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Reconsider recent change

Avi, could I ask you to consider self-reverting this edit? That edit removed a good-quality secondary source - a systematic review studying the safety of circumcision, published in a good journal (article available here) - based on the review's internal discussion of only one of the primary sources it reviewed. I don't know if you do much medical article editing but when we have a secondary source like this, we generally do not use the comments it makes on the individual primary studies but rather we use the overall conclusion: the synthesis the article authors make after reviewing all the available primary source data. In this case, the conclusion is stated very clearly in the RESULTS paragraph of the article abstract: "The evidence suggests that adult circumcision does not affect sexual satisfaction and function" and as such it clearly supported the article content it was cited from. So, the source should be restored to the article, would you please do that? If you still have questions please let me know and I'll try to answer, thanks... Zad68 16:51, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

•  Done -- Avi (talk) 16:59, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Amiram Goldblum

There are growing concerns that Amiram Goldblum is himself editing the article about him. He has two accounts: User:Rastiniak and User:רסטיניאק. Take a look at the this sockpuppet investigation. Also, read the following discussion. רסטיניאק has removed the POV tag from the article twice so far: 1 and 2. While I don't find this subject particularly interesting, I'm alarmed by the fact that Goldblum is fighting tooth and nail to get users who question the neutrality of his article to get blocked. I request you to help us determine whether the two accounts indeed belong to Goldblum. Nataev (talk) 11:26, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Please note that Nataev (talk · contribs) is posting this item on the talk pages of > a dozen admins. It might be instructive to investigate more deeply via his contribs as to why he is doing this -- I suggest that it has to do with his right-wing (Israeli) sympathies and his desire to smear Goldblum for being a leftist (on which [1]). Nomoskedasticity (talk) 11:37, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

Here we go again. This is the first time I have asked for help from a user who has access to CheckUser. Now Nomoskedasticity himself is calling me names. I don't know much about left-right politics. I have no interest about subjects related to Israel either. My sole problem is that Amiram Goldblum has written the entire article about himself. If doing so is acceptable on Wikipedia, then I have no problems with it. Nataev (talk) 11:43, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Sorry for butting in, but please note that a topic ban has just been enacted, "Nataev is indefinitely banned from making any edits about Amiram Goldblum everywhere on Wikipedia." Zad68 13:31, 13 May 2013 (UTC)

(talk page stalker) Avi, do these messages from Nataev constitute impermissible outing? — Malik Shabazz ^Talk/_Stalk 02:49, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Possibly. On the other hand, if true, it is an NPOV violation if the edits being made were anything outside of purely neutral. As long as the editors are significantly attached to the subject of the article it is not outing to mention that fact. Real names may be, although linking NPOV/COI violators to their articles has been done in the past. I'd submit the question to ArbCom. -- Avi (talk) 12:30, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

There's no outing here. as the user has already self-identified as Goldblum: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Macaddct1984&diff=prev&oldid=507075257 Beta Jones Mercury (talk) 04:51, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Good news, lazy suggestion

Avi, just noted this in an Italian newspaper, reported as new. Checking round, I don't see much comment about it. The Bologna Torah is now dated to pre-Maimonides times, and is claimed now as the oldest Torah scroll in the world (of course the Aleppo and Leningrad codices do not contain this section). This would affect several articles, I guess. There must be English or Hebrew accounts of the new datation, but if they're ain't, and it really is fresh news, count on me if you, or some other editor, would like a translation. Cheers. Nishidani (talk) 14:25, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

Fascinating! I used Google Language, which, while not perfect, gives me the gist of what the article is saying. There are some non-RS mentions (see [2] and [3]. I'm not sure how this will affect various wikipedia articles, other than the link at the bottom of the page may need to be changed. There is at least one other complete scroll that age (in Buenos Aires [4]) so it cannot be claimed as the "oldest", for what it is worth. Thank you, Nishidani. -- Avi (talk) 15:20, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

There you go, I think I’m breaking news and find instead my interlocutor’s one step ahead of me. I’d never heard of the Rhodes/Buenos Aires Torah. They are certainly, given the palaeographic data, almost exactly contemporary. The news broke here 4 and a half hours ago. Perhaps it’s a form of Italian national pride (poor blighters need it now that the place is chortling down the gurgler, grasping for straws to prop up an etiolating self-esteem). It’s odd though that the chair of Hebrew at Bologna, namely Mauro Perani, would make this claim of priority, since he certainly would be familiar with the other manuscript. Just for the record some notes. 36 metres long, 64 centimetres high, on vellum. It is, Perani maintains, the most ancient complete scroll of the Torah known to be extant today. The full details will be published in June this year in Inbub, Bologna's inhouse journal.

