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For turning lemons into lemonade

		The Editor's Barnstar
		Nice job on Alpha Mom Jddphd 22:38, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

I did it because you spent a lot of time on a little piece of crap article that looked to be little more than an ad and made it actually something that was encyclopedic. In this case it wasn't the quantity or even the quality of the work (not that it wasn't good), but just the simple idea that you were bothered enough to turn something bad into something good. Rock on. Jddphd 01:49, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

The royal "We"

Don't you know, "we" is the term that is only used by royalty? This must certainly, therefore, be a person of royal heritage, and thus we should not "deign" to remove the comments, yes?

I crack myself up... ^Ariel♥Gold 03:15, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Indeed. We are well aware of the Royal We. Henceforths, ye shall call me by mine rightful name...Lord Dreadstar, master of my domain...I was also thinking of them being the 'toddler' wee...wee wee wee, all the way home...;) You crack me up too...:-D Dreadstar † 04:08, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

We curtsy to your Royal Highness, M'Lord, and we just must say your ascot is most fetching! We are exceedingly pleased. I therefore, hereby award you the title of "Lord Dreadstar, Master of my domain, Earl of Fashion. And should you need any assistance, at any time, we would be most honored if we could assist you. ^Lady♥Ariel 04:13, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Lady Ariel is most pleased with your approval! ^Ariel♥Gold 04:20, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Thou art most gracious, M'Lady Ariel. I most happily accept the title thou hast bestowed upon my humble self. Thine heart is truly placed in the most appropriate position, at the very core of thine name, for all to behold! Mine ascot is most pleased to have been the focus of your divine attention, and mine sword is most jealous...!

I am yours to command, shouldest thou have need of mine prowess with the edit summary of justice...! - Lord Dreadstar, Master of My Doman and Earl of Fashion 04:59, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry, lol, I just have to get out of the whole "in voice" thing for a second to just tell you that I rarely truly laugh in RL when reading anything online, or watching TV or what have you, but honestly, your last reply made me literally and figuratively, laugh out loud.

I simply could not be more amused! And seriously, I meant it, although I doubt there's anything you'd ever need silly little insignificant me for, I'm more than happy to assist in any way you need, and I'll certainly take you up on your offer of assistance should I ever run into a wall that is only permeable by the Mighty and Powerful Lord Dreadstar, Master of my Domain, Earl of Fashion, Keeper of the Keys of Justice. Your most humble servant, ^Lady♥Ariel 05:08, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Why thank you, Ariel♥Gold! That is one of the finest compliments I've received..it made me laugh out loud with delight! It's actually kinda rare that I can use my sense of humor on Wikipedia, in RL I'm known for my prowess with the dagger of delight and the lance of laughter...;) Methinks I have the comedian bug.

I must admit that most of mine "thee's and thou's" are from The Mighty Thor- god of thunder, and Sir Mandorallan- the mightiest knight on life! And thou certainly are not silly nor insignificant, my sweet golden one..thou art a pleasure to hammer-down the vandals with!

Mighty and Powerful Lord Dreadstar, Master of my Domain, Earl of Fashion, Keeper of the Keys of Justice. 06:17, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

.......(pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!).....

Thou doth maketh Ariel Laugheth! ^{Lady Ariel♥Humble servant} 06:25, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

....I'm not saying I'd like to build a summer home here, but the trees are actually quite lovely.

Heads up!

Sir Dreadstar, I thought you might be interested in participating here since you helped in the article. Phgao 16:34, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Jean-Paul Ney

Hi Dreadstar. Sorry to bother you with this but I have been doing some simple editing on Jean-Paul Ney , I think things are getting to a point where I don't have the experience to deal with what is going on-highly inappropriate language, threats, and somewhat threatening addresses to Wikipedia itself, complicated by editors who don't sign so difficult to pin anything on anyone.Maybe this is the way its supposed to work but this seems to have gone too far.Do you have time to take a look? If not no worries. [1] - under heading"Please rewrite"(olive 19:03, 10 October 2007 (UTC))

Thanks very much Dreadstar for your faster than light response... OK not quite faster than light but pretty fast. Hopefully this will have some impact on these two guys. The language barrier is definitely an issue. I could translate it but it would take hours I am so out of practice,so thats not an option for me. I think there is a page that lists French speaking editors. I might just take a walk over that way.(olive 20:45, 10 October 2007 (UTC))

Just left a note at Wiki-project France... see what happens.(olive 21:38, 10 October 2007 (UTC))

