Hi. I know I am not popular there. I am in the political minority on a controversial issue. And I know that I am on a tight rope. My activity there has been drastically reduced though. Look back in the archives back in the Spring or Summer and you would see me posting there a lot more than I am now. Also keep in mind that they're trying to ban me because of my edits on talkpages and not on the actual articles. Talkpages and the articles are two very different things and I take NPOV very seriously. For example, I started this article from scratch (which has since been turned into a redirect), see how I started it here: [1]. You can judge for yourself if that is the work of an unproductive troll (who has donated two different times to the WP foundation by the way). I admit that I have been in edit wars (and on the international reaction article usually it's with the same editor). However, if I am dealing with more than one person then I will stop and give up because I know that I will not win. I will also admit that I have lost my temper on a few occasions. Not to make excuses but when you are outnumbered you tend to get even more defensive. As someone who strongly supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia, the situation that Serbia is dealing with is upsetting to me and that probably tends to leak out on my talkpage comments. There is only one person on that talkpage that I geniuely dislike. I get along well with Ijanderson, who disagrees with me on the issue. Finally, I think my presence there is crucial to the article staying as NPOV as possible. With me gone, there would really only be one other editor who is pro-Serbia that posts consistantly. If there is any more information that you need from me, feel free to ask. -- Tocino 17:46, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
Aloha. Yo semi'd the Mitt Romney article last February apparently without setting an expiry date. Do you think it might be excessive under current circumstances? Sincerely, the skomorokh 16:47, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
It was the oppose. Saying that a user with 450 edits requesting adminship because it's no big deal annoys him is pretty bitey, and the way he said it... eeek! Special K( KoЯn flakes) 20:32, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
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Hey, this portal has been sitting at WP:FPORTC for two months now, could it be closed? Thank you for your time, Cirt ( talk) 21:25, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
For whatever it's worth, I was just about to support with the following argument...Oppose per no reason provided and [2], but support per approached discussion like a discussion, [3], and [4]. Three to two means the support wins slightly! :) Also, although the candidate has been blocked several times, they all seem to have been unblocked as well. So, anyway, if it makes you feel any better, you would have had at least one more support. Sincerely, -- A Nobody My talk 00:54, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
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Now that Portal:Schools has the support of RichardF, Cirt, and SusanLesch, would it be possible to get a decision? Thanks, -- Jh12 ( talk) 14:48, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Just bringin' this up with you; I had closed Realist2's RfA due to his withdrawal, as indicated by the strikeout of his acceptance and statement of withdrawal. However, if you think he just had misgivings and needs to reconfirm I'm not quite sure what to do; reopen it? Just bringing this up to see what you think. Cheers, Master of Puppets Call me MoP! :D 17:52, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
FYI, you supported Sgeureka's RfA twice, [5] [6] so I indented the second one. Best, - auburnpilot talk 21:36, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
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Hi, I'm sure it was accidental, but this edit [7] appears to have removed another editor's contribution. DuncanHill ( talk) 17:41, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
I inadvertantly removed your comment regarding the Moreschi case on the RfArb page - I would like to state here it was unintentional. There's no beef on my behalf. Kind regards, Caulde 17:48, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
I NOTNOW'ed seth's RfA, but I decided to get broader input on it as he is apparently an admin on two other projects. I've asked him to come by and expand his rationale for the bit here... but since I noticed that you !voted there after I closed it, I wanted to let you know that I reopened it.--- Balloonman PoppaBalloon 23:16, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
Required notice to all parties involved with the Guido den Broeder ban/block/discussion: I have appealed the ban on his behalf at WP:RFAR. Cosmic Latte ( talk) 19:20, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
I'm not sure how you came across this when you looked through recent vandalism. My edit was neither recent nor vandalism. Anyway, the reason I redirected it, is because the Angry German Kid is mentioned on the school page so it seems reasonable to point people in the right direction. The protection avoids anyone from recreating it. The redirect in question serves at least 50 people on daily basis. Not much, but it proves the redirect is helpful. I'm not seeing the advantage of deleting it. - Mgm| (talk) 15:49, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
Hey-hi Caulde.
I've offered a rebuttal to your comment on WT:Bureaucrats regarding the page's procedural instructions. If you have time to offer more detailed thoughts on why you dislike the instructions, I'd be grateful.
Happy holidays to you.
