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Mells War Memorial
Hi, Just seen you have put up Mells War Memorial for A class review (presumably to go to FAC later). I've not been involved in A class (or MILHIST) much so don't really know what is expected but....
 * I did spot in 1st line of "Commissioning" section a mention of "Kensington School of Art" is this the same as what is now called the Royal College of Art which is a redirect from Kensington School of Art in London?
 * I was confused by "most intricate of three of Lutyens' civic war memorials" which then names 3 apart from Mells so either the maths or grammar is confusing.
 * I might get round to doing an article on the mentioned village hall but not sure when.&mdash; Rod talk 09:23, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi Rod, thanks for your feedback. If you feel like commenting on the ACR the locals are friendly and it works pretty the same way as FAC except that it's more informal and geared towards providing feedback but I'll certainly look at your comments when I get chance. Though I can answer the first one off the top of my head because I spent half an hour trying to figure it out and the answer is probably, but I'm not certain. It would be good to see some more articles on Mells. It's a shame the article for the village itself and the church are in such a dilapidated state but the place is littered with history. Btw, have you seen the sister article Equestrian statue of Edward Horner? HJ Mitchell  &#124; Penny for your thoughts?  11:09, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Ta. Village hall article should be up in an hour or so & I will look at the general village article. Yes I have seen the statue one & tagged it for wp: Somerset as B - could g to GA I reckon. I'm currently working on Grade II* listed buildings in Somerset, so the village hall article contributes to that, but there are hundreds & I haven't got around to Grade II* listed buildings in Mendip yet.&mdash; Rod talk 11:26, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

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I am aware that you blocked this user but this user is still vandalising their talk page even after being blocked. Please revoke access for this editor to be editing their talk page. Pkbwcgs (talk) 12:31, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Done. HJ Mitchell  &#124; Penny for your thoughts?  12:33, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

User talk:UnderArmourKid RM
Could you revoke TPA? This is Long-term abuse/UnderArmourKid –72 (talk) 12:53, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
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 * Sure, done. HJ Mitchell  &#124; Penny for your thoughts?  12:56, 24 September 2017 (UTC)

