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This is the Archive for July-August Aeon 18:58, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Again? 2 A well earned snack for my favorite Squid 3 Plus Desert 4 Fair use rationale for Image:BXHM0344.jpg 5 Re: Tracy 6 Link to page 7 New Userbox: I am a joke, not a threat 8 WoW 9 WoW vandalism?! 10 List of Songs 11 Rick Ross 12 AMA Roll Call 13 AMA Roll Call 14 Can you please email me? 15 Advocacy 16 For your work within the AMA 17 mediation request 18 License tagging for Image:SandwhichAeonrib.jpg 19 thanks, I rec. user conduct on the RFC 20 Re: mediation of Fossil record 21 Joke 22 User:Aeon1006/cyclostar 23 Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot 24 re: Just a heads up 25 UCRG Conduct RFC Filed[1] 26 sick day 27 RfC 28 Hangman 29 User page revert 30 Barnstar 31 RfC 32 WP:BSB 33 Cruft Alert 34 Re:Hello I'm the redecorator 35 Thanks 36 Image copyright problem with Image:Rotatinearth.gif 37 Re:Birthday 38 Barnstar 39 re: Happy Promtion Day! 40 Thank you for the Barnstar 41 RE: Happy Birthday 42 Userboxes consolidation support 42.1 Other consolidations 42.1.1 Myers-Briggs 42.1.2 LOTR 42.2 Live master user templates 42.3 Templates for deletion in progress 42.4 Lady Aleena's userbox consolidation desk 42.5 More user template deletions 43 I need a cup of tea 44 Thanks for the Barnstar! 45 Encouragement 46 The Mediation Cabal 47 my entry for mediation 48 AFD 49 Mediation suggestion 50 Wikipedia Research Survey Request 51 Surreal 52 Your Turn 53 Aeon1006, I think that you should resign permanently from the AMA 54 Wiki-stress 55 Break Time! 56 SYSOP Action on UCRGrad 57 re: Need your Help! 58 Werdnabot 59 My opinion 60 Clarification 61 Alright, now what to do 62 Mass AfD 63 Thanks 64 Featured article semi-protect 65 re: Your apology to I-B 66 Re: Aeon again 67 Reply 68 Redecoration of my user page 69 Stress 70 Your worst 71 Thanks! 72 Thanks 73 Re:Vandalsim [sic] 74 WHAT!?!? 75 Leaving Wikipedia? 76 Nooooooooo! 77 Sorry to see you go 78 Left? 79 :(

[edit] Again?

On User Talk:Doc Tropics page you wrote:

"Now that is Cool! Aeon 20:41, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

I bet 10$ and the admin rights to one of my forums that they bring it back by the end of the week. Aeon 23:04, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

yep lol....it is good, boy that was a hard AfD to get through. Aeon 12:31, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Someone is now trying to get it undeleted. [Link] Aeon 15:17, 5 July 2006 (UTC)"

To which Doc Tropics replied:

Wow! That didn't take long. I think we need to put that article down with a stake through its chest and stuff its mouth with holy wafers...--Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 15:34, 5 July 2006 (UTC) Someone is now trying to get it undeleted. [Link] Aeon 15:17, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

And then you wrote on Doc Tropic's page:

• Falls out of chair becuase he is laughing so hard* I know a catholic chaplian, you get the stake I will give him a call Aeon 15:37, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Now, why would that be so funny? I know I write and edit articles late at night on Mary's Well, Palestinian Christian and Nazareth. I've mentioned my Christian background on talk pages there. And I also know I have a tendency to verbosity. But I don't think talk of forming a double tag team to drive a stake through me and stuff holy wafers in my mouth is remotely funny. It's actually totally offensive and threatening. Could you explain or clarify for me in case I have misunderstood? Tiamut 19:05, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

We (myself and doc Tropics) did not make any threats. We are just sharing a joke about that AfD. Sorry if it has irratated you but you must understand that that was a rather stressful AfD for all concerned and a little release was needed. The article in question in mine and several other opinion needed to be deleted, it was not notable enough to be in wikipedia. Please in the future not accuse anybody of making threats, it was a simple joke about the AfD (the fact that it wasn't until the next day that is was nomed for undelete.) and not ment to be anyhting but a joke. Aeon 20:23, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

I gave Tiamut a serious answer on my Talkpage because he seems to be a serious editor. I doubt he would be so undignified as to fall out of his chair laughing. Still, better hold off on calling the priest just yet :) --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 21:44, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

Yikes, the defenders of that article are rather humorless -- I got vandalized 5 times while I was enjoying the 4th. Did you get hit as well? Morton Devonshire^Yo

[edit] A well earned snack for my favorite Squid

Thanks! Aeon 20:03, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Plus Desert

This is the official cookie for adding a quote to my Userpage, and it's a nice match for your sandwich. BTW - Twister was great and the bit with the flying cows still makes me laugh :) --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 21:23, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Re: Tracy

I think Tracy needs a full redo. The lead needs three paragraphs. The storm history needs to flow better. The preparations needs more useful info. Basically, every where needs more and sources. Hurricanehink (talk) 22:05, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Excellent! Good luck with it. --Hurricanehink (talk) 12:27, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Great. It needs it. --Hurricanehink (talk) 21:29, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

So far, it's getting better. You're definetly heading in the right direction. The main problem is still lack of souces, though. Hurricanehink (talk) 01:57, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Cool, good luck. Hurricanehink (talk) 02:04, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Link to page

Hi Aeon, the page in question is Operation Summer Rain. There's a lot of issues and bad edits going on. The problem from my side is the lack of willingness to accept even mainstream Western sources that have formed the majority of references for the posts I have cited. (Before today, when I tried to place more detailed casualty information as it appears on at www.pchrgaza.org, something that is getting talked out in a civil enough manner on the discussion page.) Everything, and I mean everything, just gets replaced with Jerusalem Post and Ynetnews, and information that indicates a civilian death is always thrown out in favour of another reference that indicates a militant death. Anyway, take a look for yourself. It's a fierce and furious editing pace though, so I won't blame you if you just give up trying to understand. Tiamut 22:38, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

That it is. I've bowed out for now. No need for masochism. It's hard enough knowing that people are dying, but then having to justify inclusion of basic details that might humanize them a little like their ages, names, and how they died - it's too much. I'll try to get back to it a a much later date when the emotions have died down and a serious, comprehensive and factual accounting of what actually happened can go on. Thanks for your input. Tiamut 21:41, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New Userbox: I am a joke, not a threat

Hi Aeon, I think our unfortunate misunderstanding with Tiamut is nearly sorted out. Since he posted at the Village Pump, I've asked that we conclude it there as well so that all comments will be available to the readers. I know that the situation frustrated you, especially after that contentious AfD, but I'm very encouraged that it can be resolved without resorting to more formal processes. At this point I mostly want to ensure that our reputations (poor ragtag things that they are) aren't "tarnished" by a misunderstanding that got out of hand. Thanks for keeping a cool head and trying to remain civil. I hope you don't mind that I teased you about your spelling on my Talkpage, it's actually a blatant case of the pot calling the kettle black since my spelling and grammer are atrocious :) --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 18:19, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Wow! Thanks for the Barnstar, Aeon. I'm very flattered and I'll be proud to add it to my Userpage. Since I've heard rumors about the food served in the Navy I'm going to give you a sandwich in return :) My uncle and grandfather were Navy, my father was an Air Force tech. We ended up in some interesting places (like Alaska) and I'm curious about where you've been and where you're stationed; I also can't resist asking...how's the weather? --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 19:43, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

As I wrote to User:Doc Tropics, the two of you have surpassed my expectations of the kindness and good humour that can come out of a heated Afd debate. Thanks for that and happy editing! Tiamut 10:24, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Aeon, I love the userbox; you totally crack me up. I'll rearrange my page to fit it in properly as soon as I'm home. thanks for a good laugh, and keep having fun :) --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 22:16, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WoW

He's back? Where did he strike?--Wikipedia's False Prophet holla at me 02:37, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WoW vandalism?!

