User talk:Danny/Archive 4

Thanks

Thanks for your help in reverting Srila Vishnupada, H.D.G. Ramakrishnananda Swami. Seems that user may be a little agitated. I don't particularly care one way or another about this so-called guru or whatever he claims to be. But I have some personal experience with the people he claims as his spiritual pedigree. If he wants to make claims, I think people should know the full truth about them. Now he is making threats to vandalize pages I have contributed to. older ≠ wiser 02:20, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Many thanks for your recent support for me as sysop. I think that I'll take some time playing myself in before I go mad! Cutler 12:32, Jul 9, 2004 (UTC)

The states

I'll get on IRC and choose a state when I am finished listing destinations for Swiss International Airlines. WhisperToMe 20:27, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I have the SC msg almost done. Later this evening, perhaps. jaknouse 23:18, 25 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Okay, I just put it up. I'll start from the beginning. jaknouse 00:38, 26 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I was having a LOT of trouble with connection last night, VERY slow, and then when I went to load in the msg:NC (I did it off-line first, of course), my monitor did its thing that it does periodically where it gets dim and blurry to the point where it's useless to try to do anything online. jaknouse 14:29, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)

reverting sux

talk about stuff. Sam Spade 03:44, 26 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Temple Mount

Hi Danny! Since you were unwise enough to reveal the extent of your expertise on the Temple Mount ;), I was wondering if you can comment on the current edit war going on there between me and an anonymous, extremely pro-Israel person. Keeping the article NPOV is proving increasingly difficult, and your input would be useful - especially since the guy in question stubbornly refuses to use talk pages. - Mustafaa 22:59, 26 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Wik

Of course he's stopped. He's reached his three revert limit on every page he's touched. RickK 03:09, 27 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Days pages

שלום

Recently I edit the days pages in the Hebrew Wikipedia, ,mostly according to the parallel pages in the English Wikipedia. Both on May 1 and may 2 I ran into events which belong to August 1 and August 2 respectively, that were put there by you in 2002. I don't know what caused this mistake, and for how long it went on, but I guess you should know the answer better than anybody, and can fix it most easily. Thanks eman 14:04, 1 May 2004 (UTC)

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Thanks. :) I've been working on another project. - Hephaestos|§ 00:59, 4 May 2004 (UTC)

Swedish translation

I've finally translated Elections for the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation and it is now available on sv: as Val av förtroendemän till stiftelsen Wikimedias styrelse. I also added a link to it on m:Election Notice Translations, so this note is just for your information. Keep up the good work! / Mats 13:05, 5 May 2004 (UTC)

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I could translate it, but I don't think it is neccesary. Though there are several active contributors on Serbian Wikipedia, I don't think that anyone except me knows anyone from any other Wikipedia; they even rarely communicate with each other. If you still think that it is needed, I will translate it. Nikola 01:32, 6 May 2004 (UTC)

דני, למה התכוונת?

דני, לא הבנתי לאיזה הערה אתה מתכוון ב: Hey, I am too tired to write in Hebrew. Please check out the notice in English, translate it, and post it here. Danny

אשמח לעזור לתרגם - אם אדע מהי הכוונה. ^^ דוד1 04:21, 6 מאי 2004 (UTC)

Note on KU: Thanks for your note, but there are too few contributers on KU. It is not necessary to translate the note. Erdal Ronahi

Wikipedia:Elections for the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation

Hey I am from UR: I will translate the page but I dont know how to post it post it prominently on the Recent Changes page of the Urdu Wikipedia.

hu

• xlated for thy pleasureth Wikipédia:A Wikimedia alapítvány elnökségének megválasztása. Try not to make changes too often, diffing translation sucks so hard that it risks the very existence of our atmosphere. --grin ✎ 12:21, 2004 May 6 (UTC)

cy

• Translated at last at Etholiadau i Bwrdd Ymddiriedolwyr y Sylfaen Wikimedia, and linked off Recent Changes (Arbennig:Newidiadau diweddar). I wish my dictionaries were a bit more comprehensive, as I have a nasty suspicion that I've requested nominations for the Board of Trustees for the Wikimedia thing-you-build-houses-on! -- Arwel 16:51, 6 May 2004 (UTC)

pl

• Please see Wybory do Rady Powierniczej Wikimedia Foundation. But please note that the translation will stand for review of other WP-PL users for at least 24 hours. Kpjas 00:24, 7 May 2004 (UTC)

it

it:Wikipedia:Elezioni_Wikimedia_Foundation

Thanks for your good work :-) Fantasy 15:17, 9 May 2004 (UTC)

et

Someone created a page on et: with your English text before I managed to complete the translation. I moved the page to Vikimeedia Sihtasutuse voliniku nõukogu valimised. Andres 20:43, 9 May 2004 (UTC)

ro

Hi Danny, the translation in Romanian is available at this location. --Gutza 20:58, 14 May 2004 (UTC)

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I think your perspective and knowledge would be valuable at talk:fascism, please join the debate. GrazingshipIV 17:41, May 7, 2004 (UTC)

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"Hi. Can you please translate the election notice into Finnish. Thanks."

Done. Though the election period caused some head scratching though. The dates were two weeks apart, but the text in words referred to a week long voting period. I guess I will just have to go to the source document to see what's what. -- Cimon 06:50, May 10, 2004 (UTC)

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Danny, I just assumed that because you lived in New York you were American. Where did you live before the US? Adam 23:56, 11 May 2004 (UTC)

I see - let me recommend Australia, just about the only place in the world where Americans are still popular.

Isn't this Iraq stuff just heartbreaking? As someone who supported the invasion on regime-change grounds (not WMD grounds) I am so angry at Bush and Rumsfeld for screwing it up so badly, I could just spit. Now no-one will ever try anything like this again. Adam 00:34, 12 May 2004 (UTC)

Thank you

Thank you for your reasonable and helpful suggestion. I am curious as to when and how I offended you, and how I might make explaination/appologies/amends for such. I sincerely promise you that my goal here is to experience and assist in the creation of an extrordinary source of factual, NPOV info, and even make a few friends along the way. While we may not be ready for swapping muffin recipes, I would hope that your opinions of me are reparable. Sam Spade 04:56, 12 May 2004 (UTC)

That’s good to hear. I'm not sure if I can say the same, but I never had a particularly negative opinion towards you in any case. To be honest I find it rather difficult to form an opinion of people online, and often suspect that those I seem easily compatible with, and those with whom I clash might well be inverted IRL. Due to the lack of normal indicators of mood, intent and personality (largely thru body language, eye contact and vocal tone) and social customs designed to relax and ease social congress (beer, coffee, even a water cooler) I find my opportunity to assess others in any sort of meaningful ways to be few and fleeting. On the other hand I have met many real friends thru my time spent here on thw Wikipedia and elsewhere, and find some reason for optimism in that. Regardless, it is clear that you are overall a particularly effective editor and potent member of the online community here, and I want to make it clear that I have no intent of unnecessarily antagonizing you, nor any beneficial member of this marvelous project. We are all volunteers here after all, and certainly deserve a better appreciation for our time and efforts invested than the harassment, abuse, and general pomposity which are unfortunately all to common in the social interactions of the internet. I again offer my apologies for any distress I may have caused you, and welcome you to bring up any grievances, past or present, that I might find some ability to redress. Sam Spade 13:55, 12 May 2004 (UTC)

Hot and Pretentious in under 30 minutes or your trolling is free. I suggest you witness this users psychological break down first hand at RFC. He has changed his intial dispute and now is trying to somehow use a past temp-banning from a few months ago as evidence. It is rather pathetic your opinion of him is well-founded. No matter, he looses community respect by the minute. GrazingshipIV 02:38, May 13, 2004 (UTC)

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I apologize for dragging you into this, I hope you are not trolled too bad after voicing a reasoned response. cheers GrazingshipIV 04:58, May 12, 2004 (UTC)

Request regarding Mediation Committee

More than two weeks ago, on April 25, the Arbitration Committee referred a case to us which it had considered regarding Anthony DiPierro and a number of other user to us here: Wikipedia:Requests_for_mediation#Issue_of_Anthony's_reverts_and_alleged_trolling.

While Anthony has agreed to mediation, so far, there has been no response from another party in order to begin working on the Anthony mediation. We have drafted a statement at User:Bcorr/mediation statement draft that we would like to post on the Requests for mediation to the Arbitration Committee and all other interested parties, but before we do so, we want to check with the rest of the Mediation Committee. Please review the statement and let me know if you approve, wish to make/suggest changes, or have another way you'd like to suggest that we proceed.

Also, in that statement we refer to ourselves as co-chairs of the committee. There was discussion at the mediation bulletin board on the bottom half of the page, but we wanted to confirm that there was agreement on our being co-chairs for the period noted there before we post the statement. Also, if people are amenable to our serving as co-chairs, I will add that information to the Mediation Committee page.

Please take a moment to comment on these issues at User:Bcorr/mediation statement draft.

