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Talk with user John J. Bulten may refer to:

• Friendly discussion civilly and amicably initiated by other editors, including friends list, barnstars, and other Misplaced Pages improvements.
  • Discussion about living persons and talk pages.
  • Discussion about sockpuppet reporting nuances.
  • Discussion about handling nonnotable candidates for U.S. Congress.
• Invitations such as discussion on various projects, merges, deletions, proposals, templates, and other requests for comment.
• Challenging discussions such as blocks, allegations, conflicts of interest, and ordinary vandalism.
  • Dispute resolution about moneybombs.

Aggressive cross-posting

Your contributions history shows that you have been aggressively cross-posting. Although the Arbitration Committee has ruled that "The occasional light use of cross-posting to talk pages is part of Misplaced Pages's common practice.", such cross-posting should adhere to specific guidelines. In the past, aggressively worded cross-posting has contributed towards an Arbitration Committee ruling of disruptive behavior that has resulted in blocks being issued. It is best not to game the system, and instead respect Misplaced Pages's principle of consensus-building, by ceasing to further crosspost, and instead allowing the process to reflect the opinions of editors that were already actively involved in the matter at hand. - DiligentTerrier (and friends) 20:38, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Something to remember

Next time an editor like Terrier starts using "Ron Paul fan" or "Paultard" as an epithet at you or others, remember this line from WP:NPA: Using someone's affiliations as a means of dismissing or discrediting their views — regardless of whether said affiliations are mainstream. If they do so more than once or twice after being reminded of this, bring them before WP:ANI for personal attacks. I've done it once before and had a user blocked for 24-hours, after which they corrected their behavior. Just thought you might like a similar tool as you work to improve Misplaced Pages. Buspar (talk) 21:57, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Not to put a too fine point on it, but this is what people are talking about with WP:GAME. Bringing things that toe the line on NPA to WP:ANI to get a revenge block, while in the middle of a content dispute with them, reeks of gaming the system... Burzmali (talk) 23:01, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Uh, what? I was telling JJB this so he could use this in the future against people who attack him for no good reason. I fail to see how pointing out an expressly relevant facet of WP:NPA to a person who has BEEN personally attacked is gaming the system. If I'd been telling him to tempt others into insulting them or something, that would be gaming. This is letting another editor aware that those who try to discredit another through their possible affiliations are wrong and that Wiki policy expressly forbids such actions. Please apologize for your unjustified insinuation. Buspar (talk) 02:22, 25 April 2008 (UTC)