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Non-heterosexuals

I changed my vote in the deletion discussion because of all the improvements you've made to the article. Good work! Themfromspace (talk) 22:27, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

I appreciate that, I hope the article survives. Banjeboi 04:28, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, I guess it could be true

I never believed that anecdote that Rod Serling smoked a carton of Pall Mall a day, but I am now forced to concede it may just be true, as I am up t 7 packs a day. Jeffpw (talk) 10:13, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

You must cut down (or stop if possible) - smoking gives you wrinkles! And not the good kind! Banjeboi 18:54, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

ARS notice

Since the talk page of the ARS was just swamped in what appears to be a very poorly executed merge with the ICU (merging talk pages, really?), I'll comment here. For the ARS banner on WT:AFD, I was thinking along the lines of "The ARS participates in the articles for deletion process by..." or something of the sort. "Supporting" is a bit weird because in a way, you're working against the process a bit :p sephiroth bcr ^(converse) 18:20, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Yikes, what a mess! Well, totally disagree that ARS is "working against the process" - indeed we are working within the process that is which demonstrates that the process is either faulty, being abused or both. Having looked at quite afew other wikiprojects they all have similar language so I'm open to finding something even more NPOV feeling but it has to work universally on all articles we have tagged. And hopefully it will be so brilliant as to be copied by other wikiprojects. Banjeboi 19:00, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

That's basically working against the process. But in any case, your present banner is fine - my comments were intended for you to make a specific banner intended for WT:AFD to resolve the concerns raised (I probably should have made that clear). sephiroth bcr ^(converse) 19:07, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

I don't think I would support that as it would likely violate Wikipedia:No disclaimers in articles, we have one template and should improve that. And, no, we don't work against AfD in any way, i wouldn't be a part if we did. Banjeboi 19:20, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

I'll give you the process point, as it's moving the discussion away from my point (that you're working in the process makes your point pretty clear, I've gotten a little cynical lately :p). I don't see how a specific banner for WT:AFD violates WP:NDA. It isn't a disclaimer - it's a modified WikiProject tag for a community venue, not an article. I think you're taking NDA a bit too far. sephiroth bcr ^(converse) 22:39, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Possibly, I think there is, yet another ... wikiproject, that addresses banners specifically so I'll visit there to see if there is insight on the issue. Banjeboi 22:51, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

(outdent)Whoa! there is a deletion wikiproject? I never knew, yet I should have guessed all the same. Protonk (talk) 23:28, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Lol! Yes there is a mire of confusion when stepping through the wikiprojects - the WikiCouncil scares me a bit - like do I need a majic ring? I've yet to find statements about not putting wikiproject templates in spots but if you find anything let me know. Adding the second tag helps justify collapsing them both so may mitigate concerns as well. We'll see! Banjeboi 23:34, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

I dunno. where there is proliferation of authority the last thing you are likely to find is a straight answer. :) My guess now is that there is a wikiproject:templates or something to that affect. It would be foolish to guess otherwise. I like how the deletion project page is all sinister and grumpy. And there are no barnstars. Only stern words about mediocrity. :) Protonk (talk) 23:36, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Well the scissors are a tool yet can serve as a weapon - if movies are to be believed anyway! Banjeboi 23:39, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

ARS merger editing

Please come to the talk page for ARS or leave a more descriptive edit summary, this is devolving quickly as inclusionist seems to be reverting your reverts. I'm not saying either one is right or wrong, but something needs to be worked ou on the talk page. Protonk (talk) 19:28, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Actually Inclusionist likely needs to be blocked. There is no consensus for seemingly any of their changes to these projects. Banjeboi 19:38, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Like I said, I'm not taking sides. I just don't want you to get burned for reverting that stuff with a "rvv" edit summary. Protonk (talk) 19:39, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, I'm happy to get singed a bit if it helps that user get a perspective on working with other editors. I've never heard of merging three projects with no discussion and they also changed multiple aspects of our project with ... no discussion, likely against consensus. Not sure what their goal is but to me it's a big mess to be cleaned up. I had better things to do that clean up after them. Banjeboi 19:47, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the cleanup efforts regardless. I'm sure he meant well. Protonk (talk) 19:53, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

