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== Cm_punk.jpg ==

I saw you deleted this image due to the actions of Atticus SVU however there was a free use image before Atticus uploaded his version over the top of this one that is now gone too. Could you undo the deletion of this image so I can rollback to before Atticus' additions to the old free use image? &ndash;&ndash; '''[[User:Lid|Lid]]'''^{<small>([[User talk:Lid|Talk]])</small>} 16:23, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

:The only other version was uploaded by Mikedk9109. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 16:43, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Sorry but I also need to note your block of [[User:Mikedk9109]], you blocked him based off a Randy Orton image from photobucket. Photobucket is a website in which anyone can upload images to, similar to imageshack, thus the copyright listing seems odd as the image could've been uploaded by anyone. &ndash;&ndash; '''[[User:Lid|Lid]]'''^{<small>([[User talk:Lid|Talk]])</small>} 16:33, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

:This was not the only reason for the block. This user has a history of image problems and has been blocked for these in the past. Given that we found this image elsewhere with a copyright notice attached and given that many of his images are quite dubious, I felt it reasonable to block him and to mark the images as missing a full source allowing us to [[WP:V|verify]] the status. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 16:43, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

::The image problems he was blocked for, which you blocked him for in fact, show that he was blocked for REMOVING tags from wrestling articles. I'm guessing that that was during the period where there was a crackdown on fair use images with no fair use rationales that resulted in others deleting the fair use deletion notices. The "elsewhere" was on a website where anyone can upload images too, thus it can be deducted as that the image could be on a free licence elsewhere and taken from there, or that the image is all over the internet and thus is featured on copyrighted websites and free use websites. The fact photobucket is the source here is an issue to me as anyone can upload images to photobucket. &ndash;&ndash; '''[[User:Lid|Lid]]'''^{<small>([[User talk:Lid|Talk]])</small>} 16:51, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

:::A copyright violation has most certainly occurred. Given the number of similar pictures on the photobucket source, all containing the same girl, it seems reasonable to believe that it was Mikedk9109 who committed the violation. Do you have any specific reason to believe otherwise? --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 17:02, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

[[Image:CM_Punk_ECW.jpg|thumb|100px|I wonder why I never found this before.]]

::::Pretty much simply good faith, images and the rest of the internet outside of wikipedia are a landmine. The images could easily be elsewhere under a free license due to that the rest of the internet pretty much doesn't have the stringent image use situation of wikipedia and thus free license in one place may be copyrighted in another. &ndash;&ndash; '''[[User:Lid|Lid]]'''^{<small>([[User talk:Lid|Talk]])</small>} 17:12, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

:::::If this was just one picture on that site, AGF would apply. But given that the owner of that photobucket site has many, many such images, most of which have her in it, the balance of evidence is squarely against Mikedk9109. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 17:13, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

::::::Which is an issue as he ceased editted in ferburary, also just a clarification Miked was never blocked indef for copyright violations before this, the most he was ever blocked for was 1 week for image tag remova (trivial I know, but clarifying). &ndash;&ndash; '''[[User:Lid|Lid]]'''^{<small>([[User talk:Lid|Talk]])</small>} 17:32, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

::::::Heh after all this I managed to track down another CM Punk free use image anyway. &ndash;&ndash; '''[[User:Lid|Lid]]'''^{<small>([[User talk:Lid|Talk]])</small>} 17:38, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Just note that you deleted the [[Samoa Joe]] image [[:Image:Samoa Joe.jpg]] which I have tracked down was from [http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluexkimo/304133711/ flickr] under a shared licence. Could that image be re-added? &ndash;&ndash; '''[[User:Lid|Lid]]'''^{<small>([[User talk:Lid|Talk]])</small>} 02:17, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

:Sorry left out the file name. &ndash;&ndash; '''[[User:Lid|Lid]]'''^{<small>([[User talk:Lid|Talk]])</small>} 02:42, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

::No. That image is available under the CC Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs license. Both the non-commercial and the no-derivative-works parts conflict with Wikipedia requirements. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 15:32, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

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== Image:finisher-rko ==

I took the picture on March 5, 2007 at Monday Night ''RAW'' in Phoenix, Arizona. My cameral model is a Sony.

[[User:Zenlax|Zenlax]] 14:48, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

:Thank you, my apologies for making you jump through hoops. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 01:29, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey, also, I wanted to tell you that Image:McMahon-shane.jpg, I got that from a website, and it doens't have a license, so that's why I put that license {{GFDL-with-disclaimers}}.

[[User:Zenlax|Zenlax]] 16:22, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

:If it doesn't have a license, we can't use the image. Essentially, unless a license is specifically given, there is legally no license offered. I'll make the correction here. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 01:29, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

So do I have your permission to put the image back on Randy Orton's biography? Also, do I have your permission to reload Image:RandyOrton-05.jpg? Its mine by the way.

[[User:Zenlax|Zenlax]] 16:38, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

:I do not believe I removed the image in the first place, though this is at least plausible. Yes, you most certainly do. RandyOrton-05 was deleted because it was not being used anywhere. If you can find a place to use it, please do upload it. Please understand that we have a great deal of problem with images, particularly (though not exclusively) with wrestling images. People take images from websites or from t.v. shows and claim they own the image or that the image is freely licensed which is simply not the case. Also, [[WP:FU]] is '''much''' stricter than most people expect on what can and cannot be used. ''None'' of this matters if you really did take the picture yourself, of course, I'm just trying to let you know why we are suspicious of new images we can't [[WP:V|verify]]. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 01:43, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

The '''RKO''' picture I put in Randy's section of '''In Wrestling'''. And next thing I know its GONE. Image:RandyOrton-05.jpg, I put that in Randy's main picture, since there was no image there available. But, yeah, it is MINE. Also, its April 14th already?

[[User:Zenlax|Zenlax]] 16:50, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Hey I have a question! I borrowed my friend's camera and went to a wrestling event and took pictures. Does that mean those images belong to me? [[User:Zenlax|Zenlax]] 17:28, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

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== Block ==

This is to let you know that the block you imposed on my talk page has expired and it is time to unblock. [[User:Miaers|Miaers]] 16:16, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

:It was already unprotected. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 16:21, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

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== Images ==

Yamla, I've jsut logged on to Wikipedia, to find I'm being bombarded with messages trying to say I've put the "wrong" tag on images, and they've all come from you. You're really confusing me. I've labelled it under the proper license (most I have got from WWE.com [as specified by the tag on the images]), so what's the problem. Yamla, you've really put me under a lot of pressure for unnecessary reasoning. Also, WHY ARE YOU ONLY TARGETING ME? It's like as if you're threatening me. Yeah, look under [[:Category:WWE Promotional Photo]]. There's lots more images, LIKE MINE WITHOUT TAGS ON. [[User:Davnel03|Davnel03]] 17:25, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

:I'm not only targeting you. I have tagged hundreds or even thousands of images when they do not meet Wikipedia requirements. Please read [[WP:FU]] which explains these requirements to you. If you find other images which violate our policies, please tag them yourself. Thanks! --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 17:47, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

::Yamla, I don't mind if the non-WWE images are deleted, but all of the WWE photos have come from WWE.com. By the way, I also stuck the {{WWE-photo}} template on also, how can that not make it alright? Also, do I just need to say where it's from, and it won't be deleted? [[User:Davnel03|Davnel03]] 17:51, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

:::The information you provide must be verifiable. Please see [[WP:V]]. That means that you must provide a link to the page on WWE which provides this image. Also, as I have pointed out, images must adhere to [[WP:FU]]. That means ''only'' freely-licensed images, not WWE promotional images, if the subject of the image still exists (that is, if the person is still alive). That means providing a detailed hand-written fair-use rationale justifying any fair-use images, as also pointed out by the WWE template itself. But remember, no fair-use images to depict living people. And please don't claim I am threatening you or personally attacking you for making you adhere to Wikipedia policies. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 17:53, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

::::So what about '''all''' the other images under the same category where the person is '''still alive''', hey? By the way, I've sourced the WWE related images, so you can remove the templates that are no longer relevant. [[User:Davnel03|Davnel03]] 18:02, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

:::::Please tag any fair-use image you find being used solely to depict a living person with <nowiki>{{subst:rfu}}</nowiki> to indicate that it is violating [[WP:FU]]. It gives people time to resolve the problem if possible and if not, the image will be removed and then deleted by the appropriate people or bots. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 18:11, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

::::::Are my images (the WWE ones) OK now that I've put the appropriate link on them. Sorry about the comments earlier - I got very heated up about seeing tonnes of them on my userpage. Can you remove the templates, then? [[User:Davnel03|Davnel03]] 18:14, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

:::::::Most of them are still replaceable. That is, they are still being used to depict living subjects, so they still violate [[WP:FU]]. If you aren't sure why, please ask and I'll try to explain in more detail. And no apologies necessary, I know sometimes being hit with a large number of warnings can be quite frustrating. It's a little difficult because if I don't warn people about each tagged image, I get attacked for sneakily deleting people's images without giving them a chance to fix them. And if I don't tag the images, they never get fixed! --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 18:17, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

::::::::If you aren't going to remove the tags, why don't you add the tags to every single photo that falls under [[:Category:WWE Promotional Photo]], then? [[User:Davnel03|Davnel03]] 18:19, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

:::::::::Because I monitor a little over 10,000 pages. That's well under 1% of the articles on the Wikipedia. I'm not responsible for fixing every problem everywhere. If you find images which violate [[WP:FU]] or some other policy, ''you'' are expected to tag them appropriately. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 18:21, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

::::::::::By the way, the reason they aren't replaceable is because WWE ban people taking in digital cameras to the arena, especially if their right near the front. Same goes with video cameras and mobiles as videos can (and mostly do) escape to YouTube. [[User:Davnel03|Davnel03]] 18:23, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

:::::::::::This is insufficient grounds for living people. Additionally, many people have been able to create freely-licensed images regardless of any camera ban. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 18:25, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

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== hi ==

{smile}qwertyukiller 23:13, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

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== Deleting a Page ==

I made a page, and need it deleted - now, what do I do? <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Southluver|Southluver]] ([[User talk:Southluver|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Southluver|contribs]]) 01:20, 15 April 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:If you believe the page was deleted in error, please read [[WP:UNDEL]]. Without knowing which page was deleted, I can't say what the problem was but often, articles are deleted because they fail [[WP:NOTE]]. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 01:22, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

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== Page Deleting ==

The page was not deleted, but I want to delete it...what do I do? <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Southluver|Southluver]] ([[User talk:Southluver|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Southluver|contribs]]) 01:25, 15 April 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:Oh, sorry. If ''you'' created the page and want it deleted, place <nowiki>{{db-author|Reason why you want it deleted (change this bit, obviously)}}</nowiki> on the page. Someone will be by within 24 hours to review the request. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 01:27, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

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==Yet another user==

[[User:Candicesfan]] and his sock [[206.148.160.115]] have repeatedly inserted copyvio images with no Source or Fair Use Rationale. The user has used his IP sock to continue to insert the uploaded images to the article and avoid breaking 3RR. Now both him and his sock have broken it. Just wanted to bring this to your attention.-- [[User:3bulletproof16|<font color="blue">'''bullet'''</font><font color="green">'''proof'''</font>]] ^{[[User talk:3bulletproof16|<font color="black">'''3:16'''</font>]]} 01:34, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

::Now he is removing unsourced and fairuse unknown tags [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Image:Rawlogo.gif&curid=10672795&diff=122884869&oldid=122884791]-- [[User:3bulletproof16|<font color="blue">'''bullet'''</font><font color="green">'''proof'''</font>]] ^{[[User talk:3bulletproof16|<font color="black">'''3:16'''</font>]]} 01:36, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

:::He is using a new IP sock now with [[89.149.226.147]].-- [[User:3bulletproof16|<font color="blue">'''bullet'''</font><font color="green">'''proof'''</font>]] ^{[[User talk:3bulletproof16|<font color="black">'''3:16'''</font>]]} 02:08, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Gah! Okay, I'll look into it. Then I'm going to bed. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 02:10, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

:right after you left he came back with a new IP. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:WWE_Raw&diff=prev&oldid=122900534 See this nice little comment he left for you].-- [[User:3bulletproof16|<font color="blue">'''bullet'''</font><font color="green">'''proof'''</font>]] ^{[[User talk:3bulletproof16|<font color="black">'''3:16'''</font>]]} 03:30, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

