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I commend you on your patience in dealing with contentious issues and editors. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 11:11, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
As I mentioned, I have a friend who is a writer assisting in a proposed draft of a 2A intro. They have no interest at all in the 2A as far as I can tell, so should be in theory unbiased. We're drafting via IM at the moment. Care to participate somehow? Not sure what methodology we could use, but I'm sure we could find something. Arthur 00:19, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
I am trying to figure out how this discussion works, so bear with me. I wrote a passage back in November which has been up for a few months. I peeked today and someone had ripped it down. So I re-posted it. And it was ripped down again. How can I find out what the objection is, and why is the onus on me when this appeared to be accepted months ago? -Confused —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.55.243.243 (talk) 21:58, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
Well done, I commend you for having your references ready so quickly. I would make a sugestion to you though: try to add a few inline citations to the article to firm up the information, it will help with the referencing situation. If you haven't done so already I suggest dropping a message on the talk page for the biography wikiproject and ask them to evalute the article; since it is within their scope as well they can help with formatting issues and other related matters. TomStar81 (Talk) 23:28, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
sorry about that one edit... wont happen again... promise, k? :) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bob13377 (talk • contribs) 21:00, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
... did you fix that so fast? Is this something you get paid to do? I would hope so. Otherwise, I can only picture you as an obsessed Pohlad-apologist who constantly monitors his page, and that just creeps me out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.197.148.2 (talk) 18:50, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
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Thank you for your time, skill, and patience on Constitutional militia movement. You did a great job of compiling and summarizing reliable sources with the neutral point of view under difficult circumstances. Wikipedia is better because of your involvement. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 08:27, 2 December 2007 (UTC) |
You were already approved for VandalProof. βcommand 14:59, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi. With respect to your note at WP:AIV, long-term slow vandalism can be treated by the use of the template ((uw-longterm)). After that, as long as the action is within a reasonable time and particularly if it demonstrates a pattern, you should be able to report the problem to AIV or WP:ANI. I hope that this helps. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:18, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
Please don't report vandalism that is stale to WP:AIV, as you did here. AIV is for urgent, current vandalism. Please only report a vandal who is active now, has been sufficiently warned, and has vandalized after a recent last warning. Do not use automated editing tools to make incorrect reports, as such tools can be taken away if persistently misused. Thanks. ➔ REDVEЯS likes kittens... and you 21:26, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, Gropegate, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gropegate. Thank you. Dlohcierekim 00:42, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
I did not "vandalize" this page. I added information to it.--71.203.147.175 (talk) 18:25, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
This is a copy of my answer to your comment in the alzheimer talk page. Best regards:
News are not a reliable sourcing but can give you clues on the reliable source that lies behind (in this case a published scientific article: see [2]). The article seems quite promising and in the future these kind of treatments may be useful for the people with the disease. However its only a unique case (only one patient) and therefore we can not be sure that that the effect is related to the treatment. Due to the thousands of studies going on looking for treatments for the disease there is an agreement only to include in the Wikipedia article only those studies that are alredy in phase III of the clinical trials (the last phase before being used widely). Thanks anyway for providing such an interesting article. --Garrondo (talk) 09:07, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
frankly, i don't know what your latest comments are about. i have never edited the 2nd amend article - or at least, it's been a year or more if i did. again, please discuss articles on their respective pages. thanks. Anastrophe (talk) 17:08, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
i reverted your edit this morning. once. 'warning' me about 3RR is nothing but harrassment. please stop. Anastrophe (talk) 16:57, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
I apologize for making a mistake when making an edit summary for Gun Politics. Unfortunately, I have said it was citation #89, however it was citation #88.
Please be sure to remove those fact tags because I will not have the time to check. Mapletip (talk) 04:48, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
Sorry, I have a tendency to accidentally flip out sometimes after misreading a diff, lol.
In case you see this [6], SORRY. God, I'm an idiot, man.