Thanks, BCorr|Брайен 01:45, May 13, 2004 (UTC)

I've made a change to the statement to add in llywrch's comment. Please let me know if you object. Unless anyone dislikes this change I will pass on the statement tomorrow evening. Regards -- sannse (talk) 19:58, 15 May 2004 (UTC)

yep

Altho I don't so much agree that this has very much interefered w the progress of the wiki. I do think graz deserves a long hard look, but it would appear that this is not the time, nor am I the right person for requesting it. The entire experience has brought several meta issues to my eyes, and until some things are solved (arbitration of article content, consistant enforcement of no personal attacks policy, immediate consequences for policy violations) I think I am going to have to give up on arguing w "trolls". I have been thinking maybe its best just to create new pages and edit obscure ones, and as soon as somebody becomes rude... to run away :( This doesn't come natural to me, but volunteering here on the wiki is a particularly disempowering experience, and I think I'll just have to get used to that for now. For whatever reason I'm not terribly popular here, and like any representitive democracy, the wiki is a popularity contest in many respects. Feel free to archive the RfC, thanks for your thoughtful assistance, and good day. Sam [Spade] 19:44, 15 May 2004 (UTC)

Good work banning Cantus. Mazel tov! 172 00:55, 18 May 2004 (UTC)

Have you "decided" when the Holocaust began?

Hi Danny: So 1936 does not count as "THE" Holocaust? Says who? See the rest of my message on the talk:Holocaust page. Thanks. IZAK 06:10, 19 May 2004 (UTC)

I'm dealing with some intractable trolling on National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam and Talk:Augusto Pinochet. I need help stabilizing these situations before they get me to leave this site for good. Thanks very much in advance if you can help. 172 12:04, 19 May 2004 (UTC)

Do you want to make some comments at Talk:Augusto Pinochet#Another poll? 172 15:05, 19 May 2004 (UTC)

Gah, Talk:Holocaust seems to be under attack from super-intentionalists. It's bad enough arguing with idiots on stuff I don't know all that much about. When it's something where I'm actually familiar with the historiography it's utterly infuriating. john 05:53, 20 May 2004 (UTC)

• Hi: It's me, that "super-intentionalist" (wow, what a word, worthy of the most subtle of Holocaust-deniars, the academics who want to "squeeze out" all meaning from one of the greatest catastrophes to befall Jewry)...my, my, now johny is calling me an "idiot" how charming. I have repeatedly requested that you STOP your tirade of four letter words and insults. Maybe it's time you re-learned what those nasty profs have taught you and also whilst you're about it , learn some manners. Yikes, and this is from someone studying the MARTYRDOM of Six Million Jews (plus). Shame on you, and grow up! (Oh, and by the way, I'm truly glad to see that you say: "there is stuff I don't know all that much about"....hmmmmmm). IZAK 06:40, 21 May 2004 (UTC)

Empire of Atlantium Talk Page

Kindly stop reverting my edit to the above page. The deleted material is irrelevant and off topic. See my talk page for further detail.--Gene_poole 01:20, 21 May 2004 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Gene Poole. --"DICK" CHENEY 01:47, 21 May 2004 (UTC)

Strike?

I just had an interesting idea? Do you think we can organize a strike among users in protest of the arbitration decision banning Wik for a week and threaten a "walk out" if they do not reverse the ruling? 172 01:58, 21 May 2004 (UTC)

I guess this idea is a bit risky. Perhaps we could start a petition to present to the arbitrators? 172 00:25, 22 May 2004 (UTC)

Holocaust

Yeah, I knew there was something going on with IZAK that I didn't fully understand. The thing is, he's not actually doing much to the article - it's mostly just talk page comments. I think we should be able to handle it, ultimately. john k 16:46, 21 May 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for the note. My response was an idea for an ambitious proposal. You've dealt with the mailing list and Jimbo much more often than I have, so I'll let you decide whether or not it's realistic. 172 01:33, 22 May 2004 (UTC)

Ponderous

I don't find your manner or suggestions that I am ignorant to be Polite. Please be more respectful in the future. Sam [Spade] 04:02, 22 May 2004 (UTC)

John Ross merger

I went ahead and merged John Ross (naval officer) into John Ross (Arctic explorer). The process wasn't entirely smooth, so I wouldn't be surprised if it's full of errors now. Would be nice if you could have a look at it. -- Fredrik 20:33, 23 May 2004 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/172

I'm really surprised that you would endorse a summary that says Censuring someone who actually knows the material because some ignorant fuck who has never read a book in his life doesnt approve of it and wants to post his own ill-informed opinion will be the death of Wikipedia. Abusive language is always inappropriate. RickK 02:15, 24 May 2004 (UTC)

I'm disappointed. RickK 02:21, 24 May 2004 (UTC)

Wik

I'm not allowed to revert vandalism to my own Talk page!? RickK 03:12, 24 May 2004 (UTC)

Too funny. That's exactly what you prevent me from doing! Wik

I wouldn't have bothered with him if he hadn't decided to defy the 7-day block. RickK 03:26, 24 May 2004 (UTC)

List of encyclopedia topics (64)

If there hadn't been redirects I would have created them, and if there hadn't been articles I wouldn't have made any changes, so, if I understand the purpose correctly, it sounds like I didn't really cause any harm, just wasted my time. Since they have a special use, has someone considered making a msg header to put at the top of all the pages to that effect, for people like me that get there from a "what links here", bypassing the frontmatter? Anyway, in the future I'll just ignore those pages and let people more involved with them take care of them. Niteowlneils 03:58, 24 May 2004 (UTC)

Guess who's joining the lynch mob now. [1] 172 04:38, 24 May 2004 (UTC)

History of Poland

I have found some resources that seem interesting, though I had not time to read it. Maybe you would find the time to adopt it? It is connected to Doctor's plot. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sipa/REGIONAL/ECE/gluchowski.pdf Cautious 08:07, 24 May 2004 (UTC)

Holocaust

Danny, I hadn't carefully read this article previously. In general the article is poorly written and contains a number of sloppy formulations and errors of fact. The Poles or the Slavs in general were not, as a people, "targetted for extermination" in an imediate sense, although no doubt Hitler expected that they would eventually disappear from New Order Europe. Nor do I think it is true that Soviet POWs were "shipped to extermination camps" because they were Slavs - they were shipped to POW camps where most of them died, but that is not the same thing.

More importantly, the opening section is in my view fundamentally wrong in several respects. It is wrong in principle to use the term Holocaust to apply to all the people killed by the Nazis. This term was coined in regard to the attempted genocide of the Jews and should be reserved for that purpose. It is also wrong to equate the mass murder of the Jews with the persecution of (for example) communists and gay men. The statement (for example) that they "all perished alongside one another in the camps" is false - the extermination camps were for Jews only. The Nazis did not systematically exterminate other categories of people (except the Gypsies): they sent them to concentration camps where most of them died, but that is not as a matter of principle the same thing.

Having said that, I would be buying into a huge fight if I attempted to rewrite the article in the way I think it ought to be written, when I have had no previous involvement with it. What do you think about this? I might draft a new article and send it to you for your comment, and leave it to you to use some or all of it as you see fit. Adam 23:38, 24 May 2004 (UTC)

Thank you

Wikipedia:Requests for comment/172 Sam [Spade] 23:59, 24 May 2004 (UTC)

Which of my comments above do you disagree with? Adam 00:04, 25 May 2004 (UTC)

Holocaust 2

Thanks for your comments.

