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== An apology == == A beer for you! ==


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Hi Volunteer Marek, I wanted to apologize for not posting here to alert you when I posted the IBAN notice at the Arb noticeboard last night. I want to make clear that it was an oversight on my part (and my part alone) and not something deliberate on the part of either myself or the Committee. ♠]♠ ] 22:56, 25 April 2018 (UTC)
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:Gandy orders a second round. Cheers to one of our best! ] (]) 15:21, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
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:<nowiki>*</nowiki>hic* here's another :) sláinte! ]]] 15:27, 27 February 2019 (UTC)


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== A kitten for you! ==
Any of you talk page stalkers know how to jump to a user's contributions from several years ago in their editing history? It used to be trivial to do this but then they changed the software and now you more or less have to scroll 500 edits at a time to get to where you want to look at. Why did they screw this up? ] (]) 18:59, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
:You can enter a to or from date. Should narrow it down. ] (]) 19:02, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
::Yeah, that's not working for me.] (]) 19:03, 3 May 2018 (UTC)
:::Dang, that's pretty lame. Used to work but who knows what they have done now. Works for me if I fill both boxes, not if I fill just one. ] (]) 19:21, 3 May 2018 (UTC)


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== 13 years of editing ==
A kitten in the hopes that it improves you evening.


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== Glitch ==

Hi! Looks like there was some sort of edit conflict glitch and your edit reverted a long comment from Nederlandse Leeuw (which is of interest to me because I was tagged in it). I reverted back, I hesitates because we had a little dustup at arbcon the other week so I thought it best to let you know directly what I was thinking and why I reverted your revert. Wish you the best. ] (]) 17:38, 24 May 2023 (UTC)
:Yeah, don’t know what happened there. Thanks.<small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 20:11, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

== Panama Section in 'Allegation of CIA trafficking' page ==

Sometime back you made this edit on the 'Allegations of CIA drug trafficking' page:.

There is talk of restoring that section (on-going) on that talk page....I give my thoughts there. I'd be interested to know what you think (maybe expand upon the reasons given in your edit summary)] (]) 18:17, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

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Hi Volunteer Marek :) I'm looking to interview people ]. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. ] ] 12:44, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

== Thanks for the hat-tip ==

It was a pleasant surprise to see your mention of me when completing the editor reflection. I'm impressed that you remember my early forays into privacy protection, and am flattered that they had a positive influence on you. There is a certain irony that, having written some of this stuff more than 15 years ago, my RL name and username are practically used interchangeably within the movement, and I've presented in many public fora under my own name. Wishing you well in the coming year, ] (]) 21:33, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

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== Tried to hat == == Unsourced contributions ==


Greetings, I'm in discussion with another editor regarding supposedly unsourced contributions to a few wiki articles, can you please help me check if those contribs are supported by sources provided. Discussions are at ] and ] , maybe suggest some forum where I can invite others to help, thanks! ] (]) 16:55, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
Hello Volunteer Marek - I tried to hat this but it ended up removing it completely. Would you consider reverting the comment as it assumes bad faith, personalizes the matter, and could be in violation of the page restriction? Thank you. ] (]) 14:53, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
:It is none of these things and I'd appreciate it if you left it alone.] (]) 15:34, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
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== The mention at ANI ==
Anyway, I haven't posted for help at AN. Feel free if you have time. If nobody else does, I may do it next week. ]] 21:33, 11 May 2018 (UTC)
:Coffee was in the fast lane for a desysop. I’m not sure he’s the best example for you to use. Anyways, yes more admin help is definitely warranted. ] (]) 01:28, 12 May 2018 (UTC)
::QED. ]] 02:15, 12 May 2018 (UTC)


can be ignored if you choose. Somebody thought they'd been outed is all. Or you can opine if you like but I just thought I would try to alleviate any christ what now thoughts you might have had. I'd give it a miss if I were you, since he will argue forever, but I didn't want to talk about you behind your back even in passing. Oh speaking of, if you still care about the place we do not name there's a thread about the steward elections; your name came up there but not in a bad way about you either ] (]) 16:30, 13 February 2024 (UTC)
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Hello Volunteer Marek,
== Veto power ==


