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love the turtle basking pic

what is that duck doing?TCO (talk) 16:33, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. I believe that duck, who has some behavioral problems, is violating his interaction ban, and maybe his topic ban too.☺

. If he did something like this here on wikipedia, he would have been blocked indefinitely, and his talk page access would have been removed at once. ☺ --Mbz1 (talk) 16:47, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

I've been perma-banned before. I was sticking my beak into turtles and flipping them off basking logs and the like. :)— Preceding unsigned comment added by TCO (talk • contribs)

You are so lucky! I mean at least you know what you were perma-banned for ☺. I wish I knew what I was perma-banned for ☺. Well, it's OK. I am just trying to look at my ban as at yet another experience that comes from editing Wikipedia.--Mbz1 (talk) 17:53, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

I have a cool turtle pic, but it will die soon, because of a sign being copyrighted. Good thing the turtles themselves are not copyright.— Preceding unsigned comment added by TCO (talk • contribs)

Nice image! I have one with a sign "polar bears behind this point" that I took in Canadian Arctic, but I guess there's no use to upload it. BTW about the signs. We were driving in Western Australia, and emus, wild goats and of course kangaroos were jumping in front of our car from all directions. I asked a local why don't they have signs like "kangaroos crossing". I told him that in US we have signs for deers, bears and other animals. The local responded to me in his very pleasant Australian ascent:"There's no use for those sights here in Western Australia.Kangaroos are crossing everywhere." and then he added :"No worries, mate" ☺ --Mbz1 (talk) 17:53, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Mossad shark and Zionist vulture

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Mossad shark and Zionist vulture

Don't you think this could be construed as an WP:ATTACK article?? I would have thought after the extensive arbitration you've experienced you might be a little more reserved when dealing with I/P issues..... NickCT (talk) 20:45, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

I am glad you liked the article! Attack article, and who is attacked by this article, if I may ask? This article has a reliable source for each and every sentence. This article is something to laugh about, but attack??? To tell you the truth I could not stop laughing last night while I was working on it, and all my friends, who read it said it was one very funny article. BTW, Nick, I would not mind, if you are to open AE on me for my "attack article". This could be fun too.--Mbz1 (talk) 20:50, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Mbz1, I didn't come here to threaten you with arbitration. Frankly, I think arbitration is usually pretty silly. I came to simply ask whether you thought someone might read this article and think the point was to humiliate Arab governments by making it seem as though they were fervent conspiracy theorists?

Even if this wasn't your intent in creating the article, I credit you with being smart enough to know that this is how someone might perceive it. Given that's the case, don't you think it's a little dangerous, as you've been on the docket quite often for Israel-Palestine WP:BATTLEGROUNDing? NickCT (talk) 21:04, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Come on now, Nick. You came to my talk page, called the article I wrote an attack article, and you are talking about mine WP:BATTLEGROUNDing behavior? It is really something! BTW, if I may ask, do you believe all those articles I used as sources to write this one like for example the one by BBC Saudi Arabia 'detains' Israeli vulture for spying are attack articles too?

To answer your question about humiliation Arab governments, no,I cannot humiliate neither them nor anybody else for that matter. I have no power of doing so. Arab governments, as any other governments in the world, could humiliate themselves by their own words and actions and IMO they often do but, no, they cannot be humiliated by my words and my actions. My own words and actions could humiliate only myself, and nobody else. For example, you came to my talk page and told me I wrote an attack article. This statement humiliates you, but not me. I am trying to act as Rudyard Kipling wrote in his famous If, which I consider the only way surviving unfairness and an absolute lack of common sense here on wikipedia:

If you can keep your head when all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,

If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you

But make allowance for their doubting too,

................................................

................................................

If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken

Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,

Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,

And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

Please have a nice day.--Mbz1 (talk) 21:34, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

re "called the article I wrote an attack article" - Note that my exact comment was "could be construed as an WP:ATTACK". That doesn't mean I was saying your article is an attack article, but that someone might think that it is an attack article.

Anyway.... I was just suggesting that you might to maintain more distance from I/P articles. It would be a shame if we lost your beautiful pictures because you were blocked. You may recall that the last time you were blocked I appealed for you on the basis of your photography?

Love the Kipling poem. Are you implying that you are the knave, the fool, or the son?

My best, NickCT (talk) 21:55, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Nick, this conversation is almost as funny as the article I wrote last night ☺. First you have threatened me with arbitration, and now you are threading me with a block, and after that you're asking who I am implying myself with in the poem! Oh, my... Haven't you realized yet that my contributions and my blocks do not depend on each other at all? ☺

BTW last time we talked about my pictures you said you would get a camera for your girlfriend that she would be able to take pictures as good as I am. Any success? --Mbz1 (talk) 22:40, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Have you read this? Interesting opinion piece on this exact subject. No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 22:45, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

I have not read it yet. Thank you for pointing this out. It is very interesting!--Mbz1 (talk) 23:25, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

You'll find that Nick's sensitivity to the humiliation of Arab governments is misplaced in this case. No More Mr Nice Guy (talk) 23:32, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Oh, for this one I have not even needed to read the opinion expressed in the Wall Street Journal. I have known what Nick is about for quite some time time, you know, but I just forgave him because during my last block he did appeal for restoring my talk page access. ☺☺☺ --Mbz1 (talk) 23:41, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Sigh..... Well I tried.... Good luck Mbz1. Keep on posting photos. NickCT (talk) 03:01, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

See, Nick, even your suggestion that I might get blocked for writing an article that so far was voted to be kept by many editors including a few administrators proves my point that my blocks and my contributions do not depend on each other.

