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• Archive 1 (Dec 2004 to July 2008):

Getting back to work

First off, I'd like to thank Jimbo, David Gerard and one other editor for their patience and understanding over the past year. It has made the world of difference.

Second, no thanks to those people (including myself) who made things needlessly difficult.

And that's the last time I'll raise the subject. Pete 00:21, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Looks like I got it wrong. Not to worry. I'll be back making productive edits in four weeks. And to the the well-meaning soul who reverted my talk page, thanks, but I'm capable of keeping this little bit of Misplaced Pages clean and tidy all by myself! Pete 05:30, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Userpage unprotected as requested. Good luck. --Doc 00:00, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Doc! Pete 00:11, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks for the message

Hey Pete, Many thanks for the message. I know we did clash but I am very glad to see you back on WP. You have a lot to contribute. I must admit the date thing on WP can be irritating. I was glad to help out. I didn't realise how hard it is to let this place go. I'd weaned myself off it a few weeks ago, following a 'one more day not on Misplaced Pages' principle but last night was back on to check some facts for research and when I saw that people had been asking where I had gone, felt I'd better give some explanation. The fact that I have been battling a rather serious illness for a couple of months didn't help, though thankfully among the range of possible causes of the illness (everything from serious but fixible to life threatening) it seems to have been the former.

Again, thanks for the message. It was appreciated. I'll reply to other people's (I am so touched by the response) perhaps tomorrow. Because of health problems I am supposed to be taking things slowly and spending a lot of time in bed recovering. Hence, that is is why I am on here at 4am GMT!!! lol This time, having checked my emails I'll definitely go to sleep.

And again, I am glad to see you back on WP. I was hoping that what happened before wouldn't discourage you from returning. You have a lot to offer. One tip though: speaking from experience (mine and so many other people I have met here), don't let WP take over your life too much. It is amazing the number of wikiholics out there. I may be a recovering one but I probably will have the odd relapse. Even last night, while doing the research I came across errors and found myself correcting things (my doctor would be furious if he knew that. I'm supposed to be resting totally, not doing Misplaced Pages stuff!!) WP can be fun, frustrating, challenging, rewarding, annoying, infuriating and passionate. Those of us, and there are a lot of us on here, who are facts wonks, and devour information, forever want to keep adding and correcting. Unfortunately doing that was getting harder, not just physically because of illness but also because I ended up spending so much time fighting vandalism, fixing templates, correcting dates, working on conventions on naming, etc. If I did as much hard work in my paid jobs as I did here I'd be rich. (Or if I charged WP the going academic rate for doing research I'd be very rich!!!)

Best wishes, and take care.

Thom FearÉIREANN\ 04:07, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi

Hi

Even though we had our problems i hope your return proves a new beginning. PMA 08:55, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

That's up to you, really. I certainly haven't gone away from Misplaced Pages over the past year and we've worked amicably and productively here together over that period. --Pete 22:45, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Boeing has orders for 4 new 747-8I?

Why did you remove the orders by "Boeing Business Jet" from my chart comparing orders for Airbus A380 and Boeing 747-8? Also, why did you remove the link on the A380 page? user:mnw2000 00:18, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Boeing Business Jet is not an airline, as indicated in the edit summary. The reference on the Airbus 380 page was poorly worded and out of character with the surrounding text. There seems to be little encyclopaedic value in the table. If you could give me an idea of your objective? --Pete 03:31, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

For the purpose of listing aircraft orders, Boeing Business Jet is considered a purchaser. Leasing companies are also listed even though they purchase aircraft to lease to others. This is the practice of airline manufacturers. The purpose of a comparison chart is to show information in context. For example, many aircraft show the statistics (width, number of seats, etc. in relationship to similar aircraft.) Since these two aircraft are the only two new super jumbo aircraft, a comparison chart is most informative. user:mnw2000 05:33, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

I take your point on BBJ. Nevertheless, it is a stretch to regard the 747-8 as anything other than another model of the 747, and comparing it to the A380 is of very dubious encyclopaedic relevance. Why don't you write an article on Airbus vs Boeing, include this table (and others), and we can clean out all the guff about comparisons and competitors from the aircraft articles. By and large this sort of material only serves to attract POV pushers who are keen to advance the merits of their preferred manufacturer and denigrate the other, with varying degrees of subtleness. --Pete 12:14, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

You

I see you are back. In the spirit of the season I am willing to let bygones be bygones. But if you even once engage in the kind of crap you engaged in the last time you were here, I will immediately start proceedings to have you banned again. I hope I make myself clear. Adam 00:21, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your welcome, Adam. I've managed to work productively with you (and Jtdirl and others) on a couple of things over the past year, so I can't see any reason why we shouldn't continue to do so. May I suggest that you take it easy, not stress out over trivia, let things wash over you and let others share the load. It's a team effort. --Pete 02:25, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Unauthorized modifications to Talk:Airbus A380

It is rude and against policy to remove on-topic comments from discussion pages. I suggest not doing it again. —Joseph/N328KF (Talk) 23:11, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

One editor asked, "Is there any information available concerning the shipment of parts through the Polet Air An-124s?". This is a pertinent question, considering the various methods of delivery of the larger assemblies of the A380. To which BillCJ replied, "I've heard acquiring parts won't be a problem once there is a good number of A380s in service. There'll be plenty of spare parts available on any runway, ths sides of the runway, and on approaches to the airports.". This is not on-topic. It is nonsense, and in no way assists the article or any meaningful discussion. I am surprised that an editor of your standing took it seriously. However, I have kept the comment on the talk page. --Pete 23:44, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Spelling Concerns

Ok, so I've made all the necessary corrections. Perhaps something regarding the dialects related to the articles should be mentioned in the pages for people new to Misplaced Pages. I looked, and I haven't seen anything in those pages. Perhaps I am wrong and just didn't see it, but this small incident could've been prevented had I known. the cheat 16:45, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Pauline Hanson

You have just again deleted a dection of text, this time with the misleading minor label, and with the false claim that your action was justified by discussion at the Talk page (that discussion has not yet reached a conclusion or consensus). If you do this again, I shall block you for disruptive editing.

