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User:Mixwell/scrolling

Thank-you so much Ryan. I hope it doesn't sound wierd, but being able to do this and reach people he knew kinda makes me feel close to him. And I know he'd want me to try and do this. He lived so far away from us and now he's gone forever. Did I do this right? Jeffssister (talk) 16:56, 9 August 2008 (UTC)jeffssister

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Editor amok

Recently you have taken an interest in allowing for a fair representation of an LDS author named Chris Heimerdinger. An editor named Ronz has taken it upon himself to delete a large part of the content of these articles in a manner that seems prejudiced against the faith of the subject represented. Certainly Misplaced Pages does not wish to have a reputation that is influenced by religious prejudice. Ronz's tirade in requesting sourced material seems innocent on the surface, but has gotten to the point of using this as excuse to potentially delete full articles (like Passage to Zarahemla) as well as trim to the point that the article really offers little interesting information. And it seems this is entirely for fear that parties, including the subject himself, are promoting rather than treating the subject in an encyclopedic manner. He seems to have gone much beyond whatever authority is offered to editors in this matter. This author, a movie associated with him, as well as other featured articles related to his career, are being unduly cut and slashed with apparent prejudice. The discussion page on the subject of Passage to Zarahemla goes over these issues with more detail. I have read many articles on Misplaced Pages, including an article recently on a British character actor named Kenneth Cope, that offers much interesting information without any references at all. The spirit of Misplaced Pages, it would seem, is to offer more info than can be found in other resources. Many people have gone out of their way to offer legitimate resource info to justify certain items in the these articles, only to have such postings "undone" by Ronz. From your other edits you appeared to have the ability to take a neutral approach to this matter, disallowing promoters as well as detractors. Please involve yourself again to return such articles back to a balance that is not so unduly weighted toward detractors. Georgia.

Thanks for the co-nom!

		The Mizu onna sango15 Barnstar
		Thank you to all who participated in my RFA- regardless of whether you supported or opposed, all feedback is important to me. I look forward to proving in the coming months that the trust placed in me by the community is not misplaced. —Mizu onna sango15

Note

A couple of editors have now commented in the thread I started in ANI who allegedly "want nothing to do with" me and who have fixated on me and what have you for some time (part of the reason why I changed usernames was not just to avoid these "people" who have been harassing my family for some time and who I don't believe have shown up on Misplaced Pages yet, but also because the fixation and dishonesty some existing editors have treated me with seem disquietingly similar to patterns I have seen elsewhere). In any event, their mischaracterization of my edit is in effect this edit, in which I indeed changed the format of the article. The one intermediate edit I ignored was this unilateral and pointed edit that went against the consensus of an AfD, but it is something how some like to twist things. In any event, because these users allegedly want nothing to do with me as quoted above, I am not going to feed into them and escalate things, because I am here to build an encyclopedia, not perpetuate disputes. Sincerely, --A Nobody 00:05, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

Need a favor..

Ryan, I haven't been exceptionally active this year.. for many personal and real life reasons. Unfortunately this has affected my activity in Misplaced Pages and many other projects... I was wondering whether you have the time to monitor/update Portal:Tennis? Thanks. —Dark 10:47, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Not another cheap christmas wishes!

	Merry Christmas to you!
	Have a very merry Christmas and Frosted christcakes! And a great new year! This greeting (and season) promotes WikiLove and hopefully this note has made your day a little better. Spread the WikiLove by wishing another user a Merry Christmas, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past, a good friend, or just some random person. Regards (and Season's Greetings!) from --Mixwell! 13:44, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Piotrus 2 needing closure

See User talk:AGK#Requests for arbitration/Piotrus 2/Proposed decision - table of votes: Piotrus 2—the case for which you are the designated Clerk—is now ready for closure.

Festive greetings; hope you're well.

Thanks!
AGK 18:45, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Ah thanks, I did email the list about 6 weeks ago because I'd been ill saying someone else would have to take over the case and I'd presumed someone else had. I'm busy at the minute, but at about 23:00 UTC tonight I'll close it. Ryan Postlethwaite 18:47, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Oh, I either missed the email or had forgotten about it.

Sorry about that!

AGK 19:59, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Input requested over on Betacommand's talk page...

Hey Ryan, if you have a moment, could you take a look at this discussion over on Betacommand's talk page? I think I'm right (Pascal.Tesson has just agreed), but I wonder if you could clarify your stance, seeings as you're heavily involved in this? Cheers, and have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ;). _TalkIslander 20:38, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Banned user is back

Banned user John celona is back. Please take a look at the edit history for this IP address. From 1/7/08 through at least 6/14/08, Celona edited occasionally from this IP address when he failed to log in. Later, he claimed these edits. For example, here.

Now someone at this same IP address is doing this sort of thing at David Cicilline. And even worse, this sort of thing. I would normally bring this to Sarcastic Idealist, who dealt with Celona a lot before he was banned. But SI's on break and you've dealt with him in the past too. Can you help? David in DC (talk) 16:25, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for that David - it was fairly clear cut so I've blocked the IP for a month. Even if it wasn't John, it was pure trolling. Ryan Postlethwaite 16:28, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. David in DC (talk) 16:33, 23 December 2008 (UTC)