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it was entirely valid and i have a freedom of press. so LEAVE ME ALONE {{unsigned|Ambition1394}}
it was entirely valid and i have a freedom of press. so LEAVE ME ALONE {{unsigned|Ambition1394}}
*Venting about websites should be done elsewhere, and Wikipedia is not a "press". [[User:Drmies|Drmies]] ([[User talk:Drmies#top|talk]]) 19:02, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
*Venting about websites should be done elsewhere, and Wikipedia is not a "press". [[User:Drmies|Drmies]] ([[User talk:Drmies#top|talk]]) 19:02, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

==please explain?!==
I have spent a long time just explaining the work of artist Marc Quinn and I have no idea why yo have just deleted it all saying that i have a conflict of interests - the pictures and text i added just helped to undertand the ideas behind the work and in no way did anything else - they were an objective analysis of marc Quinns work - in no way bias as you said. Please explain what i have done wrong. Can you please put the text and pictures back up? thankyou

Revision as of 21:05, 23 February 2012

A barnstar for you!

The Barnstar of Good Humor
All rise for the man Mies (at least i will, after i finish writing these lines!), keep those good spirits coming my friend! But i do agree, the situation did merit a good moment of reflection (tackles from behind not as harshly punished as today, that was his untimely sporting demise)... Vasco Amaral (talk) 00:03, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
For this. ;) The Bushranger One ping only 03:50, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Barnstar of decapitation

Inciting a feud
For deception and misquotation on Kelapstick's talk page, has earned Drmies this Barnstar of Decapitation. Bgwhite (talk) 06:15, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Best...Barnstar...Ever...--kelapstick(bainuu) 06:29, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
yes, even better than the one you gave the Mandarax.--kelapstick(bainuu) 06:29, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This one's very nice (well, maybe "nice" isn't precisely the right word), but a reliable source said that the one Drmies gave me was "the best award I've ever seen". BTW, whenever I see a head on a pike, I think of Babylon 5. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 10:16, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Very nice. I appreciate it, Bgwhite. I hope you and Kelapstick will be mortal enemies and will try to snatch each other's Grammies. Mandarax, you're supposed to think of art, not of disposable popular culture. Why not think of Nisus and Euryalus? (BTW, that article is pretty good but lacks a summary of the events in Book 9.) Drmies (talk) 14:40, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Are you taking this barnstar to heart, and attempting to incite another feud? How dare you imply that something which you haven't seen is not art, and dismiss it as "disposable popular culture"?!? But, yes, maybe I've been talking about Babylon 5 too much lately. MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM 21:29, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry Mandarax. Did I tell you I watched half an episode of Dance Moms the other day? If I sink any lower I might land on Io Station. Drmies (talk) 21:51, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

moved /retitled

I've moved the TDA topic ban discussion to AN and retitled it "Topic ban discussion" -- you are, of course, welcome to revert if you feel strongly about the title. Nobody Ent 13:07, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • No, I don't. Thanks. I haven't looked yet--just got back from dropping the kids off--but I hope someone has tweaked it properly. I was very tired when I typed it up (and I guess I was thinking of Bud Lite, for no good reason) but I wanted to get that out of the way. Thank you Nobody Ent. Drmies (talk) 14:37, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:American Crossword Puzzle Tournament

Even on the most narrow reading, this tournament which moved to New York, cannot be solely in the purview of WP Connecticut. Similarly American Elec. Power Co. v. Connecticut actually has relevance to at least nine states, six were defendants, not just Connecticut. This particular SCOTUS case is really more of a US thing than a state thing anyway. Rich Farmbrough, 18:22, 16 February 2012 (UTC).[reply]

Comparing user article edits

Do you know of any tool similar to that used in SPIs which would generate a list of articles on which two named contributors have edited? I need to gather some evidence, if indeed such results reveal any. - Sitush (talk) 18:33, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think...

