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Hi, I just logged in an incident on ANI. Check this [1]. I feel that the action by the admin in discussion was harsh, sudden and one sided. Whilst I wait for the discussion on ANI to progress, I am placing a request to you if you can review this independently and give me your feedback. Cheers AKS

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I can digest the archives only in small quantities, so only now came across your precious comment which said it better than my own. Thank you! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:39, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Don't get me grumbling again. One of the worst things to happen to Wikipedia since I started. Worm^TT(talk) 10:17, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Yes. See my user, I closed for the season and will see how long this ice age lasts. I am happy that at least my last-mentioned hope came true, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:47, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

Update: I melted a bit. A person whom I knew died, to put things in perspective, (I wrote an article) - and this cheered me up. Sorry about my wrong procedure in arb clarification, - I thought if other people (not only me) see that something is not fair it's better they say so than the victim does. (I don't feel like asking for mercy for myself, for example.) Teach me, please, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:35, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

First assignment completed

Hi Dave, I've answered the leftover questions which were due for sometime. You can have a look at them, and then we can proceed forward. Thanks. ~TheGeneralUser (talk) 14:22, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

Hiya TGU. They're nearly a year old! I'm afraid my time for Wikipedia has severely diminished, and I won't have time to carry on your course. Perhaps you could have a chat with someone else at WP:ADOPT? Worm^TT(talk) 14:46, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

I might have, but I like your style of managing the courses-having assignment with questions and everything in detail. And there is hardly anyone doing that. I'm not saying to you to be available everyday for looking over the course. For now, the best thing I would suggest is that you can just copy paste the next course after checking those last four answers and I'll let you know later when I complete the next course. Cheers. ~TheGeneralUser (talk) 15:18, 17 January 2014 (UTC)

Well, I'm not likely to have time to mark things quickly, but as long as time's on your side I'll add all the different courses for you to do :) Worm^TT(talk) 14:38, 20 January 2014 (UTC)

Vote

That is intended to be a vote to close, right? [2] --Rschen7754 08:41, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

I didn't do it. Nobody saw me do it. You can't prove anything. Worm^TT(talk) 08:45, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

Topic

Regarding the topic of the unspeakable little things, please tell me one occasion in 2014 where you found my discussion unhelpful, - please not counting where I spoke for Andy, because that will stop once he is free again to design "his" articles as he likes them. Repeating: I am not passionate about the things (not even all my own articles have one), but about people and fairness. I can't say so in the clarification, because I exhausted my permitted number of comments in a discussion by pointing out what I really thought was productive collaboration of editors on "different sides" ;) I would like to see more of that. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:02, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

Gerda, I hereby give you special dispensation to comment further at the clarification - feel free to link to this diff if you are worried that it might be used against you. Unless the motion passes, you are still able to use the word "infobox". Could I ask why you feel that I should not be counting any 2013 actions? Or why you in particular needed to speak for Andy, who is quite capable in speaking for himself? Worm^TT(talk) 12:10, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

I asked only about 2014 because of my new year's resolutions, hoping that my sins of 2013 could be forgiven ;) - I explained above that I am not going to ask for mercy for myself, so I felt Andy wouldn't ask for his. I tried to help him in a situation that looks unfair to me. - I took my last restriction although it didn't make sense and is against my quality standards. I can take the next the same. I don't want special dispensation, but thanks for the offer. Remembering 28bytes. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:23, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

Worm, FWIW, I think it's clear that both Andy and Gerda are wondering where the next blow will come from, and your proposed sanction-tightening on Gerda at the request for clarification is proof of this. It's like saying "Voldemort!" or something. I really don't get this at all; the bullies won the Arbcom case, their nastiness, innuendo and bullying continues, and two damn good editors go around with their hands tied. Yet over half of all wikipedia articles have infoboxes and most are non-controversial and standard for their respective projects. I am having a lot of trouble figuring out why some people are clearly allowed to own articles - or even a whole wikiproject - but other people trying to edit them are accused of WP:OWNership and sanctioned. It's worse than the way poor-quality playground aides give detention to both participants in a fistfight, both the 200-lb bully who threw the first punch, and the 98-lb. stripling who is bleeding on the ground. I cannot express the degree of frustration I am feeling about this situation. Montanabw^(talk) 20:11, 24 January 2014 (UTC)