véronique Cloutier

You keep on deleting a very interesting comment about the Bye Bye. Please stop doing this and get a life, asshole. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.69.255.41 (talk • contribs)

The comment is interesting, but unsourced. Alansohn (talk) 05:17, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Kid Power

restored to prevandalism version. Dlohcierekim 04:01, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the update. I was baffled by the new improved version of the article. Alansohn (talk) 05:15, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for watching my back when the vandals bite back by trashing my user page. Cheers! See you in the trenches... Geoff ^{T C} 13:31, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Always a pleasure to help a fellow Wikipedian. Alansohn (talk) 16:03, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

changing IP vandal

Alansohn you piece of shit, get a life, instead of shitting up wikipedia asshole. Go get a job and PLLEEEASSEE get a life. You motherfucking nigger. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.184.234.113 (talk • contribs)

Fuck you alansohn. Ill change my IP Adress you fucking gay son of a bitch, suck your boyfriends cock. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.184.234.113 (talk • contribs)

What is truly amazing is how angry a vandal can possibly get that his vandalism has been removed. If only we good faith Wikipedia editors could get a small fraction as angry about vandals who are "shitting up wikipedia" and started creating a solution to the problem rather than having us waste hours dealing with vandals like this one. Alansohn (talk) 21:54, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

And I'll be more than happy to protect your user page if he dose. Cheers, Dlohcierekim 21:27, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the offer. I think I'll be OK. Alansohn (talk) 21:54, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Emmanuel de Mérode

I urge you to study independent (!!) material about Emmanuel de Mérode, make your mind and act accordingly. All what happens in Kivu stinks starting by the death of Dian Fossey. Greed and arrogance. Avoid any material of National Geographic which TV channel is mostly owned by Fox.

Some people are risking their life to help civilian populations in the park of Virungas, while Emmanuel is apparently safely editing his bio from Nairobi. You should not let Emmanuel de Mérode writing his own bio. Everything in it must be proved. Due to my viligance, it has been reduced to very little because most of it was pretentious or unubtantiated. Please study the history of the article. Please suppress the mention of training as an anthropologist until more precision is given. 82.67.232.89 (talk) 22:00, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Gurumayi Chidvilasananda

Also, you seem to know the ropes within the wikipedia. I submit you another case, theringess is again and again suppressing any independent material about Gurumayi Chidvilasananda including the transcriptiion of an article of the new yorker. Please study the history of the article. 82.67.232.89 (talk)

You can join me at cognominal@gmail.com

You're invited!

New York City Meetup Next: Sunday January 18th, Columbia University area Last: 11/01/2008

In the afternoon, we will hold a session dedicated to meta:Wikimedia New York City activities, look at our approval by the Chapters Committee, develop ideas for chapter projects at museums and libraries throughout our region, and hold salon-style group discussions on Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia projects (see the November meeting's minutes and the December mini-meetup's minutes).

We'll make preparations for our exciting museum photography Wikipedia Loves Art! February bonanza (on Flickr, on Facebook) with Shelley from the Brooklyn Museum and Alex from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

We'll also be collecting folks to join our little Wikipedia Takes the Subway adventure which will be held the day after the meeting.

In the evening, we'll share dinner and chat at a local restaurant, and generally enjoy ourselves and kick back.

You can add or remove your name from the New York City Meetups invite list at Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Invite list.

To keep up-to-date on local events, you can also join our mailing list.
This has been an automated delivery by BrownBot (talk) 01:35, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Cajunradio

Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia, as you did in this edit to Cajun accordion. Inappropriate links include links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that serve as advertising or promotion. Thank you. Chasingsol(talk) 03:15, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Baton Rouge Cajun Zydeco Schedule cajunradio - STOP DELETING MY LINK !!!!

Why are you objecting to me adding cajun music schedules to cajun music? It is related and appropriate. It is not promotion. If you would look at it, it is a non-profit website strictly preserving cajun culture and cajun music which is directly related to the cajun music. Everyone in Louisiana recognizes that www.cajunradio.org is a cajun community resource and not a personal website. Just because it it maintained by Clarence does not make it a personal website. Please review content of links that you delete prior to deleting them! Cajunradio (talk) 04:00, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

The website in question is largely promotional and adds little to the articles in question. While it is vaguely relevant on some of the articles, in articles such as History of Cajun music the links add absolutely nothing. The pattern of your edits, which seem to add links exclusively to articles related to businesses promoted on the website in question, adds further concerns that WP:EL is being violated. Alansohn (talk) 04:08, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Deletion of Chief Paul D. Lilly article

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am E. Williams, the firm representing Chief Paul D. Lilly of Texas. We were hired by the Chief to create a Wikipedia Page for him, as he is overwhelmed with requests for information and his background within the Community Policing Field. However, you deleted his page a few hours ago, under the assertion that he was not a "notable" man. The contents of the page are his intellectual property and you are hereby given notice that you must restore the page and its information with 72 hours, or you may be held liable under both USC and International Intellectual Property Laws. Further, because of your actions, a Google search now produces his name and a page that states his profile was removed because you did not feel that he was a notable person. This statement and the posting of such a "flag", constitutes Defamation of Character, and because it is in written form in a public Doman, it also constitutes Slander under both United States and International law (case law and codified statutes).