Me

Here are the articles I wrote How many of those are about I/P conflict, 6,5, how many, Nick? And who from your side wrote something like for example The Mountain of Israeli-Palestinian Friendship that I did? No, my blocks do not deepened on my contributions. They depend on the number of trolls and wikihounds, who hardly wrote an article themselves,who hardly uploaded a picture, and, who are spreading lies about me like that one for instance, the lies that fools would listen. If I am to get sanctioned for writing this article, that sanction would have the same validity as the arrest of the poor vulture by Saudi Arabia officials. ☺Goodbye, Nick, thanks for your concern. This matter is over.--Mbz1 (talk) 15:56, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Flora and Maria

–Grondemar 23:12, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Shark and vulture

I appreciate the work you've done to make the article more neutral - !תודה רבה Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 20:03, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Ping back

Yes, I did. Will be replying after saving this. Daniel Case (talk) 03:02, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Contrails`

Once again I find a wonderful photograph as I am producing a book about Yellowstone. This time it is the remote area of the Thorofare. A friend of mine takes horse packing trips in there all summer long and well into the fall. The only contact they have with the outside world is the contrails high in the sky. I will, of course, site you for your splendid work! Thanks for it!```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.38.192.185 (talk) 19:38, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Expert opinion

Привет Мила, nice to meet you on your talk page. I've contributed an image lately, probably it is lame by all standards, but I was surprised by the rainbow appearance there. I hope the image has found a new warm home at Meteorology. Stay well. AgadaUrbanit (talk) 23:02, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Hi AgadaUrbanit, nice to meet you too! It is not a rainbow at your image. It calls sun dog (please take a look here). It is a common thing, that I observe dozen times per year, but many people are missing on it because they do not look up. Good for you, you did, and noticed it. Best wishes.--Mbz1 (talk) 23:16, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Interesting, thank you for pointing to the Sundog article, the description fits perfectly by all accounts. Thank you for teaching me something new about atmospheric phenomenons. I would need to rename this image. Stay well. AgadaUrbanit (talk) 23:37, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Quick ANI notice

Informational note: this is to let you know that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an oversight issue relating to you, and an abuse of multiple accounts by another editor. The thread is User:Sol Goldstone and User:Mbz1. Regards, —Alison ^❤ 06:24, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for the notice, Alison. I am banned on AN/I, so I may not post there, but actually everything that should have been said on the matter has been said. The only thing I'd like to add is that the only reason I did not want User:Sol Goldstone (and/or user:Demiurge1000 for that matter) to act on the hacker's behalf was only because I wanted the hacker to act on those itself in order to be able to catch it (of course I am talking only about emails contents here I am very much against posting on-wiki screen-shots that contain my and others people email addresses). Now, when the emails were posted on wiki, I'd be happy to explain what really was going on behind those emails. I could do it on wiki or via emailing to functionaries, whatever you prefer. I could do it, if for nothing else, then at least to share my laugh over stupidity of the hacker, who believed it got a hold of my real private emails. Best wishes.--Mbz1 (talk) 14:35, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of All men are donkeys or men and donkeys are donkeys

Hello! Your submission of All men are donkeys or men and donkeys are donkeys at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Pgallert (talk) 16:39, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK next month

Hey, I was just looking at Wikipedia:April Fool's Main Page/Did You Know and I thought I'd suggest you give it a try. You're pretty good with writing up non-typical DYK's and I bet you could come up with something pretty funny for the 1st of April. Qrsdogg (talk) 18:27, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

This is a great idea! I have to think about something, but I am afraid that even, if I do come up with something really funny as I did last night, you would get "carried away" in process of copy-editing the article, and remove all the fun from the article as you did last night. :-)--Mbz1 (talk) 18:42, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

lol, hopefully I can be more controlled in the future :) I was thinking of trying to doing a 5x expansion on Thomas Jefferson Hogg, the name alone raises the possibility of much hilarity-particularly his acquaintance with the author of Frankenstein. I ordered a biography of him last week but I'm still waiting for it to arrive though. I think getting him up to GA will be my next major project, actually. Qrsdogg (talk) 18:56, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

You are really good, Qrsdogg! I am sure you'll be able to have it 5x expanded, and it would be a great DYK for April the first.--Mbz1 (talk) 19:16, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK Awards

Hey Mbz1, you definitely deserve one, before I give it, I have a favour to ask. I use this page : Wikipedia:List of Wikipedians by number of DYKs to determine who needs an award. It's sort of a self-reporting thing. Could you add your name to this list at the appropriate number of DYKs and provide a link to your DYK list (you might have to make one). I certainly trust you, but as the list seems to be the official way of keeping track, I need you to add an entry. Cheers, The Interior (Talk) 18:58, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

So, this is how it works! I was surprised that everybody have gotten medals, and I never have. I will make a list of my DYK and add myself to the list. Thank you.--Mbz1 (talk) 19:19, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, there doesn't seem to be a script that can automatically make a list of DYK authors and nominators. Maybe something to suggest at DYK talk. The Interior (Talk) 19:21, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Yes, this script should be really easy to write. I would have written it myself, but it was such a looong time since I used Python last time :( Anyway I added myself to the list. Cheers.--Mbz1 (talk) 19:44, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK 50 Medal

		The 50 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
		The DYK Project would like to thank you for your many contributions to the Encyclopedia. Keep writing. The Interior (Talk) 19:47, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, sorry we missed you! The Interior (Talk) 19:47, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you!Nothing to be sorry about.Nobody missed me, I missed myself :-) Best wishes.--Mbz1 (talk) 19:49, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Congrats!

I've been away from Wiki for a while because of too much schoolwork, but I just stopped by and noticed your award for the impressive number of DYKs you've contributed. Congratulations! Best wishes, CordeliaNaismith (talk) 01:16, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, Cordelia! Welcome back!--Mbz1 (talk) 05:49, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Hiyya!

Hello, Mbz1. Please check your email; you've got mail!
It may take a few minutes from the time the email is sent for it to show up in your inbox. You can at any time by removing the {{You've got mail}} or {{ygm}} template.

