User talk:E.ThomasWood
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If you have any questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page. Thanks and happy editing, Alphax τεχ 10:03, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] re: watchlist
The "/crap" subpage in my userspace is an area I created for the collection of bad edits to various prominent articles. A certain vandal originally known as "DickyRobert" had been using hundreds of sockpuppet accounts to post an administrator's alleged home telephone number into prominent articles, usually ones linked from the main page. I removed all the edits I can find and transferred them into a pile. Since then, the pile got moved to the "Abuse reports" page as evidence to be forwarded to the guy's ISP, in an effort to get the plug pulled.
If a page on your watchlist gets moved, both the old title and the new title remain on your watchlist. I had split apart the edit histories of various articles, one of which you must have had watchlisted, and moved the "bad" parts out of the article to reduce visibility. So, no, your account has not been hacked, and neither has mine, it's just an unintended side effect of the way watchlists react to page moves. — Jun. 25, '06 [20:43] <freak|talk>
[edit] E. Thomas Wood
My intention in adding the {{autobiography}} tag was not as an attack, but simply a means to attract other editors who would be better suited to write the article (as you yourself said that you wanted). Best, Irongargoyle 14:11, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
Hey Thomas, unfortunately the artice that you created for yourself did not meet Wikipedia policies, so it had to be deleted. If someone does create an article about you, you are welcome to leave guidance on the article's talk page or correct any factual inaccuracies in the article itself. Personally, I would love to see an article about you created for Wikipedia. If you could give me more guidance about where specifically to find published information about yourself, I would be happy to put together a proper stub. Kaldari 16:13, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
- Speaking of Seigenthaler, I wrote a good portion of the current article for him that's up now, but I'm not really happy with the pictures. For example, the picture of him at the typewriter is a photo of a newspaper print of a photo. You don't have any connections at the Tennessean that could supply better pictures do you? P.S. I replied to your post about the Nashville Banner and changed the text. Kaldari 19:54, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Overlapping interests
Saw this in your bio: "WORK IN PROGRESS: Research on police responses to anarchist violence in England and France in the 1890s". One of my minor interests is in anarchist assassins. For example, I wrote the articles on Gustave Bouvet and Gennaro Rubino. Do you know about the Labadie Collection in Michigan? It may be a useful resource for you. Kaldari 20:03, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
