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Winter wolf

Did the winter wolf have a picture in the original Monster Manual? 99.126.204.164 (talk) 02:17, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

No, I don't believe it did. But regarding Dungeons & Dragons articles in general, please see the note on my user page. Polisher of Cobwebs (talk) 05:04, 16 April 2012 (UTC)

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If there's an administrator who can spare the time, I would find it extremely helpful if he or she could tell me which now deleted articles or pages my 160 deleted edits were to (I can't see deleted edits, but admins can). Knowing this would help me to focus my editing. Polisher of Cobwebs (talk) 07:43, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

A clear majority of your deleted edits (89 of them, I think) were edits to your own userspace pages which you subsequently asked to have deleted. Apart from those, all the deleted edits which I have looked at have been small edits: I have not found a single substantive edit of yours outside your userspace which has been deleted. The next commonest type of deleted edits after userspace pages (at least 17) were redirects you created to pages which were subsequently deleted. Then there are various minor improvements of formatting that you made to various articles which later were deleted for reasons unrelated to your editing. Then there are a few articles which you tagged with {{db-move}} to request deletion. This applies to Life Against Death and Existentialism and Humanism. I also saw a few articles where you reverted vandalism or other unconstructive editing, where the article was subsequently deleted.

I hope those comments are helpful to you. If you like, I can email you a copy of your deletion log, which lists every deleted edit. However, in most cases it says very little about the edit beyond what page was edited, so I doubt that it would be much use to you. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:08, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Incidentally, the 160 deleted edits are less than 1% of your total edits. Many editors have a far larger proportion of deleted edits. JamesBWatson (talk) 10:12, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

• Actually, to be technically accurate, I made a mistake when I said "your deletion log", as only administrators have deletion logs, which list pages that they have deleted. What I meant was the list of your deleted contributions. However, whatever it is called, I will email it to you. I have just copied and pasted it, which does not result in the most convenient format, but you can adjust that as easily as I can, if you want to. JamesBWatson (talk) 19:54, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Redirects

I have started a DRV for the list article, and later today I will restore all the deleted redirects, and point them at appropriate pages. If the list article is restored, you can move them back or not. BOZ (talk) 17:55, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

You're more familiar with the D&D topic area than I am, so I'm 100% happy if you want to change or modify anything I have done. Polisher of Cobwebs (talk) 19:51, 10 May 2012 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:D&DElves.JPG

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 16:36, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

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Booka

I took care of that one as you suggested. 129.33.19.254 (talk) 21:48, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

I don't know if they have pictures in the book, but if you are interested I also found that Skeleton warrior (Dungeons & Dragons), Skulk (Dungeons & Dragons), and Stunjelly have articles. 129.33.19.254 (talk) 23:19, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

I started up eye of fear and flame, flind, and huecuva today. 129.33.19.254 (talk) 19:55, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

It looks like you had a busy weekend - I have a lot of catching up to do! I'm still on the Fiend Folio. Today I started Apparition, Assassin bug, Blindheim, Bunyip, Caryatid column, and Caterwaul. 129.33.19.254 (talk) 23:24, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for keeping me posted. Polisher of Cobwebs (talk) 23:28, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

No problem! Today I got the Jaculi, Kelpie, Killmoulis, Lamia noble‎, Lizard king, Mantari‎, Mite, Needleman, and Penanggalan. 129.33.19.254 (talk) 23:41, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

I finished up the Fiend Folio today. Will probably wait until next week to get to the Monster Manual II. Check out the Sandman, Shocker, Sussurus, Throat leech, Giant two-headed troll, Tween, Vodyanoi, Volt, and Vortex. 129.33.19.254 (talk) 00:08, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

Abishai (Dungeons & Dragons)

This article was already merged by admin for notability reasons. It already had its chance, what gives with the undo?  -- WikHead (talk) 05:32, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

Maybe there needs to be a new discussion of notability? Consensus can change, after all. But I wouldn't dream of reverting back if you undid my edits to those pages. Polisher of Cobwebs (talk) 05:34, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

I believe it should be reverted back to a merged version. At that point, you're more than welcome to pursue an updated consensus before making further change.  -- WikHead (talk) 05:39, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

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Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 07:48, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Mentoring

Could you mentor me on wikipedia? I need a mentor because I think otherwise certain users are going to try to ban me. --RJR3333 (talk) 07:13, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

Without knowing more about why "certain users" might want to try to ban you, there is absolutely no way that I can answer that question. You have to be completely forthcoming about why a ban might happen for me to be able to answer, or for any answer to be appropriate. Polisher of Cobwebs (talk) 07:17, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

