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COUTRE CHASSE

My apologies if this is not the correct method of addressing the problem, but I am otherwise unaware of how you may be contacted. On the page "Cut to the Chase", I have updated the article using known, checkable facts, in an attempt at accuracy. Recent criticisms aimed at Wikipedia syggest that it cannot be seen to be accurate anymore if anyone can affect the entries; ergo, I understand the need for 'policing' alterations to entries. However, there has been a noticable trend in certain Monitors apparently unwilling to allow, seemingly peevishly, "Their" pages. or "their" pet subject to be upgraded or updated. The current problem, CUT TO THE CHASE, might appear to be a case in point. In short, the statement that this term is taken from the era of silent movies is quite simply wrong; at best it is a mild joke, at worst it is wildly innacurate; this is meant to be an accurate encyclopedia. My statement that the origin of the word comes from an older source is true, a verifiable historical fact. However, this has been repeatedly dimissed and ignored as it simply doesn't seem to suit somebody who clings childishly to his own interpretation. Now, I have received a threat of 'final warning' for 'vandalism' when I am trying to add a correction to a mistake. This smacks of a 'Fanboy' mentality better suited to TV Show conventions where fans can argue their point of veiw ad infinitum; The difference here is that You are clinging to a misinformation and propogating said mistake by wiping off a factual account to reiterate a statement nothing more grounded than an old wives tale. This is tantamouint to bullying of the worst kind, and a revelation of perhaps a lower standard of information than might be expected. Wikipedia is being degraded by such behaviour, and I for one must reconsidder its accuracy from this point: Student entries proffered for my attention containing Wikipedia citations may need to be rejected from this time forth for this very reason Please consider your misuse of power.

Prof. Richard Cohen, Bsc. Bed.(Hons)

===Preston Park===

Cheers for sorting out the "squared" symbol on Preston Park. My browser kept messing it up, but thought it necessery to revert that vandalism. Thanks.

Thanks!

Hey thanks for cleaning up those cats for me. Glad to see its a community here. 15:52, 11 March 2006 (UTC)Basique

Oh and thanks for fixing up the Greenlee entry, I'll get better at this I promise! Basique 13:26, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

More thanks for cleaning up the John A Jackson entry, much appreciated. (Gowron 20:50, 16 May 2006 (UTC))

Jan Smuts Statue

Thanks a lot for adding the picture of Jan Smuts's statue. One thing that this article series needs are more illustrations. I'm busy working away on writing the more detailed sub-articles at the moment, but if you can add anything else then please feel free. The Smuts articles don't appear to attract much outside interest - no edit wars, but not too much help either!

Xdamr^talk 22:28, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for fixing up the article on the Maharik, I copied it from the JE right before Shabbos and didn't have time to do the edits. --רח"ק | Talk 04:57, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Frank Sinclair

I have restored the NorthAm stub. As explained on the talk page, this is necessary because we have the unusual case of an England-born player who played in the World Cup for a North American team.--Runcorn 19:35, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Ok fair enough. Childzy ^{(Talk|Contribs)} 09:41, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Baby boomer

Response left on talk page. Andrew Levine 22:06, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Elspeth Probyn

I removed the NPOV tag you added and deleted the questionable paragraph, which was added by an anonymous user. See the talk page for further detail. Is it OK now? --Grace 01:36, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Suggestions

Don't hesitate to get back to me if you need any feedback. Tyrenius 04:24, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Australia-footy-bio-stub

Someone created Template:Australia-footy-bio-stub but not finished. Matt86hk talk 11:48, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Who?

Who are you? --Kingforaday1620 22:11, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

July 18 TfD closure

I think you made a mistake when you closed a TfD on the July 18 page. Your closure of one covers about 3 or 4. Would you please fix it. Thanks!
—Lady Aleena talk/contribs 00:18, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for the greeting, I will be sure to read all the articles you've sent me to better my wiking, I can't wait to get started and hopefuly in the coming months become an administrator.Dhawk1964 01:13, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

RE:Inconsistency on templates?

Well, I am aware of this inconsistency. In fact all these templates display the numbers (four or more digits) without any spacing. I am intending to change that soon if I have the time. In the meantime, you could also do this yourself! --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 16:13, 30 July 2006 (UTC) [I replied: No, I won't change the templates. I personally think that they look better with no space, though I won't oppose the change.--Runcorn 18:16, 30 July 2006 (UTC)]

Thanks

Where did i miss the sig?Iamheredude 04:17, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

This user tries to do the right thing. If they make a mistake, please let them know.

Iamheredude 04:17, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thank you for the warm welcome and i'll be sure to read all the links you sent me. Thanks again!

AFD State terrorism in Sri Lanka

Thanks for your vote, it is in RaveenS

Bhadani has smiled at you! Smiles promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Smile to others by adding {{subst:smile}}, {{subst:smile2}} or {{subst:smile3}} to their talk page with a friendly message. Happy editing!

--Bhadani 17:42, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Thank you!

Thanks for the welcome! It was quite the nice thing to do. Displaced Brit 21:49, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for aligning my boxes. I'm still learning the technical ropes while I continue to edit. I saw the message and thought that it was a vandal retaliating I keep reverting on the New Hampshire page. Pleasant suprise. Trnj2000 19:52, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Pimps at Sea

Lots of things that aren't games are part of project (people, companies, characters, magazines about games, etc), so I'd say Pimps at Sea belongs. Ace of Sevens 20:59, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

AFD[1]

Your opinion please RaveenS

welcome messages

Whoops! You just left a few welcome messages on new userpages, without subst'ing {{Welcomeg}}. I have subst'd them for ya. Keep on truckin, — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • ER • 15:06, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

I'd already realised and was doing it myself, but thanks.--Runcorn 15:08, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Ah, sorry about that. Ciao, — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • ER • 15:10, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

FRS

Happy to leave things as they are.--Runcorn 09:10, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

I wasn't trying to close the matter - your suggestion works, but I am not sure how many users would notice, I tend to click on a link without waiting for the popup. DO you know if this matter has been discussed elsewhere? - it is related to many situation. — Saltmarsh 07:25, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm not aware of similar discussions. The thing to do is initiate one on WP:VPP, or on a separate page with a reference to it on WP:VPP. Happy to help you draft something.--Runcorn 16:46, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

