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Please revert. In future, please propose all such major changes on the article talk page before making change. Thanks.--] (]) 00:06, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
Please revert. In future, please propose all such major changes on the article talk page before making change. Thanks.--] (]) 00:06, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
== Poisoning the well ==
This refers to an old comment you made, but which I just now saw? Could you please refrain from commenting on people's supposed motives and stick to the value of their actual comments? You are suggesting that people's opinions can be dismissed becaues they have initiated a lot of AfD's, and/or haven't created enough articles (an argument you wisely did not use in my case, since I created a lot more articles than you did, and none are "articles" which should never have been created in the first place and are now cross-namespace redirects like ] and ].)
You claim in that diff that "a policy which encourages editors to work together before deleting would hinder what editors who delete other editors hard work are trying to doing here": thanks for the blatant mischaracterization. I have worked together with many, many editors, and have achieved great results in doing so. I have also tried to upheld Misplaced Pages's policies in all cases, both when I deleted articles or nominated them for deletion, but also when I denied speedies, restored pages, or suggested to keep articles in AfD debates. Many of the AfD's I started were not "other editor's hard work" but blatant hoaxes, copyright violations, and so on. Other's were about someone's hard work, which was just not suited for WIkipedia. We are not a free webhost, even though we have nearly unlimited space: we are an encyclopedia, and not everything is suited for inclusion. To decide what is and isn't suited, we have discussions, and I abide by the consensus if it follows our core policies (I have , if I recall correctly, ''never'' started a DRV when an AfD by me did not end in a delete, and I have also tried to incorporate the decision from one AfD in my next nominations).
I really hope that you will start discussing things in a more friendly and less personalized manner. ] (]) 11:10, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
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I hereby award you this shiny barnstar for your efforts to alert Wikiprojects about how to locate BLPs for their projects and invite their participation in the discussion that would affect potentially all projects with a mass deletion (50,000 by most estimates) of "unsourced" BLPs. Your notice was such a good idea and sharing those links will help push some of those most familiar with the topics to help the articles at risk. Keep up the great work! -- Banjeboi12:43, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
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I award you this barnstar for your continued and tireless efforts to keep Misplaced Pages a welcome place for all editors... from your graciousness and guidence to newcomers who might feel "put off" when their own initial efforts end up at AfD... to your efforts to maintain the integrity of the project and its articles. The job is never-ending, and yet you continue... even when your efforts are sometimes considered as overzealous. Keep up the good fight, but with patience... as Don Quixote is not the only one to find honor in tilting at windmills. Schmidt,20:46, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
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In the spirit of funding that is sweeping the country this penny is offered to Editor:Ikip for his incredible WikiWorld endeavors:----Buster7 (talk) 23:43, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
have noticed the announcements at several pages and applaud your courtesy in sharing the news that such a discussion is going on, as thousands of affected editors would otherwise have no idea that the fates of so many articles was being determined or where to even look for such a discussion. Well done. I am surprised that others have not themselves been as proactive in seeking a wider consensus for such an important and far-reaching proposal. This thing could impact nearly three quarters of a million articles. Good job!!! Wow. Schmidt,18:09, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
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For cutting process, getting crap out of mainspace and helping newbies not to feel bitten all at the same time, a singular achievement. Guy (Help!) 20:42, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
This project does not exist to help editors grow a thicker skin. Our mission is to build an encyclopedia, not establish limits for low-level abuse that we think our volunteer editors should be willing to suffer. If we drive away more people than we attract, then it's a genuine loss to the project and we should fix it rather than label those who would prefer to work in a civil environment as "thin skinned." -- User:Cool Hand Luke
The problem is that our enforcement of civility and NPA has historically been quite selective. If you're unpopular or unpowerful and criticizing somebody popular or powerful, you are likely to be blocked. The other way around, not so much. We ought to come up with objective standards and stick to them. -- User:Jehochman
A reliable measure of prejudice is how many mistakes a person gets forgiven. --Durova
Instead of hassling me, why don't you go take a look at what happened to User:C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition. OK they created a promotional article and I tagged it for deletion but they also said they were willing to adjust the article. I thought perhaps I could help because there do seem to be some reliable sources about it, but when I get back I find that they've been indefinitely blocked for "spam", which seems pretty fricken' brutal if you ask me. Nerfari (talk) 21:05, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
Covert US Regime Change Action
You changed the title of this article without consulting anyone. The title before your changed it covered all such actions by the US, and did not focus on the CIA. Since there are secret operations, sometimes it's difficult to point to any particular US agency. Also, the article should not focus on the CIA as an institution but on the actual operations and their effects on the ground.
Please revert. In future, please propose all such major changes on the article talk page before making change. Thanks.--NYCJosh (talk) 00:06, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