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== Thank You ==

Thanks for your help, I placed it, if you could delete it for me that would be great, I really want it deleted. <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Southluver|Southluver]] ([[User talk:Southluver|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Southluver|contribs]]) 01:39, 15 April 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

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== [[User:Candicesfan]] ==

I hope my editting did not get the above user blocked. You'll see on [[User talk:TJ Spyke]] that I am clearly a different user. [[User:69.89.27.245|69.89.27.245]] 02:21, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

:You'll also see that the above user's uploaded image [[:Image:Rawlogo.gif]] is of lower resolution than the original at [[:Image:RAW.jpg]]. It also includes better sourcing. There is a lot of newbie biting and [[WP:OWN]] going on at [[WWE Raw]]. They are for example, tagging the cleaner, lower resolution, better sourced image as a CSD, when in fact it should be the older image which is being made redundant and {{tl|furd}}ed or {{tl|orfud}}. [[User:69.89.27.245|69.89.27.245]] 02:25, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

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== Query about an image ==

Hi. I have been working on [[:Category:Indian musicians]] as I noticed that many of them have fair-use images with no proper rationale (like using album covers to illustrate a person, etc). I came across [[Surashri Kesarbai Kerkar]] which uses [[:Image:Kesarbai Kerkar.jpg]]. I tagged it as fair-use disputed. The the uploader of the image removed the tag and inserted [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Surashri_Kesarbai_Kerkar&diff=prev&oldid=122809096 this] sentence in the article. The image still does not have any rationale, and I have re-inserted the fair-use disputed tag. I would like to know whether adding a small sentence like this about an album entitles us to use the album cover under fair-use. The clarification would help me to tag future images. - [[User:Aksi_great|Aksi_great]] ([[User_talk:Aksi_great|talk]]) 07:37, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

:A fair-use image may not be used solely to depict a living person, as is clearly the case here. If the image was not in the infobox but instead was used to provide critical commentary on the album, that would be a different matter. But that's not the case here. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 14:51, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

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== I need your opinion and help ==

Dear Yamla, there's this new user called [[User:Hedgehog Kanna]] and he continuously keeps inserting fake citations into all the article's he's edited. For example, the ''[[Billa (2007 film]]'' page. I looked through the page and EVERY SINGLE citation in the article is fake. And the ''[[Robo (film)]]'' article which I've already nominated for deletion. I've also spotted another user with the same edit pattern, a user who also keeps adding citations having nothing to do with what they're cited to, i.e. [[Sivaji: The Boss]], [[User:Universal Hero]]. I really don't know what to do. I think they're both sockpuppets of [[User:Prince Godfather]] because they both edit in the same way. And they're both obsessed with making film articles look life the [[V for Vendetta (film)]] article. Could you perhaps have a word with [[User:Hedgehog Kanna]]? -- [[User:Hariharan91|Hariharan91]] 11:04, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

:I took a look at this and I'm sorry to say that I don't have enough understanding of the subject matter to be of much use. You may want to ask for a checkuser request at [[WP:CHECK]] or bring the matter up on [[WP:AIV]]. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 19:39, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

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== Navy Photo in Public Domain ==

Good morning, Yamla.

The photo of Edward L. Beach, Jr. that you templated on 1 April 2007 is in the public ___domain. From the Wikipedia article, "Work of the United States Government," I quote:

A work of the United States Government is, as defined by United States copyright law: "a work

prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person's

official duties." The term only applies to the work of the federal government, not state or

local governments. Such works are not entitled to domestic copyright under U.S. law.

The photo of Capt. Beach (my uncle) was taken aboard the Triton by a navy photographer in 1960, in connection with the sub's underwater circumnavigation of the earth.

Sincerely,

John Beach

--[[User:Desertcenter|Desertcenter]] 17:15, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

:I'm sorry, I have no idea which image you are talking about. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 19:36, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

:The article is "Edward L. Beach, Jr." There was only one photo "EdwardLBeach.jpg" and it was removed by OrphanBot on 6 April 2007 after being templated on 1 April for not being in the public ___domain. Thanks. --[[User:Desertcenter|Desertcenter]] 21:52, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

::Okay, you are talking about [[:Image:EdwardLBeach.jpg]]. You claimed that the image was released to the public ___domain but have provided no [[WP:V|verifiable]] evidence of this or of the person who took the photograph. The source indicates that there is permission to reprint but that is completely different from being in the public ___domain. Please do so and the image will not be deleted. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 20:59, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

::I understand what you need - legal justification. I'll be at the Naval Institute in June and can get a statement from the Navy. However, in the meantime I'll also look into legal justification for the general case of "Work of the United States Government" which will have much wider application. --[[User:Desertcenter|Desertcenter]] 22:14, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

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==User Page Edit Deleted==

Hi Yamla!

Earlier today, I edited my user page, but now that I have just been on it I have seen that it has been deleted. I was on a different computer, so has someone thought I was someone else vandalising my page, or has someone else deleted all that stuff just to be annoying?

Thanks [[User:Georgehoward|Georgehoward]] 18:02, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

I think you are confused. The only edit to your user page today was from you and has not been deleted. See [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Georgehoward&action=history]. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 19:38, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

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==Might want to take a look at this==

There is an edit war going on at [[WrestleMania III]] with a user using sockpuppets to add some cruft. [[81.145.241.67]], [[70.246.100.204]], and [[81.145.242.146]] as IPs to dodge final warning and user account to restart edit war as [[User:Boblough]].-- [[User:3bulletproof16|<font color="blue">'''bullet'''</font><font color="green">'''proof'''</font>]] ^{[[User talk:3bulletproof16|<font color="black">'''3:16'''</font>]]} 22:19, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

:He also needs to know that you don't call someone a vandal just because you disagree with their edits. I can't remove the cruft without violating 3RR myself. [[User:TJ Spyke|TJ Spyke]] 23:00, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

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== Umm... ==

You sent me a message telling me to stop vandalizing... I fail to see how editing a page and adding a picture of the actual person in question is vandalizing. So, I'll disregard your comment. <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[Special:Contributions/60.228.167.87|60.228.167.87]] ([[User talk:60.228.167.87|talk]]) 06:45, 16 April 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:This would be a mistake as you were violating [[WP:FU]]. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 14:42, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

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== Please Help ==

There is a vandal here that is trying to get me blocked, I don't know why but he is, [[User:Glfootball92]]...Help please.

[[User:Southluver|Southluver]] 12:50, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

:Which specific edits are we talking about here? That is, why do you think he's trying to get you blocked? What pages is he editing? --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 14:44, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

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==Verdict==

What are we going to do about him? We can't keep these pages protected forever, and he won't stop creating socks. [[User:Bmg916|<font color="#000000" face="Arial Black">Bmg</font><font color="#009900" face="Arial Black">916</font>]]^{[[User talk:Bmg916|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Speak</strong></font>]]}_{[[User:Bmg916/Autographs|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Sign</strong></font>]]} 15:31, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

:I truly don't know. His ISP has been less than forthcoming and Verdict is able to work around an indefinite block on his entire ISP. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 15:34, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

::Should we alert Jimbo and/or the ArbCom? [[User:Bmg916|<font color="#000000" face="Arial Black">Bmg</font><font color="#009900" face="Arial Black">916</font>]]^{[[User talk:Bmg916|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Speak</strong></font>]]}_{[[User:Bmg916/Autographs|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Sign</strong></font>]]} 15:35, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

:::There is, unfortunately, nothing they can do about it either as far as I can see. May be worth bringing it up on [[WP:AN]] to see if anyone else has any ideas, though. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 15:37, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

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==Image Question==

I'm looking for and finding images on Flickr licensed under the Creative Commons License. How would I go about properly uploading and properly displaying all necessary info for use on Wikipedia? I don't want to violate [[WP:IUP]] or [[WP:FU]] in any way, shape or form. [[User:Bmg916|<font color="#000000" face="Arial Black">Bmg</font><font color="#009900" face="Arial Black">916</font>]]^{[[User talk:Bmg916|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Speak</strong></font>]]}_{[[User:Bmg916/Autographs|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Sign</strong></font>]]} 15:44, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

:They need to be licensed in such a way as to allow modification and commercial use. That means only some of the licenses are acceptable. cc-by-2.0 and cc-by-2.5 are the most commonly acceptable licenses, I believe. The non-comm and no-remix licenses are unacceptable. When you go to the image upload page, it lets you choose the license; any bad licenses are immediately marked for speedy delete. Make sure you have the source identified properly and you should be good to go. Note that acceptable cc licenses are considered free licenses and so these images can be used to depict living people. If you like, upload an image and point me to it and I'll check to make sure everything looks good.

::Thanks, there's info on Commons that's helping a lot too when it comes to uploading from Flickr. If/when I get an image I'll point you to it, thanks for all your help! [[User:Bmg916|<font color="#000000" face="Arial Black">Bmg</font><font color="#009900" face="Arial Black">916</font>]]^{[[User talk:Bmg916|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Speak</strong></font>]]}_{[[User:Bmg916/Autographs|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Sign</strong></font>]]} 15:53, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

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== Why do we need that? ==

you want to remove the trivia and I don`t let you so stop it you. You think that if you`re an admin here you can do whatever you want, but no. stop it!!!!! <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[Special:Contributions/84.229.91.112|84.229.91.112]] ([[User talk:84.229.91.112|talk]]) 16:33, 16 April 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:That article has too much trivia in it and is tagged appropriately. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 16:46, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

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== Rani Mukherjee ==

Please see Rani`s page. She has more Trivia Than Preity and you`re doing nothing. It is not fair.

:Then please tag that article appropriately. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 16:51, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

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== Images ==

Hi, I saw you left a message at [[User talk:Adamsammler]]. What do you think about his images? They are listed on [[Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images]] but I am not sure if they are a copyvio or not. There is also [[:Image:Elizabeth Jagger 2.JPG|one]] at Commons. [[User:Garion96|Garion96]] [[User talk:Garion96|(talk)]] 19:20, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

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==Book and magazine cover photos==

How is the book jacket picture of this author [[:Image:Lahiri2.PNG]] OK, but not Adrienne Barbeau's? WP uses hundreds of magazine cover photos of article subjects. Are magazines different than books? I suspect that you'd agree that WP application of policies regarding photos is inconsistent just as interpretation of image copyright laws is complex and often subjective. Has WP ever received compliants about use of magazine or book cover photos? Many articles (such as Jhumpa Lahiri's so please don't delete it) benefit tremendously from a photo. If someone has gone to the work of uploading a book or magazine cover photo to illustrate the article's subject person, why delete it?

