User:Peter M Dodge/Archives/archivefeb012006

Random nothingness (oh, and a smile :-)

Hey there! I thought it was funny that despite all our chatting I'd never left you a message here. So, for you:

Ayelie has smiled at you Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Ayelie likes to give smiles to brighten up people's days, and hopes you will do the same by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}}, or {{subst:smile3}} to talk pages. Have a good day, and happy editing! This is a thanks, as well, for being a wonderful friend. *hugs* --Editor at Large(speak)14:15, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

Here comes a present for you, Wiz... carried by a luvverly EA balloon :-) 03:43, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

... and a side funny story, Re:above note about an impersonator, I had one too: User talk:Editor at Large#An Imposter? Apparently someone who copies userpages, namely mine!

P.S. Won't be on tonight until at least 10:15, likely later. 'pologies :( — Editor at Large^(speak) 14:15, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

*hugs* You just stay strong eh? I'll be here whenever you need me ✎ Wizardry Dragon ^{(Talk to Me) (My Contributions) (Support Neutrality on Wikipedia)} 19:02, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

'Course :-) ... 'ts on it's way! *hugs back* — Editor at Large^(speak) 03:43, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

So that you don't forget

Hello. Just to remind you to look for James Beveridge. Relevant links - [1], [2]. Thanks. - Aksi_great (talk) 08:00, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Also found this on IMDB if it helps. - Aksi_great (talk) 08:02, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi. Did you find anything? - Aksi_great (talk) 18:57, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry, due to events that happened on Thursday, I was unable to look into that. My apologies. ✎ Peter M Dodge aka "Wiz" ^{(Talk to Me) (Support Neutrality)} 18:59, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Editor review

When you get the time, please would you review me at Wikipedia:Editor review/SunStar Net. I'd appreciate this, thanks! --SunStar Net^talk 20:57, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure if I've even encountered you before, and as such I am not really qualified to offer an opinion on your editing. Cheers, ✎ Peter M Dodge aka "Wiz" ^{(Talk to Me) (Support Neutrality)} 22:19, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

Barnstar

		The Original Barnstar
		About time you got one! Some users appreciate you (believe it or not!) Thanks! —— Eagle (ask me for help) 03:55, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Best wishes, and travel idea

A bowl of homemade chicken soup. Because it is simple to prepare, relatively cheap, nutritious, and easy on the digestive system, chicken soup is a good food for winter convalescents.

A hot bowl of virtual chicken soup, just for you. :-) Wishing you an easy recovery, --unforgettableid 07:25, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

P.S. Let's talk again closer to the summer about that road trip idea you mentioned. Email is the most reliable way of contacting me. I'm unforgettableid at gmail dot com. I'm also sometimes on freenode as unfo.

Thank you kindly. ✎ Peter M Dodge aka "Wiz" ^{(Talk to Me) (Support Neutrality)} 18:52, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

I hope you are not feeling too badly about the death that you mentioned on your userpage. If there is anything I can do to help, just say it and I will try my best.--CJ King 19:26, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		I wanted to give you your first barnstar but alas Eagle beat me to it, never mind, here's another one for your collection. Kind Regards - Heligoland | Talk | Contribs 20:16, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

==Hi==

Enjoy this ray of utterly neutral sunshine. NinaEliza 01:56, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi Dragon,

I forgot to send you a "plate of cookies" last night for your help in "the affair". Since you came in completely on your own to assist, I wanted to give you something different and special. Thatcher made it, and I like it very much. Should you be so inclined, go to the Kindness Campaign under "personal user awards and read about it. Sincerely, NinaEliza 01:56, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Photoshop Request

per IRC. I was hoping you could crop this picture vertically, so that we get a closer image of Mr. Jennings with the thumbnail at Peter Jennings. I don't see a real need to upload a new file...overwriting is fine with me. Many thanks, and I hope you feel better soon! Gzkn 05:34, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

The last word on the nine words

Let me see if I have this straight. 1) I add nine words to the WKBS-TV page; 2) Rollosmokes has a hairy conniption fit, insulting me in the process (a common reaction for this guy when someone dares edit "his" pages)); 3) I respond in kind, and 4) I get banned for "personal attacks"!

Boy, that's rich. Are you guys all on the same bowling team or something?

This has gone well beyong the WKBS-TV page; there's principle involved here, which I why I keep pursuing it.

I'm going to edit WKBS-TV one last time. The admins have a choice to make:

1) Leave it alone, or 2) Revert it yet again, which sends the message that if a user jumps up and down and waves his arms (and has the right friends), he can get his way.