• I said: The Poles or the Slavs in general were not, as a people, "targetted for extermination" in an imediate sense, although no doubt Hitler expected that they would eventually disappear from New Order Europe.
  • You said: Not exactly true. There was a change in Hitler's attitudes toward the Poles once he got bogged down in the Soviet Union, but there was certainly an attempt to eradicate the intelligentsia, etc., especially in the early days of teh war. In fact, the statement is debatable.
    • I reply: The eradication of the Polish intelligentsia is not disputed. This is not the same thing as genocide or a plan for genocide. As far as I know there was neither an attempt not a plan for an attempt to exterminate the Poles as a race. The longterm plan no doubt was that the Poles would be enslaved and eventually die out, but that cannot be equated with the Jewish Holocaust, which was a concrete operational plan for genocide.
      • An interesting, if debatable, book on the Poles in particular is Richard Lukas, The Forgotten Holocaust 1. In terms of magnitude and success, it did not reach the proportions of the Jewish Holocaust in Poland, but it reached very serious proportions and might have been even more severe had Hitler not required the Poles as workers once his invasion of the Soviet Union became more serious. Lukas is a decent scholar.
• I said: Nor do I think it is true that Soviet POWs were "shipped to extermination camps" because they were Slavs - they were shipped to POW camps where most of them died, but that is not the same thing.
  • You said: Until 1942, more Soviet prisoners than Jews had died. They were, in many cases, gassed, although again, it depends on the exact period.
    • I reply: They died because they were force-marched to POW camps where they were starved and worked to death. They were not systematically exterminated, and certainly not because they were Slavs. Some were indeed gassed in camps, but a fairly small number relative to the total number of Soviet POWs. Many Soviet POWs survived the war, which they would not have done had there been a systematic plan to exterminate them.
      • As many as 5 million died (though personally, I think the number is exaggerrated, even though the official figure are too low). Einsatzgruppen were sent to murder "Bolsheviks," as well as Jews (sometime,s but not necessarily, as exchangable terms).
• I said: It is wrong in principle to use the term Holocaust to apply to all the people killed by the Nazis. This term was coined in regard to the attempted genocide of the Jews and should be reserved for that purpose.
  • You said: Holocaust was used in the American press in the early '40s to refer to other populations. See Peter Novick on that one.
    • I reply: I defer to your knowledge on this. I have read several times that the word in its secular sense was coined specifically about the Jews. The Holocaust in American Life, page 20.
• I said: It is also wrong to equate the mass murder of the Jews with the persecution of (for example) communists and gay men.
  • You said: What about Gypsies? (though I do get very upset when JW's compare their suffering--actually, I really hate the idea of comparative suffering.
    • I reply: I noted that the Gypsies are the other group who were deliberately exterminated. I don't thing this is an argument about comparative suffering. I am a non-Jewish gay man, but I would not for a second presume to compare the persecution of gay men by the Nazis with the Holocaust, which was a crime without parallel in both conception and execution.
      • We are agreed here.
• I said: The statement (for example) that they "all perished alongside one another in the camps" is false - the extermination camps were for Jews only.
  • You said: Again, Gypsies, and some testimony of Poles and POWs, but essentially correct.
    • I reply: I agree there were some minor exceptions, as I noted in my work on the Extermination camp article. But the six extermination camps were established for the specific purpose of killing every Jew in Europe. No other group, not even the Gypsies, received such attention.
      • Agreed again, though there is testimony of Gypsies in Belzec, and certainly in Auschwitz. It is a personal thing with me that there suffering, which was very real, is so often overshadowed by Jewish suffering. Sadly, Gypsies continue to suffer discrimination in Europe--the recent attempt to wall their neighborhood in in Prague gives me shivers. No one would do it to Jews today, because of what happened 50 years ago. As a Jew, I do feel I have a responsibility to point out their suffering too, both past and (though it pales in comparison to extermination) present. Danny 01:05, 25 May 2004 (UTC)

I think my biggest problem is that we are discussing the matter in a decent way, bringing sources and working toward a resolution of any differences, real or supposed, that we may have. I am cynical about whether we serve as a real model for the other users. Danny 01:05, 25 May 2004 (UTC)

If I might make a personal comment (and I have said this to other Jewish friends): I think you ought to be wary of over-deference to other people's opinions on this issue. There is no parallel for what was done to the Jews during WW2. This is not a subjective response on my part, it is my professional opinion as a well-read historian. You ought not to be swayed from that fact for fear of being accused of Holocaust-monopolisation or whatever. You ought in particular make no concessions to the Polish nationlist editors here, who have a clear anti-Semitic bias. (To be fair, they may not be aware of this, since it is so deeply ingrained in Polish education and culture.)

I agree that you and I don't have any real differences of approach as opposed to different interpretations of fact about this. I ask again: do you think it useful for me to do a new draft of the article? Adam 01:25, 25 May 2004 (UTC)

OK I will have a go at it.

On Grynszpan I would say: Terrorism is the use of violence to induce terror in people other than the direct target of the violence, in order to compel them to act in a certain way. The term is itself morally neutral - the morality or immorality of any act of terrorism depends on who its target is, what its objective is, and whether the violence committed is proportionate to the evil (if any) which the terrorism seeks to end or prevent. In the case of Grynszpan, assuming his motive was political rather than personal, his act was designed to induce terror in the Nazis, in the hope that they would cease persecuting Jews. Since this was a noble motive and the Nazis were evil people who deserved to be terrorised, I would heartily approve of his action. Adam 01:53, 25 May 2004 (UTC)

I don't think anyone could reasonably have predicted that Grynszpan's act would precipitate the Kristallnacht, and certainly not a 17-year-old boy. In any case Kristallnacht or something like it would have happened anyway. Grynszpan cannot therefore be held in any serious way responsible for those events. I would build a large statue of him in central Hannover. (I admit that I am influenced here by my romantic sympathy for gay boys in distress, but I think this is a morally sound position.) Adam 02:15, 25 May 2004 (UTC)

White Nationalist FAQ

May or may not be a copyright violation (if you list it as one, I'll probably say it's fair use because of its public interest nature - might as well hold off until we see whether it survives VfD and gets rewritten) - whatever it was, it was not a candidate for deletion 20 minutes after being moved from another article. It needs rework and one of the purposes of VfD is to give at least a minimal time for that to happen. Jamesday 01:41, 26 May 2004 (UTC)

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"The New Wik" reminds me of nothing so much as Michael. Remind me again why you were so reluctant to get rid of him? - Hephaestos|§ 06:03, 26 May 2004 (UTC)

erased text so as not to divulge privacy of individual posting.

Hi, I cannot speak English.Only read.--Shizhao 03:23, 27 May 2004 (UTC)

Please take a look at my comment at m:Talk:Election Candidates at your nearest convenience. I think this issue should be addressed before the election starts.--Eloquence*

In need of community support

I'm in need of community support.

Right now, I am on the verge of being driven away from Wikipedia through the relentless efforts of a single problem user on Wikipedia:Requests for comment/172, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration, and Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/172 vs VeryVerily.

The same user who refuses to accept the results of the Augusto Pinochet poll (see also [2]) goes through my user history every time he logs on and then starts reverting things that I've written arbitrary. He manages to divert attention away from the articles onto ad hominem attacks, thus poisoning the well against me. [3]

He has been doing nothing else for the past couple of months, other than making some minor changes to pages that he finds through the random page feature. Meanwhile, I've been working on articles such as Empire of Brazil, Dollar Diplomacy, and Franco-U.S. relations. I'm tired of letting a problem user define my contributions to the encyclopedia, as opposed to my work.

I may have said some regrettable things in the past, but my editing practices are scholarly and methodical. When I make an edit, my choice is based on a consideration of the quality of the encyclopedia. Unlike the user who avowedly admits to trying to escalate a personal feud (see, e.g., [4]), I do not decide which pages to edit and what changes to make on the basis of personality feuds, emotional POV whims, or a desire to get attention.

Although this user shows little evidence that he understands the content of the articles, I have shown considerable restraint, given my professional expertise. [5]. Only through community support (i.e. lobbying the arbitration committee)will this user be stopped. Otherwise, Wikipedia will die unless we stop vandals and clueless POV-pushers from running rampant and driving away valued contributors.

Please feel free to direct questions and comments to my talk page or e-mail at sokolov47@yahoo.com.

Sincerely,

172 01:39, 30 May 2004 (UTC)

User:Zoe

I've noted you've had to deal with a lot of vandalism to Zoe's now defunct userpage. Any reason why we can't just protect it? If Zoe has admin duty, in theory the protection to Zoe's page isn't going to stop changes being made if Zoe comes back. Write back on my UserTalk page.--Ingoolemo 01:42, 2004 Jun 1 (UTC)

Judaism

I was surprised to see that this article has nothing to say about the Temple-era Hebrew religion, as opposed to post-Temple rabbinic Judaism. Does the word Judaism not encompass this? If not, where is it discussed? Adam 02:52, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I don't think I asked you to get involved, just to tell me if there is another article on this subject, or if the Judaism article needs more material. Adam 03:40, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Perhaps the Judaism article needs a History of Judaism section which describes the religious practice of the Jews before the fall of the Temple? (Or is Hebrews the prefered term for that period?) Adam 04:50, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Hi I saw your contribution to Child sexual abuse and the reference of pederasty was about Noble men injecting semen in order to inject arete into boys. I am curious about your reference and would appreciate any CLASSICAL references especially. Please put response on my talk page thanks.WHEELER 13:41, 5 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Ars Electronica, Golden Nica ceremony at UN

Danny,

I'm here in London and so far unsuccessful at finding an Internet cafe where I can use ssh to read my email in the usual way. The representative from Ars Electronica here to film our meeting tells me that back at Ars Electronica HQ they are getting quite anxious about who will be there at the UN. This is undoubtably my fault, as I thought I emailed them, and I know you haven't heard back from them, which most likely means that I did not email them or emailed them incorrectly.

Anyhow, here I am, knowing that they are anxious, but also not having access to my email in order to find their address so as to reassure them and put them in touch with you properly.

If you could email them yourself on my behalf and let them know you are coming, I will followup to confirm officially as soon as possible. This page on their site tells all about it. It seems that info at aec.it would be a reasonable first address for you to write to, but as soon as I can find a way into my email properly, I will send both you and them a proper introduction.

