User talk:Ikanreed

first archive Febuary 13, 2007

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response from 21kev

I got the message - please do not remove warnings. The warning I removed was 7 months old. Are they supposed to stay on my page forever? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 21kev (talk • contribs)

response from 142.110.227.163

So the sandbox can be used like this right? link removed — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.110.227.163 (talk)

Armenian blogs page proposed for deletion

Hi, I have done changes and am still working on my page - the Armenian blogs to make it comply with the Wikipedia guidelines. I hope you that will change your mind about proposing the page for deletion. I'm ready to discuss any further changes - if you think they would be necessary. Sincerely Artur Papyan 23:39, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Abusing your adminship?

You defended an accusation of abusing your admin powers by stating that you unblocked a user when they agreed to set their user page to match your perspective on an edit war on it. While your other statements were valid, that particular course of action was totally inappropriate, especially considering you were warring over an undecided policy. In the future please try not to use your sysop abilities in disputes you personally are engaged in. i kan reed 07:21, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

You misunderstood. With that statement, I was not addressing the block's appropriateness. I was addressing the user's claim that my intention was to stop him from participating in a discussion. Again, I perceived (and continue to perceive) this incident as the reversion of disruptive guideline violations, not as a "content dispute." I would never block an editor with whom I believed I was involved in a content dispute. —David Levy 07:44, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: Surena

Dear Ikanreed - I was advised by Essjay to place the tag in the those pages, since I have changed my Username. ParthianShot 05:47, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Many thanks for kind assistance in deleting the pages. Regards ParthianShot 05:50, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

False 3RR warning

It's my Talk page, and I have the right to remove anything which is not a legitimate and necessary warning. Do not make warnings which are neither ungrounded in policy nor which you are capable of carrying out. Report me to WP:AN/3RR and see how far it gets you. --Calton | Talk 07:25, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Actually, Calton, you are incorrect - the warning was a legitimate and necessary warning brought on by your harassment and incivility towards this project. Mr. Ray Lopez 07:33, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Absolutely not the case Absolutely wrong. Again, I invite you go to WP:AN/3RR and find out, because I really don't have the time to go dig up the numerous references, and if you want to be educated, you'll have to do it on your own dime. --Calton | Talk 07:37, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Long quote, followed by a complete misreading. Clue 1: the quote is about article Talk pages, not user Talk pages Clue 2: "edit" =/= delete, on one's own User Talk page.

Presumptuous lectures: bad; presumptuous lectures based on a complete misreading of a subject: worse. Once again, I invite you go to WP:AN/3RR and be educated. --Calton | Talk 07:53, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

I Strongly suggest you review WP:CIVIL Calton. Mr. Ray Lopez 07:55, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Meddling

If I've offended you in any way, I'm sorry. This isn't about proving you wrong, getting you blocked, or anything of the sort. I have no intention of going to a noticeboard until I've fully attempted to resolve the issue by discussing the issue with the other editors involved.

You've persistently inserted yourself -- unasked -- on something you don't understand on behalf of one side, justifying it with policy you don't understand and citing parts of it you clearly haven't even read: why would I be offended?

Since policy seems to be an inappropriate path for discussion here...

A pretty good euphemism for "I was wrong, so let's not talk about this". You DO realize that your understanding of policy was, shall we say, deeply flawed, right?

Could you please tell me on my talk page, why it was necessary to revert Mr. Ray Lopez's edits to your talk page?

Immaterial, and really, none of your business, but easy enough to find out: go here and here. --Calton | Talk 08:11, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

I strongly suggest you refer to the Administrator's Noticeboard - Calton apparently has me confused with "Ruy Lopez" vice "Ray Lopez." Mr. Ray Lopez 08:21, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

The purpose of a Wikipedia talk page is to provide space for editors to discuss changes to its associated article or project page

Yes, MAINSPACE and WIKIPEDIASPACE, not USERSPACE. Did you bother to even skim the page? It's "article" this and "article" that all over it. Note the clause in your quote: "to its associated article or project page." Or are you suggesting that we were discussing edits to my user page?

It was quite close to being libelous to accuse me of having false motivations in this matter.

No, it's pointing out that you're so obviously wrong that making a deliberate attempt to avoid acknowledging it is the best explanation for your sudden change of subject when your error has been pointed out to you. If you're sincere in your misunderstanding, go to WP:AN/3RR and get educated.

