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DYK for John Baptist Grano

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Shubinator (talk) 23:01, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Sure, no problem. Keep up the good work! Shubinator (talk) 23:12, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Ian Tomlinson

I'm sorry, but it's not exactly meant to be neutral. You can't be neutral about blue murder. That's what it was, and will always be. Andrew R (talk) 17:05, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

File:Ian Tomlinson remonstrates with police.jpg

In this you mention the video footage, Had you considered asking the Gaurdian if it's OK to put in Theora format on Commons? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 20:56, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

OK< But even if it IS PD, it would be reasonable to ask :) Sfan00 IMG (talk) 19:40, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Earlier message

Hello again Slim, I would still be very grateful for your guidance about the questions I had raised earlier. Any tips or thoughts you might have would be much appreciated, at your convenience. Many thanks. MarmadukePercy (talk) 18:07, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Strange revert

What was this about, please? --John (talk) 02:47, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

You reduced the image sizes. The page looks much better as they are, and the MoS specifies that the lead image be 300 px. SlimVirgin 02:49, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

I believe it also specifies that fixed image sizes should be avoided unless there is a special reason. You also restored the errors of date formatting which I had fixed. Please restore these changes; please discuss your picture size preferences in article talk. Thanks. --John (talk) 02:53, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Reversion at WP:NOR

Please review When to revert before reverting again. Thanks. --Bob K31416 (talk) 13:02, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Tryptofish allegations

"I was 'warned' by Lar, a user who has been in a personal dispute with me for a long time, and who posts insults about me, on and offwiki, wherever he gets the chance. That is not something any admin would count as a 'warning.' " - Permit me to repeat the advice then: if you have an allegation of sockpuppetry to make, please do so in the appropriate forum. Allegations supported by evidence will be considered with all due seriousness. --bainer (talk) 23:27, 15 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi SlimVirgin - I couldn't help noticing your response to Stephen Bain's message on his user talk page. Since it appears that you aren't concerned about sockpuppetry in this situation, this might be a good time to point out that our readers don't actually care who edits the articles, provided that the information is correct. It doesn't really matter who's behind an account or whether that person has edited before, provided that he or she is following Misplaced Pages editing and behavioural policies and guidelines. In the case of the discussion on Talk:Animal rights, I'd suggest making use of our traditional content dispute resolution processes: WP:3O, a content RFC or even mediation. Best, Risker (talk) 01:54, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Request

Hi again and sorry to bother you. I wonder if you could correct or strike-out the statement you made here? It is incorrect, as a quick glance at my contribs will show, to say I have reverted either on the article, or on the MOS page. Sorry to be a pain but you will understand that my reputation is important to me. Maybe then we can get back on with improving the article. Well done for your fine work there too. --John (talk) 15:38, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Help at terrorism charity article

You've been involved in many Middle-Eastern related articles so I thought I'd ask you first. Many users are currently in a content dispute over the inclusion of this: diff. The argument is that Capital Athletic Foundation has provided funding for terrorism. However, no organization, country, watchdog group, or media company has corroborated such findings. The charity is however under investigation for committing fraud (sending funds to settlers in Israel), which has landed founder Jack Abramoff in jail. The FBI is currently investigating the charity and Abramoff but has yet to offer even a slight hint that the organization funded terrorism. The accuser is professor Juan Cole, and his accusation was given a spot at on the washington report for middle eastern affairs. No RS verifies such accusation. Many users, including myself, have provided arguments to remove this dubious claim. All of that can be found here. The argument has boiled down to "wait for RFC", as quoted by User:Nableezy . I didn't really care TOO much about the article until Nableezy started spamming my page with edit warring. Edit warring where he was the principal character. His edits were reverted by other users as well. His "warning" can be found on my userpage. I can't help but think of Misplaced Pages:Do not disrupt Misplaced Pages to illustrate a point. :D I responded to his tag and he removed it, surprise there. Anyways, I really don't want to get blocked and would prefer this is settled instead of "waiting" on an RFC that will never end unless Nableezy responds accordingly. He has baited me into edit wars in the pasts. Dispute resolutions tend to take awhile, though I will send it off pending your recommendation (if you have one). Thanks for any response! Wikifan12345 (talk) 02:11, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

message order at WT:NOR

I didn't understand why you interposed your new message before my existing message, since both of our messages commented on the same previous message, so I moved my message back to its original position. Some people might make some misinterpretation if they didn't notice that the messages were out of chronological order. Care to explain why you did that? Just curious. Regards, --Bob K31416 (talk) 02:01, 19 April 2009 (UTC)