User:Passionless/Archive 1

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Mushroom (Talk) 22:20, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

Russian inventions

Thank you for fixing of spelling and grammar in that article. Cheers! Greyhood (talk) 00:18, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Current Events

Sure, let's talk about it, but I think we should keep what I have done until we come up with a better system. To be brutally honest, the current layout I created was much better than the haphazard way people place the newslines before. You got news everywhere back then. At least we have some semblance of order right now.

I welcome your input on this matter, and let's work together, not against each other. Kiteinthewind ^{Leave a message!} 03:10, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Current Events Portal Reform Taskforce

I have decided to set up a page for us to coordinate our actions. For starters, the page is within my userspace. We can make it a WikiProject if we can. Please visit the taskforce page, and join in on the discussion! Kiteinthewind ^{Leave a message!} 21:47, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Arab–Israeli_conflict

as i politely asked in my revert edit summary, please discuss your changes on the article's talk page first. i believe you are trying to remove a neutral statement and replace it with POV. as for your comment on my talk page, i realize this can be a contentious issue, but please remember WP:Civility and try to work constructively instead of unilaterally. WookieInHeat (talk) 00:44, 8 September 2010 (UTC)

Current Events: Koran burning

Hi Passionless. I noticed that you recently removed a news items that I posted from the current events portal for September 10, and placed the linked articles on yesterday's news under the previous news story; however, I'm a bit confused about this. The news story (along with the external news articles) that I posted for September 10 states that Terry Jones is retracting his cancellation of the Koran burning, while the news item on September 9 simply states that he's cancelled it. They're two different events, which is what I was aiming for. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 03:43, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Changing other user's comments

Hi again; why did you change WookieInHeat's message, turning around its meaning? Such an action if forbidden; please see WP:TPO. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 04:59, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Your recent edits

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RE

I moved discussion to the article talk page [1] to allow others to comment if they wish. Thanks, Biophys (talk) 15:45, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Current Events category

Sorry for not replying sooner, the real world kept me away! The new categories look great, and thanks for everything! Kiteinthewind ^{Leave a message!} 20:46, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Greek mail resumption

• My reading of the source was that mail resumed after midnight which would make it Friday. The two day moratorium started on Wednesday. Capitalistroadster (talk) 02:26, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
• Further to the message, I use the dates mentioned in the articles. Otherwise, news stories published in Australia will often be a day ahead of articles published in the United States. As well, it will enter the historical record on the day the event occurred rather than the day it was reported. Capitalistroadster (talk) 03:58, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Your edits to Portal

I haven't the time to debate with you over your edits to Portal:Current events re shelling by the Koreas. I frankly believe you are out of your depth. As a courtesy, I advise you that I have brought this up at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Can someone have a pronto look please. 125.239.205.98 (talk) 22:44, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion converted to PROD: Slurpee Summit

Hello Passionless. I am just letting you know that I have converted the speedy deletion tag that you placed on Slurpee Summit to a proposed deletion tag, because I do not believe CSD applies to the page in question. Thank you. -- PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 06:20, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Tesla Motors

Wikipedia works by consensus, which is how the article came to its current form. Please do not make major controversial changes as you did. See Wikipedia:Editing_policy#Be_cautious_with_major_changes:_discuss for details. Ng.j (talk) 08:32, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Troubling User

Please look out for contributions made by User Uhnix on the current events portal. Uhnix has been using references from an online news source called voice of Jihad, which asserts that the Taliban have the right to take over Afghanistan, and that Nato forces must die. Furthermore Uhnix has used "Invaders" and "terrorist forces" when referring to Nato trues on the current event portal. All this is incredibly biased, and must be reverted when caught. I have been doing so already. Thanks for you time, Sopher99 (talk) 23:56, 5 December 2010 (UTC) While America did invade, they are not invaders anymore, there is a new government run by afghans who allow them to say. The taliban, a group of 30,000 does not have right over the Afgan government, a group of over 1 mil afghans. But thats not the point. A jihadist website is not a reliable source. Sopher99 (talk) 00:59, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Rollback and reviewer granted