You may be kidding yourself, I just undeleted our members list that they turned into a redirect.[1] Banjeboi 19:55, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Check the ARS page again. Inclusionist made a lot of edits in the last few minutes, and they may not be what your project members favor. BTW, thanks for restoring our ICU templates. Saved me much work. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 21:09, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

(sigh) I had better things to do than mop up messes! AArg. It was good to get to know WICU better though! Banjeboi 21:13, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Well, something good came of all this. :-) The wording is close enough for now. I may change it later. Thanks again. Like you, I just wasted about three or four hours of my Saturday afternoon. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 21:20, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm not kidding myself. It's clear he made a royal mess of things and didn't ask anyone beforehand. I just don't think it is vandalism. Protonk (talk) 21:16, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Fair enough. WP:Vandalism though states, "Repetitively and intentionally making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia" which arguably at least some of these edits were. Your point is certainly valid though that just because some are vandalistic they may not all be. Banjeboi 21:19, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Oh, I also apologize for making interveneing edits to the talk page (setting up archive 7). I haven't been to the talk pages for AIW/WICU for a while and I assumed that the merger was in order. Sorry for making the undoing of that more difficult. Protonk (talk) 21:21, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

No prob. I'd kinda been a bit lax in keeping an eye on WICU too, but I think the talk page is back to where it was before the redirect. Benjiboi and I have spent a good bit of valuable weekend time cleaning up after Inclusionist. I would classify most of his work as disruptive, definitely. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 21:25, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger they say. Banjeboi 21:26, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Optimal classification‎

Hey, since you helped with the AfD discussion with Robotshop, I was wondering if you could help me with this AfD. I was called to this discussion by one of the guys in WP:ROBO and I've been trying to reason with them, but they seem to not listen to what I have to say. Keeping the comments neutral and !voting delete apparently makes them aggravated. It would be great if you could take a look at the discussion and see from an "uninvolved party" pov, maybe you can get through to them. Any help is appreciated. Thanks a bunch. - Jameson L. Tai ^{talk ♦ contribs} 19:48, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

I've left a note. Quite an article! Banjeboi 20:16, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! I needed someone to portray the same information without the subjective accusations. - Jameson L. Tai ^{talk ♦ contribs} 21:16, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes, they may be baiting a bit. Try to ignore it or, if needed, inquire at WT:AFD for other eyes. Banjeboi 21:24, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

ARS archiving

Hi Benjiboi, I totally get that you're trying to help, but I think some of the archiving and talk page reformatting you just did at Wikipedia talk:Article Rescue Squadron ended up changing the substance of my comments. Specifically, you renamed a discussion I'd started about how we should react to the merger as a merger proposal. I also think that the archiving was perhaps not ideal. People are going to be trying to figure out what's going on, and moving comments off the page and into the archive is going to make it more difficult for them to do so. I think maybe the best thing to do would be to leave the comments on page but put a little archive box around them. In particular, the parts explaining why the initial merger was done will be important to the discussion.

We're all totally thrown for a loop by the unilateral merges and I realize things are quite crazy right now, but I think leaving the discussion on the talk page for now would be very helpful. I do get that you're trying to clean up a ridiculous and sudden mess (I definitely went through a "Oh my god what happened here?!?!?" when I first saw it), but I think taking lots of comments off the talk page isn't a good way to deal with it, even though I realize your moves were well intentioned. Vickser (talk) 22:11, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

So, would you mind if I added the original discussion about why the person merged them back to the talk page (I'd do so in the archive box)? The way it's set up now is going to be confusing to anyone who comes to the page and doesn't know what we're talking about, and I really dislike how out of context my comments now are. I want to get a response from you before I proceed since ARS has had quite enough edit wars for one day. Vickser (talk) 22:39, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Lol! Yes, I was just going to do something like that myself after i left you a thanks on your talkpage. Banjeboi 22:43, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the barnstar, and thank you also for all your work cleaning up ARS. The unilateral merger really made quite an impressive mess. Vickser (talk) 22:47, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes, impressive it was. I've added a link that may help please feel free to amend as needed. I apologize for screwing that up there was just too much all at once and I'm still cleaning up. Banjeboi 22:49, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