• The highly elegant and refined oriental calligraphy does not respect the rules laid down by the Talmudic philosopher Maimonides, who died in 1204.
• ‘The rabbinical norm regarding writing the Pentateuch is disregarded; palaeographic features that copyists were strictly forbidden to employ after the codification laid down by Maimonides are in evidence. From this one may infer that it precedes that date, Perani explained. (ILARIA VENTURI Il più antico rotolo ebraico scoperto a Bologna: ha otto secoli, in La Repubblica 28 May, 2013)

p.s. Before the bibliocidal and anti-Semitic currents of late medieval and pre-Reformation Italy got the upper hand and wrought their havoc, the Bologna Jewish community etymologized the city to mean in their idolect 'The Lord Dwells in it' (Bologna:Bolanyah). With this discovery in the thus-named city, even a pagan like myself is tempted to murmur with Hamlet in mind:'There's a divinity that shapes our ends/Rough-hew them how we will.' Cheers Nishidani (talk) 17:11, 28 May 2013 (UTC)

As a courtesy, I'm alerting you to the fact that I have changed

the rating of Frequency (statistics). There is no way an unreferenced article with only six lines in it could possibly be a B-class article; it may be a start, but I'd be amazed if it even passed.--Launchballer 15:40, 2 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. -- Avi (talk) 17:53, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

Weirdly, it still says "B-class" at the top of the article page. What's going on?--Launchballer 18:26, 3 June 2013 (UTC)

Did you try purging your browser cache? -- Avi (talk) 06:02, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

I tried that. It seems to be listing as a stub on this school computer, though.--Launchballer 09:39, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Notifying projects

I am happy to see the notification of RM to restore cut paste on ordeal of bitter water to WP Judaism, but please remember to notify all' relevant projects when appealing for more input to a RM. Cheers In ictu oculi (talk) 06:58, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the reminder. -- Avi (talk) 16:11, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

 Done -- Avi (talk) 16:19, 4 June 2013 (UTC)

Adminship

Thanks for closing the nomination and for your congratulations. Cheers, Mattythewhite (talk) 21:56, 5 June 2013 (UTC)

My pleasure. -- Avi (talk) 00:32, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

What to do now then?

You said on MBisanz's talk that you can't remove the SUL due to edits on Commons etc. Can't you delete the logs on these other wikis too? --NGSF (talk) 15:45, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

Probably not those that have native admins/OS, unless we have a serious privacy issue. I'd suggest sending an e-mail to the stewards list; it may be that this is wide-spread enough and private enough that we can "step in." Usually, though, the OS/admions on the larger projects (like de/nl) would have to do their work themselves. -- Avi (talk) 19:51, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Talk:Madonna (entertainer)/Comments

Talk:Madonna (entertainer)/Comments, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Talk:Madonna (entertainer)/Comments and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of Talk:Madonna (entertainer)/Comments during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Kumioko (talk) 19:50, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. -- Avi (talk) 00:33, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Request for input in drafting potential guidelines

Hi. There are, at present, no particular clear guidelines for religious material here, or, for that matter, guidelines for how to deal with ideas in general, particularly those ideas which might be accepted as true by individuals of a given religious, political, or scientific stance. There have been attempts in the past to draft such guidelines, but they have quickly been derailed. I am dropping this note on the talk pages of a number of editors who I believe have some interest in these topics, or have shown some ability and interest in helping to develop broad topic areas, such as yourself, and asking them to review the material at User:John Carter/Guidelines discussion and perhaps take part in an effort to decide what should be covered in such guidelines, should they be determined useful, and what phrasing should be used. I also raise a few questions about broader possible changes in some things here, which you might have some interest in as well. I would be honored to have your input. John Carter (talk) 19:34, 23 June 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for the note, I will monitor the discussion and hopefully contribute if I feel I have something to add. Thanks. -- Avi (talk) 03:08, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Happy Birthday!

Hey, Avraham. Just stopping by to wish you a Happy Birthday from the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Have a great day! LovelyEdit talkedits 13:07, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

Thank you -- Avi (talk) 15:58, 9 July 2013 (UTC)

URGENT DELETION MESSAGE

DEAR ADMINISTRATOR,

I request that my account be deleted with immediate effect, and that all my edits in the past, and past edit histories, be permanently removed from public viewing. Deletion of my account, City of Lukington, would be immensely appreciated.

