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There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is Consensus by exhaustion at Rupert Sheldrake. Thank you. I'm sorry it had to come to this, but our patience is exhausted. Mangoe (talk) 16:10, 18 November 2013 (UTC)Reply
I'm done. Please see the ANI thread. David in DC (talk) 20:51, 18 November 2013 (UTC)Reply
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I wonder if the shirt color of the victim has any significance. David in DC (talk) 02:58, 19 November 2013 (UTC)Reply
Your instincts are basically sound. If you and Vtaak and TRPoD could confer and ignore the input of others I expect you could work out a compromise. You all seem to know what you are doing - the problem is the peanut gallery. Guy (Help!) 21:49, 20 November 2013 (UTC)Reply
Thanks. The realty-check you've provided is welcome. I'm disengaging on a topic where my participation is not helping build the encyclopedia. David in DC (talk) 13:13, 25 November 2013 (UTC)Reply
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This statement in a nutshell: I would urge ArbCom to consider this case, because disagreement about the fundamental meaning of pillar two is the root of the constant content-disputes, the resulting frustrations for all concerned, and the repeated flareups of anti-pillar-four behavior that are caused thereby. This RFAR page is semi-prot against non-auto-confirmed editors.[1][2] Please see instead — User_talk:74.192.84.101#2013-12-01_RFAR.2C_statement_by_74.2C_concerning_Rupert_Sheldrake. Thanks. — User_talk:74.192.84.101 (talk) 23:45.678, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
Hey! I've noticed your recent edits to Daniel Loeb and on one of the edits in particular, you redirected Third Point back to his page until the page is created. Well, I just created the page under Third Point Management and was wondering how to redirect the wikilinks to the new page I created. Any help is appreciated. Thanks! Meatsgains (talk) 05:29, 30 November 2013 (UTC)Reply
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"I find that harrassive and if you, as the fool you claim to be, are sanctioned...then you well deserve it. As for your fucking "scorn". I don't give a goddamn rat's ass about the shit. -- [Potty-mouthed critics name redacted.]"
I sure attract some odd fan mail.
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User_talk:Acroterion#Kerik There is a BLP former-NYC-police-captain and now former-federal-prisoner who was just released in October. BLP violations galore, by a couple editors on the pro and con sides. Want to take a swipe at fixing the page up? Acroterion is uninvolved, but was called in to topic-ban one side or the other (there is always a third logical possibility should the banhammer actually fall). As always, WP:REQUIRED applies if you are otherwise busy. Danke por improvising da pedia. 74.192.84.101 (talk) 19:01, 12 December 2013 (UTC)Reply
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I'm afraid I cannot usefully particpate in the AE complaint about which I've received notice above. My anger at how things have gone, thus far, has not abated. Indeed, it's gotten worse. I have nothing constructive to add. In my spare time, I've been trying to learn a bit of Kolinahr, but to no avail. My blood's the wrong color.
I've visited Wikipedia rarely in the past week, mostly to try to do my part to keep the pending changes backlog from stacking up over our virtual O'Hare. I thought about participating in a BLP clean-up brought to my attention by a mutual friend who has my number (or at least we all have his.) (See further above.) I could muster the enthusiasm only to make a single WP:OVERLINK edit.
I'm not on a wiki-break, but I'm scaling back my participation and trying not to get entangled in anything likely to lead to additional stress. For a while, WP was giving me a place to channel the black energy of my disquieted soul into what I thought might to a positive direction, but that time has passed.
The ongoing efforts to make sure no reader is misled into thinking Rupert MurdockSheldrake's most notable theories are mainstream science seem destined to succeed. The consensus on the talk page (and the important work being done one the noticeboards) to make sure we treat him exactly the same way we treat such charlatans as Gary NullorKevin Trudeau, regardless of reliable sources to the contrary or the obvious meaning of WP:BLP seems to favor the success of that approach, over the long-term.
I think that's sad, but I'm done playing King Canute.David in DC (talk) 13:38, 17 December 2013 (UTC)Reply
Here's my suggestion for you, my friend, if you want to channel your 'mild frustration' into something ENJOYABLE first and valuable only incidentally as a byproduct of the fun -- hook up with MONGO, they spend time working on glaciers, the smaller national parks, and so on. Not the "politically" important ones, where the eco-POV and the drill-baby-drill-POV warriors live, but the quiet out of the way ones, where a giant fuzzy keyboard-chewing being can feel at peace. (Oh crap... do *not* tell the great MONGO that I just spaketh of their fuzzy fingers, please.) Put some of your refined skill into defending Shoshone_National_Forest, and enjoying a 100% requirement-free JPEG-induced vacation from wikiStress.[3] There are probably one or two Yellowstone cutthroat trout in that pic of Lonesome Lake, of course... but remember they are only File-URLs... they cannot bite. Maybe you'll enjoy the change. Heck, I enjoyed just *reading* the article. Luxuriate in the riches of wikipedia herself, it is soothing. Be well, hope this helps, thanks as always for improving wikipedia. p.s.d.e.u.x. As a wise man once said, (he was very slim), when trying to convince a pebble to fly: "c'mon, they're okay". So if you do go glacier, enjoy the challenge-taking, but don't sweat the distance-putting. Best, 74.192.84.101 (talk) 17:20, 17 December 2013 (UTC)Reply
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[4] And here's something weird: go to [5], follow to the poster's userpage [6], and compare that to [7].
