User talk:DASonnenfeld/Archive 2

Ecological modernization
Hi. I was impressed by your contributions to that article, which is well referenced and informative. I thought perhaps Peter Dickens' work should appear in the Criticism section? What do you think? Itsmejudith (talk) 22:00, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

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Re: categories
Hey, DA! Good to see you around again. I'm afraid I can't be of much help when it comes to categories; I can't say I understand them fully, or even really bother with them much. I would have suggested you submit a move request, but it seems like Nconwaymicelli has already done so. However, there is an oppose on the name-change ("The original title matches the article. This does not meet the Speedy criteria"), so a different type of request may need to be entered. I agree with your general premise, but like I said, when it comes to categories I remain willfully ignorant. :) If you start a formal request -- in which people weigh in, supporting/opposing and giving rationale -- then let me know.  I'd gladly weigh in. María ( habla  con migo ) 12:35, 15 August 2011 (UTC)
 * This matter resolved, thanks. DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 21:37, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Aw, not this silliness again, surely? Well, when it happened before, I didn't actually "freeze" anything -- I'm not an administrator, so I can't lock down articles and/or chastise other editors by blocking them when they done wrong. Rather, previously I asked an admin friend to take a look; she ended up locking the article down for a week, so discussions could take place, although mainly I believe it just chased the IPs off for a while. The locking was in direct response to multiple, unexplained reverts and nonsense additions from a party of anonymous IPs, who refused to discuss the article at large and instead engage in an edit war. If you think the "new" IPs' edits are inappropriate, attempt to alter and/or remove them -- with explanation on the talk page (which I see you've been doing) and also the IPs' talk pages where appropriate. If they continue, you can ask for an admin's guidance at the edit warring notice board. However, they won't simply lock the page down because someone is adding stuff we don't approve of, no matter how blatant their original research by synthesis happens to be. The admins need to establish that dispute resolution has already been attempted, and that real damage continues to be done. I'll keep my eye on the page, as I admittedly haven't done in a while, in case you need more help sifting through the cruft. María ( habla con migo ) 13:20, 19 September 2011 (UTC)

The Wagner article is in need of some help
We're in a bit of a pickle in the Wagner discussion page. The issues concerns Social class (sociology) and the phrase supposedly common Germanic past and has now been dismissed by some editors as inconsequential.

At the end of the Wagner discussion page (under Edit War solution topic) there issome suggested courses of action that I was requested to list,  from my point of view. Please help. Just take fast look. Thank you


 * In his own era he furthermore provided the newly emerged middle class with a medium to transfer its familial and political conflicts into a myth of supposedly common Germanic past.
 * (In the introduction, removed as non consequential)


 * Richard Wagner was born into a lower middle class family
 * (In the Biography chapter removed as non consequential)

User:Major Torp (talk) 15:20, 7 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Torp, Sorry, I don't have anything to contribute to this discussion. It does seem rather a pickle... DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 22:11, 7 November 2011 (UTC)