User talk:Crum375/Archive 12

Holocaust table

How is an image thats tiny better than information which summarises the article? --Hadseys 00:20, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

• The image doesnt symbolise anything, its just a group of people getting of a cattle truck. The star of david sign s far more symbolic, which was featured in the table, as well as accurate, documented information which gave the article a good overally summary of the events which transpired —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hadseys (talk • contribs) 00:39, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Revision history of Wikipedia:Verifiability

Hi. I note that your last four or five edits to this page have been reversions, but that you haven't been to the talk page since July.

While I do understand that policy pages get unintentionally scrambled by people who mean well, reverting since I didn't ask permission is, err, suboptimal. I had created a section on talk to discuss the change, you made no comment there but simply reverted blindly as far as I can see.

Please do recall that these aren't stone tablets, they are wiki pages, even though they are wikipedia policy pages. In particular, please take part in discussions when/where they occur.

CygnetSaIad 07:32, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Moved from User talk:CygnetSaIad

I agree policies aren't stone tablets. But it is also very important to preserve stability, as these policies and their specific wording are cited throughout the project on a daily basis, and changes cause confusion and disruption. Therefore, any non-trivial changes require wide consensus. A lot of collective thought and compromises went into the existing versions. A talk page thread is a good starting point, but does not represent a wide consensus. Crum375 13:21, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

You are entirely missing the point, mate: No claim was made that it represented a "wide consensus," but that at the time that you reverted:

1. A talk page thread for discussing the change existed, and
2. You did not take part in tht thread.

Thus you were simply blindly reverting a change since it wasn't "pre-approved". I'd highly suggest that you canvass the opinion of other experianced Wikipedians as to how inappropiate this is. Try the noticeboard to see if there is wide acceptance of this practice.

CygnetSaIad 23:26, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Quoting for your convenience from the top of the policy page:

This page documents an official policy on the English Wikipedia. It has wide acceptance among editors and is considered a standard that all users should follow. When editing this page, please ensure that your revision reflects consensus. When in doubt, discuss first on the talk page.

Hopefully you can appreciate that when you change longstanding policies without consensus, it can create serious disruption, as many editors rely on their exact wording throughout the project. Please be sure your changes reflect a wide consensus. Thanks, Crum375 23:36, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

1. I'd again strongly suggest that you check if your views match the consensus. Check ANI, really.
2. In non-heated pages, I'm going to continue to operate exactly as I did in this case: Edit + talk page.
3. You might also want to review the suggested editing paridigm and note that you skipped the "discuss" step.
4. Anyone who depends on the "exact wording" is again missing the point in most cases. Policy is descriptive, not proscriptive.

Cheers,

CygnetSaIad 23:42, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Being WP:BOLD is fine, as long as you understand that you will be reverted quickly if your changes do not reflect consensus. In that case, it is up to you to gain such consensus on talk. Not everyone can instantly respond to every item that comes up, many people have a Real Life, so allow time, and be sure you have a sufficient quorum. Thanks, Crum375 23:49, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

If you've got time to click "revert" take the time to read and take place in any talk that is ongoing. Otherwise don't revert. I'm not going to engage you on this further, but please please chat to some other admins. Try an ANI thread titled "I reverted without discussing" and asking the questions "1) Do changes to policy need to be pre-approved?" and "2) Can I revert just because they aren't?" I think you might be suprised at the response.
CygnetSaIad 23:56, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

CygnetSaIad, thank you for all your suggestions. I am sure you mean them sincerely, and that your motivation is to help improve Wikipedia. Please be aware, however, that long standing crucial policies such as WP:V are widely used throughout the site to decide many content issues and conflicts, and I am sure you can appreciate that having these policies as fluid moving targets, subject to the whims of fly-by editors who believe they can better phrase something, can be very confusing and detrimental. If you wish to change policies, please do so after gaining a wide consensus. Otherwise, despite your good wishes, the end result is negative. Thanks for your understanding. Crum375 20:19, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm assuming good faith here and thinking that you don't realise how incredibly patronising and condescending that message was.

• Policy pages remain editable. If you want that to change, I suggest you bring it up at the pump or something.
• Please don't post to User talk:CygnetSaIad on this topic again. I've moved your messages several times, said that I wasn't engaging further, and even changed my talk page header, yet you continue to post there.

