It might be worth looking into as the Basque compromise part of the last of the Cro Magnon lineage-- Protolock ( talk) 05:38, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
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Hello John. I've replied to your comment. Given that we had 2 editors chime in to my proposed change, can you think of other locations where we can post notices of the discussion. Please let me know. Thanks. – S. Rich ( talk) 15:55, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
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It seems too gradual a spike to be bot-generated, but it still could be. On the other hand, a quick scan of google hits in the last month suggests that bone char has become an issue for a) vegans, because it is used in the manufacture of refined sugar and b) conspiracy theorists, who use it to remove fluoride from their drinking water. Serendi pod ous 21:48, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Johnbod . . . I was reading the comments at /info/en/?search=Talk:Humanism#Merger_proposal and noticed that you Opposed merging the article because "That article seems misnamed, gathering a bunch of different not-very-notable theorists with little in common. Johnbod (talk) 04:24, 19 September 2013 (UTC)" so I wanted to get feedback on what name you thought might be appropriate and why you consider Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow, William Glasser, etc. not notable theorists? I, too, oppose the merger but for very different reasons. Stmullin ( talk) 22:13, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
Say, John, for real infobox abuse, see University of California Police Department! – S. Rich ( talk) 03:45, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi Johnbod, I just moved your DYK nomination from the 'special holding area' into the date of 16 December (hopefully I've managed to do it correctly but no doubt someone will shout if I haven't!). A nomination is moved into the special holding area after it is approved. SagaciousPhil - Chat 15:27, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
Well done on becoming a WIR John. Nice to see a wiki editor (and not just a facebook/wiki talk editor) getting a turn. Victuallers ( talk) 19:49, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
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Gothic secular and domestic architecture.
Isn't that nice? We've needed it for a long time and now it has happened!
Re "Impression: Sunrise", the notion that the image should be deleted is a red-herring. It has never been suggested. Amandajm ( talk) 23:33, 22 December 2013 (UTC)
I just heard about the WiR position - congratulations! - PKM ( talk) 05:01, 23 December 2013 (UTC) (not dead yet)
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I know it's been open a while, but is there any change of reverting your close just now of this one - I've only just seen it & I'd like to support a keep. I see no reason why it can't expand, & Jerry Pepsi's arguments in particular are rather odd. Very narrowly balanced comments - ie nom +1 vs 2 keeps. Cheers. Johnbod ( talk) 20:03, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
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Saw the range of possible birth dates (( (7–2 BC to 30–33 AD) )) was removed from lede of TFA, I don't want to wade into the article because I've not worked on it, but I see you are active and patrolling it, plus you have been supporting the pre-TFA version at talk, so wanted to ping you about this. I saw there was a discussion, but no consensus. I'd favor restoring it, but, as I say, don't really want to wade into it, so just pinging you. Your call. ;-) And... Merry Christmas! Montanabw (talk) 21:04, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
With regards to the death of Margarita Luti, it is known that Raphael left money in his will to her when he died. Luti's date of death is currently unknown, however it is generally accepted that Raphael died first.
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Wishing the best for 2014 and just deligted to see the new position, its certainly well deserved and well earned. Thanks for all the help again this year, and you are certianly backed by the VA community. Ceoil ( talk) 23:47, 26 December 2013 (UTC) |
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Thanks for your edit on Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra - it's still a work in progress. I hadn't put in anything about reviving old traditions in the coronation service - I was looking for a good reference. I could only find David Starkey's Monarchy: From the Middle Ages to Modernity (from a sneaky look in a bookshop) which mentions the revival of the "Vivats" last used for (I think) Charles I, however I don't have access to a copy. I read elsewhere that there was a proposal to reinstate the King's Champion in full armour, but that was rejected; again I don't have a concrete ref for that. I'm sure this also ties in with the Oxford Movement in the CofE, but I'm damned if I can find anything about that either. If you can help with any of the above, I would be very grateful. Alansplodge ( talk) 16:22, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
You seem to be deliberately confusing matters here! The Category:Textile workers is clearly used to contain workers in the textile industry i.e. mill workers, industrial weavers...
