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SGCSim

Hey Sam you edited the SGCSim article a few days ago, removing the "on hold" bit for version 5.1.0. Do you have any evidence to back that up? Also, your name is familiar, are you on SGCSim.com or FanFiction.net or GameFAQs.com ? tpg1989 06:29, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:PHKyoukan.jpg

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• I have fixed the copyright problem. -PH

Thanks

... for the message. I totally understand the frustration, and in the short-term probably not a bad idea. But some people do it -- and leave it there for an extended period of time -- without realizing that it in fact does nothing to protect the article. Then it just gets confusing to editors. Nothing to worry about, thanks for your hard work. · Katefan0^(scribble)/poll 20:42, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

RfA

If you wish to file a new RfA start a new page, don't write over the old one. --Cyde Weys 01:21, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

• My bad, sorry. -PH

Apology

• I wish to extend to you an apology for a fiery temper and the personal attacks. I would like to hear an apology from you too. Why? I think you did some personal attacking of your own today. --Bookofsecrets 00:31, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

• Wado(Thank you in Cherokee), for the apology on my talkpage. It is much appreciated and has gained my respect. --Bookofsecrets 00:37, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

I approve!

I love cheese. My favorite is probably double gloucester. Or maybe cheddar with chives. Or cheddar with mustard seeds. Oh why bother picking a favorite? I'll eat all of it. · Katefan0 ^(scribble)/poll 15:47, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Reefer Madness (1936 film) gallery

I see you removed the image gallery on Reefer Madness (1936 film), saying "The gallery is not appearing properly. I have removed it until this problem is fixed." What browser/OS/screen resolution combination are you using? It appears perfectly fine on Firefox, Windows XP, all resolutions. So I'm going to revert your removal, on the theory that it appears correctly for the majority of Wikipedia users. If you disagree, please add to the Talk page. --Quuxplusone 05:33, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

Dr. McNinja

Because its article was deleted through WP:AFD rather than WP:PROD, I moved your deletion request from the "Proposed deletions" sections into the main "Decisions to be reviewed" area. You can access the discussion directly at Wikipedia:Deletion review/The Adventures of Dr. McNinja. –Abe Dashiell ^(t/c) 13:47, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Category:Aspergian Wikipedians

Category:Aspergian Wikipedians which you have included on your user page has been proposed for deletion you can comment at Wikipedia:Categories for deletion#Category:Wikipedians by mental condition. The is also a proposal to create an association to meet the needs of users with mental health conditions. --Salix alba (talk) 18:53, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi PHDrillSergeant, thanks for supporting my request for adminship! Unfortunately, it ended with a final tally of 45/15/2, no consensus. I may have another go in the near future, once the school year is over. Thanks again! -- getcrunkjuice^contribs 22:13, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Cyde

I'm deeply sorry if I offended you with my comment. But you were indeed wikilawyering, and proclaiming a good-faith contributior was acting in bad faith. I really do not think you are in a posistion to lecture fellow contributors about unnecessary commments in light of your most recent addition to Cyde's talkpage [1].

I'll not argue that Cyde's methods are not always favorable amoung the community, but I'm sure he's acting in good faith, as are you. We all have different viewpoints on what is best for the encyclopedia, and Cyde is merely invoking that. -Zero^Talk 16:00, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Cyde Weys

I've moved this section started by User_talk:PHDrillSergeant to his talk page, and am urging him to take this to the next step in dispute resolution. This page is not for resolving longstanding disputes between editors, but for dealing with relatively urgent incidents that may need the attention of an administrator.

Please see Wikipedia:Resolving disputes. --Tony Sidaway 00:03, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

(Moved from Wikipedia:AMA Requests for Assistance -- Porphyric Hemophiliac § 22:56, 20 May 2006 (UTC))

Cyde (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) (aka Cyde Weys) has been, for the past month, abusing his administrator privileges. I have seen him block users for small infractions, flame people who speak against him, unblock himself because it was inconvenient, delete templates which have reached a mostly unanimous keep consensus, troll, and be, in general, not a nice person.

