User talk:Valenciano/Archive 9

Solarstone

OK, you are an experienced editor, so no arguments from me Jimfbleak - talk to me? 14:01, 12 February 2015 (UTC)

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Arun Kumar SINGH (Talk) 11:55, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

P. J. Kurien

Hi Valenciano. I understand what you said about WP:BLPCRIME. But in this case, since the suspect is acquitted, WP:BLPCRIME doesn't apply here because it applies to those who are accused but not convicted. Also, WP:CRIME states that as a politician being charged for such a crime, and the fact that such information is obtainable from verifiable sources, the inclusion of such information is notable and the fact that he is acquitted does not reduce the notability of his charge. Optakeover^(Talk) 15:38, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Moreover, the article on the person was not created in response to his charge, and was already there as a encyclopedic article on him, all the more showing that there isn't a clear WP:BLP problem with this information. Optakeover^(Talk) 15:40, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

I just re-read WP:BLPCRIME, and I admit that what I said in my first comment was incorrect. However, as quoted from WP:CRIME, I don't think that the acquittal means that the information is non-notable for its inclusion. Also, WP:BLPCRIME states refraining from adding information suggesting that the person committed a crime. Since the information is obtainable from verifiable sources, I do believe that such information is definitely notable. Optakeover^(Talk) 15:45, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Optakeover I only noticed it through patrolling recent changes and had never heard of the subject before to be honest. However, I found the inclusion somewhat problematic since it meant that over half the article was devoted to an alleged crime which the subject of the article was cleared of, not just once, but twice. Digging deeper I found that, rather than giving all the facts (the source in question also stated that the main person who accused him "told a sessions court in Kerala that he had implicated Mr Kurien on the suggestions of a local journalist. In court, Dharamarajan claimed he was drunk at the time of the interview and was financially not doing well."), it provided a rather slanted view of the situation. The inclusion of gossip ("speculation was that he only got off because of his political position") based on one news report is very questionable in a WP:BLP. In this case, given that he was acquitted, at most the accusations against him should be stated briefly with the fact of his acquittals and more detail provided in the article on the rape case and in a more neutral way. Valenciano (talk) 22:06, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Valenciano, Putting it that way, I can agree with you. If the 'rape case' is mentioned, just a passing mention (if at all), accused, found not guilty, very shaky source etc. If the apparent SPAs had bothered to communicate on the talk page/s, rather than instant reverts or casting aspersions on editors via edit summaries, they may have been taken more seriously. As it is, at least 4 different editors (including me ) 'automatically' reverted the 'unexplained' removal of sourced content on Kuriens' BLP. And I avoid biting newbies – IPs especially as I had a a rather good 2+ years as an IP editor – though patience wears thin after a few reverts or self promotional articles pass under ones gaze. 220 of ^Borg 00:45, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

220 of Borg, I understand that. When SPAs appear and seem determined just to blank sections and refuse to discuss on talk it is frustrating, especially since they're often connected to the subject of the article and simply out to polish their friend/relative/boss' bios. In this case, they have inadvertently highlighted a problem. I think a brief mention of it would be fine, however, the detail, claims and counter-claims are better dealt with in more detail in the article about the rape case. Valenciano (talk) 22:22, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Concur. Just now editing down the section on Kurien at the rape case page, where it is second in the contents. I may move it to a less conspicuous position after c/e. 220 of ^Borg 02:28, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

@Optakeover: and Valenciano. Lots of WP:SPA account activity on that page, and it's been going on for a while over exactly this issue. (i.e. 20 August 2013) See Talk:P. J. Kurien#Single purpose accounts where I have listed the SPAs. 220 of ^Borg 16:47, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

220 of Borg, looking through the history I see what you mean. It's probably time for a sockpuppetry case and a request for page protection would probably put this SPA off. Valenciano (talk) 22:06, 14 March 2015 (UTC)

Meatpuppets I think actually, though Rosejacob and Rosejacob1 look 'socky', no? A balanced coverage of what exactly happened in relation to 'Kurien' and his 'connection' to the 'rape case' is, as you said earlier, what WP requires, supported by reliable sources. It did start off looking just like a whitewash, and the time span it's happened over and multiple accounts that have only edited on these two pages on this exact issue, makes it look more like that. 'Streisand effect' anyone? 220 of ^Borg 00:45, 15 March 2015 (UTC)

Just noting that Ramlal123 (talk · contribs), the most active of the SPAs involved, has been indeffed. 220 of ^Borg 02:28, 16 March 2015 (UTC)

