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To Arthur Rubin

Recently I visited your website below: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Japan And I was quite surprised to find your websites still label Korea's 'East Sea' as 'Sea of Japan,' which is incorrect. Such an error on such a well-known website such as yours comes as a surprise since we regard you as one of the world's best.

Using a proper name for the body of water between the Korean peninsula and the Japanese archipelago is not simply a question of changing the name of a geographical feature. It is part of the national effort by the Korean people to erase the legacy of Japanese Imperialism and to redress the unfairness that has resulted from it. It is an absolute mistake to hear just one side of the story and to blindly follow. If we leave these kinds of things alone, it causes serious problems that disturb the order of international society. For your reference, Dorling & Kindersley(https://www.dk.com), one of biggest textbook publishers,

worldatlas.com, one of prominent online map provider, and one of the biggest mapmakers, National Geographic promised us that 
they would now use the name 'East Sea.' In addition, these websites are already using the name, 'East Sea' on their website after we pointed out the error.

Most of all, the U.S. state of Virginia has revised the guidelines for history and social science education in line with a newly enacted law that requires textbooks to use the Korean name "East Sea" alongside the Japanese name "Sea of Japan"

for the body of water between the two countries on 2017. 

As a member of the Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK), I urge you to use 'East Sea' to describe the body of water in question or to use both Korean and Japanese designation simultaneously (e.g. 'East Sea/Sea of Japan') in all of your contents and maps. According to IHO and UNCSGN, in case of topographical feature shared with two or more countries, yet naming differently in their own languages, all of the names in each language should be marked. Once Korea and Japan agree on a common designation, that is in accord with the general rule of international cartography, we will then follow the agreed-on designation. Thank you for reading and we would appreciate your favorable consideration.

We would be grateful for your explanation as to why you chose to use ‘Sea of Japan’. 

Please email us at [email protected]

Yours very truly,

VANK, Cyber Diplomatic Organization in Korea 
http://www.prkorea.com 

*References 

※The Historical precedent for the 'East Sea' 

http://prkorea.com/history/eastsea1.html

※How to name the sea area between the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese Archipelago 

http://prkorea.com/history/eastsea2.html

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Murder of Ross Parker and 2001

Hi, I noticed your revert on the 2001 page and just wondered your reasoning? Other years feature murders of equal or lesser significance and in some cases just rulings relating to murders, whereas this is not only significant, it's also brutal, racially motivated, completely unprovoked and the victim is a minor. One current 2001 entry is the expiration of the Mac OS X beta, the Parker is unquestionably more significant than that for a start. The Parker case was actually on the front page yesterday as a selected anniversary, so people clearly agree it's of considerable significance. Thanks.--Shakehandsman (talk) 06:30, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

@Shakehandsman: For a while, I've mostly removed new additions to these articles, rather than going through them in detail. I don't think launch or expiration of operating systems are appropriate in these articles, either. Thinking about Parker, you may have a point, although the article was obviously first written as a biography and then repurposed. I'm in UTC-7, so it's now 0123 local, so I'm going to bed. Perhaps I'll restore it in the morning. I shouldn't edit this late. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 08:26, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi, thanks for reconsidering and reverting, glad you agree on the OS X beta expiration thing too, I'll delete that now.--Shakehandsman (talk) 00:24, 23 September 2017 (UTC)

100 (number)

Hello! Please explain me why do you believe that the number 100 is divisible by 25 prime numbers. It is absolutely wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by the greatest thinker (talk • contribs)

@The greatest thinker: I don't see how you could interpret the sentence that way, but I changed the word order to make it more clear. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 15:59, 28 September 2017 (UTC)

Many thanks! Now everything is clear to me. (My native language is russian.)

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Conduct unbecoming an Admin or any editor

Shamefully you have not graced the arbcomm case with your presence and you have not resigned the Admin tools, forcing us through evey inch of process to deal with you. Since ArbComm has found you indeed made false accusations that could not be supported (aka Lies) an apology is in order to User:The Rambling Man and myself. You have demonstrated a general lack of integrity with me and others that is inexcusable. Futher, your conduct illustrates the painfully slow process of dealing with an admin who has exhausted the community's trust so I've raised this issue at AN]. Legacypac (talk) 00:40, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

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Hello Arthur Rubin, following an official request from the Arbitration committee, your administrator group access has been removed. This removal is in accordance with the prescribed remedy of Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Arthur Rubin. Should you wish to regain administrator permissions, you may do so by requesting community approval at WP:RFA. Please note, extended confirmed user access should be automatically added after you make your next edit, should it fail to process please let me know or post at WP:PERM/EC. Best regards, — xaosflux ^Talk 18:50, 16 October 2017 (UTC)