I'm so sorry for the goofiness of all this. I never suspected that using ssh would prove so troublesome.Jimbo Wales 20:33, 5 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Update: The right person is iris.mayr@aec.at Jimbo Wales 10:11, 6 Jun 2004 (UTC)

After the mailing list discussion, User:VeryVerily goes through my user history and just reverts almost every edit that I make. It's like I'm under a one user-imposed ban right now. What the hell am I going to do? How do I get this stalker off my back? 172 21:14, 11 Jun 2004 (UTC)

On the Hitler page, I've tried to streamline the intro - I think for such introductions, the less information, the better. Just focus on who he was, and let the article itself do the heavy lifting - the article itself is also less likely to receive attention from trolls. I also thought "military-industrial complex" was a rather odd phrase to use in the introduction, so I removed it. john k 17:19, 12 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Hitler article

Danny I haven't looked at Hitler for some months, obviously the opening section has deteriorated badly since I last rewrote it. This seems to be the way major political-historical articles at Wikipedia go - someone fixes them, then they slowly fill up with illiterate rubbish until someone comes and fixes them again. I would recommend simply reverting to the article as I rewrote it here. But I doubt that would be acceptable, and I don't think I want to go through this whole process again. Adam 04:05, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I agree that Sam's version is unacceptable. I'm surprised, because I haven't thought of him as a crank before. As soon as the page is unprotected the opening section as I wrote it (see link above) should be reinstalled. 04:32, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Err, yes, Sam actually is rather a crank. I agree that Adam's version is best - just keep the damned thing as short as possible - although I'd suggest that we mention him as leader of the Nazi Party, as well. john k 04:42, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)

North Yemen

I am using rulers.org and worldstatesmen.org for my sources. Is there perhaps some confusion between the HoS (article at President of North Yemen and apparently usually titled Chairman) and the HoG (article at Prime Minister of North Yemen and noted only as PM)? Or possibly between North and South Yemen? Jonel 03:10, 14 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I figured it out. I screwed up and copied the list of PMs of the PDRY where I meant to get the list of PMs of the YAR. Fixing it now. Thanks for the heads-up. Jonel 03:21, 14 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Should be all good now. Out of curiousity, does the new one match your book's list a bit better? Jonel 03:39, 14 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Translation of the election notice into chinese

Hello Danny,

sorry for not answering you in time. I was in voucation because I was moving from one city into another, and due to the moving I am at the moment somehow offline. I would translate the article, but it would took some time because I don't have chinese input system at work and I must do it at home (which is still offline) and then upload the translation at work. I will inform you as soon as possible when I finished the translation and put it online. --Philopp 09:23, 14 Jun 2004 (UTC)

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Election results

Danny, thanks for your administering the elections and the result announcement. However, will there be an official report for it, including breakdown of votes per candidate, etc.? Right now, it's all hearsay, and I cannot point anyone to an "official" announcement. Thanks. Fuzheado | Talk 02:05, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Thanks, I understand better now. Perhaps we could make a temporary page at least, that has the result, and saying that the official report is forthcoming (ie. with the explanation you gave me). I would do so myself, but think you or Imran would be better to determine the name of such page. Fuzheado | Talk 02:16, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Hello Danny,

thank you for overseeing elections to the Board of Trustees. However, announcing the winners without publishing the official results was a major procedural goof. Please see the Village pump and publish the full election results very soon now.

Lupo 07:43, 15 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Hi Danny, I want to thank you again for all the work you put into to organising the elections. As I wrote on my user page, I was really surprised at how smoothly it all went, and I've no doubt that the effort you and Imran put in played a large part in that. Do you have any more need for your temporary adminship on Meta? Please could you let me know, or apply for permanent adminship there so the temporary access can be removed? Thank you. Angela. 14:53, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)

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Danny, I assume you are familiar with this piece by Jon Petrie. What is your opinion of it? If he is right then I will have to modify some of the views I expressed above about the history of the word's usage. Adam 14:12, 19 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Meta

I am requesting adminship on Meta for the account m:User:Danny. Danny 21:53, 20 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Categories

Thanks for helping out with the cryptography categorisation! — Matt 11:49, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Oy=

Dear Danny and RK - I am sick of trying to defend Zionism and Anti-Zionism against the fedayeen without any help from people (like you two) who ought to have an interest in defending these articles. So I am taking them off my watchlist and they can sink into the swamp. Regards, Adam 10:19, 23 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Bureaucrat

Hi Danny,

I pushed the button for you on Bureaucrat status. Congratulations. If you don't know what to do, I don't suppose anyone here does. Cheers! -- Cecropia | Talk 06:35, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Thanks

Confused tho, I thought you were in favor of flames in my direction. Sam [Spade] 06:51, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)

oh, congrats on the Bureaucratship, btw. Sam [Spade] 06:57, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)

OK, thats good (the opposition to abuse part). Feel free to discuss any specific objections to my contributions, either on the respective talk pages or on my own. Cheers, Sam [Spade] 17:15, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I am increasingly confused to see you defending me from ad hominem's. You have earned a curious sort of respect from me due to these sorts of inconsistencies. If you are willing to discuss "point by point" any objections that you have to my edits, NPOV, Factual accuracy, or otherwise, that might well go the extra mile towards us reconciling our misunderstandings. My intent was to use this arbitration case to demand enforcement of wikipedia:No personal attacks / Wikipedia:Civility / wikiquette. If we can manage to resolve your NPOV concerns thru intellectual discussion, that would essentially eliminate our respective claims against one another. It also might be good for the wikipedia articles we edit. Cheers, Sam [Spade] 22:51, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Thats all I can ask for. Is there any one thing you can think of that has particularly concerned you? I can't imagine it was the Hitler article edit, altho I've second (really tripple and quadrouple) guessed myself on that, and shown it to other wiki's and friends, etc. Frankly my guess is that due to the sorts of articles I've edited, and the direction I've shifted (always towards NPOV, IMO), you (and likely others) have made assumptions about my POV's. Thruout life I've had a tendancy to offend those who "read between my lines". Heck, my wife and I mainly argue not due to something I said, but due to something she thought I ment. So thats my guess on whats happened, that people see me edit nazism and assume I'm a nazi, or gay bathhouse and assume I'm an anti-gay activist. Thoughts? Sam [Spade] 23:05, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)

and I will be going out with my wife (it's our 2 yr aniversary today :). One of the things I like about talk pages is the ability to have slow motion conversations. Take as long as you like, and I can assure you I will do likewise ;). Do you prefer to communicate as we are, all on one page, or otherwise? Sam [Spade] 23:16, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Edit to Daniel Pearl

Hey Danny. This edit http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Daniel_Pearl&diff=4310960&oldid=4310528 is not "correct". The capitalization mistakes and such actually were there - the quote is there to show what was actually typed. It is not a Wikipedia user that made the capitalization mistake. It was the people who typed up the words on the video. Hence, the words "sic" are there. WhisperToMe 13:46, 27 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Regarding Stirling Newberry v. Terjepetersen

Hey, my name's Wally, and as you may have seen on the requisite pages I'm currently kicking off handling the AMA's part in the case, assistance having been requested by one of the parties. Just wanted to give you a heads-up as mediator and let you know we've been called in, though to what purpose I've not yet established.

I've communicated with both the disputant and the disputee, advising them what their rights are under the mediation process guidelines and hoping to clear the way a little bit for you and the mediators (is this a one man thing, or a team, I'm a little hazy yet as to the process?). The only official advice I've given yet to both parties is to, imho, accept mediation and be as cooperative and forthcoming as possible. Hopefully, that will provide a bit of a leg-up as this case goes forward.

Any help, therefore, I or the AMA can be as you're going through this (including if/when I or another AMA member takes representation of this case for either or both parties, although as I'm just operating as a sort of "advance man" at the moment I'm not sure how likely it is), please don't hesitate to ask. I've also been familiarizing myself, from an impartial perspective, as to the nature of the case, and would be happy to direct your attention towards anything that seems important for examination. Just to start with, I'd look at the supply-side economics dispute - whatever happened on the gold standard page, it's neither recorded at all on the talk page nor in the recent history page, and it seems not to move very fast. Supply-side gives a much better feel for the nature of the thing.

Incidentally, I also have a question. Reading of the mediation policy, I've noted that there's a sort of "gag order" over the whole thing and that nothing discussed, planned, etc. can be brought up in later stages, i.e. arbitration. However, though that implies mediators, do advocates come under that umbrella? Also, is it only private communications (i.e. e-mail) or all communications that are under it? What if one party is particularly helpful or, more importantly, particularly intransigent?

Thanks in advance for the help and for mediating this. I hope you consider me a resource for further assistance as this process goes on.