...we need a separate noticeboard solely for ARS-related squabbling, so that I can unwatch it. 28bytes (talk) 19:33, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The consistent sockpuppet of the Masturbation and Non-penetrative sex articles

Hey, I see that you protected the page User:Lost on belmont. Just letting you know that it's probably best to protect Talk:Masturbation and Talk:Non-penetrative sex as well, since that IP keeps coming back and Lost on belmont keeps requesting that each IP the user appears under be blocked. Not to mention...IPs don't stay blocked long unless they are proxies. 107.22.97.105 (talk) 23:54, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

←I'll take my chances. By the way, I'm about to start an Australian meat pie, they are addictive.--kelapstick(bainuu) 03:32, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, what is non-penetrave sex? ;) Calabe1992 03:34, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
An example of Muphry's law?--kelapstick(bainuu) 03:43, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

(no idea what indentation to use) On Talk:Onan, an editor actually offers something he watched in a porn film as proof of the possibility. I think he was serious, too. LadyofShalott 03:45, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • <rant>Once again, Drmies or Mandarax gets the best headlines on their talk pages. Lady gets to watch a porn film for proof. The latest over/under betting line on when Drmies blocks kelapstick is 30hrs. Drmies is a barnstar whore. I had to snuggle with the wife tonight. Life is not fair.</rant> Bgwhite (talk) 06:06, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • So much excitement on my talk page, but when will I ever make headlines on the Signpost (I get no play there at all) or WR? Bgwhite, I'm glad you at least got to snuggle. My better half was snore asleep (in her soft, plaid jammies) so I had to cuddle up with Austerlitz. Drmies (talk) 15:08, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The above quote made my day. LadyofShalott 21:56, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

User:TheREALCableGuy

I don't want to seem like I'm stalking in any way, but I was checking out the contribs for WITI (TV) to make sure all was good with the article, and noticed a change by 108.94.64.243 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) here that was reversed by another user. Looking at the IP it was blocked two weeks ago as being used as a sock IP by TheREALCableGuy, and then was back in use unnoticed while TRCG served out the one-weeker you gave him with all the signs of his usual edits and ownership of the Charlotte TV station artices. Honestly I was just doing my usual check on Milwaukee TV articles as being in the area and I've made my changes on MPTV (which have not been reversed, so that conflict is ended), but I am concerned he didn't take the username block seriously in any way. Nate • (chatter) 02:56, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thank you for being a valuable helper with me on that particular issue. I've now understood that If i mention anything about him, I face my account being put at risk at being blocked. Thank you for generosity, and please pass on my thanks to Chris and Floquenbeam. Again, thanks a lot and have a good day. Abhijay (☎ Talk) (✐ Deeds) 05:20, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Barnstar of Diplomacy
Thank you for being a valuable contributor with a reasonable solution to the problem I've had in the past few days. Take this as a token of appreciation for your hard work to resolve the dispute I've had. Abhijay (☎ Talk) (✐ Deeds) 05:22, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A. V. Anand

Hi Drmies, could you please offer an opinion on whether this is enough for a proper Wikipedia article? I doubt it, but have found no more information on the net. Thanks! Hekerui (talk) 07:45, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

ANI

I wasn't specific enough with what I wrote. I've clarified it, hopefully. The welcome messages issued by ChocolateWolf have nothing to do with my concern. Calabe1992 17:25, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Holy cow, the initial thread about him that I had been looking for was started by a sock of him. I've merged the ANI thread. What a guy... Calabe1992 18:02, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

{{rating}}

<irony>I was really hoping to have an article citing pornographic material and biblical references at the same time.</irony> But the reason I'm here is Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Suggested_edit_to_template_and_creation_of_tracking_category seems to be an easily resolvable issue for someone who has administrative rights. Oddly enough nobody has decided to give those to me yet, so I was hoping you may be able to do something clever with it. (I'd also suggest having that category as a hidden cat, or return a text based score instead of a number of stars score for decimals other than 0.5, but that bit is more a style issue.)

A further aside. I've created a template in my user space that is simply to stop the code of a signature subst'ing onto a page where I've been, and simply allowing it to transclude. This is stolen from Uncyc, where it has been being used for donkey's ages. Is there a reason why this isn't already a template here? Or if it is already, where would I find it? PuppyOnTheRadio talk 06:30, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion review for The Black Album/Come On Feel the Dandy Warhols

An editor has asked for a deletion review of The Black Album/Come On Feel the Dandy Warhols. Because you closed the deletion discussion for this page, speedily deleted it, or otherwise were interested in the page, you might want to participate in the deletion review. LF (talk) 06:35, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your comments about article on Abdul Qavi Desnavi

  • Thanks for comments on sandbox article, revised again. World cat is Global catalog & reliable for Refs. Regarding notability of book, it is out of contest because WP is not certifying it & we are not here to judge individual books notability. Long list of books of many writers are there. Also WP is not mentioned anywhere that the list of book should not above 10 or 20 or 30. If somebody refers WP for particular field then he should get comprehensive information about it. Regarding references through internet are not available or workable for all cases. Still published books, articles should be considered for Reference.