Please remember to mark your edits as minor when (and only when) they genuinely are minor edits (see Misplaced Pages:Minor edit). Marking a major change as a minor one (and vice versa) is considered poor etiquette. The rule of thumb is that only an edit that consists solely of spelling corrections, formatting and minor rearranging of text should be flagged as a 'minor edit'. Thanks! --Mel Etitis (Talk) 09:20, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Mel! Suggest that you fully review the history before jumping into battle half-clad, posturing. I typically mark reversions of vandalism as minor, and this little piece of twaddle hs been repeatedly removed by several editors in several differet forms, most recently as a quotation. --Pete 12:58, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

It can in no sense be regarded as vandalism reversion, as the discussion at Talk page demonstrates (and the fact that you appealed to discussion there indicates that you realised this). This is clearly a content dispute, and the minor tag is inappropriate. --Mel Etitis (Talk) 14:32, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Please do not project thoughts into my head that were never there. I marked it as minor because I regarded it as vandalism reversion. --Pete 14:39, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Yet you didn't call it vandalism, but an edit in line with Talk-page discussion? Given that it clearly wasn't either, I decided to take your word for your intentions; now you say that I shouldn't have believed you, because your edit summary was (deliberately?) misleading? --Mel Etitis (Talk) 14:59, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Please do not waste my time with your suppositions as to my thought processes. You are wrong, simple as that. --Pete 15:07, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

That's 4 reverts by my reckoning. Merbabu 12:14, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Keep on reinserting poorly-sourced rubbish into a biography of a living person, and I'll keep on removing it. I suggest that it is better to leave material out of an article when it has been challenged under WP:BLP until a clear consensus emerges that we can use it. --Pete 12:37, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Heimstern Läufer 03:16, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Skyring (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))

Request reason:

I have been removing negative material from a biography of a controversial politician because it is poorly sourced and one statement is patently untrue. See detailed discussion at Talk:Pauline Hanson and WP:BLP Noticeboard. I also note that if this is being treated as an edit war, then the actions of the other parties surely deserve similar sanction.

Decline reason:

Peter, can you please explain why you feel the cited sources are poor sources and what is "patently untrue"? The DNA testing was reported fairly widely in the Australian press and I'm having trouble seeing why you feel this is something other than a content dispute. "Please explain" -- Sarah 10:45, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.

Thanks, Sarah. It's in the links I provided, and I'm sorry that you didn't work through them in detail. There's only one source - any other media mentions stem from the original print story. We don't have corroborating versions of the same event, we only have one story which is an obvious media set-up. However, even if you regard the story as honest factual reporting, it doesn't state what is being claimed in the Pauline Hanson article. Our article says, 'a DNA test reported that Hanson has some Middle Eastern ancestry, which she attributed to "rape and pillage",'. However, Ms Hanson did not attribute the result to "rape and pillage", because the print article does not state this, instead saying, 'When told of the results, the former fish and chip shop owner appeared flustered, making references to "rape and pillage" in ancient times'. For Misplaced Pages to state this implication as solid fact is to engage in original research. For biographies of living people we have to be very careful of what we say, and close enough is not good enough. We have to be accurate in every detail. --Pete 11:32, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Unblock request & misrepresentations

I'm not sure what part of the quote you claim is untrue - or how you would know it is untrue. Its primary source was a major newspaper and was subsequently reported thru other outlets. The veracity of the story (as opposed to the veracity of the test) has not been challenged by any source. Hence, it is a simple content dispute, your claim that it is poorly sourced is untrue.

As for other editors, no other editor has broken three-reverts, at least by my calculations. For myself, i flagged in my edit summary when I was up and let you revert it for your 4th time and I have not touched it since - nor will I, as I have better things to do than count reverts. What's more, when it was pointed out you had had your 4th, you promised to keep reverting while.--Merbabu 09:52, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

I think at best that's being a little rich to all of a sudden accuse people of making false claims. Where exactly has someone made a false claim and then secondly been found out? The truth is, all of sudden you are suddenly happy with "reported that" rather than "attributed" - that's all. You could have done that ages ago yourself, instead of simply removing the whole quote. Now for the first time you are commenting on the way it is written, not the quote (at least that's what i see). As much as your accusations stink I am happy to let it go (without an 'apology' or retraction - lol), and I'm sure the others feel that way. If you want it take it further, take it to some third party and I will follow. Otherwise, start assuming good faith, i know I don't have to give you link to that one. As I said, happy to drop it here, you can even remove it from your talk page.Merbabu 11:18, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Inverell Forum

Pete/Skyring

... I have an email from Inverell Forum stating...

"Dear Peter,

Unfortunately Pauline pulled out last weekend as did Bob Carter.

Regards

XXX"

(Name removed for obvious reasons).

--PeterMarkSmith 05:24, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Take a look at the google cache for the Inverell Forum - she was listed at some point...