I noticed you updated {{WDefcon}}. To what Willy on wheels vandalism were you referring to? Kevin_b_er 03:10, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of Songs

Heh, saw your comments on the page in question. In reviewing the comments you received, I recognized the writing style as none other than the original author -- just thought you would want to know you were talking to a pile of socks. The problem with that article is that the list is heresay -- an actual copy of the supposed list does not exist, so it's not verifiable (i.e. there is no photocopy of the supposed original Clear Channel directive, and no copy of the supposed e-mail, just references to it by other people). So, how do we know what's supposed to be on the list, if there is no verifiable list? Morton Devonshire^Yo 05:26, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rick Ross

Hi there, I am having trouble trying to add anything to the page Rick Ross (consultant) as I think the guy who seems to promote himself as chief moderator there just deletes anything I add. I am not a wiki pro, but I know that neutrality is a must. Rick Ross claims that the church I am in is a cult, and the links I provide defend that view. I am not sure if it is discrimination against me because I am a Christian and he is a Jew or whatever, but I am just aiming for a balanced debate. I put a little write up about how Ross comes against our church on the page but it was also just deleted and not edited. They are now saying that because I am in a cult I cannot provide adequate info, which is circular reasoning. Can you help. I don't really know what else to do! Nick.

Hi Aeon the links are:

• Website critical of Rick Ross' anti Christian motives
• Critical of Rick Ross

If you look at his site and background etc, you will understand that this guy has alot of critics, but on wiki seems to delete them all. Cheers - Nick. 05:27, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AMA Roll Call

There is currently an AMA Roll Call going on. Please visit the page and sign your name. :-) I know you're active, but I'm trying to hit up everyone to see who we have working. :-) אמר Steve Caruso _(desk/poll) 17:52, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AMA Roll Call

There is currently an AMA Roll Call going on. Please visit the page and sign your name. :-) I know you're active, but I'm trying to hit up everyone to see who we have working. :-) אמר Steve Caruso _(desk/poll) 17:52, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Can you please email me?

Dear Aeon1006,

Can you please email me? My email address is MichaelDWolok@aol.com This is not spam. I am sending this email to four other advocates today. I am having a hard time with Wikipedia and am looking for an advocate with a lot of experience with Wikipedia to help me. Thank you.

MichaelDWolok@aol.com

Michael D. Wolok 18:22, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Advocacy

Dear Aeon,

While things started off well, I feel things are not working out the way they should. I do not think that you are adaquately representing my interests in AMA discussion. Additionally, now you mistakeningly believe that UCRGrad and I are the same person. I would like to remind you that the original check user established the he and I were "two distinct groups."

In light of this, I feel it is no longer appropriate that you serve as my advocate. Best wishes. Insert-Belltower 23:17, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

That is fine. I feel that you don't wish to solve this disput anyways, however I will remain involved in teh disput resoultion and attempt to settle this. Aeon ^{Insane Ward} 23:26, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Aeon1006, I personally do not wish your presence in the dispute resolution process. You were asked to be I-B's advocate, but from the very first day, you failed to represent your client's interests. You instead attempted to take the role of "mediator," which is not the same thing as "advocate." What kind of advocate requires their client to apologize to another individual for actions that didn't even affect that person? What kind of advocate invites OPPOSING parties to give their viewpoint (e.g. Elkevbo). What kind of advocate secretly suspects that his client is engaging in sockpuppetry and doesn't even have the decency just to ASK if this was happening? Advocates have a duty to support their client's best interests, and you failed miserably in that duty, if I may point out. If you really didn't believe in IB's case, you never should have agreed to be his advocate in the first place. In fact, I think you've "done enough" here. I have certainly lost faith in you, and I'm sure I-B has as well (since he was the one who fired you). Your continued involvement in this case will do nothing but antagonize me, and I'm sure I speak for Insert-Belltower. I hope that in your next advocacy case, you pay closer attention to your client's needs and actually BE an advocate. UCRGrad 23:45, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

I for one appreciate your tremendous efforts to gather and objectively evaluate all pertinent sources of information, Aeon. I'm sure WHS and I, as well as others currently posting to the article's talk page, will be willing to follow whatever further steps you and Caruso feel this case merits.--Amerique 00:07, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Aeon, I do indeed want to see these issues resolved and I think that they can be resolved through informal processes. I believe that you are taking this too personally when you should not. For the record, I object to a RFC because it is unnecessary. In this last debate, things got a bit disorganized and statements were not responsed to appropriately. I suggest that a more organized debate with two new advocates who represent both sides would be more productive.Insert-Belltower 02:25, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] For your work within the AMA

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		For your patience and good work within the AMA. :-) אמר Steve Caruso (desk/poll) 01:03, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

THANKS steve! Aeon ^{Insane Ward} 01:05, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		I copied and pasted the Barnstar Steve gave you because I don't know where to find one :) --WHS 06:21, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] mediation request

Thanks for the barnstar, what do you think about WHS filing a mediation request? I am not really engaged in any personal/civil disputes with either of them currently, but i think issues unresolved from the "plagarism" accusation merit a mediation request.--Amerique 01:19, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] thanks, I rec. user conduct on the RFC

as UCRG has been notably incivil lately to new users and an article RFC has already been in place for awhile., best--Amerique 01:32, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Hello Aeon,

regarding the statement you requested for the rfc, couldn't we use the statements already present on your advocacy page to show that parties involved have already tried and failed to resolve matters? I personally don't feel it's necessary to go to ucrg/ib's user pages to make a point of further establishing what we already know. If you'd like, i suggest dividing work, however. i'll do ucrg's rfc if you do belltower's. sound good?--Amerique 18:04, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

Fine by me Amerique Aeon ^{Insane Ward} 18:06, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

i left a message with caruso regarding this. will await his advise before pursuing this matter further.--Amerique 20:39, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

ok, yours is much more complete than mine, currently in a bare bones state located here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Amerique/RFC

i don't have time to work on this more for the time being. incidentially, i'm ambivlant about pursuing the sockpuppet issue now because they apparantly have not attempted this recently. while i think it should be mentioned for completeness i don't think it should be emphasised that this is behavior we are currently concerned about. i think it should be emphasized that these are past violations and not current or ongoing ones.--Amerique 21:09, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

hello aeon, why don't we try this: you provide the narrative voice for the evidence i gathered, and i'll edit your text and look for more diff.links?

