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You recently deleted and protected World Wide Entertainment. Is this an office action? --- RockMFR 21:50, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
Do you want to start a new article? Technically, "office" refers to an action done by the office which could under our normal rules be done only by me. Nothing I do is therefore an "office" action in that sense. This is subtle, but so is most of what goes on here. :) If you are asking if it is a Jimbo decree, the answer is no. But unless there is some very good reason, for example, someone who is not a spammer or hater who wants to make a sensible article, I think we should just hang tight. This is very much NOT a notable person or company, as far as I have been able to determine. However, if you want to make an article, just let me know... I will unprotect.--Jimbo Wales 04:56, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
Hey Jimbo thats why you are being sued by D McGillis. Have you been served yet?--75.74.103.81 01:10, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
Thank you very much for doing this! --A. B. (talk) 01:40, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
I just want you to consider one single point. I am an avid spam fighter in Wiki and I write this for my love of Wiki. English Wikipedia, in the period where it removed its external links nofollow tags last year, has won very high rankings for almost any keyword there is an article written on. One of the reasons for it is Google's love for external linking in a webpage to authority websites on related subjects. The nofollow tags automatically eliminates that advantage for Wikipedia. I will still fight spam for it will not decrease an inch but you just made Wikipedia shoot itself on the foot by making its findability in Google considerably lower in Google's next major data update. Google is the number one reason why people know Wikipedia. An unfound wikipedia is an unused wikipedia. All I say is good luck in the next donations drive because your traffic will be considerably lower. And I say these words not to attack you but for you to consider a point never mentioned before. MKS 21:57, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello my name is Big Boss 0. I have been with wikipedia for a few months and I am here just to say hi. Take a look at my userpage and tell me what you think. At the moment my userpage is also functioning for several small articals. The reason is that I have insufficient information to create an artical of their own on wikipedia. This will serve as a temporary solution to my problem. Please tell me what you think. Big Boss 0 22:26, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
Someone has removed the images from the page so to view the page how it should be just access the history on my page and revert the edit. Big Boss 0 22:58, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
I would like, if some of the available money could be spend for professional and understandable comments and their translations for the national Wikipedias, how to use licenses in Wikicommons and Wikipedia. This would be a great help for the users. At present the comments concerning this are made by laymans and very disputed . -- 84.132.90.226 00:39, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
After some thought, I have decided that being a Wikipedia editor is no longer for me. I first joined in 2006 and since then it's just gotten too stessfull for my tastes. It's no longer about building a knowledge base as much as it's about determining policy. Newbies get bitten while perfectly legitimate articles and pictures, representing doubtless thousands of person-hours of work, get deleted because "policy wonks" think it doesn't meet the right guidelines or its not good because they disagree on it - be them "notability" (an open-ended sham), the horrifically exclusive new fair use policy on pictures, or whatever else. Meanwhile, editors who continually add nonsense , unsourced and bunk get a blind eye turned to, while legitimate editors are scorned. This is no longer a project I want to be associated with. --Markhamman 17:54, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
--and there is no effective recourse!
Rfwoolf 13:47, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
"By current ubik count, well over five hundred political wikis were tasked with some portion of running the UWA on nonlocal levels, each of them occupying some slice of the political/ideological/intellectual spectrum and performing one or another “governmental” function. Each political wiki was invested with a certain share of proportional power based on the number of citizens who formally subscribed to its philosophy. The jimmywhales of each wiki formed the next higher level of coordination. From their ranks, after much traditional politicking and alliance building, they elected one jimmywhale to Rule Them All. This individual came as close to being the president of our country as anyone could nowadays. Until deposed, he had the power to order certain consequential actions across his sphere of influence by fiat; to countermand bad decisions; to embark on new projects without prior approval: the traditional role of any jimmywhale. But in this case, his sphere of influence included the entire country." WikiWorld 4.250.168.152 13:08, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
There's a bunch of Users that need to be deleted. Unused accounts. Just type your name in, it has alot of accounts obviously dedicated to cause a ruccus. Special:Listusers
I would very much appreciate it if you took your most valuable and precious time to look at what's going on at Philosophy.
PS: Please excuse any typographical, and/or spelling, errors of mine which remain. CC: Philosophy Talk/Discussion Page --Ludvikus 16:33, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
In the headlines today are reports that Microsoft has been editing wikipedia. We have a similar case with Bridgestone editing its articles that someone might want to look at:
I am interested how to proceed with this case. What happens next? Travb (talk) 16:44, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello Jimbo - congratulations as always for the generally smooth running of the project. Please understand that the following criticism is an effort to help us do even better; it is not a complaint about the project in general.
Given that we always need more money, I think any contributions to outside projects must be held to extremely high scrutiny. I believe donating $5,000 to Freenode as described here was a bad use of Foundation money. IRC is a controversial subject within Wikipedia. Please see This ANI thread for one example. Given the contorversy, I don't think it was a good way to spend our money.
The donation was described as a "one-time" donation and I hope it will stay that way. Let's not repeat such a donation in the future, please.
Best wishes as always - Johntex\talk 23:22, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi Jimbo, There is news going round that you are coming to India . Make sure to get down at Ahmedabad. as Nearly Headless Nick says three admins hail from there, and see who awaits you there. three little monkeys] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Amdabadi (talk • contribs) 18:58, 24 January 2007 (UTC).
Could you please unblock 202.76.162.34? (I don't want to create an account for that IP address.)
Imagine peer reviewed scientific original research on Wikia. I read this and thought of you. Cheers. 4.250.168.119 03:30, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi!
I would like to tell you about very unpleasant and embarrassing situation on Polish Wikipedia.
Like on every other language wikipedia users of wikipedia-pl with vulgar or "almoust vulgar" (in Levenshtein distance way) account name are blocked forever because of "unacceptable account name". Which is fine and reasonable.
Whats not fine a reasonable is that one of the wikipedia-pl sysops has account name Kotasik which is "almoust vulgar" (Kutasik in Polish is vulgarism for "little penis").
I wrote to Kotasik telling him that situation, when beginner user of wikipedia is blocked because of vulgar account name by sysop with vulgar account name is unacceptable - what this begginer user would think? Probably "well, I see that wikipedia treats sysop better, they're above wikipedia law" - which is of course not true.
As I said I wrote to Kotasik about that, I tried to to convince him of changing his acc name. He said "no, but try RFC mechanism if you want to"
So I made RFC, where I wrote that for wikipedia good Kotasik should change his acc. My IP have been blocked because of "trolling", RFC was deleted and when I tried to talk about on wikipedia-pl irc channel, I was banned from them, which confirm my supposition that Polish sysops think that their above wikipedians law.
Thank You and sorry for interrupting, but I have no idea who shuld I tell that Mencio 07:31, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
Dear Jimbo, I happened to know that you are coming to India in the near future. I think I should alert you about a possible legal tangle. One pettifogging advocate who used to edit wikipedia (merely advertising himself and his friends) got banned as a sock puppet. However, somebody published some libelous comments on him and one of his friends who is a senior government officer. They are also with a nest of petty journos who practise unethical journalism. One of them may try to contact you for an interview. Decline it outright. Then there is a rumou that the advocate fellow is trying to file a defamation case against the foundation. As you don't chair the foundation any longer, you may not be involved in the tangle. Still caution is the watchword. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Recurrrrer (talk • contribs) 08:00, 26 January 2007 (UTC).
