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| :::<big><font color=696969>'''''Therefore, we shall not fear, '''''</big></font color=696969> | |||
| ::::::<big><font color=696969>'''''for God is our Refuge and our Strength'''''</font color=696969></big> | |||
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| <div class=plainlinks> '''. <font color=696969>I will generally respond to comments I believe are emergent on your talk page; most often, I respond to casual commmentary here. If you prefer, we can continue a discussion on your talk page, just let me know. If you do not see a comment you left here, it has probably been archived; please look in ].''' | |||
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| <font color=696969>I appreciate hearing from individuals who have found mistakes (spelling, etc.) in my posts; these turn up all too often, as I tend to type very fast and not catch spelling mistakes in my edits. If you find an error, you may get an ]. ''(])''</font color=696969> | |||
| '''<span style="color:white;">R E T I R E D</span>'''</div><br>}} | |||
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| <font color=696969>As a theology professor and scholar of Roman Catholicism, I am happy to answer questions about the Church. Be warned that my answers to questions about the Church always reflect the Church's official position, but are often long! </font color=696969> | |||
| My comments here will be short and to the point: I'm no longer taking part here. I have received an astounding amount of support, especially by email, but it's time to go. I tried to walk away in August, and managed to do so for quite a while, but I eventually came back, because of the many requests I received urging me to return. Many of you have written to ask me to not leave, to not give up what I have here, but I'm afraid it's time to make a clean break. | |||
| <font color=696969>'''It's important to remember: ''I'm not a Catholic, I'm a scholar of Catholicism.'''''</font color=696969> | |||
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| <font color=696969>'''I am an ]'''; if you need my help, please let me know. Note the indicator to the side; if you see "I'm out", then I am not currently online; if you leave a message, your request will not be answered until I return. Before leaving me a request, please read my ]. If you are requesting an action regarding a specific user, please use the '''<nowiki>{{vandal|Username}} </nowiki>''' template. '''However, general "please block this user for vandalism" notices should be taken to ].</font color=696969> | |||
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| I ask that the first steward to see this message please remove my various flags from this wiki, as well as from Meta, Commons, and Wikiquote, and remove the bot flags from my bots, which of course will no longer be running. My tools will be taken down shortly. I had planned to delete my user-space myself, but I don't want anyone to think I was going on a rampage, so instead, I ask that one or more administrators who are friends please delete the 288 pages that form my userspace (leaving only my userpage and this talk page). | |||
| <div class=plainlinks> </br>· ]] · ]] · ]] · ]] · ]] ·</br></br></br><center><font color=696969>I frequently archive my talk page to keep it short.</font color=696969></big></center><center><big><font color=#696969>]</font color=#696969> </big></td></tr></table> | |||
| I've enjoyed my time here, and done much good work; my time, however, is over, and leaving is the best thing for me and for Misplaced Pages. I walk away happy to be free to go about other things. I hope others will refocus the energy they have spent the past few days in defending and denouncing me to make something here at Misplaced Pages better. | |||
| == Counter Vandalism Unit == | |||
| With love to all who have been my friends here, <span style="font-family: Verdana">] ]</span> 03:17, 4 March 2007 (UTC) | |||
| Hello im need help I would like to be a member of the IRC Counter Vandalism Unit. I use the name of phoenixoverride. there is a discusion about it. I origonal tried to get the IRC username of Betacommand, that was already in use so I changed the name to phoenixoverride. The problem i gess is that I had opened a new window and it did not register that I was logged in so my change was registed as 156.63.190.132 I apologize for that I would like this matter settled | |||
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| ] 20:02, 23 January 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Your account is too new. We have discussed the matter at length, and the decision is to defer. Please feel free to use -vandalism2 in the mean time. <font color=#696969>] <sup>] • ]</sup></font> 20:19, 23 January 2006 (UTC) | |||
| I would but | |||
| "*** Access to channel #wikipedia-en-vandalism2 is blocked" | |||
| Thanks ] 20:31, 23 January 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :I'll check into it. <font color=#696969>] <sup>] • ]</sup></font> 20:33, 23 January 2006 (UTC) | |||
| I've checked the channel, and the only thing we can figure out is that you haven't identified to nickserv, and are therefore blocked. Register your nick, identify to services, and try to join. There are no blocks, bans, or other barriers to joining. <font color=#696969>] <sup>] • ]</sup></font> 21:36, 23 January 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Don't threaten me again. == | |||
