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Latest comment: 12 years ago by Reyk in topic Arbitration Committee RfC

LGBT articles of Brazil edit

Hello! Brazilian people love U.S. citizens. Many flights from TX, CA, FL, NY, and GE to Brazil exists. You are very welcome. In FEBRUARY, in the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil will be aproved the *SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN BRAZIL* ([1]), and the pages LGBT rights in Brazil and Recognition of same-sex unions in Brazil need of you. Because will generate a heavy traffic on these pages, and we need you to help in the English spelling of these pages, you understand me? Please help me. Hentzer (talk) 23:00, 23 January 2011 (UTC)Reply

  • I'm sorry, but I no longer edit Wikipedia. Reyk YO! 01:03, 25 January 2011 (UTC)Reply

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Welcome back edit

Hi Reyk. I don't believe we've had any interactions but I've noticed your comments at ANI a few times and was always agreed with them, what's more you impressed me with you calm reasoned response on more than one occasion. I was saddened to see you leave the project and am glad to see you back. So Welcome Back! WormTT 08:50, 20 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

  • Thanks! I was feeling pretty worn out for a while, but a month long semi-break has done me some good I think. Reyk YO! 09:18, 20 February 2011 (UTC)Reply


Bring Back Jack

I'm actually surprised that nobody has blocked the additional accounts, which give the impression of thumbing one's nose at the relatively minimal restrictions that Jack Merridew has been under, a behavioural pattern that is in keeping with the escalation that was seen in the period before Jack required serious sanctions. Frankly, if not for the defiance in creating these additional accounts, I'd have seriously considered lifting all of the remaining sanctions; however, at this point I'd say block the non-bot socks (acknowledged or not) and keep that restriction in place. As I've stated the last time one of those "joke" accounts came up: they are technical violations not worthy of rigid enforcement.

But, as I've also stated the last time this came up, they are an unwise violation: they may not be worthy of a smackdown, but they certainly speak loud and clear against lifting the restriction. We're here to write a collaborative encyclopedia, not to experiment with the concepts of online identity or to horse around with collections of accounts. I'm certainly not going to support lifting a restriction that is being flaunted repeatedly — even if the individual violations are, in isolation, more ridiculous than harmful.

This kind of thoughtless, petty, vindictiveness – based on a misguided assumption of "defiance" – is how we lose our best contributors.

Who can read the previous versions of User talk:Jack Merridew and not be struck by the number of times the word "thanks" appears on any of the revisions?

Who can fail to be impressed by the depth of technical understanding and remarkable skill-set that Jack employed to solve so many users' problem that landed on his page?

Who can doubt his sincere intentions that every single one of his contributions should be an improvement to the Wikimedia project?

Jack just asked to be no longer treated as a second-class editor. It wasn't the effect of the restrictions that bothered him. It was the fact that he still had restrictions after more than two years of very positive contributions. Those alternate accounts weren't defiance. They were an illustration that Jack was no danger to the wiki – so that even the blind could see that he could use alternative accounts without causing the problems that his admitted sock-puppetry did before. And yet, some still couldn't see. For shame.

So what lessons do we learn from this sorry story?

There's no way back
If you screw-up, there's no path to redemption. You're always going to carry the wiki-mark of Cain, no matter how constructive you have been; no matter for how long.
The standard offer is a lie
You can jump through the hoops, but even if you've fulfilled the expectations many times over, your fate still depends on arbitrary whim.
There's a clear message for vandals
It's not worth trying to reform. Because no matter how hard you try, you'll still get kicked in the teeth.

There are some who will insist that the system works, but deep down, in their heart-of-hearts, they know it's just bullshit.

And just in case you think none of this applies to you, remember: "For petty-mindedness to triumph, it is sufficient for nobler minds to do nothing". Shame on you.