Your choice, fellas. RMc 11:32, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

As an impartial perspective on this issue, I peeked into the WKBS-TV (Philadelphia) article, its history and its contributors. These 'nine words' have been re-added in upwards of 9 times, something that is consistently reverted by at least 4 different editors. You do call people a 'jerk' in your edit summaries. You obviously tried the article talk page and people didn't see it the same way as you. Simply being persistent in adding the sentence '(the first-ever Kickoff Classic, played at Giants Stadium)' to the article is no way to go about this. All in all you could have been banned on vandalism, abusing the 3 revert rule or personal attacks - so it isn't as if you were banned out of the blue. I suggest you civilly try to reach consensus on the issue on WKBS-TV (Philadelphia)'s talk page. JoeSmack ^Talk 15:42, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes

Yes, I have no problem with you handling the case; and if you can, I am a junior mediator in the MedCabal, and I wish to learn ways to help...well...mediate cases sucessfully;

Merry, Happy, Chris-ma-hana-kwan-za-ka from WikieZach| talk 00:47, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

If you are an admin, deal with this please, [3]WikieZach| talk 00:52, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

A sysop has taken care of it. Please do not replace the article with the CSD template in the future. Cheers, ✎ Peter M Dodge aka "Wiz" ^{(Talk to Me) (Support Neutrality)} 01:02, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Brownies?

kaiti-sicle has offered you a large plate of fresh-baked chocolate brownies!

Meppy Chrismayulihanukwanzakah!

Hoping things will get better for you soon. kaiti-sicle 08:51, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

mediation

I'm ok with you mediating on zoophilia and health Skopp (Talk) 16:34, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Okay, now we just need to know whether or not the other party in the case agrees to me mediating the case. If they do, we can get started. Cheers, ✎ Peter M Dodge aka "Wiz" ^{(Talk to Me) (Support Neutrality)} 19:40, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Article in need of cleanup - please assist if you can

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Vote graphics

Please do not use these vote graphics, like " Oppose". These are discussions and the graphics are pointless. Especially on an Arbcom workshop page, it just looks foolish. —Centrx→talk • 05:44, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

I'd forgotten my textcomplete templates were using them until Eagle mentioned it to me, but he said he would clean them up so I just left them. If there's any remaining I can axe them if you point them out. Cheers, ✎ Peter M Dodge aka "Wiz" ^{(Talk to Me) (Support Neutrality)} 17:14, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Postscript: I've removed the stragglers from the ArbCom case and also stricken them from my textcomplete templates. If this reoccurs please let me know. Cheers, ✎ Peter M Dodge aka "Wiz" ^{(Talk to Me) (Support Neutrality)} 19:44, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Sorry about missing one or two Wizardry Dragon. My bad. —— Eagle 101 ^{(Need help?)} 02:28, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Re: Barnstar

Ooh, shiny. Danke schoen! Been awhile since one of those came by. I'm horrible at taking compliments, so I should shush up before I say something stupid. ;) Luna Santin 22:51, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Du bist willkommen. :) Cheers, ✎ Peter M Dodge aka "Wiz" ^{(Talk to Me) (Support Neutrality)} 22:55, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

What does that mean? What language is it? Any ways, I should give you a barnstar for you support of E@L. If you remind me (I'm busy at the moment), I will. Cheers! —¡Randfan!^{Sign here?} 00:44, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

It is german. Luna said "Thank you" (Danke shoen), to which I replied "You are welcome" (Du bist willkommen). Cheers, ✎ Peter M Dodge aka "Wiz" ^{(Talk to Me) (Support Neutrality)} 00:49, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Mediation Request

Peter, if you are still interested in mediating the dispute listed here, please let me know. I am willing to participate in mediation. Sincerely, SSS108 ^talk-email 00:13, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

I would not offer if I were unwilling. If the other parties are willing we can go forward here, or whereever you wish,. Cheers, ✎ Peter M Dodge aka "Wiz" ^{(Talk to Me) (Support Neutrality)} 00:17, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Peter, I informed Andries on his talk page [4]. In past mediation attempts, Andries refused to respond unless directly prompted. I do not think it is wise to remove the ArbCom notice until Andries has agreed to mediation. Thanks. SSS108 ^talk-email 22:33, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

What I meant by my comment is that I do not think the Clerks would really want the mediation to take place on the AE page. ✎ Peter M Dodge aka "Wiz" ^{(Talk to Me) (Support Neutrality)} 23:06, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Just for clarification, my comment was meant for other ArbCom members who routinely archive threads, etc. Thanks. SSS108 ^talk-email 05:16, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

User:Wizardry Dragon/LinkMediation Accept or Decline mediation offer. SSS108 ^talk-email 00:03, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Peter (in case you have not noticed) both Andries and I have accepted your proposal for mediation. Whenever you are ready, please let me know. Can you kindly clarify what kind of mediation this is? Is it informal? Or are you a formal mediator? SSS108 ^talk-email 05:16, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Peter M Dodge/Archives/archivefeb012006, thank you for participating in my RfA which passed on 13th December 2006 with a tally of 49/10/5. Whilst I am delighted by the result and a little daunted; I appreciate the various comments re lack of experience in some aspects and I shall be cautious in my use of the new tools. I am well aware that becoming an Admin is not just about a successful nomination, but a continuing process of gaining further experience and I should welcome your feedback on any Admin tasks I become involved with. Again, many thanks for taking the time to consider my RfA and cast your views. Feel free to contact me if you need any assistance. :-) David Ruben 02:46, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Post