    Corrections, edits or additions of matter with genuine references are good for the health of Article but deletion of matter unnecessary is not good. If such practice will continue then people will avoid contributing in WP. Thanks & Best Regards

Bpldxb 09:14, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Sorry, but no. You are confusing existence with notability. That other articles have long lists is not a reason to turn every article into a resume. We are not here to give all possible information, fortunately. Drmies (talk) 15:56, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

New developments

Did you know about this?--kelapstick(bainuu) 09:32, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Yeah, what about it? It's generally deemed to be the most useless machine since the nuclear bomb. Did you get one? Drmies (talk) 15:58, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • Well, I heard that a bunch of nuclear bombs could be used to dig a new deeper and wider canal across Central America. Also, somebody came up with this spaceship design. A supply of bombs could accelerate that thing up to near the speed of light. Also, you could toast hot dogs with one. Pretty useful after all. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 07:49, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A Simple Query

[Tone - Monotone (its the internet after all, unless I specifically state otherwise)] I wanna know why when I added the following to Power Rangers Samurai which any observer of said program [and reader of the article for that matter who clicks on the links provided for the actors] can see for themselves to be fact but Acalamari and Ryulong claim it to be a personal opinion and blocked me for a period of 24 hours and threatened to make the block permanent if I ever re-added it to Wikipedia, I suspect them to be bullying me but I am not sure. Could you please help clarify the situation, thanks: Strangely enough for a group of samurai, they are all basically gaijin even their sensei/shogun is portrayed by a New Zealander, for none of them are full blooded Japan-born Japanese. D34throse Darklight (talk) 23:47, 18 February 2012 (UTC) D34throse Darklight[reply]

(talk page stalker) The words you've quoted above are original research, which is not allowed. If you repeatedly put them in when others remove them, it is edit-warring, which is also not allowed. LadyofShalott 00:04, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
He's spammed this message to 20 other editors.—Ryulong (竜龙) 00:37, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Well, that bodes well for his editing life. LadyofShalott 02:27, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
This person is an idiot.. Ryulong, I was going to remove it from your talk page--didn't know I was going to get one too. Drmies (talk) 14:30, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Juggling World Records

Could we please discuss your changes to the Juggling World Records page before you continue? You incorrectly state in one of your edit comments that Wikipedia never uses primary sources. This is incorrect: "While secondary source material is most preferred, primary sources may also be used to report factual material provided the contributing editor states the fact in a manner that does not present an interpretation of the fact (original research) which is not itself explicitly contained in the primary source." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Primary_Secondary_and_Tertiary_Sources This is the justification for using links to publicly available videos for these world records. It has been examined before and was deemed to be a valid use of it. 04:13, 20 February 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thanar (talk • contribs)

  • No. It is impossible to verify any of those records from looking at the video evidence. I have posted a notice on the original research noticeboard, Wikipedia:No original research/Noticeboard, since I have my doubts about these records in the first place. If you wish to have the community weigh in on the video evidence, you can try to do so at the reliable sources noticeboard, but, in the meantime, I can not let this article be little more than a repository for video links. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 04:20, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Talkback

Hello, Drmies. You have new messages at ISTB351's talk page.
Message added 04:37, 20 February 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.[reply]

ISTB351 (talk) 04:37, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Precious

reviewing eyes
Thank you for reviewing in the Contributor copyright investigations/PumpkinSky, you did a lot to clarify! Paraphrasing (I hope not too closely): If everybody who read this looked at one more article it could be over today. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:22, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
following up: it looked to me as if you had a look at Tuskegee Airmen, right? (Remembering the line you approved for DYK: "The calm already contains the catastrophe"), on my user page, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:47, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You are correct: I meant to go back and have a look but didn't. Please note my {{y}/Red XN there--one of the edits is probably too close for comfort for some. Thanks for following up, Gerda. Drmies (talk) 19:25, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oh great and might admin

Concerning Talk:Ulrich Kortz. I'm not sure if the information given is personal enough to warrant removal. If it is, could you use your mighty admin powers to remove it. Bgwhite (talk) 10:35, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Honestly, I don't know. Email addresses are often removed but this person put it there as contact information, on purpose. I'm going to let this one slide but perhaps there are talk page stalkers who know better than me. I will have a closer look at the article, though. Thanks! Drmies (talk) 15:00, 20 February 2012 (UC)

