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Sign your posts on talk pages

Greetings God of War,

Please sign your posts on talk pages for them to be easily attributed to.

Thanking you,

Grumpy Troll 08:18, 23 December 2005 (UTC).

Semi-Pro

Add the tag and click the protect tag as you already know and it should work. I believe that several other users have tested it. I went to the protect tab here and you didn't actually semiprotect it, so I removed it so it wouldn't show up on the semi-protected pages list.Voice of All 00:35, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

Section editing in Firefox

Regarding your comment at Talk:George W. Bush, the following link might be useful to you: Misplaced Pages:Tools/Browser Integration#Search within Textarea Extension. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 08:00, Dec. 25, 2005

--God_of War 05:09, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Leon soundtrack

If it's not the fourth movement, I think it must have been the second. You've made me want to see the film again now :) Natgoo 18:30, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Regarding the "ugly" vandalism tag on GWB article

I see that you deleted my vandalism disclaimer on the George W. Bush article -- just wanted to discuss why it wasn't needed.

crazy

i just want to state that you are f-ing crazy! :) you remind me of the war nerd gary brecher... do you really think youre from another planet? how deranged are you? the thing is, i actually think youre interesting, just wondering. peace, --Urthogie 15:19, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

George W. Bush and Category:Facist Leaders

1. It's spelled fascist.
2. Extreme POV of this sort to a high-profile article such as George W. Bush will be reverted very quickly and may even be considered vandalism by some.

android79 01:50, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

People with this much bais just make me sad.70.238.250.111 05:25, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

• I could back up my claim with several arguments but then I don't think you are the type of person that would have the patience to sit through a logical debate.--God_of War 06:32, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
  • Actually, I'm more interested in writing an encyclopedia. If you want to debate about GWB, there are other places to do that. android79 06:39, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Bush Article

Dear god the talk page moves to the archives fast! DyslexicEditor 17:30, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Strawman?

Thanks for playing, but it doesn't take much brain power to see that you're a parody of a liberal, rather than the real thing--63.22.95.82 18:43, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

• You're right - I am a conservative - I used to support GWB because I thought that republicans were fore small government - He has shown himself to be the exact opposite using terroism to expand the powers of government like never before. I no longer call myself a republican. Also, umm, who the hell are you?--God_of War 19:05, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

Template:User rainbow

I changed the template image to 40px because the size of the picture causes it to clash horribly with the other colour userboxes. See for yourself: Misplaced Pages:Userboxes/Colors Morgan695 00:17, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Unblock me

Why have I been blocked. What trolling are you talking about? I have been given no notice to stop doing anything and no examples of trolling have been cited. Please unblock me.--God_of War 02:20, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

• Someone please do something about this! He listed the block as infinite!--God_of War 02:52, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

• • I'm not an admin, sorry. Morgan695 03:26, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
• Well - Thankyou for caring. I've haven't gotten any response to the messages I have sent out yet.--God_of War 03:31, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

I have asked Neutrality to explain the block.-gadfium 03:37, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

I see that Neutrality has unblocked you. You should be careful not to repeat the behaviour that led to the block. I assume that was the edit, or one of the edits, which led to the block. If I see such edits from you again, I'll block you too.-gadfium 05:26, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

• I apoligize for my one talk page comment about gay cowboys, it was too tempting. However, neutrality has never told me why he blocked me or even given me the memo that I was unblocked. I do not believe gay cowboys was ever a blockable offense or the reason for my block. I think Neutralliy blocked me because I disagreed with him over the issues over userboxes and he wanted to silence me.--God_of War 05:30, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Neutrality

Sorry for the delay, I was at a new year's party. It looks like neutrality unblocked you two hours later, so no harm, no foul I suppose. karmafist 09:51, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

Templated

Thanks a bunch. I may swap it back, 'cause the template takes less space & clutter on edits. If you're inclined, have a look at my page & see if there's anything else you like. I'm makin' 'em for me, but if you think anybody else might like 'em, hey... Trekphiler 23:07, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Testing my sig--God of War 23:56, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

GWB 2 template

Hey, I like the template a whole lot. On my talk page, I chnaged the link from the PATRIOT Act to this, which I think is funnier. I thought I'd let you consider this version. Even if you decide against changing it, I hope you like the file I linked to. Happy 2006, Dave (talk) 02:08, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

• It's a fine piece of parody, but it is a bit hard to read. Thanks anyway.--God of War 03:10, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

My first Vandal

I must be important now! I got vandalised :) thanks royboy for fixing it. I still wonder how the vandal wound up here - all of his contributions are to page i've never been too.

