User talk:Elan Morin Tedronai/Archive 1

Archive 1

Archive 2

User name "change"

Please go to WP:USURP to request a user name change. Simply moving your user and talk pages to a new user space is not the correct way to do this. The Mad Hatter account would need to be usurped as it was created, although never used, in July of 2006. --Onorem♠Dil 13:14, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

1. REDIRECT User talk:Mad Hatter

March 2008

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Thank you for explaining your changes. --NeilN ^{talk ♦ contribs} 14:15, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Iron Maiden

Do it or do not revert me. However, I don't think my edits need to be discussed anywhere. I am bold and that's what I am. Either acknowledge my edits, either do not. But my stance is clear and this article needs a lot, a lot, a lot of work.

Mad Hatter (talk) 14:20, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

The article looks much, much better for what I did. Look at it and tell me I am wrong. If people are unhappy - then let's discuss. But reversion is bad, bad habit and I never do it. So, man, I am pledging for loyalty and acknowledgement in the name of the future developping. I don't think I need permission or anything else in order to explain and justify an edit. I am an established and seasoned editor, not some fellow with yellow around my mouth. I know what I am doing and I consider it right. That's why I don't think I need any kind of permission. If you are not happy - then I am open to discussion. But if you come and decide to revert, just for the sake of it with such beaurocratic reasons as "We have to discuss" - I don't think so.

Regards:

14:24, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Right... just because you consider it to be correct doesn't make it so. You're making major changes that really need to be discussed first on the IM talk page. Please also be aware of WP:3RR. If you continue to rv myself and other editors you will be blocked for breaking the 3 revert rule. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me. Scarian^{Call me Pat} 15:54, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Additional note - Here you can propose your major changes. Scarian^{Call me Pat} 15:59, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Blocked

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This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Elan Morin Tedronai (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

Scarian is taking personal jab against me. He is abusing his power in order to silence my opinion and is persistently reverting me on the Iron Maiden page, because of relative inexperience and relative incompetence. It is remarkable that person of his standing - an administrator - has fallen to such petty ways of resolving issues. He didn't discussed anything about Iron Maiden, just kept reverting and then suddenly when I expressed disappointment in his way of resolving issues, he decided to block me up, saying it is a personal attack. While I wasn't happy, I had no intention to attack Scarian or to cause my blocking. My version of Iron Maiden can be found on the history page, I regard it as a better and I was continuosly hindered by Scarian adn other editors. I am appealing to administrators because of Scarian's inability to see the truth and his remarkable disrespect toward my standing as an established and capable editor

Decline reason:

Block seems appropriate. Insistence on talk page discussion rather than edit warring is the norm for Wikipedia, and personal attacks are highly discouraged (calling someone inexperienced and incompetent in an unblock request is hardly likely to win a reprieve) - however one week is somewhat excessive given generally clean block log, am reducing to 48 hours. Orderinchaos 11:36, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

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Note to unblock request admin - See here for evidence of personal attacks. Myself and others were referred to as "blockheads" and I was called a "silly revertor [sic]". As for the discussion of the Iron Maiden dispute, I asked the said user to discuss it here. I also made a section on the IM article talk page for the said user to discuss it here. Scarian^{Call me Pat} 10:49, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Granted, I called you blockhead, and I still think you are blockhead, because of your lack of common sense, lack of tactfulness and lack of respect and understanding toward my edits and toward my stance as Wikipedia editor. You acted like a total jerk, your behaved as if I am a rookie and I don't know what I am doing, you behaved like a insulted lady and not as a man and resorted to blocking me, because you had nothing to say about the issue. You still can't say much about it and I am still flattered that people like you are administrators.

Regards: Mad Hatter (talk) 10:56, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Re:Iron Maiden

[1] - Please take heed of this and discuss on the article's talk page so we can gain consensus. Thanks for your understanding, friend. Scarian^{Call me Pat} 11:00, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Sorry

I was incorrect in reverting you on Blur (band). Thanks for undoing my edit. Just one thing; the paragraph starting "At the end of their 2003 tour..." could do with some Wikifying and some sourcing. Cheers, dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 10:34, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Usurpation

With regards to this, if you are renamed, you will be issued a one-second block to link back to the Painbearer blocklog due to recent and important blocks. Is this acceptable? seresin ( ¡? ) 21:01, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Imoen

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Привет!

Привет! Как си? Щастлив съм, че има българи и музиканти на wiki. BTW български ми е много лошо. Разбирам български, но трудно пиша. SSJ 5 (talk) 01:56, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

Bob Dylan

Mad Hatter, your radical re-write of the post 2000 section of the Bob Dylan article has done a valuable job in reduced an article that was threatening to become over-long and unwieldy. However, I disagree with your putting some recent Dylan events into a new section called ‘Tributes and legacy’. For example, it makes no sense to include Dylan’s exhibition of his art in Germany last year, and the accompanying catalogue, in ‘Tributes and legacy’ since clearly this was an important new development in Dylan’s career, in the same way the publication of Vol. One of Dylan’s autobiography was an important development. Also, you have lost some information I thought was valuable, which I intend to restore. To do a radical re-write of a WP:FA may be WP: bold but sometimes it is wise to discuss your ideas on Talk page. Mick gold (talk) 09:46, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Rock music WikiProject

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Paranoid Android

Hi there! User:Giggy, User:Papa November, User:WesleyDodds, and I have been working on the "Paranoid Android" article and intend on getting it promoted to FA status in the near future. As you are a frequent editor to the Radiohead article, any additions you may have to contribute to the article would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! --Brandt Luke Zorn (talk) 02:07, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Historical novelists of whodunnits

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Space opera

The reason the "list" article is a redirect, is that it is entirely original research. the main article has a list already, so this would be redundant, and as no-one can be bothered to find more sources, it seems unlikely that the list would ever be large enough to need a seperate page. The alternative is the drawn out process of AfD of this content fork, which would almost certainly say merge. If you want a longer list of examples, why not find sources and expand the one we have?Yobmod (talk) 15:03, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Civility

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This is your only warning.
The next time you make a personal attack as you did at Talk:Imaginationland Episode I, you will be blocked for disruption. Comment on content, not on other contributors or people. this is absolutely inappropriate. You claim to be "experienced enough to deal with such situations", then act like it. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 21:13, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

In relation to the above, this post demonstrates unacceptable behavior. Please remain civil. Thank you. –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 21:35, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

"Who will be so selfish and arrogant to list his contributions on his personal page. I let my edits speak for themselves" is an uncivil comment, and has no place on Wikipedia. We're trying to build an encyclopedia, not to prove other editors wrong, not to attack other editors, and not to demonstrate why we are better than other editors. –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 21:41, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

You're not criticizing, you're being uncivil. You don't have to regard yourself as wrong, but if you continue what is clearly being uncivil, you will be blocked from editing. –Juliancolton ^{Tropical Cyclone} 21:52, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Okay then

So I start a merge discussion (which goes along with wikipedia policy) because I believe one really good page is better than four duplicates, (ie. Who Shot Mr. Burns?) and that makes me a bad user? It seems that you are taking things very personally and have resorted to attacking me, my conduct and (rather bizarely) my userpage. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 21:51, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

[2] Actually, I gave you the standard WP:NPA warning. Perhaps I started off a little too strong, but I figured that you deserved a strong warning since you have been here longer than me. -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 21:58, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Editors are free to remove comments off their own talk page whenever they want. See WP:TALK. And if you don't believe that you're not being insulting, disrespectful, or uncivil with your comments, then I can say little more than recommend that you don't interact with other users. If you still want to, then give WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA a good, hard look. — sephiroth bcr ^(converse) 22:29, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