Note: this is not intended as a legal threat, just a note that you went out of line in what you were accusing me of)

If you don't intend to imply legal threats, don't use the language of legal threats.

I did not "side" with anyone or anything.

Yes you did: you restored his edits to my Talk page on his behalf -- which I note that you just did AGAIN. You've left several messages on my Talk page and one (1) on his: VERY balanced of you.

Your links don't seem to tell me much of anything about why you reverted those particular edits.

So you didn't bother reading the first link, either. Pity. But your unwillingness to do your homework is not my problem. To repeat, none of your business. If you want to find out, go crazy, but I'm not going to waste any more time on this.

However informing users of policy regarding their actions still seems necessary to me.

Only if true. Pestering someone over a transparently wrong misreading of policy -- even after being corrected -- isn't. --Calton | Talk 08:48, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Neither of us are really interested in an argument...

...which is why you're continuing it, of course.

...but please drop the "I'm right, and you're wrong" attitude. Not everything is about "winning".'

Considering that I'm actually right and you're actually wrong -- objectively -- then your eagerness to move off a reality-based argument is understandable but unilateral on your part: this whole thing is complete -- and persistent -- misreading of policy and your willingness to pester someone over your complete misreading of polcy, so yeah, it's relevant. You kept holding it up as a justification, and now that I've corrected you, suddenly it's irrelevant. OF course.

...I would like to indicate that you are engaging in wikilawerying(essay not policy)...

Speaking of borderline libellous: no, I'm talking about long-standing practice and enforced policy. Since you refuse to educate yourself or test the courage of your convictions at 3RR violation reporting page -- as I've suggested three times now -- you need to read here, here, here, here, and here. The last should be a really big clue: Wikipedia does NOT have esclating templates for warning people over removing talk page warnings (as they do for spam, personal attacks, etc.) and in fact ones that were created this purpose were explicitly DELETED. Why do you think that is?

...and I merely request that you reconsider your course of actions towards this user "Mr Ray Lopez"

No, but then I don't have to: he's a self-winding watch who's been indefinitely blocked once already -- which you'd know about if you'd read User talk:Theresa knott as I pointed you to. His path over the cliff is pretty inevitable, and I won't have to push. --Calton | Talk 09:58, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

...Aaand, speak of the devil... --Calton | Talk 12:22, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Standard Templates vs Personalised Templates

I noticed that you advised Mr Ray Lopez to use standard templates instead of personalised ones for Carlton. This has been discussed a number of times on AN and AN/I - I'm sorry I can't find the diffs but they have dissappeared into the archives but a strong consensus appeared in both places that using standard templates on established users was agressive and inflamatory and that personalised warnings were always better in such cases. Regards --Spartaz 08:32, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Re: Explicitly stated in the comic

regarding your comment: Yes, I see your point and agree. I will delete the line altogether. Erk|Talk _{-- I like traffic lights --} 09:44, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Just a Note

I have noticed you are having considerable problems with User:Calton. If you would like, you may add some of his rude and incivil comments to the WP:RfC page up against him here. If more people voice their opinion and more people know, it is more likely that the powers-that-be will make Calton change his tune. If you wish to stay out of it, that is perfectly OK as well. Have a Good Weekend....SVRTVDude ^{(Yell - Toil)} 16:30, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

RFC

He treated me as an atagonist [sic] after I noted on his talk page that his reversions were inappropriate.

You WERE an antagonist through your enabling of a troll, my reversions were completely appropriate, and your "notes" were vexatious and flatly wrong.

He treated me as if I was out to get him.

No. I treated you as someone who aggressively failed to understand what was pointed out to him, and spent his time back-peddling furiously. I treated you as someone enabling a troll without the least understanding of what was going on.

I wanted to avoid administrative action in this area.

There was no admin action that would have taken place -- the troll you were enabling already "reported" me at WP:AN, and hey presto he got banned immediately. I even called your bluff and invited you -- 3 times -- to report me to WP:AN/3RR so you could find out for yourself, but I notice you avoided that, too. And the numerous links your inattention finally forced me to dig up seemed to have escaped you.

I would have prefered getting through to him by communicating what my concerns were.

