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[1] December 2005 – May 20, 2006

Your "User Warning"

Schizombie,

You posted the following "WARNING" on my talk page. If you care to review the posting to which you refer, you will see that I pointed out another editor's jihadist sympathies which I DOCUMENTED. Wikipedia guidelines counsel against assuming bad faith. However, if an editor is trying to use Wikipedia rules in a deliberately mechanical and formalistic fashion for an ulterior purpose, we would end up stifling free debate by not talking about the Elephant in the Room - CAIR-controlled jihadist sockpuppets trying to stifle free expression among the 99% of editors who wish to create and use a good, workmanlike article on a subject of common interest. Your time would be more usefully spent censoring the censors, rather than advocates of real free expression. Sincerely, WikiFlier (talk) 02:25, 15 November 2009 (UTC) P.S.: I have posted this at the top of your page for early attention. Feel free to delete after reading.[reply]

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we would like to remind you not to attack other editors, as you did on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nidal Malik Hasan. Please comment on the contributions and not the contributors. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Шизомби (talk) 04:04, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
How "advocates of real free expression behave," as if it weren't clear enough from the above: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:WikiFlier&diff=326060467&oldid=325944431 Шизомби (talk) 03:04, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

HCOTM

We have a winner!

You showed support for the horror collaboration of the month.
This month John Carpenter was selected to be improved to good article or featured article status.
We hope you can contribute.

--Fuhghettaboutit 12:27, 24 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bumping into each other

Well, it seems we are bumping into each other a bit. About the various lists of film series, I am doing a complete rewrite of those lists offline with a rough draft in my sandbox. If you are interested in the little bit of work I have done, let me know and I will send you the exact locatio of the rough draft. (It is very rough.)
-- Lady Aleena talk/contribs 04:51, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Message?

You're probably right; I should have left a warning. I imagine he was trying to be funny, but it was over the line. Thanks for pointing it out. I'll speak to him about it. Tom Harrison Talk 23:54, 29 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What happened exactly? The page seems to be deleted already.--Jersey Devil 05:13, 30 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Islam

Hi Schizombie,

A project of which you are currently listed as a member, Wikipedia:WikiProject Islam, has undergone substantial changes in the past few days. Your evaluation and input would be appreciated.Timothy Usher 10:31, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Night of the Living Dead

Hey, I've been working on the Night of the Living Dead article for some time now. Would you mind looking over it whenever you get the chance? Thanks. Dmoon1 04:34, 24 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to nominate you for adminship.

Please accept. I've seen your work in the mainspace and in project space, and I must say I'm impressed. You show a great deal of intelligence, insight, and honesty. You refrain from grandstanding, posturing, and the passive aggressive behavior so typical around here. You're very polite and have a knack for getting along with cranks and other troublesome users. I've never once seen you obnoxiously quote policy. Your work on AfD is surprisingly reasonable and levelheaded. Wikipedia needs you as an admin. Just say the word, and I'll nominate you any time you're ready. Erik the Rude 22:52, 25 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I appreciate that and I do try to do the right thing, but I think it might be premature - I haven't been around here all that long. Шизомби 07:34, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You've been here long enough, all right. Seven months of active editing is plenty of time. I don't know your edit count, but it must be in the thousands. You should have the tools. After all, adminship is to be "no big deal," right? You've never offended anybody that I know of and you're impartial, smart, and honest. Do I have to keep singing your praises, or will you accept? BTW, there are people of influence who have been eyeing you as a potential admin. Erik the Rude 13:04, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
He's at about 7,000 edits now. Wait till he hits 10,000. Tisane talk/stalk 02:04, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
That's a very old post to be posting on. I have no interest in adminship! Шизомби (Sz) (talk) 03:13, 23 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Beer poll

Hi! Your vote/opinion on brewery notability is requested here: [2] SilkTork 12:33, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Teresa Gutierrez

Thanks for writing the article.--Rockero 08:31, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Witchfinder General

Hal Raglan has requested a peer review of the Witchfinder General article but has not received any comments. I reviewed the article for him shortly before he nominated it as a Good Article. He posted a message at the Horror Wikiproject talk page, but to no avail. Would you mind critiquing the article for him if you have the time? I'm sure he would appreciate it. Dmoon1 17:57, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My Editor Review

Hi, I'm looking for feedback on my edits. If you have the time could you possibly leave a review or comment on Wikipedia:Editor review/Jersey Devil. Thank you.--Jersey Devil 05:31, 30 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WP:FILMS Newsletter

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Request for comments on Keith Ellison (politician) page

As you have contributed in the past to the Keith Ellison page I notify you of a current request for comments on that page. Your input would be helpful.