I have granted rollback rights to your account; the reason for this is that after a review of some of your contributions, I believe you can be trusted to use rollback correctly, and for its intended usage of reverting vandalism, and that you will not abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see Wikipedia:New admin school/Rollback and Wikipedia:Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck and thanks. Dabomb87 (talk) 16:10, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Two other things:

• Please be sure to warn vandals, using user warning templates as necessary.
• I've given you reviewer rights. See WP:REVIEWER and Help:Pending changes for more information. Regards, Dabomb87 (talk) 16:10, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Passionless about weather?

Hi. The entry I added to the current events portal that you reverted mentioned some significant weather events that also affected areas in other countries. For example Carmen (storm) and Hurricane Igor were mentioned and these storms affected other countries. It's also interesting because of the "upside-down winter" phenomenon mentioned in several entries and affecting the entire Northern Hemisphere as well as the Olympic springlike weather being of interest to the athletes competing at the Winter Olympic Games. Thanks. ~AH1^(TCU) 00:25, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Hi, uh, I guess I failed to fully explain myself, while the original subject was newsworthy, and you can find it in the current events in their respectful time periods, an article about these old events itself is not news. Reminiscing about news is not news. Passionless (talk) 01:09, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Gaza War

You should follow BRD. Please self revert and use the talk page. That article is a magnet for edit warring and trouble and you are not starting off on the right foot.Cptnono (talk) 14:54, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Palestine

In reply to your comment about my participation, I've been watching the discussion, but my input, nor your's and Alinor, are going to discount the fact that the majority seems opposed to any renaming. I thought that debate on the matter from the Wikipedia community was warranted, and that is what we're getting. As for renaming the current Palestine article and making a Palestine (disambiguation) article, which is what I take your comment to mean, I think a separate discussion would be warranted to remove any confusion about what's going on. People will strike both proposals down if your try and merge them. NightW's opposition to such a move, while notable, would not be a decisive factor IMHO. Int21h (talk) 21:08, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Well according to Oncenawhile, 'support/move' does have the majority once the irrelevant comments are removed. And, yes that is what my compromise was going to be, though I'm not sure that I have to settle now that non biased numbers from google in our favour have been brought in. Passionless (talk) 02:27, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

I am unsure either. This is a controversial topic, so I think its best to progress slowly and deliberately. So, in brief, what's your current proposal, including other page moves/renames etc.? Int21h (talk) 20:51, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

I'm OK with this compromise for the time being. Any change is better than no change considering the current state of these articles. Int21h (talk) 20:54, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

My thoughts exactly and we can come back again when world events in our favour happen with a stronger argument. Passionless (talk) 20:58, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

Lambda Sigma Upsilon

Hello, thank you for you edits under the membership section on Lambda Sigma Upsilon. You really assisted in cleaning up the section and adding more neutrality to it. I would also like to thank you for remving the link under the HIV section. Although, I believe we differ in types of formatting and interpretation of a notable alumni and the need for prose I do believe you attempting to increase neutrality in the article.Monarca7 (talk) 21:56, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

I would like to note that none of the material used is copyrighted. I would also like to note that although some material has come off the national website I have been granted permission for its use from the organizations national secretary and public relations chair. I am currently in the process of editing the article to be read from a more neutral point of view. I do not know what the next step is please inform me.Monarca7 (talk) 02:03, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

reinstating edits of banned users.