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Donald Trump and handshakes
I'm probably going to take this to deletion review. I understand your position, but I do not believe your close matches up with the discussion. BLP concerns were raised by a few editors, but the vast majority of editors did not share those concerns, with many refuting. The majority of editors advocating deletion advocated such on grounds of NOTNEWS or unencyclopedic/IDONTLIKEIT. I'd agree with your close if it really was a 50/50 split on policy-based arguments for whether or not this topic is inherently a BLP violation, but I don't read the discussion that way at all. I have a feeling my writings here will not change your mind, but I would like to give you a chance to respond to my thoughts before I go the DRV route. ~ Rob 13 Talk 10:32, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
 * It was probably going to go to DRV whichever way it was closed, but it needed to be closed. There's really not much in the arguments; strip out the politics and it's essentially GNG vs NOTNEWS and UNDUE with overtones of BLP. In my opinion, concern that it focuses unduly on one (generally negative) aspect of a living person's life significantly strengthens the case for waiting to see whether this becomes a defining part of Trump's presidency or just a storm in a teacup, and in the meantime there's no prejudice against a merge to a broader article. Best, HJ Mitchell  &#124; Penny for your thoughts?  10:53, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the deletion. While I am not a deletionist, this was blatantly not neutral. Eric Cable  !  Talk  14:20, 21 September 2017 (UTC)
 * It's not easy to be the decision-maker -- you can't please everyone, after all. You showed sound judgment on this matter. Xcalibur (talk) 01:15, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
 * If a user asks for the page data, could you make sure that they have an applicable place to merge the information? Thank you! Sleyece (talk) 14:43, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Concur w/Rob. Very unexpected close (while I argued to keep, I figured it would end on merge as a token compromise despite the poor quality of so many of the delete !votes, or otherwise no consensus). Regarding this, should we have an article on every subject that meets our agreed notability criteria (ie that which receives sufficient coverage in independent sources), or should we wait until the subject can demonstrate lasting significance -- lasting significance has already been demonstrated. The sources I linked span relatively evenly from the beginning of the year until just recently, and that doesn't even count coverage of individual examples or material preceding his presidency. This isn't a single event with a flurry of news coverage over a few news cycles. It's not even relying on coverage from a couple individual events. The sources I listed all cover the subject broadly, and after I posted the list towards the end of the AfD, the subsequent !voters numbered 8-4 in favor of keeping. Of the 4 deletes, one was a straight up DONTLIKEIT, one was a "per [user who said DONTLIKEIT]", and a third was an IAR argument. JDLIs run throughout the discussion, with just as frequent "all mainstream media is biased and shouldn't count as a reliable source" arguments. As the latter was a big part of many of the BLP claims, and given the preponderance of coverage in reliable sources, I was surprised to see BLP play much of a factor. Anyway, given the trend following the list of sources, a relisting may be justified. Regardless, thanks for taking on a close that I'm sure you knew would be a pain. Just for clarity, so as not to start DRV unnecessarily, is it safe to assume there won't be any changes to the close? &mdash;  Rhododendrites talk  \\ 05:40, 23 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your patient and considered comments, even if we disagree with each other, and thank you for ending with such refreshing directness. My personal preference would be for a merge to a suitable broader article like presidency of Donald Trump, but the overwhelming majority of the discussion focused on keep versus delete, and for the closing admin to have imposed a third option would have been supervoting. I respect the effort you went to to provide sources, but sources are not the only consideration in whether something should have an article in its own right. It is valid to consider whether the topic could adequately be covered elsewhere and the applicability of various sections of "What Wikipedia is not" (note that NOT is a policy while N is a guideline), as well as other concerns like neutrality and BLP. Undoubtedly the subject in this case is notable, but it was and is my judgement that the other concerns were compelling and that many of the keep voters missed the point. As an aside, there's an interesting precedent with Articles for deletion/Michelle Obama's arms, which was deleted as trivia and undue despite wide coverage in reliable sources, and was upheld at DRV. But to answer a direct question directly, I won't be reversing my decision. I'm very happy for you to take it to DRV, so long as you think I misinterpreted policy or consensus, as opposed to simply disagreeing with the outcome. Best, HJ Mitchell  &#124; Penny for your thoughts?  07:16, 23 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Harry, for giving such a detailed (and to me persuasive) explanation of your thinking on this matter. As a new administrator, I have not yet closed something so controversial. But when I do, your reply here will be a model to me. Cullen328  Let's discuss it  07:33, 23 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Here's another Thank You, Harry, and it mirrors Cullen's sentiments. You never cease to amaze me with your fair & balanced, intelligent, common sense approach to controversy. Atsme 📞📧 14:43, 24 September 2017 (UTC)
 * *blushes* Well thank you, both, or your kind words. They mean a lot, especially coming from you two. HJ Mitchell  &#124; Penny for your thoughts?  07:00, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Hi. I came here to discuss Articles for deletion/Donald Trump and handshakes (2nd nomination) as well. I think the appeal to BLP concerns was misguided given the subject. We treat very famous (or "notable") people differently in terms of depth and breadth of coverage. Traditional BLP arguments look at potential harm to the individual's reputation, effect on employment, etc., all of which are inapplicable in cases like this. I agree with the outcome and I agree with your summary posted here that this is a case of "GNG vs NOTNEWS and UNDUE with overtones of BLP", which more accurately captures what's happening. BLP is still relevant, but should not be the primary focus. Similar fates for articles such as Michelle Obama's arms, as you note, offer a decent precedent.

There was a suggestion to broaden the coverage to Donald Trump's diplomacy or Diplomacy of Donald Trump or similar, where the handshakes could be mentioned, without having an article dedicated to them. A topic can be sufficiently notable to warrant mention (a redirect, a sentence, a paragraph, a small subsection) without needing to have a standalone and discrete article. BU Rob13, any thoughts on this? Did you start a deletion review yet or are you still mulling it over? --MZMcBride (talk) 23:56, 25 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi MZ, as you say, BLP is still relevant. We should be careful not to do anything that might damage somebody's reputation or cause them undue harm, even they're perfectly capable of ruining their own reputation. But also as you say, it's not *the* consideration and my decision would likely have been the same if we weren't discussing the actions of a particular individual. There were indeed suggestions to broaden the scope of the article or merge into a broader article. The AfD naturally focused on deletion versus keeping so it wouldn't have been proper to close the discussion with such a result, but I can't see any reason that somebody couldn't add something about handshakes to an existing article (DT's presidency or DT in popular culture, for example) or create a new one with a broader scope, such as your suggested DT's diplomacy, that included material about his handshakes. And if something like that existed, I'd have no objection to some of the deleted content being merged in and the original title redirected. I don't believe has started a DRV yet; I haven't been notified of one and I'm sure Rob is diligent enough to see that I would have been. You're welcome to use this thread or start a new one somewhere else if you want to work together to come up with a plan. Just let me know what you need from me, but I have a dying dog in my arms so I might be offline or my mind might be elsewhere for the next few days.  HJ Mitchell  &#124; Penny for your thoughts?  07:00, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

