User talk:Iamthedeus

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[edit] WikiProject Filmmaking Announcement

A PROPOSED PROJECT MERGER with WikiProject Films is under consideration. All opinions and questions are strongly encouraged! Girolamo Savonarola 01:24, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Your recent edits to List of popular songs based on classical music

Please do not add content without citing reliable sources, as you did to List of popular songs based on classical music. Before making potentially controversial edits, it is recommended that you discuss them first on the article's talk page. If you are familiar with Wikipedia:Citing sources please take this opportunity to add your original reference to the article. Contact me if you need assistance adding references. Thank you. Will (talk) 21:15, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject Films coordinator elections

The WikiProject Films coordinator selection process is starting. We are aiming to elect five coordinators to serve for the next six months; if you are interested in running, please sign up here by March 28! Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 09:46, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Censorship

I am in strong agreement over the censorship of Wikipedia. I believe your statement regarding censorship in the "profanity" article is correct and in accordance with Wikipedia guidelines. However, I must stress the importance of following guidelines in relation to the discussion page. Please see my note on the discussion page of the "profanity" article. If Wikipedia guidelines are not adhered to, there is a risk of being banned -- this obviously applies to all users and is not a personal threat. Thanks for your time. --82.11.217.185 (talk) 10:16, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

Hello, thank you for your response to my post in the Profanity discussion page; I have responded there. Do you have an account (thus user page) or do you always edit anonymously? If you would like to discuss the matter of my post further, I believe it would be wise to keep it out of the Profanity discussion page as it doesn't really pertain. --Iamthedeus (talk) 01:07, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion moved here

As the discussion about the appropriateness of my comment in the Profanity talk page did not really pertain to the Profanity page or to the content of what I was saying, I have moved it here. Iamthedeus (talk) 20:53, 6 April 2008 (UTC)


Hi, I am not the person that edited the article, and in fact I agree with your point on not editing out these profane words. You provide guidelines for others on how the main article should be edited, yet you breach guidelines which apply to this edit page. The Wikipedia guidelines clearly state that "personal attacks" and "insults" (Wikipedia then cites two examples, calling someone an "idiot" or a "fascist"). Wikipedia also clearly states that users should not "threaten people". I believe the phrase "So fuck off, cunts" is a clear breach of both these guidelines. Your post is excessively long, and so I would request that the post be edited to be shorter and to be in line with Wikipedia guidelines. My post may be deleted once this has taken place. --82.11.217.185 (talk) 10:10, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I would have to disagree somewhat with your assertion that my post included "personal attacks" and "insults". The vast majority of what I was saying doesn't qualify as this because everything I was saying was (in my opinion) true, not just blind insults: "Of all the places to impose your irrational and fascist obsession with ..."; "you dogmatic little fucks". Well, they were being irrational and fascist and dogmatic, as I was stressing throughout my post. And these were not ad hominem attacks; they were quite content-related criticisms, because it was the irrationality and dogma of these people that was the very cause of the problem I was addressing.
However, even if you disregard this, what I wrote still couldn't be classified as personal attacks, because throughout I was clearly not addressing only one person (presumably the person who censored the words), but rather censormongers in general; hence "if some of you dogmatic little fucks" and "So fuck off, cunts". Nonetheless, I do admit that the latter was largely an expression of anger and isn't saying anything relevant (as the other ones are), so I've removed it (though I'm not sure how you figure it qualifies as a threat).
Also, I do agree that my post was overlong, so I've deleted some of the more superfluous parts. In any case, I appreciate your bringing these points up, but I believe that most of what I had was acceptable for the reasons I've just outlined. Perhaps, if you see this and want to discuss it further, you can give me your account name and we'll discuss it on our talk pages so that we don't clog up this page. Thanks --Iamthedeus (talk) 01:09, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Spot Welders - please advise

I am trying to resolve the NPOV issues with the Spot Welders article. They are a post-production and editorial house. Would you please review the article and make any changes or else notes in the talk page? thanks! Shamus00 (talk) 04:37, 10 June 2008 (UTC)