I will allow you 72 hours to rectify this issue without a demand for compensation for my client's deleted intellectual property. Otherwise my firm will most certainly take appropriate action both against you, and against Wikipedia itself for allowing your actions. If necessary, we will apply for subpoenas to compel Wikipedia to provide your name and complete personal identifiers for appropriate court enforcement action.

Most Respectfully,

E. Williams Firm, LLC — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paullillyusa (talk • contribs)

I am most intrigued by the notion that the E. Williams Firm was "hired by the Chief to create a Wikipedia Page" for Chief Paul D. Lilly of Texas and is now demanding that it be recreated. I'm not sure why a firm that has so little understanding of Wikipedia policy and of the [GNU Free Documentation License]] under which all content is turned over for other readers to copy and edit. It's a shame to have to wait a whole 72 hours to see the legal fireworks that will take place when absolutely nothing occurs in response to these demands. Alansohn (talk) 04:54, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Paullillyusa making legal threat to protest deleted contribution of non-notable person

Thank you very much for reverting this user's vandalism against my user page. I have also reported to Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents as I suppose a violation of Wikipedia:No legal threats against my talk page.--Jusjih (talk) 05:05, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Adding a image to my user page

Hi Alansohn! Happy New Year! I was just wondering how I could add another image or picture from another website to my user page. Could you please help me? Thanks!Neptunekh (talk) 05:55, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

the note at the top of your user page

hi i'm not sure how else to leave you a comment. I am a teacher who has assigned the book "the Winter King" to my freshman students. They have a test tomorrow morning on it so to catch who didn't read and instead relied on Wiki to "read" it I played around with some of the details. Another administator emailed me and promised to leave it as is until tomorrow morning when he/she will revert it back to its originial content, which I had also planned on doing once the test was given. I realize alot of activity has been made on that page today (most likely the work of my freshman boys who know alot of their friends will be reading it tonight) but please leave the changes that "make sense" for now. I promise it will be fixed in the morning. Thanks (originally left at 23:31, 8 January 2009) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.225.189.242 (talk • contribs)

Please see a message I left for the ed. who deliberately introduced false information into that article, at User talk:76.225.189.242. I invite your comments there. I am not sure how to proceed, and whether publicity is appropriate. DGG (talk) 07:08, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. I have replied on the talk page there. Alansohn (talk) 15:03, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for William Glendon

Number 315 (199 create/expand - 116 nominations)

On January 12, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article William Glendon, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 14:41, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism reverted incorrectly

The following edit to the Serendipity page:

Reverted edits by 66.230.32.149 to last version by 76.201.16.132 (HG)

Actually reverted a correction of the vandalism. User 66.230.32.149 corrected the vandalism. I will allow you to make the necessary changes --192.43.65.245 (talk) 17:33, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

I could have sworn I picked the correct version to revert back to. I must have serendipitously selected the wrong version. The correct version has been restored. Alansohn (talk) 17:36, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Lloyd Ohlin at DYK

I've made a suggestion regarding the hook. Please comment as soon as you can, to avoid this article being passed over. Regards, Espresso Addict (talk) 18:00, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Replied there with two alternate versions. Thanks for the feedback. Alansohn (talk) 18:32, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for your prompt response. I've selected the 1st version (the longer one was somewhat over the length guide). Cheers, Espresso Addict (talk) 20:25, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Wow wtf

Wow what the hell man calling my edit vandalism when all I do is rewrite a sentence Wartortle28 (talk) 18:31, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Just maintaining the integrity of Wikipedia. Please make constructive changes in the future. Alansohn (talk) 18:32, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

That was a constructive change! You tell me how it's vandalism, or admit you're wrong and remove that warning.Wartortle28 (talk) 18:34, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Your are referring to this edit in which you changed "At the 1999 census, the population was 683." to "A 1999 consensus logged the area with a population of 683." When making constructive edits in the future, please be careful to use an edit summary to explain the purpose of your edits. Alansohn (talk) 18:37, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Yes thank you that is what I am referring to, and as you can clearly see since you just pasted it here, it was not vandalism and it's unfair that I have 2 warnings when I didn't do anything wrong. Wartortle28 (talk) 18:38, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Omg I just realized I changed census to consensus thanks to that guy on my page, dang even though I went over the edit I didn't notice I incorrectly changed the word. My bad sorry Wartortle28 (talk) 18:49, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Hello, Alansohn. You have new messages at Wartortle28's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Frank Prewitt

"It appears the author of the "Frank Prewitt" page is no other than J. Frank Prewitt himself. He is an individual with at least a 15-year history of questionable behavior who has admitted on the stand during a federal trial of one of the criminal defendants that he committed illegal acts. He claims that he did not become a government informant under pressure, but instead acted as a good citizen. Little exists to substantiate that claim. In an extraordinary act of self-justification, he authored a poorly written book to exonerate himself and recast himself as the hero of the whole affair. As part of his page, the book jacket, both cover and promotional text, are included.