Hello! I recently wrote a page Wikipedia:Argumentum ad Jimbonem describing how some people treat your word as The Law and that they probably shouldn't do that. Another editor believes the page is a personal attack against you, and wants it deleted. So I thought I should ask you if you're offended by this page. >Radiant< 10:18, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
Jimbo Why did you delete the Brian peppers article? Why are you contradicting your purpose by censoring a valid article. Brian peppers is Internet celebrity and should be known for the impact he had on the internet and websites like ytmnd —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.235.211.41 (talk • contribs).
Could you please have a look at Wikipedia talk:Fair use? It currently hosts a debate between fair use proponents and opponents (covering the entire spectrum between ‘anything that’s legal’ and ‘no fair use at all’) and has now progressed to discussing changes to Wikipedia:Fair use which I think are neither well supported in general nor compliant with Wikipedia:Five pillars. One of the underlying issues is whether increasing the quality of Wikipedia is a blanket justification for the use of non-free material. This is particularly visible in Wikipedia talk:Fair use#Primary_and_secondary_goals, where you are quoted in the first post and I’d appreciate it if you could clarify the official position. (Disclosure: I’m one of the ‘less fair use’ people and have participated in the debate, so I’m biased.) —xyzzyn 13:14, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
Good grief! I certainly didn’t mean to drag the debate here. Sorry. —xyzzyn 15:57, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
See the http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home for the answer. Ask yourself whether you would rather have freedom or knowledge for the reason. WAS 4.250 16:45, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I am editing with a spoof of your username because I can't think of anything creative that the admins won't block indefinitely! I tried making usernames like User:Wikipedia Vandalizer ;-) but they don't like that! --James Donal "Jimbo" Wales 16:58, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
But an administrator has begun a course of action here that could get a man removed his entire career. WWest 21:19, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
Yo, Jimmo, I known your cool and all, creating wiki, but I gotta ask ya something. I'm a teen, and I find nudity and erotic material gross and useless. Now, I gotta ask you about material that ain't good for chidren, please, man! Like, this user (see title)'s got ahundred sick pictures on his user page! I read that user pages don't belong to the user, they belong to Wiki1 Why would Wiki have such gross pictures?Like, c'mon! This is an ecyclopidia, not some place where there's naked people and sex and everything1 Please answer, Jimmy, please/I know your busy, but, like, no one answer for Jimmo, please!!!I gotta hear from the big man himself! Thanks, man! Librax 03:01, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
Jimbo,
Does Wikipedia understand the meaning of "selective enforcement?" I have posted an article on numerous occassions and your administrator Ryulong keeps deleting it. He keeps asserting that "it is an ad."
I have toned it down to be as plain and vanilla as possible. Trying only to point out facts of particular interest yet Ryulong, keeps deleting it.
I have looked at nearly every article on wikipedia category: magazines and every single one with a few exceptions was a major infomercial!!!!! Far more aggregious violations than whatt Ryulong asserted over my article
I am really over this guy running around like a little dicatator in Wikipedia. What's more interesting is that Ryulong has no idea who he is dealing with here in cyberspace. Not all of us are college students with nothing better to do than toil our days away deleting articles for fun.
Perhaps his time would be better spent looking at other violations?
Thank you for listening. I hope we can clear this up.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Neptune2007 (talk • contribs) 03:13, January 27, 2007
Greetings. This edit by Raul654 indicates that you wished for MySpace blogs to be added to the spam blacklist. I was wondering if you would be willing to reconsider this. Many celebrities, especially musicians, use MySpace to communicate with their fans, and confirm through links to and from their websites that the profiles are theirs. For example, I came to notice this through the article on Straight Outta Lynwood, the newest album by "Weird Al" Yankovic. Yankovic links to his MySpace profile on his website, and uses his MySpace blog to communicate with his fans. Some of his blog postings were being used as sources in the article, but now they have been removed. I would appreciate your thoughts on this issue. --Maxamegalon2000 21:13, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
If anybody from your end or from the University's end had ever bothered to let me know that it had "all been resolved" and Tim Pierce was given carte blanche to vandalize all he wants, and to assign vandalism to his students, then I certainly would not have pursued it. But nobody bothered to let me or anybody else know. Fine. I won't worry about vandalism again. You seem to condone it. User:Zoe|(talk) 00:03, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
Jimbo, your input to WP:ANI#Further on the Professor Tim Pierce situation, WP:ANI#Tim Pierce is *not* a professor! WP:ANI#Tim Pierce: Over the top would be greatly appreciated. I wouldn't normally think to bother you, and have not one dog in this fight, but the notion that we might be ruining people's careers is more than I'm willing to accept without making some noise.Proabivouac 11:45, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
Can I second this - please take a look, even if you feel it is inappropriate for you to comment. --Fredrick day 21:53, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
I talked to him, he apologized, he said he would not do it again. It was very simple. Many instructors have made the same error. Nothing to see, really.--Jimbo Wales 00:39, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi Jimbo,
I don't think this comment was the best way of resolving the situation, nor was it very diplomatic. I feel Zoe was acting in good faith, trying to defend Wikipedia in a perfectly legitimate way; how was she to know you have spoken to Tim on the telephone beforehand? Perhaps a little clarification and AGF would be in order here. Yuser31415 (Editor review two!) 00:31, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
She was presumably acting in good faith, but her response was so far over the top that it disappeared into the distance never to be seen or heard from again. I did not get a chance to read the email exchange (and it now seems to have been deleted) but, if accurately quoted, accusing a university lecturer who sets a class assignment in good-faith of committing a crime (apparently vandalising Wikipedia is a "federal offence", no less) is so wacko as to be unbelievable. This was a really shameful episode for Wikipedia- Jimbo, your rebuke was harsh, but entirely appropriate, given the bother that could have resulted from this. The lack of perspective shown by Zoe and many of the other correspondents in the discussion was mind-blowing. By the same token, everyone was I'm sure acting as they thought best, hopefully Mr. Pierce will not take any further action, and the matter is closed. Bottom line- Well done. Badgerpatrol 17:00, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
Jimbo's comment was rather measured, given the circumstances. Using Wikimedia resources to attempt to drum up a posse to harass a man's name and avocation by threats of legal and media action is without question wildly inappropriate. Unlike Zoe, Jimbo did not make any threats about what will happen if an apology is not forthcoming. Zoe is perfectly free to render an apology or not. Zoe is also free to continue to assert that Jimbo condones vandalism (or not). Tim Shuba 18:31, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
Zoe is a longtime Wikipedian, I am sorry if my remarks sounded harsh. Zoe is good. We just have a disagreement in this case, no long term damage I am sure.--Jimbo Wales 00:35, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Hmm I wish people on this page would understood that Jimbo can speak for himself, and that the person's question was directly intended for Jimbo, not the rest of Wikipedia. LuciferMorgan 01:12, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Perhaps, Jimbo, in the interests of removing any ill feeling that may have been caused, you might consider going back here and softening or clarifying your comment somewhat, so that the page will not be archived with an unmodified public rebuke to someone who was never made aware that the matter had been resolved, who was most certainly trying to protect Wikipedia, and who was simply looking for an assurance that the assignment would not be repeated. Personally, I would not like to think that some troll that Zoe blocks in a month from now would be in a position to use your AN/I statement to taunt her with. Musical Linguist 01:43, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Just one small comment here, echoing Tim Shuba's point. Zoe made clear that if Mr Pierce apologised and made clear that he wouldn't do this again, she would drop the matter. Ignoring for the moment the issue of whether the matter was hers to take up or drop in the first place, couldn't the same be said about Zoe's conduct here? If she apologised on her part for the way she approached the matter (not for doing something about it, but for the manner in which she did something about it - compare her approach to that of Jimbo and Georgewilliamherbert), then similarly, the matter could be laid to rest. I'll add this comment to Zoe's talk page as well. Jimbo's comment may have upset Zoe, but Zoe quite clearly wasn't listening to the concerns people had raised at ANI about how she was handling the matter. Jimbo was good enough to later apologise to Zoe. It would be nice if Zoe could recognise that an apology from her for the way she handled this would put the matter to rest and allow everyone to move on. Carcharoth 11:20, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
With respect Jimbo, it is worth remembering that Zoe did what she did out of concern for the integrity of Wikipedia, and to protect the encyclopedia. Her actions, if over-zealous, were done in good faith and it would do well for us all to remember that we are all valued contributors until it is proven we are destructive influences. I would ask you to reach out to and assure Zoe of your intentions. Right now she is determined to leave Wikipedia. Cheers, ✎ Peter M Dodge ( Talk to Me • Neutrality Project ) 01:48, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Perhaps there's an unerlying dynamic that needs attention. The people who communicated with this instructor may know better than I whether he read this report in last October's Chronicle of Higher Education. That story calmly describes a university professor's breaching experiment without mentioning the Wikipedia policies he violated. The publication did not acknowledge the e-mail I sent them afterward and to the best of my knowledge they published no correction. When reputable sources create the impression that vandalism of Wikipedia can be ethical conduct it's understandable if some junior faculty member implements that idea in the classroom.