Missing user boxes

if you are going to remove userboxes from a page - could you please make a note of it in the deletion log. This action orphans the boxes and is almost the same as deleting them because they become impossible to find. If your are going to delete boxes from one section make sure you add those same boxes to a different section. Thankyou--God of War 18:37, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

I didn't delete any, as far as I know. I moved many to where they had more appropriate categories. I wonder what I may have missed, and offer to put it back. —James S. 19:41, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

"C Pound"

• This # is a pound sign. Every person I talk to says C Pound. Can we please change this?--God of War 18:51, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

It sounds like you'd like something in the article to change regarding the way to pronounce the name of the language, but I don't understand whether you want to change the article to agree with your acquaintences' pronunciation or to warn people like your acquaintences to say "C Sharp" instead of "C Pound". If you want the former, the place to take up your argument is with the ECMA, the owners of language specification, as they say it's pronounced "C Sharp". If you want the latter, that's already in the Language name section. The Rod 20:47, 3 January 2006 (UTC) (copied from Talk:C Sharp#"C Pound")

Guns, ammo, & stuff

Sorry to take so long to reply. I like what you did with the gun control & carry templates; sorry to see they're now up for deletion by censor-loonies. I also agree with your W=Geo3. When major media outlets repeat the lies, it's hard to get people to do anything. If you didn't think media consolidation was bad for democracy, that ought to convince you. Trekphiler 16:18, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Templates for deletion/userbox templates concerning beliefs and convictions

Hi. You listed Misplaced Pages:Templates for deletion/userbox templates concerning beliefs and convictions for deletion at Misplaced Pages:Miscellany for deletion. I have closed that debate as a speedy keep, because we keep such discussion pages as a record of the debate. To delete such a page interferes with deletion policy. However, I have not judged your actions to be in anything but good faith, and so I thought I would return that good faith and pay you the courtesy of explaining my decision. I hope you can appreciate the position. Steve block talk 21:36, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Listen to Me

Here's a song I just made up in my head - I thought it might help :)

• I wanna pick u up.
• In my rusty ol' pickup truck.
• Take u down by the lake.
• We can forn-i-cate.

Woaaaaah.....God of War 05:47, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

I wish didn't do it that way, because now they have an opportunity to strike back

This whole story has escalated already, because it isn't solely about the userboxes but more about the misuse of power and the failure to deal with misuse of power, however if you leave messages at those who are feel the same way, it can (or probably will) be used against you and it has the opposite effect of what you are trying to achieve.

Upto now the other party has made premature moves with the deletion of templates, pages, categories, failure to rule on the matters etc. and has therefore severely undermined their own goal, however if you also try to by pass the guidelines which are there it too will undermine our side.

Even though this particular deletion can be considered a way to wipe out the past, it has failed in their objective. But if a lot of people are now called to vote instead of determining it by themselves, it'll have an adverse effect. KittenKlub 21:06, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Blocked

I've blocked you for 24 hours for your repeated reposting of personal attacks on Misplaced Pages:Deletion review. Perhaps tomorrow you'll be more willing to interact more civilly with your fellow users. If not, I foresee a long line of similar blocks in your future. —Cryptic (talk) 04:43, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

• What incivility? - How can people possibly be expected to vote on something if they can't see it?--God of War 04:46, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
• It was agreed upon in the review that the incivil thing was the picture of stalin. That is why I removed the picture of stalin before I reposted it, I was doing my best to be civil while allowing people to see the box so they could vote on it.--God of War 04:48, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

The template was described earlier in the review. What you were posting was not the template as deleted. And if you attempt to evade your block again, I will happily make it permanent. —Cryptic (talk) 05:12, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for repling. I was not trying to evade my block. Evading my block would be to use different acounts to do the same action I was blocked for. I only used different accounts so I could communicate with you as you were not responding to me here. What I posted was an alternate version I hoped people would agree on. I was not in violation of WP:CIVIL, I was attempting to make a compromise that everyone could agree was acceptable. However, you blocked me without any discussion or warning. If you had posted a note on my talk page I would have been willing to work through this without any more reverting.--God of War 05:32, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