I have made attempts to correct his page to reflect reality, but he has it on a watch list and amends each correction to again promote himself." - ACTIVIST (editor)

ALANSOHN: It appears you are well versed in Wikipedia jargon, rules, rights, privileges, and writing. As a fellow user, thank you for your contributions! Two things for you. First, I am not "Frank Prewitt". I do have a spine, and if I was, I would say I was, and not have to deal with the inequities of activist and his/her or its constant barrage of unsubstantiated claims. Like you, I want a fair and true article. Despite my abilities or inabilities according to activist to write such I have really given up. Obviously activist has some type of vendetta against Frank Prewitt. He/she or it continues to subtly change wording to honestly discredit anything and everything I edit. If he or she is so angry they should just call Prewitt (listed in the Anchorage, Alaska phone book)and tell them there feelings instead of blatantly editing in a liable fashion.I have made the section as unbiased as possible given the left leaning opinions of ADN (Anchorage Daily News). In reality the section has all be references and has edited by experienced editors and contributors like yourself, so I see no need for activist continued editing/whining.In my opinion articles are supposed to be fair and balanced stating the good and bad and giving the ultimate reader a real perspective. The article I originally wrote has all of that...not continued "negative press" that has yet to solidify into anything wikipedia worthy, but is hearsay and speculation, as activist continues to edit. I have not idea what kinda of "reality" ACTIVIST believes the Frank Prewitt section should aspire too? I understand and except your edits in regards to Prewitt's book. Point taken, understood. Please advise on additional questions. Again, thank you. Andregen8 (talk) 04:14, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Alexandra Penney

Number 316 (200 create/expand - 116 nominations)

On January 12, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Alexandra Penney, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 20:10, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Problem with interwiki.py

Thank you for reminding me, but I was just cleaning up the mess which was created by a faulty update of "interwiki.py". So no sandboxing advice is needed. Groucho NL Groucho NL (talk) 21:38, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Please accept my apologies and understand that the removal of extensive numbers of interwiki links without explanation had appeared as vandalism. Alansohn (talk) 21:45, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

No problem. I was a bit in a hurry and skipped the explanation. Next time I'll be more careful, promised. Groucho NL (talk) 16:48, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Oh gee, I didn't have to wait long for that! Thanks Alansohn :)

I see the way you are going you will soon become our most prolific DYK creator. Maybe we should press a new medal for you :) Gatoclass (talk) 05:08, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

I can't imagine that after reaching 200 that any editor would stop participating at DYK and creating new articles simply because of the lack of new awards to reach for. I certainly won't. Writing a good new article is mostly its own reward and I'm glad that DYK provides that little bit more of encouragement. Keep up all of your good work at DYK! Alansohn (talk) 16:05, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Harry Endo DYK

Hello! Your submission of Harry Endo at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Otto4711 (talk) 06:09, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Rood Bridge Park

Number 317 (200 create/expand - 117 nominations)

On 13 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rood Bridge Park, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 15:54, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Nick Scandone

Number 318 (201 create/expand - 117 nominations)

On January 13, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nick Scandone, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 15:58, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Lloyd Ohlin

Number 319 (202 create/expand - 117 nominations)

On January 13, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lloyd Ohlin, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 22:51, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Jack Kuehler

Number 320 (203 create/expand - 117 nominations)

On January 14, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jack Kuehler, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 10:17, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Steelmark

Number 321 (204 create/expand - 117 nominations)

On January 14, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Steelmark, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass (talk) 10:19, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Number 322 (204 create/expand - 118 nominations)

On 14 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Logos and uniforms of the Pittsburgh Steelers, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Sounds like someone just forgot to add the nom to the credits list. Here ya go :) --Gatoclass (talk) 16:07, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Need your help

I don't want to engage in an edit war with someone, but I feel like the change that I've made to Ohio High School Athletic Association‎ is completely justified, whereas EagleFan doesn't think so. I don't think that listing all high school state champions in every single sport (regardless of the state) is notable. If someone wants to find out then they go to the OHSAA website, not the Wikipedia page on the organization itself. If anything, the list should be its own separate article (at best). Wasting 80,699 kb of space on an article lags the servers, slows down the page load time and for what? To read about non-notable high school achievements. Can you please respond to EagleFan and otherwise show why I am not in the wrong for this please. Thanks. -Jrcla2 ^{(talk)(contribs)} 00:35, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Oh and you can check out the talk page to read others' comments. -Jrcla2 ^{(talk)(contribs)} 02:01, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

I have been taking a look at the OHSAA article and talk page and I will reply after further research. Alansohn (talk) 15:18, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

I also need your help at Shaukat Aziz page. I am not promoting vandalism and I wish to appreciate the Economic success we made under him. Someone just reverts it and accuses Shaukat Aziz of false dealings. I don't want to engage in edit war also? help me ```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by Brosnan us (talk • contribs) 22:39, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Uncalled for Warning

Alansohn,

I have been attempting to update Callum Ferguson's nickname to reflect his actual nickname, which is "Cheese". However, I believe you have labelled this as a Level 2 warning. Could you please allow this change to go ahead?

I had looked for any source to support "Cheese" as a nickname before issuing the warning and found none. A more thorough search after you left your note also could not find a single reliable and verifiable source that calls Ferguson by the nickname "Cheese". An edit with no edit summary by an editor with very other edits raises red flags and I hope you understand why I had questions about the edit when it was made and have even more concerns now. While it is certainly possible that Australian sources are not as easy to find, their absence would need to be addressed before readding this nickname. Alansohn (talk) 15:26, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

I understand your concern, However I can assure you that Callum Ferguson's nickname is indeed "Cheese". I attended high school with Callum and coined the nickname myself due to the poor quality of his jokes, as well as his love for cheese. Although the internet may be a wonderful place to spend the majority of your spare time (which appears to be plentiful), it does not hold all the answers to life's questions. Again, I request that you leave the nickname "Cheese" on Callum's page next time I change it.