[http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:1jY4B06Rm8gJ:www.australiafirst.net/2007/news200702inverell.htm+www.inverellforum.org+Speakers&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=sg ]

--PeterMarkSmith 01:38, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

If it's relevant, put it on the article talk page so all interested editors can see it. The idea is that we work as a team, not as individuals. --Pete 15:20, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

John Howard

I have amended the wording again. Let's see if we can reach a consensus on this on the JH talk page. Face the fact John Howard can loose an election it's not a crime to do so or to point this out. Albatross2147 01:22, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

A matter of historical fact, to be sure. I have no problems with that. What is against the spirit of Misplaced Pages is your editorialising. --Pete 01:24, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Pete you're in no position to cast aspersions however due to your riding shotgun I feel that we have got to a suitable wording with clear citations which both of us should be comfortable with. Believe me I agree with your attitude and I know I wear my heart on my sleeve. You will note it was never a true revert war merely a steady revision. BTW dDo you want to have a go at developing a collaboration on John Carrick who really should have an article? Cheers Albatross2147 03:20, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

My bent is towards correcting errors and fixing vndalism, rather than creating great slabs of text or new articles. The Saint John's Church, Richmond, Virginia article is a rarity. --Pete 05:17, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

You say What is against the spirit of Misplaced Pages is your editorialising.. Are we to take this as a non-core statement by you given your misrepresentation of Rudd's attendance at "the Dinner". You can't be a guest of honour unless you know you are and there is no evidence of Rudd knowing he was going to be. Albatross2147 02:44, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

"You can't be a guest of honour unless you know you are". See This Is Your Life. --Pete 03:37, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

St. John's

Pete: Thank you for your earlier work and your kind words. Building upon your initial work, I have been working on improvements in the article during the night here. I had earlier done considerable work on many of the linked articles I added. It is always nice to know someone appreciates our efforts on WP. Thanks. Mark in Historic Triangle of Virginia Vaoverland 10:12, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

84 Charing Cross Road

FYI, the edits you made to the dates in this article were unnecessary. If you enter a date in brackets without a comma separating the day from the year, US Misplaced Pages will show it as March 19, 2007 and UK Misplaced Pages will show it as 19 March 2007. I learned this from another editor and thought I'd pass the info on to you. SFTVLGUY2 14:28, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. You are talking about date preferences, which most of our readers don't use. May I direct you to the Manual of Style? --Pete 19:01, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

I was talking abour your changing a date from December 7 to 7 December for no logical reason, since entered either way it reads the same. What I explained to you in my initial message is exactly what is stated in Manual of Style, so I'm not sure why you directed me to it. SFTVLGUY2 14:31, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

If you could be so very kind as to actually read it, maybe that would help.

Here is the relevant section:

If the topic itself concerns a specific country, editors may choose to use the date format used in that country. This is useful even if the dates are linked, because new users and users without a Misplaced Pages account do not have any date preferences set, and so they see whatever format was typed. See Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style#National varieties of English for more guidance.

If this is unclear, then please raise it on the discussion page and perhaps the wording can be altered for you. --Pete 20:24, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Considering Petula Clark is British, has homes in Geneva, Paris, London, and Miami Beach, and entertains worldwide, I find it difficult to understand how "the topic itself concerns a specific country"!!! Furthermore, even if the situation applied, the above statement says, "editors may choose to use the date format used in that country," it doesn't say they must. SFTVLGUY2 20:25, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

So, using your own logic, you'd have no trouble at all if U.S. entertainers with a global reach had their significant dates changed to International Dating format? U.S. citizen, U.S. spelling, U.S. dates. British citizen. British spelling, British dates. Sounds good to me. I suggest that you follow the link given in WP:DATE for guidance, and consider WP:DICK as the community's advice to you. --Pete 23:39, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

What makes you think anyone would be willing to take advice from someone as arrogant as you? The bottom line is, no matter how you enter the date, if I'm reading it in the US it will show as March 22, 2007 and if I'm reading it elsewhere it will show as 22 March 2007, so your nit-picking is a waste of my valuable time, which is better spent writing new articles, something you might consider doing before I give you any credence. SFTVLGUY2 13:53, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Uh, I think that you have been poorly advised on date formats and how they work. I suggest that you read the long discussion on the talk page for WP:DATE and you may gain some understanding of how the system works. If you need help, just ask someone. As for wasting your valuable time, obviously you consider the subject important enough to engage your attention, despite your assurances to me that it is trivial. If you really care about date formats, then please educate yourself on the long policy discussions. If not, then choose something else to do, as per your own excellent advice. --Pete 16:16, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Apology accepted; I never understood why you chose to make it personal; I only got involved because I had higher expectations of the arbcom being able to to do something to move the Aus. government stalemate along. My typing is pretty appalling; I really don't mind if you fix it :) --Peta 02:02, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

It seemed to me that I was being ganged up on and my reaction should be to give as good as I got, considering that several admins were providing the example. It seemed entirely plausible to me that Jtdirl, once he had discovered my address, should share it with others privately (as well as publicly on his talk page), and when a woman immediately turned up acting very oddly outside my house, I connected the dots. Wrongly, as it turns out. I was extremely disappointed that the ArbCom didn't do a better job of understanding the situation. When they apparently condoned the bullying behaviour, I figured that Misplaced Pages was a place where "do as I say, not do as I do" applied, and I could attack my tormenters in the way they had attacked me.

As for your spelling, that's something (like date formats but more so) that has me hitting the edit button. I like fixing little errors, and Lord knows that you provided a steady supply. As did jtdirl: his work is usually excellent, but there was one period where he must have been short of sleep or something, and I latched onto those - with delight.