Could let me know when you file so that I could have chance to respond? Insert-Belltower 22:32, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

I'll make a point of doing that, IB. Sorry it had to go this way.--Amerique 22:44, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

hello aeon,

re your last suggestion, don't guidelines say they have to be filed seperately per user? i'd rather not get evidence between the two further confused than it already is. or do mean put both complete rfc texts on one page and work on them together on the same page?--Amerique 23:11, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

hello aeon, i appreciate your work, but looking at other examples of ongoing rfcs it looks like what you've assembled looks more like an RFARB than an RFC. It seems for an RFC we need to provide examples of conduct violations in the form of edit differences with brief summaries and page links and we don't need to include any personal statements or allegations other than the general statement and description of what the contested conduct is leading to the rfc. anyway, we don't need to finish this tonight, i'm willing to spend a week or so on it to get this done properly. best,--Amerique 23:45, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

no problem. thanks for all your help regarding this. i'll be working on adding more evidence to both pages also, and i think elkevbo and whs may help out with this as well.--Amerique 00:07, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

hey i've significantly updated the ucrg rfc. Will be continuing to edit both projects, but we should set a date for jointly filing these.--Amerique 21:53, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

thursday sounds good. thanks--Amerique 22:06, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

I agree, whs has been helping on mine. i think they should be ready by thurs. yours looks good too, but right now needs more evidence. i will work on that tomorrow.--Amerique 02:13, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Hello Aeon, As I understand the I-B RFC now, what you are doing is sending the whole advocacy case up to request comments from the wikipedian community. That is why it was structured differently. I was looking around page diffs in I-B's contribution history and could not find much that showed conduct violations as such. All he mainly does is revert pages and vocally support UCRGrad. While he has been uncivil occasionally how do you think we should structure his RFC in terms of the meatpuppet alligation?--Amerique 23:20, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: mediation of Fossil record

Not sure why Wing Nut has requested mediation for me. I only reverted his edits once. If you look at the history and talk pages you will see that he has been reverted by at least 3 other people for POV pushing. I think we are going to merge the page into Fossil anyway and most of this will be irrelevant. Nowimnthing 13:14, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

I agree with User:Nowimnthing. I think that mediation came too late to do any good. --ScienceApologist 13:32, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Joke

Not only did I add the "Joke" userbox to my Userpage, I stole the formatting from your Userpage to do it! Feel free to vandalize me :) --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 00:18, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User:Aeon1006/cyclostar

This article has now been deleted, as you requested.  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  13:24, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] re: Just a heads up

Hey Steve. I'm resigning from the AMA. I became a member of the Mediation Cabal and think for the time being to leave the AMA. I will return later the in year I just feel that doing informal Mediation woud be a better fit for me lol. It was fun. I will still be helping Amerique et. all with there RfC, Don't Worry. Thanks for everything. Aeon ^{Insane Ward} 04:05, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

All is well Aeon. It was a pleasure to have you on board. Good luck with the Mediation Cabal! :-) אמר Steve Caruso _(desk/poll) 12:59, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

well, i'm glad you are still working on this, no matter in what capacity. anyway I think an rfc on

ib could still work, but would have to center around the charge that his activities supporting ucrg are consistent with or show reason to suspect that his is a "meatpuppet" account. his not owning up to past sockpuppeting activities, and his consistently shared to the point of identical opinions on a range of issues with ucrg, all can support this claim. while he has not conducted many conduct violations on ucrg's behalf, still i think the rfcs should be filed jointly with the evidence on ib's going to show that he mainly operates as a "meatpuppet" of ucrg. the claim would be stronger if we filed them together, i think.--Amerique 15:24, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

ok, i will work on it later tonight. also, you don't currently have an email account registered on wikipedia.--Amerique 17:25, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

hey what do you think of IB's RFC? You can email me if you want.--Amerique 18:55, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I can find that stuff. thanks--Amerique 19:01, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

I advise keeping UCRG's sockpuppet info on IB's RFC for now as I'm thinking of copying the information to both pages. the informaton is currently not on UCRG's RFC and I'm thinking putting all the sock/meat puppet evidence on both pages would make it easier for users to see the pattern on both pages. I know guidelines say keep the charges seperate but when we are alleging meatpuppetry what else can we do? This info would be an addition to UCRG's RFC. I made some edits to your intro paragraph. --Amerique 19:29, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I think they're good to go. Shall we file them tonight?--Amerique 20:02, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I was thinking of filing them tomorrow to give others a chance of looking them over and adding any info. Although IB's violations are rarer, perhaps more could be done with WP:Civility in his case.--Amerique 20:37, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Ok, Aeon. I've emailed Steve, and he suggested I file UCRGrad's RFC. So, I will do that within the next hour, notify everyone who worked on these, and see where it goes from there. Do you think I should also notify IB/UCRG or would you rather?--Amerique 15:03, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UCRG Conduct RFC Filed[1]

Thanks for all your hard work in helping this process along.--Amerique 16:03, 21 July 2006 (UTC) Hello Aeon, I'm cool if you want to file it now. Best,--Amerique 19:25, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Hello Aeon, I see that you filed the IB RFC in my address bar but I don't see it with the others on the RFC page. Is something wrong?--Amerique 20:36, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm still not getting it. This is the page I'm looking at:[[2]]--Amerique 20:48, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

No problem. And thanks--Amerique 20:55, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] sick day

Jet lag (and rich food) caught up with me in a big way so I'm taking a sick day today. I started to review RfC's and I'll comment when I'm more clear-headed. --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 23:51, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RfC

• Commented in both. I think I'm done for the day, though, as I am exhausted. :) Danny Lilithborne 01:20, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hangman

I noticed you made a guess on Wikipedia:Hangman. Hangman hasn't been updated in a long while, and the more active area of Wikipedia to do Hangman as the Wikipedia:WikiHangman Tournament. Our next tournament will begin shortly, and we would be glad to have you as a contestant. Ian Manka Talk to me! 02:59, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] User page revert

Hey, thanks for reverting the vandalism to my user page. Much appreciated. Gwernol 13:41, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

[edit] RfC

I have just added my "outside view" to the RfC UCRGrad. I actually divided my comments into 2 parts "Facts" and "Opinion". This was my first comment in an RfC, and given your greater experience in these matters, would you be willing to review it and give me your input? Thanks. --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 20:28, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi, Doc Tropics. I was wondering if you wouldn't mind waiting until I've written my response to the RfC before you give your opinion based on just Amerique's case. Thanks a lot! UCRGrad 20:38, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

WAIT, did you ask Doc Tropics to comment as a supposed "outside view" on the RfC? Why did he post on the RfC, then ask you on your user page if you could review it and give you input? UCRGrad 20:40, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

There are a couple of different things going on here UCRG, but please don't jump to conclusions. Aeon knows that I'm interested in becoming more involved in the "processes" of WP and he invited me to comment there as a courtesy, not an attempt at collusion. While I respect Aeon's work I would never make a comment anywhere just for the sake of supporting another editor. Several editors send me pointers to various "controversies" and ask for my input, but it is always with the understanding that I will be voicing my honest independent (and hopefully rational) opinions, not automatically supporting their's. That was exactly the case in this situation. --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 20:57, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:BSB

Hey Aeon, I noticed that you recorded your awarded barnstars in the July 2006 archived, and I just came here to tell you that you should leave all the records at WP:BSB and a seasoned brigader will archive every Sunday/Monday (depending on activity). I moved your already awarded barnstars, and keep up the great work! Highway ^{Return to Oz...} 22:14, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cruft Alert