(first time I ever used this template ) - Alison ^❤ 05:53, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

Well, at least you've learned something new :-). I emailed you back. Best wishes.--Mbz1 (talk) 06:16, 1 March 2011 (UTC)

While Europe Slept

Hi Mbz. I finished my rewrite of this nom. I tried to retain as many of your original refs and as much of your text as I could, and have added one or two additional refs of my own. If the result is acceptable to you, this one can be promoted now. Regards, Gatoclass (talk) 14:33, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi Gatoclass, thanks for the message and for a good laugh too. I mean you first wrote "If you're happy with the result", and then probably realizing that I simply cannot be happy with the result after your re-write of the article, you changed it to "If the result is acceptable to you". It is really funny :-)

Anyway back to the point. There are some issues, which I am going to discuss at the article's discussion page. Cheers.--Mbz1 (talk) 15:58, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Jafr alien invasion

Hello! Your submission of Jafr alien invasion at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Royalbroil 14:15, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

My concerns are more minor, especially a suggestion for using at the 2011 April Fool's Day DYK. I really enjoy your photography! Maybe some day I'll be that awesome now that I have decent equipment. I do lots of playing and it keeps getting better by repetition. Royalbroil 14:15, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for commenting on my images, Royalbroil. Of course your images will get better and better. I saw it happened to quite a few photographers here on Wikipedia. Good luck!--Mbz1 (talk) 14:52, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Not sure where to respond due to the double posting of the hook: but I added some citations and headers to the article and created a stub for Al Jafr, Jordan. Qrsdogg (talk) 20:16, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, Qrsdogg! You are the best. While I was having fun researching for yet another April Fools' Day article, you have done the hardest part working for this one. Cheers.--Mbz1 (talk) 21:56, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

I approved the hook at the April Fool's Day DYK noms. I wasn't sure which one of you to notify so I did both. And good job with the article on the community. Royalbroil 00:30, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your kind words! Best wishes.--Mbz1 (talk) 00:40, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!

Your user page is (almost) as good as mine! I'll add it to my links somewhere, so I don't lose it. My real page is User:April8. This is just an anonymous computer! From an editor of Kabbalah and Hasidism 86.174.26.146 (talk) 04:10, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks, April8! Your user page is very interesting, and now I know who could I ask for help, if I am ever again to write an article about Kabbalah. Best wishes.--Mbz1 (talk) 04:40, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

That's it for now! My Ayin (Kabbalah) text will need some reduction/elimination of repetition, when I have time. (Don't get much time at all, and lots of wikipedia work I need to do! - so try (if possible!) to avoid asking my assistance!) Best wishes, April8 86.174.26.146 (talk) 14:46, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Avoid asking for your assistance? It is so harsh. It means that I should not write any more articles on kabbalah :( or maybe I will, and sooner or later you'll find it on your own, and fix it without me ever asking for your assistance :-) Best wishes.--Mbz1 (talk) 15:31, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Monty the meerkat

Run that by an administrator. It is my understanding that Wikipedia has a misleading main page on April Fool's Day, but I am unfamiliar with any articles being changed for that purpose. Anyway, I'll abide by whatever an admin says. —Ute in DC (talk) 04:27, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Penguins

Like I said, the Penguins needs work (when I read it, the tone wasn't right) and like the guy who responded to you at DYK:AFD I'm not sold on two hooks about the media pulling AFD hoaxes on the public. But, of the two, I still like the penguin story better (but that's just me)... it just needs a lot to be cleaned up and to meet wikistandards.---Balloonman ^{NO! I'm Spartacus!} 17:44, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for the message, Balloonman. I am not sure which article out of two I like better. When I was writing this penguin thing, I tried to make it funny to be used for April Fools' Day. Maybe I overfunied :-) it, and that's why you see some problems with the tone. The article was extensively copy-edited by user:WereSpielChequers, and some of my "fun" has been removed already, but of course I would appreciate, if you or somebody else will fix the problems you see with it because I am not sure how to fix those myself. Best wishes.--Mbz1 (talk) 19:09, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

The thing that I like about the Penguins over the invasion story is that the Penguins involved multiple rival news sources coordinating the joke. That is why *I* think the story is more interesting.---Balloonman ^{NO! I'm Spartacus!} 21:40, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Would you care to fix the article please? I will of course include you as a creator in my DYK nomination? Thanks.--Mbz1 (talk) 22:09, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

BTW last night I wrote one more article: Monty the meerkat that IMO could be used for April Fools' Day DYK too. I even came up with a silly hook:

"Did you know that ... On September 6 2007 The Sun shone at mirror that reflected the light all over disturbing British mail and telegraph services, generating an event that never happened before in our times?

Cheers.--Mbz1 (talk) 22:17, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Congrats

Congrats on your Ocean beach photo making POTD on the commons! -- nsaum75 ^{!Dígame¡‎} 08:26, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, nsaum75! --Mbz1 (talk) 15:05, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 01:48, 7 March 2011 (UTC) 03:03, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Sophismata

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:04, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Despina Storch

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:02, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Brilliant! - BorisG (talk) 14:50, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, Boris!--Mbz1 (talk) 17:45, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

12,000+ views, that's pretty impressive-beats my top score. Qrsdogg (talk) 01:27, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I saw it, and added it to statistics. It does not beat my top score that was 152,200 views, but that article was a collective effort.--Mbz1 (talk) 01:41, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Oh wow, I didn't realize you had worked on Paul the octopus. Pretty cool that you have a share of the number one spot. Qrsdogg (talk) 02:07, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

It was cool, only there is nothing left in this article of my initial editing :( It was edited as crazy. I've never seen anything like this before. So although I did get DYK credit for this article I do not really consider it to be my work at all, but my other articles Earth's shadow got 26,000 views, and Fata Morgana (mirage) got around 23,000 views.

