User talk:Fred Bauder

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I maintain a fork of Wikipedia at http://wikinfo.org, alternative address, http://internet-encyclopedia.org/. It is hosted by ibiblio.org. Fred Bauder 18:42, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Barnstar

		The Minor Barnstar
		For of few words are made great men. It is the minor actions, the small subtleties, that can show the greatest valor, the deepest insight, the discerning thought. Thank you : ) Jc37 03:35, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Defender of the Wiki

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		I award you this Defender of the Wiki barnstar in recognition of your three years of continuous meritorious service on the Arbitration Committee. (Sorry that it's a bit late) Eluchil404 11:48, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Sakotis!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's a Sakotis for you! This cake promotes WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by giving this cake to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Make your own message to spread WikiLove to others! Happy editing! Fernando Buceta (talk) 10:50, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sockpuppet

Yesterday I started a new account as Proxima Centauri 2. I don’t want to abuse the sock puppet. Many people are advising Internet users to avoid using their real names on the Internet to prevent stalkers tracing them. I would like to keep my account as Barbara Shack active as well. The account in my real name is useful if I want to post anything which I will transfer to other websites and when I want to take credit for something I have written in my real name. Please tell me how this affects voting. If there is a vote over something I have written as Proxima Centauri 2, I would rather vote as Proxima Centauri 2 so it is clear I am voting for myself. I also don’t want to lose the large number of posts I have under my real user name. I’m not sure which account I want to use more in future. I'm testing the water.

[edit] More on why I want to conceal my identity

This page used to say in the (joke?) stalkbox that I’m in Birmingham. They’ve changed that fortunately. I don’t mind people knowing that I’m in Birmingham as it’s a large city. This type of thing could easily get worse. As a first step I plan to do some of my Wikipedia contributions as Proxima Centauri 2. That will make Barbara Shack less prominent. Later as Proxima Centauri 2 builds up a record I plan to do progressively more there and finally limit the Barbara Shack account to work where I’m keen to take credit myself. I’ve started with Wikipedia as that’s the biggest Wiki and bad people are more likely to notice me there. I’ve done Wikinfo because you know me there too. I’ll move on to the smaller Wikis later. Look out for User:Proxima Centauri on Wikinfo Barbara Shack (talk) 08:41, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Scientology

I’ve gone back to Wikinfo. May I suggest that you have a look at criticism of Scientology before you decide if you want material favourable to Scientology on Wikinfo. Here’s the main critical website. Operation Clambake Proxima Centauri 2 (talk) 19:41, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

I am well aware of most aspects of Scientology. And have been for many years. Wikinfo will continue to have an article on Scientology from a sympathetic point of view which emphasises its virtues. Fred Talk 20:08, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

This is, I presume, the same "sympathetic point of view which emphasizes its virtues" that Wikinfo extends to Catholicism, Wicca, Jehovah's Witnesess, Islam, and the like. Is this a working definition for NPOV, or is this something specific either to Scientology or to Wikinfo? (It is possible, of course, that NPOV is not a policy at Wikinfo, in which case, I withdraw my questions.) ៛ Bielle (talk) 20:54, 19 April 2008 (UTC) Now that I have read the Main Page of Wikinfo, I have answered my own questions. I should have done that first. My apologies. ៛ Bielle (talk) 20:59, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Giovanni di Stefano

I have nominated Giovanni di Stefano, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Giovanni di Stefano. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Lawrence Cohen § t/e 22:48, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Giovanni di Stefano

And yet again, minutes after my correction someone uses Heading 1-indent type headers. As I say on the page itself, please take care not to screw up the formatting, especially if your edit spilled over to the main WP:AfD page itself. Thank you. +Hexagon1 ^(t) 00:36, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Scotch College

I think the section is well-balanced, it was written by a then-student of Scotch. Although the name strippergate appears to have been made by that author, id probably rename it to something a bit more subdued, possibly "Controversy" or something lame like that? Thoughts. Five Years 16:20, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Ive renamed the section to Controversy, until a better title can be found. I dont personally see how it can be made any better, i guess the only real time it mentions other schools/perth culture is with this; Syme made clear his intention to meet with headmasters of other Perth private schools in an attempt to cut down on events which bring about bad publicity.. Five Years 17:49, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Susan Bryce