a request for amendment that affects the {{tqq|1-way interaction ban with Piotrus and a 1-way interaction ban with Volunteer Marek}} from the ] has been made at {{slink|Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification_and_Amendment#Amendment_request:_World_War_II_and_the_history_of_Jews_in_Poland}}. Your input would be welcome.
Re , I'm interested in exploring this, but I don't want to clutter that talk page with yet more off-topic. What is this veto power, exactly? &#8213;]&nbsp;] 11:40, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
:One person makes an edit. Another person removes it. Nobody - neither the original person nor anyone else - can restore. If there are two groups (which sort of approximates reality) then this restriction basically gives each group, regardless of its size, veto power over the other one.] (]) 13:50, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
::This combines with the first-mover advantage of the editor who rushes to frame the question in one of these now common "informal poll" (aka falsely structured) discussions. The effect is that "Consensus" then means "Unanimity is required". ]] 14:12, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
:::YES! Exactly!!! (If I understand you correctly {{(:}}). This has come up "before though I can't remember where or when" but most likely at a corporate article. What scares me is to think that gradually special interest groups will figure out just how and when to manage our articles to their advantage. It could happen. ] (]) 15:24, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
::::Well one Admin went off the deep end recently by attributing the dysfunction to editors' identities and beliefs rather than their abuse of process. As I've said repeatedly, we also have nowhere near the level of Admin oversight on these articles and the best and brightest Admins rarely intervene. There's way too high a bar to go to AE, and the whole point of DS was supposed to be that Admins would preemptively prevent abusive behavior, not that we should be diverted to preparing litigation briefs for a select panel of Admins. It's extremely unlikely that POV advocates would not learn how to manipulate WP process under these circumstances. It's just trial and error. No evil genius dark money required. ]] 15:38, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
:::{{tq|The effect is that "Consensus" then means "Unanimity is required".}} - There is zero evidence for such a claim. If I wanted to spend the time, I could easily produce multiple examples of surveys that have produced non-unanimous consensuses, and surely you know that. Surveys don't preclude threaded discussion, and that happens regularly. The only difference is that a survey provides a convenient way for people to show their current positions, imposing a degree of order on the usual chaos. While it may make it easier to count votes, that's not a problem with the method but with the misuse of it. So if you see people counting votes in a survey, you advise them that's not how it's done at Misplaced Pages, problem solved. &#8213;]&nbsp;] 15:58, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
::{{tq|Nobody - neither the original person nor anyone else - can restore.}} - That's incorrect. Nobody can restore ''without consensus'', which is hardly the same thing. &#8213;]&nbsp;] 16:00, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
:::It's trivial to claim "no consensus" isn't it? ]] 16:08, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
::::Yes, and if one editor claims "no consensus" they should be, and generally are, ignored. If the group can't agree as to whether a consensus exists, you request an uninvolved close at ANRFC. If editors can't edit in good faith and play fair for the most part, there really is no solution, period. We will not repeal human nature. I currently choose to believe that they do{{emdash}}for the most part. &#8213;]&nbsp;] 16:13, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
:::::Good faith doesn't cure ignorance. We have plenty of both. ]] 16:52, 4 June 2018 (UTC)