To be perfectly frank, your comments are disgusting and hateful. When is is ever constructive to call someone "ignorant", "plan stupid", "self-centered", "inexperienced", or "extremely childish"? You claimed Scorpion was not a "great editor". Who the hell are you to judge that? Your so-called "criticism" is nothing more than petty insults. You speak your mind, and when you do, we call you out on violating one of Wikipedia's tenets: that editors are civil to one another. That you believe WP:NPOV applies to editors just illustrates your lack of comprehension of Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. In any case, I'm done here. Again, if you want to continue editing, then reexamine your interactions with other users, and think how you can change your behavior. — sephiroth bcr ^(converse) 23:01, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

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Blink-182

Hey, I am curious as to why you made your formatting edit on the Blink-182 page. Any specific reason? ŁittleÄlien¹⁸² (_talk\^contribs) 00:50, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

You really should discuss changes like this. You already made this edit in the past, so it would be hove of you to discuss this issue on the on the talk page before doing it again. Happy editing. — ŁittleÄlien¹⁸² (_talk\^contribs) 21:53, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

When are you going to start using the articles talk page? This is third time you've made this edit, and both times in the past they were reverted. Please start discussing things that have been reverted (multiple) times in the past. —ŁittleÄlien¹⁸² 17:27, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Blink-182

Why did you remove this text here and then make this edit? This seems contradictory. Either leave up the tag that says "main studio albums only" or remove the tag and allow the non-studio albums to be added. —ŁittleÄlien¹⁸² 18:46, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Wow, no discussion, edit summary, or explanation. Just a revert. I'm fine with either format, but at least add an explanation somewhere (anywhere), so future editors understand the rationale for your edits. —ŁittleÄlien¹⁸² 19:17, 25 November 2008 (UTC)

Radiohead

Hi there, I can see that things are becoming a bit heated over there. Thanks for discussing the matter on the talk page. However, I must ask you not to revert the page again today however, to avoid violating the three revert rule. If you revert the page again, you may be blocked from editing and I really would prefer to avoid that. I have given a similar warning to the IP editor so let's try to sort this out through discussion and allow a third party to make any further reversions. Thanks, Papa November (talk) 13:26, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Hi, just wanted to say good job on the songwriting section of the radiohead page. It reads alot better now. Good stuff --A Chain Of Flowers (talk) 23:59, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Take That - Gary and Robbie

Hello,

I will be replacing my comments very shortly with referenced links. This was not a matter of opinion. It merely stated the fact that Robbie outdid Gary in popularity and stardom. The documentary answers all you're concerns. Gary pretty much conceded defeat in the film and i do not believe that I did anything to challenge otherwise. If anything, it was Gary's comments I've reflected on. I will however remove the "Crap songwriter" from the paragraph as i understand why some may be upset by it.

Swearing and abusing at other users is not an acceptable means of retracing comments. This will only lead to a repetition of comments being added again and again and eventually reporting such behaviour regardless of previous posts and work.

Regards,

Toon —Preceding unsigned comment added by ToonIsALoon (talk • contribs) 11:26, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Blur

Hi. I've reverted a few of your edits on the Blur article. The "height of fame" section header was rather inappropriate, because Blur arguably became more famous worldwide with the American-sounding Blur. Also, by adding "Backing vocals" to all of the musicians in the second sentence of the lead, you make it long and ungainly. Best to just list the main instruments they are primarily identified with; by keeping it short and sweet, we make for a more engaging lead. Remember that we are targeting the articles towards a reader who doesn't know anything about Blur. As for the 2004–2009 section, I believe a whole section needs to be devoted to how Blur have done nothing in that time. Also note WP:RECENT, which means that more recent information shouldn't be given undue coverage compared to older stuff. indopug (talk) 16:20, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Radiohead talk page

It's not recommended that you edit other editors' talk page posts, even if they are agreeing with you. Let them declare support for your edits themselves. WesleyDodds (talk) 04:35, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Please don't reformat other users' comments - it's considered bad etiquette. The guidelines are pretty clear on this. Papa November (talk) 16:02, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Alanis Morissette Awards and Nominations

Hello!

I noticed that you created the List of awards and nominations received by Alanis Morissette article, and I just wanted to let you know that I completely reorganized it for you. I still need help on citing sources on the awards. Is it possible if you could help by adding some more references to the article? I haven't referenced any articles before, so I'm kind of clueless when it comes to that kind of stuff...

Have a great new year!

WereWolf (talk) 02:47, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

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hey

Could you please learn some English before contributing? if not, i believe the bulgarian wikipedia needs some help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.123.223.178 (talk) 01:40, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

And your poems are, frankly, shit. 71.170.30.225 (talk) 22:55, 11 January 2009 (UTC)

Edit summaries

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- otherwise, your edits look like vandalism, especially when removing content with no reason. Stephenb (Talk) 18:32, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Alphabetization and collation

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Dom Brown

Why have you listed Dom Brown as an official member of Duran Duran, when he clearly is not? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.9.184.26 (talk) 02:40, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Dominic Brown / Duran Duran

You might be interested in this discussion. Cheers. – IbLeo (talk) 20:59, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

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Bob Dylan External Links

I've restored Dylan external links that I think are consistent with WP:EL policy: those links that give important news & info on Dylan's touring schedule, recording sessions and which IMHO seriously expand our understanding of Dylan's work. On Dylan Talk page I've asked other editors what they think [[3]]. best wishes Mick gold (talk) 08:11, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Bob Dylan and WP:EL part two

You've deleted the External Links again on Bob Dylan and I've restored them again. This has been discussed on the Talk Page. See [[4]] which I referred to in my last posting. I & Allreet believe what we have is consistent with WP:EL policy, particularly No. 3 of the following:

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If there is disagreement among editors, you have to try to reach consensus, not simply delete every time. Read WP:EL policy and then please discuss. Mick gold (talk) 13:38, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of New Adventures (band)

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Verve

This is not an album, it's an EP. Check the rules:

a CD single has around 10–28 minutes of music, an EP has up to 36 minutes, and an album generally has 30–80 minutes.

Verve is, give or take, 30 minutes long - whilst that could just fit in the album category, it's most comfortable in the EP category. And it only has five tracks - every other Verve album has at least ten. Lastly, Ashcroft himself referred to A Storm in Heaven as their first album (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfgyGszPZuE, 6:09).