Textile artists are artists that use textiles in their artwork. Category:Textile artists shouldn't be a sub-category of Category:Textile workers. Sionk ( talk) 15:11, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
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I've recently thrown myself at William Burges' furniture and am in the process of creating the Zodiac settle article. I've noticed that most UK Govt images are free use but this one [2] is all rights reserved. Is this something you're au fait with? Writing about Burges without images is like an exercise in textual redundancy. Happy New Year! Gareth E Kegg ( talk) 18:48, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
Here's to a prosperous and serene New Year, Johnbod! I noted an engraver's monogram in the sophisticated and sleek late Mannerist title page to Bayer's Uranometria (Augsburg 1603): see Talk:Uranometria#Engraver's monogram. It's in the shadows of the central scroll at base, at left, with the date MDCIII at right. At maximum pixel count I'm reading it as LMT. Do you, or does any lurker here, have access to Nagler, Monogrammisten?-- Wetman ( talk) 21:47, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
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Dear John, I've added a few details of the Cobbe and its copies, of Wells' proposal, with citations to the exhibition catalog and the review of the catalog in Shakespeare Quarterly. I believe the revisions are narrowly based on the literature, and do a better job of explaining the internal evidence provided by the paintings. Comments welcome. Happy New Year. Chris Thompson, University of Toronto 138.51.85.201 ( talk) 04:55, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Johnbod, I am trying to understand your rationale for the changes to the Chartered Financial Analyst article. It's true that the CFA has more test centers in the USA than in other countries, but it has test centers in what looks like ~100 countries [1]. Also the headquarters are in Virginia, but the CFA Institute has offices in London, Hong Kong and New York. I can't find a demographic breakdown of CFAs, but these profiles seem to suggest they come from all around: [2]. I'm not trying to start an edit war, but I've never heard the opinion that the CFA is somehow limited to the United States before. Thanks! ThoseArentMuskets ( talk) 15:48, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
I archived the Christmas card with "your" image. Next: all Bach cantatas for next Sunday ( BWV 154, 124, 32) deal with loss and longing: the parents of Jesus having lost their son, 12 years old. I find many images of the boy with the "doctors" but none of the desperate parents searching. Would you know one? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:01, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
Different question: would you know how Sorrow (Van Gogh) is or should be called in German? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:44, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
Based on your edit summary, I referenced the hypothesis Basaiti might be of Albanian origin in his article and I would appreciate if you could review my edits. I think we have some over-referencing of his Greek (and Albanian) origin in the article (his ethnicity should be marginally relevant), and I would remove the dictionnary ones, which are based on scholar work anyways, but I would like to know your thoughts first. Thanks for your work! -- Perkohesisht ai i vjetri ( talk) 18:33, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
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I screwed up on the day. Do you think it would be possible to try again for next week? Serendi pod ous 15:10, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi Johnbod - If you have a few minutes, would you mind checking out the new version of the History section at Agriculture. I've added quite a bit on the BAR, and would like your opinion as to if it's too much, not enough, or just right. Another user commented on the talk page and seems to like it. I think it's a little much, but if others are happy with it, then I won't be upset. Also, am I being thin-skinned in thinking Noodleki is beginning to be disruptive with their edits and lack of talk page interaction since the initial few exchanges? If so, please feel free to slap me with a trout... If you don't have the time/interest (to take a look at the article, not to slap me with a trout!), it is completely understood... Dana boomer ( talk) 23:15, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Was promoted last night. Your expert review was more than I and Victoria could have expected. There are a few o/s points that we are mindful of. Thank you. Ceoil ( talk) 11:54, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
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Thank you John! That bloody reproduction had completely caught me out. I'll have to look harder next time. Amandajm ( talk) 05:51, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
John Sheldon (anatomist), new: of course it is really a sad story rather than pure eccentricity. I thought it might have some training value. Charles Matthews ( talk) 09:55, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
For dud prose, I google the site for "it is important to note that", which is a sign of verbiage: a high hit for me today is body language, which is certainly a stinker from the point of view of the writing alone. It doesn't show up that many biographies, if that is a desideratum. Perhaps some combination or variant would do it.
