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I support the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA).
Today, I discovered that my contributions to Misplaced Pages are being used as leverage to protest against the passage of SOPA and PIPA. I find this unacceptable.
Following the blackout of 18 January 2012, I will no longer contribute to Misplaced Pages.
Update 31 May 2012: I have returned in a limited capacity to update and improve a specific category of articles. Any correspondence with me should occur on the talk pages of those articles, not here. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
Greetings
Greetings Townlake. I admire the principled resolve reflected above. I agree with the statements made therein. I came here to comment on your suggestion made on Jimbo's talk page. I agree with your comment's there as well. Do you think an RfC could gain a clear consensus that we prefer Jimbo and his top staff to develop this "RfA fix"? Do you think we should develop an RfC to answer that singular question? I'm intrigued. 76Strat da Broke da (talk) 19:09, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks for your note. I appreciate your suggestion, but I don't think an RFC would be appropriate. Starting an RFC would mean asking the community to admit its own unproductive efforts for reform didn't work, and that RFC would surely fail. An RFC would be confusing, and would detract from that underlying message that this one decision actually shouldn't be made by the community. Townlake (talk) 19:21, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
- You are undoubtedly correct. I appreciate your efforts and acknowledge that you have given this thoughtful consideration. I am glad you have decided to resume editing, albeit limited. Personally I feel an apology, or acknowledgement of error is due. And the whole blackout is proof that consensus is not appropriate in all manner of governance. Best regards. - 76Strat da Broke da (talk) 19:52, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
A follow up on Bwilkins
Please see User_talk:Jimbo_Wales#A_follow_up_on_Bwilkins. Ian.thomson (talk) 15:43, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
Questions?
Any further updates to this thread will be promptly deleted.
I've removed this thread from my talk page in accordance with WP:TALK: "Simply deleting others' comments on your talk page is permitted." You can view Gerda's comments in this page's history if you like. I deleted them because I did not believe they served a constructive purpose, and they were not actually intended to answer any questions. Townlake (talk) 02:22, 4 November 2012 (UTC)
Note
This is merely a suggestion from another Wikipedian. But I think at this point, disengaging from User talk:PumpkinSky might not be a bad idea for now.
Should other situations arise in the future, this can always be revisited. - jc37 17:52, 31 October 2012 (UTC)
- Your point's well taken. I've left a note saying I'm done there for now. Townlake (talk) 02:19, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
- Will you revisit and support me here? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:58, 13 November 2012 (UTC)