Kohran (talk) 09:50, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

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Kinks nominated as featured article

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GA reassessment of Green Day

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Edit conflict on The Kinks

Hi Mad Hatter. It appears you had an edit conflict when doing some work on the Kinks article, as your last edit wiped out all my work. I am going to need to undo your last edit to restore my work. I will try to then redo what you had done, though you will need to check it as it's not quite clear to read because of the edit conflict. Regards SilkTork *^YES! 12:05, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

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The Kinks

Mad Hatter, we don't know each other but it saddens me to see you edit warring over the article you have put so much into. I urge you to take these matters up with other editors on the article talk page, just as has already been suggested more than once. If you were to continue as you are currently doing, I feel that would begin to seriously undermine your established position as a significant and respected contributor to the article. I hope you don't find this comment intrusive. Please, reflect on this, and try to start to work these things out on the talk page instead. I believe you can rectify the situation if you do this now, before matters deteriorate any further. Again, sorry if this is an intrusion; you may know more about the whole situation than I do. Anyway, I hope this helps somehow. PL290 (talk) 11:08, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Thought you'd be interested in this

User Carmaker1, showed up out of nowhere at my talk page couple of days ago blaming me and you for removing a whole chunk of information from the article of Backstreet Boys, see this here. Then he went on inserting unsourced release-date into the article of Backstreet Boys, meantime removing highly reliable sources and replacing them with Google search like sites, see this for example. Now he's all over the place accusing me and you being the same person, see this. If this editor keeps on throwing accusations of this kind we should report him. Thought, you should be aware of what's he's up to.--Harout72 (talk) 16:42, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks man, I appreciate it, I'll keep you posted if Carmaker1 has anything else to add to his earlier accusations.--Harout72 (talk) 21:46, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Glad to know you two aren't the same person then. However, I will report you, User: Mad Hatter, for your own poor conduct. Harout72 hasn't used the level of language you have in referring to me. As for you Harout72, verifiability does not include ease of access. In fact, those are news archives and unfortunately you must not possess anywhere near the amount of wealth I do to purchase any article for research. I'm glad you corrected one of the dates(August 12, 1997), but the Canadian date is still incorrect as the album was number one in October 1996. I provided to you information before that your judgment on Billboard Magazine's charts was flawed. I will continue to look for the accurate source containing the September 1996 release date. It is clearly obvious that there is a gang mentality that shouldn't be welcome on such a site.Carmaker1 (talk) 03:47, 4 March 2010 (UTC)

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Thanks for the understanding. =) Oh & If you do wanna help, then maybe you can tidy up the Emmure article for me? I've been wanting to see that page shine and just got done with some work on it, but perhaps since you're so good at the stuff that goes on on here that I thought maybe you can help too. -- GunMetal Angel 05:16, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Please don't edit the Nickelback page if you don't know anything

The title says it all don't edit it the Nickelback page. Thank You for your occupation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nickelbackrules1518 (talk • contribs) 23:09, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Really?

Stop the immaturities. Thanks, Theleftorium ^(talk) 12:35, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

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Velvet Revolver

Replied and moved your post on my talk page to the article talk page. HrZ (talk) 12:08, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

"Per se" image usage on Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds article

What Wiki image usage policy are you referring to in your removal of the images from the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds article? As far as I can tell, the images are not "staggering" or "bloating" anything, nor are they redundant, but rather are illustrating members and performances in the same manner as any of the GAs on musical groups that I've read. If anything, I could see wanting to trim out one or two, but not all. Colinclarksmith (talk) 20:49, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Nickelback

Thought I'd repost this here in case you didn't see it on the discussion page:

Any particular reason why you keep removing some of these sourced quotes without explanation? Most notably, you keep removing a part where it says they had 4 songs done in February, and that a member of the band claiming that "Here and Now" would be "more organic sounding" and sound like "All the Right Reasons". I see no reason to remove that, it's sourced and important info regarding the new album. Even if there was some sort of problem, you should be explaining why... Sergecross73 msg me 03:00, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

So, to be clear, your approach this situation, was to never respond, and then try removing it again, 6 months later, without any discussion or edit summary? Sergecross73 msg me 14:47, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

RE: Nickelback

Yes, I've actually noticed what you're saying, and that's what leads me to be all the more confused. You've edited for a long time, and are part of a music-related Wikiproject. So you obviously know removing sourced information w/o discussion or edit summary is frowned upon. (Through your talk page, I see you were accused of doing similar actions at Velvet Revolver as well.)

But I won't lecture your further. I'm sorry that you've got a lot going on, and I wish you well as well. Best of luck with all you've got going on. Sergecross73 msg me 20:55, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

RE: Velvet Revolver

I don't think any editor likes to see their edits removed so no need to apologise on that front sir. I put a lot of work getting that article up to some sort of decent standard (this being what is what like before) using articles like Pearl Jam and Soundgarden as examples, and while I don't own it or decide what is included or removed, I felt you were a little bit vague in your reasons for removing content, which is why I reverted and asked for a discussion. You say "very unprofessional" and "crappy fan page" and you may very well be right, but how am I to know if you don't explain why?

You feel strongly about what should and should not be in the article, but really it doesn't benefit article if one person is getting their way (me included) which is the whole reason to discuss first. So, I won't revert the recent changes you made but discuss what you want to change, though really you should have discussed them first (WP:STATUSQUO). The splitting of formation is well done, starting at Randy Castillo's funeral works well. Not a fan of the "Origins and past careers" heading but the only suggestion I have is "Early years" which may or may not work. A large amount of the content in "Search of new singer and hiatus" could be re-written to flow with the rest of the article rather than "In an interview with" every few sentences. Still don't believe that there should be a whole section with solo careers. I think it could still be trimmed (my fault for there being that much info in the first place) and inserted into the new singer and hiatus section. I personally don't see how it hampers the article and I've seen very similar sections, or mentions of other solo projects, on articles of a higher standard (The Beatles, Sex Pistols, Silverchair, The Smashing Pumpkins). I'm assuming these kind of sections inclusion is dependant on who is editing and down to personal opinion.

In regards to the removing of content previously, there is no policy or guideline that I am aware of (maybe you do) that states what length an article should be. Sometimes an article needs to be big just to give the subject adequate coverage. If there is any content that you disagree with, ask me about it and I'll tell you my reasons for adding in the first place. You might agree or disagree but at least then we can move on from there. Hope I made some sense in this response, happy editing sir. HrZ (talk) 14:35, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

I really think those changes work well. A large majority of the content you removed was mainly IP contributions, those who felt every interview, rumour and mention of the band's future should be included, so I am quite happy to see it go with some of it re-worded into the article. I'll give the changes a proper look when I have a little more time, but no cause for complaint on this end! Are you happy with the changes? I know you made them, but just incase there is any other issues you feel should be delt with in the article =) HrZ (talk) 11:29, 2 April 2012 (UTC)

It is a small bit of info so a subsection works better. I removed the "-present" part of the heading. It is my understanding that, if it is the current year then there is no need for it, until the following year that is! HrZ (talk) 13:58, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

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HI mr. distinguished editor. (not mocking, your page explains itself). i think sticking to time line way is better than this way. coz this revision doesn't explain clearly the gap between the 2nd album and 3rd one. so i don't know !!!! --hosam007 (talk) 18:57, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

i think if we return it back like it was would be good, and for time line i think it's a basic thing to make especially in the bands articles coz while reading the article you need to know what happened through it's history in the right order, like any other rock band (coldplay, green day, etc). it's a main article and i hope you fix it. thank you, peace --hosam007 (talk) 19:16, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

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• MOS:IMAGES: "Images are an important part of any article's presentation. Effort should therefore be made to improve quality and choice of images or captions in articles rather than favoring their removal". ;) Coltsfan (talk) 23:01, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

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Here's the article: List of space opera media

But I would recommend removing Star Trek from the list since it's not Space Opera but Space Frontier or Space Western.69.165.246.181 (talk) 23:56, 25 July 2014 (UTC)

• I would recommend creating a section in the space opera article called "List of space opera media" and pasting the contents of the article into that section. I'd also recommend you move those lists below into the "List of space opera media" section as it looks cluttered in the article. My two cents.69.165.246.181 (talk) 02:35, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

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If people don't want to merge then it's not a big issue. Maybe you should discuss on talkpage or best ye just provide a link to the list on the space opera article. Regards.--Taeyebaar (talk) 20:16, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

• I also recommend that you add Halo to the list you added. Regards--Taeyebaar (talk) 20:21, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

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...I shifted Starcraft from space opera to military science fiction because that's where it belongs. TC--Taeyebaar (talk) 01:21, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

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You are doing a good job and I'll try to do what I can to help. Rwood128 (talk) 17:14, 14 September 2014 (UTC)

• Congratulations on all the further improvements. Rwood128 (talk) 12:22, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

Re subheadings there's no problem. Basically I don't like lists, especially when they lack any details, like dates, etc. For this topic the list could become vast -- see my comment on the Talk page.

