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Contents 1 The Wikipedia Signpost: 14 December 2009 2 Thanks for the award 3 Use of a comment 4 Notification: Proposed 'Motion to Close' at Wikipedia:Community de-adminship/Draft RfC 5 The Wikipedia Signpost: 21 December 2009 6 Exception for doppleganger style redirects 7 Are you the main guy behind this? 8 fallingrain.com

[edit] The Wikipedia Signpost: 14 December 2009

[edit] Thanks for the award

I'm shocked to be given this award, it is a pleasure to help ! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ryangiggs69 (talk • contribs)

[edit] Use of a comment

Hi Gigs,

I'm writing a white paper on human rights in virtual worlds, which contains a section about online reputations. I hope you don't mind, but I intend to use your quote on Polargeo's RFA as an example in which a pseudonymous identity's reputation can have independent value. The footnote for the quote will contain a link back to the diff linked above. If you have any questions, please feel free to drop a note on my user talk, or send me an email through my user page. ⇒SWATJester ^{Son of the Defender} 18:58, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

May we receive a copy of that white paper, when it is done, please? :-) --Kim Bruning (talk) 17:40, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Notification: Proposed 'Motion to Close' at Wikipedia:Community de-adminship/Draft RfC

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Community de-adminship/Draft RfC re: a 'Motion to close', which would dissolve Cda as a proposal. The motion includes an !vote. You have previously commented at Wikipedia:WikiProject Administrator. Jusdafax 01:46, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] The Wikipedia Signpost: 21 December 2009

[edit] Exception for doppleganger style redirects

I accidentally rollbacked your recent edit to Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion. Although I was trying to revert your edit (and I've explained on the talk page), I did not intend to use rollback... –BLACK FALCON ^(TALK) 21:53, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Are you the main guy behind this?

Is this your baby?

I almost don't care about WP anymore, beyond fixing it. I feel -- as do many -- that if it can't be fixed, it isn't worth my time. I remember how the attitude was once that WP desperately needed admins due to a chronic shortage.

Now, I think it needs an easier way to desysop.

I'm seeing rogue admin cowboys flaunt the rules without fear, swagger, threaten, man AN/I while ignoring the initial issues raised, people that don't even know the rules, Sally Social Climbers that wanted the power but couldn't be bothered to read the rules, and admins insisting on attack coatracks of living persons hated by mobs, and violating WP:BATTLE.

This creates a 2-tier hierchy in WP. Admins should be held to a higher standard of behavior.

That's not happening now.

We should have more admins, sure. -- Rico 08:00, 25 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] fallingrain.com

Incidentally Fallingrain is currently proposed for black listing at the bottom of MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist...I couldn't agree more. Gigs, nearly every falling rain page has incorrect population data (which has been used as a population reference) and the altitude has regularly shown itself to be incorrect compared to google earth. One major one was a coatal village on the western coast of Madagascar which is barely above sealevel yet fallingrain claimed it was 360 metres. It doesn't stop there. The names and spelling ad widely known to often be transliterated incorrectly and the data is 15 years out of date and oftne lists villages/railways etc which no longer exist. The only correct data generally is the coordinates and nearby settlements but even those listed are often settlements which no longer exist or are minimal. Basically linking to that site can be misleading.... Have a good Christmas anyway! Dr. Blofeld ^{White cat} 13:40, 25 December 2009 (UTC)