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] - it's not unanimity but something close to it. Add to that that starting RfCs and seeing them to closure is a verrrrryyyyy time consuming process which means that unless it's something you know you're gonna get ... near-unanimous, support for, why bother? ] (]) 17:29, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
:Yeah, like justice, the wheels of Misplaced Pages consensus turn slowly. I've yet to see a coherent proposal for an alternative that doesn't closely resemble "Get process out of my way so I can impose my policy interpretations." It's easy to find fault with the existing system, coming up with a fully-developed workable solution is an entirely different matter.<br />My view is that the root problem is self-selected "self-governance", and as long as Misplaced Pages clings to that model many of its more serious problems will be intractable. I'm not aware of any community in the history of mankind that was this large and diverse and succeeded for any length of time with that model, but somehow the founders felt they were smart enough to disregard that experience. We have spent the past 17 years constructing an enormous baroque castle on a foundation of mush. There is virtually no support for my view, so intractable it is for the foreseeable future. &#8213;]&nbsp;] 18:02, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
::Well gee whiz Mandruss. I've been saying much of what you just said for some time now, often with swift rebukes from you. Self-selection is fraught. But the policies and guidelines are quite robust and reflect a lot of understanding. We do not enforce them. Just in the context of American Politics, we have long threads in which a small group of editors deny DUE WEIGHT and deny mainstream sourcing, who lack the necessary background knowledge to evaluate sources, and who fail ] in various ways. Enforcement of site norms would require Admins with tough interpersonal skills. And the many Admins that do have those skills are also too wise to get mixed up with the motivated minority of difficult editors. ]] 18:38, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
:::Any admin who went rogue and did anything dramatic enough to improve things significantly would be flayed by the whip of ADMINACCT and would go the way of Coffee. You know it, and admins damn well know it, so never fault admins for not acting. Fault the system of government that created the world they and every other editor lives in{{emdash}}that's where the power is, and along with it the responsibility. I'm quite sure I have never seen you advocate against that system of government, let alone rebuke you for it. &#8213;]&nbsp;] 18:52, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
::::My impression was that Coffee in part faced a backlash from other Admins whom he'd shown up as having been too passive. Easier to destroy him than to redirect their own efforts. He reacted over-the-top to the stress and the unwarranted criticism. But of course that's a common pitfall for anyone who faces opposition on the more-or-less anonymous internet. Have a look at {{ping|Snooganssnoogans}} talk page today. ]] 19:19, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
:::::I had a look. There is no policy against what MarkBassett was accused of doing, and it would be impossible to create such a policy because you have to define a behavior before you can prohibit it. There is a policy against PA, and a very important guideline against ABF. The other editor assumed that it was bad faith rather than a dumb mistake ("How deceptive and shameless can you be?"), and they deserved the warning Melanie gave. Even if MarkBassett had acted in bad faith, he is only one editor and could have been overridden by consensus. It served no purpose to attack him, and that kind of thing does far more damage than good.<br />As far as I'm concerned, the "justified personal attack" doctrine{{emdash}}''which exists entirely outside of policy''{{emdash}}is one of the serious problems resulting from self-selected self-governance. It enables hostility when the editor is in the right, disregarding the fact that editors always feel they are in the right and therefore always feel justified in being hostile. It exists only because the self-selected governing group is heavily skewed toward (1) the combative and (2) those who believe that virtually unlimited tolerance of combativeness is good for the project. Most editors with milder dispositions avoid ANI like the plague because they can't stand to be around that craziness for long.<br />You'll never convince me of the rightness of that thinking, sorry. &#8213;]&nbsp;] 20:01, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
::::::No that wasn't my point. My point was that a few very battleground aggressive editors baited Snooganssnoogans into doing something obviously unacceptable and managed to deflect attention from their own behavior to Snoog's lapse in loosing his temper. ]] 20:26, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
:::::::I have never seen battleground in Markbassett, the target of the PA for which the editor was warned. And I don't buy the "baiting" excuse, ever. We are grownups and able to make grownup choices as to how we respond to others. It's an overused cop-out enabled and perpetuated by the self-selected combative crowd. &#8213;]&nbsp;] 20:33, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
::::::::No it's just a weakness of some editors that is evident to predators. Just like an antelope with a gimpy leg out in Yellowstone. Anyway we're too far into the details on Bassett. I don't see any baiting from him either. I started out just meaning to show you all the red stop sign templates on his talk page. That's not the best way to work things out with an experienced but excitable editor. ]] 20:41, 4 June 2018 (UTC)