Also, the user Fake User (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is, most probably, a sock puppet of Cyde; on WP:TfD, in the May 15 section, Fake User made many userbox deletion requests (this was of course after Cyde was asked not to make any more userbox deletion requests) at 19:21 UTC, beginning Here. Ten minutes later, at 19:30, Cyde went through and added "Subst and delete, not an encyclopedic template" to EVERY one of Fake User's requests. This tells me that Fake User (added just a day or two after Cyde's promise to not make any more userbox deletion requests) is almost definitely a sock puppet of Cyde in order for him to keep deleting things without reprimand. Not to mention, everywhere I go, Cydebot is screwing up User pages.

Cyde is rude, patronizing, denigrating, and seems to believe that Wikipedia is "not a community"; it is simply an encyclopedia and nothing more. I belive that Cyde needs to be de-admined, asked to take a Wikibreak, or at least spoken sternly to. Because of Cyde, I, myself, have been as of late contemplating leaving my beloved Wikipedia. I am at my wits' end, and I do not wish to be "cyber-bullied" by this admin anymore. Nor does anyone else. --Porphyric Hemophiliac § 01:03, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Although not directly affected, I have definately seen Cyde act certain ways that are very inappropriate for an admin Paul Cyr 01:47, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Same here. He has nomed so many userboxes that it isn't even funny Aeon 17:13, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

I second that motion; I do agree with PHDrillSergeant. If an admin abuses his/her powers, they will need to be desysoped, or at least put on administrative probation. Funnybunny (^talk/_{Counter Vandalism Unit}) 23:00, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

We shouldn't be too quick to jump on the desysop wagon, but I do believe that the sheer volume of complaints against Cyde recently suggests a more formal investigation into claims against them be raised. I will say that some of the complaints have been incredibly baseless, but this should be looked into. The Ungovernable Force 23:07, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

PHDrillSergeant, please see some of the discussions above for further complaints about Cyde and his actions. --mboverload@ 23:50, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Question: Can anyone point to an instance where Cyde has performed an action that directly inhibited the editing of the encyclopaedia? --Sam Blanning^(talk) 23:56, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Depends on how broad your definition is. I won't bring up my own experiences; While they were less than the taste of honey in my mouth I haven't a reason to go off trolling for/against Cyde. --Avillia ^{(Avillia me!)} 23:59, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

• You'll need to be able to view deleted edits, but Template:User Christian certainly qualifies as an example of deliberately disruptive activity that wasted a lot of time that would have been otherwise spent on encyclopedia-editing, and drove some valued editors away from editing Wikipedia ever again. -Silence 00:10, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

I've been at ends with many of Cyde's actions, but still think that he may be doing what he thinks is best for the encyclopedia. This may not be what everyone else wants, but generally there is nothing that everyone wants. Nothing he's done seems to warrant any quick desysop this guy before the project burns to the ground reactions. This doesn't seem to be an actionable item here on AN/I, but may need more details as mboverload above mentioned. An RfC may be a good start. — xaosflux ^Talk 00:01, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Nothing to do with userboxes warrants any anything. The userbox war is a game. If you choose to play, you accept that your piece may be taken. You may have to wait longer than in Counter Strike before you're back in the game, but it's much less of a wait than in chess. Much like Russian Roulette, the only way to win is not to play. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 00:06, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Or to load the gun with blanks. On a different note, the guy has already had two different RfCs. --Avillia ^{(Avillia me!)} 00:17, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Can you dig up links to those RfCs? I was thinking of filing an RfC after his recent rudeness at AN/I, but if it's just more of the same stuff that's been complained about in previous RfCs, there's not much point of filing again, is there? If anyone were serious about doing something, it'd be time for ArbComm. -lethe ^{talk +} 01:09, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

According to our article on Russian Roulette even blanks can cause concussion or deafness. Besides, only two? Even I have one of those. --Sam Blanning^(talk) 00:19, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Userboxes? Yawn. Drop me a line when you want to complain about something that actually impacts the encyclopedia. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 15:14, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion

