User talk:Fromoutthere

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Chase[edit]

Couple things: 1) it's probably not a good idea to try edit warring with Jimbo Wales, 2) There IS considerable consensus for the redirect, as a look at the talk pages will reveal, and 3) Why the new account? Surely it would be easier to use your existing account? Friday (talk) 20:54, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This is my existing account; I was asked to make one and I did. If you would like to discuss this please do so on the article talk page. I am not "edit warring" as you say. Fromoutthere 20:56, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I wish you would stop edit warring and actually read the talk pages in question. Friday (talk) 21:05, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

FYI (this is probably better suited to this page than the article talk page), the thing that made me consider it edit warring was that you undid Jimbo's edit, rather than discussing it. Then, when you were reverted, you continued to undo the redirect. I consider that edit warring. Friday (talk) 21:32, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You called it edit warring from the get go, so that is not entirely true, is it. I have explained publicly why I disagree, so even if what you said were true I still disagree with you. I am not at war with anyone and hope we can resolve this peacefully, with the people's consensus being realized. Fromoutthere 21:34, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, yes, I did call it edit warring from the first edit, and didn't mean to imply otherwise. Your first edit to the Chase article or talk page was to undo another editor's change, without discussion - usually a pretty good sign of edit warring. The particular edit you undid was likely to stir up trouble, so I investigated further, and looked at your contributions. I saw a newly created account who's very first edit was to undo a redirect done by Jimbo, displaying knowledge of how to use edit summaries. This struck me as, well, odd. Then, when you undid the redirect again, despite being reverted, I became more suspicious - it sure seemed likely to me that you weren't really a new user. Anyway, now that the page in question is protected I suppose there's nothing more to do. My apologies if I overreacted to the situation. Friday (talk) 21:56, 8 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]