DYK for squad number (association football)

Number 323 (204 create/expand - 119 nominations)

On 15 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article squad number (association football), which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 11:52, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

I erased the "hardest language" section...

I erased the "hardest language" section in the article "Hungarian language" as it was not scientific in its content but subjective. (As a Wikipedia user I am a novice, and I did not intent any vandalism. Sorry for the misunderstanding.) What about the merging the article "hardest language" within the article "language learning aptitude"? It is strongly urged in that article by Wikipedia for the same reason I mentioned above. Is that acceptable? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.104.70.109 (talk) 17:02, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

See reply on user talk page. Alansohn (talk) 18:14, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Derby County F.C.

Why are you deleting my changes?????? - Stop calling me a vandel!!! - Your article is a load of rubbish so stop spreading garbage about my football club! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.132.144.130 (talk) 18:07, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Your edits to Derby County F.C. have been deleting content. Please add content, with required sources, and leave existing content unchanged. Alansohn (talk) 18:14, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Entropa

Why did you delete my edit on Entropa? I work in the Justus Lipsius building where it is displayed and have been able to take a close look at the work in question. You can check the information on Italy's part by taking a close look at this photo on the BBC website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7827747.stm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.247.162.29 (talk) 21:47, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Gedalio Grinberg

Number 324 (205 create/expand - 119 nominations)

On January 15, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gedalio Grinberg, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 23:16, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Nathan George Horwitt

Number 325 (206 create/expand - 119 nominations)

On January 15, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Nathan George Horwitt, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Dravecky (talk) 23:20, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Hey

The WWE Alumni did not have any reliable sources so that is why I deleted it it was not vandilizim.  Benton Tigers  00:12, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Will reply on user talk page. Alansohn (talk) 04:39, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

You should not have reverted me. I worked hard and everything I said was true.

24.17.54.159 (talk) 05:31, 16 January 2009 (UTC)J. Bag.

DYK Tanen

Hello! Your submission of Ned Tanen at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! --Eustress (talk) 12:11, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

asking for help

Noticed that you contributed to B.H. Carroll Theological Institute page

i have created page for it's Chancellor Russell H. Dilday, and due to my inexperience had had trouble getting it to look right.

might you help by taking a look?

thanks

ccirulli —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ccirulli (talk • contribs) 18:03, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

I have made a number of changes to the article, most notably adding sources. I will continue to moniotr the article and encourage you to add any additional material about Dilday and be sure to include reliable and verifiable sources. If you have any questions about formatting, add the source and I will be happy to tweak it as needed. Alansohn (talk) 23:40, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for doing the Al Hall (Athlete) page

Just wanted to thank you for putting together the page on Al Hall back in November. I am his son, Shawn, and was very pleased to see it. I did add in the missing birthdate. I would like to add a photo if that meets with your approval.

Again, thank you.

Shawn Hall Ghosttowner33 (talk) 23:43, 16 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the note and correcting any errors. The article was my pleasure to create and to have others read. Alansohn (talk) 23:19, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for John McGillicuddy

Number 326 (207 create/expand - 119 nominations)

On January 17, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John McGillicuddy, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

DYKadminBot (talk) 17:50, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Claude Jeter

Number 327 (208 create/expand - 119 nominations)

On January 18, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Claude Jeter, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 00:00, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Ned Tanen

Number 328 (209 create/expand - 119 nominations)

On January 18, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Ned Tanen, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 12:20, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for William Thomas Pecora

Number 329 (209 create/expand - 120 nominations)

On 18 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article William Thomas Pecora, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 12:21, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Harry Kinnard

Number 330 (210 create/expand - 120 nominations)

On January 19, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Harry Kinnard, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 00:40, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Halle Berry's Heritage

I wonder if this should be noted about Halle heritage: Her maternal grandmother was English. Also has other English (distantly related to the Baronets Beresford, Viscounts of Tyrone, Earls of Tyrone and Marquesses of Waterford, to Barons Decies and to Baron Beresford, and to the Marquess of Campo-Maior Count of Trancoso in Portugal), Irish, German and remote Dutch ancestry.. I got this info from here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000932/bio Thanks! Neptunekh (talk) 00:51, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

IMDb is problematic because the material can be user-update, just like Wikipedia. Try to find the material in reliable newspapers or magazines to confirm the details you found at IMDb. Alansohn (talk) 01:45, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

A request for a Bob May biography

I know this is a little odd but I know you're really good at creating/expanding biographical articles, especially for folks that have recently died so there's plenty of widely available online sourcing for them. I noticed that nobody has jumped in to expand Bob May (actor), the Lost in Space actor who died this weekend. I'd appreciate it if you could find the time to work up a suitable article for Bob May. It's bound to be just chock full of hook-y facts, perfect for a DYK nomination. Just a thought. - Dravecky (talk) 09:44, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

I will do my best to go through the obis and expand the article. Alansohn (talk) 13:59, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Evelyn Lauder

Number 331 (211 create/expand - 120 nominations)

On January 19, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Evelyn Lauder, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 19:10, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

Incorrect Reversion

The change to Asahi Beer is NOT a vandalism. That IS the translation, and there is no point in providing a colloquialism without providing the translation. If there is no translation, the information is useless to non-Japanese speakers. I know it is a strange thing to call a building, but once you see it, you will understand. Check the discussion page of Asahi where I made comments about my edit.

