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Cats

FYI, Tánaistí of Ireland is NOT a subcat of TDs. Snappy56 (talk) 02:17, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

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Soapboxing

(Friendly suggestion.) I fully appreciate that you obviously have a social conscience, but please try to avoid editorialising content and using Misplaced Pages as a soapbox. You know this already, but Misplaced Pages is not an indymedia style outlet. It's supposed to be neutral and factual. If an event or action involves a police force using physical force, just call it that - don't apply a POV term like "extrajudicial punishment". Let the facts speak for themselves. Otherwise you run the risk of losing credibility as a balanced editor, as does Misplaced Pages as a balanced research tool. Cheers. Guliolopez (talk) 11:47, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

I totally agree with Guliolopez, Lapsed Pacifist has lost the run of themselves as regards as pretence towards neutrality. Blantant POV pushing is this editors hallmark. Doesn't provide any citations for the POV and when challenged turns aggressive against other editors. It's just not acceptable on wikipedia. Start your own blog and stop trying to force wikipedia to become a mouthpiece for your opinions. Snappy56 (talk) 13:08, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

Michael McDowell

You reverted 3 times on 30 May, just look at the history. Which part of wait until a full discussion has been had by all. do you not understand? Snappy56 (talk) 13:29, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

This getting ridiculous. Shall we agree to a truce? I propose we start a topic on Irish Wikipedians notice board about what articles should or shouldn't go in the TD category. Brownhairedgirl has gone on a wikibreak so no need to wait on her anymore, just everyone's opinion from the wider community. Until a consensus has been reached, I propose no further removal from the TD category; if the outcome of the discussion is to leave the cat as is then fine by me and if the outcome is to depopulate the cat then a bot will be assigned to do all 733 articles at once. Is this acceptable? Snappy56 (talk) 13:43, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

You won't win any prizes for politeness either. There is no point in further discussion since you have already pre-conceived notions which you try to foist on the community. If you are going to de-populate the category of individual TDs articles, then do it properly. Get a bot to do it, don't do it piecemeal and have it partially populated. Snappy56 (talk) 01:03, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

ETA Categories

You may disagree with current categorisation but ignoring the ongoing discussion, constantly inventing new categories and removing the ones that are in there isn't the way to move forward. You have already been asked to leave the article alone while we discuss it on talk yet you continue to ignore these requests. Similarly, whatever is the point in replacing four descriptive NPOV categories such as Organisations designated as terrorist in the UK by a new invented omnibus category Organisations designated as terrorist in the UK, Canada, USA and the EU which you've just set up? There may well be a case for renaming the parent category organisations designated as terrorist by adding "by governments or supranational organisations" but as has been pointed out to you by at least four editors, it makes no sense to remove the individual entries. Please wait and discuss on talk rather than wasting peoples time. Valenciano (talk) 09:45, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

Lapsed Pacifist, many people disagree with you, and no one agrees, i.e. you are the only one that changes the categories. Please stop doing it. Escorial82 (talk) 09:58, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Arbitration enforcement

I would like to notify you of the following request. --Domer48 (talk) 14:46, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Regarding the above report, I have blocked you for 24hrs for violation of of remedy 1 of Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Lapsed Pacifist: Lapsed Pacifist is banned indefinitely from articles which relate to the conflict in Northern Ireland. The ban is intended to include any page in Misplaced Pages which Lapsed Pacifist engages in a dispute related in any way to the conflict in Northern Ireland.

You have been editing long enough to know that using the word "terrorist" in relation to an Irish/British conflict is likely to inflame. Moreover, just because this particular body existed prior to the modern period known as The Troubles, does not preclude it from being part of "the conflict in Northern Ireland". On the expiry of this block, my suggestion to you is to interpret the boundaries of the remedy a bit more liberally. If you appreciate that, and this was a genuine misunderstanding, you may request an unblock. (By the way, you might consider archiving your talk page. It is cripplingly large at the moment.) Rockpocket 17:09, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Sure the Tans wernt ever even in Northern Ireland and definately not around during "the Troubles". Seems unfair.--Vintagekits (talk) 17:17, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

The ban has nothing to do with The Troubles specifically, but the Irish/British conflict over independence. I don't think I'm making a big jump interpret the "Northern Ireland conflict" to include that. If LP genuinely feels the Tans have nothing whatsoever to do with the Irish/British conflict then he can request an unblock and get a second opinion. If he made a genuine mistake he can acknowledge that and request an unblock. Rockpocket 17:28, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

Thats not how I read it. Can you show me where it says he cant edit anything with respect to "Irish/British conflict over independence" because here it only talks about the O6. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vintagekits (talk • contribs)

Obviously our interpretation differs then. I would suggest we leave it as that, considering condition 8 of your own probation. Rockpocket 21:05, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