• But some editors insists on citations for each entry. Rwood128 (talk) 18:39, 28 September 2014 (UTC)

I don't understand your comment re italics, because it is standard practise to italicise the titles of novels, plays, etc. Rwood128 (talk) 19:43, 18 October 2014 (UTC)

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Please see if you can help improve that article. Thanks in advance--Taeyebaar (talk) 02:25, 16 October 2014 (UTC)

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I noticed that you had listed Battlestar Galactica amongst the list of Space Opera media. Do you think we should specify the genre of that franchise as Space Opera? I've checked online for sources and it does show BSG as a space opera subgenre. Do you think we should open a discussion on the talk pages and discuss a change? Will you be available for discussions?--Taeyebaar (talk) 20:41, 30 May 2015 (UTC)

Are you sure about that? If I'm not mistaken I did change it to military sci-fi and it got reverted. I also think BSG does not fit the definition of military science fiction, but rather space opera. Wait before de-listing. Check the definitions and online sources before making this move. Let me know what you find. Thanks--Taeyebaar (talk) 06:37, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

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Hi Mad Hatter, since you contributed to pages regarding sci-fi genres, can you please have a look at this discussion when you can?--Taeyebaar (talk) 18:24, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

From my understanding cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction; wheras dystopian fiction is more about an alternative society, but commonly overlaps with cyberpunk and even social science fiction. You're feedback would be welcome.--Taeyebaar (talk) 18:26, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

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Hi Mad Hatter. If you're still working on improving articles on science fiction subgenres (such as adding most recognizable TV shows, etc). see what you can do to improve biopunk, comedy science fiction and high-fantasy. Those articles could use some additional citations and later maybe you can add TV shows and movies to give better examples. I did all I can to improve those and will be preoccupied for some time. I've done enough editing for now and will return at a later time. If you wish you can improve them slowly. Take your time.--Taeyebaar (talk) 22:03, 6 January 2016 (UTC)

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Thanks for the response MH, I hope you are well. I will see what I can do to fix those pages. I request in the meantime you add TV shows and movies to Maritime science fiction. I recommend adding Sea Quest and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as TV shows. As movies I recommend adding movie adaptations of 20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea. Take care and let me know if you require any assistance. I will help you when I am more available.--Taeyebaar (talk) 20:48, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Hi Mad Hatter. I posted on the article talk page. Go ahead and add it, I've told him to leave it until you're finished adding them. If you add any mistakes, I'll edit the list as I did on space opera and military science fiction. I will review your lists when I return later. Best regards.--Taeyebaar (talk) 00:03, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

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Hi MH, are you still working on subgenre articles? We have a list of examples on Spy-Fi many of them sourced, but the format could be improved to the way you put them in table form. Review the article and see what improvements you make. If you make any mistakes in your list, I'll correct them. How are you doing for High fantasy? Do you still need help there? Let me know and take your time.--Taeyebaar (talk) 01:27, 14 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi Mad Hatter, sorry for the late reply. I checked out High fantasy today and did some small improvements to the article including editing the lists you created. Well done. It looks good now. Keep up your good work on other science fiction and fantasy subgenres and let me know if you need any help.--Taeyebaar (talk) 20:52, 17 March 2016 (UTC)

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Dear Mad Hatter, yesterday one of our cats died of old age and sickness. Please pray for her deliverance. We are going through emotional sadness.

I hope my edits were helpful to you. I will be preoccupied with preparing my resume and others things. Please notify me if you need help on articles related to subgenres and I will help when I can drop by. Take good care of yorself.--Taeyebaar (talk) 19:55, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

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Thanks Mad Hatter for your condolences. These pets become like your family after living with you. It's like loosing a family member. We can only wish for the best.

Yes there are many genre and subgenre articles that need serious correcting. I'm going make some serious improvements to them as well. I'm also going to edit the improvements you've made on spy-fi.

Our current target should be biopunk, Space Western, Comedy science fiction, social science fiction and cyberpunk. Some of these might already have significant lists. I will recommend more as we go along. I will also update other science fiction pages in the process. Why don't you start with the ones I mentioned and then I'll follow. After that we can go after more pages for improvement. Take care.--Taeyebaar (talk) 23:40, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

And can you please vote on the Spy-fi article entry for keep or delete? Thanks.--Taeyebaar (talk) 21:58, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

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I have undone your split of Jennifer Roberson, because the split is not justified under WP:SPLIT on either the basis of size or content. —swpb^T 19:52, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

Anne McCaffrey

You have just removed nearly 13k of content from the article without an edit summary. I have restored. If you are intending to make massive (constructive) changes, you must use edit summaries, and I suggest an explanatory section on the talk page before you start. --Mirokado (talk) 19:56, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

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I have undone this split as well, for the same reason as above. Please do not split articles without a good reason, and discuss potentially-controversial splits before carrying them out. In these cases, starting a discussion would have prevented you from making a mistake. —swpb^T 20:01, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

My apologies: There wasn't any indication that the article was a split when I was doing the new page curation, and I neglected to check the edit history on the parent page Jim Butcher. I mistakenly believed the new article was original work. --Erick Shepherd (talk) 20:16, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

"Rogue editor?" Get over yourself, immediately. What started off looking like an innocent mistake can very quickly go down a bad road for your editing rights, if your behavior doesn't fix itself. —swpb^T 20:06, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

Make whatever justifications you want. If you do not start bringing your splits to the article talk pages immediately, you will find yourself blocked, very quickly. You are not special, you do not get to ignore the guidelines. I don't care how long you've been doing it, it stops now. You will not split one more bibliography without a consensus established on the article's talk page, you will not attack one more editor for fixing your mess, and you will not canvas. I will be watching closely, and I am not alone. —swpb^T 20:14, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

Please stop changing "works by" to "bibilography by"

What the title says. I have already corrected this in Anne McCaffrey with the detailed edit summary: "grammar: this list was not written by AIM, it is a list compiled by our editors based on other sources, so the previous phrase was OK". Now you have made the same change to Template:Brandon Sanderson, which I have also corrected. Please correct any other articles affected by this change. --Mirokado (talk) 18:18, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Spy-Fi

Hi Mad Hatter. Thanks for letting me know. I will check it. Yes it's very insulting when hard working editors get discredited for their work. I have experienced very similar disrespect, including my work on Spy-Fi! I was even accused of making personal attacks there! But like I said, I'm gonna check it.--Taeyebaar (talk) 23:45, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

I opened a discussion on the talk page of the article supporting my consensus to split. I invited other editors there to leave their comments. Hopefully this problem will be resolved soon.--Taeyebaar (talk) 00:20, 16 April 2016 (UTC)

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I know what you mean dude. Wikipedia editing is a thanksless job.....:-}--Taeyebaar (talk) 00:22, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