You should not assume something is vandalism when you don't speak the language in question. I will be reverting the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.228.21.40 (talk) 04:27, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

The history of vandalism is not my fault. This is a public computer. Here are the translations of Kin (gold) and unchi (poop). No is a posessive marker. http://eow.alc.co.jp/%e9%87%91/UTF-8/?ref=sa

http://eow.alc.co.jp/%e3%81%86%e3%82%93%e3%81%a1/UTF-8/

Please revert. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.228.21.40 (talk) 04:39, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Harry Endo

Number 332 (212 create/expand - 120 nominations)

On January 20, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Harry Endo, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 07:30, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Quotable quotes?

"It's amazing what a small handful of editors with the goal of improving this encyclopedia can do to create properly sourced and thorough articles in the face of the still-festering forces of knee-jerk deletionism." :) ChildofMidnight (talk) 16:53, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

I set this quote aside as a possible epitaph on my tombstone. Alansohn (talk) 16:24, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Jones International

Please don't send me numerous notifications (one was enough ---> more will be considered as abuse) about my mistake with formatting the content. If you want to help, make the explanations about moving pages on wiki easier then they are right now. Wiki became a sea of links in which is hard to find exactly what you need. They should come up with a section of "Help with Wiki's Help"!!!

Alex Enniss 20:57, 20 January 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexenniss (talk • contribs)

The second notification came after the second attempt at a cut-and=paste move. I agree that WP:Requested moves can be a bit daunting the first time, but efforts have been made to make it somewhat self-explanatory. Try to follow the steps as indicated and feel free to ask me for help in the move. Alansohn (talk) 21:02, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Smashing Pumpkins

RE: reverted edit to Smashing Pumpkins page (Dec 2008) - I agree the edit was unconstructive and should be deleted, but the edit certainly didn't come from me or my computer. I've never edited any Wiki page, this edit being my first so I hope I'm doing it properly! Regards, ram1967@bigpond.net.au

The edit may have been from another editor using the same computer. Alansohn (talk) 16:23, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Head Shop

RE: Head Shop reverted. I have no idea why you reverted my addition to "head shop". It's a bit of history that is getting lost in our culture. I provided a background, discussion, and signed the post; yet you removed it. I would be very appreciative if you would please put it back or provide a detailed explanation of 'why' it was removed so that I can address it personally. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me 'directly'; larrystalley@aol.com. Tks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.120.56.9 (talk • contribs)

Entries are not signed in articles, which attracted my attention, but the issue is that it does not have a source. i attempted to search through any reliable source -- especially newspapers and magazines -- that might support the claim, but found none, leading me to the conclusion that this was vandalism. If you have a reference that meets Wikipedia standards on reliable sources to support the claim, I woul be more than happy to assist you in adding the material, with the required reference. Alansohn (talk) 16:23, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

I need to be banned

I can't stop vandalizing pages. If you don't ban me I will do it again. It's a serious problem, I can't stop. Please do me a favor and ban me from editing pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.160.148.51 (talk • contribs)

I'm sorry

I have to apologise for my editing. I can assure you that what i edited was what i thought to be relevant information for viewers of of the page. It won't happen again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.157.95.179 (talk) 19:26, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Lipari Landfill

Number 333 (213 create/expand - 120 nominations)

On January 21, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lipari Landfill, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 20:11, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Charles Morgan, Jr.

Number 334 (214 create/expand - 120 nominations)

On January 22, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Charles Morgan, Jr., which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 02:01, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

russell dilday

thanks much for your beautiful work on Russell H. Dilday. your a star ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.94.210.76 (talk • contribs)

My pleasure to help. The B. H. Carroll Theological Institute article was a formative part of my Wikipedia experience, and I am gald to be able to help. I will keep an eye on the article. Alansohn (talk) 05:30, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Philip De Witt Ginder

Number 335 (215 create/expand - 120 nominations)

On January 22, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Philip De Witt Ginder, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 07:51, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Schillinger v. United States

Number 336 (215 create/expand - 121 nominations)

On 22 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Schillinger v. United States, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 13:41, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Blocked for 24 hours

I've blocked you for 24 hours, per your editing restrictions, for incivility. Your comments towards User:Good Olfactory, at this CFD and other CFDs involving him recently, have crossed the line. You have attacked the nominator rather than just commenting on the nomination, and accused him viscious insensitivity and ignorance. For his part, he has repeatedly asked you to refrain from making personal attacks. Such ad hominem attacks are not civil, fail to assume good faith, and are not acceptable, regardless of how emotionally charged the subject matter may be. Nor is it acceptable to target individuals because you disagree with them; this is not the first time you have done so in CFD, but I hope it will be your last. Please think about how you can contribute to creating a more positive and constructive atmosphere during your block. Postdlf (talk) 21:49, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

