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"As citizens we have to be more thoughtful and more educated and more informed. I turn on the TV and I see these grown people screaming at each other, and I think, well, if we don't get our civility back, we're in trouble."
Emmylou Harris

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[edit] 1992

How is this version better? Will Reeve is a deleted article, and the adjective "American" is informative. --ZimZalaBim (talk) 19:58, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, but I still wonder what you were thinking when you said the previous version was "better" - are you not looking at the actual edits you revert? --ZimZalaBim (talk) 20:23, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
Ok, then explain what you meant by "better" - am I missing something? --ZimZalaBim (talk) 20:48, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you!

Thank you for the TW help! It works now after I removed the code of an unused tool in my monobook and bypassed the cache. Wooyi 03:39, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RE: Barnstar

Thank you Sir james paul! I really appreciate this community and the kindness that it shows from people like you :).¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 05:12, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Thank-you from me, as well. Jerry 15:20, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
And dare I third that? Many thanks...! The Rambling Man 16:53, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RfA

I regret to say that I do not fully understand your recent message to me. Except by the posting of my RfA application on the appropriate page, which is addressed to the whole wikipedia community, I have not asked for your support. As with any application for admin status made by any user, I would assume that you would either vote (support, oppose or neutral) or would abstain, according to your personal inclination. And this is the way it should be.--Anthony.bradbury 15:12, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you. :-)

The Golden Quackstar
I hereby award you my golden quackstar as thanks for yet another kind barnstar. :-) Best regards, Húsönd 18:07, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RFA Thanks

I would like to thank you for your support in my recent RFA. As you may or may not be aware, it passed with approximately 99% support. I ensure you that I will use the tools well, and if I ever disappoint you, I am open to recall. If you ever need anything, don't hesitate to leave me a note on my talkpage. Thanks again, ^demon[omg plz] 20:46, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A quick note

Hey Sir james, this is just a quick note to say that you might wish to calm down on your mentioning of religious beliefs on wikipedia, it's just that comments like this could quite easily offend people who are non christians. It's best to keep all these things off wiki, cheers Ryanpostlethwaite contribs/talk 20:49, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

"Jesus Christ our Lord" -> "Jesus Christ your Lord". Matthew 22:08, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] B.R.I.T.T.A.N.I.C.A.

You are obviously a careful, thoughtful editor, so I would not ask you to change your vote or anything like that. But I'm curious if you could possibly take the time to revisit the article and the discussion. All controversial material has been removed from the article, and the remaining concerns have been addressed. Thank you, Sir James Paul. Sue Rangell[citation needed] 23:11, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

  • You asked a very good and valid question. I cannot speak to what humor pieces do for the community at large. I can only tell you what they do for me, and the reason I think humor pieces are accepted for the most part on Wikipedia. My chief activity on Wiki is vandal patrol. I use various programs, such as "Mike's Wiki Tool" to assist me. The job is quite tedius and, frankly, boring. But I think we both can agree it's important. I'm proud to make this contribution, but after an hour of it, I get pretty burned out. That's when I surf the humor pieces. Some are funnier than others, some are not funny at all, but they give me a chance to unwind a bit without having to leave Wiki. On occasion, I'll write one.

Paper encyclopedias can never compete with Wikipedia for one big reason. Wiki is a LIVING encyclopedia. It's dynamic, it's a community, it has heros, and it has vandalism. It also has humor, and humor is important to any community.

I doubt if I've swayed your opinion of anything in any way, but I would like to thank you for being interested enough in my opinion to ask a question. That means a lot to me, and while we have found ourselves on opposite sides of this issue, I'm certain that the condition will not last forever and I look forward to being in agreement on some future issue to come.

Be well. Sue Rangell[citation needed] 00:37, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Thanks for the barnstar, James! I really appreciate it! God bless you, and every one you know! -- P.B. Pilhet 01:15, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for the smile! I have been taking a lot of flack from random vandals and spammers and really appreciate it. It has already made my night better. Philip Gronowski Contribs 01:37, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for your comments on the Xenu controversy. Keep up the good work. Steve Dufour 10:50, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RFA Thanks

Thanks for your support on my Request for adminship, which was successful, with votes of 49/0/0.