{{Scotland-newspaper stub}}

Hi - I see you have recently created one or more new stub types. As it states at Misplaced Pages:Stub, at the top of most stub categories, and in many other places on Misplaced Pages, it is recommended that new stub types are proposed prior to creation at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals. This is partly in order to check whether the new stub type is already covered by existing stub types, whether it is named according to stub naming guidelines, whether it is otherwise correctly formatted, whether it reaches the standard threshold for creation of a new stub type, and whether it crosses existing stub type hierarchies, and partly so that those who regularly deal with stub articles know what stub types are likely to need re-sorting soon. Your new stub type is currently listed at WP:WSS/D - please feel free to make any comments there as to any rationale for this stub type. And please, in future, consider proposing new stub types first! Grutness...wha? 02:01, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

June 2008

Please stop. If you continue to violate Misplaced Pages's neutral point of view policy by adding commentary and your personal analysis into articles, as you did to Jack Bauer, you will be blocked from editing Misplaced Pages. WikiKingOfMishawaka (talk) 12:29, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Controversial page moves

Lapsed Pacifist, you seem to be moving a lot of articles lately, and some of the moves seem to be controversial. Can I ask you to please slow down a bit? Per WP:RM, moves should only be done if they are not opposed. If there is any chance that a move might be controversial, it is better to first suggest the move at the talkpage. If no one disagrees after a few days, then go ahead and move the page. If there is disagreement though, then it will be incumbent upon you to build consensus for a move, and to let a neutral party make the decision as to whether or not there is consensus. Thanks, Elonka 17:53, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

P.S. Your talkpage is awfully long, over 140K, and some people's browsers start having trouble with anything over 32K. If it's alright with you, can I set up an auto-archive bot? That will automatically archive any threads older than a certain amount (such as 30 days), and then you won't have to worry about it.  :) --Elonka 17:57, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Archive bot setup, with 90-day cutoff, as requested. These things generally run on about a 24-hour cycle, but I don't know when the next "pulse" is. You should definitely see it kick in by tomorrow. If you have any questions, let me know!  :) --Elonka 18:55, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Nuclear weapons and Israel

Please stop. If you continue to violate Misplaced Pages's neutral point of view policy by adding commentary and your personal analysis into articles, as you did to Nuclear weapons and Israel, you will be blocked from editing Misplaced Pages. -- Avi (talk) 13:56, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Adding information that is not cited is a violation of wikipedia's rules against original research and orginal synthesis. Please only add properly cited material. Thank you. -- Avi (talk) 02:19, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Arbitration Enforcement

I have blocked you for 48 hours due to this edit and your subsequent revert to replace the material. The restriction the ArbCom placed on your clearly indicates that you are no longer to edit articles about the conflict or make controversial edits about the conflict, full stop. Please stop trying to find ways to continue the problems that led to the case - drop the subject entirely and don't edit about it in any article. Shell 18:14, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

DRV of Category:British occupations

As a participant in the discussion, you may be interested in the Deletion Review that has been listed regarding my closure of the discussion as "no consensus". Regards, Bencherlite 23:09, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Talkpage etiquette

Lapsed Pacifist, though not required, could I ask you to please make a small change to the way that you sign your posts? Currently you keep all posts left justified, and you sign with your signature two lines before your post. This can make the reading of some discussions a bit difficult, since your signatures are non-standard. So, would you please consider indenting your posts with :: marks (one colon per "tab" of indent), and signing your post on the same line as your last sentence? It would be much appreciated, and would keep discussions easier to read. Thanks, Elonka 00:39, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Palestine-Israel articles

As a result of the above-named Arbitration case, the Arbitration committee has acknowledged long-term and persistent problems in the editing of articles related to Israel, Palestine, and related conflicts. As a result, the Committee has enacted broad editing restrictions, described here and below.

• Any uninvolved administrator may, on his or her own discretion, impose sanctions on any editor working in the area of conflict if, despite being warned, that editor repeatedly or seriously fails to adhere to the purpose of Misplaced Pages, any expected standards of behavior, or any normal editorial process.
• The sanctions imposed may include blocks of up to one year in length; bans from editing any page or set of pages within the area of conflict; bans on any editing related to the topic or its closely related topics; restrictions on reverts or other specified behaviors; or any other measures which the imposing administrator believes are reasonably necessary to ensure the smooth functioning of the project.
• Prior to any sanctions being imposed, the editor in question shall be given a warning with a link to this decision; and, where appropriate, should be counseled on specific steps that he or she can take to improve his or her editing in accordance with relevant policies and guidelines.
• Discretionary sanctions imposed under the provisions of this decision may be appealed to the imposing administrator, the appropriate administrators' noticeboard (currently WP:AE), or the Committee.

These editing restrictions may be applied to any editor for cause, provided the editor has been previously informed of the case. This message is to so inform you. This message does not necessarily mean that your current editing has been deemed a problem; this is a template message crafted to make it easier to notify any user who has edited the topic of the existence of these sanctions.

Generally, the next step, if an administrator feels your conduct on pages in this topic area is disruptive, would be a warning, to be followed by the imposition of sanctions (although in cases of serious disruption, the warning may be omitted). Hopefully no such action will be necessary.

This notice is only effective if given by an administrator and logged here.

--Elonka 01:01, 2 July 2008 (UTC)