This is a pathetic joke. I can count on you to defend one of the sickest trivializations of the Holocaust I have seen in my entire life. Given that I, relatives, and friends have lost family members due to Hitler and the Nazis, it took me quite a great deal of time to write what I did at an appropriate level of discourse. Whether the block is overturned or not, I do plan to pursue sanctions against User:Good Olfactory for his sickening abuse of process in using his friendship with you to facilitate his efforts to silence criticism of one of the grossest violations of basic decency of the world's greatest tragedy that I have ever seen. That you would so readily by into his abuse of process only reflects even more negatively on you. Alansohn (talk) 23:25, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Alansohn, I recently struck out your comments at Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2009_January_22#Category:Holocaust_survivors that led to the block and I've explained why underneath. However, judging by the above comments and your challenge to your block, you do not regret these comments and so I have reversed this strike out, as I would guess at this stage that that would be against your wishes. Incidentally, I have no "friendship" with Postdlf; we have had very few interactions on WP in all my time as a user. We happen to both be WP users, and I took my concerns to a person I viewed as an uninvolved administrator. Thanks, Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 00:14, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

My only regret about my remarks is that I did not take a stronger stance against your offensive remarks. I would strongly suggest that the action that should be taken here is to have your despicably offensive remarks trivializing the suffering of those who endured Nazi persecution outside of concentration camps. Your remarks are so grossly offensive and betray an utter disregard of the horrors of the Holocaust. Your previous trivializations of child molestation were similarly offensive, but your Holocaust remarks are beyond the pale of basic decency and good taste. Refactor your nomination at CfD and remove your shamelessly offensive statements or I will have them deleted. Again, I stand 100% by my stand against your trivialization. Let's hear your stand to justify your Holocaust trivialization. Alansohn (talk) 03:30, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

I had planned on working on a few articles that I'll create offline while this punitive block passes pointlessly away, one of which is for the forthcoming Anti-Nazi Boycott of 1933 article. Rabbi Stephen Samuel Wise one of the boycott's organizers, was asked what the point of the boycott was if it did not stop the Nazis from persecuting Jews. Wise responded that "We must speak out", but "if that is unavailing, at least we shall have spoken." Some 75 years later, after six million Jews were killed by these same Nazis, the least I could possibly do would be to speak out against those who could have the gall to trivialize the experiences of those who lived through the terror of the Hitler era but were not officially admitted into concentration camps, because "any Jew who lived in Europe during the Nazi-era could technically call themself a 'Holocaust survivor'". Any decent person should be repulsed by this characterization. At least I have spoken. Alansohn (talk) 04:54, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

Unblock request

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Alansohn (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

---

Request reason:

The edit that has been used to justify this block, here, revolves around a CfD in which User:Good Olfactory insisted that Holocaust survivors should not be categorized "because any Jew who lived in Europe during the Nazi-era could technically call themself a 'Holocaust survivor'". Given that I, relatives, and friends have lost family members due to Hitler and the Nazis, it took me quite a great deal of time to write what I did at an appropriate level of discourse to address User:Good Olfactory's unacceptable trivializations of the world's greatest tragedy, the deaths of six million Jews and millions of others. I know, have met, read the works of and heard lectures from Holocaust survivors, almost all of whom are still deeply scarred from their experiences, and none feel that they used a "technicality" to call themselves "Holocaust survivors" if they were hunted down like dogs but managed to escape being put in a Nazi concentration camp and near-certain death. I had hoped that after reading my response to his unacceptable wording, that User:Good Olfactory might have realized how the gross insensitivity and callousness in his choice of words -- even if explicit anti-semitism was not the source of his wording -- and refactored his nomination and offered an apology. Instead, User:Good Olfactory's only response was to pursue a block. I would love to hear a justification for his gross insensitivity in wording and for the actions that have been taken as part of this process.

Decline reason:

Without getting into all of this, let's be as simple as possible. You called him ignorant. That's at the very least uncivil and quite possibly a personal attack. Your editing restrictions say that you are to be blocked in any instance of incivility. Your incivility continues in your unblock request, as you continue to accuse him of bad faith and seem to be accusing him of Anti-Semitism, despite the fact that you said you weren't. — Smashville^talk 00:13, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

---

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

Fighting a block is pointless when no administrator has the decency to address the offensive remarks made by User:Good Olfactory, ones that he still stands by, despite the clearly insensitive and provocative tone of his statements. As User:Good Olfactory refuses to recast or refactor his remarks or withdraw his CfD, despite the clarifications I have offered. I stand by remarks 100% and my only regret is that I had not taken more forceful action to address his blatant Holocaust trivialization that defames anyone who endured the Nazi era, whether in a concentration camp or not. That admins refuse to address this only adds insult to a rather grievous injury. Alansohn (talk) 01:42, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Aryeh Neier

Number 337 (216 create/expand - 121 nominations)

On January 23, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Aryeh Neier, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 01:20, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Gary Kurfirst

Number 338 (217 create/expand - 121 nominations)

On January 23, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Gary Kurfirst, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 18:51, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Harold Snyder

Number 339 (218 create/expand - 121 nominations)

On January 24, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Harold Snyder, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 06:30, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

BLP

Please do not add unreferenced or poorly referenced information, especially if controversial, to articles or any other page on Wikipedia about living persons, as you did to Nicole Marciano. Thank you. Kingturtle (talk) 22:42, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Ur giving out to me

You told me my edit to Bobby Brown was reverted your stupid !!!!! i didnt even edit bobby brown page and i have never heard of him you got the wrong person you idiot now be more careful you stupid idiot !!!!!!!!! I HATE YOU!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.44.0.84 (talk) 21:28, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Just doing my job. Thanks for the note. Alansohn (talk) 21:35, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Mark Thompson