It seems counterproductive. When different fair use policepersons apply different standards, the seemily arbitrary outcome can be especially agravating for rookie image uploaders. [[User:Ghosts&empties|Ghosts&amp;empties]] 22:33, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

:That image is not okay. It's a fair-use image used solely to depict a living person so is in blatant violation of [[WP:FU]]. I would agree that a large number of fair-use images violate [[WP:FU]] and that it is a huge job tagging all the images accordingly. As to why we should delete the image if it violates [[WP:FU]], that is because Wikipedia is trying to build a free encyclopedia. It's one of our core policies. Using fair-use images where a freely-licensed image would suffice is in direct contradiction to that core policy. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 22:45, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

::As an admin you can quash me, but you need to forge a consistent '''application''' of Wikipedia FU with your fellow image arbiters. An inconsistent policy is better than none at all because yeoman editors draw conclusions from existing pages and get frustrated when their similar image is deleted. The so-called Exemption Doctrine Policy is nebulous to most users and the clearest statement would be to apply it consistently. In your user page, you profess an intention to do no harm, but discipline without fairness is repugnant. But if being consistent results in fewer images, than please ignore the above. [[User:Ghosts&empties|Ghosts&amp;empties]] 17:14, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

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==Re: The Unblocking of WackaduXanadu2==

My name is Sara and I have a great intrest in this case since it was published on several pro-wrestling news sites. This is attracting huge 'negative' attention in the Pro Wrestling World in Australia and would love to see some positive news! All the evidence is in the previous 'report' proving that WX2 was seeking assistance when unfairly blocked (I have seen people unblocked by the Arbitration Committee for more major "charges" with less evidence)! Go back and check all the evidence and you will see that WX2 was asking for help and got nothing but a boot up the a#s! I know you'll do the right thing as a responsible Wiki-Admin! [[User:60.226.158.198|60.226.158.198]] 01:44, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

:I have requested your relationship with this person but so far you have not answered this question. Additionally, please note that I am not the blocking admin. I declined the block because the user falsely claimed no violation of [[WP:NLT]] when in fact, the user did blatantly violate our policy on legal threats. This was apparently sufficient for this user as the user did not ask for the permitted second review of the block. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 02:05, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

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==Email==

Mate, Do you have an off wiki way i can contact you. [[User:DXRAW|DXRAW]] 06:08, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

:Yeap. Go to my user page and click on the "E-mail this user" link in the toolbox on the very left edge of your screen. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 14:54, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

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== Question ==

Hey I have a question! I borrowed my friend's camera and went to a wrestling event and took pictures. Does that mean those images belong to me? Or my friend? [[User:Zenlax|Zenlax]] 10:05, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

:Provided you were not taking the pictures for your friend, the images belong to you. If the "payment" for taking the pictures is that you give the pictures to your friend, this would be a work for hire and the copyright would rest with your friend, though this is debateable. If your friend paid you to take the photographs, there's no debate, the copyright rests solely with your friend unless there's some other contract in play. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 17:13, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

No, he didn't pay me!!! I just asked HIM if I could borrow his camera, so I can take pictures, since I left mine in the states. But, I was just still wondering. Cause I uploaded Image:DX-06.jpg.[[User:Zenlax|Zenlax]] 10:17, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

:No problem, then. Please note where and when you were when you took the photograph. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 17:19, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

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==Done (i think)==

After three database errors and a database lockdown, I believe it has been completed correctly. - '''[[User:AuburnPilot|<font color="mediumblue">auburn</font><font color="darkorange">pilot</font>]]''' [[User_talk:AuburnPilot|<small>talk</small>]] 04:27, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

:Hahaha, thank you very much. :) --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 04:42, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

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== Re: admin noticeboard ==

[[Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#User_talk:Yamla_protected|This]] may interest you, if you're not aware of it. --[[User:Deskana|Deskana]] [[User talk:Deskana|<small>(fry that thing!)</small>]] 21:30, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

:Thanks! --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 21:40, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

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== [[Brock Lesnar]] ==

There's been a request to unlock this article. I went and did, but it seems the user is probably just another sockpuppet, so I reprotected, and I'll leave for you to decide. Btw I really think you should unlock this talk page, at least down to semi. '''''[[User:Majorly|<span style="color:red">Majorly</span>]]''''' '''[[User talk:Majorly|<span style="color:orange">(hot!)</span>]]''' 15:41, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

:Unprotected, it's been a week, hopefully the worst has passed. And yes, I agree that user is another sockpuppet. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 15:42, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

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==Copyvio Image==

Hi Yamla, could you please delete The Hardys WTTC.jpg ? It's a blatant copyright violation (it was taken from WWE). Thank you. [[User:Bmg916|<font color="#000000" face="Arial Black">Bmg</font><font color="#009900" face="Arial Black">916</font>]]^{[[User talk:Bmg916|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Speak</strong></font>]]}_{[[User:Bmg916/Autographs|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Sign</strong></font>]]} 17:35, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

:Will do. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 17:36, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

::Thanks much! [[User:Bmg916|<font color="#000000" face="Arial Black">Bmg</font><font color="#009900" face="Arial Black">916</font>]]^{[[User talk:Bmg916|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Speak</strong></font>]]}_{[[User:Bmg916/Autographs|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Sign</strong></font>]]} 17:45, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

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==[[User:Asad Aleem]]==

Hey Yamla. Just wanted to inform you of something that caught my attention. [[User:Asad Aleem]] seems to be using Wikipedia as his own personal online encyclopedia. He has been creating many articles with his name about non-existing/fake subjects. He has also been creating hoax articles such as [[Qasim Tariq]] and [[Mega World Rumble]] among others. This is really not helping [[WP:PW]] when we find hoax articles under our project’s name. Could you help us deal with this user?-- [[User:3bulletproof16|<font color="blue">'''bullet'''</font><font color="green">'''proof'''</font>]] ^{[[User talk:3bulletproof16|<font color="black">'''3:16'''</font>]]} 22:33, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

:Not much more I can do, the user has already been warned lots of times and pointed to the appropriate policies. Let me know if he continues, though, and I can block him. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 22:47, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

::No problem. It seems his only contributions on Wikipedia have been to his sub pages. He created the [[Qasim Tariq]] hoax today though.-- [[User:3bulletproof16|<font color="blue">'''bullet'''</font><font color="green">'''proof'''</font>]] ^{[[User talk:3bulletproof16|<font color="black">'''3:16'''</font>]]} 22:52, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

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== Picture question ==

Hey, I have a question. Can people on wikipedia go and look at the images other individuals have uploaded and edit the image to "make it better"? [[User:Zenlax|Zenlax]] 22:37, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

:Yes, provided the image license permits it. That is the case with everything except fair-use images. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 22:46, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

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== [[User:Adam1090]] ==

He has posted many fair use pictures on his page. He has ignored your final warning. Peace, [[User talk:The Hybrid|The Hybrid]] 00:56, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

This dude is really doing a bad job at editing images. I mean look at [[Shawn Michaels|HBK]]'s picture of him doing the DX "X" and also the RKO picture. I'm just saying. [[User:Zenlax|Zenlax]] 18:22, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

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== Page move ==

Hello. I noticed that you recently moved [[Aishwarya Rai]] to [[Aishwarya Bachchan]]. I know that since the former article has not yet been edited since the move that there are no technical limitations that would prevent me from moving it back, but given that you are a respected admin, and I consider myself very above board, I would much rather discuss the situation with you than take a unilateral action. Please let me first state that I do not have a particular high interest in the article and have no real biases in this article. You will note that I have only ever made 6 edits to the article and one to the talk page, mostly maintenance in nature. Obviously, the subject of the article has gotten married and I note that there are 3 sources for the name change at the very start of the article. However, I think that the article should remain at [[Aishwarya Rai]] based on [[WP:COMMONNAME]]. There are many fine examples at this link that explain why articles such as [[William Jefferson Clinton]], [[Anthony Charles Lynton Blair]] and [[James Earl Carter, Jr.]] redirect to [[Bill Clinton]], [[Tony Blair]] and [[Jimmy Carter]], respectively. Despite the fact that the longer names are more "correct" or "proper", they are simply not going to be used in searches as frequently as the shorter, more common names. Just a bit of data here.... when searching for ''Aishwarya Rai'' on Yahoo gives 10,900,000 hits vs. ''Aishwarya Bachchan'' 1,950,000 hits, and ''"Aishwarya Rai"'' gives 5,040,000 hits vs. ''"Aishwarya Bachchan"'' 1,410 hits. Please consider returning the page to the more common name. I'll watch this patch for your reply. Respectfully --[[User:After Midnight|After Midnight]] ^{<small>[[User talk:After Midnight|0001]]</small>} 01:43, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

:Sounds like this really should be discussed on the article's discussion page itself. I have no problem if this is the consensus of the other articles. I have only a very weak opinion on this matter at all. My understanding from reading the citations is that she will be known as Bachchan from now on, but ''even if this is the truth'', it does not necessarily mean that the appropriate article title is with that last name. Could you please bring this up on the article's discussion page? --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 01:45, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

:: Done [[Talk:Aishwarya Bachchan#Article name|here]]. --[[User:After Midnight|After Midnight]] ^{<small>[[User talk:After Midnight|0001]]</small>} 04:07, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

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== Yamla ==

I was trying to ask you a question a few days ago but your talk page was fully protected so I couldn't edit it.

Anyways what does Yamla stand for? Is it your first name or your last name? [[User:King Lopez|<font color=#0000FF>'''King''']]

[[User_Talk:King Lopez|<font color=#000000>'''Lopez''']]

</font></big>^{<small>[[Special:Contributions/King_Lopez|<font color=#FF0000>'''Contribs''']]}</small> 08:12, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

:Neither. It actually stands for a mailing list, one I used to run about 14 years ago. I stopped it sometime before 2000, I think. It just happens to be a generally available alias. :) --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 15:21, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

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== Moved from user page ==

Yamla -

I don't understand why you feel it is necessary to threaten new users, hoping to be constructive to the Wikipedia community, in such a manner. I was not "vandalizing" the C++ page, and I'm not even sure how this idea came to you. Just because you want to perpetuate this self-image of being this "champion of anti-vandalism" doesn't mean you need to resort to Mcarthiest tactics to boost your ego. Think about your job as an administrator. your job to the community. you are a SERVANT of Wikipedia, and as a benevolent administrator you should seek to be kind and constructive whenever possible, not a power hungry, threatening little man hiding behind a computer screen. As an administrator, you have power, and that power should NEVER be abused to make you feel better about yourself, as you clearly were doing when issuing me a "final warning" when I never had a previous warning, and in fact did not even vandalize the site! My only intention was to make the C++ "Hello World" example more accurate for people interested in the language. As I have been coding in C++ for over 10 years, across embedded systems, from Windows to Linux to Solaris to operating systems themselves, I felt that my contribution to the article was both accurate, and would help users new to C++ by showing them a much more sane introductory program. If you don't feel the same way, feel free to discuss it with me, but don't just bitchslap me with a final warning and a threat. That just reeks of self-indulgence through a power trip, which is a trait I feel is fatal to being a good administrator. Is there a way to vote that an administrator be stripped of his privileges? If so, please explain to me how I may go about doing so. Your actions show that you are clearly not worthy of this position.

Sincerely,

Peter Norvig.

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:It appeared to me that your contribution to C++ was deliberate vandalism. Here's why. Your change converted a program that was correct according to the C++ standard to one that was not correct according to the standard. However, I do agree that it would work in all or almost all current compilers. You removed a line which had a comment specifically indicating that it should not be removed. And you removed a line that is specifically discussed in the article's discussion page. Furthermore, the reason I left a vandal4 templated warning was because there were previous warnings for vandalism from that address. As it is an IP address, though, these may well not have been targeted at you. Now, with all of that in mind, I believe it is reasonable to leave a vandal4 warning. Had there been no warnings on that talk page before, however, a vandal2 would have been more appropriate. Please understand that what I am trying to do here is to explain why I left the vandal4 warning. I am happy to discuss any part of this if you wish me to expand on it. If you still wish to have me stripped of my administrator privileges, let me know and I can explain about our dispute resolution procedure and point you in the right direction. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 17:41, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Yamla -

please don't just revert my change again. I did not just revert to my change. Instead, I reached a compromise that adheres to the C++ standard while avoiding the potentially damaging code in which ostream.h is included twice (once in iostream, once explicitly) without #ifndef checking, resulting in compilation errors. The new code still adheres to the standard by avoiding the use of the endl symbol, and instead making use of an escaped newline character.

