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== Protocol surrounding removal of talk page comments? ==

Hi Alison,
You recently performed a checkuser for a sock-puppet investigation I filed against ProwlingToad. Thank you for taking care of that. I wanted to inquire about what the standard protocol is in removing, archiving, or striking out inappropriate article talk page comments by blocked users (or in general). Elsewhere I've witnessed editors deleting talk page comments—including by legitimate editors—that violate ]. In the case of confirmed socks, I've seen editors strike out their talk page comments. I've searched, but cannot find any policy documents or guidelines governing these matters. Could you advise? I'm really just looking to clean up the talk pages that this guy cluttered up with multiple unconstructive threads and personal attacks. Thanks. ] (]) 14:19, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

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Is this anyone we know?

] My guess is JtV. Happy New Year! NawlinWiki (talk) 00:21, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Dunno who it is - it's not JtV - but there's plenty of sockses. Here's the list of  Confirmed;
Happy New Year to you, too :) - Alison 00:36, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Amanda Lindhout

Hi. I have left a comment on the Talk page, I'd very much appreciate it if you'd join me in discussion. THanks. Twafotfs (talk) 20:38, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Archive 10

Hi, just a minor clean-up issue. Could you please remove or deactivate the {{reqscreenshot}} template in User talk:Alison/Archive 10. Thanks --Traveler100 (talk) 20:40, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

Another Mrpontiac1 sock

I just blocked Sourabholland (talk · contribs) as an obvious sock, but maybe I should have raised an SPI to make this better known. He'd quickly edited and reverted himself on another article so he could get past semi-protection. I see you tried a range block but it didn't take him long to get past it. Of course, I could be all wrong. I haven't tagged him yet. Any suggestions as to how to progress (or a trout if I've made a mistake)? Dougweller (talk) 12:54, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

That's  Confirmed, yes. Two socks, plus two open proxies - Alison 19:05, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 10:50, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

ScottyBerg

What's going on with ScottyBerg? Are you sure this was a sock? AFAIK, Scotty has been editing productively on Misplaced Pages for quite some time. I'd be very surprised if he was a sock. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 18:35, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