PS since opposing editor has not responded to the split suggestion, I think it's OK. If he wants to revert, you can explain there was already a proposal on the talk page but nobody responded, so split is OK.--Taeyebaar (talk) 00:23, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

To editor Taeyebaar: What do you mean "there was already a proposal on the talk page" and "opposing editor has not responded"? Have you looked at Talk:Marion_Zimmer_Bradley#Split at all??? That proposal appeared after I warned MadHatter, and I immediately responded to it, so you are 100% wrong on both facts. Get your basic facts straight before you jump to defending the indefensible. Do you really think that following the rules is so hard that Mad Hatter should be excused from doing so? —swpb^T 12:59, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

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Mad Hatter, I'm not a sysop so I can't block or unblock you. I don't know if you saw this or not, but I actually oppose the topic ban that was suggested on you. However, if I may suggest, ease off the "being bold" for a bit, some people have a tendency to be too bold and it tends to upset the rest of the community. Just ease up, ask first and follow consensus, even if you don't agree. KoshVorlon 19:53, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

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Please check proposal to delete and vote there. I will take care of the spy-fi media list split now.--Taeyebaar (talk) 15:49, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

I've done the split. Anyone who opposes it will have to gain consensus on the discussion I started long before I re-did the split. The category has already been deleted. Yeah editing Wikipedia is one thankless job.--Taeyebaar (talk) 16:04, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

To editor Taeyebaar: You know, or you certainly should know, that that isn't how things work around here. Policy is clear that the version before the controversial change - meaning the split - stands. I intend to undo many more of Mad Hatter's unjustified splits; you can try to generate a real consensus to redo any of them you want. But another split from you without a proper consensus will be taken as an act of vandalism. —swpb^T 17:53, 23 April 2016 (UTC)

Lawrence Watt-Evans

Mad Hatter, I was going to the Wikipedia help desk looking for help to upload two images I have in mind. I'll ask the people at the help desk to upload this image.

The split on the articles seems like a good move. I saw some of the ANI report he posted against you and another editor mentioned you did the right thing by splitting and helped clear up a mess. I will keep working on the spy-fi split but it will take some time.--Taeyebaar (talk) 21:58, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

I posted on the help desk to help upload these images.--Taeyebaar (talk) 22:17, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

• Can you please watch this topic in case they reply?--Taeyebaar (talk) 22:37, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

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I have warned you about Wikipedia:Canvassing, like this. This is 100% unacceptable. Read the policy—every word. If Taeyebaar wants to follow a page, he can add it to his watchlist like everyone else. Do this again, and you'll have a new ANI to defend yourself at. —swpb^T 19:17, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

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Mad Hatter, I too dislike articles with long lists. I haven't the time to check through the past history of the case against you, but do you give sufficient advanced warning of an intended split? This should prevent this kind of situation developing. Also, even if someone is a "rogue editor", as you claim, don't say so – sorry to sound like your mother! Rwood128 (talk) 19:31, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

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Subgenre articles

Hello Mad Hatter, are you still up for filling up the science fiction and fantasy subgenre pages with me? I'm just trying to upload an image for Space Western so it looks complete and we can fill it up. We can start by adding list of novellas, films and TV series on pages that don't have them. But for Maritime science fiction, I don't think we can add anything there since that article is too small. We should start a separate one List of maritime science fiction media and list it there.

I also had the idea to create List of hard science fiction media and list of soft science fiction media but let's do that much later. Right now let's focus on science fiction subgenres, then we can move on to fantasy subgenres, then we can do hard and soft science fiction pages in the ned.

You start and I'll follow later.--Taeyebaar (talk) 19:35, 20 June 2016 (UTC)

Re: Template

Hi Mad Hatter, I'm not sure how to merge these templates. I will look into it when i have more time. When we start filling up the list of examples the Space Western article, we can add Lost in Space to the list as i have added a source for it. Let me know hat else I can help you with--Taeyebaar (talk) 18:57, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

Soon I will start editing Space Western and then form there we can add to it and continue with other subgenres. Just give me some time before I can start editing it.--User talk:Taeyebaar (talk) 23:13, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

List of maritime science fiction media

As I explained before since we can't add all the lists on the maritime science fiction article because it's too small to, I started the list. See what you can do to improve it. It needs a lot of work.--Taeyebar 21:28, 16 July 2016 (UTC)

Archived

Hi Mad Hatter. I have added archiving for your talk page. Seeing that it's too being, it's going to be tough communicating with you. Your talk page is too full, so I hope you don't mind me archiving some of it. Thanks.--Taeyebar 00:24, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

List of maritime science fiction media

Check the list, somebody seems to have filled it and it looks good. Just needs some more citations. Do you still think we should fit the boxes in the maritime science fiction article? I'm asking because the article is currently too small to fit any box list and so the separate list is there.

We can use this goodreads list to cite on the list http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/17615.Oceanic_marine_science_fiction--Taeyebar 04:24, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

Draft

Hi Mad Hatter it's here Draft:List of maritime science fiction works. Contribute anytime you wish. Instead of putting tables on that stub subgenre I opted for putting a list. Anytime you want you can contribute.--Taeyebar 23:42, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

Unfortunately Mad Hatter, as in the case of maritime science fiction, some subgenre articles are too small to have tables on them and so we need to create separate lists. See what you can do to find sources for maritime science fiction and list of examples. We may need to create a separate list of Space Western works. We can use List of Space Opera media as an example.--Taeyebar 23:44, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

And thanks.--Taeyebar 23:45, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

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Sorry for the late reply. It seems somebody removed the examples table from the article.--Taeyebar 22:43, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

• I fixed it. i dont know why it was removed. Who removed it? Was it Gothicfilm? Was there a discussion or consensus to remove?--Taeyebar 22:50, 1 December 2016 (UTC)

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High fantasy

[6] yeah it seems the selected examples were removed. Do you want to replace them and discuss it or skip it? --Taeyebar 11:03, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

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It is a good userbox. I'm not an expert on making them myself (just having way too many on my page), I've only made two, and they were mostly pretty close to ones I found with just text changes! Sigurd Dragon Slayer (talk) 05:33, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

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AC/DC

You will need to discuss the changes you want to make on the AC/DC members' page. The early members were not session musicians, who on earth ever said they were? Slade was never described as a touring member. Why all the deletions? You have explained nothing in your edit summaries. Bretonbanquet (talk) 20:58, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

The link you provided does not in any way support your edits. Discuss please. Bretonbanquet (talk) 21:00, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

How does that justify the edit to the members' page? Bretonbanquet (talk) 21:03, 7 October 2020 (UTC)

FNM RHCP feud section

I think the section should still be in the article, since it's been listed by several sources as one of the greatest feuds in rock history. I think it could still remain in the article if some of the more tangential stuff is removed. --I call the big one bitey (talk) 15:29, 16 October 2020 (UTC)