:Your change does not address the fact that std::cout is only defined in ostream, not in iostream, according to the standard. Please rather than trying to alter the article away from established consensus, please discuss your change on the article's discussion page. Thanks. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 19:55, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

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== When I See U ==

Hello. Yamla, can you remove protection from the article [[When I See U]]? I am asking this because I want to move another page, [[When I See U (song)]] to the former because of the no need for disambiguation, but I am unable to. Can you help me? [[User:Admc2006|Admc2006]] 22:14, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

:Please take this to [[WP:RFPP]]. Thanks! --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 22:48, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

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== Help Needed ==

Hello Yamla, if you have time a group of editors could really use your advice at [[Talk:Pikachu]] over an image dispute. [[User:MelicansMatkin|MelicansMatkin]] 22:32, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

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==We got another one==

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Rated_R_Cutting_Edge User:Rated R Cutting Edge] has recently been uploading numerous untagged copyrighted images to replace free images in [[WP:PW]] articles. Seems familiar. -- [[User:3bulletproof16|<font color="blue">'''bullet'''</font><font color="green">'''proof'''</font>]] ^{[[User talk:3bulletproof16|<font color="black">'''3:16'''</font>]]} 00:31, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

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== Reliable sources ==

Since when are Rolling Stone, Christian Science Monitor and Harpers not reliable sources at Wikipedia? And why? [[User:FeloniousMonk|FeloniousMonk]] 15:30, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

:I'm not saying that, I was only saying that they are not making the claim that Monaghan is a dominionist, only that he donates money to them. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 15:32, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

::That's a distinction without a difference. The article is clear and does not support a block for violating BLP: "''While the dominionists rely on grass-roots activists to fight their battles, they are backed by some of America's richest entrepreneurs. Amway founder Rich DeVos, a Kennedy ally who's the leading Republican contender for governor of Michigan, has tossed more than $5 million into the collection plate. Jean Case, wife of former AOL chief Steve Case -- whose fortune was made largely on sex-chat rooms -- has donated $8 million. And Tom Monaghan, founder of Domino's Pizza, is a major source of cash for Focus on the Family, a megaministry working with Kennedy to eliminate all public schools.''"[http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/7235393/the_crusaders/] I'm astounded at your reasoning here, the content is clearly supported by the source, and particularly since you felt it necessary to leave an anon blocked for returning the content to the article. [[User:FeloniousMonk|FeloniousMonk]] 15:56, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

:Just to be clear, he may be fundamentally opposed to Dominionism in all regards except one, and be donating money to support that one clause. Or heck, he may be opposed to Dominionism in all regards but perhaps his wife supports them, for example. The articles did not make this clear and relied on us to come to a conclusion. As such, they are not appropriate citations. I could be wrong, though, and I suggest you take this to the BLP noticeboard. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 15:34, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

::Hmmm, that sounds like original research, Have a source for that? [[User:FeloniousMonk|FeloniousMonk]] 15:56, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

:::FeloniousMonk, the Christian Science Monitor and Harpers do not mention Monaghan. [[User:Tom harrison|Tom Harrison]] ^{[[User talk:Tom harrison|Talk]]} 16:26, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

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== [[Young Money Entertainment]] ==

Can you unsalt this page? It's a record label owned by [[Lil Wayne]], a very notable hip hop artist. I'd like to rewrite it to assert notability. Thanks, [[User:Rockstar915|<FONT STYLE="verdana" COLOR ="#990000">'''Rock'''</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000033">star</FONT>]] (<small>^{[[User_talk:Rockstar915|T]]}/_{[[Special:Contributions/Rockstar915|C]]}</small>) 00:54, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

:This should be unsalted now. If not, let me know. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 03:39, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

::Nope, it's good. Thanks so much! [[User:Rockstar915|<FONT STYLE="verdana" COLOR ="#990000">'''Rock'''</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000033">star</FONT>]] (<small>^{[[User_talk:Rockstar915|T]]}/_{[[Special:Contributions/Rockstar915|C]]}</small>) 15:29, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

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== Suspected sock puppet ==

Yamla, I noticed that the Copa Airlines site has been vandalized with incorrect information by a user called Edcoan. In one of the discussion board, he has identified himself as a "friend" of the blocked user Cpzphantom. He is contributing the same mistaken information and point of view statements. Can this be investigated?--[[User:Schonbrunn|Schonbrunn]] 01:45, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

:If it's not a sock, then it could be considered a meatpuppet. [[User:Bmg916|<font color="#000000" face="Arial Black">Bmg</font><font color="#009900" face="Arial Black">916</font>]]^{[[User talk:Bmg916|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Speak</strong></font>]]}_{[[User:Bmg916/Autographs|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Sign</strong></font>]]} 01:57, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

::Blocked, blatant meatpuppet at the very least. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 03:45, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

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==Copyright vio==

Hardyz WTTC.jpg (different image this time, but still, a copyright vio nonetheless) The user uploaded it to commons first. [[User:Bmg916|<font color="#000000" face="Arial Black">Bmg</font><font color="#009900" face="Arial Black">916</font>]]^{[[User talk:Bmg916|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Speak</strong></font>]]}_{[[User:Bmg916/Autographs|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Sign</strong></font>]]} 01:57, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

:Nothing I can do about images on the Wikimedia Commons, sorry. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 03:46, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

:I have, however, blocked the user account here. Nothing but vandalism and copyright violations. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 03:50, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

::Thanks. Yamla, you are a quality admin and I appreciate the opportunity to work with you. This is why I feel I should tell you that I am becoming more and more inactive as of late as I start to lose faith in the project the more I see hypocrisy, double standards, abuse of policy interpretation to push a personal agenda and successful [[WP:GAME|gaming]] of the system. I'm trying to stay as active as I can, but it seems everytime I come back to even revert some small vandalism, I end up seeing one of the aforementioned reasons for my increased inactivity. I can't seem to take a complete wikibreak, and I'd rather not leave the project, but some of this is just getting ridiculous. Sorry for venting, but thanks much for listening. [[User:Bmg916|<font color="#000000" face="Arial Black">Bmg</font><font color="#009900" face="Arial Black">916</font>]]^{[[User talk:Bmg916|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Speak</strong></font>]]}_{[[User:Bmg916/Autographs|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Sign</strong></font>]]} 05:08, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

:::Please feel free to send me an email, I'd be happy to discuss this with you. I don't wish to do so in public, however. You can email me by clicking on 'E-mail this user' in your toolbox on the far left of your browser. You may need to configure an email account of your own in Wikipedia, however. If you don't wish to do that, let me know and I'll find some other way to get my email to you. :) --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 15:43, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

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=={{User|Simoes}}==

Hi Yamla. Thanks for contacting Nick about Simeos's block. To me it did look like he was trying to revert constructively, and I truely thank you for assuming good faith when you unblocked me as well.--[[Special:Contributions/U.S.A.U.S.A.U.S.A.|U.S.A.]] '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:U.S.A.U.S.A.U.S.A.&amp;action=edit&amp;section=new<small>cubed</small>]''' 02:23, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

:Yes, looked that way to me, too. Even when we are on our toes, mistakes can happen. I've certainly made my share of them. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 02:52, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

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== [[User:GAYroute™]] ==

GAYroute told me by e-mail that he would change his username (I've explained [[WP:USERNAME]] to him) if I unblocked him. I hadn't seen you had denied the request for unblock (don't believe you had done it yet), so I unblocked, provided that he change his name. Is this alright? (I'm still a new admin, so I'm not too sure if I'm doing things correctly.) · <font face="Times New Roman">[[User:AO|'''A'''''ndonic'''''O''']] ^{[[User talk:AO|''Talk'']]}</font> 12:20, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

:Absolutely, not a problem. I didn't block him initially, of course, but my only complaint was his username. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 15:12, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

::Okay, and if he chooses to create a different account, rather than change the name of this one, do I block it again? · <font face="Times New Roman">[[User:AO|'''A'''''ndonic'''''O''']] ^{[[User talk:AO|''Talk'']]}</font> 15:15, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

:::That's a reasonable option. It only needs to be done if he goes back to editing with that account name. Sometimes in this situation, it's best to make them tell you what account name they want ahead of time, such as via <nowiki>{{unblock-un}}</nowiki>. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 15:16, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

::::Alright, thank you. · <font face="Times New Roman">[[User:AO|'''A'''''ndonic'''''O''']] ^{[[User talk:AO|''Talk'']]}</font> 15:25, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

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==[[User:Multitech dave]]==

<s>Sock of {{Vandal|Verdict}} [[User:Bmg916|<font color="#000000" face="Arial Black">Bmg</font><font color="#009900" face="Arial Black">916</font>]]^{[[User talk:Bmg916|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Speak</strong></font>]]}_{[[User:Bmg916/Autographs|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Sign</strong></font>]]} 12:40, 30 April 2007 (UTC)</s>

:Blocked by [[User:Chrislk02|Chrislk02]]. [[User:Bmg916|<font color="#000000" face="Arial Black">Bmg</font><font color="#009900" face="Arial Black">916</font>]]^{[[User talk:Bmg916|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Speak</strong></font>]]}_{[[User:Bmg916/Autographs|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Sign</strong></font>]]} 15:16, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

::Thanks for letting me know! I was just investigating. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 15:17, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

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|style="vertical-align: top; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | I, [[User:Bmg916|Bmg916]], award [[User:Yamla|Yamla]] this whack-a-mole stuffed tiger prize which rewards sysops who tirelessly reblock returning sockpuppets at Carnival Wikipedia for a wonderful job done in dealing with a certain banned vandal and his 100+ abusive sock puppets, and all while keeping a cool head! Congratulations! [[User:Bmg916|<font color="#000000" face="Arial Black">Bmg</font><font color="#009900" face="Arial Black">916</font>]]^{[[User talk:Bmg916|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Speak</strong></font>]]}_{[[User:Bmg916/Autographs|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Sign</strong></font>]]} 19:46, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

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:Woo woo! I like the tiger. Thanks. :) --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 19:57, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

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== vandalism by 207.207.127.254 ==

Since you are both an admin and familiar with the "hello, world" <ostream> issue, I was wondering if I could take a shortcut by asking you to intervene rather than explaining the somewhat obscure <ostream> problem to a random admin on the incident board.

What would be the appropriate way to stop [[User:{{{User|207.207.127.254}}}|{{{User|207.207.127.254}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{User|207.207.127.254}}}|talk]] <small>•</small> [[Special:Contributions/{{{User|207.207.127.254}}}|contribs]]) from vandalizing my user page? Four times now he has issued me a "last warning" about the <ostream> thing, as he keeps putting it back after ATren and myself revert it. Any ideas? Thanks, [[User:Xerxesnine|Xerxesnine]] 23:19, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

:Easiest approach is to simply ignore it. I've had a few last-warning messages and if you just leave them, or remove them after a week or so, the people generally lose interest. Of course, you may not want to do that. I'm not sure me intervening will make much difference as I was unable to reason with this editor about the C++ issue. We can semi-protect your talk page for a few days; this would prevent anonymous IP addresses from leaving comments but would allow established users with accounts to still contact you. There may be other options, of course. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 02:20, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

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== Book Reference ==

Hey, how is it possible to give reference when you know some, I guess you would call "Trivia" or unknown info about someone, that you read from a book or something? [[User:Zenlax|Zenlax]] 17:03, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

:You can read how at [[WP:CITE]]. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 02:20, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

::Don't mean to intrude on Yamla's talk page, but I would generally steer clear from useless trivia in articles. '''''[[User:Bibliomaniac15|<font color="black">bibliomaniac</font>]][[User talk:Bibliomaniac15|<font color="red">1</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Bibliomaniac15|<font color="blue">5</font>]]''''' 02:41, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

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== User:Claxson ==

Hello Yamla,

I feel that you are being too harsh with your reasoning behind my unblocking as Claxson. As I mentioned before, I am a newbie to Wikipedia and therefore not an experience editor such as yourself. I wanted to make a genuine edit, (the comment I added to the page is fact). However you dismissed it; then when I tried my best to source it which was very difficult for me, you harshly critised my referencing.<br />Subsequently warning other administrators about me which leads me to suspect that you may be holding a grudge towards me. I am to believe that personal grudges towards users on Wikipedia are frowned upon.

<br />Your Userpage stated that you welcome users to tell you if you being too harsh on them so this is my comment.--[[User:ClaxsonKíng|ClaxsonKíng]] 09:45, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

:Your ''continued'' violation of [[WP:SOCK]] and [[WP:BLOCK]] pretty much proves the point. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 13:59, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

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== [[User:Stokebjorre]] - notice ==

Apologies about his edits - he blocked the entire school off.... as it is I'm new to Wikipedia, here to edit football-related stuff and whatnot...

the IP on his talk page is our school's one, be careful about blocking it! --[[User:Scebredd|Scebredd]] 13:50, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

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==[[Mark Calaway]]==

Yo, I just wanted to know if you can lift the full protection from this page, the thing is that there is this user [[User:Neldav|Neldav]], he has added references to a number of wrestling pages and I asked him to reference the page but he is to new to bypass the full protection, I know he posseses the required refs and the lack of them is the reason that I putted the article's GAC on hold please notify me of what can be done, thanks for your time. -[[User:Dark Dragon Flame|<big>'''凶'''<big>]] 16:33, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

:This page has been unprotected. Note that if there is any hint of the [[WP:BAN|banned]] [[WP:VANDAL|vandal]], {{User|Verdict}}, I may have to reprotect that article for an extended period. Neldav's English is clearly far too good to be this particular vandal, however. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 17:18, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

::Thanks, I will keep a close eye on it. -[[User:Dark Dragon Flame|<big>'''凶'''<big>]] 17:24, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

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== My (Selket's) RfA ==

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Thank you, {{BASEPAGENAME}}, for your support on [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Selket|my recent RfA]], which recently passed '''54/1/1'''. I hope I can live up to everyone's expectations. I will certainly take the constructive criticism I recieved to heart.

