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Thanks so much for fixing my Sig, and helping me add MiszaBot. You deserve this! — RosscoolguyCVU 21:53, 11 January 2013 (UTC) |
I was called a liar not once, but twice by one of the other editors (Cambalachero). MarshalN20 tried to maintain a farse that he was a "neutral" editor while he insulted me by calling me a diva. All that I ignored while not a single editor complained to them about their behavior. I spent days, not minutes, not hours, but days bringing books after books while I saw Cambalachero and MarshalN20 bring nothing but their own personal opinions. For some reason, which I do not know why, Go Phightins! saw both views as equals. It was probably the first time on Wikipedia's history that reliable sources are given the same weight as personal opinions when writing an article. But that's fine, I respect his decision.
I said I felt dumber when I talked with MarshalN20 for a good reason. I showed dozens of books that backed my claims. MarshalN20's arguments were these:
"The fact that 'revisionists' found other, more pleasant, sides to this man does not make them incorrect or 'whitewashers' (as you like to call them). Rosas was not a hero, nor a savior. Rosas was not the Spawn of Satan. Rosas was human. That's what the article needs to reflect."
For some reason his personal opinion has the same weight as experienced and respected historians. Maybe I was out and I didn't know that things had changed. Here I wonder: if the message posted by MarshalN20 to me was supposedly a reply to what I said, then I did he did it only after the thread was asked to be closed with my "defeat"? You want to believe him? Then fine. It's your choice. If there is one person in this place who knows what he is talking about it's me. I wrote eleven featured articles, of which most are directly related to Juan Manuel de Rosas. I know the subject, I studied it. I brought sources. They brought nothing. They kept insulting me over and over and no else did nothing. And now you come to my talk page to complain about my behavior? How would you react in your workplace if you were the guy who works hard and has to hear your boss take your opinion and the opinion of two other colleagues who do nothing? Would it be fair? Anyway, as long as neither MarshalN20 nor Cambalachero writes anything in my talkpage, I'm fine. --Lecen (talk) 22:01, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
i am asock — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mangowarrior (talk • contribs) 23:02, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
I don't know whom I should ask since the person that I asked about the other movie-related article have gone out of site, and I am lazy to look through the contributions and find the tiny link to him, I decided to ask you... My main question is whether its encyclopedic to use Amazon.com as an external link in this article: Big Top Scooby-Doo!? Not to mention that in such amount as having 3 links that are related to the same site, possibly even referring to the same movie! Your thoughts? Also, shouldn't the follow up be listed in taxobox as well?--Mishae (talk) 21:13, 11 January 2013 (UTC)
I am sorry to bother you, but what is the current status of my adoption program? If you are too busy to continue right now, that is fine, but I am just curious, as it has not been active lately. Cheers, TBrandley (what's up) 17:52, 12 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi Ryan, I read your post on my talkpage but I decided to answer it on yours, since it probably will be convinient for you. I'm not going to Russia till I am 27 or older, however my parents go there every so often, like late spring... Unfortunately, they will be busy visiting their friends and family, so they wont have time for museums and such. However, if you want to you can also find the image of a throne here by searching for red stamps on this page. Its a bit tricky though, first you need to click on "Last updates", then you need to click on "Russia (8)" (thats the number oif updates), then you need to click on number 8 in the row on top. There is one downside though, I don't know how to copy and paste it, since the link isn't provided when enlarging the image (plus, I don't have permission or the license for that matter). If I helped, I am glad, if not, I am sorry.--Mishae (talk) 00:39, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
You've done a good thing in facilitating AL's unblock. Please let it be now -- it's been 8 days since you opened the thread and haven't gotten sufficient traction to get the ban flipped and there's been lots of ongoing friction. There's a pace to things on Wikipedia -- maybe in a month or two the topic can be revisited, but continuing to push the issue is as likely do harm as good. NE Ent 02:41, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
Which ones are you referring to? I'd say my 'source' (Aaron himself) is more reliable, especially considering the reputation of your alleged sources. 80.57.196.126 (talk) 20:42, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
The city article, Steubenville, Ohio already has protection. Do you think it advisable to request that for Steubenville High School, too? Gtwfan52 (talk) 18:45, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
Thanks. I have put an img of the jewellery. But you may be able to find the right fibula found in the tomb. It is with the Museum.--Nvvchar. 17:57, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
What have you sucked me into?! Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 21:06, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
While looking for info for this article, I have stumbled upon a question of whether this species is Platyninae as Wikipedian stub indicates... As this source indicates it is Paussinae, now I am cofused which one should I trust?--Mishae (talk) 04:03, 18 January 2013 (UTC)
