User talk:Guy Macon

"Wikipedia's articles are no place for strong views. Or rather, we feel about strong views the way that a natural history museum feels about tigers. We admire them and want our visitors to see how fierce and clever they are, so we stuff them and mount them for close inspection. We put up all sorts of carefully worded signs to get people to appreciate them as much as we do. But however much we adore tigers, a live tiger loose in the museum is seen as an urgent problem." --WP:TIGER

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Invitation

	Great American Wikinic at Pan-Pacific Park
	You are invited to the second Great American Wikinic taking place in Pan-Pacific Park, in Los Angeles, on Saturday, June 23, 2012! Last year's was a blast (see the LA Weekly blog post on it) and we hope we can do better this year. We would love to have you there! —howcheng {chat} 18:40, 21 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diplomacy
	Thanks for stimulating a discussion between parties in a DR! DavidForthoffer (talk) 16:53, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dispute resolution

Guy, just in case no one else has done it, I wanted to take a moment to thank you for the work you're doing at DRN and to welcome you to the dispute resolution community. Best regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 19:33, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Allow me to second this. You're a great help and you are doing excellent work. Thank you! — Mr. Stradivarius ^{(have a chat)} 14:49, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thirded. I love your prose: "stay and get into a rip-roaring fight that you cannot win".:-) cheersCurb Chain (talk) 22:10, 2 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Heathrow example

For what it is worth, I think you handled a difficult situation with an apposite example, with charm and with friendliness. Backing off is also reasonable. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 17:35, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

You are more than kind :) thank you. Fiddle Faddle (talk) 07:17, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks...

...for your timely assistance on the Jerash/Jordan thing. Both parties seem like genuine contributors and I expect some sort of consensus can be reached - but it's been boggling my mind a bit and I haven't had the time or brain capacity to tackle it on my own. DRN sounds like a great idea. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 09:33, 8 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#Assam.23Etymology

We seem to have reached a stalemate and gone back to square one. Could you please help? Chaipau (talk) 09:43, 16 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Good close on DRN

Dear Guy Macon, I admired your close on the Rape culture DRN for its timeliness, and aptness. Editors working on noticeboards don't often receive positive feedback, so please do know it was admired. Fifelfoo (talk) 09:43, 16 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I managed to completely forget about the open RFC - sorry about that. If the dispute continues after the RFC, may I contact you for help on making a proper DRN? (I've never had to go through any dispute resolution before). Pi.1415926535 (talk) 17:38, 16 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I will be glad to help in any way I can. --Guy Macon (talk) 21:33, 16 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The Anti-Flame Barnstar

		The Anti-Flame Barnstar
		I hereby award Guy Macon the Anti-Flame Barnstar for his resilience and patience in the face of the considerable controversy surrounding the Joe Paterno article and its various trips to DRN and BLPN. That was a lot of heat you had to put up with there, and the article is all the better for how you handled it. — Mr. Stradivarius ^{(have a chat)} 02:36, 17 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please comment on Talk:Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science

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Looking for Same Warning on Other Users Page

Where is the below warning on Arthur Rubin's page? He attacked me on the Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard as well. If he hadn't you wouldn't have removed his comments.

"Please stop attacking other editors, as you did on Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. "

--XB70Valyrie (talk) 08:28, 17 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have placed a warning on his talk page. --Guy Macon (talk) 11:07, 17 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

About the Punisher stuff

Hey, Guy - First, thanks for everything you're doing on DRN. You've certainly been the workhorse of the page over the last couple of weeks. I just wanted to drop you a quick note of caution about your work with Snakebyte42 on this dispute. I've stayed out of the dispute because I don't want to butt in, but I thought I needed to take care of this guy because I'm just that kind of guy. I don't disagree with anything you've said to him, but I just wanted to tell you to try and be gentle because he's only been active on the project for about a week or so. I left him a specialized welcome on his talk page. I know he's got to learn the ropes, but we just need to be careful about how we handle him because his first contributions to the project have been met with resistance, but I think he has the potential to be a valuable contributor, and I really don't want us to scare him off.

Like I said, I'm not getting on your back about it or anything, just making you aware of something you may not have realized. Cheers. Sleddog116 (talk) 15:53, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I will keep it in mind. I always appreciate feedback that help me to do a better job. --Guy Macon (talk) 17:01, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thankee-sai :)

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67.71.2.203

Kindly explain why you deleted the material at the top of my user talk page. I can confirm that I really am Guyovski and all edits listed in that IP address's history, as far as I can tell, were made by me. If I violated some policy kindly refer to it so that I can read it. And also please clarify for me how it is that you saw fit to edit another user's talk page by deleting material you hadn't posted. 67.71.2.203 (talk) 22:19, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, never mind. I had a more careful look and understand your rationale, although I still think a query on my talk page would have been more appropriate than just a deletion. I've replied on my IP talk page if you're interested. I also need help formatting the reply as I'm quite new. 67.71.2.203 (talk) 22:40, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't delete anything, I moved it. User talk:67.71.2.203 is not your talk page. It is the talk page of whatever Toronto Bell Canada customer happens to be assigned to that IP address. Your claim that you own it was harmful to any other Toronto Bell Canada customers who might be assigned that IP address in the future, and therefore harmful to Wikipedia and subject to deletion or moving according to WP:TALKO. You have a user name (User:Guyovski). I suggest that you log on and make your edits under that user name. Please note that Wikipedia:Sock puppetry specifically prohibits logging out to make problematic edits as an IP address. --Guy Macon (talk) 22:39, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

See my follow up right above your reply--we crossed paths. :) Thanks for informing me about the sock puppetry rule, as doing that had never even occurred to me, but I see how perceptions can be inaccurate. So thanks for the info, and if you can help me format the link in the reply on my talk page properly it would be appreciated. 67.71.2.203 (talk) 22:43, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks

Thanks for the BLP work on Joe Paterno. That's tough work on a sensitive topic and I appreciate it. --Jtalledo (talk) 22:31, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate that. Being a Mediator at WP:DRN, while rewarding, involves dealing with a lot of people who are used to getting their way through attacking anyone who opposes them, and it really helps when someone expresses appreciation. --Guy Macon (talk) 22:43, 18 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]