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Block

My block ended on June 6th. I was not blocked. Red4tribe (talk) 22:13, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

United States Presidential Election 2008 Mediation

Hi, I've accepted the United States Presidential Election 2008 Mediation, and you are listed as one of the participants. Please feel free to comment and participate in the discussion on the mediation page. BrownHornet21 (talk) 00:28, 30 June 2008 (UTC)

SarekOfVulcan RFA

Thank you for !voting on my RfA. If you supported, I'll make sure your confidence is not misplaced; if you opposed, I'll take your criticism into account and try to adjust my behavior accordingly.

See you around the wiki!--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 00:59, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your "Maps of most recent polling data"

Thanks for contributing charts summarizing the data in the Obama v. McCain statewide polling article.

I think your charts simplify and make accessible the large amount of information presented in the article. I also appreciate the recent and more finely tuned color choices corresponding to various levels of support for a particular candidate. I'm not sure that 4-10% is really "likely," but I appreciate the information and effort that goes into making and updating the maps. My commentary on it all is posted on my personal blog: http://home.comcast.net/~rpilaud/site/?/blog/category/18/ --Robapalooza (talk) 22:29, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

I remain surprised at how many people continue to watch this page on a regular basis. I highly recommend http://fivethirtyeight.com as an alternative. Their information is more in depth by far. The Evil Spartan (talk) 04:25, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for your participation in my recent RfA, which closed successfully. I felt the process was a thorough review of my contributions and my demeanor, and I was very gratified to see how many editors took the time to really see what I'm about and how I can be of help to the project. As a result, some editors changed their views during the discussion, and most expressed specific, detailed points to indicate their opinion (whether it was , , or ).

A number of editors were concerned about my level of experience. I was purposeful in not waiting until a particular benchmark occurred before requesting adminship, because I feel - as many do - that adminship is not a reward and that each case is individual. It is true that I am not the most experienced editor around here, but I appreciate that people dug into my contributions enough to reach the conclusion that I seem to have a clue. Also, the best thing about this particular concern is that experience is something an editor - or administrator - can always get more of, and I'll continue doing that, just as I've been doing. (If I seem a little slow at it, feel free to slap me.)

I am a strong believer in the concept that this project is all about the content, and I'm looking forward to contributing wherever I can. Please let me know if I can be of any help. In the meantime, I'm off to school...

Thanks again!

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Frank (talk • contribs) 13:39, July 3 2008 (UTC)

ANI comment - endorse ban

Hi. I noticed that you wrote "endorse ban" on the Giovanni report. For sake of clarity, given a suggestion has been made that his ban be extended to indef, could you indicate whether you were endorsing the 1 month ban or the idea of an indef ban? Otherwise Giovanni's supporters may kick up a fuss later on the technicality that some people did not make it clear enough. Thanks, John Smith's (talk) 22:37, 4 July 2008 (UTC).

Re: I stand corrected

I had removed English as an official language, having heard (mistakenly) that Arabic was the sole official language. I learned I was mistaken and fixed it. Josh (talk) 02:44, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes, and I'm asking for clarification. What source do you have? Right now, I only have one source, and the source says that only Arabic is official. The Evil Spartan (talk) 02:47, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Barack Obama

Having read the link you referred me to, I was struck by the sentence "those who receive a template message should not assume bad faith regarding the user of said template". That said, I meant no bad faith by my use of a template, was indeed being expedient.

I stumbled upon Obama's page was struck with interest that a Minister of Wales had invited Obama for a visit because of his heritage - it highlighted to me the person's diversity of ancestry in a way the rest of the article did not. I agree that it was weighed much too heavily by previous editor, but wholesale deletion seemed to kill an important nugget too. Your deletion of the my compromise edit appeared to be knee-jerked article ownership on your part. Perhaps I was wrong and there is some deeper objection? If so, you haven't communicated it in a way I understand. Best wishes, EBY3221 (talk) 19:23, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Without knowing what this is all about, this comment seems unduly confrontational and bite-y. Perhaps you can say the same thing in a way that would keep tensions low? Thanks, Wikidemo (talk) 19:41, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Responded on EBY's talk page. The Evil Spartan (talk) 21:30, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for your response. As I explained somewhere else on this whole tempest - I did do the discussion page due diligence (way too much alliteration) before making what I thought was a good compromise edit. Here's where I failed: by not actually starting a discussion topic on the issue before going back to re-make the edit in a leaner way as a response to your RV. It's a high profile article, and as such has special needs. That said, please remember in the future when you load up your flamethrower that some of us are wearing flammable pants, and may get singed. EBY3221 (talk) 02:07, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Right. As I said, I apologize for my tone, but templating a regular is itself use of the flamethrower, and was a ridiculously unnecessary step, aside from not using the talk page. The Evil Spartan (talk) 07:04, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Image question

