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<font color=004400>'''<u>NOTIC<font color=red>E</font></u>: <font color=0000ff>I am now taking a "Wiki-break</font>," because I am spending too much time online currently''' and too little in "real-life" responsibilities and rights. However, before I go, if anybody is concerned whether I am mad at you for any recent disagreement or misunderstanding, let me assure you, I am not mad, and wish you the best. If you post a message to my page, I may or may not see it. If you really need to get in touch with me, then search the archives or history and see my contact information, which has the likes of my name, address, phone number, and email address. Thank you for all the feedback I have received of recent relating to my Featured Article and Requests for Admin nominations and related matters. <font color=000000>'''(PS: I may hang around on a ] basis to try and tweak things, including a last-minute FA-nomination I just submitted'''</font>.)-</font>-] 13:54, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

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=Press Release: Attempts to identify concensus meeting with opposition=
Several people have recently told me that I should follow concensus, the "holy grail" of ]. They won me over:

I'm seeking to ascertain and identify what ''is'' current concensus on some policy that many seem to think needs to be changed -based on recent actions in contravention of policy: and , but people just want to run their mouths -instead of helping define what ''exactly'' the current concensus is, so I can know what policy is supported, and what policy is ignored as "outdated."--] 17:27, 20 September 2005 (UTC)</font>

=Press Release: My concerns re RfA were not allowed to be posted publicly=
*"<font color=006600>''If the rights of one are violated, the rights of all are at risk''</font>." ''--Thomas Paine ''

Taxman, an admin, told me that "The much better way to handle the issue if you think there is a serious problem in the way the RFA policy is handled would be to let your RFA stay removed then bring the issue up on the RFA talk page and point to that discussion from relevant other places," ''which presumably include this page here.''

Some of you recall my recent "failed" RfA applicant, and my concerns are surely specific to myself, but my attempt to discuss my concerns was opposed: Admins at the talk page of my RfA, ], locked '''both''' the RfA (vote closed) --'''''and''''' its talk page! (Their excuse that my problems were only "general" did not have merit: My problems, while they surely affect a "general" wide range of users, were also specific to me as well, but they were afraid to have that material posted, and I did not have unblock magic.)

So, since these are "system-wide" problems that affect loads of persons, here are the locations where discussion is currently held:

* Main page: ]

* Misc. Discussions: ]

* ] (Backup, in case someone tampers with links above -plus I've saved a copy on my computer, in case some deletionist Admin trots into town.)

--] 22:52, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

==Current News: Name-change due in part to RfA==
In my RfA (Request for Adminship), Uncle Ed agreed to support me if I dropped DotCom from user name -- and I agreed to his proposal. It looks more professional to be GordonWatts, than GordonWattsDotCom, so the user account was switched over.--] 03:12, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
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#:The approximately 67 kb archive of my first talk page.
#:The 2nd archive of my first talk page is of unknown length, since the edit dialogue doesn't tell me the KB length (probably less than 40 or 45Kb, or whatever is the cutoff minimum), but it appears smaller than the 66 kb 1st archive.
#:The 3rd archive, 47 Kb in length.
#:The 4th archive, which is about 96 kilobytes long.--] 13:34, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

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=<font color=000099 size=5 face="Times New Roman"><u><strong>Welcome to my talk page</strong></u></font>=

<font color=000099>Please be aware that I may -or may not -check my page for messages. Email is an alternate, but not totally reliable, method of contact. Of course, more conventional methods of communication also exist, such as telephone calls, U.S. postal mail, visits, FAX transmissions, and the like. To my global neighbors, thank you for visiting, even if we have some disagreements on occasion. Take care,</font>

<font color=000099>--] 11:31, 30 May 2005 (UTC)</font>

'''For additional contact data, please see ].--] 22:54, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

==Current News: Name-change due in part to RfA==
In my RfA (Request for Adminship), Uncle Ed agreed to support me if I dropped DotCom from user name -- and I agreed to his proposal. It looks more professional to be GordonWatts, than GordonWattsDotCom, so the user account was switched over.--] 03:13, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