Your whimsical, fly-bi, and sincere fellow editor,

CygnetSaIad 00:06, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Reverting

Hi, I think this one maybe should have stayed the way it was. I think it was preventing the user page from being sorted into the category "WikiProject user templates". But if I'm wrong, just ignore me. Thanks! -- But|seriously|folks  21:22, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

OK, I didn't get far enough into it to see that. You're correct of course. I'll take a look at that page and see if it makes sense to independently fix any problem. -- But|seriously|folks  21:38, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

List of notable accidents and incidents on commercial aircraft

Hi — For future reference, what do you think the cons of using tables are? Thanks. Sardanaphalus 10:36, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

The tables idea came to me due to regularity of [date]-[airline/flight/plane]-[summary] I picked up while scanning the list. I recently discovered the {{hidden begin}} etc templates so have placed a copy of my experiment on my user talkpage, but it seems you reckon folk won't warm to the idea. Thanks for your reply. Sardanaphalus 22:40, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

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Please explain to my why you felt this edit was necessary. Both entries you deleted were linked and the links were bolded. The entries may not be perfect, but surely improvement would be more constructive than deletion. LeadSongDog 00:17, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

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Hi again — Had a another thought about the list, in light of your comment:

"I think the current format is more story-like, advancing from event to event in a given year, while the table format is dryer..."

On the one hand, I see what you mean about the readability of the story-like format, but on the other, I imagine nearly all these incidents are unconnected in time and space (i.e. not particularly story-like) and it's harder to use the story-like list in a reference-like way (like). However, how about a plainer form of table, one with no visible borders etc (I agree the "wikitable" format I copied can look dry/overdone) but still providing some more reference-like structure? I've converted my first experiment in the thread on my user page into a second that tries to use this approach. What do you think? (The years would become headings as in the current article.) Thanks for keeping an eye on this list. Sardanaphalus 03:05, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your instant response! I think I've seen links to subpages which suggest what I'd need to do, but haven't tried it in case my deduction is incorrect and someone would need to clean up a mess: would searching for and then creating a page such as "User:Sardanaphalus/List of notable accidents and incidents on commercial aircraft" work, i.e. search for then create "[Main page]/[subpage]"? Sardanaphalus 03:31, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the confirming how subpages can be made - very useful. I've now created User:Sardanaphalus/List of notable accidents and incidents on commercial aircraft (example layout) and started a thread on Talk:List of notable accidents and incidents on commercial aircraft as you suggest. I guess you could copy-paste your comments about the list's format from my user talkpage to there. Sardanaphalus 05:52, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Wikipedia:List of notable accidents and incidents on commercial aircraft/Guideline for inclusion criteria and format

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K. Scott Bailey

Just to let you know that I unblocked him. He has repeatrdly accepted the fact the behaved wrongly and has apologised for it. That has got be enough in my books. Theresa Knott | The otter sank 09:31, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Crum

I wanted to drop you a note to say thanks for at least discussing the block with me last evening. I have known admins that completely disengage after a block, and you did not do that. I appreciate your attitude, and willingness to come to my talk page and discuss your reasoning. I hadn't even realized about the blanking aspect, until I saw your diffs. Regards, K. Scott Bailey 14:26, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

I truly do not usually have a problem with civility. I think I was just being a smartass yesterday, which was completely inappropriate. Just a general question for you: would you have instablocked had you known I did not intend to blank Theresa? Or would you have simply warned me for incivility? No ulterior motives here, I'm just curious as to the thought process that goes into an administrator's blocking decisions. K. Scott Bailey 15:55, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

The ONLY other "example" of incivility was the ... umm ... "questionable" 3hr I received that was pretty roundly criticized by those that commented on it on the various talk pages involved. That hardly constitutes a "pattern", but you're free to see whatever you want in my contribs, I guess. Whatever you see there, I'm NOT an uncivil editor, and I do NOT engage in personal attacks, incivility, and the like. This was a lone, isolated bit of insanity, that has no bearing on the disagreement that HIEV and myself had, where somehow an admin found incivility on MY part after HIEV had spent the previous day starting a frivolous (nearly all admins commenting thought so) AN/I on me. Having a very questionable 3hr block on my log hardly constitutes a "pattern", but as I said, you are free to see what you want in my contribs. I guess it must be a bit of a Rorshach (sp?) test. Well, here's hoping we don't bump into each other in this way again. Good luck to you on the project. Regards, K. Scott Bailey 22:32, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

