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Defender

		The Mighty Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		In recognition & thanks for your efforts in helping us work our way towards consensus towards making Battle of Washita River a good WP:NPOV (instead of WP:SOAP) article. Still a lotta work to do, but now we can do it, in no small part because of your help. Yksin 20:03, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

		The Fearless Blocker/Flame Extinguisher Barnstar
		In recognition & thanks for your efforts in toning down the rhetoric on Andalusian horse and standing up against harassment! Montanabw 23:12, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Problematic user

Hi, I've reverted this guy's edits about (I think) 5 times now. Is there anything you can do to help? Thanks, phoenixMourning (talk) 01:51, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Many thanks to you my friend. May I come to you with any other problems if needed? phoenixMourning (talk) 02:04, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you so much!!! phoenixMourning (talk) 02:10, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Addition

Here is another sockpuppet of Fractions. I guess this is his IP number. Here is his last nonsense edit. I can't believe he's still at it. Take care and have a lovely week. Thanks in advance and grateful as always. --Candy156sweet (talk) 21:32, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

2001 Interpretations revision

Wonderful how this is going. I just got a chance to read through it as it is now, and I am delighted. Thanks! Bill Wwheaton (talk) 23:27, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Life is, in fact, just a rodeo :-P

Just a request that you watchlist calf roping, Saddle Bronc and Bareback Riding, and, just in case, rodeo. User:HatAct has a strong POV on the matter, probably sincere, but made some strongly-worded edits citing flat earth-theory sources and I did fully or partially revert some of this material. Tried to leave as conciliatory as I can manage message on his/her talk page in hopes of taking it to discussion and not an edit war. Not ugly yet, could get that way. I'll spare you all the reasons I consider myself quite NPOV on the issues in these articles, but let's just say that the various factions have very hot emotions and I don't want to mediate an edit war if I don't have to. I also don't know when I am going to have the time to source everything, as I'm up to my ears with the Horse breed articles (all 350 of them). Also called FisherQueen for backup, she's stepped in over there before. Montanabw 22:58, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Brace for impact, me laddie, am about to revert the saddle bronc article. The calf roping article wasn't too bad, just had to restore one removed edit and remove one isolated topical edit, I think that one will cool down. On saddle bronc, I am going to revert and then see what I can add in of the other edits, there may be some useful material. But do keep your eyes open. Montanabw 06:05, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Removed edits

Why did you remove my edits to Vanboto's talk page? There was nothing insulting about them. Daedalus969 (talk) 00:44, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

You're biting a new editor, arguing on his talk page after leaving an insulting message. That stops. Dreadstar † 00:49, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

The most recent edit wasn't insulting. After the intervention of the admin I calmed down. Daedalus969 (talk) 01:17, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

I disagree. Telling someone to "stop the insults" after you've insulted them and they've made no further edits is pretty insulting. There was no need for your further comment after two administrators had intervened in the situation. Dreadstar † 01:50, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

You mean when I said that this isn't a game and he wasn't admin material? If not, I have no idea what you're refering to. All the other posts that are not signed are his. He was the one throwing insults.Daedalus969 (talk) 04:13, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

When you said

"Ok, first, stop with the stupid D&D referenecs...not some stupid game. The fact that you are already judging people just because of a family guy reference states right away that you aren't admin material. You are the troll here, not us...Come back when you have an agruement that doesn't end in game terms."

Then you follow it up by telling him to stop the insults. That's insulting. Dreadstar † 04:34, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Ok, I see that now. But that was only after I got fed up with him talking down to us and the like numerous times. Daedalus969 (talk) 06:48, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Thankyou for understanding; I also apologize for the disruption myself. I should have stayed calm. Daedalus969 (talk) 07:54, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

NP, it happens to the best of us.. :p Dreadstar † 07:58, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Request for mediation not accepted

A Request for Mediation to which you were are a party was not accepted and has been delisted. You can find more information on the case subpage, Misplaced Pages:Requests for mediation/What the Bleep Do We Know!?. For the Mediation Committee, WjBscribe 12:00, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Do me a favor?

Hey, when you get a chance (since you've warned him/her before) can you remind User:Lucyintheskywithdada that harrasment of editors is a blockable offense, and that accusing someone of "plagarism" for editing an info box is un-civil and a personal attack. Thanks for your time. --Nealparr 17:36, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Dread, I appreciate you have sympathies for Neal and a previously good history but I would appreciate some evenhandness in this matter.

I do not think that anyone would consider asking another editor engaging in major removal of academic references and citation where he has access to them, or has read them is "harassment". Especially given the history of mass revisions and disruption. I have held my hand out on his talk page and attempted to discuss with Neal his editing point of view on the topic between us and he refuses to do so. I honestly have no idea what the beef is.

As the original author of an infobox that survived a NfD I do think there should be clarity between the two different ones. It was not "edited" in the first place but had it purpose and meaning changed entirely to support one POV without discussion.

I have just checked the most recent revision and have no idea what is going on in that corner now. Having removed it en masse from all and any article many times, Neal seems to have now reverted to an early version and replaced it on article. He has won, I am leaving the matter entirely alone and to his hands.

--Lucyintheskywithdada (talk) 06:45, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

I reverted back to your version earlier today (the one you felt was vastly different) after you accused me of plagarism. Obviously you felt much stronger about it than I did. You accused me of "changing the intent of it" (whatever that was) and plagarizing it (when the colors where the ones I put in myself). You didn't hold out your hand on my talk page. Have a look. It's one insult after another. --Nealparr 07:04, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Another User Report

Since you're the only admin I really know, I'll just give these to you. The user 61.9.202.98 has had a long streak of vandlism if you check his/her Contributions.

As has 71.239.120.5, where is it I can report these? Daedalus969 (talk) 23:18, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

Looks like they've been blocked. You can report vandals to WP:AIV. Dreadstar † 00:23, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks.Daedalus969 (talk) 02:04, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Another List of Supreme Court cases has been nominated for deletion

There is a discussion going on here. I though you might be interested in commenting due to your previous comment here.--Cdogsimmons (talk) 00:54, 8 February 2008 (UTC)