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| No matter which way you go about it, there's always somebody who isn't going to like a uniform message to many users, and will consider it an intrusion on their talk page. See ] for talk page guidelines, especially the comment 'The practice of "spamming" - posting similar messages to more than a few users' talk pages, often for the purpose of soliciting a certain action - is discouraged.' Usually those with a vested interest in the article will have it watchlisted anyway, and they'll become aware of any major change that way. -- ]\<sup>]</sup> 18:35, 24 October 2006 (UTC) | No matter which way you go about it, there's always somebody who isn't going to like a uniform message to many users, and will consider it an intrusion on their talk page. See ] for talk page guidelines, especially the comment 'The practice of "spamming" - posting similar messages to more than a few users' talk pages, often for the purpose of soliciting a certain action - is discouraged.' Usually those with a vested interest in the article will have it watchlisted anyway, and they'll become aware of any major change that way. -- ]\<sup>]</sup> 18:35, 24 October 2006 (UTC) | ||
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| Please check the history on the cruft page, *I* added the Clinton Chronicles in, and NuclearUmpf removed it, causing Tbeatty to possibly think that I did NOT add it to the page. To leave Tbeatty's comments is dishonest, as it indicates that I did not add it. Please see talk, and restore the page to my last version.] 18:43, 24 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
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Why pick on me?
Why are you picking on me to retract my comment and to cancel the vote? First, it's not my vote to cancel. Second, check out the "contributions" of User:Jonathunder who notified a series of folks on their talk pages, cherry-picking those who voted against the previous attempt to move Los Angeles. He only notified the supporters as well after I suggested he do so on his talk page. Finally, to balance it all out, I notified all those who previously voted on Philadelphia. What's wrong with that? --Serge 18:54, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
- Your comment that the oppose votes occured at the same time is unjustified. I am making no comment about ths vote spamming at this time, although I wish I had been notified, as I voted against the rename of La Jolla, and Anaheim Hills, which apparently have been moved back where they belong at neighborhood, city, state. The vote being closed for spamming is appropriate no matter who started it, or who is responsible for the spamming. Finally, I'm picking on you because none of your comments show WP:AGF. — Arthur Rubin | (talk) 19:03, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
My comment about the opposed votes occuring at the same time is unjustified?
- User:Coolcaesar was notified on his talk page by User:Jonathunder at 05:12, 16 October 2006 (UTC); he voted at 05:50, 16 October 2006 (UTC). 38 minutes later.
- User:Ishu was notified on his talk page by User:Jonathunder at 05:15, 16 October 2006 (UTC); he voted at 16:16, 16 October 2006 (UTC). One hour later.
Are you suggesting these are coincidences? --Serge 19:29, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
- Well, the latter is 11 hours later, not one hour. And I don't think 4 notifications is out of line. — Arthur Rubin | (talk) 20:10, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
- I never said nor meant to imply it was out of line, though I think cherry picking only those who voted previously consistent with his POV was pushing it, which is why I left the note on his talk page. Okay, I misread it... so he voted 11 hours after he was notified. --Serge 22:00, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
Time stamp?
What's the time stamp business about on your user page? -- Fyslee 21:50, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
- The details aren't that important, but the idea is to keep track of how far I've checked my various watchlists. For instance, I've checked most of the XfDs up to 10am today (PDT). — Arthur Rubin | (talk) 21:55, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
- The result is that your user page shows up on our watch lists every day whether you have made a substantial change in it or not. I write that kind of information on a piece of paper next to my personal computer. JRSpriggs 07:27, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
- OK, I'll move it to a subpage. I edit from more than one computer, so I need a shared file of some sort, and Misplaced Pages seems appropriate. — Arthur Rubin | (talk) 12:07, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
- The result is that your user page shows up on our watch lists every day whether you have made a substantial change in it or not. I write that kind of information on a piece of paper next to my personal computer. JRSpriggs 07:27, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
Grammar
Thanks for catching that mistake. I've been living in Denmark for the last 23 years, so my English grammar, punctuation, and syntax, are pretty rusty! -- Fyslee 15:09, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
ODP cross-pollenation
I'm trying to formalize an effort to get more links to and from ODP and Misplaced Pages and to capture external links not wanted by Misplaced Pages for ODP. I'm hoping to pull this into a full-fledged WikiProject. Please see User:Wrathchild-K/ODP Project. I'd love your feedback. (There's also a discussion on the internal ODP editor forums.) —Wrathchild 17:10, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
Archive this section (and the rest of your talk page)
Over 133 sections of talk is too many to have on your talk page simultaneously. Time to archive. JRSpriggs 06:07, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
- P.S. See Misplaced Pages:How to archive a talk page, if necessary. JRSpriggs 06:25, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
- Done, although perhaps not optimally. — Arthur Rubin | (talk) 17:27, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Talk page spam
No matter which way you go about it, there's always somebody who isn't going to like a uniform message to many users, and will consider it an intrusion on their talk page. See WP:TALK for talk page guidelines, especially the comment 'The practice of "spamming" - posting similar messages to more than a few users' talk pages, often for the purpose of soliciting a certain action - is discouraged.' Usually those with a vested interest in the article will have it watchlisted anyway, and they'll become aware of any major change that way. -- Longhair\ 18:35, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Please check history
Please check the history on the cruft page, *I* added the Clinton Chronicles in, and NuclearUmpf removed it, causing Tbeatty to possibly think that I did NOT add it to the page. To leave Tbeatty's comments is dishonest, as it indicates that I did not add it. Please see talk, and restore the page to my last version.NBGPWS 18:43, 24 October 2006 (UTC)