  • Talk:Keith Ellison (politician) This is a dispute about where in the article about US Rep. Keith Ellison’s (first Muslim in Congress) ties with the Nation of Islam should be discussed. Whether since they were in the past they can be consigned to a segment enumerating the year of their maximum impact or if such enumerating lessens their impact which is held to be ongoing.07:39, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Al-islam.org#Full online books

Would you take a look at this, please? (They'll just call it vandalism if I edit the article.) --72.75.72.174 13:21, 21 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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20th United States Congress

I was looking for the 20th Congress of the CPSU, but when I typed in 20th Congress it redirected to 20th United States Congress. The edit I made to the lattermost wasn't WP:NONSENSE. Would it be better to edit 20th Congress? Шизомби 15:06, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Sorry, my mistake. I did not understand your intent. We need to create a disambig page to fix this problem. I will try and do so. I suppose there should be one for each Congress, but that will take some effort, and therefore some time. stilltim 23:39, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • Done, give it a try. stilltim 00:27, 23 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Al-islam.org#Redlinks and external references

I hate to disturb you again, but as you can see by the most recent edit reverts, this editor seems to think that popularity on Alexa is the only thing that must be done to satisfy WP:WEB ... there's currently an AfD for one of the other articles they created about a website with nothing but Alexa ranking as a claim of notability ... I've tried adding {{cite web}} references to bloster their claims, but nothing seems to appease them. Thanks for your help again. 72.75.72.174 15:59, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]


What is the precedence on userpages?

RE: Wikipedia talk:Survey notification

Privit User:Schizombie, crajdestvom

I noticed your comments on Wikipedia talk:Survey notification

User:GabrielF/ConspiracyNoticeboard is currently up for deletion.

My question:

I am wondering what the precedence is on deleting userpages which encourage others to comment a certain way in AfDs and on wikipolicy.

Wikipedia:Spam#Canvassing and Wikipedia:User page don't seem to address this particular issue.

I have asked on Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#What_is_the_precedence_on_userpages.3F, ANI [3] and Wikipedia_talk:User_page#What_is_the_precedence_on_userpages.3F.

Thus far, no one has shared any precedence. By precedence I mean, a history of other userpages similar to User:GabrielF/ConspiracyNoticeboard which have survived or been deleted in AfDs. Merry Christmas, Travb (talk) 02:18, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Al-islam.org (second nomination)

Non-denominational Greetings of the Season ... were you aware that this article had gone to AfD? Just a head's up. :-) —72.75.72.174 (talk · contribs) 06:29, 28 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Jefferson's Quran

While I have not found any info on his marginalia I did find some context about why he got the book and other info and I put it here.--Wowaconia 11:59, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Attack Pages

I have opened a request for comment regarding an issue you first brought up last time. I encourage your participation. You can find the disucssion at Wikipedia_talk:Attack_page#Request_for_Comment:_Namespace_And_Definition. Cheers! /Blaxthos 06:59, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please do not delete material from discussion pages

Per the dif [4] you deleted material from a discussion page when you added material. It may have been inadvertent, but if deliberate it would be considered vandalism. Please be careful not to do this. Thanks. Edison 06:41, 25 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Mondo Film?

I do agree that Mondo Films are not Horror but love them anyway. Maybe we could get the regular film project to open up a task force on them? By the way how did you get your name to appear in Cyrillic? Jmm6f488 23:52, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

cool thanks, I'll try it out. Jmm6f488 01:06, 20 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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RE: ILLUMINATUS!

Hi. You were the first one to mention my name in regards to the ILLUMINATUS! comic, so I'm dropping you a note here. 

 My brief foray with Wiki last year was very educational.  The place seemed to be full of amateurs attempting to prove their pro status by being hard nosed, without investigating the facts first.
 I have a few things I will return here to finish at some point, but I got depressed about the news of Wilson's impending death, and holed up for a year.  My BS tolerance is much less after this.
 I have erased my name from the ILLUMINATUS! article (let THEM hunt down the comic if they want to know it...), and have posted images used in Bob's Meme-Orial on my myspace account: myspace.com/icarus_23
 I'd mentioned this on the Talk Pages of both ILLUMINATUS! and Wilson, but the ILL! one disappeared, DESPITE the avowed policy of Wikipedia NOT to tinker with people's Talk comments.  The Wilson one is virtually identical.
 I've already dropped a version of this message to Skiddoo 23 , who first mentioned the comic -- I don't mind it being there, as it was in the 3rd issue, but for some reason I feel it should be more of a mystery....
FNORD
Hi! This is Icarus!, being non-Wiki (I'm not logged in...), saying thanx for the work on the Discordianism page! Keep it up!24.176.20.60 17:25, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Need your help to apply the naming convention for film series

Hi! I know that I haven't been around much in the last year, but I am sort of back now and trying to catch up on things that I left undone when I went on a long unannounced sabbatical from Wikipedia. One of the things that I would like to do it get the film series articles under control. To do that, a few that I have found misnamed need to be renamed according to the naming convention we agreed upon. However, there are those who defend a single word in an article title as if it were sacred, such is the case with a few of the discussions below and the word "trilogy." The detractor(s) for the convention cling to the word trilogy as if for dear life. Could you take a look at the articles in question and give me your opinion on the matter? I would really appreciate your take on this.

