I'd like to suggest that you try using a spellchecker before you make further edits. You're adding good information, but with some serious spelling mistakes. Please don't take this as an insult. DS 13:15, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Oh, and it's spelled "distinction". No harm done, I've fixed the article already. DS 13:11, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
Please stop removing relevant and cited information within the article. And AA and the law is highly relevant and well supported. The AA article is not your personal property. Thank you. Mr Christopher 14:13, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
Mr Christopher, ok. I owe you a appology in both the way I have addressed you on the discussion page and in the error of my personal perseption of you. Your latest post on the AA talk page made me realize that not only have I "owned" the information on the AA Page(contrary to what I stated and really belived) but I have not been behaving well at all when it comes to my interactions with you. I really believe (in error) that there are two ways to see things, my way and people who havnt had my way explained to them properly. I will endevor to keep an open mind on things that I edit, and I really do apriciate the way you helped me out with the edits(you already know spelling is a major hinerance of mine, is there a wicki spell checker?). I look forward to working with you, and hope you consider me an ally.Coffeepusher 00:38, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
The information about the remains being found at Ekaterinburg this past summer was already in that article at much greater length. You apparently didn't read the whole thing. The information you added was not needed. The remains have not yet been positively identified, though it looks likely it is Alexei and Anastasia. --Bookworm857158367 (talk) 05:53, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
thank you for helping me out with that message earlier this morning. I didn't really know what to do, as you pointed out I am relitivly new at this, but I do want to take an active role in Wikipedia. That beeing said, I believe we are on the same page and hope that we are working together. I would appriciate any help you can give me in navigating the role of a Wiki editor. Coffeepusher (talk) 20:13, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
I think I will take you up on your offer to help. I am about to engage in some major rewrites on the Exorcism page in an attempt to make it a worthwile article. the discussion section isn't very active, however I can see that several editiors have been making minor changes fairly activly. Demon possesion and Exorcism are hobbies of mine (strange I know) and I have the resorces to do this project. The question is...what can you tell me that may make this a good experience. I am up to date (I think) on the guidelines, however I know that there are things that are about to happen that I have not forseen. any advise will be appriciated.Coffeepusher (talk) 21:38, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your note. Please let me know if you hear back from them, I'd be interested to discover what their attitude is but "we'll look into it" is probably going to be a standard response. Regards. --Rodhullandemu (please reply here - contribs) 21:17, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Cheers for your comments on my submissions. Appreciated. I guess we have a long slog ahead, but I hope that you can see that I haven't added in anything outrageous and have put the books in on grounds of notability as a fringe theory. Clearly others disagree, so I guess we will have to make slow progress, but thanks for your comments. See you on the AA talk page. Step13thirteen (talk) 17:19, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
I have a problem that I was hoping you could help me out with. I seem to have gotten into MrAlberts bad graces on the Bill W. page because I questioned the validity of his adding of "other woman" to the page...and then I took it off because of a lack of responce. currently he is going to report me for vandalism (which won't stick, so I am not worried about it) but I need to know how to resolve the situation. I know you have delt with him in the past...and that you have experience with this thing.Coffeepusher 22:17, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for being a voice of reason in that whole ordeal. -- Craigtalbert (talk) 04:36, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
This is just a thank you for putting your two cents in on the "see Sharp Press" contriversy. too often people shy away from the RfC because the debate has hit the "uncontrolably hostile" catagory (I will admit to loging on to wikipedia about every hr. during that one just to see who had screamed next...poor behavior, but I am human)
Your comment actually cooled things down a bit, it was pointed out by one of the members and we where able to simmer down and get on with it. so Thank You for your contribution.Coffeepusher (talk) 16:58, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your follow-up on my RfC comment [2]. I'm so glad that my comment was able to help. It was really nice of you to take the time to let me know how things worked out! Seriously, it made my day.
As for bell hooks, what a woman! Phyesalis (talk) 17:50, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Welcome to Wkipedia. I liked the section you added to Dune. However, if you have a source for the information that would make your addition much better. sections that arn't sourced have a tendancy to be delieted, and I want that story to stay. if you need any help let me know, I look forward to your future editsCoffeepusher (talk) 19:57, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
Is this credible enough? cheers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jim Sniper (talk • contribs) 18:26, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Howdy! Well I looked at your source, and it gives the source as an interview given in germany. I can't seem to find the actuall transcript of the interview (which would be ideal), but I am not into music that much, so you may have better luck (know the places to find transcripts). currently if you write it like..."in an interview at (such and such) (this random famous guy whos name excapes me) said the basis for the song..." and then cite the source at the end (using the referance tabs), it will have a much better chance of standing up. like TAnthony said, some people think it isn't notable enough for this article, so you may have to discuss it on the discussion board. Thank you for the followup, I look forward to seeing your future edits.Coffeepusher (talk) 19:17, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Howdy! Thanks for your insight with the Bill W. page. Sometimes the discussion can get heated, and it is nice to get a fresh perspective. I hope you decide to continue with the work on that page, since your edits have been really good and your insight on point (although it dosn't neccisarily mean I agree with your opinion, its good to have someone who has earned your respect disagree with you)...if you want another fun page, try checking out the Alcoholics Anonymous page...thats another one where personalities come out in full force.Coffeepusher (talk) 16:41, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Feel like working with me to bring a couple South Park articles up in quality status? Perhaps to WP:GA, and beyond? Cirt (talk) 21:04, 14 December 2007 (UTC).
