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can you take a look at the section on Gardner in Idries Shah's page? there's a problem i can't fix. Thanks. -- Jlburton ( talk) 20:14, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi Eric, As you've seen, I responded to 76.102.49.177, both on Kristin's page and on this talk page. He's not written back. I don't want to step on any toes, but I wonder what you'd advise me to do about adding links to author pages for interviews on the NBN. I don't want to revert before 76.102.49.177 responds or until it gets kicked up to an admin. What do you think? MarshallPoe ( talk) 18:36, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
Thanks so much! MarshallPoe ( talk) 20:17, 9 September 2012 (UTC)
Eric, do you have any info on how official that official Facebook page is? The About section of the page doesn't tell us very much, and it links to Wikipedia. J N 466 11:21, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for helping fix up Rachana Shah :). Ironholds ( talk) 23:56, 11 September 2012 (UTC) |
Thank you for notifying Shrikanthv ( talk) 13:53, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
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I do not understand what is happening here. Potentially libellous statements regarding myself and my work are being left on my wikipedia page, and I cannot remove them. This is grossly unfair, unjust and biased. Simply because an article appears in a newspaper does not make it true. Please could you assist me in resolving this issue. Many thank. R J Ellory. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.11.171.216 ( talk) 20:58, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
I do not understand what is happening here. Potentially libellous statements regarding myself and my work are being left on my wikipedia page, and I cannot remove them. This is grossly unfair, unjust and biased. Simply because an article appears in a newspaper does not make it true. Please could you assist me in resolving this issue. Many thank. R J Ellory. -- Preceding unsigned comment added by Roger Ellory ( talk · contribs) at 20:59, 17 September 2012 (See page history).
I am very unfamiliar with how this works, certainly as far as sending messages is concerned. I do not even know who I am talking to! I noticed this morning that two pararaphs of my 'Perosnal Life' section had been removed. Who removes these things, and why? As far as this dispute is concerned, there is a significant matter of misrepresentation in the press regarding the extent to which I had manufactured 'reviews' on amazon. Simply put, this entire issue was blown out of all proportion, and I have been treated most unjustly. However, I appreciate that you have noted that there is a dispute on this issue. My concern, as is also happening with reviews left on amazon itself, is that those reading my wikipedia page and recent amazon reviews are being given one side of the story, much of it false, and there is nothing I can do to address this matter. Were the truth ever to come out regarding this issue, I guarantee that it would receive no press coverage at all. People assume that what they read in the newspapers and on the internet is true, whereas it is often biased, invested with ulterior motive, and semi-factual. I would please ask you to leave the paragraphs in as they are on my 'Personal Life' section, unless there is some issue with this. And please could you tell me who you are, and why you are in control of what does and does not go on my wikipedia page? Also, who posted that photograph of me, and how do I get rid of it or change it? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Roger Ellory ( talk • contribs) 10:04, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
The facts are very simple, and - as you say - I have publicly apologised for this. Over a span of ten years, ten reviews were left on amazon, either self-penned or penned by a family member, one for each book I have published to date. Two negative reviews were left by me, and only two. The newspaper reports have created the apparency that I had used multiple false names and accounts to post 'dozens, if not hundreds' of reviews. This is entirely false, and can be validated by amazon. As of the beginning of September 2012, there were no self-penned or family-written reviews of my own works on amazon, nor are the two negative reviews I left still present. These were all removed by me, or removed by amazon at my request. Every review of my books on amazon has been written by someone other than me or a family member. The messages left on amazon that 'every review of my books is false', or 'there are hundreds of fake reviews on amazon' is blatanly untrue and libellous, and I feel that the wording of the 'Controversy' paragraph and the attachment of newspaper links give completely the wrong bias on this issue. I am sorry to inconvenience you with this, but this is an important issue, and I feel that I am being misprepresented, not by what is being said on wikipedia, but by what is not being said. The simple fact that such a practice is pandemic across amazon and many, many other websites where reviews can be posted is beside the point. I was accused of this, admitted to it, apologised for it, and yet was subjected to a relentless character assassination in the world's press, and as far as I am concerned, the reaction was disproportionate to the crime. I am not trying to make excuses or justify this, but it had been an enormously difficult thing to deal with, and I am doing all I can to rescue my career and dignity out of this fiasco. Thank you for your time, nevertheless, and I hope we can work this out. R J Ellory. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Roger Ellory ( talk • contribs) 11:26, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi E, I'm still waiting for a response from Jayen466 re adding links to interviews from the NBN to author pages. Could you pink him again (or is that advisable). I've not heard from the fellow who initially cut the links either, even though I left a message two weeks ago on his talk page. MarshallPoe ( talk) 13:38, 19 September 2012 (UTC)
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14:06, 19 September 2012 (UTC)Seriously do you think the following as a wiki material
"Shah moved with her husband Tahir Shah to their new home called Dar Khalifa in Casablanca, Morocco and subsequently became a main character in her husband's two books that chronicled their adventures in Morocco: The Caliph's House and In Arabian Nights. Her endurance of the year-long ordeal of remodeling their previously abandoned house in Casablanca caused one blogger to marvel at her patience: ".."
just give me a reason how this is not a wiki NPOV , i have not edited or deleted the stuff again, it seems you have developed personnel attachments to the subject matter . I will let go this edits but please think over , what above stuff is really contributing ??? and if your conscience say its fine, We keep this way Shrikanthv ( talk) 15:36, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
Hi Eric, thanks for your help on everything. For someone who claims to be semi-retired, you are pretty active! I have a quick question...I just created the page for Rachana Shah, and it's been marked for speedy deletion. Do you have any suggestions on what details I should add to keep it up there? Thanks so much!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hewagpc ( talk • contribs) 15:37, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
Thanks Eric! I just came back after a little break as I was feeling frustrated with this whole thing! Will take a look at it now and do some research to see what I can do. Thanks so much for your wonderful help!! Hewagpc ( talk) 17:32, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
Eric...have you seen that the Rachana Shah page is being considered for deletion once AGAIN?? Just wanted to let you know because I checked out the page and was shocked...not because I expect help again. You've done so much already! (BTW, I changed my username from Hewagpc because it was a terrible username.) BlueLupine 14:01, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
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I felt this was a particularly gracious and polite way to bow out of an AfD discussion; would that all participants were so thoughtful. Yunshui 雲 水 09:09, 21 September 2012 (UTC) |
Hey Esowteric/Archives/2012. I'm dropping you a note because you used to (or still do!) patrol new pages. This is just to let you know that we've deployed and developed Page Curation, which augments and supersedes Special:NewPages - there are a lot of interesting new features :). There's some help documentation here if you want to familiarise yourself with the system and start using it. If you find any bugs or have requests for new features, let us know here. Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) ( talk) 12:33, 24 September 2012 (UTC)