Mare Nostrum

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Happy editing ! --Bhadani 15:58, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Try not to get discouraged

Listen, I see that you're new here, so I hope you won't mind a bit of advice (especially from someone who hasn't been here all that long himself). I think Wikipedia is truly wonderful. My biggest criticism, however, is that if you want to get into any kind of substantive editing, you have to have a pretty thick skin. What that means is, some people just don't want to bother with all the hassle of fighting over content and then drift away, and we lose their perspective. I hope that doesn't happen here.

I think you and Radgeek are both making good contributions to the article, and, in fact, the article is improving not in spite of your disagreements but because of them. You act as a check against the article being too Pro-Dworkin, and Radgeek acts as a check against it being too negative on Dworkin, which, to my way of thinking, is putting the article closer to where it should be. Just one editor's opinion. Good luck, whatever you decide. IronDuke 01:42, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Hello, you seem like a wonderful guy and terrifically talented.

I agree that Wikipedia is fabulous -- I really am impressed. It does have flaws, though, and we see some here IMHO.

Radgeek is a semi-professional Dworkin campaigner (check his site if you care), an absolute revert maniac, and a serial name-caller. While Wiki disfavors someone like this from leading an effort which he definitely is too close to (he writes on his site of how much he despises people who even question Dworkin), and disfavors his tyrannical revert-ism, and disfavors all his insults (how many times has he called anyone that disagreed with him "sleazy"?), it doesn't preclude *any* of these abuses. As a result, it rewards persistent bullying, obstinacy, and I would even say vandalism (by a *neutral* definiton thereof). So especially in extreme cases like this, the deck is stacked against reason, even though someone like you, so even-handed and wise, is involved (and I don't know why you do it).

I expect to be involved in Wiki, but I don't think it is a good use of my time to edit this particular article for the present. That does not mean I won't remain critical of it so please don't be surprised -- I have put my time in. Maybe the halcyon view will be vindicated and the article will come out more evenly, despite my great doubts. I hope to contribute to other pieces (have done), and I have definitely learned some things by working on this. Best to you,Mare Nostrum 07:13, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

Andrea Dworkin

• Whatever your intentions are, do not expect to solve any issues you have with Wikipedia articles by conducting experiments and being snarky and obtuse. If you have issues with an article and are disagreed with, the answer is to discuss them on the talk page. Behaving as you have will get you a nice, long block, and then the article will never change. JuJube (talk) 10:29, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Bill O'Reilly

I reverted your edits because they contained a few problems. O'Reilly Sucks, is not a reliable source. Ailes was not a Republican Consultant when O'Reilly started working at FNC, to state as such is to make a causal link. Words like "Strongly" and "Only" as descriptors are considered WP:weasel words and should be avoided. Arzel (talk) 14:47, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

I am supposed to give you the benefit of the doubt, and the fact that you sent me a message makes that easier. What makes it harder, though, are two things: that you reverted *all* my edits, and your misguided appeal to the non-standard-English and very unfortunate Wiki creation, "weasel words."

Weasel words is a real abuse of the English language and Wiki should *never* have gone down that unfortunate road. Yucch! Still, the Wiki definition does not support what you said and did, you have twisted their sloppy definition as a means to leave the article about conservative extremist Bill O'Reilly in its misleading and confusing form -- maybe he's not conservative. If Ted Kennedy like to describe himself as not a liberal (and there is a *whole lot* of that kind of silly posturing in the world), would it be worth much consideration? Rejecting clarification, though, you seem to prefer to follow your misinterpretation of "weasel words" to keep the article unclear.

I'm not going to waste my time getting into a food fight with you; I've already gone down that trail of tears with someone who reverted everything to preserve propaganda, and life is much too short to repeat that. I have never had the experience, though, where someone reverted *everything* I had written and was acting in good faith, never. And the failed would-be neologism "weasel words" is a particular red flag for me that someone may be playing games. But I'm supposed to assume good faith on your part and I can do that in sincerity: maybe you really believe this was right.

You don't have the same luxury, though: ask yourself what was really going on here, and how it is better to have an article that misinforms. Thank you, and good luck.

sigbot going wacko

Try erasing whatever you have as your signature preset (whatever that thingy is that people use to get funky sigs) Frotz (talk) 09:26, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

GA reassessment of Andrea Dworkin

I have reassessed this article and found issues with the referencing which need to be addressed if the article is to retain GA status. The reassessment comments are at Talk:Andrea Dworkin/GA1. Thanks. Jezhotwells (talk) 20:28, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

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	Thanks for your work to improve the Nanjing Salted Duck article. Northamerica1000(talk) 18:05, 13 October 2012 (UTC)

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