Name of North Eastern Railway War Memorial
I should begin by saying that I was impressed by the featured article North Eastern Railway War Memorial. I posted a note on the Talk:North Eastern Railway War Memorial talk page wondering about the best name for the article, since Historic England https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1256553 uses a slightly different version and OpenStreetMap a quite different name. Your comments would be welcome on the talk page. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 07:08, 27 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you for the feedback. It's always nice to know that somebody reads the things I write. I'll reply regarding the name on the article talk page s we don't fragment the conversation. HJ Mitchell  &#124; <span style="color:Navy; font-family:Times New Roman;" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts?  07:02, 29 September 2017 (UTC)

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The Bugle: Issue CXXXVIII, October 2017
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Requesting copy of Donald Trump and handshakes to merge
Hi,

Per your closing rationale at the AfD, would you be content with restoring Donald Trump and handshakes as a user subpage for me (something like User:DrStrauss/Donald Trump and handshakes) because I think I can merge the content?

Thanks,

 Dr Strauss   talk   19:02, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Certainly, but not from a tablet so it'll have to wait til the morning (UTC)).  HJ Mitchell  &#124; <span style="color:Navy; font-family:Times New Roman;" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts?  21:13, 13 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Excellent, thanks (sorry for the late response, I've had to go through lots of talk pages because ping is borked).   Dr Strauss   talk   14:22, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Just saying hi
Just learning how to reach out on Wiki when I don't get a response on grant applications:) Agnes Bruszik (WMUK) (talk) 13:53, 18 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi :). Nice to hear from you. I' hoping to get to Mells next weekend, bu I'll email you about that when I'm sure.  HJ Mitchell  &#124; <span style="color:Navy; font-family:Times New Roman;" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts?  06:58, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

Unlocked
Hi there! Could you take another look on Unlocked? I really tried to make it flow better in the past two days. Is the article in a better shape now? Best regards, Cartoon network freak (talk) 07:00, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

Precious five years!
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:18, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Gerda. HJ Mitchell  &#124; <span style="color:Navy; font-family:Times New Roman;" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts?  07:21, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

Norwich War Memorial scheduled for TFA
This is to let you know that the Norwich War Memorial article has been scheduled as today's featured article for November 11, 2017. Note that I just grabbed one of the WWI memorials at random - if you'd prefer a different WWI memorial, please let me know and I'll be happy to change it out. Please check the article needs no amendments. If you're interested in editing the main page text, you're welcome to do so at Today's featured article/November 11, 2017. Thanks! Ealdgyth - Talk 15:17, 21 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Na, Norwich is as good as any. Tanks for the heads up. HJ Mitchell  &#124; <span style="color:Navy; font-family:Times New Roman;" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts?  07:35, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

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Pending changes for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Hi HJ_Mitchell. Chronic fatigue syndrome has been under Pending Changes since April 2014 for "POV-pushing and other disruption". Our policy on Pending Changes protection is that it should be used only for persistent vandalism, BLP violations, and copyright violations. POV-pushing is not a reason to apply Pending Changes. Could you please lift Pending Changes protection on this page? Clayoquot (talk | contribs) 19:46, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Are you asking because pending changes isn't working, because it isn't necessary, or just because it might not be within the letter of the law? By the way, that pipe (" Best, HJ Mitchell  &#124; <span style="color:Navy; font-family:Times New Roman;" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts?  07:21, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the tip on signatures :) Clayoquot (talk &#124; contribs) 04:58, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I'll answer the question you didn't ask, which is whether it's within the spirit of the law :) Having pending changes protection on a page makes it less fun to edit, because it delays the satisfaction of having a change go live. And it sends a message of "We don't trust you." The community accepts these costs as a trade-off for benefits in a narrow set of circumstances. When the question becomes "Why should we not have indefinite pending changes protection on this article?" rather than "Why should we have pending changes protection?" then that's a sign that a culture of "you cannot edit this page" is becoming normalized, and that to me is a concern. Clayoquot (talk &#124; contribs) 04:57, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I agree in principle, though I see pending changes as an alternative to semi protection. I'd rather say "you can edit, but..." than "you can't edit". Sometimes it works, and we get constructive edits that we might not have otherwise (and I make it a point to review pending changes when they pop up on my watchlist); sometimes it doesn't and we have to protect it but at least we tried. But in this case, we'll give it a go. I can't promise some other admin won't restore the pending changes, especially with it being a medical article, but there's not much harm in trying. HJ Mitchell  &#124; <span style="color:Navy; font-family:Times New Roman;" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts?  07:26, 23 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you :) Clayoquot (talk &#124; contribs) 18:57, 23 October 2017 (UTC)