A similar story ran this month in Australia's Sydney Morning Herald. Afterward I traded several cordial e-mails with the author and posted a polite reply at the paper's site, yet most responses from Wikipedians there and at his IP talk page carried a strong tone of frustration. To a reader who doesn't walk a mile in their moccasins those responses probably look inappropriate and uncivil. Wikipedia's countervandalism volunteers could use better support in correcting these stories and in making sure the journalists are better informed in the first place. DurovaCharge! 21:33, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
How can non-admins have access to rollbacks, because I need to use them (people always beating me to reverts) Hank Ramsey 03:09, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Hey, when you wrote: "Why shouldn't there be a page for every Simpsons character, and even a table listing every episode, all neatly crosslinked and introduced by a shorter central page like the above? Why shouldn't every episode name in the list link to a separate page for each of those episodes, with links to reviews and trivia?" did you mean that as a blanket statement that every popular television show should have an article about each one of it's episodes? Salad Days 01:29, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
Why is the NNDB not considered a valid source? You mentioned this in your recent edit to Maria Bartiromo. Chupper 04:02, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Why on earth should we consider it a valid source? It seems to me to be riddled with errors, many of which were lifted directly from Wikipedia. To my knowledge, it should be regarded like Wikipedia: not a valid source for anything in Wikipedia. We need to stick to REAL reliable sources, you know, like newspapers, magazines, books. Random websites are a very bad idea.--Jimbo Wales 18:03, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi Jimbo - I request your input and advice on the suggestion creation of a Hall of Fame to celebrate the editors who've made lasting, non-revertable contribution to the Wikipedia project and deserve some permanent form of recognition, which may serve as an inspiration to the growing community of newer editors. I believe it is also important to grow a distinctive culture and tradition, which will help us achieve our noble mission. Rama's arrow 18:20, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Dear Mister Wales,
As you can see in my user page, I've been making articles for a very long time in several wikipedias, and I wanted to inform some one of meta wikipedia about the vandalism of Spanish wikipedia administrators: they invent rules, they block people without warning, they brag about their power, they help one another in their nice behaviours and there is no way to throw them out or do something to control them. You can see my last events in Spanish wikipedia, and I’m not the only one, they have even erased the article I made about Laura Esquivel in April 2006 as you can see in the history of the article in English, without votes to do it.
You can see how fiery are my conversations in Catalan and Spanish wikipedia, not in others, although they have erased some articles I created in more wikipedias and I argued some things too.
I've been thinking about writing to you for a very long time, almost from the beginning, I really thought that project was a good idea, it's a pity there are so many people disposed to spoil it.
Yours sincerly,
Gaudio 00:07, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi Jim!
I've been working to create tradeable digital financial instruments with information as the underlying asset.
In the future(s) market for Wikipedia-associated financial instruments, I look forward to communicating my enormously positive perception of you and the systems you've helped to create! Thanks for your work!
JPatrickBedell 07:11, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia long! :-)
Mr Wales:
I've seen this around on a lot of the talk pages on Wikipedia, and it seems like everyone can point to a policy that clearly supports their opinion - but I was wondering what your opinion on Controversy Sections is? Are they a NPOV guardian or violator? Thanks for your input!--Daniel()Folsom T|C|U 03:54, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
Thread your userpage through Gizoogle. Maxiepip 12:21, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
My advice to deal with this whole Colbert vs. Wikipedia ordeal: go on the show. I think you and Dr. Colbert need to get together on TV and hammer this whole situation out. Show that you are taking his actions in stride and that there are Wikipedia users out there dedicated to making sure what is posted on here is as accurate and as "truthy" as possible.
Killintimeslowly 18:16, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Gregory Kohs (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) may require your delicate touch. Hipocrite - «Talk» 19:17, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
Mr.Wales, Do you think you may be able to help me create a new wikia for the Nintendo Wii called "Wiikipedia"? Thanks for even bothering to read this!--Furon 20:09, 1 February 2007 (UTC) Oh, and by the way, this was automatically put into chat. Please, if you wish, leave a message on my user page and not a chat message.
Jimbo, (or one of your long suffering prawns)
Could you shuffle over on your splendid mammalian limbs, (or if you're not Jimbo, then scuttle over on your crustacean legs), and have a look at the article here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Isles_naming_dispute
Please note that this article is clearly taking one side of an ongoing debate.
There is also an interesting challenge to wiki editorial principles embodied in this debate. The principles I refer to are thee one of requiring "reliable sources only" and the one of "no original research".
In this article, definitions are employed to back up one side of the argument. The problem is that the definitions used are biased by their origins. The dictionaries derive from an English or US cultural tradition that has already adopted a position on the argument, namely that the term "British Isles" includes Ireland. The definition used to justify the argument is actually part of the pro-argument, if you follow my meaning.
There are also reasons why documents and maps used in Ireland refer to the Islands as the British Isles, chiefly to do with copyright and the ownership and licensing of Ordinance Survey maps, especially in school maps and atlases.
I am not asking for the article to reflect my position only. I am asking that the article be edited to present a fair reflection of the debate, rather than edited as it currently is. The current article more or less decides that Ireland is part of the British Isles, ignoring the opinion of about 86% of the population of Ireland, including the Irish Government.
So, if there is no place for original research, then biased published sources should also be excluded from the argument.
There, I've said it!
Great site, great invention, well done.
Thanks,
Cormac. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cormac73 (talk • contribs) 20:46, 1 February 2007 (UTC).
We don't see global warming as a major problem. It is a hoax and we do think that Wikipedia is pushing the limits on government censorship especially on articles pertaining on global warming. We think in order to comply with federal standards, anything that is on global warming should be edited and reviewed. We feel that some articles on global warming should not say stuff that is quite damaging to the American population. This a friendly notice from the federal government. 72.69.213.21, February 2, 2006 1:56 (UTC)
HI Jimmy, If I would make you read these articles and these lines - would you think these are from an encyclopedia or from a fanatic hate site.