I have tagged one of your articles for speedy deletion. Please feel free to defend your article. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 21:27, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Well, I have tried to find the history of my edits as well as your edits and I could not find the proper name of the article you have created just before 21:26, 21 May 2006! I guess, I should have linked the particular article in your User Talk page. My mistake! Anyway, the article in question was most probably deleted by one of the administrators after tagging it. I guess that even they found the article fit for speedy deletion as well. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 01:55, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

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8-Bit Theater edit

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Dr. McNinja (again)

Pory,

I'm defending your position on your second request for Dr. McNinja's undeletion. I encourage you to find others who can add support, because it seems in the past the article has suffered from inadequate defense. Likewise, please let me know if there is anything I can do further to help. I'll be keeping my eyes open, but [emailing me] will be the quickest way of getting in touch with me. McNinja is notable, and we just need to convince the others of it. No one will benefit if Wikipedia stays lax until it's glaringly obvious that it's deserving.

On a side note, I love your username; I'm a Morrowind junkie myself.

Keep the faith, BDD 19:30, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Dr. McNinja DRV successful

Hi,

I have closed the DRV on Dr. McNinja, and your proposed recreation has been permitted. As such, I have moved your draft to the article space, and submitted the article for a new AfD, per standard procedure. Best wishes, Xoloz 17:47, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

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Hi, reduced the size of your image by 7 times. Also cleaned it to further reduce file size. Hope its ok :) Matthew Fenton (contribs) 07:21, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Some good software for JPG resizing is JPGCleaner it cleans the file of unneeded data (i.e: meta) also reducing the quality in PS can reduce the size without any apparent loss of quality, for PNGs OptiPNG is good. ;-) Matthew Fenton (Talk | Contribs) 20:04, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

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Male. and only looking for females (lol) -- I guess your a scifi fan then ;)? Like BSG? Matthew Fenton (Talk | Contribs) 20:12, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

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I noticed your edits to the MoH article. As an experienced editor, you know how important verifiability is to the editing process (WP:V). The matter you address, the proper name for the award, has been hashed out at length in the article's talk page. If you want to make a case for CMoH, you're going to need to line up your sources. One obstacle you'll need to overcome is the fact that images of actual citations used in some of the biographical articles clearly show the MoH and not the CMoH name. I'm going to guess at this point that some other editor has already gone directly to the source, the law establishing the medal, and pulled the name from that source. At any rate, replacing sourced information with unsourced information isn't going to fly on an article with such a high profile. Rklawton 22:08, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

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Porphyric hemophilia

Hello, you just deleted the article for polyphyric hemophilla and redirected it the page altogether.

The main problem is that the article wasn't about the actual disease, but about the disease in the Elder Scrolls universe- most specifically, it relates to the contraction of vampirism in those games. I believe that it is sufficently different to the real world illness to warrent it's own article, in addition to the fact it held a good chunk of the information about vamprism in those games and the fact I've been working on expanding it.

I'm off to to try and work out how to get it back, and probably how to get it on a page more similar to ' Polyphyric hemophilla (Elder Scrolls) or something of that nature. Morgrim 07:06, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Sorry if I seemed a little snippy before, I still haven't worked out how to revert stuff and haven't really added to many articles yet. It looks good there, I'm off to fix any of the other Elder Scrolls articles that need pointing in the right direction. And uh...no, I didn't actually realise that was your commonly used user name, I just saw the PHDrillSergeant tag. *whistles as she walks off and makes a mental note not to edit or write stuff in the early hours of the morning...* Morgrim 19:23, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Porphyria

If you'd care to Google for "porphyric hemophilia" you will rapidly find that the term is made up for the purposes of the video game. There is no condition in clinical medicine that goes by that name; rather, it uses a misinterpretation of the concept "hemophilia" to suggest that porphyriacs "love blood" (they don't, honestly).