AIV
If you say so AIV diff. However, I don't wish to spend time doing a detailed ANI report when many admins would block. I'd rather spend my time doing more effective things. Now there is this mess: on Richard Wilson (Scottish actor) Cheers Jim1138 (talk) 09:59, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
 * The AIV instructions haven't changed in all the time that I've been an admin, and I've blocked more vandals than most admins. It says quite clearly in the header "The edits of the reported user must be obvious vandalism or obvious spam" (emphasis original). Using IMDb as a source is misguided, but it's not vandalism. It's improper to treat it as such, and it would be improper for an admin to summarily block for it. It needs more input, which is not what AIV is set up for, hence my suggestion to use ANI. The report needn't be a long one because anybody can see what's happening from the diffs (a few sentences would be sufficient), but that doesn't obviate the need for some sort of discussion or input from more than just one random admin. HJ Mitchell  &#124; <span style="color:Navy; font-family:Times New Roman;" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts?  10:14, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Also, this is why AIV gets backlogged. Nobody blocks the accounts because they're not vandals, but the reporters don't like being told that so nobody removes them either, and they just sit there for hours. HJ Mitchell  &#124; <span style="color:Navy; font-family:Times New Roman;" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts?  10:15, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
 * BTW, thanks for your efforts to clear out that backlog at AIV. RileyBugz <sup style="color:#D7000B;">会話 <sub style="color:#D7000B;">投稿記録  12:30, 24 October 2017 (UTC)

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Horner statue and Private Eye
Apparently, there was an exchange in the pages of Private Eye about this, see here. Thought that might be of interest. I had forgotten that Sassoon is buried there! Carcharoth (talk) 16:13, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Curious that the Eye would oppose its relocation given that it was only put in the chapel in the first place because the wardens wouldn't allow it anywhere else. There are quite a few interesting characters connected to Mells. Odd for such a small place in the middle of nowhere. I'm eager to get there to look round and take better photos, but I'm waiting for a friend who can drive me; public transport seems to end at Frome. HJ Mitchell  &#124; <span style="color:Navy; font-family:Times New Roman;" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts?  18:49, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

120.37.163.75
I'm not sure why you declined my report of 120.37.163.75, although I have re-reported this IP for now. If you said the report was stale at the time, it's definitely not the case. They have been active before and after your removal of the report: 1, 2. Their edit behavior is intentionally adding incorrect flags to articles of places. This vandal is an LTA and doesn't need to be warned before reporting, there is an edit filter set up for them, see the IP's edit filter history. -★- PlyrStar93. → Message me. ← 14:03, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Two reasons: first, it had sat there for eight hours by the time I got to it, so it seemed unlikely that anything was going to come of it. Second and most important, you didn't provide that information in the report. Some admins might have telepathic abilities, or you might get lucky and an admin who knows that LTA case might be looking at AIV, but as a general rule assume that any information that's not in your AIV report is unknown to the admin. HJ Mitchell  &#124; <span style="color:Navy; font-family:Times New Roman;" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts?  17:30, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I did clearly mention that the user was triggering edit filters, which you were supposed to check - the original report was: long-term abuse - image flag vandal (see edit filter history). There isn't an LTA page describing this vandal so there is no link to LTA page, but from the name of the filter you should have realized this edit filter is specifically set up for this vandal. Also, a report sitting there for X hours does not necessarily mean it's getting stale. In fact, I had been reverting their edits as of 1 hour after I filed the report, I stopped reverting since I had to get to sleep. If you could take a moment to check the IP's contribution, their most recent edit before you decline the report was 20 minutes ago. While the report had been sitting for 8 hours, it's actually more reasonable to say "20 minutes" is "recent" in this case.
 * If you don't know about their edit behavior, it's pretty easy to recognize actually. For example this edit - that's a simple question you could have answered yourself if you were willing to check their edits - why would a county in China have the flag (see file name and file usage on other pages too) of a place in Spain as their county flag? Anyways my purpose here isn't about arguing, AIV was indeed way too backlogged at that moment for some reason, but hopefully you will know about this vandal's behavior from now on and deal with them more efficiently. -★- PlyrStar93 . → Message me. ← 18:27, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

