User talk:Verbal/Old01

Tempur-Pedic

Hello. The Popular Culture section of Tempur-Pedic was deleted last month, with a comment that the popular culture was trivial. As this brand is often referenced, usually as a parody of their commercials, I believe it is relevant to include this as part of the entry. I've modified the section to only include non-promotional mentions regarding the popularity of that wine glass test commercial, and userfy'd the rewrite in my sandbox. Editors have approved the new version. Thank you for bringing it to my attention Jilliant (talk) 22:11, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I agree

I was chiefly responsible for this case, and I'm also concerned. The concept was to give him another chance under well-defined conditions. But Guido doesn't seem to have grasped that his community ban was for very real disruption. I'm closely watching this; I hope he moves on very soon. Cool Hand Luke 16:37, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Ok, thanks! I hope I haven't made things worse, as I'd like to see things like this work. In WP it seems if something fails once it is banned for all time, and I have a bad feeling about this as a test case. Best, Verbal chat 16:50, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

I like the theory. I think clear limits would help many banned users. I hope it works out. Cool Hand Luke 17:11, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Ping

You have mail :-) Dougweller (talk) 07:39, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Sorry I didn't reply? I'm seeing other, similar, problems and it's a shame. I wasn't aware of that one, and it sees to be a hard problem. Verbal chat 21:21, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Awesome-

ness. WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules:^simple/_complex 21:16, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Never seen that before. Cheers, Verbal chat 21:19, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Notable

Hi Verbal, Smith is plenty notable (as the creator of the 5-point protocol used in Acupuncture detoxification), easily meeting WP:N, and I'll write up a stub for him sometime. I discussed this with our mutual friend User:BullRangifer, but not on the article's talk page, which would've been the best place. regards, Middle 8 (talk) 09:29, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Speedy of the "Enemies List"

Thanks for tagging that for SD. I was hesitant to do so because it was in userspace and it was just a list... but I think you were right to tag it. Vicenarian ^{(T · C)} 15:37, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

Your removal of the whitelisted lenr-canr.org link at Martin Fleischmann

Verbal, your repeated insistence on removing the Martin Fleischmann link to lenr-canr.org, whitelisted by Beetstra, after a discussion where the copyright issue was raised, is clearly in pursuit of an anti-fringe agenda, rather than legitimate concern about copyright. The copyright issue has been discussed at great length, with many editors agreeing to accept that particular link in that particular article. The last hold-out was User:Arthur Rubin (administrator), who accepted the link when we accepted the addition of a disclaimer about the copy being unverified. Note, however, that concerns about lenr-canr.org's reliability were just as misplaced as were the copyright concerns, and Jayvdb (checkuser, oversight, administrator) specifically checked the document that had been the basis for prior claims of altering documents. Jayvdb also reviewed the copyright issue, and was apparently satisfied, though you could ask him if this is the case. Unless evidence appears that the copyright violation claim is reasonable, you can expect that this will go to Arbitration Enforcement if you continue to insist. --Abd (talk) 04:38, 29 May 2009 (UTC)