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The Above Saturn Picture

moved weird accusation that I am a child murderer and rapist to User:Lethe/sarfatti. -lethe 03:42, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

This harassment (or stalking) by whomever bothers me (who am not a victim of it).--CSTAR 03:59, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm just thankful that this stalker (based on previous attacks he's made against me based on that picture, I assume that this is Jack Sarfatti) doesn't know my real identity. I probably wouldn't edit here if I didn't have anonymity to protect me, and this is exactly the reason why.

Anyway, I really like that painting, and I have a print of it hanging in my kitchen (apparently de Goya originally painted it on his kitchen wall). Yeah, the painting is a bit morbid, but the inference that I'm a murderer or a child rapist seems like a bit of a stretch. I do not appreciate the allegation, though as long as I'm not getting called by the dept chair into his office to defend myself after Sarfatti calls my uni (something he's done to others in the past), I don't care too much. -lethe 04:07, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Hey Lethe, sorry about not just deleting it, and moving it here instead. I thought it was just one of those random anon comments. --Chan-Ho (Talk) 04:24, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

That's fine. I've been receiving these for a while, and I have a special place for Sarfatti's attacks, but you couldn't have known that. -lethe 04:32, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

adminship

Yes, please! —Keenan Pepper 05:13, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Proof Of Concept Requested

I would like something proved. GeMiJa 19:08, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Is it possible to make the proposition offline? GeMiJa 17:46, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

reverts

Hey, just wanted to let you know that the list of variables you reverted on Schrödinger equation had new information as well as new format. It would be much better if you could see what should and shouldn't be kept when you revert something - I put back the new info if you want to revert that too ; ) Fresheneesz 20:31, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Yes, that does indeed seem to be the case. I apologize. -lethe 20:59, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Help:Contents

hi, i was just wondering if i could remind/ask you to reply to my reply at help desk links? I'm hoping it sounds sensible/good to you. Much thanks :-) --Quiddity 04:24, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

What is your problem?

Why did you so quickly revert my additions to the math article? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.84.178.82 (talk • contribs) .

I just wanted you to know that I appreciate what you do for Misplaced Pages. May the rest of the users help us build consense on this going forward. Regards.

Thank you for your courtesy and your consideration of wikipedia policy. I am confidant that the community will come to a consensus quickly. -lethe 07:19, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

RfA comments

Hi there, I just noticed your edit summary restore comments by SwatJester deleted by Asterion in an edit marked minor and summarizes as a typo. Well, I assume good faith on your part, nevertheless it was quite obvious that this was a simple mistake after I had to edit an old version to rescue my comments. The point being SwatJester was agreeing with me on the matter, as I had already replied to these two people on their talk pages (VKokielov and Zmaj). Have a nice day! --Asterion 11:31, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you. No offence taken. As you possibly know, the RfA comment area is meant to be related to the RfA only. Therefore, I left a message on the user's talk page and removed it from the RfA comments, as a) it was an Ad Hominem and b) it was unrelated to HRE. I had previously informed the bureaucrat too. Just for the record, Zmaj *did* apology. Regards, --Asterion 20:20, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I did remove that on purpose, but then somebody else restored it and I just could not be bothered to edit war about it, so I copied my reply from their talk page for the record. Now I see why you thought I was sneaking a delete in my edits ;-) --Asterion 20:33, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Not to worry, this sort of things happens on the Internet. I am sorry for any misunderstanding too. --Asterion 21:06, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Hi

I saw you on the RfA page of FloNight and felt like saying you a big and nice hello. Let us continue to build the Better than the Best global encyclopedia. Thank you and regards. --Bhadani 16:08, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

help:contents

Just wanted to request/remind your input at 4 Alternatives and the 2 sections directly underneath it. (man it's quiet around here. darned summer.) -Quiddity 18:45, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Lower case links

You wrote:

I urge you to consider Michael's suggestions, and use lowercase links in the middle of a sentence. -lethe 02:52, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean. I do use the appropriate case letters in links. The capitalized portion of the link you pointed to is a non-viewable portion of the link - the piped portion is what is seen and is appropriately capitalized. Why would a non-viewable letter matter? - Dreadlocke 03:02, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Oh, I see. I shouldn't capitalize even a non-viewable in case a newbie spots it and thinks the link word has to be capitalized all the time - like with the undescores... Forgive me, I'm dense. Thanks for the urging. Someone should probably add this information into the style guideline, just to be clear. - Dreadlocke 03:15, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Cool! Thanks for adding that to the manual of style! I feel like I really contributed to something today! (Even if only peripherally!) - Dreadlocke 03:47, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm happy to see that you adopted Michael's suggestion. And thanks for prompting the addition to MoS. And also for doing the busywork of all that disambiguation bypassing. It is appreciated! -lethe 02:39, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Hey, thanks! It’s nice to get a pat on the back! I’m sure you meant "busywork" in its finest sense… :) - Dreadlocke 18:34, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Energy level and indented list