== Threading ==
== Watch your language, please ==


This is unrelated to our back-and-forth, but it is on the same article talk page. I indented and moved your 04:57, 7 July 2024 reply to JDiala because it split their reply to themselves. I hope you don't mind. ]. If you revert, I won't contest it. While I'm here, I struck the DE comment and the explanation is available with my 06:15, 7 July 2024 reply. Carry on, ] (]) 06:31, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
VM, please calm down and keep it within the bounds of reasonable discussion. kind of talk poisons a discussion even if the tirade isn't directed at a specific individual. --] (]) 15:41, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
:I'm sorry, but "reasonable discussion", by definition, is not possible, with people who spout insane conspiracy theories. The whole fucking problem with these articles (and more generally, out there in the real world) is that reasonable people have bent over backwards to accommodate folks who believe some seriously wacky stuff and pretend that these ridiculous notions can be part of "reasonable discussion" (maybe because the people who spout these ideas run around Misplaced Pages talk pages giving people barnstars and kissing up and ingratiating themselves with everyone and their dog). It's a fool's game. It's impossible. At some point it becomes necessary to point out that idiotic ideas are idiotic ideas.
:Here, maybe a quote will convey this better:
:''"Suppose someone sits down where you are sitting right now and announces to me that he is Napoleon Bonaparte. The last thing I want to do with him is to get involved in a technical discussion of cavalry tactics at the Battle of Austerlitz. If I do that, I'm getting tacitly drawn into the game that he is Napoleon Bonaparte. "'' ] .] (]) 15:45, 8 June 2018 (UTC)


== Utsa Patnaik ==
:And this is also how people can get away with saying messed up crap like ''"It's more like disparagement of the criminal aspects of Latino and Muslim populations"'' !!! That right there is wayyyyy more offensive and problematic than calling out conspiracy theories for what they are.] (]) 15:54, 8 June 2018 (UTC)


Hello VolunteerMarek. I had a query about the reliability of ] on the ] article? I ask because you fully removed her opinion from the body on June 24 because it was apparently fringe, yet another even though it's not a summary of the body and with no remaining mention of Patnaik in the body. I think her view deserves some mention in the body but clearly what this anonymous user added is undue and not following Misplaced Pages's guidelines for the lead section. No other scholar even gets named in the lead apart from Patnaik. ] (]) 11:22, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
::You can avoid discussing tactics with a lunatic without exploding into a tirade of expletives. I though maybe a gentle nudge would be enough for you to get the message. It wasn't - you appear to be defending your right to post this kind of objectionable language - so I will be more explicit: posting comments full of "fucking idiot" and "bullshit" and "Oh jebus freakin crust but this is dumb" is disruptive and violates ]. It poisons discourse and encourages others to reply in kind. You can expose nonsense and denounce conspiracy theories without this kind of explosion. Please restrain yourself in the future. --] (]) 15:57, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
:Patnaik , Monbiot and Hickel are most certainly fringe by any reasonable definition of fringe. “Comment is free” is not a reliable source.<small><span style="border:1px solid black;padding:1px;">]</span></small> 18:49, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
:::Sure.] (]) 16:02, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

::::Responding to your edit summary: It actually hurts your argument to post this kind of rant. It makes you look unstable, emotional, hostile. It leaves the other person (the one who posted the conspiracy theory) looking like the rational one. Remember the old saying "never argue with an idiot, because people watching may not be able to tell the difference". Make sure people can tell the difference - by the tenor and reasonableness of your own posts. Another saying (saw it on Misplaced Pages, forget where, so paraphrasing): "When I argue with someone, I am not hoping to convince them; I am hoping to convince the onlookers." You are more likely to get consensus for your position if you post like a mature adult with reason on your side. --] (]) 17:08, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
== Arbitration motions regarding My very best wishes ==
:::::That's what people like to tell themselves. Good always triumphs over evil, rational discourse beats out emotional propaganda, be nice even when others aren't, etc. etc. etc. But the proof is in the pudding. How effective has this kids-glove nicey-nice "your crazy ideas are just as valid for discussion as everyone else's ideas" been on these articles? Not particularly successful, judging by the quality of the relevant articles.] (]) 17:56, 8 June 2018 (UTC)

::::::Why give them ammunition? ] (]) 18:54, 8 June 2018 (UTC)
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The Barnstar of Good Humor
"happy that we finally got a 'self-described neutral observer'" - that made me laugh. That was a positive add. Rockypedia (talk) 00:02, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

A beer for you!

