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<p align="center">I have laid down this title and do go by another.</p>
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==Birthday greetings==
{{User:Jenmoa/birthday}}
Sorry it's late!
--] 01:12, 11 November 2005 (UTC)


==WIkiProject Mac==
== Tyler Kent ==
Hello {{BASEPAGENAME}},
Hi David! I hope you don't mind, but I rewrote and expanded the article ], which you began last September. Check it out. ] 18:47, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
: Thanks for your kind words. I am actually doing some research on ], and I found some contradictory details on her year of death; one source says that she died shortly after release, one source says it's 1969, another source 1973. The picture you mentioned would be a great addition to the article. By the way, I found out one thing about Anna Wolkoff. When she was arrested on ], ], her arrest was witnessed and made an impression on a young boy named ]. How about that for a DYK? ] 23:58, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
:: Thanks for the info on her year of death. That's all I need to know. I'm gonna write the article on Anna Wolkoff. Again thanks. ] 00:17, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
: Thanks again for the clarification on Anna Wolkoff's death. I'm actually perplexed as to the various dates associated with her death. One thing puzzles me: what is her actual year of birth? As far as I have gleaned from my sources most of them gave it as ] although a source gives it as ]. Also in the midst of my research an interesting name cropped up: the German-born actor Ferdinand "Ferdy" Mayne, who was known to be typecast as a villain in many film and TV appearances.
: He was actually a German ] who immigrated to ] in the ] and worked as an undercover agent for ] and likewise infiltrated the Right Club. His cover was "blown" only after Joan Miller, another undercover agent, testified during the trial of Tyler Kent. ] 21:05, 15 November 2005 (UTC)


There hasn't been much activity at ] lately, and I saw your name on the list of active participants. If you are willing to jump in again, please consider helping to revive the project!
==]==


*Put {{t|WikiProject Macintosh}} on the talk pages of articles involving Macintosh and Apple. This helps to categorize articles!
Casualty: Sorry, but I disagree. The fact the the programme 'Casualty' (which I love) seems to have been hijacked by a 'gay pressure group' is well-known to the gay community (of which I am part). Even we find this ridiculous. True, the there are perhaps many more gays amongst the male nurses than among the general population, but nothing like the prevalence that is depicted in Casualty. It is OK to be gay, but not ram it down people's throats in this way. It's like 'GayTV', and we don't like it!. <small>(unsigned comment from ] moved from User page)</small>
*Write, cleanup, or expand an article about Macintosh/Apple
*Source a Biography of a living person living in, born in, or otherwise affiliated with Macintosh/Apple
*Help spread the word about the project
*Update the project page or the portal
*Watchlist or check the project talk page for updates


If you know anyone who might be interested in Macintosh/Apple , please pass this message along to them! If you are still interested in the project but aren't currently active, please add yourself to the list of inactive participants at the bottom of this list. Thanks!
:What I think is neither here nor there, although Casualty has had gay themes in episodes ever since it started. The point is that the article is not there for you to put in any opinions you might have about the programme. It's an encyclopaedia article which has to reflect every point of view. ] | ] 00:27, 13 November 2005 (UTC)


On behalf of the project,
== The Berlin Wall Anniversary Thing ==
<big>]]]]</big> 21:32, 14 February 2010 (UTC)


== ] Revival ==
I finally got back to the talk page where you left the comment on the Berlin Wall. While I agree that it is better than the previous wording, I fail to see what is wrong with Stalinism/Soviet Stalinism - no one can reasonably contest that Stalin was not present in the USSR, few would question the notion that he was important (if not catastrophic), and most who think it was the fall of communism consider Stalinism to be equivalent to or a subset of communism (which existed in the USSR) anyway.


