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Users JamesBurns, MegX, et. al.

I suspect user User:JamesBurns, AKA User:MegX, has returned as User:Trevvvy and probably User:Cradleofrock. Please see my comments here User talk:Aervanath#Another sock of User:Piriczki for a detailed account of my suspicions. Piriczki (talk) 15:06, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks very much for letting me know. It appears that those accounts have now been blocked. Paul Erik 03:12, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you so much for taking care of the MegX legion of one. I had so many problems with that user. 74.73.110.46 (talk) 18:04, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

I have been observing a great deal of sockpuppet activity in rock music related articles lately and this anonymous edit by Special:Contributions/124.186.246.195 caught my eye. It is unusual in that it undid a minor edit of yours from two years ago. User:124.186.246.195 curiously also made this edit to a seemingly unrelated article which caused some disruption and conflict with User:Bkonrad. If you recall, both you and Bkonrad participated in the Talk:Presence (album) move discussion which was the undoing of a long time sockpuppeteer when he unwittingly replied to another editor using the wrong sockpuppet. User:124.186.246.195 appears to be related to these IP addresses: Special:Contributions/123.211.70.91, Special:Contributions/123.211.141.151, Special:Contributions/124.179.170.87, Special:Contributions/124.179.173.61 as well as blocked users JohnLonnnnnn and CosmicLegg and his sockpuppets. Of far more concern are a number of other users whose edits are very similar but I don't know if it's kosher to openly name them here. This seems all too complicated for me and I'm not sure how to proceed. I'd actually prefer not to get involved but this sockpuppetry is so extensive I feel I should say something. Any advice? Piriczki (talk) 02:26, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Maybe I'm missing something, but I'm not seeing the connection between 124.186.246.195 and the longtime sock puppeteer. For one thing, the articles of interest appear different. As for the other ones, if you believe these are new incarnations of CosmicLegg, you could file a new report on Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/CosmicLegg. I should say that despite my involvement with one sock investigation, I'm not of one the more experienced administrators when it comes to dealing with sock puppets, so someone who watches WP:SPI would likely be in a better position to help you out. Sorry I don't have better advice than that. Paul Erik 17:07, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Re: Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/List of best-charting U.S. music artists

 Done; restored and relisted. Thanks for the note. –Juliancolton |  04:24, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Whoops. :) –Juliancolton |  04:34, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for spotting and fixing my error in closing Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/A Knight in the Congo. I must have been zoning out when I closed that one. Best wishes, --TeaDrinker (talk) 19:03, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Sure, glad to help. Paul Erik 19:21, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Article Rescue Barnstar
		Excellent work saving Alun Woodward from deletion. Fences&Windows 02:35, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

Regarding CSD on Bleum

The page was recreated after you deleted it yesterday, I'm not sure if it's a rework of the previous article or not so I thought I'd give you a heads up. -Falcon8765 (talk) 01:28, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

Yes, thanks for bringing it to my attention. The new article is about the same subject, but is significantly improved. I don't think it meets CSD criteria as it stands now. Paul Erik 04:45, 17 July 2009 (UTC)

k sorry man

sorry .. i will try the sandbox out —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.92.246.221 (talk) 04:21, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

I hope if you stick around you'll try out some constructive edits as well. Regards, Paul Erik 04:28, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Removal of PROD from Whiz Kids (Book)

Hello Paul Erik, this is an automated message from SDPatrolBot to inform you the PROD template you added to Whiz Kids (Book) has been removed. It was removed by 41.206.51.82 with the following edit summary '(no edit summary)'. Please consider discussing your concerns with 41.206.51.82 before pursuing deletion further yourself. If you still think the article should be deleted after communicating with the 'dePRODer,' you may want to send the article to AfD for community discussion. Thank you, SDPatrolBot (talk) 16:55, 22 July 2009 (UTC) (Learn how to opt out of these messages)

Newsday

You mentioned in the DiMeco AFD that you found a source; do you have access to that source? It isn't in Lexis, so far as I can find, and it's a regional source that's quite far beyond my region.- Simon Dodd { U·T·C·WP:LAW } 02:17, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

I do indeed. I will add it to the article. Paul Erik 03:06, 31 July 2009 (UTC)

Editing Madan Kataria page

Hi

Earlier we had posted the profile of Dr. Madan Kataria which was copied from www.laughteryoga.org and it was removed because of copyright infringement.