About Sheldon, I was thinking more along the lines of RS, because I suspect that not all those I'm using currently are quite right. Charles Matthews ( talk) 15:18, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
You're very welcome. I started on the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II which only mentioned Zadok the Priest and I was glad. In researching it, I found the fascinating story of how coronations celebrate and inspire British music. I've now written articles about the coronations of Edward VII and George VI. I wonder what the next one will be like? Alansplodge ( talk) 14:04, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
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Have things changed since I took art history? I was always taught it was Giotto (and his pals) who first did artistic perspective (and our article on same says that also, albeit unsourced). You're the expert on art history - in double checking this part of this edit: " In 1259 the author of Boyana frescoes has done a spectacular revolution in the history of European art as a discovered the upward perspective and three-dimensionality in the visual arts" the new thought on the history of perspective? Ealdgyth - Talk 14:56, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
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I gathered some sources to write an article on this soon. Just need to get unburied from real life work. Do you know of anything book-related I should be getting through ILL? I scoured JSTOR for articles, of course. Ealdgyth - Talk 17:42, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
Dear Johnbod, I'm stuck away in Asia with limited internet contact (for this kind of message anyway). WPEditor has reversed the change to Common Era dates at both Aesop and Aesop's Fables with the excuse that the question has not been discussed, let alone consensus reached. Since you were involved in the discussion, I wonder if you feel like taking the question up again. I'll leave a similar message with others who took part. It seems that this stickler for 'rules' is only going to respect his own obtuse interpretation of them. Mzilikazi1939 ( talk) 11:45, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
For the benefit of anyone reading this page in isolation, In May/June 2012, Mzilikazi1939's 1.5-year-long edit war surrounding the articles Aesop and Aesop's Fables came to an end after I noticed what had been going on, reverted the changes that he had been enforcing by bullying and argued with him on several different pages. He finally conceded defeat here, after his canvassing, lying, suggestions of article ownership and misleading complaints to administrators all failed. Up until the last month of his 1.5-year edit war, he kept his hijacked version of the articles in place by bullying other editors away 1 2 3 4 5 6... 11.
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Hi. I could use a bit of advice if you're willing. It looks to me like we're about done at NPOVN in terms of real issue. If that's the way it seems to you, then there's just the question of which formula is to be the ratified one: yours or Blueboar's. I'd thought about opening an RFC to get input, since discussion seems dry, but that's mostly for conflict resolution so I have doubts that's the right approach. Is it the ordinary thing just to let it be, or would you suggest I just query other prior contributors to ask for eyes? Other idea? Evensteven ( talk) 19:25, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
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It might be worth looking into as the Basque compromise part of the last of the Cro Magnon lineage-- Protolock ( talk) 05:38, 2 December 2013 (UTC)
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Hello John. I've replied to your comment. Given that we had 2 editors chime in to my proposed change, can you think of other locations where we can post notices of the discussion. Please let me know. Thanks. – S. Rich ( talk) 15:55, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
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It seems too gradual a spike to be bot-generated, but it still could be. On the other hand, a quick scan of google hits in the last month suggests that bone char has become an issue for a) vegans, because it is used in the manufacture of refined sugar and b) conspiracy theorists, who use it to remove fluoride from their drinking water. Serendi pod ous 21:48, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
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Hi Johnbod . . . I was reading the comments at /info/en/?search=Talk:Humanism#Merger_proposal and noticed that you Opposed merging the article because "That article seems misnamed, gathering a bunch of different not-very-notable theorists with little in common. Johnbod (talk) 04:24, 19 September 2013 (UTC)" so I wanted to get feedback on what name you thought might be appropriate and why you consider Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow, William Glasser, etc. not notable theorists? I, too, oppose the merger but for very different reasons. Stmullin ( talk) 22:13, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
Say, John, for real infobox abuse, see University of California Police Department! – S. Rich ( talk) 03:45, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
Hi Johnbod, I just moved your DYK nomination from the 'special holding area' into the date of 16 December (hopefully I've managed to do it correctly but no doubt someone will shout if I haven't!). A nomination is moved into the special holding area after it is approved. SagaciousPhil - Chat 15:27, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
Well done on becoming a WIR John. Nice to see a wiki editor (and not just a facebook/wiki talk editor) getting a turn. Victuallers ( talk) 19:49, 19 December 2013 (UTC)
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Gothic secular and domestic architecture.
Isn't that nice? We've needed it for a long time and now it has happened!