Anyway, that's all in the past, and I don't have much time for editing nowadays. What bugs me about Misplaced Pages is the way that good articles get distorted by cranks. Political biographies, for example, are being nibbled away at, with supporters of one side adding negative material and quietly removing anything positive. Or the other side doing the reverse. The way things are set up, it needs eternal vigilance to keep a good article good. While it's all very well to have a watchlist, who has the time to keep tabs on everything?. --Pete 17:56, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Template birth date and age

I didn't notice your question at Template talk:Birth date and age#Day first option until after I had done more work on these templates. I have now answered your question. I apologize for continuing to work on these templates without answering your question. -- Patleahy 08:14, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

List of Australian Leaders of the Opposition

In regards to the above article and your comments left on my talk page, putting the dates in the format they are shown just shows my personal preference for the dates, and the way all my contributions are written. What do you think is the Australian standard?.....Todd 07:58, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

I suggest that you look at WP:DATE and follow the links for lists of the formats used in various nations, which are the standard formats used by Misplaced Pages. Our own personal preferences are irrelevant. Again, I ask you to convert the dates in this article to the correct format, in the interest of improving the overall quality of Misplaced Pages, which is, after all, an international project. --Pete 18:44, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Australia

Please assume good faith when dealing with other editors, which you did not on Australia. Thank you. Alec 01:01, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

AGF applies to give the benefit of the doubt. Looking at your history of edits along the same theme, there is no doubt at all, and I believe that I have called the situation accurately. --Pete 01:08, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

You're the one who is edit warring, I was trying to provide a compromise. Alec 01:24, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

The difference is that I discussed my edits up front. --Pete 01:38, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Are not reverts also edits? Merbabu 03:04, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Removing comments

On your own user talk page, you may remove comments from others, although archiving is generally preferred. The text of another user's comment, however, may never be directly edited to misrepresent the person or change the meaning of the comment. See here. Basically, if you want to address a third party, rather than me, then go have your private discussion elsewhere. Please. --Pete 18:42, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Actually, if you were referring to my comments, they were about your edits and for your attention, even if my grammar had suggested a third person - I know you know this. But, it was clear you had seen the comments so I wasn't to concerned about reinstating them. And I don't mind you removing this. Merbabu 23:17, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

I read your comments and removed them as being impolite and not requiring a response. The actions of Alec mcc in repeatedly warning and threatening me for removing comments - which I have a perfect right to do - are of more concern. --Pete 00:28, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, you are perfectly entitled to remove content from your talk page (see my talk page banner for example), and that is indeed why i didn't reinstate them. As for removal being good practise in all cases, well, that is another issue. As for my comments being 'impolite', well, your chosen tact of debate at Talk:Australia, suggest to me that notions of politeness are proving highly subjective. Merbabu 04:06, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

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WP:CANVASS

Regarding and (so far?), what do you make of WP:CANVASS? Merbabu 17:27, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

I read the policy and acted in compliance with it. If you have a specific complaint, please be so very kind as to point it out precisely, with reference to the policy. --Pete 17:33, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Maybe you could first help me on how WP:CON (the exact bit) allows you to push your minority view for the status quo. Consensus for removal is larger than keep, although your canvassing of agreeable editors might change that for as long as I chose not to resort to the same poor form. Merbabu 17:42, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

The exact bit is the first para, which I have already quoted on Talk:Australia. As you have been hovering over my edits, I am astounded that you have not already noted this, but I shall quote it again:

Misplaced Pages works by building consensus. Consensus is an inherent part of the wiki process. The basic process works like this: someone makes an edit to a page, and then everyone who reads the page makes a decision to either leave the page as it is or change it. Over time, every edit that remains on a page, in a sense, has the unanimous approval of the community (or at least everyone who has looked at the page). "Silence equals consent" is the ultimate measure of consensus — somebody makes an edit and nobody objects or changes it. Most of the time consensus is reached as a natural product of the editing process.

The information remained on the template for several months until Alec mcc removed it, sparking an ongoing edit war. You don't seem to accept that controversial edits should gain prior approval, and so far I can see no consensus to do so on the talk page. Consensus isn't a matter of counting noses - read the policy again, please. --Pete 17:55, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, please stop explaining consensus, 'professionalism' and collaboration. I believe our actions speak a lot louder than our ability to copy'n'paste'n'intepret policy - I've also already voiced my well-founded opinion on your track record. Can we move on? Merbabu 18:03, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

If you are unable or unwilling to address the point on contentious edits, then kindly stop bothering me. --Pete 18:11, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

The above diffs cited by Merabu do not violate WP:CANVASS. This, however, most certainly does and I request that you immediately either remove it or refactor it.--cj | talk 05:39, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

hmmmm - well, OK. Not understood, but definitely accepted. Although I may not have felt inclined to complain had Skyring 'recruited' those of an opinion different to his own. Merbabu 05:49, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

OK, CJ, how on earth do you see my post to Talk:Commonwealth of Nations as violating WP:CANVASS? For one thing, as a post to an article discussion page, it doesn't even count as canvassing. But leaving that aside, it's a neutral post to a community of editors who have an interest in all article pages relating to Commonwealth members, of which Australia is one. I believe that there is a relevant Wikiproject somewhere, but I couldn't find it. And even if I accepted your view, what changes would you have me make? Be reasonable, please! --Pete 15:15, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Sarah Trimmer

I was wondering why you changed the dates on the Sarah Trimmer page. I thought that dates appeared in the form specified by the user in his/her preferences, so it didn't matter how they were set up in the article. Just curious. I'm not reverting or anything. Awadewit | talk 01:57, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Most of Misplaced Pages's users are not editors with accounts and date preferences, so it's best to put dates in the correct format for that article, as per the Manual of Style. --Pete 03:25, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

I did not realize there was a "correct" format for articles. Are all dates supposed to be in the day/month/year style? I couldn't quite tell from the MOS. I thought that the date styles just had to be consistent, which is what I did. I must have missed something. Awadewit | talk 05:31, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Blocked

As usual you have no respect for the rules of engagement, whether defined by policy or simply decency. And as usual you have taken great care to ensure you have a defence against any accusations of impropriety. I have no doubt you will argue eloquently that your message at Talk:Commonwealth of Nations does not constitute canvassing; that you are not in any way responsible for the consequent escalation of the edit war; that I am an involved editor; etcetera. But I'm not buying it any more. In the interests of maintaining standards of debate in what is already a sordid and petty dispute, you have been blocked for 48 hours. Hesperian 05:54, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Your action appears to be motivated by something other than impartial observance of established procedures. I took good care to limit my messages to those editors with an interest, to remain neutral, and to remain within the spirit and letter of the WP:CANVASS guideline. I also deeply resent your initial comments above.

