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Revision as of 06:14, 10 August 2004

--Gene_poole 01:25, 21 May 2004 (UTC)Hello there. Welcome to Misplaced Pages! Looking forward to reading your contributions, though you may find some exist already: the naming convention is to use lowercase within titles:

• Ambient music
• Calendar reform
• Freedom of movement
• Assisted suicide

Hmm. 2 out of 4. cheers. -- Tarquin 11:54 Jan 15, 2003 (UTC)

Howdy. Thanks. Seeya 'round!

George Francis Cruickshank

Hi, please don't just blank the page. If you feel the redirect is misleading, please list it on Misplaced Pages:Redirects for deletion. Thanks. Angela. 18:37, Feb 9, 2004 (UTC)

Ambient music

Hey, Gene Poole, nice name! Would you take a look at the Ambient music article, where I added a section on isolationist ambient? Maybe you have something to add. Thanks! heidimo 20:25, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Revert warning

Please do not revert an article more than three times within 24 hours. It is advisable to talk differences out, request for page protection, or seek mediation/arbitration instead of reverting. You have already done so on Decimal calendar. If you continue to revert, a Quickpoll may be started and you may be blocked for 24 hours. The relevant policies and guidelines are at Misplaced Pages:Quickpolls policy, Misplaced Pages:How to revert a page to an earlier version, Misplaced Pages:Mediation. Thanks, Dori | Talk 02:18, Apr 8, 2004 (UTC)

If people continue to vandalise articles without responding to repeated requests not to do so, or who repeatedly fail to provide documented evidence to support their assertions, or who deliberately revert articles on the basis of specious, subjective reasoning, then I will continue to restore them to a factual, NPOV state. You would be better served directing your warnings at those whose actions necessitate my response. Gene_Poole

Sir, if you disagree with a policy please discuss it at the relevant talk page. Otherwise, you should at least attempt to comply with the policy, rather than simply ignore it because you believe that your engaging in actions prohibited by policies is justifiable. Policies exist to be followed and implemented. If you are truly concerned with the integrity of the article, please, request mediation, which is a better way to effect this and one which is permissible under current policies, unlike the application of frequent reversions, which is likely to get you censured and/or banned temporarily, regardless of the POV or factual accuracy of the edits involved. (Only simple vandalism, such as the blanking of a page with nonsense, is likely to be excluded in this regard). Thank you for your concern in this matter. - Fennec 05:18, 8 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Are the people removing the content Gene is repeatedly restoring being warned about these repetitive reverts? Because the content was present in the original article on 17 Jan 2003. People keep removing it repeatedly, reverting the change that originally added it. Are they being warned about not following Misplaced Pages policies? Jdavidb 18:41, 8 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I am fully compliant with Misplaced Pages policies. In the case in question you will note that page protection was repeatedly requested - but nothing was done about it. Gene_Poole

vfd listings

Keep the micronation listings coming on vfd! Incidentally, the last two listings you've made you haven't signed them and I've had to look in the edit history to see who it is and sign on your behalf. Could you please sign your own listings in future? Cheers. -- Graham  :) | Talk 01:16, 26 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I think I've listed all the ones that don't belong on Misplaced Pages. Apologies for forgetting my sig. --Gene_poole 01:20, 26 Apr 2004 (UTC)

No probs. -- Graham  :) | Talk 01:23, 26 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Wik

Hello, you and I have something in common. We are both on Wik's list.

You might be interested in Misplaced Pages:Images_for_deletion#April_28

Dmn 00:16, 28 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Hi. Yes, I'd noticed. It's always gratifing to know that you've succeeded in enraging a crackpot/troll/content perverter - using nothing more than facts and consistent, rational reasoning - to the point where they view you as a threat worthy of hysterical co-ordinated ad hominem attacks. Still, I can't help feeling a little pity for someone so obviously thoroughly screwed up. It can't be easy having to live with that level of festering anger chewing away at your insides. --Gene_poole 01:54, 28 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Empire of Atlantium

I kindly ask you consider not editing Empire of Atlantium (or any Atlantium related article) because Misplaced Pages generally frowns upon using primary sources. Please also consider removing your anti-Wik message from your user page, and please assume good faith with Wik and all other users. --"DICK" CHENEY 05:04, 3 May 2004 (UTC)

Hi. I appreciate your comments, and would point out merely that almost all of the edits I've applied to this article over the past several months (aside from reversions necessary to protect the work of other contributors from targeted vandalism) relate to formatting or improved paragraph layout and/or sentence structure - and not to the content itself. I will be happy to remove my warning concerning Wik when I see evidence of a change in this user's attitude towards Misplaced Pages's community standards. One hopes this will occur sooner rather than later. --Gene_poole 06:24, 3 May 2004 (UTC)

I notice that Wik is playing the "wholesale reversion-vandalisation" game again already; my warning stays. --Gene_poole 09:42, 3 May 2004 (UTC)

Wik warning

Hello on your user page you asked "I welcome the views of others on how it might best be combatted."