• You didn't warn me before you blocked me.
• I was not attacking anyone - You should have assumed good faith.
• You did not post a note on my talk page and attempt to discuss the issue first.
• When blocking may not be used - Use of blocks to gain advantage in a content dispute
• The content was not incivil and was relevant to the discussion. - I removed the offending picture before I posted the box.
• The 3RR was not violated, I reverted back to my version once and I left a summary explaining why I was doing this.
• Blocks are not inteded as punishment. They are inteded to stop the negative actions from occuring. Asking me to stop what I was doing would have been enough.

{{unblock}}

Having read the above and looked at the edits in question, I see no good justification for the block. I see God of War engaging in civilized discussion and explaining his reasoning. Whether the template was a personal attack is debatable, but I think we can reasonably assume good faith on God of War's edits. Friday (talk) 20:58, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

• So you agree that the block is unjustifiable. Unblock me then, I've got things to do.--God of War 22:09, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

• It's sad when my attempts to find a compromise to a dispute are singled out as a Personal Attack by an Admin who disagrees with me. An almost identical copy of the template is undergoing a tfd right now at Misplaced Pages:Templates_for_deletion#Template:User_2006_New_Year_Day_Participate. Selina did exactly what I did, she posted the box in the discussion so that everyone could see what it looked like. However while I removed the stalin image to try and find a compromise userbox, she did not. Now I was blocked and she was not. There is no way for me to appeal my block and now I will forever be known as a troll and a trouble maker for taking a POV opposite to that of an admin in a debate.

• With the current state of things, anyone criticising an admins actions is cited with a WP:NPA. There can be no consensus when critical speech is censored and taking the opposite view of an admin in a debate is incivil. With no checks on admin power, I am forced to wonder why I stick around this project at all. Someday all the disallusioned editors who believe in true consensus and debate over everyone feeling happy about themselves will make a mirror of this site and the editors from wikipedia will see that it is better and slowly start to move there. I am sure that within a few minutes a block will be re-instated against me even though I have taken pains to follow all of the Wiki-ettiquite laws I know of, in this message. If I am blocked for this post then everything I think to be true of wikipedia censorship will be confirmed--God of War 05:56, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Change?

Why the image change in Template:User screw?

Okay, I am just asking since it makes the userbox a rather odd size (I also personally liked the old image). Thanks for reply. Ian13ID:540053 20:53, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

User paranoia2

Is this really necessary? We already have "User paranoia", and it just seems like you're poking fun at people who actually suffer from paranoia. Morgan695 22:12, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

• This is actually a quote from Grand Theft Auto that I liked. if you click on the links, you will see.--God of War 23:24, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

• • Then put it on the humour page. We already have a userbox for paranoia, and like I said, it's fairly offensive. Morgan695 01:43, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
  • This is acceptable--God of War 01:44, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
    • Could you explain why you feel that way? Like I said, given the prior existance of a paranoia userbox and the fact that you're poking fun at paranoia, the box seems to be fairly unnessicary. Morgan695 01:51, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
• umm, I agreed to do what you asked of me. What is it you are complaining about?--God of War 01:57, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Fair Use Images

Hi, I have removed two images from your userpage, which do not appear to comply with the 'fair use' policy for images (seeWP:FU). Thanks. --Doc 01:28, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Glad to see you could find some other pictures - Cheers--Doc 01:45, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Voting

I am sorry, but your vote at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration_Committee_Elections_January_2006/Vote/Kelly_Martin was removed because it did not meet the requirement of being from an account registered on or before 30 September 2005. - Evil saltine 06:40, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

Unblocked

I unblocked you, sorry, I misinterpreted what you were doing (not that it's necessarily a good idea, but not something I'd block you for). My mistake. -- Curps 19:53, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

I have now reverted the reverts, which were nearly simultaneous with the mistaken block, thanks for pointing it out. My apologies once again. -- Curps 20:06, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Hang in there -- User Box dispute

Hey God, Just wanted to say hang in there. I think you are making some really good arguments about the user boxes and the use of power by WP admins. Also, thank you for putting something up on the Template User_War_on_drugs page redirecting users to the Deletion Review page. I am... disenchanted that even that post was deleted. --Tiger Marc 02:35, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Comment on the fair use on usrpages userbox

