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User:Aaron Brenneman/Userpage items/Poems

You and Tony

Is there anything that I, or anyone else, could do to help mediate/ameliorate this situation? I like both you guys and hate to see the bad blood. Both of you, I know, sincerely love the encyclopedia and have done many great things. If there is anything I could do, you have but to ask. ++Lar: t/c 17:08, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Sympathy

I lost all hope when I saw there was now an ArbCom clerk chair; I've briefly returned to fix some stupidity, and now find who the other clerks are. I see why you've left. My advice: just tidy anonymously, if you wish, or just find something else to do. I've also noticed, with humor, the dustup at AfD, and the crazy threats there. Good show even trying. Best wishes, Xoloz 15:14, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Sorry

Come on, feel better.--Sean Black (talk) 23:31, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Flameviper12

Thanks for fixing my Flameviper12 (talk · contribs)-related error over at WP:AN/I :S Aecis 00:02, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

RFC against Tony

See also my version, here. I would like to keep it solely about wheel warring, which is the main issue anyway, and about which there is broad agreement. Other things may be dealt with later, I would think. But whichever :) I must go to bed now. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 06:11, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

I would argue my version is a bit better, and more conforant to the style, see Misplaced Pages:Requests for comment/Example user. But now I really must be asleep. :) Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 06:15, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Never mind

I need to reply to your last post in longer terms. But sleep is needed - so just, never mind. You were not the one creating vile userboxes, and making silly remarks on an RfC (and they are still doing that). Much has been said all round, not least by me, that woud be better unsaid. Some have enjoyed trolling, some have revelled in victimhood and some of us have lost sight of the encyclopedia. Nothing seems broken that can't be fixed. So peace from me, if it is reciprocated. --Doc 01:24, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Your RfA

Thank you, no. I am no longer participating in any aspect of the Misplaced Pages community. This includes, most especially, requests for adminship. Kelly Martin (talk) 05:52, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Wow, I can't believe I said that last time

I honestly don't know where i'd be without you recently, never lose faith in yourself, this place needs you. As long as I've got a shoulder to lean on with you, you can expect the same in me. There are certain people around here that make that necessary sometimes.

Oh, if you know anybody on here from the Boston area who has a cheap car, please let me know, I was in a car accident yesterday, and I need new wheels ASAP. Karmafist 16:27, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Your RFA- additional questions that I felt should be asked here.

I'm not real familiar with your contributions, but I know that controversy occasionally swirls around you. My main question is, do you feel that you can remain civil during discussions? I ask because one of your endnotes is titled "Idiots", which could be construed as a personal attack. I'm curious as to what your opinion is on this. Ral315 (talk) 20:57, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Round two

Your second RfA seems to be going better than the first...

Goog luck, but it looks like you won't need it. --- Charles Stewart 21:38, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

Template Speedy Delete

I notice you tagged Country alias Caribbean as a possible speedy delete because "restates title only". I agree with you, it should be deleted. When I created it, I meant to be making Template:Country alias Caribbean (which works for a bunch of wikicoding). Thanks, Josh 10:52, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Good luck

I'm pleased to see your RFA is going well. The talk page discussion made me think of something. I'm personally grateful for your "hounding" of Tony, altho I'll admit it's gone too far at times (as has he). For every one of him we have, it'd be nice to have one or two of you around to keep things balanced. Friday (talk) 15:10, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

A sorta rhyming thing

My "five minutes" yesterday were even briefer, as I only took the time to vote for you. In honor of you, and your likely adminship, I'll try this, with advance apologies for my idiocy:

Aaron likes rhyming insult couplets,

but I can't write one.

Brenneman's a friend to men (and women),

and generally cooler than the Muppets!

He might have some flaws,

maybe he's broken a few laws;

but, he can't be blamed, you see,

as long as "Ignore all rules" continues to be!

A most excellent Wikipedian,

among our supreme comedians,

Aaron never fails to speak his mind,

making him an enemy of dicks unkind!

Best wishes, Xoloz 16:01, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Well, the rhyming bit is fine, but where's the offensive characterisation, I ask you?

My turn for a soon-to-be-admin smackdown:

Aaron Brenneman, oh, please...

Fye, what a ghastly creatzsche!

Or is he not a man at all but rather a disease?

To steal the words of syphillitic Nietzsche!

Gentle reader I demand that you forthwith cease,

All dealings with Aaron or I will teatzsche!

Much narstier, I think. Nietzsche quote nicked from The Case of Wagner, which is must reading for the budding foulmouth. --- Charles Stewart 19:57, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Dia duit, mo chara

Brenneman! Sorry, me bonnie lad, but after seeing your RfA I couldn't help myself from saying hello and good luck. Cheers, fellow: may the adminship stick to you like eggs to a dashboard. Blackcap (talk) 18:10, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Invitation to your RfA

First, I wanted to say that I really appreciated the invitation to your RfA, given that I'd voted in opposition before. That's highly laudable! Second, It appears to be sailing through without problem. Were I to comment/vote, I doubt there would be much that I could add that would have any significance, given the comments made already. As you may know, I don't lightly vote, and it's time consuming for me to evaluate people with significant editing histories such as yourself. Given that there's probably little that I could add to the discussion, and given that I am horribly wiki-backlogged in terms of signficant requests (I'm still doing little stuff, but major things are waiting in the wings), I'll have to decline the invitation. --Durin 19:04, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Your RfA