Leon Jordan

Did you know that the stolen shotgun used to assassinate Kansas City civil rights leader Leon Jordan in 1970 was later purchased by the Kansas City Police Department from a used gun dealer, and was issued as a police service weapon for 33 years? I discovered this pathetic stub at AfD and expanded it dramatically. It still needs work, but I would appreciate your opinion. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 17:04, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Costelloe

edit conflict! It was also a copyvio from http://www.cam.org.au/bishops/bishop-timothy-costelloe-sdb.html. Moondyne (talk) 04:02, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Kiyai Hj. Hussein Banjar

Hi Drmies, I'm just letting you know that I contested the speedy deletion of this page - it's not nonsense, but it appears to be in the Malay language. --Bmusician 04:32, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Prophet (company) article

Hi Drmies,

Per your comments at Bgwhite's page, I made some alterations to this article. If you have a chance, please look it over again and let me know what you think. Also, since you have reviewed the article, should you (or I) remove the "unreviewed" template? Thanks!Braedon Farr (talk) 13:25, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Editing page according to NPOV

Hi Drmies,

Thanks for your advice in helping me better contribute to Wikipedia. I definitely want to continue contributing, and of course want to stay within the rules and codes of conduct for the site.

I am sorry if the edits I made to The Orchard were not conform to the NPOV. Could you perhaps point out to me the section you had an issue with? I'd be happy to revise them or simply delete them. However, you changed all the edits I made, and I think some of those were actually informative. Many of the bands in the old (well, now current) version are old and not up-to-date. I wanted to add information to help people learn about the new bands and offerings of The Orchard. It's not just a "digital distribution and entertainment services company" - that's actually not accurate. They distribute music as well as video, and not just digitally but physically also, and they help their artists get their music heard on ads and TV shows, so I wanted to give a few examples. As for the rest, I only took information that was already there and reorganized it or condensed it for a better flow.

I would truly appreciate your help in pointing out what might be too promotional or name-dropping so I can edit it to be more neutral, and so you can approve at least some of the changes I made which I think better describe what the company actually is. As someone who had a hard time myself understanding the differences between artist management, distribution, rights collection, etc., I wanted to share some of the knowledge I've learned to others who might have the same question.

Thanks for your help! Looking forward to hearing back from you.

Di tuolomee (talk) 19:47, 21 February 2012 (UTC)di_tuolomee[reply]

  • I'm speaking somewhat from recollection here--you named a person "award-winning" or something like that in the lead, and that's considered a non-neutral word. There was a paragraph full of names, which usually isn't encyclopedic content (especially not if unverified by secondary sources), and a paragraph that listed commercials for which they did the music--that also is not usually considered encyclopedic content, unless, again, it is verified by a secondary source in a way that makes it notable. To put it bluntly, if a secondary source doesn't mention something (like that) as notable, it's not notable enough to include. Yes, I reverted the lot since it was dispersed over so many edits that I couldn't go in manually (so to speak) and do them one by one. Finally, the links added to the External links section did not meet our requirements (see WP:ELNO), and I removed a few more that were already in there.

    What I find to be a good way is to start with the secondary sources and see what I can pull out of them, rather than write the content (if I happen to be knowledgeable) and then look for the sources to back that up. I hope that helps. Thanks for your note, Drmies (talk) 20:05, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Ok, thanks! That's super helpful. I'll try reworking it using your suggestions and resubmit. Can I just do that, and then you'll check it out again, or is there another way where I can run it by you to make sure it's ok? Thanks again! Di tuolomee (talk) 20:17, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • Sure, I'll be glad to help. It's not really my topic of expertise, though--there's users like User:Michig and User:TenPoundHammer who are much better versed with articles like that. Good luck, Drmies (talk) 21:54, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
      • K, I just posted a new update! I included all the references I had initially and removed any qualitative adjectives that weren't objective as well as the social media links at the end. Can you please take a look and make sure it's alright and sounds naturally informative? And if not, would you mind not reverting again, and just letting me know what I should work on to make it right? I'd rather avoid getting a second "strike" on my edits! :) Still learning here. :) Thanks again for your pointers, I really appreciate you taking the time.Di tuolomee (talk) 00:51, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
        • Well, I think you've done a great job there. The Vimeo link is dead, and whether that would be an acceptable one is not clear to me (but I'm no expert here); that's up to the Reliable Sources Noticeboard, if you want to really make sure. That's not such a big deal, though, given that you've added a number of solid references. Congratulations! Now, a few pointers (I'm an English teacher--it's a professional deformation): put your footnotes outside the punctuation (that is, after the comma, period, etc.), and see if you can't work using citation templates. If you have Twinkle installed (I think that's what I have) there's a button for those templates for easy use; maybe Huggle does it too, I don't know. That will make your citations look great. Well done, Di tuolomee. FWIW: if one is a fan of something, or even an employee of a company, the best way to get the best advertisement on Wikipedia is to (help) write a really good article according to our standards, and this one looks a lot better than it did. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 23:32, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
          • THANKS SO MUCH! I just edited all the references using the templates and you're right, they look so much better. Thanks for the placement tip too. I'm usually pretty good when it comes to that stuff but I didn't know about the references one. Again, thank you so much for all your help! I'll definitely bring all of this to my future Wikipedia page edits/entries. :) Di tuolomee (talk) 00:43, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Barnstar of Good Humor
made me smile In ictu oculi (talk) 04:27, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Ah, thanks. I actually feel bad for that person: if you go through the talk page's archive, you'll see him take issue with himself (his socks) to argue to other editors that that former editor (he) was really misguided, but that there was something to his (own) edits after all. It's sad. Drmies (talk) 04:30, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What?

