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I appreciate your support and trust in my recent run for admin. I've had an interesting first few weeks and am learning a lot by being able to better watch (through tools) what admins do. Please call on me if you see making an error, or if you just need help. Thanks again. BusterD (talk) 17:28, 4 August 2021 (UTC)
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Hi, in this edit you introduced references to "Green 2003" and "Skidelsky 2009" but did not define them. You also introduced "Cockett 1944", but defined the reference as "Cockett 1995". I have assumed these to be a typo for "Cockett 1994" and corrected them. If you could resolve the Green and Skidelsky references that would be great. Thank you, DuncanHill (talk) 02:34, 5 August 2021 (UTC)
Happy New Year, FeydHuxtable!
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Have a prosperous, productive and enjoyable New Year, and thanks for your contributions to Wikipedia. Liz Read! Talk! 22:44, 31 December 2015 (UTC)
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Your mention of the hungry judge effect generated a request for more information and so I have made a start. Thanks for the inspiration. Andrew🐉(talk) 13:46, 27 August 2021 (UTC) |
- And I'll add a further reading - academic paper I wrote a while ago about Wikipedia's judges, and how free time is a factor in their activity (which allows the few with more free time to dominate the discussions); I think I also cite some stuff on extraneous factors there: [1] (if the link ends up paywalled for you a copy is google'able in my academia/researchgate profiles as well as in Library Genssis). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 02:19, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
- Cheers Piotrus, I knew you write papers about Wikipedia, but didn't know you'd written about the Arbs. FeydHuxtable (talk) 06:47, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
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Response to Hunger in the United States
Thank you for your support in my plans to revise the page. I want to first say I am sorry if I offended you. I did not mean to slam the page and was simply wanting to share my thoughts. Please note that I'm in the process of making changes, so if you see something that is not perfect please don't immediately delete a significant portion of my work. If you have any suggestions or comments feel free to share them with me. I really do want to help improve the page and hopefully draw more traffic to it ~~MBouchein — Preceding unsigned comment added by MBouchein (talk • contribs) 04:20, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
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Every time I see your name pop up on my watchlist I picture a cross between Sting in the 1984 Dune and Theo Huxtable from the Cosby Show, so thanks for that. It's consistently good for 10 or so seconds of chuckling every time. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 01:45, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
- I often wondered about this too and so got to the bottom of it after watching the recent Dune movie. Sting does play a part ... But now we need to know what "ScottishFinnishRadish" is all about. It sounds like a what3words address but that doesn't work. Andrew🐉(talk) 11:03, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
- Oh that's easy enough, when I was younger, my roommate drew a picture of me as a 1920s bare-knuckle boxer, and said my ring name would be "The Scottish Finnish Radish." ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:13, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
- I don't get it -- what's the connection between boxing and that name? But note that boxing is also part of the FeydHuxtable story. I look forward to the title fight! :) Andrew🐉(talk) 11:34, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
- No real connection, aside from whatever a 12 pack of pilsner can make. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:59, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
- I don't get it -- what's the connection between boxing and that name? But note that boxing is also part of the FeydHuxtable story. I look forward to the title fight! :) Andrew🐉(talk) 11:34, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
- Oh that's easy enough, when I was younger, my roommate drew a picture of me as a 1920s bare-knuckle boxer, and said my ring name would be "The Scottish Finnish Radish." ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:13, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
- Good to know, much need for the best medicine in current times. I've not watched the Cosby show, but yes my hair used to look similar to Sting in the Lynch movie. A glasgow kiss can be a good finisher, & some whiskys have raddish notes in the finnish, so I quite like your user name too. FeydHuxtable (talk) 08:32, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
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A very merry Christmas to you too! ☺️ LK (talk) 02:18, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
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Thanks for the feedback and the help tidying up my Simone Weil edit 😊 May this playful little guy keep you company!
Your edit made way more sense, and the feedback on "copy edit" was a good reminder that I should probably elaborate a bit more on my edits.