We are the owner of that site and now we have removed the copyright line. Infact anyone copy and spread the message of laughter.

Can we copy the text from the site again??? Or should we write new one??

Pramod Laughter Yoga Team —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pksahu007 (talk • contribs) 07:28, 15 August 2009 (UTC)

I think a new article could be created, although I would encourage you cite sources that are independent—there appears to be a significant number of news articles mentioning him that could be used as sources to help to establish notability. Please keep in mind our guidelines regarding conflict of interest however. Thanks. Paul Erik 02:47, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Vacuity (band) more sources

Hello. If you need any more third-party coverage from reliable sources to meet the requirements for the Vacuity (band) article I have two more articles that discuss the free distribution and cross Canada tour.

http://www.toromagazine.com/?q=node/1344

http://uniter.ca/view/715/

Many apologies if this is not the place to post this. I love and respect Misplaced Pages, but have little understanding of the contributing end.

Thank you.

Greg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.70.101.105 (talk) 23:05, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestions. I have added those sources to the article. Best, Paul Erik 03:37, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Re: 30H!3

Paul,
Many thanks for reporting the error DarknessBot made with the redirect in the above article last month - just to let you know I've now squashed the bug which caused this and he should no longer get confused when he stumbles across a page at a time it and its redirects are being moved around. ShakingSpirit 20:44, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

Good work. Paul Erik 23:08, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

NGO2.0 China Project

Hi Paul Erik,

You deleted the article "NGO 2.0 China Project" because ‎ (G12: Unambiguous copyright infringement of http://web.mit.edu/chinapolicy/www/aboutpost2009.html). I am Jing Wang, a professor at MIT, and the founder of china Policy Studies China at MIT, and it was I who renamed that research unit into a different name "MIT new media action lab." Please read my MIT page -- http://web.mit.edu/fll/www/people/JingWang.shtml and the following --

"Professor Jing Wang received her Ph. D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She taught at Duke University for sixteen years before joining the MIT FL&L faculty. She is the founder and organizer of New Media Action Lab (NMAL) – previously known as the MIT International Initiative of Critical Policy Studies of China."

The old site address "MIT Critical Policy Studies of China" was redirected to my new website http://web.mit.edu/newmediaactionlab/

Please check the two sites - they are the same site.

Please restore the article - so many grassroots NGOs in China contributed to it. It exasperated lots of people that you deleted it because of the misunderstanding above.

Thanks, Jing Wang (jing@mit.edu) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mitjingwang (talk • contribs) 03:36, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Hello Jing Wang. Yes, I deleted that version of the article because it appeared to have been copy-pasted from http://web.mit.edu/chinapolicy/www/aboutpost2009.html which has the same content as http://web.mit.edu/newmediaactionlab/www/aboutpost2009.html. Please understand that Misplaced Pages must be very careful about copyrights. The website's licensing says that material may be used elsewhere, with attribution, only if it is not used for profit ("You may not use this work for commercial purposes"). That licensing is not compatible with Misplaced Pages's, where content is allowed to be redistributed by others for profit. A new article could be written, if the organization has had significant coverage in third-party sources, but would need to adhere to other policies as well, as the other deleting admin wrote to you here. Please do let one of us know if you have other questions. Regards, Paul Erik 15:37, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Nintendofan5000 and his multiple accounts

Thank you for keeping a lookout for this vandal. I assume you were watching the Adult article and waiting for him to strike again? Flyer22 (talk) 03:49, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