If I didn't like you, I would simply not post to your page. We simply disagree about the nature of my contribs. You discount the context of my 3hr block, which was roundly criticized as excessive. Context matters, is all I'm saying. As for my caps, they're not "shouting", they're for emphasis, in lieu of bold or italics. I'm sorry you took them as me shouting at you. As for my "pattern", I think you would find, if you put this up for an informal vote, most people would find that I do not have a "pattern" of incivility in my contribs at all. But as I said, you're free to feel that way. I take no offense at it, and I hope you do not take offense at my denial of your assertions. I've felt from the beginning that you were at least willing to discuss your actions (even if you didn't seem to be understanding what I was trying to point out about the inadvertent nature of my deletion of Theresa's contrib), and I always appreciate that in an admin. Keep up the good work! Regards, K. Scott Bailey 23:31, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Gantuya

I saw that you have blocked him/her before and I would like to ask you to caution that editor to be more cooperative. While I think that Gantuya has made a number of valuable contributions s/he seems to have decided that only people that were "for" Mongolia should be included in a list of notable Mongols during the Qing. As of now, these edit conflicts are trivial, but I have been around long enough to see where this is heading. For more see, Talk:Mongolia_during_Qing#Please_don.27t_hate--Amban 15:10, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Please delete

Please delete my user page. Gantuya eng 02:42, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Block of User:Nukepr

Hi. Yesterday you indef-blocked a new account Nukepr (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) who made one factual edit to the Eastern Air Lines Flight 212‎ article. He sent a note to unblock-en-l and claims that he's a local reporter who covered the crash and followed up with the NTSB report and so forth.

I don't have any factual knowledge of the crash to be able to tell if his edit was factually correct or not, but I am concerned that even if it was not, your indef block was remarkably quick response and had no warnings to the user preceding it.

Can you review your block and consider overturning? Thank you. Georgewilliamherbert 22:21, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

If you want to look at this article...

I edited Singapore Airlines Flight 006 for awhile, using news reports and the Taiwan official report as a basis of much of the statements. Do you mind if you look at the article? Also, I want a public domain image of a seat layout of the SQ 747-400 involved so the locations of the dead, injured, and uninjured may be shown. Do you know a person willing to make a public domain image? (I cannot use the one in the Taiwan report as it is from Taiwan, not the NTSB) WhisperToMe 05:49, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

NPA

Take it to the bloody talk page. Consensus was gained to remove that section from the page through careful discussion, which you and MONGO chose to ignore it seems. Now you edit war to add it back in, that is ridiculous. Viridae^Talk 21:09, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration#MONGO 2

I would like to notify you that you have been added as an involved party in the MONGO 2 request for arbitration. --krimpet⟲ 15:26, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Deletion of Swalwell, Alberta

You deleted the article Swalwell, Alberta with the remark: "created by trolls". I remember creating that article, providing a source for it, and the article had nothing trollish or offensive about it, and followed the usual layout of other articles listed in Hamlets of Alberta. Would you care to give a valid reason for deletion, or else restore the article? Thank you. --Qyd (talk) 19:32, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

I see, I wasn't aware of that (and I rarely check my email). I can't figure out why such a page can be a dispute reason, but I'll trust you on that. Once this dispute is over, could you please unlock the page, so we can go on with completing the subject in a normal fashion? Thanks. --Qyd (talk) 20:20, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Wikimedia html auto-completion

I haven’t found a fix. :-( —GrantNeufeld (talk) 00:49, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

User talk:Brennsto

What did he do to get blocked? Lara❤Love 20:30, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Echo that query. He has asked to be unblocked, and I don't quite get the reasons behind his block. Sandstein (talk) 20:47, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Since you seem to be offline right now, I have unblocked the user after discussion with Lara at User talk:Sandstein#User talk:Brennsto. Feel free to re-block this user if there was in fact some trolling going on that we did not see. Sandstein (talk) 21:12, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