I was wondering why I saw you clearing your talk page. Drmies (talk) 04:49, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
Gandy orders a second round. Cheers to one of our best! Gandydancer (talk) 15:21, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
*hic* here's another :) sláinte! ——SerialNumber54129 15:27, 27 February 2019 (UTC)


A Resilient Barnstar
I’m very sorry to see the harassment you have faced. Stay strong Volunteer Marek! starship.paint (talk) 16:00, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

A kitten for you!

A kitten in the hopes that it improves you evening.

HighInBC 12:23, 28 September 2021 (UTC)

Glitch

Hi! Looks like there was some sort of edit conflict glitch and your edit reverted a long comment from Nederlandse Leeuw (which is of interest to me because I was tagged in it). I reverted back, I hesitates because we had a little dustup at arbcon the other week so I thought it best to let you know directly what I was thinking and why I reverted your revert. Wish you the best. Horse Eye's Back (talk) 17:38, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, don’t know what happened there. Thanks. Volunteer Marek 20:11, 24 May 2023 (UTC)

Panama Section in 'Allegation of CIA trafficking' page

Sometime back you made this edit on the 'Allegations of CIA drug trafficking' page:.

There is talk of restoring that section (on-going) on that talk page....I give my thoughts there. I'd be interested to know what you think (maybe expand upon the reasons given in your edit summary)Rja13ww33 (talk) 18:17, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

YGM

No response needed, but occasionally things go to spam, so just letting you know. -- Tamzin (she|they|xe) 02:45, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

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Try the bookmark tip for quick WL access. You'll thank me later :) Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 02:55, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Thanks. Volunteer Marek 13:10, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

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Reminds you of anything? :/ Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:49, 6 November 2023 (UTC)

Lol. Volunteer Marek 19:02, 6 November 2023 (UTC)
Um... I hope my ping at WT:RFA didn't bother you. I didn't mean to remind you of what you went through but I was somewhat angry on your behalf. I didn't really know much about what Icewhiz did before I read your comment months ago and seeing FeydHuxtable write Not sure why several seem to think exceptional editors like Wifione & Icewhiz had malcious intent? Ice used to be a fellow ARS member, he was unusually gentle until he suffered severe provocation. He only sought adminship as a means to fight a certain evil. His play for adminship might have failed, but he simply kept taking things to a new level until his will proved too great for the community to resist. Much as I believe Ice was mistaken in seeing said evil as residing in certain edtiors or being tolerated by Misplaced Pages as a whole, one has to admire his ingenuity & determintation to achieve rightful victory (as he saw it). bothered me. I was hoping that maybe the diff I shared would be like a victim impact statement? But I also didn't want to speak on your behalf because obviously you can do so for yourself (hence the courtesy ping). But again, I didn't mean to remind you what you went through. If you don't want me to ping you about similar situations in the future, I'll respect that. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 14:09, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

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Hi Volunteer Marek :) I'm looking to interview people here. Feel free to pass if you're not interested. Clovermoss🍀 (talk) 12:44, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the hat-tip

It was a pleasant surprise to see your mention of me when completing the editor reflection. I'm impressed that you remember my early forays into privacy protection, and am flattered that they had a positive influence on you. There is a certain irony that, having written some of this stuff more than 15 years ago, my RL name and username are practically used interchangeably within the movement, and I've presented in many public fora under my own name. Wishing you well in the coming year, Risker (talk) 21:33, 18 December 2023 (UTC)