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Maddie Ziegler
Hello, HJ. User:Merle Lang moved the Maddie Ziegler page to a nonsense title. Then you and another admin seem to have cleaned up the mess, but shouldn't someone leave a warning or note about it on User:Merle Lang's Talk page? All the best, -- Ssilvers (talk) 00:04, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Zzuuzz has indefinitely blocked Merle Lang. Considering they haven't edited in years and have suddenly surfaced to do that, the most likely explanation is that the account is compromised. But if a new account did something like that, they'd be blocked on sight as well. HJ Mitchell  &#124; <span style="color:Navy; font-family:Times New Roman;" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts?  09:38, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
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The Bugle: Issue CXXXIX, November 2017
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Hoi, watch out!
Hi, Harry. I recently saw a report at AIV which bore the message "Note: User is in the category: Shared IP addresses from educational institutions" from HBC AIV helperbot5. That seemed a little odd, since the report was about an account, not an IP address. On searching, I traced the odd situation back to this edit. Careful proof reading needed?? The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 11:52, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi, nice to hear from you. Clearly I didn't quite snip enough. Btw, will you be joining us on the 26th? I promise I won't sit on your hat this time! ;) HJ Mitchell  &#124; <span style="color:Navy; font-family:Times New Roman;" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts?  13:38, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I hope to be there. I thought we had agreed not to mention the hat again. Oh well, I suppose it's something to talk about. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 15:35, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

Maan Al-Sanea
Hi, Could you please unprotect Maan Al-Sanea? The two The New Yorker about his affairs make fascinating reading...Huldra (talk) 22:52, 8 November 2017 (UTC)

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Those attractive little stars at the top right of your user page
Harry, can you tell me how you get those little FA stars, which link to the relevant articles, to appear on the top right of your user page? I should like to record my modest collection in the same way. Thanks and regards. KJP1 (talk) 18:17, 10 November 2017 (UTC)
 * (watching:) take it from User:HJ Mitchell/Recognised
 * Many thanks indeed. KJP1 (talk) 09:37, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Harry, I came to thank you for the TFA Norwich War Memorial, so fitting on Remembrance Day. I remember that Martin Luther was baptised today. I wrote an article on his most famous hymn on 31 October. Can you find it? No, it's not A mighty fortress, he wrote in German ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:33, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks Gerda. And I'll be honest, I let several other people (mostly Jack Merridew) take care of the fiddly bits like that. I see you've got your stars though. :) If you want them to hover at the top right, you might have to copy the markup from the subpage as well. Jack also left some helpful hidden comments on my userpage as well when he was trying to get them to line up.  HJ Mitchell  &#124; <span style="color:Navy; font-family:Times New Roman;" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts?  12:51, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Request
Hi Harry. Would you mind taking a look at the FAC for Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral; it seems to have stalled somewhat. Thanks. Ceoil (talk) 16:27, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Of course. Hopefully I'll get time to look over the weekend, or failing that I have some time off work from Tuesday so I'll be able to look then. HJ Mitchell  &#124; <span style="color:Navy; font-family:Times New Roman;" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts?  12:50, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Comments
Hello Harry, thanks for your comments, much appreciated. I don't mind discussing sources and standards in a professional manner, but to be honest the needless infantilism demonstrated by comments from certain editors such as "you're waisting my time", "your inability to read", false accusations that I belong to an advocacy group, etc, are unbecoming of a respectable organization. I understand that such language doesn't meet your Wikipedia definition of "NPA", but such comments come across to normal professional people as disrespectful personal attacks. Would you say any of these things repeatedly in a professional job, whether to a coworker or customer, and not expect to get fired?

If, on the other hand, you can demonstrate that abrasive and over-aggressive comments are necessary and productive to a healthy online discussion, I would certainly love to see your WP:MEDDEF psychology sources for that!

I know that Wikipedia has challenges from all kinds of sources, but Wikipedia also suffers from editor flight, and will continue to push away more casual editors with this kind of behaviour. I think Wikipedia can do better and hold everyone to a professional standard, which benefits the whole community. Wikipedia needs to show mutual respect for all participants. Maybe something to discuss in the future?

Thanks for your consideration. Be well! PolarYukon (talk) 19:40, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Arbitration Committee Elections December 2017
Hi Harry, Have you thought about running?

I believe that you would make an excellent candidate and would do a great job. — Berean Hunter   (talk)  14:23, 15 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the compliment. I appreciate you thinking of me, but ... ha! Hahaha! Even if I had the time, I've seen enough of the inside of the sausage factory to know I'd be a terrible arbitrator and I'd hate every minute of it. HJ Mitchell  &#124; <span style="color:Navy; font-family:Times New Roman;" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts?  12:56, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Sensible chap! :-) Carcharoth (talk) 22:05, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you very much for blocking the IP troll. Ber31 (talk) 05:41, 19 November 2017 (UTC)
 * My pleasure. HJ Mitchell  &#124; <span style="color:Navy; font-family:Times New Roman;" title="(Talk page)">Penny for your thoughts?  06:18, 19 November 2017 (UTC)