HI there. Yes, I'm sure he is. I've been involved in dealing with MMs sock accounts over the years and, yes, this is another - Alison 18:39, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
Since you're already familiar with this Mantanmoreland, can you tell me what they did that led to an indefinite ban? A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 18:55, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
Mantanmoreland was an editor who abused multiple accounts - both on WP and following through in email (Mantanmoreland / Samiharris) - for quite a long period of time. He completely gamed the system here and pulled the wool over a large number of other editors' eyes, and did so for years. He was eventually subject to an Arbcom case which led to sanctions and article bans, etc. He went on to circumvent this repeatedly, was eventually caught and banned by the community. That's the seriously short version, but there's quite a history to this editor - Alison 19:11, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
I don't know anything about Mantanmoreland. That was before my time. But even if they are this Mantanmoreland, Scotty has been editing Misplaced Pages productively and without any major issues AFAIK. Other than the sockpuppetry, are there any other allegations of miscoduct by Scotty? A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 19:21, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
(edit conflict)Isn't that like asking "Other than the minor issue regarding all those murders, Charles Manson doesn't have any reason to be in Jail. Shouldn't we just let him out?" Unless and until someone is willing to follow the rules, I don't see any reason not to continue to block their sockpuppet accounts. The sockpuppetry is, itself, enough for me. If it is important enough for Mantmoreland to edit Misplaced Pages productively, he'll go away for 6 months, and then ask at his main account for terms to return. Just a talk page stalker--Jayron32 19:52, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
Well, I would't equate WP socking to Charles Manson! xD But either way, I suspect he'll be back again soon. He always has done - Alison 19:57, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
There are other issues relating to COI. I don't wish to discuss the details here as it's privacy-related - Alison 19:49, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
@Jayron32: Not really. I'm not crazy about following rules for rule's sake. If someone is productively editing Misplaced Pages without any issues, then what's the problem? A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 20:03, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
If someone wishes to edit productively, they will follow the rules. MM was not banned without cause, so he needs to establish the trust of the community by having the community overturn the ban. That needs to be done first. After that has been done, he can edit productively. --Jayron32 20:07, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
Scotty and me may not always agree, but I've never had the feeling that he was editing in bad faith or causing any problems. I don't know anything about sock poppet investigations or what sort of evidence is required to confirm a sockpuppet case, but it looks like there wasn't a confirmation of using the same IP. It looks like it's based on editing overlap. But some of those pages, such as User talk:Cla68, User talk:Jimbo Wales, User talk:MONGO, User talk:William M. Connolley, and Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard, I've edited as well. I'm sure lots of editors have. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 20:22, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
Wait - I must be losing my mind or something. This report is from September of last year. Am I looking at the wrong one? A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 20:56, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
HelloAnnoying closed it as a bad faith report. This is all so weird. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 21:16, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
I started a discussion at ANI. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 21:48, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
Alison, you can safely ignore the ANI discussion. It was quickly closed because I posted it in the wrong venue. Please pardon my ignorance, but I don't know much about SPIs. I'm not really sure how to respond if you can't discuss the details here because it's privacy-related. How can the community review this block to make sure that it's valid? A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 01:29, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
Mantmoreland can appeal his block using the instructions at WP:BASC. It requires him to send an email to ArbCom. --Jayron32 03:19, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
Jayron32, what makes you think SB is MM? Have you seen the secret evidence? A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 16:06, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
Alison said that he was. I have no reason to think that Alison would lie about that. --Jayron32 17:38, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
Lying != mistaken. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 17:43, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
If that is the case, then I trust ArbCom to correct the mistake in due time, and don't see the utility in hounding Alison over the matter. --Jayron32 17:52, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
Nobody is hounding Alison and I find that accusation to be counter-productive. I'm just trying to figure out what's going on. Relax. A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 17:55, 12 January 2012 (UTC)
Jesus. I'm a little blown away. I kind of thought of SB as a tool, but not never a malignant sock of MM. I guess the proverb is true: ""Stand by the river long enough and you'll see all the bodies of your enemies float by."
What was the tell that alerted you to his identity? - Jack Sebastian (talk) 04:50, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

This looks dubious to me. I would urge you to re-examine your evidence and (if still convinced) make clearer in public what your basis is William M. Connolley (talk) 09:35, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Hi everyone. Just to say that I'm currently working with the Arbitration Committee to resolve this issue one way or another. Yes, there is evidence that I cannot share here and to be honest, I don't like "secret" evidence any more than the next person, but for reasons of privacy I'd rather not share it here. That wouldn't be fair either. Checkuser is not perfect either and I would never claim 100% infallibility in anything. While I'm quite certain here that the block is justified, if ArbCom decides otherwise on review of the evidence, I will not hesitate to undo the block and apologize. It's happened before. In short, I'm working with ArbCom and I understand that ScottyBerg is also - Alison 18:13, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Scotty Berg - Wikimedia Commons

Alison,

ScottyBerg is currently involved in a lengthy deletion discussion in Wikimedia Commons. The "length" of the discussion is due to ScottyBerg, since he is the only complaining editor.

I believe this block should apply to ScottyBerg in Commons as well. If it does not, is there any way to recuse him from the discussion and pending decision? Thank you for your time. Nelsondenis248 (talk) 19:51, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

  • Hmmm. Well, the projects tend to be separate and WP bans don't generally extend to other projects such as SEWIKI or Commons, so it would be a local matter, really. Note also that the original 'Mantanmoreland' account was never blocked on Commons; he just stopped editing / moved to another account - Alison 19:56, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Okay, thank you. Nelsondenis248 (talk) 20:07, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Edison and the WR

http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Misplaced Pages:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Edit_warring&diff=472379034&oldid=472378836

