I responded to your last post here-- Template:Did you know nominations/Disarmament of Libya. Please respond back to me whenever you'll have a moment. Futurist110 ( talk) 21:29, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
Kurtis, please accept my sincere thanks for your support during my RfA. It did not conclude as hoped, after taking several odd twists and turns, but I will work to show myself worthy of your support in my future editing. Regards, Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 11:07, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
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Should probably be an admin. (No ulterior purpose...just you made that impression with your comments to people).
TCO ( talk) 00:41, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
P.s. Then again Wiki (and the Internet in general) is a time suck, so not sure that wishing you more involvement is the best thing for you.
You may or may not be aware that the RFC/U on Epeefleche's approach to removing easily and obviously verifiable content has closed. Epeefleche essentially ignored you and I, and refused to respond to the main point of my criticism. The closing admin, also, has gone on to completely ignore your and my perspectives also in taking Epeefleche's side. Yes, there was a roughly two-thirds split against my position (keeping in mind that there was some circumstantial evidence of offwiki canvassing, including that Epeefleche has a background of doing exactly that), but that's not a unanimous enough reason to categorically ignore one side, and then to criticise me. This is an outright endorsement of the strategies and approaches used by Epeefleche's side, i.e., that wikidramamongering is an effective defence against any criticism and to silence opponents.
I no longer care. This is the final nail in the coffin as far as I'm concerned regarding the culture at wikipedia. I have retired, primarily due to the admin conduct around the wikidrama of this RFC/U, and do not intend to return. There are other communities around the web that I have found which are far less combative and far less tolerant of dramamongers, and perhaps I'll see you there. ˜ danjel [ talk | contribs ] 00:44, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi. I'm not going to place an unecessary !vote and add to Jasper's discomfort, but I just wanted to say how excellent your commentary on the effects (and side effects) of blocks and bans is. Thanks for taking the time to write that. I hope it will reach some hearts and minds. Regards, -- Stfg ( talk) 13:41, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
"[...] a block on a good-faith contributor is something that will stay with them for long after it has been lifted or expired." (Wow. Well put. You see deeply.) Sincere, Ihardlythinkso ( talk) 05:04, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
Hey Kurtis,
Could you please review this DYK? nomination of mine-- Template:Did you know nominations/Urbanization in the United States. If not, that's okay, but please tell me what your decision is. Also, if you want me to review any DYK? nominations of yours, please let me know and I would be willing to do so. Thank you very much. Futurist110 ( talk) 03:25, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
You have previously commented on Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Niemti.
As an outside editor, I have moved that this RFC/U be closed. If you wish to comment on the Motion to close, please do so here. Fladrif ( talk) 14:33, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
Question - was your !vote on the last section in the WP:AN discussion on Neitmi sanctions an "Oppose" to both an interaction ban and civility parole, or just civility parole? I'm trying to close as accurately as possible.
Thank you. Georgewilliamherbert ( talk) 21:53, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
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We already had a chemical weapons section in the article that talks exactly about the information you put, so if you can remove one of the two sections that would be great. Sopher99 ( talk) 00:36, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
I left you a question in response to your reply against my oppose !vote. Mkdw talk 08:44, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
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Hi, Kurtis. I don't know you personally, but I've seen your work on Wikipedia and I just want to give you this award as thanks for your efforts as an editor here, especially with regards to editing articles. Keep up the good work as usual! Regards, Lord Sjones23 ( talk - contributions) 04:31, 15 May 2013 (UTC) |
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Hi Kurtis. Sorry it took me ages to reply, I haven't logged in for a while. I'm dumbfounded, I went to your userbox page and tried to center the middle column boxes, but to no success. I think the command is <center>, but placing it still doesn't seem to fix it. I tried removing some of your userboxes in case some code was interfering, but still nothing. Also tried to replace the whole column with my own, and the userboxes still go to the left. I'll continue to try to find out, it's bugging me now. :-) Regards, Hús ö nd 22:15, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
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Hello, Kurtis. Thank you for your recent submission of evidence for the Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds Arbitration case. As you may be aware, the Arbitration Committee asks that users submitting evidence in cases adhere to limits regarding the length of their submissions. These limits, currently at 1000 words and 100 diffs for parties and 500 words and 50 diffs for all others, are in place to ensure that the Arbitration Committee receives only the most important information relevant to the case, and is able to determine an appropriate course of action in a reasonable amount of time. The evidence you have submitted currently exceeds at least one of these limits, and is presently at 850 words and 24 diffs. Please try to reduce the length of your submission to fit within these limits; this guide may be able to provide some help in doing so. If the length of your evidence is not reduced soon, it may be refactored or removed by a human clerk within a few days. Thank you! If you have any questions or concerns regarding the case, please contact the drafting Arbitrator or case clerk (who are listed on the case pages); if you have any questions or concerns about this bot, please contact the operator. On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Hersfold ArbClerkBOT( talk) 00:04, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