Hi. Re "This user tries to do the right thing. If he makes a mistake, please let him know." I would say that robotically reverting another's good-faith edits en masse is a mistake. That is what talk pages are for. Please consider WP:0RR. --JustaHulk (talk) 21:12, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
I support your comments on Talk:I_Am_Legend_(film)#The_trap. Nice one! SilkTork *SilkyTalk 12:57, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I believe you misunderstood my edit to Woodland Critter Christmas, which you reverted. My goal was to remove original research, not add to it. The article now and before my edits asserted that the "episode contains a continuity error." This factual assertion is unprovable, unless the creators themselves were to speak on the subject (which I don't think they ever have). The article also offered up the bold claim of a "mistake" by the narrator Cartman, again the sort of assertion that could only be proven true or false with verification by the creators. I removed those assertions and reworded it to something more neutral, saying that it could either be a mistake or it could be intentional (which, correct me if I'm wrong covers the entire universe of possibilities). My codicil explanation about the undead is a straight reading from the script, but if you think that counts as OR, you could easily remove that phrase and leave the rest of my explanation intact. I'd be fine with that. Finally, if you think that any discussion of continuity errors is always OR (an argument that I can sympathize with; even if you cite a "source" like a TV critic, the source still is asserting an opinion), then the proper thing to do would be to delete the entire paragraph. I'd be fine with that, too. As it is, though, a full reversion of my edit increases the amount of OR on my page, and so I have re-reverted it until I hear further from you. --M@rēino 15:05, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
Please stop inserting material until you take a look at the insertions I've already done as part of a general clean-up of the article I've been doing for the last couple of hours -- you're duplicating effort. Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) (talk/cont) 17:54, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
"Your edits are not that good"...I understand you deleted that one, but I did see it and it hurt. I hope you understand that I am really trying to work with you here...but statements like that one make it difficult to believe you want anything but to beat me into submission. I did make the mistake of not checking what your edits where before I started, and I appologise for that. Now, according to the discussion page you intended for the section to stand which was why I started editing. What is it you intend to do? Coffeepusher (talk) 18:08, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Look, I apologize for hurting your feelings -- I thought better about it, which is why I went back and changed the comment. My intention is to insert into the article, or as footnotes, material which can be readily inserted without disruption to the flow of the writing, and to leave the rest of the material where it is. I do not find list of miscellaenous facts objectionable. I understand they have the potential to grow like Topsy, but that simply means they have to be kept under control, just like any other aspect of an article. I'm continuing to look at the material and see where it can fit in, but I believe I'm nearing a stopping point. Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) (talk/cont) 18:14, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
An electronic medium is a poor way of communication, and it has a tendency to amplify...well everything. I know you didn't intend that the way it sounded, especialy judgeing from your last post. once you are done, please post on the discussion page what direction you think the article can go. I look forward to your edits. Coffeepusher (talk) 18:23, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
I've responded to your concerns on the RfC on Kyle Field. I would appreciate any additional feedback. — BQZip01 — talk 06:42, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
My undo was because you modified a cited reference with information not contained within that reference. I like your other additions, what is the citation for the block quote you gave?Coffeepusher (talk) 19:46, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
Wow! thanks for showing up, it was getting lonely on that page. This is just a note to let you know I revamped the private sphere section as par you advice, and I was wondering what you thought? Coffeepusher (talk) 21:05, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
I am really sorry if you interpreted my comments toward you as sarcastic. That defiantly was not my intention, and I assure you that there was no hostility directed toward you. my only goal was to clean up the page, and you reverted without any explanation on the talk page, so I did my best to post on the talk page how I understood the situation, and my reasons for reverting back. if anything was considered sarcastic...well that just shows the fallacies of an electronic medium...it forces the reader to make too many assumptions about what the message said (it suddenly occurs to me i did write "that is what a talk page is for"...and I would probably have taken that as biting sarcasm rather than humor that we are talking about cleaning up a talk page...please understand I didn't think that one through). I want to work together, and I appreciate you explaining your actions. I agree that posts should be deleted immediately if not constructive...and I understand why it is probably a bad idea to do it later. I am also unfamiliar with the how an when of an non-automated archive system, if you could just give me some pointers on that I would appreciate it. I hope this clears up any misunderstanding. Coffeepusher (talk) 05:26, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
It has been at least a week, and you are still working hard. Thank you for your dillagence.Coffeepusher (talk) 20:18, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. Cirt (talk) 20:20, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
Hey. I thought of you just now. What do you think of this cover (the guitar playing is a bit weak but otherwise). --JustaHulk (talk) 03:06, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Congrats! You can put this on your userpage. --JustaHulk (talk) 03:20, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the correction. In re reading my addition it did appear misleading as to the source. I have redone the sentance, and believe it accuratly demonstrates what was said in the interview.Coffeepusher (talk) 20:38, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
I find it insulting that someone who couldn't out-spell a first grader feels that they have the authority to dictate who gets to be listed as a famous ufologist. I'm a doctor for Christ's sake! What are you? Some hack editor with a god complex? Get over yourself and stop sticking your greasy little fingers where they don't belong! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.61.99.47 (talk) 08:59, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Hello. Recently you removed two names that I added to the List of Ufologists, Dan Akroyd & David Sereda. Both are UFOlogists. Why were they removed from that list? Nhl4hamilton (talk) 07:54, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Hay, thank you for adding all those citations and improving the article significantly.Coffeepusher (talk) 07:29, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
I added the text you asked for on the talk page. personaly I believe it would realy help drive home the point that what makes a cult a "Cult" is hard to interperate, however I will leave it up to you on what infromation to add, and how to add the information.Coffeepusher (talk) 22:06, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
I also recently edited the Alcoholics Anonymous site and received a welcome message from you indicating that my content was not neutral. My contribution was an assignment for an e-communities course where we were assigned readings on how to cite on Wikipedia properly. I am confused by your choice to undo the edit. I have worked in the addiction research field for over seven years and have a significant amount of expertise about AA. For the purposes of the class, we were asked to follow up when our entries were undone. Could you provide more clarification on your definition of "neutrality". Thank you for the welcome and thanks in advance for your insight.Lmclaug (talk) 19:27, 13 February 2008 (UTC)lmclaug
we have sources that talk about AA and court mandated attendance, suddenly we add another source that dosn't directly mention mandated attendance but does attempt to discredit the first source, now what we have is a section that uses WP:SYNTH in order to foward an argument.
Hay, this is to let you know that I reincerted your statement onto the anonymous (group) Talk page. usually we don't delete comments from talk pages (except in the case of vandalism or outright abserdaty like the "is bin ladan a scientologists?" comment that was removed yesterday from the scientology page...no he is a muslem...duh!) I appreciate the fact that you only removed your own comment, which shows great understanding on what the effects of removing anothers comment may be. Unfortunatly it caused the entire section afterwards to be incoherant...having no basis on which to found it on. If you would like to "delete" your comment, or otherwise show everyone that you want to change some sections of it, feel free to strike the comment with a line through. I am actually unfamiliar on how to do this...since I havn't ever done it, however it is in the "how to edit" section above and I have seen many comments that have encorperated this tactic. again, I appologise for undoing your edit...I hope you appreciate why I did it and understand that I really want you to feel welcomed at wikipedia...(especially after that very vvveeerrryy civil comment left on a vandals talk page...I laughed a lot, and it shows a good understanding of how to do things here on wikipedia)Coffeepusher (talk) 20:34, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
hay, I found the article and you sudjested that the bottom section should be deleted. However it appears that you didn't delete it. I came to the same conclusion that you did in reading the article, and was going to go ahead but I thought it would be prudent to ask you why you didn't delete it just in case there was somthing worth wile that changed your mind (or you did and got met with great edit wars). Coffeepusher (talk) 06:18, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
Will, I saw that you placed a level 3 warning on a IP talk page...although he did have a level 2 already, it was for obvious vanalism...I know, I placed it, I am questioning the placement of a level 3 for somthing that appears to be a good faith newbee edit (although pov definatly). what I am trying to say is it looks like you WP:BITE him.Coffeepusher (talk) 20:47, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, The Scientology Handbook, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Scientology Handbook. Thank you. Coffeepusher (talk) 00:20, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
Regarding this edit, he seems to have been saying he scrambled his password to try to enforce a wikibreak. Please advise: is there some way to tone down and normalize this situation? DurovaCharge! 21:45, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
(outdent) Well this goes back nearly a year. I make no claim to expertise about Scientology, other than to say they're a newish religion with an image problem, but I do know a lot about conflict of interest issues as they relate to Wikipedia. I saw some very short-sighted activity by pro-Scientology editors that was placing them at risk for a serious PR backlash. I tried to communicate this to them in a number of different ways, and wound up taking the matter to arbitration. The case went very slowly and before it ended the WikiScanner came out...and along with it exactly the type of headlines I had feared would happen. Unfortunately, he and the other Scientologist (or pro-Scientologist) editors seem to have perceived only that I was some jerk who was telling them no. With a situation as polarized as that I can understand how that kind of trench warfare perspective sets in. I just wish I could break through it, and apparently I can't. Real world disputes that leak onto Wikipedia are very hard to address. DurovaCharge! 00:16, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
You know, I had this long elegant reply, but I realized that the only one who would get something out of it was me. I will say that based on your experience, I don’t think I am going to enlighten you…however I will try and give you my interpretation of a solution. If you are trying to break through to Hulk…well all I can say is play by the rules (you do, that just happens to be my only advise). Editors who have an agenda usually at least respect rules (if not try and find many many loopholes) because if they don’t they will get booted and the agenda is lost. If he has picked you as an opponent…well based on his debate style I would say let him know that this isn’t about him or his or your agenda…its about the rules. In this tactic it restricts the conversation to a tangible ruling body of order that is accessible to all. And don’t get caught up in the defensive dialectic. This will allow them to steer the debate away from the topic at hand.