Well I did better than just tell you my views. I managed along with Danny to persuade Wik to remove the list. So your warning about it on your userpage is therefore no longer necessary. I am asking you to remove it please.

theresa knott 22:12, 6 May 2004 (UTC)

Thank you :-) theresa knott 07:20, 7 May 2004 (UTC)

Revert war with Wik

I just wanted to let you know that you violated the three revert guideline on Talk:Empire of Atlantium, and Wik stopped at the proscribed three edits. Also, it is against Misplaced Pages policy to remove the comments of other users as you did with Racomedia's comments , and as Wik removed your comments. Please contact the user whose comments you find offensive and ask them to remove the comment instead of doing it yourself. If they refuse, please follow the Dispute resolution process. As always, you can leave a message on my talk page and I would be more than happy to answer any questions. --"DICK" CHENEY 13:32, 19 May 2004 (UTC)

I have reverted your most recent removal of Racomedia's comment at Talk:Empire of Atlantium. I very strongly suggest that you refrain from removing other user's comments and referring to other users as "crackpots" or this issue will be taken to the next level. --"DICK" CHENEY 12:27, 20 May 2004 (UTC)

I very strongly suggest you actually read the rubbish posted by by the user whose comments I am deleting. They consist of (a) a dubious personal observation used as a lead-in to (b) a link to an article on horse racing. The user who posted these comments is correctly referred to as a "crackpot" because they have spammed my personal email address with volumes of semi-coherent personal abuse on 2 separate occasions, and self-published similar borderline defamatory material on a public internet page. You might also wish to note that the user in question has made a grand total of 2 edits since September 2003 - including the abovementioned one. In light of this I take exception to your threats.--Gene_poole 01:10, 21 May 2004 (UTC)

We do not remove comments from talk pages. Danny 01:22, 21 May 2004 (UTC)

Well we ought to review our policy.--Gene_poole 01:25, 21 May 2004 (UTC)

At this point we are reviewing your conduct. Please see Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/Gene Poole. --"DICK" CHENEY 01:45, 21 May 2004 (UTC)

See above comment concerning threats.--Gene_poole 02:21, 21 May 2004 (UTC)

Wik

Hey, what exactly happened with Wik? His page says he left on May 21st. Do you know anything? Jdavidb 21:48, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)

He/she was banned for a week for abusing community standards, and as a result decided to go for complete martyrdom by making the absence a permanently self-enforced one. Unsurprisingly, nobody seems overly concerned by this.--Gene_poole 02:11, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Thanks. I share the same amount of concern. :) I was just curious. Did a bit of reading, and I was quite impressed by Jimbo's stance. I'm one of those optimists who wants to honestly feel that anyone can be rehabilitated in an online community, and Jim seems to share the ideal while still holding to the right level of realism for the community. So, life goes on. :) Jdavidb 14:22, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I'm a natural optimist too - but I also recognise that some people choose to have an irredeemably toxic attitude toward others - and in such cases I can spare them little pity when the inevitable chickens come home to roost.--Gene_poole 00:35, 23 Jun 2004 (UTC)

I will unilaterally ban the two of you jokers if you don't stop now. Danny 15:26, 11 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Suggest you go read the idiotic content interpolations our paranoid friend is attemptinmg to insinuate into various articles before bandying threats about my user page.--Gene_poole 15:30, 11 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Micronations

Please note that any more than 3 reverts on a particular article within 24 hours is grounds for blocking for 24 hours. RickK 21:47, Jul 12, 2004 (UTC)

Thanks!

After some consideration, especially after the nice note you left after our shouting match, I've decided to return. I'm limiting my VfD exposure, especially where micronations are concerned! I wish you luck on your future discussions. - Lucky 6.9 06:45, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Dropbear

I inserted a section about smearing Vegemite on your face to keep the Dropbears from attacking you. This was part of my understanding of the myth as I was told this when I was a teenager and heard it later as I got older. In your edit of this article you decided to omit this. Is your understanding of the Dropbear myth different to mine? One Salient Oversight 03:17, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Hi. I've never heard of Vegemite in the context of drop bear mythology, and the reference sounded as though it had been invented by the original article author. In editing the article I tried to reduce it to the most common, generally-accepted elements. Perhaps you could re-insert the Vegemite component, noting it as a localised embellishment of the basic drop bear myth.--Gene_poole 09:45, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Samboy

Gene, you are welcome to discuss your POV, but please put it on my palk page instead of on my user page. Samboy 06:14, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)