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<center><table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" style="background-color: transparent; border: 3px solid navy;"><tr><td>]</td><td><big><font color=navy>'''Finally, the ] is mine!</br>Many thanks to all those who ].'''</big></td></tr></table></center> | |||
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<big><font color=navy>'''''From the One Who was, Who Is, and Who Is to Come:'''''</big></font color=navy> | |||
:::::::::<big><font color=navy>'''''Grace, Light, and Peace be with you all.'''''</font color=navy></big> | |||
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'''. <font color=navy>I will generally respond on your talk page rather than here, however, I keep talk pages I edit on my watchlist for around a week, so if you prefer, we can continue a discussion there.''' | |||
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<font color=navy>I appreciate hearing from individuals who have found mistakes (spelling, etc.) in my posts; these turn up all to often, as I tend to type very fast and not catch spelling mistakes my edits. If you find an error, you may get an ]. ''(])''</font color=navy> | |||
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<font color=navy>As a theology professor and scholar of Roman Catholicism, I am happy to answer questions about the Church. Be warned that my answers to questions about the Church always reflect the Church's official position, but are often long! </font color=navy> | |||
My comments here will be short and to the point: I'm no longer taking part here. I have received an astounding amount of support, especially by email, but it's time to go. I tried to walk away in August, and managed to do so for quite a while, but I eventually came back, because of the many requests I received urging me to return. Many of you have written to ask me to not leave, to not give up what I have here, but I'm afraid it's time to make a clean break. | |||
<font color=navy>'''It's important to remember: ''I'm not a Catholic, I'm a scholar of Catholicism.'''''</font color=navy> | |||
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I ask that the first steward to see this message please remove my various flags from this wiki, as well as from Meta, Commons, and Wikiquote, and remove the bot flags from my bots, which of course will no longer be running. My tools will be taken down shortly. I had planned to delete my user-space myself, but I don't want anyone to think I was going on a rampage, so instead, I ask that one or more administrators who are friends please delete the 288 pages that form my userspace (leaving only my userpage and this talk page). | |||
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<font color=navy>'''I am an ]'''; if you need my help, ''''''. Please note the indicator to the side; if you see a '''red stoplight''' and '''"I'm out"''', then '''''I am not currently online'''''; if you leave a message, your request will not be answered until I return. Before leaving me a request, please read my ]. If you are requesting an action regarding a specific user, please use the '''<nowiki>{{user|Username}} </nowiki>''' template.</font color=navy> | |||
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I've enjoyed my time here, and done much good work; my time, however, is over, and leaving is the best thing for me and for Misplaced Pages. I walk away happy to be free to go about other things. I hope others will refocus the energy they have spent the past few days in defending and denouncing me to make something here at Misplaced Pages better. | |||
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With love to all who have been my friends here, <span style="font-family: Verdana">] ]</span> 03:17, 4 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
· ] ·</br>· ]] · ]] · ]] · ]] · ]] ·</br>· ] · ] · ] · </br></br><center><font color=navy>I frequently archive my talk page to keep it short.</font color=navy></big></center><center><big><font color=navy>]</font color=navy> </big></td></tr></table> | |||
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<center><big>'''I appreciate all the congratulatory messages I've been receiving on my RfA; thank you all.</br>However, I hate the ] with a passion, so I've created a subpage ].</br>If you'd like to leave messages (and I really do appreciate them) please do it there. Thanks!'''</big></center> | |||
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== Pugnare/Pugnavi == | |||
He left the same threat on my user talk page. Both accounts are now blocked indefinitely and a statement deposited on the user and talk pages of both accounts. ] 14:33, July 20, 2005 (UTC) | |||
:You now have a chance to block ]. --] | ] 14:40, 20 July 2005 (UTC) | |||
:And ] --] | ] 14:41, 20 July 2005 (UTC) | |||
Blocked both. If you see any more, let me know. -- ] · ] 14:46, July 20, 2005 (UTC) | |||
== There is no hope == | |||
In your mission, you have disregarded a basic feature of humanity—they don't read the instructions. No matter how hard you try (, , ), people will never learn (, , ). Your faith in humanity is uplifting. ] 17:46, 20 July 2005 (UTC) | |||
:''Talk page history: , '' | |||
==Congrats== | |||
Congrats on your adminship. Thanks for the reply on my Reference desk question too. -- ] ] 21:02, 20 July 2005 (UTC) |
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R E T I R E D
This user is no longer active on Misplaced Pages.
My comments here will be short and to the point: I'm no longer taking part here. I have received an astounding amount of support, especially by email, but it's time to go. I tried to walk away in August, and managed to do so for quite a while, but I eventually came back, because of the many requests I received urging me to return. Many of you have written to ask me to not leave, to not give up what I have here, but I'm afraid it's time to make a clean break.
I ask that the first steward to see this message please remove my various flags from this wiki, as well as from Meta, Commons, and Wikiquote, and remove the bot flags from my bots, which of course will no longer be running. My tools will be taken down shortly. I had planned to delete my user-space myself, but I don't want anyone to think I was going on a rampage, so instead, I ask that one or more administrators who are friends please delete the 288 pages that form my userspace (leaving only my userpage and this talk page).
I've enjoyed my time here, and done much good work; my time, however, is over, and leaving is the best thing for me and for Misplaced Pages. I walk away happy to be free to go about other things. I hope others will refocus the energy they have spent the past few days in defending and denouncing me to make something here at Misplaced Pages better.
With love to all who have been my friends here, Essjay (Talk) 03:17, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
- Talk page history: last revision before departure, messages left after departure