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Did you miss the third to the last comment on this thread? μηδείς (talk) 18:04, 29 September 2012 (UTC)
- Nope, but the moment had passed. --Jayron32 13:41, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
- I wasn't expecting a funny comment, it was an anecdote, not a joke. Just wanted to make sure you'd seen it given your comment in a later thread on your fondness for the word. μηδείς (talk) 16:17, 1 October 2012 (UTC)
RE: Thanks for getting that OTRS ticket
Yeah, no problem. It was a bit tricky this time - too bad there was so much going on at his talk page. Rjd0060 (talk) 03:39, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
Robert S. Stewart
Back on August 21 you offered me some help in writing the biography of Robert S. Stewart. I am sorry, but after the violent blast from the editor DG, I almost lost all interest in pursuing the effort on WP. I had only submitted the first cut rough draft and asked for advice on how to edit, polish and complete the task. Finding references for businessmen is not easy. He is not a publicity hound who seeks massive public or academic exposure. But DG trashed any idea of offering me genuine help, just pontificated as if he owned WP. I asked for help five times and got abuse hurled back in my face each time. I asked for previous biographies of businessmen after DG said he had written and edited hundreds of them. Not one came back. I sought out dozens of business biographies and very few appeared. Who's Who is far better than WP for sourcing material but that is not a self-styled acaedemic publicity source either. Any sincere help and advice would be appreciated. Regards --Dawlatbaba (talk) 06:33, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
- If you want some good articles about businessmen, here are some that I have found:
- That's a wide variety of business people from a wide variety of time periods and industries. If you want to see what a decent businessperson article looks like, including the level of references we are looking for, you can find them there. Being a "publicity hound" is not a requirement for having an article at Misplaced Pages. Being written about in reliable sources is. I'm not sure if I mentioned this last time, but it is very important that we can verify anything written at Misplaced Pages, and we need a substantial amount of information to put in an article. If you can't find sources for enough information to make a reasonably complete article, then it likely shouldn't be written at Misplaced Pages. If the sources do exist, use them. If they don't, I'm not quite certain what else to say on that. --Jayron32 13:55, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
WikiCup 2012 September newsletter
We're over half way through the final, and so it is less than a month until we know for certain our 2012 WikiCup champion. 
Grapple X (submissions) currently leads, followed by 
Sasata (submissions), 
Cwmhiraeth (submissions) and 
Casliber (submissions). However, we have no one resembling a breakaway leader, and so the competition is a long way from over. Next month's newsletter will feature a list of our winners (who are not necessarily only the finalists) and keep your eyes open for an article on the WikiCup in a future edition of The Signpost. The leaders are already on a par with last year's winners, but a long way from the huge scores seen in 2010. That said, a repeat of the competition from 2010 seems unlikely.
It is good to see that three-quarters of our finalists have already scored bonus points this round. This shows that, contrary to criticism that the WikiCup has received in the past, the competition does not merely incentivise the writing of trivial articles; instead, our top competitors are still spending their time contributing to high-importance articles, and bringing them to a high standard. This does a great service to the encyclopedia and its readers. Thank you, and good work!
The planning for next year's WikiCup is ongoing. Some straw polls have been opened concerning the scoring, and you can now sign up for next year's competition. As ever, if you are concerned that your nomination—whether it is at good article candidates, a featured process, or anywhere else—will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Reviews. Questions are welcome on Misplaced Pages talk:WikiCup, and the judges are reachable on their talk pages or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Misplaced Pages:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn (talk • email) and The ed17 (talk • email) J Milburn (talk) 19:56, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
Pointy header
Hi. Yes, my header was pointy, and I make no apology for it. When something isn’t making sense to a long-term regular whose mental capacities have not yet been consigned to the dustbin, and he asks 4 times for an explanation, and nobody is forthcoming with any information, and he takes what he considers to be appropriate action, and he gets no support from anyone when that’s reverted – what else is he supposed to do? -- Jack of Oz 00:43, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
- I didn't say you were wrong in restoring the discussion. I'm sorry if I wasn't involved in that discussion, but in general I have been entirely consistent in my position on closing such discussions. You were fine in what you did. Consider my action an "endorsement with a modification". --Jayron32 02:48, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
Editors named Jethro
Should I make a Misplaced Pages category "Misplaced Pages editors named Jethro?" --Jethro B 01:05, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
- You do what you gotta do. --Jayron32 02:49, 3 October 2012 (UTC)