Wally 01:45, 28 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Stirling Newberry 11:56, 28 Jun 2004 (UTC) Thanks for being so quick to drop a line. I'd like to take this off Wikipedia pages for conversation. You can reach me at stirling_newberry@yahoo.com

Hi, wanted to see if the ball's yet gotten rolling on this, since I've not yet had reply from any of the parties. Drop me a line, if you would! Wally 14:54, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)

The page has been dumped back into edit war, and TJ is continuing to engage in his bombast and egomania. Since the mediation process seems to be a complete waste of time, since no one is willing to work through it, I withdraw my request. Obviously things simply have to get just be allowed to get unpleasant before anything is done. I am very disappointed. Stirling Newberry 16:56, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Getting back

I'm sorry to hear about your friend’s loss, my condolences. I've been rather distracted myself, altho I must admit I'm holding off on editing that particular page until we resolve matters a bit further. Perhaps it would be best to discuss that page (and the two different edits) in that pages talk, and discuss more generally our approaches to NPOV (and perhaps our personal POV's) in our respective talk pages? As I mentioned before, I'm pretty open to how and where (and really even what) we discuss. I might even consider IRC if I had some assurance it wouldn't end up in a flame-fest (I general avoid #wikipedia for a reason, i.e. lack of moderation). I like your new picture BTW, a distinct improvement. Nothing quite like the moment of success :) Sam [Spade] 06:20, 30 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Thank you for your support

Hi Danny! Just a short note to let you know how grateful I was for your vote in support of my nomination in last week's sysop election. Wikipedia is a great project and I feel honoured to be able to play a small part in building it. Your vote meant a lot to me. David Cannon 10:31, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Orthodox Judaism

I recently made a minor modification to a paragraph that has been in this article for over a year. In the past Danny, I and others have been in agreement on this point. However, on looking it over, the point seemed too strong; it made it look as if Orthodox Jews reject all of modernity, which they certainly do not. (They live in the greater gentile society which sourrounds them, use all modern technology and medicine, and participate in the general economy and society.) As such, I changed a few words to tone down the original. Out of nowhere, Danny wrote "removed ill-informed statement by user who does not know what he is talking about." and took out the entire paragraph. All I can say is "huh"? RK 17:06, Jul 5, 2004 (UTC)

From Hirsch to Kook to Soloveichik to Greenberg, all have adopted ideas from the "Enlightenment," so stop your pompous posing and try to write about things you know. Danny 19:05, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Danny, first off, stop your ad homenim attacks. Secondly, this paragraph has been in this article for a year. Third, you and I already discussed this issue. I never claimed that every single Orthodox Jew rejected every single idea from the enlightenment. You are attributing an extreme position to me that I never had; You and I worked on the articles on Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox Judaism, and we came to a consensus on them. In fact I repeatedly praised the hard work you did on them, and the fine material you added. You know that we agree on this topic. So why this outburst to the contrary? RK

In any case, I find a problem with your examples. While Rabbi Irving Greenberg is a product of the enlightenment, the result is that many of his writings are considered unacceptable to many Orthodox Jews; his views are not representative of any mainstream Orthodox rabbinical group or Yeshiva, and he has been condemned by some of his own modern Orthodox peers as beyond the pale.

As for Rabbis Abraham Isaac Kook and Joseph Soloveitchik, they reject many religious and philosophical enlightenment ideas. Just to give two significant examples, Kook didn't even want women to have the right to vote. And Soloveitchik attacked all post-enlightenment bible research on the Torah as heretical, and held on to some rather medieval ideas about the status of women in Judaism. The fact these men embrace some enlightenment ideas is true, but I never claimed or implied otherwise. I think you are reading way too much into what I wrote. RK

Finally, you literally misread the entire point of the edit I made! The original paragraph made all Orthodox Jews out to be anti-modern, and in (apparent) agreement with you, I toned down this idea. Is your criticism of me based on the point that you wish to phrase that paragraph another way? Fine, I would welcome your input. RK 19:33, Jul 5, 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for your support

I just wanted to thank you for your support in my recent nomination to become an administrator. I really appreciate it. blankfaze | •• | •• 14:51, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Request for mediator in the case of User:AndyL and User:WHEELER

A few days ago, AndyL listed a request on the Wikipedia:Requests for mediation page between User:WHEELER and himself:

see Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User:WHEELER and associated TALK page. Specific complaint about his anti-Semitic comment on Talk:Early_National_Socialism but also about his general conduct around POV editing and unencyclopedic behaviour. AndyL 05:31, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)

After discussing the matter with sannse, it seems that the first step is to identify one or more members of the committee who are willing to mediate in this case, although before proceeding it will be necessary to clarify the goals of the mediation.

And just FYI, there has also been quite a bit of chatter on the WikiEN mailing list about similar issues.

If you are willing to act as the mediator in this case, please leave a brief note stating so at Wikipedia:Requests_for_mediation#User:AndyL_and_User:WHEELER. The more people who are willing to mediate, the better, as this will provide more options for the two users to try to agree on.

Thanks, BCorr|Брайен 18:30, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)

hello

Hi Danny, Thanks for your message. Better sit down before you look at Holocaust. --Zero 13:52, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Alabama Governors

Haha. I once again underestimate the collective speed of Wikipedia. I was planning to make stubs for each one, then go back through them with a more in-depth list of information, if I had it, rather than looking each one up individually as I made the pages. I see you've already beaten me to it. Thanks :) Though, I feel kind of bad leaving that work for you to do. :) --Golbez 00:47, Jul 19, 2004 (UTC)

Hello/X-Men dispute

Hi, Danny. Thanks for agreeing to mediate the X-Men article dispute. I had a little trouble finding your e-mail on your page. I'm at pnk6@pitt.edu if you would like to drop me a line, letting me know how to reach you. Thanks, Nick

A dispute about the X-Men? I had thought that the worldwide wave of seething bickering controversy would be limited to less fictional and therefore less interesting topics. :) -Stevertigo

:D I'm still not sure if its solid evidence of mankind's redeemability, or a sure sign of the endtimes. -SV 23:34, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Some of us take our comics very seriously ... (hey, i have two comics from my collection on loan to my museum right now.) I am glad though that I am dealing with this, rather than the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Danny 23:38, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Agreed. I wonder what kind of comic books kids over there read, though. TTYL :( -SV 23:50, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)

The right to defend

Hello, Danny

You have just blocked an IP used by 'PolishPoliticians' giving the reason 'insulting behaviour'. I feel there was nothing insulting in my behaviour, I feel I explained all my edits sufficiently, and I feel VERY VERY insulted that I was blocked, and I was given no opportunity to defend myself. I think that the right to defend is a basic right of every person, and I feel very insulted that I was denied it.

I am very insulted that Wikipedia tolerates the Nazi content, and blockes the people who try be honest, tolerant and contribute to Wikipedia value. I expect simple appologies. Everything else we can discuss. Thank you

PS. I you block an IP or User, please allow to make complains ANYWHERE in Wikipedia. It is very frustrating if you are blockes, try to complain, and it says you cannnot complain about beeing blocked beacuse you are blocked.

AGAIN: There was nothing in my behaviour I should be ashamed of, I feel veru insulted by wikipedia, and I expect some appologies.

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I thought that Wikipedia is a great internet project and I encouraged my friends to join and share their knowlegde and abilities with other internet users. But if you tolerate the Nazis in Wikipedia I will tell about it to all my friends, and I will also write articles to all possible newspapers I know. I AM SERIOUS. User: PolishPoliticians 02:02, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Re Category:Torah people

Hi Danny, see my response on User talk:IZAK regarding you observations about Category:Torah people. Thanks. IZAK 03:14, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Childlove movement

Hi Danny, I just saw you removed the images in the article. Don't you think it would have been preferable to get involved in the discussion taking place at that very time on the Talk page first? Incidentally I support removing the images.pir 12:01, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)

arbitration

Wow, thanx. You really lived up to my estimation of your character, which if you look closely has always been a good one. I'm still open to discussing any particulars, but I get the impression your a whole lot busier than I am :). I would like to reiterate my concern about strong words, harsh tones, and assumptions of bad faith. I donno why it is, but thruout my life I have rubbed some people wrong, and they have found reason to assume unfortunate stuff about me. Maybe its my sense of humor or something, my friends tend to think I'm a pretty funny guy, whereas those who take issue w me obviously do not. I guess my point is that while I may not be P.C., I mean well, and while some others might not mean well, it is still important to be judicious w our statements about them. Even when fighting the most obvious of nazi's/gay bashers/trollish f-heads it's always best to keep the high ground. Those sort fight best when they drag you down to their level, and they are most obvious in their depravity when they can't drag you down. I think you've realized now that isn't me, that I want to get along, even if it's hard work. Thank you for living up to my best impressions of you, and keep up the good fight, (altho carefully :) Sam [Spade] 03:57, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Help

Hi Danny. If you are there, a timely protection of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East at the Ambivalenthysteria edition would be appreciated. That version was negotiated with Humus Sapiens at length and now OneVoice (aka 209.135.35.83) is trying to undo all our hard work. Thanks, --Zero 13:42, 22 Jul 2004 (UTC)   No need, V did it. --Zero 14:11, 22 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Kingdom of Israel, LaRouche

Hi Danny, good to see you are still about. I would welcome your comment on the discussion at Talk:Kingdom of Israel. Are you an expert on this subject? I'm sure you are :) Also, I am looking for better source material on Lyndon LaRouche than Dennis King's book so I can wage war with the LaRouchies more effectively. Through contacts here I have asked the ADL to supply me with better info but have had no reply as yet. Do you have any sources? Adam 03:36, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Adminship (Mustafaa)

Hi Danny. Thanks for your suggested nomination! I'm honored. But I should ask first - what responsibilities would it entail? - Mustafaa 08:46, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Alfredo Casella

Thank you for your precious help. Ciao. W/it: M7|M/ --213.255.107.33 20:27, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Anti-Semitism advise.

