User talk:Biofoundationsoflanguage/Archive 1

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Archive 1

No mud
slinging!

I've got to the stage in my life where I no longer care what daft people think.
If you have something constructive to say please feel free to leave me a note here. If not, then don't.

Silly comments will be removed at my discretion.

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Xiner (talk, email) 16:14, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Hey i hope so too, the thing is in SL people think that independences was granted in 1948 and that was the end of the story. No one refers to the day SL became a republic and many dont even know the meaning of the word republic, its very sad. I wont be the least be surprised if some one removes the date. Nitraven 22:30, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Tense

Hello. If you care to check, you will see that John actually tried to correct the tense to change it into the past tense[1]. Please do not portray my edits as unconstructive. You should assume good faith. Thankyou. The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick^t 21:43, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Furthermore, for someone who admits himself that "My English is quite poor", I'm surprised you have such a strong view on this. I for one do not believe that my English is poor. The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick^t 22:51, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps I'm a poor typer. BTW - if you sign your posts with four tildes ~~~~ it puts in your signature and date automatically. The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick^t 12:47, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Typer → typist. Regards, Chris Buttigieg 18:09, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Funny, I hadn't heard of that. :-) The Red Hat of Pat Ferrick^t 21:58, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

Terrorist

Stop adding the term terrorist to the Gibraltar articel. it is against wiki policy and is a POV term. thank you.--Vintagekits 12:08, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your concern. It says later on in the article that the European Court of Human Rights ruled it was a terrorist attack anyway. Biofoundationsoflanguage 12:37, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Well this is wiki not the European Court of Human Rights and we abid by wiki rules. Additonally the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights is also clearly outlined. regards.--Vintagekits 12:40, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

No, the point I'm making is that I won't pursue readding 'terrorist' because it says so later on in mentioning a ruling by the European Court. :) Biofoundationsoflanguage 14:52, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Vintagekits has correctly referenced WP policy on this occasion. You may only use this naughty word in the lede if it is a direct quote from an unimpeachable source and then it must be contained in quotation marks. Unless, of course, you think WP:IAR applies...Gaimhreadhan

^{(kiwiexile at DMOZ)} • 18:37, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Michael Gaughan (Irish republican)

I have replied to your insertion of the NPOV tag on the above article. Can you address this issue or I will remove the tag. regards.--Vintagekits 12:42, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for your note. I removed the tag for now as I think the discussion on the talk page is still progressing. In general the best way to adjust the POV of an article is to find and add well-sourced material. Let me know if I can be any further help. --John 14:48, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm sure you're not doing yourself justice. If you can find any references which are more neutral I think the article would benefit from them. --John 01:14, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

The tag has had the desired effect of drawing attention to the article, despite it only being up for 2 hours! Biofoundationsoflanguage 14:34, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Australia warning

Good morning Biofoundationsoflanguage. I have reverted your adjustment to the Australia page with regards the national anthem. I have done this because after considerable discussion between numerous editors it was agreed by consensus that the information regarding Australia's National Anthem was to be added as a footnote. Readers therefore gain information about this ceremonial anthem by clicking on the footnote link where it is explained in full. Wikipedia is not a forum for expressing personal views - thus the importance of consensus in matters of content, style, references etc sometimes gains specific importance. In this case, the style of the page has been agreed to and you should not again adjust that consensus - without first attempting to gain a new consensus on the issue. Please continue to enjoy your editing. Best wishes. --VS ^talk 21:38, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for your return comment. Whilst perhaps a little misplaced your umbrage is noted. Cheers! --VS ^talk 14:19, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Charming. Biofoundationsoflanguage 13:44, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

NPA please

This edit is unacceptable in terms of our policy WP:NPA. Please don't do it again. Thanks, --John 22:01, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Apologies for you having to 'deal' with me. Though I have absolutely no regret for what I said. Biofoundationsoflanguage 13:44, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

Final Warning

[2] is COMPLETELY unacceptable, generalizing a broad class of editors as "terrorist-sympathisers, POV-pushers and trolls". If I see another one like it, or anything similar, you will be blocked. Thank you. SirFozzie 18:08, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

No doubt if it had been the opposite situation things would've been different. Not that that's in anyway a slur on your administrative qualities or anything, of course. Biofoundationsoflanguage 18:20, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Actually, if you want to know the truth, I've blocked several folks on both sides of this particular dispute, and as I said on Gaimhreadhan's page, I'm trying to keep people from throwing kerosene on the fire. Your comments were inflammatory and a violation of NPA. SirFozzie 18:25, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

They probably are. But I also like to draw my own lines on what is acceptable to say generally about people. If anyone loses sleep over what I've said about them then I sincerely apologise. Biofoundationsoflanguage 18:52, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

I encourage you to think of the broad picture: a better encyclopaedia. Perhaps you could update me by e-mail of progress with the CEM idea, SirFozzie. If you give me your phone number I will phone you at a nominated time and discuss it with you since I'm a slow typist. (And don't worry about confidentiality - I am an attorney still)...Gaimhreadhan

^{(kiwiexile at DMOZ)} • 18:47, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Please could you favour me with a reply (public or private) to the questions I posed you here, SirFozzie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:SirFozzie#Reply_to_Gaimhreadhan...Gaimhreadhan^{(kiwiexile at DMOZ)} • 18:47, 18 July 2007 (UTC)