Re "Impression: Sunrise", the notion that the image should be deleted is a red-herring. It has never been suggested. Amandajm ( talk) 23:33, 22 December 2013 (UTC)
I just heard about the WiR position - congratulations! - PKM ( talk) 05:01, 23 December 2013 (UTC) (not dead yet)
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I know it's been open a while, but is there any change of reverting your close just now of this one - I've only just seen it & I'd like to support a keep. I see no reason why it can't expand, & Jerry Pepsi's arguments in particular are rather odd. Very narrowly balanced comments - ie nom +1 vs 2 keeps. Cheers. Johnbod ( talk) 20:03, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
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Saw the range of possible birth dates (( (7–2 BC to 30–33 AD) )) was removed from lede of TFA, I don't want to wade into the article because I've not worked on it, but I see you are active and patrolling it, plus you have been supporting the pre-TFA version at talk, so wanted to ping you about this. I saw there was a discussion, but no consensus. I'd favor restoring it, but, as I say, don't really want to wade into it, so just pinging you. Your call. ;-) And... Merry Christmas! Montanabw (talk) 21:04, 25 December 2013 (UTC)
With regards to the death of Margarita Luti, it is known that Raphael left money in his will to her when he died. Luti's date of death is currently unknown, however it is generally accepted that Raphael died first.
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Wishing the best for 2014 and just deligted to see the new position, its certainly well deserved and well earned. Thanks for all the help again this year, and you are certianly backed by the VA community. Ceoil ( talk) 23:47, 26 December 2013 (UTC) |
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Thanks for your edit on Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra - it's still a work in progress. I hadn't put in anything about reviving old traditions in the coronation service - I was looking for a good reference. I could only find David Starkey's Monarchy: From the Middle Ages to Modernity (from a sneaky look in a bookshop) which mentions the revival of the "Vivats" last used for (I think) Charles I, however I don't have access to a copy. I read elsewhere that there was a proposal to reinstate the King's Champion in full armour, but that was rejected; again I don't have a concrete ref for that. I'm sure this also ties in with the Oxford Movement in the CofE, but I'm damned if I can find anything about that either. If you can help with any of the above, I would be very grateful. Alansplodge ( talk) 16:22, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
You seem to be deliberately confusing matters here! The Category:Textile workers is clearly used to contain workers in the textile industry i.e. mill workers, industrial weavers...
Textile artists are artists that use textiles in their artwork. Category:Textile artists shouldn't be a sub-category of Category:Textile workers. Sionk ( talk) 15:11, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
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I've recently thrown myself at William Burges' furniture and am in the process of creating the Zodiac settle article. I've noticed that most UK Govt images are free use but this one [2] is all rights reserved. Is this something you're au fait with? Writing about Burges without images is like an exercise in textual redundancy. Happy New Year! Gareth E Kegg ( talk) 18:48, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
Here's to a prosperous and serene New Year, Johnbod! I noted an engraver's monogram in the sophisticated and sleek late Mannerist title page to Bayer's Uranometria (Augsburg 1603): see Talk:Uranometria#Engraver's monogram. It's in the shadows of the central scroll at base, at left, with the date MDCIII at right. At maximum pixel count I'm reading it as LMT. Do you, or does any lurker here, have access to Nagler, Monogrammisten?-- Wetman ( talk) 21:47, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
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Dear John, I've added a few details of the Cobbe and its copies, of Wells' proposal, with citations to the exhibition catalog and the review of the catalog in Shakespeare Quarterly. I believe the revisions are narrowly based on the literature, and do a better job of explaining the internal evidence provided by the paintings. Comments welcome. Happy New Year. Chris Thompson, University of Toronto 138.51.85.201 ( talk) 04:55, 3 January 2014 (UTC)
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Hi Johnbod, I am trying to understand your rationale for the changes to the Chartered Financial Analyst article. It's true that the CFA has more test centers in the USA than in other countries, but it has test centers in what looks like ~100 countries [1]. Also the headquarters are in Virginia, but the CFA Institute has offices in London, Hong Kong and New York. I can't find a demographic breakdown of CFAs, but these profiles seem to suggest they come from all around: [2]. I'm not trying to start an edit war, but I've never heard the opinion that the CFA is somehow limited to the United States before. Thanks! ThoseArentMuskets ( talk) 15:48, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
I archived the Christmas card with "your" image. Next: all Bach cantatas for next Sunday ( BWV 154, 124, 32) deal with loss and longing: the parents of Jesus having lost their son, 12 years old. I find many images of the boy with the "doctors" but none of the desperate parents searching. Would you know one? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 16:01, 7 January 2014 (UTC)
Different question: would you know how Sorrow (Van Gogh) is or should be called in German? -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 22:44, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