I've responded on my talk page. Quadell (talk) 00:58, Jul 25, 2004 (UTC)

Meaty Hessian

Thanks for the notice - Ill read it all now. -SV 03:18, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Personal attacks on the mailing list

I am sending the following message to multiple users I'd strongly appreciate it if fair-minded users responded to the latest string of baseless personal attacks on the mailing list ([6], [7], [8], [9]). Stan Shebs, Fred Bauder, and RickK started attacking me ferociously since it came up on the mailing list that one of the articles I'd written was featured, Russian constitutional crisis of 1993.

I know that I have made mistakes on Wikipedia; but those mistakes were not motivated by anything other than a passion to make Wikipedia into a serious, professional, quality encyclopedia, not a dumping ground for ungrammatical POV rubbish and fiction. This is making it harder and harder for me to be as efficacious as a user as I want to be. (The distorted impression of my work that these attacks engender are at the root of quite a large number of conflicts on Wikipedia.) That's why I feel that they should finally be thoroughly discredited. 172 05:53, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Hirsch

Hi Danny, woz hert zich? I appreciate you must be busy, but User:RK has been addressing some comments at us on Talk:Samson Raphael Hirsch. I have posted my response. Would you care to take a glance? He seems to be confusing Rav Hirsch and Rabbi Soloveitchik and uses their names interchangeably! JFW | T@lk 20:53, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)

PS Like the new photo on your userpage!

All is not lost

If enough knowledgable and cool-headed posters take an interest in the Jewish related articles, some semblance of NPOV can be restored, regardless of the biases of some posters. You'd be a huge help in that. Jayjg 02:44, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Arbitration Committee elections

I understand you've volunteered again to administer the arbitration committee election. I've taken the liberty of setting the dates for the election based on discussion at Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee Elections July 2004, so that we can keep the process moving along. I hope this is acceptable to you. If there is anything else I can do to help you with your duties in the election, feel free to let me know. --Michael Snow 22:37, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Your e-mail address bounced

Hi Danny

I responded to your e-mail but my response bounced back. Where should I respond to you? Jayjg 20:12, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Hi Danny. I've nominated you for mediation co-chair on the mediation board and written something about the spoken Wikipedia idea we were discussing yesterday. I hope you enjoyed the Boston trip. Angela. 23:48, Jul 31, 2004 (UTC)

Hi Danny. You added Exodus (film). Did you notive Exodus (movie) was there already? --Zero 00:06, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Nice to meet you in Boston

Thanks so much for remembering me and encouraging me to come. As promised, I have returned to Wikipedia activity.

Ortolan88 01:26, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Boston!

Sorry for not responding, I was away. Um, I didn't come to Boston because I live in Florida, and as much as I'd have really liked to go to Boston and meet some Wikipedians, there's the whole issue of it being far, far away. Haha. I don't have money or anything to drive/fly up there... I don't see why we don't have Wikimeetups in the Deep South... ;-) blankfaze | (беседа!) 05:22, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Boston VfD deletion

I'm actually surprised to see that someone else hasn't asked you this yet, but why did you delete the VfD entry/vote on User:Raul654/Boston without any discussion or even any comment (as far as I can see) before the vfd period on this has ended? Is there some policy on this kind of thing that I am not aware of?

If not, then I feel very, very, VERY uncomfortable about you having done this, because at best it could be interpreted as paternalism and at worst as censorship. I really think it would be best if this vote/discussion was placed back in.

Friendly Wikigreetings, Elf-friend 08:00, 3 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for your quick answer! I'm not on the mailing list, so I didn't get that part of the story. Oh, well, all's well that ends well ... peace reigns in Wikiland once again ... ;-) :-D

(But may I suggest in all friendliness that something like this be accompanied in future with an edit comment like "Deleted on mediated request" or something similar.)

Elf-friend 09:59, 3 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Journal/periodical/feed summaries

Hi Danny, are there journals you read regularly? You might be interested in this project: m:Wikisummaries. You can probably get away without using a single comma in any of these ultra-short blurbs. I think I will begin somewhere on en:, perhaps in my user space... +sj+ 00:01, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)

AC election question

Hi. I noticed that you're in charge of the AC election this month. A friend and I have a question about it. Two AC seats are up for grabs; can you put both of your votes for one person? for any help you can provide. --Merovingian✍Talk 01:10, Aug 4, 2004 (UTC)

I thought so; ! --Merovingian✍Talk 01:26, Aug 4, 2004 (UTC)

Ready

AC election script should hopefully work now. You can declare the vote open by just blanking Template:Boardvote entry, or by replacing it with something nicer. The tally script is untested, the modified version which may or may not work in this situation is at http://wikimedia.org/tally.php.txt . It would be nice to be able to test it because if the votes are somehow being encrypted in a way which is unrecoverable, we would probably want to know about that ASAP. That's pretty unlikely though. I set it up with the same key pair as we used for the Board vote.

The entry page is at Special:ArbComVote. In theory you could link straight to the voting page rather than the entry page. -- Tim Starling 14:56, Aug 4, 2004 (UTC)

Mediation Committee nomination

Hi Danny -- it was great to get to meet you on Saturday! I'm just stopping by to inform you that you've been nominated by Angela to be co-chair of the committee at the bulletin board.

Thanks, BCorr|Брайен 19:51, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)

protection request

Hi Danny. Any chance of protecting Palestinian exodus. The same anon has been inserting the same nonsense for ages. Thanks. --Zero 22:29, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)

question

Hello Danny. I just voted for the AC and to my astonishment i realized that some users vote twice or more times. I suppose those were mistakes but i am wondering how will you deal with this. Cheers Muriel G 15:22, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC) (i'll keep an eye on this page)

Danny, unrelated ArbComVote question -- really simple, actually. At Special:ArbComVote my username is misspelled -- the link is correct (it goes to User:Jwrosenzweig) but it's written "Jwrozenzweig. Not a big deal, but it's important to me. Can you change it or tell me where I can do so? Thanks so much for your work in getting the vote organized -- I appreciate it. Jwrosenzweig 16:30, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)

No need to apologize -- thanks for fixing it. :-) Jwrosenzweig 22:49, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Mediation request

I'll be happy to handle it. --Neutrality 00:47, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Mediation request

I'll be happy to handle it. --Neutrality 00:48, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)

mediation

Hi Danny, I agree with Neutrality and Moink as mediators on the Israel Shahak affair. --Zero 03:35, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)

mediation

That sounds fine, Danny. Thank you for taking care of this. DanKeshet 06:39, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I'm willing to try it, though I think it might be pretty challenging for my first mediation. But I'm open to a challenge. moink 18:46, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Just the sort of page you like...

Don't shoot the messenger: [List of anti-Semites]] --Zero 08:17, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)

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Hey, Danny, how about taking "West Seneca" out of that Cities thingee that shows up in every county. West Seneca (town), New York is of course a town. Thanks in advance Stepp-Wulf 06:32, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC).

Arbitration committee election

The "Arbitration committee election"-function is active on all wikis, even non-wikipedias. Walter 06:59, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Hebrew languages

You are hereby invited to Wikipedia:WikiProject Hebrew languages. - Gilgamesh 08:23, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Mediation co-chair

Hi Danny. Angela has done the change over on Wikipedia:Mediation Committee and you are now our new co-chair. Thanks for taking this on and good luck :) Best wishes -- sannse (talk) 14:21, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Hitler page

Take a look at this. [10] Something finally has to be done about that troll. 172 01:04, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Thanks. 172 01:16, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Well, firstly I had no idea this was going to push 172's buttons like that. I only put the Jewish part in because of all the other holocausts, not to try to minimize the suffering of gypsies and homosexuals etc.. Now that I look, Holocaust links straight to an article about WWII's events, so it was completely unnecessary, and I agree w your suggestion. Secondly, the more I research the more dubious I am about the Russian account of Hitler’s death, but suicide is definitely the account they gave, so I'd like to change it to "reported suicide" or "was reported by the soviets to have committed suicide". From what I know about the Soviet Union in that era, it was very common for subordinates to lie to their superiors about important matters, in fear of repercussions. I heard just the other day a public radio program about the Amber Room, where a soviet officer lied about his having burned it in order to escape retaliation from above. Anyhow, I didn’t mean to cause a stir, and I'll make the changes you recommended. Would you perhaps consider mediating between 172 and me (its kind of what your doing now, I know)? I doubt he is willing, but its what the arbitration committee seems to be recommending, and he seems to feel comfortable w you. Cheers, Sam [Spade] 01:21, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Made a few changes you might like to look at. What I am trying to do in this paragraph is NPOV what is one to the very most POV subjects in modern times. I want to balance the view of Hitler as a man of obvious strengths, and weaknesses. I likewise am trying to put into perspective the events of that time (too often Germany is seen in a comically evil light, as a legion of devils lead by a great Satan), and hinting at allied "war crimes" like Hiroshima and Dresden. Finally, I am not entirely alone in being suspicious of the deaths of Hitler and Eva Braun, as well as Joseph Goebbels and his family. I have no idea what happened, but reports from the soviet union (under Stalin no less!) confirmed only by a skull fragment and charred corpses is mightily unconvincing to me. Thank you for your interest, Sam [Spade] 01:41, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I understand, but knowing as much about ODESSA as I do, as well as operation paperclip and so forth, I can't help but be dubious of the Russian (or the Nazi for that matter) account. Its really not that big of a deal, but it seems to me that people at the time were all to eager to hear that news, and not particularly demanding of evidence. Sam [Spade] 01:50, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I put it in the article. I have a couple small changes in mind, but I'll present them in the talk, and move slowly on them. Sam [Spade] 01:54, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Sorry to have kept you up, and thanks for your assistance. I'll leave off of editing the article page for Hitler for awhile (at least 12 hours) to let things calm down. Have a good night, Sam [Spade] 02:23, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)

AC vote

You're very welcome. I shall do my best to be either a gracious winner or a gracious loser. --Merovingian✍Talk 04:53, Aug 14, 2004 (UTC)

When are the results of the Arbitration Committee elections to going to be posted? Misterrick 20:33, 14 August 2004 (UTC).

