Not sure if you're doing this just to be daft or irritating or you genuinely believe it or what, but to set the record straight, as you would have known if you'd spent any time at all reviewing my posts over at Wikipediocracy, I'm not American, I'm English. And quite obviously, just because someone chooses a user name like 'Mighty Morphin Army Ranger', is not an indication that they are, or ever have been, in the military. I don't collect Power Rangers either, if that's where you were about to go next. Truth be told, it's been too long for me to actually remember why I chose it. I suspect it's just because it's cool (and you know it). In summary...Ego, yes, Army, no. Mighty Morphin Army Ranger ( talk) 22:30, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for your ping at here, but I'm not sure if I'm allowed to give comments there based on whether this affects my speech. So I thank you for your kind words about me, but unfortunately for the time being I'm afraid to use my speech in that capacity. Unless you had any other advice to me about that, good luck to you. — Cirt ( talk) 18:27, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
John Carter could you summarize the basis of what's going on, and specifically what you'd value some input about? — Cirt ( talk) 19:56, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
John, don't want to clutter up the motions page, at least not before I understand the exact scope. Some of the examples I was alluding to include:
These three in addition to 3HO are top of the mind recall for me, but I know I've come across a wide variety more in my India patrolling. Our articles on all these are essentially advertorials, but maybe there's some hope. I don't know about the books you refer and I have no idea at all about this space, so my references are essentially how newspapers treat them. If you get the chance, it'd be nice to get your opinions on these and some others like them (w.r.t. the NRM tag). cheers. — Spaceman Spiff 16:56, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
I'm sorry I confused you. What I meant to say was this: in this specific situation, Betacommand is helping the encyclopedia by alerting other editors to problems in various places. If we interpret the banning policy as Belchior90 did, saying that such edits are prohibited by the ban, we're preventing Betacommand from doing something that's unambiguously helping the encyclopedia, so if the banning policy is a rule that prohibits Betacommand from taking this kind of action, we need to ignore that rule in this specific situation. Since Belchior filed an ANI thread against Betacommand for helpful edits, and since Belchior was doing various other problematic stuff, e.g. blanking helpful edits by Betacommand, I considered Belchior to be harassing Betacommand for helping. Basically, the entire statement ("Betacommand is breaking a rule, but the rule prevents him from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, so policy demands that we not pay attention. Stop harassing someone for helping") was directed specifically at Belchior; here I was assuming that Betacommand was breaking the rules, rather than attempting to get into a discussion over whether it were rulebreaking or not.
Hoping this is clear; if not, let me know and I'll try to explain myself better. Nyttend ( talk) 22:54, 27 September 2015 (UTC)
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Do you want to withdraw / snow close the alternate proposal? It's not going to pass, obviously. NE Ent 01:34, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
I have no objection to it being left open, but short of your satisfaction I don't see the point. You must realize that it cannot pass, for one thing it lacks any support and another thing is that another proposal that contradicts it is passing. WP:SNOW applies, being "afraid of letting the processes play out" does not apply. Hard to be afraid of something that is not going to have any effect. I won't be re-closing it but it is pretty much there for your benefit alone at this point. HighInBC 15:02, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
Ya okay. Sorry you feel that way. Hope you get what you are looking for by keeping your proposal open. HighInBC 15:15, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
(Continued from archived thread.) Several editors have told you that it would be best to withdraw this proposal as it has zero support. I'm going to collapse it again now, as it muddies the water. — Martin ( MSGJ · talk) 15:23, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
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I think it might be wisest to leave the drama board alone for 48 hours. I think you made your point, and now you're labouring it. You are not being your usual insightful self right now. Guy ( Help!) 16:07, 7 October 2015 (UTC)
Re: [1]—you're right, it's up to ArbCom what is within scope of the case. The disputes between the lot of you may fall within the bounds of the case, but the case I brought up at ANI (editwarring over an invalid GA nomination) clearly is not—it involves neither Hijiri nor Catflap. Curly Turkey 🍁 ¡gobble! 00:11, 22 October 2015 (UTC)
Er. Just don't. At all. You're not doing any good. Far from it. Begoon talk 16:52, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
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Ice hockey is an example of a
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Look a little closer at his user boxes. The burgundy pornography one.♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:38, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
Yes, you definitely deserved that barnstar for " You are a disgusting filthy liar."♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:35, 13 October 2015 (UTC)
Please compare my talkpage. The radical and also helpful thing would obviously be to remove all the {{hat}} and {{hab}} (if indeed there are any habs) on the page and thus release the content from its dark confinement. But, though I'm sure Gabby can't have wanted it the way it is, I suspect she'll take umbrage if I mess with her page, since I've been warning her and stuff. Sigh. You know, warning her invisibly. Inside at least two hats. Bishonen | talk 15:19, 12 October 2015 (UTC).
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...for the second. When the time comes I will add your comment to the finished product. TC, . Buster Seven Talk 23:47, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
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Exactly. I'm always open to any "Sorry, I lost my cool, and it won't happen again". At this point, other admins. need to be aware that there was communication. — Ched : ? 18:53, 3 October 2015 (UTC) In fact, I deliberately left email as an option in the hopes that they would reconsider their efforts, and be able to communicate with someone they considered to be neutral. Time will tell. — Ched : ? 18:56, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
There's a new editor asking about this on my talk page. He wants to mention Hebrew/biblical cosmology. If there's any advice or help you can offer it would be much appreciated. Doug Weller ( talk) 14:00, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
Hello. When I sent this reply I thought that you were an admin. Sorry for the misunderstanding. HighInBC 17:42, 2 October 2015 (UTC)
please consider removing parts of this, or at least rewording some of it. Discussing an editor's "emotional needs" is not a good idea, especially when they can not respond. — Ched : ? 16:11, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks for your comment, but I was referring to modern Odinism and Asatru as global movements. -- ThorLives ( talk) 00:53, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
Greetings sir, I'd like to invite you to check out the new page I created: Ideas and Contributions of Ghulam Ahmed Pervez, resulting from the discussion/advice/suggestions from all the editors involved in the Parwez discussion (especially yours.) We have a strong consensus on all the major issues now. The bio page and this newly created page are both in a stable state and on the path towards growth. cӨde1+6 LogicBomb! 16:09, 7 September 2015 (UTC)
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Thank you very much for your kind words about me, and your trust.
