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Anyone up for chess?

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hey, big head

get us back the Dimensional Informatics or beware of your head, WP sucks it loud without it! 140.129.151.35 11:44, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

hey big head

get us back the Dimensional Informatics or beware of your head, WP sucks it loud without it! 140.129.151.35 11:46, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

User talk:Goodman014

The above-captioned User seems to be busy vandalizing the Village Pump main page. If this user is "indefinitiely blocked", as you have done, how is he/she able still to vanadlize in the blocked name? Bielle 00:31, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

I am embarrassed to say that I have no idea what I was talking about. At the time, I thought I was looking at "My Watchlist" and on today's date. Obviously, I wasn't, but how I got to User:Goodman014, I have no idea. I think I need an overnight wikibreak. My apologies for making more work when you need all your energy for growing hair. Bielle 03:07, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

KingGrue block

I noticed an edit by vandal User:KingGrue, and reviewing the contributions, I'm convinced that it's a vandal-only account and should be indefinitely blocked, rather than 31 hours. As you're the blocking admin, would you mind if I changed the duration? Nihiltres 02:06, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough, that makes total sense. Nihiltres 03:05, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Abuse

I regard your action as an abuse, a breach of WP:AGF and even vandalism. Other users have the right to describe themselves killing me and i don't have the right to put an image on my user space? As for the motivation you put.. sorry, put since when people in charge here take actions based on some users paranoia? Anonimu 19:40, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, the image never said someone's going to kill me. As for the second thing: see how i'm (gonna be?) killed here. I want to see a real proof that image was directed at some specific users. And if there's no proof, what was so offensive about it?Anonimu 20:33, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

May I make a point here? If you read the context in which the above was written, you'll clearly see it was part of a story that bore no relation to reality, was pure fantasy, and expressed no actual desire to murder anyone. Of course, such writing has no relation to the business of Misplaced Pages and I'd be more than glad to cease writing further installments of this adventure if you ask me to, take my literary creations elsewhere and issue any apologies that may be required. But please don't let Anonimu obscure the difference between a fictional attack in an outrageous story and the many actual attacks he has made on me. Biruitorul 21:49, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

I saw the ANI message, and gave a further explanation. Yes, I got carried away, and I will cease writing the story at once, no questions asked. However, the point is that the business was entirely fictional, and does not actually contain death threats, just a quotation from Vergil inserted into a fantasy story. Biruitorul 22:00, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Just a correction: i only called one guy philofascist or something like that. Holodean(pl. -eni) is a local name for Crambe koktebelica. And even if i may have meant what some user imply: i would have had all the right to do it. That guy spoke of the "heroism of Antonescu - a man voted 6th greatest Romanian ever, and who would have come in 1st had not a massive propaganda and fraud campaign kept that honour from him" who "tried to protect Jews, and saved hundreds of thousands of them". A gay who thinks that killing of 200 jews for every dead romanian officer, and 100 jews for every romanian soldier (during the Odessa massacre) "was motivated", that liquidation of 18,000 Jews in the same massacre ordered by Antonescu "were revenge killings, but" that's not so important since "he also saved many Jews, especially in the Regat". Nevertheless "that doesn't necessarily make him a Holocaust perpetrator" because he ordered the killings just because he "wanted to set an example", and overall "He was a hero for other reasons, but like all tragic heroes he was flawed" and wasn't responsible for Holocaust because "Holocaust perpetrators don't set up theatres for Jews". And of course there was no Holocaust in Transnistria because "Not every Jew killed in WWII in Europe was a victim of the Holocaust. They were victims, but not necessarily Holocaust victims."(I can provide diffs for each and every one) I also wear some green T-shirts. And I'm a commie. So it's not very clear for me. As for that death threat, most probably nothing will happen, because admins don't usually get involved in such touchy subjects. Probably neither the fact that he sent me a laconic e-mail in Romanian were he "swore" that I "will pay for it" would help. Sorry for my tone, but i was disgruntled because of the deletionAnonimu 22:09, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

TO Biruitorul: No relation whatsoever: except for a character incidentally named Anonimu who, by chance, was also a communist. Of course, Biru, I'm always the bad guy.Anonimu 22:09, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Have some decency, please, and stop your campaign against my reputation! Sasquatch, let me refute these outrageous allegations, if I may.

