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Peer review request for Attack on Sydney Harbour

There's a new peer review request for Attack on Sydney Harbour that may be of interest to you; any input there would be appreciated. Thanks! Wandalstouring 16:13, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Contribution

Hello. I am currently trying to contribute to a battle in respect to giving a reason why a Viking force had to withdraw from a native attack, which I think was instrumental to the article itself and since the person in question received her place in history for that act. Its my understanding that Misplaced Pages is meant for contributions, but the people at that region see fit to leave the situation vague. They have told me that I cannot simply copy and past from references and, in short order, I re-wrote the small addition in my own words. I don't see what the problem here is, however, they simply revert my edits and give me vague conclusion to why they have done so. The site is intended to be used for non-commercial reproduction so we have no problems in copyright infringement. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. InternetHero 23:03, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

David Lewis (politician) Good Article Review

Hi there:

I think all the copyedit work has been completed on the David Lewis (politician) article, thereby completing the last item on your to-do list before it can be reviewed again. So I was wondering if you could take a look at the article and give it your seal of approval? Thanks again for your insights, they did improve the article substantially. --Abebenjoe 14:30, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

I apologize that I'm really busy this week and can't get to the article right now. I'll review it as soon as I have a chance. Cla68 21:39, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

Cool, look forward to when you have the time. --Abebenjoe 03:27, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for passing it. I'll try fix up the remaining grammar errors and tidy-up some of the language. Again, your comments were most helpful in making this a better article. Best regards.--Abebenjoe 02:19, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Coordinator election

Congratulations! You have been elected to serve as a coordinator of the Military history WikiProject. When you get a chance, please stop by the coordinators' work area and take a look at the various open tasks and ongoing discussions there. Kirill 00:29, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Congrats!

Congrats on your election as an assistant coordinator. In honor of your achievement, I present you with these stars. I wish you luck in the coming term. TomStar81 (Talk) 01:01, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

• Congrats to you on your election as an asst coordinator! I look forward to working with you in the future. LordAmeth 13:47, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

Coordinator stuff

Just a note: please try to drop by the coordinator work area sometime soon if you haven't already. Thanks! :-) Kirill 15:28, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Re: Travel

Ok, no problem. Good luck on your trip. Kirill 23:25, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

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POTD notification

Hi Cla68,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:EnterpriseBurningHellcat.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on September 8, 2007. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-09-08. howcheng {chat} 16:57, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Hello Cla68. Thanks for your support at the Military history elections. With your aid I was able to commision this ship to help plunder the coast of Military history. Na, just kidding. If you ever require any astance all you have to do is ask and you will see my ship on the horizon. Kyriakos 03:16, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Operation Passage to Freedom

Hi there Cla. I have tried to address your concerns where I feel that they are applicable. Regards, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 09:08, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

RfA

Hi Cla. Thank you for your words of support. As I mentioned to EliminatorJR, I do not intend to give up, as I do not wish to give the cliques who have opposed me the satisfaction. It will certainly be interesting to see if I can "claw back" enough support votes to come through! Number 57 14:56, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

Just wanted to say thanks again for your congratulations! Number 57 16:26, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

POTD notification

Hi Cla68,

Just to let you know that the Featured Picture Image:U.S. Soldiers at Bougainville (Solomon Islands) March 1944.jpg is due to make an appearance as Picture of the Day on October 5, 2007. If you get a chance, you can check and improve the caption at Template:POTD/2007-10-05. howcheng {chat} 23:35, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

What about being an admin?

Your cleanup tag

Could you explain what in the Skúli Þórsteinsson article you believe requires cleanup to meet Misplaced Pages's quality standards? Haukur 18:45, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

copyediting

Hi! I noticed you had a ton of featured articles. I have two pages nominated for GA, would you mind taking a pass at them? They are 2007 Peruvian meteorite event and Joe Szwaja. Thanks! • Lawrence Cohen 23:56, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

I reviewed both articles and made some comments under "Peer review" on the talk pages for each. Great work on the articles. Cla68 00:26, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, Cla! I'll start going back over them again. • Lawrence Cohen 03:24, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Request

I would love to see an article on Battle of Koromokina Lagoon. Could you create it? ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ 19:10, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Sure, I'll try to start a stub article on it this weekend. Cla68 22:43, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Great - yours and the projects work on WWII Pacific theatre is awesome -a pleasure to read. All the best ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ 22:54, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Super work. Thanks!! Keep up the great work ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ 09:01, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

ebird.afis.mil & Blackwater USA, military network only access?