Hello fred, sorry to disturb you. Awhile ago you were involved in an arbcom case involving myself and a user RodentofDeath http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/RodentofDeath/Proposed_decision Since the ban on this user, he has been caught twice again breaching his ban. Now, once again he has reapeared as a sock, the matter was taken to the arbcom enforement, and despite the fact that 4 users identified the sockpuppet as Rodent, as well as IP matching, no action was taken. To say the least im very upset that RodentofDeath has so easily been able to get around his ban with such ease. I suffered 12 months of abuse from this psychopathic stalker and was hoping the ban would be the end of things, only to find Rodent has persisted with socks to continue his exact same ways. Over the last few months Ive did some good work on wikipedia, mostly on articles pertaining to charities. But im tired of being stalked by this psycopath. Please, do you think you could have a close look at this as you already have experience in this matter. Other editors who have had previous dealings with Rodent have very easily identified this sockpuppet. Hoping to hear from you, kindest regardsSusanbryce (talk) 00:20, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Hello Fred. I am the user this user thinks is Rodent. So you have a complete context, I would point out I have edited no articles this editor is involved in editing. Please see my user contributions. I have, however, brought some issues in the talk page of one of the articles this user edits. I was reported to AE. You can see that here. I also posted a admin notice about possible copyright violations and cut and paste editing. You can view that here. I would also point out this view is shared by at least two other editors. Please see this and this. I cannot and won't deny I share some and have some of the same issues Rodent had with certain articles on WP. But I am not him. Thank you. HurryTaken (talk) 15:16, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for dealing with the allegations under Wikipedias 'do no harm' guidline, now that they have been proved false in the court judgement. It's a shame other admins do not act similarly. -- John (Daytona2 · Talk · Contribs) 19:37, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your input requested regarding reliable sources

Any insights you might offer to this discussion would be helpful and appreciated. : ) --MPerel 03:48, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Wikinfo

I have nominated Wikinfo, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikinfo (6th nomination). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Do you want to opt out of receiving this notice? Celarnor ^{Talk to me} 01:32, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Rosencomet

It's my understanding that you're familiar with Rosencomet. (Please correct me if I'm wrong.) Do you have anything to add here? This seems to be a sticky situation, and input from people familiar with the situation who don't have a direct interest in it would be greatly appreciated.

Feel free to let me know -- by e-mail or on-wiki -- if you have any concerns regarding this request.

Thanks a bunch. - Revolving Bugbear 22:34, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Taxwoman

Taxwoman has been blocked indefinitely at Wikipedia for being a sock puppet of User:Runcorn. See, Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive89#Runcorn, sockpuppets and vote stacking. I don’t know which sex Runcorn is but he/she has a whole gallery of sock puppets. See Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of Runcorn. Proxima Centauri 2 (talk) 04:54, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia business. Fred Talk 12:50, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

User:Traveller here has the same name as User:Traveller on Wikinfo. On Wikinfo Traveller is developing similar interests to Taxwoman. It could be worth using Checkuser to see if Traveller is yet another sockpuppet of Runcorn here. Proxima Centauri 2 (talk) 12:34, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

User Taxwoman is an administrator on Wikinfo, just as you are. She can have all the accounts she wants. Fred Talk 12:56, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Emma Wilson

For Emma Wilson, I think the reviews of her books are enough to establish notability as an author. --Eastmain (talk) 14:40, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikinfo is down

You probably know, Wikinfo has been down for about an hour or more. Proxima Centauri 2 (talk) 11:03, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Mr. Mancala

I am very concerned about Mr. Mancala whom you, IIRC, inaugurated as an Sysop on Wikinfo. I was informed by E-Mail, that Ralf "Mr. Mancala" Gering, blocked an IP commenting

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[...] This is a well-known criminal from German Wikipedia: an admin called "Ach”

. Regarding to Wikipedia:Liste_der_Administratoren I am the only Sysop whose Usernames starts with "Ach". Please ask Ralf to verify this statement or delete that libellous filthiness from the database. Thanks in advance from Germany. Achates (talk) 09:28, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

What does this mean:

Ralf Gering ist eine Heulsuse, weil sein Artikel gelöscht wurde und er nach diversen Beleidigungen in der deutschsprachigen Wikipedia indefinitegesperrt wurde. Jetzt trollt er als IP im Wikipedia-Artikel Mancala herum. Ach ja, für einen tollen Spieleerfinder hält er sich auch. Und wenn er nicht gestorben ist trollt er weiter.