]Hello, {{<includeonly>SUBST:</includeonly>BASEPAGENAME}}! You've listed yourself as an active member of ], which is currently seeing very little activity. We are trying to revive the project and your help would be appreciated. To see who is active and who is not, we will be listing all active members under "status pending" in the project's ]. Please move your name to either the "former members" section or "active" section. Hope to see you in the "active" column! For more information on how to help the project, visit the ] section at ]! &middot; ] (]) 02:32, 26 April 2010 (UTC)
Yes, it is too late for this year. Silly me >_<
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== ] Role Call ==
] 17:49, 15 November 2005 (UTC)


]Hello, {{BASEPAGENAME}}! You've listed yourself as an active member of ], which is currently being revived. Your help would be appreciated! To see who is active and who is not, we will be listing all active members under "status pending" in the project's ]. Please move your name to either the "former members" section or "active" section. The role call will end May 31; please move your name now if you are still interested. For more information on how to help the project, visit the ] section at ]! &middot ]04:16, 2 May 2010 (UTC)
== ] ==
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Since you have supported me during ], I wonder if you could review and comment on the RfA for Halibutt, the first person I have nominated myself. There seem to be a heated debate and votes of experienced, unbiased editors would be appreciated. --] <sup><font color="green">]</font></sup> 17:07, 19 November 2005 (UTC)


Hello I am new in wikipedia and interesting in LGBT related topics too. Recently i added new article called <The flavor of corn>. Its about nice Italian LGBT related film created at 1986. But my article was declined becouse of abcent of external links. To my opinion this is not fair, becouse I mentioned the page from IMD. Please help me to approve this article and make it better. Thanks in advance. The link of article is http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/The_Flavor_of_Corn <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 11:40, 18 February 2012 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->


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==Arbitration for ]==

Hi, you don’t know me but we have had contact with a mutual person, ].

I got your username from the Requests for comment/TDC-2 or the Requests for comment/TDC


Currently there is arbitration pending on ].

I welcome and encourage your comments on the arbitration page.] 01:56, 26 November 2005 (UTC)
==3RR==
You have also broken the spirit of 3RR and blatantly abused your admin powers by reverting to your preferred POV version with your revert button. Please do not preach to me or pontificate with your sermons. --] 12:24, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

:The rollback function is no different to editing a previous version of the page. What I have done is perfectly acceptable. Do not revert ] again. ] | ] 12:25, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
::I will revert as I see fit. I am an editor, just as you are. We both have equal rights here. Have fun editing Councellor. --] 12:28, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
:Thanks for your nice message ;)

:You are abusing your powers again. This is a content dispute that you are engaged in, not vandalism, not disruption, not any other violation of policy. You have violated 3RR yourself, yet you have the gall to threaten to block an IP address who is in disagreement with your content. This is about the content and quality of an article, do not block those you are in disagreement with, and do not violate 3RR. As an Admin, you should know that in your sleep. --] 12:57, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

::]. ] | ] 13:02, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

:::The Admins fallback response to abuse of power. (Ref ]) - I rest my case. --] 13:06, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

::::What it means is that the rules are only there to facilitate the writing of an encyclopaedia. To the extent that they start acting against that goal, they must be forgotten. Your attempt to remove sourced and highly relevant information from ] is not acting in the interests of writing a better encyclopaedia. You need to learn how to co-operate with other editors. ] | ] 13:13, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

I respectfully disagree with you. I am attempting to write an encyclopaedia as well, as you are. We have a disagreement about content, and your content was not "sourced and highly relevant", it was your POV. I disagreed with that and it was within the boundaries of the WP policy that I could edit that material.I can co-operate with anyone, as long as the terms of that co-operation are equal - in other words you do not resort to your blocking powers just because you have them and disagree with a contributor. That is exactly what you have just done. --] 13:23, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

:Your assertion that my version is POV is ludicrous. The analysis of Respect's general election performance is from the Nuffield study in their introduction. The placing in the 1986 NEC ballot is a fact based on the election results. The vote of no confidence from the CLP is a fact. The rest of the edit is likewise entirely factual. Your blanket reverting was disruptive and resulted in you being blocked. You have never argued for your edits, just reverted. ] | ] 17:43, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