I will accept that you acted hastily, possibly goaded by the intemperate actions of User:G2bambino, and may well wish to reflect on the appropriateness of your behaviour here. I had you marked down as a good egg, with an eye to practicality and fairness, but really, you have gone too far. --Pete 15:07, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Thankyou Pete, I have taken up your invitation to reflect upon the appropriateness of my behaviour.

Firstly, every time I make a decision whether or not to push the block button or not, I upset someone. I'm on a power trip or I'm gutless. I'm a member of the cabal or I'm a rouge admin. I'm biased towards my friends or I put no value on friendship. I assume bad faith or I let people get away with murder. I'm too heavily involved in the dispute or I don't have enough context. In short, no-one but no-one ever thinks I'm a good egg for long, so I'm glad to have disabused you of that misconception. Fortunately for me, I'm pretty selective about whose opinions of me I value, so my self-respect remains intact.

Secondly, I remain confident that my block was correct, and that it will be endorsed by the community. On Misplaced Pages, as elsewhere in life, there is clearly appropriate behaviour, blatantly inappropriate behaviour, and a grey area in between. To enable policing of behaviour, we write policies that draw a sharp line through the grey area. Good faith editors such as yourself generally don't get blocked for blatantly inappropriate behaviour - that is the domain of vandals and trolls. No, good faith editors find themselves blocked when they indulge in ethically questionable behaviour in the quest for an edge in a dispute, thus straying into that grey area and just over the line drawn by policy.

I can understand the temptation to run a rule over the current articulation of policy, and debate whether your behaviour was only just on this side of the line, or only just on that side of the line. If you did so, I'm quite sure you would find consensus that your message did indeed constitute inappropriate canvassing, and warranted a block. But personally, I think a better course of action would be to acknowledge to yourself that you shouldn't have been in the grey area in the first place. If you have to "take care to... remain within the spirit and letter of the CANVAS guideline", then you're obviously in that grey area, where at least some of your fellow Wikipedians will perceive your behaviour as improper. If only one in ten Wikipedians perceive that message as canvassing, then still you have discarded the respect, trust and goodwill of 10% of the people you have to edit alongside, in a single message.

Thirdly, I apologise for my opening comments in this section. I reserve the right to hold an unflattering opinion of your conduct in this and other disputes, but it was utterly improper for me to express it in such an offensive way. It probably constituted a personal attack - at the very least it was in that grey area - which is a grossly inappropriate way to begin a message that ends with me blocking you for a policy violation. Perhaps, as you say, I acted hastily, goaded by the intemperate actions of G2bambino. In view of my hypocrisy in personally attacking you while in the act of blocking you, I shall unblock immediately, with my apologies for time served. You should treat this as an acknowledgement of wrongdoing on my own part, not as a reassessment of your own behaviour.

Hesperian 00:53, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. Very well said. However, I think the block was most improper, and if you are going to succeed as an admin, you should be impartial, rather than steering a debate in the direction you want. Even if you don't think that's what you are doing, that's what you are doing.

I didn't see any "grey area". I made sure I operated within the spirit and letter of the guidelines, not because I wanted to kid anyone, but because I wanted to do the right thing.

As I mentioned earlier, one of my concerns is consistency and uniformity with other similar articles. You rail against "Edit warriors from afar", as if somehow only Australian editors should edit the Australia article, and when I seek input from those who edit articles concerning the wider British Commonwealth, you block me, you block anyone who responds to my call, you state that I have acted against policy and you do your best to negate, with untruths and threats, my request for more voices in the discussion.

My concerns about the way good articles are nibbled away are firmly held. I have seen too many excellent editors give up and leave the project, exhausted at the effort of continually defending and repairing articles against the subtle attacks of POV pushers. This is not to say that articles should remain forever unchanged, forever stagnant, as others in this debate state and restate. But nor do I want to see good consistent work thrown away and replaced with a lashed-up affair, as so often happens after a few edit warriors have twisted a paragraph this way and that.

I see my reasons for wanting the royal anthem to remain alongside the national anthem in the template (in a secondary position, to be sure) as quite valid, and I note that many other editors have expressed similar views. So why, when I argue forthrightly and resolutely for my preference, am I attacked so unfairly? --Pete 09:34, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

June 2007

Please don't change the format of dates. Most British people and many people internationally write dates in day-month-year order, e.g., 12 December 1904. Most Americans use month-day-year order, e.g., December 12, 1904. If the article is about an American topic, use month-day-year. If it is a British topic, use day-month-year. If neither, leave it as originally written. Many Americans or British people take offence if an article about their country, written in their local version of English, is changed around to a version they don't use. So please do not do that.