I am again removing the dablink from porphyria and have changed the redirect accordingly. Please provide evidence for the existence of "porphyric hemophilia" as a clinical entity before making these changes again. JFW | T@lk 23:28, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

200 (Stargate SG-1)

I eased up on some, but some of the things there do need a citation. I've explained my recent changes, point by point, on the discussion page. I'm also contacting the user who added the OR banned to the article so we can get his input. He may have different thoughts than yours. As far as where I'm coming from, I'm a Stargate fan who wants this article to pass muster. We get enough criticisms from some people as it is. --Bark 14:41, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm the person who originally added the OR tag. Hopefully you don't mind me joining in this conversation. In response to your message to User:Bark:

• Speculation ("This might be a reference to...") which does not need citation.

No, but it's original research, and hence needs to be removed. See WP:NOR. An alternative to removing it is to change it to "It has been speculated that...", and providing a reference for the speculation.

• Knowledge gained from SG documentaries ("...Dan Shea, who is in fact also the Stunt Coordinator...") which does not need citation.

Yes, it does - otherwise, how can a reader of the article verify that fact? It is possible to reference a SG documentary - see Template:Cite visual, among others, or alternatively the reference can be given without using a template.

• Knowledge about other series ("...which is what occured when fans of Firefly...") which does not need citation.

This is a bit more tricky. The thing that occured with Firefly needs to be referenced.

• Info from actors themselves, usually from documentaries and behind-the-scenes ("...Amanda Tapping, who said...") which does not need citation.

The documentaries and behind-the-scenes /are/ the references, and should be given.

I hope that helps. If necessary, I will add citation needed tags to each instance where sources are needed, but there is likely to be an awful lot of them. Mike Peel 20:46, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

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I noticed you are using icons in the AFD discussions. Please read this rather non-NPOV titled discussion Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_deletion#stupid_bloody_icons for some reasons why people would prefer you not to. Cheers, Yomangani^talk 00:14, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Ok, just wanted to make sure you were informed, which it turns out you already were. Doesn't bother me one way or the other. Cheers, Yomangani^talk 00:21, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

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My apologies. - aeiou123

Thank you.

I didn't realize that that would have been a problem. I saw those and I thought "Hey, I have an interesting idea!" I was tired and didn't think that they might have "taken over" the military page as you put it. I did intent to move them later to sort of a new "paramilitary" section of the professional templates page. -- Scetoaux 18:35, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

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I've added a few questions to your RfA. When you have a minute, I'd appreciate if you would take a look at them. Thanks. JoshuaZ 20:28, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

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RfA thanks

Hey PHDrillSergeant, thank you for supporting my recent RfA. It finished with an amazing final tally of 160/4/1. I really appreciate your support. Cheers, Sarah Ewart (Talk) 11:27, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Your RfA

I am sorry to inform you that your Request for Adminship (RfA) has failed to reach sufficient consensus for promotion, and has now been delisted and archived. Please do not look upon this outcome as a discouragement, but rather as an opportunity to improve. Try to address the concerns raised during your RfA and, in a few months' time, resubmit your request. Thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia in this capacity! Redux 04:38, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Mr. Lefty's RfA thanks

Hi, PHDrillSergeant, and thanks for supporting me in my recent request for adminship, which succeeded with a final tally of 70/4/4. I hope I can live up to your expectations, and if there's ever anything you need, you know where to find me! --Mr. Lefty Talk to me! 00:18, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

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Hi. I was the one who raised an objection to the username 293.xx.xxx.xx. I'm not entirely clear how that isn't a "Name that look[s] like an IP address, including "invalid" IP addresses". If this one in particular is acceptable I think Wikipedia:Username needs to be clarified. Mark83 22:31, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

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VP use on List of ship decommissionings in 1993

The revert you made to List of ship decommissionings in 1993 is obviously in error, as the edits were neither a sandbox experiment or vandalism, but were the addition of two entries into the list. If there is another reason you feel that Forrestal and Ranger do not belong on the list, please put it on the talk page for the list, thank you. Josh 20:27, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

why ?