There being nothing to get through WITH -- and you know it -- a fool's errand. And congratulations on signing up with another: your cosigners include one editor under suspension (though perhaps its expired now), another at ArbCom due to extreme Wikilawyering, and one whom I've nominated for a community ban (currently leaning toward yes, but not unambiguously). Not good company. --Calton | Talk 00:00, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm not replying on your talk page, as is my standard, because further communication will not accomplish anything. I endorsed the RfC and I'm moving on to deal with other editing concerns. I would again asser that some of the statements here are quite possibly libelous as the are ascribing motivations to me unreasonably. I went to the RfC because I was asked, and I have tried to the best of my abilities to communicate civily, and have nothing more than my already stated views on the matter to give. Your disagreement is totally noted. i kan reed 00:46, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

My Apologizes

I apologize for Calton taking his anger out on you with your signing of the RfC. If I knew he was going to react that way, I would not have told you the link. Hopefully though, us signing the RfC though, will do some good and all this yelling will not be for not. Again, my apologizes. - SVRTVDude ^{(Yell - Toil)} 00:57, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

respose to delete order

have made some changes hope they help

Hi

XGC has more sockpuppet accounts, such as I'm Michael. I believe his repeated vandalism towards the Dane, Wisconsin article in each account is good evidence of his sockpuppetry. I already reported him to WP:AIV. --Nevhood 21:15, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Hello again

Just want to let you know, it seems to me that the article on Patrick R. Westerkamp was written by Westerkamp himself, just check the history. I believe this violates the independence section of WP:Notability. --Nevhood 20:02, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Alright, I just did. What do you think? Should the article be deleted? --Nevhood 20:21, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Good plan. --Nevhood 20:33, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

RE: Your reversion of Order of the Stick

The editor vandalized a few pages that I was watching (See Moreno Valley, California), so I just checked his contributions and started reverting. Brien Clark 22:01, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Haley's alignment

Ooops. However, you're not totally correct either. What she actually says is "I'm Chaotic Good! Ish!" That's a little different from "Chaotic Good-ish", in my admittedly entirely pedantic interpretation. The latter, to me, would still leave a degree of doubt regarding her alignment, whereas what she actually says, to me, anyway, comes across as a definitive statement as to her alignment, followed by an acknowledgement that, due to her roguish nature, she may not exactly be the poster child for the Chaotic Good society. --Tailkinker 16:24, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Americanization

You might want to take a look at WP:OWN again sometime. There's no good reason to care either way what spelling the article uses. i kan reed 14:13, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, but check WP:MOS: it's not usually kosher to change an article's nationalisation. Erk|Talk _{-- I like traffic lights --} 23:14, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your third-opinion help with User talk:Requestion#Please reconsider. The response was what I expected. I'm going to wait a beat or two while saying nothing, give that editor every opportunity to reconsider, then take it to the next level, where your independent look should be helpful. Thanks. Noroton 16:29, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

moved from user: page

Hi , OK ,thanks for the advice I will add instead- to the Gordon Brown article that is Kennys 00:00, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

(put on user: page and moved here by Erk|Talk _{-- I like traffic lights --} 14:27, 26 March 2007 (UTC))

Speedy on Mismedia

I removed the {{db-nocontext}} link that I added since the page was updated and felt it fit no speedy category so I move it to a AfD 19:32, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for fixing the signature for me. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Helmsb (talk • contribs) 23:35, 26 March 2007 (UTC).

March 2007

Hello, Ikanreed! Thank you for reverting vandalism to Wikipedia, which you did in The Colbert Report. After you revert, I would recommend also warning the users whose edits you revert on their talk pages with an appropriate template or custom message. This will serve to direct new users towards the sandbox, educate them about Wikipedia, and a stern warning to a vandal may prevent him or her from vandalizing again. Thanks! -- Cielomobile ^{talk / contribs} 01:51, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I figured after posting this message that you probably knew to warn vandals. The template I posted here wasn't entirely appropriate. Just a suggestion, if you want an easy way to warn vandals and revert, you might consider getting WP:TWINKLE; it's a great tool. -- Cielomobile ^{talk / contribs} 02:06, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

united States Declaration of Indepedence

It is inappropriate to remove a tag on the top of the article, and then go and change the article against consensus and out of process, in contravention to the tag. The tag only directed to a discussion, it did not make any points itself. You did not use the discussion page to argue your opinion, you simply went ahead and changed it without any external citation or argument. In the future, please do not act unilaterally, or simply disregard sources when modifying articles. If you have something to add on this issue, use the discussion page. - MSTCrow 20:52, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