Maybe it's just lack of reading comprehension or I try to read things too quickly? I was almost about to post a report on you on WP:ANI before I realized I had misread what you posted. Yes, your source is reliable and the article is currently crap. ☯ Zenwhat (talk) 15:33, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
I'm not the only person to have made edits post-consensus. If you don't want edits to be made, then full protection should be placed on the Introduction to that article. Otherwise, edits should be allowed as with any other part of that article, or with any article that's without full protection. --SMP0328. (talk) 21:08, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
Stop taking this dispute personally. I'm not attacking you. There are people who agree with your version of the Introduction, and those that agree with mine. I'm not attacking you, and I don't feel that you are attacking me. --SMP0328. (talk) 21:57, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
United States v. Emerson states that Emerson cited state Supreme Court decisions construing the Second Amendment. (The current language is "The Court engaged in an extensive analysis of the text and history of the Second Amendment and its attendant caselaw (including many state supreme court decisions)") If you believe this is incorrect, you might want to look at that article. --Shirahadasha (talk) 18:05, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
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A: please respect the notice at the top of my talk page, and engage in discussion of articles on their respective article talk pages, not on my user talk page. thank you. Anastrophe (talk) 21:26, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
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A: discuss article changes on the article talk page. how much clearer can it be? your question pertained to the article. we're all editors here, challenging every editor's edits on user talk pages is quintessentially counter productive - for reference, exactly what is taking place in this exchange, which is an utter and complete waste of time. please discuss article changes, edits, improvements, errors, whatever, on the article talk page. Anastrophe (talk) 00:43, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
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A:please stop harassing me. thank you. Anastrophe (talk) 00:59, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
I've removed 65.111.197.194 (twice now) - my edit summary here explains my rationale. Any problems, give me a shout - if they vandalise from now on, feel free to re-list. Thanks. GBT/C 19:39, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. CIreland (talk) 22:50, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
Instead of removing material, add material that balances out the other material. Continuing to remove material you dislike, regardless of your motivation, will likely get you blocked (see above post). I'm not threatening you, and I wouldn't be the one to block you, but you are annoying many editors (see 2A talk page). It would be better to get your point across in another way. --SMP0328. (talk) 20:03, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
If the article was unprotected, I would have a POV tag on it straight away, and as an editor I can see areas of the article where it would be appropriate. However, as an administrator I am required to edit protected pages only to reflect consensus, and it is equally clear that the consensus on this issue is far from clear - indeed the page appears to have been protected because of a war over the POV tag. With regards my edit summary of "per previous rationale", I noticed after declining the editprotected tag that there was another tag higher up the page, asking for essentially the same edit. My two edits dealt with two separate tags, with the second edit referring to the rationale expressed in the first. I hope that clears this up. Happy‑melon 22:49, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
How spitcast.com and bayareavr.net spam? Otolemur crassicaudatus (talk) 15:10, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi there, I've responded to your comment here. Thanks Tim Vickers (talk) 19:10, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
Please avoid edit warring. thanks. Anastrophe (talk) 21:38, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
but vandalism is one place i'm sure we hold common ground. Anastrophe (talk) 02:43, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
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“If you think the Democrats are going to take away your Bible, you’re an idiot. If you think they’re going to take away your gun, you’re an armed idiot. And if you think they’re going to take away your gun and give it to a Mexican to kill your god, you’re Bill O’Reilly.” - Bill Maher --Cubic Hour (talk) 07:57, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
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One very quick question: in the arbcom case, you mentioned that scot was finally able to convince you of his position that "hunting weapon" is standard English. If this is so, why did you not simply acknowledge this when he convinced you, at which point the mediation could have been closed, with all parties agreeing that hunting weapon was acceptable? I'm just a little curious about that.--LWF (talk) 19:15, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Blocked for 96 hours. Third successive 3RR violation on Right to bear arms. EdJohnston (talk) 00:31, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
SaltyBoatr (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
The diff cited by Yaf at 16:33 5 May 2008 [[16]] is not anything close to a revert, technically, or in sprit. It was an original editorial contribution to that article. Yaf is on a personal tirade against me to get me banned for the last few weeks and at the moment, see his talk page diff here for one example of the context. He has misrepresented the 16:33 diff to get me banned in this instance. Also, notice how I have diligently and patiently attempted to negotiate on the talk page, for each of the other edits characterized as '3RR violations' by Yaf. This discussion negotiation and reasoning on the talk page is evidence of my good faith attempt at constructive editing in that article.