" [Hindus have been historically persecuted during the Islamic rule in the Indian subcontinent and the Portuguese rule in Goa. In modern times, Hindus in Kashmir, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Uganda and Fiji have suffered persecution. Persecution of Hindus during Islamic rule was conducted by massive "ethnic cleansing", forced religious conversion, enslavement, desecration and demolition of Hindu temples and ashrams, and mass-rapes of Hindu women and sexual abuse of Hindu children. Christian persecution of Hindus in Goa, during the Portuguese rule, included defamation of Hinduism through forced conversions, burnings, lootings and other violent means. Persecution also extend to the confiscation or destruction of private Hindu property, or incitement to violence though propaganda."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Hindus] with all the percieved problems of hindus thrust on Muslim rulers.On these articles whenever a Muslim editor makes changes a cabal of Hindu Fanatic editors and their protector Admins deny the others make changes citing filmsy reasons.87.74.3.1 22:32, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm not actually expecting a comment from Jimbo. This page is the most public place on Wikipedia in which I feel I can find an answer here. I feel that I am having a problem with an unreasonable Wikipedian who is making a private political stance a Wikipedia issue on Talk:Ejaculation. I have not be able to find (though I am certain it is here, somewhere) the proper procedure to bring in mediation.
I'm disappointed that Wikipedia's policies are not as easy to search for as its articles. This has lead to much running around on my part trying to find the proper citations and authorities. I am also disappointed as I feel Wikipedia is too tolerant of extremes of behavior that often hurt both the quality and the culture of Wikipedia. The problem I am having affects both. Please see Talk:Ejaculation and then feel free to delete this if necessary. -- jsa 16:00, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Jimbo I think you should be made aware of this very serious situation. Apparently an admin has recieved death threats related to his activities on Wikipedia. This has occured by phone at work. Your input to if nothing else close the matter would be much appreciated. Cheers, MartinDK 20:07, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
Dear Mr Wales and Wikipedia community, I am a user from the Arabic Wikipedia (23 000 articles, 48 000 users and 14 administrators). I suspect that a certain behavior shown in the Arabic Wikipedia violates the Neutral Point of View policy but this policy is a global policy that should be followed in all editions of Wikipedia. I understand that there are some differences between different editions of Wikipedia but not the Neutral Point of View Policy because without this policy Wikipedia would be transformed into a blog website containing personal opinions. I addressed 2 of the local administrators there and left a note at the Village pump of the Arabic Wikipedia. The administrators said that this kind of behavior is optional but (in my opinion) this behavior should not be permitted. There are more details of course. I would like to do the following:
Could anyone here please give me the exact links (links to pages) in Meta where I can ask and complain? Note: I am not sure yet, so, I want to ask first before making an official complain. Thank you very much. --196.202.92.134 05:09, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
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Dear Jimbo,
how do I make a link for leaving a new message? particularly for this:
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Thanks for any response. --'•Tbone55•(Talk) (Contribs) (UBX) (autographbook) 23:26, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
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Mr. Jimbo, I saw an interview on internet that quoted you saying you were an adherent of Ayn Rand. However, what I heard is that she advocated that all people should be selfish and only be concerned with the well-being and interests of themselves. Wikipedia is a good thing that benefit all people around the world, which is not a selfish project, would u think that Ayn Rand's view contradict with Wikipedia? Wooyi 23:13, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
Hope you enjoy it, personally i'm gonna be watching just for the commercials -- febtalk 10:45, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
The case Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Nathanrdotcom was decided privately due to sensitive informations, which is understandable. However, the committee did not even disclose what kind of case it is, and what incidents happened, it seems like would cause people to be curious and question its legitimacy. Wooyi 04:06, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
Mr. Jimbo, I saw an interview on internet that quoted you saying you were an adherent of Ayn Rand. However, what I heard is that she advocated that all people should be selfish and only be concerned with the well-being and interests of themselves. Wikipedia is a good thing that benefit all people around the world, which is not a selfish project, would u think that Ayn Rand's view contradict with Wikipedia? Wooyi 23:13, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
I am convinced that Wikipedia's days without lawsuits are numbered unless it creates a special role, Biography of Living Persons Administrators, who are empowered to enforce binding decisions on content disputes contrary to "consensus" on BLP articles. CyberAnth 01:13, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
False. On a few I stubbed the entire article. Because they contained not one source. Also, I do not claim knowledge of what admins can do, so forgive my naiveties in the matter if they exist. However, I can claim some knowledge of what some admins do not do based upon their visiting of pages prior my evaluating them - pages that contained content that they let stand in clear violation of WP:BLP. Further, despite your attempted divination of my motives, my point here is that the Foundation might consider further protections of themselves. I deeply care about this project and its success and longevity. CyberAnth 10:33, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
"Biography of Living Persons Administrators ("BLP Admins") carry out a specialized, narrowly tailored administrative role within Wikipedia." Please see WP:BLPADMIN to offer your thoughts on this proposal. CyberAnth 03:35, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
Just a reminder that your Office Protection on the aforementioned page "expires" on February 21. He seems to have resurfaced again, see Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/IncidentArchive193#They_have_not_forgotten. You may wish to extend this expiry date if you so choose. MER-C 03:36, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Hope you enjoy it, personally i'm gonna be watching just for the commercials -- febtalk 10:45, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
The case Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Nathanrdotcom was decided privately due to sensitive informations, which is understandable. However, the committee did not even disclose what kind of case it is, and what incidents happened, it seems like would cause people to be curious and question its legitimacy. Wooyi 04:06, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
Hello Jimbo, I would like to notify you of a very interesting discussion at Village Pump (policy), where a very interesting issue regarding WP:RS (and effectively WP:BLP) could call Wikipedia into very serious questioning. Your input would be much appreciated of course.
This is also the second time ever that I have posted anything on your talk-page so I would like to congratulate you for being inspired to come up with this whole Wikipedia project, I am more fascinated with it with each passing day. Ekantik talk 17:51, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi Mr. Wales, a German AOL customer has asked me to ask you (because he´s not able to do this by himself, of course :-( ), whether English wikipedia has changed its policy? Since approximately 2 months all 250 AOl Europe-IPs are blocked on en by an admin named User:Pilotguy. What should I tell him and all other readers? This document appears when a German AOL user wants to contribute (source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Diskussion:AOL#Pilotguy_.28en-Admin.29_blockiert_AOL_Europa). Greetings 62.158.36.219 19:16, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
Hello Mr. Wales,
Recently the article Cyrus Farivar was voted for deletion, as a consensus was reached that Farivar did not meet our current notability guidelines. However, it was immediately undeleted by Phil Sandifer, due to your comment on the previous AfD from a year and a half ago: "Even if VfD _did_ produce a consensus that this article should be deleted, then VfD is broken and should be ignored." To avoid muddying up the debate further by debating the context and interpretation of your words, I would like to humbly request if you could add your opinion on the current matter. Krimpet 04:09, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
The Foreign Ministry of Israel’s Government has ordered trainee diplomats to track websites and chatrooms so that networks of US and European groups with hundreds of thousands of Jewish activists can place supportive messages. 24.7.97.104 09:57, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Zoe is LEAVING!!!--Crabby 22:43, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
User:Zoe has been one of the busier admins over the last few months. Another one bites the dust, SqueakBox 22:54, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
And this is what apparently made her leave, SqueakBox 22:55, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
After a Professor Tim Pierce apparently set his students to vandalise wikipedia as homework. Hmm, SqueakBox 22:57, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
Reminds me of RickK. The Sky May Be 02:45, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
His final hours here was definitely one of the sadder moments for wikipedia, and so unnecessary. Lets hope Zoe does feel she can come back, SqueakBox 03:11, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
We'll let her take a break, all right? That will be good for her, even if she doesn't want to come back.--Crabby 21:48, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Rick left because he was blocked in an alleged 3RR violation that had nothing to do with Jimbo, this case is actually very different. I am sure the community would be happy to see Zoe return and so, it appears, would Jimbo (from his comments), SqueakBox 21:51, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Sexuality of Abraham Lincoln is this article a NPOV? --ⅮⅭⅭⅬⅩⅩⅤⅠⅠ 20:44, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Those harsh words were uncalled for to a tireless vandal fighter. She had no way of knowing that you had resolved the issue, so she did the best she could. >Radiant< 10:57, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
I agree with Elaragirl: Jimbo already softened his initial statement. There's a lesson for all of us at WP:AN in this: that thread got way too "hot" without enough responders reading through the whole thing to cool it down. I've expressed that in more detail on Zoe's talk page. We need to watch out and guard against that dynamic - it can burn out good people. DurovaCharge! 21:47, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Hello Mr. Wales,
I am asking that you take a look at the Stephanie Adams page to block or ban User Sean D Martin from editing the article. If you follow his talks and contributions, you will see that he has repeatedly made personal attacks to other users and even made several personal attacks to the woman the article is about (Adams).
