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Dwo (talk) on Talk:Sesotho language and Template talk:Languages of South Africa (closed)

Brief: I've taken the liberty of changing instances of Kiswahili and isiZulu on Wikipedia to the forms that the article titles use: Swahili, Zulu, etc. User:Zyxoas disagrees with me. I've gone and gotten a third opinion who agreed with me, but I think that it's done nothing as far as reaching a consensus. I really don't know what to do next as far as the next step to resolve the issue. So, I'm here (read full description) -- — D. Wo. 08:51, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Pending on Advocate DPeterson. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 13:04, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
Accepted DPetersontalk 13:15, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Fushidane (talk) on Kirby_(Nintendo) (withdrawn)

Brief: This user called Kirbyfan103 has been vandalizing all pages related to Kirby_(Nintendo) and Kirby:_Right_Back_at_Ya! with useless, redundant and untrue information like putting even fanfics as facts like this page here Kirby_of_the_Stars:_Second_Generation. He also messing up some others as well. At this rate the pages will be filled with spam.... please stop him.. (read full description) -- Fushidane 08:54, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Pending on Advocate ICXCNIKA. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 16:15, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Advocate ICXCNIKA has not responded. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 18:41, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
Issue was resolved without Advocacy. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 14:51, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Kickstart70 (talk) on Requests for Checkuser and Administrator's Notice Board (closed)

Brief: User:CovenantD was blocked by User:Essjay (supported by User:Mackensen) claiming personal attacks, insults, etc. where I, and others including other admins, believe none are. When I attempted to get clarity on the reasons for the block, and find out where policy allows such a block, I was stonewalled. I really just want to have an answer for the reasons for the block, which fall within policy and if they do not fall within policy, that issue dealt with. (read full description) -- Kickstart70-T-C 02:13, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Note for coodinatorsteve, Due to personal bias and such i will not be able to consider this case.Benon 04:18, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Noted. I'll be sure to pass this on to someone else. Thanks for your honesty. :-) אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 14:17, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Pending on Advocate Jossi. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 16:32, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Accept. ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 16:49, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Closed. There is no more I can do in this case. 18:53, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

DPeterson (talk) (closed)

'Brief:' Larry Sarner has been vandalizing my talk page by putting up false "vandalsim" notices. He is angry that I started a new Wiki article Advocates for Children in Therapy and is taking it out on me by vandalizing my talk page and harassing me. He was banned from the Barrett article and "soft-banned from the Bowlby article. He is not taking his fight to my talk page, the Advocates for Children in Therapy page. Please make him stop. DPeterson 23:41, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Looks like it is being handled by Mangojuice. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 23:54, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Aeon1006 (talk) on User talk:JakGd1, User talk:Triddle, User talk:Aeon1006 (closed)

Brief: UCRGrad is harassing me, I need someone who would be willing to speak for me in all future interactions. Also you may want to review the following User talk:Aeon1006/AMA and Wikipedia:Requests for comment/UCRGrad. What ever I may or may not have done wrong in the past is inmaterial UCRGrad is disrupting the DR process. (read full description) -- Aeon Insane Ward 23:03, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Accepted by אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA). As I am not a Mediator or an Arbitrator, it will not be against the spirit or the letter of the accepted AMA rules, and since I am already -very- familiar with the situation and its background, and seeing that all of our Available advocates (at least as indicated as such on our list) are busy with other cases or unavailable, I appear to be the best choice for this case. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 23:09, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Closed until (and if) Aeon decides to return. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 18:43, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Tychocat (talk) on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pokémon Brown (closed)

Brief: The discussion has been vandalized to remove all "delete" nominations. This is so far out of my experience I have no idea what to do with it. (read full description) -- Tychocat 04:33, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Open on Advocate K-UNIT. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 18:06, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Closed indefinitely unless the disputed activity resumes. K-UNIT 05:17, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Ben-w (talk) on Stephanie Adams (withdrawn)

Brief: Hipocrite continues to revert factual, proven information about a lawsuit initiated by Ms. Adams because there are no mainstream media websites describing the case. However, the facts are not in dispute, documentary evidence exists to prove that the case has been filed. Hipocrite is pedantically applying a sentence in the WP:BLP policy to suppress this factual information. I have done all I can in terms of using logic and reasoned argument. (read full description) -- Ben-w 03:13, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Ben-w is no longer responsing to inquiries about this request. Until further notice, I'm considering it withdrawn. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 23:54, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

HeirToPendragon (talk) on Talk:Firebender and Firebender (closed)

Brief: An IP of 24.205.142.99 keeps changing the Firebender page, this used to be an editing war until we opened a talk option and my changes were found to be correct. However, in an act of immaturity, 24.205.142.99 keeps removing the information in question or changing it. Then, the final reason I am posting this, is that he is now signing posts on the Talk section of the page in question using my user name. All of this can be confirmed by checking the history section of the talk page. Thanks for any help you can provide. (read full description) -- H2P 00:43, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Accepted by Orane (talk • cont.) 17:46, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
Closed. 24.205.142.99 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log) had been blocked for 48 hrs, but hasn't returned. There has been no more arguments. Orane (talk • cont.) 02:54, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Dreyesbo (talk) on Tibia (computer game) (closed)