Decline reason:
You have clearly been edit warring on that article, and have been blocked before for edit warring on the SAME article. In the future, take up any problems on the article talk page, or seek dispute resolution in order to bring in uninvolved editors to comment on the situation. However, do not use the article itself to solve disputes. Solve the dispute BEFORE editing the article again. — Jayron32.talk.contribs 01:46, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
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Blocked: long-term edit warring gets you four days off. Your previous block doesn't appear to have encultured you properly, so I'm inclined to believe that this is a chronic problem, rather than a single incident of relatively poor judgement. When you're released from this block, please strive to edit in a less hostile manner and try negotiation before devolving into blindly reverting others' edits. When you're released from your block, please strive to edit in a less hostile manner and try to give negotiation a greater chance before devolving into blind reverting. east.718 at 00:10, May 16, 2008 |
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Request reason:
I don't understand why my edits can be fairly described as 'reverts' by Yaf. I have taken my prior warnings to heart, and I have sincerely taken up the technique of working on the talk page instead of reverting in the article. The heart of Yaf's complaint involved me trying to add the POV template to the page which says in part "Please see the discussion on the talk page." (Which Yaf insists on removing.) My fourth so-called POV template revert[20], is offered as an answer to Yafs question posed in Yafs previous edit summary: "(rv; no POV issues identified with article)" and I responded by identifying specific POV issues which he had requested in my edit summary"(POV tag, reason: undue weight to a pro-gun POV. Full explanation given on a talk page.)" If this is a technical violation of 3RR, I don't understand why. Also, it seems not at all close to a violation of the spirit of the 3RR rule considering my extensive parallel work on the talk page[21][22][23]. My third so-called 'revert' was an offer to let the previous problematic edit actually remain in the article and to instead avoid edit warring while we work it out on the talk page, as I explained in my edit summary [24] where I explained "(rather than edit warring, adding POV warning tag)" in the edit summary. I followed up by promptly engaging in discussion of this to question to work out the problem on the talk page[25]. If this is a technical violation of 3RR I don't understand why. The 3RR policy is clear, we are to work out problems on the talk page and that is exactly what I did. I believe that this clearly is not a violation of the spirit of the 3RR rule. And Similar for the first 'revert' accusation by Yaf. That edit[26] was a good faith edit accompanied by a detailed explanation[27] on the talk page. I simply do not understand why that is a violation of 3RR technically, and more importantly per the spirit of the 3RR rule. Yaf's main complaint is that I dispute the neutrality of the article and seek to add a POV warning tag while we work out the problems on the talk page. Can you understand why I am exasperated that I am accused of revert warring over trying to add a tag which says "The neutrality of this article is disputed. Please see the discussion on the talk page." Followed by my working on the talk page, and then getting blocked? You implored me earlier to work on the talk page to resolve disputes, and I get blocked for wanting to a tag which says "Please see the discussion on the talk page". You are trying to encourage me to work on the talk page, and I get blocked for doing exactly that. This policy is hard to comprehend, sorry. SaltyBoatr (talk) 03:19, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Decline reason:
Your request is too long and addresses irrelevant issues, such as the conduct of Yaf, the 3RR rule or your use of the talk page. You are not blocked for any of these reasons, but for "long-term edit-warring on Right to bear arms". You must adequately address the blocking rationale in your unblock request, see User:Sandstein/Unblock. — Sandstein 11:02, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
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I am template linking your request for the moment. First, I want to make very clear that the three revert rule is not an entitlement to any number of reverts. The rule itself states: "...the rule is an "electric fence".[1] Editors may still be blocked even if they have made three or fewer reverts in a 24 hour period..."
Second, I have a bit of unsolicited advice. The tag seems to be standing and I would encourage you not to take any future bait to edit war. It's really silly to war over an article tag, generally speaking. Rather than invest so much energy into tagging the article, put it into finding good sources and fixing the issues. If you run into disagreements you cannot resolve, there are plenty of people waiting to help.