Buttons

I think you hit the wrong one on How a skateboard works - it should have been A10 duplicate not A11 made up. I deleted it A10. Peridon (talk) 16:46, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Peridon, it was the "written by (article's editor)" that made me tag it A11 instead, but yeah A10 covers it just as well. Valenciano (talk) 16:53, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Ah, right... A11 is a very useful thing, but there are limits to it. It was created to deal with things like obviously not popularly used neologisms (whose value and point is fairly obviously zilch), new student drinking games (Beer Pong re-invented two days ago - or was it three or maybe last week?), or new sports (bearing strong resemblance to existing ones) that are sweeping the nation (but so far haven't swept past St Toothfroth's High School, Little Twittering). It's the stuff that that probably has been invented, but who other than the inventors gives a damn? Assumed good faith. Hoax, on the other hand is deliberate misinformation that is there to make us look silly. This one wasn't made-up - skateboards have been around a long time - so A10 was the only option. Peridon (talk) 17:06, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Peridon, thanks, you're right, I should have tagged as A10. A fairly studid mistake for such a long termer as me to make after so long here but I'm claiming an off day due to family issues. Forgiveness requested? :) Valenciano (talk) 01:59, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

Not needed - CSD and notability were designed by the same secret committee that designed the camel - rumoured to consist of equal numbers of Jesuits and rabbis, and who have to approve all software manuals before release <8-( Peridon (talk) 11:26, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

Cruel Ties

I agree that's probably the editor in the SPI (so I've blocked), and likely a 3RR exemption, but... that's kind of crazy, constantly reverting like that. Just report it, leave it without the tag for a little while, and revert after the IP is blocked. --Floquenbeam (talk) 23:50, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Floquenbeam, yeah I'm a little frustrated with that editor in general as they've been spamming their band on here for a good 2 years, using sockpuppets left right and centre and don't seem to get the message, but point taken. Valenciano (talk) 23:55, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Depending on the results of the SPI (it looks like a CU is looking at it now), maybe long-term semi is called for. I've semi'd for a week until the results of the SPI are final. I hear you on getting frustrated sometimes, believe me. Cheers. --Floquenbeam (talk) 23:59, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Floquenbeam, CU has confirmed the sockpuppets and I just noticed from the Cruel Tie article's talk page that the ip is one of them editing while logged out. That doesn't change the fact that you were right in your first message, I've no idea why I did that, as I would normally have done exactly what you advised. I suspect a combination of long term frustration with that editor using wiki for promo and some heavy duty family issues that I've had to deal with since late last year have caused uncharacteristic lapses in my judgement here and this wasn't the first this year. It may be time for a wikibreak until stuff sorts itself out. I'd appreciate it if you could keep an eye on the Cruel Tie article, long term semi may be necessary depending on what happens. I did think about nomming it for deletion, as notability is questionable but I'm biased now on the issue and also, the coverage of the band in Rolling Stone Russia makes me think that they may meet WP:MUSIC. Valenciano (talk) 10:48, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

I've blocked the accounts and semi'd the page for a year. I know *zero* about the subject, but I'll add the article to my watchlist and try to keep an eye out for new autoconfirmed accounts dong the same general stuff. If you decide to take one, enjoy your break. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:35, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

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Translation of Corts

The problem being that the both Castilian communities (Castile and León and Castile-La Mancha) also have "Courts", but those don't use Catalan. I translated it more to homogenize terms to avoid having words from different languages describe the same word, since I already thought on using both "Corts" and "Cortes", but that could be a little of a mess. In any case, it seems that "Courts" it's still valid to refer to a legislative assembly: see here, so there's not much issue with it. Impru20 (talk) 20:21, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

Answered you at here. Impru20 (talk) 22:09, 16 April 2015 (UTC)

DYK for David Pla Marín

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 22:47, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

ETA

It turns that the page is in Category:Government of New Zealand designated terrorist organizations which is of the interest of WP New Zealand. -- Magioladitis (talk) 23:09, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

Magioladitis, it's a bit of a tenuous link, but ok, no objection to restoring it. Valenciano (talk) 00:43, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

I agree with you, we better not add it. I do not want to caus wikiproject "overpopulation". I just gave you a explanation how the bot got there. -- Magioladitis (talk) 06:45, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

Nicolás Otamendi

 Done GiantSnowman 14:20, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

2022 World Cup

At the moment, the report you cited is only the unofficial speculation of a single source, reported by the Daily Mail, which is generally regarded as a tabloid newspaper, so we can't report it as fact. It seems to me very likely that something is about to happen, though: the increasing tempo of the press revelations in recent days does not bode well for FIFA. -- The Anome (talk) 12:39, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

The Anome, it's true that the Mail generally isn't regarded as a reliable source, but in this case, there seems no doubt that she has said that and other sources, reliable ones, have also reported it. If it was nonsense, sources like the Independent wouldn't also have reported it. In this case, let's continue the discussion at the 2022 world cup page. Valenciano (talk) 12:53, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