Multiple articles on fictional characters edit

We don't need or want multiple articles on the same fictional character based on appearing in different media or storylines

You, here

Makes me wanna ask, what do you say about having separate articles like Wikipedia has the TV series version of Temperance Brennan and her book series counterpart or Yuusuke Godai and Yuusuke Onodera? Should this be tolerated for non-Transformers stuff? NotARealWord (talk) 16:00, 3 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

  • See WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS. And yes, I do think more than one article per character is generally too much- not just for Transformers articles. Reyk YO! 05:12, 4 March 2011 (UTC)Reply
  • Where were people like you when I asked to merge the two Yuusukes? NotARealWord (talk) 06:45, 4 March 2011 (UTC)Reply
  • That's always the conundrum, isn't it? The people who hang around fictional characters' talk pages are usually diehard fans who think it's super duper mega important to go on at great lengths about minutiae, and try to justify multiple pages on essentially the same thing. Try suggesting any sort of cleanup or maintenance, and you're set upon by hordes of indignant fanboys. But people with a proper perspective miss things like your proposal because they're just not aware of them. Reyk YO! 09:14, 4 March 2011 (UTC)Reply
  • My suggestion was put up on Proposed mergers last year. Seriously, it would be nice if there was a more organized way to propose merges. That page is just "list down anything that you think should be merged". If everybody who wanted to merge some articles used that page, it's likely to get overly cluttered. We really need a more organized merge-proposal process. NotARealWord (talk) 22:43, 4 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

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Nomination of season one episode articles of House for deletion edit

 

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A new word? edit

dramalanche - not heard that before, is it your invention? pablo 05:58, 22 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

New resolution proposal edit

Hi. Just wanted to let you know that a new proposal has been made in a thread you contributed to at AN/I concerning the possibility of prohibiting a user from initiating actions at AN, AN/I, or WQA. Thanks,  – OhioStandard (talk) 06:50, 24 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

Hi Reyk. I apologize for my accidental removal of your comment. I don't know how that happened. Cunard (talk) 23:47, 29 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

  • Don't worry about it. I figured it was a software glitch or something. Reyk YO! 23:49, 29 May 2011 (UTC)Reply

Thank you kindly edit

  Thank you for your support
Thank you very much for your support on my RfA. I shall endeavor to meet your and the community's expectations as an admin. Qwyrxian (talk) 07:37, 26 July 2011 (UTC)Reply

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Arbitration edit

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  • I'm not involved, and I don't care. Reyk YO! 00:11, 14 September 2011 (UTC)Reply

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RFA thanks edit

Thank you for your question, comnent, and support at my recent successful RFA. Being now the new fellow in the fraternity of administrators, I will do my best to live up to the confidence shown in me by others, will move slowly and carefully when using the mop, will seek input from others before any action of which I might be unsure, and will try not to break anything beyond repair. Best, Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 19:10, 4 December 2011 (UTC)Reply

Hi Reyk. Do you understand this comment by Dream Focus (talk · contribs)? I don't, so I am unable to formulate a response. Goodvac (talk) 23:22, 13 December 2011 (UTC)Reply

  • Sorry, I can't help you. I don't understand that comment either. You should ask DF to clarify. Reyk YO! 00:04, 14 December 2011 (UTC)Reply

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Being undignified is ok by me. edit

At least its honest. Cheers.--Milowenthasspoken 01:00, 28 January 2012 (UTC)Reply

  • Well, I realized after I wrote it that that amount of gloating is completely unwarranted. I'll content myself with just a little smirk. Reyk YO! 10:10, 28 January 2012 (UTC)Reply

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Arbitration Committee RfC edit

I have started one at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee 3. If you would like to add yourself as a certifying party and perhaps make a statement, it would be appreciated. Also, if you would like to change the formatting a bit, please feel free. This is my first RfC creation and this also isn't a common type of RfC, so I used a generalized format. SilverserenC 23:45, 28 January 2012 (UTC)Reply

How exactly do you list an RfC? I've never done it before and i'm not sure where it goes. SilverserenC 00:36, 29 January 2012 (UTC)Reply
I'm not 100% sure; I have never started an RfC either. There's some instructions here. Reyk YO! 03:27, 29 January 2012 (UTC)Reply