If comments to the editor should not be in viewable text, why are there tags for NPOV, accuracy, etc that are used either in article or in article section? How are they supposed to know to look in talk otherwise? - MSTCrow 23:30, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

The difference is that the tags you mention are essentially requests to do more editing. The comment you placed is a request not to edit, which only matters once an editor opens it up to edit. Wahkeenah 23:43, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

That guy MSTCrow has gone off the deep end with this "united States" nonsense. He's basically trying to impose his unique interpretation on the article. He's done 3 reverts today. Let's see if he tries for 4. Wahkeenah 00:04, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Bingo. And as a bonus, a lecture at me for "vandalism". Wahkeenah 00:06, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Objection noted, but discouraging editors from being bold inside an article isn't something I can support. I have no intention of edit warring over this point, but I strongly disagree. i kan reed 01:18, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

He got his way with 4 reverts in less than a day with no rebuke, which is all he cares about. He's not interested in your viewpoint or mine or anyone else's unless it agrees with his. Wahkeenah 01:29, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

I am now done watching that page. I can't help with it anymore. Wahkeenah 01:51, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Erfworld

Hoy. Regarding your reversion, the endearment comment should well be removed if it was only based on the character of Misty, but Parson is on good terms with whipping boys Bogroll and Sizemore. The statement's therefore true quite regardless of the next couple of strips.

As for the other removed edit, most of Tool's requirements - big, "eats marbits" - are obviously just dramatic irony or watchamacallit, but "plans wars for fun" is a fundamental plot point. That's where the summoning is fixed on a strategy gamer, and that's the source of Parson's abilities, not to mention his entire plot hook. --Kizor 21:29, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

I guess I wasn't clear. I have a tendency to not get the meaning I have across with the words I use. The reason I removed the "endearment" stuff is because 3-4 points of evidence does not represent a trend. It amounted to original research and assumptions about reasons for things. Of all things on wikipedia, I try to fight OR the hardest. Possibly too much, but that's a whole other matter. i kan reed 01:16, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

I am grateful for your efforts against OR and remove speculation on sight myself. But while we're talking theory (this is irrelevant to the issue of Erfworld, I admit it), it is possible and indeed not that uncommon to go overboard. My own principle is that there is no need to source the obvious. This would naturally be disastrous in wider use, but it's not in wider use, only a single person's case-by-case guideline. Too strict OR criteria and too zealous enforcement can damage our content, which is entirely counterproductive.
Take, for instance, the strategy game Bahamut Lagoon: at this very moment, an editor is forbidding all mention of the game's graphics being advanced. The game was released in 1996 for a system that was active circa 1990-1996; it's an uncontested fact that its graphics are advanced. Every person who's owned a SNES can attest to that. Yet we're kept from mentioning it, and that does the article nothing but harm.
Then there was the Pretty Face article: The series has a doctor who repeatedly tries to perform a nonconsensual sex change operation on the protagonist because of how cute he'd look. I got into a minor dispute with a person who thought that calling this doctor "eccentric," never mind "strange," would be an unacceptable intrusion of personal value systems.
Or, as I've just found out, the ongoing attempt to destroy spoiler warnings, therefore IMAO hamstringing our entire coverage of fiction, has seen people seriously claiming that calling anything - anything - a spoiler or not a spoiler is original research and must be removed.
We need to be firm, but it's clear enough that we also need a slight degree of flexibility, and that zero-tolerance works here about as well as it does in U.S. high schools. --Kizor 20:14, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

chris faller

I'm in a rush, but I've cleared the page. jimfbleak 20:48, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

List of locations in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

I saw your work in Smithy Gang. I need some help creating the section for Creatures and races. I'm asking you, because you’rea really good at adding material with relaible sources. Do you think you could help? Thanks in advance! Taric25 16:23, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

I am also a little busy to help right now. I also kind of gave up on that article, I couldn't reduce original research faster than it flooded in. I'll take a look, but I can't make any promises. i kan reed 01:37, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! Taric25 01:54, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

