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Thanks, and a request

Thank you for your help resolving the dispute between Aprock and me on the Ashkenazi intelligence article. It appears to be resolved at this point, but I do have one additional question. The topic of ethnicity and intelligence is a tricky one, and I've noticed that it's a challenging endeavor to find people who place improving the articles in line with policy above promoting their own viewpoints. I'm grateful that the person who responded to my 3O request was someone with a good handle on neutrality and adherence to policy. I'd like to ask: next time I'm in need of someone to mediate a dispute of this nature in this topic area, would you mind if I request your input directly instead of going through the 3O process again?Boothello (talk) 21:18, 24 September 2011 (UTC)

ANI

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. CityOfSilver 21:19, 8 October 2011 (UTC)

You should provide a link to the discussion thread, which is Misplaced Pages:Ani#Propose community ban, and the editor is User:Noloop. TFD (talk) 00:09, 9 October 2011 (UTC)

Death panel

Thanks for the compliment about the research. I think I've definitely researched the topic well! I guess I'm just waiting for a specific example and argument as to why a part of the article is POV. Until then, it seems there's just this general felling of "Hey! You're not giving equal validity." O well. Thanks. Jesanj (talk) 01:21, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

It's not really just about weight. Like I say, I agree with the POV but, for example, "false" or "falsely" occurs every other sentence in the first two paragraphs of the "prelude" subsection. I think the article has gone too far in hammering home the point that "death panel" is, all said and done, a bit of stupid sloganeering. That can be conveyed without taking such a severe tone, I think. --FormerIP (talk) 01:30, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Maybe it would be good for discussion purposes to bring that up at NPOVN. Each time I've used the word false I think there's a good source that used it or an equivalent. I did ask for a copy-edit to the article recently. Maybe that would help. Jesanj (talk) 01:44, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Third Opinion Award

		The Third Opinion Award
		For your opinion today at Talk:Alan Grayson. Very good. — TransporterMan (TALK) 17:22, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Yay! Thanks. --FormerIP (talk) 17:26, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Rollback justification

All the Way to Reno (You're Gonna Be a Star) I rolled you back because Yellow River was written by Christie. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 00:51, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

OK, my mistake. --FormerIP (talk) 00:54, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

You've broken 1RR at Fascism

Hello FormerIP. You've been reported at WP:AN3#User:FormerIP reported by User:Local Panel (Result: ). Please revert yourself at Fascism to avoid sanctions. See Talk:Fascism#The WP:1RR rule is still in effect. You must surely have seen the large editnotice about 1RR which pops up when you hit the 'Edit' button. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 03:11, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

You don't get the notice when you are using Twinkle. But thanks for the message. --FormerIP (talk) 03:12, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Sounds like Twinkle needs a new feature. EdJohnston (talk) 03:24, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Maybe so, but it is worth keeping in mind if you are monitoring the article. If someone has "TW" in their edit summary, it may be an innocent and oblivious drive-by. --FormerIP (talk) 03:42, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

But it's the main point and should be cited. WP:COMMONSENSE. Lugnuts (talk) 14:07, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

ER

Most of the anon's complaints are a bit beyond 3O on Elizabeth Rauscher, having been discussed extensively by multiple editors: Talk:Elizabeth Rauscher/Archive 1 and Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Elizabeth Rauscher (2nd nomination), (e.g. anon's #2 is addressed by consensus here. Then there's the infobox, which anon has gone from one extreme to the other, from adding everything but the kitchen sink to removing all but one element. Anyway, your input is very welcome in addition to what everyone else has been discussing over the past several months. Thanks! Dreadstar ☥ 00:25, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

OK, well I'll try to take all that into account. I haven't looked into it enough yet to no what response I will give, but don't forget that it is non-binding. --FormerIP (talk) 00:37, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

King Jamie

Hi, yes I have just moved the page, because I was asked to (see here User:Brendandh#Would you change title?). If my bad, then apologies. Yet there is consensus for the move, and the discussion has gone on long over time. Brendandh (talk) 14:21, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

I will though only through gritted teeth. Although, there is consensus for the move, and as I have written above this discussion has gone on longer than normal. This name, numbering and country is a perennial issue with the above monarch, and as a result no consensus has been reached regarding the name, however much a small band of editors suggest that that is the case. The move here is impartial and does no particular 'interested' parties down on their ownership of the memory of the man. Brendandh (talk) 14:54, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

I asked Brendandh to move the page since I am not sure how to do it. It was a clear consensus that lasted twice as long as the suggested time and was a fair compromise as the page will clearly show. My apologizes to Brendandh for any discomfort I have caused her and apologizes to you for any confusion I have caused to you. Mugginsx (talk) 18:10, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

OK, not to worry. --FormerIP (talk) 01:51, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

RfC on Astrology

Because you have participated in a related RfC on this article, or have recently contributed to it, you are hereby informed that your input would be highly appreciated on the new RfC here: ]. Thank you! Dominus Vobisdu (talk) 16:48, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

OK, thanks. --FormerIP (talk) 17:25, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages: WikiProject Biography

Howdy FormerIP. Thanks for commenting on my proposals & not attacking me. GoodDay (talk) 02:46, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

Albumcaps

I am requesting your further input here (or wherever the discussion may end up).—Ryulong (竜龙) 00:24, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

Roald Dahl task force!

Hello, FormerIP, We are wondering if you would like to join the Roald Dahl task force as you have contributed a lot to the articles in our scope. We hope you can join!

Your comment on the Wikiproject Ireland page

I would strongly encourage you to do what you said regarding the rfc, you would get a lot of support from a lot of editors, myself included, especially if it will resolve most/all of the petty disputes that the usual suspects initiate or provoke in which articles would get disrupted in the process. Sheodred (talk) 22:13, 23 November 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	I just noticed you do much of the work on various election articles. You totally deserve this. Cheers Tachfin (talk) 19:34, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Hurrah! Thank you. --FormerIP (talk) 20:06, 29 November 2011 (UTC)

Muhammad

If you'd care to check the discussion page, you'd see that this actually does have talk page support, and that a lot of work went into crafting this compromise proposal. For further enquiries, please check with User:Resolute, whose proposal this is. Cheers, --JN466 20:31, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Somatotype and constitutional psychology

Enforcement action taken vs Editor75439 (talk · contribs) banning further editing of said article... I had kind of suspected this would be the eventual result (the admin who did the topic banning commented "It's rarely this straightforward"), but was trying to assume good faith. Thanks for your efforts! Allens (talk) 19:28, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Barnstar of Diplomacy
	Thanks (re Somatotype and constitutional psychology) for doing your best - I don't think anyone could have done any better! Allens (talk) 19:31, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Thank you. I appreciate it. --FormerIP (talk) 20:32, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Yep, you work harder than many kittens. Alatari (talk) 02:46, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much. What did I get it for? --FormerIP (talk) 02:47, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

Depictions of Muhammad and other original contributions that you tirelessly add. I find it to be a rare person who becomes an major contributor to the body of articles across many subjects and who writes in a concise NPOV voice. There are plenty of deletionists, one-sentence snipers, copy editors and talk page spectators but not enough main stay contributors. So I would like to reward these traits. Alatari (talk) 03:00, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

WP:ANI

Please see ANI thread. Cheers, --JN466 03:52, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Muhammad images Arbitration request

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Thanks, -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 10:07, 11 December 2011 (UTC)