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Ryan, I am simpley calling a clear COI. It's not a "personal attack", it's an observation. I resent your personal attack on me, please don't do it again. I do not appeciate your personal attack on me on my Talk Page, it is simply unacceptable. =//= Johnny Squeaky 17:32, 21 January 2013 (UTC)
While looking for some users to make friends with, I stumbled upon this one Shawnee Smith. Considering that we both speak the same language, which is both Russian and English, I was wondering if I should suggest her to seek Adoption? If its O.K, I can be her Adoptee, the question is am I allowed to do it, and if so where should I appeal? Many thanks in advance!--Mishae (talk) 05:30, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
I just read your message left on my user talk page, dated 27 September 2012, regarding an entry that I left on the Teahouse talk page. I hope it's the one about the "culturally-insensitive" use of "teahouse" as the other one is a disorganized and frustrated rant. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Teahouse/Archive_4 Whatever the case, thank you for the compliment. I'm sorry about the belated thanks, but I rarely look at my talk page. I don't recall getting a notice of your message, either. Oooops! Wordreader (talk) 20:46, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi there - am up to my eyebrows in Amnesty International and having to plug a rather massive gap around the Amnesty International UK Media Awards - Work in progress can be tracked from This Link. Some of the Biographical omissions are minor or the person is now dead - but then I find this guy "Paul Hoffman" - Slightly Gob Smacking Resume - International expert - one of 9 AI directors responsible for operations globally. Know anyone who can pull together a suitable Wikipage? All the best --TTFN-- Media-Hound 'D 3rd P^) (talk) 21:22, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
Hi Ryan. I'm just pointing out a kind of bot 'false positive': I was about to procedurally block an account when I saw this bot message. IMO this is just as unconstructive as those overzealous newbs at the WP:Welcoming Committee who believe that every new account should be thanked for their contributions whether they have actually edited or not. The situation here is different of course, but there is a major policy infraction that a bot won't recognise. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 13:31, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
I'm not sure Farty is a vandal. Carrot Lord appears to be the one causing trouble and at least part of his user page should be challenged. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 17:52, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
Hey, Ryan, just in case you didn't see, Dannyboy mentioned you in a talk page access request on User talk:Anthony Bradbury. Have you been in contact with him and offered to adopt him, or is he just making stuff up? There's also a thread about this on Worm's talk page. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 17:52, 24 January 2013 (UTC)
Ryan, can you take a look at {{Infobox Mlbumpire}} and adjust it so that it isn't necessary for the crew member fields to be filled-in. After that adjustment, the infobox will be usable on articles about former umps. Thanks, AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 01:39, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
Its me again, I have an issue with deleting the articles that I created 3 months ago. I don't really understand why I can't delete them even though that I gave quite a good reason. You see, I wrote those Nebria aetolica subspecies articles, which are all described by the same author in the same year, and are endemic to only one location: Greece. Now, I thought that in a long run I will find more info on those subspecies, but as it turns out, nothing new popped up. Also, I was declined the reason for the second time, which is the reason why I come to you. Can you delete those articles for me? Thanks!--Mishae (talk) 03:38, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
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— Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:02, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
I tagged it as such because it gives undue weight to an incident, namely, the one flight where the CG2 tag was used pbp 19:19, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
You ask, how can I argue keeping Chili burger and deleting Coast Guard Two? Well, they're completely different. It's not like Coast Guard One is Marine One covered in chili. And also, because there's more than one chili burger in the history of the world, but only one flight with that callsign. It's probably not a stretch to assume that Joe Biden has eaten more chili burgers than he has taken flights in Coast Guard Two. Also, there is considerably more content at Chili burger than at Coast Guard Two; and there are considerably more hits for "Chili burger" than for "Coast Guard Two", and that includes hits for "Coast Guard two"...years, "Coast Guard two"...days, etc pbp 00:38, 30 January 2013 (UTC)
I consider it poor form to anonymously accuse another user of misconduct (if that's what you're doing) in a new forum where that user is not present. If you think Manning, I, or some other user is acting abusively then you should say so, name us, and then notify us of the discussion so that we might have the opportunity to respond if we do desired. Or, you could simply have requested unprotection on the grounds it wasn't necessary (and it wasn't) without bringing passive-aggressive insinuations into the mix. Best, Mackensen (talk) 01:43, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
(For executing another RM after a RM blew up in Legendary style on the same page ;-)
--Kim Bruning (talk) 02:33, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
Let's be more explicit:
therefore:
If you continue to reinstate RM, without discussion, the correct action is to get you blocked on the obvious grounds that we do not want another blow-up.
I'm willing to allow that perhaps my analysis is in error, of course. Do you have any reasoning to the contrary?