Hi Passionless. Please see Wikipedia:Banning policy#Edits by and on behalf of banned editors. Thanks,--brewcrewer (yada, yada) 06:51, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

I already did, what I'm doing is fine- "they are able to confirm that the changes are verifiable and they have independent reasons for making them."- it's not like I'm just reinstating all his edits, just those I would make myself. Passionless (talk) 06:55, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

The wording you cite applies to editing on behalf of banned users, not reverting to the version preferred by a banned user.--brewcrewer (yada, yada) 07:14, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

I DON'T CARE. Passionless (talk) 07:19, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Passionless, I noticed your recent reverts, and then saw the comments above, and am concerned. You appear to be reverting in the edits of a banned user without regard for their quality. Can you explain why, for example, you've reinstated these edits of a banned user? They appear to contain large amounts of unsourced personal opinion. Jayjg ^(talk) 07:47, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Jayjg, did you read the edit summary?? Did you check the source for all that information like I did?? Passionless (talk) 07:50, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Sorry if that sounded rude, I was mad at the time for another reason. Anyways if you read my edit summary, I did explain that the source does back up all the information I re-added. Also it is important that the final version of the document the article is about is discussed within the article. Passionless (talk) 22:45, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi Passionless. Actually, I did look for the source for the section in question, and I had difficulty finding some of it. For example, could you show me the source for this paragraph?

The 2nd Lebanon War again shows that Israel cannot survive in this region, unless all the people of the region believe that Israel has the leadership, military capabilities, and social robustness to allow her to deter those of its neighbors who wish to harm her. Israel must - politically and morally - seek peace with its neighbors and make necessary compromises but must do so from a position of social, political and military strength.

Maybe it's there and I just missed it. Also, as noted below, all articles in this topical area are on WP:1RR, which means any editor who reverts the article more than once in 24 hours is likely to be blocked, so please be cautious. Jayjg ^(talk) 01:00, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Here is the section from the source that deals with that part-

"37. The 2nd Lebanon War has brought again to the foreground for thought and discussion issues that some parts of Israeli society had preferred to suppress: Israel cannot survive in this region, and cannot live in it in peace or at least non-war, unless people in Israel itself and in its surroundings believe that Israel has the political and military leadership, military capabilities, and social robustness that will allow her to deter those of its neighbors who wish to harm her, and to prevent them - if necessary through the use of military force - from achieving their goal."

Sorry about the 2nd revert, I just wasn't thinking, but I did undo my revert once I remembered the rule.

On another matter, could you please help me with a case of Abuse of process. While there is an ongoing discussion on the subject of the title of List of Israeli attacks on Palestinians, 2011, brew has taken it upon himself to change the title to "List of Israeli attacks on Palestinian targets, 2011" and create a redirect page with the title "List of Israeli attacks on Palestinians, 2011" so that no one can undo his unilateral movements without undergoing a long and unnecessary process. Where do I report people for gaming the system, and could you please return the article to its original location while the progressive discussion seeks a consensus. Thanks, Passionless (talk) 01:28, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for posting that. Perhaps I should have cited a smaller section of that paragraph, specifically, "Israel must - politically and morally - seek peace with its neighbors and make necessary compromises..." It looks to me like someone's personal opinion; I see nothing in the material you've brought about it.

On the other topic, an RFM process will typically work all this out anyway, usually within a week or two, so I don't see a need for any other action at this point. Jayjg ^(talk) 01:57, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, I should have posted 38 as well, so

"38. These truths do not depend on one's partisan or political views. Israel must - politically and morally - seek peace with its neighbors and make necessary compromises. At the same time, seeking peace or managing the conflict must come from a position of social, political and military strength, and through the ability and willingness to fight for the state, its values and the security of its population even in the absence of peace."

On the second topic, gaming of the system always does work out, it's that he is purposefully screwing up the system in his favour. If gaming the system is "an improper use of policy and is forbidden", than where do I complain about cases of gaming the system?? Passionless (talk) 02:32, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, that certainly helps, though it raised another issue - it appears that the material was a direct quotation that did not even use quotation marks, so it's some sort of plagiarism or copyright violation. How much of that material was copied word-for-word from the source, without quotation?

Regarding the other question, I'm not aware of any specific board for "gaming the system" issues. And while I've seen many examples of people gaming the system, I don't recall seeing anyone specifically sanctioned for it, since whether or not someone is doing so is highly subjective. I'd still recommend letting the RFM process run its course, as a much more productive use of your time. Jayjg ^(talk) 02:45, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Ya, the whole thing is very close to the original source, I guess I'll fully run through it, re-wording directly copied parts, before re-adding.