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- Thank you! Most cute. Been a while since anyone gave me a kitten, it's much appreaciaterd. I'm similar to yourself in that I sometimes like to make big edits where I change a lot in one go. I'd not say there's normally any need to worry about the making the edit a perfect summary of what you've done. But it is good if it indicates the most significant part. E.g on the Weil edit , if the ES had said 'Copy edit, minor restructre, etc' or even just 'Copy edit & add section header' , then I'd have had no cause for my mild complaint. Look forward to seeing you around! FeydHuxtable (talk) 05:31, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
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I nominated an article that you created for DYK at Template:Did you know nominations/UK cost of living crisis. I hope you don't mind. SL93 (talk) 17:13, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
- Not at all, thank you for the nom. FeydHuxtable (talk) 23:44, 18 June 2022 (UTC)
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Thanks for your work on the Patrick Lancaster page. 666hopedieslast (talk) 23:26, 14 July 2022 (UTC)
- Nice to meet you too! FeydHuxtable (talk) 08:15, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
Hi there @FeydHuxtable I was wondering if I could ask about your contribution to Kett's Rebellion? SteveBAlision (talk) 14:31, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
- Of course you can. But have to admit that particular contribution was driven by a chance encounter back in 2011, not by the careful research of Wp:RS I normally like to do before my more major edits round here. While in Norwich I went to see Richard Murphy to talk about his plans for the global wealth tax and to buy a dozen copies of his then newly published book The courageous state, so I could give them to various up & comming members of the Labour party. I'd caught Richard just as he was about to visit the Norwich occupy camp. I asked if I could tag along as I was quite interested in the movement. As we arrived at the camp most of the occupiers were getting ready to attend an event at the Castle to commemorate Kett. It went on for about an hour and was such an experience, but I'm no where near enough of a poet to do it justice with words. Partly the lighting from huge flame torches, and even more the uncanny wind that was blowing round the castle. You know how in many ancient languages the word for Spirit & wind is the same right? Kind of felt like Kett was there with us. Ah, if only we could return to 2011, the last year before the smart phone became ubiquitous causing all sorts of social & psychic changes like the global sex recession (see Jean Twenge ) and massively boosted the spiritual forgetfulness we humans have always (See Hymn of the Pearl , the Consolation of Philosophy or Corpus Hermeticum ) been prone to. If youre more interested in historical detail for the rebellion itself you might want to try reaching out to professor Andy Wood. He was one of the speakers at the event; very friendly, approachable and loved to talk about Kett. That was 11 years back, he might be more guarded of his time now, but could still be worth a shot. Anyway, if you think I can help, ask away. (PS - may be a while before I reply, only on wiki quite intermitently these days, but I do always reply.) FeydHuxtable (talk) 08:15, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
- That is not problem! I just though it was a bit of a strange image to associate with Kett's rebellion and wanted to know what the link was there! Thanks for the description and I hope you are keeping well SteveBAlision (talk) 22:32, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
- Ah, I expanded the pic caption to make the link a little clearer for those that dont read the whole article text. Thanks for the feedback, and I hope you're keeping well too! FeydHuxtable (talk) 06:17, 27 November 2022 (UTC)
- That is not problem! I just though it was a bit of a strange image to associate with Kett's rebellion and wanted to know what the link was there! Thanks for the description and I hope you are keeping well SteveBAlision (talk) 22:32, 26 November 2022 (UTC)
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Or to put it simply...?
User:Piotrus/Morsels_of_wikiwisdom#On_deradicalization_of_editors. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 17:19, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
- In terms of life wisdom, I much prefer your 9 words to the thousands I've typed out. But no, that's not what I was trying to say at all. For the TA in question, I'd suspect that unless one first shows sympathy / deep NPOV to the opponents concerns on a content level, then no matter how good a job you do at reaching out, its not likely to end well. Your 'what I learned editing EE content' is closer to my thinking on the TA. I really like that page overall. FeydHuxtable (talk) 17:41, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
- Ha. I reread it for the first time in many years. I appreciate you like it. Although right now I am more concerned with this. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:12, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
- Yeah... I think the more big hearted types arent so prone to 'despise the selfless ultra active contributor' effects, and hopefully that will be the case with current matters. FeydHuxtable (talk) 16:48, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
- Ha. I reread it for the first time in many years. I appreciate you like it. Although right now I am more concerned with this. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:12, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
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In "those who lack an IQ of 230+ and are able to perfectly grasp and apply all policies all the time!" should "able" read "unable", or it be changed to "those who lack an IQ of 230+ and the ability to perfectly grasp and apply all policies all the time!"? PamD 08:30, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
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Hello FeydHuxtable. I am going to ask you—politely but firmly—to strike your comments at WT:RFA about Icewhiz. Icewhiz was indisputably a malicious editor, even if he could behave himself at times.