I hope that this reaches you soon and that you are able to act upon my request.

Yours sincerely, Unknown user (formerly City of Lukington) — Preceding unsigned comment added by City of Lukington (talk • contribs) 20:33, 22 July 2013 (UTC)

Unfortunately, accounts cannot be deleted--merely renamed. -- Avi (talk) 21:01, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Key-Signing DaB.

I hope I did everything right. --DaB. (talk) 19:34, 18 August 2013 (UTC)

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-- Avi (talk) 13:12, 20 August 2013 (UTC)

A careful eye from a statistician

is perhaps needed at Ashkenazi Jews, Avi. I know I am a rag-headed jihadi lout in many eyes, and I dislike nibbling away particularly at your time but this question of statistics is of some importance, and edit-warring should be avoided. I have absolutely no view, no horse in the race there. With your cultural background, and ability contextually to sit on both sides of this inframural question, perhaps you might ride herd there. I don't believe (given the complexity of demographic breakdowns even in the eminent Sergio DellaPergola 's paper on 2000 data) anyone can know the truth of the breakdown between Ashkenazi and non-Ashkenazi - the sources swing wildly, and I would appreciate if you could spare a moment to give me a call on this. If not (and the upcoming season will no doubt see you busy) sorry for the bother. Cheers as ever. Nishidani (talk) 17:33, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

The abuse that doesn't stop

Hi, Avraham. I'd like to bring something exasperating to your attention, an issue you are already aware of (which you probably aren't because WP is like "giganormous"). A User Yopie (talk · message · contribs · global contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · user creation · block user · block log · count · total · logs · summary · email | lu · rfa · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · checkuser · spi · socks | rfar · rfc · rfcu · ssp | current rights · rights log (local) · rights log (global/meta) | rights · renames · blocks · protects · deletions · rollback · admin · logs | UHx · AfD · UtHx · UtE) is, well, your regular guy with children who found his way here, like any other regular guy or person out there but this person also put a spark of nationalism (Eastern European nationalism) in his editing process and if I am not mistaken, that is still an offense on WP, isn't it? "Leave your ego at the door," should be pretty much the official Wikipedia's motto. Anyways, I would never had the fantastic opportunity to deal with him personally at all, ever, if it wasn't for a personal matter involved. I was appalled at his racism-fueled actions and overt display of hateful behavior and the anon users exploding in blubbering frustration so I decided to do something about it and I did, I compiled this handy assortment of his misdemeanors and I conveniently used ArbCom as a medium to host that: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case&diff=562169031&oldid=562159801#Yopie%20diff (uhm I am bad with computers but apparently Hahc21 didn't create an archive copy of the case and if he did I can't find it anywhere but here it is nonetheless)

The list of crosswiki edit-wars, bunchload of ANI nominations, vandalism incidents on his behalf well exceeds the number of pages in Stephen King's "It" so I just leave this here:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Yopie/Archives
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiquette_assistance/archive111#User:Yopie

What is he really saying? Anyhow it's up to you to take a stand and/or take an appropriate action involving a just punishment for his type of kind, that is to ban him indefinitely. Sincerely, ItsAlwaysLupus (talk) 22:36, 22 September 2013 (UTC).

Being accused

an editor making a fake case for an "attack" or to prevent their own editing being examined - Someone who has been troubling me by deleting my verifiable editing on certain pages recently accused me of using multiple accounts, by posting it on my talk page, do i have to do somehting? if yes, what is it?? Thanks aish.ego (talk) 06:26, 24 September 2013 (UTC)

I've "volunteered" you for something

Hi Avi,

I "volunteered" you for choosing a new EC here. If you don't want to, you don't have to, obviously. If you not only don't want to, but also think it's a bad idea, feel free to comment there. --Floquenbeam (talk) 15:53, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

Hi, Floquen. Sure, if the community would want me to help in that way, I'd be glad to. -- Avi (talk) 18:44, 1 October 2013 (UTC)

Deletion

Could you please delete https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Lucky102/Archive1 as I made a new Archive 1, thanks. :) Lucky102 (talk) 21:17, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

•  Done -- Avi (talk) 21:43, 3 October 2013 (UTC)

Kosher tax (antisemitic canard)