Please, if you have any comments or complaints about my actions as an administrator, leave a note on my talk page.

Thank you again·

--'''[[User:Selket|Selket]]''' ^{[[User_talk:Selket|Talk]]} 18:25, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

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==Dave Bautista==

Hello Yamla. I need help, because Batista's page is fully locked, and it needs a lot of updating, plus I think the name should be changed from [[Dave Bautista]] to Dave Batista (or just Batista) because of the fact that he is more well known by that name.

Thanks for your help,

[[User:Kris Classic|Kris]] 22:28, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

:This page, too, is targetted by the banned vandal named {{User|Verdict}}. Your best bet is to copy the page to a subpage and make your changes there. When you are happy with the new version and others have had a chance to look, as for the old version to be replaced. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 22:37, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

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== Dear Yamla ==

First, I would like to apologize for calling you a moron earlier. I admit that Wikipedia is merely a pasttime in my life, thus I know little about how it's run behind the scenes, and when I originally received the message that I had been blocked, I had assumed you were a bot, or something of the sort (I've had previous experience with these in other sites, so I'm very cynical when I receive messages such as the one you sent).

However, I would also like to inform you that you made a mistake by accusing me of editing an article that I had never before seen in my life until you sent me your message. I'm referring to the "Cougar" topic. You claimed that my IP address came up, however that is impossible, as I have never visited nor edited this particular page (I even checked my history, and no "Cougar" topic showed up). Somewhere, somehow, whether you want to believe it or not, your system made a mistake. And your having blocked me for your system's mistake is irresponsible and unacceptable.

For a year now I have contributed to hundred of Wikipedia articles without any problems whatsoever. I have no interest in causing trouble, and I want to believe that you and your administration have no desire to do the same. Thank you.

EDIT: IP - 75.60.222.121

<small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[Special:Contributions/75.60.222.121|75.60.222.121]] ([[User talk:75.60.222.121|talk]]) 23:39, 1 May 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:Looks like you are on a dynamic IP address as I have never left a message for you at 75.60.222.121. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 00:01, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

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== [[User:AmendmentNumberOne]] ==

Hi. Would you mind explaining how that user was acting in bad faith and deserved a permanent ban? His contributions only show what appear to be good faith edits. Agree or disagree with his argument, it is not a reason for banning, especially with no warning and no reason. I believe he was unjustly banned. - [[User:JNighthawk|JNighthawk]] 04:36, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

: Why can I not see anything in his contributions other than posting in the AfD? - [[User:JNighthawk|JNighthawk]] 13:24, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

::He has been posting the HDDVD/Blu-ray DVD decryption key number which has been causing the MPAA to issue legal warnings, in an apparently deliberate attempt to get Wikipedia sued. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 13:42, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

:::MPAA warnings are generally blusters that have no connection with the law. I think he was merely trying to publish the information because he felt it was worthy of being included, or possibly with the intention of testing whether Wikipedia would allow it, rather than maliciously attempting to provoke legal action. Remember to assume good faith. --[[User:Afed|Afed]] 14:26, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

::: Why am I unable to see any creation of such articles in his contribution log? The user himself [[User_talk:AmendmentNumberOne#DragonflySixtyseven_acting_on_false_information|denies this]]. I'm not trying to be hostile, but as a neutral third-party that was not involved with this issue, it's looking like you and [[User:DragonflySixtyseven|DS]] are acting in bad faith. - [[User:JNighthawk|JNighthawk]] 23:58, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

::::I did not block the user originally. If you believe he should be unblocked, please discuss with the blocking admin. I would not oppose an unblock if you feel it warranted, I just saw nothing warranting such. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 01:05, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

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== block 218.186.8.12 ==

Dear Yamla,

it is true, people should not vandalize at all. The problem seems at least to me is, that there are about 300.000 user behind this single IP-adress. [[StarHub]]. So I agree that sometimes it might be necessary to block this IP for a short time. But right now the block is set for 1 year. This means that a huge portion of a country cannot participate anonymously (it is the largest internet provider of the country). I think this is overshooting. Better report the incident to Starhub as mentioned in the header [[User_talk:218.186.8.12]]. But if you still think 1 year to be reasonable, why not just block forever? Of course there will be always more or less vandalism from this IP. Long time blocking just doesn't seem to be the appropiate answer. [[User:Andreask|Andreask]] 14:40, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

:I did not place the block, only declined the unblock. Note, though, that we block all of China and do so with a hard block. If the country will not allow us to block the vandals, I'm afraid we really have no choice. :( --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 15:08, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

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== Corcoran ==

Hi admin looks like you are doing a good job on wikipedia, so therefore as just a regular user I'm asking you a favour to help protect the Corcoran page from vandalising and disruptive editing, there is an editor that keeps deleting my and other editors' information about the surname and puts in all this useless and false information about the surname [[Corcoran]].This vandal says it is a British surname pre-dating the Roman Empire and his sources and demographical information are BULLS**t.Please forgive me for using such words but this nonsense enrages me.~Anywat if you are not sure about the background of Corcoran contact a historian or genealogist and they will tell you its an Irish/Gaelic name.Please reply back.[[User:HolyChristianWarrior|Odran Corcoran]] 19:26, 2 May 2007 (UTC) <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:HolyChristianWarrior|HolyChristianWarrior]] ([[User talk:HolyChristianWarrior|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/HolyChristianWarrior|contribs]]) 19:26, 2 May 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

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== Brock ==

You don´t know me but you can get a little about me here - http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=RockAway360 - Regarding the [[Brock Lesnar]] page. There's no edit war, no vandalism, no wikipedia policy violations. Therefore, the protection of this page violates [[WP:PROT]] and it should be unprotected. -- [[User:Predisposed]]

:You are blatantly violating [[WP:BAN]]. You are not welcome here. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 15:34, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

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== Vandal ==

User with IP [[69.253.39.132]] continually vandalises [[Corcoran]] he blanked the talk page on it because his information is useless and the sources are crap.He claims in his edit summary it was vandalsim (it obviously was not).And he reverted the article back to his view of corcoran.I RECEIVED A VANDAL WARNING from [[63.3.20.2]] and would like an explanation!!!.This guy has a lot of vandal warnings and still has not been blocked from editing!!!!!!!!I have asked other admins to resolve the situation.NOTHING has been done about it............... [[User:HolyChristianWarrior|Odran Corcoran]] 08:37, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

:Please report it to [[WP:AIV]]. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 15:32, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

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== Claxson again ==

He tried to pass his new sock [[User:{{{User|KingClaxson}}}|{{{User|KingClaxson}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{User|KingClaxson}}}|talk]] <small>•</small> [[Special:Contributions/{{{User|KingClaxson}}}|contribs]]) off as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:KingClaxson&oldid=127990537 doppelganger] of yours. I think it's time to call in Checkuser and block his IP directly. -- <small><span style="border: 1px solid">[[User:Netsnipe|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:#003333"> &nbsp;Netsnipe&nbsp;</span>''']][[User talk:Netsnipe|<span style="background-color:#003333; color:White">&nbsp;►&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 18:48, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

:There's a good chance (though this is ''far'' from certain) that this user is an abusive sockpuppet of the [[WP:BAN|banned]] vandal/sockpuppeteer, {{User|Verdict}}. If true, the user edits from open proxies which makes stopping him rather difficult. Though it does identify open proxies for us, giving us a chance to block them. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 19:00, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

I doubt very much that Claxson has anything to do with Verdict. Claxson first appeared on my radar back in March after he created [[:Special:Undelete/Claxson]] and started making silly disruptive edits to Doctor Who related articles. Just another immature kid who thinks [[WP:SOCK]] is a game. -- <small><span style="border: 1px solid">[[User:Netsnipe|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:#003333"> &nbsp;Netsnipe&nbsp;</span>''']][[User talk:Netsnipe|<span style="background-color:#003333; color:White">&nbsp;►&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 20:52, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

:Yeah, the only connection seems to be through me. Some days, I wish I had never heard of sockpuppets. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 20:57, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

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== Vandalism? Please. ==

[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jennifer_Morrison&diff=prev&oldid=128123736 My apparent vandalism] which resulted in a warning on my user page.

While it seems like you have done some fine efforts in removing vandalism, this is a little overboard, don't you think? --[[User:Mr. Vernon|Mr. Vernon]] 02:45, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

:You removed a warning which told you that promotional photos were not permitted. The warning noted that this would be a copyright violation. You were told to read our policy on fair-use. Yet with all of that, you went ahead anyway and placed an image in violation of our fair-use policy and in violation of its own license. Given that you were specifically warned against doing exactly this, the vandal3 template appeared appropriate. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 02:55, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

::Promotional photos are used on other pages such as [[Hugh Laurie]] and [[Omar Epps]]. Both image pages have rationales about why they fall under Fair Use, but you reported me as a vandal before doing investigation and letting me add that to the image. The Wikipedia page on [[Wikipedia:Vandalism]] explicitly says that "Any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia, even if misguided or ill-considered, is not vandalism." The segment on copyright says "Uploading or using material on Wikipedia in ways which violate Wikipedia's copyright policies '''after having been warned''' is vandalism. Because users may be unaware that the information is copyrighted, or of Wikipedia policies on how such material may and may not be used, '''such action only becomes vandalism if it continues ''after'' the copyrighted nature of the material and relevant policy restricting its use have been communicated to the user.'''" The picture wasn't even a new one, just pointing to an existing one for the character like the pages I referenced above. Vandalism level 3 isn't even ''close'' to being justified. --[[User:Mr. Vernon|Mr. Vernon]] 03:08, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

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==[[Craig Roger Gregerson]]==

Looks like [[User:Chadbryant]] is back, based on the way the LDS category is being removed and replaced with [[:Category:Former Mormons]], and based on the talk page you're more than familiar with this. Thanks. <font face="Verdana">[[User:One Night In Hackney|<span style="color:#009">One Night In Hackney</span>]]_{''[[User talk:One Night In Hackney|303]]''}</font> 04:34, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

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==Thanks (for the unblock)==

[[User:Dsmith1usa|Dsmith1usa]] 08:37, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

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== Thank you! ==

Thanks for your quick action. I sent an e-mail to the mailing list that might have gone through about the time you unblocked me, so please ask the rest of the admins to disregard. If you like, I'm happy to send a disregard message, but I also want to avoid spamming. Please let me know. Thanks again, [[User:MalcolmGin|MalcolmGin]] <small>[[User_talk:MalcolmGin|Talk]] / [[Special:Contributions/MalcolmGin|Conts]]</small> 15:16, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

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== Unblock ==

i would like to know where you get your internet lie- detector. You obviously have one that you used on [[User:Falconslayer]]. if you do not have one than i would appreciate you not call people liars with no evidence. falconslayer's request to be unblocked should have been accepted. He never adited of created a Rudy and the Gays page and you did not even tell him who he was a sockpuppet of. if you immediately delete this post then i will know that you are embarrassed and that alone wil make me happy. please talk it out with me on my talk page. we can be friends if you admit that you were wrong and unblock falconslayer. --[[User:Mercilesschaos2|Mercilesschaos2]] 15:36, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

:See also, [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&user=Mercilesschaos][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&user=Mercilesschaos2][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&user=Mercilesschaos3][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&user=Mercilesschaos4][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&user=Mercilesschaos5]. <small>[[User:HighInBC|^High_InBC]]^{(Need help? [[User_talk:HighInBC|Ask me]])}</small> 15:38, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

::Abusive sockpuppeteer blocked. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 15:58, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

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== Musselyuk's image uploads ==

I noticed that you warned a user called [[User:Musselyuk|Musselyuk]] for his fraudulent public ___domain claim on an image [[User_talk:Musselyuk#Copyright_problems_with__Image:Eminem.jpg|here]]. I've found [[:Image:Chris Cornell.jpg|this image of Chris Cornell]] uploaded by the same user, which seems to have the same problem. However, I'm not 100% sure what to do in a case like this - could you kindly advise me? Cheers, [[User:Panser Born|<span style="text-decoration: underline; font-weight: bold; color: darkgreen; border: 1px solid;">-Panser Born-</span>]] <small>[[User_talk:Panser Born|<span style="color: #3399FF; text-decoration: underline;">(talk)</span>]]</small> 20:42, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

