User talk:P.B. Pilhet/Archive-Apr2007

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		This is for being very friendly:) God bless you and everyone you know:) James, La gloria è a dio 03:42, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No problem:) --James, La gloria è a dio 01:16, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Can you help?

How are you P.B.?

I noticed that you are interested in music. I have a problem, maybe you can help, or refer me to someone who can.

As we speak, an editor is trying to render unreadable (See: [1]), arguments I left at the "Audio mastering" talk page to dismiss his old proposed inclusion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Audio_mastering).

Here is my story:

It appears that an editor, calling himself Mike Sorensen, in March 2007 placed on the Wikipedia "Audio mastering" page, a section called "Artmastering", complete with a supporting external link (See: [2]).

This article titled "Artmastering" which is related to audio mastering, was previously deleted for lack of support (See: [3]).

Originally, the article was posted as an external link by user "Voy7" in August 2006 (See:[4])

Around the same time, 2 more external links, one citing the same "Artmastering" studio, were apparently added by someone, presumably the owner himself, Art Sayecki. This was done anonymously with IP address 66.214.253.155 located in Burbank, California (Check IP) and (See: [5]and [6]).

Let's analyze this further:

66.214.253.155 (See IP) (Presumably Art Sayecki of "Artmastering") and

66.214.253.51 (See IP) (An unknown user who also supported "Artmastering" and attacked those who didn't agree (See: [7] and [8])

Location: Burbank, California.

According to most system administrators, there is a 95% chance or certainty, that these 2 IP addresses belong to the same user. Is this just a coincidence? It gets better. He plays with Wikipedia, erasing negative comments against Art Sayecki (See: [9]) and tries to erase his tracks from the system (See: [10]). Who has the tools or the knowledge to do this?

The account Voy7 a/k/a "R.Watts" and the IP address with location in Burbank, were associated with accusations of sock puppetry (See:[11])

The "Artmastering" article and all external links were removed, but one link did remain at the "Audio mastering" page for almost 8 months (See: [12] [13]). Then, "Artmastering" was re-posted again by Mike Sorensen as indicated above in early March 2007 (See: [14]), only to be removed for the last time by a Sysop at Wikipedia (See: [15]).

All the aforesaid external links, direct to articles about "Artmastering", the owner Art Sayecki and his studio in Burbank, California.

By his own admission, the interviewer of these "Artmastering" articles, who identifies himself as Scott G, "The G-Man", owns G-Man Marketing (See: [16]).

G-Man Marketing is in the business of consulting on advertising, marketing, positioning (Presumably for web/page rank), branding and sonic branding.

The '"Artmastering" article, for the most part, is in the form of an interview with this mastering engineer, Art Sayecki, the creator of "Artmastering". It had a few brief quotations by well-known audio engineers agreeing with his views.

At the end of this page, there is a list of mastering labs that met "The G-Man's" criteria for professional quality work (See: Mastering Your Music).

This "Artmastering" article, as a reference link at the mastering page, presented a problem for some users. As strongly indicated on the Wikipedia talk page and by the editors that deleted the "Artmastering" page (See: [17]). Some editors considered it a deliberate act of company promotion for the Art Sayecki mastering lab and studio.

I personally thought, that the "Artmastering" article did not meet the criteria for inclusion, since after researching the volume of interviews conducted by Scott G, "The G-Man", I found out that there were many more interviews with Art Sayecki, but no other mastering engineer was ever been interviewed by him (At least not found on the web).

The interviews, that I did find about "Artmastering", were apparently published by low to mid level web sites of which Scott G, "The G-Man" is either a staff member or has an active affiliation (See: Click here).

In addition, Scott G, "The G-Man" is, by his own admission, Art Sayecki's client (See disclosure next to Sayecki's photo [18])

When I asked Mike Sorensen if he could provide more interviews, not by The G-Man, but by other known and reputable journalists, supporting Art Sayecki views on the subject of "Artmastering" (See [19]), he accused me of making a personal attack against him and Scott G, "The G-Man” (See: [20]).

He next accused me of being a "sock puppet account" of another user (See: [21]) and here is what this user said in early March, 2007: [22]).

This unknown user came in that day to apologize to Mike Sorensen for being rude to him in the past and to respectfully request that article not be included on the mastering page again. (See: [23])

Believe me, I am not attacking anyone. I am only making inquiries to establish that the mastering engineer and his studio, Art Sayecki, has proven notability and not placed on the page for pure financial gain.

If Mike Sorensen has never had work done at Art Sayecki's mastering studio, why is he sure that the work at this facility "is great"? (See: [24])

My concern is that some people could get mislead by representations made on an informational page, but in effect being used for advertisement and self-promotion.

My purpose in writing this is to bring this issue to a conclusion, so that Mike Sorensen's proposed inclusion gets adequate review, consideration, discussion and dismissal.

WE NEED A FINAL RESOLUTION (This dispute started in the middle of 2006).

