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I've opened an RfC on this user for his personal attacks: Wikipedia:Requests for comment/ExplorerCDT 2. Since you're on his "nutjob" list, I thought you might be interested. -- Carnildo 23:06, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Do you want me to nominate you for adminship? Dunc| ☺ 23:34, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I've been browsing the latest edited articles and even this talk page and have noticed that you, Mr. Fvw, have a habit of deleting any and all possibly controversial posts before they even have a chance to get off the ground. I don't have a problem with you going on a personal crusade to clean up wikipedia, however if you choose to do so I humbly ask that you don't pretend to represent a service that offers shelter to freespeech. There is no such thing here. The users comment that you just deleted from this talk page was a perfectly understandable response to the wreckless and hasty deletion of a defenition of "bullshitted". The word is a REAL word found in almost any notable dictionary. Why then should it be deleted? My posts on the Bush page, while immature, were just for a laugh, and, if you bothered to notice, the first few times I placed it out of the way at the bottom of the article which I left fully intact. I was merely stating my opinion. It was promptly deleted multiple times. Vandalism? No. Personal opinions, which are supposed to be welcomed here. No harm came from the post, and I certainly wouldn't take any offence to a post such as mine placed on the page of a candadate I favored. In short, please allow my posts and the posts of others like myself. Or at the very least, please don't pretend to encourage freespeech and personal opinions, because you apparently don't.
Welcome to Wikipedia, a FREE content encyclopedia that ANYONE can edit ... unless Fvw doesn't like it? Hmmm.
I have NO, I repeat, NO obligation to reveal my identity to you. Second, where on earth did you get ANARCHISM out of my post? I have half mind to open a RfC on yourself, for what I consider a personal attack seeing as my post was nothing more than a polite suggestion that you might be representing a service that makes false claims to allowing freespeech. I also take offense to your biggoted, pompus, aloof, threeline, dead pan response to my suggestion, as if you are some how above and/or better than me.
No problem, I would expect the same from any other user here. -- Graham ☺ | Talk 01:26, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I a well aware of the criteria, and the things that I have marked were well with in it as I interpret them, and as I have seen it been interpreted. -- Boothy443 05:23, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Hi. Do you want me to protect your user page for some time? -- Chris 73 Talk 09:19, Dec 28, 2004 (UTC)
Sorry if I was a little hasty there - do you happen to know which page it was? I was haunting the new pages section yesterday, and I think I listed three separate ones. I did also list one on the votes for deletion page, however as well. Sorry if my judgement was wrong here. Thanks for your help. Smoddy | Talk 10:41, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Hey, not a problem. I had a good time trying to incorporate both sets of comments! Smoddy | Talk 18:11, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I tell ya, I made the same mental error last night. Maybe it's because we're still in the Christmas season and "wishlist" is on the mind. :) -- Golbez 23:17, Dec 28, 2004 (UTC)
I didn't want to oppose you because time spent on the project isn't really a criterium for mediatiors as it is for admins. Andre ( talk) 03:09, Dec 29, 2004 (UTC)
Hi, could you put the name(s) of the article(s) you're nominating in the edit summary when you update Wikipedia:Votes for deletion? So if you're nominating Foo for deletion, put [[Foo]] in as summary. That way, people who have VfD on their watchlist can jump to nominated articles without having to (re)load the gargantuan VfD page. I added this suggestion to the procedure, so I'm more or less playing ambassador to it :-) TIA. JRM 13:53, 2004 Dec 29 (UTC)
It is optional, that's what the "as a courtesy" is supposed to mean. Nobody's going to haul you in for an RfA if you don't do it. :-) Re missing a lot: not really, as I do refresh my watchlist a lot. To me it's preferable to loading VfD a lot — my browser is unusable for several seconds while it's just rendering the page. (Loading RC a lot is only when I'm on patrol.) Re not worth the effort: OK, if it's too much typing, then don't. As I said, nobody's forcing you. Perhaps I should have amended it to "as a completely optional courtesy to JRM, if you really want to because nobody else finds it useful..." Something like that. :-) JRM 14:08, 2004 Dec 29 (UTC)
WP:RfA. Damn, I was wondering why the other side always won, and then blocked me! Damn shortcuts. :-D
And poll all you want; if nobody can be bothered with this I'll switch to
Lynx for VfD editing. This is uncomfortable, but it wouldn't slow me down as much.
