User talk:Magister Mathematicae: Difference between revisions

Disclaimer:

I'm human. I perform several hundred actions each day. Once in a while I make a mistake, I apologize for them. If you tell me in a calm way where I'm mistaken, I'll fix it.

My own view, which is at the extreme end of the spectrum I know, and therefore not (yet) formal policy in every case, is that we ought to have almost no fair use, outside of a very narrow class of images that are of unique historical importance.

The cover of an album is the best and only sensible illustration of an article about that album, for example. A screenshot from a movie is often also the best and only sensible illustration. Some pictures (Elian Gonzales and the Border Patrol for example) are historically critical and irreplacable and worth fighting a fair use battle for if necessary. But an ordinary photo of a random celebrity? We are much better off to have no photo than to have a fair use or even "wikipedia only" photo.--Jimbo Wales 21:03, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

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Caratacus

I accept your offer to mediate. --Nicknack009 06:53, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
Me too. Didn't see this until today (been busy travelling to exotic libraries) otherwise would have noted my accepance before. WikiRat1 03:06, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Clerks/Procedures

You may find this useful. --Tony Sidaway 21:15, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

As new clerks I'm sure you're eager to get to work. I've summarised the current status of Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration at Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Clerks/Administration#Pending_cases. --Tony Sidaway 16:54, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

• If you decide to do some cases, please leave something open for me. ;) - Mgm|^(talk) 19:15, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

ShortJason

Advocating your recall as an admin is not inherently incivil, nor is it an attack. Please do not remove comments from others' talk pages. --Nscheffey^(T/C) 01:57, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

In addition, I hope you are not abusing your admin powers by silencing your oppositions, namely ShortJason. When did Wikipedia become Zimbabwe? Arbiteroftruth 03:24, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Checkuser

Hi, I also noticed you posted on ShortJason's user page that "Checkuser proved this user is a sock of User:Orange Rocks which is a confirmed sockpuppet of User:TJWhite." Could you please point me to the associated RFCU? Thanks. --Nscheffey^(T/C) 04:36, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

RFU is for doing requests, but that's not the only way to get a checkuser. So I can't provide a RFCU page since there was none, but it was CU checked (in short, it was CU checked, not RFCU requested) -- Drini 17:38, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Can we see some evidence that ShortJason is a sockpuppet? Arbiteroftruth 21:52, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

File a RFCU if you don't believe me and you want to be sure. I don't need to prove it to anyone who asks. There are means for you to verify by yourself-- Drini 21:53, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

After conducting my own research I agree that ShortJason is probably a sock, but surely an open RFCU would have been better in the interest of transparency? And try not to be so defensive with the "I don't need to prove it to anyone" attitude. --Nscheffey^(T/C) 22:22, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Because I acted with judgement. somebody else got a checkuser to lookup, was confirmed, was tagged. I'm getting tired of the "vandal defense attorneys", bugging me with process is more important than doing things right. That's why I was so defensive. Specially since this is the kind of things that could be checked independently (via RFCU). Also, nobody sane would block tag in bad faith claiming to be checkuser verified without it being so, any reckless admin doingso is likely to get desysopped very quickly.-- Drini 22:24, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Drini, Bush acted with judgment too. Everyone acts with judgment, even Hitler. Does that mean the judgment is correct? No. You vandalized my talkpage, and targeted a user who did not agree with you. Should I have an expectation that you will be objective in blocking users? No. I don't expect you to be objective nor fair. True, ShortJason might be a vandal or sockpuppet, but I have not seen any evidence. All I see is you reverting his comments on my talkpage, and targetting him because he disagrees with some of the actions you have. Now, I want to see some evidence, or I am going to have to see this as a typical case of an admin resorting to the Mugabe Formula.

I'm inclined to not replying you until you get the facts straight. Editing a page (even if to remove content) is not vandalism. And I didn't targeted him, he did earn what he got. Such rallying was a gross violation of the wiki ways. You may have not seen eivdence, but evidence exists.If you do want to see evidence, go out there and find it, there are means. I won't provide it since you don't have your facts straight. -- Drini 23:07, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Also, Drini, I am not sticking up for vandals. Do not confuse questioning with treason. Arbiteroftruth 23:00, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

How typical of a person who did something wrong: hide behind rights to remain silent. This implies guilt. Arbiteroftruth 23:45, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Coment above restored from [3] -- Drini 13:40, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

User:Forever Old block

I was just looking through the Category:Requests for unblock, and came across Forever Old, which you blocked as a sockpuppet of ShortJason. I generally trust you, but I thought I'd ask if you could point me to some evidence of sockpuppetry. Thanks. JesseW, the juggling janitor 04:06, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

I asked personally a checkuser, if you need more evidence, feel free to file a RFCU for verification. -- Drini 13:12, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

On the other hand, feel free to unblock, I also trust your decissions. -- Drini 13:14, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm a bit overloaded grading exams at the moment, I?ve asked another admin to review and unblock if needed. -- Drini 14:47, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