The "go check archive 8" is absolutely perfect. Thank you again and great job! Vickser (talk) 22:49, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Tim Gunn find new flickr image

Per this. Banjiboi

done. Banjeboi 21:57, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Olive branch of friendship

"And to Inclusionist, I came here because your work pretty much rendered the ARS Talkpage a messy chaos of several projects' discussion. It had been quite clean and functional up until today. When I looked at the other projects' pages ... they all redirected to ARS. I do appreciate bold but the changes you made, the merges, the redirects all need a bit more diplomacy."

I am REALLY impressed by your work on wikipedia. You are a true inclusionist who has the best interest of wikipedia in mind.

We both have something in common, the two of us, our views are hated by a good majority of the population. So I understand your reaction to my changes, when you constantly fight uphill battles, with overwhelming odds, with people who hate your views, you start getting a bunker mentality, and any radically changes to your contributions you feel are a threat. After years of my hard work being destroyed in a constant war, I have learned to use wikipolicy and wikitools as a sword. I hated it, but I was forced too, too many people with my views have been booted indefinitely by editors who use every dirty trick in the book (many which were repeated in this argument, by the way).

Caveat, if you find these comments offensive in anyway I will remove them. I am simply trying to point out our commonalities, how I understand where you are coming from, and how it will be mutually beneficial for both of us to work together. Unfortunately, true candor is often punished on wikipedia. I promise that any disagreements we have in the future I will not go straight to ANI, nor make radical changes to the project without your approval. I look forward to working with you in the future. You have already shown that your reactions can be incredibly unpredictable and the harnessing of wikitools is formidable. I offer this olive branch of friendship, at a significant risk of regretting my candor and having it blow up in my face as it has before. Inclusionist (talk)

Yes, it was a learning experience! Lol! But I do realize that you meant well. I don't agree that my views are hated by a majority but I've also been too naive so what do I know? Banjeboi 18:03, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

An optimistic cautionary tale

I have found in life that if you don't like someone for some reason, most people probably don't like them for the exact same reason. In other words, don't take it personally when someone on wikipedia treats you like shit.

User:Inclusionist#Some_editors_are_more_equal_than_others one of these section discusses how an admin we both have had negative dealings with repeatedly tells people to fuck off and no one does anything about his behavoir.

I have learned the hard way, that eventually an inability to get along with others catches up to you. The idea of karma and what "goes around comes around" is so true.

Admins are not immune to this. For example, one admin was so dismissive of my views, and was so belittling and threating. Her little cabal had me indefinitely banned. But later she left Wikipedia in complete disgrace, giving up her powers, because so many wikipedians despised her. She had duplicated the way she treated me too many times.

My own inability to get along with others has been punished a million ways, and since I have little power and so few alliances, tends to catch up to me before most admins.

So this section is not only a optimistic note that this admin will eventually get his just deserves for treating you the way he did, but it is a cautionary one too: like admins, your own behavior will catch up to you (or has caught up with you) too as it has with me. Inclusionist (talk) 17:37, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm most concerned that they find peace. Frankly they have had something in their lives that has allowed them to treat others in this manner. There's some essay about "everything I need to know I learned in kindergarden" which speaks to this. Banjeboi 18:14, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

I know for me: "Frankly they have had something in their lives that has allowed them to treat others in this manner." that is the case :) I never fit in here in America, and I am so eager to move back overseas for the rest of my life: anywhere overseas (except maybe Canada--too much like America). Glad we can talk. Inclusionist (talk) 18:26, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

No problem - and there are many places in the States that are fine, maybe just explore more - and really the rest of the world also has its own issues so I think it's more a trade-off. Banjeboi 18:30, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. I looked at the changes from the day before I started editing, and today. There is not much difference now. Inclusionist (talk) 21:20, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Huh? I'm dealing with quite a few articles at once so unsure what you mean? Banjeboi 21:23, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

I was talking about: Wikipedia:Article Rescue Squadron there is not much difference between the two now. Thanks for archiving the discussion on the talk page :).