==Brief introduction webpage==

<font color=000099><u>I don't feel like making an elaborate user page, but here below links to four of my pages:</u></font>

<font color=000099>''Sincerely,''</font>

<font color=000099>Gordon Watts (aka --] 12:47, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC))</font>

===Some quick links===

]

>^.^< http://HomeTown.AOL.com/Gww1210

>^.^< http://www.GeoCities.com/Gordon_Watts32313

>^.^< http://GordonWatts.com

>^.^< http://Gordon_Watts.Tripod.com/consumer.html

===Education===
]

====FSU====
Also, I went to , in ], ], and graduated with a double major with honors in Biological and Chemical Sciences. ''(Go 'noles!)'' I am class of 2000.

====UEI, An electronics college====
Prior to that, I went to United Electronics Institute, now doing business as . To clarify, UEI was at 3924 Coconut Palm Drive, in the Sable Park region of ], ]. I am class of 1988.

====High School====
For high school, I went to , , ]. I am class of 1984.

====Education in the real world's school of hard knocks====
Oh, yeah: All that electronic college did me good: I'm a HAM EXTRA operator (There are three levels: Technician, then General, and then the highers, Extra: Zzzap!!) My call sign is N2GY. You can look me up on:

http://www.qrz.com or http://www.arrl.org or even http://wireless.fcc.gov/uls if you know how. Here:

http://www.qrz.com/callsign/N2GY and http://www.arrl.org/fcc/fcclook.php3?call=n2gy

are my pages in QRZ and ARRL.

''''' "Flash" ''''' '''Gordon Wayne Watts'''

==Contact Info==

<font size=5 color=ff0000><strong><u>More Contact Information for me:</u></strong></font> <font size=4 color=336699><strong><em><u> ...in case you want to get in contact with me,</u> please note</em> that I don't monitor this page much, so the methods below, namely email, telephone, and U.S. Postal Mail are more convenient:</strong></font>

*Gordon Wayne Watts http://GordonWatts.com
*BS, The Florida State University, Biological and Chemical Sciences
*AS, United Electronics Institute
*ALWAYS FAITHFUL - To God
*821 Alicia Road, Lakeland, FLA, USA 33801-2113 http://HomeTown.AOL.com/Gww1210 or http://www.GeoCities.com/Gordon_Watts32313 or http://Gordon_Watts.Tripod.com/consumer.html
*Home: (863) 688-9880 Work: (863) 686-3411 Voice&FAX: (863) 687-6141
*Gww1210@aol.com ; Gww12102002@Yahoo.com
*Truth is the strongest, most stable force in the Universe.
*TRUTH doesn't bend to the will of tyrants.
*Gordon Wayne Watts
*Get Truth.

] <font color=009966>'''Click on this photo to enlarge.'''</font><font face="Times New Roman" color=ff0000> '''Click on TERRI's name</font>''' '''<font color=ff0000> above to see Misplaced Pages entry for her.'''</font>]]

"First, they came for the Jews. I was silent. I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists. I was silent. I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists. I was silent. I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me. There was no one left to speak for me." (Martin Niemoller, given credit for a quotation in The Harper Religious and Inspirational Quotation Companion, ed. Margaret Pepper (New York: Harper &Row, 1989), 429 -as cited on page 44, note 17, of Religious Cleansing in the American Republic, by Keith A. Fornier, Copyright 1993, by Liberty, Life, and Family Publications.

(Actually, they may not have come for the Jews first, as it's far more likely they came for the prisoners, mentally handicapped, and other so-called "inferiors" first -as historians tell us -so they could get "practiced up;" But, they did come for them -due to the silence of their neighbors -and due, in part, to their own silence. So the general idea is correct: "Speak up now, or forever hold your peace." --Gordon)