::The Nuffield Study might be factual, but is irrelevant to this article. You are pushing your POV. It only appeared after my revert of your earlier intervention - something I have equal authority to do as you. Your blanket counter reverting was disruptive and disappointing behaviour from an "admin". You then cunningly added small edits plus your reverts to avoid 3RR - much more disappointing. You are "gaming the system", contrary to policy. Your block of whatever IP it was is also contrary to policy. Please explain and justify the reasons for the block. This is a content dispute, you are an involved "admin", you should not be blocking. You have violated 3RR several times. You have attempted to avoid this by "gaming the system". You have abused your "powers". You have attempted to invoke ] when challenged - what a joke. This is about the content of the article - I will be reviewing shortly. --] 18:05, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

:::I await the occasion when you enter into discussion about the edits, as it is now nearly 8 hours since they were made. But please do not try to pretend that all the anon IPs in the 84.6*.*.* range are not the same person. Disingenuousness only works if it is plausible. ] | ] 18:13, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

::::I have discussed the edits, it is you that has not. I have never claimed to be anyone else, my edits will support that. As I said before, I have no control over my IP, it seems to change randomly. The only disingenuity here is on your part. --] 18:22, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

:::::You have never discussed the substance of the edits. Meanwhile why not try getting an account instead of being an anon? ] | ] 18:23, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

::::::You have also studiously avoided answering my questions, like a true politician. --] 18:24, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

:::::::I refer you to ], which you have actually broken several times, often in edit summaries. You haven't actually asked me any questions, which is why I have not answered them. I have no desire to continue this conversation anyway since it doesn't seem to be getting you anywhere. ] | ] 18:33, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

Please stop quoting policy to me that I have not broken - (please provide diffs to prove otherwise). I have not violated ] or any other policy. You, however, have violated several policies, 3RR and blocking amongst them in pursuit of your POV. For an "admin" that is pretty poor form.

You ask me ''Why not get an account?'' I have observed this snakepit from the outside for long enough thanks. Some key words spring to mind:

*Power
*Corruption
*Control
*Vanity
*Cliques
*Cabal
*]
*Madness

I have no desire to fall into the pit and be poisoned.

Best wishes. --] 18:46, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

:My first question was ''Please explain and justify the reasons for the block'' (see earlier) --] 18:49, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

You continue to abuse your "admin" powers by blocking someone you are in a content dispute with. Please stop. Please provide evidence of my violation of ] - you cannot. Please provide evidence of any other alleged transgressions against policy - you cannot. Please provide justification for your block of whatever Ip I had last time - you cannot. Please behave like a normal person and stop this ridiculous agenda. Best wishes again. --] 19:28, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

==Truce==
This is ridiculous, let's call a halt. Let the record stand and we can thrash things out on the proper channels. --] 19:39, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

== Featured article for December 25th ==

I noticed you have listed yourself in ]. That said, you will probably be interested in ]: ]. The other suggestion being supported by others for that date is ], although ] has historically been against featuring articles on the same day as their anniversary/holiday. &mdash; <small>]] &bull; 2005-11-28 08:12</small>

== Conflict of interest ==

Could you please clarify whether you are currently a councillor, and at what point you were aproached by or approached indigo public affairs.

:None of your business. ] | ] 10:52, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

== One simple question ==

Are you aware of the ]? ] 01:03, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

:Nevermind, looking at your talk page I see you are. ] 01:04, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

You've been blocked for 24 hours for breaking the ] on {{Article|George Galloway}}.

* 1st revert:
* 2nd revert:
* 3rd revert:
* 4th revert:

] 01:17, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

:* 1st revert:
:* 2nd revert:
:* 3rd revert:
:* 4th revert:
:* 5th revert:

: Do you have any respect for the rules here? ] 05:04, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

::Per ] I have more respect for the facts and for fair articles than for the rules. You appear to have broken one by blocking someone you were involved in a dispute with, which is a misuse of admin privileges. You've also made a personal attack. In any case if you wanted to know what community consensus is on ], why not file an RFC in the politics section? ] | ] 09:20, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

:::Clearly no repect for the rules, I just wasted time posting this on ] :(
:::I see you beat me to it Alistair. David, you blocked me a few days ago while you were in dispute with me. Your pontification is a tad rich. --] 09:23, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

