User talk:Oliver Pereira/Archive 4
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AAAAGH OLIVER!!! :-) I was about to delete Sheffield, but went back on my browser to check something. I came back to find Sheffield gone. I ended spluttering "but I didn't . . ." and trying to see was there a bug that had erased the article even though I had not hit the button. And all the time you had erased it. (I guess you and I were about to delete it at the same time!!!) lol FearÉIREANN 23:57 19 Jul 2003 (UTC)
- Haha, beat you. :) -- Oliver P. 23:59 19 Jul 2003 (UTC)
I suppose I'll have to let you do then all on our onio. All hundreds and hundreds of pages. That way there is be no possible clashed. I'll head out for a late night pint instead. FearÉIREANN 00:03 20 Jul 2003 (UTC)
- No, no. I'm off to bed now. You're quite free to carry on without fear of clashing wth me again tonight. :) -- Oliver P. 00:09 20 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Thank you for your edit at Talk:Catholicism -- see Wikipedia:Annoying users for my comments on that issue. Also read New Imperialism (temp) (please please please) and compare it to New Imperialism -- be sure to read Talk:New Imperialism -- good night -- I too am an Uncle! Pizza Puzzle
- Erm, yes, I saw Wikipedia:Annoying users, but I'd rather not get involved in a fight right now, so I'll just urge you and Jtdirl to both practise WikiLove and not fight each other... :) I just put the section that Jtdirl removed on the talk page because that's what he said he was going to do himself. Perhaps he just didn't quite get round to it... :) As for New Imperialism and its associated pages, I gather that people have been arguing over that for pretty much the whole time I've been here, so it'll take me ages to get up to speed with what's going on. And it's not really a subject I know much about... Maybe I'll try, though, as it does look interesting. But another day... I'm thinking of going to bed soon myself... :) -- Oliver P. 05:16 23 Jul 2003 (UTC)
- THIS IS WHY YOU NEED TO LOOK AT IT Since you don't know anything about it -- read them - I guarantee you that 172s version is not something you are going to want to read through - mine is something you can get through. Pizza Puzzle
Thanks Oliver for putting the text onto the talk page when my system froze (I was listening to Sinatra on iTunes at the time and he froze on a note, then the computer told me "please switch off your computer and reboot" so I lost it all. BTW re Pizza Puzzle's comments. In the last week PP has started down some rather provocative things. Far from attacking him I left three messages on his talk page urging him to continue to act with the high standards he has been reaching up to now. I have not agreed with various people's request that he be banned. I have gone out on a limb to urge him as a colleague not to start reverting to past standards and to keep up the high standards he has practiced as PP. I told him how highly I regarded his ability. Yet (as in the past, *sigh*) he interprets constructive criticism as offensive attacks. After this I am not going to waste any time defending him, urging people clashing with him to ease off. I have had three contacts from people on AIM and ICQ asking me if I would support them if they proposed him for a ban. I said no. Next time I won't come to his rescue. FearÉIREANN 05:56 23 Jul 2003 (UTC)
- Take your threats elsewhere, referring to a users contributions as "incoherent garbage" is not constructive criticism. Pizza Puzzle
From Colin Powell: As Secretary of State in the Bush administration, Powell is perceived as moderate, his pragmatism serving as a balance to more idealogy-driven hawks, such as the Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld and his colleagues Paul Wolfowitz and Richard Perle.
- How could I not support the one bit of quasisanity in the Bush administration?
Also from Powell: critics condemned Powell as a company man who is never willing to confront uncomfortable realities or rock the boat.
- As do I, notice that Erwin Rommel is on my list as well. I tend to support military officers who, despite the trend of all their peers, continue to resist fascism -- although, certainly, they could do more good, they most certainly could do far more evil. Pizza Puzzle
I saw your comment to 172 and restored King & Spalding. The ampersand did seem to be a problem - I was able to find the deleted version by replacing it in the URL with its hexadecimal equivalent (%26) Evercat 18:33 25 Jul 2003 (UTC)
- Ah! very cunning. :) Thanks. -- Oliver P. 18:35 25 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Actually I think Anthere possibly beat me to it. There's no such thing as an undeletion conflict. :-) Evercat 18:36 25 Jul 2003 (UTC)
- Oh, how confusing! In that case, thanks to Anthere as well, if she sees this... :) -- Oliver P. 18:45 25 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Just to say that I didn't do what I did to John Ford out of forgetfulness. As it was obvious that different people had worked on the different John Fords, there didn't seem much point in moving the page history to just one of them -- so I left it where it was.
BTW, the church roof has been repaired. Deb 19:53 27 Jul 2003 (UTC)
I just wanted to inform you that there is an actual vote going on at VfD regarding Daniel C. Boyer. MB 19:48, Jul 30, 2003 (UTC)
- Well, the vote and much new talk has moved to Talk:Daniel C. Boyer. MB 21:10, Aug 6, 2003 (UTC)