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| :I really don't know why you are so insistent on this when its illogical - the sources all say GIBRALTAR not GIBRALTARIAN. --] (]) 14:01, 22 April 2008 (UTC) | :I really don't know why you are so insistent on this when its illogical - the sources all say GIBRALTAR not GIBRALTARIAN. --] (]) 14:01, 22 April 2008 (UTC) | ||
| ::Sorry, but the one article I moved can be moved by any editor (not just admins) as it doesn't involve moving over the top of a page that already exists. Therefore it wasn't a misuse of my status. (This isn't an invitation to move it back, as I only did it to make it match all the other titles - otherwise I would have moved it during the ] discussion period. |
::Sorry, but the one article I moved can be moved by any editor (not just admins) as it doesn't involve moving over the top of a page that already exists. Therefore it wasn't a misuse of my status. (This isn't an invitation to move it back, as I only did it to make it match all the other titles - otherwise I would have moved it during the ] discussion period. | ||
| ::As for being insistent, I'm a native English speaker (and a former English teacher), and I have only heard Gibraltarian (and occasionally Gibraltan) used as a demonym for the place. I'm aware that you disagree, but the English language does not conform to rules and we don't have a language academy like French or Hebrew to set what the "official" use of the language is, so you have to stop with the "it's wrong" argument. It isn't wrong - there is no wrong - people are entitled to use different words to describe the same thing. ] ]] 14:52, 22 April 2008 (UTC) | |||
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Gibraltarian etc
I think you need to calm down a little. Going to WP:ANI over a WP:RM which didn't end up in your favour is a bit over the top.
You also need to get your facts right on a couple of issues:
- The move was not unilateral - at least one other editor made the same move.
- I was not outnumbered in the WP:RM debates - see Template talk:Gibraltarian elections, which ended in a 2-2 stalemate.
- I am not abusing my position as an administrator because I have not taken any administrative actions in this area - the RM discussions were closed by another admin.
Nevertheless, you are still welcome to take it to ANI if you don't believe the evidence above. I have no worries about defending myself. пﮟოьεԻ 57 09:29, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
- I withdrew the complaint for the time as I noticed that someone I had asked to look at the issue left a message on your talk page. Whatever the reasons for your moves it does not make any sense and you seem unwilling to discuss the matter OR to look at what the things are actually called. If you were not an admin you would not have been able to move the Gibraltar Referendum to Gibraltarian referendum so its a missuse of your status. Can I suggest you read the article and look at the picture of the notices.
- I really don't know why you are so insistent on this when its illogical - the sources all say GIBRALTAR not GIBRALTARIAN. --Gibnews (talk) 14:01, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
- Sorry, but the one article I moved can be moved by any editor (not just admins) as it doesn't involve moving over the top of a page that already exists. Therefore it wasn't a misuse of my status. (This isn't an invitation to move it back, as I only did it to make it match all the other titles - otherwise I would have moved it during the WP:RM discussion period.
- As for being insistent, I'm a native English speaker (and a former English teacher), and I have only heard Gibraltarian (and occasionally Gibraltan) used as a demonym for the place. I'm aware that you disagree, but the English language does not conform to rules and we don't have a language academy like French or Hebrew to set what the "official" use of the language is, so you have to stop with the "it's wrong" argument. It isn't wrong - there is no wrong - people are entitled to use different words to describe the same thing. пﮟოьεԻ 57 14:52, 22 April 2008 (UTC)