Gah Lethe why!? The way it is now, the variables are thrown around haphazardly, some not even described. At the very least, the variables should come after the equation - to have some sort of consistancy with other equations. I'm never going to revisit that page in all likelyhood, so I'll let you think about fixing it. Fresheneesz 04:50, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Surely you're wondering about my reversion of your variable name list at Energy level this edit. Relevant discussion can also be found here and here. I guess my reason for reverting the list is the same as it has been since I first saw it: I think it's ugly, unencyclopedic, and lacks consensus. I don't see any problem with just a standard text mention about the meanings of variables before or after equations, at the author's discretion. -lethe 05:10, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Cat

Can you please add Category:VoA scripted admins to your monobook. Fixing bugs and finding people who are not using JS correctly is a lot easier when things are categorized. I just want to keep track. My RC patrol JS cat has 80 member, many which I check up on and fix redundances/JS errors. Thanks.Voice-of-All 04:24, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Actually, I couldn't make it work. -lethe 15:51, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

9/11 edits

Hi Lethe, it seems someone added personal information on a Misplaced Pages administrator to the 9/11 article (as well as multiple other articles), John tried to remove the relevant diffs from the database per Misplaced Pages policy and it seems that the article needed to be redirected to an alternate dummy page while that was being done. Hope that clears up the confusion. TheProject 07:08, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, see ANI. I just did the same thing for Hillary Rodham Clinton. Hope that clears up the confusion. Johnleemk | Talk 07:10, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Disappointment

I'm very disappointed in you. Yeah, Avillia really deserved that unblock. What exactly does someone have to do to get you to realize they're not good for the project? --Cyde Weys 17:28, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

I consider repetitive vandalism and obstinate refusal to acknowledge consensus (like, after weeks), good reasons to ban (and have done so in the past). I do not consider bad behaviour on IRC reason to ban. Nor do I consider making a cynical response (like the one you link) to people who've banned you unfairly and then deleting it (out of consideration) to be some kind of proof of ban-worthiness. Frankly, I probably would do the same. I think perhaps some people are too trigger-happy with the ban button. Are you really disappointed with me? Do you really only want editors here who've taken oaths of loyalty to the Misplaced Pages party line? -lethe 17:37, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

We do want editors who believe in consensus and not in wheel warring. User:Zoe| 17:48, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Well I'm glad we're in agreement about some qualities which we do like to see in Misplaced Pages editors. Nevertheless, your comment strikes me as a non sequitur. Nothing you've said rebuts my claim that IRC fights are reasons to permban. Furthermore, wheel-warring is something that only admins can do, and so is not relevant. -lethe 17:53, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Certainly it's relevant. If you are unblocking people without consensus, then that's wheel warring. User:Zoe| 21:58, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Manboobies user/talk page

As per our discussion on the question page would you mind terribly locking my user page: http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=User:Manboobies&oldid=52193600

talk page: http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=User_talk:Manboobies&oldid=52192526

to those versions? I wish to leave wikipedia but I do not wish the user who is currently harrassing me to continue posting at me. I also do not want continued talking on my talk page regarding my decision to leave. I'm fed up of being harrassed and brow beaten (as another user put it). I am convinced he is nothing more than a troll trying to save his own skin and i will not dispute resolution with him, or give him the attention directly that he so desperately wants. I cannot honestly believe half the stuff he has typed at me given his maliciously worded and over the top language and RANDOM USE OF CAPITALS TO SHOUT at me constantly. All this because i dared to compare staley to cobain in an unfavorable light to cobain. Ugh.--Manboobies 20:13, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Not that I need a say in this matter, but I think the content I wrote speaks for itself. I tried to explain my actions in as much detail as possible. Manboobies keeps insisting that I'm trolling him or harrassing him, but, again, my response should speak for itself. Feel free to read it in his User Talk history, as I believe he's removing it under other motives.

If he's leaving because of my actions, I think that's a shame. But I think I have every responsibility to encourage users to understand Misplaced Pages guidelines, particularly those who have ignored them on repeated occasion. -- ChrisB 23:18, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

User_talk:Tony_Sidaway#Coolcat_at_Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion.23Category:Kurdish_inhabited_region

Please read the above message I posted to my fellow mentor Tony Sidaway and consider lifting the block you placed on Coolcat. - Mgm| 10:19, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

• I posted to WP:ANI as you suggested. The reason I contacted you, was that I wanted to see the block lifted without causing a wheelwar. I could've done it myself, but I figured asking you first was better. I fail to see how nominating this particular category can be considered disruptive and already people are jumping to bad-faith conclusion and votes just because he nominated it. I find voting based on who the nominator is the one of the most disruptive things I've come across in Misplaced Pages. I'm unblocking unless someone can show how the nomination is disruptive. I'm also going to ask Ed for inclusion clarification. - Mgm| 10:47, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

If you feel the blocking is not justified, then go ahead and undo it. I'm not going to get my back up for having my blocking undone. -lethe 10:50, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks. Have a flower for your friendly and timely responses. - Mgm| 10:55, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Well He's requesting an unblock so he can participate in the conversation . I've no opinion on the source matter pertaining to this subject, as I am not qualified to make decisions on it. However, I've no doubt Cool Cat acted in good faith. Proceeding a look over his thesis for the proposed deletion, I observed there's quite a bit of strong feelings on this subject, but not disruptive. I'm advocating an unblock as to allow an explanation from his view on ths situation. -Zero 15:58, 9 May 2006 (UTC)