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hands Off Venezuela Morton devonshire 00:45, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Huh, I just found myself at the same AFD, and I wasn't even wikistalking you. I was actually stalking Tony Sidaway at the time :) --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 01:43, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

You might find this AFD amusing, I know I did. --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 02:28, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, that article still needs work, but the young lady has such lovely...eyes. --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 02:38, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Hello I'm the redecorator

I would love you to redecorate my userpage. However, please put my userboxes on a subpage (I'll move my gallery) and have the main page in red, not green. Jrcoga! 02:36, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Put the userboxes here, not the page it's currently on according to the test page. Also, on my browser, the Wikimood is overlapping the information box. But go ahead, create the userboxes page. Jrcoga! 03:17, 23 July 2006 (UTC) Also, Leave the Babel on my main page. Jrcoga! 03:18, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

800x600. I have a small monitor. Jrcoga! 03:26, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

That's Perfect. Jrcoga! 03:46, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Put them on the main page. Jrcoga! 03:50, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Wow, thanks. Out of all the tokens I've gotten on WP, that one is actually the most special. You're doing a real good job of spreading sunshine yourself! --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 05:52, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Heh heh, I'll bet! The self-description as a "weather guesser" is always worth a chuckle too. --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 05:58, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

ROFL! Humor is a great relief for wiki-stress : ) --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 06:11, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Re:Birthday

Thanks for doing your part to make wikipedia friendlier :) Redwolf24 (talk) 09:53, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Barnstar

Thanks for the barnstar, I really appreciate it, happy editing —Minun ^Spiderman 11:28, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I had fixed my userpage myself and I forgot to remove myself from the list, sorry —Minun ^Spiderman 11:29, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] re: Happy Promtion Day!

So we are celebrating six month anniversaries now? Sounds good, six months is a long time on Wikipedia. Thank you for the appreciation :). NoSeptember 17:13, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you for the Barnstar

Thanks for the ribbon creation. I will link to it now. Believe it or not, the sun and the moon hold special significance in my life, so I like giving these. :) - LA @ 20:35, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Happy Birthday

Thank you very much, Aeon, for you birthday wishes toward me, but it is not my birthday until another six months!! If you can tell me where you got my birthday information, I would like to remove it so I don't have to waste people's time by wishing me happy birthday when it's not! Thanks a bunch though for your message, it cheered me up even though it's not my B-day. PS: My birthday is January 22nd! Thanks again! Also, it appears that you are not the person who seems to have made the same mistake, [3]. Thanks anyway! Iolakana|^T 20:14, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

It's still good. I get cake! Iolakana|^T 20:35, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Userboxes consolidation support

What's on the slab Do not use these templates yet

You have recently either supported my userbox consolidation efforts or at least applauded them. Currently, I am putting together another larger batch of userbox deletions which will have master templates. (The master templates are not "live" yet.) Would you be willing to support me in this and any future consolidations? There will probably be a lot of resistance at first to this, so having a group of people supporting me would be greatly appreciated.

At the moment, 5 master userboxes are in the works to replace 72. That may increase significantly if I can get the sixth one to work as I would like. Some of the templates to be replaced are widely used, but with the consolidated templates there is more funcitionability.

Please let me know, you can click [edit] above as this conversation is transcluded to all.

Sent to: Aeon1006, Andrew c, BigDT, Billpg, Brian Olsen, Cyde, Gperrow, Khaosworks, Luna Santin, Marcus-e, MiraLuka, NKSCF, Pegasus1138, Phil Boswell, Plange, RedZebra, Rfrisbie, Riana dzasta, Stefanmg, and Tuspm
—Lady Aleena talk/contribs 22:02, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, that's an interesting use of transclusion. :) Can't promise I'll always vote to support, but I imagine that in many cases I will. Feel free to let me know when you post them (I tend not to watch TfD too often), and as always I'll be more than willing to lend what technical advice I can. Luna Santin 22:07, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi Lady Aleena, as noted in an earlier discussion with you, I think consolidation is fine for thematically related userboxes. However, I also support diversity through mass customization, so I'm more inclined to support consolidations that maintain display differences in images, colors and especially wordings. That's easy enough to do with parser functions. I wish you all the best. Regards, Rfrisbie^talk 22:16, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

As per the two posts above, I might very likely support it but I'll determine it on a case by case basis. Pegasus1138^{Talk | Contribs | Email} ---- 22:18, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't overly care too terribly much. I will say that I think having generic userboxes is a good thing from one standpoint - it helps newbies learn Wikicode. If you can't just add {{User Hokie}} to your page but instead have optional parameters like {{User Hokie|year=2001|border=maroon|major=CS}}, that's definitely a good thing. BigDT 22:21, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Same here - case by case. I only voted on the Doctor Who box because it was part of the Wikiproject, anyway. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 22:25, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Just let me know when you need my support LA, Most od th eboxes I use are aprt of a wikiproject anyways or made myself Aeon ^{Insane Ward} 23:49, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't use userboxes, I only got into this because of the Doctor Who project. But I'd take a look on a case by case basis, certainly. --Brian Olsen 02:09, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I agree with BigDT. Userboxes with optional parameters taught me how to use Wikicode. A master template isn't a bad idea... hell, it should be like that for most userboxes. — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • 02:24, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I do like this use of transclusion. I think I'll vote on a case by case basis, but I do like and support the idea as a whole. —Mira 02:38, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I'd also take a look on a case-by-base basis. --Gperrow 17:46, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I have appreciated your efforts so far and will extend my support to similar "consolidation" projects. RedZebra 13:59, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

If you know of anyone who may be interested in this, just transclude this to their talk page as it is transcluded to yours. - LA @ 06:09, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Thumbs up! Stefanmg 11:49, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Whoa ... time travel! ;) BigDT 12:44, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Sorry... I always copy some of previous posts. It's easier... I just forgot to change the date Stefanmg 17:49, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

So Far I like what you have done! See your Talk page to find out How much! Aeon ^{Insane Ward} 20:05, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

One concern I have about this form of communication on a topic that admittedly might be controversial is the potential for accusations of recruiting for votestacking. What are others' views on this? Rfrisbie^talk 21:17, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I had wondered about this, but unless I am mistaken, this is an uncontroversial tidy up operation. Stephen B Streater 21:33, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

As a lot of you have said, you will take my recommendations on a case by case basis. That tells me that you are ready, willing, and able to tell me when I have crossed the line. - LA @ 21:38, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

This is just anticipating a potential issue so you can prepare for it. If anyone ever puts up a stink, you might want to disclose this page is here. But then again, it might never come up. :-) Rfrisbie^talk 21:57, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Since we don't vote on Wikipedia it should not be an issue hopefully. Aeon ^{Insane Ward} 00:38, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Other consolidations

[edit] Myers-Briggs

Rfrisbie...have you thought about getting your Myers-Briggs templates deleted in favor of the combined one that Thadman created? That would be another 18 deleted. I did a survey of how many people were using each...

