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Contents 1 Signpost updated for October 29th, 2007. 2 DYK 3 Ermm.. 4 Barnstar 5 The Military history WikiProject Newsletter : Issue XX (October 2007) 6 Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Majorly 7 Thanks! 8 Göttingen Seven: GA pass 9 Thanks 10 Henrik's RfA thanks! 11 Beans? 12 Reverting the last Global Warming Edits 13 In Remembrance... 14 Disputed fair use rationale for Image:Gcmap.gif 15 DYK 16 Another RfA Spaming 17 Carmen Taylor 18 No one expects a Pigman admin! 19 Barnstar 20 ACID 21 Gottingen Seven 22 Barnstar 23 Extend 24 Signpost updated for November 5th and 12th, 2007. 25 my rfa 26 Thankspam 27 Yay! 28 rdy?? :) 29 Usurpations 30 Very quick favour 31 RfA 32 Acid Punk page deletion 33 Update on that last one... 34 A problem user 35 Yoo hoo 36 Thx spam 37 An article which you started, or significantly expanded, François Denhaut, was selected for DYK! 38 Signpost updated for November 19th, 2007. 39 Template talk:Did you know backlogged 40 Great French Wine Blight GAN review: On Hold 41 Your wikibreak message 42 what edit? 43 Articles you might like to edit, from SuggestBot 44 Thanks for nomming me :) 45 Triple Crown requests 46 John Howard 47 Hi 48 User:Jjk82 's edits 49 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Patsy (Monty Python) 50 High Desert Safety 51 User:Eagle Club Group 52 DYK 53 Jan Pinkava 54 Triple crown 55 Signpost updated for November 26th, 2007. 56 Block of User:Telstar Logistics 57 Spiffier triple crown, new awards available 58 Classification of admins 59 My little experiment 60 Great French Wine Blight 61 RFPP 62 Heh 63 Block candidate 64 DYK 65 Temperature programmed desorption

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DYK

On November 1, 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Comoedienhauses, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Lol, you need to help with updates....Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:41, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

I will try to get to it more often... -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 10:09, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Ermm..

How come on your userpage you can scroll down past the bottom bit, and into the plain white bit....:) Qst 22:07, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

No idea, actually. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 22:12, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Also, you know on Template talk:Did you know, when a day is moved to the expired noms sections, does that mean it is invalid and will not be used? Mine has and some others (all the ones for that day, I think), however mine has no comments below it, to indicate it is invalid. Could you shred some light on this? Qst 18:04, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Well, recently, we have been receiving a great load of suggestions on each day, so it is likely that your nom was valid, but there were just so many on the day that even some valid ones were omitted. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 22:03, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Ah man, I was really looking forward to my first DYK, all of the October 28 ones were moved there, all had a problem or comment below them except for mine. Grr! Qst 22:19, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thanks for the barnstar! Everyking 03:47, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

No problem. 100k contribs is amazing. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 03:49, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Majorly

Thanks for fixing the format. I'll remember to use the # before it next time.--U.S.A.U.S.A.U.S.A. 01:02, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

No problem. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 01:04, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks!

		My RFA
		Thanks for participating in my request for adminship, which ended with 56 supports, one oppose, and one neutral. I hope to accomplish beyond what is expected of me and work to help those that lent me their trust. east.718 at 02:20, 11/4/2007

Göttingen Seven: GA pass

Congratulations for your hard work on this article, very interesting read. Per your tweaks (and promise), I have passed the article as a good article.

• Copy/paste: {{User Good Article|Göttingen Seven}}

IvoShandor 03:11, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

• • Thank you muchly :) -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 05:06, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Henrik's RfA thanks!

Thanks for supporting my RfA, it closed today with a final tally of 39 supports, 1 oppose and 1 neutral. As always, if you ever see me doing anything which would cause you to regret giving me your support, let me know. henrik•talk 18:40, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Beans?

