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Just a courtesy note to say thanks for your unblock of this IP. --BozMo talk 14:04, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Florence Hartmann

Hi Gwen, I just had what seems to me 'a strange experience'. I have done some general work cleaning up Florence Hartmann, who is hot news this week. I'm guessing that because she is a hate figure for some Serbs then she is a heroine of some Croats (mine enemy's enemy etc), but ... I have just received a Gmail (in Croatian) apparently welcoming me to Croatian Wiki. And, curiouser and curiouser, I went to the English FloHart page, followed the link to the Croat page, and it had a banner telling me I had new messages! Any thoughts? Autodidactyl (talk) 20:21, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Hey. I'd say you have unified login. Gwen Gale (talk) 20:50, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I do, but I have never edited the Croatian Wiki. Does just reading a page trigger a welcome? Thanks Autodidactyl (talk) 20:59, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Someone left you a welcoming template on your user talk page there which, spot on, would have triggered the "new messages" banner. Gwen Gale (talk) 21:07, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

I just checked. You are absolutely right. Many Thanks. Autodidactyl (talk) 21:14, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

List of Dragon Ball Kai Episodes - Discussion

Sorry to have to get you into this, but I don't want to do anything stupid. Please read the "Episode Titles" discussion at List of Dragon Ball Kai episodes and see who is right at the moment. Collectonian has changed translated (not dubbed) titles so they will match the English dub of the show. There is no dub, and they are English translations... not English titles. Please read, I don't want to get into trouble with her again. D4c3nt3n0 (talk) 00:33, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Please also read my response as I have corrected D4c3nt3n0 incorrect assumption. The names of the characters were corrected to match their official English spellings per Misplaced Pages's guidelines for naming conventions and the anime/manga projects guidelines regarding names. However, it appears that some articles are using the official English anime spellings, and some the manga, so a discussion has been started at the character list talk page about resolving this. -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 01:06, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

Your post

Hello Madam or Sir, I know my edit was not perfectly done. Like I know user Skomorokh is not correct to say that the claim in the GNU section of Stallman's bio is well sourced. The point is that to use Drepper and Raymond as sources to make such a general statements in a biographical page clearly violates NPOV. Drepper and Raymond themselves have well documented issues that would make them qualify for that description of "difficult to work with". So their claims should be taken with care and skepticism and not as the definitive and ultimate source.--Grandscribe (talk) 09:17, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

See WP:Point then and please don't do that again, either. As you were posting this, I was looking over that section of the article. I think the other text also goes beyond the pale and have taken it out. Gwen Gale (talk) 09:24, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Ok. I will follow your advice. Thank you for your efforts to help improve the article and make it comply with Misplaced Pages policies.--Grandscribe (talk) 09:34, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

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Falsification

I wish to bring your attention (qua that of an admin) to Talk:Quantity theory of money#Example is misleading, and in particular to an attempt to falsify the context in which a reply was made. Perhaps nothing further will come of the matter, but I wanted to raise a flag. —SlamDiego_←T 23:36, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Next time something like that happens, rs it with something in the edit summary like, "Did you remove this by mistake?" Looks like the editor could have been removing their own original research, a good faith thing to do (though editors who have been here a long time would tend to <s>strike</s> something like that out if an answer has already shown up, as one did there). Gwen Gale (talk) 23:47, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Well, the “original research” in this case concerned the character and motives of another editor. I did explain to the author that the proper way to withdraw sucha remark, after a reply had been made to it, was to strike through it. —SlamDiego_←T 00:04, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Then, say they were withdrawing a personal attack drawn from original research. Looks more hopeful than harmful, but feel free to let me know if more worries get stirred up. Gwen Gale (talk) 00:22, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

I agree that it may have been an attempt at withdrawal. As to “original research” in the remaining content, that is one valid way of categorizing it. (Fundamentally, the editor began by confusing the equation of exchange with the quantity theory of money; after that, there are multiple possible interpretations of what (s)he has been doing, but each could legitimately be said to involve “original research”.) I acknowledhe that no immediate administrative action is necessary; but I am less hopeful about the future. TNX. —SlamDiego_←T 02:40, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

They only have a dozen or so contributions, bears watching but it's way too soon to tell. Gwen Gale (talk) 11:06, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

Heads up

This may be of interest.  Roger Davies 01:52, 25 September 2009 (UTC)