You blocked a user

You blocked User:Qomee for being a vandalism only account. While it was definitely true that all 2 of the user's edits were vandalism, the user had not yet been warned or otherwise notified of wikipedia's policies. Wouldn't a {{blatantvandal}} been a better action immediately? I know vandals get us all down and waste significant amounts of all our time, but banning straight out of the gate seems like it would discourage the rare repentant vandal from contributing meaningfully. I'm not asking you to unban this particular user, just... try not to bite the newbies quite so hard(even the vandals) i kan reed 03:05, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

(responding for him) See Wikipedia:Long_term_abuse#Genesis_vandal. Gscshoyru 03:08, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Your Master of Magic edits

Hi, thank you for editing the article. I feel the grammar quality has been brushed up. However I am puzzled by addition of the {{who}} tags in the lead. The statements questioned have been expounded in the Reception section, and I feel that should be enough since the lead is a summary of the article. Jappalang 00:16, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Recent Message

Thanks for your recent tips. I am new at this. It takes awhile to get up to speed on the do's and don'ts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Patrick Henry 1776 (talk • contribs) 06:03, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

sorry bout that,

please don't kick me out, i didn't know it was such a big deal, really, but i made 2 other changes i think , you'll most likely change em , so im really sorry, please i wont do it again, but wen you read the article bout MOVE, it is very biased, making these concerned humans look like savages. For instance, the article says, before i changed it, a quote from onthemove.com,under beliefs, under natural law, i quote from wikipedia, which quotes MOVE, "Man-made laws are not really laws," and then your accepted wikipedia editor attacks this as savage, because he doesn't include the rest of the statement, the whole stament is "Man-made laws are not really laws, because they don't apply equally to everyone and they contain exceptions and loopholes. Man-made laws are constantly being amended or repealed. Natural Law stays the same and always has." You can't tell me that my factual info on MOVE is more biased than the aggresive, ruthless Illuminati controlled authors controlling people's perspectives. so from one scholar to the other,please get back to me, i am very interested on your decision and your reasoning, thankyou. Revolutionary Larry, by the way, if a crackhead can be on wikipedia, can i make a definition for "Revolutionary Larry" who is me. I wish to be a well known figure and wish to start know, tell me whats up. peace. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Truthfullyreal (talk • contribs) 05:58, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

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CSD on Chicago slim

Thanks, but please notify the editor next time. Drmies (talk) 18:54, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

• [moved from my talk:] I couldn't find the templates to put on the editor's page. Where can I locate these? i kan reed (talk) 18:59, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
  • If you look at the template that "db-whatever" places on the page, at the very bottom it says, in small print, "Please consider placing the template:..." The line that follows, {{subst:nn-warn|Chicago slim|header=1}} ~~~~, you simply copy and paste onto the editor's talk page. If you use WP:TWINKLE or something like that, it does it automatically. Happy days! Drmies (talk) 19:20, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

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United States

If any of you who feel the death of bin laden not belong in this article would like to make a case more then you feel it’s not worded properly please feel free to explain -The lost library (talk) 16:24, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Use of the Seal of the USA

TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 33 > § 713

§ 713. Use of likenesses of the great seal of the United States, the seals of the President and Vice President, the seal of the United States Senate, the seal of the United States House of Representatives, and the seal of the United States Congress

(a) Whoever knowingly displays any printed or other likeness of the great seal of the United States, or of the seals of the President or the Vice President of the United States, or the seal of the United States Senate, or the seal of the United States House of Representatives, or the seal of the United States Congress, or any facsimile thereof, in, or in connection with, any advertisement, poster, circular, book, pamphlet, or other publication, public meeting, play, motion picture, telecast, or other production, or on any building, monument, or stationery, for the purpose of conveying, or in a manner reasonably calculated to convey, a false impression of sponsorship or approval by the Government of the United States or by any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

(b) Whoever, except as authorized under regulations promulgated by the President and published in the Federal Register, knowingly manufactures, reproduces, sells, or purchases for resale, either separately or appended to any article manufactured or sold, any likeness of the seals of the President or Vice President, or any substantial part thereof, except for manufacture or sale of the article for the official use of the Government of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

