Ethan a dawe

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Rand Anon IP RfC

Looking at the dispute resolution protocol, I've made an RfC regarding one of the anon IPs who's trolling this article. Since you've been involved in a dispute with this person please certify it and post your observations here [1]. Idag (talk) 06:08, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Ethan, since you had a huge dispute with this anon, would you mind certifying the RfC instead of simply endorsing it? Idag (talk) 18:14, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you much, hopefully this'll resolve our issues w/ the anon. I took a page from your book and tried ignoring him, but him edit warring on my talk page was the last straw. Idag (talk) 18:20, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Check User

Would you mind filling it out? I have an article deadline coming up next week, so I won't have much free time until that's done with. Idag (talk) 19:17, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

She has already admitted she knows him, which basically makes her a meatpuppet. TallNapoleon (talk) 20:32, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Filled out a checkuser for Lillith and we'll see what comes back. Either way, "she" seems more interested in an argument than anything else, so as long as we ignore and revert Edward and his clones, it really doesn't matter whether he can get around his block. Idag (talk) 07:11, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

RFC'ed her as well. TallNapoleon (talk) 08:04, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Now that the trolls have abated...

WikiProject Objectivism Salutations, Ethan a dawe. I've noticed your interest in articles relating to Objectivism and would like to invite you to join the freshly resuscitated WikiProject Objectivism, a group of Wikipedians devoted to improving articles related to the philosophy of Ayn Rand. If you're interested, consider adding yourself to the list of participants and joining the discussion on the talkpage. Yours in enlightened self-interest, Skomorokh 00:52, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Operation COOKIE MONSTER

In support of Operation COOKIE MONSTER (OCM) I'm presenting WikiCookies in appreciation for military service to the United States. Happy Independence Day! Ndunruh (talk) 04:45, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks

Believe me, the pleasure was all mine. :) TallNapoleon (talk) 03:54, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

D&D articles for Wikipedia 0.7

Hi there!  :)

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AfD nomination of Order of Hermes (Ars Magica)

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Thanks

Thanks, Ethan, I'll take a look. SlimVirgin ^{talk|contribs} 23:23, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

A lot of philosophers are hoping to be ignored as much

They can't stop ignoring her! ChildofMidnight (talk) 00:32, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

I suggest you remove your lengthy statement. I know you mean well, but I don't think it's helpful. Wikipedia, like the world, is imperfect. At least we had a good laugh. ;) ChildofMidnight (talk) 05:57, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Please work with the Consensus

Based on the RFc on the Ayn Rand page, there is no consensus to support the edits and deletions made by one faction following the Dec 31 freeze. The vote as to whether there was a consensus for the changes was 9 to 3 against, 7 to 5 if one counts only experienced editors, and adds votes for two editors who commented but did not make an explicit vote. In either case, a minority, no matter how vocal (the talk page has never been so large, and so empty) cannot claim to have established a new consensus.

Hence, we shall revert to the actual consensus version of Dec 31, and I respectfully request that all editors accept and defend this long standing consensus version as the starting point for new edits. Reversions to the controversial shortened article should not be supported against the vote of the RFC. I request that those who wish to modify the article state the changes they want on the talk page, and request a vote for the changes they wish to make. I request that editors not simply assert that there is a new consensus for deletions as has been done, since the RFC clearly shows that this is not the case.

If you have suggestions for improving the article (I support trimming down all sections which have their own separate wikipedia article, such as Objectivist movement) please discuss them, conscisely now, but let us not revert to an edit war. Kjaer (talk) 01:05, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

RfM

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Comment that TallNapoleon deleted from his talk page

I left this on TallNapoleon's talk page related to the "debate" regarding his Anti-Rand paper seen on either TallNapoleon's or TheJazzFan's page and he subsequently deleted it with the comment "not interested". Yes, he does seem to be averse to the truth.

"You pedantically assert that words have meaning and then proceed to dance around to avoid defining them. Jazz completely outed your fallacious methodology.

Your analogy of "faith" in God & in the sun rising is beyond absurd. One is observation of an event involving observable bodies with measureable properties and interacting in a known, observable fashion - even if the mechanism isn't completely understood there's nothing to suggest they'll interact in a different manner during a given period. You most certainly can prove the validity of the assertion that "the sun will rise" (i.e. the Earth will rotate) - you can see it happen. The sun never *stops* rising.

So-called "faith" in God is an amorphous urge that doesn't even rise to the level of a valid assertion given that it's related to some equally amorphous pseudo-entity you've failed to define, thereby rendering impossible anything that can be called a "belief" that's worthy of serious consideration. You're trying to avoid that evidence requires a criteria against which to evaluate it.

Reason an evil idol? You're just another in a long line of folks trying to use reason to disprove the validity of reason, and as is always the case, utterly failing."TheDarkOneLives (talk) 09:51, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Ayn Rand

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Atlas Shrugged Article

Hello! As a member of Wiki Project Objectivism would you please see my post on the excessive coverage of fictional technology, etc. in Atlas Shrugged and my proposal to replace it with more coverage of the meaning of the events in that novel. Thanks. —Blanchette (talk) 03:27, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Objectivism

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