Also, the convention we came up with for film series is being discussed further. If you want to jump back into this, please do so.

Thank you for your time. - LA @ 09:16, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Scrabble word lists

While I hesitate to use talk pages as forums, I can explain the TWL/SOWPODS thing here. TWL is used mostly in North America, whereas SOWPODS is used most other places. The major difference is that SOWPODS has many more words, especially two letter words (SOWPODS has 23 more). As a TWL player, I find SOWPODS games largely unplayable and ridiculous because so much strategy is killed by ridiculous two letter words like OO, EE, CH, GU, and numerous others. The strategy of the game is changed drastically by changing which letters can be used for blocking, among other things. Does that answer your question? Oren0 (talk) 17:23, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Just an additional note as to why SOWPODS isn't universally used - there are mostly historical reasons. The OSPD (which evolved into TWL) was created originally in North America in order to provide a standardized word set. It was compiled from several source dictionaries ("standard" desk dictionaries, not unabridged). Meanwhile UK used Chamber's, which contained a lot more words than OSPD and was the original source for the OSW (the game was owned by separate companies in NA and UK, had separate national associations, etc.). SOWPODS arose primarily to provide a common word source for international competitions and combined the two. There has always been resistance in NA to adopting SOWPODS, partly because of all the new words that would need to be learned. Whereas in places with the tradition of OSW there wouldn't be as many new words and SOWPODS was more readily accepted. Gr8white (talk) 21:23, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

NSA versus Collins editions?

They are not the same. The Collins book is basically SOWPODS (see above) and is now the official source for British Scrabble.Gr8white (talk) 21:28, 28 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Temporary Autonomous Zone

Thanks for the fix on that Negativland reference. That looked questionable to me, but I do not know enough about them to justify changing or removing it. Frankly, it was not relevant to the topic, anyway. Thanks for keeping your eyes open, so to speak. Cheers! ---RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 14:54, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Re: Image:Tennierogers.jpeg

Did I enter the rationale incorrectly? Шизомби (talk) 23:29, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No. For the most part, fair use images of living people cannot be used to depict what they look like. Melesse (talk) 05:02, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Notability - Political Parties

Heya - there isn't a policy yet, but we're working on one =) doktorb wordsdeeds 10:34, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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That first link does answer a lot of questions, now I'm curious to see what DailyKOS readers made of him. I hope I'm not still waving my college honors when I'm his age. Excuse the late reply, I'm on indefinite wikibreak. --Mmx1 (talk) 20:49, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Also, you've warned me for "deleting TalkPage content" at Cynthia McKinney - this is actually the result of a bug, not something intended. Thankyou for correcting it. PRtalk 09:34, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

CfD nomination of Category:African American United States vice-presidential candidates

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Good grief -- I've been so caught up in the effort to defend this category that I never noticed that you hadn't been notified about the CFD! I do hope you'll join the discussion (it's been going for more than a day already). Regards, Cgingold (talk) 12:55, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the heads up! Шизомби (talk) 16:49, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks

Oops, considering the court statement I'm working through, calling the Temple of Set satanic is a big mistake. Thanks for the correct! WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules:simple/complex 20:38, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've just got to the part of the brief where he talks about how every single motion he has made has been rejected with no real rationale. BLP certainly prevents me from publicly wondering if her mental illness is strategic or the result of medication lapses. WLU (t) (c) Wikipedia's rules:simple/complex 19:36, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Belva Lockwood

I added the Wells stuff to Lockwood's page, thanks. By the way, please grow up about Bush and conservatives. Bookworm415

I used to be sure that they were the same party...I don't remember what source I got that from, I'm doing a project on Lockwood and have nine books in additions to seventy primary sources and several websites, and I can't find it specifically in my notes. And what I mean by "grow up" is that Bush is out of office and it's time to let go, since you got what you wanted and you have your Democrat in office. Bookworm415