That all said, if I were to unblock you would you agree to avoid multiple reverts and edit warring, with the understanding that further incidents of edit-warring will be looked upon in a very poor light? Vassyana (talk) 07:04, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
Edits like this which are not only controversial, but also provide commentary beyond the sources, are not acceptable. Pushing controversial edits on a disputed article with a history of edit warring, particularly when you've been blocked and warned about edit warring, is quite simply disruptive and non-productive. It is beyond the pale when the edit violates basic content principles, such as sticking to the sources. You've been around for over a year and been blocked/warned repeatedly. You know the content rules by now. You know the behavior expected of you by now. Further edits of this sort will result in a block and topic ban discussion. Vassyana (talk) 04:05, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
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Well, the "dispute" took place in June, I reviewed the article in October. If this dispute was still taking place, someone or yourself could have stated that the Good article nomination be withdrawn, but no such thing occurred. If you waited this long to tell me about the dispute, then something was really wrong here. If you want the delisting to happen, follow the respective procedures in doing so. -- ThinkBlue (Hit BLUE) 21:50, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
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The clue that the New York Times gave on Wednesday's paper for 25 across (three letters) was "Oldest U.S. civil liberties org." I'm sure the answer is NRA. People have made a distinction between civil rights and civil liberties, but it's definitely the word civil.--Cdogsimmons (talk) 12:37, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
please note that anon ip editor 141.154.15.141 has filed a sockpuppet claim re conlawgeek, philo-centinel and yourself. [[31]] i don't believe the claim has any merit, but you may defend yourself there. Anastrophe (talk) 19:34, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
almost everything i wrote to this editor was politely stated, while being harangued in return. you're obviously very partial to this new user, to the point that you seem not to have actually read what i wrote. instead of warning this new user for his multiple violations of policy, you apologize to him on behalf of wikipedia?? amazing. now, please return to the article talk pages in question. i have no interest in a dialogue on user talk pages. thank you. Anastrophe (talk) 21:19, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
your recent edit to my talk page has the appearance of a personal attack, and the appearance of an attempt to intimidate another editor by making public accusations that the editor has a particular POV they are pushing into article space; this is in contravention of assuming good faith. that may not be the case, but the similarity to recent addition of same intimidating text to your fellow editor Yaf's talk page suggests a pattern of attempted intimidation. please refrain from making personal attacks, or attempting to intimidate your fellow editors, if in fact this was the intent. i'm prepared to move forward with sanctions if this pattern of abuse of policy continues. thank you.Anastrophe (talk) 19:00, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
What is important about those passages that is not covered elsewhere in the article?
However, "[l]ike most rights, the Second Amendment is not unlimited. It is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose." The Court's opinion, although refraining from an exhaustive analysis of the full scope of the right, "should not be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms."
Why is this needed when just a couple of paragraphs down there is the fallowing paragraph in a more logical place in the article?
In regard to the scope of the right, the Court wrote, in a non-binding section of the opinion, "Although we do not undertake an exhaustive historical analysis today of the full scope of the Second Amendment, nothing in our opinion should be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms."[33] This type of commentary, known as dicta, is not binding on other courts because it is not necessary for the holding of the case, since none of those issues were before the Court in this case.
Why should the other paragraph be in a section about the impact on federal, state and local jurisdictions? The article is getting very long and is in need of trimming.
And what is “misleading” about my edit summaries? I find this insulting. 130.20.229.174 (talk) 19:12, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiquette_alerts/archive62#an_untenable_personal_attack
thank you. Anastrophe (talk) 16:19, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
truwik is not a "new user" (is there a formal policy definition for this term somewhere), and there was no sarcasm in my comments, they were quite serious. please avoid misrepresenting my commentary. Anastrophe (talk) 19:16, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
Please stop edit-warring at Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. The consensus at the talk page is that a tag is not appropriate because the article is sufficiently NPOV.Ferrylodge (talk) 20:03, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
please attend to the issue i identified in this edit [36], or i'll be forced to fix it myself. thank you. Anastrophe (talk) 15:29, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
you are the one reverting, and you are not using the talk page to discuss it. i've posted there, you've been silent. your warning on my talk page constitutes harrassment, since you're the one reverting without discussion. one more revert and i'll be reporting you. as you well know, you don't have to actually exceed three reverts to be sanctioned. and since you've been blocked multiple times for edit warring, whilst i've not, i think it's clear who is likely to be sanctioned. Anastrophe (talk) 01:26, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
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You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Gun violence. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. per 3rr, even a single revert may constitute edit warring. in this instance, you warned me, advising me to discuss on talk page first. yet i've been discussing this on the talk page, you haven't contributed at all - merely choosing to revert me and issue a spurious warning. your edit warring is no longer tolerable. Anastrophe (talk) 01:42, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
Salty, sorry I wasn't around for that issue earlier this month, there's been a LOT of stuff happening IRL on this end. I hardly get a chance to do any real mediation like I used to, and my article contribs as of late have been almost non-existant. Again, I apologise for missing that...
Edit Centric (talk) 09:27, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions on a single page within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. NPOV tage are only to be used as a last resort, are not be used for discreding an article, and are to be removed when a consensus determines that there is no legitimate dispute.
