Sorry, I only just got your message; I will try to get out and take some pics later this week! Simon Dodd ( talk) 03:40, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
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Hello Bedford. I was recently expanding Willis Roberts and I nomintaed it under the July 5th section but I couldn't tell if I did a fivefold expandsion of it. Could you possibly check if I expanded it fivefold? Thanks in advance. -- RyRy ( talk) 08:09, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
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Congratulations! -- PeterSymonds (talk) 21:05, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
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Hi, and thanks again for doing the Barnstars for the assessment drive. I was reading your user page and was pleased to see you also are from Indiana. I work mostly in the actors and film work groups and honestly am not all that great in starting articles, though I do some dandy clean up and referencing work. There is an article that I wish someone would start, and I have a bit of resource material for it, if someone would. It's on the Wilbur Wright Birthplace. I was involved with the original committee to preserve it after the state decided to close and sell it as a state memorial, although I am not involved now. The site was just a marker and house foundation for many, many years, and my uncle was almost the only person who bothered with it during the 50s and 60s. He mowed the grass, did the upkeep, went to the site to raise the flag on holidays, organized the small yearly memorial ceremonies and worked tirelessly to get the state to put money into it. That finally happened in the early 70s, when the state turned it into a state historic site, built a shelter house, had an Amish contractor build a reproduction of the house, and somehow persuaded the air force to donate a fighter plane for display. It continued that way, operated by the state, until the early 1990s, when the state began divesting itself of some property. They were planning to sell the land and move the house from the actual foundation of Wright's original home to the reservoir near Muncie. That's when our group stepped up. Eventually, we proved that the site could be operated (I think the original contract was for 3 years) and when we fulfilled our agreement, it was turned over to the local committee. It has been greatly expanded and is partially funded by a local food tax in Henry county. As you can see from the website, a great deal has been done with the funds. It operates independently as a tax deductible organization now. Anyway... if you are interested in it, please let me know. The website doesn't have all of the history of the site itself, which it used to have. Thanks! Wildhartlivie ( talk) 23:20, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the wikicookie for the bio drive! yay! question: will there be a summer assessment drive or a fall one?-- FeanorStar7 ( talk) 23:26, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
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Hi, about the DYK's I generally don't approve hooks, I simply find approved ones and then add them to the next update set, I won't use new approved hooks unless I absolutely have to because there are no other approved older hooks, also there are a few hooks that are older but have Image recommendations and I generally leave them so that I can place those in the header with there Images so because of that they might have to wait longer to be featured than plain text hooks but otherwise I always use the oldest approved hooks first and then work my way into the newer hooks as necessary :). Thanks and All the Best, -- Mifter ( talk) 02:52, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
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Bedford, it is my honor to report that thanks in part to your support my third request for adminship passed (80/18/2). I appreciate the trust you and the WP community have in me, and I will endeovour to put my newly acquired mop and bucket to work for the community as a whole. Yours sincerly and respectfuly, TomStar81 ( Talk) 03:09, 9 July 2008 (UTC) |
I happened to notice some recent interchanges at DYK involving yourself. I'd ask you to please try a bit harder to remain collegial, you seem to have gotten into a bit of a feud with other participants, which is somewhat unseemly. Someone with as many DYK contributions as yourself needs to set a good example for others, and that doesn't seem to be the case right now. Thanks. ++ Lar: t/ c 11:03, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Since this seems to be related to this, I'm commenting here. Yes, I approved two of your hooks from that date. I asked, and will repeat the request on his talkpage, that Don not review your hooks anymore (frankly, I think, to avoid COI issues no one from one project should be the main reviewer of DYK hooks and GAs from another user of that project. And things like what's happened here). But you don't have to rub him the wrong way either.