There really isn't much written about this playmate, but the user seems to enjoy distorting facts provided on your site and even removes what little is written there to begin with. This user is committing what Wikipedia refers to as "sneaky vandalism" and has a direct "conflict of interest" with the person in the article because she (Adams) is suing someone he knows. (Please refer to the comments.)
Several others posted concerns about this user in the history page of the artcle. Please help us. Thank you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cle0patr4 (talk • contribs) 20:41, 7 February 2007 (UTC).
Sorry, I forgot to sign it. Cle0patr4 20:45, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
Three members of the arbitration committee have supported this proposal so far. Responses have been unanimous support to this point and I'd appreciate your input.
This would be an experimental mediation format where established editors could impose arbitration-like remedies on themselves with community support. Piotrus and Ghirlandajo tried the idea tentatively about six weeks ago. So far Wikipedia hasn't had any alternative to arbitration for content disputes that have some user conduct elements. I'd like to create a more dignified and streamlined alternative.
If this succeeds it could help reduce burnout among our most productive editors. Your comments would be highly valued. DurovaCharge! 22:20, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
It sounds valuable and interesting to me. What I like about it is the voluntary nature of it.--Jimbo Wales 06:14, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
He's the person who created the turboface page. Please send me an email about it educationalreplies@yahoo.com , I can provide police references. They have been activley seeking this person for the last year for multiple warrants. Send me a talk page. He's using his wikipedia account to create search engine spidered links to improve his link popularity on google. This account he create4d is for personal attacks.I can provide MORE then enough evidence. His old username on here was CUMBERBUND , search that user's history alkso,, you'll see it was also an attack account 65.184.20.38 16:05, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi jimbo i love u very much i love knowledge it is the only thing that make my whole life have meaning so when i know abou wiki and I start to fall in love with them but when i realize how to make article the people share the time talk about comment i realize that not easy to make encyclopedia and realize in the power of Homo sapiens s. i love you bye 203.170.226.253 10:59, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
All right, let's settle this. Mr. Wales, should urine jokes be mentioned on the Wii article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii)? Despite the seeming trivial nature of this information, there have been serious debates over it on the talk page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wii), and you have the power to end these debates once and for all. The Legend of Miyamoto 19:28, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
Dear Jimbo. I wonder if you missed my enquiry or decided to pass it by? I still think this issue is vital for the entire Fundation, and the future of this project - but few others care. Your support could get this moving - I honestly don't see what else can. I know your time is limited, but I'd greatly appreciate your comment on this (even 'no, it's not important, drop it').-- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk 23:27, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
I've proposed one more pillar, the Consensus, here.
Since the five pillars and also the Consensus are the core of Wikipedia, I think you're the one who should comment it ;-)
Happy Editing by Snowolf(talk)C on 00:11, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
gruezi voll!!! hi there...while writing a few things on the colleen shipman page as to why she would be notable...(and im not really objecting strongly yet to her page still protected...my thoughts being a valid argument stating the page could be subject to heavy vandalism, the highly unusual nature, & a just breaking story involving a criminal case of which she is the alleged victim)...yet in defending her as being notable i got to thinking...it seems as time goes on the biographies sections ultimately will expand to a vast level of all the subjects on wikipedia...and im concerned they are weighted towards politicians and actors...it seems to me anyone with a masters degree should also be automatically regarded as allowed in a wikipedia bio if someone wants to take the time to add it...isnt that notable???...(i even tend to think anyone with a bachelors or pursueing a masters is worth documenting is someone wishes...to state their field of study and interests at least)...yet then i got to thinking as to ethical questions...and thought itd be great to have some sort of sister site...where anyone the world over can log in their picture and a bio if they wished...(currently its governments that document all of us...what about the people themselves)...some great documentation of the people of the planet...i dont know...just what truly makes a person notable???...and after 1000 years of wikipedia what will???...what after a million years of wikipedia???...wikipedias audience is the current one yes...yet also that of the future...Benjiwolf 10:59, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
People are now deleting categories for child users "per Jimbo Wales". Did you actually say any such thing? -Amarkov moo! 15:04, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi Jimmy! I had a little conversation with you by email about a week ago(it was something about the reverse naming - hope you remember). Is it possible to refer to your opinion(in the way of spirit, not a decree) in case of argument? Sasha l 02:13, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
I wished to inform you that I'm leaving Wikipedia. I have been a faithful member for over 1 year now, & have contributed a lot of my time & effort into this project. However before I go I'd like to give my thoughts about a few things. Although I probably deserved a fair bit of it, a lot of hurtful messages have been flung my way today. Funnily, all by administrators. I have the deepest respect for you & would appreciate if you could return that by at least glimpsing through my post here. The head of the situation today started when I learned that another editor ousted me for co-nominating another user. Depsite only being the starting fire, I had made abundantly clear that I was nominating & soon the whole thing went south. Pretty pathetic huh? I tried to talk it over with the admin who had done it, & I was very civil. However, this admin continued to call me irrational & emotional. Soon everyone was passing off my posts as that & yes, eventually emotion & uncivility entered into it on my behalf. But the way it was handled by the admins was uncalled for. It was just the little passive aggressive jibes that got to me. "...Spawn Man has blown this completely out of proportion and made it into a big drama. While that's not exactly a new thing for Spawn...", "...If Spawn was a true friend, instead of wallowing in his self-constructed well of misery and trying to suck everyone else involved in your RfA nomination into it with him, he would have supported your nomination and been happy for you...", "...Everything is about you, isn't it? You go on and on (without actually going) and it's all about you—who didn't do this for you or say that to you and how terrible we all must be because of what poor Spawn Man didn't get and we must all hate him so. You have your outbursts, making hurtful comments about others, yet it's all about you. Everyone is supposed to tiptoe around you and you can be irrational, spiteful, and self-centered and then we're all supposed to come by and say "Oh please don't go!" Your comment up above mocking Riana's situation with her dad makes me sick. Grow up..." are just some of the passive aggressive & completely wrong posts left here & there. Although you didn't pick them, these admins reflect on you in a way & I could never see the Jimbo Wales leaving hurtful posts like this. I never asked for any "Oh please don't go" comments & I never mocked her father's situation. I only said that why should she get everyone's sympathy when my mother was nearly dead in hospital & nobody said anything to me. That is hardly mocking her situation. The main reason is who's popular & who's not. I have contributed 3 FAs to your Project, 1 FL, 2 GA's & created many more. I've helped out with collaborations & wikiprojects, but someone who has no GA's even can get through RfA & still make WP:100 or WP:200. That is hardly fair. I'm just very upset how the whole issue was handled & I don't really want to leave. But I guess I have no choice now as I didn't act accordingly towards the end & now I guess I have to sort of fall on my sword. Despite my uncivil behaviour, not all of this was my fault & the original problem wasn't anything to do with what really is making me leave. I love what you've done with this site & everything, but I don't think it is a very nice place to be sometimes & human nature creeps in far too often without any punishment. I know you've probabbly got a family of your own & probably don't care that another emotionally unstable editor is leaving, but I just thought you should know what your beautiful idea is becoming.... Thanks Jimbo if you've read this far... Spawn Man 09:24, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
Why does one person who only have a few sentences about her receive so much animosity from two (apparently bitter) users/haters? And why are there so many references to the page on her when other pages don't require any?
