User talk:HighKing

I'm on a mini-wikibreak although I check in from time to time. Be aware that I may take some time to respond to comments left here. I get email though.

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You are welcome to leave messages here. I will reply here (rather than on, say, your user page). Conversely, if I've left a message on your talk page, I'm watching it, so please reply there. If your messages are rude, wandering or repetitive I will likely edit them. If you want to leave such a message, put it on your talk page and leave me a note here. In general, I prefer to conduct my discussions in public. If you have a question for me, put it here (or on the article talk, or...) rather than via email.

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Oldunreal Official 227 Patch Link removal

This link must not be removed. I will keep having people add it back from the community as I contact them via MSN Messenger. This links to the official OldUnreal Community patch granted permissions to Smirftsch by Epic Megagames. It is important that this link is seen by old players and new who have played or are just starting to play Unreal (the original). This patch fixes major networking issues in the original 1998 versions of unreal. I don't know who is contacting you about removing this link (namely The Stalwart UK 'TSUK') but this link should be considered a privilege for Wikipedia articles. (providing that most of Wikipedia articles are only based off of fact). You can email my back at jackrabbit@unrealcoop.net if you would like to discuss this further. If not, I will have people spam the royal shit out of the unreal wiki article.

British Isles removal

You appear to have re-started your campaign. Please do not remove British Isles from articles. You know the problems it causes; I thought you had learnt by now. Please stop now before this escalates. 86.153.202.69 (talk) 13:57, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Ah yes. Anon IP addresses making vague threats and insinuations behind a veil of anonymity without actually discussing an actual edit or article. Didn't work before, won't work now. Perhaps if you logged in... --HighKing (talk) 15:49, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Glowworm

Since I am almost certainly correct in assuming that half of this little comedy act is you editing as an IP, I'll say this now - any more, and I won't just block the IP next time. Give it a rest, please. Black Kite 22:11, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Hi, not me - I don't anon edit ever. Feel free to check out the IP.

On another note, the actions by the anon IP's and Tharky amount to a form of censorship. They revert without discussion or providing references as per policy. Makes no difference if I wait for a discussion before making further edits or not - none will be forthcoming. I note here that the anon IP in question even goes so far as to say that my edits are irratating to use his words - not wrong, but irratating. I even note that Tharky has reverted your compromise - again without providing a reference even though one has been asked for on the Talk page. We've tried multiple discussions and compromises - most notably on WP:BISLES recently - and nothing doing. Tharky (and others) find it easier to revert by calling my edits political. Yet I don't have any particular views on the politics - check my edit history - I don't edit on any political matters. But I am interested in accurate usage of this term. So what to do? You tell me? --HighKing (talk) 00:53, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

No doubt BlackKite will tell you in due course, but allow me to do so as well. You don't like the term British Isles. I could hazard a guess as to why, but I won't bother. Regardless, you seem to be on a mission to eliminate its usage from Wikipedia. You dress up this elimination as a need for accuracy; quite laughable. You cause mayhem across the encyclopedia resulting in much wasted effort on the part of other editors trying to sort out your edits. You are persistent in the extreme, to the extent that many good editors simply give up and clear off. You issue ridiculous warnings to anyone who attempts to reverse your edits, accusing them of vandalism and ad hominem attacks. In short, you are a liability to this project. What to do? Direct your energies elsewhere and leave alone anything to do with British Isles. LemonMonday (talk) 11:45, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

I've placed a template warning on your User Talk page for this personal attack and your threats. Funny how there's a growing cabal of anon IP addresses and SPA's that pop up when corrections are made to articles using the term British Isles. I'm sure BlackKite and other admins will realize that I'm very happy to follow policy and process. If you've a problem with my edits, point out the inaccuracy and lets discuss, preferably on the Article Talk page. --HighKing (talk) 14:28, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

HK- you are very keen to label others criticising you as a 'personal attack.' Please WP:AGF. And it is your edits most people are seeing as a form of censorship. It is you that admins have told off for similar edits at various times, and even blocked specifically for them. Sticky Parkin 20:26, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

SP - you are always very quick to jump into someone elses discussions. Your position on condoning personal attacks has already been commented on by me and others in the past. Rather than directing me to AGF, you'd be better off reading up on what constitutes a personal attack, and stop wagging your finger until you have a clue what you're talking about. Comments such as "you dress up this elimination as a need for accuracy" and "you are a liability to this project" from LemonMonday are clearly in breach. Maybe spend you energies looking at my edits and seeing if they're actually wrong - wouldn't that be a novel start! Or try taking a look at the guidelines being hammered out by editors actually trying to make a contribution at WP:BISLES and then put away your knee-jerk reactions and look at my edits compared to editors like Lemons or Tharkys. --HighKing (talk) 20:38, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Revert on Radio Luxembourg

Hi,

You reverted too much here. Please be careful when using automated rollback. Thanks. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 07:18, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Rockybiggs

You have asked for possible motavation on his motives this might shed light on the subject. And in showing you this it will now probably be used as evidence against me in not showing good faith. His Irish scum account says it all to me. BigDunc^Talk 11:18, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

So a known abusive anti-Irish sock-puppet it is then. Thanks BD. --HighKing (talk) 11:46, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

British Isles

Sorry 'bout the outburst HK. I was getting annoyed with DG's bashing of Wikipedia & his (IMO) veering off from the topic. GoodDay (talk) 15:09, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

PS- Have ya noticed the paradox in that discussion? It seems editors who call for the Article Title to be changed? are also calling for the mentioning of how the term British Isles is objected to; and vise-versa. Thus the reason, I claim we have a compromise: article in named British Isles & we have the objections to the term mentioned. GoodDay (talk) 15:25, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

The discussion is too wide-sweeping and broad for it to have any practical or quantifiable results - and I believe this is a tactic being employed rather too successfully by a number of experienced editors. Much better to set a limited scope terms of reference (such as WP:BISLES) and complete the discussions, with recommendations/policy, without getting distracted or drawn into discussions that aren't relevant and are really a soapbox for a set of views. Just my 2c. --HighKing (talk) 16:45, 8 October 2008 (UTC)