User talk:Calton/Archive05
From ZaroveNew to Wikipedia, forgive me if this is not hwo you wish to be contacted. I reviewed the History of Acharya S's article, and notyiced yousaid "Dude, Articles are suppose to EVOLVE not DEVOLVE." I think you fell intot he impression that I was dishonest or fanatical, and tried to disprove this brilliant schoalrs work. Well, SHes not a brilliant scholar,and even a cursory glance of her work reveals it as unreliable. I do appriciateyour concern hwoever, and do think you sincerly beleives I was just out to destory soemone who disagreed with me. But I felt I needed toexpain. I wasnt devolving the aritlce, I was just removign her grandeose self promotions.Shes not a Historian, linguist, myhtoogist, archeologist, and rleigious scholar. Shes in fact only a holder of a minor degree in classics. Her book isbased on unsoundsecondary soruces, and her agenda is todestory CHristainity, as she states herself on her website. Her devotees continually changed the article to sing her praises and omit all critisism. SO, I edited it to make it read as it shoudl, includigncritism of her work. Sorry if this inconveneinced you. WelcomeHello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and vote pages using three tildes, like this: ~~~. Four tildes (~~~~) produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! -- Graham ☺ | Talk 14:40, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC) and Pedant 17:01, 2004 Nov 13 (UTC) New StuffLook, you asshole, it is official Wikipedia policy that all edits of a banned user on all pages should be deleted without discussion, irrespective of what they say. It is also Wikipedia policy that users should not reinstate them and should not be reinserted under another user. BTW Official Wikipedia Policy pages are defined as "It has wide acceptance among editors and is considered a standard that all users should follow." Try reading the rules of Wikipedia before making a complete dick of yourself. FearÉIREANN\(caint) 01:51, 1 September 2005 (UTC) It is explicitly stated in the official policy that the edits are not supposed to left in the page and no other Wikipedian is supposed to reinsert them under their name either. That is the rules. Try following them. Or is your own ego more important than mandatory Wikipedia policy on the issue. FearÉIREANN\(caint) 02:00, 1 September 2005 (UTC) CivilityPlease keep in mind WP:COOL. I know it can be hard, but it really does help in disputes if inflammatory language like "grow a skin, will you" is avoided. If nothing else, it'll look a lot nicer in your contributions list. --fvw* 02:22, September 1, 2005 (UTC) ThanksThanks for the help on my Talk page; however, I'd prefer to leave up the unexpurgated version for a little while longer before dumping it into my archive. No offense, I hope. --Calton | Talk 02:23, September 1, 2005 (UTC) Tom WalshLook, as far as I'm concerned, Tom Walsh should be on the August 26 page because he is in the encyclopedia. No Consensus reverts to Keep, meaning he's notable enough in enough eyes. You're always more than welcome to nominate him a second time for VFD. --OntarioQuizzer 05:20, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
ERRRI see you have not said nothing about my Rqesst for Comment yet what is wrong with that and are you really a achololic? its ok since i like to drink and get high also I am the "brah" you know.Wiki brah 18:41, 2 September 2005 (UTC) Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Zephram StarkI have filed Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Zephram Stark. Please contribute to it. – Smyth\talk 18:52, 4 September 2005 (UTC) Good JobI'm glad to see that the admins on this site are more concerned about banning people they don't like than they are about maintaining the truth. Mackenson is a complete idiot. It says in the Wikipedia policy that no one should use this site for self promotion purposes. However, I fear that that is the only reason Mackenson is here. I've already been banned, do it some more. Sure I've made some bullshit edits, but I've also made plenty of decent ones. Which is mroe important to you, upholding the ideals of this site or following rules you don't understand? That doesn't mean that I'm here to try and make this site better, but I am testing all of you elitist drones. If it was worth it, I'd re-edit Mackenson's user page everyday because he is the type of person I hate the most in this world. You're an idiot, fix that. Mr. Reminder
Hershey'sHello. Regarding your recent reversion of an edit I made to The Hershey Company, I did not add this section to the article. It was there previously. There was call to remove the section entirely by someone in the talk and then another message saying it should be kept with a refutation of the claims and then another message after that wanting to remove it. I just provided the debunking. It may need some NPOVing but I think because it has obviously become an urban ledgend it's ok to keep. --Deglr6328 04:07, 7 September 2005 (UTC) Care to respond on the talk page?--Deglr6328 14:59, 8 September 2005 (UTC) RevertYou should not revert when other information is added. If you only want to change one thing about an edit, just make that edit. Do not be lazy by just reverting. 