As for how to break through the trenches…I don’t think I do that too well. Using the tactic described above I have kept a fairly NPOV in my writing. I rely heavily on consensus in talk pages to keep from getting into a one on one debate (in hulks case we brought 3 discussions to talk pages and agreed not to touch the edits…come to think of it, he “won” 2 of those…nutz). These are things I learned on the AA page…after messing up a lot, and they tend to work for me.
although this is my experience, I would like to hear your response. It would give me the opportunity to become a better editor.Coffeepusher (talk) 01:05, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
I saw that you started editing again, and wanted to say "Hay". Your insight has been missed on the AA page. Coffeepusher (talk) 23:07, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
Hey, thanks! Good to be back. -- Scarpy (talk) 03:55, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
I am not sure if this is how I am suppose to talk to you, but I hope you read this. I am new here in wikipedia, and so far I am extremely confused and sad. Just seconds after posting the JACOS page, they are trying to delete it!!! I really dont understand some of the reasons because it is in wikipedia jergon and even if I try to fix it I am still not used to the controls or which button should I use to fix. If somebody could help me or at least let me know what do I have to fix and show me how, then please do, but dont delete my article, it is my very first one. Thank you very much. email me at [email protected] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leapeiron (talk • contribs) 21:36, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
(discussion with Pragmatismo (talk)
Would you be able to elaberate on each of the articles you mentioned in the public sphere article. Right now it reads like a literature review (a good one I may add), and would greatly improve the article if you could elaberate on how each work discussed, changed, viewed, structured, added to the theory of the public sphere. Coffeepusher (talk) 23:02, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
ok - what are the comments you found about me? Can you tell? Thanks for your help, I'm a newbie here, but not with computers ;) Can you suggest a better format for the bio if it shouldn't read like a resume (I thought facts are good) should I write a little about each project as a timeline? the Hitochi Princess (talk) 19:48, 12 March 2008 (UTC)ShamanDhia
Thanks for contacting me. I found 3 sources from your art school where students spacificly mentioned you as an insparation, it was found during a copernic search.
I am not shure if I am going to have the answers you are looking for, but I will do my best based on my point of view. First off, the biggest problem is the question of Notablility, I believe the qualifications for notability are found in WP:BLP, but a good rule of thumb is "extensive coverage in secondary sources" using WP:RS. Please note that self published and press relieces don't count for reliable sources. Now you have named a few sources in the AFD (article for deletion page), I would say encorperate them into the article itself. I believe you recieved a welcome template when you signed up (if you didn't I will get you one), if you havn't read through it take a look it gives great suggestions on how to format an article and put in citations. I personaly prefer non-timeline/non-bullet point writing because it gives a list of disjoined information which dosn't read well...but that is just a preferance, you will find those formats in articles on Wikipedia all the time. use what you are most comfortable with, and what reads best. For reformating I would suggest that you understand you are trying to tell a narritive of events, not a collection of facts. Facts are neccisary, however the "why should I be interested" question always is in the back of my mind when looking at articles (think human interest...if I am not interested I am much more inclined to think it isn't notable). You have been thrown into a malstrom early in your wiki carreer. AFD's are always confusing and chaotic, and involve a lot of wiki rhetoric and quoting of rules. Right now, it dosn't look good for your article from my perspective...and I am not shure what you can do to save it. What truly pains me, is that you are a good editor and you have the kind of instincts and tone that we need on wikipedia. Most people I have seen in your position bite at the nomination (which dosn't help their case at all), but you truly looked for help which I admire. Given the revisionist tradition in Rhetoric (great speeches are often rewriten in light of events that occured after the speech)(cisaro's speech to Cataline is a perfict example) please imagine that I gave a effective persuasive heartfelt appeal for you to continue editing after all this is said and done. The article is about you, but the AFD is about the article, not you. I hope this helped, feel free to contact me with further questions. Coffeepusher (talk) 20:20, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
I tried to put in this citation, but it comes in as text... Licata, Elizabeth (March 18), Watch Out for a Computer That Talks Back, Buffalo, NY: The Buffalo News, pp. B9 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |date= and |year= / |date= mismatch (help) the Hitochi Princess (talk) 21:22, 13 March 2008 (UTC)ShamanDhia
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Check the page - I just dont get it. Can you edit one reference correctly for me? I'll do the rest on my page. Thanks 161.38.223.246 (talk) 21:56, 13 March 2008 (UTC)ShamanDhia
Ok - I did what you did, but the "anchors" aren't working - shouldn't the page jump to the footnote or reference? Check my edits, please... and thanks so much for your time. Some of the editors are mean - plus in the habit of re-stating rules and skimming content. Your dyslx makes you more attentive in the way that you need to read everything to proceed - they're just skimming - either because their new or because their trying to do a lot of edits to get their points or ratings or whatever. Thanks for your attention - I'm doing ok with this, but honestly, if I wasn't writing about the stuff I know (me and my work) I could never interpret the copyright info or the editing - or anything. This has been a very helpful process for me - I know it takes time for you, and I appreciate that. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.38.223.246 (talk) 23:33, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
There seems to be an inconsistency with the _note tags (top little #'s) and the _ref tags. (under references) it says in the code example.com|1| ... I'll wait on it, thanks. endnote vs. end_ref ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by ShamanDhia (talk • contribs) 00:40, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
New ppl from visual arts are looking now - can you read my page again - I looked at the bio stuff and tried to write about the projects like you suggested...now more formatting and citations are necessary. Thanks 24.188.143.21 (talk) 19:06, 15 March 2008 (UTC)ShamanDhia
Thanks for your comment on my talk page - I tried my best, but not my hardest! My portrait picture is on my userpage, but the GOLEM image was deleted by someone. Why is one accepted on my portrait page, and one deleted... can I have a self-published picture on my userpage? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.38.223.246 (talk) 16:18, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
I have contact with a newcomer who has questions about image rules. she had a image that she holds the copyright to that got deleted and whants to know why. I have no idea about image rules (it really dosn't interest me to tell the truth) however I know you have been on for a while, and have experience in this area. her question is here [3], she has just goten her first article deleted, and has goten a crash cource in wikipedia policies in the prossess (to tell the context of our conversation). her name is the Hitochi Princess (talk) I hope that you are able to help her, she seems like a great new user who would be able to contribute to the project. Coffeepusher (talk) 23:52, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
Without a link to the image, I'm lost :/ Will (talk) 00:01, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
(this discussion refers to actions taken in order to stop 71.11.126.200 from adding this edit [4].)