:As the uploader clearly does not own the picture, best to tag with <nowiki>{{subst:nsd}}</nowiki> and <nowiki>{{subst:nld}}</nowiki> and make a note on the image page itself indicating this. If you can find the image elsewhere on the Internet and so have proof, that's another matter. Then you mark it as a copyright violation using <nowiki>{{subst:copyvio|url here}}</nowiki> or something similar. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 21:50, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

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== Re: Copyvio ==

Sorry about that, I didn't know how else to cite it. I've got the copy of the magazine right here in my hands. Almost every website about a celebrity has a section on magazine scans. If they were copyright violations, wouldn't that be prohibited? [[User:Starcross|Starcross]] 23:40, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

:You can learn how to cite the magazine itself by reading [[WP:CITE]]. Yes, almost all websites with magazine scans are violating copyright. Many are shut down for doing so. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 23:43, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

::Wow, I didn't know that. Thanks for the info. :) [[User:Starcross|Starcross]] 23:50, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

==You might want to check out this page==

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fucking_pieces_of_shit_who_butcher_anime&action=edit --[[User:Coconutfred73|Coconutfred73]] 22:56, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

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==Could you check this out?==

There's a dispute going on between me and an IP ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/63.249.27.66 63.249.27.66]) regarding the removal of cited information that has been verified by a reliable source and replaced with an un-verified claim made by this IP. The subject is about the unification of two championship belts. WWE.com official states [http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/cruiser/350642 in this link] that the [[WWE Cruiserweight Championship|WCW Cruiserweight title]] and the [[WWF Light Heavyweight Championship|WWF Light Heavyweight title]] were unified. This user claims that the championships were not unified, yet he has failed to provide a reliable source to support his claim. I know that you may not be familiar with the subject but this dispute is strictly about cited information, verified by a reliable source that has been removed and replaced with an un-verified claim made by an IP. This pretty much violates [[Wikipedia:Verifiability]] and [[Wikipedia:No original research]]. It would be really appreciated if you could take a look at this and comment. -- [[User:3bulletproof16|<font color="blue">'''bullet'''</font><font color="green">'''proof'''</font>]] ^{[[User talk:3bulletproof16|<font color="black">'''3:16'''</font>]]} 00:23, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

::As I'm looking at the history pages of each article, I looks like he's also been using IP socks to revert the verified info as well.-- [[User:3bulletproof16|<font color="blue">'''bullet'''</font><font color="green">'''proof'''</font>]] ^{[[User talk:3bulletproof16|<font color="black">'''3:16'''</font>]]} 00:33, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

:::Looks to me like you have a good citation there. I've left a message for this user, please let me know if this continues. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 02:13, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

::::He has continued to revert the pages as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/216.229.65.133 216.229.65.133]. -- [[User:3bulletproof16|<font color="blue">'''bullet'''</font><font color="green">'''proof'''</font>]] ^{[[User talk:3bulletproof16|<font color="black">'''3:16'''</font>]]} 20:54, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

:::::I seems he only uses IP socks to revert. He's been at it all month long. Could you Semi-Protect [[WWE Cruiserweight Championship]], [[WWF Light Heavyweight Championship]], and [[List of WWF Light Heavyweight Champions]]? -- [[User:3bulletproof16|<font color="blue">'''bullet'''</font><font color="green">'''proof'''</font>]] ^{[[User talk:3bulletproof16|<font color="black">'''3:16'''</font>]]} 20:59, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

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== Help requested at Aishwarya Rai/Bachchan ==

Hello. I hope you remember our [[User talk:Yamla/Archive 10#Page move|recent discussion]]. The page was moved back to [[Aishwarya Rai]] following 5-6 days of the poll opening with consensus of 3-0. Earlier today, another editor moved it back to [[Aishwarya Bachchan]], basically stating the [[WP:COMMONNAME]] and [[WP:CONSENSUS]] were irrelevant here. I don't want to start a "page move war" on the article. I am hoping that you would consider involving yourself in the resolution of this matter. Regards. --[[User:After Midnight|After Midnight]] ^{<small>[[User talk:After Midnight|0001]]</small>} 03:10, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

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==Lacey Chabert==

Hey Yamla its Simpsonsman18. I tried to edit Lacey Chabert by putting a picture of her, as one was missing. I wasn't sure how to place the image so i did my best an i failed. This wasn't my mistake so it shouldn't be counted as vandalism OK. I know when I made Jose Garcia and VIncent Porras Pages I was tryin to be funny but Lacey Chabert shouldn't be counted as vandalism. It was simply a mistake. I should get an Anti-Anti Vandalism Medal because you misjudges my error. YOU CANNOT BLOCK ME BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO JUDGE VANDALISM! VANDALISM IS WRITING CRAP ON A PAGE OK! I SIMPLY MADE A MISTAKE! I SHOULD NOT BE BANNED!{{unsigned|Simpsonsman18}}

* I may not have the full story behind this (and his/her message above is a bit pedantic), but at first glance the high warning level seems a bit harsh for a single offense in <s>six</s> three months. Just my two cents. :) -- <b>[[User:LeCour|<font color="#000099">LeCour</font>]]</b><span style="font-size: 0.8em;">^{[[User Talk:LeCour|T]]:[[Special:Contributions/Richard D. LeCour|C]]}</span> 14:52, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

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== Thanks ==

For [[User talk:70.245.237.113|this]]. It's good to know I'm doing the right things with my new buttons! --[[User:Stephen|<b>Steve</b> _(Stephen)]][[User talk:Stephen|^talk]] 04:46, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

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==Might need help==

Hi Yamla, sorry to bother you, but I may need some assistance. I have been currently putting a lot of work to make the article [[Delirious (wrestler)]] into a good article, but for some reason member [[User:Lakes]] keeps removing one of the moves, Diving hurricanrana, just because he has never seen the said wrestler use it (the wrestler in question does not wrestle on television, so matches of him would be limited considering you could only view him on DVD). The point being, at some point in his career he used this as a signature move. Even if he doesn't currently, or if Lakes has never seen him use the move, that isn't a reason to keep removing it. I would appreciate if you could talk to Lakes about this.

Thanks, [[User:Kris Classic|Kris]] 08:46, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

:All information in the Wikipedia must be verifiable (see [[WP:V]]). That does not mean you need to provide a ''web link'', but you do need to [[WP:CITE|cite]] information appropriately. If you have a DVD where he performs this move, you should be able to add a citation (see [[WP:CITE]]) for this DVD. Once you've done this, if the information is removed again, please let me know and I will be happy to help out! --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 14:11, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

::I do have a source stating he did this move though [http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/profiles/d/delirious.html]. Is that enough for me to add it in? [[User:Kris Classic|Kris]] 16:11, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

:::I could be wrong but I do not believe this meets the criteria outlined at [[WP:RS]]. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 16:18, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

::::I am curious, what do I need then? You asked for a cite, and I gave a link saying he has used the move as a signature move. [[User:Kris Classic|Kris]] 16:21, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

:::::Please see [[WP:RS]] for the requirements for a reliable source. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 16:21, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

::::::I think it is a reliable source. It is used in virtually every wrestling related article as a source. I don't see why it can't be used here also. [[User:Kris Classic|Kris]] 16:24, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

:::::::The information it presents is not peer reviewed and is not cited. It falls far short of our criteria for [[WP:NOR]]. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 16:29, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

::::::::Again, then why should OWW be allowed for all other wrestling wikis as a source besides this one? It is a very reliable site, and I don't see under what grounds you can say it is not cited, or unreliable. [[User:Kris Classic|Kris]] 16:34, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

:::::::::Just because it is used incorrectly elsewhere does not mean it should be used incorrectly here. You say that you believe it meets our requirements under [[WP:NOR]] and [[WP:RS]]. Can you please point out whether it is a primary, secondary, or tertiary source? How many staff do they have to verify their information? What are the qualifications of these fact checkers? What sources does the site use when making its claims and where are these listed? Who are the people who perform peer review? I cannot find any of this information on the site and so I do not understand why you believe it meets our criteria. Now, I'm not saying the information is incorrect, only that I do not believe the site meets our criteria. It may well be, however, that (for example) their claim that Delirious uses the Diving hurricanrana is actually cited correctly on their web site, etc. etc., and I just missed it. Alternatively, if you have a DVD where this move is performed and the announcers state which move it is, you can certainly use that as a [[WP:CITE]]. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 16:40, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

:::::::::::Fair enough, but if you can not find out the information about how they cite and such, you could always contact them. [[User:Kris Classic|Kris]] 16:47, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

::::::::::::Actually, that's your responsibility if you wish to use that site for citations. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 16:51, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

:::::::::::::I sent him an email asking the questions, with the website recently moving and all it might be a little bit, but hopefully he will get back to me soon so we can clear all of this information up. [[User:Kris Classic|Kris]] 17:04, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

::::::::::::::Great, good to hear! --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 17:08, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

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==Edit protected request==

Just to let you know, I've been working on the [[Brock Lesnar]] article for the last few weeks and have made an editprotected request at the talk page. Hopefully, this can be done smoothly. --<span style="border: 1px solid black; font-family:Trebuchet MS">[[User:Oakster|'''<span style="background:black; color:#8888FF">&nbsp;Oakster&nbsp;</span>''']][[User talk:Oakster|<span style="background:#4444FF; color:white">&nbsp;Talk&nbsp;</span>]]</span>&nbsp; 22:30, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

:Nope. Didn't work, he's back as {{user5|I ll Nino0}}. I don't think you're online right now, so I'll see if another admin can block him. --<span style="border: 1px solid black; font-family:Trebuchet MS">[[User:Oakster|'''<span style="background:black; color:#8888FF">&nbsp;Oakster&nbsp;</span>''']][[User talk:Oakster|<span style="background:#4444FF; color:white">&nbsp;Talk&nbsp;</span>]]</span>&nbsp; 09:28, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

:He's back again as {{user5|Undisputed01}}. Ugh. --<span style="border: 1px solid black; font-family:Trebuchet MS">[[User:Oakster|'''<span style="background:black; color:#8888FF">&nbsp;Oakster&nbsp;</span>''']][[User talk:Oakster|<span style="background:#4444FF; color:white">&nbsp;Talk&nbsp;</span>]]</span>&nbsp; 16:04, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

::Merge complete, sockpuppets blocked, sorry about the delay! --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 16:10, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

:::Thankyou, very much. I really appreciate it and I'm glad to get that out of the way. As a reward, here's another barnstar for you:

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== [[:Image:6ixtynin9.jpeg]] ==

Hello, Yamla. An automated process has found and removed a [[Wikipedia:fair use|fair use]] image used in your userspace. The image ([[:Image:6ixtynin9.jpeg]]) was found at the following ___location: [[User talk:Yamla/Archive 6]]. This image was removed per criterion number 9 of our [[Wikipedia:Non-free_content#Policy|non-free content policy]]. The image was replaced with [[:Image:Example.jpg]], so your formatting of your userpage should be fine. Please find a free image to replace it with. [[User:Gnome (Bot)]][[User talk:Gnome (Bot)|-talk]] 01:42, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

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== [[User talk:James Callahan]] ==

You blocked for possibly being comprimised, and the user has responded (+24 hours after the vandalism edit). I'll leave the call up to you. Cheers, '''[[User:Daniel.Bryant|<span style="color:#2E82F4">Daniel&nbsp;Bryant</span>]]''' 02:09, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

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== Unblocking ==

Thanks a lot Yamla, I appreciate it. =D [[User:James Callahan|James Callahan]] 04:08, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

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== [[Bob Backlund]] ==

Hello Yamla. You have always been a very kind admin, and you seem to have a soft spot for Wrestling, so I thought maybe you could help us out.

Bob Backlund's article has been completely blanked and locked (even though people have agreed that this should not be done just because of lack of resources). Could you possibably unlock it, so the members of the Wiki Project Pro Wrestling can add sources?

Thanks, [[User:Kris Classic|Kris]] 21:10, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

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== Your message ==

Hello,

I have received a message from you regarding a supposed vandal act on my part, based on my IP address. For the record, I would like to state that I have never in my life made any edits to Wikipedia, though I consider it a valuable tool and was considering contributing in my areas of expertise (which, incidentally, centre on medieval literature). I had also never heard of Trisha Krishnan until your message pointed me to the article devoted to her.