Can you please tell User:Edison on Misplaced Pages:Administrators'_noticeboard/Edit_warring#User:Tarc_reported_by_User:WR_Reader_.28Result:_.29 that http://184.172.174.94/~wikipede/ is the Misplaced Pages Review, not a successor or a replacement. The domain name (wikipediareview.com) is the only thing that expired. The forum, its threads, and the accounts are still there. Tell him that you can still log in to your account. See http://184.172.174.94/~wikipede/index.php?showtopic=36278 for some background. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 14:03, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Laura Wilson prot

You previously protected Laura Wilson (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) about three years ago for what I assume are oversight-related BLP reasons. I'm giving you a message to remind you of the state of the article :) Sceptre 21:28, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Hey Sceptre. Yeah, thanks for the note :) Right now, though, I'm not going to unprot as it's been targeted in the past by a banned editors and has been linked to certain RL problems. Emailing .... - Alison 04:33, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
Just for anyone who wants to chase this up in the future: correspondence has been done, and I'm perfectly fine with your reasoning. Sceptre 06:40, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Your request on my talk page

I will certainly abide by it, but I would like to note that I was not speculating (the User himself acknowledged on the other site that he had posted the material here) and neither was I identifying a real life identity (merely a message board handle). That said, I filed the report and am done with the matter. Thank you.AceD (talk) 00:31, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

User:BarkingMoon

I appreciate you protecting the page (as you noted, I suggested the same at WP:AN), but the edit-warring happened mostly five or more hours ago, so your edit summary may have been a touch out of date. Lame edit wars happen, but editors are not always lame about it. Geometry guy 01:57, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

I'm pretty certain that when their shift ends, another crew would soon be along to play similar games. 24 hours of time-out will give the community enough time to iron out what's going on (I hope!) without pointless battles going on. I mean, seriously - tagging a page is not a life-or-death situation, it smacks of retribution and is being used as some sort of badge of shame. Nothing is achieved other than the drama-pot getting stirred - Alison 02:13, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
I broadly agree with you after the first sentence, and am glad you protected the page. However, given that the dispute has died down, such protection should be viewed as a precaution against, not an expectation of, further edit warring.
Beyond the next 24 hours, though, the issue remains confused and unsettled and it will take the community time to iron out what has been going on. Understanding what stirs (or does not stir) the drama-pot is worthy PhD topic in itself! Geometry guy 02:29, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Zhand38

Hey Alison, could you take a look at User talk:208.102.209.78? It's User:Zhand38 who has been globally blocked for some time and is again threatening self harm, both there and on my talk page at commons. Thanks. Gwen Gale (talk) 03:18, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Yikes! I tried following through the thread of what's going on there, and can't make much sense of it. He's been socking to edit articles on Cincinnati Zoo and that there's some RL aspect to this? Per Misplaced Pages:Responding to threats of harm, it's probably best to take this seriously - send an email to emergency @ wikimedia.org and tell them that this is going on. It's clear that they're not behaving rationally and may need help - Alison 03:27, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
In fact, I'm emailing them now and CCing you - Alison 03:31, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
Done (sounds like we sent emails off at about the same time). Thanks and yes, it goes back many months and is awful. Gwen Gale (talk) 03:35, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

MSU Interview

Dear Alison,


My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Misplaced Pages administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, were it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.


So a few things about the interviews:

  • Interviews will last between 15 and 30 minutes.
  • Interviews can be conducted over skype (preferred), IRC or email. (You choose the form of communication based upon your comfort level, time, etc.)
  • All interviews will be completely anonymous, meaning that you (real name and/or pseudonym) will never be identified in any of our materials, unless you give the interviewer permission to do so.
  • All interviews will be completely voluntary. You are under no obligation to say yes to an interview, and can say no and stop or leave the interview at any time.
  • The entire interview process is being overseen by MSU's institutional review board (ethics review). This means that all questions have been approved by the university and all students have been trained how to conduct interviews ethically and properly.


Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name HERE instead.

If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.

Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Obar --Jaobar (talk) 06:23, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Hey

Hope everything is fine with you. :) Quit coming online on Skype? --Highway Hitchhiker (talk) 08:25, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Hiyya. Dunno who you are, but I'm actually on there now :) First time in about three weeks, I think - Alison 08:26, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Suppressed revision

http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_comment/F%C3%A6&diff=475795227 – Can you please Email me a copy of my revision. I don't have any copies, and I don't want to forget what I've said. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 21:06, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

email

Hi Alison. Did you see my email ? Please let me know any reply or if I should redirect the query, thanks - Youreallycan 13:28, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

This seems important

Note. WLU (t) (c) Misplaced Pages's rules:/complex 19:00, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the note! It's okay - the diff linked is pointing to the one after the suppressed one, so I think we're good! - Alison 19:04, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Glad to see

Someone reads what I write. Rich Farmbrough, 23:21, 10 February 2012 (UTC).

I'll admit that I was in work when I saw that comment, and laughed out loud! How appropriate for Commons! - Alison 00:24, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

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Hi

Hi Alison, I actually have a feeling that User:Takabeg is also a sock puppet of User:Ledenierhomme (or vise versa). The reason I think this is because, historically, when I have forgetten to sign in, they have accussed me of being a "troll" just as User:AbdolRezaCCIH has been doing in the last few days towards User:OzofAvrupa. Furthermore, Takabeg used to be seen on the Iraqi Turkmens article as well as at Turks in Europe. Could you look into it? I have not listed it under the sockpuppet investigations just in case I'm wrong on this one, I don't want to start reporting innocent users. Turco85 (Talk) 13:50, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

I Know You're Busy But...

Not being a stalker, but how old are you. At first I thought you were in your early 20's, but then you talked about the late 70's, so now I'm confused!

Ironic, huh, that you'd support COPPA and you have kids of your own? Wouldn't they want to join[REDACTED] too or are they like six and seven years old? Just wondering.


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usar page

hi Alison. i expected it, more or less. some people have no sense of humor or taste in dongs. :< -badmachine 06:40, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

talk about "sexy results". :P -badmachine 06:57, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
Indeed! - Alison 07:05, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

User:Ledenierhomme ‎ is back again

Hi Alison, as you seem to have some knowledge of this users behaviour would you please take a look at Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Ledenierhomme. It seems as though know one has looked at the current case, Ledenierhomme is now going by the name "User:GAYousefSaanei".Turco85 (Talk) 01:07, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

 Done - Alison 03:48, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Alison. You have new messages at Guerillero's talk page.
Message added 05:49, 19 March 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Guerillero | My Talk 05:49, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

thank you Alison. :) -badmachine 06:42, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Restoration request

User_talk:Fastily#Restoration_request – Can you please fulfill this restoration request? The image was uploaded way before Logs existed, so I need the page history. Fastily is "burnt out", so he or she won't be able to fulfill my request. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 11:43, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Actually, he declined your request. The file was deleted after a unanimous deletion discussion. The correct venue is Deletion review. Alpha_Quadrant (talk) 15:43, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
I thought that Fastily asked for a clarification ("why?"). I only need it restored temporarily so that it can be moved to Commons. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 18:35, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Moving the file to commons would be attempting to override the English Misplaced Pages consensus. It is a well known fact that it is quite difficult to get anything deleted on commons, as there are people over there that will !vote keep on anything released under a compatible license. So yes, if it were uploaded on commons, it is unlikely the file would be deleted again. However, there was an enwiki discussion establishing that the subject was a lower resolution duplicate of an existing file. Trying to get around that by uploading it to commons is gaming the system. Alpha_Quadrant (talk) 18:41, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
This is the first time that I've heard that. Interesting. I'll try WP:DR. I don't have any desire to game the system. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 18:46, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Discussion started. --Michaeldsuarez (talk) 19:00, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Happy Adminship Anniversary

Wishing Alison a very happy adminship anniversary on behalf of the Misplaced Pages Birthday Committee! Armbrust, B.Ed. about my edits? 22:34, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
Congratulations on five years, Alison! :) Acalamari 23:02, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

User script listing cleanup project

I'm leaving this message for known script authors, recent contributors to Misplaced Pages:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts, and those who've shown interest in user scripts.