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Please feel fre to ask me any questions about True Crime Comics or other probjects i've worked on that interest you. If you'd rather telephone me, just set up an appointment (usually around 5:00 p.m. Pacific time is best) and i'll be glad to talk. Having said that, i must beg off on long conversations until after May 12th as i am teaching classes and presenting workshops during the next week, and then comes my birthday. After that i will be free to chat for hours, should you wish. However, if the questions are brief, then i'd say this Thursday (day after tomorrow) at 5:00 pm would work. cat yronwode 64.142.90.33 (talk) 02:17, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I'm still formulating my ideas about the paper, so I'm not sure what all I'd want to ask at the moment, beyond wondering if you remember why Aileen Wuornos was chosen as one of the stories for the first issue. Шизомби (talk) 20:49, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Schiz

You haven't chimed in on the name.

[...T]here will be notable topics which are well-documented in reliable sources, but for which no accepted short-hand term exists. It can be tempting to employ a made-up or non-notable neologism in such a case. Instead, use a title that is a descriptive phrase in plain English, even if this makes for a somewhat long or awkward title.---WP:NEOLOGISM

Why don't you and Catherineyronwode pick one so we can get on with it then? Thanks. ↜Just me, here, now … 22:44, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The title is less a concern than the AfD. Шизомби (talk) 03:17, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Okie. I guess we can wait. Thanks. ↜Just me, here, now … 12:09, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
If you can think of a better name now and think it will help with the AfD, I'm not stopping you, I just don't think that's going to do it for the naysayers. Шизомби (talk) 17:26, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
What do you think of the titles listed in my #s 1-3 here: "Talk:Internet homicide#Name"? ↜Just me, here, now … 18:15, 30 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Its AfD is closed. How about "Homicide among individuals who had met online"? ↜Just me, here, now … 19:16, 3 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Craigslist controversies and illegal activities by users

You're correct; when I close an AfD as keep/merge, I leave it to the involved editors to discuss a merge on the talk page. In this case, I have no opinion on whether or not a merge would be appropriate. Hope this helps, –Juliancolton | Talk 13:57, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The merge tags themselves aren't too important, as long as it's being discussed at the talk page. Regards, –Juliancolton | Talk 19:24, 4 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

GA reassessment of The CIA and September 11 (book)

I have conducted a reassessment of this article for the GA Sweeps process and have found one minor concern which needs addressing. You can find the review at Talk:The CIA and September 11 (book)/GA1. Thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 21:11, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Illunge flarous

Cheers for pointing that out, I've fixed it now. There is no policy or even guideline about this that I know of, but generally if all you are doing is correcting small errors (e.g.typos, markup problems or redlinks) in the closing statement then it's fine to do it yourself post closure. Be certain that you aren't altering the meaning of anything (if it isn't clear what something is meant to be, then ask the person who wrote it rather than trying to guess. Basically anything minor and non-controversial along these lines is fine. I very strongly recommend a descriptive edit summary so it's clear exactly what you are doing. Thryduulf (talk) 00:56, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

WP:PORNBIO

I do not necessarily agree with a part of the notability guideline which sets a very low bar for things which a few editors fancy, and which may not represent a true consensus of any large segment of the editorship of Wikipdia. Edison (talk) 03:16, 31 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Re: Geschwind syndrome

Good catch! I am not sure what I was refering to when I wrote that so long and when I had another look through the refs I was unable to find that term. I hence removed it and only kept the ones where I could find sources. Cheers! Calaka (talk) 08:43, 5 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Robert M. Bowman

I've made a note on the talk page. I don't mind if the material is reinserted, so long as it is well sourced. Hut 8.5 16:35, 10 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Film titles with punctuation

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Asian fetish

Would appreciate your continued involvement in the discussion the talk page. Thanks.--Work permit (talk) 04:35, 25 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Aileen Wuornos

I think that my contribution was important and intelligent. Please give me a good reason for deleting it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.165.88.91 (talk) 20:23, 28 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ANSI pron

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Eight Ounce Kitten

Yeah, definitely someone impersonating me. Filed an ANI. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 01:58, 8 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Report on 138.47.24.37 at WP:ANI

Just a heads up. The correct place to report that sort of thing is WP:AIV, not WP:ANI. If you're using Twinkle, clicking the "arv" tab at the top of a user's talk page will help you file a report more easily, but it's relatively easy to file them manual per the instructions at WP:AIV (aside from the relatively high risk of edit conflicts as reports are added and removed). Not a big deal, just a note for the future. —ShadowRanger (talk|stalk) 20:41, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK, thanks. I don't use any apps but maybe I should look into it. Шизомби (talk) 20:42, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

