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The spirit of peace

One song for you, for saying Boing in this case! (A sign I saw in Southwest Australia said: "Steep cliffs. You have been warned.") For peace music see also Anna Kravtchenko, or "Joyful piano playing to warm the heart and thrill the senses" --Gerda Arendt (talk) 12:35, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

While some still think there's a war, I see the signs of peace, The Company of Heaven (June 2013), Anna Kravtchenko, and today, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:05, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

Nikkimaria

Hi Boing

I saw your comment at WP:AE#Nikkimaria, and I agree. There is no way that she would pass an RFA now, and I'd add probably no way that the RFA would have enough support to run the full 7 days.

Right or wrong, we don't have a recall process for admins, and this is one case where we could really do with it. However, we do have RFC/U, and I had already committed to bstarting one on her. It now occurs to me that apart from addressing the edit-warring, the lack of accountability, the hounding, and the sneak removals of content, an RFC/U could also ask Nikkimaria to surrender her adminship.

Any such conclusion would not be binding, but it would be a powerful step in that direction.

Would you be interested in helping to draft the RFC/U? --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 09:38, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

I'm actually writing an AN report as we speak to request a community ban from infoboxes - RFC/U has no ability to actually enforce anything, but AN can produce a community ban. — Alan / Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 09:45, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

Done — Alan / Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 10:17, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

A request

Hi Alan--

I'd like to have a little chat with you off-wiki via email about a project, if that's possible. ShoeHutch@gmail.com is my addie. Drop me a line if you get a chance. best regards, —Tim //// Carrite (talk) 18:10, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

YGM — Alan / Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 19:04, 24 July 2014 (UTC)

Courtesy notification

Hi, Boing. There is a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment#Clarification request: Infoboxes that you may be interested in. While I didn't name you directly, I did comment on an ANI action you were involved with. Regards, —Neotarf (talk) 13:33, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know - it's a shame you so badly misrepresented the various reasons for supporting the topic ban — Alan / Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 13:49, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

Re-sysopped

Alan, your administrator rights have been restored. Please ensure you take on board the comments from the Bureaucrat's noticeboard. Worm(talk) 14:02, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

Thank you. You can be assured I will not intentionally abuse the privilege — Alan / Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 14:04, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

Apology

Well, after reading the stuff on BN that got posted after I made my reply and went to bed, I guess it's pretty clear that I owe you an apology. You're right in that, when you made your request at first, there was no threat to wheel war, since unblocking Eric wouldn't have been a wheel war--that's why I didn't object at the time. The reinstatement of the request, though, did make it look like you were seeking the bit back to start one by unblocking Eric again should he have been reblocked, which would have beeen either starting or perpetuating a wheel war. (An argument could have been made, I had thought at the time, that if DP had reversed his unblock another unblock wouldn't really have been a third move, since DP's two actions could be considered to have canceled each other out, but that was too fine a point for me; that's what I was referring to when I was talking about lawyering the definition of a wheel war.)
Anyway, I hope you can see why I thought what I thought and why I decided what I did, but you've since made it clear that I was wrong. So I'm sorry I misjudged you, and sorry I had the reaction I had. Clearly assuming made an ass out of me this time. My AGF was deficient, I guess. I guess you have no particular reason to respect me, but know that I still greatly respect you, and did even while deciding not to personally action your request. Good luck with whatever you decide to do next, and peace always, Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 16:55, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

That's extremely gracious, but you do not owe me an apology. My request for resysop was deliberately pointy and your caution was entirely understandable — Alan / Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 17:21, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

• I suppose this is a reading lesson for me too--I derived my conclusion about your POINTiness from it, I suppose. For the record: you and I go way back, and I have always felt this project was the better off with you having the bit. I could say more, about your superb net positive, but I'm cooking ramen noodles and the girls are unruly (dancing in the kitchen to "Babooshka"...). Enjoy your regained immense power, Drmies (talk) 17:19, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

  Thanks, but it really was POINTy and my resysop was on the understanding that I would shortly relinquish the privilege. It would be dishonest of me to renege on that — Alan / Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 17:23, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

  (Hmm, Babooshka - I was thinking of Slade Alive, but I'm swayed... — Alan / Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 17:25, 30 July 2014 (UTC))

• Alan, I have only two brief comments. First, I'm really glad I missed the discussion at WP:BN. Second, welcome back for however long you're here. Regards.--Bbb23 (talk) 23:06, 30 July 2014 (UTC)

You've got mail!

Tutelary (talk) 23:28, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

Why leave?

Take a sabbatical and then return, or not. Good luck and cheers either way. --Malerooster (talk) 23:47, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

Given the timing, I suspect that this was the last straw. And I do mean "last straw". Happen I'll be going the same way before long, although I cannot indef myself. I'll miss Alan here - he is a class act - but hopefully we'll find a time to revisit our one real-life meeting, which was at a Manchester Wikimeet. As I recall, he still owes me a beer. Or was it me who owed him a beer? Actually, we may have managed two of those Wikimeets and evened out on the beers - my memory is hazy ; ) - Sitush (talk) 00:14, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Ooh, Sitush, I'd think of that as a trophy. You're welcome on my talk page anytime. It's not as exciting as Drmies's, but then no one's is.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:59, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Was that the same wikimeet that someone who supposedly calls a spade a spade, said he had looked forward to meeting other local Misplaced Pages editors, but instead actually ended up meeting Wikimedia UK people whose train fares he suspected were paid for by someone other than themselves? --Demiurge1000 (talk) 01:07, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Not to my knowledge, Urge. But then I'm profoundly deaf and really do not follow conversations very well. That's why I spent practically all of my time talking just to Alan, face-to-face and with a fair amount of makeshift sign language. I can say with certainty that Alan said no such thing and it was my impression that most of the others were local. Perhaps you should ask @RexxS: as he was certainly present and is/was not "local".

Bbb, kind of you to offer but I'm at a complete loss at the moment. Demiurge and I have recently clashed (and they were 100% wrong) but it is the child porn stuff that was tipping me and Jimbo's recent comments have only served to reinforce a view that, really, Misplaced Pages is a dangerous place. He's high-profile and so he counts, whereas me and other minions do not. - Sitush (talk) 01:22, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

When you move on to brighter things than keeping score (with percentages!) as to who was right and who was wrong, then Misplaced Pages will seem a much more welcoming place. I recommend it. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 01:34, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages is not compulsary. Nobody is obligated to edit and everybody has a right to vanish. RWCasinoKid (talk) 00:27, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Or indeed just to stop editing - many have! Thank you for your contributions, Boing! said Zebedee. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 00:47, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Don't leave Planet Misplaced Pages. Just move to a different region. ANItown is like Hong Kong, an interesting place to visit for a half day, but you may go nuts if you stay too long. Arbcomia is way too dangerous. Don't go there. Sometimes I summer in Snailsville, a place where things move pretty slowly. Antarctica is a great part of Planet Misplaced Pages. It is very relaxing and the isolation is like a warm blanket. There's actually lots to do there. Think about it. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 02:11, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

I don't blame you for not wanting to be part of this community, Boing, but I just want to let you know that I still want you to be part of this community. Heimstern Läufer (talk) 11:03, 1 August 2014 (UTC)