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I think it is generally unwise to protect an article that is both tagged for cleanup and at AFD. Many articles get imprpoved while at AFD to the point of being kept (See WP:Hey), and your protection prevented such efforts. I am not saying you were wrong to protect it, as I have not reviewed the article history to see what extent of vandalism was happening; I just wanted to let you know about the special care one should take for cleanup articles at AFD, in case you had overlooked it. Thanks, Jerry delusional ¤ kangaroo 12:34, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
You shouldn't understand it, because it is a HO. A HO is a "humble opinion". Some people don't think that's true, but in my HO it is true because he is a experienced candidate. HTH, MH LU talk 00:13, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
I do think RfA is a discussion; and, that editors should expect to have their statements challenged. However, I think you are correct; I got a little too involved. I'll back off. Lazulilasher ( talk) 15:28, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
Indeed, thanks :) That year did go by extremely fast... seems like only a few months ago, really. jj137 (talk) 00:21, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
"Blah blah blah" and "kiddie admins" are verbal abuse (or rather, messages that can feel like verbal abuse). You handle yourself very well, but it's not necessary to respond to crap like that. If they stop, we can all forget it, and if they feel some kind of need to continually insult minors, we can deal with that at ANI. Either way, not your problem. Keep up the good work. - Dan Dank55 ( send/receive) 05:03, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
If you are the person in the video (referenced on another talk page), I would like to compliment you on your obvious competencies and abilities to express yourself. If you are 12 years old (or whatever), you are far more advanced that we older folks are, as we hang on to the way things have always been and have fixed views that all should remain the same. Have faith in your instincts, as people always seek to maintain status and stop change. Wikipedia wants to be the EB, which it obviously can not be. It is up to people like you (young, assuming you are) to make the future in a new form. People your age have the best feel for what that is. Regards, — Mattisse ( Talk) 05:28, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
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a number of people involved in Sri Lanka articles are trying to figure out why Iross1000 was blocked in the first place. His behaviour was not particularly disruptive. Furthermore, there are no warnings on his user page, just an indefinite block out of the blue. I can understand the trouble this user is having in addressing the reasons for his block, given that those have never been communicated to him in a clear way. I would ask you to lift this block on procedural grounds (SPA not a valid block reason, no disruptive editing, no warnings issued).
You can find other users' opinion on that matter here. Regards Jasy jatere ( talk) 10:41, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
...but yes, I am :). Not a child for long... Sam Blab 00:09, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
Checkuser does not establish innocence, especially with regard to meat puppetry. I suggest you discuss this matter with me urgently. Jehochman Talk 21:14, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
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Hi. I know I am not popular there. I am in the political minority on a controversial issue. And I know that I am on a tight rope. My activity there has been drastically reduced though. Look back in the archives back in the Spring or Summer and you would see me posting there a lot more than I am now. Also keep in mind that they're trying to ban me because of my edits on talkpages and not on the actual articles. Talkpages and the articles are two very different things and I take NPOV very seriously. For example, I started this article from scratch (which has since been turned into a redirect), see how I started it here: [1]. You can judge for yourself if that is the work of an unproductive troll (who has donated two different times to the WP foundation by the way). I admit that I have been in edit wars (and on the international reaction article usually it's with the same editor). However, if I am dealing with more than one person then I will stop and give up because I know that I will not win. I will also admit that I have lost my temper on a few occasions. Not to make excuses but when you are outnumbered you tend to get even more defensive. As someone who strongly supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Serbia, the situation that Serbia is dealing with is upsetting to me and that probably tends to leak out on my talkpage comments. There is only one person on that talkpage that I geniuely dislike. I get along well with Ijanderson, who disagrees with me on the issue. Finally, I think my presence there is crucial to the article staying as NPOV as possible. With me gone, there would really only be one other editor who is pro-Serbia that posts consistantly. If there is any more information that you need from me, feel free to ask. -- Tocino 17:46, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
Aloha. Yo semi'd the Mitt Romney article last February apparently without setting an expiry date. Do you think it might be excessive under current circumstances? Sincerely, the skomorokh 16:47, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
It was the oppose. Saying that a user with 450 edits requesting adminship because it's no big deal annoys him is pretty bitey, and the way he said it... eeek! Special K( KoЯn flakes) 20:32, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks for your input at my successful Rfa. I'm already thinking about working on my content creation. Hopefully in a few months, I'll have passed the point where you would've !voted Support. If you have any more suggestions on how I can improve myself as an editor, I'd be happy to hear them. Happy editing!-- Aervanath lives in the Orphanage 21:24, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
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Thanks for your quick and frank responses to the questions at your RfB. To be honest I would expect a candidate for bureaucratship to dodge the question or parrot uncontroversial and politically correct dogma, so kudos to you for being forthright. Regards, Skomorokh 14:49, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
Hey, this portal has been sitting at WP:FPORTC for two months now, could it be closed? Thank you for your time, Cirt ( talk) 21:25, 6 December 2008 (UTC)
