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Thank you very much indeed for your help with and commitment to Tag & Assess 2008. May I please trouble you to comment at the post-drive workshop? Your feedback will help us to improve the next drive. Thanks in advance, --ROGER DAVIES talk 10:06, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
At the end of that long AN/I thread, you and Ottava Rima proposed dialogue with WW and control of her actions on DYK, and OR left a message on WW's talk page inviting discussion. WW did not edit for several days, but today has returned when her first action, ominously, was to archive her talk page. It seems that OR is out of action at present; would it perhaps be useful for you to take up the baton and leave WW a message outlining your proposals and inviting her to discuss them? JohnCD (talk) 11:17, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
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Would you take a look at the discussion on Let_Freedom_Ring:_Winning_the_War_of_Liberty_over_Liberalism and see if you have an opinion on the matter. I believe there is an issue with undue wieght. I'd like your view as a former admin. Thanks. Niteshift36 (talk) 16:45, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
You have removed material from the article while the discussion is still going on. DockHi 17:24, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
Your highness, I have retrieved as you have commanded the box you desired. Several choices can be found at "Category:Edit user templates". By your leave--«Marylandstater» «reply» 20:21, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
Bedford, can you think of a suitable DYK hook for this article? Kelly hi! 13:47, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
--Congratulations! PeterSymonds (talk) 22:08, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
Bedford, why are you leaving all these messages to people ? It looks much like talk page spamming and trying to stir up trouble with someone you've recently had a dispute with. I acknowledge I'm not assuming good faith here, but it's hard to read that message any other way. I suggest shortening it to just the notification that the template's been deleted. If you want to dispute template deletion, deletion review is the way to go.--chaser - t 23:33, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
For those that want to comment on this controversy, CLICK HERE.--King Bedford I Seek his grace 00:57, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
I, for one, appreciate the heads-up. Thanks, Bedford. Hope someone can stop her before she deletes the pornography one (I do love that picture). --PlasmaTwa2 01:28, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
I thought you might like to know that one of your pictures is now on the front page of Wikipedia.--King Bedford I Seek his grace 22:52, 4 August 2008 (UTC)
but thanks for the star. :) --UsaSatsui (talk) 04:02, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
Haha. You lost just like the south. Haha. IvoShandor (talk) 04:52, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
It was your own fault you got desysopped. Sceptre (talk) 16:51, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
Sexist Pig? OMG! Theres the freaking smoking gun! Your the name caller, what makes you better than anyone else? Who do you think you are? Charles Edward 17:50, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
Your contributions history shows that you have been aggressively cross-posting in order to influence Wikipedia:Deletion_review/Log/2008_August_4#User:Bluedenim/Blondes. Although the Arbitration Committee has ruled that "[t]he occasional light use of cross-posting to talk pages is part of Wikipedia's common practice"1, such cross-posting should adhere to specific guidelines. In the past, aggressively worded cross-posting has contributed towards an Arbitration Committee ruling of disruptive behavior that resulted in blocking2. It is best not to game the system, and instead respect Wikipedia's principle of consensus-building, by ceasing to further crosspost, and instead allowing the process to reflect the opinions of editors that were already actively involved in the matter at hand. Thank you. KillerChihuahua?!? 22:02, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
--Thanks for nominating, PeterSymonds (talk) 20:26, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
--Congratulations! PeterSymonds (talk) 20:53, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
FYI, I tried an additional hook and citations on media coverage on the John Edwards DYK nom. Do you think it will any good? It's also up at "In the News". Kelly hi! 02:45, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
Bedford, I hope you understand that the current situation involves one DYK swapped out for another without a penalty to the contributor, whereas your concern has many different (and deeper) ramifications. If you would like to talk about it, you know how to contact me. Thanks. Ottava Rima (talk) 01:13, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
You used the word "gangrape" in a recent ANI discussion. That was, in my opinion, an extremely poor choice of analogy. To compare the situation that resulted in your being deadminned to the forcible rape by multiple individuals of a woman (or man) is incredibly insensitive. There are those on this project who have suffered greatly from actual rape. Comparing the loss of a few buttons to that experience is not fair to them in any way. Regards, S.D.Jameson 01:55, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
Would you prefer "internet gangrape" as a term? It was, after, a group of people getting a sense of power on another's expense.--King Bedford I Seek his grace 02:16, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
I'd prefer you not use the term at all. It's inappropriate. ++Lar: t/c 04:10, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
(after ec) I'm with the others. Same with "lynched". They're strong terms, and a bit inappropriate. Dreaded Walrus t c 04:27, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
Bedford, do you understand that using rape to describe your being desysopped for something viewed as sexist would just cause the same people to become upset? It may be fair or it may be not. I am not one to decide. I just wanted to point out this. I hope you understand. Ottava Rima (talk) 15:26, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
Yes, I'd be interested in being involved if such a project ever got started. Niteshift36 (talk) 04:46, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
It was the article. I could barely follow the storyline - so much so that I couldn't risk giving it a quick copyedit without reading the reference first, which I didn't have time to do. Any chance you could polish it up a bit? Gatoclass (talk) 10:56, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
I created two infoboxes for the states (Template:Infobox U.S. State/Terr. ACW for the yanks, Template:Infobox Confederate State ACW for the rebs) for consideration. If used, your nav templates already on the pages in the infobox position could be horizontalled and placed lower.
