User talk:F.O.E./archive1

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Contents 1 WP is not a soapbox 2 ID 3 Attack user boxes 4 Research is required to be a meaningful contributor

[edit] WP is not a soapbox

Please remember that Wikipedia is not a soapbox. Your recent post on the talk page of Intelligent Design was not created to foster discussion of the article and can be considered trolling. Ladlergo 13:08, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ID

Hi, I sincerely apologize for calling your contribution to intelligent design incoherent.

With that said, I find it quite funny that a man with such friendly userboxes as yours finds it appropriate to accuse anyone of being unfriendly. --Nnp 13:18, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

All Most of your recent edits are somewhat trollish. If you don't watch out you may be blocked from editing. --Nnp 13:35, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Not all, his latest remark about standards and merits sparked a discussion with me and Ladlergo.

F.O.E., please join the discussion. --Uncle Ed 14:44, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

While his comments did start a discussion, it was because he's trolling, rather than contributing. Contributers should be judged on what they actually contribute. Ladlergo 15:21, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

No, I think the effect of the contribution is just as important as the motivation. And easier to judge, too. And now I think I'm going to go reread Wikipedia:Don't bite the newbies. --Uncle Ed 15:29, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm perfectly willing to be nice to the newbies. However, when they come in, give no indication of having read the rules (ie WP is not a soapbox, talk pages are for the article itself, userboxes are not to insult people, etc) and start editing pages to insert obvious bias and/or false information, I feel perfectly justified in being skeptical of any contributions they may make. If I see trollish behavior, I call troll. Ladlergo 16:13, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Actually, the skill with which this user made three attack or devisive user box templates suggest to me that this is not a newby. -- Kim van der Linde ^{at venus} 16:20, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

That was my first thought too... SP? --Nnp 17:11, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Attack user boxes

I have removed an attack user box from your user page. Your user page is not to attack people based on religeon, sexual identity, color, gender or anything. -- Kim van der Linde ^{at venus} 13:28, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Two of your three user boxes you created have been speedy deleted, the third one is considered for deletion. -- Kim van der Linde ^{at venus} 15:07, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

I removed another one (WP:OWN allows me) because you're abusing yoru userspace to post inflamatory content (which is not what they are meant for) -- Drini 17:07, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Research is required to be a meaningful contributor

From your comments left on sundry talkpages, it seems clear to me that you have not researched very carefully many of the subjects you are commenting on. It would be best if you took some time to learn about a subject before you engaged in blunt commentary. There are probably many subjects with which you are familiar enough to make valuable contributions, so it might behoove you to look for those. There are plenty of tasks to be done an Wikipedia, but your current selection of work is more disruptive than it is helpful. --ScienceApologist 15:08, 31 May 2006 (UTC)