I didn't know about the policy on legal threats

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I am the same user as User:TheHomosexualsWillNotEnterTheKingdomOfGod. My first-ammendment-based appeal of my username block resulted in my talk page access being revoked in addition to my block being upheld, based on an legally-questionable policy on legal threats. I am only posting this while signed out because I can't contact anyone while signed in; this is not deception or sockpuppetry, as I am not pretending that I am a different person. Regarding my so-called legal threat, I did not threaten to do anything illegal, or to lie to any officer or court. I only stated a possible course of action which is legal for me to attempt provided I do not lie to any officer or court. The Wikipedia policy also states that users can be blocked for taking legal action against the Wikimedia Foundation, which means that Wikipedia attempts to circumvent the legal system by penalizing those who take even legitimate legal action. Therefore, I never suspected any such policy exists. Also, after seeing the fact that controversial usernames are blocked on both sides of the controversy, I am willing to change my username, and I hereby withdraw my statement which has been accused of being a legal threat. I have no intention of takibg legal action over this situation, and I am willing to change my username. Please unblock my talk page so that I can use the template to request a username change and unblock. I forgot to check if you are an admin or not when I went to the edit screen, amd I don't want to lose this message I jave typed, so if you aren't an admin, please pass this along to an admin who can unblock my talk page. My current username is TheHomosexualsWillNotEnterTheKingdomOfGod, and I will figure out my new username and request it once my talk page is unblocked. The signature on this post will be an IP address because I am signed oit, but this is not an attempt to decieve or be a sock puppet. 2600:1014:B047:8604:0:29:D753:AE01 (talk) 21:47, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

I am not an admin. The one that blocked you, quite correctly, is Only. I'm glad that you've withdrawn your legal threat, which anyway wouldn't have had a hope of success, as the first amendment to the US constitution doesn't give you carte blanche to act as you please or say what you like on private websites such as ours. However, that and your user name weren't the only problem here. There is absolutely zero chance that any administrator will unblock you just so you can continue making additions to our site complaining about the "sin of lesbianism" or "female faggots". We have policies against that (see WP:SOAPBOX and WP:NPOV) and people that violate those generally get shown the door pretty quickly, as it's concluded that they're not here to constructively build an encyclopedia, which is our purpose. If you're only interested in pushing your views on homosexuality, there are various right wing websites or blog hosts which would be more useful to you. Valenciano (talk) 19:05, 9 June 2015 (UTC)

This is the same user again, but my IP addresss is most likely different because I turn off my mobile data when not in use, and this smartphone gets a random new IP address each time mobile data is turned on and reconnected. I really don't care all that much about User:TheHomosexualsWillNotEnterTheKingdomOfGod. That is merely a sock puppet. I am The Great Sock Puppetmaster Of POOP! The dynamic IP addresses of a cellular mobile data network enables me to get a new IP address just by toggling my mobile data setting off then back on. Do not bother reporting this IP address to an admin, as I will be randomly assigned a new one when I toggle my mobile data setting, which I will do after this post. The Great Sock Puppetmaster Of POOP! is the greatest teenage ADHD supervillian ever to to roam the Internet. My individual sock puppets can be tediously defeated one by one, but the only way an ADHD supervillian is ever defeated is when he had to take his Ritalin. Did I mention I had ADHD, and that I am a supervillian? I like POOP! 2600:1014:B005:AE12:0:45:1687:E201 (talk) 04:58, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

It's me again, with a new IP address. Time to toggle mobile data again, and create a sock puppet, then repeat such a process repeatedly. 2600:1014:B060:6D17:0:1A:F0F4:3701 (talk) 05:01, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Bye bye. Valenciano (talk) 08:04, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

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Suicide Prince

The source you cite does not confirm a change of title to the book. Please find a source or revert your page move. Thanks. Sundayclose (talk) 22:15, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

After looking more closely, I see that you don't even provide a source. I find no evidence of the change. Please don't make page moves without providing any evidence. Sundayclose (talk) 00:31, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

Sundayclose if you find no evidence of the change, then you obviously didn't look very hard, since it took me all of 30 seconds on google to find a ref, which I will add to the article, since I notice another user has reverted your move. When three experienced editors in good standing who've been here 2, 8 and 10 years respectively, all make the same change, it's probably better to ask them why, rather than just blindly reverting all three. WP:AGF and all that. Valenciano (talk) 15:25, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

At the time of your edit, you were the only editor who made the change. Regardless, providing a citation documenting the change would have been appropriate and courteous, and it would have avoided a lot of confusion. If you'll look at my original post above, I pointed out that the change was not sourced; I made that post before changing anything. In any event, someone else was kind enough to do it for you, so the issues is resolved. Sundayclose (talk) 16:28, 11 June 2015 (UTC)

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You must be stoped in your violations of the rules of Wikipedia (vandalism - war of edits and slander is your black deal). Come here: https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Active_sockpuppetry.2C_WP:OR_and_WP:POV_violations_by_LORT44125

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Not my talk page, but this doesn't make sense. You are inviting this user to a discussion created by the same user you are "inviting"? Dustin (talk) 16:37, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

• I wished do it (but I saw that he did it already). Stupid thing - create topic two times. LORT44125 (talk) 16:40, 27 June 2015 (UTC).

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Thanks very much...

...for your support over at my RfA. I shall do my best to be worthy of it. --Ser Amantio di Nicolao^{Che dicono a Signa?}_{Lo dicono a Signa.} 08:47, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

Ser Amantio di Nicolao give it a while and you'll be cursing me and the others that passed the poisoned chalice to you. Until then, you'll be fine, enjoy vandal crushing! Valenciano (talk) 14:00, 28 June 2015 (UTC)