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VandalSniper Application

I have applied for Vandal Sniper. I know I have not had recent activity, but I have been busy this past few months, and will become more free starting Apr. 21, and will monitor a lot more starting then. --Aremith 03:09, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

There's a few applications sitting there at the moment, so I'll head over now, and handle them all. I have noted your point about inactivity, and will certainly factor it in. Regards, Anthøny 12:35, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Y Handled. I've approved you; I see no worries. Cheers, Anthøny 12:47, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Rejected Mediation Case

Dear Anthony, this note is in reference to this mediation case, which you recently rejected. I'd like for you to see Ryan Postlethwaite's note here in which he says that this case will in fact be accepted. Curious what happened? Bstone (talk) 03:30, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Hi AGK: For some odd reason, Bstone cannot accept rejection. In spite of the fact that he started a still open RfC against me at Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/IZAK2 where the vast majority of editors disagreed with him and where there are still motions that have not been brought to closure, his next complaints were rejected at ANI, and still not able to deal with that he went ahead and started a RfA which was rejected by the ArbCom, and now after he has been informed that his RfM is rejected as well, he comes here to probe why that has happened, but which comes as no big surprise because he cannot accept rejection and is avoidant of any meaningful direct discussions with me either at his or my talk pages or at WP:JUDAISM where my initial complaints against his nominations to delete synagogue articles/stubs caused him to be outraged enough to keep up the barrage of RfCs, ANIs, RfAs and now RfMs all falling flat and being rejected and he evidently cannot deal with that. He needs to stop his attacks and slander against me and come face to face with me, the sooner the better, and talk to me directly rather than violating WP:POINT, WP:LAWYER and WP:HARASS (what else to call it?) and wasting the time of so many editors, admins and committees. If he does not, then I shall consider filing some motions against him on the basis of all his failed attacks against me as outlined above. Thank you. IZAK (talk) 07:51, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Just as a response to the initial enquiry, you guys have attempted very little in the way of prior dispute resolution: structured discussion, third opinions, or informal mediation. All of these are very much necessary to attempt and fully exhaust in a dispute; only if they are fruitless, or unresolved issues still remain, will the Mediation Committee consider taking a dispute. Formal mediation is very much at the latest stages of the dispute resolution process, and the fact that the intermediate steps of that process have been jumped (defeating the spirit of the DR system: make maximum use of all available mediums of resolution) means that the case was never going to be accepted at its current stage. I'm not sure why Ryan suggested it would be speedily accepted; perhaps we wasn't fully familiar with the dispute, but unfortunately only he can answer that query. At the dispute's present life span, however, acceptance from the Committee is not forthcoming. Anthøny 12:39, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Well color me confused. I have tried informal mediation with IZAK, which failed. Ryan said for me to file it with the Mediation Committee and it would be speedily accepted, yet it was rejected. So, what now? Bstone (talk) 18:34, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Where did this informal mediation take place? Did you file a case with the MedCab? Anthøny 19:00, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Anthony, the informal mediation attempt happened here. I have not filed with MedCab as Ryan told me to file with Mediation Committee and it would be speedily accepted. Bstone (talk) 22:23, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

(reduce indent) The link you just provided me with is certainly not an attempt at mediation. I'd strongly suggest you now head over to the Mediation Cabal and file a case. Anthøny 22:39, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Anthony, I will head over to MedCab and file the case. I will just say that I am getting a little frazzled by constantly being told "go here, it'll be accepted right away" and having that not be the case afterall. I am really curious how Ryan might respond to this case being rejected when he clearly stated it would be speedily accepted. Bstone (talk) 23:16, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Melody Amber chess tournament

About the page protection at Melody Amber chess tournament. I think there has been a misunderstanding here. A list of the books is a valid part of the article and the talk page dispute (which is rather contrived anyway) has been imported from the Dutch Misplaced Pages. Carcharoth (talk) 14:06, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

There's no misunderstanding, I believe: this seems a case of two parties, disputing over how suitable certain aspects of an article are, and who have taken to manifesting that dispute through revert-warring. Am I wrong in stating that? Anthøny 14:11, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

No, but this is the first time I've seen a page protection applied over such a simple issue. I've stated my opinion on the talk page, but the consensus there is being muddied by other issues imported from the Dutch Misplaced Pages, so you might want to look at that (telling the Dutch Wikipedians that this is not the Dutch Misplaced Pages). See Talk:Melody Amber chess tournament#Books. Carcharoth (talk) 14:16, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

NtWW invite

Thanks very much for the invite, but my Skype isn't working properly at present. Maybe at a later date? Anyway, I just dropped Tim Vickers and Acalamari a note, as I'm considering a second run at the tools (my first was mid November, so I think it's been long enough). Check out Tim's talk page for an update, and remember I'd gladly accept a co-nom. Thanks, VanTucky 19:44, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

No problem about the Skype; it's an open invitation to any trustworthy, established Wikipedians, so you're welcome at any time ;) I'll whip up my co-nom statement presently, and post it whenever the RfA goes live. And so it begins! Anthøny 19:46, 15 April 2008 (UTC)