Danny, thanks for your hard work as AC returning officer / bearer of bad tidings. Oh, btw, you might like to wikify the image page Image:Receiving the Award.JPG, as (now abstract its original context) it might be mistaken for your winning some kind of golden turkey award :) -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 00:15, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)

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Hey, Danny, I hate to keep being a pest, but how about taking "West Seneca" out of that Cities thingee that shows up in every county. West Seneca (town), New York is of course a town, but is not a particularly large one. Why not leave it out altogether or replace it with a real city. Thanks in advanceStepp-Wulf 05:20, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)

As a bureaucrat and election supervisor, you may want to take a look at Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship# Sockpuppet voters. Thanks. 172 08:44, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)

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Dear Danny: Seeing as you devote much of your time to cleaning up opperations, would you please complete the job you started on the Hoo peninsular, as it links to several other pages. One is suposed to recitfy such changes in all circumstance so that others do not have to tidy up after your clean ups.... Faedra, Cheers.

חיכוחים בויקי

שלום דני,
לאחרונה נתקלנו בטרול מעצבן ביותר, אך אני מקווה שהצלחנו לגרשו כך שהכל חזר על מקומו בשלום. תודה על התענינותך. Gilgamesh he 05:42, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Re: Retardation

A new question at User_talk:Sam_Spade#Mental_retard. Cheers, Sam [Spade] 00:25, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Yeshu article

Hi Danny. I'm interested in cleaning up the whole Yeshu mess; various and contradictory information is contained in five different articles. I'd appreciate it if you could weigh in with your comments on the Talk:Yeshu page. Jayjg 18:59, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)

adminship

Dear Danny,

Thank you very much for your vote in support of my nomination for adminship.
Yes, I will treat the "keys to the mop closet" well. Thank you.  :-)

-- PFHLai 10:25, 2004 Aug 25 (UTC)

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Holocaust

Dear Danny, as long promised, I have written a completely new Holocaust article. I am showing the draft to you, RK, Jayjg and John Kenney, since you are all both knowledgeable and (usually) sensible. I will not attempt to replace the present illiterate mess with my new version until I get comments and some degree of support from all of you. If and when you all approve of it, I also want a commitment from all of you to protect it when I install it. Hope this finds you well, Adam 12:32, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Michael and Mike Garcia

Hey, Danny, could you please not unblock them? It's okay to unblock the numerics, but not the user names, as well. Michael is hard banned. RickK 23:51, Aug 27, 2004 (UTC)

Good bye

We will miss you terribly whilst you are away; please come back soon!
James F. (talk) 02:27, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Crap, you're going? *Bleep* *bleep* *bleep*! Please don't burn out. =( Johnleemk | Talk 03:58, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Oh, great, you stir up all this crap and then duck out? Pretty cowardly, Danny. RickK 04:36, Aug 28, 2004 (UTC)

Danny, before you go, I have a little job for you which is being organised right now ;-) Of course, you just "can't" leave before you did it for me ? The good point is that it would be a little job in a little friendly group and outside the wiki site itself, which is bound to be a relief if you are nervous. I send you a mail about that now, and please connect to irc so that we can discuss this. Answer as soon as you feel better ;-) SweetLittleFluffyThing

What?! Danny is leaving? this is an outrage! I can't stress the fact that we have lost a valuable contributor enough. I hope you'll be back. Profoss 19:39, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I don't know what's going on, but don't go! Jayjg 02:59, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Good luck in all your future endeavors. Arminius

Danny, stay! Or: come back! Zayt mit mazzel - whatever your decision. JFW | T@lk 13:43, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)

The proposal is at User:Michael/Proposal. Angela. 19:08, Aug 29, 2004 (UTC)

I just found out the news. I really hope that you're able to return soon. Best wishes, 172 20:46, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Press release

Since you're listed on the Wikimedia Press Team, I wanted to let you know (though you may already be aware) that we're working on a 1,000,000-article press release. I'm hoping to get the press release written by 7 September, then allow a week for translation, as we should reach the milestone mid-September. Right now we're working at Wikimedia press releases/One million Wikipedia articles if you want to join us. Any assistance is greatly appreciated. --Michael Snow 22:59, 30 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Judaism articles

The pitch of the discussion is approaching jet-engine-at-5-feet level, and the edit warring makes Titus look like Rembrandt's son. Still, I will not accept Leshon ha-Ra about a bona fide publisher being shoved down the throat of our innocent readership. A gitten. JFW | T@lk 14:30, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)

... ve-lo ha-bayshan lomed.

There's very little science in what we've been hearing in this case. I keep on discovering that the Emperor has no clothes. JFW | T@lk 19:05, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Will you...

...rejoin the MC? I haven't wanted to bug you, and I see that you're focusing on non-controverisal editing and work. I'd love for you to rejoin us whenever you might be ready and willing, but no pressure....

Peace
B, 15:44, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Danny

I'm pleased to see you are still with us. I didn't think you could really leave :) Adam 05:44, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Michael's trouble logging in

Hello, Danny. It's Mike Garcia. I cannot log in my account on here or on Yahoo because it said some cookies are disabled to log me in. What do I have to do? -- Mike Garcia 14:12, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Danny, my Yahoo account of logging in is disabled and I cannot get in. -- Mike Garcia 21:40, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)

It still dosen't work here and my yahoo account. -- Mike Garcia 15:39, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Thank you

for blocking Xed....I was up to about as much as I could handle today. Don't be surprised, though to find yourself "called on the carpet" in the case of User:Xed vs. User:Danny when he returns tomorrow. ;-) Peace, Jwrosenzweig 23:42, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Happy Birthday Danny!

Many happy returns. Enjoy your birthday. :) Angela. 00:04, Sep 7, 2004 (UTC)

I just found out. Happy birthday! 172 01:19, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Nevercontinue

You going to mentor him, too, or do we just allow him to continue vandalism? RickK 00:18, Sep 8, 2004 (UTC)

That's nonsense and you know it. But who gives a shit? I'm done. RickK 00:22, Sep 8, 2004 (UTC)

Mediation Committee application

Hi, just a note to say that Grunt has applied to join the mediation committee. There is a vote at Wikipedia:Mediation_Committee#Grunt if you want to participate. (I'm not sure what your status is on the committee? I hope you are still a part of it or will be again some day) Regards -- sannse (talk) 22:25, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

IRC

I'm at work, no IRC access (night shift :-(). I can respond to email or talk page messages. JFW | T@lk 22:51, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Still trouble for Michael's account

Yes. I tried making a new account Mike_Garcia2 but nothing's working at all. Maybe i'll make a different account which is not my name. -- Mike Garcia 22:18, 10 Sep 2004

I'm probably gonna come back as an IP address until I find a way to un-disable ASAP. Then everything goes back to normal. -- Mike Garcia 22:25, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Praze-An-Beeble

Hi, did you do anything to this article: Praze-An-Beeble? I'm only curious 'cos it's pretty obscure and I'd only started it a few minutes before your name showed up in the history. pomegranate 02:32, Sep 12, 2004 (UTC) Ah, it's ok, I got it. I had my edit panel open while you made your edit, then I saved, which overwrote your edit. Cheers! pomegranate 02:35, Sep 12, 2004 (UTC)

Lake Urmia

Done. Would you please take a look? roozbeh 01:26, Sep 13, 2004 (UTC)

Hello and a request for mediation

Hi Danny -- I hope you're well -- we never talked after the resignation, but I've seen you around editing, and I hope that things have calmed down a bit for you. I just wanted to know that there's a specific request for you to mediate between User:Orthogonal and User:Snowspinner at RFM (see [11]).

Please don't feel any pressure to take it on, but if you can let them know if you meet the "requirements" and if you're willing, that would be great.