Take a look at the history of the edits on the Stephanie Adams page and you will see that User Sean D Martin and now User LexiLynn are making personal attacks against other editors and even the person the article is about.
If they feel so horribly about someone they do not even know, then perhaps they should refrain from editing her page, removing important information added to the already small article.
If they cannot write objectively and if they cannot refrain from bad etiquette on Wikipedia, then maybe you should block or ban them from editing.
Please note that User Sean D Martin is involved in a smaller lawsuit Stephanie Adams filed against his friend, making him have a direct conflict of interest and should not be editing the article on her.
71.167.230.171 07:51, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
P.S. From what I did manage to read, it sounds like you spoke to her (or someone who knows her) once before. I doubt this lady is a bad person and it's a shame others seem to be so jealous/hateful of her.
71.167.230.171 is a CONFIRMED sock puppet of stephanie adams 65.184.20.38 23:23, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
Sean D Martin, stop lying about Stephanie Adams. Nothing you can say will ruin her good name and no form of media or press will ever take your lies seriously. You're only proving that you have a conflict of interest with the article.
This is just plain silly. I'm sure Jim agrees that this is a big waste of time and energy. Sean D Martin, if you are really taking this that seriously, then I feel sorry for you. So much anger and so many personal attacks are just proof that the world is filled with celebrity haters. Mr. Wales, do us all a favor and just ban user Sean D Martin. And while you're at it, have another word with Hoary, Isotrope and their new friend LexiLynn, who makes personal attacks to Stephanie Adams even though she is the subject of the article. Fighting over a few small sentences and hating the person you write about (who you don't even know) should not be what Wikipedia is about. ~Cle0patr4
Hello Mr. Jimbo Wales. Before I begin, let me say that Wikipedia's absolutely amazing. It's a system where anyone can talk to the founder, Jimbo Wales, on his talk page! So, I have an issue that maybe you could give your opinion about. The discussion is about whether or not putting a real-life picture of a private human part would be appropriate in Wikipedia. I personally think that it should not because Wikipedia is for everyone. Yes, there can be articles about inappropriate contents, and even kids could read & learn about them, but there is no necessity for us Wikipedians to go any further than providing the objective knowledge. There are plenty of illustrations; there is no need to go any further than that. Don't you think so too?
Also I've seen users post "useful pictures" under galleries that they create & some of them were complete porn pics. When I suggested deletion (I forgot when & which pic), there was this huge backlash by several users with hopelessly & obviously stupid reasonings on how Wikipedia's this & how that's permitted.
This is the problem. Wikipedia's driven by the masses, and, although the Wikipedia policies are maintained vaguely so that it would not become too bureaucratic & limiting, people are shaping them to justify illegitimate acts. What do you think, Mr. Jimbo Wales? Happy editing! (Wikimachine 17:20, 10 February 2007 (UTC))
I just saw this:
http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/11376
What is happening? Please let us know. - Denny 01:32, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
I highly doubt it. Wiki did a fundraiser not too long ago, and if they were seriously in trouble, I have to imagine they would just do another one. -- febtalk 06:07, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
Recently a number of semi-news-reports were published online. According to them, the Chairwoman of Wikimedia's Board of Trustees, has leaked the news of an upcoming financial crisis of Wikimedia, which may lead to the closure of Wikipedia within 3 to 4 months:
These news and reports are spreading everywhere. This is rapidly growing into a worldwide fear, despite Wikipedia repeatedly stated that it will not be commercialised, and has just raised over $1m in the recent fund drive. I have turned the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia's possible news channels upside-down but I am yet to find any official response related to this.
Being the "God-King" widely respected in the Wikipedia community, please consider making an official statement on the front page of Wikipedia / Wikimedia Foundation website, so that Wikipedians worldwide will understand what is actually happening and what is the true future of Wikipedia (and other Wikimedia projects) in your mind.
We are left completely in the dark, despite Wikipedia is supposingly to be a community which trust and transparency are crucial. The faith of every wikipedian is at risk as the fundamentals of Wikipedia is shaking. Is this what you want to sit back and watch it happen? --Computor 18:31, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
The traditional media is, as usual, completely on psychotic drugs. Florence made a perfectly sensible statement which was not interpreted by anyone in the room at that time as being alarmist at all. Wikipedia is not closing in 3 to 4 months, there is no "cash crunch". Her point was perfectly valid: if we do not continue to be creative in our fundraising efforts, and find new ways of getting the ever-larger sums of money it takes to run such a major operation, it is "not impossible" that Wikipedia could someday close. Well, of course. This is true in all cases.
There is no immediate crisis. Nothing is on the auction block. The board is not currently contemplating IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM any changes to the funding model for Wikipedia. We are all busting our asses to find the resources to keep this amazing thing going. And if I have anything to do with it, to my dying breath, we will. We will.--Jimbo Wales 03:20, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
Jimbo, as the founder of Wikipedia, you're here from the start. This means you've witnessed some important -in the pejorative sense, too- events, I suppose. So, I was doing the Wikipediholic test the other day and stumbled upon a question which decreased the score by a billion million points or so if the user was Willy on Wheels. I need to know, as I've been a user for two months or so, what did this vandal do and his page is deleted? I'd be grateful if you could answer me. --Orthologist 20:18, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
Dear Mr. Wales, I am Acalamari. I am posting this message here due to a "situation" that I am dealing with. I understand completely that I should contact other administrators, but I believe that I am better off telling you about my issue.
A user, Richardrushfield, says he is from the Los Angeles Times, and has provided information to prove it. He has been contacting users about a press inquiry. I believe he wishes to interview users about how what happens on Wikipedia when a celebrity dies, as he showed up when several other users and I were busy editing and removing vandalism from the Anna Nicole Smith article. He also wants to talk about how users protected (the protection, of course, was done by an administrator, but he doesn't seem to know that) and maintained the page directly after hearing the news of her death.
It's due to the fact that this situation involves the press that I decided to come to you, as you have dealt with the media. I have told this user to stop contacting other users about press inquiries for the moment, as I am unsure if his actions are legal on Wikipedia. I thought it was best to tell him that in order to avoid trouble.