(c) Whoever, except as directed by the United States Senate, or the Secretary of the Senate on its behalf, knowingly uses, manufactures, reproduces, sells or purchases for resale, either separately or appended to any article manufactured or sold, any likeness of the seal of the United States Senate, or any substantial part thereof, except for manufacture or sale of the article for the official use of the Government of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

(d) Whoever, except as directed by the United States House of Representatives, or the Clerk of the House of Representatives on its behalf, knowingly uses, manufactures, reproduces, sells or purchases for resale, either separately or appended to any article manufactured or sold, any likeness of the seal of the United States House of Representatives, or any substantial part thereof, except for manufacture or sale of the article for the official use of the Government of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

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(f) A violation of the provisions of this section may be enjoined at the suit of the Attorney General,

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this information is why to your edit of my user page was incorect you will want to look a section A(also this information is from this website http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/usc_sec_18_00000713----000-.html) thank you and please do not edit my user page
-The lost library (talk) 18:55, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Well, I'm not a lawyer, and won't be persuing this. i kan reed (talk) 18:58, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

goodbye and thank you

Well i am done congrates becuse clearly, i have been bullied my mulltiply people on this website i have decied to stop editing or even using wikipedia. I though wikipedia was a place were most can get along and edit articals withou the consent battering my other user or at the very least admins that has proven to be imposable. The biggest offender among them would have to be User:Golbez. Now if i find out latter from any of my friends that action has been taken to rectifi this then i may return. Now on that note i do want to thank User:Ikanreed if there were admins out there like you i would not have had this problem. With all that out of the way i bid you all a farwell.

I'm fairly sure the users in questions had reasonable complaints about edit warring, which has to be avoided for article stability. I'm sorry you've decided that you can't edit wikipedia anymore, but that's your choice. i kan reed (talk) 16:29, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Hypocrisy

The difference is that a user talk page is not an article, and I didn't need the contents of a talk page copied onto my user talk. I can read the talk page. Removal is acknowledgment, and is a valid response to any statement on a user talk page. --Golbez (talk) 18:56, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

re

I indef banned him, then waffled on maybe if I should cut it to 48h for first offense, and not being able to immediately find the 'indef banned' template made me consider it even more, but then I went 'meh' and got on with it. :P --Golbez (talk) 13:57, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

hi

please change the pics its so old and out dated put some new pics — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrewnadar (talk • contribs) 14:59, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

k thank you but try to put some his new pics of mohombi tcz — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrewnadar (talk • contribs) 15:03, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

previously i posted pics its i taken from mohombi official site. and he is new star and if u should his pics and his new look so awsome — Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrewnadar (talk • contribs) 15:07, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

X-Com

Hi - I am pretty sure the 'All your base' information that I added to X-com page was accurate. Let me poke around and find a source so I can document it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Niado (talk • contribs) 18:23, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

Yeah, that's why I thought the timing was interesting. This must have appeared in some re-release that was distributed after the meme became popular. I'm going to investigate a little more for the sake of curiosity and I'll let you know what I find out. Definitely my bad for posting original research though; my apologies. I got a little too excited I guess. Niado (talk) 15:53, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Frederick W. True

I don't see any issues with your updates to this article. I updated the other reference information for this article since it had been using a single source. --Big_iron (talk) 21:50, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

ID Third Opinion

Just an FYI- simply putting the {{3O}} template on a page doesn't automatically generate a third opinion request; you have to go to WP:3 and add a request to the list. (I would normally give one, but I'm not exactly uninvolved in the dispute) Mildly Mad^T_C 17:06, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

Adam Soilleux

He has played a first-class match, which per WP:CRIN makes him notable. The university team he plays for, Loughborough MCC University, has first-class status against county opposition, playing three matches per season which hold that status. Sources from CricketArchive are also highly reliable sources. It is a statistical authority on cricket. AssociateAffiliate (talk) 14:29, 16 August 2011 (UTC)

Edit to Creation–evolution controversy

My edit did not state a fact but rather it removed a statement that was someone's opinion.