OK I'll get back to you in a day or two (or three!) — Saltmarsh 13:35, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

WikiCookie

I, Plange, award you this WikiCookie for your quiet diligence in adding the WPBiography tag to articles, thanks! plange 04:49, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Admin

I would like to nominate you to be an admin. You have over 5500 edits, have been editing since December 2005, and participated in a good range of areas. I think you display a sound approach which eminently qualifies you. If you accept, please let me know and I will prepare the formalities. Tyrenius 21:20, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Good. I shall try to master the process of getting it in gear now! Tyrenius 20:49, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

I've done the easy bit: Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Runcorn. Now it's over to you (don't actually accept the nom till it's all ready to go). Tyrenius 22:31, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

I've given my bit a final once-over and I'm ready to roll, whenever you are. Tyrenius 20:49, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

National museum categories in UK

I think this needs some scrutiny. These edits are changing, as in this example, Category:British national museums|London, National Gallery to Category:National museums of England|London, National Gallery. As far as I understand it, these are not English museums, nor even museums of England (although they may be in England, but that is neither here nor there). They are British museums, which is why there is the title Tate Britain and not Tate England, for one. I'm not really up with categories, and wonder if you could take a look. Tyrenius 23:44, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

You know a lot more about categories than me. Should Category:National museums of England be put up for deletion, and if so, would you mind doing it? It's only employment is a misuse. See also Solipsist's comments. Also Category:National museums of Wales. Tyrenius 20:39, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Deville's RfA

File:Scarlettanager99.jpg

Hello, Runcorn, and thank you for the support on my recent RfA. The final tally was 72/1/0, and I have now been entrusted with the mop. I'll be tentative with the new buttons for a while, and certainly welcome any and all feedback on how I might be able to use them to help the project. All the best, and thanks again! — Deville (Talk) 03:28, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Laurence Baxter

Fair enough -- the article itself didn't seem to do enough to establish his notability, but I wasn't sure, which is why I used PROD rather than AFD, and why I included a question mark in my reason. The article could be improved by including the reasons for his notability in the Wikipedia:Lead section, and by including more information on why he was held in such high regard, compared to other statistics professors. Thanks for improving Wikipedia! — Catherine\^talk 17:51, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Andeh

I've left him a message re removal of talk.[2] -- Tyrenius 22:26, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Category

One for you to have a look at please! Category:Teen Choice Awards. There were two other articles, but they're now redirects. Tyrenius 23:18, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Delmer J. Yoakum

Does the pic in the "Professional life" section work? It doesn't appear for me, but it does for the uploader. Tyrenius 02:30, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

RfA comments

Feel free to remove any of my comments soon before your RfA ends, as according to what Tyrenius says, it should remain for other participants to see before deciding their position. I will also inform Tyrenius of this message.--Andeh 13:04, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Your RfA

I am pleased to let you know that, consensus reached, you are now an Administrator. You should find the following forums useful:

• Administrators' reading list
• Administrators' how-to guide
• Administrators' Noticeboard

• Administrators' Noticeboard for Incidents
• Administrators' Noticeboard for Three-revert rule violations

Congratulations on your promotion and the best of luck with your new charge! Redux 22:21, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Congrats

Congrats, and have a fun time during your stay in the shiny button club! :) Yanksox 22:22, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

My ones aren't at all shiny — they're just like all the rest! I was actually slightly disappointed when I saw them for the first time, accidentally reverted something and blocked myself by mistake. (I have to confess that I did then unblock myself, and got away with it...) But congratulations indeed. :) Tyrenius 00:25, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

I think I'm being harrassed what should i do?

Please see related links on my talk page, User talk:SuperMayan, User talk:trialsanderrors I'd give you the difs, but the tremors are pretty bad and I'm loosing the ability to type. :) Dlohcierekim 20:16, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

This seems like a misunderstanding by User:Dlohcierekim. See his talk page. I have no intention whatsover to harass him (her?), I just requested his input on a vandalfighting case. ~ trialsanderrors 20:20, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Update: Sorted out per both of our talk pages. ~ trialsanderrors 20:47, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes, I'm pretty sure Trials is innocent of any problem. I apologize as I misconstrued his role. Aside from [[User talk:SuperMayan faking my signature and User:Kross's on his talk page, I think what he does there is his own business. I reverted his puerile edits. Thank you for your time. Thanks, Trials. :) Dlohcierekim 20:51, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Georg Cantor

Hi Runcorn. Either you're doing a routine vandalism check or you've been contacted by the editor adding these categories. There is a lengthy debate full of all the relevant reasonings for removing the categories off of Georg Cantor. Similar debates are even being held on the Karl Marx page, so this is in no way unprecedented. One relevant point must be made. It is not the ancestry of a biographical figures PARENTS that determines what category they are placed in. If that were the case, we'd have a LOT and I mean LOT of categories to add to bio articles for many famous people. It is what they are that is in question. Maybe you can comment on the talk page? Thanks. 72.144.68.140 21:01, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi, Runcorn. Please leave further comments on the Georg Cantor talk page. 72.144.68.140 21:14, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry I don't respond well to your threats, as you have yet to recall that wikipedia policies are created by us users, and any user has the right to debate a circumstance as long as they are somewhat supported by sources. I will continue to debate the inclusion of dubious categorizations as has been done on many articles before. I suggest you take your "policy" and move it to the Copernicus article. Get started with threatening all those users with blocks too. 72.144.68.140 21:35, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Might wanna take a look at Wikipedia:Vandalism#What_vandalism_is_not. There is another comment on your talk page referring to this issue. 72.144.68.140 21:38, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Where is the proof?

1. Where is the proof, there is no proof the only "proof" is a russian article where they themselves only go by his name
2. Why is the alleged religion mentioned at the very top of the article why isnt Arnold Schwarzeneggers religion mentioned at the very top or Bill Clintons or Bill Gates or Richard Nixons or Jimmy Wales of their articles.
3. Has he had a bar mitzvah is he even a member of the religion?