I feel we all get along great at NRHP, and am sad that you have chosen for the time being to delist yourself from it. However, this is purely from the DYK side of things. I really do like your hooks, and will probably add NRHP infoboxes to the articles I reviewed later. So I would like to see more efforts to get along (and, frankly, don shouldn't be reviewing your hooks). Daniel Case ( talk) 03:47, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
It is your choice to take a principled? stand against better referencing and to resign from wp:NRHP in a huff, or whatever, because you take offense, rather than responding reasonably, to my request that you do better in your referencing. I am not in charge of wp:NRHP and have not ever pretended to be, I am just a wikipedian trying mostly to develop articles and lists on NRHPs. I am rather amazed at your commitment to do poorer referencing, simply because i suggested you do better, and to otherwise sabotage the quality of your own articles. And amazed at your taunting and insults. I would have hoped that you and I would have had some better quality of relationship than that, so that you would have elected to respond to some constructive criticism more positively. I believe that i handed you a number of DYK topics of interest to you as a Civil War buff, and that i handed you a great reference resource for numerous of your DYK articles on Civil War memorials. But, whatever! doncram ( talk) 23:19, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
Wanted to let you know not to take my comments on the discussion page personally. I posted Mary Turner's comments for the record because I felt it was approperiate. She really doesn't care who put what where. She sees grandpa with rose-colored glasses and how dare anyone say anything negative about him. *shrug* Lonadar ( talk) 22:36, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
Glad to hear that I didn't screw anything up too badly. Ah, I can see that there is some extra space on the Main Page. I took the entries that had been listed at Template:Did you know/Next update, assuming that that was the approriate number/size. Looking at the history, though, I see that more than six entries do get added. On the offchance that again there aren't enough the next time the update comes around, can some just be grabbed from Template talk:Did you know that have been overall approved? Thanks for your help. -- Natalya 02:28, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
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I'm not usually up in that area of town but I'll see if I can get over there and take a few pics. Speaking of NHL Barnes and Thornburg Building was recently created and it's a NHL. The page is very bare and doesn't even have a NHL Infobox. Since you're the expert on NHL I thought I'd let you know. HoosierState Talk 06:39, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks for putting McDonald Clarke up. Much appreciated. -- Tagishsimon (talk) 08:50, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks, I noticed he missed the credits, you've saved me the trouble of going back through the suggestions page to try and figure it out myself :) Gatoclass ( talk) 08:27, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
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Can u take care of the next update? Gato is probably asleep now, and I'm burned out. -- BorgQueen ( talk) 16:39, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
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A tag has been placed on Image:Cerkov Rizpolozhenia (Kreml).JPG requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section I2 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is an image page for a missing or corrupt image or an empty image description page for a Commons-hosted image.
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I must caution both you and Doncram that you are violating the Wikipedia:Three-revert rule. Please stop your edit wars. There are some legitimate questions about neutrality in the article and I will be editing it in the near future in accordance with WP:NPOV. Thanks. Truthanado ( talk) 03:44, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
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Sorry about the A-class review but the folks at MHR tend to be a bit shy when it comes to opposing - usually if someone asks for improvements, many people will just stay away until it gets fixed. NVm, I've started fixing some of them. Blnguyen ( bananabucket) 05:31, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
It seeems DYK needs an update.-- TonyTheTiger ( t/ c/ bio/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:LOTM) 21:26, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
Rudget ( logs) 11:32, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
For more specific things that fiery incidents, you can use WP:ANI but for more longer term type things, WP:RFC/U is the place to go. Obviously if the DYK regulars-and I have been enjoying some downtime lately on that front-ignore this person's complaints, then that only leaves the issue of getting under your skin. Blnguyen ( bananabucket) 04:01, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
Hello Bedford. You are over 3RR on this article. I recommend that you self-revert. I'm leaving a note at WP:AN3 that I left you this message and I'm going to bed. If you don't revert it's possible that another 3RR closer might block you. EdJohnston ( talk) 05:36, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
--Sorry, I must have overlooked it. It won't happen again. Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 19:15, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
I'll come over to your talk page now for this! Thanks a bunch for the help with DYK - I'm only a rookie with it and it's hard to know exactly what to do. It's been much appreciated! Ryan Postlethwaite 03:52, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
--Thanks for nominating, PeterSymonds (talk) 17:29, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
Beford -- I see you've put the wrestling hook in the next update. Consider swapping the current dark photo for a better photo of the other wrestler -- . I think it will look much better in small size. Cbl62 ( talk) 02:35, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
My apologies, but I've removed from the Main Page this DYK that you approved after someone brought it to my attention. This really isn't the kind of material we should be showcasing on there. :/ krimpet ✽
Bedford, this was totally out of line and has nothing to do with censorship. The *article* itself is fine, if you people over at EN feel that this is encyclopedic enough. Don't know that it would survive in Germany. Anyway, the point was having it under DYK on the front page - that was entirely out of line and if you promoted this yourself, you are violating the rules. We are not a guy's mag, we are an encyclopedia. Grow up. -- WiseWoman ( talk) 17:58, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
I also find it highly inappropriate that you've now referred to me and others as 'feminazis.' Personally attacking others with insulting epithets like this is not tolerated on this project, full stop. Cease this behavior at once. krimpet ✽ 21:19, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Can't you just take a moment and assess the situation logically so I don't have to correct you again? It was 4 admins: Krimpet, SlimVirgin, Sarah and myself.