With due respect, my pleading on the talk page to follow dispute resolution procedures have been rebuked by Yaf and SMP0328. The spirit of the 3RR policy is to encourage resolution of disputes and it is ironic that the only editor being banned is the only one attempting to follow WP:Dispute Resolution. And, the reporting editor Yaf is one who flatly refuses[37] to follow WP:DR. Yaf describes my edits incorrectly, apparently ignoring my self-reverts with a hope of getting me banned to avoid needing to engage in dispute resolution with me. The first[38] edit, I self reverted[39]. The fourth[40] edit, I self reverted[41]. My prior promise after the last block was to diligently work things out on the talk page, and my other edits were only made after considerable discussion on the talk page attempting to find workable compromises with some success. This is a very difficult editing environment, and my good faith attempts towards collaborative editing have been characterized falsely here as part of a POV fight to get me banned. Notice that this entire discussion began with my request on the talk page "I welcome some collaboration on fixing these problems"[42]. May I suggest that instead of blocking me that the more likely path towards resolution would be following WP:DR and a mediation to resolve this dispute. I am 100% willing to engage in mediation, and perhaps with encouragement the other involved editors will change their mind and agree to engage in mediation. Either with a lifted block now, or in 72 hours, I would appreciate help somehow finding a way to convince the co-editors of this article to change their minds about refusing to engage in dispute resolution. Without willingness to engage in dispute resolution, there are very few options other than revert wars with the strategic hope of getting the opposing editor banned. Can you help with getting this mediation started?
I'll have a look William M. Connolley (talk) 07:47, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
Still looking. Quick note: characterising this as "flatly refuses [44] to follow WP:DR" has harmed your case William M. Connolley (talk) 07:58, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
Unblocked: I'm not comfortable with this, especially the self-reverts. You were still edit warring, so you don't get a full apology; my apologies for that :-). If you want help trying to sort out this mess, come ask me on my talk page quick before I'm de-sysopped William M. Connolley (talk) 08:05, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
Let's wait to see if en banc review is granted in Nordyke. A petition for a writ of certiorari has also been submitted in NRA v. Chicago (Source). When each request is granted or denied, then such decision can be added to the article. For now, let's simply wait. SMP0328. (talk) 21:15, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
I adjusted the NYTimes cite you added to include the author, date and work to make it consistent with the other cites. While I was doing that I noticed that the reference name was unexpectedly long. (<ref name="urlAppeals Court Sets Rehearing on Ruling That Eased Gun Restrictions - NYTimes.com">) I'm curious whether you are using a new tool or something like that. It doesn't affect the display at all, so I left it, but it does kind of stand out. SaltyBoatr (talk) 21:36, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
I don't see any evidence that "Move" is part of the group's name, either on its official webpage or in cited third-party RS about it. SaltyBoatr (talk) 21:36, 26 October 2009 (UTC) And now we're (ec) on my talk-page. Glad it's all sorted out! SaltyBoatr (talk) 21:36, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
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You are being reported for edit warring —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.237.129.194 (talk) 21:07, 31 October 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, SB, especially considering the great deal of work you've put in there yourself. Though, I imagine there's still some work to do there. Among other things, I think the Virginia Declaration of Rights will need to be mentioned again (it was removed as part of the "state ratification debate" section) since it is generally viewed as a precedent to the Bill of Rights. Hopefully it will not then open the door to become a forum for POVs about every other arguable precedent to the Second. In general, I agree it's improved overall, which I attribute mostly to an interactive, cooperative effort. ... Kenosis (talk) 03:23, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
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Thanks for the notice about the IP-hopping of the vandal. I'll add the other IPs to the list of suspected socks. --4wajzkd02 (talk) 19:37, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
Having looked into this a bit... My call is that Rawles actually is marginally notable. The problem is that Trasel is trying to make him seem far more notable than he actually is. That's his COI influencing his editing. Patience and a lot of re-writing is what is needed. I think Trasel will be more willing to cooperate if he feels that we are not trying to "attack" his friend... but simply trying to produce a tight, well written article about his friend. Blueboar (talk) 04:54, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
This request might get buried in all the other discussion: The link I found for this ratings is MUCH different than the 5 simple categories you provided in the discussion. So please provide me with a specific link you are using that shows the criteria they used to arrive at the rankings shown in the graphic you are wanting to insert. That's not unreasonable to ask, is it? Niteshift36 (talk) 22:22, 16 March 2010 (UTC)