User talk:Zoo box...again

He's back, and he's still uploading images with bad licensing...after having been warned innumerable times by you, myself and others. Please do something. Alr 23:06, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

not today, I'm lately being yelled for doing the right thing without first consulting a comittee and filling a formal application with 3 photocopies added and requesting seal of approval. -- Drini 23:10, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

I know the feeling. Alr 00:45, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Victoria's Secret Angels

Why was the category removed??? Can you give me a link to the discussion on it'd deletion? Lil Flip246 00:11, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

• Gladly, it was discussed twice. First at [4] and then at [5] -- Drini 00:15, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Welsh Poetry - category for deletion

Hello Drini, I'm new to en.wikipedia, mainly contribute to cy.wikipedia. I notice that your bot has included Welsh poetry as a category for deletion. I must admit it should probably be written with two capital letters and that it is woefully inadequate as it stands, but why is it up for deletion? Are any of the other language/culture+poetry pages, e.g.Arabic Poetry in the same position?

There are two clear divisions in Welsh poetry - 1. Welsh language poetry, 2. Welsh poetry written in English (sometimes called Anglo-Welsh Poetry. However they both belong to Wales and many writers have a foot in both camps, writing in the two official languages of Wales. "Welsh Poetry" seems about as valid a category as you could get. Why delete? I'm puzzled, to say the least. I'd certainly appreciate it if you could clarify this for me. Enaidmawr 00:32, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

My bot doesn't add categories to the list of discussions. It only performs the actions determined by already closed debates. -- Drini 00:33, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

in particular this edit was changing "Category:History of United Kingdom literatures" into "Category:History of literature in the United Kingdom" because...

on august 28 it was decided to perform such moves. Feel free to start a new discussion proposing a new naming scheme. Again. I'm only acting on decissions previously agreed. It wasn't even my decisison, I?m just doing the janitorial work. -- Drini 00:35, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Drinibot Behavior

Hello. I noticed this edit [6] and was wondering if it is what you intended. It appears to be occurring on other pages also. Do you want the bot to remove the category rather than place a duplicate on the page? Please feel free to respond here, you are on my WL. Thanks --After Midnight ⁰⁰⁰¹ 01:17, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

It did what it was supposed to do (a renaming) it's not smart enough yet to detect such special cases. I explained at length on you talk page. -- Drini 16:32, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Election translation: Espanor

Hi, Drini! I am seeking for Spanish translators who are willing to help us about candidate presentations for the Election to the Board of Trustees, and my friends recommend you as a possible translator.

Spanish translation of this page is incomplete, and consequently Spanish voters have no full of presentations in their language. As an Election Official, I am very worried about it and looking for helps.

If you are interested in, please give a look to the presentation page. Thanks, --Aphaia 17:38, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your interest. I hope you may feel more confortable for working on that page for now. If you find any problem, please give me a note on my meta page, which I check most frequently. Gracias! --Aphaia 19:00, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I discovered some minutes ago, that all the statements are of the form Election candidates 2006/user/language . I also asked a couple of es: admins to lend a hand. -- Drini 19:03, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Your request

Hello, you asked me to trim my statement. I would like to, had I understood what in particular I am accused. There are several statements against me, which have not been previously discussed anywhere else. I'm at a loss which statement is the base of this case and to which one I should respond. If I answer to them all (as I do now), I exceed the 500-word limit. I'm inclined to retract my statement altogether, leaving a message that interested parties may find it browsing through the history of this page, depending on which accusation the case will be based. I believe you have plenty of experience in arbitration procedures; could you advise me what I should do? --Ghirla ^-трёп- 18:33, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

You're not supposedto respond to statements, but to make your statement about what you think the dispute is about and your position. -- Drini 18:35, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I shall state that I don't know which of three unrelated accusation is the main basis for this dispute. Neither do other participants, as far as I can see. --Ghirla ^-трёп- 18:46, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks much for your help cleaning up CFD! --Kbdank71 20:14, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

got to go right now, but I'll do more tomorrow. I made a little wrapper around pywikipedia to queue many moves or removes one after other. -- Drini 20:15, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

I hate to bother you, but we have a large backlog over at CFD again. Can you have your bot help out with the indef blocked wikipedian users cats listed at [7]? Thanks in advance if you can help. --Kbdank71 20:20, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Sure Kbdank ;) I'm aware of the backlog. I don't have network during weekends, I'll do what I can the following days. It's a PITA t odeal with categories created out of userboxes as normal bots choke with them. -- Drini 20:48, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi Drini

You asked on wikitravel:User talk:Evan that I leave you a message here. This is it! I hope you enjoy working on Wikitravel as much as you like working on Wikipedia. --ESP 21:23, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

that's an impostor account. sorry. -- Drini 22:39, 11 September 2006 (UTC)