(note that Stifle (talk) failed to give 71.11.126.200 the same warning, untill he read this comment on my page (over an hr. later, check the time stamp "20:44, 27 March 2008 (UTC)" and compare it to my time stamp)...I have my opinions and am a little upset by the whole situation.)
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on Alcoholics Anonymous. 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. Stifle (talk) 19:39, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
(cut from Scarpy (talk) page)
Your current 3RR report looks malformed. It looks like the editor in question only changed the article once, then reverted twice. So first of all, this is only 2 reverts, not 4, which would be breaking WP:3RR. Second, the diffs you have given aren't all the diffs by the editor in question, at least one is you reverting the other editor. Might want to clean that up, or withdraw it. Gwynand (talk) 19:12, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
::: I think your most recent comment on my talk page was not meant for me. I never templated anyone, nor warned you or Cofeepusher for 3RR. Would you mind removing it (I'm assuming it was intended for the admin you were dealing with in this case). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gwynand (talk • contribs) 23:27, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
(in relation to this comment [5].)
(conversation origionaly posted on PhGustaf (talk)'s page)
Now now, I thought I covered it up better than that?!?Coffeepusher (talk) 21:04, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I notice from the Cult article that you have read the Alexander and Rollins study of AA as a cult. Can you tell me if the entry in the article Alcoholics Anonymous accurate to that study? It reads:
'Alexander and Rollins measured AA against criteria developed by Robert Jay Lifton, in his work on Thought Reform and concluded “AA uses all the methods of brain washing, which are also the methods employed by cults,” “It is our contention that AA is a cult."'
Particularly did they conclude the line: “It is our contention that AA is a cult.“
Let me know, if it doesn't match, we can change it.
Thanks very much. - Mr Miles (talk) Mr Miles 15:06, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
Thank you very much Coffeepusher, that's great, I'm going to propose reinserting it. Mr Miles 16:38, 29 March 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr Miles (talk • contribs)
please stop reverting well thought out and good faith edits (explaned on talk page) on alcoholics anonymous page. there are other wikipedia editors who should be given chance to write article. you spend to much time there and are almost vandalising by your edits. -SandymcT (talk) 09:04, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi Coffeepusher, do you have any comments on the sandbox edit? Thanks. Mr Miles 22:20, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
Hi there, when someone adds a tag to a page suggesting improvements, please don't just blindly revert, if you believe that tags aren't needed, please discuss this with the users in question and/or on the article talk page, try to gather consensus that those tags aren't necessary. If they are, please do leave them on the article and work with those with concerns to improve the article, if more people spent time improving articles instead of reverting each other, we could have articles that are considerably higher quality. Thanks for your time. (The diff in question [6] ) Nick (talk) 17:20, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
Cirt, I understand your comment on the Scientology Controversy was addressed to both me and Will. You stated the discussion to this point was pointy. I wouldn't mind if you could elaberate on that (on my talk page). I didn't "think" I was beeing pointy, however obviously I was...and hearing how you personaly read the discussion would give me some insight into my own behavior (and improve my editing practices). for obvious reasons I am in the middle of it, so I can't see it as a whole. Coffeepusher (talk) 21:00, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
To clarify, no, the discussion is not pointy, though it is getting pointless. What is pointy is the placement of (11) count 'em, eleven tags at the top of an article, particularly after the article failed a WP:AfD. However I have neither the time nor the inclination to delve to deeply into that particular article at this point in time - but I left the note on the talk page because I noticed that the discussion was not constructive (and neither is the tag usage). 3 tags are plenty for that article, to alert other editors that it could use some attention/work. Cirt (talk) 21:11, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
thank you for the rewrite of the sexual section of cult. unfortunatly as it stands I don't think it belongs in this section. the Church of scientology didn't start untill the publication of Dianetics...which was in 1950, while the plural marrage that you referanced was in 1946. So although he was technacly a paligamist for a year, he wasn't "using his position of power for sexual gratification" as the intro of the section talks about. I am not against the addition of L ron into this section, if a source can be found (There are many rumors about "sex with kids" later in his life...I just havn't found any sources). I personaly think it should be deleted as it stands, what is your opinion?Coffeepusher (talk) 14:35, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
I understand the criteria for external sources. However you may want to reconsider your support for orange papers. I understand that any site that clasifies another group as a cult is contriversial and apt to fail the criteria for reliable sources, and that the inclusion of these voices can be helpfull to the article. But Orange Papers blatently misrepresents studies to push his point of view, and for that reason falls into the...second criteria I think...for links that should not be included. You can also check the Alcoholics Anonymous talk archives #6, where there is a large discussion over inclusion of articles. The "Orange" sub note and some of the discussion that preceded it offers some insight into what happens when you cross check his conclusions to the origional studies. The Cult article is contriversial enough, I think that if we include this link it will damage the credibility of the article itself, especialy when there are reliable sources that are critical of AA that are available.Coffeepusher (talk) 19:07, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
This is an explination for my recent edit. I went through the history of those vandals you where fighting, and came to the conslusion that some may have slipped through. so I found the page that was prior to all that crap and switched it back, only to find that you did a great job (and only one thing was different). long story short, my edit was useless after all, and kutos on your vandal fighting.Coffeepusher (talk) 14:25, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Cirt, I am asking you and another editor to look at a project I am working on, and tell me if it makes sence so far.
I have been editing the Public Sphere for a little while now, and it is heading into a direction that I am happy with, I am about half way through with what I want to do. My problem is that it is a highly specialised page, and that I seem to be the only one editing it (outside of typo correction). It reads well for me, but then again I know the topic matter.
I was wondering if you would be able to look at what I have so far (through the Counterpublic section) and tell me if it makes sence. I am looking for someone who has no experience with public sphere theory, because if the page sounds like gobily gook to them...its a poorly writen page. if you have the time, look it over and tell me what makes sence, and what questions you have about public sphere theory. this would greatly help me in my future edits to the page. Coffeepusher (talk) 19:56, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
This article used to be a trainwreck and I have been trying to rewrite it to cover all academic approaches to "culture". The section on "cultural studies" is weak, and one topic that perhaps could be better explored is the idea of "critical theory" as an important theme of or infuence on cultural studies' approaches to "culture." Could you look at the section and see how you could develop it? Thanks Slrubenstein | Talk 15:50, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
Have you had any chance to improve the section on cultural studies, in the Culture article? I thought you had good ideas! Slrubenstein | Talk 00:31, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
thanks for the welcome message. but aint you scientologists been banned from Wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cowardwithabeard (talk • contribs) 20:53, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Coffeepusher. You have previously expressed interest in editing the article Cult. Efforts are being made to round up as many interested editors to colaborate towards making the article more neutral and more reflective of the academic viewpoint. Your assistance would be valued.·Maunus·ƛ· 14:43, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Coffeepusher. In response to your suggestions I've made some changes to the SmartAction page. Please let me know if you have further suggestions. Thanks! R001605 (talk) 09:00, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Hi Coffeepusher. Thank you very much for your vote of confidence regarding my contributions over at SmartAction. After my initial (perhaps naively idealistic) excitement about becoming a Wikipedian, I was starting to get a little discouraged by the feedback, but I'm learning as fast as I can, and your feedback has helped me a lot. If there's any way I can help you at any point, certainly let me know. I'm planning to make further contributions in other areas of Wikipedia soon. An article on "proprietary communities" is next on my list. Thanks again, R001605 (talk) 04:51, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
Your encouragement means a lot to me. I love the Fight Club quote! Thanks again, R001605 (talk) 21:40, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
I notice the SmartAction article is still marked as "spam", even though it has been completely rewritten and no editors have subsequently considered it to be spam. How does the "spam" tag get removed? Can anyone (including me) remove it, or does it require a process? Thanks for your help! R001605 (talk) 18:59, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
Coffeepusher, I want to thank you for your encouragement at a crucial point when I was about ready to give up on Wikipedia. In the meantime, my first article (SmartAction) was approved, and I've been working on further articles and edits. After the frustrating learning curve in the beginning, I'm now enjoying contributing to Wikipedia. Thanks again for your thoughtfulness! All the best, R001605 (talk) 05:22, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
Hello. You recently, without discussion, reverted out some edits I made to some articles.