So, it seems gaming the system is de facto an acceptable practice, so anytime I want a new title I can make the move and force people to use RFM to try and move it back, if they get a consensus. Don't worry, I won't do that as I'm not here to insert my POV like others. Passionless (talk) 02:57, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Please keep in mind that the vast majority of page moves are non-controversial, and are just done, without an RFM. That's the normal process. It's only when they're disputed that they go to RFM. Jayjg ^(talk) 03:07, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Ya, I know, I just happen to dabble quite a bit in the Israel-Arab field where it is all controversial. Passionless (talk) 03:11, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

You should be aware that all articles related to the Arab-Israeli conflict, defined as: any article that could be reasonably construed as being related to the Arab-Israeli conflict, falls under 1RR. When in doubt, assume it is related.

• Clear vandalism may be reverted without penalty.
• Editors who violate this 1RR restriction may be blocked without warning by any uninvolved administrator, even on a first offense.

For further information, see WP:ARBPIA.--brewcrewer (yada, yada) 00:43, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

You had better self revert your last edit, or I will report you for edit warring and you will be blocked. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Why Me Why U (talk • contribs) 03:25, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

3RR? Passionless -Talk 03:33, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

1RR on all articles related to the Arab-Israeli conflict - as two other editors have already explained to you , right above. Please self revert, as I am sure you would not want to be blocked - and this is a clear-cut case. Why Me Why U (talk) 03:35, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Lol, your account is less than an hour old, and you are already making threats, giving a !vote in a long discussion, and making controversial edits plus vandalising a chart. Anything to declare? Passionless -Talk 03:37, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Wow. A brand new account picking up the harassment/reverts right where brewcrewer left off. Truly unprecedented. Sol (talk) 06:34, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Some topics you have edited at Portal:Current events are covered under WP:ARBPIA

The Arbitration Committee has permitted administrators to impose, at their own discretion, sanctions on any editor working on pages broadly related to the Arab-Israeli conflict if the editor repeatedly or seriously fails to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, any expected standards of behavior, or any normal editorial process. If you engage in further inappropriate behavior in this area, you may be placed under sanctions including blocks, a revert limitation or an article ban. The committee's full decision can be read at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Palestine-Israel articles#Final decision.

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Please be aware that reverting news items on Israeli-Palestinian topics is covered by Arbcom sanctions. The need to get consensus is especially strong there. There must be a talk page where you can raise the issue when disputes occur. I assume that would be Portal talk:Current events. If you think you see a POV been repeatedly added to Portal pages, you can raise the matter (as you did) at WP:ANEW, even if 3RR has not been broken. If you have concerns about biased editing on Israeli-Palestinian topics in particular, you can make a request at WP:Arbitration enforcement. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 18:18, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

User:Passionmodel

Hi I was just about to report this user as his user page is just an advert and he has never made an edit to wikipedia, when I see that the last time someone blanked the advertisment you reinstated it. So I was just wondering why the page is not being deleted as spam and as an inappropraite username. Passionless -Talk 05:58, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Wow, that was almost five years ago! You're right, I just deleted that userpage. Owen× ☎ 15:03, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Little help

I'm not sure where to report the owner of these accounts:

• Tamara Zion (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log),
• Tamara Zion (renamed) (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log),
• PURRfectly Perfect (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log),
• Perfect with a PURR (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log),
• A Sharp Dressed Man (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)<-spouse of the owner of the other accounts

Not only is she using multiple accounts, but she also left a not very nice message on my wall, and is modifing my comments on other talk pages, she has some less than civil edit summaries and an has a less than cooperative attitude. Could you let me know where is most appropriate to post this user, or could you handle it yourself, thanks. Passionless -Talk 06:56, 10 February 2011 (UTC) This maybe Wp:sockpuppets if that is the case you can report them here at wp:Spi were a checkuser can further investigate this.Staffwaterboy ^{Critique Me} 07:15, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Alright, thanks, Passionless -Talk 07:37, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