Surely not! ;p Neil ☎ 10:40, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Hehe. :P -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 10:43, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Reverting the last Global Warming Edits

I don't know if you're aware of this, but you locked Global Warming just after User:UBeR had made a massive amount of reverts to his little anti-science, politically-based POV. While a chunk of it was intended to revert my stuff, he also reverted things that had lengthy Talk page discussions behind them (which he tends to ignore, usually signaled by a disingenuous "per talk" comment in his edit summary.) In any case, the current version is kind of on the dopey side as is, which may not be a good thing for one of Wikipedia's core articles. I'm hoping to get a discussion going about how best to handle the politically-driven antiscience and WP:TE editors who chronically try to block any updates and improvements to the article. -BC aka Callmebc 07:29, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

In Remembrance...

--nat ^{Alo! Salut! Sunt eu, un haiduc?!?!} 07:34, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

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DYK

On 7 November 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Great French Wine Blight, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

—Wknight94 (talk) 12:30, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Excellent work on the article. Great job! Agne^Cheese/^Wine 13:34, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Another RfA Spaming

Carmen Taylor

Can you userfy the deleted article to my user space, or forward a copy via email. I may have additional evidence of notability, but would like to see if what was previously produced is salvageable. Thanks. Dhaluza 01:20, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

No one expects a Pigman admin!

		Wallowing in my RfA: This time it's personal...
		My sincere thanks for your support in my request for adminship, which ended with 51 supports, 0 opposes, and 0 neutral. Doubtless it was an error to put one of the government-bred race of pigmen in any position of authority, but I hope your confidence in me proves justified. Even a man pure of heart and who says his prayers at night can become a were-boar when the moon is full and sweet. Fortunately, I'm neither a were-pig nor pure of heart so this doesn't appear to be an imminent danger to Wikipedia for the moment. Fortunate as well because were-pig hooves are hell on keyboards and none too dexterous with computer mice. If ever I should offend, act uncivil, misstep, overstep, annoy, violate policy, or attempt to topple the fascist leadership of Wikipedia, please let me know so I can improve my behaviour and/or my aim. I am not an animal; I am an admin. And, of course, if there is any way in which I can help you on Wikipedia, please do not hesitate to ask me. Despite my japes, I am indeed dedicated to protecting and serving Wikipedia to the best of my foppish and impudent abilities. I will strive to be an admirable admin, shiny and cool, reasonable and beatific. Pigmanwhat?/trail 05:14, 8 November 2007 (UTC) Post Scriptum: I believe my collaged graphic at left, which incorporates the WP globe and mop image, falls under the rubric of parody for my purposes here. Or is it satire? Regardless, it's a legitimate and legally protected First Amendment usage under US law. Complaints and allegations that this is an improper "fair use" image will be entertained on my talk page, probably with fruit juice, finger food and exotic coffees.

Barnstar

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		This is for "pumping out" many GA's and for helping one article become a FA. Amazing work. I wish I was as good of an encyclopedia article writer as you:) Cheers! SJP:Happy Verterans Day! 13:38, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks a lot. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 08:12, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Honestly, how do you do it? Cheers!--SJP:Happy Verterans Day! 08:40, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

ACID

The article Atom, which you nominated for the Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive on July 31, and was removed on September 11, because on one got around to choosing it as the winner, has been renominated and needs votes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zginder (talk • contribs) 14:27, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Gottingen Seven

I'm going to play around with the article a bit. It is a bit wordy and ungrammatical still. It is still fairly dismissive of the King's actions, and the legal basis for his action should be discussed (I have a book which goes into it, though it may be slightly on the sympathetic side to him). He was also criticized in England, I think it is mentioned in Fulford's "Royal Dukes" and I'll see if I can dig up my copy. All in all, good work, far better than when I looked at it earlier in the year!--Wehwalt 14:57, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Barnstar

Thanks for the barnstar, AD. I greatly appreciate it. - auburnpilot talk 19:12, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

No worries. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 10:04, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Extend

Hello, is it possible to extend the edit protection on Engineering? It's almost Nov.12th, and we're not at a resolution yet. Thanks 71.155.143.39 19:14, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

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my rfa

Thankspam

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Yay!