Hi Cla, someone asked on Blackwater USA's talk what was going on with the external links to ebird.afis.mil, which it appears only viewers from a military network apparently? You added the first ones here. Please let us know on the article talk page? Thanks! • Lawrence Cohen 06:07, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Biography Newsletter 5

The Biography WikiProject Newsletter Volume IV, no. 4 - September 2007
Project News The three-month long Summer Assessment Drive, organized by Psychless, was a huge success! It ran from June 1 – September 1, and reduced the backlog of unassessed articles from 113,385 to 56,237. In all, over 100,000 articles were assessed. Over 60 people contributed in some way. A barnstar has been created for exceptional work on Misplaced Pages biographies and for assisting the project. The Biography Barnstar is listed with the other WikiProject awards and can be awarded easily with a template. See the template page for more details. Member News Congratulations to the editors who worked on the newest featured biographies: Augustus; William Shakespeare; Adriaen van der Donck; Alfred Russel Wallace; Alison Krauss; Anne Frank; Anne of Denmark; Asser; Bart King; Bill O'Reilly; Bobby Robson; Bradley Joseph; CM Punk; Ceawlin of Wessex; Colley Cibber; Cædwalla of Wessex; Dominik Hašek; Elizabeth Needham; Frank Macfarlane Burnet; Georg Cantor; Gregory of Nazianzus; Gunnhild Mother of Kings; Gwen Stefani; Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery; Harriet Arbuthnot; Harry S. Truman; Henry, Bishop of Uppsala; Héctor Lavoe; Ine of Wessex; Ion Heliade Rădulescu; Jack Sheppard; Jackie Chan; Jay Chou; John Martin Scripps; John Mayer; Joseph Francis Shea; Joshua A. Norton; Kate Bush; Kazi Nazrul Islam; Kevin Pietersen; Martin Brodeur; Mary Martha Sherwood; Mary of Teck; Maximus the Confessor; Miranda Otto; Muhammad Ali Jinnah; P. K. van der Byl; Penda of Mercia; Pham Ngoc Thao; Rabindranath Tagore; Ramón Emeterio Betances; Red Barn Murder; Richard Hakluyt; Richard Hawes; Robert Garran; Roman Vishniac; Ronald Niel Stuart; Ronald Reagan; Roy Welensky; Rudolph Cartier; Samuel Adams; Samuel Beckett; Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough; Sarah Trimmer; Sargon of Akkad; Shen Kuo; Sophie Blanchard; Stereolab; Sydney Newman; Sylvanus Morley; Tim Duncan; Timeline of Mary Wollstonecraft; Uncle Tupelo; Waisale Serevi; Wallis, Duchess of Windsor; Walter Model; William Bruce; William Goebel; Yagan; Zhou Tong; Æthelbald of Mercia; Æthelbald of Mercia New Members Congratulations to our 225 new members	From the Editors The newsletter is back! Many things have gone on during the past few months, but many things have not. While the assessment drive helped revitalize the assessment department of the project, many other departments have received no attention. Most notably: peer review and our "workgroups". A day long IRC meeting has been planned for October 13th, with the major focus being which areas of the project are "dead", what should our goals be as a project, and how to "revive" the dead areas of our project. Contribute to the discussion on the the new channel (see below) We decided to deliver this newsletter to all project members this month but only those with their names down here will get it delivered in the future. This is your newsletter and you can be involved in the creation of the next issue. Any and all contributions are welcome. Simply let yourself be known to any of the undersigned or post news on the next issue's talk page New irc channel Lastly, a new WikiProject Biography channel has been set up on the freenode network: #wikipedia-en-bio Our thanks to Phoenix 15 for setting it up. Contributors to this Issue Psychless (talk · contribs) Phoenix 15 (talk · contribs)
Complete To Do List Write an article Expand an article about: a person an actor an animator an artist a bishop a businessperson a diplomat an educator an engineer a lawyer a military person a musician a photographer a saint a politician a scientist a sportsperson a writer Improve an article by: adding references adding categories Review an article Romano Volta • Suzanne Carrell • Mullá Husayn • John Gilchrist (linguist) • Thomas Brattle • Answer requests for comments Work on the Portal Portal:Biography Assess an article Assessment requests Unassessed articles Assessment Progress Biography articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Core Other ??? Total FA 35 1,642 1,677 FL 205 205 FM 636 636 A 1 132 133 GA 41 8,442 8,483 B 99 40,938 41,037 C 33 174,169 174,202 Start 1 769,123 769,124 Stub 1 1,030,258 1 1,030,260 List 8,193 8,193 Category 397,205 397,205 Disambig 44,478 44,478 File 31,788 31,788 Project 250 250 Redirect 1 47,000 47,001 Template 20,952 20,952 NA 460 460 Assessed 212 2,575,871 1 2,576,084 Unassessed 23,401 23,401 Total 212 2,599,272 1 2,599,485 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 10,865,445 Ω = 5.37
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Cactus AF