65.42.87.249 16:53, 7 September 2005 (UTC) RevertI see other users have had similar problems with you. I see you removed the paragraph in the opening section of Ohio Wesleyan University that states facts about the student body. Could you kindly state the Wikipedia policy that such a paragraph violates? There are no space constraints as far as I know and statistical information about the student body is important anyway. So, before you jump in and revert please leave a comment on the discussion page. I should remind you that good etiquette requires that all users follow the policies outlines in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Faria 16:24, 8 September 2005 (UTC) Re: ReverCalton: I should also point you to the first line of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Resolving_disputes It states Be respectful to others and their points of view. This means primarily: Do not simply revert changes in a dispute. Keep that in mind before jumping in. Faria 16:26, 8 September 2005 (UTC) Calton seems to like reverting, even on subjects in which he hasn't a clue of what he's reverting. --AI 23:08, 15 September 2005 (UTC) Re:Thank you for the comment. I don't know if you are associated with OWU but the section that I added is not propaganda as it is clearly referencing verifiable facts and stories. I noticed your comment on whether it represents my view or the view of a bunch of protesting students. Maybe you do not want to see the emphasis on this particular issue but activism and volunteering is a big aspect of OWU and its mission and while it may appear as propaganda to you, it also describes well the student culture there... Faria 23:37, 8 September 2005 (UTC) Faria's recent activitiesSince you are partially related to the recent events on the OWU page, I thought it would be good to seek your advice on where to proceed from here. Faria is in my opinion engaging in disruptive behavior and outright harassment. He consistently lies, makes baseless accusations, and refuses any attempt at compromise. I think he may be ripe for an RFC, but since I am too close to this matter I did not want to take such a drastic step without some guidance from elsewhere. Any help would be appreciated. Please refer to both my talk page and the OWU talk page to see the conduct I am referring too. Thanks. Indrian 16:07, September 9, 2005 (UTC) Your input is requestedat Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roflcopter (again). — Phil Welch 23:04, 10 September 2005 (UTC) Day/Month pagesOK, you caught me with the Desperate Housewives. But please don't remove the link around September 15, etc. in the first line -- that's so the user date preference display function kicks in (and consequently appears as 15 September, September 15, 15/09, etc.) –Hajor 23:50, 10 September 2005 (UTC) I take the the point about starting a paragraph with a numeral, but I was taught that that wasn't an article of faith, at least not in the case of dates. It certainly takes second place to seeing dates displayed in one's preferred format. –Hajor 00:43, 11 September 2005 (UTC) Rather than pointless low-intensity revert wars (potentially 366 of them), I've posted a request for broader views from the community at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Days of the year. See you there, I hope. –Hajor 02:24, 20 September 2005 (UTC) Image:Mikesimpson.jpg has been listed for deletion
--Bash 18:20, 11 September 2005 (UTC) Full name of "Acharya S"Calton: I just noticed your 01:45, 14 September 2005 edit of the Acharya S article, in which you added her full name. I would normally be in favor of such things; however, recent developments have shown this to be a highly controversial article, and so I think we need to apply very strictly the criterion that all facts must be backed up by references. So: Do you have a reference for the full name (other than Wikipedia and its mirrors)? I first heard of Acharya S a couple of days ago, but since then I have done a fair amount of research on her. I found several references for "D. Murdock", both web and print, but none at all for the full name (other than Wikipedia and its mirrors). By the way, I don't care in the slightest about the argument that she has been threatened and needs her privacy. She is an adult, and I figure she can fight her own battles. Public information is public information, and Wikipedia exists to disseminate it. However, especially in the case of controversial articles like this one, we need to be sure we can back up all of our facts. So, again: Do you have a reference for the full name? Reply here if you wish; I'm watching this page. — Nowhither 18:37, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
RevertingIt's clean-up duty, mopping up after the dishonest, incompetent, and fanatical. Can't imagine why you'd have a problem with that. --Calton | Talk 23:33, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
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My RfAThanks for supporting my RfA. I'll work hard to try to live up to the confidence you're showing in me. Nandesuka 01:06, 17 September 2005 (UTC) ImposterThanks for pointing out how User:SaIsb worked. Salsb 13:26, 19 September 2005 (UTC) Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment/IassonPlease do not delete part of Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment/Iasson. Thank you. Demodike 19:14, 20 September 2005 (UTC) Dobby, thanksThanks for removing that "Dobby in Australia" section. I was uncertain if the 3RR exception would allow me to eliminate it for the fourth time today. Sjakkalle (Check!) 08:22, 21 September 2005 (UTC) Is it something I can do to convince you that I am not Iasson?Please tell me. Demodike 08:32, 21 September 2005 (UTC) Pardon?Are you calling my professor a liar? I highly doubt this—but if you users on Wikipedia exhibit your ignorance in this unorthodox fashion, I will most certainly chew on it. But I won't swallow. I'll spit it right back out at you. Winnermario 00:23, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