JRM 14:24, 2004 Dec 29 (UTC)
Half a second? You lucky, lucky person. A config problem? I wouldn't know what that would be. VfD just happens to be huge. No, I really need to wait. A lot. And while I'm waiting, none of my other browser windows respond, so no working in the background. I've briefly tested Lynx; it doesn't seem the UI would be a big slowdown. (I'm a big keyboard person, anyway.) Of course, keeping Lynx open just for VfD is a nuisance. And basically, if I see in my watchlist that VfD is updated, I can go there and reload all of the 200K+ VfD page, wait for it to render, then click on a link to take me to an article, but if I can do that without reloading, it would be better. JRM 14:38, 2004 Dec 29 (UTC)
Thanks for the hint. I'll probably be less active when I have to return to work, but hopefully so will the vandals. :) Cmprince 18:39, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Thanks for your suggestion, but seeing as I use mulitple computers to access the pedia, it's a little more useful for me to have it on wikipedia itself. I'll leave it there for now, it's really just there to remind me of who has been uncivil to me, because I'd just forget otherwise. — マイケル ₪ 19:42, Dec 29, 2004 (UTC)
Hi. Could you block that Rob McRae vandal? He keeps deleting the vfd header and won't discuss it. 172.172.35.229 23:07, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
OK, thanks. 172.172.35.229 23:13, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
As a respected fellow (and far more experienced) patroller, could you have a look at this for me? The first line is making me a little nervous - being relatively inexperienced at this game, I am hesitant to get into any situation that could end up with an argument. Thanks for your help. Smoddy | Talk 00:33, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Yeah, I know, it can be a pain. Try looking at Special:Whatlinkshere/Wikipedia:WikiProject_proposal - I had to fix all of those pages! So I'm well aware of how much a pain it can be. If fixing the links is not something that you're into, please pass on it, without feeling bad about it - I'll get to it eventually, when I go to delete the pages. FWIW, I discovered that someone (forget who now) was deleting the redirects without even saving the ones with history! Sigh... Noel (talk) 14:00, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
It is inadequate of you to threaten me with blocking. Have you even read the article in question? I have an evident nationalist trying to sabotage a page which has existed for several years. He has not bothered to sign in and he has not explained why he has deleted four-fifths of the article. And he has started his version by claiming that an ethnic group is "a fabrication of history". If you continue with the threats of blocking, I am going to talk to other users as to how you can be prosecuted for aiding sabotage actions and vandalism and attempts at intimdation. You are evidently trying to aid a vandal. VMORO
You could have taken a look at how "improved" the article was before throwing around wild accusations and trying to act like a policeman. Neither the article in question, nor the integrity of Wikipedia benefits too much if one quotes rules without paying attention to the situation on the ground. VMORO
I've protected Macedonian Slavs, now what's the problem? Dunc| ☺ 15:15, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I just noticed I forgot to sign and I got an edit conflict when I wanted to sign. You beat me to the punch. Nevertheless, feel free to add my sig if I forget. :) Mgm| (talk) 14:21, Dec 31, 2004 (UTC)
-- Emax 15:51, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
What is the difference between my old namespace and my new namespace? Thanks, Happy New Year, Slrubenstein 19:39, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Hey, here's something neat: WP:VFD/Today. -- AllyUnion (talk) 23:10, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Thanks for looking at my speedy deletion request for Grey court school so quickly. I did read the CSD beforehand and it was not clear to me that the page in question did not qualify for speedy deletion. I notice that the redirect page is still there. Its name is just a duplicate of the main article Grey Court School and the redirect clutters things up. I am fairly new to WP and would appreciate your guidance on how to go about requesting its deletion. -- Etimbo 14:44, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Your removal of a personal attack by this person on 14:37, 23 Dec 2004 in Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Robert the Bruce refers. I would request you follow up by reviewing his attack at [1]. I thank you for your kind attention. - Robert the Bruce 16:13, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)
The difficulty with breaking the redirects is that the pages quickly flood Special:Shortpages. - SimonP 17:46, Jan 1, 2005 (UTC)
Then where should I put it?
I put the question both on the polymath talk page and the list of polymaths talk page. But I wanted a place where more people can see... the wikipedia talk page. Where else should I?
Hey Fvw. Thanks for the heads up. Happy new year, Wile E. Heresiarch 00:12, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thanks for the advice on redirects. -- Centauri 01:33, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
OK I think I've done it right - please let me know if I haven't. Also, do you know how to edit the bit right at the bottom of the Sealand article that shows up as {{sealand}} in the code?-- Centauri 01:39, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Why is wikihawk considered nonsense? It's a perfectly valid description of something that happens with great frequency around here.
I was thinking about deleting Machop too. Changed it to cleanup based mainly on Gut-feeling, which of course is a pretty weak argument. It also seems to be under construction and linked to. But again, I would not object a deletion. -- Chris 73 Talk 03:37, Jan 2, 2005 (UTC)
Fvw, It looked like 67.84.138.44 was adding in a whole bunch of pokemon. It's weird, I know, that a pokemon would be named "metagross". But ya gotta keep in mind, all pokemon have similarly stupid names.-- Sp00n17 03:56, Jan 2, 2005 (UTC)
Why do you seek to stop the message of the LORD?