Ramand 17:34, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

You have violated the 3rr rule and you are an admin Ramand 18:12, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Deletion of properly referenced material because of a POV assertion that it should be ignored is vandalism and 3RR doesn't apply. Tyrenius 21:04, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Grigori Perelman

Your recent actions regarding this article have been very inappropriate. Not only have you broken 3RR, using rollback for content disputes, but you reverted to your preferredversion just before protecting in a dispute you are involved in. This is highly inappropriate, and in my opinion, desysop-worthy. In any case, I've blocked you for 24 hours for the 3RR violation, as I think you need some time out to calm down. Dmcdevit·t 18:56, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

I think this is a (understandable) misunderstanding. See my post to Dmcdevit talk page. Tyrenius 21:07, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

I've reviewed the situation in question, and while I think the situation on Grigori Perelman could have been handled differently, I think your intentions were in protecting the encyclopedia and were not malicious in the least. Please remember the importance of not using rollback in content disputes and not protecting pages in which you are (even peripherally) involved. I've unblocked you as per User talk:Dmcdevit -- Samir धर्म 06:34, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Template:User ipa-0

Hi. I have restored the template above following a request from users who feel it serves a purpose. While there was a TfD for all these '0 level' writing system boxes the templates themselves were never tagged as being considered for deletion, and thus the people actually using them weren't afforded the chance to comment. Obviously that's not the intent of *fD and the process must have gotten fumbled somewhere. I haven't heard anyone asking about restoring the others so I suppose we can leave them gone for the time being. --CBD 15:01, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

If you want this template restored, it should be listed on DRV. The lack of a tag was a simple oversight on my part, but that doesn't mean the debate about it was invalid. Instead of restoring without consensus, DRV is the proper thing to do. pschemp | talk 21:39, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

CfD closure

Hello. Congratulations on the recent award of your mop and bucket! Thanks for your email. I am taking the liberty of replying to it here. There isn't actually a huge CfD backlog just now, but all help on this front is welcome, and the more eyes that watch what's going on the better! If you close a CfD, then there are indeed helpful robots which remove the references to the category before it is deleted: if you close a debate, then you can list the required changes at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Working, which I think some of these robots work off directly. There is a section at the bottom of that page with categories "ready for deletion". A temporary backlog may build up over the next few days, because Wikipedia's rendering of category pages changed last week and the robots may need to be recoded accordingly. As an alternative, I believe some Wikipedians find WP:AWB helpful. There are other admins, including me, who prefer to be responsible for implementing our own *fD closures, so I have my own bot, and I maintain its task list as I close discussions. I'll try and help if you have any more questions (or suggestions): my talk page is always open, although I am not always "at home"! Best wishes, RobertG ♬ talk 10:20, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Tagging living people as Jews

Dear Runcorn,

perhaps it is time that we had a general discussion at the village pump. Would you care to join it? Bellbird 10:22, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

999

That's what you are currently! [3] Tyrenius 06:55, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks

Thank you for your congratulations, and I send the same back to you. —Xyrael / 16:12, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Jewishness and Judaism

I just posted a reply in the Jewish Mathematicians discussion. Tell me what you think. See also Tyrenius's talk page. Bellbird 11:31, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

...and Beyond

Hi. Thank-you for striking out the votes for ...and Beyond in the Sept. 10 Categories for deletion. He/she also voted in the Sept. 12 section. I do not know if it is appropriate for me to strike out those votes? --BostonMA 17:49, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for taking care of this. --BostonMA 19:53, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Hi, User:TDL31, with an edit count of 3, has undone your work on the categories for deletion. --BostonMA 01:17, 17 September 2006 (UTC) You seem to be off line, so I will take it upon myself to revert. I hope that is the right thing. --BostonMA 01:19, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Please feel free to checkuser me. I have provided my IP address on my user page. Other than that, please do not breech your admin powers and wikipedia's standards by removing comments on an AFD made by a banned user. Only possible sockpuppet user comments may be striked out if they are on the same afd/cfd. Thank you. TDL31 01:53, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for blocking "and beyond". He was trolling and sockpuppeteering to get cats I worked long and hard on contributing deleted. Bakaman _Bakatalk 02:17, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Jan Smuts

As someone who has previously contributed to the above article, you might be interested to know that the Early life of Jan Smuts (childhood and early adulthood, 1870-1895) is up for FA nomination at the moment. Any contribution, whether a vote for/against or a suggestion for improvement, would be very much appreciated. The eventual intention is to raise Jan Smuts and its detailed sub-articles to FAs - this is the first to be completed and to go forward for nomination.

Best wishes, Xdamr^talk 15:16, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Hey Runcorn

Hey Runcorn, thank you for supporting my recent RfA. It finished with an amazing final tally of 160/4/1. I really appreciate your support. :) Cheers, Sarah Ewart (Talk) 11:21, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Morton Devonshire

Thanks for your note. Tom harrison suggested I withdraw for time being. I don't want Morton to feel I am acting on a personal basis towards him, so I have decided it is the best course to do this, and leave it to others to review anything necessary. Tyrenius 21:53, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

FYI [4]. Tyrenius 14:45, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

I would like to make a request that we put this matter behind us now. The talk is archived, and Morton has shown good will in removing captions from his pictures. I think this is a fair compromise. You may feel differently, but I hope not. Tyrenius 20:48, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

I agree. Tom Harrison ^Talk 19:11, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Admin tag

Thought you might want to know that your userpage lacks an admin tag. Unless someone is diligent enough to pursue the List of Admins page, there is no way of knowing that when you are addressing people that you are doing so from a Wikipedia enforcement perspective. Thanks. Morton devonshire 20:27, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

User:Eleemosynary

I think this user needs an RfC on his general behavior, not just his threats to me. Would you be willing to certify an RfC? I don't know how to start one, but I know it needs a primary and a secondary supporter. Billy Blythe 18:25, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

By the way, I'm sorry I screwed up your page format with that barnstar. I hope you don't have much trouble cleaning it up. Billy Blythe 18:26, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Norton

No, I am not related. And why don't you have an entry for Norton's Atlas, so I can find out more? My family is very small, from poor Irish stock. Wikipedia, can't contain "All the world's..." if you are holding back on some... Nice to meet you.

citation needed

Thansk. I was confused by the empty parentheses, as you correctly inferred. Sorry. Dfass 04:13, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