I could forgive you don't know Jessica Biel, 7th heaven wasn't that popular of a TV show. But Jennifer Garner??? Shame. Shame on you. You need to immediately go out and buy the entire series of Alias.--v/r - TP 16:28, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Question on a user

I'm trying to deal with a new user and could use some advise. The person has been putting Speedies and Prods. They are not using Twinkle. They haven't done a Speedy/Prod in the past day thank goodness. I've gone around apologizing to some of new users who shouldn't have Prods added.

The user does not sign or use summaries. They have been asked multiple times. How would you go about to getting a user to sign and summaries? Bgwhite (talk) 19:34, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Well, sounds to me like they're being disruptive, and such behavior (speedies and all) is usually done be already blocked repeat offenders... But to answer your question, all you can is ask and ask. Signing is not mandatory. I would focus on the disruptive aspect, if disruptive it is--think "vandalism" and "competence." Drmies (talk) 19:36, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Spammer

Hello. The three users reported here are socks of the an Olympic sports site owner. Can please block. Sole Soul (talk) 19:45, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

(talk page stalker)...Added This Report over @ ANI seems to be a lot to block, and should probably be done Globally by a steward? --Hu12 (talk) 21:28, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Puzzled ...

Hey Drmies, I 'spect you've seen my name around, as I've seen yours. I'm puzzled by the Newby* thing; looking back four years or so, that almost looks like a different person. I'm just wondering if he may possibly have some temporary glitch? As someone who's been on various medications over many years, and also been a first-aider and animal paramedic for even longer, I can say categorically that side-effects of one or two medications or injuries can make one's thoughts and so on completely chaotic without one necessarily realising what's happened. I have absolutely no idea if there's any parallel whatsoever here, but something just struck me, on research into past communications, as "out of kilter" for this editor. What do you think? My initial thought was "compromised account", but now I'm not sure at all. Pesky (talk) 19:56, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • I have seen your name, Pesky, and I think we've interacted once or twice--I may have called you "commoner". Are you a Sex Pistols or Motorhead ("No Class") fan? I don't have much to offer here. I did not look back in their history, and it's not really up to us to speculate, but you may well be right. That said, I know at least one WP editor who writes like that and they seem to be functioning properly if oddly. If you are right, that's unfortunate--but WP is not really an equal-opportunity employer, and erratic editing can be disruptive, which I think is what happened hear. I suspect a lot of cases of "I didn't hear that" are either like that or a case of being an asshole (pardon my French). I've dealt with a lot of socks, and sometimes you run into such cases, yes. Thanks for your concern, though, for a fellow human being. There isn't much we can do for them via the internet. Drmies (talk) 23:25, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • Alright Pesky, Drmies is my admin. Go back to Kudpung where you belong. Hmmm, with Chzz no longer editing, are you looking for a secondary admin? Well, you can't have him. He is allll mine. My precious. Bgwhite (talk) 23:54, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
      • Hey now, there's more than enough of me to go around, especially since Moonriddengirl stopped loving me. Hey, Chzz is actually gone? I need to look at his page again. That would be a real loss to the project. Drmies (talk) 02:27, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Hehehe! No need to argue; plenty of granny-hugz to go around (I like any excuse for a hug); Bgwhite, you can share me with everyone else. I'm not proud. Drmies, I'm quite literally a "commoner", as in a person who has rights of common to graze livestock on common land. I take your point about the Newby situation; if there's a temporary glitchy thing there, we can't afford to give it free rein; my comment was really on the basis of "possibly unintentionally trollish" (medical terminology might be "altered state"), so maybe a damage-limitation short-termish remedy (maybe even having to be repeated), but tempering justice with mercy in respect of maybe not letting it muddy the long-term scenario too much. I dunno if I can make that clear. I had a combination of medications a few years back which left me not so much "high as a kite" as "roaring off out of the solar system at warp factor nine" for a while! Very trippy indeed! Quite fun in some ways, but disconcerting in others, and not an experience I'd like to repeat, LOL! Just FYI, I'm an HFA and there are a few editors I recognise as kindred spirits; but that's a different kettle of fish, and has solutions. And also advantages! Pesky (talk) 07:50, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