Hi Dreastar, and olive, : about Ney and Wiki France ... Same problem on the French wiki with Mister Ney than here .. in 2005 the article qualified as " Article about a journalist who had taken a lot of merits without being able to prove half, and that caused some conflict [...] do not wish the appearance of information about his legals and psychiatric problems " was delete and blocked after a vote... and not after a lawsuit as mister Ney said. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Pages_%C3%A0_supprimer/Jean-Paul_Ney

That's why he try to recreat his legend here... Castelmore 07:55, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Castelmore for your information.Yes, I checked and there is no Jean-Paul Ney on Wikipedia France. I wondered from the beginning why an editor who speaks French fluently and English rather less than fluently would want to use English Wikipedia, rather than French Wikipedia. I think I looked for JPN in French Wikipedia when I first started looking at this article.So this seems a possible answer. I have concerns about the language used, the multiple threats and the fact that the apparent author of these neither apologizes nor communicates with other editors in any way when there are these concerns, nor signs his posts in any consistent way despite requests that he do so. The material is almost impossible to check for me at at least because of time constraints . I would need to actually translate myself, and although I find I remember more than I thought I did, still, it would take many hours .The translations on line are very rough, and don't provide the subtle nuances of language needed when looking for information like this. This article doth reek(is "there something rotten in the state of..." ) for me in some way and has from the beginning.I'm sorry to not have the experience to know what is next, and to leave this to you Dreadstar. I'm not sure there is a positive solution unless a good translator comes on and verifies every source entered.(olive 15:07, 13 October 2007 (UTC))

Sir Dreadstar...Seems a WP:COI situation if JPN is himself editing and the edits are possibly not truthful. Would it be appropriate to post this on COI notice board and perhaps bring in other neutral editors.(olive 16:33, 13 October 2007 (UTC))

Jean-Paul Ney B

Hello Dreadstar, thank you for praising my page! I hope this doesn't disappoint you too much, but while I'm willing to look at different online sources for the Ney article on an occasional, casual basis, I'm frankly not very interested in closely watching the article for BLP violations. Sorry. --Kyoko 16:04, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Hello Dreadstar, as i wrote on Ney discussion page I think the sources I added : Le Monde, one of the most important newspaper in France, and Zataz.com, one of the most important website about internet news in France, are quiete accurate and reliable... surely more reliable than the self promotion from JP Ney websites. and btw as i wrote to Getonyourfeet, kitetoa.com is also a pretty good source of information on the french web, owned by a french journalist ( not me ). Winning trials and a "Voltaire prize" on the Big Brother Awards for his work to defend the free of speach on internet in France [22]. Kiteoa is also now one of the organizer of BBA in France [23]Castelmore 13:25, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks very much for your work on the JPN article. just goes to show the sword is mightier than a whole lot of ... oh I dunno ....ahum.... really bad editing.(olive 21:07, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

...and pray you, good sir, that neither sword nor the pen be called upon....well... anytime soon

PS was not criticizing editing in general over at JPN just the swearing, threats and uncivil moments.Far be it for me to criticize anyone else's editing(olive 23:11, 12 October 2007 (UTC))

Hello Dreastar, I have no particular interest of relationship with Jean paul Ney, excepted i live in France and know well the character and his legendary mythomania on internet. For exemple : yesterday i learned that there is no foreword of the French president on the SPHP book (there is only a copy of a speech he made ..little difference) On the editor website nothing about this virtual foreword). Second exemple; he (JPN) was in the FBI with Regis le Sommier a report from Paris Match magazine (but the report in Paris Match is only credited to Regis Le Sommier..little difference with "being invited at the FBI"). No sources, no report made after "his invitation to the NSA" .. only a picture took in the cryptologic museum, do you really think it is a reliable source ? ...ad libitium

For the moment I seem to be rather focused on this page, 1.st because i know quite well the subject and this hagyographic page is full of b*****it (not really good for the wiki credibility). and 2nly i'll improve my english before working on other subject in english  ;-)

About sources, if you considere Kiketoa (one of the BBA organizer in France) as a self-published website and non reliable what your opinion about the reliability of informations coming from JPN website or close associate?

Ok i'made a mistake and forgot to link Le Monde, but his condamnation is also quoted in Le point sourced on the page. the last update i did were only translation of these reports. I'll try to make a new issue sourced (and correct some facts unsourced) but I'm not really confortable with the new organization of sources. As proposed on the Ney discussion page, i'll link them to french sources and translated sources, but I'll add nothing more than what it was wrote in theses articles.

