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Gamergate Draft Stuff

I'm probably going to be a bit busy tonight and tomorrow, but I figured I'd make a page here to work on the structure. I'm going to try to collect some good sources to get an idea of what the major agreed upon points are, but you can go ahead without me if you'd like :) Kaciemonster (talk) 00:16, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

Nice work man. I'll try to help when I have the chance. Halfhat (talk) 10:44, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

For the record you don't seem like a single-purpose editor, just got a notification about being mentioned on a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Nip_Gamergate_in_the_bud which has already been closed, I think RyuL is just jumping the gun with paranoia. Some of us don't edit as much as he does, so do dedicate a similar amount of time to monitoring an article that is important to us may take up a greater portion of our time and edits, but that hardly makes it our ONLY purpose on Wikipedia. Busier and newer articles by their nature attract multiple edits with back-and-forth to create changes. Our contributions to less busy articles are often lost in that shuffle. Ranze (talk) 10:08, 24 October 2014 (UTC)

Ragweed

Talk:Ragweed#when_did_people_rush_elsewhere_to_avoid_it.3F Please explain why you reverted me, and put that information back into the article. Dream Focus01:26, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

Because you seemed to have been based on original research, maybe I was mistaken, sorry I'm in the middle of some stuff, I don't mean to be rude. Halfhat (talk) 08:40, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

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A brownie for you!

For staying sane throughout recent stuff. DSA510 Pls No H8 06:58, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

Thanks man. HalfHat 08:53, 11 November 2014 (UTC)

Friendly request

Hello there Halfhat! I'm going around Wikipedia trying to clean up some outdated, deprecated, and obsolete code that is being used around the site. I came across your signature and noticed that it is using obsolete <font>...</font> tags. I'd love to help you bring your signature up-to-date, and if you are interested in this, I suggest replacing:

[[User:Halfhat|<font color="green">H</font><font color="red">a</font><font color="green">l</font><font color="red">f</font>]][[User_Talk:Halfhat|<font color="blue">Hat</font>]]

with:

[[User:Halfhat|<span style="color:green">H<span style="color:red">a</span>l<span style="color:red">f</span></span>]][[User Talk:Halfhat|<span style="color:blue">Hat</span>]]

which will result in a 173 character long signature (3 characters shorter) with an appearance of: HalfHat

compared to your existing 176 character long signature of: HalfHat

— Either way. Happy editing! — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(e • t • c)} 17:54, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. HalfHat } HalfHat

• Halfhat, you seem to have appended my suggested code to the end of your signature (and since that would exceed the 255 character limit and there is a stray } in your new signature, I'm guessing you are subst:ing your signature from someplace). You should be able to completely replace whatever you have in your signature box with my replacement code, or revert to what you were using and replace whatever code you have on your signature sub-page with the code I provided. I suggest getting rid of the sub-page, as anyone could edit it and cause you to have a disruptive signature. If you need assistance, ping me and I'd be happy to help in any way that I can. :) — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(e • t • c)} 21:32, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

Don't worry, I was just posting both to make sure I made the change, I've no idea where the stray } came from. HalfHat 21:39, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

• Very nice indeed. :) — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(e • t • c)} 21:48, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

The H-word

No more references or comparisons to anything Hitler, it's inflammatory and unnecessary to make the point you're trying to make; and therefore disruptive. Find another way to communicate your meaning. Dreadstar ☥ 07:17, 26 November 2014 (UTC)