The whole controversy is that there is no proven evidence that evolution exists, it's purely a theory. Otherwise there would not be a debate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Strahan321 (talk • contribs) 16:33, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

(TPS comment) You seem to be confused about the definition of scientific theory. A theory is not an unproven guess, but an explanation of how something works. Unless you mean to suggest that the theory of gravity and the heliocentric theory are also unproven. That a debate exists does not mean there is no proven evidence of something. Despite evidence to the contrary, there was also a religious debate concerning a heliocentric cosmology, for example. If you feel that the information in the Creation–evolution controversy article is incorrect or needs to be changed, please feel free to discuss it on the article's talk page. - SudoGhost 18:01, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Please contribute to the Wikipedia process, not block it.

I don't believe your spamming me was constructive. There are hundreds of thousands of articles published on Wikipedia that showcase books, people, companies and more. I'm not entirely what more sources you need than the book and company website to define a book. If you're going to pose as an editor on Wikipedia, then please contribute to the discussion, provide instructive feedback and develop articles in a fashion that doesn't act as a roadblock, prohibitor or nuisance to the process. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarahcargill (talk • contribs) 20:05, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of 21st Century Cancer Access to Life-Saving Early detection, Research and Treatment (ALERT) Act

I have removed the prod tag you placed on 21st Century Cancer Access to Life-Saving Early detection, Research and Treatment (ALERT) Act, because the article was discussed at AfD and the discussion closed with no consensus, thereby making this article permanently ineligible for prod. Compliance with policy is the only reason I did this; I have no argument for or against deletion. If you wish to pursue deletion, please open another AfD. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 18:59, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

Anthony Romero photo

Hello Ikanreed. The ACLU owns the copyright to the photo. A similar (although not the same) photo of Mr. Romero taken by Richard Corman lives on our website, here: http://www.aclu.org/leader/anthony-d-romero. I have filled out a declaration of consent and emailed it to [email protected] and added the OTRS pending tag to the description box, per your suggestion. I hope this will suffice, and thank you for the advice!

rsd315 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rsd315 (talk • contribs) 20:11, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

Dyscalculia

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/dyscalculia-symptoms.html http://www.as.wvu.edu/~scidis/dyscalcula.html These are both articles supporting what I said. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RJR3333 (talk • contribs) 20:56, 26 August 2011 (UTC)

September 2011

Hello Ikanreed. You tagged "C lanzbom" for speedy deletion, but you did not notify the article's creator that it had been so tagged. There is strong consensus that the creators of articles tagged for speedy deletion should be warned and that the person placing the tag has that responsibility. All of the major speedy deletion templates contain a pre-formatted warning for this purpose—just copy and paste to the creator's talk page. Thank you. Cind.amuse (Cindy) 05:35, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Whoops, forgot again. i kan reed (talk) 13:31, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

"Mystic Quest" redirect

Hello. You set "Mystic Quest" to redirect to Final Fantasy Mystic Quest rather than Final Fantasy Adventure. I've reverted this in accordance with the (eventual) consensus in a discussion on the matter some time ago - see here. The main point is that the SNES game is not titled simply "Mystic Quest" in any part of the world, whereas the Gameboy game is (in Europe). Ou tis (talk) 16:31, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

inappropriate humor on talk page

this edit [1] is obviously not intended to be serious, and is disrupting a reasonable discussion of the topic. if you mean it to be serious, please remove the joking tone and make a credible suggestion; if you meant it as a joke, please remove it. thanks. --Ludwigs2 18:26, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

I was trying to make a point about how defining characteristics aren't the entirety of what makes a good introduction, as they are merely descriptive, not informative and that brevity without purpose is bad writing. I see no harm in presenting that argument in a flippant manner. i kan reed (talk) 20:28, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

easier to keep the conversation in one place.

So, your claim is that on a page with a long history of conflict, flippant, seemingly derogatory humor is non-problematic? well, I can't speak to that, except to note that it doesn't conform to any realistic assessment of human nature, but I'd ask you (nicely) to simply speak your mind rather than reach for sardonic commentary. you can make the same point just as easily without the humor, and the conversation will go more smoothly all around. could you do it for me, in the spirit of wp:AGF; pretty please? --Ludwigs2 21:14, 18 October 2011 (UTC)

Your sandbox

User:Ikanreed/sandbox and User:Ikanreed/sandbox2 redirected to each other, so we had a redirect loop. I've blanked sandbox to get rid of the redirect cycle (they were showing up at Special:DoubleRedirects), but if you have a good reason to keep them that way, feel free to revert me. Nyttend (talk) 12:59, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