Woo hoo! Welcome back to full force, you've been missed! Ariel♥Gold 09:42, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for noticing so quickly. Yes, I should be re-doubling my efforts in editing, and sorry to repeat waht must have been said, but I hope that one of these edits will be a support at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/ArielGold, and soon. ;) -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 09:49, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

I don't know how I did not see this reply, when I replied below, lol. Selective reading? ~*Giggle*~ I honestly have not decided when that red link will turn blue. I'll let you know, lol. ~*Hugs*~ Ariel♥Gold 10:10, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

I'd appreciate that. 20 way edit conflicts are usually not fun, so let me know as soon as it does turn blue ;) -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 10:12, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

rdy?? :)

Ready? :) ~Eliz81^(C) 06:46, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Yup :) -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 06:54, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

zOMG!!! :) - Alison ^❤ 06:59, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

zOMG x2! Ariel♥Gold 07:00, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

 :) -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 07:02, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Ummmm.... I don't know how to transclude y'all! LOL. The 'real soon now' part... ;) ~Eliz81^(C) 07:18, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Ok, I'll do it. And so sorry for the typo on your name. The 2 is so close to the 1! :S -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 07:20, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

LOL all good AD! It made me giggle :) I just wasn't sure what to do with the closing time part. Sorry am a bit excited. Pass me the dr pepper allieeeeee ~Eliz81^(C) 07:22, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

All fixed. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 07:25, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Here goes nothin'!! :P i saw it on the page and zOMG!! ~Eliz81^(C) 07:27, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Usurpations

You left a note at Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations saying that the target user account had been notified here, however it hadn't. I've left {{subst:Usurpation requested}} on their talk page. Sorry if this message seems like I'm being a smart-arse :) Qst 10:58, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Lol not at all, thanks for picking up my error. How did I miss that...? -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 11:00, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

No problem :) Qst 11:03, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Very quick favour

Could you do me a very quick favour and delete Scarian/Libs' Sand Castle for me please? I forgot how to make a sandbox and made a mistake and made it an article. Thanks in advance! Scarian^Talk 11:21, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Done. Sorry wasn't quicker. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 11:31, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Hey, no worries! Thank you :-) Scarian^Talk 11:40, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

No problems; any time. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 11:43, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

RfA

I considered not spamming talk pages but not saying "thanks" just isn't me. The support was remarkable and appreciated. I only hope that I am able to help a little on here. Please let me know if I can help you or equally if you find any of my actions questionable. Thanks & regards --Herby ^{talk thyme} 11:48, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Acid Punk page deletion

Hi there, just my two cents - I believe the musical genre "Acid Punk" is indeed a quite legitimate genre of music, and the page contained a number of references from notable bands as to the truth of this. I plan on reviving the page, if you would like to delete it again I would like you to please more fully refute the existence of the genre and respond to those quoted on the page who discuss its existence rather than a quick assertion that it is "not notable". Thanks. -- DuendeThumb (talk) 20:16, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Update on that last one...

Ugh. I can see why you deleted it now, it seems someone changed the page in recent days and rendered it irrelevant by insisting that techno/house music fall under Acid Punk, as well as by removing all relevant citations - The Acid Punk most underground music fans recognize is a specific sub-genre, epicentered in the western United States and characterized by bands such as the Butthole Surfers, Scratch Acid, early Flaming Lips and Ween and Meat Puppets; essentially psychedelic punk rock. I'll just have to do a new page. -- DuendeThumb (talk) 20:28, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

A problem user

Hello. I've recently noted some behavior by User:CBFan against User:Kingdom of crash and spyro, the former of whom has a long record of uncivil behavior, and the latter of which is a rather inexperienced user. This is especially seen on the page history of the latter user's page, which shows that CBFan is doing nothing other than harassing Kingdom of crash and spyro to make a point. Even in cases where his actions would be justifiable, his edit summaries frequently show hostility, and are unnecessarily bitey. Looking at Kingdom of crash and spyro's contributions, CBFan appears to almost stalk this user, reverting them frequently with the same incivility in his edit summaries. Even at an apparently honest attempt at reconciliation, it was reverted with a rather uncouth summary. I attempted to converse with CBFan here, but was met with a rather uncivil response. Should I bring this to WP:ANI? Given the long record of this user continuing to be uncivil despite blocks and entreaties by other users, I find that there might be little choice in the matter. Much appreciated. Regards, Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 23:14, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