First: I did not issue a death threat, I depicted a death in a story, one which I have no wish to see happen, and certainly none at all to carry out. As for my vow that he would "pay for it", which was sent in another dispute: I meant by being blocked, nothing more.

Second, Anonimu misunderstands what I meant by "no relation" - I meant that fiction writing has no place on Misplaced Pages. Still, let me clarify: the story was so outside the bounds of possibility, it could not happen, and in case that wasn't clear enough: it won't happen, because I have no intention of it happening, of harming anyone here.

Third: what he says about "holodean" is an obfuscatory diversion; I was called a Holocaust denier, and he was wrong to call me that. Similarly, I was called an Iron Guard member, which has nothing to do with green T-shirts. Perhaps I said those things, but only because I was foolish enough to debate this user, who spends his time bothering me. Still, let me address the historical points:

Yes, Antonescu showed heroism. A very tarnished one, but no man is 100% evil, certainly not one who tried to rescue Romania's international standing.

He did save hundreds of thousands of Jews. I never denied he killed Jews, but he also saved a large number.

My words on the killings in Transnistria, which I never claimed were justified, have been twisted out of all measure. Yes, the killings were motivated; no, they were not justified.

Again, his heroism has nothing to do with his killing. And I reiterate: these were victims, but not necessarily victims of The Holocaust. Maybe you don't like my opinion, but what about your opinions on the Fântâna Albă massacre?

Sasquatch: please be considerate when weighing this matter and try to understand that I am the target of a vicious campaign of slander, and that the story was a mistake, but in no way a threat. Biruitorul 22:38, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your message. As I've said, the story was a terrible mistake and I will never again write fiction here. I will also (difficult though it may be) remain civil toward Anonimu and try to steer clear of any conflict with him. Biruitorul 22:43, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Digital Mars

Hi. I noticed that you deleted Digital Mars. I was surprised recently when I discovered we didn't have an article on them, and when I went to create one, I was even more suprised to discover you deleted it as non-notable. Unless you have some strong objection, I'm going to restore it. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:43, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

RFC

As you were previously involved I thought you may wish to take part Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_comment/Mark_Kim.--Crossmr 04:07, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Cooling off

To be clear, my problem wasn't a matter of hotheadedness, but a genuine boiling point with the wa Arcayne behaves. He's got a habit of jumping in on things as if to put out fires everywhere, but he does so with little to no attention to context and to whether or not his participation is needed. The problem with Duhman was being sorted out without his interjections, and I think the fact that both of us told him to butt out shows that. However, and you can check Duhman009's page to see, Arcayne woulnd't accept that, and pursued, as Duhman pointed out, the last word. He did the same to me. Instead of taking our intial 'please leave us alone ot discuss this' messages seriously, he kept pushing at it. TO top that with the citation nagging really was ridiculous. EVERYTHING would have been resolved without his presence with a lot LESS stress. That said, I will endeavor in the future to be even less reactive to his style. (For the record, my edits all over the rest of wiki for the same time period were generally as civil as I can be, (except in vandalism reverts, where my sarcasm sometimes reigns supreme, but hey, for dick joeks, how much civ is needed?) ThuranX 04:50, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

See, commenting on this will give ThuranX the ammo required to claim that I am seeking the last word, despite the fact that this was not the case on either his or Duhman's talk page. In point of fact, much of what ThuranX has claimed here and elsewhere is at best an exaggeration of events and my supposed "habit of jumping in on things as if to put out fires everywhere, but he does so with little to no attention to context and to whether or not his participation is needed". First of all, whether my participation is requested or required is immaterial, as the last time I checked Wikpedia wasn't a member's only club. In fact, I think the subtitle for the website is that it's the 💕 that anyone can edit." Not just those people ThuranX think are worthy of editing.