Thanks and Peace,
BCorr|Брайен 12:05, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your support re: my adminship. Jayjg 18:52, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Mediation

[Courtesy copy from my Talk page -- orthogonal 00:19, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)]

I accept the case. Can we start tomorrow. I am too tired today. Danny 00:15, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Yes we can, and thanks for taking this on. I imagine you'll be more tired by the time it ends. ;) -- orthogonal 00:18, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)

RFA

Thank you very much. That is exactly what I needed to hear. [[User:Mike Storm|Mike∞Storm]] 01:42, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Beetle naming

One could make an argument to capitalize the names of beetle species (although my reading of the literature indicates no consensus on the point among coleopterists), it is simply never the case that any family name will be capitalized. Stan 14:26, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Canterbury Tales

You're welcome. Not that I did much. I'm often surprised how often articles appear under slightly different names than one might expect, leading to many unnecessary red links. There's still quite a few missing tales, I see. I'd fill in some myself, but I haven't read the Canterbury Tales in years. Maybe I should pick them up again. I really enjoyed them. -R. fiend 01:17, 18 Sep 2004 (UTC)

List of encyclopedia topics

Hi Danny, I've gone through 01-03 of the list (had no more time tonight) and was able to create a lot of redirects to drug names etc. Some were straightforward (>10 different names for amoxicillin), but a word like antiarthritis is hopeless (I redirected it to arthritis, as we have no seperate article on medication used in the >20 different types of arthritis).
I'll see if I can do some similar work on pages 04-78, but the hospital is not usually this quiet during the evening :-) JFW | T@lk 22:14, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Zena, Zitti, Zita

The move of Saint Zita to Zita...is that how saints are generally handled? I ask because I made another saint, earlier (Saint Lambert (martyr)) and thought I might do more of the lesser saints. Are they all to be by name only, without the beatific? Geogre 05:03, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Mike Garcia / Michael

Hi Danny, since Michael is back and editing again (apparently) at Jimbo's request, and you've been charged with his stewardship, I thought I'd check in and ask how he's doing. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 18:45, Sep 30, 2004 (UTC)

Hi, Danny. I'm back again now and finally got my account un-disabled. -- Mike Garcia 22:31, 30 Sep 2004

UK Places

I am well aware of the sheer number of UK places that don't have articles, and to be honest the list is far too long for one person to handle in a lifetime. Thanks for the link, I'll include it on the complete to do list; meanwhile I've included in complete to do only the towns that don't have articles. -- Graham ☺ | Talk 00:02, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Mike Garcia

If I'm wrong about the terms of Michael's parole, then please point me to where I was wrong and I'll gladly revert myself. Per User:Michael/Proposal, For every day that Mike Garcia does not obey the edit limit, it will be decreased by one. He's gone well over that the last two days. In any case, it's pretty rude to just state "It's still 21," without any further explanation or at the ver least, a note on my talk page. Ambi 11:16, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Erm, you are talking about these contributions, are you not? I count 63 non-user-space, non-talk-space, edits, in a 48 hour period. Regardless of timezones, I don't see how he can possibly have not broken his edit limit. Ambi 11:29, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I've been talking with Sannse, and I've removed the comment. But for gods sake, Danny, we're all on the same side here. I want to see Michael succeed here just as much as you do. Ambi 11:44, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Sam Spade sysop vote

If you haven't already you may wish to weigh in at Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Sam_SpadeAndyL 17:48, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Hello Danny. I would like to first of all thank you for your interesting proposal Re: my adminship vote. The motivation seems entirely obvious to me, that of a sincerely thoughtful gesture. That said, while I don't want to interfere with what may be an important debate regarding a wide reaching policy proposal, I would like you to know that this is certainly not what I was looking for. Quite the opposite actually, since the admin powers themselves are something I'm fairly certain I'll have essentially no use for (they might well be a detriment actually, since I have so many antagonists prowling over my edits). Also, the thing I was looking to gain with this vote is community support, and a consensus that I am a quality editor who is to be trusted and respected. That is something I have largely received, even if I lose with a slim majority. The worst thing in my eyes, much worse than losing this election however (which I assume I will, of course) would be an official status as "trail admin" or some other, lesser role. That would be a humiliation that I would never agree to, particularly to have followed by a second vote (which I would certainly lose, since my strongest opposition is motivated by personal dislike, not by concern for the project, IMO). Finally, for reasons similar to what I have stated in regards to myself, I think the idea of a trial adminship, is an untenable one, altho I do think something similar is badly needed. Here is an idea I had, not that I think its any better, but it is different. Really, I think the removal of admin status entirely would be best, perhaps replaced by a more respectable "user" status (perhaps based on the individual in question having their identity verified, essentially eliminating sockpuppets and trolls). Again, thank you for your thoughtful gesture, Sam [Spade] 17:48, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Hi Sam -- since I watch your talk page (as I know you watch mine), I saw this and just wanted to clarify one thing. When you said, "since my strongest opposition is motivated by personal dislike" I hope that you don't feel I fall into this category. While it is clear from the edits each of us makes that we come from radically different perspectives, my conflicts with you have completely derived from what I perceive as behavior that I disagree with -- and my recollection is that your concerns about me have been based in the same thing. I have no personal animosity against you, and continue to hope that we can resolve our differences amicable, as e seem to have done over the racism article.

Sincerely, BCorr|Брайен 18:13, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)

In the news - nobel prize

Hey Danny, any items you add to the "In the news" section on the Main Page should be listed on Current events first. I added your entry on the Nobel Prize to it. Regards, Solitude 11:29, Oct 7, 2004 (UTC)

Not to cause trouble...

But it appears to me Mike Garcia went way over his edit limit on the 5th. I count somewhere in the neighborhood of 35-40 edits outside his user namespace, all of them coming right after he replied to your comment to him about sticking to the edit limit (so I know he saw it). I hope, like you, that Michael can be reintegrated here, but if he's not going to respect a ridiculously easy rule to follow like an edit limit, especially when he's been reminded of it so politely (and with an accompanying compliment) by you, I have real concerns. Rather than take this up with him, I've chosen to leave you a note (as his "parole officer", to quote Jimmy), and I hope you will impose some kind of consequence -- it's obvious that your admonition to him had zero effect on him last time. Thanks for taking on a difficult (and probably thankless) task -- I admire what you're doing with Michael, even if I hold out only slim hope, myself. Good luck, Jwrosenzweig 22:54, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Danny's contest

At Wikipedia:Danny's contest, under "Judges", there is a spot that only says TBA (to be announced)... Does that mean you don't have a judge for that slot yet? If that is the case, I'd gladly volunteer :-) ! blankfaze | (беседа!) 03:16, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)

'the' bahamas

If the definite article is part of the name of the country ("The Bahamas", not "Bahamas") shouldn't it be capitalised? Curious about your edit. Guettarda 21:51, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Ximelagatran

I withdrew Ximela because it had never been requested. I just felt like writing it up, because it's bound to become interesting once the FDA approves it. It will make the tedious practice of warfarin monitoring unnecessary, so I trust it will be an instantaneous hit. JFW | T@lk 20:36, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Hi danny

I am perceiving the beginning of a major political crisis between fr and he. Since you speak he from what I know, I propose that you are the mediator on this, as we might be bordering a fork. In short, I would like to know what is going on :-) SweetLittleFluffyThing 21:40, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Topics where Wikipedia is weak

Someone has noticed your page here: Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Countering_systemic_bias#Now this is interesting -- Xed 23:23, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Yeshu article

Hi Danny. A new editor has taken charge of the Yeshu and related articles, and in my view is doing a badly needed job of trying to clean them all up and unify them. That said, while I like some of the edits, I'm concerned that others are a little too POV or apologetic, essentially stating the arguments why Yeshu cannot refer to Jesus, but giving short shrift to those who believe it does. I'm working cautiously with this new editor, and I'd appreciate your knowledge and expertise. Jayjg 22:25, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Can you help me beat these charges? I'm going to leave Wiki in disgust for good if the AC falls for these tricks. 172 21:24, 23 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Previous Problems With Nirvana Article

This regards the article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/With_the_Lights_Out

I came across that article from a link from a Nirvana message baord. I at the time had never been to Wikipedia and did not know what this site was. My dillema is this: This might sound really strange and believe me I've learned my lesson: The tracklisting for the upcoming Nirvana boxset is under lock and key. It has not been released yet at all. Not even one song is known on the listing. I had edited the page just screwing around with test data, because I had never used this site before. I had made a FAKE list of songs to test editing the page. After I had made my edit and figured out how to do it, I had deleted what I had typed. Everything was safe and sound until I came back much later on. People had looked at the history of that page edit and took the FAKE list I made up and reposted it. Vandals had messed with the page, and for some reason an editor of this site had protected the page, and reverted back to my first version with the fake tracklisting. So for awhile the page was protected with the fake tracklisting. I then became frantic. What if someone from the press got ahold of that list and thought it was true while the page was uneditable? I emailed some of he ediors on the page about it. What I ask and beg is that you and others keep an eye on that article for anyone posting that old tracklisting I made. IT IS NOT REAL. I simply used it as test data to practice editing a page. I don't know why anyone reverted back to it without any research, and after I deleted it. The tracklisting as of yet does not exist and won't for a month. Right now the tracklisting is blank is that page, after I talked to some people about it. And I ask of you that it stays like that until an official word is out. Could you even protect the page so that vandals cannot further do it again, at least until nov 23 when the real trackisting will be revealed? Thank you, and again I don't know why this got so out of hand.

"Terrorism" straw poll

Danny, there is a straw poll going on at Straw poll on use of the term "terrorist" on whether or not to use the term "terrorist" to describe the 9/11 attacks. I'd be interested in hearing your view on the subject. – Quadell ^{(talk) (help)}[[]] 23:11, Oct 24, 2004 (UTC)