::::I blocked you for disruptive editing and after warning you. Neither applies in this case, and as I have just verified, I did not actually break the 3RR because the third and fourth 'reverts' were not reverting to the same version. ] | ] 09:27, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

:::::Wikilawyering, hiding behind WP:IAR when necessary and lobbing in a spurious mini edit whilst reverting to avoid 3RR are disappointing behaviour for an Admin. The "disruptive editing" you refer to is just a widely used Admin ploy to win disputes, I see it all the time. And please, do not try to classify this as a "personal attack", another typical Admin tactic, because there is nothing personal in these observations. It is endemic amongst Admins on this endeavour. <strike>]</strike> --] 09:40, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

:::Consensus on George Galloway is quite clear. Please point to any other editor on the Talk page who supports your insistence that Saddam needs to be mentioned in the first paragraph of George Galloway. As far as I can see, you are in favour and DanielM, JamesMLane, GrahamN, Fergie and myself all oppose it. 1 to 5 seems pretty damn clear to me. ] 09:28, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

::::Don't forget me :) which makes it 1 to 6. No idea why my IP keeps switching and, no, I will not get an account - see my comments on the snakepit above. --] 09:38, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
==Sources for Hastings Lees-Smith==
Hello, some time ago you added a fair bit of content to ]. As you may be aware, we are currently trying to improve Misplaced Pages's accuracy and reliability by making sure articles ] used to created them. Do you remember what websites, books, or other places you learnt the information that you added to Hastings Lees-Smith? Would it be possible for you to mention them in the article? Thank you very much. - ] 17:10, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

==Your copyediting==
I just read over the copyedit you did on ]. Very nice bit of work! I don't suppose I could ask you to look over one or two other biography pages, could I? :) -] 13:19, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

==Chaosfeary==
I think you are mistaken about ]. Please take another look. He is engaged in a massive campaign of moving pages, mostly to assert british rather than american spelling, it seems. This is very disruptive, and creates lots of double-redirects. Also, isn't there a policy that at least recommends against americanizing or britishizing spelling?--] 22:20, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

:It's not vandalism. It's being bold. The policy (which is disputed) is that an article should keep in the same version of English as it started, but that is disputed by some people as a bias towards American spelling given that most non-British specific articles are likely to have been started by Americans. It's possible ] could engage in disruptive editing or violate the 3RR but it's not simple vandalism. ] | ] 22:24, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

::I understand, but of course if ''everyone'' is free to do what Chaosfeary was doing, the result would be an endless ugly edit/revert/page move war. There are plenty of Americans who would be more than happy to Americanize ''everything'' on Misplaced Pages. Fair or not, the ''status quo'' policy is probably the wisest approach&mdash;leave regional spellings as they are, as long as they are consistent on each page.--] 00:53, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

== R101 ==

I completely agree...I don't know why I didn't see that. How do I do the merge and re-direct...I'm still new at this thing.] 18:31, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

== Local authorities ==

Yeah, that would be better. And would cover ] too. ] - ] 19:01, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

== TVI AKA Television interferance ==

Hi, I have just finished a long editting job on this page, if you have any expereince in radio electronics / communications equipment you might want to read the page and consider adding more to it. I think that it might be a good idea to have a series of wiki pages which would allow the reader (in the event that they are plauged by TVI) to diagnose and cure it form themselves.] 14:55, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

== Re: Block ==

Thank you very much for the message. I will remember who to ask if this happens again!! . ] 15:28, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

== Vandal needs banning ==

] was banned for vandalism on 10th December 2005 and has continued after his ban on the 11th Dec 2005. I think he should be banned again. Thanks — ] 21:40, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

== hullo ==

Just a message to say I have sent you a Misplaced Pages email about someone ban-evading so please read it when you can - I would've posted it here but I would like to remain discreet :) Thanks

Oh and don't let david cameron trounce you too hard in parliament (bwahaha) :) --] 21:48, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