I apologise if this reply is in the wrong place or irrelevant altogether - as said, I am not part of the Wikipedia community and don't know my way around it. I was simply surprised at your message and thought it might be prudent to post a reply.

Frankly, if you block my address from editing it won't make any difference to me whatsoever, seeing as I never edited anything in the past and don't really mind giving up any plans for doing so in the future. But I thought you may want to know that whoever you're after is on what you called a dynamic IP address.

Greetings, M. <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[Special:Contributions/212.76.37.190|212.76.37.190]] ([[User talk:212.76.37.190|talk]]) 21:20, 7 May 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

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== In recognition of your sense and kindness... ==

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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | '''The Barnstar of Diligence'''

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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | I award you this fabulous barnstar after putting me to rights after I was unjustly blocked. The reason was that I edit from home & college (shared IP) and I was senselessly blocked because some vandals created an account from that IP. Many thanks. <span style="font-family:Comic Sans MS,sans-serif">[[User:Lradrama|<span style="color:red">Lra</span>]][[User talk:Lradrama|drama]]</span> 18:41, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

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== FYI - ANI discussion mentioning you ==

FYI, your name is mentioned in an ANI discussion [[WP:ANI#Open informal complaint about misuse of administrative powers|here]], regarding your decline of an unblock review on an SPA that was posting to the DRV on "that number." Just a heads up in case you wish to comment. Regards, [[User:Newyorkbrad|Newyorkbrad]] 01:06, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

:Thank you. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 01:09, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

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== Vandalism with Eve Myles ==

Apologies if I am wrong, but I fail to see how connecting a publicity image of a role [[Eve Myles]] plays to her profile constitutes vandalism, since the image (and many similar publicity images) have also been uploaded concering the television programme she appears in.

[[User:Electriccynic|electric cynic]] 14:46, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

:As you were already asked to do, please see [[WP:FU]]. We may only use freely-licensed images to depict living people and you removed a warning about that. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 15:08, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

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== Blythewood High School unblock denial ==

I appreciate your speedy response to the unblock request, but if you would recend that denial and wait until alphachimp has a chance to view it. I put the unblock template there basically as a beacon for him in case the link on [[User_talk:Alphachimp#Blythewood High School|his talk page]] for some reason was to give him problems. I appreciate it though, and have a great day!

--[[User:Amaraiel|Amaraiel]] 18:42, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

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== Unblock ==

Thank you. For a second, I had no idea whether the block had anything to do with what I said to [[User:Ssault]]. [[User:Esperanza Ortega|Esperanza Ortega]] 21:05, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

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== RE: Autoblock ==

Thanks for sorting out the autoblock for me, this happened because a user on another computer on our college network (which only has one external IP) was vandalising pages. [[User:SteveMcSherry|SteveMcSherry]] 08:46, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

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== Hi Yamla ==

[[Image:Chainsaw7.jpg|left|150px]]I have made an Opps on uploading this image about a month ago and it got removed from the page.

Can you delete this image. I have no use for it.

Thank you. [[User:King Lopez|<font color=#0000FF>'''King''']]

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:Done. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 13:46, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

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==Hi==

Why there is some unwanted information on Rani Mukherjee and Preity Zinta's Page about the various polls.Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai have been on many polls more than them then why not theirs <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[Special:Contributions/202.63.160.206|202.63.160.206]] ([[User talk:202.63.160.206|talk]]) 11:31, 11 May 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

:I'm sorry, I do not understand what you are saying. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 13:47, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

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== He's back! ==

Hi Yamla, I'm sorry to say that Cpzphantom is back again doing disruptive edits to the Copa Airlines page. After you blocked his sockpuppet Edcoan, he's back doing the same sort of edits under the name Dowebs.

Here is the link of one of the edits Edcoan did a couple of weeks ago:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copa_Airlines&diff=prev&oldid=126666442

And here is the link of the edit Dowebs did yesterday:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copa_Airlines&diff=129936286&oldid=128951284

It's exactly the same wording. He is disrupting the site with biased information that adds no value. Can anything be done?--[[User:Schonbrunn|Schonbrunn]] 12:59, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

:Thanks, I blocked that account indefinitely. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 13:50, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

::Yes, I noticed. Thank you--[[User:Schonbrunn|Schonbrunn]] 14:04, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

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== Re your comments on my user-discussion page ==

I quote:

:: Please stop. If you continue to [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalize]] Wikipedia{{{{{subst|}}}#if:Eva Green|, as you did to [[:Eva Green]]}}, you will be [[Wikipedia:Blocking policy|blocked]] from editing. {{{{{subst|}}}#if:{{{2|}}}|{{{2}}}|}}<!-- Template:uw-vandalism3 --> --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 15:48, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

I object in the '''strongest''' possible terms to this unwarranted accusation of vandalism. I carefully edited the page to use an image already in use on another Wikipedia page; how is that "vandalism"? If the image is suitable for use on one page, why is it not suitable for use on another? I am not interested in your dedication to Wikipedia, if you fling insults like this at established editors/contributors, you are destroying the very collaborative institution of Wikipedia itself. Furthermore, if you are so concerned about rights and legal issues, then why do you not identify yourself and instead hide behind a pseudonym? I will not be threatened like this by some faceless coward afraid to even show their own identity. You are a bully. [[User:Lproven|Liam Proven]] 13:16, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

:Your edit [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eva_Green&diff=prev&oldid=128849539 here] specifically removed a warning that stated you were to read [[WP:FUC]] before adding an image there. It noted that promotional images and Casino Royale screenshots were inappropriate and would result in an immediate block. You specifically ''removed'' that warning and replaced it with a promotional image from Casino Royale. It is hard to imagine this was anything other than a deliberate violation of our [[WP:FU|fair-use policy]]. Your personal attacks are in violation of [[WP:NPA]] and if they continue, you will be blocked. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 13:53, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

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== [[User:Hdt83]] ==

That is now three of us who have queried this block, which is quite clearly mistaken. Should one of us go ahead and unblock, or wait for a response from blocking admin? I ask because I am fairly new, and you have been here for ever--[[User:Anthony.bradbury|Anthony.bradbury]] 22:26, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

:I'll go ahead and lift the block. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 22:26, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

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==[[User talk:DamnCartoonGuy]]==

You denied an unblock to this user, who was blocked for uploading a lot of screenshots. As far as I can tell, although he's uploaded a lot of screenshots, they're all appropriately tagged, with FU rationales, and are used in articles in line with what seems like standard practice on Wikipedia, and he didn't have a warning or any discussion. Is there something I'm missing? [[User:Mangojuice|Mango]][[Special:Contributions/Mangojuice|<span style="color:orange">'''juice'''</span>]]^{[[User talk:Mangojuice|talk]]} 17:22, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

:He seemed to not be familiar with [[WP:FU]] and that cartoon screenshots may only be used for critical commentary, not solely for illustration. If you are reasonably happy that he is aware of our policies, I would support you unblocking this user. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 17:27, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

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== Purple Star. ==

[[Image:Purple_Star.png|150px|The purple star: you should have one after the full-protection of your user/talk pages. [[User:Acalamari|Acalamari]] 19:15, 15 May 2007 (UTC)|thumb|left]]

You received so much vandalism a few days ago, you had to ''fully'' protect your user and talk pages, which is very rare. Have this purple star, as it's the appropriate gift. [[User:Acalamari|Acalamari]] 19:15, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

:Woo woo! Thanks, Acalamari! --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 19:33, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

::You're very welcome. :) [[User:Acalamari|Acalamari]] 20:09, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

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==[[User:JKrantoski|JKrantoski]]==

Despite numerous warnings (including 2 final ones), he continues to execute page moves of wrestlers without any discussion or consent from other editors to whatever he feels they should be under (whether it be their first ring name or most current name). Could you please block this person for their ongoing behavior? And also, could you please merge the edit history of [[Daniel Rodman]] into [[Daniel Rodimer]], I accidently screwed that up when trying to move Rodman back to Rodimer after this user did a malicious page move. Thanks! [[User:Bmg916|<font color="#000000" face="Arial Black">Bmg</font><font color="#009900" face="Arial Black">916</font>]]^{[[User talk:Bmg916|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Speak</strong></font>]]}_{[[User:Bmg916/Autographs|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Sign</strong></font>]]} 19:49, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

:Could you also undo any page moves he has done that haven't been undone lately, I'm sure there's more, but I can't move them back. [[User:Bmg916|<font color="#000000" face="Arial Black">Bmg</font><font color="#009900" face="Arial Black">916</font>]]^{[[User talk:Bmg916|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Speak</strong></font>]]}_{[[User:Bmg916/Autographs|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Sign</strong></font>]]} 19:50, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

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== Suspected sockpuppet of banned user ==

Hi Yamla,

I notice that you were responsible for indefinitely blocking [[User:Davnel03]] on April 14. I think he might be back, as [[User:Neldav]]. I noticed the "new" user when they edited articles on my watchlist and the username rung alarm bells. The interests listed on the userpage of Neldav match up with those of Davnel and judging by comments on the talk page, my gut feeling is that they are one and the same person.

I've left you a message because to be honest I'm not really sure what to do in this scenario. I'd appreciate any input you could give. [[User:Readro|Readro]] 22:20, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

:Blocked indefinitely, seemed to be a fairly obvious abusive sockpuppet of a blocked user. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 22:55, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

::I've been following the debate on Neldav's talk page, and I've seen the fact that he's asked for a checkuser. If any evidence is needed then here is something significant. Compare a Neldav uploaded image ([[:Image:Brabham BT19 1966 Germany.jpg]]) with a Davnel image ([[:Image:SimtekS9411994.jpg]]). The wording is near word-for-word, and it seems a fairly random image to copy and paste from. [[User:Readro|Readro]] 19:38, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

:::I'll back readro to the hilt on this. The term sockpuppet simply isn't sufficient here, sockclone would be more accurate. Not only is his edit pattern identical (and I do mean identical, not just similar pages but the same pages), but his tone, attitude, methods and use of language are also spot on. Also familiar is the wide streak of arrogance that creates pointless work for others (e.g. performing a checkuser, or having to go back and manually review bot edits that he couldn't be bothered to check persoanlly). Even if whoever they are has changed web servers, or moved house, or is editing from a public computer rather than at home, and so by some miracle might pass a checkuser, I'd be happy to put a wad of my hard-earned on it being the same person. [[User:Pyrope|Pyrope]] 15:38, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

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==[[User:Adam1090]]==

You gave this user a previous final warning about copyrighted material on Wikipedia. Seems he didn't care to listen as all the messages below yours (and there's ALOT} are one's from orphan bot, then of course there's this edit [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sting_%28wrestler%29&diff=prev&oldid=131167983 here] where he inserted a copyrighted image into the [[Sting (wrestler)]] article. I gave hime another final warning, but I figured you should know because it doesn't seem as if this user is ever going to understand the severity of their actions. [[User:Bmg916|<font color="#000000" face="Arial Black">Bmg</font><font color="#009900" face="Arial Black">916</font>]]^{[[User talk:Bmg916|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Speak</strong></font>]]}_{[[User:Bmg916/Autographs|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Sign</strong></font>]]} 23:48, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

:User has been warned enough, I blocked him indefinitely. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 00:17, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

::Okay, thanks! [[User:Bmg916|<font color="#000000" face="Arial Black">Bmg</font><font color="#009900" face="Arial Black">916</font>]]^{[[User talk:Bmg916|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Speak</strong></font>]]}_{[[User:Bmg916/Autographs|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Sign</strong></font>]]} 01:34, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

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== COPYVIO ==

[[:Image:Rodney careney1.jpg|Is this]] a possible copyvio image? It has no license. I'm only good with images that are old or created by me. --[[User:EndoExo|<span style="color:#3971DE">'''Endo'''</span>]][[User talk:EndoExo|<span style="color:#336666">'''(Exo)'''</span>]] 01:20, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

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== User Page ==

Hey let me know if you need help on redesigning your user page. It looks more like an encyclopedia article rather than a user page. I can help you with the font syles, colors, html codes, and a custom signature. It's nothing personal it is just a suggestion. [[User:King Lopez|<font color=#0000FF>'''King''']]

[[User_Talk:King Lopez|<font color=#000000>'''Lopez''']]

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== Why I have been warned?? ==

Hello,

I don't understand anything at all! I just wanted to add the link to my Winnie-the-Pooh-Page which contains many interesting facts about Milne's famous Childrens Book, and as a result I have been warned (!) to be blocked...!! — What IS Wikipedia? A place where only some "VIPs" can insert some texts? I AM REALLY DISAPPOINTED!