With regard to Dr. Carl Jung's 1961 to Bill Wilson about Rowland Hazard III, the website you replaced my footnote with, namely sober.org does not show the letter as it was originally. The site has some opinions and its scholarly academic or journalistic credentialing is unknown. The website I used is a respected public radio program documentary which has a computer photo image of the original letter from Dr. Jung including corrections and additions in his own handwriting.
Please advise. Thanks. --- (Bob) Wikiklrsc (talk) 22:03, 29 August 2009 (UTC)
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Hello Coffeepusher. I have a question unrelated to our Foucault discussion. I noticed that the page on Derrida has no lead. I want to try to craft a lead from the information there. Would you be able to critique and edit it? I'm not confident that I know how to properly present a lead for Wikipedia, and I notice that the discussion on the relevant talk page has been dry for some time. Thanks. --TheSoundAndTheFury (talk) 16:36, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
Got it. Could be some time; will communicate. --TheSoundAndTheFury (talk) 16:41, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
Interesting you mention exorcism on your userpage, too. Particularly non-Christian kinds. Bizarrely enough, I have a book which deals with that right here. I will be interested in contributing to that topic. --TheSoundAndTheFury (talk) 15:09, 28 February 2010 (UTC)
I am not sure what you meant by this edit. Notability for AfD purposes and reliability are two separate things. The Weekly World News is a notable publication, but that doesn't make it reliable. On the other hand, there could be other sources which are reliable, but not notable. My comments at WP:RS/N were devoted to the reliability issue as is appropriate on that page. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 20:17, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
Hello, do you think it would be acceptable to change the article from the former to the latter? I have left a note about it on that talk page:[7] No one responded. I have asked you and clsoat for ideas. Check Google for how often the terms are used: it seems clear that "poststructuralism" has greater currency. --TheSoundAndTheFury (talk) 01:56, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
Well spotted. I am normally hesitant to speedy-delete hoaxes that need a second glance (because the most surprising things sometimes turn out to be true - would you believe a festival celebrating the culture of persons of mixed Croatian-Maori ancestry?) but the non-existent books remove any doubt. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 16:20, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
Check the talk page archives, you will see posts from similar IPs. Not quite sure what to do about this yet, I think it is trolling, and violation of WP:NOT#FORUM, simply for use of talk page as a way to waste time and cause disruption with frivolous comments. -- Cirt (talk) 18:20, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
Please see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sciologos. You have been involved with this issue in the past, perhaps you could help with investigation. -- Cirt (talk) 19:45, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
Hello. I've noticed that you reverted an edit to the Sharron Angle article as "unsourced additions" and issued an L3 warning. Although the prior edits by that IP were unsourced, the latest edit had numerous supporting references. Please take another look. Thank you. -- Tom N (tcncv) talk/contrib 23:20, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
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Coffeepusher, each entry on this new list should have its own independent citations, and not just rely on sources in the articles of the entries themselves. (Similar to List of Scientologists). -- Cirt (talk) 16:19, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
Hey, I feel ya - and I see you have a particular interest in Scientology, but that article is crap. I'm seriously surprised that nobody has dropped Xenu and e-Meters in there. I checked some of those citations and other politicians backed the same idea, but you don't see 2/3's of their pages devoted to this. Dougieb (talk) 00:26, 29 May 2010 (UTC)
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Neat, huh? ;) -- Cirt (talk) 01:59, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
[9]. Cheers, -- Cirt (talk) 01:09, 30 June 2010 (UTC)
Hi Coffeepusher, I noticed your remarks of yesterday on the Talk page for List of Scientologists. For the avoidance of doubt, could you please clarify whether you are accusing me of being a meat puppet or of engaging in a vendetta? If so, would you be kind enough to either justify or retract the accusations?
And, to take up a point from the RfC discussion on that page around 8th June, you accused me of making a direct personal attack on you. Just to clarify, I did not mean to make a personal attack on anyone, and I am sorry if you misinterpreted my remarks as such. I did not mention anyone by name and did not even know the identities of the editors who made the changes I was referring to. I thought I had explained the aspects I was objecting to - that associating individuals with Scientology was effectively defamatory unless they were happy to accept that association. For the record, I know very little about Scientology and have no particular opinion on the subject; but I am of course well aware of the public perception of the organisation. DaveApter (talk) 15:33, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for clarifying those points. I can't speak for anyone else but my interest is merely that articles on Wikipedia are accurate, fair, balanced, respectful to living persons, and in accordance with the policies - especially the NPOV, UNDUE WEIGHT, and VERIFY ones. I'm not out to attack anyone, but I am committed to calling editors to account who abuse Wikpedia to further their own agendas (or who seem to me to be doing so). I have no personal acquaintance with Werner Erhard, but I know a number of people who have, and they all have the utmost respect for his integrity (and they are all people whose judgement I would have faith in). It seems to me that he has been treated unfairly by the media and on the internet, and that some are using Wikipedia to perpetuate an inaccurate image of the man. My personal interest (which I have declared on several occasions) is that I am a satisfied sometime customer of Landmark Education. (I did several of their courses a few years ago, found them beneficial, and don't have any plans for doing any more in the foreseeable future). I think Landmark has often been portrayed inaccurately and unfairly in the media and on the internet, and that there are some Wikpedia editors who attempt to exploit that to further an agenda of their own. It is for this reason that I keep a general eye on topics and personalities related to that organisation.
Regarding the Wikipedia Review thread - you will be aware (since I made no attempt to mask my identity there) that it was I who initiated that discussion. You will see that I did so at about the same time that I started commenting on this talk page, and that all I did was ask for comments on the developments here.
For the avoidance of doubt, I have no communication with any other editor who has been active on this article or discussion page since I started commenting. The only participant in the WR thread that I have identified as being active here was already involved before the start of that discussion. DaveApter (talk) 18:37, 14 July 2010 (UTC)
Coffeepusher. I'm a bit perplexed by how to take your comments about Wikipedia Review in light of this. Cirt has himself admitted that his interest in the topic came from his own dealings with groups outside of Wikipedia that protest Scientology and people who have left Scientology (one of the restaurants founders has this connection, Cirt admitted). You share the POV Cirt has on all this? And you suggest that Cirt's opponents are voting at the AfD for reasons outside of good faith based on information from outside websites? Why would you even go there? Now, I think this is as irrelevant as what you brought up at the AfD, and that's why I'm writing to you here on your talk page instead of there. But seriously what gives with that?Griswaldo (talk) 17:08, 30 July 2010 (UTC)
Wondering why you object to the part of NA History involving the lawsuit filed against Grateful Dave and the Fellowship Intellectual Property Trust (FIPT) that was created as a result ?