WP:Policy

Hi Crum,

Is there a page that list all the WP Policies (WP:Synth, WP:NPOV, WP:RS etc...) I'm finding them one at a time mostly by chance. Thanks. Anthon01 (talk) 22:44, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

For the support. Remember what Jimbo said about it being no big deal? It's a healthy exercise to walk the walk in that regard. Much obliged for your comment. Best regards, Durova^Charge! 22:03, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Holocaust sources

Thanks for the push. All of what I posted can be backed up with verifiable sources--Woogie10w (talk) 01:30, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Note Well Crumb 375 that Raul Hilberg and The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust are respected sources that are cited on the Holocaust page. What I posted is not original research. What do you mean by high caliber sources?--Woogie10w (talk) 01:50, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

The argument I have been making on the Holocaust page is that it presents the other victims of the Nazis in a biased perspective. For example they use a high caliber source like Freemasons for Dummies. The page reflects a poor understaning of the actual toll of victims due to Nazi policies. What I post can always be backed up with sources, I never do OR on Wikipedia.--Woogie10w (talk) 02:00, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

I make these numerical comparisons to point out the fact the the Jewish Holocaust cannot be compared to the other victims of the Nazis. The numbers speak for themselves and are backed up with verifiable sources. I am not doing original research, I am setting the record stright for the editors of the page who should verify my sources.--Woogie10w (talk) 02:18, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Take a closer look at the Holocaust article. There is a tag on the section of the non Jewish victims requesting work be done to fix the data and sources. The editors there need to cooperate with me to fix this section and bring it up to a professional level.--Woogie10w (talk) 02:25, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

I have posted verifiable sources to back up my point that the Jewish Holocaust cannot be compared to the other victims of the Nazis. As I said before the numbers speak for themselves and are backed up with verifiable sources.--Woogie10w (talk) 02:29, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

"The only way to write that properly is with lots of high caliber sources, representing the entire spectrum of views" I have been requesting that the editors of the Holocaust page do exactly what you just said.--Woogie10w (talk) 02:34, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Good one

Just wanted to say good one for this. I'm surprised that didn't happen sooner. Acalamari 20:09, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

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AN Durova thread

I don't think that you should've removed the entire discussion, as it was actually becoming productive. And to the best of my recollection, this isn't the first time you've done something like this, so please, if you have an objection with an editor's post and think it's totally unsuitable (under BLP/NPA/whatever), but productive discussion is coming out of it, don't remove the whole discussion unless you absolutely have to. Instead, remove the questionable stuff and summarise it in a way that is suitable. Will ^(talk) 23:31, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

(from my talk page)If you have a real case, I assume it comes with evidence. That would be links to news media, diffs, or other sources. If they are reliable, there is nothing at all stopping you from approaching the Foundation and/or ArbCom with it. I am not in your way at all. You just can't post your allegations here without the supporting evidence. Crum375 00:27, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

(from my talk page)Are you talking about the ANI of D, or the BLP of RL? If it is the ANI, news coverage? What difference would news coverage make in the Arbcom context for a complaint about an administrator? Their concern is following (or not following) procedure. You know this. (if you are referring to the BLP of RL, there's tons of news coverage. Buckets in fact - but I think you are still stuck on the D ANI). Please let it go. Stop attacking people for telling the truth. I gave the info to an admin and they took it into due consideration. I'm a busy person, and Ive no desire to have an Arbcom case. Most importantly this was not a one-off case, and not even a two-off case, so stop harping about my inputs, please. That does not solve the issue. Thanks again. Must go. 85.5.180.9 00:38, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Highlighting the point: Let it go. Done is done. Thanks. 85.5.180.9 00:45, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

(from my talk page)Listen, if there is 'tons' of evidence, then your case should be easy to make. But you have to do it the right way. Just presenting your allegations without the evidence is not acceptable. No one is trying to stifle you. Crum375 00:57, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