RfB With A Smile :)

Thanks

Maybe you can also warn Nixer (talk · contribs). As you can see, the issue had been debated extensively with everyone except him opposing. Even Historian2 (talk · contribs) opposed it. And yet, 10 days after the discussion had died out, he just did it anyway. This is not the way we are supposed to behave on Wikipedia. --Daniel575 | (talk) 16:43, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Twin Zygosity

A quick scan turned up no information not present in other place, and it was linkless. But if you like a redirect better, feel free. --Alvestrand 21:56, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism

When an explanation for removals is given in a talk page, and requests for a change are made for the re-inclusion of that material, it is not considered vandalism. Help formulate an agreement on the talk page rather than just reverting. Also, if you were actually reverting vandalism, why didn't you do it to all the pages that I've edited? Further, I have removed a name mis-attributed on List of Czech Jews with a source (now with two sources) and have been reverted with no comment by you. Why exactly? Thank you. 141.211.251.69 22:17, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

A) There's only one reference (simply having an article on Encyclopedia Judaica does not mean anything - Shakespeare has an article too) and it is written by an individual who, as far as we know, has no professional knowledge of any of these people. This, compared to a statement which asserts Benatzky called himself "not Jewish." Unusual how you somehow see the former as more valid. Biased, are we? B) A person cannot be Jewish and "not Jewish" at the same time. 141.211.251.69 18:05, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

WP:CITE

I have reverted your edits on List of Chilean Jews. As an admin, you should be familiar with WP:CITE. Unless a source says something to be true, it cannot be held as true on any article on wikipedia. Odd how your contributions list has slowed over the last few weeks. Found something else to do? 141.213.209.234 02:23, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Stopped trying to appear neutral?

Not only can you not decide on who's "sockpuppet" I am, either a user I edited simultaneously with or one who hasn't edited in over two months, but you can't even keep your "administrative" edits neutral:

Here [5] you put "All edits by banned users will be reverted" and yet here [6] you put "Seems a good edit - don't revert just because of the messenger." The messenger in this case being an indefinitely banned user.

If possible, refer me to the part in WIKI:Sockpuppetry that supports your actions --- those being reverting the edits of some "banned" users and not those of others. Also, where it states a user can be banned for non-malicious sockpuppetry, especially without significant evidence.

Or maybe you just feel like reverting some edits for personal reasons? Try to be as inconspicuous as possible when deleting this comment. 141.211.251.74 22:38, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

User talk:Sheynhertz-Unbayg

I see that you protected this page. While Sheynhertz-Unbayg was not posting anything that would allow him to be unblocked, was anything abusive?--Runcorn 19:51, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Just posting unblock requests over and over again without trying to email/talk with Kusma or registering an email address. Feel free to unprotect the page if you disagree, but I think trying to deal with him is a waste of time either because he is stubborn or his English is so poor he can't even follow the simple instructions we've given him. --  Netsnipe  ►  19:54, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

Your RfA comment

Just a note to let you know that I've replied here. Cheerio, Daveydweeb (^chat/_patch) 22:01, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Thank you

I have now launched my RfA. Once again, thank you for offering to nominate me. I hope that everything goes right. :-) Kindest regards.--Húsönd 19:07, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Biography template

It's probably just a case of copying and pasting too quickly (and we've all been there), but just make sure that when you add the Biography template to the Talk page of a biography article that you don't mark the subject as living when they aren't. I'd noticed you'd done it at Princess Louise-Élisabeth of France who's more than 200 years deceased. BigHaz - Schreit mich an 07:44, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

My RfA

Hi Runcorn. I wanted to thank you with flowers (well, flower) taking the time to participate in my RfA, which was successful. I regret that I was unable to earn your support at this time and acknowledge on occasion that I, like many editors, find myself being a bit too bold. You can be assured I have taken your comments on board and will work to address them in future. Now, more than ever, please do let me know if I can be of assistance and especially if you spot me making an error. Many thanks once again. Yours, Rockpocket 07:48, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for the extra feathers on my wings! Thank you so much, Runcorn, for your support in my RfA, which passed on November 11, 2006, with a final tally of 82/0/2. I am humbled by the kind support of so many fellow Wikipedians, and I vow to continue to work and improve with the help of these new tools. Should you have any request, do not hesitate to contact me. Best regards, Húsönd 20:17, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Also, I would naturally like to thank you for your nomination, trust and encouragement. I truly hope that will always meet your expectations. Kindest regards.--Húsönd 20:17, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your input!

Thank you for taking part in my RfA. The RfA was not successful, mostly because I did a pretty bad job of presenting myself. I'll run again sometime in the next few months, in the hopes that some will reconsider.

In the meantime, one of the projects I'm working on is A Wikimedia Administrator's Handbook. This is a wikibook how-to guide intended to help new administrators learn the ropes, as well as to simply "demystify" what adminship entails. If you are an administrator, please help out with writing it, particularly on the technical aspects of the tools. Both administrators and non-administrators are welcome to help link in and sort all of the various policies regarding the use of these tools on wikipedia in particular (as well as other projects: for example, I have almost no experience with how things work on wiktionary or wikinews). Users who are neither familiar with policy or the sysop tools could be of great help by asking questions about anything that's unclear. The goal is to get everything together in one place, with a narrative form designed to anticipate the reader's next question.

A second project, related but not entailed, is a book on wikimedia in general, with a history of how various policies evolved over time, interesting trivia (e.g., what the heck was "wikimoney" about?), and a history of how the wikimedia foundation itself came about and the larger issues that occurred during its history (such as the infamous "Spanish Fork").

Again, thanks for your input on the RfA, and thanks in advance for any help you might be able to provide for the handbook. --SB_Johnny|^talk|_books 14:42, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Selig Percy Amoils

I noticed that you placed Category:South African Jews at the bottom of Selig Percy Amoils. Could you place a reference or citation for this in the article? Thanks! -AED 04:43, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks again! -AED 19:52, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi Runcorn, I would like to draw your attention to Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons This policy in a nutshell: Wikipedia articles about living people can affect the subject's life. They must therefore be written with the greatest of care and attention to verifiability, neutrality and avoiding original research, particularly regarding any controversial material.