That was the edit made by Vielzugering the alleged "well-known criminal from German Wikipedia: an admin called "Achates")" Was that you? Fred Talk 13:00, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

He was it. At 10:26 (Central European Time) I gave a link to Wikinfo's mancala start page (at the bottom of the mancala article on German Wikipedia), at 10:31 Achates removed the link for personal reasons unrelated to the article (his other edits also show that he knows close to nothing about mancala games), at 10:33 he initiated auto-confirm for the German mancala article, at 10:37 he created the user account "Vielzugering" on Wikinfo (a play of words meaning "much too less"), a few minutes later he created a libellous article ("Ralf Gering" - contents see above and they prove that Achates is breaking German law.) Achates was called an "Admin des Grauens" ("a horrible sysop"). - Mr Mancala —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.55.39.176 (talk) 17:55, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Bottom line: Mr. Mancala is a sysop, Vielzugering is banned. I don't read German, so I can't see what he posted. This stuff doesn't belong on Wikipedia anyway. Fred Talk 18:35, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

And I don't care what Mr. Mancala believes in. He can't prove that I am a criminal and that would be important. I am engaged as a juryman on monday, so I have obviously a clean certificate of conduct and it is quite a simple thing to have a chat with the district's attorney. The more Mr. Mancala repeats this defamation the easier it will get to file in a lawsuit. Achates (talk) 20:18, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Nobody knows who Achates is, it is a pseudonym. However, it is obvious from the timeline of events (outlined above) and the contents (including the exact wording) of the defamatory article that Achates and Vielzugering are identical. Achates deleted valuable information on Wikipedia's mancala article and removed contributions (not only my own ones) to the article's talk page as early as of June 2007. Wikinfo articles related to mancala were vandalized by people living in his area. I hoped that cooperation could be possible, but it doesn't appear so. - 89.55.89.197 (talk) 00:26, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Wrong again! The "Gemeinschaftsseite" is a project where "Pseudonyms" confirm, that they met another "Pseudonyms" in the Real Life 35 people is a little bit more than nothing, there are Meetups in Germany too. You skate on thin ice, Mr. Mancala. Achates (talk) 19:53, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Interesting. So anonymous pseudonyms "sign" an experimental site to "confirm" that they have "met" someone? How many of these pseudonyms are your sockpuppets? How many people are behind "User:Achates"? How many of these pseudonyms have vandalized my user page, my talk page, the 55Stones articles and the "village pump" on Wikinfo? In fact, nobody knows. So, what does it prove? It's pretty simple: don't write a defamatory article about me and you don't cause any problems. If you do, you get problems: on Wikinfo and elsewhere. The identity of Vielzugering can easily be proved, if I need to. My suggestion: Let's not waste our time. - (talk) 21:02, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Giovanni reports 3RR

I used your name. He decided to use the reverts that I put on the Scarborough page as basis for 3RR. His revert was simply to bait me. If you think I was wrong, let me know and I will self-revert. I view reverts like that as BLP violations that are not subject to 3RR violations. --DHeyward (talk) 00:09, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I would like to know about this, as well. I see no BLP issue with adding the information about the abortion view and capital case rejection issue. I do object to DHeyward not assuming good faith with his unfounded accusation that I was trying to "bait him." That is untrue. I even left a message on the talk page asking him to discuss his concern instead of just edit-warring, and left one on his talk page. If there was some BLP issue then the offending editor would have been warned, or blocked. Instead we just have DHeyward edit-warring on his own, over the course of several days, and that is the problem I had with his behavior.Giovanni33 (talk) 00:14, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

You are correct concerning what is visible in the edit history. There was other material however, which was inappropriate. Fred Talk 01:46, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Huh?

Can you (via email if needed) explain what happened here? dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 01:11, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Confirming E-mail

How do I confirm my e-mail at Wikinfo? Proxima Centauri 2 (talk) 17:52, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Go to preferences and enter your email address. Save, then respond to the email you get from Wikinfo. Fred Talk 18:20, 9 June 2008 (UTC)