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TomKat

Hello As you have made comments of the discussion page of the TomKat article, it would be greatly appreciated if you would contribute to the debate on it's Articles for Deletion page. Thanks! http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/TomKat

Categories and "see also" sections

Please see Misplaced Pages talk:WikiProject Israel Palestine Collaboration#"See also" section --Timeshifter (talk) 23:20, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

re: User talk:DrBat#Blocked

Which article exactly is the editor being blocked for the 3RR-vio?

As near as I can tell from the contrib history :

1. Yesterday was the 1st time the editor has touched something in more than a week, and
2. There are no triple edits.

Was the article in question deleted or moved?

I'm cross posting this at the editor's request to be unblocked. A prompt answer would be appreciated.

Thanks,

- J Greb (talk) 15:26, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Check the contribs list: Edit warring is not just 3RR vios. Let him have a break of a few days so that he can reconsider the way he is participating in the project. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 16:02, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Podcast on controversial articles

I was wondering if you would be interested in coming on a podcast about controversial articles that Scartol and I are working on. We have started a series of podcasts on improving article content (our first one was on copyediting). If you are interested, please sign up here. Thanks! Awadewit (talk) 17:55, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Hoax on Spanish Misplaced Pages

Hi Jossi,

Would you mind letting the Spanish Misplaced Pages know that we English Wikipedians suspect Paraceratherium giganteum/es:Paraceratherium Giganteum of being an elaborate hoax?

Hesperian 01:23, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Proposed guideline

I have started Misplaced Pages:Advocacy. Your input is welcomed. Jehochman 18:35, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

"Redux"

I'm having trouble understanding your edit summaries. Are you using the word "redux" to mean "brought back; returned", or as a variation of "reduce"? ·:· Will Beback ·:· 22:45, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

redux = reduction. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 04:48, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

OK, thanks. I'll create a "Jossi-dictionary". ;) ·:· Will Beback ·:· 05:22, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

simple words

Hi! I trust you like simple words (after all, you do like Twain) -- and I am getting tired in Joe the Plumber with the games being played there about stuff which is not really important, but niggling enough to be a pain. Such as trying to put adjectives in the infobox trying to say he is not a plumber when the whole bit is joyfully irrelevant, etc. And insisting that "sobriquet" is a better word than "nickname" and other silliness. Or is this what WP will ever be? On Twain, I did visit his grave in Elmira, but I am way to lazy to upload the pictures. I have now been to his house in Hartford, to Virginia City etc., his cabin in California, Hawaii, Bermuda, England and New Zealand. A few places left to visit someday. Collect (talk) 03:07, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Hitchens POV?

Hey. I suspect I disagree with you on the Christopher Hitchens article being POV, but I don't think you've expressed your issues clearly enough to even discuss them. Please see comment, as I'd rather give you a chance to explain that just revert the tag. Somehow I suspect that you want contrary views to certain of Hitchens' positions, which I really don't think will fly as a reason for a POV tag, and certainly not to the entire article as opposed to the sections in question. Thanks. CAVincent (talk) 06:12, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

someone daring me to revert

Hi! Can you do a favor? On Joe the Plumber we finally reached basic stability, but now one user is trying to start an editwar (sigh). If you feel that he might properly be reverted after reviewing this, I would think it a good thing (shades of Martha Stewart<g>) Collect (talk) 02:01, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Does not seem like much... Maybe time to ask for a WP:3O? ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 02:03, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Am I allowed to post to this page?

Will you delete my comments if I answer your question? ·:· Will Beback ·:· 04:44, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Answering a question with another question? I call that washing your hands from taking responsibility. The answer is: You can respond on your talk page or not at all, but action or inaction on your part as it relates to my question is the only answer I need. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 04:50, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

If you won't accept an answer on your talk page then I don't know why you bother asking. If you want to resolve the dispute I suggest dropping a note on the user's talk page. If you want to inflame the matter then the AE board might be the right place. Note that an AE case is going to involve the behavior of all involved users. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Will Beback (talk • contribs) 05:33, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

YYSSW ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 05:34, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Appalling suggestion

Hi, thanks for your comments here, however, I am appalled by one of your suggestions to block me!!

Well, I am not the angry user here and I don't need a 'cool-down' break for having reported this behavior here. If reporting such behavior would earn a block, it would only create an aversion towards the very purpose of having WP:ANI. Citing WP:BLOCK, "Blocks intended solely to "cool down" an angry user should not be used, as they often have the opposite effect. However, an angry user who is also being disruptive can be blocked to prevent further disruption". Now I am neither angry nor disruptive, but seeking action by reporting it here. Blocking me, just because someone thinks that I should be, for a 'cool-down' effect would work exactly in favor of User Srkris who is stalking me to create a distaste and aversion towards Misplaced Pages. You'd succeed in helping him if you block me to 'cool' me down!! Presenting or endorsing a case to block me, just to foster 'equality' is sheer nonsense. ] (] · ]) 05:12, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Half Barnstar
		You haven't quite earned it yet, so this is something of an act of faith... Ty 07:06, 21 November 2008 (UTC)