Hi, with regard to the edit, as I explained in the summary I didn't delete it, just moved most of it to BBC Controversies where it was missing and is more relevant, leaving an outline of the controversy on Thompson's page - you can't cover every controversy in depth on Thompson's page as there's not enough room! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.22.178.253 (talk) 22:07, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

I do see in reviewing the edits that this was the case. Please accept my apologies for the warning as I did not see that this was happening at the time. Alansohn (talk) 22:10, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

Set List

is Breatheheavy.com a reliable source..because if it isnt the set list that was reverted back on to the The Circus Starring: Britney Spears, should be removed. I think its only been reverted because an anon user took off that much content without a reason..maybe you could look in to this? but im not too sure that it is. thanks in advance..and CHEERS!!!--EmperorofPeopleEverywhere (talk) 22:25, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm betting it isn't reliable, but I'll check further. Thanks for the note. Alansohn (talk) 00:22, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Joseph P. Williams

Number 340 (219 create/expand - 121 nominations)

On January 25, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Joseph P. Williams, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 23:20, 25 January 2009 (UTC)

If it would help you

Alansohn, if it would help in any way at all with your WP life, you should know that I'm sorry that you were offended by some of my comments at CfD. As I've also told User:Historicist, it hasn't been my intent to offend you or anyone else. I think if you knew me you'd recognise that, but of course it's always relatively easy to be misunderstood in print form. Thanks, ol' buddy. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 06:53, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

I appreciated the note, but I was still a bit hot under the collar from dealing with the block you pushed for. I thought I'd wait a day or two to cool off a bit and see what your actions were, which speak louder than words, as always. Waking up this morning to a sockpuppet investigation that couldn't possibly have been successful, filed less than 24 hours after leaving what could pass for an apology, didn't convince me that your words pasted above were sincere. I'm still not sure what it is that you're trying to accomplish, or why you're pushing the admin who found your sockpuppet expedition to be unfounded to find something that isn't there. Since you filed this sockpuppet investigation, I've made a thousand edits, started three or four articles and nominated two or three of them for DYK. I'm more than willing to move on. It's well past time that you did. Alansohn (talk) 02:52, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

I want you to know I am not pushing the admin to "find" anything, nor did I earlier push for a block against you. If my sole goal or purpose was to have you blocked, it would be quite simple for me to just block you for incivility per the restriction. But because in each case I was otherwise involved, it was appropriate for me to seek a neutral appraisal of the appropriateness of the comments that concern me. It's clear the CU was "inconclusive" (leaning more to negative) and I personally take your word on the matter. The CU result combined with your word led me to have considered the issue closed, which then left me scratching my head about the need for the points you set out there (which I feel are more examples of incivility, but I understand you may disagree). Honestly, I would have approached you personally about the issue rather than filing a CU request if I had not felt you were in a state of perpetual attack mode against everything I post on WP. My view is quite simple: regardless of how many or what type of edits anyone does—if the user can't be civil to other editors in comments and disagreements with them, the user's being disruptive. You don't have to agree with me about any substantive content issues at all—you just need to be polite about it and not assume the worst. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 03:09, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Incidentally, Lar just posted a message on his page where he told us to calm down and he mentioned mediation in passing. That's not something I would invite you into, but if you really want to address some sincere concerns you have about me, I would have no problem addressing any issues about myself before a neutral third party. It does little good to "put new wine in old bottles" by bringing up historic concerns every time there is a new disagreement, so if you need to air those concerns to someone, I can agree to be there to present my POV. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 03:16, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

If you take a look at CfD, you'll find I agree with you as often as I don't. As someone else I've disagreed with at times said recently, "Sure I said I wouldn't respond to your comments, but I didn't mean that to include when you were wrong" (maybe a slight paraphrase) and I will maintain that same privilege with you, with a good deal more restraint. I will try not to assume the worst, as you have requested, but there also needs to be a bit more balance in a process that's stacked against categories up for discussion. My suggestion to create and improve articles is intended to show that once your articles and categories are targets for deletion, you don't feel the same way deleting the work of others. Try creating an article or two. It's a lot of fun. Mediation only seems to fan the flames. Alansohn (talk) 04:17, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I acknowledge that we do agree on balance probably more often than not—it's just, as you say, they get less notice, don't they? I'm also fine when you or anybody else disagrees with me on the substantive issues; it generally doesn't bother me when a discussion proposal I make "fails", because often I think the discussion brings out some good points that I (and hopefully some others) hadn't thought of before, and often even though the initial proposal isn't carried forward, there's an agreement to rename or something for clarity purposes. So please don't hesitate to disagree just so you won't be disagreeing with me. As long as things don't get personal, I'll have no right of complaint about that.

Funny you should mention it, but I have been creating articles more lately; in fact, one of the of articles I recently started was just deleted via AfD this week. It was a good discussion, and one user there gave me a good idea how to approach the topic with an article of a different name, so it was worthwhile. I've also been doing some categorizing of Oceanic people by previously non-existent first-level administrative country subdivision categories—people from the New Jerseys of the Pacific, as it were.

I'll have to take your word on mediation, since I've never gone that route before. I can imagine it's probably not the best strategy if you're trying to let bygones by bygones.

