Re: [WikiEN-l] Encyclopedia or Gossip Rag

2012-10-07 Thread Alex Sawczynec
FYI to all - The article being referenced here is [[Chris Hansen]], the reporter known for hosting *To Catch a Predator.* On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Marc Riddell michaeldavi...@comcast.netwrote: I came across this today in the English Wikipedia: In 2011, it has been reported that [the

Re: [WikiEN-l] ANI curiosity

2009-07-23 Thread Alex Sawczynec
Probably due in no small part to the fact that AN is the official administrator's board, while ANI is the incidents board, the i'm telling on you board where any user can report any perceived threats. Just tends to lead to more outrageous, drama-inducing posts, I'd wager. - GlassCobra On Thu,

Re: [WikiEN-l] What was our youngest admin again?

2009-07-15 Thread Alex Sawczynec
Hmm, I was fairly sure the youngest admin/crat was the same person; I thought I remembered hearing that they were 12 when adminned, and then 13 when made crat. All these figures seem to be in about the same range, though. - GlassCobra ___ WikiEN-l

Re: [WikiEN-l] Policy inquiry - slack for blocked users venting on their talk page

2009-07-07 Thread Alex Sawczynec
Actually, I was under the impression that our policy was essentially the opposite -- I certainly wouldn't tolerate a long rant about a block on a user's talk page. We tell blocked users to make their unblock requests succinct and neutral, and we disable the option to post to a talk page if the

Re: [WikiEN-l] Three millionth article pool?

2009-07-01 Thread Alex Sawczynec
Looks like it was deleted: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Miscellany_for_deletion/Wikipedia:Three-millionth_topic_pool We've still got the five million and ten million pools though. - GlassCobra On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 11:48 PM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: There must be a

Re: [WikiEN-l] [WIKIEN-l] It's probably nothing, but ...

2009-05-27 Thread Alex Sawczynec
I got the same message yesterday from a [[User:The One Only Fools and Horses]], which doesn't appear to be blocked yet. Was I the only one that received it? Also, this seems to be a (somewhat?) legitimate account...sort of. A different user, [[User:El-Pabloski]], is attempting to take over this

Re: [WikiEN-l] someone after non-active admin accounts

2009-05-13 Thread Alex Sawczynec
Wikipedia Review appears to have picked up on this as well: http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=24276 ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit:

Re: [WikiEN-l] Gerbils and NPA (Was: Re: An open letter to Jimmy Wales)

2009-04-10 Thread Alex Sawczynec
Can someone who is not me go there and politely and nonspecifically remind everyone that AGF and NPA are important, that the community expects editors to discuss disagreements in a polite and constructive manner, and not resort to insults or abuse? My cold and grumpyness reading the stuff

Re: [WikiEN-l] Flagged revs poll take 2

2009-03-29 Thread Alex Sawczynec
With all due respect, this isn't exactly new: it's been open for almost two weeks now. Is there a particular reason it's being posted to the list at this point? - GlassCobra On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 5:48 PM, David Gerard dger...@gmail.com wrote: New plan:

Re: [WikiEN-l] Short 3RR-like blocks for incivility

2009-02-15 Thread Alex Sawczynec
On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Marc Riddell michaeldavi...@comcast.netwrote: on 2/15/09 6:57 PM, wjhon...@aol.com at wjhon...@aol.com wrote: Really? And by saying that *I* am a big part of the problem are you instituting a personal attack on me? Are you being incivil and therefore

Re: [WikiEN-l] Article fix needed!

2008-12-08 Thread Alex Sawczynec
I'm inclined to agree. There are simply too many unremarkable D-list celebrities to realistically keep an eye on them all. - GlassCobra On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 2:39 AM, Skyring [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 8:39 AM, David Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: