This particular situation is now the subject of a pending request for
arbitration, so I'll comment on that on-wiki (probably in the morning), but
my comments there may have some relevance to the broader issue being raised
here.
Newyorkbrad
On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 8:50 PM, David Goodman wrote:
>
Yes, AN / ANI is part of the problem. The formal procedures of arb
com and the consideration by a small group of highly selected very
experienced people who devote almost their full wiki-time to it,
result after weeks or months of discussion at the most in desysop, a
one year block, and a topic b
It is likely the reason he got into trouble was because he wasn't
confident that others would back him up, so he did it himself. Which is,
of course, the third rail. What is missing is the knowledge that
sometimes, even if you are "right", others will not, for one reason or
another, not back you up
George Herbert wrote:
> Admin Rodhullandemu just retired after being blocked for blocking
> Malleus Fautorum to win a dispute
>
> For reference:
>
> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Block_review
>
> On and off wiki I have mentioned before that
Admin Rodhullandemu just retired after being blocked for blocking
Malleus Fautorum to win a dispute
For reference:
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Block_review
On and off wiki I have mentioned before that we are really bad, as a
project, at
On 11 July 2010 14:26, Benjamin Esham wrote:
>> b) We're easily contactable, so people do write to us to ask about it
>> rather than just throwing up their hands over it - a perception bias on my
>> part
>
> To be fair, though... for how many websites are you in a position to see
> such problems?
On 11 July 2010 14:33, David Gerard wrote:
> Ah, so the layout is completely broken? Tch.
> Do you know what version of IE you're using? I think the developers
> basically decided
... to stop supporting old IE because it was ridiculously difficult to
do so. However, it *should* be possible to d
On 11 July 2010 14:07, Marc Riddell wrote:
> on 7/11/10 8:43 AM, David Gerard at dger...@gmail.com wrote:
>> There should be a "Toolbox" thing with a little triangle in it at the
>> side. Clicking the triangle will expand it.
>> (Apparently, this is obvious to everyone.)
> It is obvious to me, a
Andrew Gray wrote:
> Marc Riddell wrote:
>
> > [possible page-zoom issues]
>
> But why is it we get these issues? Three possibilities leap out at me:
>
> a) it actually happens fairly randomly across all sites, but people tend
> to come back to Wikipedia, so that while it may seem a once-off pr
on 7/11/10 8:43 AM, David Gerard at dger...@gmail.com wrote:
> On 11 July 2010 13:33, Marc Riddell wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Josh. I tried what you suggested but nothing changed. And this is
>> strange. I've been using Internet Explorer with the same skin (MonoBook)
>> ever since I started editing WP
On 11 July 2010 13:33, Marc Riddell wrote:
> Thanks, Josh. I tried what you suggested but nothing changed. And this is
> strange. I've been using Internet Explorer with the same skin (MonoBook)
> ever since I started editing WP four years ago without a problem. I realize
> that the IE version I'm
on 7/10/10 1:33 PM, Joshua Scott at joshua.sc...@gmail.com wrote:
> Try pressing Ctrl and - (the minus key) to reduce the size.
>
> -Josh
Thanks, Josh. I tried what you suggested but nothing changed. And this is
strange. I've been using Internet Explorer with the same skin (MonoBook)
ever since
I encountered something similar recently (in the sense that it was the
GUI playing up). I would load pages and would immediately be taken to
the bottom of the page and kind of bounce up and down there rapidly
(if you know what I mean). I think I traced it to my mouse having been
pressed up against
On 10 July 2010 18:10, Marc Riddell wrote:
> I'm having trouble with the appearance of and, in some instances, gaining
> access to various links on the WP site. The same thing is happening on the
> Wiktionary site. This just started happening this morning. Every page I go
> to has very large type.
Try pressing Ctrl and - (the minus key) to reduce the size.
-Josh
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Marc Riddell
wrote:
> on 7/10/10 1:20 PM, David Gerard at dger...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > On 10 July 2010 18:10, Marc Riddell wrote:
> >
> >> I'm having trouble with the appearance of and, in some
Interesting article. I am disappointed though that it didn't say that
people who have articles written about them *are* encouraged to raise
concerns on the talk page or via OTRS (the volunteer response team).
Some of these claims may be magnified, given excessive weight, or
details of later aspects
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