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Berkeley Breathed

Some of the stuff missing a source can be found on the site below, but it needs to be reworded as it rises to plagarism right now.

http://www.berkeleybreathed.com/pages/About.asp

--Beth Wellington (talk) 04:07, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. I chose to write you because on the discussion page, yours was the entry most closely concerned with the issue. Beth wishes for the new year. --Beth Wellington (talk) 04:33, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

T:DYK.

No problem. Interesting incident that happened there. :P · AndonicO 08:02, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

Assistance request

On an RfA, this comment was made. I realize this is an ArbCom issue, but I felt it should be deleted as a legal threat. Should I ever become an admin, I'd like to know your opinion on whether it should be deleted under WP:NPA. My opinion, yes. — BQZip01 —  03:52, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

It is a tough one. My general interpretation of the "no legal threats" policy is that person A is not supposed to make legal threats against person B or against the Foundation. The logic goes that if they are threatening to take legal action, then A should stop editing until A's legal action has run its course. If the legal action has run its course (including simply by A saying that a legal remedy is no longer being pursued) then A can edit again.

What we have here is slightly different. A is urging the foundation to take legal action. A is not saying A will take action so I don't think that qualifies as a threat.

If we classified this as a threat, then arguably we would have to make the same classification for any person who urges the foundation to pursue a course of action that is even vaguely connected with the law. Examples could include cracking down on people who are stealing our content and not using it under terms consistent with the GFDL.

Therefore, my read at this time is that I don't view this as a threat. Best, Johntex\ 23:33, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Makes sense. — BQZip01 —  23:59, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

2008 FAU page

I have worked my tail off creating basically the entire Florida Atlantic University section on Misplaced Pages (from the school, to the athletics, to individual sports pages). I created them and you went on to the 2008 football page and added information that is not necessary to FAU. Now you ask me to stop reverting MY original piece and "talk" about it? The burden is on YOU to explain to ME why the additions are necessary. I will keep reverting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yezn0r (talk • contribs) 04:42, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Hello Yezn0r. Thanks for your message; it is good to hear from you. Through dialog most things can be resolved.

I'd like to remind you that Misplaced Pages does not have YOUR articles or MY articles. We collaborate to make all articles better. It does not matter who started an article, anyone can come and add to it. Differences are resolved by discussion. If you continue to simply revert additions without discussion, you will be blocked from editing. Please review WP:OWN for a description of how this works, and of how you are not allowed to claim articles as "yours" and simply revert everyone else.

Thanks, Johntex\ 23:21, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Request for participation

Hello Johntex,

I recently nominated Iowa Hawkeyes football seasons for featured list status. However, to this point there have been no votes (or opinions) expressed, and I'm beginning to feel as though it will just slip through with no votes at all. It's not that I want my work (okay, okay, it's not MY work, but I did put a lot into it) to be recognized. I just want some honest opinions on how the page looks and maybe at the same time have it become a featured list. The nomination page can be found here and I would greatly appreciate any suggestion or comment you can make. I'm not here to ask for a support vote, but rather, I'm here just for some honest opinions. Maybe I should have done a peer review beforehand. ... Thanks in advance ... love your work on the Texas articles. Good job. CrdHwk (talk) 02:03, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

New Semester, New Appeal

This semester I am teaching academic writing to a group of teachers at my school. This course starts on Monday Jan 28. I would like to know if you are still interesting in "mentoring". You can see the syllabus at Misplaced Pages:School_and_university_projects/ITESM_Campus_Toluca/SyllabusIf so, please leave a message on my talk page and update the mentor's page Misplaced Pages:School_and_university_projects/ITESM_Campus_Toluca/Mentors, if . If not, please remove your name and information from that page. Thanks! Thelmadatter (talk) 00:30, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Re-adding anti-barnstar

Anti-Barnstar

I, Heqwm, award Johntex an anti-Barnstar for maliciously writing outright lies about me.

Heqwm (talk) 22:03, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

Request for community ban

(Copied from WP:ANI) I request Heqwm (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) be blocked indefinitely for repeated personal attacks and disruption.

5 days ago, with no provocation whatsoever, Heqwm made a personal attack against me on my talk page. He awarded me what he called an "anti-barnstar" and accused me of "maliciously writing outright lies about" him. I have not had any interactions with Heqwm for many months, and I have never posted lies about him. I left him a message on his talk page asking him to provide diffs to back up his allegations. He declined to do so. Wizardman warned Heqwm that this was a personal attack. Heqwm repeated his personal attack on his own talk page. I removed the "anti-barnstar" and personal attack from my talk page, but Heqwm re-added it.

Heqwm has been at this mischief for a long time. I warned him about personal attacks more than a year ago. He has been warned by other users as well, and has been placed on a form of community probation. I don't think I have had any interaction with him since then, so I can only assume he is still upset about being put on probation, or about the related mediation case which he filed and then abandoned. In my statement at the arbitration, I provide plenty more diffs to spell out Heqwm's disruption. I certainly have not had any interaction with him for several months.