I would also ask you to consider striking your comments about Wifione. Attempting to use Wikipedia for commercial benefit is malicious editing ipso facto. HouseBlastertalk 23:33, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
- OK. I'll strike as I can agree it was a disruptive thing to say. Normally I'd say more, but it's a sensitive matter and from a wikipedian perspective I shouldnt have said anything in the first place. FeydHuxtable (talk) 15:30, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
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There's an interesting book launch at Newspeak House today and I plan to attend to see if liberties have been taken with our circle. Hope to see you there. Andrew🐉(talk) 10:27, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- Can't. If only it had been tommorow, I'll be just a few hundred yards away, towards Liverpool St. Been too long though Colonel, we should meet up by Christmas at the latest. FeydHuxtable (talk) 15:38, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- That's a shame but I'll take some pictures and let you know what you missed. If you spot some other event that maybe of interest then just let me know. Otherwise there's the monthly Wikimeets and more... Andrew🐉(talk) 16:50, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- By this notification, is it safe to assume that you live in London??? Why do some people get all the Luck? Buster Seven Talk (UTC) 10:36, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, I'm lucky enough to live within about 10km of the good Colonel. Let us know if ever you're visiting London and have a spare hour or two Buster! FeydHuxtable (talk) 15:38, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Re: Disruptive edits by user:Lightburst NAC
But hoping editors who have gone at each other here will reconcile a few weeks or months down line
is a nice thought but it really doesn't seem likely. To my knowledge, the dispute between some of them's been going on for over half a year and has come up on various noticeboards and in several discussions. If others feel the same way, I trust they'll come here and comment (and if no-one replies, take it as a sign I'm wrong), but a premature close feels like kicking the can down the road to me. Sincerely, Dilettante 21:55, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for sharing your concern. On reflection I'm still happy with the close. It was based partly on having known most of those involved for 5-10+ years and it was a complex thread, so would take way too many words to explain my thinking. That said, I've not been that involved with the community recently. Maybe you're right. If you're confident doing so is in the communitie's best interests you can revert the close. (Huh, at least back in the day, it was fine for any editor in good standing to be able to revert an ANI NAC, with no need to even discuss first with the original closer.) FeydHuxtable (talk) 23:00, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
- (ec) Can we talk about the close at that AN? I don't object to it being closed as unlikely to be actionable, but given that multiple admins were involved, why did you decide to close this as NAC after two days with platitudes such as The passion for justice & accuracy shown by several editors here is admirable. The potentially hurtful remarks against fellow good editors is less so (though not meaning to be too judgmental here as cant say as I've never done the same.) But hoping editors who have gone at each other here will reconcile a few weeks or months down line by helping each other out on other discussions or article improvement? Valereee (talk) 23:00, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
- I'd argue those aren't platitudes Valereee. I didn't even know the thread had been going on for two days, having just seen it a few hours before. It seemed the emotional temperature had got quite high, that the editors involved were unlikely to back down, that leaving the thread open would risk further insult adjacent remarks being made that might damage relationships. Also I thought not many would want to close the thread as it seemed impossible to do so in a way that wouldn't displease several participants. For all those reasons closing it seemed the right thing to do, & I thought the wording might be helpful longterm even though obviously risked displeasing some. (Again, my read of the thread was that is was impossible to close without risking that reaction, but that closing was still the lesser of two evils given the potential for escalation.) I hardly every close anything on Wikipedia, but when I do I normally get multiple thanks, even on one occasional offers to give me advanced rights I'd not even asked for. As two editors had concerns with this close, I'll take it as a sign I probably shouldn't close any more. (Unless maybe I get back to sustained active editing and regain a good sense of community pulse.) FeydHuxtable (talk) 23:22, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
- I honestly have no clue if it's normal for NACs to be overturned by other non-admins without discussion, and probably would have come here first if that's the case. However, discussion's splintered and continued over at User_talk:Levivich#ANI and User_talk:Lightburst#false_accusations which indicates the closure was a mistake. I won't reopen just yet because tensions have decreased, if only slightly so and only on one thread.
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As two editors had concerns with this close, I'll take it as a sign I probably shouldn't close any more
, Valereee's opinion, should she choose to weigh in on this, should obviously count much more than mine, but IMO this ANI thread was an outlier. Though there were several allusions, to an outside observer it's not immediately clear just how long-running and divisive the argument is and how many people are involved. I'm not against you closing ANI threads due to this one mistake, but I do think you should have taken a bit more care and noticed, for example, that the linked Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/IncidentArchive1161#AndyTheGrump's (ATG) hostility, editing to favor deletion and canvassing has two indef proposals, four proposals for other sanctions, and two separate subsections about escalating to arbcom. This should indicate, all else aside, that a NAC during an ongoing discussion won't necessarily help resolve the issue. Sincerely, Dilettante 00:00, 17 October 2024 (UTC)- Just for what it's worth, as a general matter the opinion of an admin is no more important than the opinion of any other similarly-experienced editor. Valereee (talk) 00:25, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
- I should have been more clear that I'm not deferring to you because you're an admin, but because you're more much experienced, both in dispute-resolution and closing.