Dates are usually enclosed in two square brackets, as in ] or ]. This means that you can set your preferences (if you look around your screen you'll see the word preferences; click on it and follow the instructions) to ensure that you see all dates in the format you want, whether date-month-year, month-date-year or yyyy-mm-dd. The general rules on how Misplaced Pages articles are written can be seen in the Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style. Rules specific to dates and numbers can be seen in the Misplaced Pages:Manual of Style (dates and numbers).

If you have any questions about this, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Enjoy your time on the web's fastest growing encyclopædia (or encyclopedia, if you write it that way!). Thank you. Andrew_pmk | Talk 01:50, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your well-meaning advice, Andrew. I change dating format to conform with WP:DATE. Most WP users aren't editors and therefore don't have date preferences set. If you have any specific points, please let me know. --Pete 04:50, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

User:Skyring/Wikistalking

I've deleted this page as it's not appropriate for Misplaced Pages. Please don't recreate material such as this on Misplaced Pages. If you have concerns over another editors behaviour, there are several avenues available to you - Mediation, Dispute Resolution, a Request for Comment or an Arbitartion Request. Best Wishes. Nick 00:41, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

I'll thank you to restore it, please. I checked the policy on subpages before commencing it. I don't want to make this matter official just yet, because I'm hoping that Alec's attitude might change, but I do want to get the facts down while it is all fresh in my mind, in case he continues his behaviour. I've put an hour of careful work into this - please don't waste my effort. --Pete 00:54, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Your conflict with Alec

I'm not sure if you've got my Talk page on your watchlist, but I've made a suggestion there of a way this conflict can at least be dealt with temporarily. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 03:24, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Much appreciated. The problem seems to be that when I make a good faith edit, Alec jumps in and begins a revert war. I'll take that as a trigger to give you a yell. Looks like both of us regard you as someone with a calm and reasonable eye. --Pete 03:32, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

I apologise for making a personal attack against you, it was wrong and in the heat of the moment. Alec 04:10, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you. --Pete 04:15, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Paul Keating

Hi Pete - saw your comments on the Paul Keating talk page. Is the Bryan Westwood painting here or is that another one - I found this on Flickr; and I was asked to source the actual painting - I couldn't, though I did find that Westwood painted Keating, and that the portrait now hangs in Parliament House in Canberra. The copyright trolls have decided to delete all remnants of this picture, and it's not good enough even to illustrate the article as something that was done to commemorate Keating's prime ministership (I was accused of making it a sham attempt at finding a non-free likeness!) If the painting won the Archibald Prize that might be enough to justify a fair use claim on the Keating page. Do you know where I could get any more information on this? JRG 12:56, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

There's a link via the Archibald Prize article, and it gets you here. This portrait currently hangs in Old Parliament House, and it is stunning. I reckon the Archibald goes to some crap portraits nowadays, but this was a worthy winner. --Pete 14:40, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Baden Powell (mathematician)

Hey, Pete, I'm not your janitor. If you won't correct your own errors, I'll simply revert again. I have kindly pointed out previously, e.g., while you changed Baden-Powell House that changing specific details such as dates should be done with accuracy. If you ignore that, I'll treat you work as vandalism. Wim van Dorst (Talk) 22:36, 25 June 2007 (UTC).

If I don't spot my own errors, I can hardly fix 'em. If you spot them, then you may fix them. Your own peculiar dating system leaves most readers (i.e. those who aren't registered editors) with a mess of numbers throughout text in biographical articles. I suggest, once again, that you follow the Manual of Style guidelines. --Pete 22:43, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

If you're a beginning editor, perhaps I can help you with suggesting that you use the history of a page you have edited, and then do a comparison of all your edits in one go. Then you can see in the left column the correct information, and in the right column what you have made of it. Colours indicate what you have changed. Using such a simple mechanism allows an editor to easily whether you have made any mistakes. Success with correcting Baden Powell (mathematician): I see you're still working on it. That's good. I'm pretty sure you can get enough checks built in so that people afterwards will appreciate your article improvements too. Wim van Dorst (Talk) 22:55, 25 June 2007 (UTC).

It's a grey old day here in Canberra, cold and raining, and your efforts to bring a smile to my face are much appreciated! Many thanks! --Pete 22:57, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

It's a bleak night here in The Netherlands too. Summer is on the calendar, but autumn is out there. I'm glad you appreciate my comments. You've just two corrections to go (hint: Robert and Agnes). Wim van Dorst (Talk) 23:27, 25 June 2007 (UTC).

Book

In asking this question I am assuming you've read many of the thousands of books in your abebooks catalogue, and would therefore be able to help me out!

I'm about to buy "Noble Six Hundred; the Story of the Empire Air Training Scheme with Special Reference to the 674 Australians Who Trained in Southern Rhodesia" from a seller in Adelaide (Canberra is too far a drive) and am wondering if you can recall any details on the book, and would be able to tell me if it's a worthwhile purchase.

Of course, I'm imposing and asking these things, but any help would be welcome!