For whatever it's worth, I was just about to support with the following argument...Oppose per no reason provided and [2], but support per approached discussion like a discussion, [3], and [4]. Three to two means the support wins slightly! :) Also, although the candidate has been blocked several times, they all seem to have been unblocked as well. So, anyway, if it makes you feel any better, you would have had at least one more support. Sincerely, -- A Nobody My talk 00:54, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
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Now that Portal:Schools has the support of RichardF, Cirt, and SusanLesch, would it be possible to get a decision? Thanks, -- Jh12 ( talk) 14:48, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Just bringin' this up with you; I had closed Realist2's RfA due to his withdrawal, as indicated by the strikeout of his acceptance and statement of withdrawal. However, if you think he just had misgivings and needs to reconfirm I'm not quite sure what to do; reopen it? Just bringing this up to see what you think. Cheers, Master of Puppets Call me MoP! :D 17:52, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
FYI, you supported Sgeureka's RfA twice, [5] [6] so I indented the second one. Best, - auburnpilot talk 21:36, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
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Hi, I'm sure it was accidental, but this edit [7] appears to have removed another editor's contribution. DuncanHill ( talk) 17:41, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
I inadvertantly removed your comment regarding the Moreschi case on the RfArb page - I would like to state here it was unintentional. There's no beef on my behalf. Kind regards, Caulde 17:48, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
I NOTNOW'ed seth's RfA, but I decided to get broader input on it as he is apparently an admin on two other projects. I've asked him to come by and expand his rationale for the bit here... but since I noticed that you !voted there after I closed it, I wanted to let you know that I reopened it.--- Balloonman PoppaBalloon 23:16, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
Required notice to all parties involved with the Guido den Broeder ban/block/discussion: I have appealed the ban on his behalf at WP:RFAR. Cosmic Latte ( talk) 19:20, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
I'm not sure how you came across this when you looked through recent vandalism. My edit was neither recent nor vandalism. Anyway, the reason I redirected it, is because the Angry German Kid is mentioned on the school page so it seems reasonable to point people in the right direction. The protection avoids anyone from recreating it. The redirect in question serves at least 50 people on daily basis. Not much, but it proves the redirect is helpful. I'm not seeing the advantage of deleting it. - Mgm| (talk) 15:49, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
Hey-hi Caulde.
I've offered a rebuttal to your comment on WT:Bureaucrats regarding the page's procedural instructions. If you have time to offer more detailed thoughts on why you dislike the instructions, I'd be grateful.
Happy holidays to you.
AGK 23:04, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
I think it is generally unwise to protect an article that is both tagged for cleanup and at AFD. Many articles get imprpoved while at AFD to the point of being kept (See WP:Hey), and your protection prevented such efforts. I am not saying you were wrong to protect it, as I have not reviewed the article history to see what extent of vandalism was happening; I just wanted to let you know about the special care one should take for cleanup articles at AFD, in case you had overlooked it. Thanks, Jerry delusional ¤ kangaroo 12:34, 22 December 2008 (UTC)
You shouldn't understand it, because it is a HO. A HO is a "humble opinion". Some people don't think that's true, but in my HO it is true because he is a experienced candidate. HTH, MH LU talk 00:13, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
I do think RfA is a discussion; and, that editors should expect to have their statements challenged. However, I think you are correct; I got a little too involved. I'll back off. Lazulilasher ( talk) 15:28, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
Indeed, thanks :) That year did go by extremely fast... seems like only a few months ago, really. jj137 (talk) 00:21, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
"Blah blah blah" and "kiddie admins" are verbal abuse (or rather, messages that can feel like verbal abuse). You handle yourself very well, but it's not necessary to respond to crap like that. If they stop, we can all forget it, and if they feel some kind of need to continually insult minors, we can deal with that at ANI. Either way, not your problem. Keep up the good work. - Dan Dank55 ( send/receive) 05:03, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
If you are the person in the video (referenced on another talk page), I would like to compliment you on your obvious competencies and abilities to express yourself. If you are 12 years old (or whatever), you are far more advanced that we older folks are, as we hang on to the way things have always been and have fixed views that all should remain the same. Have faith in your instincts, as people always seek to maintain status and stop change. Wikipedia wants to be the EB, which it obviously can not be. It is up to people like you (young, assuming you are) to make the future in a new form. People your age have the best feel for what that is. Regards, — Mattisse ( Talk) 05:28, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi Caulde
a number of people involved in Sri Lanka articles are trying to figure out why Iross1000 was blocked in the first place. His behaviour was not particularly disruptive. Furthermore, there are no warnings on his user page, just an indefinite block out of the blue. I can understand the trouble this user is having in addressing the reasons for his block, given that those have never been communicated to him in a clear way. I would ask you to lift this block on procedural grounds (SPA not a valid block reason, no disruptive editing, no warnings issued).
You can find other users' opinion on that matter here. Regards Jasy jatere ( talk) 10:41, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
...but yes, I am :). Not a child for long... Sam Blab 00:09, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
Checkuser does not establish innocence, especially with regard to meat puppetry. I suggest you discuss this matter with me urgently. Jehochman Talk 21:14, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened, and is located here. Please add any evidence you may wish the Arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Fringe science/Evidence. Please submit your evidence within one week, if possible. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Fringe science/Workshop.
On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Daniel ( talk) 01:00, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Dear Caulde,
Wishing you a happy a new year, and very best wishes for 2009. Whether we were friends or not in the past year, I hope 2009 will be better for us both.
Kind regards,
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