(new message reply)
:What I meant is, look specifically at the one where he edits is reverted than the anon IP reverts to his verison again - after he is accused of vandalism he (as the anon) says "*I* have never vandalised, look at my contributions" etc.. In the ] article history - By saying this he is saying he is also DrBat, because he is saying he ''as DrBat'', is not a vandal --] 23:13, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

==your article==
It was a sourced quote!

sourced, I tell you --] 23:12, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

==Delta Chi==
Sorry I guess I missed that. I asked for him to be banned as that user has been doing nothing but adding nonsense to fraternity articles
-] 09:39, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

== Vandalism ==

David, please be advised that there's a vandalism spree coming from IPs in the range that you just warned. They hit ], ], and my user page, usually. I'm blocking on sight now. ] ] 16:01, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

== WikiProject Macintosh ==

Since you're a Mac user, you may be interested in joining ] to improve Mac-related articles on Misplaced Pages. — ] 20:52, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for joining! We're currently focusing on the ] article. Our old focus, ], is currently a FA candidate and you can vote ]. We’re all honored that you want to join our WikiProject. --] (]) 21:44, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

== Block of ] ==

I noticed you unblock to indef block this user, unforunately Lbmixpro got sandwiched in the middle with a 24 hour block, so your block will be ineffective . Though I believe indef blocking IP's is generally frowned upon so a multi-month block might be more appropriate (haven't looked at this user at all, so please ignore me if I'm missing something here) --]<sup>(<font color="mediumseagreen">]</font>)</sup> 21:15, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

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== RFA ==

Thank you for supporting my recent bid for adminship, which passed 64-2. &mdash; <b><i>]</i> <small>(<span class="plainlinks"></span>)</small></b><small> 07:25, Dec. 17, 2005</small>

== 1 small step ==

See the talk page on it. NASA examined the tape recently. Static obscured the "a", but he said it.

== Small step ==

I saw an item on the news, & at the time, I didn't anticipate five or more years later I'd be online in an encyclopedia discussing it. Doubtless NASA's site will say something to it.

As for deleting from my talk page, whose page is it? I see no point keeping if it's not of interest, in particular if I have to keep scrolling through it. ] 20:48, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

==Norma Major-Wagstaff-Johnson==
Thanks for a quick edit in reply to my post about Dame Norma's surname. Nicely referenced and a rapid response! Cheers! ] 02:07, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

== ] ==

hi, i hope u don't mind me contacting u like this. maybe i'm misinterpreting the situation, or maybe i'm just a bit stupid, but i don't think the argument to remove is coming across clearly. i'd genuinely like to understand why you want them removed. if you have time, could you add more detail? ] 14:01, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

==John Forrest==

This is a major page, and one of my pet subjects. The sudden page move surprised me, and I suspect I over-reacted. In future, I would encourage you to discuss page moves of important pages before taking action. However, now that I have calmed down I see that you have made a fairly compelling case for a move and correction. There is a general consensus that, as a disambiguated article on an Australian politician, the article should be at ]. I will perform the move shortly. I apologise for my initial reaction. ] | ] 01:23, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

==Izehar's RfA==
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Hi Daniel,<br>
I would like to thank you for your kind support on my ]. I'll do my best to be a good administrator. If you need anything or if I ever do something I shouldn't have, please, don't hesitate to ]. ] 16:36, 25 December 2005 (UTC)</div>

== Homophobic Wikipedians/disputed user conduct section ==

Dear David: I observe that you added back the "homophobic Wikipedians" sections, retitled "disputed user conduct", at ]. I strongly feel that this section should be removed, due to issues of potential witch-hunting and the appearance of a black-list of users arbitrarily viewed to fall within the category of having behaved in a homophobic manner. In particular, it gives a "cabal" appearance of a list of users whom retaliation may be sought. Should any cases of homophobic conduct occur on Misplaced Pages, I am sure that you would agree the best way for it to be dealt with would be via the dispute resolution channels listed at ] promptly (most probably, to the Arbitration Committee) and thus this section is not only on dangerous ground but also superfluous and potentially detrimental to an expeditious handling of the matter. I will not edit war with you over this, but I would greatly appreciate it if you would remove the section based on these reasons. Thank you for your assistance, and I look forward to working with you in the future. Best regards, --] | ] 23:51, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