• I have to agree with Mad Hatter that there's no need for it. I think that while it's certainly worth mentioning that there was hostility between RHCP and FNM, along with a few examples, I've long felt that dedicating an entire five paragraph section to said feud is a bit much. The same goes for the mention in the Mr. Bungle article which stretches out to seven paragraphs. I say this as a HUGE fan of both FNM and Mr. Bungle who DESPISES RHCP. It just seems entirely unnecessary. NJZombie (talk) 21:04, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
• Thanks for backing me @NJZombie:! The only way is by removing these sections and I am bold and I sludged 20k from Mr. Bungle! Go on! Revert them! I won't stop you! Fanboyish tip-of-a-targo! Go on, revert it! This is just ridiculous! There might be some mention, but this is just Instagramic and every-second-news like about a bicker on Ultimate Guitar on the old-KISS-gentlemen that I don't listen to and don't love as people and musicians enough to pay attention to! Can't you see it?! People are telling you, stop being so selfish and keep it for your own fan-transition! Is it clear? Sheesh. The Mad Hatter (talk)
  • I DO think there's enough of a significance to the "feud" between RHCP and both of the bands to at least mention it as they were often compared to each other and there was obviously some heat but outside of just mentioningthat and giving a few of the major examples, it doesn't seem encyclopedic at all. RHCP were admittedly the much more commercially successful band and other than mentioning that FNM was considered a similar band, there is no mention of them, or Mr. Bungle, feuding with RHCP on the RHCP article because it's a blip on their radar. Once again, this coming from someone who HATES RHCP and loves FNM and Bungle. It's just no encyclopedia-worthy. Not to that length at least. NJZombie (talk) 22:04, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
• OK, go both (@NJZombie: and @I call the big one bitey:) look at Mr. Bungle and Faith No More. It's I think the most synthesized version. Both acts admit respect to each other. Media and TV personalities pumped it up. I admit, I was rash, but this is the best but to be improved I think. Go and see. Let's improve it from there. We can keep the cited Internet resources and the summarize of the so-called conflict. Other is pure speculation and Internet bullshit. Regards: The Mad Hatter (talk)

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Hi MadHatter, I get the idea of adding content from the now redirected Music of Phish page, but a lot of that information is either unsourced or redundant to stuff that's on the main Phish page anyway, and thus its including on the main page was avoided on purpose. None of the content on that page was really worth saving, particularly on a page that is now GA status. I agree with pointing the redirect at the section you did, as that section has most of the same stuff except it's sourced. As for Template:Phish, I am unsure about your removal of the LivePhish series articles from there. All of those albums have pages, and most of them charted, satisfying WP:NALBUMS. I think they should be there, just as Template:Grateful Dead lists all of the comparable Dick's Picks series. Doc Strange^MailboxLogbook 02:37, 5 January 2021 (UTC)

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Really. I'm very sorry, but I didn't know that the copyright policy is so harsh and so dis-merciful. Wikipedia is my life. I never wanted to do harm. Space Western, Military science fiction and space opera: yes, I copied several paragraphs from one to the other, because I thought it'd be OK, since the information generally is the same. I also want to mend amends with @NinjaRobotPirate: and be friends with the administrator team. Please don't block me for life. It's like a death sentence. Wikipedia is, was and will be my life. I made a translation for Bulgarian information company also covering Kazach Wikipedia and all Cyrilic languages Wikipedias and really: it's death sentence to me. If I remain blocked as I am suffering from paltry epilepsy, I don't know how I'll cope in this life. I hope that I'd be excused from my violation and I'll try not to repeat the same mistakes again. Administrators could look at the articles and probably see judgment in my work. I hope in the future to continue my work on Wiki, since as I said: Wiki is my life, I'm also on Bulgarian Wikipedia and it's like cutting my brain for Hannibal's dinner. Kidding, but it's unbelievably harsh sentence for me. I hope to mend amends with NinjaRobotPirate. I hope to work with the people here collaboratively and not to make the same mistakes again. Regards: Elan Morin Tedronai (talk) 16:24, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Then, yeah: it's a death sentence for me. I tend to clear my talk pages. I'm epileptic, I forgot. I also find the comment by Schazjmd as an absolute dagger in heart, since the context of those warnings is totally out of shape; those respective articles of Geoff Tate, Queensryche and those three epic space genres has totally evolved and reevaluated in the other context that Wikipedia and its articles are always moving. This is like a total sword in my aching heart. I didn't expect it from a non-involved user to do this to me. I am deeply hurt and I can only say that Wikipedia is always evolving and articles are always moving like a true darwikinist can say. Really: it's killing me deeply if the permanent ban from NinjaRobotePirate, with whom I believe I've collaborated somewhere successfully before - remains, because I hope to continue doing this work until cardinally at the end of the year as I've worked for 20 years, with 3 years in computer clubs before getting a favourite Forsaken nickname of my own. I plead the other administrators to review my work, before really blocking me for life - just like that for true offenses, yes, but in the context of the good faith and many years of contributing. Regards: Elan Morin Tedronai (talk)
I forget. I'm epileptic. I forgot I was warned. Truthfully, not to pinpoint to edits, but as far as I can remember, I moved some information from Queensryche to Geoff Tate or/and vice-versa and I was warned. Probably on point, but both articles were a mess back there. I was thanked later by a friendly contributor. As far as I can remember. All the stuff concerning Tate and Queensryche were totally messed up and I really had to move a lot of the stuff concerning him to his own proper article, while working and trying to clean Tate's article. I never delete or "exclusionize" just like that without trying to put the articles on shape as I have done recently on Poison. Administrators can check me out, I was even thanked and braved as contributor by @Binksternet: who said my exclusionist approach trimmed it down and I did a very god job! But yeah: I moved some of the material between Quuensryche and Geoff Tate back then! It was this when I stopped working on it! Close to its current state?! Which is not perfect always! Before that the article was crap like that! But 3 years ago?! I forgot for this tiny argument, but the development of the articles is worthy! I'm epileptic! Really! Sorry! Now's warning? Oh, I love so much "military space opera frontier" and "science fictional space warfare" genre that I wrote most of the material on the articles by myself with trying to find good references, including the examples. Since the 3 sub-genres totally overlap with one another, yeah: I totally wrote and copied here-and-there and probably I'm guilty more of recent, but 2018 and 2019 incidents, it's me: I clean my Talk pages. Or tended to do it even before. But I clean them in the start or end of like 50 messages or somewhere there. I totally forgot I was warned, but I work for the best and in good faith. Sorry. I didn't know it's so strict, after 3-warning to get a ban for life. I'm epileptic, as stated on my personal baby page. I plead to other administrators: I've been working for 20 years and met and talked even with Jimbo Wales; please don't block me! I'm sure I can amend myself and continue to work for the future. It'll be a dagger in my soul to cut me from this wonderful resource! Regards: Elan Morin Tedronai (talk)
I have to cite the resource like (copied from [[<page name>]]), I believe, even if it's forms entire another article or was from that article, but it belongs in its place. I believe so. I have to cite the resources in the edit summary, I think. I admit I haven't paid attention. But: please don't block me for life. It's deep wound in my everyday life. Since losing my job in 2018, I concentrated on this, but my health in 2020, while suffering two or three prolonged illnesses from COVID-19 and coupled with an epileptic seizure after my birthday. I totally agree to the instructions of Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. I should've put a (Copied content from [[<page name>]]; see that page's history for attribution)? Yes? That's all I can say. Block me for life you want, but that's written in the rules. Regards: Elan Morin Tedronai (talk)

