User talk:SlimVirgin/Archive 18

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper. — Robert Frost

RfC reform

SV,
My heavy-handed attempt to change the direction of discussion didn't go well, did it? ^_^;
I'm in concordance with you regarding the current state of requests for comment. I've looked over my experiance with it again, and there's a clear dichotomy between what I expected (calm rational discussion wiht positive outcomes) and what I got (lots of nasty comments all around with no real progress in any direction). I tried then to re-form debate into something useful, to no avail. Thus the "approach with caution", "be very afraid", etc. warnings are essentially correct. (As an aside, I note that I had nice things to say about you!)
FW surely does rabbit on endlessly, but in some respects he has a point about a function seperate from RfArb. I think that there needs to exist a forum for issues about user conduct to be aired in a constructive manner. I'd like RfC to be that forum. Are you interested in trying to "spruce up" the existing system? (It will probably be a total pain in the bum with no thanks being handed out, of course.)
brenneman^(t)(c) 05:51, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

An "issue" RfC, eh? That's not a bad start. To refer to my unfortunate example again, by framing it as "here are some closures that I'd like discussed" as opposed to "here's some things Tony has done I'd like discussed", things may have gone differently?
I'm going to divert some of the energy I've been spending on deletion guidelines into the dispute resolution process over the next couple of weeks. I feel that the only part of the entire process that's even close to working is ArbCom, and it's pretty late by then! Thus I'd like to hear your thoughts on WP:WQA and WP:RfM as well.
brenneman^(t)(c) 06:31, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

16,000

16,000 Pennsylvania Avenue

Slim, congratulations on achiving 16,000 edits! :) I hereby award you this image of the White House, which, as everyone knows, is located at 16,000 Pennsylvania Avenue. ;-) Func( t, c, @, ) 06:37, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

I know better. It is at 1600. That is a distinction without a difference. Robert McClenon 11:15, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Ann Heneghan

No problem...there's nothing I hate more than someone who's abusing other editors. And I'm pretty sure that nobody's really going to use an open proxy in Thailand for good edits.  :) Ral315 13:00, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:No original research

Hi, you reverted my cleanup on Wikipedia:No original research, could you please explain what you found wrong with my edit? Ponder 17:42, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

On Veganism...

I'm sorry, but I don't see why you removed the following paragraph from the veganism article:

The most prominant opposition to veganism on ethical grounds states the long human history of consuming animal products; many believe that certain body types have evolved consuming meat and dairy, and thus absorb certain nutrients best via these sources. The requirement for B-12, a vitamin humans can only derive from meat or dairy, is seen as evidence of this. Thus, the use of animals for certain purposes in a balanced diet is "only natural", a notion hotly contested by many vegans and vegetarians.

This is a very, very common point raised by non-vegans when being critical of veganism. - Plastic Editor

My 2¢ on veganism

I saw this post, and would like to weigh in:

First, the problem with vitamin B-12 deficiencies is due to the fact that we over-work the soil, instead of giving it time to rest. Both humans and land need time to rebuild, and this principle (letting the land rest once every seven years and then some) was once mentioned in the Bible, but that is informational (not preaching down your throat) information. If we let the land rest up well, then the fruits and veggies would have sufficient B-12 when grown on that land.

That being said, The four traditional reasons to become vegan are:

1. More efficient (saves money, since calories aren't wasted in making un-edible things like bone and gristle)
2. More humane (to our animal brothers)
3. Tastes better (subjective opinion, but I buy it!)
4. Healthier (Objective fact. Period.)

For more information, you might see my research on the subject:

• http://www.geocities.com/gordon_watts32313/consumer.html
• http://hometown.aol.com/gww1210/myhomepage/consumer.html
• http://gordon_watts.tripod.com/consumer.html

--GordonWatts 13:24, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Copyediting

Well thank you very much, SlimVirgin! That's very kind of you! You've inspired me to go out and do some more this very moment! Regards, Babajobu 09:01, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Monicasdude RfC

My sympathies for having to look at that RfC. The most troubling thing about it, as I see it, is the way that the subject is taking an attitude of being superior to it by saying that he won't answer it as long as it is in progress. It does illustrate the ambiguity of the "single issue" threshold. I also find it bizarre that he wants the RfC partly deleted and partly retained. Robert McClenon 11:18, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Who's Rv

Thanks for the rv, guess they were trying to hail a cab with that thing :) ∞Who?¿? 19:27, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