Cheers, Michael 10:19, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

It's basically a brief outline of the scheme, potted histories of each of the monthly intakes, and biographical sketches (about a page each), of most of the six hundred odd (including the author). A few photographs at the front and rear. Of course, it depends on what your interests are as to how worthwhile it is for you, but it's a well-produced example of niche market "labour of love" ex-service history. I can scan and post cover and sample pages if you wish. --Pete 18:28, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Re: Royal Anthem

I absolutely agree that it is misguided for them to plonk any mention of it to the very bottom of the article. There are facts I don't particularly like either, but I don't try and hide them on[REDACTED] articles. I might give discussion on it a go, but I'm not holding my breath! Biofoundationsoflanguage 07:30, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

My rather aggressive push on this got nowhere. Alec however would seem to have an agenda on this. In reply to my statement of position on the subject he has written on my talk page, "It is great that you have strong feelings on the monarchy in Australia...". What I think I articulated was that the Queen of Australia is the Head of State and until she is removed from that position, a move I support, the RA should be played. My strong feelings are for stating the facts and not hiding the things we do not want to see (or hear). Take it up again if you like but there were many who were against it and I was the only one pushing the line or reincorporation. As I have said before, "history is written by the winners and so is Misplaced Pages." --CloudSurfer 19:06, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

Actually, I got the impression that there were only a handful who wanted to remove the RA and that all in favour of keeping it didn't participate in the vote. Alec's POV shouldn't be given anyh more weight than it deserves. We're writing an encyclopaedia, not shading reality to reflect personal political opinions. Australia has a Royal Anthem, like Canada and other Commonwealth members, and trying to hide or obscure that fact doesn't change reality. --Pete 20:18, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

The only half-decent counter-argument I have seen so far is that the United States doesn't have its Presidential Anthem on its infobox. Though I think that's fairly easy to derail. Biofoundationsoflanguage 08:32, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Hail to the Chief has no legislative foundation as an anthem, unlike GSTQ. --Pete 00:37, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

That was easy! And, of course, GStQ used to actually be Australia's National Anthem, whereas now it has status as its Royal Anthem. What's the way forward from here? Biofoundationsoflanguage 08:40, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

I think that we need to clarify the situation at . Obviously some nation articles have a royal anthem, and these are shown in the infobox in different ways. We should aim for uniformity of presentation, and what qualifies for inclusion. A basis in legislation or the constitution, or national gazettal, I think. There may be several types of alternative anthem, such as royal anthem, presidential anthem, maybe even military or youth anthems. --Pete 01:58, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Using {{Birth date and age}} internationally

Hi Pete. I am trying to understand what you would like to change about {{Birth date and age}} and simular templates. Is your only problem that the day first option is not the default or do you see a bigger problem? I know you would prefer that the template take a wikidate as a single parameter however this is very difficult if even possible to implement is a template. -- Patleahy (talk) 03:02, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Ideally the input should be a wikidate with output in the same format. This would be the easiest and most transparent option for editors. I can't see that this would be impossible to implement. However the major problem is that there is a default output. If it outputs American Dating, it's going to be the wrong format for articles that use International Dating. If it outputs International Dating, it's going to be the wrong format for articles that use American Dating. You can set a flag to indicate a non-default format, but of course this is not going to be used by the average editor. It is unfair to say "Well, we Americans (or we British) like the way it is, everyone else can take an extra step to get what they want.", nor is it adequate to say, "Just RTFM - we technoheads understand it just fine." --Pete 03:22, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

If you believe this can be implemented using a wikidate propose an implementation. I love to learn how to do it. If we assume that a wikidate is not possible is what you are proposing getting rid of the default and having all editors explicitly specify the default output, perhaps df=yes for the date first option and mf=yes for the month first option. That way everyone knows the option exists. -- Patleahy (talk) 03:39, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Not being a LAMP programmer, I'll leave implementation to someone else. I'm an MCSD. Having all editors specify an output style is even worse. If wikidate input is impossible, then have two (or more) templates, say (American birth date and age) and (International birth date and age). --Pete 03:43, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

What do you consider the benefit of two templates over one template with two flags? -- Patleahy (talk) 03:55, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Ease of use for more editors. The situation is one where a single template with a default output is unsatisfactory. Using wikidates as input would solve the problem, because the input determines the output in a transparent and user-friendly fashion. --Pete 05:02, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

I fixed the articles you mentioned at Template talk:Birth date and age#Flagging arbitration proceedings. These changes were not made as part of the removal of the Euro templates. Two of them were changed before the Euro template was deleted. -- Patleahy (talk) 04:30, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

As I say, I can find any number of further examples by looking at my watchlist, and there are undoubtedly further examples that are not on my watchlist.

I'm not convinced that two different templates is easer for editors than one with two flags.

Since you feel strongly I suggest you file a Deletion review to explain why the Euro templates should be undeleted. You should also propose renaming the other templates at the Contested proposals section of Requested moves. I think that’s a better approach than filing an ArbCom proceeding. -- Patleahy (talk) 05:29, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

I'd prefer that someone rewrite the template to use wikidates, actually. However, I'll take your advice on board. --Pete 01:49, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Australia

Hi Pete, on reflection I apologise for my anger even though I have already self-reverted it. I don't know the whole story about Carr's departure. However if you were a major contributor to his leaving then I would stand by my words. Cheerio, Alec ✉_{﹌ } 12:59, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

I certainly had a role in adding to Adam's stress level, by giving as good as I got from him. But if you look at his contributions, you'll see that our interaction for the past eighteen months was minimal. What you will see there, especially towards the end, is a growing frustration that good articles and good editing were being drowned out by crap and campaigns by people pushing ideological barrows. I wouldn't describe your contributions as crap, but you are certainly twisting things to suit your own political views. I suggest that you accept that in politics you can't win every battle, and that if you write something in hot rage, you should go and make a cup of tea before hitting the "send" button. Also, think about feeding the trolls. I don't respond to everything I'd like to because a lot of things are designed solely to get a heated response, and it serves very little common good by maintaining private feuds. --Pete

Howard

a) Prime Minister pages discuss what happened regarding their government during their time in power. b) Howard established the enquiry and refused calls for a royal commission. Timeshift 05:45, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Using those criteria we could turn Howard's biographical article into a multi-gigabyte monster full of trivia. Give me a real reason to include the AWB thing. --Pete 05:55, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Talk:John Howard. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content which gains a consensus among editors. Cheers, Alec ✉_{﹌ } 02:04, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