== Source needed for ] ==
I tagged this with {{tl|no source}}, since there was no source information available in the image's summary page. Could you please provide a source for this image (URLs are preferable) so that we can more accurately tag the image? &mdash; ]\<sup>]</sup> 03:11, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

== "Self" ==
It took me a few minutes to figure out what you meant by .<br>I clicked to your user page and felt a bit stupid. I honestly had not heard your name before, and I apologize for my apparent flippancy. Unfortunately, it seems likely that the ] members will once again interpret my words as an underhanded denial of a conspiracy against them, but I've already decided to stop talking to them. In any case, pleased to meet you, and I wish you success in your political endeavors. I'm guessing that the "iv" in your username indicates "...the Fourth"? &mdash; <b><i>]</i> <small>(<span class="plainlinks"></span>)</small></b> <small>21:09, Dec. 29, 2005</small>

:Thanks for your note. Yes, you're right about the IV (see ]. I think it's becoming fairly obvious that any time spent on INFID is wasted on a bunch of trolls. ] | ] 21:14, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

::Once again I should read more before asking such easy questions. Reading further, I see you're a fellow administrator here. I'm curious how one balances dedication to wikipedia with a prestigious career (and sleep for that matter), as that's an area that typically gives me problems, e.g. I should be out looking for a better job, but I'm glued to the computer screen instead, and then even when I'm at work. Additional congratulations to you for that. &mdash; <b><i>]</i> <small>(<span class="plainlinks"></span>)</small></b> <small>21:29, Dec. 29, 2005</small>

== Re comment on my user page ==

Thanks for ]! --] 23:58, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

==POTW==
If you'd like to see goading, just check POTW's contribs. In his past 50 edits, only '''4''' have not been directed towards trolling against me. POTW's vote against Locke Cole is about the farthest thing from good faith I have ever seen on the history of Misplaced Pages, and I can't feel satisfied unless I know that this will be recognized. ] 16:55, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

== James Sadleir ==

Hello David. I've created a stub on ], and wondered if knew anything more about this fellow (dates, nature of his mis-dealings). I ran across your site while putting the initial article together. Cheers, ] ] 22:51, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
:Thanks! ] ] 22:07, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

==Happy New Year==
Thank you for your generous acknowledgement. Happy New Year!&mdash;] ] 00:12, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

== What have you done? ==

You recently reverted ] - I'm sure that before the sun sets, your name will be on the along with the rest of us ;-) ] 16:17, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

:If I don't get on there very soon I shall be very disappointed in myself! ] | ] 16:18, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

You did, ] 18:01, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

== "great userbox genocide" ==

Hi David. I noticed this phrase on your user page and I would like to ask you to reconsider it. "Genocide" is an incredibly loaded term, and using it lightly can come across as insensitive to the suffering of millions. Thanks, ] ] 22:00, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
:Thanks. ] ] 01:27, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

== LGBT interest userbox ==

Hi! After participating in some ], I've decided to create a userbox specifically for people who are ''interested'' in LGBT issues. I like this userbox a lot because it doesn't force people to take a stand on LGBT-related political issues or declare a particular identity, but just expresses a common interest in editing LGBT-related articles on Misplaced Pages. I saw your name on the list of people who are interested in this kind of thing at the ], and I am inferring from your userpage that this is a type of userbox you might support, so I thought I'd let you know about this one in case you want to list it on your user page. I am hoping that people will see it, click the link to the notice board, and become more involved in editing LGBT-related articles on Misplaced Pages. The userbox is at ]. - ] <sup>(] - ])</sup> 06:34, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

== userbox policy ==

Hi- I noticed your support of policy #6. Its contents have been incorporated into #4, and we intend to remove #6 and #7 to declutter your page. Provided you agree with its contents, it would be useful if you could shify your vote from #6 and #4. ] ] <small>(])</small> 19:48, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

== Hey ==

Hey Dbiv, I've started noticing your name again on various pages. It's good to see you're still around! :) ] (] | ] | ]) 03:22, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

