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Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Bullshido.net (2nd nomination)

Since you nominated Bullshido.net for deletion at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Bullshido.net (2nd nomination), you may be interested in my renomination of the article for deletion. If you would like to participate in that debate, please comment at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Bullshido.net (3rd nomination). Thanks, Cunard (talk) 22:44, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Smiley face murder theory

Thanks for participating at the RFC for this article in the past. Unfortunately, despite what was a clear consensus, the people trying to slant the article to the fringe view simply shopped around until they got enough other people to show up, and they are very aggressive about wanting the POV there. One of the arguments there is the typical "people used to think the sun revolved around the earth, and by your arguments we wouldn't have been allowed to say otherwise" silliness. There are also strong indications of at least one sockpuppet at work. If you cared about your input there it might help to come back and reiterate it. DreamGuy (talk) 00:24, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Hate to bug you again, but some extremely aggressive editors on this article are claiming that I was the only person who opposed their changes and that consensus is against me and that I am a liar and all sorts of bizarre claims. If you have the time to come back and weigh in again it'd be very helpful. DreamGuy (talk) 16:21, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

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McDojo

Thanks for the tags, I'll have scan though now, but will have to be the weekend to have a proper look & add the sources. --Nate/_c 08:48, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Deletion review/Log/2009 October 2#Bullshido.net

Since you participated in Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Bullshido.net (3rd nomination), which was closed as "no consensus", you may be interested in a subsequent DRV. Since I disagreed with the close, I contacted the closing admin, who responded, "To be honest, Cunard, I would tend to agree with you, but I am not sure if the balance of things heads to delete rather than no consensus. Listing it at DRV might be a good option here; I won't endorse or oppose the close and will allow the DRV community to decide it. Therefore, I have listed this article at DRV; if you would like to participate, please see Misplaced Pages:Deletion review/Log/2009 October 2#Bullshido.net. Thanks, Cunard (talk) 21:10, 2 October 2009 (UTC)

AE

Please consult sockpuppet investigations for your concerns on sbs108--Tznkai (talk) 21:42, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

SSB

I strongly suggest you take a look at WP:ETIQUETTE, and refrain from such foul language in your edit summaries. "Dammit, who put this shit back in?" is not appropriate in the least, and I'm sure you can convey your point without cursing, which can be viewed by whoever edited the page. I found your "edit summary" rather offensive. Thanks, Onopearls 22:13, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

You are at 3 reverts in a 24 hour period on the article. Just giving you a heads up that you're at the 3RR, so you won't get in any trouble. And You might want to read this section of the SSB talk page that Mfield wrote.

Merkey AfD

Re: "Given the amount of trouble that this article and its subject have caused, we're probably better off with deletion." I suggest you strike this out or remove it. Including something like this in a nomination, let alone ending a nomination in such a way, makes it look like there personal issues involved. --Ronz (talk) 22:33, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Attack on Erik Moeller

This is going too far... Please review your conduct on this matter in view of WP:DISRUPT and WP:NPA.

Please find a way to advocate or move towards banner changes which does not violate policy and basic civility expectations of contributors. Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 23:41, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Stay civil.

Edit summaries such as "stop trolling - my statement is fairly clear, the talk page consensus is almost 100% against this except for you and 2 or 3 sanctioned troublemakers" are not productive. Please stay civil.Headbomb {_{κοντριβς} – WP Physics} 17:23, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

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For the record, I personally don't think that what you did was malicious, just maybe not well thought through. - Tbsdy lives (formerly Ta bu shi da yu) 12:30, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

• The best way to deal with it is simply to WP:PROD them. It's unlikely that many will be challenged, those that are can be AfDd if they aren't improved. Guy (Help!) 13:26, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

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FYI

I saw your revert of my edit on Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Your editsummary, that my opinion "makes no sense", is not very complimentory, nor explanatory. Please take part in the discussion on the talk page at Talk:Menachem_Mendel_Schneerson#Liz_Leyden. If you have no arguments to make there, your revert is likely to be undone soon. Debresser (talk) 21:11, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

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User talk:Xiutwel-0002

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You posted at ANI about this editor.