I've requested arbitration against Zephram Stark. Please add any details or comments you feel are appropriate. Carbonite | Talk 19:20, 23 September 2005 (UTC) Wrong mapAt Vallès Oriental, you've linked a map that actually shows the Vall d'Aran, not Vallès Oriental. -- Jmabel | Talk 03:34, 24 September 2005 (UTC) 9/12 LA blackoutYou cite no reason for the removal of this information. Why? Unsigned comment by User:Ridethefire3211 (Talk) 15:42, 26 September 2005 Editing Random PagesOnce upon a time I tried editing random pages. Back then, there was some sort of bug in the "random article" link that caused the same pages to come up over and over, so the experience wasn't very fruitful for me. I'm glad to hear somebody stuck it out. - O^O Re your kind message to me regarding time/date formatting
THANKS FOR YOUR ADVICE. CHEERS!! 70.19.40.53 01:33, 29 September 2005 (UTC) email: rms125a@hotmail.com (I use Internet cafes or Kinkos because I don't have a computer of my own, so the best way to reach me would be via e-mail (see address on above line) CHEERS AGAIN!! Visual Basic Classic WikibookI see you have contributed to the Visual Basic article on Wikipedia. Any chance you would like to join in editing the wikibook: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:Visual_Basic_Classic? --Kjwhitefoot 08:13, 30 September 2005 (UTC) Thanks for looking out for Joseph SobranWe seem to be having our own little history buffer here. Klonimus 03:22, 1 October 2005 (UTC) Action against Snowspinner'Lo. I've asked Snowspinner to give up his adminship of his own accord here. I'm asking that you do the same, as one, I think that that's appropriate, and second, I'd like him to give up his sysop rights freely and without an RfC. I've also asked Zoe. If no one else thinks that this is extremely poor behavior for an admin, then I'll back down. Yours, --Blackcap | talk 04:39, 3 October 2005 (UTC) Well, to be honest, this ask is pointless, but thanks for reading it. There's an RfC going on here. All the best, --Blackcap | talk 01:27, 4 October 2005 (UTC) CaltonsAre you by any chance a Calton by surname? It's one of the rarest English surnames and I'm trying to collect examples. The Land 10:56, 3 October 2005 (UTC) You may add what you think, If you wishThanks, [1] Scott 14:17, 3 October 2005 (UTC) BlackoutFirst, I would like to apologize for my lack of signature previously.
I don't mean to sound rude, and I would appreciate a polite response in return. Thanks. Ridethefire3211 14:59, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
Thanks, that's all I was asking. Ridethefire3211 11:09, 4 October 2005 (UTC) Kelly Clarkson singlesYou might (or might not) want to weigh in at the various articles on singles by Clarkson. I have one of them at RfC, but the little cabal of reverters won't leave it alone. --Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 22:12, 5 October 2005 (UTC) WP:CPHi, you've reported copyright infringements to WP:CP in the last week, a new measure was recently passed to allow the speedy deltion of new pages that are cut and paste copyvios. Please follow these instructions if you come across this type of copyvio. Thanks. --nixie 00:28, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
On the apparent contradiction in the box above; there is an ongoing discussion about whether the page should be blanked or not (leaving the text visible was in no way a condition of the original proposal)- I noticed the mess in the box too late. However the main goal of notifying people was to get RC patrollers using the new criteria- it doens't matter if the page is blanked or not since the edit history and so on need to be checked anyway. --nixie 02:51, 6 October 2005 (UTC) James DeBello AfDI didn't delete the AfD tag on James DeBello, RoyBoy (talk • contribs) did. And apparently he deleted the AfD entry, too. That is clearly administrator misconduct. --Rogerd 05:21, 6 October 2005 (UTC) James DeBello AfDWhy not, given I originated the AfD? - RoyBoy 800 05:30, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
CivilityHi Calton, First of all, I think you've made a large number of good edits. People, like you, who copyedit the encyclopedia and improve a vast swath of articles are often underappreciated. However, I've noticed that you often seem to make sarcastic comments on talk pages and in edit summaries. I'm not sure you're aware how negatively these can come across. Without the body language cues we're used to, text can come off more negatively than it's intended. I'm worried that you could be frightening away some of our more timid new contributors, and generally contributing to the incivil atmosphere that is spreading through parts of Wikipedia. I know that sometimes these new contributors, and even the old hands, make mistakes and do stupid things, but there are often nicer ways to get your point across. For instance, a nice note on a talk page, letting them know you disagree with the way they've acted, is one strategy. Asking them what their intentions are, while assuming ignorance rather than malice, is another. Let me know what you think, moink 20:03, 6 October 2005 (UTC) You wrote if Skyring doesn't like it, Skyring can lump it.. The problem is that while Skyring enjoys correcting errors, he enjoys watching supposedly clever people make fools of themselves even more, especially if they think it upsets him.