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nice catch on the map Elinruby (talk) 09:11, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

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Happy New Year

Happy New Year!
Wishing you and yours a Happy New Year, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free and may Janus light your way. Ealdgyth (talk) 14:49, 31 December 2023 (UTC)

DYK for The Torture Camp on Paradise Street

On 27 January 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article The Torture Camp on Paradise Street, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Stanislav Aseyev, the author of The Torture Camp on Paradise Street, was placed in the Izolyatsia torture camp for writing "Donetsk People's Republic" in quotation marks in a social media post? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/The Torture Camp on Paradise Street. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, The Torture Camp on Paradise Street), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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The mention at ANI

can be ignored if you choose. Somebody thought they'd been outed is all. Or you can opine if you like but I just thought I would try to alleviate any christ what now thoughts you might have had. I'd give it a miss if I were you, since he will argue forever, but I didn't want to talk about you behind your back even in passing. Oh speaking of, if you still care about the place we do not name there's a thread about the steward elections; your name came up there but not in a bad way about you either Elinruby (talk) 16:30, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

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Request for amendment at WP:ARCA about World War II and the history of Jews in Poland

Hello Volunteer Marek,

a request for amendment that affects the 1-way interaction ban with Piotrus and a 1-way interaction ban with Volunteer Marek from the World War II and the history of Jews in Poland case has been made at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment § Amendment request: World War II and the history of Jews in Poland. Your input would be welcome.

Best regards,
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Threading

This is unrelated to our back-and-forth, but it is on the same article talk page. I indented and moved your 04:57, 7 July 2024 reply to JDiala because it split their reply to themselves. I hope you don't mind. Link for review. If you revert, I won't contest it. While I'm here, I struck the DE comment and the explanation is available with my 06:15, 7 July 2024 reply. Carry on, Mr rnddude (talk) 06:31, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Utsa Patnaik

Hello VolunteerMarek. I had a query about the reliability of Utsa Patnaik on the Bengal Famine of 1943 article? I ask because you fully removed her opinion from the body on June 24 because it was apparently fringe, yet another anonymous user on July 1 added a whole paragraph sourced to Patnaik to the lead about inflation even though it's not a summary of the body and with no remaining mention of Patnaik in the body. I think her view deserves some mention in the body but clearly what this anonymous user added is undue and not following Misplaced Pages's guidelines for the lead section. No other scholar even gets named in the lead apart from Patnaik. 185.21.22.198 (talk) 11:22, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Patnaik , Monbiot and Hickel are most certainly fringe by any reasonable definition of fringe. “Comment is free” is not a reliable source. Volunteer Marek 18:49, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Arbitration motions regarding My very best wishes

The Arbitration Committee has resolved by motion that:

Remedies 5.1 and 5.2 of World War II and the history of Jews in Poland (the topic and interaction bans on My very best wishes, respectively) are repealed.

And it has resolved by another motion that:

My very best wishes' topic ban from World War II in Eastern Europe and the history of Jews in Eastern Europe, imposed under the Eastern Europe contentious topic procedures, is repealed.

For the Arbitration Committee, SilverLocust 💬 06:33, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

Discuss this at: Misplaced Pages talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard § Arbitration motions regarding My very best wishes

Arbitration amendment request archived

The request for amendment in which those two motions were proposed has been closed and is archived at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification and Amendment/Archive 128#Amendment request: World War II and the history of Jews in Poland. The repeal of remedy 5.2 means that the ban on My very best wishes interacting with you has been lifted. SilverLocust 💬 07:30, 8 August 2024 (UTC)

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Thank You

Thank you for the work on Yalta's page and combating Russian Operatives spreading misinformation and propaganda. 69.61.139.83 (talk) 08:58, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

Io Saturnalia!

Io, Saturnalia!
Wishing you and yours a Happy Holiday Season, from the horse and bishop person. May the year ahead be productive and distraction-free. Ealdgyth (talk) 15:29, 17 December 2024 (UTC)

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