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Hello Demiurge. Remembering your past contributions to working thru of the conflicts regarding the Mithraic Mysteries page, I thought it might be appropriate to let you know that it's not quite over yet... A few days ago I felt compelled to put in a new SPI regarding Roger Pearse, which is currently open. Kalidasa 777 (talk) 22:12, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for letting me know. I had spotted this, and have been keeping an eye on it, but I didn't think I could really contribute much of value. Roger seems a splendid fellow, but it's disappointing and somewhat surprising (if 'tis really him) that he would find it so important to correct these relatively minor details, that he would continue a saga of edit-warring and blanking and such over so many months. Sadly the length and verbosity of the mediation, and its essentially unsuccessful conclusion, drained my willpower to police Mithras wars even if the prize were a steak dinner with that nice Sol guy.

The whole sorry tale (with names changed to protect guilty and innocent alike) might end up in my someday essay Wikipedia:Adults and Wikipedia - how is it possible that someone with a better education than 90% of editors, sterling contributions to advancing free knowledge elsewhere, and double the life experience of the average Wikipedian, ends up on this apparently hypocritical rampage to squish ideas that he disagrees with, indeed to squish editors that he disagrees with? It's far from the only time that wisdom and experience has gone hand in hand with displays of inexplicable impetuosity here on Wikipedia, and its a contradictory pattern whose frequency seems not yet to be recognised. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 08:03, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the copyedit of Pathlight School! The vandalism you just reverted is a copyright violation. Should we request that an admin remove the revision from the article history? I intend to file a GA nomination for the article tomorrow, so I hope you and others could comment at its ongoing peer review. --J.L.W.S. The Special One (talk) 02:21, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think that was a series of clumsy good-faith mistakes, rather than being vandalism. Of the two edits, the first was the funniest - they obviously have big hopes for the future! I don't think revdel is necessary on this occasion. I'll try to look in on the peer review tomorrow. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 02:27, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The first was copied from our article about Raffles Institution, the most prestigious school in Singapore, hence the big hopes. It did give me a good laugh, though. Looking forward to reading your review of the article. --J.L.W.S. The Special One (talk) 03:24, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I have heard of it from almost the far side of the world, so it's quite well known. Slightly more the style of schooling I'm used to, in fact they seem to take tradition to considerable extremes! :) I thought the first edit might have been intended to use that article as a basis to model a re-write upon, which isn't a bad idea sometimes, but some of the content wasn't quite search-and-replaceable. Oh yes, peer review... tomorrow! --Demiurge1000 (talk) 07:01, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Demiurge1000, A personal note of thanks for your assistance in updating our company logo. Regards, David 218.185.37.138 (talk) 05:43, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I still have no idea how the anonymous upload process works, I shall have to put it on my long list of things to find out about. But stealing it off your website worked just as well :-)

Hmmm can I persuade you to look into Wikipedia:Why create an account? --Demiurge1000 (talk) 08:26, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

	The Backup Editor Award
	Have a knowledgeable tortoise for always being there to help when I get in a messy situation and chipping in with your opinions on a discussion which I am involved in. You've been faithfull(ish), and a good friend. Rcsprinter (talk) 15:28, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! And a great choice freely-licensed US government image! It even distracted me into watching the original. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 04:52, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

		The Airborne Barnstar
		For your copy edit of the 6th Airlanding Brigade, I have great pleasure in awarding you the Airborne Barnstar Jim Sweeney (talk) 19:13, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

THANKS once again really appreciate it.Jim Sweeney (talk) 08:15, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks... once I have a squad, I'll need half a Hotspur Glider to transport them in :)

I couldn't resist adding a little to the 6th Airlanding Brigade article, as well, since I'm reading Max Hastings' book Armageddon. He is most scathing about Operation Varsity and the losses occurred; "The airborne divisions existed and consumed rations, therefore they had to be used".

Are there more under preparation? I see Battle of Merville Gun Battery is already done, although I don't regret missing it since it definitely wasn't the airborne forces' finest hour. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 04:52, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I read a long time ago in an old issue of Doctor Who Magazine that she was born in 1957 and therefore only 24 when she joined Doctor Who's regular cast as assistant / companion Tegan Jovanka. I will go and have a look for it even though a lot of the magazines I had, have now been long lost due to moving house and stuff — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jasonm25870 (talk • contribs) 09:37, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It would be good if you can find the old magazine, because the source in the article right now is only a blog (although seemingly a rather well maintained one) and thus is unlikely to qualify as a reliable source by Wikipedia's standards. I've left the updated date of birth in there, though, since the other date was completely unreferenced. I'm surprised that Wikipedia's coverage of old Doctor Who actors is so thin. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 12:05, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Before referring this to the new Dispute Resolution section I wanted to get your comments:

Dispute overview Can you give us a quick explanation of what is going on? What is the issue you are bringing here? Demiurge1000 reverted edits. Mediator from Mediation Cabal agreed that independent reliable sources justified reversion. Demiurge disagreed with mediator and mediator was removed from serving as mediator for Mediation Cabal. Users involved Who is involved in the dispute? Currency1 (talk · contribs) Demiurge1000 (talk · contribs) Oddbodz (talk · contribs) Have you informed all the editors mentioned above that you have posted this dispute? (If not, once you have informed them come back and replace the text "Not yet" with "Yes".) Not yet. N.B. To inform the other users you may place the text Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is "Zoellick Bio". Thank you. --Currency1 (talk) 13:07, 11 September 2011 (UTC) on each user's talk page. Resolving the dispute Have you tried to resolve this dispute already? If so, what steps have you taken? Both users agreed to submit our dispute concerning content on Zoellick bio to Mediation Cabal. Mediation Cabal's mediator was removed from Mediation Cabal after having given a reasoned decision and the issue remains unresolved. How do you think we can help? either revert the edits, or determine that the independent reliable sources are not independent reliable sources. Currency1 (talk) 13:03, 11 September 2011 (UTC) Zoellick Bio discussion Discussion about the issues listed above take place here. Remember to keep discussions calm, brief, and focused on the issues at hand.[reply]

Currency1 (talk) 13:07, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

My view on this is as previously stated at User talk:Oddbodz as part of the mediation. Incidentally, I don't know if Oddbodz was removed from the Mediation Cabal, as you suggest, or simply left it. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 14:17, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I'll put this discussion on Oddbodz' talk page and ask for corrections before submitting the discussion to Dispute Resolution.Currency1 (talk) 17:10, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is "Zoellick bio". Thank you. --Currency1 (talk) 21:06, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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	The Original Barnstar
	For being a good helper in IRC Pinetalk 09:52, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I really developed a strong suspicion that the random singer in question might actually be notable... which makes a refreshing change :-) --Demiurge1000 (talk) 12:05, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

		The Original Barnstar
		For your unexpected, extraordinarily helpful and thorough response to a question I asked on another user's talk page. In terms of voluntarily offering advice, you really went above and beyond. Swarm u | t 17:38, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Really, Demiurge, your comments were immensely helpful and are much appreciated. Regards, Swarm ^{u | t}

Thanks! Glad to do anything to help along the much-needed, and somewhat in decline, Adopt-a-User program. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 21:42, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

	The Original Barnstar
	For your help answering some of my questions. Thanks a lot! Hallows AG(talk) 20:08, 13 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No problem, and thanks very much! --Demiurge1000 (talk) 21:42, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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		CopyEditor's BarnStar
		I award you this CopyEditor's BarnStar for insisting on clear, comprehensible, and grammatically correct articles. Thank you for correcting my poor edits on the 3rd Parachute Brigade—Jim Sweeney (talk) 08:39, 16 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Jim - a new one for my collection! I wouldn't say poor edits, more a case of a few commas that needed moving around, and some bigger image captions :-) --Demiurge1000 (talk) 21:42, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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sir / madam Could you please protect this page from continuing deletions. 1 user has already been warned, another, william de mille has surpassed 3 deletions this evening alone. faithfully William de Berg (talk) 17:20, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Please tell me why you have just given me a warning. If this is regarding the last post, concerning the court case with Mr G Soros then I entered the text after consultation with Bbb23. They told me what was acceptable to post. I followed their advice. So should you be warning me with regards to that last post, I will accept you apology now. OK? William de Berg (talk) 19:38, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The edit that prompted the warning was linked in the diff that I attached to the end of the warning. If you continue to add unsourced or poorly sourced negative information about living people, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 21:42, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'm really thankful for you warning me about WP:ANI --ChristianandJericho 17:25, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I see the ANI thread has now been closed, but I hope you'll take on board some of the advice offered there and on your talk page, to try and avoid (or reduce) problems in the future. I'm glad that you're changing your approach to Wikipedia to be more constructive, but you do need to edit slowly and carefully to avoid the sort of mistakes that people find disruptive. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 21:42, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Demi. Sorry, but we zapped the link in favour of more China-specific ones. Hope that's okay. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 14:22, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yep that's fine, just make sure you have enough potential articles for all of them to try a few each :) --Demiurge1000 (talk) 14:29, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. The list is pretty big. Probably a few hundred all together. Articles for creation looks big, but when you start to dig, you realize why the links are red. It's slim pickins. If you can add more of those Chinese lists, or such, please do. :) Anna Frodesiak (talk) 14:36, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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    Thank you for your reply,and I can find my article now,Thank you very much08:31, 21 September 2011 (UTC)NNU-11-22100506 (talk) 08:31, 21 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I have written an article,and I accepted the suggestions from one of you. Now, I have altered it. Can you help me to check it again? I'm glad to get advice from you, and I want to be better. Thank you very much! I'm looking forward to hearing from you! Best wishes