I thought you were on a break :) Inclusionist (talk) 23:32, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Gotcha. I can only take a few days at a time as articles seem to get deleted when I don't. Banjeboi 00:06, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

As I am sure you are aware, you are putting out a little fires here and there while the firestorm rages around you. What about the hundreds of articles which are deleted each day? Few wikipedians even know about the Rescue Squad, the only reason I found out about it was from a published article I read online, the journalist was praising Wikipedia:Article Rescue Squadron.

The only real change is a lasting change in deletion policy, making it harder for wikipedians to delete articles, as the inclusionist society advocates. That is why I still would like to work closely with them, 490+ people have signed our membership pages.

Inclusionist (talk) 00:20, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Outdent: what membership pages? Banjeboi 00:23, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

its off wikipedia, but part of the wikipedia project, only if you promise not to delete anything. Inclusionist (talk) 00:27, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

I was wrong, 460 people. Inclusionist (talk) 00:28, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Why would I need to make such a promise? Banjeboi 00:30, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

I was mistaken, check this out: Category:Inclusionist_Wikipedians, 779 members. And yet Wikipedia:WikiProject_Inclusion had three edits in the past 6 months.

Imagine half that number, 350 active in helping save articles and changing wikipolicy. If I/We could set up a newsletter for inclusionists, and get more people active, this project would flourish. Inclusionist (talk) 00:34, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

TUSC token 32400e9fb9e2d43394e8f3e4a214ae22

I am now proud owner of a TUSC account!

Free Image Search Tool . Banjeboi 21:57, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

This and That

I downloaded Sordid Lives! Whata hoot! Thanks for ther tip, and I can't believe it didn't get wide distribution. Anything with Delta Burke and Olivia Newton John has got to be an instant classic!

I made another Tammy video--Ode To Billy Joe. What a technical challenge that was. And I don't remember if I ever showed you the Jeannie C. Riley Videos I made. You might like them. I made two, actually, so check my channel for the other one.

Thanks, too, for your valuable help on Princess Kim. Lord, editing here can be even harder than grief. I had a Neely O'Hara evening last night, so now I am emulating Maria, and am tucking myself in for the night. 5:00am wake up call, patients to save, blah blah blah. Hope you're well and happy. Love, Jeffpw (talk) 21:47, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Ok, will have to catch up in a bit as I'm sorting through stuff. Cheers! Banjeboi 21:56, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Alright, "Ode To Billy Joe" - very cool, a drag queen friend from the south once told me the reason Billy Joe died was the river that bridge was crossing was only a few feet wide at that point (it may have been a basic train railcar bridge); then again alcohol was involved so she may be making it up.

"The Back Side Of Dallas" - fab! Just the kind of snappy songs we need more of! Banjeboi 04:59, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

Re: Bold archive

Hello, I don't know what exactly I feel by your move, but I do know I am not mad, or angry in any shape or form at it. However, I do disagree that the user in question made his or her(can't remember) stance clear on the issue. Instead of just talking about it, he or she put a cap on the conversation after previous incivility put fourth by again, the user in question. IMO, I think it unjust what he or she did, as I was simply clarifying that I was not being defensive, I don't see why that info would need to be deleted.— Dædαlus ^Contribs /_Improve 05:41, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

The user has recently come out of illness or hospital (or both, I don't recall) so I'm inclined to let it go for the most part. If any user is feeling pressure or what they see as harassment I'm inclined to give them room as we don't want to, in some way, encourage good editors to leave because they feel unwelcome. I'm sure there is good reasons to have a talk but it may be helpful to give it some time so all concerned to realize they could handle issues a bit better. I'm guilty as well, I've stated things that may cross lines but I do try to apologize and keep communication open - there is, however, a point where we have to give others space to digest and reflect on what they've written and what they actually believe. This may be true here. Give it some time and see if this was just another bad case of miscommunication between people who simply have differing styles and opinions. Banjeboi 20:53, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Alright, and thanks for your input.— Dædαlus ^Contribs /_Improve 02:48, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

No problem at all. Banjeboi 04:45, 29 July 2008 (UTC)