I wasn't suggesting it didn't influence deliveries to Guad, just that it wasn't that simple, & IJA's perceptions of Vandegrift's strength needs to be mentioned, IMO. Trekphiler 08:01, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Keep up the good work

We couldn;t do it without you. 129.108.206.206 21:37, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Two more quick reviews?

Would you mind taking a gander at Storm botnet and Ballard Carnegie Library? The Carnegie I submitted for GA, but I don't think Botnet is quite there yet. And, thanks to your help, 2007 Peruvian meteorite event passed GA! • Lawrence Cohen 05:18, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Tagging/Assessing

Hey, notice you're doing great work on adding the MILHIST tag to talkpages you're creating. Just wanted to pass on a thought- when I do that, I also delete the article from the Assessment Drive list- means that nobody has to come back to it for a while. Cheers Buckshot06 23:10, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Fishy

Have a look at the Tautog infobox? It's showing "struck" rather than "stricken", & won't accept a change to that without wiping out the section entirely. Nor will it accept an add "as built" without putting it in a weird place... Trekphiler 15:56, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

It appears that it's using a different infobox template than the other related submarine articles that uses "struck" instead of "stricken" and doesn't have an "as built" field. The infobox probably needs to be switched from the "Infobox Ship" to "Ship Table Header 01" as in the USS Thresher (SS-200) article. Cla68 20:46, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

RfC

Please do not edit the RfC statement in Talk:Gary Weiss. As originally drafted it contains neutral language. Please stop your POV pushing and please be aware of the three revert rule.--Samiharris 03:39, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

As originally drafted it doesn't contain neutral language. In fact, it implies that material from AntiSocialMedia.net is used in the section, when all of the text is resourced to NYTimes, NYPost, Bloomberg, and one of Weiss' books. Cla68 03:41, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

I changed it to "section on" rather than "material from." You should have simply raised the issue in talk, rather than used that as yet another opportunity to POV push.--Samiharris 03:49, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

That's more neutral. Thank you. Cla68 03:51, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

24 hour block

This account has been blocked for 24 hours for WP:POINT at Talk:Gary Weiss after repeated warnings. Durova 21:51, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Are the warnings on this page? I see no warnings. 69.143.236.33 16:58, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

24 hour block

Dissent will not be tolerated. --arkalochori 23:16, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

No, Violations of WP:POINT will not be tolerated. If you cannot tell the difference, take some time off to study the policy, and feel free to request mentoring from an expeienced editor. Slrubenstein | Talk 00:14, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Discussion is the preferred means for demonstrating the problem with policies or the way they are implemented. As a general rule, points are best expressed directly in discussion, without irony or subterfuge. Direct statements are the best way to garner respect, agreement and consensus.

Was the statement: "Most of us usually try to give some reasoning for any action, proposed action, or threatened action that we discuss on an article's talk page. Would you mind doing the same?" ironic? A lot humanity has a problem understanding irony. Even Misplaced Pages has problems getting it right as the irony article states: "This article or section appears to contradict itself."

I assume that the blocking administror suspected you were attempting the irony as infinite, absolute negativity type of irony: "While many reputable critics limit irony to something resembling Aristotle's definition, an influential set of texts insists that it be understood, not as a limited tool, but as a disruptive force with the power to undo texts and readers alike."

The WP:POINT page is a mess - I'll fix it up later. I agree with Sjakkalle who stated: "Continuing to argue in a discussion which is to all respects over is bad form and shows excessive stubborness, but it is not a WP:POINT violation if the view you are arguing for is sincerely the one you hold." Uncle uncle uncle 07:08, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

block reduced to 6 hours

I almost never assign blocks shorter than 24 hours because they often do more harm than good, but this request comes from Jimbo. For the good of the project, please set the right example by coming back to the page with solid references and strictly topical discussion. Durova 01:40, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

I agree with the above, don't blow it this time. VoL†ro/\/Force 05:59, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Ummm, what do you mean by solid references? The four references cited in the text I proposed were: 1) New York Times, 2) New York Post, 3) Bloomberg (already cited in the article) and 4) one of Weiss's own books. The validity of the sources wasn't one of the issues in the discussion, it was WP:NPF. Did you read the article discussion? Cla68 11:50, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