This scripts listing page is in dire need of cleanup. To facilitate this, I've created a new draft listing at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts cleanup. You're invited to list scripts you know to be currently working and relevant. Eventually this draft page can replace the current scripts listing.

If you'd like to comment or collaborate on this proposal, see the discussion I started here: Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject User scripts#Scripts listing cleanup project. Thanks! Equazcion 04:29, 25 Mar 2012 (UTC)

I mentioned you...

on my talk page. Please see User talk:LadyofShalott#?. See what you think. LadyofShalott 14:01, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

sockpuppets of mrpontiac1

dear alison,

here is another one, .-- altetendekrabbe  07:11, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

thanks. here is a new one . suggest a full protection for the maratha pages.-- altetendekrabbe  07:38, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
That one actually traces to a cellphone in New York (look it up in Geobytes) so is likely someone else. As to the articles, they're on my watch list now, so any issues over there will likely now be picked up and dealt with by me - Alison 07:43, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
ok, but he's most probably a meat puppet. he's only listed with 4-5 edits, all of them are reverts from today. hence, he is making false claims about earlier edits.-- altetendekrabbe  07:54, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

ACC backlog

Hey if you get a chance, there are a few requests on the ACC tool that require a checkuser. Some are coming up on two days in the queue. Thanks! — Bility (talk) 16:36, 5 April 2012 (UTC)

CheckUser question

Hi Alison! I'm sorry to bother you, I was wondering if you could take a look at this thread at ANI. I have no idea whether the circs of this incident warrant CheckUser action or not. It's very rare that report things to ANI, so I'm not fully clued up on procedure, but there is something about these editors contribs and concerns raised in the ANI thread that sets my spidey-senses off. Thanks on advance Pol430 talk to me 20:56, 6 April 2012 (UTC)


Hi

Alison:

Tá brón orm go bhfuil mé caillte do affection (agus gur de Brown-eyed Girl, a bhfuil meas agam go mór). Tá mé ag cur sos ó Vicipéid. Ba mhaith liom tú ar an saol mór le do na páistí. Is mise, Quis separabit? 23:32, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

Awww! Táim an-bhrón anois. Níl túsa caillte dom, ach táim an-ghnóthach sa 'fíor-shaol' ag an am seo. Dude, I still think you're awesome, it's just that I'm so busy IRL these days and I'm just not here that much anymore. I still remember the times we had on here (good and bad), and how you came back from the cold. But I still take a peek over on your user page whenever I'm about, just to see how things are. I think WP wouldn't be the same if you weren't here - Alison 00:05, 11 April 2012 (UTC)


Ar ndóigh, tá mé i gcónaí neamhchinnte, tá mé foirm Giúdach Nua-Eabhrac -- úsáid mé a chur i gcomparáid le Woody Allen. Anois siad comparáid a dhéanamh dom "Newman" ón tsraith Seinfeld (ró-ramhar!!) Quis separabit? 23:09, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

My reactions to your principles

Hi! I just thought I'd let you know what I think about your principles:

  1. Yes, we should have extra edit scrutiny for BLPs. But wouldn't flagged revisions prevent constructive editing (such as typo correction)?
  2. No. Absolutely not. There are several non-vandal IPs out there, and people who are inclined to vandalism could easily take 2 seconds and get an account.
  3. I don't know what you're talking about.
  4. Probably yes, unless there's a consensus to keep.
  5. Amen!!!!!!!!!!!
  6. Child editors fall into three groups, just like adult editors. Group 1 comprises the stereotypical newbies who are curious about being able to edit a website. Most leave after just a few edits, so there isn't much danger from them. The "Facebook group" is a subgroup of Group 1 (those in the "Facebook group" are those who use their userspace for social networking). We do need to worry about the "Facebook group" because they're usually immature and don't realize the consequences of their actions--plus social networking lends itself to the revealing of personal information. We have oversight to deal with the "Facebook group". Those in Group 2 are the vandals (who rarely pay attention to their userspace) and they are easily dealt with. There's another group, though: Group 3. Child editors in Group 3 are those who want to contribute constructively and become established editors. We don't need to worry about them because they're usually mature enough to handle themselves. I'm not saying we shouldn't take precautions; I'm just saying that it probably isn't as big of a problem as you think.