| ] 23:26, 23 January 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :The warning seemed appropriate. Long term contributors like Sam Spade ought to be familiar with WP:CIV by now. If Sam is concerned that your behaviour was abusing your admin privileges, I encourage him to bring the matter to WP:AN/I. ](]) 23:57, 23 January 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Thank you Ten, I appreciate the support. <font color=#696969>] <sup>] • ]</sup></font> 23:59, 23 January 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Test == | |||
| Test. ]]<sup>(] - ])</sup> 03:14, 24 January 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Vandalism by 207.62.192.18 == | |||
| I'm here to report a user ] who has recently vandalized three school articles. I noticed he has an extensive record of vandalization on his talk page, including a final warning from yourself. Please check it out and block him from editing Misplaced Pages articles as necessary. -- ] 07:27, 24 January 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Vandalism== | |||
| *66.211.135.162 | |||
| Repeated Vandalism Has already been blocked once. Please Block again | |||
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| Thanks ] 15:51, 24 January 2006 (UTC) | |||
| 66.193.128.98 | |||
| repeat vandal has been Blocked. Please Block | |||
| *23:16, October 31, 2005 Jdavidb blocked "User:66.193.128.98" with an expiry time of 24 hours (vandalism) | |||
| *21:09, April 21, 2005 Ran blocked "User:66.193.128.98" with an expiry time of 24 hours (returning vandal) | |||
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| same as above repeat Vandals Will provide more edivence upon request | |||
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| == What should I do? == | |||
| You're the one who welcomed me here, so: | |||
| I have recently come across a ] who has uploaded more than ], all with source URLs, but without proper license tags. Messages left on the subject's talk page by several users have been ignored. What should I do to deal with this? ] 23:20, 24 January 2006 (UTC) | |||
| You should tag them with {{]}} and they will be removed in a few days -- <small> ( ] ] )</small> 23:23, 24 January 2006 (UTC) | |||
| I've tried, but this person is still uploading them, and there's just too many to tag effieciently. ] 23:24, 24 January 2006 (UTC) | |||
| == Please don't use ''JOG'' == | |||
| Hello. In my RfAr, you repeatedly refer to me as "JOG." I am offended by this usage, this is not my name, and I consider its use disrespectful. This was not your intent, of course, as you were likely looking for brevity. As I have changed ''Mr.'' to ''Dr.'' in deference to your status as requested, I humbly request that the deminutive ''JOG'' be changed at least to ''Jeffrey O. Gustafson'', if not ''Mr. Gustafson'' due to the formality of the proceedings. This may seem trivial (and in view of the big picture, it is, I guess), but ''JOG'' is extremely offensive to me and my request is a tiny one. Thanks, --] - '']'' - ] 00:38, 25 January 2006 (UTC) | |||
| :Had you bothered to show some respect to those of us who raised concerns over your conduct, I might be inclined to take your request seriously. Since you dismissed us without even bothering to make a civil or respectful response to the concerns raised in the RfC, you haven't earned my respect. I honestly couldn't care less if you refer to me as Mr. or Dr.; your intent is to make a mockery of the process, and I refuse to help you do it. To come here and take issue with me over something so trivial, when you can't even be bothered to respond to your own glaring violations of policy and this community's standards is very telling of your ]. <font color=#696969>] <sup>] • ]</sup></font> 03:05, 25 January 2006 (UTC) | |||
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| ::<sigh> You misrepresent my intent so completely... --] - '']'' - ] 03:09, 25 January 2006 (UTC) | |||
Latest revision as of 17:05, 18 October 2023
R E T I R E D
This user is no longer active on Misplaced Pages.
My comments here will be short and to the point: I'm no longer taking part here. I have received an astounding amount of support, especially by email, but it's time to go. I tried to walk away in August, and managed to do so for quite a while, but I eventually came back, because of the many requests I received urging me to return. Many of you have written to ask me to not leave, to not give up what I have here, but I'm afraid it's time to make a clean break.
I ask that the first steward to see this message please remove my various flags from this wiki, as well as from Meta, Commons, and Wikiquote, and remove the bot flags from my bots, which of course will no longer be running. My tools will be taken down shortly. I had planned to delete my user-space myself, but I don't want anyone to think I was going on a rampage, so instead, I ask that one or more administrators who are friends please delete the 288 pages that form my userspace (leaving only my userpage and this talk page).
I've enjoyed my time here, and done much good work; my time, however, is over, and leaving is the best thing for me and for Misplaced Pages. I walk away happy to be free to go about other things. I hope others will refocus the energy they have spent the past few days in defending and denouncing me to make something here at Misplaced Pages better.
With love to all who have been my friends here, Essjay (Talk) 03:17, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
- Talk page history: last revision before departure, messages left after departure