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given your prior comments, the talk page discussion at Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation may interest you.--69.203.81.71 (talk) 01:27, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Peer Review for Blackwater Worldwide, please help!

Blackwater Worldwide, an article under this WikiProject, is up for Peer Review to move to Featured Article status. Please help out and offer up reviews, advice, or edits to the article or review at:

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Thanks! Lawrence Cohen 14:42, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks and Happy New Year

Firstly, let me wish you a very happy New Year and thank you for all your help in the Milhist Tag & Assess 2007 drive.

Secondly, although the Tag & Assess 2007 drive is now officially closed, you are very welcome to continue tagging and assessing until 31 January 2008. Any articles you tag and assess during this time will be credited fully to your tagging tally for further award purposes.

Thirdly, if you can find the time, it would be great to have your feedback/comments and participation in the recently-set-up Tag & Assess workshop The idea is to see what lessons we can learn from the 2007 drive to make the 2008 one more efficient and enjoyable.

Thanks again for your help, --ROGER DAVIES  10:34, 3 January 2008 (UTC) Happy New Year —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fdws (talk • contribs) 06:29, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

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Thank you for your support in my RfA. It was definitely a dramatic debate, that landed on WP:100! I paid close attention to everything that was said, and, where possible, I will try to incorporate the (constructive) criticism towards being a better administrator. I'm taking things slowly for now, partially because of the holidays and all the off-wiki distractions. :) I'm also working my way through the Misplaced Pages:New admin school and double-checking the relevant policies, and will gradually phase into the use of the new tools. My main goals are to help out with various backlogs, but I also fully intend to keep on writing articles, as there are several more that I definitely want to get to WP:FA status! Thanks again, and have a great new year, --Elonka 05:14, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Palestine-Israel articles

An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened, and is located here. Please add any evidence you may wish the Arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Palestine-Israel articles/Evidence. Please submit your evidence within one week, if possible. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/Palestine-Israel articles/Workshop.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, — Rlevse • Talk • 22:24, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

I had seen the link you mentioned, and I had already responded. In short, it had nothing to do with Israel/Palestine articles. – Quadell 00:44, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

There's no more reason for Jayjg to be a party than you or me. Please don't add parties after the request has been accepted. – Quadell 00:49, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I added him name before the case opened. Anyway, I looked at some more directly related articles and didn't take long at all to find one with his name in the recent history and talk page debate. I linked it on your userpage. The clerk can remove his name if he sees fit and I won't readd it in that case. Cla68 (talk) 01:05, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

I have removed Jayjg's name from the case for now, since there seemed little consensus to it and a quick look saw no reason to include him. Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 01:28, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

From what I read on the arbitration request for this case, and in some discussion since, I think you're going to see some evidence of Jayjg's involvement. If not, then I was wrong. Cla68 (talk) 01:35, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but I didn't think it was the arbitrators' job to decide who to name as being parties - only who to sanction. The instructions at WP:RFAr#Requesting arbitration state "Fill in the names of the involved parties" and are clearly directed at the initiating parties, not the arbitrators or clerks. There's no provision for third parties to remove names (unless, I suppose, it's a really frivolous listing - which this plainly is not). -- ChrisO (talk) 01:39, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

One question Matthew, is Jayjg still on the ArbCom's private mailing list? Cla68 (talk) 01:41, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

A note of thanks

Thank you, Cla, for your supportive contributions during this unpleasant incident; I am most grateful and appreciative. Kindest regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 20:03, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

Bad faith participation

Not sure if you know, but it also turned out that some sockpuppets were involved in my wonderful RfA - User:Yeshivish was blocked a month or two after...

Anyway, I really hope that this RfAr will be able to do something. I felt that the strength of the oppose vote in my RfA handicapped me slightly from dealing with the pro-Israel lot, as were I to block any of them, then they've got a ready made excuse to decry my actions. Hopefully if there are some concrete findings and behavioural directives for the problematic editors I'll actually be able to do my duty properly in the future...

