[WikiEN-l] Vandalism instance

2013-11-12 Thread Matt
line instead: | awards= I would have fixed this myself, but I use Tor, so I am unable to do so. Thanks. Matt Pagan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Futuristcorporation ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe

Re: [WikiEN-l] Vandalism instance

2013-11-12 Thread Matt
. Thank you. I'd greatly appreciate any suggestions on how to proceed from here. It would make me quite sad if my unblock request was not looked at becuase I could not get past the email confirmation link. Thanks Matt, it looks like someone got it before I could. I imagine you know already

Re: [WikiEN-l] Vandalism instance

2013-11-12 Thread Matt
On Nov 12, 2013 10:07 PM, Matt matt at pagan.io wrote: Hi James, Thanks for responding. I apologize if this mailing list is the wrong place for this, but I'm having trouble with the English Wikipedia Unblock Ticket Request System. I submitted an unblock request, which was accpeted, but now

Re: [WikiEN-l] declining numbers of EN wiki admins

2010-05-27 Thread Matt Jacobs
Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 20:04:43 -0400 From: Gwern Branwen gwe...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] declining numbers of EN wiki admins To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Message-ID: aanlktilwklp_wogqqaw9dzzdqgukswbcut-rtzvbv...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain;

Re: [WikiEN-l] A war on external links? Was: Inside Higher Ed: Does Wikipedia Suck?

2010-03-30 Thread Matt Jacobs
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:49:26 +0100 From: Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] A war on external links? Was: Inside Higher Ed: Does Wikipedia Suck? To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Carcharoth wrote: That probably misses the

Re: [WikiEN-l] A war on external links? Was: Inside Higher Ed: Does Wikipedia Suck?

2010-03-30 Thread Matt Jacobs
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:33:36 +0100 From: Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] A war on external links? Was: Inside Higher Ed: Does Wikipedia Suck? To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Matt Jacobs wrote: Anyway, the point

Re: [WikiEN-l] A war on external links? Was: Inside Higher Ed: Does Wikipedia Suck?

2010-03-30 Thread Matt Jacobs
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:16:48 +0100 From: Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.com Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] A war on external links? Was: Inside Higher Ed: DoesWikipedia Suck? To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Matt Jacobs

Re: [WikiEN-l] WikiEN-l Digest, Vol 74, Issue 64

2009-09-19 Thread Matt Jacobs
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:47:57 -0500 From: Emily Monroe Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Newbie and not-so-newbie biting To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Editors/admins who are regularly rude to others are not only tolerated by most of the community, they often have a group

Re: [WikiEN-l] Newbie and not-so-newbie biting

2009-09-18 Thread Matt Jacobs
Having been bitten multiple times, I can definitely say the unfriendly atmosphere has been a problem for a while now. Editors/admins who are regularly rude to others are not only tolerated by most of the community, they often have a group of supporters around them always ready to praise

Re: [WikiEN-l] News agencies are not RSs

2009-06-30 Thread Matt Jacobs
There's a second challenge, in that we don't want to confirm information we are avoiding releasing by replying with, Shhh. This is being kept quiet. As I'm sure most here realize, various idiots will then spread such a response all over Digg and various blogs, therefore defeating the original

Re: [WikiEN-l] Wikipedia:News suppression

2009-06-30 Thread Matt Jacobs
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:52:14 EDT From: wjhon...@aol.com Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] News agencies are not RSs To: wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org, WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org Was there rationale given for the stifling ? That's the issue. If it's reported in Al Jazeera and stifled on

Re: [WikiEN-l] WikiEN-l Digest, Vol 71, Issue 74

2009-06-29 Thread Matt Jacobs
Message: 6 Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:03:33 +0100 From: Sam Blacketer sam.blacke...@googlemail.com Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] News agencies are not RSs To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Message-ID: e75b49f70906290903m485a5e6bo285d4216cc2dc...@mail.gmail.com