Now you're screaming like a banshee that it's vandalism? You should have more respect for the 4 admins who felt this was inappropriate and more respect for the project. Go on, reply, have the last word :), you know you want to...
P.S. I'm not a feminist :)
Seraphim♥ Whipp 11:34, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
You finally figured out how to upload {{c-uploaded}} copies? Congrats! :-p -- BorgQueen ( talk) 10:10, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Hello, Bedford. Can you please review some hooks at T:TDYK? There are no hooks without an image for the next update. All the hooks that are currently approved and been verified are hooks with images, and absolutely none of them are hooks without one. -- RyRy ( talk) 12:09, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi, if you're in a disagreement, please don't hint that other editors may be feminazis or extremists, or that not seeing things the way you see them is censorship. This kind of talk may be taken as a personal attack by some editors. No worries about suggesting dumb/meaningless topics for DYK or whatever, this is only a friendly warning about how you handled the disagreement. All the best! Gwen Gale ( talk) 18:13, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
--Congratulations! PeterSymonds (talk) 18:38, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
My position on this issue has been explained on the talk page, for your reference. PeterSymonds (talk) 18:38, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
Just noting that the article I nominated at DYK was List of Blade of the Immortal episodes, not Blade of the Immortal. If you could make the necessary adjustments, that would be appreciated. No problem though. Cheers, sephiroth bcr ( converse) 07:17, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
--Congratulations! PeterSymonds (talk) 13:20, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Based primarily on your myspace blog posting, but additionally based on your onsite behavior (and either would have been sufficient cause) I have removed your sysop bit. Such attitudes and behavior are absolutely unacceptable for a Wikipedia administrator. You can reapply either through me or the ArbCom. If coming through me, I can tell you that I will require a complete and total retraction of the comments you made, as well as a disavowal of the attitudes behind those, and even then I will not re-instate you directly but rather merely allow you to stand for re-election. The ArbCom may view things differently, and be more lenient. If so, I will not stand in their way.-- Jimbo Wales ( talk) 15:44, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
This post seems to be a threat to physically stalk someone. This is one of the most unsettling things a Wikipedia editor can post and is grounds for a community ban. Unless you can either tell the community how this has been misunderstood as a stalking threat, or take it back altogether (through an explicit retraction and hopefully, an apology of some kind), you will very likely be blocked from editing. Gwen Gale ( talk) 18:42, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Please understand, an off-wiki response to questions about
this on-wiki post will likely not be enough.
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(ec) Ok, I'm reading the below and thanks so much for doing this. Gwen Gale ( talk) 21:10, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
When it rains it pours. An old blog post you made is under discussion with a proposal to siteban you. Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Possibly_too_dramatic.2C_but_IMHO_necessary.2C_escalation_by_Barneca I encourage you withdraw that old post with an appropriately brief retraction (that it was misplaced humor, heat of the moment, or something like that). So far I haven't made up my mind, and you may know my record in that area (I cannot discuss it onsite but will discuss offsite if needed). I'd like to suppose the best and extend the benefit of the doubt; please provide the basis for doing so so that I may support you and reduce the drama. With respect, Durova Charge! 18:47, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Perhaps you are already doing this, which is good, but if not, I strongly suggest, particularly if you are feeling angry or pissed off about anything that has happened, that you consider leaving wikipedia for a few days and if possible, try to put this incident out of your mind. Do not post messages in any other site about the incident. In a few days (whatever you feel is best) when you no longer have such strong feelings about what went on, take the time to revisit the situation. Re-read whatever messages you think are necessary and compose any responses/actions as necessary, but do not post them. Instead, wait at least one more day and come back to your response/s and edit as you feel appropriate. All this will give you time to compose your feelings and hopefully respond in a more calm and rational way rather then in a heat of the moment way which I fear may be what you are currently doing. Nil Einne ( talk) 19:38, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
The odd thing is that left-wing philosophy (which I freely subscribe to myself at its more centrist end) generally has as a fairly major plank social liberalism. Essentially that boils down to, do what thou will if it harms none. Maybe it's different here in Australia to the US, but most left wing people here would support heroin injecting rooms, regulation rather than criminalisation of marijuana, and have campaigned for better access to medication for a whole range of things. So I think the people you're dealing with are probably more likely idiots than lefties. :) Unfortunately you get a lot of those on any public forum, in general they like the sound of their own voice in an echo chamber and get hopelessly carried away. (I've often wondered if the fact that the US is one of the few places in the world where the centre left is not in the majority of the population makes the left there more shrill/pushy as they have something to prove, unlike here, Canada or in Europe where it's the right wing who look ridiculous.) I do have sympathy for your position as outlined on the blog today.