Based on your edit summary, I referenced the hypothesis Basaiti might be of Albanian origin in his article and I would appreciate if you could review my edits. I think we have some over-referencing of his Greek (and Albanian) origin in the article (his ethnicity should be marginally relevant), and I would remove the dictionnary ones, which are based on scholar work anyways, but I would like to know your thoughts first. Thanks for your work! -- Perkohesisht ai i vjetri ( talk) 18:33, 8 January 2014 (UTC)
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I screwed up on the day. Do you think it would be possible to try again for next week? Serendi pod ous 15:10, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Hi Johnbod - If you have a few minutes, would you mind checking out the new version of the History section at Agriculture. I've added quite a bit on the BAR, and would like your opinion as to if it's too much, not enough, or just right. Another user commented on the talk page and seems to like it. I think it's a little much, but if others are happy with it, then I won't be upset. Also, am I being thin-skinned in thinking Noodleki is beginning to be disruptive with their edits and lack of talk page interaction since the initial few exchanges? If so, please feel free to slap me with a trout... If you don't have the time/interest (to take a look at the article, not to slap me with a trout!), it is completely understood... Dana boomer ( talk) 23:15, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Was promoted last night. Your expert review was more than I and Victoria could have expected. There are a few o/s points that we are mindful of. Thank you. Ceoil ( talk) 11:54, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
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Thank you John! That bloody reproduction had completely caught me out. I'll have to look harder next time. Amandajm ( talk) 05:51, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
John Sheldon (anatomist), new: of course it is really a sad story rather than pure eccentricity. I thought it might have some training value. Charles Matthews ( talk) 09:55, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
For dud prose, I google the site for "it is important to note that", which is a sign of verbiage: a high hit for me today is body language, which is certainly a stinker from the point of view of the writing alone. It doesn't show up that many biographies, if that is a desideratum. Perhaps some combination or variant would do it.
About Sheldon, I was thinking more along the lines of RS, because I suspect that not all those I'm using currently are quite right. Charles Matthews ( talk) 15:18, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
You're very welcome. I started on the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II which only mentioned Zadok the Priest and I was glad. In researching it, I found the fascinating story of how coronations celebrate and inspire British music. I've now written articles about the coronations of Edward VII and George VI. I wonder what the next one will be like? Alansplodge ( talk) 14:04, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
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Have things changed since I took art history? I was always taught it was Giotto (and his pals) who first did artistic perspective (and our article on same says that also, albeit unsourced). You're the expert on art history - in double checking this part of this edit: " In 1259 the author of Boyana frescoes has done a spectacular revolution in the history of European art as a discovered the upward perspective and three-dimensionality in the visual arts" the new thought on the history of perspective? Ealdgyth - Talk 14:56, 24 January 2014 (UTC)
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I gathered some sources to write an article on this soon. Just need to get unburied from real life work. Do you know of anything book-related I should be getting through ILL? I scoured JSTOR for articles, of course. Ealdgyth - Talk 17:42, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
Dear Johnbod, I'm stuck away in Asia with limited internet contact (for this kind of message anyway). WPEditor has reversed the change to Common Era dates at both Aesop and Aesop's Fables with the excuse that the question has not been discussed, let alone consensus reached. Since you were involved in the discussion, I wonder if you feel like taking the question up again. I'll leave a similar message with others who took part. It seems that this stickler for 'rules' is only going to respect his own obtuse interpretation of them. Mzilikazi1939 ( talk) 11:45, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
For the benefit of anyone reading this page in isolation, In May/June 2012, Mzilikazi1939's 1.5-year-long edit war surrounding the articles Aesop and Aesop's Fables came to an end after I noticed what had been going on, reverted the changes that he had been enforcing by bullying and argued with him on several different pages. He finally conceded defeat here, after his canvassing, lying, suggestions of article ownership and misleading complaints to administrators all failed. Up until the last month of his 1.5-year edit war, he kept his hijacked version of the articles in place by bullying other editors away 1 2 3 4 5 6... 11.
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Hi. I could use a bit of advice if you're willing. It looks to me like we're about done at NPOVN in terms of real issue. If that's the way it seems to you, then there's just the question of which formula is to be the ratified one: yours or Blueboar's. I'd thought about opening an RFC to get input, since discussion seems dry, but that's mostly for conflict resolution so I have doubts that's the right approach. Is it the ordinary thing just to let it be, or would you suggest I just query other prior contributors to ask for eyes? Other idea? Evensteven ( talk) 19:25, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
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