== Test re Terri photos ==
<center><gallery>
Image:TerriSchiavoContrastedPhoto.jpg|'''"Darkened and Contrasted,"''' lower-quality version of a photo of Terri in white shirt with flowers. <font color=ff0000>Click on this photo to enlarge.</font><br>
Image:TerriSchiavo2.jpg|Terri in white shirt with flowers. <font color=ff0000>Click on this photo to enlarge.</font><br>
Image:Terri16.CroppedPhoto.jpg|Estimation of what Terri would look like between photos. <font color=ff0000>Click on this photo to enlarge.</font><br>
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=== Notes to Self ===

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<tr><td bgcolor=ccffff><font color=red>'''''X'''''</font></td><td colspan=2 bgcolor=cc0000><font color=00ff66><center><u>'''''LARGE''''' '''PDF's'''</u></center></font><br><font color=00ff66>'''(Very clear, but <u>too</u> large)'''</font></td><td bgcolor=0000cc colspan=2><font color=ff6600>'''"Smaller" PDF's (neither<br>clear nor small file<br>sizes, but I haven't<br>figured out how to<br>delete them from Misplaced Pages)'''</font></td><td colspan=2 bgcolor=00ff00><font color=ff0033>'''VERY small file sizes!<br>-but still clear and<br>high-quality Jay Peg's'''</font></td></tr>

<tr><td>'''<u>File name</u>'''</td><td>Off-line site</td><td>Misplaced Pages</td><td>Off-line site</td><td>Misplaced Pages</td><td>Off-line site</td><td>Misplaced Pages</td></tr>

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<tr><td>WalkwaySchiavoGrave</td> <td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td><font color=red>'''''X'''''</font></td><td></td></tr>

<tr><td>WoodsideHospice</td> <td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td><font color=red>'''''X'''''</font></td><td></td></tr>

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==Spacing in Misplaced Pages==

Thanks for pointing that out... I don't think I would have noticed. But, you're absolutely right, wikipedia truncates double-spacing when they display the output. How rude! --] 15:45, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

:<font color=000099>You're welcome, '''JonGwynne!''' I think there's a way to do spaces manually: <nowiki>&nbsp;</nowiki> Let's see if it works. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Next sentence.--] 16:46, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)</font>

===Thank you all for the barnstars: I hope to live up to your expectations===

] I, ], award you this barn star for helping those who need help and for going out of your way to make wikipedia and its citizens better.

:*<font color=000099>You're welcome, '''Redwolf24.''' (For others who've had trouble making subdirectories, here's for what you were asking.) If anyone else has the same problem, they can do like you did: Simply type in the web address with the desired extention, and get the "edit window," and then edit away. Take care,--] 2 July 2005 03:20 (UTC)</font>

] for your contributions to the sometimes combative ] article. Your efforts helped make this article a success. &mdash;&nbsp;] 21:37, 25 August 2005 (UTC)]]

*<font color=000099> Thanks '''Wagon,''' and thanks for ''your'' contributions.--] 23:10, 25 August 2005 (UTC)</font>




] I hereby award you ] for the trouble you recently went to in taking original photos of ]'s grave and of the hospice where she died. Your contributions are appreciated. ] ] 11:04, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
*<font color=000099>You're welcome, '''Ann,''' and thank ''you'' for your acknowledgement and recognition.--] 01:01, 7 September 2005 (UTC)</font>

] an FAC. Now get some sleep! :)
] 03:27, 7 September 2005 (UTC)]]<br><p><br>
*<font color=000099>You are certainly a good neighbor, Boris B! Thx! ~ I hope I am deserving of these barnstars, in consideration of how I certainly have detractors -and I hope they remember I have tried to work ''with'' them and listen --whether I agree or disagree. Well, I trust my guardian angels and Great Protector to keep me while I sleep -which is certain to be sooner than later, and may He keep and protect editor neighbors of mine who sometimes disagree ''too,'' because they mean well and offer me many new ideas. '''I hope I can offer positive in return to help make both my friends and critics happy and content.--] 05:07, 7 September 2005 (UTC)</font>

===<font color=cc0000>My Request for Adminship</font> <font color=000099>(RfA)</font> ===
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/GordonWatts
--] 15:35, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
*<center>"<font color=006600>''If the rights of one are violated, the rights of all are at risk''</font>." ''--Thomas Paine ''</center></div>

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