If you have a chance, could you please take a look at the discussion at Talk:Kosher tax (antisemitic canard)? You've made the second most contributions to both the article and its talk page, and you're well-known for your abilities to defuse conflict and guide editors, so I thought you might be able to help there. Jayjg ^(talk) 18:30, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for the friendly notice. -- Avi (talk) 21:42, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

Commons help

Can you edit my Commons:User:Ypnypn/common.js to remove the code preventing me from staying on that wiki? Thanks. Ypnypn (talk) 21:21, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

Never mind; I managed to remove it myself. -- Ypnypn (talk) 22:04, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

Glad it worked out for you! -- Avi (talk) 18:22, 14 October 2013 (UTC)

Books and Bytes: The Wikipedia Library Newsletter

Books and Bytes

Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2013

by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs)

Greetings Wikipedia Library members! Welcome to the inaugural edition of Books and Bytes, TWL’s monthly newsletter. We're sending you the first edition of this opt-in newsletter, because you signed up, or applied for a free research account: HighBeam, Credo, Questia, JSTOR, or Cochrane. To receive future updates of Books and Bytes, please add your name to the subscriber's list. There's lots of news this month for the Wikipedia Library, including new accounts, upcoming events, and new ways to get involved...

New positions: Sign up to be a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar, or a Volunteer Wikipedia Librarian

Wikipedia Loves Libraries: Off to a roaring start this fall in the United States: 29 events are planned or have been hosted.

New subscription donations: Cochrane round 2; HighBeam round 8; Questia round 4... Can we partner with NY Times and Lexis-Nexis??

New ideas: OCLC innovations in the works; VisualEditor Reference Dialog Workshop; a photo contest idea emerges

News from the library world: Wikipedian joins the National Archives full time; the Getty Museum releases 4,500 images; CERN goes CC-BY

Announcing WikiProject Open: WikiProject Open kicked off in October, with several brainstorming and co-working sessions

New ways to get involved: Visiting scholar requirements; subject guides; room for library expansion and exploration

Read the full newsletter

Thanks for reading! All future newsletters will be opt-in only. Have an item for the next issue? Leave a note for the editor on the Suggestions page. --The Interior 21:30, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

Shemini Atzeret/GA2

Hi, please see Talk:Shemini Atzeret/GA2 and add your expertise. Thanks, IZAK (talk) 10:31, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

Naming convention for Hasidic dynasty pages

Hi, a Chinese editor has decided to change the way we identify Hasidic Rebbes who have the same names. Please see discussion at Talk:Yissachar Dov Rokeach I#Page rename. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 23:33, 5 November 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for the note. -- Avi (talk) 18:10, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Real name use

Hey Avraham,

Yes, I am aware of (and comfortable with) the potential implications associated with using a real name.

Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skookum87 (talk • contribs) 21:13, 28 November 2013 (UTC)

Was taken care of a while ago; thanks for the note. -- Avi (talk) 18:17, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Library Survey

As a subscriber to one of The Wikipedia Library's programs, we'd like to hear your thoughts about future donations and project activities in this brief survey. Thanks and cheers, Ocaasi ^{t | c} 15:41, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Done, although I'd really love a JSTOR account -- Avi (talk) 18:22, 9 December 2013 (UTC)

Help reviewing draft for Gary Loveman

Hi there, Avraham. I found your name at WikiProject Biography and wanted to ask if you'd be able to review a draft I've written for the Gary Loveman article. Gary Loveman is the CEO of Caesar's Entertainment and although his article is generally ok I'm hoping to improve it by providing new sources, updating it with new information and formatting the citations consistently. I have prepared this draft on behalf of Gary Loveman and, because of my conflict of interest with this topic, will not edit the article myself.

I hope my asking you here is ok. I've looked through many of the members on the WikiProject page and I've noticed that many of them are no longer active on Wikipedia or have specific interests stated that don't line up with my request. If you're able to help with this review, and possibly updating the article if that is something you would feel comfortable doing, I would really appreciate it. So far I've posted about this on the article's Talk page and on the Talk pages for WikiProject Biography and WikiProject Business but I haven't received any response. The request at Talk:Gary Loveman explains the changes I'm hoping to make in more detail and also provides a link to the draft in my user space. Thanks, 16912 Rhiannon (Talk · COI) 22:59, 16 December 2013 (UTC)