Jewishness is a very sensitive issue with some people and before placing Amoils in that category, I think that in terms of the guideline above, the very least that should be done before categorising, is to ask the subject for his feelings on the matter. Just a thought..... Have a good day. Paul venter 13:04, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Whew! I'm glad you weren't offended by me mucking around with your talkpage Runcorn. Somehow this article is generating more controversy than the subject merits. Hopefully this will be resolved properly in the near future and we can all just move on...Doc Tropics ^{Message in a bottle} 19:38, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for welcome

Thank you for the welcome. It's amazing how much Wikipedia has changed (improved!) in the last 2 years. I'm having trouble locating information about editing semantics. Particularly, what happens when people submit edits at the same time? Again, thank you. Ent 20:54, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Figures that I'd find my answer shortly after asking you. I'm reading about edit conflicts right now. Ent 21:00, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Sheynhertz-Unbayg

I've given up and protected his talk page after repeated insults and accusations of vandalism including pictures of lynchings. I think he can't be helped and it is not worth my time to try. He seems to be allegic to email, but I have stopped caring several weeks ago. Kusma (討論) 13:55, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

Vote

Please vote 67.70.71.160 10:24, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

WP Munich

Hello,

You are invited to join WikiProject Munich!

There are a lot of things to do in this project. From creating new articles to finetuning articles into featured article status.

How can you help?

• You can join a Task Force.
• You can help comform Munich-related articles to Wikipedia Policy.
• You can get free Munich-related images under GNU Free Documentation License.
• You can create and edit of Munich-related articles.
• You can do translations from German Wikipedia to English Wikipedia on Munich-related articles.
• You can help do assessments of Munich-related articles.
• You can help expand articles currently in the Stub-class and Start-class.
• You can help reference articles.
• Since original research is against Wikipedia policy, you can research topics to expand. This means you don't need to know anything about Munich.
• You can help expand stubs and start-class articles and help finetune other articles into Featured article status.

A WikiProject of this nature is very broad. Munich has a rich history in sports, culture, politics along with many more topics. Feel free to help out in your area of interest.

If you want to check the project out you can click the link above. If you want to join the project, you can sign up here.

If you have any questions feel free to contact myself or any other member of the project.

Kingjeff 21:17, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Zsa Zsa Riordan

OK, AFD set up. Just for your clarification, the cited talk page is an attempt to clarify what the "athletes who have competed at the highest level in mainly amateur sports" clause in Wikipedia:Notability (people) means when applied to figure skaters. It is hard to imagine that a skater who is still a junior and who has never represented her country in an international competition of any kind can be considered to have competed at the "highest level", by any stretch of the imagination, so I did not really think this would be controversial. Dr.frog 14:10, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Removals of References

As you are well aware and have argued yourself, lists such as List of Hungarian Jews focus on Hungarian-borns who were Jewish by ethnicity, not just religion. If you feel this should be changed, there's nothing preventing you from arguing for a change to a list of Hungarians who were only religiously Jewish on the talk page (of course that would requirer a title change and all of that). Also, given that an interestingly small group of users have access to the encyclopedia at home, you're going to need to quote sentences, rather simply stating an article exists. 141.213.211.84 11:21, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

I don't follow any of this. Where is it being suggested that the list should only include Hungarians who were only religiously and not ethnically Jewish (i.e. converts)? Many people have access to the Encyclopaedia Judaica in libraries. As 141.213.211.84 well knows, the fact that this encyclopaedia includes an article on someone is an explicit statement by its editors that they regard the person as Jewish; no further citation is needed.--20.138.246.89 11:12, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Defence against a maniac Anti-Semitist anonymous 141.213.211.81

As an Administator you ought to protect the page and close it for such anonymous like 141.213.211.81 because of his vandalism. That man is a maniac Anti-Semitist.

List of Polish Jews

You are correct that in event of there being numerours sockpuppets or dynamic IPs attacking the page, there is little that can be done other than semi-protection (I had a similar problem at Galatasary). However, experience shows that these people tend to stop attacking pages after a while and that when semi-protection is lifted, the problem goes. Voice of All's ending of s-protection wasn't 'accidental' as you noted in the edit sumamry and hadn't been given a chance to fail. If it does, then protection will be needed again; but the page looks like its been OK up till now. --Robdurbar 16:09, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Franz Kafka

As I've said before, "I got those from an introduction in a book on Kafka. The person being quoted is Gerald Williams." I've provided a full citation, but if you further evidence, the book is also here: [7]. If you want further evidence I guess I could take a picture of the book or something, but I don't think this whole line of reasoning is in accordance with WP:AGF. As for the material being reliable, it was reliable enough to be published and sold on Barnes and Noble. Since this was more or less an essay, some of the content might have been unencylcopedic; but, as I've said, I'm open to rewriting them. Sofeil 03:48, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Well if you read what ColinClark is saying, he's saying "[t]here are several specific problems which hint at me that this is not directly or correctly quoted from a real, respectable book." He has also claimed: "Whether this came from the source or a wikipedian, it's obvious this paragraph was written by someone who doesn't speak German." Both of these observations seem obviously incorrect to me. I'm not really sure what to do at this point.

I think Colin is over-analyzing that paragraph and taking some things out of context—the context being the translation of Kafka's work into English. There are basically two major claims in that paragraph: 1. That German provides better conditions for writing longer sentences; 2. Kafka's stories sometimes have an unexpected "punch" just before the period—that punch being the finalizing meaning and focus. Both of these statements seem true to me. When reading Kafka's works I'm always baffled by the length of some of the sentences. Some of them actually go beyong a page! In English, this seems highly unusual and sometimes even inappropriate. If you do this in an English class you will definitely get marked down for having too many run-ons. This doesn't appear to be the case in German. As for the second point, yes German verbs many times go at the end of the sentence, and this is not duplicable in English—so it poses a problem for the translator. So all the points being made should be read from a translator's point of view, and in that sense they seem very reasonable to me. Sofeil 18:00, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