LOL! Cool down, mate. I added a response, Peter Ballard added another in a different section and then you came along and tried to wedge your post in ahead of mine. I merely restored the original order, and I'll thank you to be civil about it. I suggest that you sit down, have a cup of tea, and return to your labours calm and refreshed. Stress and tension is what does for WP editors. --Pete 02:14, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

I don't give a crap Pete, it was an edit conflict as it took a while to write the response because I was distracted by other things, I just get pissed by your constant combination of wikilawyering, kettle and uncivility (ie ‘labours calm’). These things individually don't worry me in the slightest, but I know that once you're given an inch you take a mile. Alec ✉_{﹌ } 02:23, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

Do try not to get pissed. If you have a short fuse, best not to let it get the better of you. Do what I do, and laugh at the antics of your opponent. In the end, it doesn't really amount to a hill of beans. --Pete 02:28, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on John Howard. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content which gains a consensus among editors. You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war Lester2 04:56, 22 August 2007 (UTC) See above, brother. --Pete 02:29, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Invitation: John Howard, Request for Comment

Hi Skyring/Pete. As you know, there is a Request for Comment on the John Howard talk page. I wish to invite you to leave a comment there. Hope to see you there. Thanks, Lester2 20:10, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

Conflicts of Interest

Regarding the editing of political articles in Misplaced Pages, and the John Howard article, I wonder if you have any close associations (past or present) with political parties or conflicts of interest WP:COI that you'd like to declare? Thanks, Lester2 23:43, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

None that I wish to declare. However, to forestall your leap of logic, I am not and have never been a member of the Liberal or National parties. Your turn. --Pete 02:03, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

I've never been a member of any political party. I don't particularly like any of them! Peter Ballard has declared his on his userpage. I think that's the appropriate thing to do. I thought you may want to do the same Lester2 11:57, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Rat smell

Funny you mentioned that, I was having those exact same thoughts last night. I think I will fill out a "Checkuser" request. Could you have a look when it's done. Prester John 17:20, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

I've run enough sockpuppet accounts in my time to recognise the signs. There's always a few mistakes made by the puppeteer, especially to begin with. I note that with the high external visibility this article has gotten, it is of course on the cards that we will get a rash of new contributors, but generally the newbies show enough newbieness that they are easily recognised, at least until they get into the swing of doing things and start flinging wikilinks and sigs around. The fact that Lester2 keeps logging out of his account and then forgetting he has done this and making anon posts is also an indicator. He didn't do it when he first began posting - why start now? --Pete 17:38, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

checkuser request completed. Feel free to add information directly to the case. Prester John 18:31, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Checkuser results pending more disscussion and evidence to be presented to Misplaced Pages:Suspected sock puppets. Please go and add a comment to Lesters case there. Cheers. Prester John 23:43, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Check user results are in. You and Prester John were mistaken. An apology to me and User:Lester2 for the libelous inferences you made would demonstrate good faith. --Bren 01:41, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

A libelous inference, eh? I make no apologies. I voiced my legitimate suspicions. Any inferences made were obviously yours. --Pete 03:36, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

I agree it was a legitimate suspicion, especially on the political pages but at present there doesn't seem to be any real evidence, other than a gut feeling. If you think there is evidence later, the case can be reopened, but it's best to present specific diffs as evidence, not general observations. Sarah 03:51, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

Sept 2007

Please refrain from repeatedly undoing other people's edits, as you are doing in John Howard. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Misplaced Pages. The three-revert rule (3RR) prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24-hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. Rather than reverting, please discuss disputed changes on the talk page. The revision you want is not going to be implemented by edit warring. Thank you. Shot info 06:09, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Warning: Removing references from John Howard article is vandalism

I ask you to stop removing or breaking existing references from the John Howard article. It is disruptive behaviour that I'll be reporting.Lester2 02:26, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

LOL! I suggest you go check out what constitutes vandalism. Funny man. --Pete 04:11, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

There is currently a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. --Lester2 05:19, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Sleep

Defenders of the wiki need no sleep........ Prester John 18:30, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Heh. But cabbies keep odd hours. --Pete 18:38, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

Edits on Children Overboard Affair

You've made the same disputed edit twice in succession (here & here) without explaining the edit on the article talkpage as requested. Please justify your edits, avoid disruptive editing and avoid 3RR. --Brendan Lloyd 03:28, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Looking at the facts, I'm actually rewriting this diff which you made without gaining consensus, one of several hotly-contested edits you made, resulting in you later being blocked for edit-warring. I trust that you have learnt your lesson. --Pete 03:39, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your feedback, Skyring/Pete. I believe you are mistaken on both counts. At no stage was I blocked for edit warring on Children Overboard Affair. There is nothing on the talkpage for that article evidencing your claim that my edits were hotly contested. The Children Overboard Affair had previously been protected, after I requested it and User:Mastcell agreed, due to User:Prester John performing disruptive edits. Please focus on the issue at hand, seek consensus for your changes and avoid removing contextual detail from articles. --Brendan Lloyd 03:50, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

I am correct. A glance at your block log shows you were blocked for edit-warring. And you did not gain consensus for your edit, which I have now belatedly noticed and corrected, also resuming the discussion on this subject. --Pete 03:54, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

You are incorrect. My block does not show any blocks for editwarring on Children Overboard Affair. Stop the ad hominem and debate content already. --Brendan Lloyd 03:59, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

You camn scarcely deny that you were blocked for edit-warring. And kindly do not presume to tell me that I am incorrect when I describe my actions. I know what's in my mind when I make edits. You can only guess. No more of this trolling, please. --Pete 04:04, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

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