Someone keeps erasing the links to the supported fansites of foreign languages by the game company from this article. The person has not yet answered me why. -- Dreyesbo 18:30, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Accepted by Mangojuice. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 02:21, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
Closed. Mangojuicetalk 02:26, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

WelshCountryside (talk) on none (closed)

Brief: I have a second account that was blocked inappropriately. I tried to communicate to resolve the issue however my talk page was protected to prevent me from communicating. I had to create another account to explain why it was wrong to block me, now I am called a sock and users follow me and block me, reverting my attempts to discuss the definitively inappropriate block. I need someone who will actually talk to me and not block me. (read full description) -- WelshCountryside 02:08, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Accepted by ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 19:04, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Closed. Editor was blocked indefinitely as another sock of the banned editor User:PoolGuy. He was bocked by user:Tony Sidaway. ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 01:39, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) on User talk:Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (Closed)

Brief: I am threatened with indefinite blockage for moving biographies to their fullnames (read full description) -- Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 03:45, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Zola (talk) on Big O‎ (closed)

Brief: Could use guidance on the smoothest way of handling this, link to legit site being removed. (read full description) -- Zola 01:16, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Closed This one Æon Insane Ward 03:25, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Knowledge for All (talk) on Destiny (closed)

Brief: Made edits to the article which were reverted by Zeusnoos. Reverted back after correcting the entry as per suggestion given in edit summary but article was again reverted by Zeusnoos. Invited Zeusnoos to voice concerns in Talks page before reverting. Instead of doing so he reverted back once more, giving IMO biased reasoning. Could someone help us sort it out (read full description) -- Knowledge for All 20:59, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Now pending on Advocate Pedant אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 17:01, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
This is a content dispute.

"According to spiritual science, 65% of our lives are ruled by destiny (that is, are not within our control), whereas 35% are ruled by our wilful action (ie. are within our control). Examples of destined events include: birth, marriage, major accidents, death, etc."

was reverted with this summary:
"rv - removed nonsense edits - "spiritually evolved researchers""
this edit:

"According to spiritual science, 65% of our lives are ruled by destiny (that is, are not within our control), whereas 35% are ruled by our wilful action (ie. are within our control). Examples of destined events include: birth, marriage, major accidents, death, etc"

was reverted with this summary:
"rv - still an agenda pseudoscience edit no matter how it's worded."
this exchange followed:

Rv - Zeusnoos personal opinion. Please discuss concerns in Talks

"rv - you're making ps-scientific claims and citing a non-scientific website (no scientific research, not a scientific journal or organization"

(disputant counteraccuses advocee of linkspam), advocee appears to be acting in good faith and feels that rejection of this material is biased. We do have an article on the subject of spiritual science, and I am researching a resolution that will suit the needs of all parties and the wikipedia. I welcome input from anyone familiar with the subject matter. User:Pedant 22:00, 17 August 2006 (UTC)This is probably about finished. 06:03, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

'debrief: This case is archived temporarily at User:Pedant/KFA-Destiny pending conversion to case history format. Summary A relatively new editor (15:03, 2006 February 27) provided a minimal edit summary on deletion of advocee's (a newer user: 13:47, 2006 August) edit. Problem seems to stem from biting a newcomer who was not familiar with policy re: reliable sources. Advocee states he will purue this at own pace. I have recommended no further action (re mediation or other formal procedure) Closing this case, really nothing else to be done. User:Pedant 20:22, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

diabolos (talk) on Doc Hammer Talk:Doc Hammer (closed)

Brief: problems have arisen on this page. A few people have stated that it is an article of poor quality and I have tried to fix it. One user, who does not have a username, has repeatedly gotten rid of a statement made only to be reverted by User:Hazelflo. I have attempted to bring the article to a better quality only to be reverted by Hazelflo (read full description) -Diabolos 06:23, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Accepted by אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA/vote for me) 23:55, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
Closed. Both parties worked towards an amicable conclusion. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 14:05, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Aktornado (talk) on Talk:Golfers_with_most_major_championship_wins (closed)

Brief: Help with a dispute over whether or not amateur wins should be included for some people while not including it for others in a statistical chart.

I will accept this one. Æon Insane Ward 00:06, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
Closed Issue has been resoulved Æon Insane Ward 22:46, 16 August 2006 (UTC)


Carbonate (talk) on Talk:List of concentration and internment camps List of concentration and internment camps Internment (closed)

Brief: Help with a dispute over the lable of the Gaza Stripe as a concentration camp. This dispute has been refered to arbitration by a third part. One page has already been locked by an admin. (read full description) -- Carbonate 10:41, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Now pending on Advocate Fred Chess. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 15:02, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
I accept the case. / Fred-Chess 16:39, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
My job as an advocate, which was to be assisting with arbitration, is finished. / Fred-Chess 10:12, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Sholom (talk) on Thelma Drake (closed)

Brief: user insists on having his way, violations of 3RR (he was already locked out for a 3RR violation once, and has since done it again), refuses to talk, refused offer of mediation, using mulitple IP addresses (one at home and one from work, it seems). This is, admittedly, nowhere near as severe as other cases here listed, but seems to need mediation and/or arbitration nonetheless (read full description) -- Sholom 19:13, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Pending on Advocate Bobcheezy. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 16:19, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Accepted by אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 18:04, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
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