Hey. I saw your message over on MER-C's page about help out at CCI. For users just starting out, the best ones to handle are the ones that provide sources readily, but are simply too close paraphrases, or copy-pastes. This way the Duplication Detector can be used to evaluate, so long as the link works and the detector picks up the site. In your case, I see you left a comment at the Epeefleche RfC, so his CCI would be a good starting point, mainly since there's a lot of different articles small and big you can work on (plus it's one of the older ones). In his alone there's over 1000 articles, so any help we can get in copyright work is hugely appreciated :) Wizardman 14:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Kurtis, Alf Henrikson is a pretty much forgotten Swedish author who wasn't even in his heyday known to anglophones; I was very sure you wouldn't have heard of him. My suggestion that you actually "alluded" to a couple of lines by Henrikson was a sort of joke, or a way of telling KW (a Swedish speaker, and well-read) that he had now been told the same thing twice, by two independent sources (=you and me). Hope you didn't mind! I was just struck by the way you put it. Bishonen | talk 22:01, 21 July 2013 (UTC).
I responded to your last post here-- Template:Did you know nominations/Disarmament of Libya. Please respond back to me whenever you'll have a moment. Futurist110 ( talk) 21:29, 2 February 2013 (UTC)
Kurtis, please accept my sincere thanks for your support during my RfA. It did not conclude as hoped, after taking several odd twists and turns, but I will work to show myself worthy of your support in my future editing. Regards, Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 11:07, 12 February 2013 (UTC)
Hello,
The Project is almost ready to hit the
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Main page talk over the final details before we can go forward with the Main Page. If you have any ideas to discuss with everyone else, please visit the
TAFI Talk Page and join in on the ongoing discussions there. You are also invited to add new nominations, and comment and suport on the current ones at the
Nominations page. You can also help by helping in the discussions at the
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Today's Articles for Improvement Thank you and hoping to have some productive work from you at the Project, |
On 21 February 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Capital punishment in Yemen, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Yemen has one of the highest execution rates in the world? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Capital punishment in Yemen. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 08:05, 21 February 2013 (UTC)
Hello, Kurtis.
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Should probably be an admin. (No ulterior purpose...just you made that impression with your comments to people).
TCO ( talk) 00:41, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
P.s. Then again Wiki (and the Internet in general) is a time suck, so not sure that wishing you more involvement is the best thing for you.
You may or may not be aware that the RFC/U on Epeefleche's approach to removing easily and obviously verifiable content has closed. Epeefleche essentially ignored you and I, and refused to respond to the main point of my criticism. The closing admin, also, has gone on to completely ignore your and my perspectives also in taking Epeefleche's side. Yes, there was a roughly two-thirds split against my position (keeping in mind that there was some circumstantial evidence of offwiki canvassing, including that Epeefleche has a background of doing exactly that), but that's not a unanimous enough reason to categorically ignore one side, and then to criticise me. This is an outright endorsement of the strategies and approaches used by Epeefleche's side, i.e., that wikidramamongering is an effective defence against any criticism and to silence opponents.
I no longer care. This is the final nail in the coffin as far as I'm concerned regarding the culture at wikipedia. I have retired, primarily due to the admin conduct around the wikidrama of this RFC/U, and do not intend to return. There are other communities around the web that I have found which are far less combative and far less tolerant of dramamongers, and perhaps I'll see you there. ˜ danjel [ talk | contribs ] 00:44, 2 March 2013 (UTC)
Hi. I'm not going to place an unecessary !vote and add to Jasper's discomfort, but I just wanted to say how excellent your commentary on the effects (and side effects) of blocks and bans is. Thanks for taking the time to write that. I hope it will reach some hearts and minds. Regards, -- Stfg ( talk) 13:41, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
"[...] a block on a good-faith contributor is something that will stay with them for long after it has been lifted or expired." (Wow. Well put. You see deeply.) Sincere, Ihardlythinkso ( talk) 05:04, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
Hey Kurtis,
Could you please review this DYK? nomination of mine-- Template:Did you know nominations/Urbanization in the United States. If not, that's okay, but please tell me what your decision is. Also, if you want me to review any DYK? nominations of yours, please let me know and I would be willing to do so. Thank you very much. Futurist110 ( talk) 03:25, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
You have previously commented on Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Niemti.