Ok I also just want to improve my editing. Primarily my problems were with editing the articles relating to Chris Hansen and his show because Malke2010 and Flyer22 didn't like my edits because my edits were way to biased at first, which I agree with. Malke lost interest in the articles but Flyer22 still objects to my edits there and to the age of consent area, but I think my edits there have been more neutral and objective lately than they were originally. But can you mentor me here so I can improve my editing patterns in general? --RJR3333 (talk) 07:59, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

I happen never to have even heard of Chris Hansen. If you're able to see that your edits there were biased (which I express no opinion about since, again, I've never even looked at the article), then you probably understand the basics of WP:NPOV, and I'm not sure you need mentoring. I have never looked at even one of your edits to articles about age of consent issues, and that's because it's a topic area that I have no particular interest in. If you're looking for someone to help you there, I'm probably not the best person to ask. Polisher of Cobwebs (talk) 08:03, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

Well how about my edits to articles about books such as The Jungle, Father Ernetti's Chronovisor, The Great Hunger, etc. and in history articles and the Freud related articles, could you help me there? At least in the Freud article and related ones could you since that is one of your interests?--RJR3333 (talk) 08:06, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

I'm happy to help with Freud-related articles, but I'd probably be pretty useless where any of the other topic areas you mention are concerned. Polisher of Cobwebs (talk) 08:14, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

One thing I'm concerned about is in the age of consent section I got in fights with another editor who seemed very opinionated on the topic and I ended up having to leave the topic alone I'm concerned the same could happen here. Are there a lot of controversies in the Freud articles?--RJR3333 (talk) 09:27, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

Perhaps surprisingly, no. Polisher of Cobwebs (talk) 09:28, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

I still want to edit the Freud articles. But is there a way I can abolish this account and replace with a new name I'll edit under? Because I don't want to continue being associated with my bad history on this account. I saw that off2riorob did that, he's now youreallycan. --RJR3333 (talk) 10:58, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

Since I am mentioned here, I'm just butting in to say that my problems with RJR3333's editing have not been due to any bias that he may have. The problems I have had with him are made clear on his talk page. I know that he means well. It's just that meaning well is not always good enough. I wish him all the best on finding a dedicated mentor and becoming a better editor, because it benefits Misplaced Pages and will allow him to enjoy Misplaced Pages more. I don't like him thinking that I'm out to get him. That's never been what it's about. But as for starting a new account, see WP:Clean start for when a clean start is and is not allowed. Flyer22 (talk) 20:47, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

Deleuze’s N. and philosophy

Hello, you reverted one of my edits here, thinking for the good, I assume, but your reversion was perhaps a little fast.
Consider the following remarks.

• To state that Nietzsche was not considered a serious philosopher in France before that book is simply false and not even Deleuze says so. Bachelard and Camus to name only two among the most famous authors (and not among obscure scholars), had already written most seriously about his work. Hence the quotation marks (a mild understatement) and the plural (one of the...) So undoing your revert concerning this is absolutely necessary (unless you prefer to leave something unfactual rather than true, I mean, but I trust you not to do so).
• Also : a new line after the first sentence was rather better than a compact paragraph, the words "in general" seemed to me more accurate than "generally" in the sentence (try to read it carefully in both versions and tell me if I am wrong), and the link to system seemed useful. Please consider undoing your edit concerning also those detailed items if you agree with that.
• As for the change from N. scholarship to N. studies, you are right, but I see no other part in the edit that needed be reverted, honestly. Best,--Hérisson de Cloche 07:28, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

So far as the factual issues about Nietzsche's reputation in France are concerned, you may well be right. However, that isn't really the crucial point, since material in Misplaced Pages articles is meant to be verifiable, rather than necessarily true. WP:NOTTRUTH. So the crucial issue is what the source says. If it contradicts your correction, we have to go by the source, even if it's wrong. If you want a new line after the first sentence, then by all means re-insert one - I don't care enough about this to revert again. Polisher of Cobwebs (talk) 21:11, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

Nomination of Afanc (Dungeons & Dragons) for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Afanc (Dungeons & Dragons) is suitable for inclusion in Misplaced Pages according to Misplaced Pages's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Afanc (Dungeons & Dragons) until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion template from the top of the article. Salimfadhley (talk) 00:09, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

FYI, I did not create that article. I only created a redirect of that name, so the article is something I am not responsible for (see my user page). Polisher of Cobwebs (talk) 01:38, 12 June 2012 (UTC)

You Been Named in an Arbitration Request

Hypoplectrus here to let you know you've been named in an arbitration request. http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#Biased_Editors_of_Sigmund_Freud_Page