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I'm really sorry to say this, but based on your statements, it sounds like we can't be sure you'd comply with WP:COPYRIGHT if we unblocked you. That places the entire project in jeopardy, so I can't risk lifting the block. I want to be clear, this is nothing personal. If you can more strongly convince us that you can reliably comply with WP:COPYRIGHT, you are welcome to make a new unblock request. For example, if your health improves. Alternatively, if you agree to refrain from any copy-and-paste, even when doing so would be okay by copyright. There may be other alternatives that would lead to us confidently unblocking you, too. I want to be clear, my decline isn't meant to be the end of the line for you here. I'd love to see you back and editing, I just can't currently see how we can do that. I hope what you take from this is either "Hey, I think Yamla is wrong and here's why" or alternatively, "Hey, I think Yamla may be right, but here's how we can work around their concerns". Yamla (talk) 11:23, 18 July 2021 (UTC)

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Request reason:

Please, don't block me for life. I'll comply fully with the WP:COPYRIGHT. Please don't hurt me like that. I agree wholeheartedly to refrain from cut-and-paste moves. Please, don't shatter my hopes. I hope to be able to contribute further. I've been blocked for already 2 weeks. Isn't it enough sentence? Please don't turn it for permanent. I'll never jeopardize the editing and I'll never make vandalism on pages. I think you're right, but such a verdict is incredibly hard and dark on me. I agree to follow the copyright and to refrain from cut-and-paste moves. Please, don't block me for life. Regards: Elan Morin Tedronai (talk)

Decline reason:

I would stress that you are not "blocked for life"; the block will be removed when the concerns that led to it have been adequately addressed. I greatly regret to say I don't think this request does that. Like Yamla I think it is very possible for the block to be lifted, but not right now. I think that your health which should be your first priority may need to improve some or you will otherwise need to show us how you will not let your health concerns interfere with your participation here. 331dot (talk) 09:45, 30 July 2021 (UTC)

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Request reason:

Well, if I continue to be blocked, I don't know how these concerns that led to it will be addressed. Really. I don't know how else I can contribute. I'm blocked indefinitely, which is incredibly hurtful. My health truly is my priority. I have addressed it in my profile page, that I'm epileptic since childhood and I have episodic seizures, but I've been able to contribute for years and I've been doing it since 2001, when I was unsigned User in computer club culture till 2004, when I signed back there in September 2004, I think when I was 18. I have been doing it successfully I believe in some ways, and in others I've made mistakes and I admit them if someone backfires because all edits stand and the evolution of the articles is there; Wikipedia has grown with me as a User and I was part of it. I am honored to be part of it. I've made mistakes. I admit it. But with a permanent ban I don't know how I can redeem myself. That's it. It's last request and I'll probably remain blocked, because I'm getting disheartened and greatly disappointed with each request denied, nearly a month being blocked each and every way. How I am supposed to redeem myself in editing Wikipedia, when I'm blocked for life? Oh, it's not for life, but not "right now"? Then when? Such a protracting and disappointing way to end to my editing and even to belittle my contributions through pointing out only my mistakes. Even probably take it on personal? I don't know. @Rwood128:? @Sadads:? I hope these guys and Users will come to the talk page? We worked on Historical fiction back in 2015? Alex Stinson? They're blocking me for life for COPYRIGHT issues on which I admit my guilt, but it's a harsh verdict to end my participation. You can see my contributions. Alex, can you say some good words for me? If you manage to see the ping? I'm librarian and I have myriad of degrees even in historical fiction and space opera. I've been contributing here since its beginning as an international source. I am honored to be part of the project. It's incredibly hurtful of the heart and soul to be blocked for life. I hope to redeem myself and the block to be lifted eventually. Whenever it is. "Not right now". Then when? Oh, it's minor edit. I know I'm hypocritical and disregarding, but this standing ban is really hurtful; it's still my talk page and my space and it's the only space I can edit; but how I can redeem myself, when I'm blocked majorly from Wikipedia for life only editing my talk page? Sorry to be rebellious, but I hope the ban will be lifted. I'll not make new requests. After this request probably gets denied, I won't make new requests and it's even hurtful since I cannot edit and blank-out my User Page. I want to. But I'cant. I'm banned for life only editing my talk page making heartfelt requests and getting denied "for the moment". I'll delete the contents here, after I'm denied request and I'll ask one of these guys to blank my User Page. It's hypocrisy. I broke in tears! I'm banned for life, Alex, Woody! Jesus! I can't believe it! Regards:Elan Morin Tedronai (talk)

Decline reason:

Procedural decline only. This unblock request has been open for more than two weeks but has not proven sufficient for any reviewing administrator to take action. You are welcome to request a new block review if you substantially reword your request. To be unblocked, you must convince the reviewing administrator(s) that

• the block is not necessary to prevent damage or disruption to Wikipedia, or
• the block is no longer necessary because you
  1. understand what you have been blocked for,
  2. will not continue to cause damage or disruption, and
  3. will make useful contributions instead.

Please read the guide to appealing blocks for more information. Yamla (talk) 12:24, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

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This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who accepted the request.

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Request reason:

Ok. I understand why I have been blocked for copyright violation for which I'm sorry and I believe I've learnt from my past mistakes. It's been almost 2 months and I sincerely wholeheartedly hope that it's enough. I've learnt my lesson. I sincerely appeal to the reviewing administrator to unblock me, because I hope that my "punishment" is enough. As an established editor and pending changes reviewer, I'll never cause damage or disruption and I always try to make the best contributions accordingly with an edit summary, because I admit that I've never taken it seriously thus far, but will try to implement it in my future edits. Please! Don't block me for life! Wikipedia and Fandom Wikia were and still are part of my life! I hope to continue do it in the upcoming years for sure!

Regards:Elan Morin Tedronai (talk) 15:58, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

Accept reason:

I'm assuming good faith and unblocking. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 19:09, 25 September 2021 (UTC)

(Non-administrator comment) You were warned three times previously about how to properly copy within Wikipedia (3 Jun 201826 Feb 2019, 17 Jun 2021). It's unlikely that you'll be unblocked unless you can show that you have read and understand the relevant policies by explaining what you should have done to properly copy from one Wikipedia article to another, and how you plan to change your behavior in the future. Schazjmd (talk) 16:34, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

(Non-administrator comment) C'mon, it's not that hard: how do you properly copy content from one article to another on Wikipedia? Do you agree to follow those instructions in the future? Schazjmd (talk) 17:37, 2 July 2021 (UTC)

Why do you rarely use edit summaries? I understand you may be struggling but it is also very concerning that you were given a warning on June 17 and then you did the exact thing you were warned not to do 10 days later. I guess I am looking for some insight into why this happened and how we can trust you to change your behavior going forward. Please respond to these points under this post and not in the unblock request as that is getting hard to follow. Sasquatch t|c 22:13, 5 July 2021 (UTC)

I forget it's that important. Listen, I stated it on my User Page: since the seizure I hold scattering in my brain. My vocabulary is damaged and I forget such simple things on Wikipedia and never really while making my contributions paid that much attention to it. I admit I've made mistake this way, but never really paid much attention and I don't know even when it's proper to say: "75% of edits do have edit summaries! Good job!" I never paid attention these 20 years in working and I hope to continue working, although this time I'll be more proactive in this and will give good citations and will contribute with Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia saying it's copied from another article. But, I forget it's that important. Is it really that demanding? I was never aware of this. Really. I'm sorry. Regards: Elan Morin Tedronai (talk)

Elan, you keep focusing on the effect of this block upon you that you are not paying attention to the words of the admins who turned down your block requests. You need to assure them that you understand Wikipedia's copyright guidelines. So, don't just state that you won't do anything wrong, you have to demonstrate, through explanation, that you understand copyright and how it works on Wikipedia. If necessary, explain it in the most simple and direct words. Admins reviewing your block request just want to be able to see that mistakes that have happened in the past won't happen again and that's your responsibility to demonstrate that you actually do understand copyright guidelines, not by stating that you do but by explaining them in your own words. When you can do that, you might have more success getting unblocked. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 02:03, 17 August 2021 (UTC)