BGAFD and EGAFD

Hi. I've redirected all EGAFD and BGAFD related articles back to their original targets. Unfortunately I think the databases are probably not notable enough for articles in their own right, particularly as the only references to them seem to be from the sites themselves. If that changes in the future then we can restore them. In the meantime having them as redirects will be useful for anyone who wishes to search for related content. Thanks TheRetroGuy (talk) 14:50, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That seems fine. Шизомби (talk) 15:34, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pay attention

I mistyped my edit summary, I meant to say archiving, not merging. I don't need to wait for an RFC to archive discussions that haven't been added to in months or years.--Crossmr (talk) 06:44, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Archiving pages is of course acceptable. It's not clear that you were/are in fact doing that. Your timing in choosing to archive right after an RfC request is questionable. You continue to act on your own wishes and OWN the article. Шизомби (talk) 06:47, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I chose to archive because of the RfC. It is quite likely that it is going to get very long, and the page was already quite long with several discussions on the page that hadn't been added to in months or years. You've been reminded once to assume good faith, I will remind you again. I assume you've been here long enough that you can look at a diff or someone's contrib history and you could have very easily seen that I'd made a new archive and moved the content there and verified that all those discussions were stale discussions. I didn't archive anything (I don't think) that hasn't been added to in the last 4 months.--Crossmr (talk) 06:53, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm glad it's archived and not deleted. I do hope that there is enough substantive new discussion by new editors that the talk page grows. You and some of the other editors have been repeatedly edit warring, and acting without consensus, and in the light of that I find your once again making such large changes without discussing it first to be problematic. I'm not going to revert again, but I'm still not happy about the timing. This is at least a simple, relatively minor issue compared to the other ones. Шизомби (talk) 07:20, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
you find archiving talk on a big talk page that hasn't been added to in months problematic? Wow. Just wow. There is plenty of existing consensus to archive talk pages in those situations and on what to archive. You've now delved into personal attacks by accusing me of edit warring without providing any evidence of such, so I'm going to direct you to WP:NPA and WP:CIVIL. If you can't discuss the issue at hand in a civil manner, I suggest you consider your participation in this discussion. It is a controversial topic and if you can't discuss the content without continually making baseless bad faith accusations, you're not going to benefit it.--Crossmr (talk) 07:35, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'll collect the diffs if you really want, but they're visible starting right there on the first page of the edit history so need I really? There are other editors who are doing problematic edits to the article, certainly; it's chicken and egg as to where it started. It is absolutely a controversial topic, that's been complicating it for years. That's one of the reasons I've been choosing not to be WP:BOLD and change things without discussing them, and as the discussions generally went nowhere, I've made only a few minor edits to the article itself during the course of its existence.[5][6][7][8] I am definitely a WP:DICK at times, a very cross Mr. Schizombie indeed, an unfortunate aspect of my personality I am not proud of, and an unfortunate symptom of my health as well. At other times I am patient and moderating. I don't think I've been at my best at Talk:Asian fetish but I do think I've been very reasonable, provided substantive discussion, explained my positions in detail, and took the time to take the steps necessary to Help the article by contacting Cleanup, WikiProjects, and RfC, since I don't believe any of us there at present are able to work it out. I'm going to bed now. I'll reread NPA and CIVIL per your request in the morning, but honestly I don't think I'm the main source of those problems. I'll be interested to hear what others think. If you can think of other places to post than the ones I did already to "attract more attention from and participation by informed editors" as they say, I hope you will. I'd be very happy if quality comments by a quantity of editors were added to the discussion, and I'm quite willing to change my position given a logical argument. Not that my position is that decided anyway, as I'm still not sure the article merits keeping in any form, despite my having thought it did three AfDs ago. Шизомби (talk) 08:01, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What's that? I can't hear you

My mother said never put beans in your ears. What, I can't hear you, I have WP:BEANS in my ears. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 00:32, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh dear, I really need to stop creating redlinks. WP:BEANS (well, the lede, not the recent counterargument addition) is one of the smartest pages on WP. :-D Шизомби (talk) 00:44, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I make my redlinks subtle. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 03:44, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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So Jclemens reverted and nominated the template for deletion. You may want to head over to Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2009_December_17#Template:Unreferenced_WP to make a comment and/or cast a vote. ɳoɍɑfʈ Talk! 19:52, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I was just posting but there was an edit conflict and then I got the message alert about your comment above. Trying again now. Шизомби (talk) 19:54, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unencyclopedic and Wikipedia:Article inclusion

There are many topics which, strictly speaking, meet Wikipedia's inclusion criteria but are not encyclopedic, and which I would recommend deletion at AFD and which I would not bother creating an article on.