Anyway, I hope you will accept my apologies for the things I've done to upset you. I'm a bit of a goof-ball, so undoubtedly some things I say in a friendly or good-natured way are interpreted differently by readers. And as I said in the CU thing, I have no problem with saying the vast majority of your editing work I've seen is very good. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 04:44, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Re edit reverted

i am afraid that i found you personally victimising and do not appreciate the comments you've made about me i would apreciate it if in future you dont try to contact me —Preceding unsigned comment added by X x B x x (talk • contribs) 18:30, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

This is in reference to the reversion of this edit, which I think speaks for itself. Alansohn (talk) 21:57, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting the personal attack on my talk page. =) -- 21:43, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism controversy

Did you know about the Wiki vandalism discussion that's been advertised in the press? [1] I know from your user page that you have technical ideas related to this. I've added a couple messages suggesting that it would be good to consult anti-vandalism editors (and systems analysts) about how to proceed, rather than putting it to a popular vote right away. I thought you might have your own perspective on the overall discussion. Regards, Piano non troppo (talk) 03:35, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the note and for thinking that I might be helpful. I have thought long and hard about the subject and I appreciate the reminder. Alansohn (talk) 04:17, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For being what I see as the best vandal-whacker on the project. Some of the others are faster, and some of them spend longer each day working, but you are the only one that when I see an AIV report, I KNOW that there is no need to spot check your work. You are the only person working the recent changes that I feel safe in trusting your judgment unquestioningly. Thank you very much. Trusilver 04:31, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

I am truly overwhelmed by your description of my work and I can only hope that I have genuinely earned this recognition. While I am sometimes disappointed to "lose" a revert to another editor, I do hope that spending a little more time will result in a more accurate and complete removal of vandalism. Thank you for all of your anti-vandalism work and for this bit of recognition. Alansohn (talk) 05:02, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Leonard Andrews

Number 341 (220 create/expand - 121 nominations)

On January 27, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Leonard Andrews, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 04:33, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Notice added by SPI clerk Mayalld (talk) 07:40, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting my user page :) Stephenb (Talk) 12:57, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Aron Moscona

I've made another comment at DYK. - Mgm|^(talk) 14:02, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

I will continue rewording. See my response at T:TDYK. Alansohn (talk) 18:47, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Removing an AIV comment

I've started this thread to give you an opportunity to explain this if you'd care to do so. Daniel Case (talk) 16:04, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Still don't know how it happened, but see my response at WP:AIV. Alansohn (talk) 18:45, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I did. Sorry about that ... I don't use Huggle and I am unfamiliar with it. Clearly this is more than just a quirk, it's a bug that should be fixed. Daniel Case (talk) 15:49, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

No need for an apology here. Huggle not only has changed my mindset, but it sometimes seems to have a mind of its own. I'm glad the folks from Huggle saw this going on and popped, which should be the best next step to resolving the issue. Thanks for all of your work where we cross paths, especially at both AIV and DYK. Keep up the great work! Alansohn (talk) 19:21, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

How could you revert so fast

you must be god or something!!!! awesome --91.66.189.224 (talk) 18:09, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

This has to be one of the nicest comments I have ever received, even if it wasn't intended that way. Alansohn (talk) 18:44, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Hello

Hey dude, Nice shot on the Perez Hilton article. I was about to restore it from before that vandalism by those fools, but something was up with the refreshing, and then I couldn't even see the history past this morning's time. But that HG application you used - nice going :) Peace ~ GoldenGoose100 (talk) 18:42, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

I was so pissed to see that there was still vandalism after the revert, so I went back one edit at a time to revert back to the pre-vandalism version. Thanks for the note. Alansohn (talk) 18:43, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Bob May (actor)

Number 342 (221 create/expand - 121 nominations)

On January 27, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Bob May (actor), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 22:09, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for 2009 Tour of California

Number 343 (222 create/expand - 121 nominations)

On January 28, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 2009 Tour of California, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 03:56, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Brenton Butler case

Number 344 (222 create/expand - 122 nominations)

On 28 January, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Brenton Butler case, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 03:57, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Moses S. Margolies

Number 345 (223 create/expand - 122 nominations)

On January 28, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Moses S. Margolies, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Gatoclass 15:49, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

A thanks for reverting user page vandalism

Thank you for noticing and reverting the vandalism to my user page. Best regards -- simxp (talk) 19:18, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page. --Captain-tucker (talk) 23:17, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

Captain-tucker (talk) has bought you a pint! Sharing a pint is a great way to bond with other editors after a day of hard work. Spread the WikiLove by buying someone else a pint, whether it be someone with whom you have collaborated or had disagreements. Cheers!

Spread the good cheer and camaraderie by adding {{subst:WikiPint}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Thanks for the pint! I had a bit of a challenge tilting my monitor, but it was quite refreshing, even if a bit small. For my next pint I will adjust my monitor to a larger size. Alansohn (talk) 15:48, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

I appreciate the help de-vandalizing my user page... thanks! —Noah 05:31, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Holly Coors

Number 346 (224 create/expand - 122 nominations)

On January 29, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Holly Coors, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 09:25, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Jessurun Cardozo

Hello! Your submission of Jessurun Cardozo at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Paxse (talk) 13:59, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Shigeo Fukuda

Number 347 (225 create/expand - 122 nominations)

On January 29, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Shigeo Fukuda, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Dravecky (talk) 15:17, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Reverting my Edit

Parapsychology is a pseudoscience. Why on earth is wikipedia giving it a space for its lies? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bloody21 (talk • contribs) 17:13, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Niggerfaggot

Alansohn, for having reverted my edit, you are a nigger and a faggot!!!