== The rollback button ==

That would be because the button ''shouldn't'' be labeled "rollback vandalism" (and in fact isn't any more). I am presently writing explanations in several places including ], please join the discussion. ]]] 22:54, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

== Edit conflict ==

I'm sorry, indeed I didn't mean to. I'll watch out next time. ] 12:02, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

== User box TfD ==

You are voting to delete a user box you have (atheist). This is hypocrisy. I realize that you subst:ed yours or copied the code, but that still means that you were dependent on the original box for your code. While you may have the technical know how to create boxes yourself, many others do not. Your vote is essentially a vote to create two classes of Wikipedians with different rights: those who can write their own code to create boxes and those who are denied the pleasure of user boxes by their lack of fluency in code. ] ] <small>]</small> ] 03:21, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
:Agreed. Thank you for responding in so civil a manner. I'm sorry to have brought the discussion to your user page. I was rather irate and feeling argumentative at the time I wrote that due in large part to outside RL concerns and shouldn't have gotten involved in a debate in that state of mind. Looking back at it, I agree that it was hyperbole. I have come to agree with you that party and religious affiliation categories will do more harm than good and have removed them from my user page. Back to positive contributions to the encyclopedia. ] ] <small>]</small> ] 20:41, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

== My RfA ==

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|Hi,<br> I just want to say thanks for supporting me on ]! It passed by a 58/3/0 margin, so I am now an administrator. If you need me to help you out, or you find that I'm doing anything wrong, please don't hesitate to ]. --] (]) 19:04, 6 January 2006 (UTC)</div>
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Latest revision as of 19:48, 21 July 2016

I have laid down this title and do go by another.

WIkiProject Mac

Hello Dbiv,

There hasn't been much activity at WikiProject Mac lately, and I saw your name on the list of active participants. If you are willing to jump in again, please consider helping to revive the project!

  • Put {{WikiProject Macintosh}} on the talk pages of articles involving Macintosh and Apple. This helps to categorize articles!
  • Write, cleanup, or expand an article about Macintosh/Apple
  • Source a Biography of a living person living in, born in, or otherwise affiliated with Macintosh/Apple
  • Help spread the word about the project
  • Update the project page or the portal
  • Watchlist or check the project talk page for updates

If you know anyone who might be interested in Macintosh/Apple , please pass this message along to them! If you are still interested in the project but aren't currently active, please add yourself to the list of inactive participants at the bottom of this list. Thanks!

On behalf of the project, iBen 21:32, 14 February 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Macintosh Revival

Hello, Dbiv! You've listed yourself as an active member of WikiProject Macintosh, which is currently seeing very little activity. We are trying to revive the project and your help would be appreciated. To see who is active and who is not, we will be listing all active members under "status pending" in the project's participant list. Please move your name to either the "former members" section or "active" section. Hope to see you in the "active" column! For more information on how to help the project, visit the How to help section at our project page! · EdwardsBot (talk) 02:32, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

WikiProject Macintosh Role Call

Hello, Dbiv! You've listed yourself as an active member of WikiProject Macintosh, which is currently being revived. Your help would be appreciated! To see who is active and who is not, we will be listing all active members under "status pending" in the project's participant list. Please move your name to either the "former members" section or "active" section. The role call will end May 31; please move your name now if you are still interested. For more information on how to help the project, visit the How to help section at our project page! &middot MonoBot04:16, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Hello I am new in wikipedia and interesting in LGBT related topics too. Recently i added new article called <The flavor of corn>. Its about nice Italian LGBT related film created at 1986. But my article was declined becouse of abcent of external links. To my opinion this is not fair, becouse I mentioned the page from IMD. Please help me to approve this article and make it better. Thanks in advance. The link of article is http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_creation/The_Flavor_of_Corn — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.70.13.169 (talk) 11:40, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Attention

User:TheBeastdot has created Misplaced Pages:List of missing Southern Africa topics. Please help by contributing. —Preceding undated comment added 19:47, 21 July 2016 (UTC)