User talk:Mattisse: Difference between revisions

Mattisse is currently inactive and will remain so for the foreseeable future.

Smile!

Brookie :) - a will o' the wisp ! ^(Whisper...) has smiled at you! Smiles are good! and hopefully this one has made your day better. Why not smile at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend? Happy editing!

Yurt

I hope you didn't add the {{unsourced}} tag to Yurt just to make a point? Unfortunately, the source you added contained some rather obvious errors, which then also ended up in the article. No sources at all are still better for the encyclopedia than unreliable sources like that. Are there any specific parts of the current text that you want to contest? In that case please say so on the article talk page, and someone will try to address your concerns. Although, as far as I can see, the information given (including the definition in the intro) can be easily verified by the sxisting external links. --Latebird 23:17, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry to disappoint you buddy Tsang Po is the Tibetan name for Brahmaputra River ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 19:40, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

I am responsible for much of the work on Tibet including the main article, the Dalia Lamas, Lhasa and related content and Tibetan monasteries. I set up WikiProject Tibet which you are more than welcome to join. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ ^{"Expecting you" Contribs} 19:43, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Welcome back

Good to see you editing again. Did you have a good trip? --Salix alba (talk) 20:41, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. Mattisse 02:47, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

I hope all is well with you Mattisse. Blnguyen (bananabucket) 01:09, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

All is well due to your wonderful roundup of the sockpuppet ring that had been harassing me for so many months. I cannot thank you enough but just wonder how you saw what was happening when no one else seemed to see it. Sincerely, Mattisse 23:52, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Yarlung (Imperial blood) River

Hi, there was no need to fork the Yarlung Tsangpo River (Tibet) out of Brahmaputra River, because they refer to the same river. Chaipau 21:19, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Barrier

Sorry for redirecting the duplicate fence article to the Barrier one. I should have notified you earlier. But anyway, the fence article was duplicated only a couple of weeks ago, whereas the other one had been there for quite some time. Thanks. --Ragib 20:55, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

That's O.K. Copy editing from the copy edit backlog is pretty unrewarding anyway. I'll give it up. Thanks. Mattisse 21:00, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Hey, you were not at fault, and are doing great in fixing the Bangladesh related articles. It is I who was at fault for doing the redirect while you are editing the article. Please accept my apologies, and keep doing your great work. We need more editors to fix the Bangladesh related articles. Thanks. --Ragib 21:29, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Shoovrow

Hey!! Weeeeeelcommmme back! So glad to see my article modified by you! Shoovrow 17:04, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Mattisse 17:11, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Welcome back

Welcome back! If you need anything that an admin could help with, drop me a line. Do you want to remove the inactive template from the top of this page? --AnonEMouse ^(squeak) 17:09, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome. And thanks for your template offer but I'd prefer to leave the template on as I am not doing any serious editing now and do not think I will do so in the future as the harassment is not worth it. I am very uncomfortable even doing my current level of superficial editing and I may back out at any time. Since the template has been there the level of harassment has decreased substantially and I have concluded that it is best to have as low a profile and as little interaction with other editors (except a few trusted ones such as User:Zleitzen) as possible. Sincerely, Mattisse 17:29, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

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Che Guevara may not recover from this high-level trashing

Thanks for your warm reply, very much appreciated! I hope the current solution to reach an improved version of the article lead through a combined effort will be effective. But I do find the behaviour of Jimmy Wales a bit strange. I know he's a busy man and all, but why bother with slapping a POV warning on an article in the first place and after that not discussing its validity afterwards?

It's very strange that you had so much trouble with people considering all the good work you've done on all the various articles. Indeed, it's a shame it didn't work out for the Castro article. I hope the Guevara will not end in the same chaos. I'm glad the accusations of people being horribly biased have ceased though. mensch • t 16:16, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

mensch • t, it is so good to have contact with you again! As it turned out after Mediation Cabels, RFC/Mattisse, etc. and finally an Arbitration that there was a gang of sock puppets with the sole aim of harassing me and driving away me and anyone else who tried to edit articles that the sockpuppets controlled. I searched for help for this but received only more harassment from admins and organizations purported to help people like me, such as the Mediation Cabal and AMA - which was finally closed down due to ineptness and wikilawyering. (One of the AMA people wikilawyered a sockpuppet off the hook in Arbitration.) The sockpuppet ring was discovered by Blnguyen (bananabucket), originally an Arbitrator who recused himself from the Arbitration and set about ferreting out this ring which had been ongoing since fall of 2006 at least. There is no protection on Wikipedia for people like me, no sources of help and strategy, and only the goodness of Blnguyen (bananabucket) saved me from the nut house. The sockpuppets have all been banned or suspended indefinitely and I have no trouble at present.

Now that I know that these sockpuppet rings are common on Wikipedia and some are even comprised of admins, I am extremely careful what I edit. I mostly don't stick with any one article.I have learned that the Arbitrators are no better and openly show their biases. As I cannot withstand such months of persecution again, I mostly write my own articles to avoid this problem. I have come to believe that "good work" is not the aim of Wikipedia but rather the pure exercise of power and control of articles and subject matter by those editor sockpuppets and editor tag teams with investments in article outcome. I just play around now for my own joy and try to stay away from articles of serious content and from other editors, excepting you, of course! I don't take Wikipedia seriously anymore but rather accept that it is corrupt. (I was naive before.) I think Jimbo's behavior says it all and I am deeply disturbed by the way Zleitzen^(talk) is being treated after all the excellent work he has contributed to Wikipedia. Sincerely, Mattisse 14:59, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

p.s. I think Che Guevara is ruined now and I am so sad for Zleitzen^(talk). But anyone who tries to stand up on principle here is headed for despair. Sincerely, Mattisse 14:59, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Indo-Bangladeshi barrier

Hello there Mattisse. I'm The Random Editor. I can see we are both interested in helping to build the above article. I noticed when running over the sources. They all refer to the barrier being 4000km and the article mentions it being 3200km something. I was just wondering if you know which one is correct. I suspect the article is probably wrong but I wanted to check with you first. Thanks, --Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor (ταlκ) 23:15, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree with your evaluation of the numbers. We should use the figures referenced in the sources. We need more information. I am interested in helping to build Indo-Bangladeshi barrier but I am afraid I know little about the subject and will have to learn! My original involvement was purely a rescue job but now I find the content extremely interesting. Sincerely, Mattisse 15:17, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Inactive

Are you inactive? That sure is strange!?! I don't know why you find me considering myself new to wikipedia that "strange" or why you care, though I'm touched a bit...oh, and I am female, by the way, and go by "she" :) Fmehdi 18:30, 22 July 2007 (UTC)