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Possible edit warring on project article

There seems to be some issues going on over on the article : Military history of African Americans, in particularly in the section Military history of African Americans#Confederate States Army. Could you take a look at the article's edit history as well as the discussion, Talk:Military history of African Americans, and possibly give some input? Thanks. Sf46 (talk) 23:56, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

I looked at it and left a comment on the talk page. Cla68 (talk) 00:54, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Non-English operational codenames

This might be of some interest to you; it's probably a matter you're more qualified to comment on, in any case. Kirill 14:07, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

The blocking admin

I noticed no one had posted a follow-up to Alison's note at David's talk page. It's possible he hasn't logged on since the AN thread heated up. Probably we've all been surprised occasionally to see a flareup after we took a day off. Let's assume good faith. I've urged him to drop by the noticeboard as soon as he's back online. Durova 07:01, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

I would be surprised if Gerard comments on the issue. The entire affair has been a huge black eye for him, Jimbo, the project, and a great many other editors, me and you included. I don't believe the entire truth of the matter has come out yet. Hopefully it will eventually for the sake of all concerned. Cla68 (talk) 14:30, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

My Rfa

My effort to regain adminship was unsuccessful, and I'll do what I can to ensure your opinion of my suitability for adminship improves. Thank you for taking some time out of your day to voice your opinion.--MONGO 19:34, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

re: Help with Matanikau Offensive

My pleasure; they were insignificant endash corrections. Best regards, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 03:45, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Military history WikiProject coordinator election

The Military history WikiProject coordinator selection process is starting. We are aiming to elect nine coordinators to serve for the next six months; if you are interested in running, please sign up here by February 14! TomStar81 (Talk) 02:16, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

• In your case this doen't count per se, but I leave the message anyway in case you change you mind :-) TomStar81 (Talk) 02:16, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

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		Thank you very much, Cla68, for your support in my RfA which I really appreciate. It closed at 83/0/0. I was surprised by the unanimity and will do my best to live up to the new role. All the best, --ROGER DAVIES  16:49, 5 February 2008 (UTC) The patio at the Partal Palace in the Alhambra, Andalucia.

Ernie pyle death

Please ping me if you get a better image file of that photo. It can take a little while to handle the correspondence, but people have been surprisingly helpful offsite about these things. Durova 05:54, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Requests for arbitration/IRC

This arbitration case has closed and the final decision may be found at the link above. Giano is placed on civility restriction for one year. Should Giano make any edits which are judged by an administrator to be uncivil, personal attacks, or assumptions of bad faith, Giano may be blocked for the duration specified in the enforcement ruling. All parties in this case are strongly cautioned to pursue disputes in a civil manner designed to contribute to resolution and to cause minimal disruption. All the involved editors, both the supporters and detractors of IRC, are asked to avoid edit warring on project space pages even if their status is unclear, and are instructed to use civil discussion to resolve all issues with respect to the "admin" IRC channel. For the Arbitration committee, Thatcher 04:09, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Note on RfCs

• I've started drafting an RfC on JzG here. Cla68 (talk) 06:56, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

• And another RfC to chronicle the Weiss/Bagley dispute in Misplaced Pages here. Cla68 (talk) 03:56, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Japanese photo submissions

Re:this - if there's a desire, I might be able to push through a Japanese translation for that page (and get someone who speaks it to handle the tickets). Raul654 (talk) 17:33, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Sure! They are fairly major celebrities in Japan and potentially so elsewhere so I think it would be of benefit to do as you suggest. Cla68 (talk) 01:14, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

RfC

Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/Mantanmoreland‎ beat you to it ;) SirFozzie (talk) 03:36, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

This only covers one aspect of the issue. The RfC I was thinking of would detail the entire saga- who did what and when from beginning to end, including all substantially involved editors and admins. But, I think Durova's RfC is an appropriate action. Cla68 (talk) 03:48, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Harassment

Cla, please stop posting on SV's page, or otherwise harassing or stalking her, or anyone else. Crum375 (talk) 12:50, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Asking an admin to explain why they made a personal attack against you is considered "harassment"? What a strange Wiki world we live in! But be sure you're not the only one to have been called a "conspiracy theorist" by Slim. See for example. The diff I posted to her talk page, asking for an apology for that and another edit she made implying that I was liar has since been deleted in the "cleaning up" of her talk page. There was no response, or apology either. One can only conclude that here at Misplaced Pages "some pigs are more equal than others". Unfortunately, I have no advice for you. Only the deepest of sympathies, which I thought I would share. Tiamut 13:09, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Asking SlimVirgin to be accountable for her actions isn't harrassment. In fact, I have to ask why you feel the need to try to "protect" her from accountability with weak attempts at intimidation? Can she not defend herself? Or, because she has no defense she needs to rely on others who apparently have nothing better to do? Cla68 (talk) 14:07, 13 February 2008 (UTC)