I'm not guilty of abusing multiple accounts or having an "uncooperative" attitude. You have a point about me needing to be more civil. I'll try, nothing more to say. Happy editing! Tamara Zion (talk) 21:52, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Refaat Al-Gammal

YOur edits to this article,and deletion of sources without any use of talk goes against many wikipedia rules WP:NPOV,WP:RS,WP:UNDUE. As you have a long history of unheeded warnings it may soon be time to take you to Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User conduct, if your actions continue. --Shrike (talk) 08:51, 10 February 2011 (UTC) Please use talk to solve the problem per wikipedia guidelines.--Shrike (talk) 09:02, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

*blink, blink* -.- Passionless -Talk 10:06, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

Userboxen

Because of you, I wound up completely redoing my userboxen page. Figured you'd get a kick out of that! mheart (talk) 00:07, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Why yes, I do enjoy that fact, but does this mean you no longer like peppermint chocolate chip ice cream....I don't know if I can associate with people who don't like peppermint chocolate chip ice cream... Passionless -Talk 00:18, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Oh, and I'm currently done 17/26 for Gungrave and 3/13 done for PSG, my opinion of gungrave has been going up and down, so I'll wait till the end to formulate an opinion, and as for PSG, yes the animation is reminiscent of powerpuff girls, though the content is a tad bit less innocent, the 2nd half of episode 3 is my favourite so far. Passionless -Talk 00:22, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Nice! Yeah, Gungrave definitely isn't for everyone. It's very intense. What kind of anime do you usually like? I probably should have asked before recommending. (And yes, mint chocolate chip ice cream is still the best. I almost had a page stuffed with userboxen but decided simple would be better this time.) mheart (talk) 21:06, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Hmmm, well I like a variety of anime, from Bakemonogatari, Oreimo, Clannad (but not after story), Angel Beats! and Toradora! to Bleach and Fairy Tail, to Berserk, Claymore, Black Cat, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and Code Geass. I don't really care for anime that doesn't really move forward in plot, such as, Fist of the North Star(even with a great opening song), Rurouni Kenshin, or One Piece. I also didn't like Monster, and Black Lagoon was alright, but not good. I hope that gives you an idea of my likings, and hopefully I've listed a good anime for you to watch.

Oh, and if it makes you feel any better, your massive collection of userboxen was what forced me to expand my small collection. Passionless -Talk 21:43, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Tamara Zion

I would suggest an WP:AN/I thread. I would do one, but I am leaving for the weekend in just a few minutes. Inka⁸⁸⁸ 00:31, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

I was thinking the same thing, but I was wanting to wait a bit until there is more evidence of wrongdoings continuing even after warnings were made. Passionless -Talk 00:37, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Refaat Al-Gammal/User:Shrike

{{adminhelp}} Hi, I'm having problems working with this user, he keeps deleting material, removing references, and placing fringe theories into the lead while removing facts accepted by all, even by fringe supporters, continues to violate WP:CLAIM, and even undoes spelling and grammar fixes. The reason why I ask for help is that it is not this article alone in which he causes problems but he has been warned for many things many times, I was wondering if it was appropriate and where to report him to either be either temp blocked/or banned from israel-palestine topics-(where all the problem edits occur). Passionless -Talk 09:21, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Who's "this user"? Are you talking about User:Shrike? Can you link to some of the problem edits that have been recently made? Banaticus (talk) 09:36, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Well almost all edits by shrike to Refaat Al-Gammal are unhelpful, here's his last two edits to the article. As for the numerous complaints agisnt him, they are mostly listed on his talk page. I'll be back in 10hours.Passionless -Talk 10:00, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

I've given him an ARBPIA notice. If he edits in a way that's not consistent with WP:ARBPIA#Principles, you can request the attention of uninvolved admins at WP:AE. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:34, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Alright, thanks, Passionless -Talk 08:04, 16 February 2011 (UTC)