September 2021

Your edit to The Wheel of Time has been removed in whole or in part, as it appears to have added copyrighted material to Wikipedia without evidence of permission from the copyright holder. If you are the copyright holder, please read Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials for more information on uploading your material to Wikipedia. For legal reasons, Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted material, including text or images from print publications or from other websites, without an appropriate and verifiable license. All such contributions will be deleted. You may use external websites or publications as a source of information, but not as a source of content, such as sentences or images—you must write using your own words. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously, and persistent violators of our copyright policy will be blocked from editing. See Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources for more information. eviolite (talk) 18:49, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

Apologies, I had not noticed that the Fandom page was licensed under CC-BY-SA, but you still must attribute to avoid plagiarism. eviolite (talk) 18:56, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

@Eviolite: OK, sorry! I'll attribute every time! I thought it was enough in the edit summary! I'll attribute every time! Sorry! Elan Morin Tedronai (talk)

Blocked

As you have continued to violate WP:COPYRIGHT and WP:FAIRUSE after being unblocked, I have reluctantly blocked you again indefinitely. For those following along, the two violations I saw were here, copying content without attribution, and here, inappropriately using a copyrighted image without specifying a fair-use exemption (indeed, no fair-use exemption would likely be acceptable there). --Yamla (talk) 20:35, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

@Yamla:: Oh, please, Yamla! I didn't know it was so serious! I didn't know the policy fully about the pictures. I think a contributor put an attribution on The Wheel of Time. I put on the summary. I thought it was enough. I didn't know that on I couldn't put images or multiply them on other articles. Really. Please don't block me for life. I am all doing in good faith. Regards: Elan Morin Tedronai (talk)

This does nothing to convince me we could unblock you now and be sure you wouldn't continue to violate WP:COPYRIGHT and WP:FAIRUSE. You've been warned over and over again. You knew your violations placed the entire project in jeopardy. You assured us you had learnt and would never again cause problems. So, we unblocked you and you basically immediately resumed your violations. Now, you need to somehow convince a reviewing admin that this time is different. This time, when you say you fully understand our policies, you really do. The bar will be much higher this time. I sincerely hope you can be unblocked, but I no longer have any faith in your ability to abide by WP:COPYRIGHT and WP:FAIRUSE. Any admin is free to lift the block if they are sufficiently convinced. --Yamla (talk) 21:18, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Elan Morin Tedronai (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

Please don't block me again for life. I thought it was enough of attribution in the Edit summary that I was criticized so much for. I also thought that using pictures on multiple articles was also good. Always. But now, never. I'll be more careful in the future but at least I expanded The Wheel of Time with good additional info. In fact through the Fandom could be supported articles like Draft:Midkemia and Draft:Kelewan. It was just an example and person put an attribution but it was honest mistake. I would put myself, but he was quicker than me. Please don't block me for this. It was honest mistake, but all was in good faith. I still think that the Space Western would be good with the examples, albeit without the photo of Han Solo. But don't block me for that. If I make a mistake, warn me, but don't block me again for life. I haven't made meaningful harm in any way. Say so and it won't happen again. I admit that I made mistake. Please don't block me for life. It happens too fast and my block is very merciless. I will never use other sources without attribution and will never use photos from other articles. Please don't block me so fast for life. I think I learnt from my mistakes. There are always ways I can contribute in the future. Please don't shut me out so fast. I never meant harm in my edits. Regards: Elan Morin Tedronai (talk)

Decline reason:

Procedural decline only. This unblock request has been open for more than two weeks but has not proven sufficient for any reviewing administrator to take action. You are welcome to request a new block review if you substantially reword your request. To be unblocked, you must convince the reviewing administrator(s) that

• the block is not necessary to prevent damage or disruption to Wikipedia, or
• the block is no longer necessary because you
  1. understand what you have been blocked for,
  2. will not continue to cause damage or disruption, and
  3. will make useful contributions instead.

Please read the guide to appealing blocks for more information. Yamla (talk) 10:39, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

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Opened Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Elan Morin Tedronai. MER-C 11:12, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

@MER-C: Oh, mate, there's no way I can defend myself to that. So swiftly and quickly I was reblocked that I can only capitalize on the need sometimes to copy information from one article to another or to move chunks from one to another. I can't find other explanation for the perceived jeopardy other than that I needed to move parts of articles into discographies and bibliographies in order to make them work. I'd never jeopardize otherwise or with vandalism Wikipedia. It's just how I had to handle the processes back then to create separate discographies and bibliographies of established musicians and writers Probably, I always knew I had to put attribution from one article to another, but many times I forgot. For which I'm to blame of course, but there's no other way to defend myself, practically. Regards: Elan Morin Tedronai (talk)

This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Elan Morin Tedronai (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

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Request reason:

Please, lift out my account block and entitle me again to editing. I'll always cite resources for copyright reasons and will abide by Fair Use laws, and I won't make the same mistakes again. I understand why I was blocked, but in no way I will cause damage or disruption to Wikipedia and I have proven that I make useful contributions generally. I think, there are ways I can contribute further. Please unblock me, Reverend Admins. Regards:Elan Morin Tedronai (talk)

Decline reason:

Hi Elan Morin Tedronai, as this was unsuccessfully attempted before, there is sadly currently no way for you to prove this other than perhaps editing other Wikipedias and asking for reconsideration at least 6 months after today. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:16, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

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@ToBeFree: Oh, that's extremely harsh verdict. Then it's the most probable final verdict, since I will probably never, ever edit Wikipedia in my life after almost 17 thousand edits and in my view undeniable contributions during 20 years of service. But, OK. It's very hard and hurtful to hear that there's no way I can prove myself useful after 20 years doing my job and misreading or more most likely misinterpreting the rules. OK. I will likely never ever edit Wikipedia if I can't do it and I am denied requests and shut the door each and every way. Cardinally it's so. Regards: Elan Morin Tedronai (talk) 22:22, 8 November 2021

Elan Morin Tedronai, that's not really what I said. I have attempted to provide an open door back here by pointing to the list of other Wikipedia languages and specifying a number of months after which asking again is feasible. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:39, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

@ToBeFree: No, man! You are great keyboardist and fine young lad, probably younger than me! But a block now, when I was merely asked to just make a polite careful unblock request, and to just deny me now and to postpone me for next year is likely a block forever! This disheartens me and discourages me from likely make another request, ever in my life! In Wheel of Time, yes, I added info from the Fandom, but look how big t grew?! Or historical fiction, space opera, military science fiction, list of space opera media and list of historical fiction by time period where I worked so hard and made so many compromises in the sake of the information and the evolution of the Portal! It's extremely disheartening, discouraging and deniable to shut me down and to even minimize my contributions! Alas, I didn't want it to end like this! I didn't expect to be treated so harshly by administrators! I'm extremely hurt that I'm thrown out and ousted of English Wikipedia when I think my contributions to the Portal are undeniable and when I think and I want and I fucking desire to edit and can to prove to contribute as I've always done these 20 years, but I can't and will never can! It's unbelievably hurtful that I can no longer click "Edit" and make the fucking musician, librarian best of me as always have done! Regards:Elan Morin Tedronai (talk)