See User:Durova/Recusal. Plenty of good editors have one hot button where they just aren't good at collaborating. 9/11 and World Trade Center are mine; this is yours. I realized my shortcoming very early and adjusted my editing accordingly. If you had done the same - to read your RFA - you'd be sysopped by now. You really are an excellent editor on most points and I hope to vote for you someday. I'm not sure why you've followed this course on this topic, but it really undermines what ought to be a sterling reputation on the project. Rather than address particular minutiae, step back and look at that larger picture. Durova 17:40, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

I don't think you're being completely honest here, because some comments that you've made on IRC appear to indicate that your motivation for your actions is different than what you've stated above and elsewhere in Misplaced Pages . Implying that all the anti-BADSITES editors are united in some menacing conspiracy against you and this project is not only insulting, it's dishonest. Cla68 03:22, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

First, a quick FYI: I never do admin channel IRC. I see you actually mean the mailing list, and yes. Bear in mind I referred to a group of people in aggregate, most of whom have done far less for Misplaced Pages than you have. As someone who knows you only from your contributions, it seems almost like reading two different people looking on, say, the military history side in comparison to this. So I suppose if I'd hung around my hot button area I could have made a similar set of mistakes. I certainly regard you as a quality editor overall. And maybe you're ideally positioned to set the right tone if you keep editing Gary Weiss and related articles. Either way, I mean what I said about hoping to support you at RFA after this is behind you. I've given barnstars to people I've brought back from sitebans. My trust can be earned. Best, Durova 05:01, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

My mistake on calling it by the wrong name. Glad to hear you keep you don't participate in the admin IRC. See you around the project, hopefully under happier circumstances. Cla68 06:01, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Veropedia

Hi Cla68. I have sent you an email in response to your Veropedia inquiry. We would love to have you on board. If you do not use IRC, please send me another email and we can get things done that way. Danny 18:05, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Second Ostend Raid

Thankyou for your support at the above successful FAC.--Jackyd101 18:33, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi could you expand Mariana and Palau Islands campaign a bit cheers ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ 18:04, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Done. Cla68 13:36, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Your're terrific!!! thanks ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ 13:54, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Preity Zinta FA

Hi there. The Preity Zinta article has recently achieved A-class status. Due to the wealth of support I have decided to now nominate for an FA class article which I believe and judging by the comments of others is pretty much up to. In my view it is better than some existing FA actor articles. I would therefore be very grateful if you could give it a final review in your own time and leave your comments and views at Misplaced Pages:Featured article candidates/Preity Zinta. Thankyou, your comments are always valuable. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ 10:57, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

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In Remembrance...

--nat 01:11, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you

Dearest Cla68,
Thank you for your participation in my RFA, which closed successfully with 137 supports, 22 opposes, and 5 neutrals. Your kind words of support are very much appreciated and I look forward to proving you right. I would like to give special thanks to The_undertow and Phoenix-wiki for their co-nominations. Thank you again and best regards.

Thanks and a request...

Hi Cla68, thanks for providing "references" to articles, but I'm worried that such an addition is misleading. Don't get me wrong, it's good to have the information put in there (assuming they are indeed reliable sources), but I fell it's important we are careful not to give people the impression they were used to actually write the article. They are kind of link additional material that may contain some of the info in the article, but not all, and may contain additional.

Please continue to add the sources, but, please put them either as a (general) "Further Reading" section, or if you can link them to specific info, it's even better if you can add them as in-line cites.

I'd be happy to hear your thoughts on this. thanks --Merbabu 09:21, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

I understand what you're saying. Books that aren't actually used for the article should be in a "further reading" section. The thing is, a lot of those articles are so undeveloped that by putting the book in the "references" section, I'm indirectly advocating that whoever decides to improve that article should really consider using that book. If I'm the one who ever decides to improve the article, usually with FA as the goal, then I'll probably use that book as one of the references. Of course, that doesn't mean that the book can't be listed at first in the "further reading" section and then moved to the references section at a later time. Cla68 22:24, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

USS Illinois (BB65)

I found the citation you request on the A-class review page for USS Illinois (BB-65), would you reconsider your poistion on the article? TomStar81 (Talk) 07:20, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Not acceptable