Some people have more than one of these on their user pages, so some of those are duplicates. I know that some look like a lot of people use them, but once we get people migrating from individual templates to master templates, it will get easier and easier to consolidate them. Hopefully we can keep user templates in Template space if we can show that we can police them. - LA @ 22:48, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi LA, of course, we all know they're not “my” templates. I just moved some to userspace as part of the effort to find a userbox compromise most people could live with. I wasn’t kidding when I said I support diversity in userboxes. Although I think Thadman’s userbox {{User:The Thadman/Userbox/MBTI}} is cool, it displays differently than the others – only one color scheme with a set of profile scores – and it doesn’t use categories . I don’t have any problem with it or another template designed to consolidate the existing features of the other boxes for “elegance” reasons, as long as no features are lost. However, I do not see a “need” to do it. On a web site that went from 1 million articles to over 1.25 million in about four months, I really consider the number of userbox pages to be a non-issue. I’m also not aware of any material debates on keeping userboxes in templatespace if someone polices them. Maybe you can show me a link or two on that. In this particular case, it’s even more superfluous because all personality boxes already are in userspace (User:Rfrisbie/Userboxes/Personality) and the Wikipedia directory page was deleted. [4] Rfrisbie^talk 02:08, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

See my comments on GUS on the WikiProject Userboxes talk page. - LA @ 11:49, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the link. What that shows me is that you are very well-intentioned in your efforts, your rationale for this process as a means to keep userboxes in template space is not supported by consensus, and the specific case of the Myers-Briggs templates does not apply, since they already are ugly in userspace. Sorry, I'm still not convinced of the need or consensus to do this. However, if you're still interested in combining the boxes for "efficiency," without changing the displays or categories, it's fine with me. Rfrisbie^talk 12:13, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Unfortunately I have only gotten one reply to my initial statement. I wish that more people would comment for I really want to keep user templates in the template space. I will never use a user template in user space. - LA @ 22:37, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about that LA I have been dealing with other issues, I agree with what your doing it should make things a lot simpler. Aeon ^{Insane Ward} 17:40, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] LOTR

I've found a few more that may be worth consolidating: the LOTR userboxes. Luna Santin 02:54, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

I was looking at those, however the merged template would have to have standardized wording. I will give it a good think. - LA @ 04:06, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Live master user templates

I have made four of those master templates live. I will not start the TfD process on the ones they are replacing for at least a week. I want to see how well they catch on without a TfD first. However, do you think that I could slip a little note onto the to be TfDd templates noting the new master without too much censure. The message would be in the box appearing on the user pages like a TfD, but not as obtrusive. - LA @ 06:14, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Might be a good idea. What do the others think? Æon ^{Insane Ward} 06:24, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Go for it. — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • 11:14, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Some of the card game user templates have been marked with a message about the master template. The ones which are of different design are not marked as of yet. - LA @ 22:47, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Templates for deletion in progress

Here are the TfDs in progress...

August 7

User chess variants

Card game user templates

Idol series user templates

Newspaper types user templates

August 11

Prison Break

Law & Order series

Go take a look and tell the community what you think. - LA @ 07:08, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Checked them out, went delete on all. Great Job LA! Æon ^{Insane Ward} 20:26, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lady Aleena's userbox consolidation desk

If you find a group of userboxes which you think could be merged, place them on my userbox desk. Please alphabetalize them over the Edit section with NEW in the section name so it stands out a bit. I currently have 6 projects there. - LA @ 00:07, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] More user template deletions

To those who are still watching this, please see Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 August 25/User templates and give your opinion. - LA @ 08:14, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I need a cup of tea

Hi Aeon, I've been watching a Talkpage that got hot and I'd like to offer up a "nice cup of tea" so maybe editors could calm down for a bit. Trouble is, I can't figure out how to do the *&(^%$# thing! If you know how, could you please post a "nice cup of tea" on my Talkpage so that I can pass it around? Thanks! --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 05:10, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for your help; I have strategically deployed the tea :) --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 05:59, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

And thanks for your most recent comment on my page as well. I know that I, and many, many others appreciate your contributions here as well. You do a lot of good work in the community! --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 20:08, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the Barnstar!

Hi Aeon!
Thanks a lot for the barnstar! It's really great to be recognised like that! Thanks, --Fir0002 06:00, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Encouragement

Thanks Aeon for the general encouragement (re: Esperanza and barnstar). I've been an active member since 2002, but am trying to get more involved in the community now. Greetings from Texas. Nathan Beach 16:41, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Roger that! and Greating from the US Navy in California. Aeon ^{Insane Ward} 16:45, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Mediation Cabal

The user involved is Triddle. If you refer to the edit history you will see he has reposted a picture of himself on several occassion after editors have removed it.JakGd1 21:09, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

And hey, thanks for taking this on, it looks like this may be a complicated issue about conflict of interest instead of just a simple discussion about a picture. JakGd1 19:29, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] my entry for mediation

Hello,

You left a message on my talk page that someone has started mediation against me. I can't find a link to where this mediation is taking place. Can you please let me know on my talk page about how I can defend my actions? Thanks! Triddle 01:14, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Never mind, I found a link to the mediation cabal through your user page, and found my entry there. I'll leave comments on the talk page at my entry. Triddle 01:19, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Sure, I'll accept a non-binding mediation request. Triddle 01:51, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Hello again Aeon, since the mediation has been put on hold at the request of the original initiator I'm going to take the initiative and ask that you analyze my actions anyway. Can you please let me know what I might of done wrong? Please also respond on my talk page. Thanks! Triddle 22:09, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AFD

LOL, it looks like I may have jumped the gun on this one; an outcome of "Keep and Merge" seems likely, and in retrospect that's probably what I should have done in the first place. Oh well, WP is a learning process :) --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 16:09, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the AfD pointer, your nom was much better than mine. Maybe one day we can put on our combat boots and really stomp on some of these crappy articles! --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 16:35, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mediation suggestion

I would be interested in pursuing mediation, but I don't think IB or UCRG would. If either of them would want to pursue mediation with me I would be glad to go along with it.--Amerique 19:35, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

I thought it was an excellent suggestion; I hope it bears fruit. --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 19:50, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Me to, I suggested only the two of them for starts. Aeon ^{Insane Ward} 20:10, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, and I was tempted to broadcast it more widely, but waited until I heard from you. Limiting the number of participants seems to have both advantages and disadvantages: It's a lot easier to get a reasonable dialogue going between 2 people than 7. OTOH, the larger situation (of editing the article itself) will require a consensus among all participants. Still, you you've got to start somewhere :) --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 20:19, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

I sugested IB and AMerique to start with since they have started talking over the survey on the UCR Article and agreed on an issue with it. It seemed the best way to start a resolution. Aeon ^{Insane Ward} 20:30, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for your suggestion. At this point I think things are moving along better than they had been, so I don't think that mediation is necessary as of right now. Insert-Belltower 23:31, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia Research Survey Request

Hello, I am a member of a research group at Palo Alto Research Center (formerly known as Xerox PARC) studying how conflicts occur and resolve on Wikipedia. Due to your experience in conflict resolution on Wikipedia (e.g., as a member of the Mediation Cabal) we’re extremely interested in your insights on this topic. We have a survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=400792384029 which we are inviting a few selected Wikipedians to participate in, and we would be extremely appreciative if you would take the time to complete it. As a token of our gratitude, we would like to present you with a PARC research star upon completion. Thank you for your time.