Hey, no problem: barring bigtime policy violations, you can do whatever you want in your sandbox(es). I thought I'd discovered a mistake on your part, but because of your message, I've reverted myself. I didn't know that such a page existed until a little bit before I left you this message: someone posted about it at WP:AN, because there were a few such redirects that a bot was unable to fix, and unlike your pages, most of them were protected pages. Nyttend (talk) 23:14, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

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January 2012 Newsletter for WikiProject United States and supported projects

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Edit warring on another editor's talk page

Any editor may remove a warning notice from his or her talk page. Edit warring to restore such notices is expressly forbidden. KillerChihuahua^?!? 14:55, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Editors can delete warnings from their user talk

Hey Ikanreed. I notice you restored a warning I had left on Jinx69's page a while ago. Please consider a self-revert. Per WP:REMOVED editors are free to remove most warnings from their own talk page. Thank you, EdJohnston (talk) 14:55, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Comment on my page.

I havnt been to the 'evolution' page in a long time? Can you read dates? Stop posting garbage to my wall or i will start doing it to you. Jinx69 (talk) 15:25, 3 October 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jinx69 (talk • contribs)

Wikipedia Loves Libraries Seattle

Decemmber 8 - Wikipedia Loves Libraries Seattle - You're invited

Seattle Public Library

Date Saturday, December 8, 2012 Time 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Location Seattle Public Library Meeting Room 1 on Level 4, Central Library, 1000 4th Avenue, Seattle WA, 98104 Event An editathon on Seattle-related Wikipedia articles with Wikipedia tutorials and Librarian assistance on hand. Hashtag #wikiloveslib or #glamwiki. Registration http://wll-seattle.eventbrite.com or use on-wiki regsistration. Yours, Maximilianklein (talk) 03:33, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

Hand-coding

Hey all :).

I'm dropping you a note because you've been involved in dealing with feedback from the Article Feedback Tool. To get a better handle on the overall quality of comments now that the tool has become a more established part of the reader experience, we're undertaking a round of hand coding - basically, taking a sample of feedback and marking each piece as inappropriate, helpful, so on - and would like anyone interested in improving the tool to participate :).

You can code as many or as few pieces of feedback as you want: this page should explain how to use the system, and there is a demo here. Once you're comfortable with the task, just drop me an email at okeyeswikimedia.org and I'll set you up with an account :).

If you'd like to chat with us about the research, or want live tutoring on the software, there will be an office hours session on Monday 17 December at 23:00 UTC in #wikimedia-office ^connect. Hope to see some of you there! Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 23:34, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

Article Feedback deployment

Hey Ikanreed; I'm dropping you this note because you've used the article feedback tool in the last month or so. On Thursday and Friday the tool will be down for a major deployment; it should be up by Saturday, failing anything going wrong, and by Monday if something does :). Thanks, Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 21:43, 13 March 2013 (UTC)

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Sentence logic listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Sentence logic. Since you had some involvement with the Sentence logic redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Si Trew (talk) 13:19, 21 September 2016 (UTC)

Owen Astrachan nominated for deletion

Hi there. You questioned the notability of Owen Astrachan. I concur, so I've nominated the article for deletion. --Rhombus (talk) 17:18, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

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2019 US Banknote Contest

	US Banknote Contest
	November-December 2019
There are an estimated 30,000 different varieties of United States banknotes, yet only a fraction of these are represented on Wikimedia Commons in the form of 2D scans. Additionally, Colonial America, the Confederate States, the Republic of Texas, multiple states and territories, communities, and private companies have issued banknotes that are in the public domain today but are absent from Commons. In the months of November and December, WikiProject Numismatics will be running a cross-wiki upload-a-thon, the 2019 US Banknote Contest. The goal of the contest is to increase the number of US banknote images available to content creators on all Wikimedia projects. Participants will claim points for uploading and importing 2D scans of US banknotes, and at the end of the contest all will receive awards. Whether you want to claim the Gold Wiki or you just want to have fun, all are invited to participate. If you do not want to receive invitations to future US Banknote Contests, follow the instructions here

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Project North Carolina

Hello Fellow North Carolina user,

I have reorganized and updated the content for the Wikipedia:WikiProject North Carolina. I hope it is useful to improving collaboration.

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