On that noteSkyring here. You wrote: sanctioned by ArbCom
overweening sense of entitlement and of immunity from rules
makes proactive attempts to provoke other editors
makes strained logical arguments, in the face of overwhelming opposition, in support of minority opinions
From where I sit, you are making provocative and abusive statements, and I cannot help but wonder whether you feel a tiny bit hypocritical in your expressed views? I don't understandwhy did you block me? what does this mean? caught doing what?--Archive13 23:23, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
Thanks!Your response is all abuse and evasion. Though you say you were amused, I cannot find any trace of it in your bitter words. Just what message are you trying to send me? My immediate response is......laughter. Do you realise how silly you sound? And who on earth are you trying to kid? Look, my IP address bounces around a bit. If you really feel you need to communicate, use my talk page, please. Heads up... I'm seeknig RfC certification support aganist you:http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Faria&diff=25166972&oldid=25166885#User:Calton At least four users (one is an anon: See my user contributions here are potentially seeking an RfC against you; two definitely are -for excessive and unjustified use of reverts. Please note that I don't act in revenge, but in prevention, the best medicine, an ounce of which is worth a pound of cure -and I'm courteous and polite to give you a heads up, because you deserve a chance to run while you have a chance. I would expect no less from my own honorable adversaries.--GordonWatts 02:10, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
Don Tacos AFDJust a note that you may want to sign your comment and correct the 'Pocky' link on the Don Tacos AFD. BTW, I'm thinking of starting a proposal to merge Japanese snack foods that do not merit their own articles; perhaps you would be interested in contributing. I'm not sure the best place for that; the Japan-related topics board is likely to be biased. --Dforest 05:47, 11 October 2005 (UTC) Brain Teasers/Trivia:Hi, I'm just posting a friendly notice stating that I have got Brain Teasers/Trivia on my user page that you're welcome to have a go at. Will post new questions one day after they have been answered. Thanks... Spawn Man 09:28, 11 October 2005 (UTC) P.S. Do you speak Japanese? I'm just learning.... Dominion of MelchizedekGreetings Mr. Calton: Noticed that you have reverted this article before. Have a look at "just the facts" heading on Dominion of Melchizedek talk page and please let me know if this is the right approach and your thoughts, if you want to help to find a consensus for this subject. KAJ 19:54, 22 October 2005 (UTC)
Calton, I sent you an e-mail a few weeks ago and didn't hear back from you, and today another editor said he also hadn't received a response to an e-mail, so I thought I should leave you a note in case you don't often check the account you put in your preferences. (But if you do, I'm sorry to bother you about it.) Cheers, SlimVirgin (talk) 23:22, 23 October 2005 (UTC) Winter Soldier EditsThere is a talk page and golly gee it would be swell if you used it instead of your drive by's. TDC 02:16, 25 October 2005 (UTC) Find-A-Grave"Uh huh. And the contradiction with sentence one...?" has been fixed. — BRIAN0918 • 2005-10-25 05:45 Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Media, art and literatureRe Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Media, art and literature: When an editor admits he has been lying; it's not a breach of neutrality to describe his claims as false. When he threatens to report another editor to admins, it's not a breach of neutrality to report his actions as "There has also been a threat to an editor "to report you to the admins"." Please restore the text you have removed. Andy Mabbett 08:16, 26 October 2005 (UTC) AIDS conspiracy theoriesSigh. More of the same. By the way, could you please e-mail me, or give me an address where I could e-mail you? Jayjg (talk) 01:51, 27 October 2005 (UTC)
= 3RR Violation on DOM pageThanks for reverting the DOM page just now. I am trying to get Wiki-Facts banned for a 3RR violation right now, we'll see if it works. I can't revert that page for awhile or I myself could get one. Please keep an eye on it today. Thanks.. Davidpdx
Thank youThank you very much for your support on my Rfa. :) --a.n.o.n.y.m t 16:35, 27 October 2005 (UTC) Plame edit warriorIt may interest you to know that the same person you are having trouble with on the Plame affair has also purged CIA leak grand jury investigation. As I'm not up on the news, I don't feel I'm the best person to go toe-to-toe, but I know you have an interest at the other article. Do with this what you will. Take care, Jacqui ★ 13:40, 1 November 2005 (UTC) 2 things to say1. You're weird. 2. I must of just accedentley deleted it while delteting the citing sources and merge. Tcatron565 |