Take an middle school that has a competitive chess team or a choir that travels outside its local area. Several times a year, as these teams travel outside of their city, they will have verifiable, non-trivial mentions in reliable sources, in some cases more than some high schools. Does this make the school Wiki-notable? Yes. Given that there is nothing unusual about this, does it make it encyclopedic? In and of itself I would say not. Now, I'm a realist, and I know WP:UNENCYCLOPEDIC carries very little weight at AFD, but since WP:CONSENSUS can change, including consensus about what should and should not be in the encyclopedia, I sometimes give my say anyways, knowing it will be mostly ignored.

We are fortunate that "encyclopedic" is highly correlated with "notability+verifiability," so by and large. In 2007, there was a failed proposal along these lines, Wikipedia:Article inclusion. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 00:27, 18 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

New Essay

Hi, I wrote an essay here. I'd like to give you first look at it. Please comment and/or edit. If/When you think it is ready, I'll move it into WP namespace. ɳoɍɑfʈ Talk! 16:22, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I think it is a good step. I will add comments to the talk page as they come to mind. Шизомби (talk) 16:43, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Great comments. I did a major expansion to the essay, using most of them. Feel free to edit the essay itself as well. Once we both like it, we'll move it to WP namespace. ɳoɍɑfʈ Talk! 20:42, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
OK, thanks. Might be best to keep it to whatever seems to be the strongest, some people don't like reading anything "long." "Long" online seems to be really short to my mind, and it's also an odd complaint to hear from people interested in writing an encyclopedia, and yet one does hear it. Шизомби (talk) 23:01, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dale Cooper's character appears as a cameo in the first blair witch project game:

I have a copy of the game. I am a fan of twin peaks, it was the most blatent and cool reference I've ever seen in pop culture to TP. He even says the immortal line "Damn fine cup of Coffee, and Hot!"(On "day 2"), after he says this, if the sherrif is present he'll tell "dale" to shut up and will call him a weirdo. That is not independant research, it is a direct cameo. It was the best thing about the game!

Colliric (talk) 20:52, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

thanks for responding to my message. I think you will find that you can play the games if you play them under "software mode" and with windows 2000 compatibility switched on(although it's not really needed. This is a common problem with games designed for 3dfx graphics cards. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Colliric (talk • contribs) 14:10, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, but I'm a Mac user... :-) Maybe I should get an old PC sometime or figure out how Boot Camp (software) works. Шизомби (talk) 14:48, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Unreferenced WP

I think listing pages the template could/should go on would pretty much clinch it. ɳoɍɑfʈ Talk! 17:04, 25 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You might want to move on that soon. Someone could come along and close that TfD any time now. ɳoɍɑfʈ Talk! 03:19, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Now relisted here. Thanks! Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 19:10, 1 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Deviation

Please be informed that your continued deviation from the subject underdiscussion at Wikipedia_talk:No_original_research#Plot_elements is really not appreciated. Debresser (talk) 19:17, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry that a discussion of original research seems like deviation from the topic of original research to you. I don't understand why you weren't answering the questions posed to you by people trying to help. I agree that continuing to try to help you understand, despite your having solicited that help, serves no purpose. Given that you are not engaging anyone in logical argument, I truly hope you will come to some understanding of the issue on your own, as it could only prove further frustrating to you if you don't, I'd suppose. Good thoughts, and best wishes for the new year, Шизомби (talk) 22:19, 26 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dickie Goodman singles

Phew, I've finished the post-AfD mopping. Two options: Merge the singles into Dickie_Goodman#Singles_discography_.28incomplete.29_w.2FBillboard_chart_peak_positions or into a new Dickie Goodman discography article. The former is probably OK. If the discography were in a table it'd be better. Fences&Windows 02:37, 1 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Discography article in table form might work. I'll see what can be done with them. Шизомби (talk) 04:10, 1 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Let me know what you decide and I'll give you a hand. Fences&Windows 17:16, 1 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Soft redirect to Wiktionary

Hello. You recently asked, "When is a soft redirect appropriate for a dicdef?" Per {{Wi}}, a soft redirect to Wiktionary may be appropriate when it is likely that editors will re-create the dicdef page. That documentation suggests using it when a previously deleted page has been recreated. I sometimes suggest it when a deletion discussion has been controversial, though as far as I know there is no well-established consensus for such use. Cnilep (talk) 22:11, 1 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Шизомби (SZ) (talk) 22:13, 1 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation for the Typeface collaboration

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Christ Myth

Hi you were active on the Christ Myth page during the month of december. It would be helpful to everyone if you indicated how you felt the conversation went in December Talk:Christ_myth_theory#Dec_5th_poll. Thanks in advance jbolden1517Talk 11:59, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