Parc wiki researcher 23:41, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
PARC User Interface Research Group

[edit] Surreal

Thanks so much for the Surreal Barnstar. I'm always happy if I can make someone's day a little stranger :) --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 03:02, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your Turn

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		I award you this wiki-armor on behalf of a grateful community, for your continued efforts in targeting vandalism and helping make this wiki a better place. Just try to keep smiling : ) --Doc Tropics Message in a bottle 03:19, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

This was long overdue and I think it will make a fine addition to your collection. Carry on soldier, carry on. --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 03:19, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

I noticed several vandalisms in a row on your page recently. Does it mean you had a successful Vandal Patrol, when you draw that much heat? --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 05:20, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Yep! I really should add a Purple Barnstar to may page one of these days! Aeon ^{Insane Ward} 00:28, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Aeon1006, I think that you should resign permanently from the AMA

Hello again. I just wanted to say that even though you weren't my advocate for the UC Riverside article dispute, I must say that I was absolutely appalled by your actions as Insert-Belltower's advocate. Honestly, I think you're a good person. I think you were trying to be fair. I think that you were trying to do what you thought was right, and you were frustrated that I-B was being himself, while Amerique et al were being "especially nice" to win you over. However, what you SHOULD have done, in my opinion, was do what you promised to do - be Insert-Belltower's advocate. Your duty was not to be the judge or to decide who was right. Your responsibility to I-B was to be his advocate, to represent him, and to be act in his best interests. A good analogy would be a public defender representing a child molester. Even though that public defender likely disagrees greatly with his client's actions, he still has a fundamental and ethical duty to represent that child molester and act in his client's best interests. You are clearly unable to do this. You immediately took sides in the case, and you make excuses for it (i.e. blame Insert-Belltower). ...and to add icing on the cake, you completely breached the trust held in you and you started actively assisting Insert-Belltower's opposition, using the knowledge and trust he had placed in you. It doesn't GET any more unethical and irresponsible than that, in my eyes. Someone who has demonstrated such gross inability or unwillingness to act on someone's behalf without letting your personal beliefs/opinions get in the way should NOT be an advocate on WP. I hereby request that you permanently resign from the AMA. I have attached the following as a skeleton account of your advocacy for I-B:

Copy/pasted: I am concerned about the recent behavior of Aeon1006, a volunteer advocate of Wikipedia’s Association of Members’ Advocates (AMA).

It has come to my attention that Aeon1006 violated the trust of his client, Insert-Belltower, and acted in such a manner that was unbecoming of an advocate.

The facts of the matter are as follows:

On July 11, 2006, Aeon1006 agreed to be an advocate for Insert-Belltower, who was seeking help defending against hostile efforts of editors Amerique and WHS.

On July 12, 2006, Aeon1006 sought statements from Insert-Belltower (I-B), but strangely, also an opposing opinion’s from I-B’s direct opposition, Amerique and WHS. He did so without consulting with his client, I-B.

On July 12, 2006, Aeon1006 requested that ElKevbo bring his opinion into the discussion. ElKevbo was a party known to oppose I-B, and his testimony was in opposition to I-B’s cause.

On July 13, 2006, WHS (opposing side) complained to Aeon1006 that Insert-Belltower had made unauthorized changes to his user talk page. In response, Aeon1006 wrote “Thank you I will investigate that and notify Mackensen [admin].” Instead of advocating on behalf of his client, Aeon1006 attempted to bring charges against Insert-Belltower with the admins. In fact, he ratted out his client to this admin on his talk page.

On July 14, 2006, Aeon1006 attempted to required all editors to obey the “fairness of tone” policy in their TALK discussions. However, Aeon1006 erroneously applied WP:NPOV#Fairness_of_tone to TALK discussion, when this rule specifically applies to article content.

On July 15, 2006, Aeon1006 demanded, in a public discussion, that his own client apologize to individuals for sockpuppetry, even though I-B’s alleged sockpuppetry did not actually affec any of these particular individuals (occurred at a different time).

On July 15, 2006, Aeon1006 wrote that his client was “stubborn.”

On July 16, 2006, Aeon1006 began assisting I-B’s direct opposition, Amerique – volunteering to submit an RfC against I-B’s side of the disagreement. As an advocate, Aeon1006 had access to privileged and confidential information from I-B – Aeon1006 now violates that privileged role and has agreed to use his knowledge to support the party that originally opposed his client.

A quick read through each of Aeon1006’s statements on his desk reveals that NONE of his comments were in support of his client. About a third of them were in opposition to I-B, and another third were essentially praising I-B’s opposition. As you can see, even from day #1, (July 12), Aeon1006 failed to fulfill his duty as I-B’s advocate, despite his promise to do so. It is certainly possible that Aeon1006 did not agree with his client’s position. If that were the case, then the appropriate and responsible action, under his duty as AMA advocate, would be to let I-B know that he couldn’t represent him. Instead, Aeon1006 took actions that hurt his client’s position. Aeon1006 never gave I-B the benefit of the doubt, or discussed with him in private the best way to handle the case. A quick review of I-B’s talk page will reveal almost zero help from Aeon1006. The last straw, was when Aeon1006 took advantage of his role as confidant and privileged position as I-B’s advocate to file an RfC against I-B’s party on behalf of Amerique, I-B’s direct opposition.

All of the above can be confirmed by reading Aeon1006's talk page, where he supposedly acted as an advocate for I-B, but instead hindered him and supported his opposition instead. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Aeon1006/AMA

REGARDLESS of whether I-B was in the right or wrong (and I believe I-B has been a valuable editor), Aeon1006’s conduct as supposed-advocate was a breach of trust and highly unprofessional. In fact, Aeon1006 would be hard pressed to demonstrate that he offered any advocacy at all, especially in the context of all the harm he did in his role. Such behavior is not consistent with the core goals and values of the Association of Member’s Advocates. Aeon1006 should not have the opportunity to violate the trust of another editor again. As such, I hereby request that Aeon1006 be removed from the AMA. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by UCRGrad (talk • contribs).

• Probably as a result of the less than salutory experience he had recently, Aeon has already resigned from the AMA...you'd be posting directly under his resignation. Several of your comments have led me to believe you're missing a fundamental point: this is not the Real World, this is not Academia, this is Wikipedia. There are no professional advocates here...just people trying to help. Throughout this process Aeon has tried to help. You may not appreciate the form his assistance took, you may not be happy with the outcome, but he was trying to help. Especially after he has recently gone out of his way to promote mediation and other, less formal methods of dispute resolution, I regard this posting as a very shabby thing indeed. --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 06:10, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

• In retrospect I was being too charitable. This post is an utter crock of shit! The "letter" to the AMA is actually a reprint of a 10 day old post which Aeon had already responded to. [[5]] This reposting of it now is nothing less than a mean-spirited attack. At this point I can only say to UCRGrad that I look forward to commenting at your next ArbCom hearing! ...and I have no doubt the wait will be short --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 07:09, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Actually, you're not correct. The letter I wrote above was in response to my discovering that Aeon1006 had started engaging in other "roles of trust" on WP, namely he is now a mediator. The "evidence" that follows was copy/pasted from an AMA letter that was deleted and not responded to. Aeon1006 never really responded to these allegations at all. If I am incorrect, I would sure like to see a link. I firmly believe that mediators should be neutral, and for the above numerous reasons, I do not believe that Aeon1006 can be so. Furthermore, I do not believe that Doc Tropics can be neutral either, seeing as how he posted his opinion on an RfC BEFORE the accused party had even written a response AND because Doc Tropics was also an online friend of one of accusing parties. I understand the need for your to "stick up" for your friend here, but there really is no basis for your accusations that this was "mean-spirited attack." In fact, you're completely missing the big picture here - that Aeon1006 completely and unquestionably violated the trust of his client and turned against the very person he had promised to help.

