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Cogswell College
Joel -- I saw your request for investigation on this article, was curious, and had a look. You do cite that the complaint to the BBB is valid but nothing in the reference suggests sexual harassment allegations or the student's names. As a happy medium, perhaps you could stick to what is listed in the cited complaint until you can find a source that verifies all of the other info. After all, suggesting a sexual harassment claim without concrete citations could be considered libelous and the victims might not want their names published. I hope this is helpful. -- Mufka (user) (talk) (contribs) 16:35, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the input...--Joel Lindley 17:49, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
 * You might want to remove your posting from Requests for investigation; that's clearly the wrong forum. In general, you'll find advice and options for content disagreements at Resolving disputes.
 * Also, I don't understand your statement that there is no page in which to come to a compromise, or speak about how the article can satisfy both parties. That's what the Talk:Cogswell College page is for.  And I noticed that there has never been a posting to Talk:69.110.4.144, which surprised me; that's also a possibility.  John Broughton  |  ♫ 20:21, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Joel -- regarding the myspace link, you misinterpreted the history. Besselfunctions removed the link, then he read our discussion and he decided the link belonged and _he_ put it back. I have restored the link for now, pending further intervention by neutral editors in response to my request for a conflict-of-interest investigation.Camaier 17:49, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Fair enough.--Joel Lindley 19:50, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Go-go boots
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 * Oh, bummer... :( --Joel Lindley 23:11, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

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Cindy's Torment
Hi, Joel.

I noticed that you added this to the Articles for Deletion page. Do you want this article to be deleted? If so, there's a way that you can do it. I can step you through it if you like, or I can do the work for you. Why do you want it to be deleted? - Richard Cavell (talk) 16:07, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Hello Richard. Looking at the article, I felt it was not widely known, except possibly for the individuals (or individual) who posted the article. Maybe it can be merged with something else, but it's such a random article that doesn't really set it apart from anything else we might encounter online.--Joel Lindley (talk) 16:09, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
 * If you want it to be deleted, you can add to the article and follow the steps on the template. If you want me to help you, I can do that. - Richard Cavell (talk) 16:28, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. :)-Joel Lindley (talk) 20:30, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Okay, Joel. If you want to have this article deleted, go to Cindy's Torment and add. I'm watching here, so I'll let you know what to do next. - Richard Cavell (talk) 21:20, 2 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Joel, you did that pretty well. I did slightly modify your nomination statement, to conform with convention. We'll see how it goes. - Richard Cavell (talk) 09:41, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Richard!--Joel Lindley (talk) 10:34, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

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 * Thanks! I'll stand by your decision...:) --Joel Kirk (talk) 12:03, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

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