Re: [WikiEN-l] Admin / experienced user flameout - how do we talk people down off the ledge?

2010-07-15 Thread Bill Carter
Hi Mr. Goodman, I think you are talking about me when you mention the genius that sometimes accompanies valuable and important people who unfortunately tend to put on displays of individualistic irascibility that are unacceptable. As Manhattan Samurai, I was one of the best at this. I'm

Re: [WikiEN-l] Notability in Wikipedia

2009-05-02 Thread Bill Carter
Notability in Wikipedia is a joke, as is NPOV. Need I remind you about the article about Alan Cabal that is waiting to reach mainspace? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MichaelQSchmidt/sandbox_The_unloved_article There is a Squidoo lens about Alan Cabal that establishes his notability beyond

Re: [WikiEN-l] NPOV is a big lie

2009-04-09 Thread Bill Carter
FT2: You must be a part of Wikipedia's propaganda ministry. I offer you facts about one striking instance in which journalist Alan Cabal has been maligned over and over again. Who knows how many other Wikipedia articles are being treated in such a way, and only if people come forward will we get

Re: [WikiEN-l] NPOV is a big lie

2009-04-09 Thread Bill Carter
: [WikiEN-l] NPOV is a big lie Bill-I'm sure there are some examples as you have shown of articles gone wrong, but I'm sure that these are in the minority. As far as I've found it, Wikipedia has been a generally neutral reliable source, with the odd exceptions. Tris On 09/04/2009 14:24, Bill

Re: [WikiEN-l] NPOV is a big lie

2009-04-09 Thread Bill Carter
9:43:36 AM Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] NPOV is a big lie On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Bill Carter billdeancar...@yahoo.com wrote: Alan Cabal's name was just struck once again from the New York Press article. It has been delinked, not removed: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title

Re: [WikiEN-l] NPOV is a big lie

2009-04-09 Thread Bill Carter
Hi David Gerard: I suggest you take a personal interest in the Alan Cabal article and see that NPOV is upheld: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MichaelQSchmidt/sandbox_The_unloved_article Bill From: David Gerard dger...@gmail.com To: English Wikipedia

Re: [WikiEN-l] An open letter to Jimmy Wales

2009-04-09 Thread Bill Carter
Dear Larry Sanger: Please keep Citizendium going and do not step down in two years as, I believe, you have previously stated. Eventually more writers are going to show up at Citizendium if it proves to have a more collegial and collaborative atmosphere. We are currently stuck with Wikipedia,

Re: [WikiEN-l] Green Ink Day (stick to Alan Cabal)

2009-04-09 Thread Bill Carter
Please ignore this Green Ink Day nonsense, and address the Alan Cabal article that has been expunged from Wikipedia's mainspace to its userspace for unjust reasons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MichaelQSchmidt/sandbox_The_unloved_article Bill From:

Re: [WikiEN-l] Green Ink Day (stick to Alan Cabal)

2009-04-09 Thread Bill Carter
...@dunelm.org.uk To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2009 3:38:25 PM Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Green Ink Day (stick to Alan Cabal) 2009/4/9 Bill Carter billdeancar...@yahoo.com: Please ignore this Green Ink Day nonsense, and address the Alan Cabal article that has been

Re: [WikiEN-l] Wikipedia Forum

2009-04-09 Thread Bill Carter
Can you get Wikipedia Review to take up issue with the speedy deletion on March 30th, 2009 of the re-created Alan Cabal article, which was followed by a demented deletion review a day later I believe? Here's the article in question about journalist Alan Cabal:

Re: [WikiEN-l] Wikipedia Forum

2009-04-09 Thread Bill Carter
/User:MichaelQSchmidt/sandbox_The_unloved_article Bill From: Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2009 4:23:02 PM Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Wikipedia Forum Bill Carter wrote: Can

Re: [WikiEN-l] Wikipedia Forum

2009-04-09 Thread Bill Carter
list. I highly doubt you will get any support from anyone on this mailing list now, people who once might have supported you. Please don't bother to continue your diatribe. Thank you. :-) On 09/04/2009 21:27, Bill Carter wrote: Wikipedia Review will make me feel right at home? You mean

Re: [WikiEN-l] Wikipedia isn't just a good idea - it's compulsory

2009-03-27 Thread Bill Carter
Sorry, but diaries serve a different function. They are for grand machinations and secret crushes. Blogging is more for worldly thoughts and that is my particular forte. Best, Bill From: David Gerard dger...@gmail.com To: English Wikipedia

Re: [WikiEN-l] Alan Cabal article

2009-03-13 Thread Bill Carter
, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: From: Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Alan Cabal article To: billdeancar...@yahoo.com, English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Saturday, March 7, 2009, 5:43 AM 2009/3/6 Bill Carter billdeancar...@yahoo.com: Dear

Re: [WikiEN-l] Alan Cabal article

2009-03-08 Thread Bill Carter
@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Saturday, March 7, 2009, 5:43 AM 2009/3/6 Bill Carter billdeancar...@yahoo.com: Dear Wikipedians: Since Bali ultimate nominated the Alan Cabal article for deletion on January 10th, 2009, the article has been rife with errors, slander, and downright abuse toward Alan Cabal

[WikiEN-l] Alan Cabal article

2009-03-07 Thread Bill Carter
Dear Wikipedians: Since Bali ultimate nominated the Alan Cabal article for deletion on January 10th, 2009, the article has been rife with errors, slander, and downright abuse toward Alan Cabal. This is a recurrent theme with Bali ultimate's edits. Time and time again he has destroyed good