I do hope I have not misused your talk page, sir. As I said, I came to you because I believed that you have the most experience at handling these situations. I respect your time, and I will be patient. Acalamari 17:56, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi Jimmy:
My name is Hung-ta Lin. The senior reporter of Business Weekly magazine in Taiwan. I really have an emergency here. People in Academia Sinica told me you agree to interview with us on March 10 in Japan. But we don't know the time, place and other details of this interview.
Before we fly to Japan for this interview, we wish to discuss all details with you. So we really need to know how to contact you.
This interview is different. We let you decide which topic you want to talk. It will be a special report or cover story. The report may contain 10 pages or more. So, it takes some time for us to discuss the detailes. I sent my proposal to you jwales@wikia.com and wikispeaker@gamil.com account. The subject is "An invitation from Business Weekly magazine in Taiwan to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales".
My email account is hung@mail2000.com.tw. My another email account is hung@bwnet.com.tw I really need to contact with you!! Please send me an email as soon as possible!
Thank you very much
Hung-ta Lin
Business Weekly magazine: the most popular magazine in Taiwan.
2. Newcomers are always to be welcomed. There must be no cabal, there must be no elites, there must be no hierarchy or structure which gets in the way of this openness to newcomers. - from Jimbo Wales User page.
A cabal does exist! Can anything be done about this? I will not name Users, unless I am asked to. At that point I may still not name Users. Wikipedia should have something in place, so an editor can focus on Wikipedia article pages, and not fending off a cabal. --ⅮⅭⅭⅬⅩⅩⅤⅠⅠ 18:36, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
And some think that there is no cabal, but there are basic rules and new editors should accept advice on how to act and not act to kweep the overall atmosphere pleasant to work in, SqueakBox 23:26, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
I created Category:Eguor admins to counteract inadvertent cabalism (if it exists). Contact me by e-mail if you prefer to discuss the situation privately. Supply details and evidence in the form of page diffs. Connect all the dots. Expect me to investigate both sides. Respectfully, DurovaCharge! 19:57, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
Not sure the opposition should be admins, indeed there perhaps a eugor category for users would be better. Until recently User:Adam Carr claimed to be leader of the opposition on the basis that he was a high level contributor who wasnt an admin and I think any effort to limit the wikipedia opposition only to admins is not an idea that is likely to be taken seriously, and certainly should be strongly opposed, SqueakBox 20:30, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
There are a couple of cabals that are welcoming to newcomers, though! :-) --Kim Bruning 21:14, 6 February 2007 (UTC) You know that bureaucracy is really going overboard, when the cabal is more welcoming to newcomers than the open wiki.
Possibly our best former welcomer was User:Sam Spade, definitely not a part of the cabal, SqueakBox 21:37, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
Since you are the leader of the Wikimedia Foundation, I need to ask you about the motto.
“ | Welcome to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. | ” |
There is a blocking policy, so this is the biggest load of crock I have ever seen (no offense). You need to change the motto. HyperSonicBoom 00:11, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
wikipedia is indeed the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit...it precisely this that sometimes leads to blocks as people abuse the priviledge and add nonsense or vandalism...even these are just temporary, unless extreme repeat vandalism is seen...the welcome seems totally valid...Benjiwolf 19:39, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Could you look at WP:REFU and tell me what you think? We need "replaceability" to be defined as something other than "whatever an admin says it is". Another editor who was very much opposed to them because he thinks we should can all fair-use images just unilaterally declared it a rejected proposal; I was simply unsure how one went about getting it accepted as a guideline as I didn't think it was my place to just go and say it had achieved such status. The consensus on the talk page was generally favorable; however there hasn't been much discussion for the last month, which I assumed meant some sort of consensus had been reached. Daniel Case 03:48, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Well, the problem with the page is that it was far too liberal about accepting fair use in cases where we clearly can do much better. It is funny that one of the examples listed where keeping a fair use photo would be ok is Britney Spears, where our lead photo is actually public domain! There are good reasons to keep fair use photos in some cases, but this proposal really missed the mark quite badly I fear. A total rewrite in light of the board letter might be quite helpful. I certainly agree with you that we need detailed guidelines.--Jimbo Wales 16:37, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I have a great idea. Why don't we turn this wikipedia into a online country. It could easily work as one. It has laws, (policies), it has a population of 3 million, and is already a gigantic community. Excellent idea isn't it? Retiono Virginian 16:39, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
I mean this in a serious way... Retiono Virginian 18:08, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Perhaps the case of James Sabow will be a test case for the wikijustice that will eventually prevail in a world that has Wikipedia.org. JPatrickBedell 17:47, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
Will the wikipedia online country take it upon itself to conduct murders of dissenters? I certainly hope not! By properly addressing historical crimes, such as the murder of Colonel James Sabow, it will be possible to create an environment where wikitruth, wikijustice, and wikilove may prevail. Unfortunately, the article is up for deletion a second time, with numerous voices speaking for deletion. However great the Wikipedia power is, the people affilitated with real world nation-states have their own memory holes for troublesome ideas, information, and people that they seek to translate to online practice here and elsewhere. JPatrickBedell 20:25, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
I don't know if this has been asked before, but is this guy on Uncyclopedia actually you? The Sky May Be 09:00, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Oh, hey, Mr. Wales. I was wondering, if in "my contributions" if there was any way, at all, (even if it is red), to see contributions that I made to articles but can't. Apparently, even admins can't. Is this a feature that can be unlocked in the Wikipedia software? Could you share some light on the topic? Well, if you can respond, please put it in my talk page here, please? TheListUpdater 22:35, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
There is a debate going on as to whether is acceptable to use markup code to mimic features of the mediawiki software to trick users into following links. There is a lack of consensus as to if this should be allowed. Perhaps you can offer your opinion here: Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Straw_poll. HighInBC (Need help? Ask me) 01:10, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
The rule sounds a bit overbroad in current incarnation, but I would support something like this.--Jimbo Wales 01:41, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
such a open-source project is necessary and important. are you guys considering such a project? Acidburn24m 01:02, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
I know of at least two already. Genealogy Wikia is one. The other is We Relate.--Jimbo Wales 01:44, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
FYI, a copy of something I sent to some dude named mujinga. He seems to be a good guy, but I thought you might be vaguely interested. Post begins below.
I am fed up with this place.
I tried to create an interesting article (FYI, I am in no way associated with CHUNK 6.6.6., being a plus 50-ish bike rider with a variety of interests, among which I do NOT include practical applications of anarchy) and the insinuation that it was some sort of vanity piece says a lot more about the person who said it than it does about me. The so-called 'removal of delete tags' or whatever you refer to, was not malicious, but in fact was a natural reaction by a fairly competent software dude (me) to what I thought was unexpected and unexplained behavior by the wiki engine - as soon as I realized that it was a PERSON putting in the delete tag I stopped removing it.
The smallest search of Wayback would immediately have revealed that the 'pretentious' phraseology this Hayworth character finds so non- whatever, was actually part of the manifesto of the group, a literal quote from their organizing documents (or whatever passes for the equivalent in an anarchist bicycle strike force.) Ditto the references to 'post-apocalyptic', and it is a serious violation of any editorial code worthy of the name to avoid substituting the editor's version of what is normative for that of his subject in a story. (Not to fly my flag, but I have published tens of dozens of articles in big trade papers, general circ mags, op-eds in the Christian Science Monitor, Detroit News and the Boston Globe, etc etc. I may not be Shakespeare but I also ain't chopped liver.)
Similarly I posted what I thought was a reasonable, inoffensive and informative piece on the etymology of the word 'Hoodsie', as is used in Boston slang.
Whack! 'WIKIPEDIA IS NOT A DICTIONARY' was the kindly comment which accompanied that particular commissar's judgment. Oh, really? I can point to dozens of similar definitional entries. But apparently there are those who have, in fact, woken up as Pope, and who enjoy swanning about waving 'delete flags', like some invisible squad of Red Queens in the increasingly unbreathable air of this through-the-looking-glass wonderland. 'Off with her head!'
These supercilious attitudes that seem to characterize many of those who appear to occupy the chairs of authority around here have chased me away. Puts me in mind of a 60's bitch slapdown between aging gays (again, I am not one of them either.) The only actual positive feedback I have seen here was relating to the first thing I posted, but I am afraid to even mention that, since it now seems highly likely that by calling attention to it I will doom it to a summary execution.
Remind me again of 'wiki standards'; is that some sort of digital version of the Academe Francais?
I thought not.
Good luck with reviving the post, but another French phrase (translated here) seems likely to be the reward - 'The more you kiss their ass, the more they shit on your head.'
Goodbye. Quackking 03:32, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
Love cannot get anymore beautiful than in this tale about Jimmy Wales and Wikipe'tan, as told by User:CBoyardee. See Jimmy Wales article, revision 108561785.
"I just can't stand it. When I see her I can only grit my teeth and clench my fists as hard as I can from jumping out and screaming "I love you!" at the top of my lungs. I literally have to bite down on my tongue, sometimes until it bleeds or else I'll lose control and caress her with kisses until the end of the world. She's just so beautiful. Not in that super model barbie doll way. She's legitimately beautiful. The super models put on make up and dress up and get air brushed so they can look like her. She doesn't need that shit, she's wonderful on her own."
Read the full story.
(As seen in Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense.) —msikma (user, talk) 07:55, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
A previous discussion fell off your talk page without receiving a response. Can you confirm whether you actually requested for blogs.myspace.com to be added to the spam blacklist? --Random832(tc) 15:19, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
I did not request it, per se, but I agreed with it. There could very very rarely be exceptions, but for the most part, the links were just nonsense.--Jimbo Wales 18:21, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
I guess I'm not sure I agree with using the spam blacklist to enforce this when it's not really spam - I guess it is your decision, though. --Random832(tc) 19:13, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
The point is, it was being used almost exclusively as spam. There are very few cases (and none that I have actually seen, I am just saying that it is conceivable) when these are valid links. Mostly it is just people spamming for their little myspace page. That's the evidence that I looked at. But. Normally, such things do not come from me, and so while I was involved in this one, it should not be viewed as a grand decree from on high. It's perfectly valid to debate exactly which sorts of links we should blacklist... and I would argue that we should expand that question beyond "pure" spam and into all manner of things that are simply not worthy of linking. It is a rough tool to use the blacklist for that, to be sure. So perhaps other ideas are needed.
There is a huge problem of crappy links being added to wikipedia for nefarious purposes of various kinds. We need to have no fear in standing firm against that sort of thing.--Jimbo Wales 00:39, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
I am using Mozzila (NOT Firefox or Thunderbird). I have asked several times on the help desk. Every one keeps giving me Firefox awnsers. I need plain Mozzilla awnsers. I feel like a fish out of water. Please help restore the pictures for Mozzila. Or let Mozzila know.Please don't give me Firefox awnsers! --Darkest Hour 21:07, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
I am an avid reader of the Wikipedia and am a member of a team of folks at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia who have, during the past year, organized a process by which undergraduate, pre-service teachers have written their own Wikibook titled, The Social and Cultural Foundations of American Education. This Wikibook is now serving as their sole course textbook. The process has been amazingly well-received by our students and has been an eye-opening experience for everyone involved in our little project. Working with Wikibooks has empowered our students, giving them the confidence to explore technology-based curriculum reforms that would have, otherwise, seemed beyond them. That said, I'd like to thank you for your amazing contributions to our ever-changing society. We are only at the beginning of understanding the potential of community-based knowledge systems, and I look forward to seeing the ways in which future generations will continue improving upon this remarkable system. Finally, I want to invite you to have a look at our book. and tell me what you think. Our students would certainly appreciate anything you might have to say about their efforts. Thanks again for helping to change the landscape of the Information Age.
PbakerODU 22:30, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
Do you sign specific sig books for random reasons or do you usually know the person (ie User:SD31415 and a block)? Please sign mine, if the first condition applies. Thanks! --tennisman sign here! 03:41, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
I think it was an excellent idea. I think you are a great guy from what i know. I have concerns though about wikipedia. One concern is that it is the only main encylclopedia of this nature and i have concern over monopoloy of information in most cases. In determining that some pages may be fraudulent it concerns me that people use this as their one main source for things. Many pages are of the highest quality however, particularly any pages not subject to any controversy of opinion. Some pages may be subject to controversy of opinion yet may still be highly accurate none-the-less as of the particular editors working on those pages for the various sides of the issue.
I am not quitting over the block for the FOX news page. While from what i understand what i added to the article was factual, on reconsideration i perhaps dont wish people to come to the conclusion that it is owned by non-americans, one even a citizen of a country stated as rival non-allied country of america. I feel even if the controlling shares go to the half chinese kids, and they ended up even being totally loyal to the chinese government, that it is perhaps useful to have a propaganda tool that greatly shapes the belief of 1/3 of americans. It is nice in some cases to have it all easily in the hands of a couple of people and one channel. So perhaps i agree on partial monopolies in some cases like for the control over the thinking of the right wing elements in america. That can come in handy, and if just 6 or so people have the controlling shares, well its easy to get things done isnt it, no matter who they are or where they are from. Some other countries i feel this is not the proper way, and it wouldnt even work. Between you and me, i feel it is appropriate that it is towards the chinese that FOX has gone, as the Chinese are of this belief that everything should be monopoly or government controlled. That is a very right wing belief, & Ruperts marriage to Wendi was cosmically appropriate.
I am however quitting as of the Glyphosate product pages, I wont work with people that blank out scientific study results. I will continue my researches into various things privately for now, for a private audience. In languages other than english here in Europe for a public audience i may wish to someday soon publish things. Someday i may wish to publish things in english also to the United States, yet not at all currently, i currently have a policy of holding back all publication of anything to certain audiences. It is strange, yet even though my mother tongue is English and i mainly write in English, i wish to publish translations first, with perhaps soon after english versions in limited sale to just the UK, NZ, etc...I could change this view, yet its my current policy on looking things over.
as to Wikipedia, i suggest some review on how controversial pages may be edited. I also suggest making it more difficult to block an editor with over 1000 valid contribs or some such policy to some such figures 100, 500, whatever, or a sliding scale. In a block, i suggest perhaps just blocking them editing the page in question for a 24 hour period. For anonymous vandal users clearly inserting profanity or gibberish, or innocent jokes... rapid blocking is of course still valuable...
and as i said i will continue to use wikipedia on occasions, it is a handy tool, and is oftentimes very accurate and well assembled, it was a very good concept, yet does have some issues and problems to solve, and that may be difficult to solve, as of the nature of the concept and format. I have created another wikipedia character, decidely right wing, this character may contribute, i wished to perhaps add a bit more scientific information to some marine mammal pages. Yet im not decided on that...Benjiwolf 14:51, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
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