State terrorism

please revisit you additions to State terrorism Revision as of 01:03, 9 September 2005 References - added Syrian references. Your previous edit to Syria add inline references. If any of these additional references are used in the text can you please add them as footnotes. If not would it be possible to remove any that have the information replicated in the footnotes. If this is done is there any need for additional references over and above the footnotes? Philip Baird Shearer 19:28, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Blog

Hi, Slim. Yes, I saw it's gone. Thanks for your help. Nice of you to be so concerned. Ann Heneghan ^(talk) 23:42, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Muslim article

Hey SV. Khakhan (talk · contribs) is vandalizing the Muslim article. See edit history. Thanks, a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 23:52, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Man I wish I had blocking powers. ;) Thanks as always, a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 00:05, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Another one

Hello again SV. 69.239.59.185 (talk · contribs) keeps adding links to fundamentalist christian sites on the Jesus and Isa articles without explanation. He/she has been reverted several times on both articles. Thanks again, a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 03:47, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

69.239.59.185 (talk · contribs) has now taken up a new name Chaplain (talk · contribs). --a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 04:37, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Hi

My name's Aaron. I am a 15 year old, white male from, Ohio (US). My goal is to meet people and make friends on WP. What's your ASL? Can we talk? C2 aaron 13:00, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Significance of Venona documents

Someone, not I, has consolidated the discussion over the Venona documents and how to represent them (prompted by the text written on many pages) onto a single page: Talk:VENONA project. I hope you will join us in trying to resolve many of the issues that keep cropping up across Wikipedia in this matter. Thanks.--Cberlet 13:14, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

NPOV dispute at Surat Shabd Yoga article

If you would be so kind, please take a look at - and make any needed edits to - the Surat Shabd Yoga article to help improve it and ensure it reflects NPOV. Thanks, — RDF ^talk 20:54, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Ultramarine

Ultramarine's defense at Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Ultramarine/Evidence may be intended to suggest that you, 172, and I are all conspiring against the Truth. If you want to comment, feel free. Septentrionalis 23:49, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Hi

What is your asl? Are you from the US?

If so, what state? Thanks. C2 aaron 12:49, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

RfArb against Zephram Stark

I've requested arbitration against Zephram Stark. Please add any details or comments you feel are appropriate. Carbonite | Talk 19:19, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

POV

Hi SV. 70.18.171.34 (talk · contribs) is inserting pro-christian POV/vandalism to the Islam article. He/she has been reverted 4 times now. --a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 22:47, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. Check your email. Btw, you have the correct version protected. :) --a.n.o.n.y.m ^t 23:18, 23 September 2005 (UTC)

Knee-jerk reverts result in crap

Read this sentence, which you reverted to, and please explain what it means:

"For nineteen years that followed the end of the Mandate until the 1967 Six Day War, Egypt occupied the Gaza Strip and Jordan occupied the West Bank and annexed East Jerusalem but no Palestinian state was created there."

It seems to me that there was no such thing as "annexed East Jerusalem" prior to 1967 -- are you and Jayjg just rewriting history again? Or did you think it means that Jordan occupied the West Bank but separately annexed East Jerusalem? Why would anyone write anything so ridiculous, though, when the only "annexing" Jordan ever did was to "annex" the entire West Bank, albeit barely anyone else recognized it.

Please stop making an ass of yourself, Slim.

Marsden 00:05, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Please review and adhere to WP:NPA, WP:CIV, WP:NOT, and WP:WQT. Thanks. El_C 01:26, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Wiki-stalking

You indefinitely blocked User talk:SarahPhelpsjr. Please consider doing the same for User:Richardharrison and User:GordenWatts. Both appear to be sock-puppets attempting to disparage User:GordonWatts (note the second vowel). Marskell 15:00, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

I (User:Benbest) request that you please also do the same for this link spammer:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=24.122.51.203

Your user talk page needs less Image:Cowbell2.gif

You have the image Image:Cowbell2.gif on your user talk archive page at /archive11; this image is copyrighted and used in the Will Ferrell article under Wikipedia:Fair use. The use on your user talk page of that image is unlikely to be covered by use however, and as such is probably a Copyright violation. Could you remove the image from your user talk archive page? Thanks. --fvw* 23:43, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

The same concern also applies to several other fair use images on our user page. Dragons flight 10:17, 25 September 2005 (UTC)