I am so unique :-), the articles I'm starting getting lots of vies, the images I'm uploading have been finalists in every picture of the year competition on Commons since I started on wikipedia and my block record is one of the longest :( Whatever... --Mbz1 (talk) 03:02, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

You're a human superlative! Qrsdogg (talk) 03:25, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Am I? I guess I am :-)

BTW our Pinocchio paradox continues to do good.--Mbz1 (talk) 04:22, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Wow, I can't for the life of me figure out how it is getting so much traffic. It's doing better than Pinocchio himself most days! Funny how so many talk page haters keep showing up though. Perhaps they're jealous of its traffic? Qrsdogg (talk) 04:41, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

No, I don't think so. I do not believe they even check on traffic. Besides those "talk page haters" might have some valid points too. But, when I was working on this article I had children in mind. If this article with all its real and imaginary problems could help teachers to get children interested in logic, I'd be very happy, and I'd consider this article to be my best achievement on wikipedia. --Mbz1 (talk) 04:55, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Monty the meerkat

You just keep churning 'em out, don't you, these great quirky articles? Thanks--keep it coming. Drmies (talk) 15:32, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. I do enjoy writing those articles, and I am happy, when wikipedians and Wikipedia readers enjoy them too.Best.--Mbz1 (talk) 17:47, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Sorry!

Please do write to me about anything Kabbalah related, if you may need any assistance, if I could help! Sorry! - I do not have my own computer, and every few months have an urgent internet cafe emergency wikipedia editing binge, before upcoming chaos may soon prevent me from any wikipedia work! I began editing in 2008, and since 2009 it's been a big rush to minimally bring Kabbalah and Hasidism pages up to minimal level (getting there slowly!)- too much pressure and responsibility on me! I've added a link to you on my user talk page, so please contact me if you wish. Thanks so much for all your Kabbalah pages work - was it you who added the brilliant literature and science section on Ayin (Kabbalah)? Next week I've got some extra important additions to the page, and I'll transfer most of the cross-referenced-linked Atzmus section to that page, where I'll be able to develop it there! Best Wishes and thanks April8 (talk) 17:42, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Ah April8, of course it was me, who added "the brilliant literature and science section on Ayin (Kabbalah)". Please notice, if you ever see anything "brilliant" on wikipedia, it means it was added and/or created by me :-)

OK, I had in mind one more Kabbalah's subject that I was going to write an article about, but I will not.

Good luck in dealing with the upcoming chaos.--Mbz1 (talk) 18:34, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Adoption of Ala'a Eddeen

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:34, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.

Re: Disappointed

There is no rule that articles on the Main Page are protected from tagging, criticism, or editing. Even TFA is not protected from editing (see, for example, Wikipedia_talk:Today's_featured_article#RfC:_Time_to_dispense_with_WP:NOPRO?). The fact that an article happens to be linked from the main page doesn't mean that an editor can't point out problems with it by adding tags. If someone wants to remove the tags because they were not explained at the talk page, that is one thing, but it has nothing to do with the article's main page status. To be clear: with the exception of AfD tagging, there is no policy stating that tags cannot be added to articles that are linked from the main page. rʨanaɢ (talk) 01:28, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Oh, hi, Rjanag, as I have already told user:Beeblebrox besides policies and rules for that matter there should be some common sense too. Only robots act with accordance with the policies only. Humans have to exercise some common scene at least once in a while. I know it seems hard, but please do try it. I am sure you will like the feeling :-) user:Beeblebrox got insulted over my comment about common sense and "Period"I wish I knew what was more insulting "common sense" or "Period" or both Anyway user:Beeblebrox's insult made me to realize that user:Beeblebrox is missing not only common sense, but also a sense of humor :-) Beeblebrox, I am joking, please do not get insulted :-)

Now, you, Rjanag, you are different. You liked the comment I left at your talk page after you without looking into subject tagged the Main Page's article. You even called my comment "lovely" :-). I guess you loved it so much that you "forgot" to mention that I reverted my "lovely message" a few minutes after it was posted. May I please ask you to let me know, if you'd like me to put it back? I'll do it for you of course.:-)

Back to the subject. If an article is tagged even with a neutral tag, a DYK for this article is rejected. Why? Because DYK appearing at the Main Page of wikipedia, the wikipedia's face. What wikipedia readers will think about wikipedia that posts to the main page "unencyclopedic" and "unbalanced" articles? How many of them will never come to such site again? Even, if only a single person dumps wikipedia because of that, it will be one too many. Don't you understand that to have such tagged article at the main page is anyway like to go to an important reception half-dressed? Anyway...Warm regards, and please don't get insulted :-)--Mbz1 (talk) 02:07, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

That is your stylistic opinion, and one that does not currently have consensus on the project. Leaving insulting messages such as "Poor, poor wikipedia that has administrators as you are" just because someone disagrees with you over a subjective matter is quite rude.

If you believe there should be a rule that articles linked from the main page cannot be tagged, start a discussion to see if there is consensus. Don't go around edit-warring and insulting other editors to try to get your views accepted. rʨanaɢ (talk) 02:16, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

You are right that instead of edit warring I should have tried to get my view accepted,but there was no time for that, and btw, you, Rjanag were edit warring too. You were edit warring without having opinion on what you were doing. It is always better to know exactly what one is doing before doing something like that.

The article was at the main page, and it was inappropriately tagged. User:Materialscientist has done the right thing. First he removed the article from the main page, then he looked into the situation, removed the tags, and posted the article back to the main page. It is what I call "administrative conduct" on its best. On the other hand you cooperated with the user, who tagged the article right after coming from the block because her section that connected the adoption of a disabled kid to "sexual exploitation and servitude" of children was removed.