Thoughts on my reply? ChromaNebula (talk) 02:08, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

ConfirmAccount extension

Hey :). You're being contacted because you are involved in the ACC process, or participated in the original discussion in '08 about the ConfirmAccount extension. This is a note to let you know that we are seeking opinions on switching this extension on, effectively making the ACC process via the Toolserver redundant. You can read all the details here; I would be very grateful if people would indicate how they feel about the idea :). Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 13:18, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

My overall contributions so far (Important)

Hello Alison, hope you are doing good :). I need to ask about a frank view/opinion on my contributions so far from all experienced users (all other users are also most welcome to comment). As i want to improve more and more day by day and help the project become more successful which i am proudly a part of. I am always truthful, i also intend to become an administrator in the future to help and serve the project better than ever and for that i need more help and support from all other users on every aspect. I had started my Misplaced Pages editor review Misplaced Pages:Editor review/TheGeneralUser almost a month ago, but only one user till now have given me feedback about my contributions. Looking forward to hearing for suggestions from you and all members of the community :). Happy Editing! TheGeneralUser (talk) 18:52, 13 April 2012 (UTC)

Abuse Filter on the Article Feedback Tool

Hey there :). You're being contacted because you're an edit filter manager, At the moment, we're developing Version 5 of the Article Feedback Tool, which you may or may not have heard about. If you haven't; for the first time, this will involve a free-text box where readers can submit comments :). Obviously, there's going to be junk, and we want to minimise that junk. To do so, we're working the Abuse Filter into the tool.

For this to work, we need people to write and maintain filters. I'd be very grateful if you could take a look at the discussion here and the attached docs, and comment and contribute! Thanks :). Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 18:07, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Admin Interview

Hi!

I'm a student at Michigan State University and am currently working on a project that highlights the experience of Misplaced Pages Administrators. As part of a class assignment, Professor Obar provided your contact information to be interviewed about the Adminship process. I can e-mail you a brief list of questions for the project as long as you're still interested in taking part. Feel free to e-mail me at hocka2012@gmail.com.

Thank You,

Allie

Request on an Email

Hello, Alison. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.

--Michaeldsuarez (talk) 15:51, 25 April 2012 (UTC)

Thanks -  Done - Alison 19:41, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

ACC query

Hello, Alison. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.— Mlpearc (powwow) 19:41, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Something in your area of expertise

Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/David Lauder, thanks. 2 lines of K303 16:04, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

  • No problem. I wasn't sure if there'd be any checkuser data kicking around or not, I know it's not stored that long but given the lengthy discussions about the data in that case I thought there might be a chance.... 2 lines of K303 05:41, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Admin's Barnstar
I thank you, Madam. — 99801155KC9TV (talk) 18:34, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
And a post-script: — it seems, my dear and my most learned friend and lady, that the both of us are equally international in nature, albeit in separate, but not opposite, directions, and with vastly varying fortunes. — 99801155KC9TV (talk) 18:36, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Kindness and Tolerance

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
For saying "This project needs more tolerance, not more bannination" in a recent WP:ANI thread. I totally agree. —Torchiest edits 18:47, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Protocol surrounding removal of talk page comments?

Hi Alison, You recently performed a checkuser for a sock-puppet investigation I filed against ProwlingToad. Thank you for taking care of that. I wanted to inquire about what the standard protocol is in removing, archiving, or striking out inappropriate article talk page comments by blocked users (or in general). Elsewhere I've witnessed editors deleting talk page comments—including by legitimate editors—that violate WP:FORUM. In the case of confirmed socks, I've seen editors strike out their talk page comments. I've searched, but cannot find any policy documents or guidelines governing these matters. Could you advise? I'm really just looking to clean up the talk pages that this guy cluttered up with multiple unconstructive threads and personal attacks. Thanks. Homunculus (duihua) 14:19, 5 May 2012 (UTC)

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