hello sir , i dont know for what reason my edit on Jeddah should be reverted or removed , i dont think i have made any mistake sir. Ammar 20:29, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

thanx man :D , have a nice day :) Ammar 20:32, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

would you mind to return my last edits ? because i dont know how :) Ammar 20:37, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

thanx again for cooperation sir :) by the way , how can i know the number of my editions ? Ammar 20:42, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

oops i thought u r an admin because u had deny my edit few minutes ago :D , anyways have a nice day Ammar 20:49, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Ram

Hi there; why is this controversial? There is a difference between a ram and a battering ram, and my usage of the word is correct and his is not. I really do not want to fall into a WP:3RR trap, but please look carefully before reverting my edit.--Anthony.bradbury 21:00, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Not wholly correct. On the dab page ram is listed half-way down as a warship of the 1860's. Very few Victorian warships attached a domestic sheep to their bow. Please review Wiki usage of links.--Anthony.bradbury 21:08, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Edits to Online poker

Are you sure your test-n was supposed to be place on my talk page?? :-) Delta Tango | Talk 22:27, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Edits to 1st Century

This was not a test. I wanted to keep the neutrality of the article, because it cannot be proved that a person named Jesus really was cruxified in the 1st century. I will put it back, until you can tell me how that was vandalism.

I don't see the "sources" cited on the page... so I will go with "Supposed date of Jesus's Cruxifiction", what does one word meant to maintain the neutrality of the article hurt?

It was one word that I put in to keep it neutral, because your facts are not always mine, now go back to worshipping the Holy Foreskin.

Hey, I just wanted to let you know that I blocked 69.245.249.56 for a period of 48 hours for violating WP:3RR and vandalizing. Thanks again. =) Nishkid64 01:43, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Curse of Ham

PHDrillSergeant, if you are going to contribute to a debate please be sure to identify what the debate is about. It is not about the actual race of Jesus. It is about this sentence currently in the article: "in Europe, some of the earlier representations of Christ, Mary etc. depict them as being dark-skinned." This is a false statement. None of the "earlier representations of Christ, Mary etc." depict them as dark skined. All of the earliest representations are of Jesus, and they depict him according to Greco-Roman artistic conventions (depictions of Mary come later). There are some medieval icons that appear very dark, but that's due to discolouration and pigment degredation. None of these are genuinely documented as early images. Also, if you are going to quote WP policy, be sure you do so where it is relevant. This debate is about the content of the article and about notability of sources. It has nothing to do with soapboxes or pushing "religious beliefs". By the way, it's false to say that the "generally accepted Eastern images" depict him as "middle eastern or black". The Eastern Orthodox churches have used very rigid conventions in icon imagery. The idea that artists attempted to represent "middle eastern" ethnicity is totally anachonistic. That's an issue from the 19th century on. There are very few images in whichJesus is depicted as black. Even the Ethiopian orthodox church does not typically do so. There are some Indian images from the St Thomas Christians that give him an Indian look. Paul B 08:57, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

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You said there that she "Meets WP:BIO by being the subject of several biographies". Could you point me to those biographies? JoshuaZ 00:24, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks for the welcome. I request a revert of my edit. It was intentional and intended to provide additional factual understanding to the article. Whitebox 05:13, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Regarding this user

Gowda Hai Lowda (talk · contribs)

Offensive login name (Lowda is Hindi street slang for testicles). New user. Engaged in making racial and ethnic slurs on 4 users after getting account:

http://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Haphar&diff=prev&oldid=82766133 http://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Sarvagnya&diff=prev&oldid=82766012 http://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Hkelkar&diff=prev&oldid=82765885 http://en.wiki.x.io/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Vikramji&diff=prev&oldid=82765692

Urgent action needed.Hkelkar 05:32, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Ceviche

Why was my addition to the Ceviche page removed?