This is absolutely unacceptable. The incident is long past, well and truly dead and buried, and has been explained to the satisfaction of all concerned. If you repeat this nonsense you may be blocked from editing for harassment, because that is what it is. Guy (Help!) 13:47, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

It has been explained? If so, please show me where it is so I can read the explanation. Cla68 (talk) 21:40, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

And why did you remove this question from your talk page? Cla68 (talk) 07:01, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Yamashita's gold

Can you do me a favour and take a look at Talk:Yamashita's gold? Thanks. Grant | Talk 08:12, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

I don't know anything about the subject but it looks like you're correct in your position on the article's content. I'll help you out if you need it. Cla68 (talk) 08:22, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. If you could explain why agree with me on the talk page, I would appreciate it. Grant | Talk 13:19, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

VNQDD and Bazin

Done, thanks, Blnguyen (bananabucket) 00:01, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

ErgoEgo perma blocked by "Sarah" and JzG.

It appears they are one in the same? Time stamps of block are somewhat curious. Here is what I wrote on my talk page; it will likely be reverted: "Good questionCla68. I will discuss this when I am back in the U.S. Right now, I have been blocked by "Sarah" / JzG. It appears by the time stamps that they are on a team?" 68.192.34.33 (talk) 15:18, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Maybe you should try to be a bit less conspicuous when you evade your indefinite block Lee...--Isotope23 14:30, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Who's Lee? Cla68 (talk) 14:33, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

Actually, they (JzG and Isotope23) are close...yet I would not go there, for many good reasons. 210.131.4.188 (talk) 14:46, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

I'd love to know what I'm supposed to be "close" to, all I did was apply {{indefblockeduser}} to the talk page to avoid confusion - people were still posting there as if the editor was not blocked. Guy (Help!) 15:08, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

My RfA - thanks

Thank you for your support in my request for adminship, which succeeded with a final tally of 38/1/0! I hope I can live up to the standards of adminship, and I will try my best to make Misplaced Pages a better place. Gaius Cornelius (talk) 18:36, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Your note

Your assumption of bad faith is duly noted, but was in this case quite wrong. Your post to !!'s talk was trollish and incivil, designed to inflame rather than bring calm to an already tense situation. Thank you for the warning, allow me to respond in kind: stop trolling or you may be blocked from editing. Feel free to rephrase your statement of support on !!'s talk page in a way that is less offensive. Guy (Help!) 15:02, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

I didn't name anyone in my post, so it wasn't a personal attack. I don't make a comment unless I'm willing to stand by it. Attacks by "sleuthing" admins on productive editors, like Durova did in this case, won't be tolerated by the community. After reading her email I see how dangerous her attitude is. The fact that some are trying to defend her actions are scary, especialy by those of us who mainly concentrate on quality content, as opposed to trying to curry favor by rooting out supposed Misplaced Pages Review sleeper agents. Cla68 (talk) 15:31, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

You really know how to get into it and get the real hard core wikipedians (i.e. those that argue about process all day and never contribute to the actual encyclopedia) all riled up. Congrats and keep up the good work.--Looper5920 (talk) 15:41, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

AGF Please

You candidate question to my arbitration nomination could have probably been better answered on my talk. I know you disagreed with my use of the tools, and made a bad faith assumption. You attempt to bring that dispute to my nomination subpage appears inappropriate. Regards, Mercury 01:47, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Both were yes or no questions. Cla68 (talk) 01:59, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Then I'm an overachiever. Although I question the motivation, I've answered them nonetheless.

If you would like to discuss my use of the administrative tools, please open up a thread on my talk in open discussion. I think you will find I'm more than willing to talk about it. I'm approachable. Mercury 02:07, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for taking the time to answer the questions. Cla68 (talk) 02:10, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

I don't think those questions are helpful. Respectfully request you withdraw them. Durova 02:57, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

One of those questions I asked of every candidate. The other obviously addresses the editor's opinion on when it is and isn't appropriate to use enforcement tools by using a personal, recent example. This is especially important because of the higher level of formal (oversight) and referent authority that arbitrators carry. If other editors see those questions and decide that they aren't relevant, they'll disregard them. Cla68 (talk) 03:20, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Harassment

I have diffs which clearly indicate you have maintained an ongoing campaign of harassment against User:SlimVirgin. I'm going to make a formal request now that you cease this harassment. Thanks.--MONGO (talk) 04:23, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Didn't you edit war with her on her own talk page and you're accusing me of harassment? Cla68 (talk) 05:53, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

By the way, did she allow you onto her secret mailing list? If not, how does that make you feel? Cla68 (talk) 05:58, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

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