If you're around. I have an off-topic concern.NinaEliza (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) 03:34, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

• I'm on my channel at the moment if you want to talk. Cheers, ✎ Peter M Dodge aka "Wiz" ^{(Talk to Me) (Support Neutrality)} 17:08, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Huaiwei article bans

Where are these article bans documented? They are not listed at Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Instantnood_3#Log_of_blocks_and_bans. Thanks. Thatcher131 22:08, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Probation is where I found the documentation. ✎ Peter M Dodge aka "Wiz" ^{(Talk to Me) (Support Neutrality)} 22:09, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

FYI

Not a big deal, but do you know you just reverted a bureaucrat? :) Regards, Newyorkbrad 23:56, 18 December 2006 (UTC) P.S. It's been edited since, I don't think you need to change it again.

I just looked at the content, why it was removed, and made a decision based on that. User rights do not factor into my decision :) ✎ Peter M Dodge aka "Wiz" ^{(Talk to Me) (Support Neutrality)} 00:00, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

You've deserved it for a while, but I think it's time

I've been putting this off because I think that tons of awards at once make them less special... but you deserve it, no more stalling :-)

		The da Vinci Barnstar
		For your tireless contributions in the technical field of bot building, your wonderful work regarding Mediation and Arbitration, and all the astounding things you accomplish behind the scenes (that don't show up in contributions lists or edit counts), I hereby award you the da Vinci Barnstar. You never cease to amaze me, Wiz! With the numerous projects you have going and the number of people you are helping, both on- and off- wiki, you are truly an inspiration to we lesser mortals, who would be swiftly overwhelmed by such ambitions. Your work touches many, and is appreciated to no small extent; may you fare well in all projects, current and future.

You deserve this and more, but for now this will have to do ^_^ -- Editor at Large • talk 18:52, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

No Personal Attacks

Regarding your comment to Armankav here - Please do not attack other editors. Comment on content, not on contributors. Personal attacks damage the community and deter users. Please stay cool and keep this in mind while editing. Thank you. Cheers, ✎ Peter M Dodge aka "Wiz" (Talk to Me • Support Neutrality • RFCU) 21:01, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Peter, I have no idea who you are? Thus, I am going to assume that you have no idea as to the background behind the conversation you are referring to, such as connected conversations on other talk pages (involving more than two dozen people) from weeks earlier, abuse of administrative tools, deletion or misrepresentation of article material (so as to underhandedly justify one’s argument), defending editor viewpoint over that of reader viewpoint, false, incorrect, or derogatory misrepresentations of user actions or viewpoints, unjustified reverts, outright deletions of material, adding unjustified non-referenced original research materials, etc. The list goes on an on. My point is that just as we assume good faith we also assume that people are not out making personal attacks; sometimes there is more to a conversation than meets the eye. Thus, in some cases, falsely accusing someone of being a personal attacker a detriment to the moral of Wikipedia and is vandalism in itself. I sure, however, that your intentions are good. Thank-you: --Sadi Carnot 21:36, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

That was very incoherent, at best. I will say only this - personal attacks are disruptive and divisive. Please comment on the content and not the contributor. If you are uncivil and continue personal attacks, you will be blocked. Cheers, ✎ Peter M Dodge aka "Wiz" (Talk to Me • Support Neutrality • RFCU) 21:50, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

WP:PAIN and user: 14thArmored

Hi, I made the entry on user:14thArmored. You wrote that there may be "something deeper" going on here. I agree; it took me a long time to make the complaint at all because I wasn't quite sure what to do. His actions seem to fall into several categories at once. I think if you look at the timing of a lot of this user's entries, he is stalking quite a few pages I edit. I know it's a judgment call but many of the edits seem aimed more to annoy or provoke than to actually improve the article in any meaningful way. He follows me, often making small edits that add little content, then ignores vandalism on the same article. That's not the pattern of an editor interested in the quality of the articles. IMO (and this is just my personal opinion) the stalking is much more disruptive than the attacks. I don't see any *real* (as opposed to seemingly insincere) effort to work as a team with other editors.

Anyway, just my two cents. Thank you for looking into this. DMorpheus 22:16, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

He's one big borderline case of just about everything, if you ask me, which is why I'm digging. Cheers, ✎ Peter M Dodge ( Talk to Me • Neutrality Project ) 00:35, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

WP:PAIN and Ghirla

I will not say who is right or wrong in this case (especially as I have already commented there), I just want to tell you that from my experience any disputes involving Ghirla are cursed to degenerate into something messy. Whatever the outcome, don't let it discourage you from doing the much needed maintenance of PAIN pages.-- _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk}  02:23, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

Question

Hello, would it be alright if I asked you a couple questions about your view of the Naming Conventions case? --Elonka 02:40, 22 December 2006 (UTC)