To Olive: Hi, I never swear or threat anybody .. but mister ney wasn't very nice with my mother on the discussion page. Castelmore 07:33, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Netmonger again

See User_talk:Rlevse#Unblock_request. WikiRaja says he got another harassing email from Netmonger. Given this case's history, how do we verify it's original source and what do we do in the meantime.Rlevse 20:21, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Check msgs, different topic.Rlevse 21:11, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank You

Thank you so much! It's hard to juggle school, work and free time. And if you could get more sources that would be great! Thanks. Gdk411 20:54, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I didn't know I could. Well, I suppose I could. :) Gdk411 03:28, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Very nice thing to do

It was. :) And you are very cool for doing it. --Moonriddengirl 02:48, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

I concur, thanks for doing it! I always like to see more articles than not. Phgao 03:55, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Ahoy hoy o/

Thank you for comprehending 'Satire' Your benevolent works are most appreciated.

Your own proprietary cloud and 72 virgins awaits ye. ;) As a token of my gratefulness, i will be mailing you a strand of my DNA in gratitude. Zerocannon 07:42, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

IRC cloak request

I am Chaoswheel on freenode and I would like the cloak @wikipedia/dreadstar. Thanks. Dreadstar † 18:07, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Help

Could you help us settle this dispute?

Wikipedia is a user edited encyclopedia that has standards as to what it accepts. Please read WP:N and Wikipedia:Five_pillars for more information. College residence halls or apartments are usually not notable unless they have some type of historical significance. You are welcome to make your case on the AfD discussion page. Rackabello 21:23, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

It does have historical significance. Jardine was built in order to accomidate the new comers after World War II and was named after former Kansas State University President, William Marion Jardine. William Marion Jardine was also a U.S. administrator and educator. He served as the Secretary of Agriculture from 1925 to 1929 and as the U.S. Ambassador to Egypt in 1930.

The fact that the apartment complex was named after a university president in it of itself doesn't establish notability, perhaps a mention in an article about William Marion Jardine but not its own article. Rackabello 21:31, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

What about it accomidating new comers after World War II? I'm sure this has historical significance unless if you think WWII is unhistorical too. Above all, this is still property of Big 12 Kansas State University were many notables have stepped foot here. Ksuwildcats10 21:49, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

just dropping by, but at every university they did a lot of building to accommodate the influx after WWII--that doesn;t quite make it for notability.DGG (talk) 06:19, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

My Lord

My dear Lord Dreadstar, I have received your request, and have replied in the standard verbose fashion, giving you a variety of options, and opinions. I hope that these are of some assistance to you as you wade through the battlefield. I shall retire to sleep soon, but I will look forward to hearing your thoughts on the matter upon my awakening in the morning. ~*Hugs*~ Ariel♥Gold 22:51, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your assistance

I appreciate your efforts. — BQZip01 — ^talk 04:54, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

If you would like, your feedback on the talk page of Fightin' Texas Aggie Band would be appreciated. — BQZip01 — ^talk 05:15, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

(from my talk page) I'm glad to help. All I ask is that the revert warring stop, and productive discussions take place on the talk page - which it looks to be happening now. I've asked the anon user the reasoning behind the placement of the primary sources tag. If it goes back, please don't revert, just notify me so I can look into it. Dreadstar † 05:54, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Will do! — BQZip01 — ^talk 05:59, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi, Dreadstar; I think that really the only way to get to the bottom of that issue is to get hold of a copy of the book. I wish I could help, but I don't have time to track down that book. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 21:23, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Regarding your question, the admin was user:Johntex. — BQZip01 — ^talk 23:43, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Nice! Glad you ordered the book. I hope you find it as informative/interesting as I did. Mostly out of curiosity, where did you order it from? The library? or did you purchase it? If you're interested, here's a video of the band (the complicated part starts at about the 5:00 mark; this was me brother's senior year and he was one of the ones with a bugle in the front of the band.) — BQZip01 — ^talk 03:29, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Re:Dispute

I've replied on User talk:Zerocannon. I pray this can be resolved. Much appreciated. Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 06:53, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Well, that seems to have been taken care of. Again, thanks for your efforts. Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 07:49, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Cheers

Thanks for the superbly worded barnstar! Phgao 12:23, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

irc status

I managed to get to the forums and they gave me access t the admin part and helped with the msg to seanw. now i just need the cloak. Rlevse 14:01, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

