User talk:HelpJazz

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Block Vandal

Hi, please block "Bushbestpotus" a new user who is vandalising pages. Thank you Taj 14:27, 2 December 2007 (EST)

Someone beat me to it. Thanks for the warning though. HelpJazz 14:29, 2 December 2007 (EST)

North America

The empty sections are there to provide a particular layout or guide for the article. Same applies to all the continents. Hopefully they can be filled. Karajou 17:24, 12 December 2007 (EST)

Oh, I didn't realize that was intentional. I thought that nobody had just gotten around to it yet. My bad :) HelpJazz 17:32, 12 December 2007 (EST)

Not your bad at all! I started doing Europe, but other things got in the way. Karajou 17:33, 12 December 2007 (EST)

Genocide

This seems a fairly straightforward issue to me. I have seen no definition of genocide outside of this site's article that requires that genocide be carried out by a government. The UN has not defined genocide this way, and the State Department states explicitly that genocide occurred in Bosnia. [1] Based on these facts, I think the definition in the article should be corrected, and the Srebrenica massacre should be reinserted as an example of genocide. What are your thoughts? SSchultz 21:42, 13 December 2007 (EST)

I don't know enough about Srebrenica to know if it was genocide. I don't see the value in labeling anything as a "genocide". Call it a killing and then work on stopping it. All this arguing over what is and is not a genocide just ends up offending and distracting people -- in the mean time the body count rises. HelpJazz 22:43, 14 December 2007 (EST)

Page move/rename request

Is the movement/renaming of pages restricted to administrators? If not please will you let me know what to do. I believe that Scilly Isles should be renamed Isles of Scilly. Isles of Scilly is the formal name and is used in the UK post office format for the address:

http://postcode.royalmail.com/portal/rm/postcodefinder?catId=400145&pageId=pcaf_pc_search&gear=postcode

If you enter as an example "Hell Bay Hotel", "Bryher" on the above link it gives "ISLES OF SCILLY". Many locals find the name "Scilly Isles" irritating and consider it incorrect. Thanks. Barclay 09:02, 21 December 2007 (EST)

It is restricted, however I am not an admin. A list of admins can be found here; I would ask one you are familiar with, if possible. I agree that they should be moved; if you type "Scilly Isles" into Yahoo, the only results that come up are ones for "Isles of Scilly". HelpJazz 22:51, 21 December 2007 (EST)

I've contacted an admin. I assumed you were an administrator from looking at special:log/block. I find it odd that you're allowed to block people but not move pages! Thanks. Barclay 09:26, 22 December 2007 (EST)

This is (sort of) explained in the Editor's guide and User rights pages, the former of which is linked from the welcome message on your talk page and the latter from the former. Philip J. Rayment 09:35, 22 December 2007 (EST)

User PsycoDolly

I blocked this user for a parody page title "Jesus poo", of which Dolly's content was everything the name implied. She knows exactly why she was blocked as well, so does not require an explanation. Karajou 11:42, 22 December 2007 (EST)

Oh, they played me for the fool. I just looked at their contribs and it didn't show the pages they made that were deleted. Sorry about that. HelpJazz

It's ok. You're not the only one she tried playing "innocent" with. Karajou 11:58, 22 December 2007 (EST)

If you please, contact any of the sysops or Aschlafly in case something similar happens again. We can look up the block history as well as deleted pages and make a determination. Karajou 12:43, 22 December 2007 (EST)

Sure thing. Sorry again. HelpJazz 18:14, 22 December 2007 (EST)

Great block and reverts

Great block and reverts! Well done!--Aschlafly 21:24, 31 December 2007 (EST)

Thanks. That guy really gets on my nerves! HelpJazz 21:31, 31 December 2007 (EST)