Rjanag, I said what I said, and I reverted it almost immediately. You want to block me for this, please be my guest. Otherwise I'd better work on another article. Warm regards.--Mbz1 (talk) 02:36, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

I never said anything about blocking. Grow up. rʨanaɢ (talk) 05:21, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

What this "grow up" is for? To prove that my initial assessment of your administrative conduct was correct? I assure you I've got all proves I needed already. Please have a nice day. Goodbye.--Mbz1 (talk) 05:45, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

DYK Germany

Thank you for an interesting woman! She is now featured on Portal:Germany. If you have more DYK related to Germany, feel free to place it there yourself. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:30, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, Gerda. I do not believe I have another Germany related DYK, but I'll let you know, if I write one. Best wishes.--Mbz1 (talk) 14:26, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Flying penguins

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:04, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Question

"OK, I had in mind one more Kabbalah's subject that I was going to write an article about, but I will not." - Tell me what it is?

I'll move most of the Atzmus section on Ayin (Kabbalah) to Atzmus page now - Next week I'll be adding lots of Ayin-Yesh information and sources to the Ayin (Kabbalah) page, instead. April8 (talk) 20:53, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Well, I was thinking about writing an article on sexuality in Kabbalah.

I absolutely trust you with the work you are doing on the articles. Thanks for letting me know! Cheers.--Mbz1 (talk) 00:41, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Monty the meerkat

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:03, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Photo cleareance

Dear Mila,

I am working on a educational film about geology and we have found your picture of the lava flow in hawaii.

I understand you have released the picture under the creative commons licence but we would like to have it in writing that you are happy for us to use it.

Sadly we have no money but we are willing to give you an on screen credit if that will surfice.

The film is for education use only and will be held at The Bullard laboratories in England. The Geological Society in the UK would also like to upload it on their website.

Please do drop me a line at glowstars me com

Thank you

Michael Sanders. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.193.102.79 (talk) 11:54, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

I meant to say ...

... thank you so much for the picture and message recently. I really appreciate it!! Thank you :) - Alison ^❤ 05:05, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

You are welcome! I am very happy you liked it. Best wishes.--Mbz1 (talk) 17:15, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Sayyida

I posted on the talk page about why those sources are fantastically unsuitable for use in any Wikipedia article. Please take a look, & remove them. Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 20:22, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

I will, please give me some time.--Mbz1 (talk) 20:24, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Just wanted to let you know I'd started a discussion. :) Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 20:25, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

No worries :-)--Mbz1 (talk) 20:28, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi

So, you accuse me of WP:HOUND, but I assure you I do not hound you, I see things that you have wrote and links you have posted on pages and I follow them sometimes, like I just did for the link to Stoning murder of Israeli teens you left at Gatoclass's page. I am afraid I am going to have to bring that article to AfD as it violates policy - WP:EVENT. Please also note that it says at WP:HOUND - "Proper use of an editor's history includes (but is not limited to) fixing errors or violations of Wikipedia policy or correcting related problems on multiple articles.", I wrote this message not to irritate you, but to let you know where I am coming from. Passionless -Talk 18:38, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Passionless, if you bring the article I wrote to AFD, I will not consider it to be hounding, although it has absolutely nothing to do with wp:event but this edit of yours is wikihounding as much as I am concerned.--Mbz1 (talk) 18:59, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

I think the article falls under WP:EVENT by - "Routine kinds of news events (including most crimes, accidents, deaths, celebrity or political news, "shock" news, stories lacking lasting value such as "water cooler stories," and viral phenomena) - whether or not tragic or widely reported at the time - are usually not notable unless something further gives them additional enduring significance." Really, hundreds of people are murdered everyday, with most of them getting some air time in their nation's newspapers. Passionless -Talk 19:08, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

I will repeat here what I said at the article's talk page:

I am not sure how one could claim this article to be wp:event, if there was a new Act passed by US Congress and named for one of the victims!

I am not sure how one could claim this article to be wp:event, if there was a foundation and a comedy tour created for one of the victims.

I am not sure how one could claim this article to be wp:event, if the article is sourced for 2001,2010 and 2011!

May I please recommend you to take the template off ASAP. It is a bad faith edit.--Mbz1 (talk) 19:15, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

use of your photograph of a red t ailed hawk in flight

This is to request your permission to use your photograph entitled Red Tailed Hawk in Flight. I would like to use it in a guidebook to the Blue Ridge that I plan to title: Naturalist Guide to the Blue Ridge. I do not yet have a publisher, but hope the book will be published and sold.

Sincerely,

Edgar W. Spencer <spencere wlu edu>

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—Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.113.107.2 (talk) 19:04, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Of course, Edgar. You may use the image. Good luck with the book.--Mbz1 (talk) 19:19, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Koby Mandell Act

Never passed. Doesn't appear to even have been brought to the floor for a vote. (Depending on which page of THOMAS you use, it might not even have made it out of committee.) Now that you know, please don't cite it as evidence that the event is notable - better to cite enduring coverage in reliable sources. Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 00:14, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

The thing is that I do not know. Or rather I know it passed and was signed into law. May I please recommend you to do some more research before changing the article? --Mbz1 (talk) 00:56, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Better sources would help (the first doesn't support your statement at all, and the second, well, couldn't we find either media coverage or official data, rather than a far-right press release?) but the Forward and JPost mention it, so I'll make another change that indicates more factual information about the law. Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 01:52, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

how to "redact" a socky post

Hi. When you snip off a socky post like that, if there were further posts/answers about that post from others, please leave a hint (anything like this) as to what you've done, so clueless ones like me who come later don't have to scratch their thick heads :) Gwen Gale (talk) 10:40, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Cameras

