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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. J Milburn (talk) 23:37, 14 January 2013 (UTC)

I've removed it again. Relevancy and flavour are all well and good for a free image, but non-free images require a little more than that. Book covers are rarely going to be justified on articles about authors, unless the covers are themselves somehow significant. I'd have no objection to the use of the cover in an article about the book, if it's notable. (As an aside, your PhD thesis sounds fascinating. I have a friend who is looking at the psychological aspects of character creation, focussing on pen-and-paper role-playing games.) J Milburn (talk) 22:14, 21 January 2013 (UTC)

I understand your argument and won't replace the image. But that wasn't the reasoning you used in your original edit summary when you removed the image for the first time, hence my initial restoration. (PS: I'm a long-time role-playing gamer and I'm also intrigued by the links between our own character/personality and those we construct in fictional activities such as RPGs...) Kim Dent-Brown 08:29, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the trout

I deserved it. Rob gets on my tits. ·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 22:27, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

No problem. I feel the same way sometimes with him and a few others I could name. Kim Dent-Brown 22:50, 22 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for removing the bogus AfD notice from my user subpage. As you may or may not be aware, I had to have my user page and my talk page semi'd because I am the target of User:Mangoeater1000 and his many sockpuppets. I appreciate your help with my barnstar page. Regards, 72Dino (talk) 16:11, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Talkback

Of the three or four times I've started a thread at AN/I, I was in one case blocked, and in another case threatened with a block. Glad to be on the good side of karma this time. — PinkAmpers& 16:11, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Pas de problème - heureux que je pourrais être utile! Kim Dent-Brown 16:20, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

ANI query

Hello, reading http://en.wikipedia.org/User_talk:PinkAmpersand#Discussion_at_WP:ANI led me to try to view the actual WP:ANI discussion but couldn't find it. I never tried browsing WP:ANI before. Thought you as an administrator might be able to explain. Thanks, David F (talk) 01:54, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

AN/I topic-ban discussion

Hi. I'm a bit disappointed that you just said "I'm done here" at this discussion, without waiting for a response. Could you at least read my reply to you, and see whether it changes your mind? Scolaire (talk) 19:59, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Would add that I haven't engaged in moves etc. since your intervention, unlike the other party, and now expect you to follow through with some action. Brocach (talk) 00:44, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

I'm sorry if my "I'm done here" seemed impatient or dismissive. It's a function of my disbelief that such a small matter can waste so many electrons and so much time. In fact your response hasn't changed my mind, in that I see no external consensus (or even participation...) from AN/I readers who were previously uninvolved. That means there can be no consensus for topic bans anywhere ad all that's left is individual admin action. I see no justification for any immediate block so I am left with threatening one for the next person who touches a category before a consensus is reached. You'll have seen that In posted the following on a number of people's talk pages:

:::I assume you are following the discussions at AN/I but in case you have lost it in the detail, I have asked all parties to desist, immediately, from any renaming or recategorising of articles linked to the GAA. This applies even to correcting an article that has been amended to the 'wrong' version. The AN/I thread has grown to astonishing length with very little interest from anyone except those already engaged in the dispute. Nevertheless I will block anyone who makes further changes to these categories before a true consensus is reached, ideally at WT:GAA but frankly any venue will do!

I'm hoping that will have the desired effect and I'd appreciate any diffs if folks from any side do in fact try and recategorise articles before consensus is reached. Brocach, if there has been any such activity since I made my statement at AN/I I'd appreciate a diff, preferably at AN/I rather than here. Kim Dent-Brown 00:50, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

I am, frankly, deeply disappointed that after 30+ diffs linked above you cannot see the case for a block on a consistently disruptive editor. I hope that an admin who knows a bit about the subject matter will take an interest. In the meantime, I suppose that I might as well advise you of at least some of the changes made by Laurel Lodged since your statement at 16:36, 30 January 2013: try . Is that enough? If not, what would be? Brocach (talk) 01:22, 31 January 2013 (UTC)