[Foundation-l] Pictures of Bangkok riots

Tue Apr 14 12:20:39 UTC 2009

In response to my own email, Google Translate gives me the impression that
you were blocked for flipping out [1] and becoming horrendously uncivil [2]
with your colleagues, in response to the deletion issue.

*1:
http://translate.google.com/translate?prev=hp&hl=en&js=n&u=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fw%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DSpeciaal%253ALogboeken%26type%3Dblock%26user%3DWaerth%26page%3D%26year%3D%26month%3D-1&sl=nl&tl=en
*2:
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FOverleg_gebruiker%3AWaerth&sl=nl&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

-Dan

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 8:10 AM, Dan Rosenthal <swatjester at gmail.com> wrote:

> Waerth;
>
> What were the reasons given for the blocking? Also, I understand if you're
> upset and don't want to upload them any more, but if you like, send me the
> best several of the shots (with caption please) and I will upload them to
> English Wikipedia.
>
> -Dan
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 7:44 AM, Waerth <waerth at asianet.co.th> wrote:
>
>> And as a thank you for the pictures I am being blocked.
>>
>> Waerth
>> > The 13th I took 70 pictures of the fight between the red shirts and the
>> > army. I was in the first lines when the soldiers were shot at and
>> > molotov cocktails were thrown. The 14th I took pictures of the situation
>> > around government house in a more peacefull setting after the army had
>> > disbanded the red shirts.
>> >
>> > Even though I have refused for 2,5 years to add any more of my knowledge
>> > to the Dutch wikipedia about thailand because of the bunch of idiotic
>> > civil servants ruling the place as if it is their own personal fiefdom I
>> > decided to give a couple of pictures.
>> >
>> > Today 5 of the 19 pictures were put up for deletion ... and why ....
>> > because I forgot to say they were CC-BY-SA like the other 14 .... anyone
>> > with a bunch of brains would have asked me at my Talk page to add the
>> > license or would have done it themselves as they could safely assume
>> > that I would give them the same license as the other pictures .....
>> >
>> > But no the damn civil servants put them up for deletion.
>> >
>> > This is really hurting especially since I have done so much for the
>> > Dutch wikipedia and because for the first 6 pictures I was in a
>> > situation of violence. I regret deeply that I have donated these
>> > pictures to the wikimedia foundation and I hope that they will be
>> > deleted. As Soon As Possible.
>> >
>> > And do not suggest Commons. That project is even worse. I would need a
>> > week just to study all of their idiocies.
>> >
>> > Waerth/Walter van Kalken
>> >
>> >
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