(from my talk page)oh for God's sake Crum375. What I do with my grievances is not your affair. I did provide the information, and thankfully the person I gave it to didn't put *me* on trial, or accuse me of WP:EVIL, as you are doing - without even having the information. I gave the information to an admin, as per my comfort level. There is no rule that anyone has to go to Arbcom. Repeat: LET IT GO. It is not your business. Reporting a wayward admin to Arbcom is stickly when the Arbcom is favorable to admins in general, and this one in particular. I hope someday things are different. If you have unlimited time to spend on minutae, then great - not everyone else does, or wishes to. I'm satisfied, and frankly, it is not your affair what I do with my grievances. Now please STOP bothering me. This is beyond advisement and approaching the "h" word. STOP. Good evening. 85.5.180.9 01:06, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes, the original post was an attack, but you still shouldn't remove productive discussion because of it. And the time you removed ANI threads and the such for a similar reason was, IIRC, the whole thing about SV's identity that exploded from WR (where it was brewing for months) to something like a media source. Will ^(talk) 11:22, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Something to do with this. I distinctly remember making a post to her talk page, and I can't find any going back towards this time last year. Will ^(talk) 17:00, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi again. I've just been on WR to find the case in hand, and I'm pretty sure it is related to a certain unnamed (for privacy reasons) Slashdot story which links to a article of a Korean newspaper where a professor tells them his theory on SV's identity. Will ^(talk) 17:05, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

You are an administrator, yes? In the deleted edits history, unless it has been oversighted, there should be a bunch of reverts by you around July 29 this year. Will ^(talk) 17:12, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Per your email, I'd like to change the statement - yes, you have deleted messages, but not to the best of recollection, threads. But yes, you did delete some threads pertaining to the SV slashdot article, which may cause some people to be suspicious. Will ^(talk) 20:39, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

ANI CASE

I finally figured out what you were talking about. Fine. I'll make a case on ANI. With attributions and references. The main point was that COI warnings need to be made, but since you attacked me with a NPA and BLP accusation, Ill make the full case that you were harping for. Congratulations.85.5.180.9 02:38, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Copied from my talk page

::::::You can make your case on ANI with high quality sources. Please read WP:BLP and WP:V carefully; we need to be sure that any potentially defamatory or derogatory statement about a living individual is extremely well sourced, with the most reliable and reputable mainstream sources, and ideally quoted directly wherever possible. Crum375 02:52, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

I suggest you don't embarass yourself with attempts to teaching me how to annontate and perform viable non-defamatory research. My intent in adding that post to the Durova Arbcom "proposed decisions" (I didnt add it to the ANI, JzG did - he copied it there later, which is why I had no foggy clue what you were nagging me about. I thought you were talking about the Ruud Lubbers article). Again, my intent was to highlight how COI warnings need to be made - and the stakes include peoples jobs and dignity which some certain "person" had not the good common sense to protect as a matter of course. Again, my intention was to highlight the need for COI warnings - not to prosecute Durova - but since you accused me of WP:BLP and WP:NPA and WP:EVIL and WP:BAD, and threatened me with repercussions (including the suggestions I make an Arbcom case) then I'll publicly justify and annonate to the full extent of my impressive professional skills and capacities. When Durova asks why I did this, you tell her it was your doing. I'm sure she'll be pleased (not) 85.5.180.9 02:55, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Look. I asked you to stop writing on my talk page. You made, on my talk page sui generis accusations of BLP, NPA, etc for an ANI edit moved there by JzG. Thus I had no idea what you were talking about. You started with accusations which were unfounded, now you are threatening me with a block. I've asked you politely five times, now I repeat for you to STOP writing random advice and directions on my talk page. THREE PAGES worth of them (outside readers are suggested to view my talk page please). [1] At this point, I will simply consider you incapable of respecting my polite requests and will be forced to ignore you. 85.5.180.9 03:38, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Your removal

I fail to see how this constitutes trolling; it doesn't even seem incivil in the slightest. Could you please elaborate on your objections to his comment? Thanks, Picaroon (t) 06:22, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Please Check Talk:BDORT

--Anthon01 20:11, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

Hey

Hi Crum, my apologies for the snippy edit summary. I just wanted to know that everybody was getting their input taken seriously. R. Baley (talk) 04:57, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

welcome. I was a little embarrassed after I looked it over, typing without thinking and all that. R. Baley (talk) 05:20, 5 December 2007 (UTC)