Lemme know if you need help on something I might know a little something about....(check my userpage).
cheers, Casliber | talk | contribs 14:03, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks for the barnstar

Thank you so much. I am trying to figure out how you found me, since we seem not to edit in the same circles. I am very pleased to accept the barnstar from you particularly as a sign of interfaith cooperation. Buddhipriya 22:02, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AMA

That was the tip of the iceberg in terms of my complaints about AMA. In fact, the last complaint I made was today (before I knew about the deletion nomination). I was told by the coordinator that there must be something wrong with me because none of my Advocates worked out. In fact, an organised sockpuppet ring had been after me for 6 months.

My first advocate was helpful but his browser didn't work so he couldn't answer my emails or posts, the second advocate spread my name around posting for comments about me everywhere and even asked each member of the sockpuppet ring, as well as posting on all the articles in question to forward their opinions about me to him. He continued when I and another Advocate begged him to stop as he what he was doing was harmful to me. Then he dropped out without telling me and never gave me any feedback, saying it was too complicated and he didn't have the time.

Then the coordinator put the case "under investigation" in January and has not contacted me since. When I contacted him, to ask what was happening, he said I was whining. By this time we were over a month into Arbitration over the issues I needed an Advocate for. Advocates defended two of the sockpuppets, one of them in the Arbitration. Fortunately, in Arbitration it turned out that all these people were sockpuppets. (I guess it is whining if 10 sockpuppets stalk you for six months.)

I think AMA is not only ineffective but damaging and harmful. They are a means for enabling sockpuppets. If a user really needs help the user is whining. In Arbitration, Advocates are totally inappropriate. The sockpuppet's Advocate asked another sockpuppet to email him for information about me in the Arbitration, after than sockpuppet called me a group of incarcerated inmates in the Arbitration and was blocked. The Advocate said the truth was more sad. (????) The Advocate's comment was seen as inappropriate and removed from the Arbitration record.

The coordinator said today, in response to my input, I must be in a terrible mess now since no Advocate could help me. Well, no. Without an Advocate I am doing fine. The Arbitration shut down the sockpuppet ring. All I needed was those sockpuppets off my back. Because of one Advocate there still is a loose sockpuppet but I think Arbitrators have his number as he has not posted since he "left" Wikipedia on January 15. His Advocate is so out to lunch that when our Arbitration closed a few days ago, the Advocate posted a congratulations on his page. I guess he still doesn't know his Advocee is a sockpuppet.

Please support shutting down this completely unprofessional, self-agrandising group professing to be helpful. Sincerely, Mattisse 22:48, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Closing MFDs

Some people frown upon non-admins closing xFDs. I personally don't see a problem with it, as long as a user doesn't get in the way of anyone. Basically though, non-admins are only recommended to close non-controversial deletion discussions that will result in KEEP (closing as delete tends to create more work for an admin, as I can typically close and delete a typical article in about 30 seconds after I'm done reading the discussion...provided there's no major cleanup), such as many that get speedy kept for one reason or another. I suppose it's up to you if you want to do it, but there's no rule prohibiting it. ^demon[omg plz] 23:58, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

  • Thanks for the support position. However, I've decided to withdraw my acceptance because of real WP:CIVIL concerns. I will try again later when I've proven to myself and others that my anger will no longer interfere with my abilities as a Wikipedia editor. Thanks again, and I'll see you around here shortly. :) JuJube 04:22, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] AMA case SimonB

Hi James. Thank you for taking up the AMA case. I was previously in contact with Aeon1006 regarding the case. Did Aeon brief you on the correspondence me and Aeon have had so far? Just let me know where to start from and what you need from me at this stage. Thanks & regards Bksimonb 09:33, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] My RfA

Thank you for your support in my recent successful RfA. Detur soli Deo gloria. --Anthony.bradbury 14:12, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Evolution 2

I said you were promoting your specific view of the way the article should read, not that it necessarily reflected your personal views on science or religion. As an aside, I believe that others who call themselves “creationists” generally hold different views than the one you expressed here. However, as I also remarked to you earlier, I am not interested in whether or not you accept evolution or any other area of science. You may believe what you wish. — Knowledge Seeker দ 04:16, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

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