I would say ANI would be a good move for this kind of behaviour; let's see what other admins think about it this. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 23:18, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll do so. Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 23:20, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

No problem. Thanks for finding the "evidence" as such, be sure to include that in your statement at ANI. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 23:22, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Yoo hoo

If you're around, want to take a look at a couple DYK hooks and tell me which one you like best (or make a better one? lol) Ariel♥Gold 10:42, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Sorry I didn't reply sooner... but it looks like you have already made up your mind, no? -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 11:20, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

No? Why do you say that? I haven't had anyone to run them by, lol. Ariel♥Gold 11:24, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

So which one do you like better: (or can you think of another one/variation?)

...that the ancient Kingdom of Nri, in what is now Nigeria, was one of the few governments in history to use no military power, instead implementing a taboo system, to govern Nri's subjects?

...that the ancient Kingdom of Nri, in what is now Nigeria, exerted no military power, believing that violence was an abomination which polluted the earth?

I like the second one, but I think the first is probably more appropriate. Ariel♥Gold 11:25, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

I prefer the first, mainly because the second is something which I would say many people believe anyway, if you see where I am coming from, and I suppose every country is politically opposed to violence all the same. The first is interesting and makes me want to read more about this politically revolutionary civilisation... (PS: I thought you'd made up your mind because I saw your edits to T:TDYK, but I didn't check diffs) -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 11:28, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Ahhhh, was wondering why you thought that, lol. Yeah I was just copyediting and commented on one entry that kind of didn't seem to connect with a reader. Okay I'll submit the first, that was my thought as well. Thanks dear! Ariel♥Gold 11:32, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

No worries, my pleasure :) -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 11:33, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

And hey, thanks for moving the sections, I wasn't 100% sure, that's the first time I've actually done citations that way, lol. Normally I use templates with URLs. Ariel♥Gold 11:40, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, convention usually has it that way around. Regards, -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 11:41, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Thx spam

Thank you, Anonymous Dissident, for supporting my RfB, which I withdrew at a final tally of (33/12/1). I failed to overcome the not unforeseeable opposition, but I am humbled by some extremely supportive, encouraging words I could read. In order to honor your trust, I once again vow to continue working and improving. Please contact me should you have any advice or recommendation to give. Or, should you need assistance. I am, as will always be, at your service. Again, please accept my most sincere gratitude. Best regards, Húsönd 03:10, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

An article which you started, or significantly expanded, François Denhaut, was selected for DYK!

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Template talk:Did you know backlogged

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Great French Wine Blight GAN review: On Hold

On Hold — Notes left on talk page. Nehrams2020 (talk) 00:34, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Your wikibreak message

There was a FU image in it; I had to remove it. Sorry! —Jonathan | Quality, not quantity. 23:07, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Ahhh, of course. Thanks for correcting my mistake. (I know literally nothing about images ;) -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 05:11, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

That's okay! I was just passing by your userpage...so it was a bit random. :D —Jonathan 03:07, 15 June 2008 (UTC) 15:24, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

what edit?

you recently sent me a message saying you reverted my changes as it was vandalism i was just wondering what page it was for (it was just my IP not this account) Fists (talk) 11:48, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

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Thanks for nomming me :)

AD, your co-nom was awesome. It was such an honor to have you do it. ~Eliz81^(C) 01:53, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Triple Crown requests

Hello. I saw your post at User talk:Durova. Generally it's easier for Durova if you make your request in the same format that it will be later posted at User:Durova/Triple crown winner's circle. So yours would look like this :

• Anonymous Dissident
  • DYK: List two of your DYK articles here
  • GA: List two of your GA articles here
  • FC: BioShock, Lion

Then post those above four lines back at User talk:Durova. Hope that was helpful. Curt Wilhelm VonSavage (talk) 12:54, 24 November 2007 (UTC).

Ok, thanks. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 13:03, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

No prob, and great work! Curt Wilhelm VonSavage (talk) 13:08, 24 November 2007 (UTC).