Georg Cantor

I'm not certain what you mean. Aside from some weblinks I provided, I kept all the previous references on the page. They are re-organized and I did delete some of the banter and quotations because it was getting burdensomely lengthy for such an unimportant aspect of the article. I think my revised version is better. It summarizes what all those references say in about two sentences instead of two paragraphs and it's best to strive for an abridged and, in turn, efficient article. After all, if anyone wanted all the details they would probably buy a Cantor biography. ---Tellerman

Does this mean the article can never be edited by anyone? That's not very wiki-like. I think my edits do do the article justice. They say what can be said in two paragraphs in two sentences but still retain every reference from the previous writing. More importantly though, the previous version doesn't state every point of view of Georg Cantor's possible nationality/ethnicity. It's actually a little bias, giving more credence to some views than others. And we've already discussed some controversial categories. All of this is taken care of in my version. Just tell me if you want me to add something to it or change something. We can come up with a version that we both like. ---Tellerman

Wipipedia on deletion review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Wipipedia. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. -Amarkov ^blah_edits 20:36, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

AFD: Ben Mills

Could you please expand upon your reasoning for deleting this article? A bald delete appears not to address the claims regarding WP:MUSIC. Thanks. Eludium-q36 19:03, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

"Sticking to WP:WEB"

This will get way too far of topic in DRV, so I'll respond here. I'm not incredibly adamant about sticking to WP:WEB, but it is a guideline. DRV is a process, meaning it's much more acceptable to clip out parts I don't think are necessary, as long as discussion of the closure stays intact. -Amarkov ^blah_edits 23:28, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Rangeblock

Hi - User:Casey14 seems to have been caught in your rangeblock of 72.144.0.0/16 - I'm not changing it myself, as I suspect that you've reasons for the block being so hard, though I thought I'd let you know. :) Martinp23 23:49, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Add User:Politics1 to that list too. -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk·Review Me!) 00:14, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Also User:Averette. Can you change this to an anonymous-only block so that existing user accounts can keep logging in to edit? Thanks. Georgewilliamherbert 02:46, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Hi there

I was recently contacted by- User:Antidote who has been banned as a Sockpuppet. he says that you have reverted many of his edits (I don't know whether this is true or not) even though they were not Vandalism. I've checked through some of his contributions and none of them appear to be Vandalism. On Wikipedia it seems that multiple accounts are allowed aslong as they are not used a form of troublemaking, which hed does not seem to be doing. could you please show me examples o where this user has apparently broke the rules, and I know he has recently created a new account because he believed that his edits were being reverted unfairly. If this user is not vandalising Wikipedia and his previous accounts are not in use then shouldn't he be allowed to edit Wikipedia (as long as its not vandalism) He appears to be genuine and friendly. Please reply shortly. I'm trying to keep a neutral point of view here as I do not know who is in the wrong.

Respectfully... Tellyaddict^Talk 19:18, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Ben Mills on deletion review

An editor has asked for a deletion review of Ben Mills. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Eludium-q36 19:54, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Reply to Email

Sorry I didn't reply quickly it's just I totally forgot and have been doing quite a few things on Wikipedia. I am not in anyway accusing you of anthing but if you could, would you please show the references of User:Antidote's sockpuppetry on CFD, because if he has being doing this then I can't be involved with his situation anymore, please could you give me the links on my talk page. Thanks and sorry for the late reply!

Cheers and I am applying to become an administrator here so would you please voice your opinion there, please be honest and if you oppose then please say so! thanks Link to the request page Tellyaddict^Talk 16:50, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Cheers for your honesty! Tellyaddict^Talk 16:57, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

re: Zsa Zsa Riordan

Yes, I saw the AfD, but I don't think that there's any text in the article itself that says why she's notable. That's why I flagged it. Kolindigo 22:46, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Radcliffe

You should warn Energyfreezer about 3rr. They may not be aware that they would break it if they revert again, and if they aren't aware, they can't be blocked for it.... Mad Jack 23:26, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

Thanks for your generous support in my RfA. I've felt it best to withdraw on this occasion and think about the good advice I received. Thanks again, Jakew 19:35, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Whenever you wish to discuss

As I've stated before (though it's likely you ignored this message), you can always leave me a message on my IP talk page stating you are willing to explain your actions, define to me where my edits warrant such harassment, and perhaps analyse your and my contributions more closely. It would be great if I always didn't have to rely on the constantly changing "block log" comments in order to understand for what reason or who's sockpuppet I am now and under what evidence. You can choose to delete this message and block the IP but there will always be a record of my efforts to reach you away from an edit comment. Of course, if the latter does happen, it brings up questions of neutrality in dealing with wikipedia users who don't edit in the same fashion as you. Remember, if it seems like a good edit, don't revert just because of the messenger. 141.213.55.112 19:35, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Bolero Deletion

Hi, I wanted to let you know that I appreciated the kind words about "Rumba" and I did go back and immediately expand it a bit after your encouragement. I was puzzled on the "Bolero" page by your restoring the phrase about Raft being able "to star and play a dancer" since he was a star in most of his films, but now I realize what you meant, to star while playing a dancer, as opposed to playing a dancer in early bit parts. I've been working on Raft's filmography for the past several days and "Bolero" is definitely the film of his that I haven't seen that I most want to. Writing the little "Rumba" page forced me to do a brief page on Gail Patrick; I was surprised that no one's ever done one (but have for the most of the rest of the cast). Anyway, please feel free to communicate with me at any time; I've looked over some of your writing and I think we're quite similar in some sensibilities.Storyliner 07:52, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Provide evidence

Please provide a link to me, either here or on another talk page where I can reach it, of the community ban. Also helpful to show why some indef banned users can edit and how this is judged. Examples of misbehavior would be appreciated too. Thanks. 141.211.251.111 01:03, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Pete Sampras

Runcorn

Could you please approach User:Seraphimblade on this - see his comments at Talk:List of South-East European Jews.--20.138.246.89 10:35, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Simon Waley Waley in Auvergne

The administrative regions in France were created in 1982. So I assume S. Waley was referring to the traditional area, the province. Unfortunately, the régions boundaries don't match with the historical provinces. — M-le-mot-dit (d) 15:30, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

us in the developed world

Excuse me, I just found this comment of yours and would like to politely annotate that I find it somewhat c/rude. Or was it meant ironic? Kncyu38 05:17, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

So do I (support diversity in Wikipedia). It's just, it sounded a bit condescending to mention the fact at all and to make it the basis of your support - as if the candidate had nothing else to recommend him. In my opinion, usage of the dichotomy "developed/developing world" can be precarious. But nevermind, it's probably me being oversensitive. Regards, Kncyu38 13:54, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Block of 141.211.175.235

I am following along at CAT:RFU to learn more about vandalism fighting. I noticed User talk:141.211.175.235. Should these IP's be tagged with {{SchoolIP}}? TonyTheTiger 20:08, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

The British Museum

The consensus remains in favour of changing this article's title back to British Museum. Could you please make the change when you have a moment, as you said on the talk page that you would? Thanks. [talk to the] HAM 19:45, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Film Music

G'day,

Just letting you know, there is a new WikiProject up and running; Wikipedia:WikiProject Film Music.