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Teh kitteh has to eat this becuz you got teh trout for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Talmadge L. Heflin.
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Thank you for expressing this kind sentiment. I think things worked out well for all concerned. Except maybe the kitten. David in DC (talk) 21:27, 15 May 2014 (UTC)Reply
Hi there. I found almost all of your edits to those by myself and others to be helpful. I have a few questions, however. I was originally drawn to this article by a mix of correct and misspellings of Stinebrickner-Kauffman's name in the Swartz article. When I returned to it, I noticed the request that a stub be fleshed out, so I tried to add useful info. Until I searched, found and serendipitously read the Hoyas article, I was wholly unaware of her dad's collegiate athletic career. It highlighted his play and I assumed that he might have been a walk on, which would have made his performance doubly impressive. He was a long way from being a bench warmer. "Star" seemed appropriate in that context. Her degree and triple major were pasted directly from the RS, though I assume you've correctly modified the description from a BS, since she would have gotten a BA in English. In the interests of accuracy, I'm pleased you caught that. However, I think that the inclusion of the identification of USAG Ortiz is important, as she was the Inspector Javert in this sorry episode, and this modern Les Miserables would be pointless without that understanding. The word "overzealous" was in one of the sources I supplied, if memory serves, and "overcharged" seems quite legitimate. Piling on charges is an unfortunate tactic employed by prosecutors to coerce a plea bargain, often even from innocent defendants. I don't know what her motivation for assumption of jurisdiction was, though I wouldn't be surprised if it was self-aggrandizement or career advancement, but by escalating from the likely probation Swartz would have received from the state case to a multiplicity of federal charges that could have resulted in a 35-year sentence and a million dollar fine I don't think it's difficult to come to the conclusion that she doomed that brilliant but vulnerable young man. In reading a number of articles about the case, a couple of which I cited (WaPost and the Boston station), the condemnation of her actions was virtually unanimous, save for the defense of her actions by her husband, herself and AG Holder. That trio minimized what may been the terrifying prospects for Swartz. I would speculate that he could have even gotten some information about the circumstances of incarceration since Stinebrickner's mother (see the Amazon cite, i.e.) is a former correctional officer. The quotes from "law and order" types such as Cornyn and Issa in the stories I read may have been generated somewhat by partisan motivation but I think they were legitimate characterizations. Lastly, this wasn't the first case in which Ortiz was thought by observers to have gone overboard. In the light of these points, I wonder if you might review your edits and perhaps restore some of mine or substitute your own? You've done a lot of work on this article over the past year and I'm certainly not going to presume I know more about the subject than you do. Thanks for all your contributions. Activist (talk) 04:56, 17 May 2014 (UTC)Reply
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I just created this article that might interest you. This is what happens when I get bored. 1989 DC Prostitute Expulsion.
I remember when that happened. God, I'm old. David in DC (talk) 21:41, 1 October 2014 (UTC)Reply
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I really fail to see your problem.
He stated he's of Russian ethnicity. I referenced it. What's the issue?
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there is no talk page for matt Gunther,,it is true that he died,,i see you keep harassing people who put in the correct info but you don't believe it you say these sites are reliable and not! if they are relaiable why take is false?? drew270 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drew270 (talk • contribs) 00:13, 7 September 2016 (UTC)Reply
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How would you like to do a GA review for me? My usual apparatchiks are busy. EEng 02:29, 31 March 2017 (UTC)Reply
Hmmm...your edit makes it NPOV, but actually then it is only a recurring event, locally important essentially for the United States. I am somewhat tempted to lock the page and start a discusiion on the talk-page. Thoughts on that? Lectonar (talk) 19:41, 26 April 2017 (UTC)Reply
Thanks for your edits at Geoffrey Chaucer. The offending text additions are all copyright violations. I am sorely tempted to report the editor at WP:AIV Velella Velella Talk 20:50, 2 May 2017 (UTC)Reply
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Hello fellow reviewer! Yesterday you reverted an IP twice on Chino Hills, 163.150.226.242, who is currently blocked. However, today, 163.150.226.241 did an edit suspiciously like the prior two, changing the names w/o sources. As the 2 IP addresses are right next to each other, do you think these are socks? I was, until I saw that the unblocked IP's contribs go back to 2009. If it is a sock, then it appears to belong to some LTA sock master. And if so, do you feel that SPI is better than AIV? Thanks. d.g. L3X1 (distænt write) )evidence( 19:45, 24 May 2017 (UTC)Reply
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Sorry, clicked the wrong line too quickly. Denisarona (talk) 14:43, 16 August 2017 (UTC)Reply
The wikipedia comics project has decided that using the terms superhero, supervillain, or anti-hero is not good as it is too vague and variable to be used in the lead sections of fictional characters. Also, saying "fictional superhero" doesn't make much sense, there are no non-fictional ones so it's redundant.★Trekker (talk) 17:53, 14 September 2017 (UTC)Reply
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I came across your page through researching the edits of a few music-related Wikipedia pages and wanted to get in touch as I'm currently working on a blog to discuss best practices / tips for Wikipedia and thought I'd reach out to see if this is something you'd want to be involved in.
