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Happy editing! Alison ❤ 08:04, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
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  • Well, overdue, I'm afraid. Wonderful to have you here, though :) - Alison ❤ 08:04, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] RE: Just thought I'd stop by...

You're most welcome. dhett (talk • contribs) 04:50, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks again! Sporker (talk) 21:06, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What on earth?

Nonsense. My edit to SqueakBoxes talk page was NOT an "attack"...I advise you look at older revisions and "attacks" (your code for "suggestions") which where not deleted and SqueakBox actually responded to. Please revert it back, or tell me why it was an "attack". It was certainly nothing of a personal nature, rather a suggestion of how he could avoid POV-pushing on the Thatcher article...and I'll have you know his methods of editing on the Margaret Thatcher article have been disputed several times. Thanks, Fitzy's Claw (talk) 18:07, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Hi Fitzy'sClaw, I do consider this to be a form of incivility/attack/whatever you want to call it and unnecessary. If you disagree with an editor, or think they are pushing a POV or whatever, provide links to the edits you question and do so with civility. To say an editor is "whitewashing" ect without examples doesn't help. Anyways, --Tom (talk) 18:15, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm going to have to type on of my quotes again:

"...and I'll have you know his methods of editing on the Margaret Thatcher article have been disputed several times."

Want an example? Look at the archives before the current one on Talk:Margaret Thatcher. To say that adressing to him what multiple people have been saying for ages is an "attack" is...debatable, at best. Thanks, Fitzy's Claw (talk) 18:21, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Wikipidia by its very nature has disputes all over the place and major differences of opinons. The point is to try not to get into name calling or accusations of bad faith editing. We all edit with a certain bias. Again, the best thing to do is to pull up an editor's edit from the edit history you diagree with and copy the url and paste it here/there/wherever so others can see it. I am not going to go thru the history and figure out who is "right". Anyways, just try to keep it civil and assume good faith as best as possible. Cheers, --Tom 18:26, 6 December 2007 (UTC)ps, I did go to the archives and didn't really see much. Somebody wanted to add some negative quote about Thatcher and he and others objected? Anyways, I have spent WAY to much time on this non-issue. Good luck and carry on, --Tom 18:45, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm for my actions. I did not speak appropriately according to WP guidelines. Please forgive me and accept my apology. Anyway, there's more to it than him wanting to revert an admittedly libellous quote, he refused that criticism be allowed into the article several times.

No point in using an uncivil attack to counter an uncivil attack...it only hurts both sides of the argument.

Shall we call a truce? We are all meant to be working together on an Encyclopedia, not one side against another.

Please accept my apology.

Regards, Fitzy's Claw (talk) 19:16, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Fitzy, no problem and really no need to apologize, not a biggie. I just deleted a comment from a talk page and then we corresponded. If in the future, if you feel any editor is doing something you disagree with, the best thing to do is link to the specific edit and ask others to chime in and give their opinion. The more eyes involved the better and don't talk things to seriously or personally. This "hobbie" should be enjoyable even though its very easy to get into tiffs with folks, goodness knows how many I have had :). Regards, --Tom 19:32, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Victims of Communism Memorial

Whether the World Socialist Web Site is a blog or an "online news and information center" (whatever that means) is rather immaterial. The relevant question here at WP is whether WSWS raises to the level of a "reliable source". Please review WP:RS and see if it does (I definitely think not). If you want to pursue the discussion, it would be better to do it on the talk page of the article, instead of user pages — so as to let other editors (or would-be editors) weigh in. Turgidson (talk) 19:23, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spelling

Thanks man, I am glad that you helped me with the grammar xD... Feel free do do it...

--Greetings [[User:Krzyzowiec|Krzyzowiec]] (talk) 02:03, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

No problem, friend! :D Cheers, Sporker (talk) 16:58, 22 December 2007 (UTC)