AIV report

Actually, it probably isn't vandalism per se. It's just that that list is for players who are considered the best in the world in their position, and Craig Gordon isn't one of those. - PeeJay 18:29, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

P.S. It wasn't that too many Scottish players were being added, it was that most/all of those who were added aren't considered "world-class" enough to be included in their respective lists. - PeeJay 18:31, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, that's basically it. I know it's terribly subjective, but I'm trying to maintain this list as best I can, and if you've seen how many reverts I've done over the past few months, you'll see how much maintenance it needs. - PeeJay 18:33, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Good question, and to be honest it just comes from a general impression that I and others have gotten from other football fans. I think I see what you're getting at though, and I agree that the lists should probably be deleted. - PeeJay 18:38, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

I will do, and I shall also remind them that resistance is futile. ;-) - PeeJay 18:47, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

The decision has already been taken, and the lists of current players have been replaced by links to the Football (soccer) players by position categories. - PeeJay 19:12, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Cheers, dude. And thanks for not getting on my back for what was perhaps not proper usage of WP:AIV. - PeeJay 19:15, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Ho Ho Ho

Need your help again! :D This user has been creating [2] a lot of spin off articles, where imo they are not needed as they are already here [3]. Now I'm not sure how to nominate a whole bunch of articles as one "thing" for AfD, nor do I want to look bitey and send all these red AfD notices to his talk. So I propose we work it out and skip AfD. But you'll have to see if my opinion is justified... 0_o Phgao 06:20, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Left note [4]. Phgao 06:30, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Yep, I'll do that then! Phgao 06:43, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Ok left another note; and thanks for fixing + doing them, I was starting to get frustrated caus' it wasn't working; then realised I was copying the html version where the browser had changed '(' into weird characters... Phgao 06:51, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		In the vein of your words on bestowing upon me the original star, I see you have yet to receive one of these! Thence this barnstar is given for Dreadstar's hard work in helping others, reverting vandalism and welding the block stick tactfully. Oh and for his sense of humour too! Phgao 07:05, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

And to think of the wonderful coincidence that I actually live in Melbourne!! But have never heard of the band.. but I just searched the 'pedia for something related to your name and bang, there it was. Phgao 07:19, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Indeed...my friend...have a shrimp to alleviate your fears. The discussion always falls into imbibing... Phgao 10:22, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Smiles

Coolgirly88 has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling at someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{subst:Smile}} to their talk page with a friendly message.

Thanks for the help on hidden pages!This is to thank you.11:03, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

IRC!

		The IRC Buddy Barnstar
		Welcome to IRC! Good luck getting the hang of things, and try not to get hooked. ;) GlassCobra (Review) 17:52, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

I had a good time chatting with you. :) GlassCobra (Review) 17:53, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Help?

While I want to consider ThreeE in a positive or at least neutral light, but edits like this make it increasingly difficult (and reverting the changes, despite CLEAR guidance otherwise, seems to not work well with this editor). How do you recommend I approach this? — BQZip01 — ^talk 21:08, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm...I guess that would work too. Thanks. — BQZip01 — ^talk 21:17, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Same basic situation x2. Now what? BTW, no wikipedian ever called him a gadfly. He did that to himself. At this point, I see no other option than to go to an RfA. Your thoughts? — BQZip01 — ^talk 21:53, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

You have selective memory. Here's the diff that you "appreciated." ThreeE 22:51, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Very well, I stand corrected, but no one else put that on your page: only you. — BQZip01 — ^talk 23:22, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

I specifically clarified this particular comment, but ThreeE continues to take it out of context with no clarification. As to your comments, I guess I can talk to you about this, but the Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets has a similar issue, but with no resolution possibly forthcoming (he has transplanted his comments from Fightin' Texas Aggie Band to the talk page of the Corps of Cadets article). He is rehashing the same arguments that were dismissed elsewhere. Perhaps you could look at it and comment? — BQZip01 — ^talk 22:28, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