The long discussions and disruptive behavior of some users (See: [25]), one in particular that goes under the name "Biggy P", have made other users angry (See [26]).

We need community and maybe Sysop intervention.

Apparently, "Biggy P" provides support, by ridiculing (See: [27]) or harassing users who don't agree with Mike Sorensen (See: [28] and [29]). He has done this supporting roll in the past (See: [30]).

He also makes accusations of "sock puppetry" to anyone who questions Mike Sorensen views (See: [31]).

Certainly, you will agree that such thuggery, should not have a place on a Wikipedia talk page.

That said, it is not acceptable to link an article to a Wikipedia page that constitutes a conflict of interest, not by its contributor, Mike Sorensen, but by the author of the interview, "The G-Man", which at the very least, appears to be a biased promotion of a mastering engineer's studio facility.

I sincerely hope that we can resolve this issues to the audio mastering page, so that we can all move on.

I greatly appreciate your time. Jrod2 20:40, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dear P.B, thanks very much for your feedback and tips! I condensed the article to make it easier to read at (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Audio_mastering). Best wishes. Jrod2 12:49, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dynamic IP Question

I came here through a comment on Leafyplants page. I was wondering, how would you tell if a traced IP is a dynamic IP? What if you think you found an IP at a workplace? THank you, --Umalee 17:18, 6 April 2007 (UTC) [reply]

Apology...

I am sorry for the way I have acted for over the last couple of days and I will hereby stop vandalising permantly. I was being a complete idiot. And I also apologuise for the things I said before, I had no right to say what I did and I am deeply sorry for any offence I may have caused. Good luck for the future and happy editing. I know under these circumstances we will not need to cross again.

Yours faithfully --213.218.247.91 23:09, 12 April 2007 (UTC) [reply]

You love me?

Sorry but I saw on your user page that says your favourite person on this website is me...I'm flattered but I don't even know who you are and I only just joined this website. Could you do me a favour and change this as soon as possible. Cheers --Jayrowbo 00:45, 13 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What I find interesting is that someone vandalized your page to list Jayrowbo (talk · contribs) about 2 minutes after that account had been created... then two minutes later Jayrowbo's second edit here at wikipedia is to contact you about it. I'd say you got trolled.--Isotope23 16:37, 13 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Active Citizens Transform, added references

I added some references to the Active Citizens Transform article. You might want to revisit the AfD. --Eastmain 22:00, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, whoever you are.

I'm not really new to this wiki, you see, because my friend has a wiki and I use it occasionally, but thanks for the greeting. I'll (hopefully) keep that message in case I need any of the links.

Deathgleaner 02:32, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

P.S.:Are u a sysop on this wiki?

?

could you tell me how the HECK you get to this link:

{{#ifeq:{{{small|}}}|yes|small|standard}}

I've tried everything, yet it doesn't work. (This is from the WelcomeCommittee template). I'm going to put it on my friend's wiki, which can be accessed by clicking [24.19.197.89/wiki here.]

Deathgleaner 02:36, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Right, right...

Sorry ur not a sysop, I'm a sysop on my friend's wiki. I thought u wer a sysop, because the people who greet you on Wikipedia are usually sysops (i think...) Anyway, I have a suggestion for you. Why not provide a link on your user page so people can talk to you by clicking an image or something? I know you have it on your user talk, but some of my friends at Onekopakaspace Wiki have that.

Deathgleaner 02:41, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

P.S.:My ability to write you LONG messages like that proves that I am a very social person!

On THE OTHER WIKI...

...I've put a lot of work (not as much as you, of course) in to my user page. I'm considering copying all the contents of my user page from [24.19.197.89/wiki Onekopakaspace Wiki] into my currently nonexistent user page. Right now, I'm on my friend's wiki, so I'm multitasking at the moment.

Deathgleaner 02:59, 16 April 2007 (UTC) [reply]

I'm glad

...you considered my suggestion to put your talk page link on your user page. It's what I did to my user page @ [24.19.197.89/wiki Onekopakaspace Wiki], but I deleted it. Hey, just because I deleted mine doesn't mean you have to delete yours.

Deathgleaner 03:36, 17 April 2007 (UTC) [reply]

Re:Vandal Warnings

Thanks for catching me on that, simply a mis-click in VP. For an edit like that, however, I still wouldn't use test1-a. It was not a test edit like "hi" or "testing", so I personally would go with {{subst:uw-vandalism2}}. Please help us promote the new user warning messages with the "uw" prefix. Thanks again. Goodnightmush^Talk 00:32, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again. No, the 2 was deliberate. Level 1 assumes good faith, i.e. a true test like "hello". Level 2 is a no faith assumption warning, probably most appropriate for this case. Level 3 could be used for bad faith assumptions, or for something still more blatant or virulent, {{uw-bv}}. So here i would opt for 2. Goodnightmush^Talk 02:34, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]