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You learn something new every day... - Adolphus79 (talk) 05:55, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Disabled, Not Half a Human Being

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Hello, Dorian Gray Wild,

If you don't know, well, זור987 now has an interaction ban to prevent them from interacting with you or articles that you created. Looking through their contributions, I see they have tried to get a lot of your articles deleted here and on other projects. This article was PROD'd which means it can be restored upon request but when I looked at the last version, it was poorly sourced. I can restore it to Draft or User space if you'd like to continue to improve it but I think it might be tagged for an AFD discussion if it is put back into main space in the condition it was in when it was deleted.

Would you like to continue to work on this article or have you moved on to pursue other work on the project? Just let me know. Liz Read! Talk! 22:27, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dear Liz,
Thank you for your nice addressing.
I did not notice that you were an admin. Now things are much more clear, like your dealing with Meta, but not with the He WP. Sorry for my disinvolvement.
Thank you for merging the deleted article into User:Dorian Gray Wild/Disabled, Not Half a Human Being.
The name of this organization refers to WP:EN as well as Brazilian Association for Self-Defense. I asked you it in the email which I sent. If I get no reply in a week, I will edit Alex Fridman, and you may restore if needed.
Thank you again, Dgw|Talk 14:22, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not that acquainted with merging articles. I'll restore it to you User space and then see what I can do. As for email, give me a bit more time, I don't check email very often but I'll look tomorrow. Liz Read! Talk! 05:33, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Wasn't so hard after all! Liz Read! Talk! 05:39, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you so much, Liz! The merge was useful, because I saw this deletion. I am not 2A02:14F:2:58FF:3537:E017:F209:22F8. It seems that they were Hanan Tal. I am not so involved with this organization.
Please hide this edit summary, because no chekuser has been applied, and it is a severe accusation.
The subject of the email is WP:English.
Thank you, Dgw|Talk 09:46, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holidays DGW!

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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2025!

Hello Dorian Gray Wild, may you be surrounded by peace, success and happiness on this seasonal occasion. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Sending you heartfelt and warm greetings for Christmas and New Year 2025.
Happy editing, Gooners Fan in North London (talk) 15:14, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Spread the love by adding {{subst:Seasonal Greetings}} to other user talk pages.

Gooners Fan in North London (talk) 15:15, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much, Gooners Fan in North London! I copied it to my user page! Dgw|Talk 21:20, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Happy Holidays

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Hello Dorian Gray Wild: Enjoy the holiday season and winter solstice if it's occurring in your area of the world, and thanks for your work to maintain, improve and expand Wikipedia. Cheers, Abishe (talk) 14:59, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Spread the WikiLove; use {{subst:Season's Greetings}} to send this message

Abishe (talk) 14:59, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much, Abishe! I copied it to my user page Dgw|Talk 21:22, 1 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, Dorian Gray Wild,

In case you were not aware of it, זור987 was indefinitely blocked from the English Wikipedia in January after this discussion, Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1176#User trolling and tracking me. So, at least on this project, you don't need to worry about them harrassing you any longer. Happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 05:12, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A letter

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Hello Tamzin,

As you might know, yesterday a letter was sent to the WMF.
The letter inquired about the ARBPIA and requested the i.p. of involved parties, as it wrote: Records showing identifying and unique characteristics of accounts (such as names, IP addresses, registration dates, user activity logs) for editors subject to actions by ArbCom.

Therefore, I ask you to remove my name from this log. I do not want to reveal my i.p. nor any other log.

I suggested an image for deletion which was advertised following the policy of Hamas. Unluckily, your interpretation was that I "claimed" against the policy of the user who uploaded it, and they were TBANed. "TBAN" might cause the wrong interpretation, but I meant that Hamas made the picture, not the uploader. The TBAN was an additional reason to delete the image, not the main reason. The main reason was Hamas policy, and the letter wrote it: Editing for Hate: How Anti-Israel and Anti-Jewish Bias Undermines Wikipedia’s Neutrality, ADL, (MAR. 18, 2025), https://www.adl.org/resources/report/editing-hate-how-anti-israel-and-anti-jewish-bias-undermines-wikipedias-neutrality.

On the 7th of October, Hamas was aimed at the Israeli population (as well as foreign citizens and Muslims), not at the Gazan population.