Secondly, the claim that the issue was resolved was belied by the fact that while indeed both parties asked me to "butt out", they also took the opportunity while doing so to continue the content argument on my Talk page (since archived). As well, the idea that my edits were stressful to him, it would be important to note that before his blow-up, my posts were both civil and germane. The first rule of editing here is that if you aren't prepared to have your edits questioned, WP isn't the place for you. The connection to this blow-up and his other edits indicate a increasingly frustrated tone in the admin boards regarding other matters. I am willing to consider that his attacks were at the very least influenced by that particularly annoying matter.

Lastly, while I think that I could have taken a less militant tone in regards to my edits tagging uncited statements, a few other administrators have noted how individual tags tend to be resolved with citations far more frequently than a more generic 'uncited' section or page tag does. Using the individual tag specifically targets the info needing citation. However, I can perhaps take a different tact, and request better citation via the Discussion page initially, or seek out some of the cites myself.

I do appreciate that ThuranX will attemtp to be less reactive. Up until his uncivil outburst, I fairly respected the guy. I certainly hope he can earn that respect back. - Arcayne () 12:16, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry but I'm adios

Sorry but after 2 years, I'm voluntarily adios. The fact that you got involved in a conspiracy to place me under arbitration is the last straw. Therefore go to another editor if you want various articles to be edited. I don't have any time to waste with Misplaced Pages anymore. I leave Misplaced Pages with this one warning: there will be even more fragile editors like myself and soon there will be opposition to Misplaced Pages's oppresive rules that y'all will have to think things. I don't care about those articles anymore and nobody cared about my edits anyway. Sorry, but I'm voluntarily finished here. — Mark Kim (U * T/R * CTD) 12:57, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Digital Mars

I'd reverted the redirect . Digital Mars as a company has quite a long and interesting history and this history and their other tools may or may not be more important than the D language. Pavel Vozenilek 18:17, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Simpsons vandal

In regards to your comments made here, would it be possible for Misplaced Pages to contact this guys ISP or British Telecom? Because he's about hit #20 and he doesn't appear to be slowing down. And, should we tag his previous IPs with Sock tags or something, just so people will know who he is in case he uses a past IP again? -- Scorpion 17:54, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

I've been here for a while, I've just never had to deal with such a persistant IP vandal. -- Scorpion 17:57, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

If he's still here in a week, I'll see. I think I'm going to start seeing if I can get him blocked on sight, I'll just report him at AIV the second he starts and link to the page I started and see if he can get blocked before he edits too many pages (today he managed to do more than 50 edits before being blocked). Some of his edits are actually quite funny, like this one . -- Scorpion 18:04, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

WP:ANI

Hi, Sasquatch. You are mentioned in this thread on WP:ANI, in case you want to respond. Regards, Bishonen | talk 10:05, 5 July 2007 (UTC).

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Your userpage

Hi Sasquatch, I've got something for you. Please have a look. If you like the design, then of course you can use it, but please, add a <!-- Design by Andrij Kursetsky --> comment to the top of the page and delete it from my userspace. If not, then delete it, too. Cheers, Andrij Kursetsky ⊗ 09:30, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

I've fixed it a little :) But you've forgotten to delete this page. Thanks in advance :) Andrij Kursetsky ⊗ 12:52, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

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User:Jvosburgh

This user seems to be using his talk page for advertising purposes. (Normally I'd report to aiv, but since he posted a spam article as well, I'm a bit worried about appearing to assume bad faith...) -WarthogDemon 18:00, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

No prob. Cheers. :) -WarthogDemon 18:16, 17 July 2007 (UTC)