Hi Mbz, I was wondering whether you could offer some advice about good cameras. I'm looking to buy a new one, but have no idea what to buy and don't know anything about them. I'd like to be able to learn how to take good images, and a video option would be useful too. I already have an inexpensive one (under $200), so I'd like to buy something better, but there's so much choice out there, I'm lost. Do you happen to have any recommendations? SlimVirgin ^{TALK|CONTRIBS} 17:09, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi SlimVirgin, ever since I have started taking pictures I used Canons, and because I had film Canon SLR with selection of lenses for it, when I got digital, I did not do much research. I had to go with Canon (except my underwater cameras) to be able to use my old lenses, and I have always been happy with it. The last time I bought a new camera (Canon Rebel XTI) was a few years ago. So, I am not a very good adviser on the buying cameras I am afraid, but IMO buying cameras depends on what images you'd like to take with it. For example I have never bought an expensive underwater cameras. This image was taken with my 2-mega-pixels Sony, and many people like it. It even was used as a screen saver for Mytouch t-mobile, and was published in books and magazines.

I have never used my camera to take a video. Please tell nobody, but I have no idea how to use a digital camera to take a video at all :-) If I needed to take a video I used a regular video camera.

So I am more than happy to respond any questions you have, but I believe you might be better off asking a really good, much more knowledgeable than I am photographers. May I please recommend User:Muhammad Mahdi Karim? He is a great photographer, and a very nice young man. Also User:Diliff is one of the best photographers on Wikipedia. User:JJ Harrison is a great photographer, who's taking amazing images of practically any subject from amazing macros to awesome landscapes.

I am sorry I could not be more helpful, but may I please ask you to feel absolutely free, if you'd like to ask me more questions? I'd be happy to help you, if I could.

Best wishes.--Mbz1 (talk) 17:55, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

That's very helpful, thank you. I'll take a look around and perhaps ask one of people you recommended. Thank you! :) SlimVirgin ^{TALK|CONTRIBS} 20:03, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

My youngest daughter, who is at art school, has a Canon from the cheaper end of the range - she went for this because you can easily pick up second hand lenses - as Mbz says, all old canon slr lenses fit the new digital models. It cost around £400 (what;s that, $600???) a couple of years ago. She's been very happy with it.Elen of the Roads (talk) 17:41, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Response

"Well, I was thinking about writing an article on sexuality in Kabbalah."

Great idea if you would have enough material and sources to describe the evolving forms through the history of Kabbalah, of the male-female metaphorical principles in the supernal worlds: 1 Medieval-Zoharic identification of the last Sephirah-Malchus as feminine, and appropriating the earlier classic Talmudic-Rabbinic notion of the "Shechina" with this. Identifying Tiferes, and the other emotions as masculine, "the Holy One Blessed be He". Citing the sin of Adam as seen in Kabbalah (introducing separation-heretical between these united two) by eating from the Tree of Knowledge, before eating from the Tree of Life (the two trees in Genesis). 2 Lurianic Kabbalah's elaboration of this to its reorganisation of the Sephirot into Partsufim, becoming the unification of male Zeir Anpin (Partsuf of emotions) with female Nukva (Partsuf of Malchus). I think, but I'm not sure that it was the 16th century Lurianic Kabbalists who introduced the formula into the prayer book before performing certain mitzvot "For the sake of the Holy One Bleesed be He and His Shechinah, to unite the name Yud-Kay with Vav-Kay in the name of all Israel." My doubt concerns the content of this embodying 13th century Zoharic terminology. In all this the anthropomorphic dualisism of this must be stressed as only metaphorical - Kabbalists repeatedly stressed such warnings and emphasised the true Unity of their doctrines in many different and subtle ways. (For such dangers was Kabbalah traditionally reserved for an elite, before its poularisation in Hasidism).

This short summary of the male-female (apparent-only from human persective-not from G-d's, and metaphorical) dualism in Kabbalah, I will shortly (this week I hope) be adding to development of the Sephirot page, together with description of the nature of the Man-metaphor in Kabbalah. I'll also accompany it with a captioned art illustration of a Jewish wedding. A separate dedicated page on sexuality and kabbalah, which could be linked from there with a "Main page: " link, would only be necessary if you have more details and content and sources to extend the topic. These could include eg. the opposition of Yechezkel Landau to Hasidic use of the above prayer formula, eg. Kabbalistic attitudes to marriage and human sexuality etc. eg. Kabbalistic and Hasidic practices and mitzvot that especially were interpretated in light of the supernal male-female union etc... See also the pages Shekhinah and Song of Songs#Interpretation and use to see if what you were hoping to add is not already covered.

N.B. For future reference, if you should ever seek to add definitive traditional-Kabbalistic source details and citations to a wikipedia article, I use and find the best resource to be "Mystical Concepts in Chassidism"- Kehot pub. by Jacob Immanuel Schochet- a round introduction to the main topics of (pre-Hasidic. Medieval and Lurianic) Kabbalistic doctrine, later also used and further interpreted in Hasidic thought. It is definitive and scholarly. The footnotes are crucial to grasp differences of opinion in Kabbalah and discussion of some of the philosophical difficulties, relating Kabbalah to Medieval Jewish philosophy. It is also printed, without historical introduction, but in more attractive layout, at the back of the Bilingual English Tanya: "Likutei Amarim Tanya"-Kehot.

