User talk:MikaM

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If you have any questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page. Thanks and happy editing, Alphax ^τεχ 04:51, 22 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Christianity

Please review WP:3RR before reverting again. Thanks...KHM03 23:22, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

MikaM: You may want to look at this and this, regarding Wikipedia policy, NPOV, and minority views. Thanks...KHM03 23:27, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

MikaM, please don't keep reverting. Belinda and Giovanni have already been blocked for doing what you're doing now. Thanks. AnnH ^(talk) 23:33, 26 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Adolf Hitler

Please do not edit by revert. Please review Wikipedia:Civility. Thank you. Wyss 06:03, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please be aware that you are now in danger of violating Wikipedia:3rr. Please discuss your edits on the talk page first. Thank you. Wyss 09:02, 12 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Please return to the talk page of this article, as some progress has been made on finding a "new" consensus, between the two versions which are being endlessly reverted, neither of which can truly be described as a "consensus" version. Camillus (talk) 01:05, 13 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hitler

Just a personal request: we should all avoid revert wars as much as possible as it tends to work against one's credibility.

Certain highly POV editors will never back up their arguments or cite good sources, and reject scholarly information when it suits them, yet have pretences of being NPOV and scholarly, preferring to dominate over articles through sheer obstinacy, subtle provocation, or the defamation of other editors. To make things worse, better or more experienced editors are likely to support such characters based on the appearance of credibility they project, failing to see the issue at hand. This routine can be observed over the last seven or eight archived Talk pages at Hitler, for example.

Such POV affairs are a fairly common occurence at Wikipedia. However, since (I assume) our common interest is in keeping articles as contextually accurate as possible, we should keep our distance from them so as to better tackle the successive issues that will keep cropping up over a period of time. We have a better chance of stabilising articles for the better this way, rather than letting rule-abiding weasels get away with patent nonsense, thanks to the hypocrisy and community support they exploit. -- Simonides 02:01, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You have been temporarily blocked for violation of the three revert rule in regard to the article Adolf Hitler. Other users in violation have also been blocked. The timing of this block is coincidental, and does not represent an endorsement of the current article revision. Please feel free to return after the block expires, but also please make an effort to discuss your changes further in the future on the article's talk page (Talk:Adolf Hitler). Sceptr e ^(Talk) 16:59, 17 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MikaM. As you probably know its not true that "other users in violation have also been blocked." However, I do note that Wyss was reported. I left a message for Sceptre to see if he is going to be fair and true to his words above, or if there is a double standard in effect. Thanks for your contributions and principled behavior. Giovanni33 06:52, 18 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your help requested

I was asked to help Christianity with it's discussions on becoming NPOV... there is a debate on Talk:Hermeticism#Reason_for_reverting_Infinitysnake's_changes_2/22/06 on whether it should be stated that some scholars believed Hermes Trismegistus to be a real man. In my arguments I have noted the Christianity article, and I feel that the contributors of it may be able to give some view on how a religion article should be NPOV. I don't know if you will agree with me or not, but your help is requested.

KV 06:31, 2 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Circumcision

The addition you added has been agreed by a consensus of all editors (with the exception of user:Nokilli to be unnecessary, salacious, and perhaps pushing an anti-circumcision POV. Please read the talk page and archive 12 for more information. Thank you. -- Avi 02:01, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, sorry but thanks for the note. I'll go back and read the talk page archives about this and respect the editors consensus who have worked on this page longer than I have. I think there is always room for improvement. My edit was aimed at clarity rather than any concious POV.MikaM 02:05, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]