In general, where you fell over on this occasion was "attack the posts, not the poster". We have a raft of policies which say, in a more verbose fashion, "just don't do that". Attacking someone on the basis of their gender, race, alleged philosophical views, or any other thing such as religion or sexuality, actually doesn't achieve very much, especially if you don't know the editors' real offline personae, and further risks taking the debate into irrelevancies, and does not aid in avoiding drama. Attacking edits on the basis of their non compliance with policy makes a lot more sense. In this case I'd argue it was actually your edits (subsequent to your first) in this situation which failed the litmus test (putting any proposition is OK once, but when it's rebuffed, that's when you take it to the talk page, not try and war it in), and you should have backed down. The hook was never going to survive, and it wasn't just some militant feminist category that thought so - to allege so merely created drama and escalated the problem well beyond its original scope. I used to work for a government department dealing with internal customers, and that experience was useful to draw on when I got here and became an admin. If it was unacceptable there, it probably would be here, and that's the basis on which I've always proceeded. Orderinchaos 02:24, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
--Congratulations! PeterSymonds (talk) 19:29, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
Hello. In this edit I removed Image:Old man from Tajikistan.jpg from your user box. There is absolutely no indication whatsoever that this Tajikistani man is a bachelor and I found your description offensive. Please find a more appropriate image. Thank you. Viriditas ( talk) 01:08, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
If I saw an older Tajiki man with a beard and one who was clean shaven of the same age I would assume the bearded man, if either, was the bachelor. As for the Tajik's status, his clothing and beard might indicate he's older, he lives in a rural area, or he is an imam. Urban Tajiks are mostly westernized, and they're mostly Persians, so looking "Tajikistani Muslim," simply means he looks like a white guy wearing clothing that indicates he comes from a once mostly Muslim country in Central Asia.
Bedford, there was nothing wrong with your picking this image as a generic bachelor for a silly user box. Drew Carey's show had some running theme about him being a bachelor so he's probably just as safe as the Tajik. Check out my edit history some time, Viriditas, to see if you think I qualify as someone who supports bigotry or sexism or racism on Wikipedia.
I looked through your edit history, Bedford, the inflammatory DYK, which was apparently edited out, and this talk page to find the commotion. I haven't visited your blog (and don't give a shit about it), but have to say the flames and smoke about you seem rather lame.
I'm tempted to ask you to, next time you're accused of so much and desysopped for it, at least try to provide something tantalizing for the shameless snoops among us.
I suspect people will be taking free shots at you for some time, a terrible Wikipedia habit. -- Blechnic ( talk) 19:55, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
I'm looking for folks to help convert Respect Threads to wiki formatting on Project Fanboy: WikiFans. Respect Threads, showcase scans of feats performed by comic book characters and have gained an audience on several comic book message boards. A few other wiki editors and myself are trying to convert them from the unprofessional look of a bunch of posts on a message board to the formatting common with WikiMedia wiki's. To view an example of what we're doing, here is a link to Respect Silver Surfer.