There is no question the lawsuit happened. There is a full court record. Those of us that were members at the time remember it only too well. Grover N cherishes the "Cease and Desist" letter he was sent - certified - by WSO. The FIPT itself is embedded in the official NA web site.
Yes, it was a dark time for NA. But it happened. Should it not be included in the Wikipedia entry for Narcotics Anonymous ?
TJBeekman (talk) 13:59, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
Since the changed text in question is not only common knowledge to all those that were actually around back when it happened, but easily and simply verifiable by looking at a fifth edition next to an earlier (2nd or 3rd or 3rd revised), the "fact" of the deletion of the one line and the deletion of the second half of the other line - well, that isn't really "commentary".
As a member that was involved at the time, I can also assure you that any comment stating that the changes were controversial, are also accurate. There was great controversy over the changes at the time, a controversy which continues to this day, with many members in the "25 Years Plus" clean time range continuing to print the earlier, fellowship approved version of the Basic Text.
The references to the "Fellowship Intellectual Property Trust" (FIPT) were not only factual, but cut straight from the "official" NA web site at www.na.org. Direct links were included. Verification was as simple as clicking on the link. Yet that section was also removed, and referred to as "vandalism". How on earth can a link to the official NA web site be possibly considered vandalism ?
And since the lawsuit filed by WSO was, in the eyes of many, many long time members of NA, the single most important piece of our history, why is there not an independent section on that lawsuit ? A history of NA without mention of that is much like a history of the US with no mention of the Revolutionary or Civil Wars. I have a document that recaps the lawsuit, one that was co-written by more than two dozen members of NA, all with more than 20 years clean at the time it was written. That lawsuit is also discussed in the book "The Story of the Basic Text". There is also a court record of the case. I have a document which is a written transcript of Judge Pollock's remarks during that trial. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TJBeekman (talk • contribs) 12:07, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
I meant it as a description, not as an insult. Anyway, you don't have to worry, everything's under control: you might not be aware of your limitations, but I am so I guess it's my moral responsibility to step back and let you have it your way. See, I'm actually a busy guy, and I can't afford retro-nurturing your inferiority complex any further. I think we can leave it there, I basically made the point I wanted to make, so if you really wanted to make this a personal issue, then go ahead and relish on your triumph, little fella! Walter Sobchak0 (talk) 13:34, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
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I removed the prod tags you placed on User:George Washington Hunt and User:Jann Scott, as prod cannot be used on pages in the user space. Hunt looks like the content barely squeaks by the G11 criteria and will have to be taken to MfD. You are of course welcome to try tagging it for G11 and leaving it to an admin to decide. Scott looks like he may qualify under G11 and I have tagged it accordingly. I noticed you did the same about 24 hours ago and redacted it because it is a userspace page. All the "G" speedy deletion criteria apply to pages in all namespaces, so it can be applied here. —KuyaBriBriTalk 06:11, 22 December 2010 (UTC) Thank you, I tagged it as such. If the admin decides discussion is needed then I will follow other channels.Coffeepusher (talk) 06:24, 22 December 2010 (UTC)
This is absurb.
the authors have no names, and the data is suspect and pov Arthur S; Tom E., Glenn C (11 October 2008). Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) Recovery Outcome Rates: Contemporary Myth and Misinterpretation. Archived from the original on 2009-12-19. http://www.webcitation.org/5mA3r6hSn. Retrieved 2009-12-19Jayseer (talk) 02:52, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
Please assume good faith in your dealings with other editors, which you did not on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Scientologists. Assume that they are here to improve rather than harm Wikipedia. Another Comment like this will result in an ANI Thread. The Resident Anthropologist (talk) 21:20, 23 December 2010 (UTC)
You undid a edit made in the above article about xenu with reference to Hawaii - you really ought to give a reason when you undo an edit so that we can know what basis this revision was made on - 122.150.200.116 (talk) 09:50, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
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I have a couple of questions, trying to understand synthesis. An accepted article says that TWTH is promoting relativism (let's call it that at the moment without further research for the most correct term). The book says that relativism is self defeating and quoted a well known dialogue with Socrates to illustrate that (see link p28 of book). I did not make any original conclusions that the sources didn't say.
At a different angle. Since TWTH emphasis relativism, is it natural to include further references to relativism? (the philosophy book). The book also commented on, and reiterate the wide spread view that relativism is self defeating.
Is the Wordpress blog of Dialogue Ireland a reliable source, which quoted what an archbishop said? (about relativism) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anwk (talk • contribs) 03:47, 5 January 2011 (UTC)
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Hi! When I first added Richard Tyson to List of Freemasons I never dreamt it would cause so much heartburn for so many people.
You reverted my edit on Fukushima_I_Nuclear_Power_Plant:
"The USFDA requires a safe maximum one-time radiation exposure of 30 mSv for a subject in voluntary medical research, which would be reached after 1–10 hours in this environment." ((ref: Radiation: How much is considered safe for humans?, with cpm calculations based on estimates at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Conversion factor is 60 kcpm ≈ 1 mSv/hr, allowing for an error of as much as a factor of 10.))
claiming WP:SYNTH. This is a unit conversion that is properly sourced, and I think adds needed clarity. Otherwise, the previous conversion from cpm to Ci is SYNTH, because cpm does not convert to Ci without "synthesizing" estimates of the type of Geiger counter used and the coordination thereof. Either way, listing cpm is utterly useless without some reference point, which is exactly what I give, sourced properly. SamuelRiv (talk) 23:40, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
To get past this impasse, I recommend the two of you get a consensus (that includes additional editors) at the article's talk page as to how to handle this issue. --A. B. (talk • contribs) 01:59, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
Noted. Thanks, I'll have a look. UltraExactZZ Said ~ Did 02:59, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
Before this turns into an all-out p..sing contest (a raise, and a raise, and a raise ...), let's de-escalate matters just a little bit. :) My past and present interest in Scientology is actually limited to WP; I never got past page 8 of Dianetics (which I only bought because a Scientology scholar I know from de:WP told me I should try and read *some* of the primary literature). I'll admit that I prefer scholarly to journalistic sources, but that's only because I think the level of discourse is better in the former, and they're more suited to encyclopedic writing. Cheers, --JN466 15:33, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
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I also mentioned you on the talkpage here - thanks Off2riorob (talk) 23:45, 6 July 2011 (UTC)
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Yes, that article is in fact intended to be used for just that. It's primary purpose is to reference the impact HP Lovecraft's mythology had on other aspects of media; Hence it's name "Cthulhu Mythos in popular culture". Look at the rest of the article. It is nothing but this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.70.46.137 (talk) 17:03, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Really? So Cthulhu is not a Lovecraftian character/invention? It's purpose is not to add to the mythos. It is not titled "Lovecraft-Inspired fiction/media". It is "Lovecraft in Popular culture". IE - Lovecraft in external culture that is known publicly. Allow me to quote from the Chtulhu page here "Cthulhu[1] is a fictional character that first appeared in the short story "The Call of Cthulhu", published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales in 1928. The character was created by writer H. P. Lovecraft.". "Popular culture has multiple origins. A principal source is the set of industries that make a profit by inventing and promulgating cultural material. These include the popular music industry, film, television, radio, video game publishers, and book publishing. " (http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Popular_culture) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.70.46.137 (talk) 17:35, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
Whack!
