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Neil Brick

Anyone watch this page? Check out the contributions of Neil Brick on Citizendium - . Anyone who knew ResearchEditor should check out some talk page contributions too, they're pretty similar... WLU (t) (c) Misplaced Pages's rules:/_complex

FYI

Incase you haven't seen this I thought you would be interested. Hope you are well, --CrohnieGal 09:12, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks. Actually not well, on my way back I got sick and now I'm coughing up green sputum.

I didn't even get to the ANI posting before it was snow-closed. WLU (t) (c) Misplaced Pages's rules:/_complex 12:28, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

GDB TP Alert: BTOT (back to old tricks)... Verbal chat 12:34, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

I noticed. All we have to do is ignore it and eventually it'll die down. WLU (t) (c) Misplaced Pages's rules:/_complex 12:38, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Yea I didn't make it either, it was already closed when I posted this, that was quick. ;) I've had that same cold now going on three weeks. Lots of liquids, cold meds and even more sleep. Takes a little longer for me to get rid of this stuff. So much for the flu shot this year. It is interesting reading on his page too. Verbal said it right. Take care of yourself. --CrohnieGal 18:13, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Is these comments considered canvassing? I just saw the accusation and I didn't think anything was wrong with this thread, am I wrong? --CrohnieGal 18:21, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

They could be considered canvassing (see WP:CANVAS), and it's something to be aware of. I tried to defuse the previous situation during Guido's initial block discussion by contacting his "favourites list", but it's always a judgement call. It's intellectually more honest to use talk pages than untrackable e-mail, but can get you into trouble. I'd just make sure you limited the number of people you contacted (though I do appreciate it). Honestly, I'm not an expert here so I don't have much guaranteed advice to pass along! WLU (t) (c) Misplaced Pages's rules:/_complex 19:17, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Undent. I just checked Guido's talk page history, and it looks pretty much like bullshit. If the best he can manage is one person letting me know, and one person telling me something I was already aware of, it's not much of an issue. I do think it's something to be aware of, but not paranoid of. WLU (t) (c) Misplaced Pages's rules:/_complex 19:19, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, and reviewing WP:CANVAS, I'd say it's a friendly notice - neutral, limited, nonpartisan & open. Given my contact with GDB and my familiarity with his contribs, it's quite defensible to say it's a friendly notice because I could be expected to enhance a discussion. Calling it inappropriate canvassing is flatly wrong in my opinion.

You sure do like the serial killers Crohnie. Creepy... WLU (t) (c) Misplaced Pages's rules:/_complex 19:24, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

I didn't think it was since we were all involved in the article at the time. I just told you before I was going to comment and then noticed it was closed already. So I don't think I did anything wrong and neither did Verbal talking here. Yes, I've always read non-fiction books about killings since I was young. I guess I am amazed that people actual think like that. I am very bad at judging people for the most part so I used to read about 'bad' people to remind me that there are bad people. My husband also thinks it's creepy at times! :) Take care, we're under tornado warnings here and my UPS blew up so I'm shutting down now. Need to replace my battey, I miss my UPS. Take care of that cold, --CrohnieGal 19:41, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

There is nothing wrong with this thread; I was just missing you guys, and this was the first opportunity to say hi. I'd have commented on ANI if it was open. Verbal chat 19:51, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

I think CANVAS is certainly worth attending to, and it's not a bad discussion to have :)

What's UPS? United Postal Service?

I'm glad that the thread shut down without us having to comment at all, the more people endorse the ongoing ban, the more it indicates ongoing community support. And in my mind, Guido's "canvas comment" section is more poor taste than anything. I mean, he's tracking canvassing for a thread that's already closed, how is that anything useful for the project? WLU (t) (c) Misplaced Pages's rules:/_complex 20:10, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

UPS is surge protection, don't remember exactly what the U is for but it's a battery backup for my computer but the battery died so now all it does is make an annoying noise to let me know it's broken! :) Hi Verbal, hope you are well. I've seen you around but I haven't been too active other than some vandal patroling which has been quite busy lately. I suspect tomorrow is going to be a nightmare for the fools who think it's fun to destroy rather than build. It's ashame. Be careful both of you with the new worm that is expected to hit computers tomorrow. Make sure your updated is about the only protection I've heard. Take care, looks like the weather moved further north of me, yea. --CrohnieGal 20:18, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Old timer

I see you've been around a while, so I guess you know where to shove put this:

All the best, I hope it's the right one. Verbal chat 20:37, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks I needed this! WLU, if you put this somewhere please delete my laughing, I saw your user box too! :) Enjoy, I think you deserve it though! You're one of the good ones here. --CrohnieGal 20:46, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks? I think I'll put it on my user page.

And I would like it noted that the only thing that keeps me from a {{SA-senioreditor}} is term of service. Sigh. In August, 2011, if I don't deserve {{SA-tutnumVI}}, I'm quitting.

No seriously, thanks :) I'm a whore for barnstars. WLU (t) (c) Misplaced Pages's rules:/_complex 01:41, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Well you deserve it all joking aside, but I have to admit I enjoy fun threads ocassionally. Don't forget the barnstar from me too, you deserve that one too. I probably should have looked around a bit more but wasn't feeling too well so I grabbed the one I had already. Enjoy! As for the title of this thread, I don't know. With my birthday around the corner it's a reminder for aging.. --CrohnieGal 11:25, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Yours is already in my trophy cabinet, no worries! WLU (t) (c) Misplaced Pages's rules:/_complex 13:30, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Re:Checkuser

I'm sorry, but I don't understand. What do you mean that the previous RFCU turned up unflagged accounts? Nishkid64 _{(Make articles, not wikidrama)} 17:51, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Yes, CheckUsers report all socks of indefblocked editors. In those particular SPI cases, I uncovered additional ResearchEditor socks operating on the same IPs as the socks you listed in the report. If I don't list any additional socks in my CU report, then that means I didn't find any other socks during my check. Nishkid64 _{(Make articles, not wikidrama)} 20:04, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Vampire

Hi, You changed the pedophilia in books article. I've not read the book myself, but I have read reviews that say it is Eli (a girl) who is the pedophile's object, not the boy Oscar. Are these reviews incorrect? 19:42, 2 April 2009 (UTC)Tony

Yup. Read the book, it's really good. My reasoning is below, but hidden in case you read the book.

Eli is a castrated boy (actually a step beyond castration because his penis was removed, not just his testicles). The book portray's Oscar's initial perception of Eli as being a girl, but later it is revealed that he/she/it is a eunuch.

The reviews are incorrect, Eli is not a girl but is the object of a pedophile's attention. WLU (t) (c) Misplaced Pages's rules:/_complex 19:46, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

DIR/Floortime

Autism therapies #Educational interventions is supposed to be listed roughly in order of most-to-least proven. I agree that this is hard (there obviously isn't universal agreement on that order) but I thought it better than alphabetic. Currently the article doesn't list DIR/Floortime mostly because nobody has taken the time to write a reasonable short summary of it. It's a tricky business, as Myers et al. 2007 (PMID 17967921), our most reliable source on autism therapies, doesn't mention DIR/Floortime, Greenspan et al. 2008 (PMID 18381546) complained about this omission, neither I nor anybody else has taken the time to wade through this tricky topic. Eubulides (talk) 14:11, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Glowsticking

Please be fare and leave more than one reference website. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.139.93.111 (talk) 16:27, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

Please review WP:EL and make the case for your external link based on that. WLU (t) (c) Misplaced Pages's rules:/_complex 16:29, 6 April 2009 (UTC)