Lastly, can I ask a favour. Do you know how to change ("move") wikipedia article names? I think the page Ayin (Kabbalah) needs to be renamed Ayin and Yesh (without the suffix "(Kabbalah)"). Firstly, because it describes the spiritual polarity and contrast of both. Secondly, and more importantly, as the further additions I intend to do will make clearer, the Kabbalistic duality of Ayin and Yesh as two opposite poles of Heavenly revelation, become extended in Hasidic thought into a complete paradigm of all existence. This much wider meaning and application, describing this world's panentheism, becomes the object of divine worship and psychological perception. This then became embodied in the innovative social role of the Hasidic Tzaddik Rebbe as Divine channel and intermediary - much more on this to be added to the article. Kabbalah and Hasidic thought are two different disciplines. By adding Ayin (Kabbalah) to the new Category:Hasidic thought, its suffix "(Kabbalah)" becomes misplaced. I would be most grateful if you could make this change to Ayin and Yesh - it would save me much time, as I have masses of wikipedia stuff to cram into a short window of opportuity, and I've never moved an article name before! Best wishes -Happy Purim! From April8-got logged out! 86.163.46.47 (talk) 04:22, 20 March 2011 (UTC) April8 (talk) 04:32, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Dear April8, I'd like to wish you a Happy Purim too!

After reading and re-reading your message I suddenly realized that the only thing I know about Kabbalah is... how to move the article from Ayin (Kabbalah) to Ayin and Yesh, which I did. I was happy I was able to help you at least with this. Best wishes. I am very glad I found you! When you have a time, could you please take a look at another article I wrote some time ago Sefer ha-Temunah?--Mbz1 (talk) 04:52, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!

That was quick! It was suggested at my talk page by an editor, who knows much more than I ever will about the subject - one day you will easily know more than my small knowledge! Eg. if you only read "Mystical concepts in Chassidism" and "Kabbalah: A Very Short Introduction" by Joseph Dan - Oxford University Press, "Very Short Introductions" you would already almost reach my present knowledge of Kabbalah itself (as opposed to Hasidic incorporation of Kabbalah)! April8 (talk) 05:00, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Ayin and Yesh added to Template:Kabbalah! April8 (talk) 05:13, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

That's really great! I only wish all this work were done before the article was put to the Main page for DYK, but still you've done a great job, and after all it is better late than never, isn't it? Best wishes.--Mbz1 (talk) 05:18, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Response

That's really great! I only wish all this work were done before the article was put to the Main page for DYK. - what does that mean? what is the Main page for DYK?

About Sefer ha-Temunah - great article, thanks! You've been reading "Immortality, resurrection, and the age of the universe: a kabbalistic view" by Aryeh Kaplan. It is really necessary to have written this, as some people prefer this approach. However, the page needs an extra section called "The view of Issac Luria" etc. Watch this video "The shemitot and the age of the universe" by Yitzchak Ginsburgh. It deals with the Sefer Hatemunah, and explains why Moses Cordovero and Isaac Luria rejected its notion of previous shmitta cycles of 7000 years (us being in the second cycle) as being a mistaken interpretation of a previous Kabbalistic teaching. They explain - as recounted in the 3 part video - that the 1 "cycle" before ours was not a cycle of years, as it was undeveloped. Consequently, the extrapolation of this mistake to apply it to 7 cycles, 49,000 years, and then to 15,000,000,000 years is mistaken. Your page is great in its present form, as all opinions need to be presented. However, watch the 3 hour video, (take notes!) then incorporate its points, with external link to video, in the new section, "The view of Moses Cordovero and Isaac Luria" etc!

N.B. This website "inner.org" is my favorite (and the best!) website on Kabbalah, and on the kabbalistic foundations of Hasidic thought. See eg. Beginner Level Kabbalah and Torah and Science Main Index, especially "Torah and Science: Converting the Wisdom of the Nations" article etc.

The very best wikipedia article you might one day want to write could be a wider Kabbalah and Science page etc, linking to Sefer ha-Temunah page, but especially based on www.inner.org. It could also incorporate this website that I listed at the bottom of my User:April8 page: Sanford L. Drob-"The New Kabbalah":

"The New Kabbalah" is a perspective in philosophy, theology and psychology, grounded in the union between traditional Jewish mysticism and modern and postmodern thought. Rooted in the visionary mythos of Rabbi Isaac Luria (1534-72), and interpreted through such modern and postmodern thinkers as Freud, Jung, Hegel, Wittgenstein and Derrida, the New Kabbalah seeks to uncover and further develop the philosophical and psychological significance of Kabbalistic symbols and ideas. In addition, the New Kabbalah is enriched by comparative studies and dialog between Jewish mysticism and other religious and philosophical traditions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Platonism, and Gnosticism. The New Kabbalah is born out of the conviction that the theosophical system of Luria and his followers promotes an open economy of thought, dialog and criticism, while at the same time providing a comprehensive account of the world and humanity's role within it that is intellectually, morally and spiritually vital for us today. The New Kabbalah seeks to build upon the recent explosion in contemporary Kabbalah scholarship by formulating a Kabbalistic approach to philosophy, theology and psychology. The New Kabbalah is open, multi-perspectival and pluralistic, and while it is rooted firmly in Judaism, it seeks dialog, participation and constructive criticism from those of all backgrounds and disciplines. This site is not affiliated with any "movement," but seeks to promote respectful dialog across the full spectrum of Jewish affiliation and non-affiliation. (Author's definition of "The New Kabbalah" on homepage)

Got logged out again, from April8 86.163.46.47 (talk) 05:56, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for the link! I sure will watch the video, but this will take some time. In a meantime, if you have a time yourself, please feel free to edit the article. Best wishes.--Mbz1 (talk) 13:36, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

== Edit summary at Itamar killings ==

"Do not do this ever again" is an unacceptable edit summary. What did you really mean by that? --Frederico1234 (talk) 16:59, 20 March 2011 (UTC) [dispute resolved--Frederico1234 (talk) 19:32, 21 March 2011 (UTC)]

Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#2011_Jerusalem_bombing

I don't care who started this conflict between you and Passionless, but you're now on notice [1]. Keep it off of WP:ITNC.--Chaser (talk) 19:54, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

