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1ivRSI[lukitup,ndontdiskriminate,tx.2WASrequest3wipagelokd? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.69.75.105 (talk • contribs) 03:00, 3 January 2009

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Question

I'm a tad confused at your comment here, where you assert that "wikipedia doesn't have moderators". Could you please elaborate? Thanks, –Juliancolton 00:56, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

The whole idea of the project is that everyone take some responsibility in policing the project. As Misplaced Pages grew, adminship was need to take care of some of the more specialized cases, however that's not really a moderator. What the user was implying was that someone was put in an elevated position to police the content of a page, and that is not the case. Misplaced Pages doesn't have moderators, its a community effort. --Kraftlos (Talk | Contrib) 01:27, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

February 2009

Please remember to mark your edits, such as your recent edits to Blue law, as minor if (and only if) they genuinely are minor edits (see Help:Minor edit). Marking a major change as a minor one is considered poor etiquette. The rule of thumb is that only an edit that consists solely of spelling corrections, formatting changes, or rearranging of text without modifying content should be flagged as a 'minor edit.' Thank you. Kraftlos (Talk | Contrib) 21:03, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Help:Minor edit - "Obvious factual errors (e.g., changing "Nixon resigned in 1874" to "Nixon resigned in 1974")". I can't think of a more minor edit then a simple single word change that doesn't conflict with understanding but corrects a minor oversight. - Jimmi Hugh (talk) 01:11, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

There's a difference between fixing a typo and changing the wording. Minor edit is really only something that can be used for formatting, obvious mistakes (like that Nixon example), and style issues. What you did, while not necessarily a major change, was not a minor edit, and it actually did change the meaning of the sentence. Religious beliefs and moral beliefs are not synonymous, so marking it minor wrongly assumes that it couldn't possibly be controversial. --Kraftlos (Talk | Contrib) 07:21, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Strathclyde CIS Page- Apparent Vandalism

I don't see how making a format more presentable constitues as vandalism. I've kept all the information on the page, just its presentation has changed. My lecturer has asked for me to change the layout, so you are hindering my progress in this assignment. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.159.248.222 (talk) 11:53, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Your lecturer is entitled to his/her opinion, but they don't control Misplaced Pages. Everything on Misplaced Pages must be verifiable, you can't make assertions without referencing a reliable source. Also all changed must reflect consensus, anyone can question and change your edits. --Kraftlos (Talk | Contrib) 11:55, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

I don't see how you can verify a format edit, what do you expect me to do? Link to a webpage layout tutorial? I felt that the jump menu was bigger than it had to be, so I made an edit to my page to compensate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.159.248.222 (talk) 12:01, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

First, this is not your page or the university's page. This is an encyclopedia article. This isn't a mirror to the Univeristy's web site, its not here to include "helpful tips" and what have you. Misplaced Pages articles can only deal with verifiable facts from reliable sources. --Kraftlos (Talk | Contrib) 12:05, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

(removed personal attack) x2

Look at this. This is not a format change, this is a content change, you changed the wording and content of quite a few paragraphs. --Kraftlos (Talk | Contrib) 12:11, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Barn Star

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		For your contributions to reverting vandalism. :] Papercutbiology♫ (talk) 12:20, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

YAY! I've never gotten a barnstar before! --Kraftlos (Talk | Contrib)

Congratulations. Judging from all the vandalism to your user/talk page, that barnstar is highly deserved. -- Goodraise (talk) 13:03, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

My edits

Listen son, stop reverting my edits or I am going to drop a peoples elbow on you. I am also going to report you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.159.248.222 (talk) 12:25, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

You should try getting a username, otherwise you'll be lumped in with everyone editing at your school. --Kraftlos (Talk | Contrib) 12:31, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages talk:Requests for mediation/Roman Catholic Church

Hi Kraftlos, I have made a motion to close the mediation for reasons described here . Please come and post either your agreement or disagreement at the same link. Thanks. NancyHeise 17:25, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

My edits

Thanks for your note. I think you jumped the gun though since by reverting me edit you actually ended up vandalizing the article unless I've been misinformed and Iron Man has decided to stop fighting villainy and instead take on a job as vice-principal at a small elementary school. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.229.202.4 (talk) 22:19, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

Ah, looks like you corrected it and I reverted and warned the wrong person. Actually, I had to jump into my regular browser to fix the problem. In this edit I restored it to a version from before all the vandalism one minute afterward. Also reverting to the wrong revision wouldn't count as vandalism since I wasn't the one who added it. --Kraftlos (Talk | Contrib) 04:26, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

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??? yandman 10:39, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes, it appears I missattributed your unsigned comment, but you fixed it. Is there a problem? --Kraftlos (Talk | Contrib) 10:40, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Nah. Just telling you it might be time to get some sleep... yandman 13:11, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

LMAO you were so right! Thanks. --Kraftlos (Talk | Contrib) 20:15, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

About: Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Graduate House (Australian National University)

Hi Kraftlos,
You make a very good point here. Thanks to your edit, on reflection I now see that my contribution to the AfD was partially an implicit otherstuff rationalisation. Thank you for the "heads up"!
--Shirt58 (talk) 12:00, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Thanks! I really respect people that can think about things, change their opinion, and admit it. :D --Kraftlos (Talk | Contrib) 12:03, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Wikbonked

Gonna take a 24 hr wikibreak to clear my head. Bah... --Kraftlos (Talk | Contrib) 05:02, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Contstructive comments

I'm contacting you in the context suggested by your contribution to Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Mongolia during Tang rule -- see here. I joined that AfD thread after you had withdrawn, but my first blush impressions were similar to yours. As you suggested, I did investigate each one of the proffered citations. All proved to be naught but hollow shells. I now believe that your "take" on this dispute was 180° mistaken; and my view was congruent with yours.

My understanding of the dispute changed slowly as I followed the AfD thread until it closed; and afterwards, I continued to followed the evolution of talk page threads.

My problem today is figuring out how to pick out the relevant elements of the process in which my perspective changed so greatly. I'm also a bit uncertain about the extent to which my best efforts to become a constructive or mitigating factor were on-point or off-base.

Please, may I invite constructive comments about what I might have done differently to ameliorate a dispute which shows no signs of diminishing? More importantly, I wonder if you might be able to identify some of the lessons I can be able to take from this experience into other future situations in which I allow myself to be in the middle? I'm a little bit confused by whatever is happening here ....

I'm not so much inviting your further participation as I'm trying to elicit potentially helpful comments and observations from someone out-of-the-loop, but with a modest foundation from which to examine what transpired in the past few days. For the current status of the underlying issues, see Talk:Inner Asia during the Tang Dynasty#Semi-protection needed. --Tenmei (talk) 16:00, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Alright I'll give this a shot. --Kraftlos (Talk | Contrib) 09:25, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for constructive comments -- especially the bit about taking it slow.

Slow is definitely a very helpful concept to introduce here. --Tenmei (talk) 21:05, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

There is no deadline on Misplaced Pages, glad the comments helped. I've added it to my watchlist, so I'll try to stay involved. --Kraftlos (Talk | Contrib) 22:16, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of SDF-1 Macross

SDF-1 Macross has been nominated for deletion and you were involved in a previous AfD about a different article involving the same cartoon series. You are invited to comment on the discussion at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/SDF-1 Macross. Thank you.--Sloane (talk) 00:39, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

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