Alexbonaro 08:03, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Founders College

Aside from it not being edited in a few days, was there a really compelling reason for the deletion of the Founders College article that I missed?

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/delete&page=Founders_College

The College seems to be starting up; their website is filling up.

I (think I was the one who) had originally started the article relating to the history and creation of the college, planned tuition... Of course their "alumni" aren't going to write anything, as there aren't any yet. The school is just getting off the ground.

(I'm not related to any college entity, I got interested in it when they had considered a site in Oxford, North Carolina.)

-HiFiGuy 06:55, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for offering to send me the text behind the last revision. I'll put it on my to do list. I'd also appreciate any commentary about the deficiencies that need addressing. Unfortunately, November was a crazy time for me (then again, every day pretty much is crazy) and I didn't check my watch list. (I usually don't, actually. I use it more like bookmarks.) -HiFiGuy 13:50, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Chile

Why do you keep restoring the millions of red links to List of Chilean Jews. I didn't even understand your last edit summary. Usedup 22:06, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

This is almost laughable. I'd like to get a second opinion on the "vandalism" of my edits. Moving unsourced links to the talk page, alphabetizing the sourced ones, and even adding a few sources myself. Yup, terrible. You're clearly just picking on my edits. Usedup 22:25, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Also, it would be helpful if you could "show" all the referenced names I deleted instead of say I deleted so many. Usedup 22:27, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

What you said was "many would have branded you a vandal" which suggests the edits themselves were similar to ones vandals would make. Usedup 22:28, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Compared to most lists on wikipedia that are not already under-going "face-lifts" List of Chilean Jews DOES have "millions" of red links. My exaggeration is comparative. I don't see any harm in what I did AT ALL, and I really would like to hear from someone else about this. In fact, List of Jews itself has a huge talk page full of unsourced people waiting to be added to one of the sublists. With your logic, we should just move them there already. Usedup 22:35, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Runcorn, instead of resorting to pretending like I'm an anonymous vandal who needs to be warned, how about just showing me where I maliciously deleted references? In fact, I'm the one who ADDED references to several blue-links. Usedup 23:26, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

That was reverted because you added it during your revert. Those are called blind reverts and is in no way my fault insofar as to label me a vandal. Usedup 23:41, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Also, could you perhaps cease with the condescending tone such as "you should really look at what you're doing" or referring me to a editing help group (or whatever that was)? Usedup 23:42, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

And lastly, lets get another admin to assess those changes if possible. Usedup 23:45, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

George Michael

I don't really consider the changes I did major, but I put an explanation on the talk page. Cheers, Garion96 (talk) 21:13, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

help...

i want to complain about the user : The Behnam , which live anti smic statement in my talk page-how can i do that?--Gilisa 07:05, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Gilisa

Please let me know why you have restored some inappropriate edits by Gilisa in a variety of articles. In each, he has either made a claim with no reliable evidence or else inserted phraseology which distorts the article. 128.148.123.14 02:24, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Category query

Tyrenius pointed me in your direction, as he wasn't sure how to do this. How would I go about changing the name of Category:WikiProject IRA articles to Category:WikiProject Irish Republicanism articles, in line with the new name of the project? I assume there must be some way of redirecting it or something like that? Thanks. One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 04:30, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. I think I got it right. One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 23:10, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

What does 100% Jewish by decent mean?

Hi Runcorn. It seems that we should have reliable, verifible sources that call/label Popper as being Jewish. So far we have a sister in law of one of his friends calling him this? I still haven;t seen any answers to my talk page questions about his parents or his conversion. Did his parents convert before he was born. Did he even convert? Why is so important to label him under this category? Would I be considered 100% Jewish by decent? My grandfather was a Polish-Jew who married a white southern woman of VERY mixed ethnicities. Anyways, --Tom 22:16, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Karl Popper

Tom: we have someone who knew him very well describing him as Jewish to Albert Einstein. We have this fact quoted by someone who also knew him well, and would no doubt have known if this was false, in his official obituary for the British Academy. How much more reliable a source could you find? Whether he converted or his parents did, I don't know. All that matters is that he is described as Jewish by a reliable source. Being Jewish had a profound effect on his life, so is highly relevant. Why is it so important to delete this category? Both his parents were Jewish by anyone's reckoning. You, however, are 25% Jewish.--Runcorn 23:11, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Thats awesome! %25 Jewish, I love it! Runcorn, seriously, the source states that Popper did not consider himself Jewish. Again, the real source in this story is from a letter(sp) from the friend of his sister n law? I still having trouble figuring out her relationship. And it does matter about his parents and himself. That stuff should be fleashed out by reliable sources and included. This should be removed from the categories unless it can be established 100%. I should get user Jackerlantern over here asap. Do you know him? He is awesome at this stuff. I'll drop him a line now. Cheers, --Tom 23:20, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Lenin

Please stop re-adding Lenin. It can only undermine the credibility of all of these lists and encourage editors to delete them.--Runcorn 13:36, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Please stop trying to take Lenin off of the list. His name is BY FAR the best sourced name on the entire list. Your continuation of censorious POV only undermines the entire project. --WassermannNYC 13:38, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Your recent block of Mehmeda

Hello. You recently blocked Mehmeda (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), and they have asked to be unblocked. As per your block rationale, you believe them to be a sock of Antidote (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), but I see no indication that this is in fact the case. Could you please, on Mehmeda's talk page, provide any evidence that you might have for sockpuppetry, and comment on the unblock request? Thank you, Sandstein 11:13, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