The arguments were not "dismissed" -- they have resulted in substantial changes to the article by consensus -- and we are not done yet. Many of the a&m articles have similar problems due to your edits which, frankly, are WP:COI-laden. ThreeE 22:54, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Dreadstar, per our discussion, I'm not going to respond directly to ThreeE's accusations. I humbly request that you respond to the above as you see fit. Apparently, I, or anyone else associated with Texas A&M, cannot comment or provide information in Wikipedia because we have a conflict of interest, but I'm pretty sure that is not what WP:COI means. I am certainly willing to compromise, but no compromise seems forthcoming, only insisting on deletions of perfectly good information or tags intended to cast doubt as to the factual nature of an article/section/author. As you can see above ("...and we are not done yet. Many of the a&m articles have similar problems due to your edits..."), ThreeE does not intend to let up on this any time soon. I see little option but to proceed to a Request for Arbitration (not for punishment, but for a binding resolution). If you see any additional options, I'd be happy to do so. — BQZip01 — ^talk 23:21, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

WP:COI does not bar an editor from participating in articles, they just need to be careful when editing those articles and discuss proposed edits on the talk page while avoiding controversial edits. If ThreeE believes you truly have a COI, then he can report it to the COI notice board.

If ThreeE harasses you, let me or another administrator know and we'll look into it (same advice to you ThreeE). I'm glad to see you taking the high road here, BQZ - a path well befitting an officer...:) Hopefully you both will be able to either work together to make the articles better, or leave each other alone. Since you both seem interested in the same subject - it may be difficult, but I strongly suggest assuming good faith and maintaining civility. Dreadstar † 23:33, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks DS! — BQZip01 — ^talk 23:42, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

How about reporting myself to the COI notice board in order to clear the air and clarify the rules to ThreeE? — BQZip01 — ^talk 23:44, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Right away he goes and reverts my edit. ThreeE 00:30, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Could you please take a look at this then, per your request. — BQZip01 — ^talk 01:41, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Selective enforcement

So how come those who revert to a bad version can revert all they want, but someone who reverts back to an improved version and suddenly everyone cries "3RR! 3RR!" That doesn't make any sense. Cromulent Kwyjibo 22:21, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

To answer your question: "bad" and "improved" are subjective terms. Both opinions should be given equal weight. 3RR avoids these kinds of edit wars — BQZip01 — ^talk 22:28, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Theoretically, yes, if everyone gets the memo, and not just the people you disagree with. Cromulent Kwyjibo 22:34, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Everyone was asked on the article's talk page to stop edit warring, I left a note on your talk page because your reply to that request made it appear that you felt you had consensus and therefore the right to continue reverting to your version. I wanted to make it clear that you should not continue the edit war under the curcumstances at the time. Dreadstar † 22:47, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks BQZ, good points. Also, in this particular case, both sides have been asked to stop revert warring. There has been no enforcement of WP:3RR that I'm aware of. But if the reverting continues, action will have to be taken to stop it - whether it's protecting the page or blocking those that have violated 3RR. This applies to all sides in the conflict. Everyone needs to discuss it on the talk page, and confine the comments to the editorial content of the article instead of commenting on the other editors. Dreadstar † 22:35, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

My Dearest Lord

I have honored your request, and inside your email awaits a rather long, and perhaps disjointed reply, and I shall humbly apologize in advance for going off on a tangent completely unrelated to anything, but you do know how I love to talk, and as it is not appropriate to fill your talk page with non-Wikipedia related items such as this, I've done so in the venue of email. I'll be anxiously awaiting your reply, as you will see once you read it. I hope you can at least drop me a quick reply tonight. ~*Hugs*~ Ariel♥Gold 23:42, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Oh I am so relieved. I will look forward to a reply should you choose to do so, but I admit I was a bit worried. I'll be interested in hearing more from you if you wish to discuss the issue further. Ariel♥Gold 00:05, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Replied again! Ariel♥Gold 00:24, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

~*Bonk*~ Ariel♥Gold 01:54, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

As requested...

You deal with it. FYI, the Aggie Band doesn't goose step:

1. Goose step
2. Aggie Band

— BQZip01 — ^talk 04:05, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

You are right, the ref did not say goose-stepping explicitly. I have corrected it. You could have simply said so on the talk page though, rather than run, again, to an admin. ThreeE 04:06, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm dealing with you as he suggested. Furthermore, the article we intended as a humorous take on the University and its traditions. Personally, I believe this specific user is trying to "balance" an article by adding as much bad stuff to it as he can, whether it is appropriate or not.

This is a copy of the entire article and appears to be intentionally steeped in excessive hyperbole and is not meant to be taken as a verbatim account of events (I'm pretty sure the virgin sacrifice happened later in the school year, but not at the Yell practice for this game[/excessive hyperbole]).