What is His Majesty's opinion? Kresock (talk) 22:47, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
Applied new template to Florida page with some tweaks. Will not to others until I get some feedback. Any of the numbers I cited in it would make good DYK material. Kresock (talk) 04:00, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
weburiedoursecretsinthegarden 21:38, 12 August 2008 (UTC)
--Daniel Case (talk) 04:24, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello. I would just like u to explain me better the whole "blonds and brown hair" userboxes issue, and what is exactly the problem. Thank u in advance.--Vule91 (talk) 23:05, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
I've sent you an email. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 04:26, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
Just a little note to say thankyou for participating in my successful RFA candidacy, which passed with 96 supports, 0 opposes, and 1 neutral. I am pleasantly taken aback by the amount of support for me to contribute in an administrative role and look forward to demonstrating that such faith is well placed. Regards, WilliamH (talk) 09:07, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I'm not really sure how to add sources into the Baseball Talk page when many of them come off the checklist card or from the audio of the actual cards. Thanks. OddibeKerfeld (talk) 13:19, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
You placed a neutrality tag on Camp Iguana a few months ago. That tag, when instantiated, tells readers to look to Talk:Camp Iguana for the discussion of why the tag was placed.
Did you mean to leave an explanation -- but got called away, and distracted, and never got around to it?
I don't mean to belittle your efforts. Quality control is important. But, since you are an experience contributor I am sure you must be aware that some irresponsible contributors go around adding bogus and inappropriate tags to articles simply because they don't agree with the neutrally expressed referenced material those articles contain. I am sure you are aware that these drive-by taggers never bother to explain why they placed those tags. I am sure you must have come across inappropriately placed tags, which are simply disruptive and a disservice to readers.
A couple of years ago I decided to try to resolve tags placed on some articles I contributed to. I started leaving notes, asking for explanations from the tag placers -- with mixed results.
I asked on WP:AN/I how much responsibility I had to advise tag placers of the questions I had about their tag placement. I asked how long I should wait after asking for clarification before I removed an apparently abandoned tag. I thought I might be advised to wait a week.
I was surprised at the reply my question received. One administrator said I had no obligation to ask for clarification. This administrator replied, on WP:AN/I, that if the tag placer didn't leave their explanation for their tag placement within 24 hours, I should feel free to remove it without warning.
I see you are an administrator. So I am going to assume you meant to explain yourself, and got called away first.
On the off chance that you do routinely place the neutrality tag, without explanation, I will repeat the points I used to point out to tag placers that the rest of us aren't mind-readers. That, without an explanation, other readers can't even tell in which direction the tag placer thought the article violated neutrality. And, if the tag placer doesn't record their concern, the rest of us can't know when their concern has been adequately addressed.
Some other wikipedia contributors have drafted little essays. And some of those have proven popular enough that other contributors quote them as if they were policies or guidelines. I wrote one on "obviousness". I wrote: "nothing is obvious". On the off chance you thought you didn't need to explain why you placed the tag because you assumed the explanation was "obvious" let me assure you it absolutely is not obvious.