I am afraid your post looks more like a screaming and a threat to block me than a fair administrative conduct. I have done nothing wrong. I voted to support the article in the news, and explained why user:passionless's vote was false, providing the link from RS. So, I would really appreciate, if you are to stop screaming, stop comparing me to user:passionless, and better explain to me what exactly I've done wrong in your opinion. Regards.--Mbz1 (talk) 20:16, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Well, you're welcome to pursue the usual avenue of appeal if you think my warning was inappropriate. I answered your question.--Chaser (talk) 20:35, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

I would have never reported you to AN/I for this. I assume it was a a good faith warning and you simply did not have enough time to asses the situation. There's absolutely no comparison between my vote and user:passionless responses. Regards.--Mbz1 (talk) 20:48, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Final warning. If you're just looking to start trouble and soapbox about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, you've come to the wrong place. -- tariqabjotu 22:47, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

I undid you. I have done nothing wrong. Be aware, you may not block me. You are an involved administrator.--Mbz1 (talk) 22:48, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

MBiz, I just defended you on Chaser's page, I believe his warning/admonition was unjustified/premature. That being said, the edit Tariq deleted was probably over the line inflamatory... not enough on it's own merit to warrant a "final warning" but enough to be removed.---Balloonman ^{NO! I'm Spartacus!} 22:54, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

I saw you did defend me. Thank you! BTW my memory for user names is way too short. I forgot me and you ever had a conflict, :-)

About my report on Passionless edit warring. I did not say the user violated 3RR. The user violated 1RR. It is the user editing restrictions, no more that 1 RR per page per week. Best wishes.--Mbz1 (talk) 22:58, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

And no, my comment was not "inflammatory". It was posted in response to those two comments #1 and #2. It was not inflammatory, it was taken out of content and removed by an involved administrator. By removing my comment only, and leaving two others to stay, and then coming to my talk page with a silly "final warning" he demonstrated not only his complete inability to perform his administrative duties, but also his strong POV.--Mbz1 (talk) 23:43, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

ITN/C

Following Passionless to ITN was really not a good idea. I consider you a friend, which makes this difficult to say, but ITN and Wikipedia are things that I care a lot about, so if you and Passionless can't behave yourselves in each others' company yet insist on inflicting it on each other, one or both of you is going to end up on the wrong side of a lengthy block. Please don't make me do that. You archived your talk page while I was writing this, so by all means feel free to archive/remove this with the rest of it. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 02:26, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

What a day! You are the third admin, who threatened me with a block in the last few hours :-).

May I please ask you what gave you an idea I followed user:passionless anywhere? I assure you I am not interested in user:passionless's contributions at all, except of course when user:passionless nominates on deletion the article I just wrote, or trying to make me blocked for nothing or hounding my contributions over not just one, but a few differnt pages or... I could have continued, but just to make it short my concern about user:passionless contributions is connected only, and only and only to the user's contributions about me personally or my own contributions, and nothing else.

I've already explained today how I got to the ITN page, but I will repeat it one more time here at my talk page:

I was going to nominate the discussed article for DYK. A few days ago I commented on a DYK nomination for an article of a similar subject. One of the reasons user:gatoclass used in his "maybe" vote was that the article was nominated for ITN. So before making DYK nomination for this new article I decided to make sure this article is not nominated for ITN, and it was how I got to ITN page.

HJ, if now after I explained to you what happened, you believe my conduct deserves a block I will accept your decision with no complains because I trust you to be a fair administrator, and honestly because I am tired of being the subject of "If in doubt, blame Mbz1", and of course I assure you I would not complain if you are to block user:Passionless :-)

On the other hand , if you'd really like to help to solve the situation between user:passionless and me, it could be solved with an interaction ban established between the two of us as it was proposed by user:AGK already. I am for this with both my hands. Thanks.--Mbz1 (talk) 03:20, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Forgot to say that user:passionless is going to take me to AE. May I please ask you one more time to consider an interaction ban? I believe everybody and most of all the community would only benefit from this. I believe sooner or later it will be imposed anyway, so it is better to do it rather sooner than later.--Mbz1 (talk) 03:42, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

I wasn't so much concerned with how you got to ITN/C as what you did when you got there. I've been active there for a long time, Passionless has been chiming in (and, on the whole, keeping out of trouble) there for a few weeks and then your first post to a normally fairly quiet page is to continue your dispute with Passionless. I'm actually surprised Chaser or Tariq didn't block you, because I seriously considered it and we're friends. Now that's been said, it's in the past. I'm glad to hear that you found your own way there and would be very glad if you would participate there in future—ITN suffers from under-participation and could always use more opinions (but could do without editors taking virtual pot shots at one another).

As to an interaction ban, I would hope that wouldn't be necessary because it would either be too weak to be effective or so draconian that you can't even post to the same page. Can you not just agree to disagree and go your separate ways? You didn't need to comment on Passionless today, you could have just made your argument in abstract terms and you would have posted differing opinions in the same discussion. An interaction ban probably wouldn't allow you to do that. Besides, you're both reasonable people. You may have vastly differing views on very emotive subjects, but if you could just wipe the slate clean, I don't see why you can't cooperate with each other. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 04:04, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

I assure you that I will never ever again contribute to ITN. I really got more than enough from my today's contributions there.

user:passionless is collecting "evidences" against me. It has been going on for a few weeks, and I consider this conduct to be a harassment. I would have never done something like this to anybody. I'd like to have an interaction ban with that user please, and the more "draconian" it is the better.--Mbz1 (talk) 04:15, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

POTD notification

POTD

Hi Mila,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture File:Fort Mason Center and Downtown San Francisco.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on March 27, 2011. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2011-03-27. howcheng {chat} 18:44, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

What an administrator came to my talk page, and does not threat to block me! It is really something different :-)

Thank you for the note, howcheng. I'll take a look at description of the file.Cheers.--Mbz1 (talk) 19:41, 24 March 2011 (UTC)