User talk:80.44.204.161

This is the only warning you will receive for your disruptive edits. If you vandalize Wikipedia again, as you did to User:Lynbarn, you will be blocked from editing. --Just James 07:59, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

A reply to your message
Thank you for the comments you left on my userpage, however, due to the vulgarities, this has had to be removed.

You will see from my comment on the deletion discussion page, that I said:

This is just media hype, not the stuff of Wikipedia. I admire what the guy did, but this is not the place for such an article.

At the time, the article contained just one line relating to the event, but several about the "media hype" that had grown up around his TV appearances. Whilst I do understand the internet meme aspect, the article did seem to me to go against several wikipedia guidelines. I felt that there are too many such articles in wikipedia that detract from the overall utility of the site, and go counter to its aim of being an on-line encyclopedia, and that a more appropriate location for this would have been in Wikinews.

Also, I would point out that I didn't suggest the page should be deleted, just that other editors should consider it, and comment accordingly. Having looked at my edit history, you will also know that I have made a number of changes to the article, which is now, although still light on facts, a more balanced appreciation of John's attitude and actions.

Having myself been involved in a terrorist incident some years ago, (as a target, not a perpetrator, I hasten to add!) I can confirm that I most definitely have no sympathy whatsoever for such violent acts, whatever cause they espouse, and have great admiration for anybody, such as John, who is prepared to get involved in tackling such atrocities, despite the personal risks, and I do agree that such heroism should be celebrated and rewarded.

Regards, Lynbarn 09:25, 8 July 2007 (UTC)