Cheers! Geo Swan (talk) 07:26, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I've realized that you had a conflict with Doncram; have you talk to him and discussed? I urge you to do so, H2H (talk) 07:58, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
I am on the verge of proposing a DYK topic ban for you because I am tired of the unco-operative attitude and the bad faith accusations. I would therefore like you to find those missing hooks and add them to the archive. If you are unwilling to do so, I feel I will have little choice but to go ahead with the above proposal. Try doing the right thing for once. Regards, Gatoclass (talk) 08:25, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for the nomination and the talk page notification. I'll have a look. Best, --PeaceNT (talk) 10:30, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
--Daniel Case (talk) 03:43, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
--Daniel Case (talk) 03:54, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi Bedford -- I just saw your comment on FloNight's talk page and thought I should comment. I think your complaint is unwise. You make accusations of broken policies, but the evidence to substantiate this is not strong. Wikipedia does not consider it prohibited for editors to ensure that other editors are keeping within policy -- harassment is a serious accusation and requires strong evidence to substantiate it. What you provide is, I think, a long way short of what is necessary. I strongly advise that you do not go ahead with this RFC -- it will only reflect badly upon you and you will not achieve the objectives that you seek. Sam Korn (smoddy) 12:10, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
Hello again, Bedford. We have a minor issue with the "On this day" feature at Portal:Indianapolis. It seems that the ... within the titles are making the pages un-editable to anyone who is not an admin. So I made an inquiry at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard and found out that the ... were the problem. Well I'm considering moving all the pages so that they do not have the ... in the title. Just thought I'd check with you first to make sure it's a good idea and if you have any better ideas. Also if you want you can go ahead with the moves because I will be gone for most of the day (Saturday, August 16th). Thanks and have a great day! :) HoosierStateTalk 15:24, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
Take a look at Southern culture of honor and tell me if you see the same POV pushing that I do. Niteshift36 (talk) 09:03, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
Hmmm looks exactly like the image from a Howey Politics Indiana article.
By the way, what you think about my Portal:Indianapolis/On this day... proposal? If you approve, I'll get started. HoosierStateTalk 04:40, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
--Thanks for nominating, PeterSymonds (talk) 10:28, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
--Gatoclass (talk) 16:32, 18 August 2008 (UTC)
Victuallers (talk) 12:58, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
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Hi, well done. Its a lot of effort to create these articles and there are so many. A nice range of subjects centred on the subject of civil war. Well done. Victuallers (talk) 08:56, 20 August 2008 (UTC) |
--Victuallers (talk) 13:19, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
--–Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 22:59, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
--Cheers, Casliber (talk · contribs) 01:41, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
Hey Bedford! I know you have been working on masonry stuff and I came across some info you might find interesting - Governor James Whitcomb was the first person knighted in Indiana, I added that to his article with the source if you want to check it out. He did some other stuff too. Charles Edward 18:01, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
--I'm an Editorofthewiki[citation needed] 22:53, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
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Just to let you know that I believe you should never have had your sysop powers removed. You were the one following policy, not the prudes who objected to your perfectly encyclopedic DYK nomination.--Candyflipping Platypus (talk) 22:31, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
Hi! I have completed the GA review of Thomas Hines, with the full review being located at Talk:Thomas Hines/GA1. I have put the article on hold to allow you time to deal with a few minor concerns. If you have any questions, you can ask on the review page or on my talk page. Dana boomer (talk) 18:54, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
Trolling like this is not helpful in any way. Please refrain from such activities. KillerChihuahua?!? 23:39, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
I shamelessly steal userboxes from your page. Wonder if we could get one that has the old Georgia Flag and the new one crossed out with Sonny Lied and link to the new georgia flag controversy ?--Die4Dixie (talk) 13:12, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
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Incidentally, if you're keen to keep your assessing skills honed, we are currently very short of reviewers for Milhist A-Class reviews. Broadly, the five A-Class criteria are just beefed up versions of the B-Class criteria and anyone with B-Class experience should have no trouble with them. Also, as a reminder, in the wide-ranging A-Class review, it is not necessary to comment on all five criteria: if you're short of time, you can simply focus on the aspects that interest you (sources, comprehensiveness, prose, graphic content or whatever). You can track which articles are up for A-Class using this template: {{:Template:WPMILHIST A-Class Review alerts}}
All the best, --ROGER DAVIES talk 07:31, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
"seek his grace" -- marvelous. -- Yellowdesk (talk) 20:05, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
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