You've been whacked with a wet trout.
Wasbeer 14:57, 16 December 2011 (UTC) p.s. Never abuse anti-vandalism tools in a content dispute again. You risk being blocked.
Will you redact that 'brain tumor' comment please, Coffeepusher? I think its over the line. Syrthiss (talk) 16:19, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
I have listed you here. Wasbeer 15:11, 16 December 2011 (UTC)
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Hi, Coffeepusher. I haven't been paying much attention lately... I'm not sure I understand the reason for your complaint; did Nestle do something particularly egregious? I'm generally aligned with you in editorial matters, but if all you are saying is that Nestle is an admitted Scientologist, I can't agree to that as grounds for censure. Please fill me in. -- BTfromLA (talk) 05:42, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
Hi, I'm curious about your decision to reverse my edit of the private sphere page. You say that Papacharissi is 'not impactful in private sphere circles', and I don't know enough about the subject to question that, I just happen to be reading her book at the moment. If you have more knowledge of the subject would you be able to add anything else to the article? I'd like to learn more. Lawsonstu (talk) 21:59, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
Okay, that makes sense. Thanks for your answer. Lawsonstu (talk) 14:20, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
Coffeepusher, I don't really know what the Wikipedia policies are about posting under multiple names, but you may be interested to check out the "Notable countries that don't grant..." section on the [Talk:Scientology] page. Nestle appears to have let slip that he is also posting as "SciFiLover." -- BTfromLA (talk) 14:57, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
Sorry for the delay, you got me in the middle of cleaning up after a couple ban-evading sockpuppets (see Special:Log/delete) for Upan atom and Daer55). I've got to go to bed, but I'll see if I can administrate the SPI when I wake up (I've got to be at work at 7, so it'll be sometime early in the morning). The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 04:50, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi Coffeepusher, I have removed the PROD template from Bill Hammons, as it was subject to a deletion discussion already. I don't know how close the current version is to the previously deleted version, to determine if it is eligible for {{db-repost}}. If it is significantly different, it will have to go through the AfD process. Regards, --kelapstick(bainuu) 09:09, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi - you erroneously reverted some edits by my bot that's just been recently approved (here and here). Please be careful! Thanks. SD5 02:42, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, you removed my edit on Heidegger and Nazism because of non neutrality, but I actually just translated some informations from the german and french pages. If I may, the present english page is absolutely not neutral. Thank you, filinthe — Preceding unsigned comment added by Filinthe (talk • contribs) 20:49, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
Of course you're right. However, the denazification hearings (or so-called denazification hearings) were problematic for many different reasons. :) Mfhiller (talk) 22:14, 19 May 2012 (UTC)mfhiller
I've always gotten something out of your edits to recovery pages. You should take a pass at Charles B. Towns - it definitely needs attention... Hipgnostic (talk) 01:52, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi
I have put a reply to the discussion on the administrative noticeboards which mentions you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#Legal_threats_by_User:Drg55
I have also done another edit on OT VIII, hope thats ok with you now.
Drg55 (talk) 13:44, 11 February 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for your comments on Phil's talk page. He was a very, very good guy. I spent more than a few meals with him over nearly 20 years; Herhold's comments on him and his purported reclusiveness are completely clueless. Phil just had friends (both locally and globally) other than the people who lived on his street, but Herhold was not a good enough reporter to discover this, or an honest enough reporter to acknowledge it once it was pointed out. TJRC (talk) 19:15, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
Baclofen
I am a semi retired criminal solicitor with a long standing interest in substance abuse and alcoholism both as a defence lawyer and prosecutor. I became involved in the use of Baclofen via an NHS website from which I was directed to Osea Clinic in England and then on to Dr. Jonathan Chick, the editor of the Oxford Journal of Alcohol and Alcoholism. I was looking for help in getting baclofen for someone close to me who suffered form an horrendous alcohol addiction and I feared for their life. I had seen Dr. Olivier Ameisen on television talking about his book, The End of My Addiction in which he recounts his own recovery from alcoholism using baclofen. I was able, with the help of Dr. Chick to get a prescription for a patient well before anyone I had heard of, back in 2009 but the protocols for prescribing were not understood due to lack of experience. The road was rough but it seemed to work. We were never given enough of the drug and decided not to get it over the internet. Eventually, we went to Dr. Mathis Heydtmann who is a senior gastroenterologist who is using this drug to help cirrhosis patient, many of whom were terminal. We became involved in a trial which he was conducting and involved high doses which actually had the effect of causing a condition of delirium from the complete cessation of drinking which results from taking the drug. After that process the drug worked and is now prescribed for this patient who is fully recovered from alcoholism. There are several internet sites, including Mywayout which support users of this drug and a look at the site will show that this drug has taken over the site from other drugs. Dr. Fred Levin prescribes baclofen in the US. Dr Renaud de Beaurepair and his colleagues in France and Switzerland have now published a prescribing guide for baclofen and it is being supported by the NIH in the US and now is being looked into more closely by NICE in England. There are a number of published papers on baclofen in addiction.
I started up a site because I was concerned that, while there were doctors setting up supportive organizations in France, there was nothing else to help alcoholics in the English speaking world and the information that people were posting on Mywayout was getting lost like so many needles in a haystack. I was eventually approached by a pharmacy which offered to pay a small fee to advertise on the site. The site is a non profit site and the fees received are about $100 in the three years the site has operated, which pays to keep the .com address current. I am not involved in this in any other way. My concern is with my own family and with the furtherance of understanding of this medication and the treatment of alcoholism and addiction.
I noticed that the wiki site does not mention baclofen although it does mention several other drugs such as Campral, topirimate and the like.
I personally know many people who are using baclofen and the press in France is full of stories about its use. It has been recommended for use by doctors in France by the alcohol association there prior to the results of a double blind trial.
I can provide a wealth of information about this treatment. Whether it is a "cure" or not and whether I have a conflict or not is really not the point. The article is deficient because it does not mention this drug which is proving far more effective than any other and is mentioned on other pages of Wiki.
I have never edited before. I know other people who have. I am not keen on getting involved in some sort of argument over whether or not I have a conflict and I don't understand how to edit. I cannot even find the button to click to allow me to edit a page. Nor do I want to argue with anyone about the efficacy of this drug. I simply wish to update the page so that it mentions in a perfectly factual way the present state of play with respect to the developing interst and tests of this medication.
Perhaps you could have a think about this and let me know what is best, in some way which does not involve me in some dispute over conflicts etc.
Thanks
Baclofenuk (talk) 17:38, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
Edits of yours were mentioned at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Return to David Hedlund. I did not mention you by name, and the diff is just two copyvio notifications you posted, but felt it appropriate to inform you.Novangelis (talk) 19:29, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
You can read a new respons from me at the ANI noticeboard. Thanks for the notification Coffeepusher! --David Hedlund (talk) 02:55, 26 February 2013 (UTC)
Is that possible and how do I do that without copyright violation?
