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The Promenade at Coconut Creek

Someone found sources. You might want to revisit the The Promenade at Coconut Creek AFD. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 19:54, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the heads up. Doesn't change my vote, but certainly changes my rationale. ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡbomb 00:38, 24 October 2011 (UTC)

Middlesex (novel) copyedit requested

Per this, would you help copyedit Middlesex (novel)? Thanks, Cunard (talk) 20:38, 13 November 2011 (UTC)

Hey there. I'd love to. That said, and owing to several RL factors, my time available to Wikipedia tends to be of the brief-spurts-of-activity-followed-by-lengthy-silences variety these days. I think the best way to move forward with my help would be to direct me at a particular section or set of sections that most need work. Are there any particular areas that need the most attention? I can take a quick pass through the article now (slow day at the office!) and see if there's anything glaring, but for FAC purposes you're looking for something approaching perfection. Let me know what you think. I was about to go on a 20 minute bureaucratic yammering binge when I remembered that I hadn't replied to this more lofty request yet! ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡbomb 16:46, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

No worries. I'm not sure which parts of the article are the weakest, but perhaps you can take a look at the "Style" section, which was rewritten recently? Cunard (talk) 17:39, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

In...case it isn't obvious already, I've not done anything at all to live up to my above commitments. Indeed, my Wikipedia editing currently appears to be limited to responding to posts on my talk page.

Perhaps -- you never know -- if you posted the offending sections of Middlesex (novel) to my talk page, I'd actually make good on my commitments. (That's probably a joke). If/when I come out of this Wiki-malaise, you will be the first to know. Good luck! ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡbomb 04:14, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

It's all right. I welcome any feedback or copyediting of the article once you have the time for Wikipedia again. Cunard (talk) 04:26, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Resignation from Wikipedia

When Wikipedia first started, it was a very nice project. You could contribute to existing articles or start new ones, and it was fun to watch other users improve on what you had written -- expanding it, making it clearer, adding more information, etc. It really worked well for a number of years.

But those days are over. I've found lately that if you try to contribute anything at all, somebody immediately deletes your contribution, citing some obscure violation of the minutiae of thousands of Wikipedia rules and policies. I've sometimes spent hours and hours arguing with someone over making even the tiniest change to an article; then after having soundly won the argument, had my contribution deleted anyway. Start a new article on some topic, and it gets almost immediately deleted. Try correcting or adding to an existing article, and your edits are immediately reverted. Try to look up an article you wrote a few years ago, and it's gone. There's just no point in spending time on the Wikipedia project anymore, when anything you do is immediately deleted. After many years of contributing to Wikipedia, I've finally had enough of fighting with these self-appointed deletionist Wikipedia topic police. I won't be contributing to it anymore, and will be joining the increasing number of people who are abandoning the Wikipedia project. SimpsonDG (talk) 14:30, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Huh. Neat how you posted this message exclusively on the talk pages of people who voted Delete at the AFD for World Season Calendar, where you voted Keep. I was wondering why you posted it to me, and a quick jaunt through your contributions list leads me to the obvious conclusion. You're making a statement and directing it at we "self-appointed deletionist Wikipedia topic police!" That's really great, and I wish you all the best with future similar endeavors. Best regards from the Dept. of Topic Policing, ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡbomb 04:12, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks

Nice to know the whole world doesn't hate me. Thanks for a friendly voice! Basalisk ^{inspect damage}⁄_berate 19:21, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

Please note: I said nothing about the whole world not hating you. (Joke) :D ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡbomb 19:56, 13 December 2011 (UTC)

THanks

Sorry you missed the party, and thank you for the good wishes. :) Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 19:21, 13 December 2011 (UTC)