Hi. :) Do you by any chance remember the history of this image? I see that you once listed it at PUI and several months later removed the tag. It is listed now at Misplaced Pages:Copyright problems/2008 June 29/Images (though the person who listed it didn't tag it), and I'd like to find out what happened then. If you don't remember, no worries: I'll dig through the history of PUI until I figure it out. But I thought if you happened to remember you could save me some time. :) Thanks for any enlightenment you may be able to offer! --Moonriddengirl 22:15, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

I seem to have caught you just as you were out the door. My luck! In any event, I have found the moment they were removed, here. Off to stage 2 of checking into it, which I guess is looking at your edit history and User:Garion96's to see if it was addressed and, if not, to ask Garion96. He recently left a note at my page, so at least my introduction will be easier. :D --Moonriddengirl 01:29, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

You'll want to ask Garion. I was only clearing the backlog of images that had a PUI tag but weren't listed. The Evil Spartan (talk) 07:00, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

I looked through his contributions for the period and didn't see anymore about it. Since a source has been uncovered, I've just gone on ahead and tagged the image. Image work has never been my thing, but I'm picking up a lot of experience lately. :) --Moonriddengirl 12:11, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Probably not a bad move. Many of the images I came across were quite questionable, and I couldn't ever figure out why they were delised. The Evil Spartan (talk) 21:58, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

More on Image Licenses

Thanks for your help on photo licensing!--and, no: I wouldn't fudge licensing on a pic. Especially not for a mediocre one, like the snaps I've been uploading! (j/k--wouldn't do it for a good one, either. Actually, especially not for a good one, now that I think of it).Scooge (talk) 23:37, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Jesse Jackson

Thanks for the drive-by tag. I read your little userpage list and agree with certain points. I also kind of wish you'd stuck around to make a comment on the talk page about remedying such situations. Cheers, dfg (talk) 05:40, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Hmm. Well, it was indeed a "driveby" tagging. I'm not terribly fond of the term, as I don't have always to fix pages I see a problem with (thus the creation of the tag). And it just so happens this page kicked into one of my pet peeves. Surely, I will participate in the discussion here as you've asked. The Evil Spartan (talk) 21:45, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: User talk:Zorakoid

Thanks for the notice Spartan. I unblocked the user. Unfortunately, the more open proxies that are blocked, the more likely there is to be collateral damage. Spellcast (talk) 08:30, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

Userpage

You know, your comments on your (new) userpage reminded me of this odd discussion about Leo Tolstoy's sexuality that I witnessed awhile back. Actually, in keeping with your observation, this appears to be a recurring theme on the talk page. MastCell  06:37, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes; you see I am not altogether out of my mind to bring it up. The Evil Spartan (talk) 15:26, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, I think you're right, but you may still be out of your mind to bring it up... :) MastCell  18:47, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

I find myself extraordinarily frustrated at the way that Misplaced Pages confronts many issues. Why do we have to have a controversies section on every page? And the fancruft is unreal. This is only part of the whole "let's bring up the controversial issue which makes me mad at this person" attitude. If people want to call me full of hate for noticing such an obvious structural flaw (seriously), then I'm sorry it's come to that. The Evil Spartan (talk) 21:53, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

I don't think that's going to happen. I agree completely about the "Controversy" sections; they're either attempts to put in every negative item possible, or attempts to segregate every negative item into a "criticism ghetto". It's not like Brittanica does this. MastCell  22:24, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

Srbosjek

Vote to keep or delete this article here —Preceding unsigned comment added by 153.39.144.157 (talk) 12:52, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

My Irony Meter Just Exploded

You do realize that you just warned a regular from templating the regulars... using a template? That's actually kind of funny.
Anyway, I wasn't paying attention I was just warning all the various people involved in the edit war. I'll go back and change it to a more friendly sounding warning. L'Aquatique 03:03, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I do. In fact, I had to retrieve the template from ciiwiki, because that one was deleted. I just couldn't help myself. The Evil Spartan (talk) 03:04, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Lol... I wonder why? Here's my apology to the templated user: . Thanks for the notice! L'Aquatique 03:13, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Aw, that was nice. God for you. We all have WP:MASTADON moments we regret within about 15 seconds (me especially). Good move. The Evil Spartan (talk) 03:16, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

G-d for me? Sweet. :P L'Aquatique 03:17, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

AN/I report

What's the article, what's the issue? Sorry if I missed this, been away for a few days. The Rambling Man (talk) 19:25, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

3RR rule Christianity by country

You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content which gains a consensus among editors.

Please don't start another edit war. And your offensive comments to me accusing me of 'hating america' have been noted the WP:ANI page Vexorg (talk) 19:46, 20 July 2008 (UTC)