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Actually, literature about 10 Agorot controversy is given in article, as well as official Israeli response. --DowJonesFan (talk) 19:25, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

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Your RfA

Might I suggest you withdraw? It seems like a snow close right now.  fetchcomms☛ 23:01, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

I would second that. I would close it now but you have been here long enough that you know whats going on. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 01:21, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

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Misplaced Pages:Deletion review/Log/2009 October 2#Bullshido.net

Hi, Crotalus horridus. Because you participated in Misplaced Pages:Deletion review/Log/2009 October 2#Bullshido.net, you may be interested in Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Bullshido.net (4th nomination). Cunard (talk) 21:13, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

Richard Goldstone - new version

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Re and : yes I think you're right, though some of the back-story may have escaped me. Certainly if there is no good evidence for the ban then it should go (the block, of course, being another matter) William M. Connolley (talk) 14:50, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

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Enigma Babylon One World Faith

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• Sorry, I used Twinkle to post the nomination, but apparently it didn't do the banner. I put it on manually. *** Crotalus *** 16:52, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

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• I put it back into the Exxon page. Not sure why it was removed. *** Crotalus *** 16:38, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

Would you take a look at this?

Since you initiated the Afd, I thought I would look to you for advice. Before the page was deleted, Smatprt (talk · contribs) copied the page and saved in on his talk page. He then, under the guise of creating another draft of the Shakespeare authorship question (as per the directive stemming from this decision, into the draft pasted part of the Oxfordian article that contained similar information.

He then created a new article in the mainspace, Oxfordian Theory - Parallels with Shakespeare's Plays, with the edit summary of "forking play portion from draft3, adding in mainstream dismissal to opening para and several lead graphs to maintain NPOV". However, a comparison with his archived copy of the deleted article shows that it was not forked from the talk page draft, but pasted almost verbatim from his archived version.

His action comes at a particularly inopportune time, since we are supposedly engaged in mediation about the SAQ. I posted a protest on his talk page, giving my reasons and asking him to comply with the AfD result, which he deleted as a "personal attack".

Can you advise me on what I should do, if anything? I had hoped the mediation would solve our differences, but it has yet to come about and I now wonder if it will. I realise this is a tedious subject for most people, but any advice you can offer I would appreciate. Tom Reedy (talk) 05:24, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

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Nomination for deletion of Template:Five Good Emperors

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Jan 21, 2011

Hi. I am looking into forming a Wiki project about electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles. Any thoughts? Are you interested? Do you know other editors that may be interested? Feel free to drop a line at my talk page.(I hope by putting discussions of the proposed project in one place would make it easier for every interested editor to keep up to date.) ---North wiki (talk) 13:59, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Jan 23, 2011

Would just like to inform you the Green vehicle task force is formed under WP:Project Environment. ---North wiki (talk) 04:05, 24 January 2011 (UTC)

WP:ARBPIA notification

As a result of an arbitration case, the Arbitration Committee has acknowledged long-term and persistent problems in the editing of articles related to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, broadly understood. As a result, the Committee has enacted broad editing restrictions, described here and below.

• Any uninvolved administrator may, on his or her own discretion, impose sanctions on any editor working in the area of conflict if, despite being warned, that editor repeatedly or seriously fails to adhere to the purpose of Misplaced Pages, any expected standards of behavior, or any normal editorial process.
• The sanctions imposed may include blocks of up to one year in length; bans from editing any page or set of pages within the area of conflict; bans on any editing related to the topic or its closely related topics; restrictions on reverts or other specified behaviors; or any other measures which the imposing administrator believes are reasonably necessary to ensure the smooth functioning of the project.
• Prior to any sanctions being imposed, the editor in question shall be given a warning with a link to this decision; and, where appropriate, should be counseled on specific steps that he or she can take to improve his or her editing in accordance with relevant policies and guidelines.
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This notice is only effective if given by an uninvolved administrator and logged here.

This is just a notification and not an assumption of bad faith. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:39, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

I am aware of this case. I believe that my editing on Jerusalem has all been well within the "purpose of Misplaced Pages, expected standards of behavior, and normal editorial process." I have attempted to discuss this on the talk page to reach consensus, but the editor who requested you to serve me with this notification has refused to cooperate. Instead, he continually harps on procedural objections, claiming that the article must remain static because of an active RFC, and claiming that it has been discussed before and therefore cannot be discussed again. There seems to be an overall consensus for the changes I have proposed, with 2 objectors (plus a third new account that is a probable sockpuppet.) *** Crotalus *** 13:55, 31 January 2011 (UTC)