I was wondering if you might have time to contribute your comic book knowledge and/or scans of comic book characters performing feats, and help us out with our Respect Articles project? Millennium Cowboy ( talk) 02:13, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
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Don't accuse someone of censorship when they didn't even remove the hook. And please, put away the spade. You're five miles deep in the lithosphere anyway. Sceptre ( talk) 08:43, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi, the current picture hooks at DYK are uncredited. I assume Albertherring ( talk · contribs) was the creator, but was there a nominator? Thanks, PeterSymonds (talk) 10:19, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
I know you're stressed out about the desysop, and I know that everything on this matter has been happening very fast. I mean, of course I've seen your contribs, I certainly have never seen you snap like this. I mean, it's common sense that going around saying you're better than everyone, etc. is not exactly helping what's left of your reputation. Just calm down, take a few days off of here, and just let everything subside so that this can take care of itself. If it comes to it I'll be the one to block you if the incivility continues, which I'd rather not do. Just take a deep breath and not worry so much about here, you're only going to alienate more and more people otherwise. Wizardman 17:40, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
I noticed your talk page comments and figured I'd direct you over to WT:PW for some relevant debates going on. Feel free to comment. Gavyn Sykes ( talk) 22:00, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
I'm not sure I know what I'm looking for. Is there a problem with references or lack of information or what? HoosierState Talk 00:33, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi. I removed this personal comment.- Wafulz ( talk) 02:33, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Generally, I'd say that "X is a multi-million dollar business" is not exactly the best way to start a Wikipedia article. Overall, the first paragraph reads not so much as "this is a notable company" as "this is a company in expansion which makes a lot of money", with undercurrents of "investment opportunity!!". in a short article like this, splitting an intro was probably not that necessary. Circeus ( talk) 04:12, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
What I meant by wikifying the page is to make it have sections and have an infobox. You need to format it a standard format, much like Nvidia. – Jerry teps 04:36, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi Bedford. I reverted your change from May to War of Northern Aggression that made it redirect to American Civil War instead of Naming the American Civil War. My reasoning is that the other main terms mentioned in the Naming article ( War Between the States, War of the Rebellion and War for Southern Independence) also all redirect to the Naming article. While I understand that War of Northern Aggression is your preferred term, I don't feel it deserves preferential treatment, and redirecting it to the main article could lead to it being perceived as more legitimate than any of the other names I mentioned. Dreaded Walrus t c 10:22, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
If you feel necessarily relevant, you may also wish to notify Krimpet ( talk · contribs), Sceptre ( talk · contribs) and Seraphim Whipp ( talk · contribs) of this decision. Regards, Rud get 15:50, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Court records are public records-- look them up before pontificating! If you are a mason concerned about this you should call the GL of CT and demand to know why they are doing this. Now, stop unfairly reverting me!—Preceding unsigned comment added by P-nice ( talk • contribs)
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Well, you have at least one person's support :) Thank you for all the work that you've done and remaining staunch in the face of breathtakingly stupid criticism. naerii 17:47, 28 July 2008 (UTC) |
It does sort of seem like AN/I and Jimmy ran off the edge on this one. Sometimes the AN/I echo chamber leads to bad decisions before much thought has gone into the consequences. If what I've seen is as much as there is to see (the on-wiki stuff is the most relevant, the off-wiki less so even tho its ill-advised) then hopefully the error will be corrected with time and attention. Avruch T 19:32, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Thank you all. I do love barnstars. I'd rather have sysop than another barnstar, but I appreciate getting a barnstar.-- Bedford Pray 20:48, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
I don't think I'm that familiar with your edits, but when this situation caught my eye I thought I would leave you a note as well. I'm not sure if you were right or wrong in all this, but I feel that you were basically desysoped for what amounts to a content dispute, rather than your usage of the tools. While it's technically a use of admin access to edit the template, it's really not the same thing as "wheel warring", at least not in spirit.
