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Cheers! PeterTheFourth (talk) 14:37, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

Joke

Actually it's about ethics in hatting conversations. Cheers! — Strongjam (talk) 23:51, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

I did hope somebody would enjoy that. PeterTheFourth (talk) 23:53, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

A request

This and this are not really what I'd consider collaborative in nature. Clearly this isn't your first time through here, but I'm a longtime editor, so I'd appreciate not being spoken to as if these are my first edits. Thank you. Thargor Orlando (talk) 22:31, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi! Welcome to my ethical, free speech talk page. I believe I have been unfailingly polite, but if you were to suggest an improvement, I'd be amused to hear it. PeterTheFourth (talk) 22:39, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

"Polite" is coming across as unnecessarily condescending. If polite is truly what you're aiming for, maybe just take a second glance before hitting the button in that case. Thargor Orlando (talk) 22:51, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

Do you have any actionable suggestions? PeterTheFourth (talk) 22:54, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

Consider how you come across when you post on talk pages, maybe? Thargor Orlando (talk) 23:10, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

I always do. I'm glad we could settle this. PeterTheFourth (talk) 23:14, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

It's unfortunate that you think this is "settled." I do hope for your sake that you actually do take my advice, because at some point your tone will irritate the wrong person and it might not end up well. You're not going to sway many people in your direction with the tack you're taking, so seriously reconsider instead of extending the battleground mentality that got the article into ArbCom to begin with. Thargor Orlando (talk) 23:19, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

Look

I hope you are not getting angry. You were posting that I wasn't telling the truth and something like that. Please don't think that way. Now, I kind of understand where you are coming from. If I could revert just the first sentence, not the whole paragraph, I would. But since 11 Feb, the whole paragraph has been rearranged. I can't just revert the first sentence. We could find middle ground - how about including "within a day" in the first sentence in the version before my revert to draft-merge. Then we'll work from there. starship.paint ~ ¡Olé! 13:44, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but despite your arguments to the contrary I still see 'within a day' as needless and awkward. It's simply bad wording to place it there, and confuses it with the earlier 'shortly following'. Did you consider placing it elsewhere in another sentence, as I suggested earlier? PeterTheFourth (talk) 21:26, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

• I was considering it. But I need some time to think it over, because I might have to re-write some parts of the paragraph while doing it. starship.paint ~ ¡Olé! 01:10, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

huh?

What was it that Kia wasn't supposed to know? --DSA510 Pls No Level Up 13:37, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

I'm sorry? PeterTheFourth (talk) 13:46, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Something about blocks. You like legos too? --DSA510 Pls No Level Up 13:53, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

I don't know why you're on my talk page. Was there something you wanted to discuss? PeterTheFourth (talk) 14:00, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

@DungeonSiegeAddict510: You're topic banned from GG and you well know that KiA is a reference to the subreddit KotakuInAction. I suggest you drop it. — Strongjam (talk) 14:10, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

@Strongjam: If Kia is a Gamergate reference, would it be considered an actionable offence that I would be able to report? I'm not exactly hot on cryptic clues being left on my talk page. PeterTheFourth (talk) 14:18, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

No idea. Kind of inside baseball and obscure references that you'd have to explain to AE. Hopefully they just drop it and go back to editing KDE articles where they're a productive editor. — Strongjam (talk) 14:20, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Googling 'Kia gamergate' reveals a discussion forum for Gamergate as the first result, so I might try my hand at AE. I honestly don't think going out of his way to aggravate people he hasn't interacted with is the sign of an editor who'll improve given space. PeterTheFourth (talk) 14:29, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

KiA (the final "A" is capitalized") is KotakuInAction, a reddit forum where GamerGaters organize their attacks. Here, for example, is a thread (currently 98 comments long) about whether Anita Sarkeesian’s Twitter statements can be excluded from the Gamergate article:. The originator of this thread (and, understand the moderator of the entire forum) shares a name with one of the topic-banned parties in the ArbCom case. Brianna Wu recently published a call for Reddit’s CEO to close down the forum. MarkBernstein (talk) 16:07, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

sublreddit. --DSA510 Pls No Level Up 23:09, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Personal attack

You'd best come up with a diff to back your assertion here] really fast. Dreadstar ☥ 00:00, 9 March 2015 (UTC)