My RfA

• Thanks for voting in my RfA. I've decided to withdraw my acceptance because of real WP:CIVIL concerns. I will try again later when I've proven to myself and others that my anger will no longer interfere with my abilities as a Wikipedia editor. Thanks again, and I'll see you around here shortly. :) JuJube 04:46, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

RfA thanks

Thank you for your Support on my recent nomination for adminship, which passed with a final tally of 89/1/1. If there's anything I can help with, then you know where to find me. Cheers. - Michael Billington (talk) 06:52, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Seeking help with von Kármán biography article

Hi! I notice in the edit history of the Theodore von Kármán article you made a minor edit there in the past. I've recently made a few edits to the article because von Kármán is such an important -- and under-recognized -- figure in the history of spaceflight, and more generally an important proponent of international cooperation in science. I guess I have a bit of a bias in this regard, but my sense is that in the U.S. at least, there is a bit of systemic bias against von Kármán because of his foreign ethnicity. (So, Goddard gets more credit than he's due, just because he was born American.) Anyway, one of my efforts is to get the article to show how highly von Kármán's fellow scientists respected his ability. In that context, the edit you made worked against me! (I truly do assume good faith on your part, by the way.) You reverted an edit by User:MorphX, who had added the word "renowned" to describe RWTH Aachen University. MorphX might have been trying to glorify RWTH Aachen, but that's not my interest here. I just want it to be clear to readers who haven't heard of RWTH Aachen that it was very prestigous for von Kármán to hold a directorship there. Can you suggest a way to do that appropriately? Thanks! Sdsds 20:59, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi

Dear Runcorn

If you want to delete the ethnic entry , and instead of it to mention in the first paragraph that Einstein was a "German Jewish scientist" -it is accepted , but we first should quickly check it on the talk page. Any way , as a scientist , Einstein 'owes' much more to Switzerland than for Germany.--Gilisa 06:14, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks

Thanks for your patience with me on the Crypto-Judaism article. Being Jewish (you know, the 100% kind), I am fascinated with this topic. I think the article is getting better, although it does need a few more sources. Actually, I had never heard of the Jewish Yearbook until you put it in as a reference. Just ordered a copy from Amazon, so I'll use it a reference source. Thanks for our kind offer regarding being an Administrator, but I think I might be too combative! I suffer fools poorly. Orangemarlin 22:53, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Sandra - Dispute resolution

Hello Runcorn. I still disagree with you regarding Sandra. I find that the search page is not efficient. But I see that there is probably no way to adequatly resolve the dispute between us. So I'm following the steps of Wikipedia:Resolving disputes, namely, since it's only us two disputing, I'm requesting a Wikipedia:Third opinion. If this does not work, I shall go to Wikipedia:Mediation and Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee. I've place "Talk:Sandra - Disagreement about listing of people called Sandra or link to special page with all articles starting at Sand. 13:23, 17 April 2007 (UTC)" in the "Active disagreements" section of "Wikipedia:Third opinion". Let us wait and see. The Ogre 13:28, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Robert Adler

If you look at the Robert Adler article there are abundant good references proving that he was an inventor.--Runcorn 18:58, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi Runcorn, the way you changed his entry looks better. Thanks, --Tom 19:17, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

Shirahadasha RfA thanks

Thanks so much for taking the time to comment on my my RfA, which was successful. I learned a lot from the comments, I appreciate everything that was said, and I'll do my best to deserve the community's trust. Thanks again! --Shirahadasha 05:07, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński

There is no requirement that sources have to be in English. The fact that this site includes this biography means that they are asserting that he was Jewish.--Runcorn 22:18, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Hi Runcom, English sites are preffered per WP:V. Also, my Polish is very weak, but I don't even see that this person is mention on that site. Anyways, can we keep that material out until we have some reliable sources in English? Thanks, --Tom 23:10, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Category:People who have renounced Judaism

Hi Runcorn, I just meant that I agreed with you that you could have a category Converts from Judaism or as T. Anthony suggested Former adherants to Judaism? Gustav von Humpelschmumpel 21:46, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

(Choice expletive goes here)

Material should only be deleted from talk pages in exceptional circumstances. Please do not do it again. [8]--Runcorn 22:01, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Don't I wish! Please see the notice I have now added at the top of my talk page. --KSmrq^T 23:26, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

PS. You can reply here if you feel the need. (But no reply is needed.) --KSmrq^T 23:27, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Tellerman

It is my understanding that it is inappropriate to block a user with whom you are engaged in a content dispute. If you think he's a sock of Antidote, you should have presented your evidence to a neutral admin. In my opinion, your correct course of action now is to unblock him, and then present your evidence to a neutral admin. --Trovatore 19:27, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm reviewing the block per the unblock request at Tellerman (talk · contribs). Was there a checkuser that established Tellerman as a sock or can you provide some diffs?--Isotope23 19:54, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Runcorn wrote on my talk page:

I do not consider that I am in a content dispute with him.--Runcorn 19:33, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps not. But you can see that others might think so, given that you have reverted changes in the direction that Tellerman supports. The fact of your impartiality is not the only thing that matters; it also matters whether others have reasonable cause to suspect that you're not impartial. --Trovatore 20:36, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Test2 warning

Please do not remove content from Wikipedia, as you did to Michael Baxter. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. --Runcorn 19:55, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Its not vandalism. Its called removing unsourced material from the biography of a living person. Please take it to the article's talk page. Thanks, --Tom 20:22, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Please stop misusing the content removal warning templates. Your issuing them to well established editors who express good-faith reasons for content removal is, frankly, insulting. Please take up content disputes on article talk pages rather than patronizing other users. -- mattb 22:09, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

QuackGuru

It was a good faith edit and the vandal test2 template was inappropriate. Please see Wikipedia:Avoid the word "vandal", SqueakBox 21:50, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. We invite everyone to contribute constructively to our encyclopedia. However, we must insist that you assume good faith while interacting with other editors. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. You may also want to read Wikipedia:Attribution. --w^{L<speak·check>} 21:52, 3 May 2007 (UTC)