Let me know your thoughts. I would email you but I already emailed a few people today and that action is currently throttled for me. Please email me back (on my user page) if you’re interested. Thanks!
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I'm a bit frustrated by the situation on this article. Could you please let me know what you think about my latest proposal ? Thanks and have a nice day Jean-Jacques Georges (talk) 12:21, 11 October 2017 (UTC)Reply
Hey, you recently accepted an edit on this page I wasn't quite sure about. My question is concerning the grammar in the sentence "Was used to issue a false report announcing that Twitter had received a USD $31 billion takeover offer, the false report resulting in a brief 8% stock price spike of Twitter." with 'resulting' being the changed word. I think if we want to make that change, we should remove the subject "the false report" before so it reads "Was used to issue a false report announcing that Twitter had received a USD $31 billion takeover offer, resulting in a brief 8% stock price spike of Twitter." The current one just doesn't sound right to me, but I am not a native speaker, so if you could provide some insight which one sounds better to you, I would appreciate it. Thanks and sorry to bother you. Felida97 (talk) 16:06, 23 October 2017 (UTC)Reply
Hello. I see you have been involved in deletion discussion for the above mentioned article as well as in editing it. As you might seen, what I did is pretty much used the references you and some other editor provided in that discussion and tried to expand the article and include those sources. Also, as you might have seen, user Duffbeerforme keeps reverting all edits that are going in direction of improving the article, although he was proven wrong my the fellow editors. I am asking you, as obviously more experienced editor, should I take this matter to admins, because I do not want to get into edit war here. Thank you for your support -Plaxie (talk) 07:39, 19 November 2017 (UTC)Reply
@Anachronist: Thank you. Please see this discussion. Thanks for the advice. --Plaxie (talk) 13:31, 19 November 2017 (UTC)Reply
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Couldn't disagree with you more re: leaving in the content about the online "jokes". Highly offensive, inappropriate from a BLP standpoint (in my opinion), and completely unencyclopedic in nature - offers no encyclopedic value nor does it help the reader to better understand the article subject. I'm starting a discussion at the article talk page. -- ψλ ● ✉ ✓ 01:52, 10 January 2018 (UTC)Reply
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You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Kratom. Users are expected to collaborate with others, to avoid editing disruptively, and to try to reach a consensus rather than repeatedly undoing other users' edits once it is known that there is a disagreement.
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You have made more than three reversions, including of 12 constructive edits, without explaining yourself. Please participate in the ongoing talk discussion if you disagree.Ptb011985 (talk) 18:54, 8 February 2018 (UTC)Reply
Your recent editing history at Kratom shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war. See BRD for how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.
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I'm neither edit-warring nor anywhere near violating the 3RR rule. You, on the other hand, are making precisely the sort of edits that pending changes is here to revie: POV, fringe editing which waters down references to fact-based science. Please knock it off, User:Ptb011985. David in DC (talk) 19:05, 8 February 2018 (UTC)Reply
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The oldest dogs article asked for specific page cites from Guinness editions. I went through my collection and found the one edition that mentioned that dog and gave the cite. Why did you revert it out? 12.144.5.2 (talk) 00:36, 21 February 2018 (UTC)Reply
Hi! I see that you are an experienced editor, so I'm surprised to see you adding unsourced content to an article, as you did at Bobby Lockwood. I'm even more surprised because what you added was a birth-date, and so a violation of his WP:BLPPRIVACY. I've removed it for that reason. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 17:35, 20 March 2018 (UTC)Reply
i think I would be at 3RR if I fixed this.104.163.147.121 (talk) 21:06, 28 March 2018 (UTC)Reply
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I see you recently accepted a pending change to January 26 that did not include a direct source.
You're probably not aware of this change, but Days of the Year pages are no longer exempt from WP:V and direct sources are required for additions. For details see the edit notice on that page, the content guideline and/or the WikiProject Days of the Year style guide. All new additions without references are now being either reverted on-sight or in some cases where the patroller is especially motivated, immediately sourced. I've gone ahead and un-accepted this edit and backed it out.
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Hi - I just wanted to reinforce my agreement with you drawing attention to the shaming language used in the comments. I cited you for my keep !vote and then changed my mind - hopefully that doesn't discount your opinion of me! FWIW, I think your side note is the most worthy comment there. Regards--Goldsztajn (talk) 23:45, 30 January 2020 (UTC)Reply
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David in DC, I have just stumbled upon the edit to Irwin Corey you made on 28 January 2013 at 04:59.
I wish to inform you that I think this edit is a work of sheer genius. Beamjockey (talk) 00:35, 15 December 2020 (UTC)Reply
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