I have replied to this on User talk:UCRGrad. Please see my reply there. --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 01:20, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wiki-stress

It seems like whenever my wiki-stress is getting too high, Aeon shows up on my page and makes me smile. I don't even know what that was for, but it turned up at just the right time :) --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 20:35, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

• A list of phrases which should not be used to describe another editor, no matter how accurate they are:

(This is only a partial list, I'm sure others can add to it) --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 20:57, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

1. Arrogant little twit
2. Despicable asshole
3. Lying self-righteous sack of shit
4. Ilegitimate offspring of a diseased mongrel cur
5. DICK.
6. Pointy Haired Boss
7. Troll

[edit] Break Time!

I think you need this more than the tea :) (feel free to resize it, I just wanted to make a point)

THANKS! Aeon ^{Insane Ward} 23:07, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Glad to see the various Stress-o-meters slowly dropping. The prescription for using this fine, purely medicinal beverage is, repeat as needed. --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 23:28, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh I thought is was down the Entire thing in one sitting. Aeon ^{Insane Ward} 23:29, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

LMAO! Glad you're back. I went out to do some gardening. Those poor weeds never new what hit them :) --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 00:32, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh gosh, I hope you don't think I was farting in your direction? Feel free to edit me as you think appropriate, I need to step away from the keyboard. --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 01:27, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm glad someone is on the ball. I'm about ready to give myself a 24 hour block as a cool down period. Pass the bottle...Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 01:46, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] SYSOP Action on UCRGrad

I read through everything that UCRGrad has done recently, and I determined that even though the things he said about you were likely true, the way he presented them to others users constituted both personal attacks and WikiStalking. I therefore blocked him for one day, effective just a few minutes ago. If he attempts retribution against you, or continues to be abusive, please notify me immediately, and I will take further action. Cheers, RyanGerbil10(The people rejoice!) 01:25, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] re: Need your Help!

Steve this is Aeon I really need you help man. Check User talk:JakGd1 and User talk:Triddle adn my own Talk page. UCRGrad is now trying to disrupt the DR process! BTW I'm at wikistress 5 might need an Advocate soon becuase I'm through dealing with him. Aeon ^{Insane Ward} 22:27, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm looking into this immediately. אמר Steve Caruso _(desk/AMA) 22:30, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

• I have requested that an Admin look into this and take action. This behaviour is not acceptable. While I can't speak for the rest of the "community" I know that my patience has worn thin. --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 22:37, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

  Hang in there buddy! =D Remember that you can always walk away from the computer, take a nice long walk, or drink a nice cold beer. I looked into the pattern of edits and strongly agree that these actions are unacceptable and violations of WP:CIVIL, WP:STALK and a plethora of other WP policies. Quite frankly, though, I don't really see much good in blocking him. This seems like much more of an Arbcom type case. Hang in there bud, and feel free to come to me with any questions or if you need support. αChimp ^laudare 23:37, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi, Aeon. I noticed that the WP:STALK section was added to the RfC page when I went to go add the timestamp to my endorsements. I'm glad that more evidence has been acquired so that we can potentially put an end to UCRGrad's contentious behavior, but I'm sorry that it had to come at the cost of you getting dragged into the ugly mess that he's left. Hopefully this episode will soon come to an end. Regards. --WHS 02:38, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Werdnabot

I tried to instal it on my talkpage by copying yours and changing the info to my username. I don't think that worked. Actually, I know it didn't. Would you take a look under the hood and see if you can tinker with it? --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 01:57, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

That was perfect, thanks. Further appreciation is expressed on my talkpage as well :) --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 02:06, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] My opinion

Do you still need or want my opinon or are things settling down now? - LA @ 02:12, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Clarification

I'm not used to posting on these RfC's, or whatever they're called, but in reply to your question, I am opposed to UCRGrad. My views are set out in the discussion page (and now even the most recent archived discussion page) for the article on UC Riverside. Thanks. starkt 12:23, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Alright, now what to do

Seeing that UCRGrad is on ice for approximately 12 more hours, what plan of action would you be interested in pursuing? אמר Steve Caruso _(desk/AMA) 14:16, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Apparently I was incorrect, and the block was reduced down to 6 hours rather than 24. אמר Steve Caruso _(desk/AMA) 14:44, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mass AfD

I visited the AfD you gave me a pointer to here. Not only did I respectfully oppose your posistion with your comment, but I've gone to great lengths to defend my "Keep". I'm glad we can get along so well, even when we disagree :) --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 15:15, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

No worries. I could see the obvious problems with the articles, I just thought they had sufficient useful content to be worth saving. And variety is the spice of life :) --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 17:13, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, everyone agrees that, if kept, the articles need major rewrite. I'm not willing to start any major work until after the AfD, but it looks like they will "Keep" so I've started thinking about what to do with them. --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 18:42, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Excellent suggestion! I was definitely thinking that some of them could be merged into a "parent" article. I have some RL obligations this weekend, but I should still have time for WP too. --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 19:11, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

• Good luck with wikibreak, I hope it helps :) --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 00:43, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thans for fixing the vandalism on my user page. Reyk _YO! 08:20, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Also, thanks for volunteering to clean up the big AfD mess with me...sucker! :) --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 21:34, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

OMG, how did you do that so fast? --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 21:37, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

%#$@^&*!!! That's not fair! :) --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 21:39, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

You really make me laugh. Alas, I mst leave WP now to get ready for a cocktail party. Have fun :) --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 21:44, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Featured article semi-protect

Thanks for the message. We typically don't like to protect the featured article unless it's absolutely necessary. In this case, there's only about 35 minutes left, then it'll be taken off the main page and it should die down. We'll just continue to keep an eye on it. Thanks again, EWS23 (Leave me a message!) 23:24, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I know, it's quite unfortunate. If there were an extra hour or two for it on the main page, I'd likely semiprotect it. Anyway, thanks for your diligence, and feel free to send me a message in the future should you need anything. EWS23 (Leave me a message!) 23:34, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm assuming you mean Template:Wdefcon. It seems like the protection was lost somewhere along the way, but sometime yesterday AmiDaniel restored the semiprotection on it, so it shouldn't be a problem anymore. :o) EWS23 (Leave me a message!) 00:06, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] re: Your apology to I-B

Hello. I just wanted to let you know that I thought it was very gracious of you to leave an apology on I-B's talk page. However, I'm concerned that you wrote that you felt what you did was the right thing to do. It doesn't sound like you've admitted to any wrongdoing, but you're in fact more sorry that I-B was dissatisfied with your advocacy. Is this correct? UCRGrad 23:33, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Dear Aeon,

Thank you for note on my talk page. While I 'personally' accept your offer at reconcilliation, I still that believe that your actions have harmed myself and others that were involved in the dispute resolution process. Thus, I still intend to pursue the complaint process to the full extent possible. I have still have a problem with the following:

1.) You sided against me against me in the dispute resolution process, and did not assume good faith. Although you did have concerns and questions about my prior actions, it would have been better if you consulted me before jumping to conclusions and then rebuking me on the dispute TALK page.

2.) You filed an RFC against me that, in my view, was unsubstantiated and lacked merit.