On a more humorous note, I took a friend to the Oklahoma State game and he couldn't get the War Hymn out of his head for about 5 days... — BQZip01 — ^talk 04:27, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough. I thought that's what you wanted me to do. My mistake. — BQZip01 — ^talk 04:42, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Alrighty, I get the picture. I see the "goose-stepping" wording was reverted. Is there still a problem? If there is, just invite me to the talk page of the disputed article. Dreadstar † 04:37, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Honestly, I believe there is still a dispute, but I will not do anything about it tonight (or likely even tomorrow). I will let other editors take a peek at it and will deal with it later. In short, this was a humorous opinion piece I don't believe should be taken seriously. — BQZip01 — ^talk 04:42, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

I went ahead and put in my two cents (but without reversion since there is no way I can possibly spend enough time defending it with the effort would required with this editor).

"I'd really like to see you two (and the others) try to work it out amongst yourselves." I would SO like to see that happen too. As a matter of fact, this is the only major problem I've ever faced on Wikipedia where a resolution outside of the talk page seems necessary

"You may also want to consider engaging a formal mediator." I already requested it and ThreeE rejected it out of hand. With two RfCs FA review by 20+, and a third party review from the Village pump, I think and RfA is the only thing that will settle this problem. I would be ecstatic if it weren't necessary, but I fear it may be. Any thoughts on what else to do would be appreciated. — BQZip01 — ^talk 05:20, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

"And if things start getting heated, let me know and I'll watchlist the page." I'd really appreciate you watching both the Corps page and the Aggie Band page. You probably have a lot of articles you watch (my watchlist is around 330), but just to keep a head's up on it, it would be appreciated. — BQZip01 — ^talk 05:20, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks and I concur 100% with your assessment. — BQZip01 — ^talk 05:24, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

You Still Up Too?

I wish I could go to bed, but I have a French midterm to study for. Of course, I'm on Wikipedia instead. :P GlassCobra 06:53, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Wow, a business trip? That's pretty sweet. Thanks for the compliment on my name, it's a reference to a band that my uncle had when he was younger, The Glass Cobras. Too bad they're not very notable, or I'd write an article about them, haha. :P GlassCobra 07:01, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Bump

Due to my somewhat increased participation in AfD, I've come across what almost seems trollish behaviour by a user, and would like your opinion. The user in question, Bobsbasement is the author of such classics as (I'll begin with more tame ones) [5], [6], [7], undoing edits which are correct [8], lost my virginity quote unquote [9], changing what another user writes with the addition of his own opinion [10], does not seem to realise AfD is not a vote but discussion [11], [12]. He was warned on his talk to stop adding links but ignored the warnings. I'm not sure what's up with him, he does not seem to be deliberating doing what he is, but is extreamely annoying. I came across him as he commented on a AfD I sent; [13], and again does not explain notable band because he dealt with a guitar shop? [14].

Other things include removing PRODs [15] which is OK, but fails to give reasons, repeated addition of outside links [16], [17], [18], [19]

I'm not sure what should be done, so I turn to you.... Phgao 07:34, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes I agree entirely, ah and I see you cleared AIV ;). G'nite! Phgao 07:49, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Ah... a holiday.. or more likely for work? Phgao 07:59, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Sweet, I wouldn't mind working there... or England for that matter, handy exchange rate there, although the AUD breached 90 US cents recently and is looking at getting towards 95 or even break even as the candaian dollar did. (Question; what field is it, if you don't what to say, email? or just ignore my probing ;)) Phgao 08:04, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Still not gone yet! Tisk tisk tisk... Phgao 08:28, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Dear Sir

Since you were involved previously, I was wondering if you could take a look at my talk>discussion page. Martial75 now claims to have sent a letter to my ISP, based on his unfounded beliefs. I'm not quite sure what he has sent to them, since he hasn't told me. His immediate motivation for doing this has been because I have undone his warnings and postings on my personal page about sockpuppetry. I also admit that I have reverted some of the admin warnings, simply because I grew tired of seeing so many warnings every time I went to my page. However, most recently I have left a handful of warnings on my page, even though I was aware that the warnings would be saved in history. At any rate, I believe Martial75 is carrying himself as if he's a Wikipedia administrator when he's not, and I find his repeatedly visiting my personal talk page to undo my edits of it offensive and as harassment. I also believe that sending a letter to my ISP is brash and unwarranted.

Thank you for your time and consideration. Rockdiedout 10:01, 15 October 2007 (UTC)