Therefore, I ask you also to void the editing restriction, which was unlimited as you wrote. Dgw|Talk 20:45, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Tamzin, I am quite sure you have seen it. Dgw|Talk 22:24, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, DGW. FYI, the {{np}} template means "no ping". I didn't get your ping above, and only happened to notice your latest edit to this section in my watchlist. Use [[User:Tamzin|Tamzin]] or {{ping|Tamzin}} to ping, or the @ dialog built into the Reply Tool.
I doubt Congress is going to be able to get your IP (as far as I know, they haven't even formally subpoenaed it), but if the courts do allow that, I'm afraid it will make no difference whether I remove your name from the AE log, since you have already been "subject to [an] action[ ] by ArbCom" (at least, under the theory that AE actions are defined as an extension of ArbCom actions), and removing the log wouldn't change that. If you have concerns about this, you should talk to the Wikimedia Foundation's legal department; there isn't anything I can do as a local admin to decrease the likelihood of your IP being subpoenaed.
I can give some general advice, though: CheckUser records only go back 90 days. As I understand it, the WMF will checkuser a user to preserve their IP for the records once they receive a formal request, but the breadth of Congress' request makes me guess (and this is just a guess) that they haven't done so yet. So, if you're really worried about having your IP turned over, you should stop editing from any IPs that could be traced back to you, or even stop editing at all; if you don't get CU'd in the next 90 days, then there's nothing for the WMF to turn over even if forced to. Also, make sure your email address in Special:Preferences isn't one that ties back to you. For maximum security you'd want something like a Proton Mail account, the inbox of which you only access through a VPN that doesn't keep logs.
If you wish to appeal the balanced editing restriction, you can follow the instructions I gave previously. -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (they|xe|🤷) 05:58, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Tamzin,
Following the points which I wrote here, it became clear that I have not supported Hamas. Since Comer and Mace are convinced that I am not a part of their investigation, my ArbCom log is less relevant.
Mace may feel empathy for Naama Levy's picture after Mace's speech at the Congress, which was also accepted by court. I have noticed that Mace's article is not updated regarding the court decision. Dgw|Talk 18:21, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It is not very helpful: 1, 2 (log1, log2).
Also, the article about Mace has not been updated yet. Dgw|Talk 07:50, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  1. An update from Globes.
  2. An update from Makor Rishon.
  3. An update from Ynet.
  4. An update from Le Point.
  5. Al Jazeera did not report it, but reported killing journalists by Israel. The Minister of Communications seized and blocked Al Jazeera in Israel. Dgw|Talk 00:18, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Please see also it, it and it.
Editing other userpages as well as creating a bot without an approval as a second account in the case of the main account being blocked, is not allowed on the English Wikipedia. Dgw|Talk 19:12, 8 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hamas does not have immunity. Dgw|Talk 17:22, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I did not know the cobra effect. EPIC mentioned it, dealing with Htawmonzel and 咽頭べさ which blocked each other.
The British government, concerned about the number of venomous cobras in Delhi, offered a bounty for every dead cobra. Initially, this was a successful strategy; large numbers of snakes were killed for the reward. Eventually, people began to breed cobras for the income. When the government became aware of this, the reward program was scrapped. The cobra breeders set their snakes free, leading to an overall increase in the wild cobra population.
Blacklisting me indefinitely, as written here, for nominating a BLP's image was a result of this effect. No AE has been submitted due to the reply here: accusing a user of translating articles to another project, which has a "different policy". Dgw|Talk 21:42, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Please see also it. Dgw|Talk 21:56, 9 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Elizabeth Tsurkov is a Wikipedian. It is approved in the City Square by ביקורת, an admin for 9.33 years and a bureaucrat for 7.75 years. She was also a Hebrew Wikipedia administrator and an arbitrator for article disputes. Dgw|Talk 09:38, 11 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Naama's speech. Dgw|Talk 18:02, 19 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
On September 2, 2025, IDF Radio (Galei Tzahal) military correspondent Doron Kadosh [he] reported details regarding Hamas' propaganda and psychological warfare apparatus in Gaza:
  1. The apparatus included about 1,500 operatives – twice the number of regular IDF personnel serving in the equivalent units (IDF Spokesperson's Unit and the Influence Department). During Operation Protective Edge, the apparatus consisted of about 400 operatives, meaning it has quadrupled in size within a decade.
  2. About 1,000 of these operatives are "field propagandists" embedded within Hamas battalions and brigades. Each battalion and brigade in Hamas' military wing has a propaganda officer representing Abu Obaida, who coordinates psychological warfare efforts. Under him are trained "operational documenters" specializing in field photography. In recent years, Abu Obaida oversaw large-scale procurement of GoPro cameras, protective gear for cameras, carrying cases, and batteries.
  3. Every Hamas battalion and brigade maintains a local "propaganda operations room", where video editors create propaganda videos. Every Hamas video showing guerrilla activity against Israeli forces originates there: the field documenter joins a Hamas squad with a camera, transmitting the footage live to the operations room. Even if the squad is eliminated, the footage remains and can be turned into a propaganda product. The apparatus's guiding motto is: the documentation matters more than the action itself. Throughout the war, the IDF struck many of these propaganda operations rooms, but Hamas repeatedly relocated them – to schools, hospitals, and other sites. All that is needed is a laptop with internet access.
  4. Another 400 operatives staff centralized "war rooms" across the Gaza Strip. Some are video editors producing Hamas propaganda videos, while others are "monitors" who follow Israeli media, track public discourse trends in Israel, and propose propaganda initiatives accordingly.
  5. Abu Obaida was personally involved in every Hamas battle procedure. No Hamas military action in recent years – during Operation Defensive Shield, the "Great March of Return", Operation Guardian of the Walls, or October 7 – took place without a formal battle plan and an approved propaganda strategy designed by him. Israeli security officials have stated this psychological warfare apparatus was one of Hamas’s most effective weapons, which is why Abu Obaida invested so heavily in it. Today, no Hamas operation is carried out without its propaganda component.
  6. Abu Obaida personally managed and invested in the psychological warfare campaign around the hostages. He initiated and oversaw the hostage videos used to influence Israeli decision-making. He decided which hostages would appear, what they would say, and how they would be filmed. He often surrounded himself with hostages, making it difficult to target him during the war without endangering captives. In the strike that killed him this week, Israeli intelligence took great care to confirm no hostages were harmed.
  7. During the latest prisoner exchange ceremonies, Abu Obaida personally led the propaganda efforts. He attended the ceremonies, briefing the hostages beforehand on what to say and do (he reportedly spoke Hebrew well). Even the distribution of "release certificates" to the hostages at these events was his brainchild.
  8. To date, the IDF has killed over 200 members of Hamas's propaganda apparatus, most of them commanders, but more than 1,000 operatives remain active.
The source for Kadosh's report is available here. Dgw|Talk 22:41, 2 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]