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Hi, Future Perfect at Sunrise, just wondering which word is missing or too much in the text: A box promises to contain, and things that can't be neatly contained can't be put in boxes Lotje (talk) 21:19, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

I don't think there's anything missing actually. That sentence was written by one of the best English writers this project had. It contains a creative conversion of a transitive verb ("contain") into an intransitive use. You could of course gloss it as "A box promises to contain something", but I think it works quite well the way it was stated. :-) Fut.Perf. ☼ 21:32, 1 November 2014 (UTC)

Makes sense Luxure Σ 07:25, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

Map of Kozani.jpg

Hi ФПαΣ,

This image of SW G Macedonia, has been uploaded by myself to Misplaced Pages Commons here. I have nominated the file for deletion, but due to your expertise all things Balkan-related, and due to your competence, I would ask you to delete the file located on the English Misplaced Pages

Cheers, Luxure Σ 07:30, 2 November 2014 (UTC)

Forget about it. Already done Luxure Σ 09:58, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

User:UrbanVillager

Curious why you blocked this user since you didn't leave a block message, nor did you leave anything in the block log. Are you aware the topic ban has been reversed as being out-of-process?--v/r - TP 19:25, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

No, indeed I wasn't. There was nothing about that on his talkpage. Where was that decided? (And sorry for not posting the block message immediately, I was interrupted while typing it.) Fut.Perf. ☼ 19:28, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

I see your block message now. Please see this thread. The topic ban was reversed because Ricky was involved with this user in an editing dispute and 2 out of the 4 commenters are also involved on the Boris page. Which means, only 2 uninvolved editors have made a comment. Not enough for a topic ban. I reversed it here and here. I didn't leave a message on his talk page because I knew he'd be following the ANI thread. Sorry to confuse you.--v/r - TP 19:30, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Well, that's regrettable then, but of course I have no magical powers, so how did you expect I or some other administrator would know about that decision? You should at least have left a note about your reversal in the ANI thread itself, and of course also on his page – it's not just him that needed to be informed, you know. As things stand, I will of course lift the block, but I'm afraid the blame for the misunderstanding is entirely on you. I will also check if the formalities are fulfilled for me to impose a topic ban under ARBMAC instead. Fut.Perf. ☼ 19:37, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

I don't think it's necessary to impose blame on anyone, and I am opposed to accepting much more than what I've already apologized for in my last comment to you. I'm not sure how a polite conversation has suddenly turned into blaming - it's entirely unnecessary. However, if you had checked UrbanVillager's contribs, which is something you should always do before blocking someone, you'd see another ANI thread where I commented here. Or you could have checked WP:RESTRICT which is where these things are logged. Editor talk pages are not community noticeboards. Messages there are for the editor. I had nothing to share with them. So, as I said earlier, sorry to confuse you, but this was sloppyness on your part. Plenty of avenues were available to you to get it right. That's if we think blaming is even necessary.--v/r - TP 19:45, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

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• I just closed an AN/I report about this conversation. If either of you feels that the matter needs to be escalated there please feel free to undo my close. --John (talk) 22:26, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
  • Ah, thanks. Obvious troll is obvious, I suppose. Fut.Perf. ☼ 22:29, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

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SMcCandlish block

Hi Future Perfect. I see that you blocked SMcCandlish, possibly after representations by editors with whom he has had disagreements; there's a claim that they've been tagteaming. I'm not familiar with the scenario, and would like to stay out of it. But I see there's an unblock application (sigh, as usual very long). Are you certain that the block is consistent with all of the relevant policies, and is SMc's request reasonable? There's no reply yet.

I get the feeling from a distance that right–wrong is unclear: is there anything you can do to moderate the interactions of all parties, as a more lasting solution? I mean, by discourse rather than admin. tool action. Tony (talk) 00:42, 10 November 2014 (UTC)