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Nomination of Johannes Hans Hess for deletion

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SPI

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I was the last to know.[1] Clued (talk) 02:50, 26 October 2014 (UTC)Reply

Bruce Jenner is under Discretionary Sanctions

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Further, to quote the Manning Naming Dispute case The standard discretionary sanctions adopted in Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Sexology for (among other things) "all articles dealing with transgender issues" remain in force. For the avoidance of doubt, these discretionary sanctions apply to any dispute regarding the proper article title, pronoun usage, or other manner of referring to any individual known to be or self-identifying as transgender
To make this very explicit; in your recent edits you've been uniformly referring to Caitlyn Jenner by male pronouns. This is both incredibly rude and in quite clear violation of pretty much all the policy in the relevant area. Please do better in the future. Ironholds (talk) 01:59, 5 June 2015 (UTC)Reply
Free Speech - this is America. To paraphrase the great Billy Joel, "He can call himself Caitlyn, but he's always Bruce Jenner to me." Even if he calls himself a woman, guess what? He still has a Y-chromosome. Even if he gets the sex change surgery, he won't be able to lactate, menstruate, or give birth. He will merely be a feminized man.
Here, read this:

http://thefederalist.com/2015/05/12/its-not-hateful-to-point-out-bruce-jenner-isnt-a-woman/

http://thefederalist.com/2015/04/27/bruce-jenner-wants-to-change-the-world-when-he-should-change-his-mind/ - written by former transgender Walter Heyer

http://www.sexchangeregret.com/ - Mr. Heyer's website.

http://thefederalist.com/2015/06/04/why-bruce-jenner-can-never-be-a-woman/#disqus_thread

http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/bruce-jenner-is-not-a-woman-he-is-a-sick-and-delusional-man/

Just because someone claims to be something they are not does not mean we all have to play along with their delusions. I could say that I identify as the president of the USA, but that wouldn't oblige anyone to refer to me as "President Martnen". The same is true of Mr. Jenner. Just because he says he identifies as a woman, that doesn't oblige me to refer to him as "Caitlyn", "Ms. Jenner", or "her". Bobby Martnen (talk)

MOS:IDENTITY is being revisited: How should Wikipedia refer to transgender individuals before and after their transition?

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Treaty of Kraków move

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Hello Bobby Martnen, I have reverted your change of the article title for now. Copy/pasting the content from one article page to another doesn't copy the article history for attribution, and is generally discouraged. If a move is not possible because the target page already exists, or the move is technically complex, or may be controversial: such moves should be requested (see Wikipedia:Requested moves for more information). In this specific case, "Treaty of Kraków" may be the more consistent title - the Kraków article itself is also named with this spelling. But such points would be discussed in a move request anyway. Best regards. GermanJoe (talk) 01:10, 24 October 2015 (UTC)Reply

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January 2016

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  Hello, I'm Sundayclose. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Pope John Paul I, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Sundayclose (talk) 16:28, 1 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

 
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for persistent disruptive editing. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by first reading the guide to appealing blocks, then adding the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  SQLQuery me! 22:55, 23 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

Block Appeal

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This user's unblock request has been reviewed by an administrator, who declined the request. Other administrators may also review this block, but should not override the decision without good reason (see the blocking policy).

Bobby Martnen (block logactive blocksglobal blockscontribsdeleted contribsfilter logcreation logchange block settingsunblockcheckuser (log))


Request reason:

I often edit from public computers, and sometimes forget to log out. The disruptive edit had nothing to do with me. Bobby Martnen (talk) 16:34, 24 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

Decline reason:

This means that your account is compromised. It will therefore not be unblocked. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 17:19, 24 January 2016 (UTC)Reply


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Cafrenbach listed at Redirects for discussion

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An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect Cafrenbach. Since you had some involvement with the Cafrenbach redirect, you might want to participate in the redirect discussion if you have not already done so. Cordless Larry (talk) 13:22, 6 March 2016 (UTC)Reply

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