It might be less controversial if it had something like "And wished the United States copyright laws clearly allowed fair use images on userpages." or "supports a policy and legislative change, in reverse order" to rebut all the "illegal" naysayers. 68.39.174.238 00:09, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Image:No Copyrights.png

Hey, do you happen to know what happened to the image above? It's not showing up. Regardless, thanks for making me feel like i'm not the only one who think the copyright fearmongers have gone too far. karmafist 04:19, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Re: user allboxes

Oh, sorry, the template deletion warning frame had the wrong link, which should have been to Misplaced Pages:Templates for deletion#Template:User allboxes. Instead it had some weird parameter which was null. I fixed it at Template:User allboxes. Sorry.

Do you want to go through and make sure that the deletion warning frame is correct for all the userboxes in Misplaced Pages:Templates for deletion? James S. 19:56, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

God of War. I wish you lots of luck fighting

But personally I have seen more than enough of Misplaced Pages. Most the time spend here is either reverting nonsense from anonymous users who keep on putting all kinds of vandalism in the documents and the other time you have to fight censorship, abusive administrators and receive all kinds of insults. The irony is that vandals cannot be stopped and just continue their abuse especially if they have a dynamic IP which allows them to return daily and start playing the same games over and over again.

I have come to the conclusion that Misplaced Pages has failed as an encyclopedia. It is definitely not a nice place and everybody who contributes is crazy since it's a route to nowhere with documents filled with inaccuracy and very tainted by whomever happens to control the subject. There is huge abuse by the administrators and this userbox story is just one example of the clique. They have no idea of the Constitution and it does apply to wikipedia. They want everybody to be gray slaves who do nothing but to revert the constant attack of vandals.

I feel that anonymous user shouldn't be allowed to edit, it's a crazy idea and they are unable to counter the attacks and that will just get worse since the site keeps on expanding. I have been gone for two days and of the 160 pages on the watchlist 20 pages seemed to have been vandalised and 14 of them still had nonsense or vandalism on them. That means 70% was not reverted.

I just finished another round of voting but this bunch of people who want to impose censorship will continue to abuse the system because it will be unlikely that they'll ever be desysoped since the owner feels exactly the same way. You can't have trolls running the place, but it seems that it's perfectly normal here.

I've started on the Dutch wiki and there was quite a lot of abuse and powerplay and it was pretty disgusting with a steward who is unable to utter a single line without an ad hominem attack and who bans people at random and simply terrorizes that place, however the English wikipedia is even worse since it's even bigger and more shit seems to have floated to the top. It is even amazing that those admins (or stewards) have a long list of being banned themselves because their behaviour went out of line many times, yet nobody dares to revoke their privileges.

To cut a long story short, I appreciate everything which you have done and wish you lots of strength fighting, but somehow this place doesn't seem worth it, however I just wanted to leave you a personal message, because you are on the few righteous people around here. KittenKlub 20:10, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Userbox

About my edit, I was trying to fix it because it was interfering with the userbox navigation at the bottom of the screen.- JustPhil 18:16, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Re: Green Shahada

Hi God of War —

Looking through the history, it seems that the image I based Image:Green Shahada crescent.png on was deleted for lack of copyright information, and so my image, a derivative, was deleted for the same reason. I was worried about this when I first created the image, so couldn't release my image under a free license.

Sorry about the template. I expect that there are other free images you can replace it with, such as Image:Mosque02.png.

— Asbestos | Talk (RFC) 03:54, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

Userbox catagorisiation

Well done! Ian_ID:540053 20:12, 18 January 2006 (UTC)

I wonder if you might consider...

I wonder if you might consider simply removing your political userboxes and asking others to do the same. This seems to me to be the best way to quickly and easily end the userbox wars.

Userboxes of a political or, more broadly, polemical, nature are bad for the project. They are attractive to the wrong kinds of people, and they give visitors the wrong idea of what it means to be a Wikipedian.

I think rather than us having to go through a mass deletion (which is what is likely to happen if the userbox fad doesn't go away), it will be better to simply change the culture, one person at a time. Will you help me?--Jimbo Wales 10:53, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

• I have responded here .--God of War 19:44, 21 January 2006 (UTC)