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Tx for supporting my Arb motion. Lately it occurred to me however the crux of the problem was probably not so much kafkaeske conditions being imposed on someone, but that person unscrupulously imposing them on others. No amount of arbcom remedy (rewrites) would probably change that.
I had hoped at least ArbCom would have reminded the person that also remedy 3.3 of the infoboxes case is still in force (no battleground behaviour!). Maybe some day the person understands. Maybe not. But from my side, no regrets the motion has been canned. -- Francis Schonken ( talk) 16:00, 31 October 2014 (UTC)
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The picture of Wotton House on Commons for which you reverted my change is of the one in Surrey. It should not be given the category Wotton House because that one is in Buckinghamshire. Thats why I removed it. I suggest you do now. Plucas58 ( talk) 17:10, 7 November 2014 (UTC)
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Any idea why they are missing on these dates? Did I do somethng by mistake to knock them out? I don't want to bother you unnecessarily but it seems a bit odd to me. Si Trew ( talk) 16:19, 8 November 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing the RfD template at the Awake! redirect. Twinkle failed to automatically add the template, and it's been so long since I've done it manually that I'd forgotten which template was the right one.-- Jeffro77 ( talk) 07:44, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks for that revert, I must have slipped and saved it by mistake, was not my intention to subvert the discussion. Si Trew ( talk) 08:57, 12 November 2014 (UTC)
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Hey Thryduulf, I just wanted to reach out and say thank you for taking the time to analyze the status of the huge amount of redirects that I had nominated. At this time, I have nothing to debate or add to your comments. (However, that may be subject to change if I have more time, or if I think of something else.) I also wanted to come here to say ... if you believe that my nomination would be better off going through the RfC process in one way or another, I will in no way oppose. (I thought that the technical complications behind these redirects would have been merit enough for the majority of these to be clearly deleted, so thus, I didn't nominate then separately. [Though I was unsure about nominating '', considering that its usefulness is blatantly obvious, but ended up nominating it anyways since it falls in the scope of my concern regarding all of the redirects I nominated.] However, I also believe that if one person thinks this way, then there are most likely others who think the same.) Steel1943 ( talk) 00:27, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
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I have proposed a closure to the dispute as most parties seem to have understand the opposing views and simply disagree with them and there appears to be a consensus, as an uninvolved editor I would appreciate you weighing in here. SPACKlick ( talk) 02:12, 29 November 2014 (UTC)
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dear Thry,
Am I just my usual idiot or every time I go to edit section I get the whole page for that day (at RfD) not just the section. That is a change. It is not that I cannot be bothered to track it – I shall – but the usual business if you edit a section is that it edits a section, not the entire section.
I make it plain. Editing an entry on "Fitzrovia" on "12 December 2014" does not lead you to "2014_December_12#Fitzrovia". Call me mr stupid but I spend most of my time editing articles and improving them. Something has changed but I can't put my finger on it, but now every time I make a contribution to RfD it has the whole day;s page when I just wnat the one bloody item. And then I cock it up by editing another item when I meant to put one at the bottom. You know me well enough, I am no stranger to cock-ups, but that is absurd.
but also I should like to say, Merry Christmas all to you and yours. Another year survived and improved by good people like thee and I hope me trying to make things better. I know you are perfect and I am not very good, but I try. I hope at least I have made it a little better.
May your god go with you.
S.
Hi Thry,
Where should we announce it? I imagine it is kinda common knowledge, but my search here in Hungary has nothing about it. I think it will be 8 anuary but was ust announced at the end of the programme as "Our guests will be, Jimmy Wales [I think Jimmy was announced by the chairman David Dimbleby not "James" etc] and other boring politicians [my edit]." I know RfD was the wrong forum, but pace there is no other, really. I have no idea how to submit to Signpost, I just humbly gnome in the background. I get enough abuse about that. I edited a parish rag with 500 delivery for four years and had it set up in type and had to correct middle class English from this comprehensive inky who knows a split infinitive when he sees one, a special pleasure of mine telling the high middle classes that "the hoi polloi" is not good because "hoi" means "the", see fowler, and see them squirm from this poor comprehensive kiddy. I also beat the hell of em out of them at some village do at scrabble, and I wasn't even do ing the nips and tucks but laid some Shakespearean word and was called on it. And of course it is in Shakespeare. Never think a comprehensive schoolboy is thick. I have been fighting tha all my life and will continue to do so. That is about the only chip on my shoulder. When someone assumes I am thick because I speak with a cockney accent, my word you have my hackles up. And I even know what hackles are.