John Howard

About your recent addition to John Howard's infobox. I think I'm right in saying that John Howard stays as PM for a week and a bit. For now it would probably be best to leave the term_end = field empty. --Philip Stevens (talk) 14:23, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Ok, sure. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 23:12, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Hi

Just a friendly reminder that Did You Know is due in half an hour. Mrs.EasterBunny (talk) 23:20, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

NOW OVERDUE!Mrs.EasterBunny (talk) 01:24, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

User:Jjk82 's edits

Are they really vandalism and disruptive, or is this a content dispute? Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 02:38, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Neither. It seems to be a case of extreme POV pushing, from what I can see. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 02:46, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

I laid a couple of warnings on him, and he stopped. Maybe he just stopped. Invited both JJK and Patriotmissle to talk instead of edit war. Cheers, :) Dlohcierekim 03:15, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for doing that. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 03:40, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Patsy (Monty Python)

Might I ask your rationale for this close? I (talk) 04:27, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

There was just not enough consensus to delete in this instance. However, a re-listing might be in order. I will do that now. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 04:30, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Also, what on earth was with this edit? I (talk) 04:31, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

It was my way of negotiating the somewhat difficult circumstance of the article being nominated for deletion once, and then the second nomination having been written over the first one. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Patsy (Monty Python) (2nd nomination). -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 04:33, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

High Desert Safety

I strongly protest your removal of my article. I contributed important information and cited my sources. Why should we take you seriously when you won't even identify yourself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bmweerman (talk • contribs) 07:39, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

This article was removed from the content because it did not meet Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion. Wikipedia is not a manual. As to the matter of taking me seriously - it matters not whether you take me seriously, I have been given a position of trust in which I am able to use my discretion in regards to the deletion of articles that clearly do not meet Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 07:44, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

And we are just supposed to take your word for it...from what source does your "Authority" come from?--bmweerman (talk) 07:50, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Firstly, my "authority" (this is a mis-representative adjective) is implied technically by my demonstrated ability to delete this article. Secondly, it was decided that I be allowed to use the extra functions of deletion, page protection and user blocking, on the English Wikipedia, here. And, as aforementioned, the term "authority" is not appropriate in this case; I am an administrator - merely an editor who has knowledge of policy and that has been privileged enough to be entrusted with a few extra "tools" to help out. Please see WP:ADMIN for more information regarding administrators. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 07:57, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

User:Eagle Club Group

I think you need to protect that user page and its user talk page also. You have blocked the User:Eagle Club Group, but several other editors who created this user are still using them as a medium for their communication. Dekisugi (talk) 11:02, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

All fixed. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 11:18, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK

Thanks. Archtransit (talk) 20:10, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK is 10 hours late, which is almost 2 cycles missed. I;ve moved hooks to the next update. Can you help and place them on the main page? Thank you. Archtransit (talk) 17:47, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Jan Pinkava

I'm not sure if you looked closely enough. The content dispute was basically settled, but editors using only IP addresses have been removing my reference tags. There is no current dispute over content, just a need for the tags to stay in place until someone provides the needed references. Rhindle The Red (talk) 13:56, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

There is a dispute over which reference tags need be applied, by the looks of it - over citation needed and {{references}}, by the looks of it. This is a dispute that needs to be discussed on the talk page. Just because they are IPs doesn't mean they are wrong. You need to resolve the issue through discussion, not prejudice on my, or anyone else's part. You may be right, or you may not be, but you are warring, and, again, discussion is the key. ---- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 14:17, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

I would also note that the ref tags don't seem to be the only things warred over. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 14:22, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Those other issues are the ones I mentioned that are pretty much resolved. I have tried to have discussions with these anonymous users, but they do not respond, they simply revert. I will respect your decision, but I don't see how it will do any good. My hope for semi-protection was that whoever is behind these edits (I am fairly certain they are the same person) would either register or log in so a proper discussion would result. Rhindle The Red (talk) 14:27, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

The problem with semi-protection in a user --> IP dispute is that it is biased. I understand your frustration, and if this approach does not work, then other, appropriate action will have to be taken in attempt at discussion. All I can advise is to use this 48 hour period as a cool off time. This may encourage response and healthy conversation and resolution. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 14:34, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Triple crown