No, I was just doing a little "recent changes" patrol when I came across the edits to Adult. But then I took a look at the page history and did some investigating. Paul Erik 03:54, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Ah. Well, I thank you again anyway. It seems that he was going to start alternating between his accounts that still worked. I assumed you were watching out for this vandal in some way due to how fast you got to the vandalism and the subsequent blocks you issued to his other accounts. I have no doubt that he will make another account eventually, but I suppose all we can do is keeping blocking him. Flyer22 (talk) 04:10, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Stay alert! :) Paul Erik 04:11, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

LOL. I'll do my best (whatever that is these days, considering that I am not on Misplaced Pages as much as I used to be; the very recent days have been the exception). Flyer22 (talk) 04:32, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

He struck again, this time as ICTMan. Not even long after this discussion. Am I going to have to file a bigger case against this guy or what? Flyer22 (talk) 01:58, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

You could, but I think that RBI might be okay for a situation like this. Paul Erik 16:50, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I will take your advice. It's just that I have been doing that over and over again now, and was wondering what else I could do that might be more effective (as in last longer). But at least he is only attacking one article to make this belief of his a "fact." Before, he would target other articles as well. Really, I believe he is currently a 16-year-old (or even a 17-year-old) kid having some fun, but that type of fun should not be had at Misplaced Pages (of course). I appreciate your help on this matter, and I promise that I won't bug you every time he strikes again (LOL). Flyer22 (talk) 18:37, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

No worries. :) A CheckUser might be able to block the underlying IP address (if it's a static address), but I think that would be overkill. Meanwhile I'll add Adult to my watchlist too. Thanks – Paul Erik 18:49, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I know CheckUser would be able to block the IP for a long time, but that would be overkill (as you said), seeing as the vandal does not typically edit as an IP and certainly not in an aggressive manner; plus, it might affect other people wanting to edit Misplaced Pages. And, again, I appreciate the help. Flyer22 (talk) 18:58, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Jamie Forsyth

hi
please can u unlock my page its Jamie_Forsyth or Jamie Forsyth with ever way u look @ it—Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamie-forsyth (talk • contribs) 15:42, 20 September 2009

It was another admin, Acroterion, who locked it against recreation. It appears to be because you are repeatedly recreating pages that do not adhere to Misplaced Pages policies. Paul Erik 01:59, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Request for NPWatcher

User:Declan Davis

• Declan Davis (talk · contribs · deleted · count · pages created · logs · block log · lu · rfar · rfc · rfcu · ssp · spi · search an, ani, cn, an3) (assign permissions)

Hello there. I made a recent request for access to NPWatcher, but don't seem to have had a reply. The page says "If you don't get a timely response, feel free to nag an administrator" so that's just what I'm doing. I hope you don't mind! I'm a rollbacker and have been using Huggle and Twinkle. I've been trying to use Twinkle to tag inappropriate new pages, but everytime I try to tag one it seems that someone has got there first. I feel like I'm going round and round in circles trying to tag them manually. An automated tool, like NPWatcher would help me a lot. Could you please check out my stats and get back to me? ~~ Dr Dec (Talk) ~~ 20:36, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

• Hi Declan. I haven't reviewed editors for the purposes of NPWatcher before, but I looked over your contribution history. You have been doing some excellent anti-vandalism work. On the NPWatcher checkpage it says "...you should have at least 500 edits and a clear understanding of the policy." You certainly have the suggested edit count, and you might have an understanding of CSD policy, but I don't see a lot of CSD tagging: in your deleted contributions there are only two pages you tagged for speedy. I'm not sure if there is another way to evaulate your understanding of CSD...? Paul Erik 21:02, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

I can understand your concerns. In fact, to the letter of the law, you're most correct! My hope was that because I hadn't caused any problems with Rollback, Huggle and Twinkle that you might assume my trustworthiness for using NPW. If I go away for a couple of weeks and make some revisions with Twinkle then would you consider me again? (Please don't let me pressure you, if you want to seek advise from another admin, or just say no!, then don't worry: I would understand). Best wishes ~~ Dr Dec (Talk) ~~ 21:09, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

No worries at all. If I see you doing some correct CSD tagging I would be very happy to give you the NPWatcher access. Keep up the good work! Paul Erik 21:14, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Jill Taylor