Most countries mentioned in the Methanol epidemic poisonings article are low epidemics in the PDF file. So what do you suggest? Show the recent mass outbreaks or the biggest outbreaks (eg 100+ deaths)? --David Hedlund (talk) 07:49, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
Sure it helped me out! Thank you for all good answers. Now, most countries mentioned in the Methanol epidemic poisonings article are low epidemics in the PDF file. What would YOU do? Show the recent mass outbreaks or the biggest outbreaks (eg 100+ deaths)? --David Hedlund (talk) 14:23, 27 February 2013 (UTC)
Also, What is a good title for Methanol epidemic poisonings, please look through the history log, I have renamed it several times.
Hi Coffeepusher, I just wanted to say that I've moved forward and become a little bit better editor (please have a look at my history). I decided to clean up after myself long time ago so that is what I'm going to focus on right now which I will add in edit summary. If there is anything special I should keep in mind just tell me. Cheers!
...aimed at boring burocrats.--Kim for sure (talk) 04:34, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
Thanks for catching the reinserted material. considering that this occurred immediately after my warning, I blocked the user as a promotional only account. If you see the same material reinserted by another editor, please let me know on my talk page--it will presumably be a sockpuppet.
I also removed two sections inserted a little while ago by another editor, which are similarly promotional. I see you have an interest in this general area, and whatever you can do to improve the article would be helpful. Possibly some of the material deleted might be usable, if properly sourced and abbreviated and rewritten to remove the probable copyvio. I would be reluctant to semi-protectthe article, but if more promotion is added, it may be necessary. Let me know if there are any related problems. DGG ( talk ) 00:40, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
Erm, that was the version which you yourself mostly proposed. --Scientiom (talk) 16:48, 19 March 2013 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Philip gale scientology. Since you had some involvement with the Philip gale scientology redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion (if you have not already done so). — PinkAmpers&(Je vous invite à me parler) 05:32, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
I read your message. And I have no idea where you get off making such an accusation. I am not doing anything of the sort. I am connected to the subject of the article, but I am trying my best to correct any mistakes that were made. I wish all of you weren't acting as if you were ganging up. Btw, do you know the other editors? re they friends of yours?Ngoesseringer (talk) 17:59, 2 April 2013 (UTC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lOUubkE8Sk
The Performance was broadcast LIVE to a US audience on NBC. I will contact admin on this issue because you are being ignorant. (the youTube video is not a citation, its just to ask you politely to recognize that you are WRONG) Ngoesseringer (talk) 00:11, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
I'm most definitely not a PR rep. More importantly here's the live footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lOUubkE8Sk Just watch the footage, the NBC announcer saying his name, the response in the stadium, the fact that its an NBC national broadcast on Sunday night. Selmaflora294 (talk) 03:00, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
You clearly have an agenda dude, your blind and ignorant. Here's and even clearer picture: https://vimeo.com/56063290 (Full disclosure this is the subjects vimeo page, but you can't expect him not to want to share a performance like this! It's major thing!) Selmaflora294 (talk) 03:06, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
Just do me a favor and watch this: (this was recorded from NBC and uploaded) I know that you're right, that its not applicable based on wiki rules, but please watch it. Just tell me that you can see its a live broadcast with no commercials. I know I represent this person, and you hate me for it, but this truly happened and I'm not exaggerating anything it truly did:
https://vimeo.com/56063290
Ngoesseringer (talk) 04:54, 4 April 2013 (UTC)
I looked into your statement about a total lack of WP:RS, and I must say I have to agree, after much searching. So I took it to AfD [10]. Qworty (talk) 18:54, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
Every time I see your name around I make myself a coffee. --Anthonyhcole (talk · contribs · email) 02:15, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
You have clearly decided to engage in an edit war without civil discussion about sources.It is customary on Wikipedia to leave any content that you may desire to have additional sources by tagging the particular data point. I can see on your page that you frequently engage in edit wars with people. Stop it. I am not interested in engagement of an edit war with you. Lightspeedx (talk) 05:48, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
Wikipedia CLEARLY states here that while self-published sources are not the best sources, they can be used. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published_or_questionable_sources_as_sources_on_themselves
Read the bullet point about there is no reasonable doubt to its authenticity. The fact that Erica Andrews DID host a Thursday show named Thirsty Thursdays Trashy Trannies with Erica Andrews is a FACT. I have BEEN to that show as have thousands of people to the Heat and later the Pegasus club in San Antonio. This show is not some made up fictional claim.
* the material is neither unduly self-serving nor an exceptional claim; * it does not involve claims about third parties; * it does not involve claims about events not directly related to the source; * there is no reasonable doubt as to its authenticity;
This policy also applies to pages on social networking websites such as Twitter, Tumblr, and Facebook.
Given such, citing the MySpace article as well as the Montrose Star's event listing is a source and their authenticity is not in doubt given that THOUSANDS of people have been to the actual shows to see Erica Andrews in performance. You obviously need to read Wikipedia's rules about sources in this matter. The information about Erica Andrews show needs to be replaced back into the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lightspeedx (talk • contribs) 06:04, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
Good. Now I am going to bed. See you tomorrow.Coffeepusher (talk) 06:52, 14 April 2013 (UTC) Fair enough, ill strike through. We can continue this conversation on the talk page.Coffeepusher (talk) 13:46, 14 April 2013 (UTC)
.... despite the view of their founder and his dodgy operations in the UK. News Limited was simply reporting the fact, and many other reliable sources also have stated that Miscavige followed Holmes and Cruise on their Honeymoon, which caused friction between the couple. If you think I have been "arguementative", then EDIT what I said, instead of just deleting the whole thing carte-blanche when it was reported in MAAAANNNYYYY reliable news outlets, including "The Sun" in the UK and pretty much every other News LTD website and newspaper, and probably every other reliable news source you could possibly think of as well(as well as all the cheezy gossip magazines also). If you think I worded it incorrectly, then by all means CORRECT it. Just deleting stuff carte-blanche is why you are currently ending up in so many edit-wars you could easily have avoided by respecting the efforts of other editors. Colliric (talk) 16:03, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
Cool, I will look at it. And here is a more contemporary 2006 source: http://www.crushable.com/2006/11/20/entertainment/tom-cruises-best-man-comes-on-honeymoon/ Not sure it should be refed because it looks a blog, etc, but clearly this did in fact occur. Colliric (talk) 09:38, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
I have now looked into it, and I am satified that the discussion has been had on the talk page. It needs to be reconsidered at a later date, considering there is a wealth of reputable sources, and also having been published in the book by Lawrence Wright, so is the accusation that he auditioned his wife(at least from the "It was reported in the book "going clear" by Lawrence Wright, that Tom auditioned his wife with David's help" style) likewise valid to be put into the article. And the obvious "they denied it" defense to your edit, is clearly in this case, shaky at best and potentially invalid. Now if Katie denied it, you might have something, but the fact is they both also deny the Xenu doctrine, so their record isn't exactly perfect. Colliric (talk) 11:23, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
Hey, thanks for the reply at Talk:Homosexuality. You do realise that one of your userpage userboxes in the Books section is broken right? Thanks ツ Jenova20 (email) 22:07, 20 April 2013 (UTC)
Simply tag with {{db-g4}} if an article is identical to one previously deleted at AfD. GiantSnowman 17:27, 22 April 2013 (UTC)
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Thanks for the update on this. Glad you pursued it. As you know, the revelation of duplicity comes as no surprise. -- BTfromLA (talk) 03:42, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