As an outside editor, I have moved that this RFC/U be closed. If you wish to comment on the Motion to close, please do so here. Fladrif ( talk) 14:33, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
Question - was your !vote on the last section in the WP:AN discussion on Neitmi sanctions an "Oppose" to both an interaction ban and civility parole, or just civility parole? I'm trying to close as accurately as possible.
Thank you. Georgewilliamherbert ( talk) 21:53, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
Hello, Kurtis.
You are invited to join
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As one of the supporters of a related proposal in the 2013 RfC on RfA reform, you are invited to join the new WikiProject for RfA nominators. Please come and help shape this initiative. Regards, Espresso Addict ( talk) 21:49, 8 April 2013 (UTC)
We already had a chemical weapons section in the article that talks exactly about the information you put, so if you can remove one of the two sections that would be great. Sopher99 ( talk) 00:36, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
I left you a question in response to your reply against my oppose !vote. Mkdw talk 08:44, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
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Hi, Kurtis. I don't know you personally, but I've seen your work on Wikipedia and I just want to give you this award as thanks for your efforts as an editor here, especially with regards to editing articles. Keep up the good work as usual! Regards, Lord Sjones23 ( talk - contributions) 04:31, 15 May 2013 (UTC) |
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Hi Kurtis. Sorry it took me ages to reply, I haven't logged in for a while. I'm dumbfounded, I went to your userbox page and tried to center the middle column boxes, but to no success. I think the command is <center>, but placing it still doesn't seem to fix it. I tried removing some of your userboxes in case some code was interfering, but still nothing. Also tried to replace the whole column with my own, and the userboxes still go to the left. I'll continue to try to find out, it's bugging me now. :-) Regards, Hús ö nd 22:15, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi. We're organizing an office hours session with the Teahouse to bring in mentors from across the wiki to try out Snuggle and discuss it's potential to support mentorship broadly. The Snuggle team would appreciate it if you would come and participate in the discussion. We'll be having it in #wikimedia-office connect on Wed. July 17th @ 1600 UTC. See the agenda for more info. -- EpochFail( talk • work), Technical 13 ( talk), TheOriginalSoni ( talk) 18:27, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
Hello, Kurtis. Thank you for your recent submission of evidence for the Kiefer.Wolfowitz and Ironholds Arbitration case. As you may be aware, the Arbitration Committee asks that users submitting evidence in cases adhere to limits regarding the length of their submissions. These limits, currently at 1000 words and 100 diffs for parties and 500 words and 50 diffs for all others, are in place to ensure that the Arbitration Committee receives only the most important information relevant to the case, and is able to determine an appropriate course of action in a reasonable amount of time. The evidence you have submitted currently exceeds at least one of these limits, and is presently at 850 words and 24 diffs. Please try to reduce the length of your submission to fit within these limits; this guide may be able to provide some help in doing so. If the length of your evidence is not reduced soon, it may be refactored or removed by a human clerk within a few days. Thank you! If you have any questions or concerns regarding the case, please contact the drafting Arbitrator or case clerk (who are listed on the case pages); if you have any questions or concerns about this bot, please contact the operator. On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Hersfold ArbClerkBOT( talk) 00:04, 13 July 2013 (UTC)
Hey. I saw your message over on MER-C's page about help out at CCI. For users just starting out, the best ones to handle are the ones that provide sources readily, but are simply too close paraphrases, or copy-pastes. This way the Duplication Detector can be used to evaluate, so long as the link works and the detector picks up the site. In your case, I see you left a comment at the Epeefleche RfC, so his CCI would be a good starting point, mainly since there's a lot of different articles small and big you can work on (plus it's one of the older ones). In his alone there's over 1000 articles, so any help we can get in copyright work is hugely appreciated :) Wizardman 14:44, 19 July 2013 (UTC)
Kurtis, Alf Henrikson is a pretty much forgotten Swedish author who wasn't even in his heyday known to anglophones; I was very sure you wouldn't have heard of him. My suggestion that you actually "alluded" to a couple of lines by Henrikson was a sort of joke, or a way of telling KW (a Swedish speaker, and well-read) that he had now been told the same thing twice, by two independent sources (=you and me). Hope you didn't mind! I was just struck by the way you put it. Bishonen | talk 22:01, 21 July 2013 (UTC).