Take your laughs where you can. I still wish you a merry Christmas. I think I signed S. last time, which is how i usually sign in real life, but you can have Si Trew ( talk) 18:13, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
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Could you see if the editor who made this diff [2] has any registered accounts and if so quietly have a clerk block them? Thank you. Jehochman Talk 05:07, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
I've closed the longstanding RFD for Lightning in a tropical cyclone as no consensus with an unusually detailed rationale. Basically, nobody wanted to keep it, but there wasn't consensus on what to do, so I've taken a bold step of un-redirecting it and immediately sending it to AFD to get input from people who don't often show up at RFD. I'd really appreciate your input at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lightning in a tropical cyclone, where I've given a strong suggestion that people pick between the RFD-favored steps of deletion or retargeting to lightning. I'm attempting to notify everyone who participated in the RFD (that's BDD, Ivanvector, Inks.LWC, Guy1890, Steel1943, and Thryduulf), but if I missed someone, please do the notification for me. Nyttend ( talk) 18:46, 22 January 2015 (UTC)
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There are reasons I'm saying what I am saying. Please look at the substance of the complaints and what is actually being said. We are dealing with a person with a history of manipulation and dishonesty. If you haven't noticed this same user is trying to use that case as a blunt hammer to gain her ends. I have voluntarily stayed away from Lightbreather because our paths do not cross in article space, my only involvement is seeing a page that is against WMF policies (after massive canvassing it was hard to miss) about discrimination and the SPI which remains in my watchlist. The others have been directly related to the arb case. TKOP assessment is actually quite true but he also misse3s the fact that Lightbreather was pulled into the SPI because she accused me of casting aspersions then too and after a large investigation it was proven true. Please look into the substance, it's vastly important so you won't be manipulated. Hell in a Bucket ( talk) 17:25, 2 February 2015 (UTC)
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This article appears to be a copyvio of the nickywicky (Craft's own website, that isn't a wiki, as far as I can tell)... but its hard to be sure, and I haven't attempted to determine by analysis, because there are deeper problems. The article has been extensively edited by users who appear to be Craft and her intimates over the years. Looking back the nature of the Craft's campaigning seems to have been rewritten. I saw that you had some involvement with this article over the years. What, if anything, do you think should be done with this article?
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I am coming to you directly because, it's not quite relevant to the motion but your view of non-disclosure seems quite blinkered. As stated in the WP:TOU non-disclosure is a kind of dishonesty, which is barred for all users (including you and me every-time we press save) for that reason. The harm is to the integrity of the project and the work product. It may not bother you personally that you are reading autobiography or product communication from the manufacturer in the guise of an encyclopedia article, but the general reader should be able to at least be have some access such information. All that is asked is for the user to be up front and honest or don't press save. Dishonesty is harm. -- Alanscottwalker ( talk) 20:55, 16 February 2015 (UTC)
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Thank you for understanding "disruption" as I do ;) - I like
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As the last participant in the Category:Level crossing accidents in the United States CFD, I suggested that it be renamed to Category:Railroad crossing accidents in the United States instead of the proposed Category:Grade crossing accidents in the United States. An admin closed the proposal as "move to Grade crossing...", but he also noted that another CFD regarding my proposal would be a valid option, so I've nominated Grade crossing accidents in the USA for renaming to Railroad crossing accidents in the USA. Please visit Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2015 March 5 and offer your opinion, if you have one. Nyttend ( talk) 02:27, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
I don't care for the term "alma mater" too much, but those who do find it important ;) - I use |education=
for all levels and think that it is often important. In
my first article, it is of value to know that he studied at three universities in three countries, - a former version (13 March 2013) also listed the teachers because in music it is often interesting whose "pupil" (they still call it that) a performer or composer is. --
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Thank you, out of the blue, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 21:17, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
Hello! I am soliciting comments for an RfC that is currently open on the "Glengarry Glen Ross (film)" page. There is disagreement about where the film was set (New York vs. Chicago).
One of the issues is whether it is original research to cite to elements in the film itself (including props, dialogue, and a statement in the end credits that it was "filmed on location in New York City") to establish setting.
Response so far in the RfC has been mixed. Comments welcome! Xanthis ( talk) 13:23, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
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Orlando and I don't have any interaction issues. MarkBernstein is upset with both of us (and Dreadstar). This blew up when MB posted a number of requests. He's topic banned so the drama should be amped down anyway. You can review the actions but it isn't multiple parties filing multiple requests, it's one party (MB) taking out his frustration first on the topic-banning admin Dreadstar at ANI and ARCA, then Orlando at AE (for Orlando's comment at ARCA) and then me (for my comment at MB's Orlando AE filing). Gamaliel might have been frustrated by Mark's fourth filing in 24 hours but the issue is resolved with Mark's topic ban. Everyone seems to have a solution in search of a problem that was resolved when the topic-ban was enforced. If you'll note there is no diffs presented of behavior issues because they don't exist. -- DHeyward ( talk) 18:44, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
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Sheesh, I just saw you posted at RfD (somewhere in the middle).
I for one really missed you there. I tried to hold the fort but you do better than I do with the admin stuff and closures
So great to see you back. that's made my morning. Si Trew ( talk) 02:52, 14 March 2015 (UTC)
"as long as the one it isn't at is a redirect." Suggest you say what it should redirect to. (You probably meant "to the other" but just letting you know this isn't clear.) Prhartcom ( talk) 04:29, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
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I don't know how much you keep stats on these things, but I recall your saying before "Oh this is the first time in 759 days that nothing has been listed". Here's another for your book, then!
Best regards as always Si Trew ( talk) 06:50, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
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. . . my request here. Writegeist ( talk) 03:10, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
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While I was looking at links to Template:G13, I noticed that about two years ago, you brought up a concern on Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion regarding the fact that {{ G13}} was a template with a function prior to the G13 criterion being created. Well, I just wanted to inform you that ... that is no longer the case. I know this news is probably two years too late, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to let you know. Cheers! Steel1943 ( talk) 01:33, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
Re: a pending issue. Thanks OccultZone ( Talk • Contributions • Log) 09:53, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
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... see User talk:Redrose64#There are no MPs. Also Sheepwash Channel, Sheepwash Channel Railway Bridge, Rewley Road Swing Bridge, Castle Mill Stream, Isis Lock, Oxford Canal, Hythe Bridge. -- Redrose64 ( talk) 21:32, 19 April 2015 (UTC)