I truly appreciate it very much.
Your trust and your appreciation for my Quality improvement efforts on Wikipedia means a great deal to me.
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The bibliography is truly magisterial (I wish I knew a few more medieval or shakespearian turns of phrase to complement you further) - if only some of the airheads who inhabit these very very strange corriders could even fathom, that is one hell of a contribution for the status of bibliographies! well done. JarrahTree 23:26, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
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Will you please clarify this ( [3]) for me? Are you suggesting that if I declared my name on Wikipedia I would be protected from unsubstantiated accusations from editors? RO (talk) 22:45, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
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Dear John Carter,
The Article Page, Athanasius of Alexandria, has had all of the Category; "Quotes" removed as they were too many.... The page is now incomplete for Athanasius was a prolific writer of letters and documents...... Apparently quoting a section without an explanation was no good..... However, to me his quotes were self explanatory..... I was asked to fit them into the history or the rest of the page.... This to me would be unusual as they do not fit..... I have suggested a Category entitled: "His Writing"..... where word and explanation could be had.... If I begin again, there is no assurance that it will be kept from being deleted..... Even my understanding of an Encyclopaedia was questioned..... I pointed out I did not begin the Category, only added a little.... My other study is Philosophy and Psychology and have written with Prof Anthony Edwards on pages associated with C.G. Jung.... I want the best for this Article Page: Athanasius.... and am slow to write Synopsis as I think the best is to let the Saint speak for himself...... Some of his writing speak as though they were written yesterday..... He wrote in Greek, Latin and Coptic..... MacOfJesus ( talk) 20:08, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
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@ John Carter: Hello John. Thanks so much for your advice on my arbitration request here [ [5]]. I took your advice and placed in on the ANI board, and was immediately accused of WP:FORUMSHOPPING, even thought I provided the link to your exact recommendation. Can you please explain to the editors there that I am not forumshopping and that I only placed the case on the new board per your advice? The original arbitration request has been since removed by "Liz", so it's only on one forum now anyway. Thanks so much, and sorry this is being dragged out.
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John, please read my reply here. I would also appreciate it if you would strike your accusation, "You assert that you are an employee of the MHS." I absolutely did not say that, if you had noted the FYI thread from the beginning and looked at the article in question. The "expert" I referred to was another user who is a MHS staffer, who openly discloses it on-wiki, and who does not need WP drama. There is some sincere work being done at the MHS to make their materials more widely available to the public and he is on the cutting edge of these efforts. I don't want to see things get fouled up by an editor who insists on adding weak sources and synthesis to an article that had a scholarly focus. (Full disclosure: I worked as a tour guide for the MHS for one season about 20 years ago when I was between jobs and I am currently volunteering my time there for things like this) Montanabw (talk) 04:32, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
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You are listed at that wikiproject; I'm working with a beginning editor who is trying to get through WP:AFC, and has been since May or so. They are getting frustrated, so I'm pinging some of the people on the Elvis list, to see if I can find a subject-matter-wikipedian to help out with the article in question. Topic is one Larry Geller, who was the hair-dresser-slash-religious-advisor from 1964 to 1967ish and then again during the 1970s. There are probably enough refs to justify a dedicated article, or if not, certainly enough to justify a subsection of an extant Elvis article, I believe. Please see User_talk:Keshakoko1, if you have time and inclination to lend a hand with this. Thanks, 75.108.94.227 ( talk) 11:09, 15 November 2015 (UTC)
A continuum of
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To You and Yours!
FWiW Bzuk (
talk) 13:27, 25 December 2015 (UTC)
File:Kissinger Man of the Year.jpg Hello, John Carter.
Henry Kissinger was a
Person of the Year when he was chosen as
Time Person of the Year in 1972 along with with
Richard Nixon.
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WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Happy New Year, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Happy New Year!
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King Mswati III, the monarch of Swaziland, one of the
Monarchies in Africa.
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Depictions of various
deities on the entrance tower of
Sri Mariamman Temple, Singapore, dedicated to the
Hindu goddess of rain;
Mariamman.
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New England clam
chowder
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Hello there! Happy to be writing this newsletter once more. This month:
Some good news: the Wikimedia Foundation has renewed WikiProject X. This means we can continue focusing on making WikiProjects better.
During our first round of work, we created a prototype WikiProject based on two ideas: (1) WikiProjects should clearly present things for people to do, and (2) The content of WikiProjects should be automated as much as possible. We launched pilots, and for the most part it works. But this approach will not work for the long term. While it makes certain aspects of running a WikiProject easier, it makes the maintenance aspects harder.
We are working on a major overhaul that will address these issues. New features will include:
The end goal is a collaboration tool that can be used by WikiProjects but also by any edit-a-thon or group of people that want to coordinate on improving articles. Though implemented as an extension, the underlying content will be wikitext, meaning that you can continue to use categories, templates, and other features as you normally would.
This will take a lot of work, and we are just getting started. What would you like to see? I invite you to discuss on our talk page.
Until next time,
Hello, John Carter.
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The slaughtered swine (1652) by Barent Fabricius, a depiction of a
killed animal
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