Cheers, Aaron. Replied on my talk page since that seems to be the happening place for it... Mindspillage (spill yours?) 19:20, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Dear Aaron

Today will be a beautiful day, if you only let it happen! Be happy, Aaron! Kisses, Phædriel ♥ - 23:49, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Well dear Aaron, should you happen to need some help with that, you only have to ask ;) Btw, I just learned about your RfA - I'm heading right there at light speed! Kisses, Phædriel ♥ - 23:59, 3 February 2006 (UTC) PS. Wikilove is a must when you miss a friend *Hugz*

AfD

Just happened to run across your question to RedWolf24 due to his talk page being on my watchlist. Looking only at the five links you provided, my take on it is that it's no big deal in and of itself for most of a person's contributions to be to AfD. Of course, if the content or tone of those are off, it could be a problem. If that's the issue, I'd say focus on that rather than the fact that the user chooses to concentrate on AfD. I think people are helpful even if they only concentrate in a narrow area, like RC patrol, AfD, etc.

Again, I've only reviewed the links you provided. I haven't reviewed the user's actual contributions to AfD, which as far as I know could be basically trolling (like some of the folks who were voting oppose on every RFA for a while). If all the user ever does is provide "diluted" or "devalued" AfD votes, you might look into the sentence in WP:SOCK which states "neither a sockpuppet nor a brand new single-purpose account holder are a valid member of the Misplaced Pages community." Jdavidb (talk • contribs) 00:55, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

heh, We've been scooped!

Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_adminship#Suspension, start reading here. We can probably bend this to incorperate your ideas. (and take out some bad ones :-) ) Kim Bruning 23:30, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia_talk:Discussions_for_adminship is where things are moving to. I'm highballing it a bit. See if you can help out! :-) Kim Bruning 00:06, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Re: WP:PAIN

Yea, I kind of figured. I just don't know where else to go. That particular user is especially vitriolic and certainly needs to be looked at. --BWD 01:53, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Mind having a look?

Hey, from a neutral party, would you mind having a look at John Negroponte and tell me what your overall impression of it is, neutrality-wise? Titoxd 23:07, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I had already added the tag and it had gotten removed. I've fixed my talk page now too. Titoxd 01:05, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

JJay

In response to your question, I don't feel that your actions were 'bullying', intimidation or harassment, and the idea that you were considering an RFC is clearly a misunderstanding. However, there are a couple of points I'd like to make. I don't really find anything wrong with your initial message to JJay. However, from JJay's reply it should have been clear that he didn't appreciate you questioning his editing patterns, and I think the sensible thing to do would have been to leave it at that.

I take it from your comment to Zoe that you also had a problem with JJay's idea of citing sources. This seems to me a much more serious problem that spending lots of time on AFD, so why did you not mention this in your message to JJay? I can't find anything about this on his talk page.

On an unrelated note, I do like your formatting of your RFA page, and especially your use of footnotes. Great idea. Raven4x4x 01:00, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Deletion Review on Centralized Discussions

Good evening, Aaron. I just reverted your link on the centralized discussions page. I did that because it seemed too ambiguous. There are several discussions going on simultaneously on that one page. I could not immediately figure out which topic or debate was being advertised. If I couldn't easily figure it out (and I follow that page quite closely), it seemed that it would be a disservice to new participants to ask them to join the discussion at the top of the page. When you put the link back, would you please do so with a section-link directly to the debate that needs outside participation? Or perhaps frame the question in a stand-alone subpage? Thanks. Rossami (talk) 03:23, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Signatures

Thanks, that was exactly what I wanted to know! --Telsa (), who will now doubtless make about eight different versions before settling again on Telsa () 14:34, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Mesh Computers

You seem to be having fun yanking my chain on this one, but it still doesn't alter the fact you got it wrong. *wink* Steve block talk 16:31, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Mesh Computers have won prizes;

Is that notable? It's divisive!

Can we agree or shall we argue?

A question upon which we must chew.

Okay, it's awful, but it's verse... Steve block talk 16:35, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Solidarity

Thanks bro, I wonder what will come out of this -- if we can finally get a rule of law here, or the caste system will solidify and certain people will be above policies. Everyone seems to have forgotten here that Jimbo was Wheel Warring here, yet it's ok for him to do so for some reason.

Eh, whatever. I have alot of things going on outside here now, so it's not as big a deal as it was before. It's just unfortunate that if a caste system does solidify in the next few days/weeks/months that eventually Misplaced Pages will be eventually be destroyed by someone powerful in the real world who was inadvertently screwed by the caste system here. Karma's a bitch, it always comes around in the end... Karmafist 17:28, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

• As an aside from a nosey parker, how would one go about pointing out the Emperor has no clothes on? Steve block talk 18:41, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
  • How gutsy are you? ++Lar: t/c 19:34, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
    • It appears the best I can do is timid suggestions. Steve block talk 21:02, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
      • I think it's a good suggestions. Where I work, missives from the CEO tend to not be paid attention to much, but at least they'd be in writing... ++Lar: t/c 21:52, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

I'd like to offer an alternative possible outcome: That, having collectively realised that there does exist a problem with the unfettered admin, a system (if if only a social one) of greater accountability and responsibility rises. That Jimbo made the correct move, however heavy-handedly, and that this is in fact the brightest sign we've seen in the last six months... but of course it could go either way.
brenneman 21:44, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

• That's certainly something to hope for! ++Lar: t/c 21:52, 6 February 2006 (UTC)