Your Imperial Majesty, special thanks for the work on lion, which is an important basic article to have at a good standard in any encyclopedia. And, being a Californian, I enjoy wine history. Durova^Charge! 20:47, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. :) -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 07:30, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

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Block of User:Telstar Logistics

What, may I ask, is wrong with that username, please? It's a nonsense phrase he made up, and stuck on his van in order to give himself the ability to park in business parking spaces. He's used it on the internet in dozens of forums, run a Google search. Why do you think there is anything at all wrong with it? --AnonEMouse ^(squeak) 21:34, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

If you would, more thoroughly scurtinise the websites displayed: http://www.telstarlogistics.com/, http://telstarlogistics.typepad.com/telstarlogistics/, http://valleywag.com/tech/telstar-logistics/telstar-logistics-the-most-fundable-company-in-the-valley-171439.php - it is clearly promotional, and is thereby a violation. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 05:09, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Scrutinizing. The first one is his site, which explains the origins of the name, and sells some tshirts and stuff with the logo. The second one is his blog, which does likewise. The third one is an article about the name which doesn't mention a thing about anything commercial. Are you saying that since he sells tshirts with the name on it, any use of the name must be promotional? So what if I print up a tshirt that says AnonEMouse, do I suddenly have to change my user name to avoid it being promotional? Sorry, I think you are misinterpreting Wikipedia:Username policy here. He's not trying to promote his identity on Wikipedia, it's his identity, that enough people thought was amusing enough that he had it printed on tshirts. That's all it is. He doesn't have a company or a group. There is no company or group. The name is the whole thing. That's it. There is absolutely nothing that Telstar Logistics does that, oh, Abercrombie Financing doesn't do, it's a name I made up on the spur of the moment and will happily print on a tshirt. It has no product to promote. It's just a silly name like AnonEMouse, or, for that matter, Anonymous Dissident. If you follow that logic, then people who are incorporated under their real name couldn't use it as their user name. He's a good guy, a real contributor, even if not a very prolific one. If you look at his edit history, he makes real edits, even if not many of them, to a couple of articles about San Francisco, with pretty good GFDL licensed photos, including one contributed to an article about a snowboarder when I asked, and if he should happen to check his user page any time soon, will get a terrible impression of us. If you still don't agree, please say what would be the best place to get more admin input (WP:AN/I? WP:RFCN?), because, frankly, otherwise, I'm very tempted to unblock. --AnonEMouse ^(squeak) 19:51, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

After more thorough examination on my part, I do believe that an unblock would be a plausible action that could be taken without discussion; I now agree with your ideas on the name. However, I am still kind of wary. The name could potentially lead to promotion of his marketing of the t-shirts themselves. I don't care what's printed on it, and I don't care that it's a t-shirt - it is still something that is being sold, by him, on his website, with his "fake" company, Telstar Logistics all over it: therefore, the username is promotional of his website from which one can purchase merchandise. I also don't particularly care if he chooses to advertise this business of selling his t-shirts under a "fake" company: he is still selling this merchandise, and with the username, is still promoting this selling of merchandise. No, I don't think broader discussion is required - I agree with your explanation. I think we can cordially discuss this ourselves, and come to a complete and friendly agreement. So - before we unblock, please, share with me you thoughts on what I have just articulated here, and please consider my view. In a nutshell, you are arguing that it doesn't matter that he prints t-shirts that have the name printed on them, while I am arguing that it matters that he prints t-shirts with the name printed on them - with the intent of selling them on an eponymous website. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 04:32, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I think intent is very important. It seems clear from looking at his edits (it's not hard, there are only 20 or so) that he is a genuine contributor, he's not wandering around random pages signing his name for fun. He took a few real photos of real places near where he lives (and they're not bad photos), and he licensed them freely, and he put them in appropriate places, and not every article he could think of, and he didn't caption them like ads, and he didn't blow them up to 5000 pixels to fill up the page, and he didn't do four hundred other things a true commercial spammer would have. He's a good minor contributor that happens to have gotten a small bit of press for something completely unrelated to Wikipedia. We have a couple of people like that, with tens of thousands of us editors, we can't all be completely invisible to either the press or to commerce. I doubt he makes many t-shirt sales, it's not that much press, but that's not the important part. The important part is he's not using his contributions for promotion, he's genuinely contributing to the Wikipedia. --AnonEMouse ^(squeak) 15:38, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Without sounding imperious, I think we can let this one slide, despite the fact that it is, although, admittedly, only by extension, in a way promotional. I will do the honours. Thank you for taking the time in speaking to me in regard to this matter. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 15:50, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you! --AnonEMouse ^(squeak) 16:09, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

