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Stranger and Avengers #137-138

Please note that, despite cover claims, at the end of #138 we learn that the Stranger is not the character that fought the Avengers, hence the odd phrasing that I used in Strangers's article (see ). Luis Dantas 13:59, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Publication history

Hi. Just wanted to say there's been some concern about removal of "Publication history" from some Comics Project pages. The exemplar doesn't actually make any exception for "minor" characters, I suppose with the understanding that if they're so minor they don't belong in an encyclopedia. We really need to operate by consensus here or else it's anarchy, so I hope we can all work together, at Speed Demon and elsewhere, as a single community. Thanks -- Tenebrae 16:33, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Nighthawk etc.

I'm sorry you feel a legitimate discussion about the quality of a peer's work isn't appropriate. I think I've tried very hard over the months to work hand-in-hand with you, and have come to your defense on talk pages when I believed you were right.

My issue here is that we can't use terms like "Earth-616" in intros because that's jargon to general-interest readers, to whom Misplaced Pages, by guideline, is aimed. Because of that guideline (and, I believe, for clear writing anyway), we have to write as if they know nothing about the subject.

The same way you or I might now know anything about ice skating, say. The first paragraph there even has what might seem too simple as sentence, but which is exactly what one writes in an encyclopedia: "It is mainly done for recreation and as a sport."

That's what one reason we use the phrase "the 1930s-'40s period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books". We comics readers know what's what meant by "the Golden Age of Comic Books", but it needs defining for lay readers. That's all anybody is saying -- to write these things for people who know nothing about a subject and are trying to look it up. --Tenebrae 14:21, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

I've been perusing your comment to J Greb and me. Here's what I added to the discussion ongoing on J Greb's talk page, and I hope you please read it all the way through. We like you and we're trying to encourage you to embellish your skills. It can be a frustrating effort sometimes, but I'm not giving up:

===CC of posting at J Greb===

And at least two other editors agree with you, J Greb, that we welcome Asgardian's efforts and enthusiasm and only want to help develop his writing skills. That said, I reworked the alternate-version (Earth 712) section of the Whizzer article in what God knows I hope serves at least a little bit as a model for giving the same information in layman English. --Tenebrae 16:57, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Insulting my intelligence is quite unnecessary. I think the record shows, from the times you've been blocked to the constant arguments you get into with other editors and all the administrator intervention you've required, that you are not a great and responsible editor. Being a great and responsible editor means being able to work with your colleagues amicably. The rest of us do it. Why can't you? --Tenebrae 12:08, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Honestly, I don't think there's anything wrong with trying to be encouraging. I write and edit professionally, so I genuinely want to be helpful and encouraging, the way many people were to me. If you can suggest a better way to say it, I'll say it that way. Don't let the sincere message itself be lost. --Tenebrae 00:36, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Administrator's noticeboard

As a courtesy, I am letting you know that I have reported you to the Administrator's noticeboard. --GentlemanGhost 01:01, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

As a follow up on previous discussions, I've posted a few potential solutions there as well. - jc37 23:48, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Vision

It may need to be cleaned up. It doesn't need to be entirely rewritten, like you've done. --DrBat 12:09, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

"Please do not just copy and paste the contents (doing that destroys the page's edit history)." --DrBat 00:23, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Civility

Please be civil. Calling another editor "petty" in an edit summary does not foster dispute resolution. --GentlemanGhost 18:39, 20 May 2007 (UTC)