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The last AC meeting (full log) The list of proposed programs has been updated, with some proposals being archived. There is now a new program: the Tutorial Drive! Consider writing a tutorial on something you are good at doing on Wikipedia. The suggestion of adding a cohesive look to all the Esperanza pages is being considered; join the discussion if you are interested! In order to make a useful interlanguage welcome template, those involved in translation projects will be asked what English Wikipedia policies are most important and confusing to editors coming from other language Wikipedias. A discussion of Esperanza's role in Wikipedia is being held, with all thoughts of all Esperanzians wanted! Shreshth91 informed everyone that he will be leaving the Esperanza council as life is rather busy; his spot will be filled by the runner up from the last election, HighwayCello. Signed... Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, The Halo, Shreshth91 and HighwayCello 20:33, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

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Semen photo

Response to your post on my talk page: Saying that Wikipedia isn't censored isn't exactly accurate. It doesn't censor blindly for content, but if you were to edit the Semen page to say something like "semen is the manjuice that comes out of a guys dick when he's done fucking something (usually his own hand)", it would get reverted as vandalism. And if you did that a couple more times you'd be given a vacation from posting.

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and there are plenty of editors and admins here who want to keep it encyclopedic. And that means changing content to suit the purpose. To me, and to other users that image is grafitti on the page it appears.

I don't object to images of porn on a page about porn. And I wouldn't object to semen2.jpg if it were used to illustrate the sort of content that one might find on the /b/ imageboard at 4chan.org, or at encycopediadramatica.com. I think in the article it's in isn't the best use of the image. The article is meant to address a clinical topic, and the image makes it seem vulgar and childish. I will seek an appropriate replacement image.

Honestly I feel like the KEEP side of the argument is being pushed by a bunch of unserious people who are mostly asserting their 'right to be disruptive'.  Erielhonan  talk | contribs   仕方が無い   19:08, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Reply to your reply: Please reread my arguments, and realize that I'm not talking about personal offence. You are moving the debate to me as an individual, and away from the appropriate of the image, which has repeatedly been called into question. Ad hominem, I think they call it, and it's not a legitimate debate tactic (even if it is effective).

Just because I say the image is vulgar I don't place a personal, emotional judgement on it. It's an objective observation. Conventional wisdom, and a significant number of comments on the article's talk page, indicates that it's in bad taste, which makes it unsuitable where it sits. It seems to me that most of the arguments in favor of keeping the image don't address appropriateness or alternative images except in passing. The main argument is free speech which isn't a driving tenant in editorial policy. The image in its current use is unencyclopedic, and I will continue to push for its removal and/or replacement even if the IfD fails.

Last observation: The "KEEP" camp seems to me to be a vocal minority taking on the appearance of a majority. Historically (on the article's talk page) when someone protests the image they are responded to with empty-sounding arguments about free speech, censorship, and unsupported claims of appropriateness. The style of argument employed by most supporters could be used to justify anything if it were logically valid. Fortunately for the rest of Wikipedia, it is not.  Erielhonan  talk | contribs   仕方が無い   20:52, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

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Without sources, I'm going to have to leave it the way it is until I get word otherwise. If it's found out that it is a hoax, I'll issue a retraction, but I really can't mess with the story without sources that most of the entire mainstream media screwed up. Ral315 (talk) 01:08, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

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Your signature {{User:PHDrillSergeant/Signature}} should not use transclusion. See Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages#Transclusion/template.

P.S. Nothing personal in my comments regarding WP:COUCH.

Cheers, —Doug Bell ^{talk•contrib} 20:56, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Sorry you're stressed

Hi. I'm sorry that today was not a good Wiki-day for you. I understand what you were trying to accomplish with the Couch, and I hope you can relax on the Good Side for awhile and then rejoin us. Regards, Newyorkbrad 00:45, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Cheer up!

File:Love message by n yfe.jpg

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Abuse of Admin powers

Sam:

Saw your comment on my talk page. While I appreciate your advice, I however have a more important question: there is a user who claims administrator status, who is obviously not of legal adult age, and is abusing his powers. What is the correct path for filing complaint and demanding that said user have any all such privs revoked? Thanks! Sixty Six 22:49, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

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