Please add the sources that you found. Someone claimed there were sources in the last afd, but never could be arsed to add them, and if someone doesn't add something, this article will continue to rot in its unsourced, fancrufty state. Sometimes, I think "Nobody cares" should be the new Misplaced Pages motto. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • 16:25, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

I know; "Somebody Else's Problem". Paul Erik 18:36, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Did you see the image I aded to that essay? Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • 20:45, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

I like it! Paul Erik 23:16, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

"the" Arcade Fire

Hi Paul, I recently boldly went through the Arcade Fire article and inserted a "the" in the band's name (depending on where it fit), per consensus at featured articles Pixies and Sex Pistols (though there is no established consensus yet at Arcade Fire). Since you're interested in Canadian music, would you give your two cents on the matter at Talk:Arcade Fire#Arcade Fire / The Arcade Fire? Thanks, -M.Nelson (talk) 01:13, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for requesting my input. I've responded there. Paul Erik 02:37, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

chris willis and roll wit it

hi, a user KWW is vandaliszing chris willis page by removing all references of his collaboartion with canadian marc mysterio and the song roll wit it. the song was massive in europe in clubs and sold hundreads of thousands of units on compilations. its part of his discogs and properly referenced.

im in a back and forth with this KWW whom keeps removing it after its been there for months. its also referenced in an interview with marc mysterio on the high profile news blog beatportal run by BEATPORT AND ALSO ON BBC RADIO 1 PLAYLIST

Please help protect this page.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.203.78.232 (talk • contribs)

This is the first time that the IP has provided a reliable reference that indicates that Chris Willis had anything at all to do with the work. I'll fix the fact that the IP can't format edits properly now that the information is properly sourced.—Kww(talk) 19:35, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

All sorted out, then. :) Paul Erik 00:01, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages Vandalism

Hi Paul

I notice that on the Misplaced Pages:Administrator intervention against vandalism page you refused a block because the user was last warned last year. I actually went on to the Vandalism page earlier for something else and went into this persons account and noticed that they hadn't been warned since last year. I'm just wondering, if I come across something like this again on Vandalism Intervention page, as a plain editor can I remove that from the page as long as I explain why in the edit summary? I've only ever reverted straightforward vandalism from that page previously. I didn't want to revert it before because I didn't want to tread on any toes (so to speak) but I could also tell right away that it would be refused. --5 albert square (talk) 22:12, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi. Yes, as a "plain editor" you are welcome to comment on AIV reports, such as adding a "stale warning" comment. I think that's a little better than removing it outright, but I doubt anyone would fault you for removing the report if you used an informative edit summary. Thanks for your work, 5 albert square. Paul Erik 22:18, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Hi again Paul

Thanks for letting me know that. Do you know where I can find "stale warning" comment templates? I've had a look, can't find any on Misplaced Pages, unless I'm missing them --5 albert square (talk) 22:24, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Sure: when you edit the WP:AIV page, a box should appear at the top, saying "AIV notation templates"—you hit "show" and then can copy them from there. Or you can find them all at {{AIV}}. Best wishes, Paul Erik 22:28, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

So there is! Can't believe I didn't notice that before, must need new glasses! Thanks and take care --5 albert square (talk) 22:32, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Mob Figaz

If you've found sources, might wanna bring them up at the AFD. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • 22:35, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

• I didn't notice that it had already been tagged. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • 22:47, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

• By the way, sorry if I seem snippy. Like I said, I don't usually notice if an article has already been tagged, and I think it's silly to remove the tag, say the subject is notable, and then just let it rot in its unsourced, stubby state. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • 23:32, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

• Yes, I should have clarified that. With the "blatant lies" gone, there's nary an assertation of notability. It could've been G3'd just for being misinformation. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • 15:35, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

1. http://www.beatportal.com/feed/item/how-samantha-fox-and-marc-mysterio-want-to-help-dance-music/
2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/judgejules/tracklistingarchive.shtml?20090116