That user

That vandal was Tile join. It's best to just WP:RBI with these trolls. Good luck! Reaper Eternal (talk) 20:07, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Jan Kromkamp

Hi there my friend,

i have thoroughly cleanedup this player's article, but require your priceless help in the following: could you provide a 100% accurate TRANS_TITLE in the Dutch reference found in the article? I think i could eventually get it, but it would be shabby to say the least :(

Attentively, thank you very much in advance, keep it up - --Vasco Amaral (talk) 22:04, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

For doing what I was too lazy to do myself. Fences&Windows 23:16, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Haha, you're welcome. I did leave an edit summary for future reference--my first instinct was to prove this was a non-notable book and send it to AfD, but again reality got in the way of my intentions. It's amazing to me that the Independent would have written this guy up but they did, and now we all have to live with it. Since you're such a terribly disruptive, die-hard inclusionist, you might as well read the book and produce a decent summary, and get it to DYK! (I've helped get that done on some weird book that someone picked up on--some American evangelist who wrote about his vision of hell, and it was kind of fun.) BTW, odd that an article prodded in October is still around--good thing you ran into it. Later, Drmies (talk) 23:39, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Minimal barnstar of succinct humour

☆

For this. And thanks for the essay too. I was toying with a similar idea a couple of years ago, but due to inherent laziness left it to rot. Yours is better worded, mine would have just become an infinite list. pablo 23:50, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

your wikilove is much appreciated

I will forever remember you as the one who gave me my first barnstar =] For An Angel (talk) 00:17, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

fair enough bro. But...

why is it that mindless trolls are given so much patience when it comes to religious nuttery? Could you run a test at, say, Talk:American Civil War and ask how they "know" all this stuff and whether they were "actually there"? Don't feed the trolls... Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 02:59, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Sure, but I can't call them that--I'm just passing through. If that's really what they are you're better off finding recourse somewhere else: an edit war over a closing isn't going to get you anywhere. I've asked that editor to leave you alone (well, in so many words), and you're probably best off doing the same thing... Take it easy Seb, Drmies (talk) 03:06, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Seb az86556: Oh, so now I'm a troll just because my views are different than yours? Zenkai talk 03:08, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
(talk page stalker)I thought you understood? Calabe1992 03:11, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Well, he called me a "troll" and a "religious nut". I will not put up with such nonsense from him. Zenkai talk 03:17, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
You should both tone it down. LadyofShalott 03:27, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
[ec with the Lady] True. Seb, please don't say such things again. Zenkai, Seb is not calling you a troll because your views are different--I think he's calling you that because of your crusade over one little word. As I just said on the talk page, it would be best if you dropped this. Your comments on the talk page aren't gaining any traction, it appears, and this is getting you nowhere. Editors start losing their patience, edit wars start happening, bad words are flung on my beautiful talk page... Drmies (talk) 03:32, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Today's funny tidbit

This change log is funny... The two edits on March 31. Bgwhite (talk) 07:56, 23 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

you had no reason to delete Problems witha Deviantart

it was entirely valid and i have a freedom of press. so LEAVE ME ALONE — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ambition1394 (talk • contribs)

please explain?!

I have spent a long time just explaining the work of artist Marc Quinn and I have no idea why yo have just deleted it all saying that i have a conflict of interests - the pictures and text i added just helped to undertand the ideas behind the work and in no way did anything else - they were an objective analysis of marc Quinns work - in no way bias as you said. Please explain what i have done wrong. Can you please put the text and pictures back up? thankyou

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