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He was "trying to go on a wikibreak" when he performed the block and the mass reversions. So long as he stays on a wikibreak (as evidenced by his contributions history) I'll stay off his talk page. But if he claims to be on a wikibreak, and edits, and refuses to talk to several people (which is what he was doing) he has no right at all (and nor do you) to ask or expect people not to talk to him. DuncanHill (talk) 09:44, 2 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
As you are a nice Wikipedian, I just wanted to wish you a Happy Independence Day! And if you are not an American, then have a happy day and a wonderful weekend anyway! :) Your friend and colleague, --Happy Independence Day! Le Grand Roi des CitrouillesTally-ho! 21:15, 4 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
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To A.B., for protecting "Mesothelioma" from spam. Axl (talk) 23:00, 15 July 2008 (UTC)Reply |
Thanks, my sanity was slowly going with the edit war.... I'm now asking for some consensus on the talk page before I go and add the links back - I'd like to understand what the issues with it were - Leedryburgh appears to have removed a lot of the advertising from his book pages and whats left is small and unobtrusive. To remove the useful (IMHO) link entirely over these two small links would seem a little like throwing the baby out with the bathwater to me - but I'm also equally unattached to his book as I used and own what is probably the main competition (Travis) to his book. I'll see what, if any, consensus is reached over the next few days Beardybloke (talk) 00:15, 16 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
The edit war is continuing here against your requests wiki/Talk:Signaling_System_7 but in a surreal way without me present. Leedryburgh (talk) 10:46, 16 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for the candid assessment of the Park West article. I believe that PWG is as worthy of a place on Wikipedia as any of the other active businesses that currently have articles so I'd like to try and make it truley encyclopedic and remove the promotional elements (and links). As speculated though, I do have a COI - if I can make it truely encyclopedic, how much does this matter? Also, the NYT article and related articles reflect an ongoing competitive struggle along with open/pending cases, all of which I would hope are not appropriate for Wikipedia - please advise. Any advise that can help me make the PWG article a quality, encyclopedic, non-promotional, non-flame-thowing article, and worthy of Wikipedia is appreciated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sorlando (talk • contribs) 02:13, 17 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
A.B. -- As a fan of art and friend of PWG, and someone who attended their 40th anniversary event in July, I have been watching this online Internet battle which has truly been a bit of smear campaign by Fine Art Registry. Looking at the FAR forum and site, it looks like 80% of their effort is to defame Park West, and they are rehashing resolved customer issues and using that to make a case to media outlets to further their agenda. Based on insider information, NYT acknowledged insufficient research on the original article and conceded to allowing a longer-than-usual letter to the editor that was published this past Saturday. See: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/opinion/l10auction.html This should be referenced.
I don't consider myself an Encyclopedia editor, but in looking at the Wikipedia entry, it now reads very negative on the company, and doesn't at all reflect at all of what Park West has done for artists and people who have discovered art through them. (see Thomas Kinkade video from 7/30/2008): http://www.parkwestgallery.com/blog/post.aspx?id=24
Is it really an example of Wikipedia to base so much supposed "fact" on a few articles that were all spurred by a competitor? Especially one for which there is pending litigation? Looking at the history logs, it looks like there is an edit war going on here, and if Wikipedia intends to maintain its reputation, I'd suggest having this entry removed, or at least revised to reflect that NYT article as a footnote to its 40 year history, rather than the main story. No company is perfect, and I know the people in Park West are working hard to address customer complaints. --ParkWestFan (talk) 13:43, 12 August 2008 (UTC)Reply
I've copied the last two posts to Talk:Park_West_Gallery#Balance and suggest further discussion is conducted there. Ty 03:02, 13 August 2008 (UTC)Reply
Seeing as other people were pussyfooting around. Sceptre (talk) 01:25, 18 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
Hi wanna know if ya an admin and if so can you help with an IP Address that has enforced his own POV, broken the three revert rule and not acknowledging what is accepted by many wikipedians. thanks. Pro66 (talk) 12:40, 18 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
A tag has been placed on Leah Daughtry, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a redirect to a nonexistent page.
If you can fix this redirect to point to an existing Wikipedia page, please do so and remove the speedy deletion tag. However, please do not remove the speedy deletion tag unless you also fix the redirect. Feel free to leave a note on my talk page if you have any questions about this. Blanchardb-Me•MyEars•MyMouth-timed 16:36, 19 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
This can be a useful place to request input. Also AfDs can be listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Visual arts. Ty 01:07, 20 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
Thanks. Park West Gallery still needs attention! Ty 02:33, 22 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
A tiny token of recognition that you are one of the most conscientious editors around. The project is very fortunate to have you. — Athaenara ✉ 09:55, 20 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
Either you are an Administrator OR an Administrator on Recall, it does not make sense that you are both. Green Squares (talk) 23:54, 20 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
Sorry about that. I keep forgetting Wikis policy of no self-defense or standing up for yourself against the trolls.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 05:01, 21 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
Thankyou for stepping in and dealing with Talk:Signaling_System_7 and user User_talk:Dgtsyb. I really could not believe that it could go on for so long. I know Wikipedia is rather decentralised and the only help I could find was to make an RFC but it seemed rather complex and unable to deal with what I'd call clear-cut bullying by User_talk:Dgtsyb. Can you offer any advice so I don't ever run into such months of hell again - some way to flag others that things are way off track and looking bad maybe? That was the worst online experience ever, across all systems I've ever used (yes pre-Internet also) and I've spent more of my life online than offline! I really need to avoid it happening again. The COI stuff i could understand but the continous actions of User_talk:Dgtsyb against me, using multiple means that often "won" in terms of throwing in lots of new people and complications, and claims etc. was exceptionally time-consuming. I only hung in there out of principle because at least IMHO if other users were like him, Wikipedia would not exist (sheer tragedy of the commons).
THANK YOU! Leedryburgh (talk) 23:33, 22 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
Everywhere I go, I see the excellent spam-fighting work you do here. Keep it up! Kelly hi! 01:30, 23 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
If you have time, please look in, and also on the talk page. Ty 02:22, 25 July 2008 (UTC)Reply
Sorry to disturb, but can you tell me how to upload photos, I'm not familiar with the policies of this site--Frozenguild (talk) 11:08, 26 July 2008 (UTC)Reply