User talk:Starigniter

100 Greatest of All Time

Do not edit war on the naming within this article. There is a long standing consensus within the tennis project that we do not edit war between the usage of 'Grand Slam' and 'major' as it is a waste of editor time and effort. Both are perfectly acceptable and are widely used and sourced. If you wish to discuss this please do so on the central tennis project talk page.--Wolbo (talk) 18:42, 25 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Grand Slam terminology

I do not really like or use the term Grand Slam to signify an individual major tournament. This is an error with the term made many years ago that has perpetuated itself into common lexicon. But while I look at it as if using the term "ain't", there is no doubt that it is in common usage and is actually used by the four major tournaments. It is plastered all over the press. In interviews I hear the players use the term "Grand Slam" and "Major" interchangeably. Books do likewise. Even the ITF uses the term Grand Slam tournament. Websters also tells us it's acceptable (although it's the second choice). In prose at wikipedia, so as not to confuse with winning a Graf/Laver style Grand Slam, we should always use the term "Grand Slam tournament", but in a chart this is almost always just shortened to Grand Slam. Major is also fine to use but changing just for the sake of changing doesn't serve anyone's interest. And the term "Major" has it's problems also as many writers throw the term major around as pertaining to important tournaments, not just the four Majors.

In the particular case at 100 Greatest of All Time, the only column I had a problem with was the last column because the Pro Slams and ILTF Championships are not called Grand Slam tournaments. Majors is a better fit there when talking about all those tournaments collectively. Fyunck(click) (talk) 19:36, 25 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

FWIW, I agree with that change.--Wolbo (talk) 20:18, 25 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Evibeforpoli (talk) 02:28, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Then I won't waste further time on you" — "definitions from dictionaries are not relevant, but I'm a hypocryte so here's one from another one just to make my claim" Evibeforpoli, 05:24, 23 August 2024

Still lying, huh? Starigniter (talk) 05:12, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Happy editing! Cheers, Shirt58 (talk) 🦘 03:03, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much!

It's gonna be difficult though, because sometimes general definitions are totally ommitted and dissmissed in the name of someone with big ego and poor imagination thinks he knows better (the Evibeforpoli "dictionaries don't matter but here is the difinition I found in other one" case), but I'll try my best. Starigniter (talk) 05:08, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

August 2024

You have been blocked from editing for a period of 31 hours for making personal attacks towards other editors. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. Euryalus (talk) 03:10, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Notably here and here. No views on who is correct in the actual content dispute but there's no justification for pointless rudeness. This is a short block to prevent further personal attacks. You're welcome to resume editing when it expires, but please avoid personalising disputes and instead comment only on the article content. -- Euryalus (talk) 03:13, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, of course there are good reasons to unblock me, since I didn't make any personal attack whatsoever, because calling liar a liar is not offensive at all, it's just speaking the plain truth. The fact of the matter is that no liar likes to be called a liar as per, an the same goes with a thief, killer and others.

But you know what? I don't care, I have better things to do and I can wait that 31 hours, no problem.

And also I think I can learn from that, contrary to that genius, who doesn't think that definitions from a dictionnary are relevant, but later he was quoting some other poor dictionnary (sic) just to make his claim, so...

Thank you for informing me, Euryalus. Starigniter (talk) 05:01, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I notice you've been using the time while blocked to make more personal attacks, so the block duration has been extended to indefinite. Appeal options are per the above template. All the best. -- Euryalus (talk) 06:33, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What a joke of a statement that is, but anyway... Starigniter (talk) 06:40, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Why did you write "indefinite" if it's actually not possible to undo the block ("Unblock requests that contain personal attacks or incivility against others will be declined and may lead to being blocked from your talk page.")? Starigniter (talk) 23:09, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So what next?

ABG asked for TPA Removal and Ponyo kinda declined it by typing "I don't see where the user has made any further personal attacks after the block was extended to indefinite." Starigniter (talk) 15:28, 6 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]