ENWP change user name

Could you please respond on de:User talk:Шизомби and q:User talk:Шизомби, while logged into those accounts, to confirm that they are your accounts and that you approve the name change Schizombie → Шизомби on English Wikipedia. delirious & lost ☯ ~hugs~ 15:46, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'll give the pw request another try, but it looks like maybe I used an old e-mail address to set up the de: one. q I can do. Шизомби (Sz) (talk) 16:57, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I took a look but it seems you do not have "email user" enabled on dewp. I did re-send you a password a little while ago for dewp to confirm that there is indeed some email address associated with the account. The account on dewp does have the greatest claim to the user name, even with 6 edits. Confirming de:User:Шизомби is you is where the delay is. I would suggest checking every email address you have used and if it is a hotmail account that was cancelled i suggest re-creation and then re-sending of the password. It can be very tedious but it is just such an interesting name it seems worth trying. I had to do this myself for this account i am writing you from. I have posted the diff from enwq to the CHU request. Good luck.
Alternatively you could plead your case at dewp's user name usurpations for having the enwq account, requesting the change on enwp and having lost the password to the dewp account. It would be subject to the rules on dewp, which i am not so familiar with, but it is worth a try. The account has 5 talk page edits and 1 self user page edit. In theory you would be usurping your own account but if that is what it takes :P delirious & lost ☯ ~hugs~ 21:06, 15 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I may have to try doing that. Шизомби (Sz) (talk) 05:34, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
If you would like to proceed with the name change would you mind filing a request to usurp de:User:Шизомби with dewp's user name usurpations ASAP. They usually are very quick to handle requests. CHU usually is a day or two, certainly less than a week; your request has been outstanding for three weeks now. If you no longer wish to proceed with the rename could you confirm as such. delirious & lost ☯ ~hugs~ 07:46, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

(outdented) Hi Шизомби, your rename is done here on ENWP per your ENWQ account. You should still secure the SUL for the simplest long-term resolution as you do contribute across multiple projects. That would likely mean usurping the DEWP account. If you want any more help let me know. At minimum this means you can remove the "(Sz)" from your signature if you would like. delirious & lost ☯ ~hugs~ 22:42, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unreferenced BLPs

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WP:OUTCOMES again....

You may want to weigh in on the discussion of applying an essay tag. here: Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_deletion/Common_outcomes#Essay_Tag ɳoɍɑfʈ Talk! 00:43, 17 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Off topic but...

I read your words "There are, last that I checked, 122 watchers and about 400 daily page views on average" on the Administrators noticeboard. I was curious, how do you find out such statistics? Meowy 02:26, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NONFACT

Just so you know, Jclemens deleted a section from WP:NONFACT, and IIRC, its a section that you mostly wrote. ɳorɑfʈ Talk! 10:41, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I can't understand why he wants to edit it, but nor do I particularly care to know his reasoning. Шизомби (Sz) (talk) 12:00, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Douglas Fitzgerald Dowd

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Dollar Baby - wiki

Hi,

First of all, I'm not SKSM, but a good friend of his and webmaster of the Dutch Stephen King Fanclub. I've been watching the revisions that were made recently on the Stephen King dollarbaby-wiki.

I understand your point of view, because the films that are in pre-production/production/post-production are not sure to ever get finished at all. There's one thing though: the term 'Dollar Baby' not only refers to films that have been made with Stephen Kings permission, but also to the person who received permission to adapt a certain short story. Therefore, as soon as someone gets permission to adapt a story, he's automatically a 'Dollar Baby'. I think the wiki-page should be as complete as possible, so I actually liked the idea of making a section for these 'unfinished' films.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this.

Best, Danny Stephen King Fanclub Netherlands —Preceding unsigned comment added by HagieRulez (talk • contribs) 09:52, 26 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what to add to what I'd written already. Can you find sources other than the filmmakers to substantiate the payment and verify the existence of the films? Шизомби (Sz) (talk) 17:56, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jack Said - Macguffin