In order for this to be completely resolved, I will ask the you do the following: 1) Apologize for the RFC and write a note on it that now acknowledges that it was without merit, 2) remove yourself all advocacy groups for the time of 6 months. IF you do both these things, I will retract the formal complaint, and you and I will be "cool."

Please consider my message. Insert-Belltower 17:32, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Aeon again

Sorry, mum has been working so I needed to go to my grandma's computerless house. Please, get my page up & running. Jrcoga!^{Insert something here} 00:21, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Erm, I saw your edit summary for the Userbox sorting, which totally contradicts you saying it was fun. I was at school, which has a blocked IP so I didn't message you.Jrcoga!^{Insert something here} 00:29, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Yep.Fine. Jrcoga!^{Insert something here} 00:35, 29 July 2006 (UTC).

That's Everything. Jrcoga!^{Insert something here} 00:38, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Reply

Erm....does someone give me a welcome message or something? T®eebark t | c

Thanks. Can you move my name? T®eebark t | c 01:36, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Redecoration of my user page

I wasn't aware that Esperanza organized userpage makeovers. I am pleasantly surprised, however I'm not sure that I want help from someone who has gone from merely ornery to enraged in the last few hours. :) Changing it is one of those things that's perpetually at the bottom of my to do list. I left the message on my page so that if someone felt inclined and inspired they would know they had permission. I don't really have any specific ideas and most of the syntax stuff I can figure out when I decide I want something (like the message me box at the top). I thank you for the offer, but I don't really feel right asking someone else to put more effort into it than I have/am. Unless it would be therapeutic for you to design and implement something different I won't take you up on your offer. Thank you though—WAvegetarian•(talk) 02:55, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stress

Hey there Aeon, I'm sorry to hear that you're getting rather stressed out! I hope things calm down soon and improve for you. Drop by my talk page if you want to chat, -- Natalya 02:58, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Hey, I just checked in and saw you're stressed. I just drank two martinis for you. Feel better? :) --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 03:31, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Sit back, turn off the computer and read a good book! Hope the stress situation improves. Viridae^Talk 04:00, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Heh, Ryan has taken care of it...firmly. If you're not in the mood for a bood, how about a good action movie? I always enjoy watching Arnold blowing things up. I'll be back! --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 04:16, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm glad your thermostat is lower. I liked the movie idea so much I think I'll take myself up on it. Go have fun :) --04:23, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

you allege that i committed vandalism, please substantiate this claim 70.107.52.41 05:16, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Hey, Aeon. I want to say that I'm sorry again that you've somehow gotten caught in the wake of disruption that has left behind as a result of the UCR article. I've also noticed your Wikistress has been increasing lately, so I just wanted to let you know that you shouldn't take these personal attacks against you too seriously. It's just Wikipedia, afterall. In anycase, I think you've conducted yourself well, especially considering the circumstances, and I hope this whole situation clears up and your Wikirelaxation or whatever you'd call it goes up again. Regards. --WHS 10:06, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

No worries, talking about things always helps. It's tough when you get entertwined in a bunch of problems, but I'm sure that you will be (and already are) able to keep handling it calmly. And if gets to you, just sit back and relax for a bit! -- Natalya 12:06, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your worst

LOL! Go for it. =) Yanksox 05:31, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Use this page, and play around as much as you want. If it's awesome, which I bet it will :), I'll move it to my user page. Yanksox 05:34, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Red and Black are the two ones I use in my sig. But I know nothing of aesthics, so I place it in your hands. Yanksox 05:37, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Uh oh, does this mean you'll put a warning on my talkpage? :) --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 05:55, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

{sigh of relief} --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 05:57, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

I feel better too, I had another martini...Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 06:00, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

I just tried to pour some Vodka through the modem for you...I don't think that worked right --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 06:04, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

I just realized how badly I dated myself by using the word modem. Nobody has a modem anymore! LOL --Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 06:10, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Pretty awesome for a first try, I think I could play around with it a little later on. Feel free to do anything else if you still want. Yanksox 06:32, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

[edit] Thanks

Thanks a lot for the barnstar —Minun ^Spiderman 11:19, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Vandalsim [sic]

Sorry, I had to comment on your vandalsim... anyway, in true fashion I want to thank you for the barnstar. Two in one day is a real boost to the ol' morale, espeically after getting beaten up by two people who rather disliked my reverts (one for good reason). I hope you good fortune, and am glad that you are a fellow member of the Counter-Vandalism Unit. Galactor213 16:51, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WHAT!?!?

Why are you leaving? :( Please, oh please, don't go. You'll be missed. Yanksox 06:07, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, if you need anything you can e-mail me, I hope everything goes right and you'll come back afresh. Yanksox 06:10, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Leaving Wikipedia?

I'm sorry to hear that you're retiring. I know you've been stressed recently, but I hope that eventually you'll reconsider. Either way, however, I wish you best of luck in all your endeavors. If there's ever anything I can do, feel free to let me know. EWS23 (Leave me a message!) 06:08, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. I certainly hope you do decide to come back. EWS23 (Leave me a message!) 06:12, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nooooooooo!

I just saw the message on your userpage. Please don't do it man. We need you here. Feel free to shoot me an email or something if you wanna talk about it. alphaChimp ^laudare 06:18, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sorry to see you go

Man, I'm really sorry that you're leaving! I was hoping your stress would go down, and while I'm sure it will now that you'll be away from all the stressful situations, but you will certainly be missed here! -- Natalya 15:21, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Left?

Geez for someone who has "left" you are sure on a hell of a lot.

You ought to read what Kelly Martin has to say on this behavior, here is a small quote:

Very often, a goodbye message is not an attempt to leave, but an attempt to draw all the attention upon oneself. In this way it is typically PassiveAggressive, as an intrinsically NonViolent act--the RightToLeave--is turned around to become a vehicle for violence. If it helps you think of it, the GoodBye message is seen as the author as a means to punish the rest of the community for failing him or her. As in, "Fine, I'll show you. I'm out of here."

You can find the rest here: User:Kelly_Martin#On_leaving. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.136.222.198 (talk • contribs).

One is not allowed to wrap things up and then head out? Give him a break, he's been through a lot and has every reason to take a long uninterrupted break. אמר Steve Caruso _(desk/AMA) 20:06, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

He is doing exactly what Kelly Martin says they do. I'm just asking him to read her post and then decide what his goals are.

Even still it's not exactly a terribly appropriate thing to point out, and if you want to see him again is definitely not the way to say goodbye. Regardless, after just meeting you in a way I can't really give a good wikieulogy of sorts, but I will say that for someone who seems to have such talent in this leaving without a trace or a goodbye is a tad bit odd. Regardless though, I wish you good luck in your greener pastures and wish to one day get to know you better. Galactor213 00:49, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit]  :(

• I'd hate to think you were leaving because of the UCRGrad/I-B crap. I hope you come back and soon. Danny Lilithborne 07:00, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

I totally agree with Danny. Don't let one bad experience from one bad editor who's obviously only here to start trouble drive you away. The Wikipedia community needs more users like you. --WHS 08:46, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

It is a shame to see a user like you leave Aeon. I know we don't know each other, but I make a note of good editors, and you're one of them. Whatever you choose to do, I wish you luck. All the best, Thε Halo ^Θ 14:39, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh my god im so dissapointed. You were such a nice user as well, hope you come back some day —Minun ^{Spiderman • Review Me} 10:07, 31 July 2006 (UTC)