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Hello ImprobabilityDrive! Welcome to Misplaced Pages! Thank you for your contributions to this 💕. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 01:30, 21 April 2007 (UTC) Getting started Misplaced Pages tutorial • The five pillars of Misplaced Pages How to: edit a page • upload and use images Getting help Frequently asked questions • Tips Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Neutral point of view • Reliable sources Verifiability • Citing sources • No original research What Misplaced Pages is not • Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry Copyrights • Fair use • Image use policy External links • Spam • Vandalism Deletion policy • Conflict of interest • Notability The community Build consensus • Resolve disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community Portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Writing articles Be bold in editing • Develop an article The "perfect" article • Manual of style Stubs • Categories • Disambiguation Pages needing attention • Peer review Miscellaneous User name • User pages • Talk pages Clean up: General - Spam - Vandalism Join a WikiProject • Translation Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

Archives

Archives

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Feel Free to leave me a message.

What's with the archiving and welcoming yourself?

Um, why did you archive ongoing discussion about your activity and the questions that you had previous accounts? I still would like to know how you learned to sign your name and learned all those tags within minutes of registering on wikipedia.

At least six other editors have issues with your POV pushing. Why did you remove ongoing issues?

Also why did you not only remove that information, but why did you welcome yourself to wikipedia? Arbustoo 03:53, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Hello Arbusto. You will have to wait while I search for a search for A mentor, per some suggestions I received earlier. Infinite Improbability Drive 03:57, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Will a mentor know why you removed serious ongoing issues from your talk, then archived at User talk:ImprobabilityDrive/Archive001 only to use the smallest size on your talk? Arbustoo 03:59, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Hello Arbustoo, I have given you answers multiple times. According to this, you still have not fixed the tags, as you stated you would. If you would like, you may send me an email. But until I get a mentor, you should, if you would, refrain from posting to my talk page. Also, if you respond here, I will answer here. But please be advised that I under obligation no obligation to answer questions, however I see fit. Infinite Improbability Drive 04:02, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

No you did not answer my questions. Also you removed information that you were blocked. The person who unblocked you thinks you are a sock. Arbustoo 04:04, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Um, why did you re-welcome yourself with other people's signatures? Arbustoo 04:54, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

I think ID was utilizing the template and signature from the original person who welcomed him. See the original welcome. As a suggestion ID, you should put a comment in the edit summary stating what you did, just in case. Let's assume good faith with this editor. Orangemarlin 05:23, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Various things

See WP:ARCHIVE for how to archive stuff. As to not recusing myself- since I was arguing with you, unblocking you didn't seem to require a recusal like blocking would. If you want, I can abide by the strict letter of the policy, reblock you and then ask an uninvolved admin to look at it. I don't think you want that though. JoshuaZ 04:38, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

No, thanks for unblocking me. I'll take a look at the link. Infinite Improbability Drive 04:55, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Advice

You asked on my talk page for advice on dealing with your current situation. The advice I can offer is simple.

If you have used other accounts in the past, be open and honest about your other identities. (I'm going out on and assuming you have previous editing experience since as far as I can tell, we have never interacted before. If this is a mistaken assumption, please forgive me - it's not an accusation, just an assumption that you didn't pick my name out of a hat.)

If you have not used other accounts, just move on with life, but make sure you are civil and respectful of the views of others. Creationism is a highly polarized topic and you may find editing more enjoyable in a less-controversial area.

I hope that helps. Good luck. --BigDT 04:56, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Your request

Hello ImprobabilityDrive, thanks for your comments on my talkpage. I have been reviewing your contributions and you certainly seem to be having a rough time of it. That said, I can also see why there are questions about sockpupptery. Empirically speaking, when a new user displays familiarity with the project and edits controversial articles (particularly ones that are popular with known sockpuppeteers), there is a very good chance that they are a sockpuppet.

Nevertheless, there are also those that are falsely accused that just happen to fit the pattern, so I'm willing to take you at your word on this issue. Though if I was to adopt you, and you do have prior experience of editing under another account, I'd prefer if you told me in the spirit of openess (of course, it could be done by email if you would prefer not to reveal that publically).

Just so you know, the adoption procedure is entirely flexible and you (or I) may terminate the relationship at anytime, simply by letting the other know. You are also entirely welcome to seek other mentors at any time, either in addition to or instead of me. I try to keep and eye on my adoptees contributions and will offer advice unsolicited where I can. I'm open to questions about pretty much anything - simple or complex - and will try and reply as soon as I can. I'm also happy to try to mediate if you get into any scrapes.

When I'm convinced you are up to speed on WP (not that you can't carry on learning, of course), I will let you know and offer to "graduate" you. However, does not mean we have to terminate our relationship, as you will be welcome to remain an adoptee for as long as you wish, until you feel ready to graduate. Even then, I will always be available to offer advice as a colleague. If you are happy with this arrangement, then let me know and I can "do the paperwork". If after reading this you decide you don't wish to be formally adopted, thats cool also - I'm still available to offer advice on an ad hoc basis. Let me know. Rockpocket 05:13, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Your RfC has been opened

I ahve opened an RfC and will be adding more links as time permits. Please leave your comments: Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/ImprobabilityDrive. Arbustoo 05:18, 5 May 2007 (UTC)