It's perfectly valid addition to the list and not up to you to decide not. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smiddly (talk • contribs) 09:34, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Regrettably, you are wrong on this point and have been reverted by others as well. Please stop trying to promote your film in this way, if you would. Шизомби (Sz) (talk) 16:45, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Is he promoting the film or the review site? I've looked over the contributions and it's not the first time he's linked to that site. Netalarmtalk 18:03, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Both, maybe? But it seems to be more about the film, which itself might be a good candidate for AfD. The only claim to notability for Jack Said seems to be that the accompanying graphic novel got a runner-up for the Pearson Prize (which is not a medal but a certificate and seal). However, the linked source does not indicate that it actually was even that (tried Wayback Machine but it was not archived), and the Pearson Prize is just a teen choice award chosen by 100 students at a Canadian high school! Шизомби (Sz) (talk) 18:11, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The film has received reviews from The Guardian and Time Out (company), both of which are major companies. I've added the reviews of those two companies to Jack_Said#Reception. If you want, you could try an AfD. Netalarmtalk 18:23, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I saw the Time Out one but I don't think I'd seen The Guardian. Yes, both short and quite negative reviews, yet not so negative as to make it a notably bad film, so it's still rather lacking in notability. Another non-blog review is by Little White Lies (magazine)[9] which criticizes its "absent direction" and calls it "cack-handed" and "nonsensical." Most of the less-notable reviewers e.g. [10] (1/5 stars "utterly dreadful") seem to be quite negative as well. It's been a while since I submitted an AfD so I also have to reread how to do that! Шизомби (Sz) (talk) 18:44, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting how he's promoting a lowly rated film. There's an easy way to AfD an article. In the top right corner of your screen, click on my preferences, then navigate to the Gadgets tab on the far right. Under the Editing gadgets section, place a check next to Twinkle. This will enable several tabs for you, and one of them is afd. If you use that. it automates the entire process. There are also several other useful gadgets available. I'd recommend Friendly, HotCat, and Navigation popups. Netalarmtalk 18:50, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I'll be damned. They have Wikipedia on computers now? :-D Thanks, I'll have to try using Twinkle for AfD!

Merger proposal

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Invitation to join WikiProject United States

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Talkback

Hmmm, no, I had not seen that ANI discussion, I'll take a look at it. Thanks.

Well, there's a couple of things. First of all, it's a contentious subject, and a number of editors have pretty established positions. So there is a lot of heat. It's not just me, I would say. I think on contentious subject like this, editors should expect it might get a little heated. That's life in the Agora if you're going to take a contentious position. You don't seem me complaining, at least not an ANI or whatever. We're big boys here.

It's a political fight, I would say, or an ideological or philosophical issue if you prefer. I don't really think that a lot of editors are really so much offended as looking for ways to win the political fight, or at least get rid of a political opponent. That's OK, that is human nature, and if they can make the charges stick, hey: he shoots, he scores.

It's kind of like what, according to some people anyway, is happening to Julian Assange. I lot of powerful people would like to see him put away, but they can't get him, so they're using an incident that, if he was just an average schmoe, would probably be ignored or maybe settled with a quick plea-to-a-lesser-charge and probation, or something. Same thing with John Sinclair in my day. Abbie Hoffman.

On the other hand, as a practical matter, Assange should have probably been more careful if he was going to piss off so many people, and I should be more careful too. So I will try harder. However, you said trying harder wouldn't be enough to satisfy you, so what would you suggest?

Yes, I have used various noticeboards and other things such as RfC's. I've offered mediation a few times, and have been consistently refused. The Wikipedia dispute resolution system is set up on the assumption that, at the end of the day, everyone is trying to get the articles to be the best, so it's based on voluntary cooperation and the assumption that everyone - or at least most editors - will be fairminded, when it comes to things like vetting references and so forth. It kind of breaks down in this kind of situation, so we are more on our own.

By they way, are you Russian? Your English is really good. I've translated a number of articles in from the Russian Wikipedia, you know. Herostratus (talk) 17:21, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well, you make an excellent point. Yes the ammunition point is a good point, as I said above. Not too concerned on focusing on other's misdeeds, except on an ad-hoc as-needed basis or to defend myself against charges. I hate litigation.
Yes I will try to adopt the "Ralph Nader" standard. Nader, like Assange, pissed off some powerful people (in this case, General Motors, which is not a government but was at the time (1960's) the world's largest corporation) with his assertion that that General Motors had deliberately made unsafe cars. Well, GM put private detectives on his tail and combed through every detail of his life. And they found nothing. He's Ralph Nader; he'd never even returned a library book late, smoked a cigarette, said "gosh darn it", etc. let alone anything worse. So is that acceptable? I will try to apply the Nader Standard to my actions in future. OK?
I wouldn't go so far as to say "control oneself" or compare my situation to someone with an uncontrollable neuropsychiatric disorder. I don't see myself ranting like a madman or anything like that. Willing to stand corrected, quotes would help.
Yes, Cyrillic. The familiar, but skewed. You're not alone, Faux Cyrillic is an amusing article. Herostratus (talk) 22:23, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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In appreciation of your thorough, and multilingual, source research. Good work. JN466 19:14, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! Шизомби (Sz) (talk) 20:42, 19 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
And thank you, again, for finding and correcting a blunder of mine. --JN466 16:19, 20 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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