User talk:Arkcana

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Dave Ramsey[edit]

No worries - you did things the right way. You discussed large-scale changes on the talk page; you took the time to find empirical sources to reference in the article, and you kept POV out of it. For that anon user to do what he/she did was completely out of line. I've posted a "Blatant Vandalism" warning on his talk page, and if he shows back up to make changes without discussion, he/she can be dealt with by the mods.

Don't be disheartened; there are some folks who are more concerned with pushing their own POV than to write or contribute to a balanced article. Keep rolling. And while I'm not an admin, I'm happy to offer my advice whenever you need an ear. --Mhking 12:37, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

He has an obvious agenda. As long as he continues to act in this fashion, I will keep accumulating documentation against him. I'll bring it up with the admins in pretty short order at this rate. --Mhking 10:55, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Don't know if you are interested or not in this but some copyright questions have been raised about the Dave Ramsey article. I know you put a lot of work into it so i thought you might want to know (if you aren't actively watching the page)Harlock jds 17:56, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dog Bounty Hunter notes:[edit]

"We're not here for truth, we're here for reporting what we can reference"

"The purpose of NPOV is to keep Wikipedia an ENCYCLOPEDIA. An encyclopedia recites facts that can be referenced, usually in the most scientifically phrased method as possible so as to avoid illiciting opinion in the subject. It's not a list of fors and againsts"

You took those words right from my mind. Nice ones. Really. I find this myself waaay to often on here. You write a netural article and automatically it has to have conflict to 'balance' it. As if stating facts are not enough you must have critics and controversy as if you ever see that in a encyclopedia. Frustrating at times. Anyway thanks for putting into words what I've been thinking.--Xiahou 02:41, 20 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

'You mind if I add your quote to my userpage. I really like it. Something that could and should shake up wiki. I want to read an encyclopedia entry on a person not a list of who hates them for what or loves them for what. It should almost be a seperate entry per person. Its not like wiki is paper and it would 'add to many articles' for example a Dog the Bounty Hunter page. For a complete encyclopedia like page. Then a Dog the Bounty hunter detractors gripes page for that. Better than the current for and against somehow making netural.--Xiahou 23:20, 27 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]