Do you like to mock JESUS? -The Avenger
Not until you accept Jesus in your heart
[[Image:Christ_pantocrator_daphne1090-1100.jpg|frame|left|JESUS THE CHRIST]]
Hi fvw, I was referring to what appeared to be a very heated debate with lots of anons and vandals trying to sway the discussion. The article was deleted, so I'm happy. I've found that entering arguments generally provokes them; also, the Sollog crowd appeared to be getting involved. Happy editing and a Happy New Year. Alphax (talk) 13:38, Jan 2, 2005 (UTC)
Why you clean the sandbox?
Just a warning, you've broken the Three Revert Rule on Norway Scholarship, you might want to be careful with that. -- fvw * 19:36, 2005 Jan 2 (UTC)
I thought you'd fall for that one. I edited the article; I did not revert. Check the history. Dan100 19:49, Jan 2, 2005 (UTC)
You put up the pages needing attention notice. Do you think it's better now? - Omegatron 01:11, Jan 3, 2005 (UTC)
I dont understand why you are trying to delete Marco's page and his links on the Egypt List of Artists!?!?!? He is An Artist in Egypt, better known that Fanous! and he is also a Poet in Egypt!! and he should be included on the list. I dont see why including someone's name on a list that he belongs to is considered Vanity by you?? Abrahams
It seem real personal what you are doing with Marco's page and links
That's all
And I think that coming from Holland, you should not be a person who tried to stop the progress of art, but rather support it.
Dina
Ah, tnx, that goes enormously toward restoring my opinion of you as a colleague. And perhaps i should have looked at the history before considering exactly what interim remedy to apply.
On the other hand, i assume you've learned the lesson of not assuming the context will be stable. And at the risk of preaching (and maybe even preaching to the choir), i'm deputizing myself to make the points to you that
Of course in the long term you are much more able than i to express your real intent. I saw quick amelioration as mandatory, and the intent of my edit was that, not contributing to the discussion at hand or making any point of independent importance. Thus i would welcome your rewrite of your original vote (eliminating my contribution completely if that is acceptable to you). (In such situations, my preferred documentation measure is modifying the sig-line into one dated like
(taking advantage of 5 tildes rendering as just a time stamp w/o any user link), tho i don't claim there's any clear policy calling for the double timestamp.)
Thank you for your quick and responsible reply to my action, and thank you in advance for your attention to this as well.
Jerzy
(t) 20:04, 2005 Jan 3 (UTC)
Yeah I read that but it said its not official policy as of yet. So I figured this might spur someone to finally get that decision made; Its meant to be slightly annoying yet not too obtrusive. That and the radioactive unicode symbol isnt as pretty ;) ALKIVAR™ 20:15, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
To be honest, I killed that article stone dead early. I don't mind him appending a note to the bottom of the VfD page. That will help for future reference. - Ta bu shi da yu 22:52, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Thanks! I was afraid of seeming callous--sad case, poor language skills, etc--but couldn't resist. I feel for Gtabary, beleaguered by that infuriated nutjob on his talk page, I think he could use some support on the RfC (hint, hint).-- Bishonen | Talk 23:24, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
stop putting that faggity yellow shit on my user page, it's fucking annoying 172.149.118.186 02:12, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)
I vandalised nothing! I assume that you refer to the the revert I did to my least favorite person. I stay away from that moron as much as possible. I never edited that page before and hope to never edit it again. unfortunately, I needed some information today. I found the article vandalized. I considered just pulling the information out of the history and leaving the article vandalized, but I figured that I better fix it. I reverted to the last version before the vandalism. Terrible lag occurred and an edit conflict occurred. I gave up trying to fix it because it kept timing out. I gave up and just returned to WikiPedia a few minutes ago.
285 No good deed ever goes unpunished. (Ferengi Rules of Acquisition) Ŭalabio 04:24, 2005 Jan 4 (UTC)
? (cur) (last) 01:03, 2005 Jan 4 Walabio (Reverted vandalism -- I hate the fascist ( literally mean fascist) and am tempted to leave the article vandalized, but I have a civic obligation to repair vandalism.)
? (cur) (last) 00:21, 2005 Jan 4 Wikibancroft64
? (cur) (last) 20:33, 2005 Jan 3 Violetriga m (Reverted edits by 139.142.154.105 to last version by Violetriga)
? (cur) (last) 20:31, 2005 Jan 3 139.142.154.105
? (cur) (last) 19:48, 2005 Jan 3 Violetriga m (Reverted edits by 194.46.92.155 to last version by Hadal)
? (cur) (last) 19:46, 2005 Jan 3 194.46.92.155
I found the edit of Wikibancroft64. After considering leaving the edit, I tried to open the edit by Violetriga. I got frustrated by the latency and pounded the mousebutton like a chimpanzee. A page came up. I hit edit and save. My edit conflict was probably with myself because I got frustrated and hit save repeatedly. I gave up. When I pounded the mousebutton, I must have hit the edit by 194.46.92.155. Ŭalabio 05:05, 2005 Jan 4 (UTC)