A slap on the wrist may be in order, and I don't completely fault Jimbo for his conclusions here, but it seems too harsh to just remove your bit because of this one incident. -- Ned Scott 03:19, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
-- BorgQueen ( talk) 22:55, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
If the article was about the flag itself, I wouldn't have a problem. But it's just about something that happened in that particular country. We could do the same when we were short of pics for any country, but I think it would look pretty silly if, for example, we put the flag of Britain up there for an article which happened to be about Britain. Gatoclass ( talk) 05:09, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
I cannot support you before the Arbitrary Committee. While I agree that you did nothing wrong and should never have been desysopped, I view the Arbitrary Committee as illegitimate. To defend you before it would itself be an implicit acceptance of its legitimacy, and I am unwilling to give it my sanction in such a manner. I don't expect you to share my views on this matter; I just want you to know why I'm not doing anything lest you think I've "caved" somehow. Kurt Weber (Go Colts!) 14:22, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
User:Ottava Rima has apparently case a vote for you and one for me at AN/I. [1] She apparently has not notified you. Although you are otherwise busy with possibly more pressing issues, I generally like to know when someone acts as my voice, so I'm letting you know what's going on. -- Blechnic ( talk) 16:30, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
I have updated the lead to contain over 1500 characters per your request. -- Admrb♉ltz ( t • c • log) 17:54, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi bedford,
could you review my DYK nom entry for BEL Weapon Locating Radar, expanded on 25th July and let me know if there are any changes reqd, or if it is ready for DYK.... I'm getting anxious coz the review period is expiring. Thanks a ton. Cheers. Sniperz 11 @ C S 17:59, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
-- BorgQueen ( talk) 19:56, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
-- BorgQueen ( talk) 19:56, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
The content is good, but I think you're displaying far too much content per section, which makes it hard to navigate. Might I suggest just the intros to the articles you feature be on the page, sort of like the main page? MSJapan ( talk) 21:33, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
I know I've done that; although not recently. What's this about? Daniel Case ( talk) 15:26, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi, just letting you know someone changed their vote from Accept to Reject, and I believe your case now does not have 4 net accept votes, so it will not be heard. Sorry if I'm totally confused about the process, but that's how I understand it. Anyway, I put a plea of sorts onto that user's talk page to try to get him to reconsider. 207.34.229.126 ( talk) 16:21, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
It's not as if this is the first time you've been called out for breaking policy. Let us never forget your revisionist editing that so agitated IvoShandor that he had to take a wikibreak. To be honest, you are the reason I don't edit much anymore and I find it disconcerting that you were ever made an Admin, muchless in such an overwhelming fashion.
Let us not forget how you champion the use of the term "war of northern aggression" as a valid substitute for "american civil war" and how terrible you were to me when I called you on it, even though I have not ever said one cross word to you. You called me a vandal, and a stalker, and all sorts of unsavory things that certainly fly in the face of numerous wp policies.
And let no one forget how my attempts to bring this to the attention of someone who could do something was largely ignored. I tried MedCab, I tried Wikiquette Alerts, I tried getting advice on IRC for ways to notify anyone who would actually care about your flippant rule breaking, to no avail.
Well, I hate to be as unsavory as this, but apparently not enough to prevent me from saying: HEY EVERYBODY: I TOLD YOU SO.
If I were still active, I'd provide all the diffs, etc. Most of it can be found from the closed medcab case [3], from the wikiquette alerts archive [4] and from the archives of this very talk page. [5] [6] [7]
I am very glad to see you finally did something flagrant enough to get the attention of people who would do something about it--apparently, I simply couldn't scream loud enough. Broooooooce ( talk) 17:01, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
IvoShandor had a history of tantrums, one of the reasons his RfA was rejected, and it was more of the same. You were simply being a friend of Ivo's, and were disingenuous with the MedCab (which I have completely forgotten about). The MedCab was thrown out as being without serious merit; it was due to PC that it was done in the first place, much as this latest fiasco has been due to PC.-- Bedford Pray 17:11, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
Hello.
Given that your RFAR is now very much unlikely to be accepted, and that it generates a great deal of negative exposure for you, I wanted to offer you the opportunity to have me remove it early? You're under no obligation to do so, but given the acrimony that could be generated by leaving the request up for the whole ten days, you might want to consider it. Just give me the word and I can remove it.
— Coren (talk), for the Arbitration Committee, 22:30, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
Hey; I'm sorry for any mixup that may have happened, I did not see anything salvageable but it was also 0200 local time for me last night when I did it.. sorry! -- Admrb♉ltz ( t • c • log) 15:15, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
Don't know which one you are talking about but you've caught me at an inconvenient time as I am just about to hit the hay. Let me know which triple you are referring to and I'll take a look at it tomorrow if it hasn't been promoted by then. Gatoclass ( talk) 15:52, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi, Bedford. I see the discussion on Cheonhado. I think it is impending to be discarded because of the creation date and a lack of source for expansion. Due to several Romanizations being applied to Korean subjects, you could not find English sources with "Cheonhado" but you could see "Ch'onhado" or "Ch'ŏnhado has fair amounts of English sources. However my writing speed is very slow, so could you expand the content with these if you have a time? [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] Thanks. -- Caspian blue ( talk) 16:23, 31 July 2008 (UTC)