--Kim Bruning (talk) 04:18, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
I'd like to go to bed sometime soon, so I've now posted this to Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#User_reinstating_RM_after_being_told_not_to, in the hope that someone else might be able to get you to see reason. :-) --Kim Bruning (talk) 04:23, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
Having read this, how about instead helping to tackle what I agree is a much bigger problem? (note: I'm not out to "recruit" you – maybe you vehemently disagree with my views on this, who knows? –, merely trying to utilize the attention this has drawn to get more people involved than normally frequent the WT:MoS, as everbody is affected by the decisions made there, although most folks most of the time are not aware of that fact) – ὁ οἶστρος (talk) 12:05, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
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Hello Ryan Vesey, how do you donate your abandoned draft to WikiProject Abandoned Drafts? I really want help with my draft which is User:Starship9000/ Tornado (Parque ded Acciones ded Madrid). --Starship9000 (talk) 19:51, 1 February 2013 (UTC)
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Great work referencing Super Bowl XLVII. I hereby take the trophy away from the Ravens and award it to you! LukeSurl t c 17:39, 4 February 2013 (UTC) |
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I hope you're not Vegan and I've just offended you, but I do want to thank you for your efforts and comments across the variety of gun articles and through the thick and thin of the discussions. Best regards, Chris Scalhotrod - Just your average banjo playing, drag racing, cowboy... (talk) 23:47, 5 February 2013 (UTC) |
Click on the "click here" button on the template and let me know what you think! CorporateM (Talk) 04:18, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
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Thanks for moving my draft article User:Lambertiana/Assisted Migration for me. I think it is ready to make public, but I have a question. I would like it to replace the existing assisted migration article, and I have already incorporated the important components of the existing article into my draft. However, I think the title should be "Assisted colonization" instead of "Assisted migration", (explained here). Should I first move it to Assisted colonization and then delete Assisted migration? Or should I edit Assisted migration to look like my draft and then move it? By the way, I am not yet autoconfirmed, so if you are willing, feel free to do whatever you think best with it. Thanks for your help! Lambertiana (talk) 03:10, 8 February 2013 (UTC)User:Lambertiana
I think it's clear that "he's not discussing this" is hardly a reason for an edit or a violation of 3rr, I am kind of surprised at you. μηδείς (talk) 02:37, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
spam spam spam. :p I saw your comment on TPs talk page and thought I would leave you a little spam. — - dain- talk 03:15, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
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I'm at the point of calling WP:COMPETENCE on this editor. I honestly don't know how we can convince him to read the comments (such as the very thorough and clear set of comments from Themeparkgc), or why he's not reading them. --McDoobAU93 00:34, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
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I've got a midterm and a paper due in a few days and today was very unproductive due to Wikipedia. I can't have any more unproductive time, so I am using a wikibreak enforcer to keep me logged out until 3:30 UTC on the 12th. I'll probably make a mistake and be unable to log in at 15:30 UTC on the 12th. If I do make a mistake, I'll request that an admin reverts my edit to User:Ryan Vesey/common.js using the IP address 165.123.232.243 or something similar. It will geolocate to the University of Pennsylvania. (I might also have that 15:30 UTC wrong, as long as I'm requesting after 10:30 Eastern US time, the request can be granted, thanks) I'll see you guys in a couple days. Ryan Vesey 04:44, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
I've passed the article now. However, I'm not too sure where to place it. You listed it under Royalty, nobility and heraldry, but all the GAs in that section are about people. It could perhaps have gone in one of the military vessels sections, but that doesn't seem quite right either. I've gone for European history at the moment, although I'm not convinced by that either. Feel free to move it to a better GA category yourself, as it is a funny one to place! Sarastro1 (talk) 11:12, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
reply to your nav popups question Jmorgan (WMF) (talk) 22:48, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi Ryan Vesey.
I've just read your note about finals and wikipedia being a distraction. Sorry, I changed my plans somewhat. I reviewed, not pre-reviewed, So God Made a Farmer and its now "On Hold" (see Talk:So God Made a Farmer/GA1 for details). Pyrotec (talk) 20:33, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:56, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
Hi Ryan. I think we're close to the finish line for a draft Proactiv article that will be ready for editor scrutiny and consideration. Personally, celebrity-based advertising is not something I have an appreciation for, but I'm happy to read that Guthy-Renker has a reputation for ethics in their field, so they value my focus on ethics. We're adding their controversy with the Advertising Standards Authority, expanding on price-criticisms, and really just doing our best to be fair and neutral, however a complete and balanced article is still very valuable to them over the current.
If you're interested, I would love your feedback on our draft YouSendIt article as well, which is posted on Talk. I've also asked Wikidemon for feedback. I think it's really valuable that we added content from an analyst report that volunteers would never have access to otherwise, even though the results reflect somewhat poorly on them. But I do feel it may be promotional (very hard to avoid in product articles) and there are some potential BLP issues. CorporateM (Talk) 15:01, 10 February 2013 (UTC)
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