No worries! -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 16:12, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

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Classification of admins

Hi Anonymous Dissident. Please consider adding your admin username to the growing list at Classification of admins. Best! -- Jreferee t/c 23:01, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

My little experiment

I certainly appreciate your invitation to experiment using a sandbox, but this particular experiment could only have been performed on a live article. I removed some vandalism, while using a summary that would ordinarily be associated with vandalism to see if the recent changes watchers would bother to read the diff. Evidently not. 24.15.192.213 (talk) 05:55, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

In fact, I did read the diff - I always expand. Somehow, I must have got the difference wrong, because the vandalism you removed was the vandalism I thought I was removing. Apologies. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 06:01, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Which is slightly more interesting than the result I thought I got. Human perception is heavily biased toward whatever sticks out, like sudden motion or, in this case, the color red. Add a dose of confirmation bias, and voila!

But there's no need to feel bad or really to apologize. This is a very low probability event, in that random people providing themselves with mild amusment by messing with Wikipedia are virtually always committing vandalism (or edit warring, which I don't suppose has changed much since the last time I edited seriously). 24.15.192.213 (talk) 06:19, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Well, perhaps. Remember, your experiment could almost be considered vandalism, because it was in a purposeful attempt to fool recent changes patrollers, and while RC patrollers should of course check the diff (which I did (I see the revision before and current using my tool, so I must have seen the previous one, you summary, and connected mentally)), you are directly anticipating and setting up the reintroduction of harmful material. Please refrain from future such "experiments". -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 06:23, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Great French Wine Blight

I've already passed the article since the issues were addressed. Good work and happy editing! --Nehrams2020 (talk) 06:23, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Oh really? Thanks! (Lol, how long ago? :S) -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 06:26, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Late last night or very early this morning, I don't really remember. --Nehrams2020 (talk) 06:29, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Well, thanks again. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 06:30, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

RFPP

Hi, would you mind semi-protecting my other 3 subpages also? Or do I need to make an "official" request on RFPP? They are 2 3 and 4. Thanks, Rjd0060 (talk) 07:08, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Sure (requests by no means needed) -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 07:09, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

And all done. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 07:10, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! - Rjd0060 (talk) 07:11, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

No problem. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 07:12, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Heh

You are aware that you actually restored vandalism to Cue sports, right? (I can see why though; someone thought it would be funny to revert sexually-oriented vandalism with an ironic "PENIS!!!" edit summary, and it backfired.) — SMcCandlish [talk] [cont] ‹(-¿-)› 09:09, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Yep. See above post; it was a "test" by someone to fool an RC patroller. Of course, I had looked accidentally at the previous diff, and then the summary, and mentally linked two and two together... -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 09:14, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Block candidate

Hi Anonymous: Any chance the user Agentrazor (talk | contributions) can be blocked? The only thing this account has been used for is to profanely vandalize a number of articles. Thanks! MeegsC | Talk 10:09, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

It seems as if Spebi has got there before me. (again! ;)) -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 11:37, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

DYK

DYK update is overdue.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:LOTD) 18:00, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Temperature programmed desorption

Hi - just a short notice that I've removed the protection on this page, AND turned it back into a redirect. The talk page was singularly devoid of discussion of why the participants in the seeming edit war were doing what they did - I made some comments there.

Take care --Alvestrand 20:00, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Well, thanks for doing that. I had sprotected it with the intention of preventing edits away from itss redirect state by IPs. But lets see if unprotection can now be tried. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 23:00, 30 November 2007 (UTC)