User Name Change

I noticed your note in reference to my name change request. I am fine with the name I requested since I just need an account name that I can remember. I have not been an active user since 2008 and do not plan to be in the future. I am just responding to the vandalism attempt on my page and wish to get my real name removed. Tom Fearer (talk) 23:19, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 15:45, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

MfD

This MfD talk page requests ask to complete a deletion request for User talk:Shiafishman, a page you created. I think User talk:Shiafishman might fall under speedy delete. If so, please delete. If not, please let me know if this should be handled other than completing the MfD request. Thanks. -- Jreferee (talk) 07:01, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

•  Done -- Avi (talk) 15:45, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Renaming username

Can you please rename my username Jyotheeswar_Adhi to elcid12? Thanks.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Jyotheeswar Adhi (talk • contribs) 01:07, February 7, 2014‎

Please file a request at WP:CHUS. Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 16:52, 7 February 2014 (UTC)

Category:Bplus-Class Statistics articles

Category:Bplus-Class Statistics articles, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Sda030 (talk) 03:26, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Street Artists Program of San Francisco

Dear Avi, I wonder if you could help me with filing a complaint on edits to this article. Both before and after I edited, pared down, and brought the page into policy for a DYK nomination, an individual who has an avowed vested interest in the topic (see Talk:Street Artists Program of San Francisco) has been adding back his name and involvement in multiple daily edits. Not all of what he adds is found in the source (usually a newspaper clipping), and his edits are self-aggrandizing and self-promoting. Today another new editor popped up with a whole new set of left-field edits, and I wonder if he is a sockpuppet or a meatpuppet of the first editor? Any assistance and advice you could give me for getting this article under control is appreciated. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 22:10, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

A concern

Hi,
Why did you remove this? I am baffled; you said you removed it because that account isn't editing, but my comment is explicitly about edits which aren't through that account. In any case, it's probably not a good idea to remove inoffensive messages from a third party's talkpage. bobrayner (talk) 17:03, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

The user has undergone WP:RTV. If you have evidence that the user is continuing to edit through proxies, please bring it to WP:SPI or contact the functionaries list. Otherwise, messages to a retired account are useless and implications of impropriety, without evidence to the contrary, may well be considered offensive. Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 18:35, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

I was hoping to discourage problematic behaviour. I do have quite a few interesting diffs, but since you've already pointed out that account's inactivity, why suggest SPI? It's not exactly sockpuppetry. AN/I won't be interested because there's no current incident, and what are functionaries going to do? Never mind. I'll keep on reverting proxy edits on multiple wikis and I'll keep on trying to deal with the canvassing and pov-pushing; you can remove my attempts at discussing the problem, if you really think that helps. bobrayner (talk) 12:58, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

As far as I can tell, WP:RTV doesn't require the blanking of any subsequent attempt to communicate with the editor. That would be odd. bobrayner (talk) 13:06, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

If you have evidence that the person who underwent RTV is still editing, then you should send it to WP:SPI or the functionaries so that the vanishing can be reversed. If it is not the same person, then you are incorrectly tagging an account and preventing the vanishing from being as effective as it can be. There should be no need to contact the editor, as any editor who has undergone RTV has committed not to edit the English Wikipedia project indefinitely. If you want, you can e-mail me the diffs which you believe indicate that this person has not left the English Wikipedia project and I can take it from there. -- Avi (talk) 16:08, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

Edit help needed

I processed a Photosubmission request and uploaded a new photo: File:Mädchen Amick 2014.jpg

The prior file was used in ten other languages, which I think I've handled correctly, but I do not have the courage to tackle the Hebrew version:

https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Would you be willing to do it for me?

This is the language I've added to each discussion page:

Apologies for lack of language skills, but a new photo has been provided by the subject's public relations firm.

Of course, it is the decision of a consensus of editors as to which photo should be used, but I believe the replacement is a high quality image, so I will be bold and replace the image. Feel free to revert if a consensus prefers the older version.

Obviously, if you translate, you do not need to apologize for language skills.--S Philbrick(Talk) 20:11, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

 Done See w:he:שיחה:מדשן אמיק. My pleasure, as always (and yes, I apologized; too :) ). -- Avi (talk) 20:43, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. I checked out the page in Chrome, which translated for me - I wonder if she knows her name translates to "Fertilizer Amico"? --S Philbrick(Talk) 02:15, 26 March 2014 (UTC)

Request

Hello there.