- As an aside, it looks like the discussion was reopened by LilianaUwU (pinging if you'd like to weigh in on the other concerns about the close raised here, but don't feel forced to do so). Sincerely, Dilettante 01:05, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
- I'd say you were right first time. While all experienced editors opinions are equally valid in the general case, in the specific case of whether an editor should be doing NACs on ANI, an admin's opinion should carry much more weight like you said. As for the re-open, yes was a mistake on my part not to consider the involved aspect. I closed the threat for the reason's stated above, not as I wanted to protect LB, who no longer seemed at risk of sanction at the time of the close. But should have stopped to consider how it would look to others. FeydHuxtable (talk) 01:25, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
- The only reason I reopened is because it's involved. LilianaUwU (talk / contributions) 01:08, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
- Just for what it's worth, as a general matter the opinion of an admin is no more important than the opinion of any other similarly-experienced editor. Valereee (talk) 00:25, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
- If there's something at AN/ANI that admins are involved in, and no admin is acting, it probably means no admin thinks it needs action yet. I can pretty much guarantee you that if there's something at AN/ANI that admins are involved in, multiple other admins are watching. Valereee (talk) 00:35, 17 October 2024 (UTC)
- I'd argue those aren't platitudes Valereee. I didn't even know the thread had been going on for two days, having just seen it a few hours before. It seemed the emotional temperature had got quite high, that the editors involved were unlikely to back down, that leaving the thread open would risk further insult adjacent remarks being made that might damage relationships. Also I thought not many would want to close the thread as it seemed impossible to do so in a way that wouldn't displease several participants. For all those reasons closing it seemed the right thing to do, & I thought the wording might be helpful longterm even though obviously risked displeasing some. (Again, my read of the thread was that is was impossible to close without risking that reaction, but that closing was still the lesser of two evils given the potential for escalation.) I hardly every close anything on Wikipedia, but when I do I normally get multiple thanks, even on one occasional offers to give me advanced rights I'd not even asked for. As two editors had concerns with this close, I'll take it as a sign I probably shouldn't close any more. (Unless maybe I get back to sustained active editing and regain a good sense of community pulse.) FeydHuxtable (talk) 23:22, 16 October 2024 (UTC)
Aspersions
Please strike your bad faith aspersion about leeky's motives from LB's talk page. It's fine to disagree with the ANI, but it's not appropriate to make bad faith assumptions about her motives for starting that discussion. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 20:07, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- I don't see it as remotely bad faith. Successful reform of RfA has long struck me as something that would hugely benefit the community (hence devoting about 20 hours of time in my unsuccessful 2009 & 2015 efforts, and supporting other attempts.) If that's part of her motivation it's admirable in my view. Also, while I'll very much regret the loss of Lightburst, it wouldn't be true to assume I disagree with the ANI. Leaky makes a powerful case. This said, if Leaky wants me to strike for whatever reason, then of course I would. FeydHuxtable (talk)
- Please tell me what other meaning one is supposed to take from "If it helps, Leaky may have decided to take you down... So can understand her being protective, if that's the motivation." You're attempting to comfort LB ("if it helps") by saying that leeky's motivation in creating the ANI discussion was to get Lightburst banned in order to protect what you assume she thinks of as "her" project. It's an aspersion that she's acting in bad faith rather than in the community's interests, plain and simple. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 22:24, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for recognising there was an attempt to comfort LB. He seemned quite upset that it was Leaky who was the one to bring him down. I'd guess that despite their conflict he quite admires her - for the same reason he likes Tamzin. Folk like LB typically have an affinity for those who combine intelligence with integrity & an obvious sense of fairness. I've already expressed my view on why protecting the RfA reform is in the communities interest ("hugely benefit the community") and am not going to further repeat myself. FeydHuxtable (talk) 22:41, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- Please tell me what other meaning one is supposed to take from "If it helps, Leaky may have decided to take you down... So can understand her being protective, if that's the motivation." You're attempting to comfort LB ("if it helps") by saying that leeky's motivation in creating the ANI discussion was to get Lightburst banned in order to protect what you assume she thinks of as "her" project. It's an aspersion that she's acting in bad faith rather than in the community's interests, plain and simple. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 22:24, 25 October 2024 (UTC)