ACHIM:-( <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[User:Achimthepooh|Achimthepooh]] ([[User talk:Achimthepooh|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Achimthepooh|contribs]]) 15:05, 16 May 2007 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->

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==Vandalism==

What vanadalism do you speak of? Please stop making false accusations. [[User:thunderous503|thunderous503]] 17:40, 16th May 2007

:What are you talking about? I have never left a message on your user discussion page. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 16:43, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

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== Your six month block ==

Why on earth have you put a six month block on 129.12.200.49 ??? A standard block is 24 hours. Your six month block is, frankly, ludicrous. How many of the edits from this page are vandalism? If you bothered to look, not very many. Of the last FIFTY edits from this address, only FOUR can possibly be considered in bad faith. All four of these bad edits were to the same page over a four minute period- Hardly the biggest vandalism problem ever. Over the last ONE HUNDRED edits from 129.12.200.49 [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&limit=100&target=129.12.200.49] the only things which could possibly be described as vandalism are two groups of edits: [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brad_Pitt&diff=128987059&oldid=128976940] and possibly [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=University_of_Kent&diff=118531576&oldid=117518035], although the latter does not appear to fill the "deliberate attempt to compromise integrity" criterium of [[wikipedia:vandalism]].

So that means that essentially for four minutes vandalism, to one article, out of six weeks of edits, you have put on a SIX MONTH block. This is surely excessive.

In addition to blocking the IP address, I am finding that the block is preventing me from logging on to my own bona fide account from those computers.

I hope you will reverse your ridiculous six-month block immediately, since it will be tiresome to have to take this further.

[[User:N-edits|N-edits]] 17:02, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

:This is an address with a long history of vandalism with six prior blocks. This particular block is a soft block so will not stop you from logging in to your account and editing from that address. Six months for schools with a long history of vandalism, as is the case here, is considered standard for the fifth block. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 17:22, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

University IPs should not be treated the same as those belonging to K-12 schools. Some of best anonymous editors have academic backgrounds and we need to assume good faith in these cases. 129.12.200.49's [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&type=block&page=User:129.12.200.49 block log] lists short blocks spread out over a long period of time and in my opinion definitely not grounds for a 6 month one. -- <small><span style="border: 1px solid">[[User:Netsnipe|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:#003333"> &nbsp;Netsnipe&nbsp;</span>''']][[User talk:Netsnipe|<span style="background-color:#003333; color:White">&nbsp;►&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 19:43, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

: So, are you going to tell Yamla that you reversed his block, or just be vague about it? --[[User talk:Iamunknown|Iamunknown]] 19:48, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

:(edit conflict) Netsnipe, how long do you think would be appropriate here for a sixth block against a university IP? I'm asking both specifically and generally. My general policy has been if a school (including a university) has a long history of vandalism, it should be blocked anon-only. Netsnipe, please feel free to replace that block. I do not consider such actions wheel-warring. The only time I have a problem is if I'm blocking an abusive sockpuppet or if the reversing admin is unsure why the block was placed in the first place. Neither is the case here. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 19:51, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Universities are always going to have immature vandals -- that's a sad fact of life and there'll be an influx of new students every year. In my honest opinion, blocks on tertiary institutions should only be long enough to prevent the '''current''' vandal from editing and discourage them from returning any time soon. We really need to careful that the block isn't so long that it ends up being collective punishment against every student and academic on that campus. If it's a real serious problem, then file an abuse report with their IT staff who I've found on average very responsive. -- <small><span style="border: 1px solid">[[User:Netsnipe|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:#003333"> &nbsp;Netsnipe&nbsp;</span>''']][[User talk:Netsnipe|<span style="background-color:#003333; color:White">&nbsp;►&nbsp;</span>]]</span></small> 20:17, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

:How long would you normally block for in a situation like this? Are we talking about a 24 hour block? One week? Three hours? What about the situation where you can see nothing but vandalism from that address even though it is a university? I know you and many other admins agree with long-term blocks on grade school addresses but you have convinced me about the strong possibility of legitimate edits from universities. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 20:30, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

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== I need help on a few things ==

Hello my name is Sir Drance and I am talking to you on behaf of my school. I have bn a user of Widipedia for some time now but have resently ben forced to make an acount because of your block on my High Schools IP adress (205.213.111.51). don't get me rong, the acount is great to have, but now students here can't even make one as we are blocked from dooing that as well. i would like you to reconsider your block. I know that this is not the way that is recomended to go for this, but it is the fastest way I know. granted, if you do unblock us and the morons from my school vandilise it again, I won't apel again, but plese reconsider the block. Thank you Yamla.

also if oy could help me make a better user page I would be greatful.

contact me on my talk page.

P.S. pardon my spelling. I am sort of dislexic.

[[User:Sir Drance|I Know 7]] 18:00, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

:Sorry, no. There's been a long history of vandalism from that address and I could not find a single legitimate edit. However, the page the users are presented with when they try to make an edit gives instructions on how they can get an account even though that particular address blocks account creation. So it should not be a great problem. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 18:15, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

thank you for looking into it. I didn't know that it had given instructions. I'll spred the word.

I really could use some help on my user page if you are willing. If not I will stop contacting you.

[[User:Sir Drance|I Know 7]] 19:20, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

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== You're on my page...if that's ok ==

Hey, I have a few words about you on my User page. Check it out, if you're okay with it tell me on my discussion page. If not, let me know and I'll take it off.

:I'd like to verify if this is true. I can find no user page by that name (not even a deleted one) but perhaps you mean that something should go in the "..." bit. If so, please let me know. You can email me if you wish to keep it private. If true, I have no problem with you leaving that information on your page. If it is not true, I would like it removed. Let me know! Thanks. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 22:33, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

* I think he means [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=User:Redjay_425%40sbcglobal.net this]. -- <b>[[User:LeCour|<font color="#000099">LeCour</font>]]</b><span style="font-size: 0.8em;">^{[[User Talk:LeCour|T]]:[[Special:Contributions/Richard D. LeCour|C]]}</span> 00:21, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

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== Vandalism? ==

Hello, not to sound rude, but I've received your message regarding me vandalising James Spader page. How exactly did I vandalise it by putting a picture of him? {{unsigned|MoonChild1}}

:Please see [[WP:FU]] which the comment on the article specifically told you to do. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 17:06, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

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== He's back again. ==

Verdict's managed to come back again as {{user5|Manfredoo}}. The guy never stops. --<span style="border: 1px solid black; font-family:Trebuchet MS">[[User:Oakster|'''<span style="background:black; color:#8888FF">&nbsp;Oakster&nbsp;</span>''']][[User talk:Oakster|<span style="background:#4444FF; color:white">&nbsp;Talk&nbsp;</span>]]</span>&nbsp; 12:58, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

:Never mind. Bmg's sorted it out for me. --<span style="border: 1px solid black; font-family:Trebuchet MS">[[User:Oakster|'''<span style="background:black; color:#8888FF">&nbsp;Oakster&nbsp;</span>''']][[User talk:Oakster|<span style="background:#4444FF; color:white">&nbsp;Talk&nbsp;</span>]]</span>&nbsp; 13:25, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

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==[[User:Adam1090]]==

Now that he's been blocked indef., we should probably block his sockpuppet as well. [[User:Spyke Jonze]]. [[User:Bmg916|<font color="#000000" face="Arial Black">Bmg</font><font color="#009900" face="Arial Black">916</font>]]^{[[User talk:Bmg916|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Speak</strong></font>]]}_{[[User:Bmg916/Autographs|<font COLOR="navy"><strong>Sign</strong></font>]]} 13:44, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

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== 216.206.39.91 ==

Thanks for warning that user. I ended up edit-conflicting with you. :) [[User:Acalamari|Acalamari]] 22:15, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

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== A Vandal's Returned ==

You may recall a while ago that an anonymous user repeatedly vandalized the page [[Southwood Secondary School]], and then created several accounts in an attempt to impersonate me. I believe that this person has returned, under the account [[User Talk:Wendel67]]. While some of his edits to other pages ([[Pokemon (anime)]] and [[Chobits]] among them) appear to be good faith, I feel it's worth noting that the user's first vandalism edit to Southwood was to add "Jamal Aburaneh - Actor, (Little Mosque on the Prarie) which is what the incident last time stemmed from. I am going through the vandalism warning templates and will report to [[WP:AIV]] once I have gone through them all, but I figured that I should bring this to your attention. [[User:MelicansMatkin|MelicansMatkin]] 20:17, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

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== Autoblocks ==

Should be back up and running now. The restart on reboot system isn't working for some reason and rather helpfully the logfile is empty. --[[User_talk:Pgk|pgk]] 22:51, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

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==Need a little help==

Hi! As I have seen, you really know about images stuff. So, I'd like to upload one of [http://americanidol2006blog.blogspot.com/2007/02/joss-stone-pics-2007-brit-awards.html these images] for [[Joss Stone]]'s article, but I'm not really sure how to do it. Would you mind helping me out? [[User:Funk Junkie|Funk Junkie]] 14:51, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

:It is probably not going to happen. You need to track down the copyright holder for these images (which is almost certainly ''not'' Dan Madison) and then you need to get them to relicense them under a free license. Instructions on how to request copyright permission are available at [[Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission]]. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 14:58, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

::I'll try it then. Thanks! [[User:Funk Junkie|Funk Junkie]] 15:05, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

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==Image question==

Isn't image:Dx-sig-pose.jpg a [[WWE]] photo? [[User:Zerorules677|ThinkBlue]] 17:11, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

:Do you have a URL with this image on it, on the wwe.com website? --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 00:50, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

::No, but its on the back of my DX DVD. [[User:Zerorules677|ThinkBlue]] 17:58, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

:::If you can specify exactly which DVD this is (ideally with the ISBN), I will block the user for fraudulent image uploads. Probably tomorrow, though, as I'm going to bed now (sick). --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 01:00, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

::::The image upload was valid, a separate user, {{user|Wwesuperstar101}} uploaded a fair use version over the free use version without changing the licensing or rationale. I have reverted the image to the free use version. &ndash;&ndash; '''[[User:Lid|Lid]]'''^{<small>([[User talk:Lid|Talk]])</small>} 03:39, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

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==MostWanted05 again==

*[[Image:NUJERZEYDEVIL.JPG|thumb]]

*[[Nu Jerzey Devil]]

The user [[user:MostWanted05|MostWanted05]] has continued to place disputed images in Wikipedia articles again? Haven't you warn this user before? [[User:LILVOKA|LILVOKA]] 01:20, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

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== Matthew ==

This guy is keeps reverting my edits to [[David Tennant]] for something that is none of his business!! It is very annoying! [[User:Kurabal|Kurabal]] 20:37, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

:We do not tolerate personal attacks or edit warring. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 20:38, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

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==Explain me then==

Explain me this then; How can we create a Category were all movie with a rape theme can be united, like the already existing category of films with a pedophile theme? I mean, why some categories are accepted and other not?

:Well, the main problem here is that "whit" does not mean what you think it means. Your category was nonsense. After that, though, you'd want to gain consensus with the other editors. --[[User:Yamla|Yamla]] 20:50, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

:: Inconceivable! ;) -- <b>[[User:LeCour|<font color="#000099">LeCour</font>]]</b><span style="font-size: 0.8em;">^{[[User Talk:LeCour|T]]:[[Special:Contributions/Richard D. LeCour|C]]}</span> 21:00, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

::Take a look at the contribs of [[User:Thulian|Thulian]]...see anything familiar? - '''[[User:AuburnPilot|<font color="mediumblue">auburn</font><font color="darkorange">pilot</font>]]''' [[User_talk:AuburnPilot|<small>talk</small>]] 21:15, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Bu away, I honestly don't think that some of the movies in the Films about rape category are correct. For example Cannibal Holocaust, the rape is not the central theme. This category shut be for movies like A Case of Rape, don't you think? [[Thulian]]