I believe the above diffs show clearly that Heqwm has made repeated personal attacks without any sort of provocation. His talk page history is littered with controversy and conflict with many other editors on many topics. I ask whether Heqwm has exhausted the community's patience? Johntex\ 00:59, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

I recommend staying away from Heqwm at this point. Don't post further messages on his talk page. If Heqwm continues to attack you, please report it to ANI or an administrator. Dreadstar † 20:18, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

I responded thusly, in a new ANI thread (the old one was long gone by the time my block ended): A while ago, I made some edits that Johntex didn't like, and so instead of trying to resolve it on the article discussion page, he posted a wildly dishonest complaint in which he resorted to outright lying about me to get me blocked from editing the page for a month (his initial goal being to get me completely banned). I continued to be outraged at his behavior and the fact that he remains completely unpunished for his behavior, and posted complaints on his talk page. Once again, rather than trying to resolve it, he went here to lie about me in his continued belief that anyone who annoys him should be banned. And yet again, he posted numerous lies:

5 days ago, with no provocation whatsoever, Heqwm made a personal attack against me on my talk page. As explained above, the claim that there was no provocation whatsoever is an outright lie.

I have never posted lies about him. Another lie.

I left him a message on his talk page asking him to provide diffs to back up his allegations. He declined to do so. Another lie. I pointed out that I had provided him with the diffs over and OVER again, and each time he simply lied and said that they don't say what he said they clearly said.

Wizardman warned Heqwm that this was a personal attack. Heqwm repeated his personal attack on his own talk page. I removed the "anti-barnstar" and personal attack from my talk page, but Heqwm re-added it. I discussed the charge on my talk page. And Johntes's recounting is dishonest, as it implies that my reposting the attack happened after Wizardman's warning, when in fact it happened before.

Heqwm has been at this mischief for a long time. Mischief? Insisting that liars be punished is "miscief"? What kind of world do we live in?

He has been warned by other users as well, and has been placed on a form of community probation. Yes, on the basis of the very lies that are the issue here.

I don't think I have any any interaction with him since then, so I can only assume he is still upset about being put on probation, or about the related mediation case which he filed and then abandoned. Abandoned after several weeks went by without any mediator stepping forward (and after Johntex engaged in behavior in blatant violation of WP:CIVIL and WP:AGF).

His talk page history is littered with controversy and conflict with many other editors on many topics. After several years, with me not deleting anything, there are now several instances of people disagreeing with me. And...?

I ask whether Heqwm has exhausted the community's patience? I ask whether this is not a clear threat and an instance of Johntex's bullying.

To top it off, another admin came along and blocked me only a few hours after Johtex's request, meaning that I had no opportunity to address the charges.

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Jonhtex responded "I request that Heqwm again be blocked for posting unsubstantiated personal attacks where he accuses me of lying." So... Johntex is allowed to attack me on ANI, but if I respond to his charges, I should be blocked? Yet another example of his bullying. As for "undsubstantiated, I have diffs and screenshots showing quite clearly that Johntex lied.Heqwm (talk) 22:40, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

If you have diffs then you should provide diffs. Saying you have diffs is of no value whatsoever. Johntex\ 00:26, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

As I already said, I have provided diffs, and you have simply lied about what is in them. So clearly providing diffs is of no value.Heqwm (talk) 03:55, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Pass the barnstars, please

		The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
		Thank you for your work (over 1400 edits) to Texas A&M's pages. Thanks again, Basketballone10 03:43, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

2007 Texas Longhorn football team

Did you know that the article is among the top 20 longest pages of Misplaced Pages? BlueAg09 (Talk) 00:07, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Well, I don't mind it being long, it's just nice to see the article on that list. These season articles need that amount of detail. You definitely write the best :) BlueAg09 (Talk) 15:43, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Texas

I have a userbox that says "This user has over 1000 edits," and the "over 1000 edits" bit links to an alternate tool for Kate's Tool, the editcount. It links to me, but you can also search other users. Cheers, Basketballone10 00:21, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

ANI

There's a thread about you, and since the guy who started it apparently didn't let you know, I figured that I should, in case you want to weigh in. -Hit bull, win steak 15:30, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Texas and BCS #1

Thank-you for your reasoning, however, The BCS Champion is crowned by the Coaches' Poll. The voters of this poll are required to vote the BCS Champion #1. Looking ahead, the 2006 Texas team's BCS #19 remains unchanged, the 2007 Texas team's BCS rank is not listed. It would be difficult to list a final BCS ranking for any team that does not finish the BCS Champion. I did not revert your edit. But, I think it should be removed. Bcspro (talk) 16:13, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Glossary of Texas Aggie terms

I have nominated Glossary of Texas Aggie terms, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Misplaced Pages's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Glossary of Texas Aggie terms. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Collectonian (talk) 20:03, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Your feedback is appreciated. — BQZip01 —  22:44, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

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LOL

Apparently your opinions no longer count (read the last line). — BQZip01 —  05:27, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

I dispute that. For that to be true, my opinions would had to have mattered at some previous time. :-) Johntex\ 05:34, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

HEY!!! I resemble that remark... :-) — BQZip01 —  05:38, 4 February 2008 (UTC)