If you may remember me I was the person of the sockpuppet investigation in 2009, and you deleted my user page last year after I changed my name to NGSF due to privacy reasons. However I have another concern: a simple search of 'AimalCool' in Google brings out the Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/AimalCool page. From there on is also the Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/AimalCool/Archive page which shows the names of the suspected sockpuppets. Also when creating User:AimalCool, it is clearly listed that the page was deleted and moved to the present NGSF.

Due to privacy reasons (as it bears the alias 'AimalCool'), I am kindly requesting you to delete the remaining pages, so that they will not show up on the search engine. Thanks. --NGSF (talk) 13:11, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

The page can probably be changed to Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/NGSF, but deleting it may not be possible without involving ArbCom, as consensus is rather strong against deleting Wikipedia pages outside of certain tight parameters. I suggest you e-mail ArbCom. -- Avi (talk) 16:03, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

You mean, the email from Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee?

Also, when you mean renaming the sockpuppet investigation to NGSF, will it no longer show up on the search engine when searching for my former name? That's the whole point, really. --NGSF (talk) 20:41, 21 May 2014 (UTC)

Proposed change to Consensus for a unified approach to bias categories at Category:Antisemitism

Due to your involvement in the 2011 CFD that decided on a unified approach to bias categories, you may be interested in a current proposal to change that approach with regard to the Category:Antisemitism. Dlv999 (talk) 15:27, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for the note. -- Avi (talk) 16:29, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

Happy adminship anniversary!!

Wishing Avraham a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Wikipedia Birthday Committee! Anastasia (talk) 16:28, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

Thank you :) -- Avi (talk) 16:29, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

Request for comment

Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 06:46, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Thank you for the note. -- Avi (talk) 16:30, 3 July 2014 (UTC)

Jarlaxle sock

Avi, there is a character calling himself User:NSH003 who has been vandalising my talk page, almost certainly a Jarlaxle sock. If possible, I would like to usurp that account as a doppleganger account. If you can do that for me, it would be deeply appreciated. Thanks --NSH001 (talk) 07:52, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Ditto for NSH004, and any more such accounts he may create. Is it possible to do this in such a way that no-one will inadvertently associate the bogus accounts with me? Thanks again --NSH001 (talk) 09:01, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

You have e-mail. --NSH001 (talk) 09:14, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Help Deleting an Article

Hi Avraham,
I was wondering if you could help me with the proposed deletion of the redirect page Palestinian Holocaust (which redirects to main article 1948 Palestinian exodus). My proposal was shut down for some reason, although I'm not sure if it was because I didn't do the procedure properly. Either way, I'm not sure how to go about getting it removed, but don't think it belongs on Wikipedia. The world "Holocaust" never appears on the actual page, and the talk page more or less just consists of "Long Live Palestine, Long Live GAZA!"
My reasons were given as thus: "Unprofessional, unacademic, not widely accepted term. Should not redirect to 1948 Palestinian exodus. Also recommend that the corresponding talk page be deleted, at the very least"
Many thanks, --(Moshe) מֹשֶׁה‎ 05:58, 21 July 2014 (UTC)

It's not an article but a redirect, and should be filed at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion. -- Avi (talk) 04:18, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

Removing reference

Hello, user named Divot removed my reference and claimed, it had information about 18th century, when it wasn't about that at all. Isn't it is breach of Wikipedia's rules? He has been previously banned per WP:ARBAA2 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Levon_Mirzoyan&diff=621548929&oldid=621023307 --Yacatisma (talk) 08:33, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

If the reference is reliable and supports the text, which is itself appropriate for the article, then it should not be removed. If this was a violation of an ArbCom sanction, it should be raised at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement. -- Avi (talk) 17:14, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Fields Medal page

Hello there,I'm that user who's been the victim of editing the Fields Medal page(i.e.I got blocked with charge of Vandalism.).I've got three question:1)When the current protected status of that page ends,Does the page current contents remain in place or they are replaced with the old version? 2)I've prepared a new and somehow comprehensive table about Fields medalists.I posted this table on the discussion section of the Fields Medal page,and I request for comments about this(If You come there and see my that table I will be really glad,and don't forget to put your comment about it down there!;-)),but so far,just one person did so.Is it normal? 3)Should I submit a request for edit to replace the new table with current one?Or should I wait for reaching a consensus?Thank You. Rezameyqani (talk) 07:50, 19 August 2014 (UTC)Rezameyqani (talk) 08:19, 19 August 2014 (UTC)